December 25, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump administration moves to overhaul how H-1B visas are granted, ending lottery system
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/24/trump-administration-h-1b-visas/
— Illinois joins states suing HHS over move that could curtail youth gender-affirming care. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/24/illinois-lawsuit-hhs-gender-affirming-care/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with delinquent student loan borrowers.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/23/student-loan-wages-garnished/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/24/faith-leaders-denied-broadview-facility/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/12/24/broadview-ice-deportation-detainees-illinois-faith-leaders-denied-access-christmas-eve-jonathan-jackson
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/12/24/after-fleeing-war-ukraine-they-thought-they-were-safe-then-came-trumps-deportation-blitz

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Kane Auditor Penny Wegman named Auditor of the Year. ‘This recognition reflects the collective work of Kane County government.’
https://www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-chronicle/2025/12/25/kane-auditor-penny-wegman-named-auditor-of-the-year/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Illinois Association of County Auditors promotes professional excellence, accountability, and best practices in county financial management, according to its website. Wegman, who was reelected to a second term in 2024, is currently seeking to become the county’s treasurer. She is vying for the Democratic Party’s nomination in a three-way race with Scott Johansen and Connie Cain in the March 17, 2026, primary election. The primary winner will face incumbent Treasurer Chris Lauzen in the Nov. 3, 2026, general election. Lauzen, a Republican, is unopposed in the GOP primary while he seeks a second term.)

WBEZ
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/12/24/after-fleeing-war-ukraine-they-thought-they-were-safe-then-came-trumps-deportation-blitz

WIFR
— DOJ sues Illinois governor JB Pritzker, Kwame Raoul
https://www.wifr.com/video/2025/12/23/doj-sues-illinois-governor-jb-pritzker-kwame-raoul/

NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-12-24/how-the-clergy-has-rallied-against-the-trump-administrations-immigration-policies

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Challenge to 77 Illinois Scholarships and Programs for Systematic Discrimination at Seven State Universities. DD: Did you get a scholarship? I did not. My critics/opponents have always used that against me. They have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that if you did not get a scholarship, you were not college material. My critics/opponents have always stressed that my ACT score was only 24 and that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/24/challenge-to-77-illinois-scholarships-and-programs-for-systematic-discrimination-at-seven-state-universities/
— Politicians Who Ended Up on Santa’s Naughty List
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/24/politicians-who-ended-up-on-santas-naughty-list/
— Pritzker Replaces Lost Subsidies for Planned Parenthood with State Money. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/24/pritzker-replaces-lost-subsidies-for-planned-parenthood-with-state-money/
— Downstater Reacts to Chicago Transit Bailout from Road Fund
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/23/downstater-reacts-to-chicago-transit-bailout-from-road-fund/
— Feds Prosecute “Hate” Motivation, Rather Than the Crime of Arson
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/23/feds-prosecute-hate-motivation-rather-than-the-crime-of-arson/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Naughty list includes state lawmakers, county leaders, mayors
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/naughty-list-includes-state-lawmakers-county-leaders-mayors/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Government unions put politics before workers. Political candidates use unwitting teachers’ dues to fund campaigns. DD: Yes, but if GAO had unionized sooner, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to a) force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO, b) keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, c) delay my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13, d) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and e) force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/24/government-unions-put-politics-workers/
— Radical left Democrats’ terror-influencing strategy revealed. From attacks on Supreme Court justices to ICE assaults, a pattern emerges that party leaders refuse to confront.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/24/radical-left-democrats-terror-influencing-strategy-revealed/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Ben Shapiro is right to defend conservatism. DD: My critics/opponents reject many, most, virtually all, if not all conservative principles. Most commonly, they reject the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) principles.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/patriotism-unity/4357116/ben-shapiro-is-right-to-defend-conservatism/

NEW YORK POST
— Bless our billionaires — the wealth they create makes us ALL richer. An Axios-Generation poll found, “College students prefer socialism to capitalism.” DD: Under socialism, you advance based on your loyalty to your superiors, not your merit. Federal employees advance based on their loyalty to the Democrat Party platform, not based on their merit. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less work experience than I had, b) who had less education than I had, c) who had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I dad.
https://nypost.com/2025/12/24/opinion/bless-our-billionaires-the-wealth-they-create-makes-us-all-richer/
— Judge backs New York’s ‘Green Light’ Law, delivering blow to Trump admin. DD: How many illegals have driver’s licenses in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district? To give an illegal a driver’s license is to illegally encourage that illegal to illegally stay in America illegally.
https://nypost.com/2025/12/24/us-news/judge-backs-new-yorks-green-light-law-delivering-blow-to-trump-admin/
— Race bait: To skirt the law, colleges incentivize applicants to write ‘identity essays.’ DD: UIC accepted me when I was 18, NIU when I was 20, Loyola when I was 23, DePaul when I was 27, and IIT when I was 43.  But if I was 18, 20, 23, 27, or 43 today, because of my bad demographics, I doubt they would admit me today.
https://nypost.com/2025/12/22/opinion/race-bait-to-skirt-the-law-colleges-incentivize-applicants-to-write-identity-essays/

AMAC
— 2025 Will Forever Be the Year Trump Took America’s Borders Back
https://amac.us/newsline/national-security/2025-will-forever-be-the-year-trump-took-americas-borders-back/

AMERICAN THINKER
— A ‘most egregious’ injustice of ‘malicious anti-White’ lawfare
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/12/a_most_egregious_injustice_of_malicious_anti_white_lawfare.html
— Ted Cruz: Conservative of the year
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/12/ted_cruz_conservative_of_the_year.html

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Trump Supersizes the Entry Ban. Countries with High Visa Overstay Rates Get Squeezed.
https://cis.org/Fishman/Trump-Supersizes-Entry-Ban

CHRISTIAN INFORMATION RADIO
— Not Marriage Material. American women have never been this resigned to staying single. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasing destroy traditional marriage. Under the Democrats, fewer and fewer and fewer people are marriage material. What helped make you marriage material? By the time I got married when I was 29 in 1978, I had worked for IRS for almost 7 years and my salary was $108,978/year in today’s dollars. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and I was taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul. I lived in a one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building that I had bought in 1976. I was renting out a town home in University Park that I had bought new in 1972. I owned a 1972 Corvette that I had bought new in 1971. Things that impressed me about my outstanding wife included her first job after high school was working for the FBI. She soon became the Corporate Secretary for the U.S. League of Savings Institutions. She did much to help elect Big Jim Thompson in 1976. She earned a bachelor’s degree in finance in 1986. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/documents/
https://www.vcy.org/viewpoints-with-kerby-anderson/2025/04/04/not-marriage-material/

DAILY CALLER
— Far-Left Democrats Celebrate Blackness Over Christmas
https://dailycaller.com/2025/12/25/kwanzaa-squanzaa-aoc-ocasio-cortez-ilhan-omar-rashida-talib-ayanna-pressley-delia-ramirez/

DAILY SIGNAL
— The War on White Men Is Real—Here’s the Proof. DD: My critics/opponents promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, they promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/12/24/the-war-on-white-men-is-real-heres-the-proof/amp/

DAILY WIRE
— Judge Strikes Down Trump’s Effort To Stop New York From Giving Illegal Immigrants Driver’s Licenses. New York Attorney General Letitia James celebrated Tuesday’s ruling, arguing that the state law promotes safety. DD: How many illegals have driver’s licenses in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district? To give an illegal a driver’s license is to illegally encourage that illegal to illegally stay in America illