FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— DD: Democrat leaders know that they cannot regain control of the White House, U.S. Senate, or U.S. House unless they gerrymander even more.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/us-house-minority-leader-hakeem-jeffries-brings-redistricting-push-illinois-sources-say-local-democratic-leaders-not-biting/18078389/
NBC5
— DD: Democrat leaders know that they cannot regain control of the White House, U.S. Senate, or U.S. House unless they gerrymander even more.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/video/news/local/why-hakeem-jeffries-wants-illinois-congressional-maps-redrawn/3844198/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-redistricting-why-hakeem-jeffries-wants-congressional-maps-redrawn/3844157/
FOX32
— DD: Democrat leaders know that they cannot regain control of the White House, U.S. Senate, or U.S. House unless they gerrymander even more.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1730889
WBEZ
— DD: Democrat leaders know that they cannot regain control of the White House, U.S. Senate, or U.S. House unless they gerrymander even more.
https://www.wbez.org/politics/2025/10/27/illinois-redistricting-hakeem-jeffries-donald-trump-congress
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/28/editorial-ice-kristi-noem-immigration-enforcement-tear-gas-lakeview-irving-park/
— Dillard: The real consequences of not funding transit in Illinois
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/28/opinion-illinois-transit-funding/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— CPS lunchroom workers say wages are so low they can barely feed their own families. The workers, most earning $18.42 or less an hour, picketed outside CPS headquarters Monday. They’ve been working without a contract for three months. DD: In today’s dollars, the Post Office paid me $19.37-$20.67/hour to deliver mail 1966-1969. According to my critics/opponents, I was grossly overpaid.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/10/27/cps-lunchroom-workers-wages-so-low-they-can-barely-feed-own-families-chicago-public-schools
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE: Primary races emerge for DuPage county clerk, sheriff
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251027/news/primary-races-emerge-for-dupage-county-clerk-sheriff/
— Primary battle for U.S. Senate seat gets real
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251027/nation-and-world-politics/primary-battle-for-u-s-senate-seat-gets-real/
— Palatine police defend officer who assisted federal agents
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251027/news/palatine-police-defend-officer-who-assisted-federal-agents/
KANE COUNTY CLERK
— Candidates List DD: Why hasn’t the DuPage County Clerk posted similar information?
https://clerk.kanecountyil.gov/Elections/Pages/Candidates-List.aspx
SHAW LOCAL
— Everything you need to know for the March 2026 Illinois primary. This Monday candidates will start filing their petitions to appear on the ballot.
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2025/10/22/everything-you-need-to-know-for-the-march-2026-illinois-primary/
ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Illinois U.S. Senate race adds 7 candidates for Dick Durbin’s seat
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/illinois-senate-race-new-candidates-don-tracy-21116208.php
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Indiana governor calls a special session to redraw US House maps as redistricting battle spreads
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-indiana-gov-mike-braun-calls-a-special-session-to-redraw-the-states-congressional-boundaries/
— Heated discussions at PPS board meeting on racist group-chat, board member comments
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/video/heated-discussions-at-pps-board-meeting-on-racist-group-chat-board-member-comments/11208295/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump administration says emergency funds can’t be used to keep SNAP benefits going
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-10-27/trump-administration-says-emergency-funds-cant-be-used-to-keep-snap-benefits-going
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect illegal drug dealers
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-10-27/trump-administrations-strikes-on-boats-off-venezuela-coast-cause-concern-from-lawmakers
— Trump administration relying on unmarked vehicles in immigration enforcement. DD: The Post Office paid me to use my 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, my 1968 Oldsmobile 442, and my 1969 Dodge Charger SE to deliver mail in Park Forest 1966-1969. IRS paid me to use my 1962 Chevrolet Bel Air, my 1974 Dodge Dart, and my 1978 Chevrolet Chevette to collect delinquent taxes in the south suburbs and Chicago 1971-1980.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-10-28/trump-administration-relying-on-unmarked-vehicles-in-immigration-enforcement
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders know that they cannot regain control of the White House, U.S. Senate, or U.S. House unless they gerrymander even more.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/u-s-house-minority-leader-jeffries-accelerates-illinois-redistricting-push/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrats want to gerrymander Illinois even more than it already is.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/10/28/pressure-mounts-for-an-illinois-remap-00624394?nname=illinois-playbook
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Illinois Republican Party cried foul, saying, “JB Pritzker and Illinois Democrats have already gerrymandered Illinois to hell and back, creating one of most partisan maps in history.” The Illinois congressional delegation now has 14 Democrats and three Republicans.)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/28/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-620/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Candidates should know that their opponents will do opposition research on them and that they will put the results of their opposition research in the public realm. I should write about Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 whose opponents have put the results of their opposition research in the public realm. I would focus on those candidates who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me because I included links in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters to articles that they do not like. They believer that because I have been a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, they have every right to tell me what to do and to destroy me if I do not do what they tell me to do. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Do you know any federal employees? Do you know any federal retirees? I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. I have been a federal retiree for more than 28 year. Federal employees have always been demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being grossly overpaid and that their benefits are far too generous. Federal retirees have always been demonized, denigrated, and condemned as having pensions and health insurance subsidies that are far too generous. I should write about my critics/opponents who have demonized, denigrated, and condemned me the most. In my defense of my federal salary, pension, and benefits, I stress that while I was a federal employee, I used my own time and my own money a) to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) to earn three job-related master’s degrees, c) to earn six job-related professional certifications, and d) to earn a job-related professional license. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Precinct Committeepersons Filing on First Day in McHenry County. DD: Why hasn’t the DuPage County Clerk posted similar information?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/28/precinct-committeepersons-filing-on-first-day-in-mchenry-county/
— Only One Challenge So Far to Five Incumbent Republican County Office Holders. DD: Why hasn’t the DuPage County Clerk posted similar information?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/27/only-one-challenge-so-far-to-five-incumbent-republican-county-office-holders/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders know that they cannot regain control of the White House, U.S. Senate, or U.S. House unless they gerrymander even more.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_040d5f10-ffa3-49fa-9196-a4bfaddcf78f.html
— Illinois agency buys incompatible computer system meant to ‘streamline’ diversity efforts
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_1d388202-7dda-4687-a573-d94e12f1554c.html
WIREPOINTS
— New Poll: Big share of Illinois Dems say violence against ICE acceptable; most say Trump and many of his supporters are ‘like Nazis’ DD: Democrat leaders make it ever-increasingly clear that they have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans and that illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://wirepoints.org/new-poll-big-share-of-illinois-dems-say-violence-against-ice-acceptable-most-say-trump-and-many-of-his-supporters-are-like-nazis-wirepoints-quickpoint/
RAY HANANIA
— Saving the Republican Party and Illinois from the failed GOP losers who lead it. The Republican Party had strong roots in Illinois, but in recent years has been falling apart because of selfish leaders who are more concerned with themselves than with serving the public. DD: Should I write about those Illinois Republican Party leaders who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately?
https://hanania.substack.com/p/saving-the-republican-party-and-illinois
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Trump Offers Condolences, Urges Darren Bailey to Stay in the Fight
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/president-trump-offers-condolences-urges-darren-bailey-to-stay-in-the-fight.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— DD: Democrat leaders know that they cannot regain control of the White House, U.S. Senate, or U.S. House unless they gerrymander even more.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/3865632/black-lawmakers-hold-illinois-redistricting-representation-fears/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Obama Bros Described Hegseth Tattoo as ‘Dog Whistle’ Before Helping Maine’s Platner Fend Off Scrutiny for Nazi Tattoo. Platner, a candidate for Maine’s Senate seat, admitted to keeping a Nazi tattoo on his chest for nearly two decades but said he didn’t know the meaning. DD: Candidates should know that their opponents will do opposition research on them and that they will put the results of their opposition research in the public realm.
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/pod-save-platner-obama-bros-described-hegseth-tattoo-as-dog-whistle-before-helping-maines-platner-fend-off-scrutiny-for-nazi-tattoo/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— DD: Democrat leaders know that they cannot regain control of the White House, U.S. Senate, or U.S. House unless they gerrymander even more.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/10/27/republican-redistricting-push-hits-gas-as-indiana-joins-party-1595735/
BREITBART
— DD: Democrat leaders know that they cannot regain control of the White House, U.S. Senate, or U.S. House unless they gerrymander even more.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/27/gov-mike-braun-calls-special-session-indiana-redistricting-tax-code-alignment/amp/
DAILY CALLER
— Democrat Senate Candidate Graham Platner Denies His Uncovered Tattoo Is Nazi Symbol. DD: Candidates should know that their opponents will do opposition research on them and that they will put the results of their opposition research in the public realm.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/21/graham-platner-maine-nazi-symbol-tattoo-susan-collins-reddit/
FEDERALIST
— DD: Democrat leaders know that they cannot regain control of the White House, U.S. Senate, or U.S. House unless they gerrymander even more.
https://thefederalist.com/2025/10/27/indiana-governor-calls-special-session-to-redraw-congressional-maps/
FOX BUSINESS
— Largest federal workers’ union calls for immediate end to shutdown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2k6FZYo2nw
FOX NEWS
— Pritzker says ICE ‘harassing people for not being white’
https://www.aol.com/news/jb-pritzker-says-ice-harassing-082654876.html
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Academics have long tried to have it both ways in claiming to support diversity and robust debate while excluding views that challenge left-wing orthodoxy. Now an influential academic publication is abandoning all pretense.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/10/so-much-for-diversity/
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Richard Porter: The Party of ‘Whatever It Takes’: Illinois Democrats’ Descent Into Defiance
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/10/28/the_party_of_whatever_it_takes_illinois_democrats_descent_into_defiance_153455.html
TEXAS INSIDER
— Democrats Scraping the Bottom of the Barrel for Candidates. DD: Candidates should know that their opponents will do opposition research on them and that they will put the results of their opposition research in the public realm.
https://texasinsider.org/articles/democrats-scraping-the-bottom-of-the-barrel-for-candidates
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Democrats are really reaching into the bottom of the barrel in a desperate search for political candidates these days. The daily headlines have this column almost writing itself. In the Commonwealth of Virginia, we have the recent revelations of Democratic candidate for attorney general, Jay Jones, sending text messages to a colleague in 2022 wishing that someone would put “two bullets” in the head of then-Republican Speaker of the House of Delegates, Todd Gilbert. Jones went on to say that Gilbert and his wife were raising their two toddlers to be “little fascists,” that Gilbert was a “POS” whose grave he wished to “piss on,” and that he wished one of Gilbert’s children would die in his mother’s arms. He could be my state’s next chief law enforcement officer. Then, in the state of New Jersey, we have Democratic gubernatorial candidate Rebecca Michelle “Mikie” Sherrill facing questions over the circumstances of the discipline she received while a Naval Academy midshipman, which reportedly prevented her from walking with her class at graduation. Ms. Sherrill, who serves as a congresswoman from New Jersey, apparently graduated from Annapolis and went on to serve as a Navy helicopter pilot. Her military service was honorable, and perhaps whatever her infraction was — apparently a cheating scandal involving a number of midshipmen on an engineering exam — should not be disqualifying for the governorship. However, the voters of New Jersey are entitled to make that decision based on a full airing of the evidence. To date, Sherrill has refused to release her disciplinary records from the Academy, which would go a long way toward clearing the air. As they say in Washington, it’s not the crime – it’s the cover-up. As long as she refuses to release the records, the issue remains a cancer on her campaign. Ms. Sherrill had to have known that this issue lurking in her background would likely come back to haunt her campaign for governor, given the harsh light of a gubernatorial election in a major state. Perhaps her prior successful campaigns for Congress convinced her the Academy scandal was behind her. The opposition research, however, for the governorship of the Garden State, which has been hotly contested in recent years, is likely much more robust than the one in a less well-funded congressional contest. Another Democratic candidate for a powerful seat is in the glare of the Klieg lights. This time it is Bernie Sanders-endorsed Marine Corps veteran Graham Platner, who is vying for the Democratic nomination to replace the U.S. senator from Maine, Susan Collins, in that state’s 2026 Senate race. Mr. Platner was discovered to have posted a number of things on Reddit that haven’t aged very well. When you’re running in a statewide race to be Maine’s next U.S. senator, for example, it’s probably best not to have posted online that rural Mainers are “actually” racist and stupid, as the Washington Post reported Mr. Platner to have written in 2020. The Post also reported that Mr. Platner had described himself as a “Communist” on the Reddit platform. Now, I know that the Democratic Party’s “New Left” has taken a hard turn toward Karl Marx, but even New York’s radical mayoral candidate, Zohran Mamdani, tries to distance himself from the Communist label. I can’t imagine that the denizens of the Pine Tree State are ready to embrace a self-avowed Communist. But things really veered toward darkness when it was revealed that Mr. Platner had the famed Nazi symbol of a skull-and-bones known as the Totenkopf (Death’s Head) tattooed on his chest. In what had to be one of the most disingenuous political spin jobs ever, Mr. Platner claimed not to have realized it was a Nazi symbol when he was in the Corps and had himself inked while in Croatia with some buddies. Problem is, Mr. Platner reportedly told a friend in D.C. ten years ago, “Oh, this is my Totenkopf.” Even Platner’s former political director, Genevieve MacDonald, who resigned last week over the disaster, said, “He’s not an idiot, he’s a military history buff.” Even worse than the political spin was perhaps the worst tattoo clean-up job ever, in which Mr. Platner had some shlock tattoo artist stick some legs and a dog’s head on the skull, now telling Vanity Fair the tattoo is “a Celtic knot with a dog.” Okaaayyyy… As my brother, Jim, hilariously said to me, it looks like a tick that was irradiated at Chernobyl. Get a lot of popcorn as the Democratic Party scrambles to field candidates over the next year or two. The party is in a bad way and scraping the barrel’s bottom. Several decades ago, I was an investigator for a prominent D.C. investigative firm that was hired by politicians to do opposition research on their opponents. One prominent Democrat considering a run for president had us do a self-due diligence of him in which I was involved. Smart man. Always know what the opposition can find out about you before the opposition does. Our client didn’t run for the presidency.)
TOWNHALL
— The Dem Maine Senate Candidate With Nazi Tattoos Reveals How He ‘Removed’ Them. DD: Candidates should know that their opponents will do opposition research on them and that they will put the results of their opposition research in the public realm.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/10/22/dems-finally-get-their-own-naziand-the-reactions-have-been-a-mess-n2665295
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— DD: Democrats and RINOs have always used Affirmative Action to discriminate against Republicans who were conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://thehill.com/homenews/education/5574902-supreme-court-affirmative-action-colleges-universities-black-enrollment/
CNN
— Democrats not swayed by call to end shutdown from largest federal workers’ union
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/27/politics/democrats-afge-union-shutdown
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republican leaders for the high cost of healthcare. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly increase illegal immigration, and that ever-increasingly increases the cost of healthcare. Since I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have been ever-increasingly furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my healthcare insurance premiums because of my federal employment. Since I was 29 years old in 1978, my critics/opponents have been ever-increasingly furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my and my wife’s healthcare insurance premiums because of my federal employment. My critics/opponents ever-increasingly make it clear a) that they despise/hate past/present/future federal employees and retirees, b) that they would never stoop to take a federal job, and/or c) that they lack qualifications for federal jobs. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have hinted/implied/argued/shouted the most that federal employees are grossly overpaid and that their benefits are far too generous.
https://apnews.com/article/health-care-subsidies-obamacare-shutdown-e94d96a8a837a5f7f681dc6893872d3b
— DD: Democrat leaders know that they cannot regain control of the White House, U.S. Senate, or U.S. House unless they gerrymander even more.
https://apnews.com/article/redistricting-gerrymandering-voting-maps-congress-trump-2ba53ae1f492f8e293f0fa261604e8c6
MSNBC
— GOP blasted for abandoning federal workers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0UAYsXVa-U
— Largest federal workers’ union calls for immediate end to government shutdown. The American Federation of Government Employees, which represents more than 820,000 people, is pressuring lawmakers as its members go without pay.
https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/largest-federal-workers-union-calls-immediate-end-government-shutdown-rcna240047
ABC NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders know that they cannot regain control of the White House, U.S. Senate, or U.S. House unless they gerrymander even more.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/trumps-redistricting-push-hits-roadblocks-indiana-kansas-republican-126874363
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly call Republicans racists. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/opinion/immigration-enforcement-latino-discrimination.html
— Top Federal Workers’ Union Breaks With Democrats on Shutdown. The American Federation of Government Employees, in a shift, called on Congress to immediately reopen the government without the health care measures sought by Democratic lawmakers.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/us/politics/afge-federal-workers-union-government-shutdown.html
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump. How strongly is this playing out in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/us/politics/trump-free-speech.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Largest federal workers union calls for ‘clean’ bill to end shutdown. The American Federation of Government Employees is calling for a stopgap funding measure to bring employees back to work with back pay.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/27/largest-employees-union-end-shutdown/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Union Pressures Democrats to End Government Shutdown. ‘Both political parties have made their point,’ AFGE president says.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/union-pressures-democrats-to-end-government-shutdown-6028b2b1
MONEY
— Few ‘Quality’ Jobs? 60% of Workers Dissatisfied With Pay and Opportunities. DD: Those considering federal jobs who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran should be advised that their careers will be wasted and they will be gotten rid of if they do not make GS-13 ($117,807)by age 25, GS-14 ($139,211) by age 30, GS-15 ($163,749) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service ($195,200) by age 40. Extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines. It is called up-or-out, Affirmative Action, DEI, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://money.com/us-job-market-quality-crisis/
HARVARD CRIMSON
— DD: Ever-increasingly since the 1960s, Democrats and RINOs have used Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/10/28/editorial-harvard-admissions-data-socioeconomic/
PBS
— Federal workers union calls for end to shutdown
https://www.pbs.org/video/news-wrap-1761593289/
POLITICO
— DD: Democrat leaders know that they cannot regain control of the White House, U.S. Senate, or U.S. House unless they gerrymander even more.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/27/democrats-get-aggressive-on-remapping-congressional-lines-00624231
HUFFINGTON POST
— Largest Federal Employee Union Calls On Democrats To End Government Shutdown. Nearly four weeks into the shutdown, hundreds of thousands of workers are furloughed and missing paychecks. DD: Do you know any federal employees? Do you know any federal retirees? I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. I have been a federal retiree for more than 28 year. Federal employees have always been demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being grossly overpaid and that their benefits are far too generous. Federal retirees have always been demonized, denigrated, and condemned as having pensions and health insurance subsidies that are far too generous. I should write about my critics/opponents who have demonized, denigrated, and condemned me the most. In my defense of my federal salary, pension, and benefits, I stress that while I was a federal employee, I used my own time and my own money a) to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) to earn three job-related master’s degrees, c) to earn six job-related professional certifications, and d) to earn a job-related professional license.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/government-shutdown-democrats-trump-afge_n_68ff7da8e4b0fb1b951554fa
Tag: diversity
October 26, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Chicago police find themselves in difficult spots as wave of federal immigration enforcement continues
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/26/cpd-federal-immigration-enforcement/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE IN NAPERVILLE SUN: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly not only protect, but glorify and praise their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/25/federal-arrest-man-naperville-apartment-sons/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Naperville City council OKs its Special Events and Community Arts program review after McBroom raises concerns about nonprofits’ political advocacy
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/24/naperville-staff-review-seca-mcbroom/
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/24/heidi-stevens-jose-olivarez/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE IN NAPERVILLE SUN: Naperville named second safest city in America for trick-or-treating. DD: Yesterday, Iron Gate Motor Condos in Naperville hosted an outstanding major Halloween event for children of its unit owners and their friends. 40 unit owners opened their doors. The event drew more than 400 children.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/24/naperville-safest-trick-treating-us/
DAILY HERALD
— Aurora mayor investigating feds’ arrest of protester
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251025/news/aurora-mayor-investigating-feds-arrest-of-protester/
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Pritzker’s spat with McCombie reveals high tension of our time
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-governors-spat-with-gop-leader-reveals-high-tension-of-our-time/article_46a71827-5ce8-479b-b439-63163769bac9.html
MY RADIO LINK
— Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Hosts the 2025 Midwest Occupational Licensing Summit. DD: I became the only licensed CPA in GAO’s Chicago Office when I was 32 years old in 1981. My Democrat GAO superiors ignored, dismissed, and belittled that because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, or younger. They had previously ignored, dismissed, and belittled a) my passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, b) my earning a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, c) my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, d) my earning an MBA in 1976, and e) my having worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year in today’s dollars. They ignored, dismissed, and belittled the aforesaid because the Democrat, minority, female, and/or younger coworkers who they wanted to promote over me lacked the aforesaid.
https://www.myradiolink.com/2025/10/25/idfpr-hosts-the-2025-midwest-occupational-licensing-summit/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— If you are retired and if you had retired later than you did, what would you have not done? My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. I was not eligible for regular retirement when was 55 in 2003. If I had not retired until 2003, I would not have filed a lawsuit against GAO in 1998. I would not have become a Republican Precinct Committeeman in 1999. I would not have become the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster in 2000. I would not have attended the Illinois Republican Party State Convention in Springfield as a delegate in 2000. I would not have become the GOPUSA Illinois Editor in 2000. I would not have served on the MTRO Oktoberfest fundraiser committees in 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003. I would not have become a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois Director in 2000. I would not have become an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter Board Member in 2001. I would not have become Pat O’Malley’s gubernatorial primary campaign coordinator for Milton Township in 2001. I would not have become an Illinois Center Right Coalition officer in 2003. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Illegal alien charged in death of three failed CDL test 10 times, English proficiency misrepresented. DD: This harkens back to George Ryan.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/10/25/illegal-alien-charged-in-death-of-three-failed-cdl-test-10-times-english-proficiency-misrepresented-1595425/
— Seattle’s King County Jail illegally hired non-citizens, refuses to terminate them. DD: All my employers would have hired non-citizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/10/25/seattles-king-county-jail-illegally-hired-non-citizens-refuses-to-terminate-them-report-1595365/
DAILY CALLER
— We Need To Defeat Socialism In NYC. How Did We Get Here?
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/25/opinion-we-need-to-defeat-socialism-in-nyc-how-did-we-get-here-virginia-prodan/
DAILY SIGNAL
— The Real Reason Behind Democrats’ Government Shutdown
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/10/24/the-democrats-are-stuck-in-a-shutdown-doom-loop/
— California University Drops Race-Based Scholarship in Big Blow to DEI. DD: My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me for my not getting any scholarships. During my junior and senior years in high school, I spent far too many hours washing dishes instead of studying. Consequently, my ACT score was only 24 and I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/10/25/california-school-drops-race-based-scholarship-big-blow-dei/
DAILY WIRE
— Chicago Mayor Spazzes Out Over ‘Racist’ Term ‘Illegal Alien’ “The last thing that I’m going to do is accept that type of racist, nasty language to describe human beings.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/chicago-mayor-spazzes-out-over-racist-term-illegal-alien
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, a Democrat, unloaded on a reporter for asking about illegal aliens, which is a legal term for a person who is illegally in America. Johnson called the term “racist” and sarcastically suggested that he should also call black people “slaves.” The reporter asked Johnson about his apparent refusal to file a report to the White House detailing his city’s spending on illegal aliens. “What has happened with that?” the reporter asked. “We don’t have illegal aliens,” Johnson told the reporter while shaking his head. “I don’t know if that’s from some sort of sci-fi message for which you’ve had.” When the reporter explained that he was merely using a legal term for a person illegally in the country, Johnson made a comparison to slavery. “Listen, the legal term for my people were slaves,” the Democrat said. “You want me to use that term, too?” “Let’s just get the language right,” the mayor continued. “We’re talking about undocumented individuals that are human beings. The last thing that I’m going to do is accept that type of racist, nasty language to describe human beings.” Johnson posted the moment to his Instagram account on Saturday and captioned the post, “This isn’t a sci-fi show. These are human beings. We will not abandon our humanity to score cheap political points.” Johnson has made it a priority to limit the ability of federal law enforcement to detain people who are in the country illegally. Earlier this month, for example, he signed an executive order to create “ICE free zones” in Chicago, which is already a sanctuary city, The Daily Wire previously reported.)
FOX NEWS
— Democrat rhetoric fueling attacks on ICE agents
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6384027037112
— ‘No Kings’ protests largely comprised of people from one demographic. At last weekend’s “No Kings” protest in Washington, D.C., inflatable chickens bobbed above a crowd that, according to demographic research, was made up mostly of educated White women in their 40s.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/no-kings-protests-largely-comprised-people-from-one-demographic-experts
— Democrats ‘Demonize’ ICE Agents As ‘Nazis’ and ‘Gestapo’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/trump-ice-chief-fox-dems-195605927.html
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— ICE Deports Guatemalan Illegal Alien Despite Defiance From Mayor Johnson and Gov. Pritzker
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/chicago-ice-deports-guatemalan-illegal-alien-despite-defiance-from-mayor-johnson-and-gov-pritzker
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Wokeness is Feminization
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/10/helen-andrews-wokeness-is-feminization/
NEW AMERICAN
— “Woke Is Dead”? In Reality, the Monster Looms, Waiting to Deliver the West’s Coup de Grâce. DD: My critics/opponents promote wokeness/wokeism, that is, they promote discrimination against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://thenewamerican.com/us/culture/woke-is-dead-in-reality-the-monster-looms-waiting-to-deliver-the-wests-coup-de-grace/
REAL CLEAR DEFENSE
— DEI Defiance at the War Department? DD: Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2025/10/20/dei_defiance_at_the_war_department_1141969.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Harvard’s unblinking hypocrisy: Dean denounces ‘evil’ police, ‘whiteness’
https://thehill.com/opinion/education/5572628-harvards-unblinking-hypocrisy-dean-denounces-evil-police-whiteness/amp/
AOL
— How to become a ‘sponsor’ at work and help someone’s career take off. DD: My Democrat IRS superiors got rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My Democrat GAO superiors forced the GAO manager to retire who had arranged my transfer from IRS in 1980 and was finally able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me in 1986.
https://www.aol.com/finance/become-sponsor-help-someones-career-150029691.html
CBS NEWS
— DD: Democrat and RINO employers use Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/video/people-of-color-career-fair-happening-this-tuesday/
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders defend and advance the Democrat Party platform. RINO leaders not only do not defend and advance the Republican Party platform, they destroy the Republican Party.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/opinion/moderation-strategy-democrat-republican-center.html
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly discourage assimilation.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/opinion/trump-spanish-kavanaugh-stops-language.html
— DD: All my Democrat superiors in the federal government were married, had spouses who had little or no income, and/or had children. They all decried the tremendous cost of raising children. They all painted themselves as being grossly underpaid. They all were envious/jealous of my wife’s income and savings. They all used my and my wife’s giving up trying to have children against me big time. They all hinted/implied/argued/shouted that if we had children, I would not have been able to a) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, c) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and d) become a licensed CPA in 1981.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/opinion/pregnancy-birth-children.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect illegal drug dealers.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/us/politics/white-house-boats-law.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/opinion/trump-boat-strikes-office-legal-counsel.html
–Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/opinion/trump-diversity-culture-founders.html
USA TODAY
— After Robert De Niro called Stephen Miller a ‘Nazi’ DD: The more demographics that you share with Trump, the more that you should anticipate/expect that Democrats and RINOs will call you a Nazi. Trump is conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, heterosexual, married, gun-owner, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2025/10/24/stephen-miller-robert-de-niro-nazi-comment/86875292007/
DES MOINES REGISTER
— Plans for a traditional marriage parade in Iowa town spark culture clash. DD: My critics/opponents fail/refuse to promote traditional marriage. Reasons include their being LGBTQers and their not being in traditional marriages. My Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, and coworkers were furious when I got married when I was 29 years old in 1978 because they knew my being married would help me immensely. They were extremely envious/jealous of my wife’s income and savings.
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2025/08/18/ottumwa-iowa-traditional-marriage-parade-culture-clash/85648677007/
RIPON PRESS
— 16,000 semifinalists in National Merit Scholarship program. DD: My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me for my not getting any scholarships. During my junior and senior years in high school, I spent far too many hours washing dishes instead of studying. Consequently, my ACT score was only 24 and I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class.
https://www.riponpress.com/news/sean-kinder-national-merit-scholar/article_dde0fcb7-3216-4e54-8be6-7cceec8b6c78.html
BANKRATE
— How to avoid buyer’s remorse with your new home. DD: I should write the new townhome in University Park that I bought when I was 24 in 1972. SEE: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/
https://www.bankrate.com/real-estate/buyers-remorse/
KIPLINGER’S
— Laid Off at 59. DD: When my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, they succeeded in cutting my income by $86,371/year (56%) in today’s dollars. In today’s dollars, my salary was $153,151/year, but my Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension is only $66,780/year (44%). If they had let me work until I was eligible for regular retirement when I was 55 in 2003, my CSRS pension would have been much higher. The many adverse actions that they had taken against me has made it impossible for me to get a job appropriate for my work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional license.
https://www.kiplinger.com/retirement/retirement-planning/i-got-laid-off-at-59-with-an-usd800-000-401-k-what-are-my-options
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Losing a job can be a devastating financial blow at any age. But when you’re older, it can hit especially hard. Although it’s illegal to discriminate against job candidates due to older age, it’s a hard thing to prove. And unfortunately, many older workers inevitably fall victim to age discrimination. That’s why a layoff at 59 can be downright brutal.)
GALLUP
— Personal Safety Fears at Three-Decade High in U.S. DD: As Democrats move in, poverty and crime increase.
https://news.gallup.com/poll/544415/personal-safety-fears-three-decade-high.aspx
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 40% are afraid to walk alone at night near home, highest in three decades. Worry about being victimized by specific crimes remains near record highs. Fear of crime deters most Americans from doing some routine activities.)
NEWS BREAK
— The Changing Face of American Suburbs Since the 1950s. DD: When Democrats move in, poverty and crime increase. I should write about the Democrat invasion and takeover of DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Warrenville School District 200, and my precinct.
https://www.newsbreak.com/everyday-states-316335350/4312721687264-the-changing-face-of-american-suburbs-since-the-1950s
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Picture this: you’re driving through a suburban neighborhood that your grandparents might have once called home. But instead of the predictable white picket fences and matching demographics of the 1950s, you’re seeing something entirely different. American suburbs were first populated by white families in the 1950s, and their demographics remained largely unchanged until recently. In 1990, 20% of suburbanites were people of color. By 2020, that number had more than doubled to 45%. The suburbs that once symbolized exclusivity have become melting pots of diversity, completely flipping the script on what suburban America looks like.)
TAXPAYER ADVOCATE
— The IRS announced it is ending the practice of unannounced visits from its Revenue Officers. The policy change is due to the rise in tax scams and taxpayer confusion over verifying an IRS employee’s identity, leading to safety concerns for both taxpayers and IRS employees. DD: I was an IRS Revenue Officer for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year.
https://www.taxpayeradvocate.irs.gov/news/nta-blog/nta-blog-collection-part-two-end-of-the-irs-revenue-officer-pop-in-visit/2023/09/
TAX NOTES
— A New Era: How Revenue Officers Went From Cowboys to Desk Jockeys. DD: I was an IRS Revenue Officer for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year.
https://www.taxnotes.com/featured-news/new-era-how-revenue-officers-went-cowboys-desk-jockeys/2023/09/25/7hcqg
NTEU
— H.R. 1228 20-Year Retirement Eligibility For IRS Revenue Officers and U.S. Customs Service Inspectors and Canine Enforcement Officers. DD: I was an IRS Revenue Officer for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year. I was a NTEU member during all that time. NTEU came to my defense when my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my travel vouchers to get rid of me. During that time, my salary increased from $55,850/year to $112,280/year in today’s dollars. In my defense, during that time, I earned an MBA, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, and I earned a master’s degree in accounting.
https://www.nteu.org/legislative-action/congressional-testimony/hr-1228-20year-retirement-eligibility-fo
CONVERSATION
— Four strategies to make your neighborhood safer. DD: As Democrats move in, poverty and crime increase.
https://theconversation.com/four-strategies-to-make-your-neighborhood-safer-199550
MEDIAITE
— DD: Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly paint themselves as being protectors/champions of those who are citizens of foreign countries, liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly promote more hatred against those who are American, conservative, Republican, White, male, older, married, heterosexual, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.mediaite.com/media/podcasts/gavin-newsom-rips-key-trump-vibe-being-anti-woke-is-just-anti-black/
ATLANTIC
— The Liberals Who Won’t Acknowledge the Crime Problem
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/06/us-city-violent-crime-rate-perception/661337/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
EURASIA REVIEW
— How To Recognize Critical Race Theory. DD: My critics/opponents promote CRT, that is, they promote discrimination against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.eurasiareview.com/26102025-how-to-recognize-critical-race-theory-oped/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: First, CRT is always concerned with some form of “racial subordination.” The main blame for subordination is not placed on anyone in particular, but on what are often described as institutions, systems, or structures. . .The second key indicator of CRT is the role played by “white supremacy” in explaining all political, social, and economic problems. As Lew Rockwell has observed, the Marxist theory “of the substructure, or base, and the superstructures of society” has been loosely incorporated into critical race theory to explain the role of white supremacy in racial oppression.)
October 24, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— DOJ appealing dismissal of sanctuary city policy lawsuit against Illinois, Cook County, Chicago
https://abc7chicago.com/post/united-states-department-justice-appealing-dismissal-sanctuary-city-policy-lawsuit-illinois-cook-county-chicago/18066785/
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-news-demonstrators-broadview-facility-dhs-defends-apparent-tear-gas-use-little-village-protesters/18066452/
— Federal workers are bearing the brunt of the government shutdown, with more than 1 million of them going unpaid while Democrats and Republicans in Congress argue over funding federal agencies for the current fiscal year. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/heres-getting-paid-isnt-during-federal-government-shutdown/18065522/
— US House subcommittee hosts ‘shadow hearing’ in Chicago on immigration enforcement tactics
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-democrats-us-house-subcommittee-hosts-shadow-hearing-chicago-immigration-enforcement-tactics/18067828/
NBC5
— Elementary school in Chicago on soft lockdown amid reports of ICE agents in area. “Together, we will look out for one another and make sure everyone is protected.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/elementary-school-in-chicago-on-soft-lockdown-amid-reports-of-ice-agents-in-area/3843138/
CBS2
— Federal agents on North, Northwest Sides prompt soft lockdowns at schools; tear gas fired in Lakeview
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-ice-lakeview-tear-gas-wicker-park-school-lockdown/
WGN9
— Federal agents reported in multiple North Side neighborhoods as Chicago schools tighten safety protocols
https://wgntv.com/news/operation-midway-blitz/federal-agents-reported-in-multiple-north-side-neighborhoods-as-chicago-schools-tighten-safety-protocols/
FOX32
— Federal agents targeted during violent ICE raids across Chicago
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/federal-agents-targeted-ice-raids-chicago-officials-say
WTTW
— State Senator Terri Bryant said she gave a list of undocumented individuals currently being held in Illinois state prisons to Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/10/24/illinois-lawmaker-wants-help-federal-immigration-officials-id-undocumented-people-state
WBEZ
— Cicero, Berwyn students demand more school district support as immigration enforcement escalates. They are sitting out this week’s homecoming events and protesting after they say their concerns have been dismissed. The leader of the heavily Latino Morton High School District says they are there to support every student.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/10/24/cicero-berwyn-students-demand-more-morton-school-district-201-support-ice-immigration-enforcement-escalates
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Federal immigration agents tear-gas Lakeview, raid Lincoln Park as feds focus on city’s affluent North Side
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/24/federal-immigration-agents-chicago-north-side/
— DD: To keep up with political and government news and commentary of interest to Illinois Republicans from a conservative perspective, read GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/24/opinion-news-cycle-information-mental-health/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Feds make arrests across North and Near West sides, deploy tear gas on residential street in Lake View. “It was terrifying,” said one woman, who witnessed the arrest of a soon-to-be father outside the Erie Family Health Center in West Town.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/24/immigration-agents-arrest-lake-view-protest-tear-gas
— Federal judge orders Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino into her courtroom. The order came one day after Bovino was accused of tossing tear gas into a crowd in Little Village without justification.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/24/federal-judge-orders-border-patrol-commander-greg-bovino-into-her-courtroom
— Durbin and Duckworth blast Trump for playing ‘political games’ in denying Illinois disaster assistance. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government always played political games with their Republican employees. That is, they gave them bad job assignments, unfair performance expectations, and unfair performance appraisals. They ranked them in the bottom half of their coworkers for pay-for-performance. They delayed their promotions and rarely if ever promoted them beyond GS-12. They forced them to retire as soon as they were eligible. I never would have made GS-13 and survived until I was 49 years old in 1997, which was 4 years after I became eligible for early retirement, if I had not a) earned three job-related master’s degrees, earned six job-related professional certifications, and earned a job-related professional license.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump/2025/10/24/dick-durbin-tammy-duckworth-donald-trump-denial-illinois-disaster-assistance
— CPS investigator claims in lawsuit she was fired for digging into politically and racially charged cases. The CPS law department investigator says she refused to bow to pressure to change her reports. The principals association’s former leader criticized her work as subpar. DD: To hint/imply/argue/shout that my work was subpar, my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire, delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay for performance, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for them, and forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS. My Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions, and disallowed my travel vouchers. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign and disallowed my sick leave requests. In my defense, I earned three job-related master’s degrees, I earned six job-related professional certifications, and I earned a job-related professional license.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/10/23/cps-investigator-claims-fired-politically-racially-charged-cases-lawsuit-racist-dunbar-lindblom
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Former Illinois GOP leader Lee Daniels’ $7 million New Buffalo home sells in under a week
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-real-estate/illinois-gop-leader-lee-daniels-new-buffalo-home-sells-fast
SOUTHWEST REGIONAL PUBLISHING
— Ray Hanania: Can Conforti overcome GOP problems to unseat Casten?
https://southwestregionalpublishing.com/2025/10/24/ray-hanania-can-conforti-overcome-gop-problems-to-unseat-casten/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/24/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-410/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
TED DABROWSKI
— Dabrowski Calls for Audit of CDL Licenses Issued in Illinois and All Sanctuary States After Crash in CA That Killed Three.. DD: This harkens back to George Ryan.
https://mailchi.mp/tedforillinois/dabrowski-calls-for-audit-of-cdl-licenses-issued-in-il-and-all-sanctuary-states-after-crash-in-ca-that-killed-three?e=c4ad197eda
DON TRACY
— Krishnamoorthi Doubles Down on Dems’ Position: Shutdown is “Our Leverage”
https://dontracyforil.com/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Does the McHenry County Republican Party Have a Death Wish?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/24/does-the-mchenry-county-republican-party-have-a-death-wish/
— Bruce Johnson Proposes County Efficiency Task Force Committee for McHenry County To Avoid 13% Tax Levy Hike
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/24/bruce-johnson-proposes-county-efficiency-task-force-committee-for-mchenry-county-to-avoid-13-tax-levy-hike/
— Fundraising Results in Democrat’s Bradley Schneider’s 10th Congressional District
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/24/fundraising-results-in-democrats-bradley-schneiders-10th-congressional-district/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Pensions make homeownership unaffordable in Illinois. DD: I began earning credits toward a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension when I was 18 years old in 1966. I have been getting a CSRS pension since 1997. My critics/opponents use that against me. According to them, CSRS pensions are much too generous. In my defense, I paid 7% of my federal salary into the CSRS and I might still be paying into the CSRS if my Democrat superiors had not forced me to retire.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/pensions-make-homeownership-unaffordable-in-illinois/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Dabrowski Changes Campaign Plans After Mendrick Pauses to Honor Bailey Family
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/dabrowski-changes-campaign-plans-after-mendrick-pauses-to-honor-bailey-family.html
— As Bailey Mourns, Dabrowski Moves Into His Southern Illinois Backyard
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/as-bailey-mourns-dabrowski-moves-into-his-southern-illinois-backyard.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— U.S. conducts its 10th strike on drug boat, killing six
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/24/us-conducts-10th-strike-alleged-drug-boat-killing-six/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The ick of immigration law enforcement
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3859636/charleroi-pennsylvania-mass-migration-immigration-law-enforcement/
CAMPUS REFORM
— University of Washington still requires ‘diversity statements’ for wide range of positions. DD: Democrats run the federal government. They waste the careers of their Republican employees and get rid of them, and especially those who are White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/-university-washington-still-requires-diversity-statements-wide-range-positions/28838
COLLEGE FIX
— University of Illinois won’t accept any more race, sex-based scholarships under new policy. DD: My critics/opponents have always used my not getting any scholarships against me.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/u-illinois-wont-accept-any-more-race-sex-based-scholarships-under-new-policy/
FEDERALIST
— Radical Dogma Being Taught At The No. 1 Elementary Teaching School
https://thefederalist.com/2025/10/24/heres-an-inside-look-at-the-radical-dogma-being-taught-at-the-no-1-elementary-teaching-school/
— NBC Is Helping Run Anti-ICE Ops For Dems
https://thefederalist.com/2025/10/24/nbc-is-helping-run-anti-ice-ops-for-dems/
FOX NEWS
— Dems urged to ‘stop siding with illegal aliens’ after activist rams agents in sanctuary city
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dems-urged-stop-siding-illegal-aliens-after-activist-rams-agents-sanctuary-city
NEWSMAX
— Trump Ended Immigration Caravans, Democrats Can’t Handle It
https://www.newsmax.com/kenbuck/biden-newsom-sanctuary/2025/10/23/id/1231635/
PATRIOT POST
— DD: It Is Racist to Draw Congressional Districts Based Upon Race
https://patriotpost.us/opinion/122046-is-it-racist-to-draw-congressional-districts-based-upon-race-2025-10-24
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Administration Asserts Authority to House Migrants at All Overseas U.S. Bases
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/us/politics/dhs-ice-guantanamo.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Asylum seekers face deportation over failure to pay new fees
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2025-10-24/new-fees-for-asylum-seekers-leave-many-panicked-over-when-how-to-pay
AMERICAN REFORMER
— Baby Boomer Generation. DD: I am a Baby Boomer. My Democrat superiors in the federal government blamed Baby Boomer Republicans like me for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://americanreformer.org/2025/10/the-boomers-world/
(GOOGLE AI: The Vietnam War profoundly impacted the Baby Boomer generation, leading to widespread military service, draft evasion, and a massive counter-culture movement that challenged the establishment. Over 10 million baby boomers served in the military, with many facing the draft, while others changed their life trajectories to avoid it, creating deep societal divisions. The conflict also fostered a lasting distrust in government, a critical reassessment of patriotism, and the emotional and psychological trauma for returning veterans who sometimes faced public hostility.)
HUFFINGTON POST
— Pritzker Says Trump Will 100% Try To ‘Steal’ 2026 Election
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jb-pritzker-trump-steal-2026-election_n_68fa9b16e4b071f32a279d37
October 23, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Darren Bailey’s son, daughter-in-law and 2 grandchildren killed in Montana helicopter accident
https://abc7chicago.com/amp/post/illinois-republican-governor-candidate-darren-baileys-son-daughter-law-2-grandchildren-killed-montana-helicopter-crash/18060844/
FOX32
— Darren Bailey’s son, daughter-in-law and 2 grandchildren killed in helicopter crash
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/darren-bailey-family-killed
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republican gubernatorial candidate and former Republican State Sen. Darren Bailey and his wife are mourning the loss of their son, daughter-in-law and two grandchildren who were killed in a helicopter crash in Montana. Their 10-year-old grandson was not on board and is safe, according to the family. The Baileys are asking for privacy as they grieve.)
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Pritzker and GOP House leader McCombie bickered in texts after conservative influencer filmed Pritzker’s home
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/23/jb-pritzker-texts-gop-house-leader-influencer/
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: DD: The ever-increasing demand for free food in Illinois proves the ever-increasing failure of Democrat leadership in Illinois. Soon, under the Democrats, everyone in Illinois will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251022/nation-and-world-politics/less-food-for-more-people-thousands-could-lose-snap-benefits-amid-shutdown-advocates-warn/
STATELINE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do everything that they can a) to flood America with their illegals and b) to keep their illegals in America.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/pritzker-i-dont-support-open-borders-but-slams-trumps-immigration-tactics/
MOKENA PATCH
— The Will County Republican Central Committee will be hosting a “Freedom Day Dinner.”
https://patch.com/illinois/mokena/calendar/event/20251024/b0cca7c9-21da-4322-9435-6bad4a579968/fellow-republicans-join-us-for-an-evening-of-patriotism
ILLINOIZE
— Harmon and Welch Say “No Plans” to Redraw Congressional Map
https://www.theillinoize.com/articles/harmon-welch-no-plans-redraw
WINDY CITY TIMES
— Illinois State Treasurer celebrates LGBTQ+ History Month with awards
https://windycitytimes.com/2025/10/22/illinois-state-treasurer-celebrates-lgbtq-history-month-with-awards/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— DD: Will Illinois Democrat gerrymandering succeed in defeating all Republican candidates in Illinois?
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/10/23/black-caucus-briefed-on-a-remap-00619532
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/23/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-617/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
TED DABROWSKI
— Pritzker gambling winnings show how divorced he is from everyday Illinoisans
https://mailchi.mp/9fed811d3020/pritzkers-gambling-winnings-342?e=0db6d48fb8
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois House backs controversial ‘Equality for Every Family’ bill after Pritzker changes
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_38e3827b-9b24-43ef-8ec3-e6df25e797a1.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: David Smith, executive director of the Illinois Family Institute, is an opponent of the bill. “Lawmakers have once again chosen left-wing ideology over integrity,” Smith said. “It redefines what it means to be a mother, father and family. It doesn’t promote equality, it erases the natural and moral distinctions that God Himself ordained.”)
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Pritzker compares Trump’s ICE raids to Nazi Germany. Anticipate/expect that Pritzker will ever-increasingly use Illinois government to get rid of Republicans in Illinois who are share Trump’s demographics. Trump is conservative, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— 70% of Democrats Want Amnesty for Illegal Immigrants. Democrat leaders have decided that the only way that they can regain control of the federal government is a) to flood America with their illegals, b) to keep their illegals in America, and c) give their illegals the right to vote. Illegals vote for Democrats because they want/need/demand massive government assistance. To promote diversity is to get rid of those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. My critics/opponents promote diversity. I should write about my critics/opponents. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Who did you compete against for promotions? While I worked the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, all my coworkers who I competed against for promotions were Democrats who were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. All of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were most, virtually all, if not all of the aforesaid. According to my critics/opponents, the aforesaid proves that I am an unmitigated loser if not worse things. They use against me my having been passed over so many times for promotions even though I had three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. According to them, that further proves that I am an unmitigated loser, if not worse things. Further, they use against me the fact that those who were promoted over me a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had. According to my critics/opponents, my Democrat superiors a) never gave any preference to my Democrat coworkers and b) never discriminated against me. Further, according to them, IRS should not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974 and GAO should not have promoted me in 1986. I should write about my critics/opponents. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Picking the right college major is extremely important. I should have majored in accounting from the beginning. I did not start taking graduate evening accounting courses until I was 27. I did not take the CPA examination and pass it on my first attempt until I was 30. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31. I did not take the Certified Internal Auditor examination and pass it on my first attempt until I was 32. I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32. By then, the accounting profession was not interested me because I was too old. That would not have been the case if I had been a minority or female. I erroneously did not major in accounting from the beginning because I erroneously believed that I could not pass the CPA examination. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— “PillowGate” Scandal Deepens: New Evidence Ties GOP Leader Norine Hammond Directly to Her Husband’s Taxpayer-Funded Decorating Firm
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/pillowgate-scandal-deepens-new-evidence-ties-gop-leader-norine-hammond-directly-to-her-husbands-taxpayer-funded-decorating-firm.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democrats escalate anti-ICE efforts, devise strategies to ‘blow the whistle’ on officers. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/22/democratic-leaders-escalate-anti-ice-efforts-online-ice-tracker/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Federal agents deploy to San Francisco area in latest illegal immigration crackdown
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3860951/federal-agents-deploy-to-san-francisco-area-in-latest-illegal-immigration-crackdown/
NEW YORK POST
— ICE nabs crew of illegal migrants with disturbing rap sheets during raid of NYC’s Chinatown
https://nypost.com/2025/10/22/us-news/ice-nabs-crew-of-illegal-migrants-with-disturbing-rap-sheets-in-nyc-raid/
AMAC
— Media Unwittingly Aids Trump’s Deportation Agenda
https://amac.us/newsline/politics/media-unwittingly-aids-trumps-deportation-agenda/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Pritzker makes ‘shameless’ Holocaust comparison to illegals being deported HOME
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/10/23/j-b-pritzker-makes-shameless-holocaust-comparison-to-illegals-being-deported-home-1594802/
BLAZE
— DHS reveals ‘violent rap sheets’ of illegal aliens arrested on NYC’s Canal Street
https://www.theblaze.com/news/dhs-reveals-violent-rap-sheets-of-illegal-aliens-arrested-on-nyc-s-canal-street
BREITBART
— ICE Arrests 9 Illegal Aliens with ‘Violent Rap Sheets’ in NYC Operation
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/10/22/dhs-ice-arrests-9-illegal-aliens-violent-rap-sheets-including-robbery-domestic-violence-canal-street-operation/amp/
— Illegal Alien Child Rapist Received Thousands in Taxpayer-Funded Medicaid Benefits
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/22/hhs-illegal-alien-child-rapist-received-thousands-in-taxpayer-funded-medicaid-benefits/
COLLEGE FIX
— MIT, Georgia Tech and Caltech deeply embedded with DEI
https://www.thecollegefix.com/mit-georgia-tech-and-caltech-deeply-embedded-with-dei-research-finds/
FOX BUSINESS
— The safest way to pick up criminal illegal immigrants is straight out of jail
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6383539801112
FOX NEWS
— Chicago schools silent on punishment or public condemnation of teacher who mocked Charlie Kirk’s death. The Chicago-area teacher went viral mocking Kirk’s death on Saturday.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/chicago-schools-silent-on-punishment-or-public-condemnation-of-teacher-who-mocked-charlie-kirks-death
— Schumer blocks 12th GOP bid to reopen government
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/schumer-blocks-12th-gop-bid-reopen-government-trump-says-democrats-lost-negotiation
NEW AMERICAN
— Texas Finds Thousands of Potential Illegals on Voter Rolls
https://thenewamerican.com/us/texas-finds-thousands-of-potential-illegals-on-voter-rolls/
NEWSMAX
— ICE Agents Storm NYC Counterfeit Goods Market, Arrest 9 Illegals
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/ice-agents-storm-nyc-counterfeit-goods-market/2025/10/22/id/1231425/
WESTERN JOURNAL
— NYC Agitators Pay a Price of Their Own After Trying (and Failing) to Block ICE from Arresting Illegals
https://www.westernjournal.com/nyc-agitators-pay-price-trying-failing-block-ice-arresting-illegals/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— Cruz says government shutdown inflicting pain on federal workers “for no point whatsoever”
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/ted-cruz-government-shutdown-federal-workers/
NEWSWEEK
— DD: Democrat leaders use an Illinois mom to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.newsweek.com/katie-abraham-mom-rejects-operation-midway-blitz-chicago-10923287
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/nyregion/nyc-canal-street-fear-anger.html
— DD: Democrat leaders try to get Black Chicagoans to hate Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/us/politics/trump-black-chicago.html
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly discourage White males from getting college degrees. Firestone Stores would not have hired me in 1970 and IRS would not have hired in 1971 if I had not earned a bachelor’s degree in business. GAO would not have hired me in 1980 if I had not earned an MBA.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/us/value-of-higher-education-attainment-rates-graduation.html
— Harvard Records an Increase in Asian Students and a Drop in Black Students
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/us/harvard-admissions-data-black-asian-latino-students.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Black, Latino and international student enrollment drops at Harvard
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/10/23/harvard-diversity-enrollment/
USA TODAY
— Saving money for retirement helps you live longer. DD: My wife and I saved much more for retirement than our peers. My critics/opponents stress that our giving up trying to have children helped us do that.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2025/10/18/money-wealth-live-longer-study/86677603007/
BUSINESS
— Workplace competition. DD: Who did you compete against for promotions? While I worked the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, all my coworkers who I competed against for promotions were Democrats who were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. All of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were most, virtually all, if not all of the aforesaid. According to my critics/opponents, the aforesaid proves that I am an unmitigated loser if not worse things. They use against me my having been passed over so many times for promotions even though I had three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. According to them, that further proves that I am an unmitigated loser, if not worse things. Further, they use against me the fact that those who were promoted over me a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had. According to my critics/opponents, my Democrat superiors a) never gave any preference to my Democrat coworkers and b) never discriminated against me. Further, according to them, IRS should not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974 and GAO should not have promoted me in 1986. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.business.com/articles/gal-rimon-workplace-competition/
GALLUP
— DD: To promote diversity is to get rid of those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. My critics/opponents promote diversity. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://news.gallup.com/poll/696221/fewer-americans-diversity-business-priority.aspx
CPA JOURNAL
— One of the more significant crises currently facing the accounting field is the large and long-term year-over-year decline in the number of college students majoring in accounting. DD: I should have majored in accounting from the beginning. I did not start taking graduate evening accounting courses until I was 27. I did not take the CPA examination and pass it on my first attempt until I was 30. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31. I did not take the Certified Internal Auditor examination and pass it on my first attempt until I was 32. I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32. By then, the accounting profession was not interested me because I was too old. That would not have been the case if I had been a minority or female.
https://www.cpajournal.com/2025/10/22/the-disproportionate-effects-of-declining-interest-within-different-accounting-fields/
RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— 70% of Democrats Want Amnesty for Illegal Immigrants. DD: Democrat leaders have decided that the only way that they can regain control of the federal government is a) to flood America with their illegals, b) to keep their illegals in America, and c) give their illegals the right to vote. Illegals vote for Democrats because they want/need/demand massive government assistance.
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration_second_term/70_of_democrats_want_amnesty_for_illegal_immigrants
MEDIATE
— Pritzker Compares Trump’s ICE Raids to Nazi Germany. DD: Anticipate/expect that Pritzker will ever-increasingly use Illinois government to get rid of Republicans in Illinois who are share Trump’s demographics. Trump is conservative, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/jb-pritzker-compares-trumps-ice-raids-to-nazi-germany-this-is-how-authoritarian-regimes-do-it/amp/
October 21, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/18/to-stand-up-to-ice-agents-some-chicagoans-are-arming-themselves-with-whistles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump/2025/10/20/national-guard-deployment-illinois-billboards-chicago
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/21/elgin-ice-watchdog-activist-immigrants/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/21/editorial-turn-on-the-cameras-ice-whats-taking-you-so-long/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/21/opinion-no-kings-day-protest-donald-trump/
— Newspapers closing, news deserts growing. DD: Ever-increasingly, under the Illinois Democrats and under the Illinois RINOs, there are fewer and fewer and fewer center-right news and commentary sources in Illinois.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/20/newspapers-closing-northwestern-report/
ABC7
— Group faces loss of student status for refusing Northwestern’s mandatory training; judge denies TRO. The anti-bias training includes mentions of Israel.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/group-faces-loss-northwestern-university-student-status-refusing-mandatory-anti-bias-training-mentions-israel/18047406/
— More than 40% of city of Harvey staff placed on unpaid leave amid budget crisis. The mayor says the village is more than $160 million in debt.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/harvey-illinois-furlough-17-fire-department-firefighters-amid-budget-issues-firemens-association-local-471/18046783/
NBC5
— Police, firefighters in suburban Harvey furloughed as city faces ‘severe financial emergency’ At least one of Harvey’s three fire stations will close temporarily as part of the furloughs, the fire department told NBC Chicago.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/police-firefighters-in-suburban-harvey-furloughed-as-city-faces-severe-financial-emergency/3841233/
CBS2
— Broadview village board meeting ends early after disruptions from protesters over limitations
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/broadview-meeting-ends-early-after-disruptions/
WGN9
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/town-hall-educates-chicagoans-on-their-rights-during-ice-encounters/
FOX32
— ISU teacher’s assistant flips Turning Point USA table, tears down flyers: ‘Jesus did it’
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-state-university-charlie-kirk
DAILY HERALD
— DD: Under the Democrats, poverty and crime ever-increasingly increase.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251021/editorials/taking-the-lead-lawmakers-foundations-secure-funding-to-combat-hunger/
BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Illinois State University teaching assistant arrested in Turning Point event disruption
https://pantagraph.com/news/local/crime-courts/article_5a38239b-b3ba-4a55-aafd-c184d8e1069e.html
WAND TV
— Supreme Court will consider whether people who regularly smoke pot can legally own guns. DD: Pot drags you down. If I had used pot, I would not have been able to a) earn a bachelor’s degree, b) earn three master’s degrees, c) earn six professional certifications, or d) earn a professional license.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/supreme-court-will-consider-whether-people-who-regularly-smoke-pot-can-legally-own-guns/article_af47369a-ebc8-56a2-826c-b37827301546.html
25 NEWS NOW
— ISU graduate teaching assistant relieved of duties for allegedly vandalizing Turning Point display
https://www.25newsnow.com/2025/10/20/isu-graduate-teaching-assistant-relieved-duties-after-arrest-alleged-criminal-damage-property/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— GOP governor’s race heats up
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/10/21/gop-governors-race-heats-up-00616227
(FROM THE ARTICLE: JOINING THE FRAY: Rick Heidner, a real estate developer and founder of Gold Rush Gaming, is running for governor as a Republican. We hear he just plugged $1 million into his campaign and is gathering petition signatures. Homer Glen Mayor Christina Neitzke-Troike is his lieutenant governor running mate. Heidner, of Barrington Hills, joins a competitive GOP primary contest that includes former state Sen. Darren Bailey, conservative activist Ted Dabrowski and DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick and a few other, lesser-known folks. It’s a contest rife with tension. There’s a feud brewing between the Dabrowski and Bailey camps, and GOP political consultant Jeanne Ives is at the center of the controversy. Ives is endorsing Dabrowski — even though she backed Bailey in 2022. She’s also been accused of trying to discredit Bailey by being part of an effort to leak a confidential human resources document from Bailey’s 2022 campaign about a disagreement with then-campaign staffer Brett Corrigan, who was 17 at the time. The document never amounted to anything, but Tom DeVore, a Republican operative who is staying neutral in 2026, called it “nasty politics,” via social media. Bailey is seen as a front-runner because of his name recognition across the state. Ives denies trying to discredit anyone, and Dabrowski’s camp didn’t comment. Bailey spokesman Jose Durbin, said, “While Darren Bailey and Aaron Del Mar are focused on beating the Democrats, it’s unfortunate Jeannie Ives is once again reprising her role as the Democrats’ favorite ‘Republican,’” according to a statement. And Corrigan, who has since gone on to host three Illinois political events with President Donald Trump’s family members, is now chairing Heidner’s campaign for governor. “Rick is a true outsider — not a career politician — who’s ready to save Illinois, fight for our values and be a trusted ally to President Trump,” Corrigan said.)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/21/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-615/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Dombrowski Leads Bailey by Twenty Percentage Points in Cook County GOP Dinner Straw Poll, Tracy Ahead of Goodman by Thirty Points. DD: I organized some big straw polls in the 2000s. I should write about those candidates who did poorly in those straw polls and who continue to blame me for that.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/20/dombrowski-leads-bailey-by-twenty-percentage-points-in-cook-county-gop-dinner-straw-poll-tracy-ahead-of-goodman-by-thirty-points/
— Crystal Lake Park Board Votes to Tax to the Max
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/20/crystal-lake-park-board-votes-to-tax-to-the-max/
— A Critic of No Kings Demonstrations
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/20/a-critic-of-no-kings-demonstration/
— DeWitte Reports on What Dems Are Up To in Springfield Veto Session
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/20/dewitte-reports-on-what-dems-are-up-to-in-springfield-veto-session/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois SNAP errors could cost taxpayers up to $700 million in penalties
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-snap-errors-could-cost-taxpayers-up-to-700-million-in-penalties/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Illinois State University graduate student who flipped TPUSA table fired from teaching assistant position
https://nypost.com/2025/10/20/us-news/illinois-state-university-graduate-student-who-flipped-tpusa-table-fired-from-teaching-assistant-position/
AMERIAN THINKER
— Woke ideology splits the Anglican Church
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/10/woke_ideology_splits_the_anglican_church.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— ‘Woke’ Bible storybook for kids touted as: ‘antidote to Christian white supremacy’
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/10/20/woke-bible-storybook-for-kids-touted-as-antidote-to-christian-white-supremacy-1593877/
BLAZE
— Teacher’s assistant arrested in connection with Turning Point USA attack ahead of Alex Stein event at Illinois State University
https://www.theblaze.com/news/illinois-state-university-teachers-assistant-arrested-for-turning-point-usa-attack-ahead-of-alex-stein-event
BREITBART
— Chicago-Area Judge Rules ICE Can Be Arrested at Courthouses
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/10/20/chicago-area-judge-rules-ice-agents-can-be-arrested-at-courthouses/amp/
— Speaker Johnson on Leftists Protests: If Trump Were a King, the Government Would Be Opened Right Now
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/20/speaker-johnson-on-leftists-protests-if-trump-were-a-king-the-government-would-be-opened-right-now/
— Advisory Firm Urges Tesla Shareholders to Reject Elon Musk’s $1 Trillion Pay Package
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2025/10/20/advisory-firm-urges-tesla-shareholders-to-reject-elon-musks-1-trillion-pay-package/
— Number of Illegals Seeking FHA Mortgages Plummets Thanks to Trump Reforms
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/20/number-migrants-seeking-fha-mortgages-plummets-thanks-trump-reforms/amp/
COLLEGE FIX
— Saturday’s ‘No Kings’ rallies: Educators mock Kirk assassination, call for ICE agents to be shot
https://www.thecollegefix.com/saturdays-no-kings-rallies-educators-mock-kirk-assassination-call-for-ice-agents-to-be-shot/
— Outrageous use of worker visas to fill Yale, Dartmouth DEI jobs
https://www.thecollegefix.com/senator-calls-out-outrageous-use-of-worker-visas-to-fill-yale-dartmouth-dei-jobs/
— Illinois State U. faculty member fired after flipping Turning Point table, saying ‘Jesus did it’
https://www.thecollegefix.com/illinois-state-u-faculty-member-fired-after-flipping-turning-point-table-saying-jesus-did-it/
DAILY CALLER
— DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, using Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of their Republican employees was their top priority.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/20/trumps-war-on-illegal-dei-leaves-diversity-industry-in-ruins-data-show/
FEDERALIST
— Criminal Illegal Alien Who Ran Des Moines Schools Registered As Maryland Voter
https://thefederalist.com/2025/10/20/criminal-illegal-alien-who-ran-des-moines-schools-registered-as-maryland-voter/
FOX NEWS
— Chicago ‘No Kings’ protesters bash Trump piñata. “No Kings” protesters were filmed bashing a piñata resembling President Donald Trump outside an ICE facility near Chicago this week.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6383426367112
— University fires Turning Point USA table flipper from teaching assistant role after campus outburst. Derek Lopez faces disorderly conduct and criminal damage charges after flipping Turning Point USA’s table.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/university-fires-turning-point-usa-table-flipper-from-teaching-assistant-role-after-campus-outburst
— Social media erupts over ‘deranged’ teacher mocking Charlie Kirk’s death in ‘No Kings’ viral video. A Chicago teacher faces calls to be fired after a viral video showed her mocking Charlie Kirk’s assassination at an anti-Trump protest over the weekend.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/social-media-erupts-over-deranged-teacher-mocking-charlie-kirks-death-in-no-kings-viral-video
— Trump admin on pace to shatter deportation record by end of first year: ‘Just the beginning’ Since Trump’s return to the Oval Office on Jan 20, the administration has deported over 515,000 illegal aliens.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-admin-on-pace-shatter-deportation-record-end-first-year-just-the-beginning
— Karen Bass ‘ignored’ the Supremacy Clause when she made Los Angeles a sanctuary city
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6383445108112
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— TikTok Plot Exposed as Illegal Alien Offers $10,000 for Each ICE Agent Killed
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/illegal-alien-from-mexico-arrested-for-soliciting-death-against-ice-agents-in-dallas-authorities-say
NATIONAL REVIEW
— DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, using Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of their Republican employees was their top priority.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/10/as-dei-dies-corporate-america-faces-serious-risk/
NEW AMERICAN
— Another Illegal Alien Arrested for Soliciting Murder of ICE Agents
https://thenewamerican.com/us/immigration/another-illegal-alien-arrested-for-soliciting-murder-of-ice-agents/
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Forget ‘Obama Phones’ – Now Illegals Can Get Their Own Newsom Phone Discounts
https://www.westernjournal.com/forget-obama-phones-now-illegals-can-get-newsom-phone-discounts/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— FAA says air traffic controller staffing issues cause delays amid shutdown
https://www.wcia.com/news/national/faa-says-air-traffic-controller-staffing-issues-cause-delays-amid-shutdown/
NEWSWEEK
— DHS Arrests More Than 480K Illegal Immigrants in 9 Months
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/dhs-arrests-illegals/2025/10/20/id/1231153/
MSNBC
— DD: Trump takes adverse actions against his political critics/opponents. I have never done that. Should I start doing that? My critics/opponents falsely argue that my including a link in a GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter to an article that they do not like is taking an adverse action against them. My critics/opponents destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who f) who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have had their operative and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-doj-comey-james-bolton-indictments-rcna238195
NBC NEWS
— DD: What do you say to those who you have helped, but who have not come to your defense when you have been attacked? Should I write about Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who I have helped elect, but who did not come to my defense when I was attacked? I would focus on those who did not come to my defense when my critics/opponents had their operatives and dupes a) end my membership of the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee, b) end my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks, c) end my chairmanship of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, d) end my service as the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster twice, and e) end my membership on the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/jd-vance/vance-young-republicans-racism-lives-ruined-rcna237838
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: A Squalid Chicago Building, a Tip to the Feds, and Then ‘Straight-Up Chaos’ An immigration raid on an apartment building in Chicago followed years of problems with crime, and neglect by landlords. It swept up dozens of U.S. citizens who were detained in the middle of the night.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/us/chicago-south-shores-border-patrol-raid.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly ridicule Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/opinion/no-kings-protest-chicago-tactical-frivolity.html
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote Chinese students over American students.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/opinion/chinese-students-universities-trump.html
WASHINGTON POST
–DD: Democrat leaders want you to pay for their illegals’ healthcare
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/10/20/undocumented-immigrant-health-care-shutdown/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Trump loyalist, OMB Director Russ Vought, has picked up where Musk left off with slashing federal workforce. DD: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE.
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2025-10-10/russ-vought-trump-budget-director-federal-workforce-cuts
— DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, using Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of their Republican employees was their top priority.
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-10-20/think-landing-a-job-is-hard-try-having-dei-on-your-resume
BOSTON HERALD
— Massachusetts gives $155 million bond to private college, as campus president slams Trump for ‘attacks’ on DEI
https://www.bostonherald.com/2025/10/20/massachusetts-gives-155-million-bond-to-private-college-as-campus-president-slams-trump-for-attacks-on-dei/amp/
USA TODAY
— FDA’s abortion pill approval is reckless decision that will harm women and babies
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2025/10/14/fda-abortion-pill-mifepristone-generic-drug/86565930007/
— US passport weakens to record low as global mobility shifts. DD: I have absolutely no desire to visit a foreign country.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/2025/10/15/us-passport-index-historic-low/86711671007/
— Student loan forgiveness quietly resumes for some Americans. DD: What present of those who took out student loans had no intention of paying those loans off?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2025/10/16/student-loan-forgiveness-quietly-resumes/86729927007/
INDIANA STUDENT DAILY
— Gov. Mike Braun to speak at Turning Point USA event Tuesday at IU Auditorium. The event, headlined by conservative political commentator Tucker Carlson, is slated to begin at 6:30 p.m. DD: What Charlie Kirk events have been held and are scheduled in your county, township, municipality, and school district? If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, the organization would have held a Charlie Kirk event by now.
https://www.idsnews.com/article/2025/10/governor-mike-braun-turning-point-usa-iu-bloomington
TELEGRAPH HERALD
— Lasting peace requires accepting Israel’s right to exist. DD: According to my critics/opponents, I have no right to exist as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor and I had no right to exist as a) a member of the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee, b) as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks, c) as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, d) as a Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster, e) as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, or f) as a GAO employee.
https://www.telegraphherald.com/news/opinion/article_8a82b4a2-d8cf-4507-b1c2-320586b254e9.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Whistles Have Become Chicago’s Surprising Act of Protest. Residents angry with immigration crackdown air dissent—and warnings—with devices typically favored by athletic coaches. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/chicago-ice-protests-whistles-14c3968b
— Chicago’s Union Boss Gets a Promotion. Stacy Davis Gates will bring her educational failures to Springfield.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/stacy-davis-gates-chicago-teachers-union-illinois-federation-of-teachers-schools-education-73d8f3bb
— Biased Media Needs a Complete Culture Change. Bari Weiss at CBS and Jeff Bezos at the Washington Post are trying, but they’re sure to meet resistance.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/biased-media-needs-a-complete-culture-change-af68fd86
— DD: For Democrat leaders, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trumps-university-compact-would-make-america-mediocre-ec026326
— Mamdani and the Democrats. The socialist insurgency will keep growing unless the party center stops it.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/zohran-mamdani-democratic-party-socialists-new-york-city-mayor-25351711
PUNCHBOWL NEWS
— Dems’ new Illinois redistricting plan targets LaHood
https://punchbowl.news/article/campaigns/dems-target-lahood/
GOOGLE AI
— Help elect candidates. DD: Sadly, there are many reasons to not help elect candidates. I should write about that. I would focus on Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000. I would focus on those who lost elections or won by smaller margins than they expected. I would focus on those who I did the most to help elect. I would focus on those who have blamed me the most for their defeats. I would focus on those who ran as conservatives, who won, but who then failed/refused to defend/advance planks in the Republican Party platform. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.google.com/search?q=help+elect+candidates
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
INDEPENDENT
— Only one news outlet (One America News) has signed on to Hegseth’s media loyalty oath — even Trump-favoring Fox News is boycotting it. DD: My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who f) who refuse to give them money. They have taken many big adverse actions against me. They want to stop me from sending out my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Failing that, they want stop everyone from reading my newsletters. Failing that, they want me to get their specific permission for articles before I include links to those articles in my newsletters. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/newsmax-rejects-pentagon-press-rules-b2844673.html
October 20, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Federal immigration agents attacked while trying to arrest man in Bolingbrook
https://abc7chicago.com/post/federal-immigration-agents-attacked-trying-arrest-man-100-block-williamsburg-lane-bolingbrook-illinois-police/18040229/
CBS2
— 4 killed, 14 wounded in weekend shootings across Chicago
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/weekend-shootings-oct-17-to-20-2025/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/19/immigration-raid-mount-prospect-neighbors/
— CTU’s Stacy Davis Gates elected head of Illinois teachers union
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/19/stacy-davis-gates-illinois-teachers-union/
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PHOTOS: Race to succeed U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky is attracting millions in campaign cash
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251019/us-congress-politics/race-to-succeed-u-s-rep-jan-schakowsky-is-attracting-millions-in-campaign-cash-records-show/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republicans Rocio Cleveland of Island Lake and Mark Su of Chicago also are running. . .Polan entered the race in late August. His campaign subsequently received $343,412, which included a $275,000 loan from the candidate and $5,000 from former Republican U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger’s Country First PAC.)
WQAD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ in Moline.
https://www.wqad.com/video/news/local/atlas-collective-hosts-queer-spooky-blood-drive-in-moline-empowering-lgbtq-donors/526-cfe686e0-1b3b-43ef-99c4-b11789fe54b5
ILLINOIS PATCH
— ISU Teaching Assistant Tips Turning Point USA Table, Faces Charges
https://patch.com/illinois/across-il/isu-teaching-assistant-tips-turning-point-usa-table-faces-charges-police
BOLINGBROOK PATCH
— Immigration Agents Attacked By 2 Females During Arrest In Bolingbrook. The females and the man being arrested all fled into a nearby home.
https://patch.com/illinois/bolingbrook/amp/33094155/immigration-agents-attacked-by-2-females-during-arrest-in-bolingbrook-police
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Stacy Davis Gates framing of standardized testing as “junk science rooted in white supremacy” fueled a national backlash, while her comment comparing a former schools CEO to a special education student triggered bipartisan outrage. She later apologized. DD: How have standardized tests impacted you? If I had not passed standardized tests, a) UIC would not have accepted me in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, or IIT in 1992, b) the Post Office would not have hired me in 1966, Firestone Stores in 1970, IRS in 1971, or GAO in 1980, c) I would not have become a CPA in 1979 or a Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, Fraud Examiner in 1990, Government Financial Manager in 1994, Financial Services Auditor in 1996, or Forensic Accountant in 1997, and d) I would not have become a licensed CPA in 1981.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/10/20/stacy-davis-gates-power-move-00615110
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/20/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-614/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Two at Crystal Lake No Kings Demonstration Hope for Trump’s Death
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/20/two-at-crystal-lake-no-kings-demonstration-hope-for-trumps-death/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Illegal immigrant cop sparks debate about migrants’ access to guns
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/19/illegal-immigrant-cop-sparks-debate-migrants-access-guns/
NEW YORK POST
— Illegal migrant on TikTok offers $10K for every ICE agent killed
https://nypost.com/2025/10/19/us-news/illegal-migrant-on-tiktok-offers-10k-for-every-ice-agent-killed-feds/
— DD: How have standardized tests impacted you? If I had not passed standardized tests, a) UIC would not have accepted me in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, or IIT in 1992, b) the Post Office would not have hired me in 1966, Firestone Stores in 1970, IRS in 1971, or GAO in 1980, c) I would not have become a CPA in 1979 or a Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, Fraud Examiner in 1990, Government Financial Manager in 1994, Financial Services Auditor in 1996, or Forensic Accountant in 1997, and d) I would not have become a licensed CPA in 1981.
https://nypost.com/2025/10/14/opinion/princeton-reinstates-sat-requirement-making-stubborn-columbia-the-last-test-optional-ivy/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Sanctuary Cities, Drug Cartels, and No Kings
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/10/sanctuary_cities_drug_cartels_and_no_kings.html
AMERICAN THINKER
— Democrats Are Mad Kings
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/10/democrats_are_mad_kings.html
CAMPUS REFORM
— Yale prof hired under DEI remains in her post, teaches ‘Socialist, Anti-Imperialist Lens’
https://www.campusreform.org/article/yale-prof-hired-dei-remains-post-teaches-socialist-anti-imperialist-lens/28796
COLLEGE FIX
— DD: How have standardized tests impacted you? If I had not passed standardized tests, a) UIC would not have accepted me in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, or IIT in 1992, b) the Post Office would not have hired me in 1966, Firestone Stores in 1970, IRS in 1971, or GAO in 1980, c) I would not have become a CPA in 1979 or a Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, Fraud Examiner in 1990, Government Financial Manager in 1994, Financial Services Auditor in 1996, or Forensic Accountant in 1997, and d) I would not have become a licensed CPA in 1981.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/princeton-brings-back-standardized-test-requirement-after-five-year-review/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Three Fundamental Differences That Are Dividing Americans
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/10/19/why-we-cant-resolve-debates-that-divide-america/
FOX NEWS
— Des Moines school district sues firm behind hiring of illegal alien superintendent
https://www.aol.com/articles/des-moines-school-district-sues-203624273.html
— Turning Point leader demands repercussions for University of Chicago professor arrested at anti-ICE rally. DD: Who is leading Turing Point USA in Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district?
https://www.aol.com/articles/turning-point-leader-demands-repercussions-161608797.html
FOUNDATION FOR GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY & BRITANNICA
— DD: Democrat leaders reject equal opportunity because equal opportunity does not produce equal outcome, that is, Democrat leaders reject equal opportunity because with equal opportunity, in many ways, if not in most ways, Republicans do better than Democrats, conservatives do better than liberals and moderates, Whites do better than minorities, men do better than women, older people do better than younger people, Protestants do better than non-Protestants, German Americans do better than non-German Americans, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time do better than those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time. According to my critics/opponents, I owe my successes in life not to equal opportunity, but to my benefitting from discrimination against those who are Democrat, liberal, moderate, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for less time than my ancestors. For example, they stress that while I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, those who took the examinations with me who did not pass were overwhelming one or more of the aforesaid.
https://thefga.org/video/gov-mike-braun-on-how-merit-excellence-and-innovation-replaced-dei-in-indiana/
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Equal-Rights-Amendment
HUMOR
— The Age Gap in Equity: Why Toddlers Deserve a Seat on the School Board (Obviously) If representation is the ultimate moral good, then surely the diaper demographic deserves a voice at the table, too. DD: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://vocal.media/humor/the-age-gap-in-equity-why-toddlers-deserve-a-seat-on-the-school-board-obviously
(FROM THE ARTICLE: There is a glaring underrepresentation of infants, toddlers, and young children on school boards and in government. Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies are clearly ageist, discriminating against these groups and preventing them from representing themselves. Millions of children are affected by decisions made without anyone who “looks or sounds like them” at the decision-making table. If DEI logic is taken seriously, that representation should mirror population percentages rather than qualifications or experience, then toddlers have every right to demand inclusion. After all, they make up a sizable demographic, they are directly affected by policy, and they have very strong opinions on juice boxes, nap schedules, and the universal injustice of bedtime. Imagine a two-year-old on the school board. Meetings might begin with finger painting and end in tears, but at least they would be authentic. Lunch breaks would feature an assortment of animal crackers and pouches of applesauce. Committee debates would be passionate and loud, though perhaps less hypocritical than those of some adults. When discussions stall, one member could dramatically throw their sippy cup to the floor, signaling that it is time for a recess, a literal one. The irony, of course, is that this absurd scenario perfectly illustrates the flaw in the ideology of enforced representational equity. When equal outcomes become the standard of justice, logic ceases to matter. There is no limit to the number of categories one can divide humanity into, nor to the demands that each be represented proportionally in every institution. But representation alone does not create justice or competence. A government made up of every possible demographic box in perfect statistical alignment would still fail if it lacked wisdom, discipline, and moral integrity. The best ideas are not born of diversity quotas; they are born of reason, virtue, and experience, things toddlers, despite their charm, have not yet developed. Equality of opportunity means that anyone, regardless of background, has the chance to pursue a role if they earn it. Equality of outcome means everyone must end up in the same place, regardless of effort or capability. The former encourages excellence, while the latter destroys it. It replaces earned achievement with administrative engineering, a moral sleight of hand that values appearance over substance. Equity, as often practiced, treats disparities as evidence of discrimination rather than as a reflection of natural variation in interest, skill, or choice. Not every imbalance is an injustice. There are more male mechanics and more female nurses not because of oppression, but because of differing inclinations and strengths. Demanding identical results in every field requires denying human diversity itself, the very diversity DEI claims to celebrate. When every outcome must be equal, merit becomes secondary. The question shifts from “Who is most capable of leading?” to “Who checks which box?” And when identity takes precedence over ability, the system inevitably drifts toward incompetence masked as virtue. That is how institutions that once prized excellence become bureaucracies obsessed with optics. In that light, appointing toddlers to school boards is not as far-fetched as it sounds. It is simply the logical endpoint of representation without restraint. If lived experience is the highest credential, who could possibly understand the kindergarten experience better than a preschooler? If empathy and visibility are the keys to justice, should not those directly affected by nap policies have a seat at the table? Of course, we all know why that is ridiculous. Children are not developmentally ready to make such decisions. Yet this simple truth, that some people are not yet equipped for certain responsibilities, applies beyond age. Competence matters. Readiness matters. Pretending otherwise in the name of representation undermines the very institutions that keep society functional. The goal of a just system should not be to guarantee identical results, but to ensure open doors and the freedom to walk through them when one is ready. Anything beyond that, no matter how well-intentioned, veers into moral absurdity. Governance should prioritize wisdom, expertise, and the pursuit of the common good, not a demographic checklist. And if that means the toddlers must wait a few years before joining the school board, I suspect the republic will survive.)
JOHNATHAN TURLEY
— DD: How have standardized tests impacted you? If I had not passed standardized tests, a) UIC would not have accepted me in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, or IIT in 1992, b) the Post Office would not have hired me in 1966, Firestone Stores in 1970, IRS in 1971, or GAO in 1980, c) I would not have become a CPA in 1979 or a Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, Fraud Examiner in 1990, Government Financial Manager in 1994, Financial Services Auditor in 1996, or Forensic Accountant in 1997, and d) I would not have become a licensed CPA in 1981.
https://jonathanturley.org/2025/10/12/princeton-joins-move-back-to-standardized-testing/
NEWS BUSTERS
— MSNBC Buries Criminal Record of Illegal Alien Arrested in Chicago
https://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/brad-wilmouth/2025/10/19/msnbcs-soboroff-buries-criminal-record-illegal-alien-arrested
NEWSMAX
— Cartels ‘Desperate’ at Border
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/johntorres-ice-cartels/2025/10/19/id/1231001/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC NEWS
— DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders and their Democrat news media will ever-increasingly paint Santos as being a typical conservative Republican.
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/george-santos-speaks-out-for-first-time-since-prison-release-250197573749
CNN
— DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders and their Democrat news media will ever-increasingly paint Santos as being a typical conservative Republican.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/19/politics/george-santos-interview-prison-commuted-pardon
MSN
— Republican farmers says immigration raids are decimating their work force. DD: Because fewer and fewer and fewer Americans take bad jobs like the ones I took, should America give citizens of foreign countries more work permits for those who take bad jobs like the ones I took? 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 1971-1972. I pumped more gasoline 1971-1972. I collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980. I audited federal agencies 1980-1997. According to my critics/opponents, a) all the jobs that I had were bad jobs that they would never have stooped to take and b) I was grossly overpaid for those jobs and my pension and retirement benefits are much too generous.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/republican-farmer-says-immigration-raids-are-decimating-his-work-force/ar-AA1OMg8i
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders and their Democrat news media will ever-increasingly paint Santos as being a typical conservative Republican.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/nyregion/santos-cnn-fox-prison-release.html
— Social Media, Pleas From Allies and Prison Essays: How Santos Won His Freedom
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/nyregion/george-santos-prison-trump.html
— DD: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/business/economic-divide-spending-inflation-jobs.html
USA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump. For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2025/10/15/chicago-war-ice-national-guard-protests/86606913007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— How to Choose the Right Volunteer Work in Retirement. With thousands of choices to pick from, the trick is narrowing it down to the ones that make the most sense for you. DD: If you are retired, what are you doing? I am putting together and sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, that is, I am promoting conservative principles, that is, I am promoting planks in the Republican Party platform.
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/retirement/retirement-volunteer-work-search-51885118
— DD: How wealthy were your parents? My critics/opponents have always painted my parents as having been filthy rich. To prove that false, I have always stressed that I had to work my way through college, that my father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars, that he almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills, that my mother never worked outside of the home until after he died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21, that neither of my parents attended college, that my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, that my mother never attended high school. My critics/opponents stress that I bought a new car when I was 17. But I bought that car with money I earned washing dishes for 18 months for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/wealthy-families-are-writing-mission-statements-to-avoid-fights-lost-fortunes/ar-AA1OMeXN
FORBES
— Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs. DD: Republican students should seek Republican employers. Because I am a Republican, my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. They flushed down their toilets what I had learned a) earning a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) earning three job-related master’s degrees, c) earning six job-related professional certifications, and d) earning a job-related professional license.
https://www.forbes.com/advisor/education/psychology-and-counseling/cacrep-accreditation/
NEWS9
— Heavy security in place as Turning Point USA Tour stop at University of Oklahoma. DD: Who is leading Turing Point USA in Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district?
https://www.news9.com/story/68f16b3fbaa31af84a7c2e3f/heavy-security-in-place-as-turning-point-usa-tour-stops-at-ou
https://www.oudaily.com/news/ou-statement-turning-point-usa-signs-removal-joseph-harroz-jr/article_983d0b9b-4304-4d3f-8553-01db7d184b30.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Thousands are expected to gather on the University of Oklahoma’s campus Thursday night for the “This is The Turning Point Tour.” Due to safety concerns, the event was moved to Lloyd Noble Center. The center can hold about 11,000 people, and about two-thirds of the seats are expected to be filled. Multiple law enforcement agencies are on site. The Norman Police SWAT Team, OU Police, Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office and Turning Point USA’s security detail are at the event to ensure safety. Thursday morning, officers conducted a K-9 sweep and also checked the roof. Everything being brought into the venue will be thoroughly screened, including bags, equipment and even water. No bags (including clear), food or drink will be allowed in the event. The event starts at 6:30 p.m. and guest speakers include: Gov. Kevin Stitt, actor Russel Brand and social media influencer Savannah Chrisley. Seating is first-come, first-served.)
NEWS BREAK
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.newsbreak.com/everyday-states-316335350/4301029789075-10-key-moments-in-the-fight-for-lgbtq-rights
POLITICO
— Speaker Johnson defends Trump’s decision to commute Santos sentencing. DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders and their Democrat news media will ever-increasingly paint Santos as being a typical conservative Republican.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/19/speaker-johnson-defends-trumps-decision-to-commute-santos-sentencing-00614954
PEOPLE
— DD: Ever-increasingly, Democrat leaders use Derek Chauvin to promote more hated against Republicans. Then again, Democrats ever-increasingly use everything to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.aol.com/5-years-george-floyds-murder-173241930.html
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— DHS keeps paying 70,000 law enforcement officials amid shutdown. DD: I was a law enforcement officer 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year. As an IRS Revenue Officer, I enforced federal tax laws.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/government-shutdown/2025/10/dhs-to-keep-paying-70000-law-enforcement-officials-amid-shutdown-using-reconciliation-law/
— Half of Americans worried about impacts of federal employee layoffs. DD: Who do you know who is/was a federal employee or a federal retiree? I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. I have been a federal retiree for more than 28 years. I should write a book about how people view and treat federal employees and federal retirees. I would focus on those a) who believe that federal employees are overpaid and their benefits are much too generous and/or b) who believe that federal pensions and retirement benefits are much too generous. I would focus on those who would never stoop to take a federal job. I would focus on those who lack qualifications for federal jobs. I would focus on those who look down on federal employees and retirees, if not despise them, if not hate them.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/government-shutdown/2025/10/half-of-americans-worried-about-impacts-of-federal-employee-layoffs/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
DAILY MAIL
— The Chicago mayor accused President Donald Trump of wanting a ‘Civil War’ rematch during a No Kings protest. Mayor Brandon Johnson ignited the crowd on Saturday by telling liberals to be ‘ready to defend this democracy’ and to be ‘ready to fight fascism.’ ‘Are you prepared to destroy authoritarianism once and for all? We’ll let the world hear you, no kings!’ he said in an impassioned speech.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15204165/no-kings-protests-national-guard.html
TIMES OF INDIA
— DD: My church-going critics/opponents act like they believe that they will get into heaven by destroying those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who f) who refuse to give them money. I should write about my church-going critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/explained-why-donald-trump-thinks-his-father-isnt-in-heaven-and-he-also-wont-go-there/articleshow/124685317.cms
FROM OTHER SOURCES
AUTO GUIDE
— The Price Of A New Car Has Officially Become Unthinkable. DD: Back in the good old days, that is, back when I was 17 in 1966, I was able to earn and save enough washing dishes for the minimum wage for 18 months to buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint. SEE: https://over-drive-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/1965-12-CD-1966-Pontiac-Tempest-Sprint-Test-1-4.pdf
https://www.autoguide.com/auto/auto-news/the-price-of-a-new-car-has-officially-become-unthinkable-44626426
October 19, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— George Santos blasts critics in first interview since release from prison
https://abc7chicago.com/post/former-ny-rep-george-santos-blasts-critics-first-interview-release-federal-prison/18039315/
NBC5
— Secret Service discovers hunting stand with direct sight line to Trump’s Air Force One exit in Florida. The FBI is now leading an investigation following the discovery near the Palm Beach International Airport.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/secret-service-discovers-hunting-stand-direct-sight-line-trumps-air-force-one-exit-florida/3840619/
CBS2
— 2 federal immigration agents attacked while making arrest in Bolingbrook, Illinois
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/immigration-agents-attacked-bolingbrook-arrest/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— The Obama Presidential Center promises to be a very un-Chicago building
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/19/column-barack-obama-presidential-center-chicago-keegan/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blast Hegseth.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/19/hegseth-pentagon-press-rules-clarence-page/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blast Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/19/opinion-donald-trump-truth-facts-students/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/17/column-venezuela-argentina-donald-trump-shackelford/
— DD: If you are having trouble getting a good job, Democrat leaders blame Trump. I did the following to get better paying jobs: a) I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) I earned three job-related master’s degrees, c) I earned six job-related professional certification, and d) I earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/19/americans-job-market-ap-norc-poll/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/10/19/no-kings-protest-chicago-politics-donald-trump
DAILY HERALD
— ICE agents search for detainee through Mount Prospect neighborhood
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251019/news/ice-agents-search-for-detainee-through-mount-prospect-neighborhood/
— Shutdown impact: What it means for workers, federal programs and the economy. DD: During the 1980s and 1990s, Gingrich used budget cuts to gut GAO. The agency shrank from more than 6,000 employees to less than 3,000. My Democrat GAO superiors were furious. They took their fury out on me. They forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS. They delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13. They kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. They always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. They forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. They flushed down their toilets what I had learned working for IRS for almost 9 years and earning three job related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251018/nation-and-world-politics/shutdown-impact-what-it-means-for-workers-federal-programs-and-the-economy/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The administration is also trying to fire thousands of federal workers in agencies that don’t align with its priorities. Republican leaders in Congress have said that’s part of the fallout from a shutdown. Past presidents, however, did not use shutdowns to engage in mass firings. The Republican administration has announced one reduction in force affecting 4,100 workers, with the biggest cuts happening at the departments of Treasury, Health and Human Services, Education and Housing and Urban Development. White House budget chief Russ Vought said in an interview on “The Charlie Kirk Show” that many more are planned. “I think we’ll probably end up being north of 10,000,” Vought said. “We want to be very aggressive where we can be in shuttering the bureaucracy,” Vought said. “Not just the funding, but the bureaucracy, that we now have an opportunity to do that.”)
SOUTHERN
— Speaker of the House Mike Johnson defended labeling this weekend’s “No Kings” rallies opposing President Donald Trump as “hate America” rallies, arguing that he was not referring to Democrats themselves but the message of the protesters.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/10/19/johnson-defends-calling-anti-trump-protests-hate-america-rallies/
WAND TV
— Trump calls Colombian President Petro an ‘illegal drug dealer’ and announces an end to US aid to the country
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/trump-calls-colombian-president-petro-an-illegal-drug-dealer-and-announces-an-end-to-us/article_5406e3cc-7fd9-5efe-829c-ab26eac0c7c8.html
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— We The People, McHenry County, Urges Contact with County Board Members to Remind Them of the Promise to Cut Property Tax Levy in Exchange for Voting for Mental Health Sales Tax
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/19/we-the-people-mchenry-county-urges-contact-with-county-board-members-to-remind-them-of-the-promise-to-cut-property-tax-levy-in-exchange-for-voting-for-mental-health-sales-tax/
— Good Thing I Wasn’t in Pennsylvania in 1955
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/19/good-think-i-wasnt-in-pennsylvania-in-1955/
— New York Post Covers Couple’s Death on Route 14 in Harvard
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/18/new-york-post-covers-couples-death-on-route-14-in-harvard/
— Don Tracy Reports $2 Million in Bank for U.S. Senate Run
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/18/don-tracy-reports-2-million-in-bank-for-u-s-senate-run/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— If Trump had been elected earlier, how would that have impacted you? Hopefully for me, if Trump had been President: a) in 1968 and 1969, my Democrat Post Office superiors would not have disallowed my sick leave requests or forced me to resign in 1969, b) in 1971, EEOC would not have forced Oldsmobile to stop hiring Whites to settle a complaint, c) in 1974, my Democrat IRS superiors would not have disallowed my travel requests, d) in 1978, my Democrat IRS superiors would not have disallowed my education expenses, e) by in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS, f) starting in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors would always have assigned me to audits of IRS, g) by 1988, my GAO superiors would have promoted me to their Senior Executive Service, h) by 1997, Gingrich would have reformed GAO instead of gutting it, and i) in 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have forced me to retire. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— How has EEOC impacted you? EEOC has always existed to give more preference to Democrat employees who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Ever since I was 22 years old in 1971, EEOC has had a tremendous impact on me. Back then, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted because it had agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. My Firestone Store boss rudely fired me because I had accepted that offer. Because I had to have a job, I accepted a job offer from IRS. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Bolingbrook Police Refuse to Arrest Attackers Who Beat Federal Agents
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/bolingbrook-police-refuse-to-arrest-attackers-who-beat-federal-agents.html
— Norine Hammond Betrays Conservatives – Backed Pritzker’s Law Letting Non-Citizens Serve as Police Officers
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/norine-hammond-betrays-conservatives-backed-pritzkers-law-letting-non-citizens-serve-as-police-officers.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Speaker Johnson rips ‘No Kings’ rallies: if Trump were a king, things would be different
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/19/speaker-johnson-rips-no-kings-rallies-trump-king-things-would/
— House Speaker Mike Johnson on Trump’s commutation of Santos’ sentence: ‘We believe in redemption’
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/19/mike-johnson-house-speaker-trumps-commutation-santos-sentence-believe/
— How Trump rewrote the government shutdown playbook
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/18/trump-rewrote-government-shutdown-playbook/
— Democrats are driven by rage and resentment. It’s no longer about right and left, but adults and children.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/19/democrats-driven-rage-resentment/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— More evidence marijuana liberalization is a mistake. DD: I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton in 2019.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/3854932/more-evidence-marijuana-liberalization-a-mistake/
NEW YORK POST
— Secret Service investigating possible sniper’s nest with sight line to Trump Air Force One arrival near Palm Beach airport
https://nypost.com/2025/10/19/us-news/secret-service-investigating-possible-snipers-nest-with-sight-line-to-trump-air-force-one-arrival-near-palm-beach-airport/
BREITBART
— Illinois State University Teaching Assistant Derek Lopez Arrested for Destroying Turning Point USA Display
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2025/10/19/police-illinois-state-u-teaching-assistant-derek-lopez-arrested-for-destroying-turning-point-usa-display/
DAILY CALLER
— Controversial Left-Wing Chicago Teachers Union President Elected To Higher Position
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/19/chicago-teachers-union-president-stacy-davis-gates-elected-illinois-federation/
FOX NEWS
— Progressive publishers launch children’s Bible stories with social justice, diversity themes. DD: According to Democrat leaders, Jesus is a liberal Democrat who hates those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/progressive-publishers-launch-childrens-bible-stories-social-justice-diversity-themes.amp
— Illinois State University teacher’s assistant flips Turning Point USA table, tears down flyers: ‘Jesus did it’ Derek Lopez, Illinois State University teaching assistant, faces disorderly conduct and criminal damage to property charges after tossing the table.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/illinois-state-university-teachers-assistant-flips-turning-point-usa-table-tears-down-flyers-jesus-did-it
POST MILLENNIAL
— DD: The Democrat Party exists to promote more hatred against Trump and against the 77 million who voted for Trump.
https://thepostmillennial.com/canadian-ag-hopes-people-who-willfully-promote-hatred-on-social-media-will-face-criminal-penalty
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump on protests: ‘I’m not a king’
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5562619-trump-no-kings-protest/
— DD: How has EEOC impacted you? EEOC has always existed to give more preference to Democrat employees who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Ever since I was 22 years old in 1971, EEOC has had a tremendous impact on me. Back then, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted because it had agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. My Firestone Store boss rudely fired me because I had accepted that offer. Because I had to have a job, I accepted a job offer from IRS.
https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/5560748-eeoc-rejects-disparate-impact-claims/amp/
CBS NEWS
— Trump calls Colombia’s president an “illegal drug leader” and orders an end to U.S. aid
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-colombia-president-illegal-drug-leader-end-aid/
— Secret Service found a “suspicious stand” near Florida airport used by Trump
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/secret-service-suspicious-stand-florida-trump-fbi/
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: The Democrat Party exists to promote more hatred against Trump and against the 77 million who voted for Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/us/politics/democratic-campaign-ads-trump.html
— DD: My critics/opponents are woke, that is, they blame those who are following for their problems: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, have more money than they do, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000010453273/the-right-has-gone-woke.html
DALLAS EXPRESS
— Cruz Blasts Chicago Head Tax Proposal As “A Penalty for Creating a Job”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/senator-ted-cruz-blasts-chicago-170026301.html
MERCURY
— Democrat governance is ruining America’s cities
https://www.pottsmerc.com/2025/10/19/jerry-shenk-governance-by-democrat-is-ruining-americas-cities/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Republicans Target Democrats Over Transgender Policies in This Year’s Races. DD: LGBTQ advocates have had their operatives and their dupes take many big adverse actions against me.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/republicans-target-democrats-over-transgender-policies-in-this-years-races-13877b23
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
UNITED NATIONS
— DD: The Democrat Party exists to promote more hatred against Trump and against the 77 million who voted for Trump.
https://www.un.org/en/observances/countering-hate-speech
https://press.un.org/en/2021/sgsm20942.doc.htm
October 15, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Trump vows federal ‘surge’ in more American cities to combat crime
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-vows-federal-surge-more-american-cities-combat-crime/18014613/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-community-leaders-condemn-federal-agents-clash-tear-gas-deployed-se-side/18012200/
CBS2
— Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul suing State Farm over homeowners insurance data
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-attorney-general-kwame-raoul-lawsuit-state-farm-homeowners-insurance-data/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/illinois-sues-state-farm-over-home-insurance-data/
WTTW
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/10/15/federal-immigration-agents-targeted-northwest-side-neighborhoods-residents-banded
https://news.wttw.com/2025/10/15/back-pritzker-blames-ice-strike-teams-creating-mayhem-across-chicago
— Trump Administration Continues Crackdown on Press, Critics Following Federal Judge’s Ruling in Illinois
https://news.wttw.com/2025/10/14/trump-administration-continues-crackdown-press-critics-following-federal-judge-s-ruling
WGN RADIO
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://wgnradio.com/bob-sirott/can-chicagos-business-owners-refuse-service-to-ice-agents/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Gov. JB Pritzker and his wife report $10.3 million in taxable income — $1.4 million in gambling winnings
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/15/gov-jb-pritzker-and-his-wife-report-10-3-million-in-taxable-income-1-4-million-in-gambling-winnings/
— Homan lobbies for Indiana bill that allows local law enforcement to act on immigration detainers
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/15/homan-lobbies-for-indiana-bill-that-allows-local-law-enforcement-to-act-on-immigration-detainers/
— Lake County votes to bar federal agents from government-owned property: ‘We are in a time of fascism’
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/15/lake-county-bar-feds-properties/
— Federal workers endure financial strain and fear layoffs as the government shutdown drags on. DD: I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. I have been a federal retiree for more than 28 years. I should write about my critics/opponents who despise/hate federal employees and federal retirees the most.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/15/federal-workers-government-shutdown/
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/15/ice-ohare-rideshare-drivers/
— Aurora looks to expand allowed number of gambling machines. DD: In 2009, I led the successful effort to stop video gambling in Wheaton.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/14/aurora-looks-to-expand-allowed-number-of-gambling-machines/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Gov. JB Pritzker won $1.4 million via gambling, 2024 tax returns show. The governor and first lady MK Pritzker more than tripled their income in 2024 to $10.7 million, according to documents released by his campaign. A good chunk of that came at a casino.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/illinois-governor/2025/10/15/jb-pritzker-tax-returns-gambling-casino
— Pritzker joins Democratic governors’ health coalition to combat Trump’s ‘war on science’ The Governors Public Health Alliance is an effort to protect Democratic states from massive public health changes being enacted by the Trump administration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/health/2025/10/15/gov-jb-pritzker-joins-democratic-governors-health-coalition-to-combat-trump
— ICE activity is stressing Chicago’s building managers, who warn rents could rise. Frightened by federal agents, some tenants can’t pay rent on time after missing work, while maintenance staff aren’t showing up to job sites. Property owners and managers worry continued ICE activity will force them to pass costs to tenants.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/real-estate/2025/10/15/ice-raids-patrol-chicago-building-owners-managers-rents-rise
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/15/southeast-side-organizers-after-feds-ram-suv-and-tear-gas-crowd-leave-our-city-you-are-not-welcome-here
DAILY HERALD
— Wheaton man detained pretrial on gun charges
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251015/crime/wheaton-man-detained-pretrial-on-gun-charges/
— Top Cook County judge bars civil immigration arrests at courthouses
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251015/news/top-cook-county-judge-bars-civil-immigration-arrests-at-courthouses/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DD: Pot users slowly come to realize that pot destroys them. If I had used pot, I would not have been able to earn three job-related master’s degrees, earn six job-related professional certifications, or c) earn a job-related professional license.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/cannabis/cannabis-sales-slump-illinois-september
SOUTHERN
— DD: Fewer and fewer and fewer citizens America will take bad jobs. According to my critics/opponents, all the jobs that I had were bad jobs that they would never have stooped to take. They hint/imply/argue/shout that they did not have to take bad jobs because they are much better than me. To add insult to injury, they hint/imply/argue/shout a) that I have always been grossly overpaid and b) that my pension benefits are much too generous. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately. I would focus on those whose parents had the most money.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/10/15/family-farm-in-idaho-faces-worker-shortage-as-trump-administration-immigration-raids-escalate/
WAND TV
— Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules. Journalists at the Pentagon turned in access badges and cleaned out their workspaces, the price for refusing to agree to new restrictions on their jobs at the seat of U.S. military power
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/journalists-turn-in-access-badges-exit-pentagon-rather-than-agree-to-new-reporting-rules/article_0ef975d5-7abf-59e2-90a6-d3dbf299ef89.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— Many rural schools rely on international teachers. Trump’s visa changes threaten that. DD: One reason why I transferred from UIC to NIU when I was 20 years old in 1969 was my having trouble understanding math instructors whose English was not their first language.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-10-15/many-rural-schools-rely-on-international-teachers-trumps-visa-changes-threaten-that
NORTHERN STAR
— Trump administration pulls funding from Chicago Public Schools
https://northernstar.info/128940/news/trump-administration-pulls-funding-from-chicago-public-schools/
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/15/hundreds-pack-chicago-whistlemania-events-in-effort-to-fight-ice-we-have-to-stand-up-for-one-another/
CHICAGO PATCH
— Border Patrol Arrests 12 Drivers At O’Hare; Rideshare Group, Johnson Respond. The parking lot where the arrests occurred is typically a safe place for rideshare drivers to wait between trips, the drivers alliance said.
https://patch.com/illinois/chicago/border-patrol-arrests-12-drivers-ohare-rideshare-group-johnson-respond
IPM NEWS
— University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign unlikely to join federal higher education compact
https://ipmnewsroom.org/university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign-unlikely-to-join-federal-higher-education-compact/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/15/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-403/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— GOP Leader Norine Hammond Takes $50K from Liberal Groups Backing Transgender Lessons, Mask Mandates, Anti-Trump Agendas
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/gop-leader-norine-hammond-takes-50k-from-liberal-groups-backing-transgender-lessons-mask-mandates-anti-trump-agendas.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois State Representative and Deputy House Republican Leader Norine Hammond (R-Macomb) is drawing sharp criticism from conservatives after campaign finance records revealed she accepted $50,000 from far-left teachers’ unions that have long opposed Republican priorities and the Trump agenda. According to filings with the Illinois State Board of Elections, Hammond received $10,000 from the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) in 2024 and $40,000 from IPACE, the Illinois Political Action Committee for Education, in 2022. Both organizations are deeply connected to progressive causes, including transgender curriculum in schools, abortion expansion, and classroom DEI mandates. The donations are now fueling questions about Hammond’s alignment with the same liberal institutions her conservative constituents overwhelmingly reject. In 2024, roughly 70 percent of voters in her 94th District backed Donald Trump, signaling clear support for conservative and pro-family policies. Yet Hammond’s recent record tells a different story. In 2023, she voted with Democrats to expand “gender-affirming” patient rights legislation – allowing broader access to taxpayer-funded services for transgender individuals, including minors. The bill was celebrated by progressive activists and condemned by conservatives as an overreach that undermines parental rights and faith-based medical freedoms. The AFT, led by Randi Weingarten, was a driving force behind extended school shutdowns, student mask mandates, and the promotion of controversial and pornographic books in classrooms. The $40,000 from IPACE ties Hammond even closer to Springfield’s left-wing education establishment, which routinely funds Democrats pushing transgender policies, abortion rights, and the removal of parental oversight in schools.)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— News organizations, including Hegseth’s former employer Fox, reject new Pentagon reporting rules. DD: I have been the GOPUSA Illinois Reporter since 2000. I should write about how Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have treated me since 2000. I would focus on those who have blamed me the most for their defeats. I would focus on those who destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or e) who refuse to give them money. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/15/news-organizations-including-hegseths-former-employer-fox-reject/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Pentagon has said the rules establish “common sense media procedures” and wants news outlets to sign a statement acknowledging them, even if they don’t agree with them. The news outlets have said that they are concerned, however, that their reporters will be subject to expulsion if they simply try to report news not approved by Hegseth. The Pentagon’s new press policy undermines the First Amendment and AP’s core values as an independent global news organization,” the AP said in its statement. “The restrictions impede the public’s access to information about their government and limit the people’s right to know. AP remains focused on continuing to produce strong independent coverage of the Pentagon in the public interest.”)
— Trump says India agreed to stop buying Russian oil
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/15/donald-trump-says-india-agreed-stop-buying-russian-oil/
— The Supreme Court must end illegal vote counting. Ballot tallying must conclude on Election Day.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/15/supreme-court-must-end-illegal-vote-counting/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Illinois spent more on healthcare for illegal immigrants than roads, foster kids, elderly, and the arts — combined
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign unlikely to join federal higher education compact
NEW YORK POST
— Transportation secretary withholding $40M from California for not enforcing English proficiency in truckers
https://nypost.com/2025/10/15/us-news/transportation-secretary-withholding-40-million-from-california-for-not-enforcing-english-proficiency-in-truckers/
BREITBART
— Election Official Confirms Tim Walz Driver’s License Law Allows Illegals to Vote
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/15/nolte-election-official-confirms-tim-walz-drivers-license-law-allows-illegals-to-vote/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Antifa-linked Northeastern Illinois University professor Elias Cepeda arrested for bringing loaded gun to anti-ICE protest.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/antifa-linked-professor-arrested-bringing-loaded-gun-anti-ice-protest/28774
COLLEGE FIX
— Newsom says colleges should give preference to slave descendants. DD: UIC admitted me in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, and IIT in 1992 because they could not find qualified slave descendants to admit instead of me.
http://www.thecollegefix.com/newsom-says-colleges-should-give-preference-to-slave-descendants/
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Immigration Enforcement Officers Targeted with Gang Bounties in Chicago
https://www.fairus.org/news/executive/immigration-enforcement-officers-targeted-gang-bounties-chicago
NEWSMAX
— LA County Approves Emergency Declaration Over ICE Raids. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/la-county-emergency-ice-raids/2025/10/14/id/1230370/
TOWNHALL
— The Democrats Don’t Want You to Have a Good Life
https://townhall.com/columnists/doug-blair/2025/10/15/the-democrats-dont-want-you-to-have-a-good-life-n2664980
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Pritzker Threatens ICE Agents with Prosecution, Says Dems Will Come for Them When They Regain Power
https://www.westernjournal.com/jb-pritzker-threatens-ice-agents-prosecution-says-dems-will-come-regain-power/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— Senate fails to advance GOP funding bill for 9th time on Day 15 of government shutdown
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/government-shutdown-2025-latest-republicans-democrats-trump/
NEWSWEEK
— Pritzker Compares Trump’s ICE Crackdown to Nazi Germany. DD: Anticipate/expect that Pritzker will ever-increasingly call German-American Republicans Nazis.
https://www.newsweek.com/jb-pritzker-donald-trump-ice-immigration-nazi-germany-10883758
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: How Retirees Are Living Off the Backs of the Young. DD: To get more votes from those who are young, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against those who are old. Further, to get more votes from those who are minority, female, LGBTQ, non-married, non-rich, non-Protestant non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, they ever-increasingly promote more hatred against those who are White, male, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.newsweek.com/social-security-medicare-young-workers-cost-10477619
NEW YORK TIMES
— Supreme Court Questions Role of Race in State Election Maps. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly gerrymander.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10/15/us/supreme-court-voting-rights#supreme-court-affirmative-action
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly protect their criminals and their illegals.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/10/15/judges-trump-rebel-military-insurrection/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Supreme Court Questions Use of Race in Drawing Voting Districts. Justices are re-examining tools for addressing discrimination.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/supreme-court-voting-rights-act-fe7e2f58
— Judge Temporarily Blocks Move to Fire Federal Employees During Shutdown. Decision deals setback to Trump administration’s move to shrink agencies as it pressures Democrats to agree to reopen the government.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/judge-blocks-trump-layoffs-government-shutdown-636cb707
POLITICO
— Judge blocks Trump admin from laying off federal workers during government shutdown. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston ruled that the administration isn’t following legal requirements for conducting reductions in force.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/15/trump-administration-layoffs-order-00609833
ATLANTIC
— DD: Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans discriminate against minorities and against females and that is why minorities and females must always be given big time preference forever.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/10/trump-admissions-compact-diversity/684558/
October 13, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against ICE
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-agents-spotted-church-rogers-park-chicago-gov-pritzker-speaks-national-guard-ruling-broadview-protests-continue/17994356/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against ICE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/trump-immigration-blitz-chicago-wards/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/12/chicago-marathon-immigration-illinois-pilsen/
— Residents cope with food deserts in Harvey, Chicago Heights, Richton Park and Park Forest. DD: I washed dishes in Chicago Heights 1964-1966. I chipped slag and pumped gasoline in Chicago Heights in 1966. I delivered mail in Park Forest 1966-1969. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances in Chicago Heights 1970-1971. I pumped gasoline in Chicago Heights 1971-1972. I collected delinquent taxes in Harvey 1972-1973. My father worked in Chicago Heights 1941-1969. I was born in Chicago Heights in 1948.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/10/food-deserts-harvey-chicago-heights-richton-park/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against ICE. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly equate their runaway slaves with their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/10/13/chicago-fugitive-slave-act-ice-fuentes-immigration-claudia-fegan-linda-rae-murray
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/13/poll-chicagoans-national-guard-policing-deportation-campaign-norc-university-of-chicago
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Springfield now faces the $2B question: How much to invest in mass transit’s future. DD: I used mass transit in 1971 and then 1973-1997. A major reason why my wife and I bought a home in Wheaton in 1978 and had one built in Wheaton in 1984 was their being in walking distance of Wheaton train stations.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/springfield-weighs-2b-fix-chicago-transit-system
STATELINE
— ‘National Day of Remembrance for Charlie Kirk’ is Tuesday, October 14, 2025
https://www.mystateline.com/news/national-day-of-remembrance-for-charlie-kirk-is-this-week-what-to-know/
WHEATON PATCH
— 12 Wheaton Students Named Semifinalists For National Merit Scholarships. DD: Did you get any scholarships? I did not. My critics/opponents have always used that against me. In my defense, during my junior and senior years at Crete-Monee High School 1964-1966, I spent far too many hours washing dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights instead of studying. Consequently, my ACT score was only 24 and I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/12-wheaton-students-named-semifinalists-for-national-merit-scholarships/ar-AA1NirxA
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Appeals Court rejects Trump administration bid to lift TRO in Illinois’
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_6cec4a79-4cac-42fa-b104-2943ffcddc4b.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Kash Patel severs FBI’s ties with James Comey-backed Anti–Defamation League after group ripped Charlie Kirk’s TPUSA
https://www.aol.com/news/kash-patel-severs-fbi-ties-205327655.html
— Biden admin weaponized DOJ to target Charlie Kirk, Turning Point USA to put movement ‘out of business’
https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-claims-biden-admin-weaponized-104731208.html
BREITBART
— Truckers Gain Wages as ICE Detains Highway Illegals
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/12/truckers-gain-wages-as-ice-detains-highway-illegals/
— DHS Reveals New York City Gave Indian Illegal Alien ‘No Name Given’ Commercial Driver’s License
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/10/12/dhs-reveals-new-york-city-gave-illegal-alien-no-name-given-drivers-license/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Biden DOJ Sought Direction From Leftist Group That Put Turning Point USA on a ‘Hate Map’ Shortly Before Charlie Kirk’s Assassination. However Bad You Think Biden’s DOJ Was, New Documents Show It Was Even Worse
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/10/12/biden-doj-sought-direction-splc-leftist-group-that-put-turning-point-usa-hate-map-shortly-before-charlie-kirks-assassination/
FOX NEWS
— Students are more motivated than ever to continue Charlie Kirk’s mission. DD: Who is leading TPUSA in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district?
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6382659911112
— Harvard charging $13K for DEI certificate on ‘bias’ and ‘privilege’ Classes include ‘Understanding Race and Racism’ and ‘Power and Privilege in Systems’ DD: According to my critics/opponents, I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/harvard-charging-13k-dei-training-bias-privilege
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/harvard-launches-13k-dei-certificate-on-bias-and-privilege-is-it-a-valuable-career-move-or-an-overpriced-ideological-course/articleshow/124508068.cms
— Pope Leo says family based on ‘union between a man and a woman,’ defends dignity of unborn
https://www.foxnews.com/world/pope-leo-says-family-based-union-between-man-woman-defends-dignity-unborn
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Demented Democrats
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/10/demented-democrats-week-at-legal-insurrection/
NEWSMAX
— Tuesday, October 14: National Day of Remembrance for Charlie Kirk
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/charlie-kirk-national-day/2025/10/12/id/1230016/
— Trump Moves to Purge ‘Woke’ Ideology From Colleges. DD: All my critics/opponents are woke. To be woke is to blame your problems on those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.newsmax.com/us/donald-trump-college-dei/2025/10/12/id/1230043/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— ‘National Day of Remembrance for Charlie Kirk’ is Tuesday, October 14, 2025
https://thehill.com/homenews/nexstar_media_wire/5527054-national-day-of-remembrance-for-charlie-kirk-is-this-week-what-to-know/
YAHOO
— Some Texas National Guard troops replaced in Illinois for being overweight
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/texas-national-guard-troops-replaced-153000480.html
AOL
— Harvard Quietly Ends ‘Minority Recruitment Program’ Amid Battle With Trump Admin. DD: UIC accepted me when I was 18 in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, and IIT in 1992 because they could not find a qualified minority, female, and/or veteran to accept.
https://www.aol.com/articles/harvard-quietly-ends-minority-recruitment-175414037.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly blame conservatives for all the problems that those who are the following have: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/business/economy/black-unemployment-federal-layoffs-diversity-initiatives.html
— DD: Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Kirk-hating Kirk-haters will ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Kirk.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/09/27/us/politics/charlie-kirk-debate.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly prefer international students over American students.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/10/06/upshot/us-international-student-travel.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote illegal drugs.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/10/09/world/americas/drug-trafficking-venezuela.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: More People Feel the Strain Of a Shutdown. DD: How dependent on federal spending are those in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/us/politics/government-shutdown-effects.html
USA TODAY
— How To Choose The Right College Major. DD: My biggest career mistake was not majoring in accounting from the beginning. I erroneously believed that because I was not strong in math, I could never pass the CPA examination. I did not start taking graduate evening accounting courses until I was 27 in 1976. I did not take and pass the CPA examination on my first attempt until I was 30. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul until I was 31. I did not take and pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination until I was 32. I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32. By then, the accounting profession viewed me as being much too old. The accounting profession would not have done that if I had been a minority, female, and/or veteran.
https://www.usatoday.com/press-release/story/16252/how-to-choose-the-right-college-major-student-career-decision-guide/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Assessment first: Use personality tests, skills evaluations, and values assessments to understand natural strengths before picking a major. Research reality: Look beyond salary figures to examine job market trends, daily responsibilities, and long-term career satisfaction rates in chosen fields. Timing matters: The 15-25 age window offers optimal decision-making opportunities before life circumstances make career changes more difficult. Avoid pressure: Don’t let parental expectations, peer choices, or social media influence override personal interests and natural abilities. Get expert help: Professional career advice can provide structured guidance to help students make confident decisions within weeks rather than years of trial and error.)
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— What Is the One Trait That Makes for a Great Manager? DD: My Democrat IRS superiors got rid of the IRS manager who promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My Democrat GAO superiors got rid of the GAO manager who arranged my transfer from IRS in 1980 and was finally able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me in 1986.
https://www.wsj.com/business/c-suite/manager-strengths-rellocating-talent-f0add2da
— Giving Career Advice to Kids Has Never Been Harder. DD: Were you viewed as being college material? I was not. Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I could not run because I had a bone disease. My eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20. I had partial red/green color blindness. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/career-advice-children-ai-148983e5
— DD: I owned a 1968 Dodge Charger R/T 1994-2005. I owned a 1969 Dodge Charger SE 1968-1971. I have owned my 2013 Dodge Charger R/T Max since 2012. I have owned my 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T Plus since March of this year.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/cars/the-texan-who-scored-a-1968-cincinnati-bengals-themed-dodge-charger-d1753412
MUST READ ALASKA
— Anchorage Republican Women’s Club Gives $1,000 to Turning Point USA
https://mustreadalaska.com/anchorage-republican-womens-club-gives-1000-to-turning-point-usa-uaa/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Government Accountability Office Issues Scathing Report on Army Readiness
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/government-accountability-office-issues-scathing-report-on-army-readiness/ar-AA1O5tBT
POLITICO
— Inside Uthmeier’s path to a critical Trump endorsement in Florida. DD: Of the candidates on the Republican primary ballot in your county, which ones are seeking Trump’s endorsement?
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/12/uthmeier-florida-trump-endorsement-00603089
— The impending retirement that could rock Capitol Hill. The director of the Government Accountability office will step down in a few short months, leaving a void atop the agency that has found the White House guilty of violating congressional spending law. DD: GAO is just a shell of what it once was. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/17/gao-trump-impoundment-spending-00569967
FROM OTHER SOURCES
GOOGLE AI
— Good old days. DD: When were your good old days? Mine included 1971-1981 when a) I bought new cars in 1971, 1973, and 1978, b) IRS promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, c) I bought real estate in 1972, 1974, 1976, and 1978, c) I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, d) I got married in 1978, e) I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, f) I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, g) I passed the Certified Internal Auditing examination on my first attempt in 1981, and h) I became a licensed CPA in 1981. They include 1986-1988 when a) GAO assigned me to audits of IRS and b) promoted me in 1986.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22good+old+days%22
October 10, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Chicago federal judge temporarily blocks National Guard deployment in Illinois. Ruling in effect for 14 days.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/national-guard-chicago-area-thursday-federal-court-weigh-trumps-deployment-troops-protect-ice-officers-broadview/17970024/
NBC5
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/ruling-pausing-national-guard-deployment-draws-praise-from-illinois-officials/3836419/
WGN9
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://wgntv.com/news/operation-midway-blitz/uic-students-protest-ice-detentions-after-viral-video-sparks-outrage/
FOX32
— Chicago immigration crackdown forces Argentina, Puerto Rico soccer match to relocate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Em_nCqD86ZI
WTTW
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion
https://news.wttw.com/2025/10/09/planned-parenthood-illinois-ceo-future-reproductive-care-amid-federal-threats
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: What helped you avoid leftist indoctrination? My parents sent me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools. My college majors were business, accounting, and finance.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/10/06/academic-neutrality-critical-thinking-texas-a-m-university-melissa-mccoul-akash-belsare
DAILY HERALD
— Scholarship brunch supports Latinx students at Elgin Community College. DD: My critics/opponents have always used my not getting any scholarships against me. They hint/imply/argue/shout that proves that I am stupid and/or that my parents were filthy rich.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251006/submitted-content/scholarship-brunch-supports-latinx-students-at-elgin-community-college/
WJBC
— Black Chicagoans Welcome ICE, National Guard Presence
https://www.wjbc.com/2025/10/09/report-black-chicagoans-welcome-ice-national-guard-presence/
CHALKBEAT
— DD: Democrat leaders do everything that they can to flood America with citizens of foreign countries.
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/10/09/chicago-mayor-has-not-appointed-noncitizen-advisory-board/
WHEATON PATCH
— DuPage Clerk Seeks Restraining Order; Says Over $230K Owed To Election Vendors. DuPage County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek is seeking a temporary restraining order for DuPage County to pay two election vendors.
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/dupage-clerk-seeks-restraining-order-says-over-230k-owed-election-vendors
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-609/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What do you say to those who harm those who help them. SEE: https://www.google.com/search?q=%22harm+those+who+help+you%22 I should write about those who I have helped the most, but who then have harmed me the most. I would focus on Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000.
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Chicago anti-ICE chaos only proves why National Guard is needed, Windy City Dem says
https://nypost.com/2025/10/09/us-news/chicago-anti-ice-chaos-proves-national-guard-is-needed-alderman-raymond-lopez/
AMERICAN THINKER
— The Left’s multicultural conquest
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/10/the_left_s_multicultural_conquest.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Black Chicagoans Welcome ICE and Military Protectors
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/10/09/black-chicagoans-welcome-ice-military-protectors/
BLAZE
— Turning Point USA to offer ‘All American Halftime Show’ alternative to NFL’s woke Super Bowl spectacle
https://www.theblaze.com/news/turning-point-usa-to-offer-all-american-halftime-show-as-alternative-to-nfls-deviant-super-bowl-spectacular
CAMPUS REFORM
— Harvard Sells DEI certificate for $14k
https://www.campusreform.org/article/harvard-sells-dei-certificate-14k/28748
COLLEGE FIX
— University of Minnesota hosts ‘Trans and Queer Strength group’ led by ‘certified queer personal trainer’
https://www.thecollegefix.com/uminn-hosts-trans-and-queer-strength-group-led-by-certified-queer-personal-trainer/
DAILY CALLER
— As Pritzker Tees Up Presidential Run, Time For A Look At His Real Record
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/07/opinion-as-pritzker-tees-up-presidential-run-time-for-a-look-at-his-real-record-diana-rickert/
DAILY WIRE
— Social Justice Warriors Shouldn’t Control West Point. The military’s biggest problem isn’t meeting diversity quotas; it’s restoring a warrior ethos to military culture.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/social-justice-warriors-shouldnt-control-west-point
FOX NEWS
— Trump could make non-essential federal workers permanently non-essential. DD: My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as having been a grossly overpaid non-essential federal employee. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6381623165112
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Chicago Mayor Won’t Answer if He’d Want Illegal Alien Who’d Raped, Beaten His Wife Deported
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/10/chicago-mayor-wont-answer-if-hed-want-illegal-alien-whod-raped-beaten-his-wife-deported/
MERCURY
— Tolerance of violence in US cities is stoking insurrection
https://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/the-mercury-south-africa/20251009/281535117187362
NEWSMAX
— Black Chicagoans Welcome ICE, National Guard Presence
https://www.newsmax.com/us/chicago-ice-national-guard/2025/10/09/id/1229739/
— Democrats Should Support Americans, Not Illegals
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/sean-duffy-government-shutdown/2025/10/09/id/1229755/
REAL CLEAR POLICY
— Illegal Immigrants Access Public Health Benefits
https://www.realclearpolicy.com/2025/10/09/of_course_illegal_immigrants_access_public_health_benefits_1139906.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Thursday said he would fire air traffic controllers who are skipping work because of the government shutdown.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5547946-duffy-threatens-fire-air-traffic-controllers-skip-work-shutdown/amp/
NBC NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-pop-culture/newfest-new-york-lgbtq-film-festival-rcna236232
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Blue states ever-increasingly reject federal law.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/us/politics/national-guard-governors.html
— DD: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the less protected that you are: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. That is because Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that those who are aforesaid discriminate against those who are liberal/moderate, non-Republican, non-American, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, poor, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/opinion/anthony-kennedy-supreme-court.html
— How Trump Is Using the Justice Department to Target His Enemies. DD: To get rid of me, my Democrat Post Office superiors disallowed my sick leave requests and forced me to resign. My Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my travel vouchers, disallowed my education deductions, and never promoted me beyond GS-12. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS, delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. They would not have done the aforesaid if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/10/07/us/politics/trump-enemies-justice-department-investigations.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Urban Crime Spike Is Real. A national victimization survey confirms Trump’s claim that U.S. cities have grown more dangerous.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-urban-crime-spike-is-real-555b7410
— Democrats Keep Shoveling Money at ObamaCare. It wasn’t supposed to cost hundreds of billions of tax dollars a year to make healthcare ‘affordable.’
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/democrats-keep-shoveling-money-at-obamacare-936c25f2
— Federal Workers and Troops to Miss Paychecks Soon. Here’s What to Know. Government shutdown means employees won’t get paid until standoff is resolved.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/government-shutdown-federal-employee-military-pay-72a842d1?mod=Searchresults&pos=1&page=1
PBS
— DD: What do your critics/opponents attribute your successes to? Mine attribute my successes to my benefitting from discrimination against minorities, females, younger people, veterans, LGBTQers, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, and those whose ancestors have been not been in America for a long time. In my defense, neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/pope-leo-condemns-economies-that-marginalize-the-poor-while-the-wealthy-live-in-a-bubble-of-luxury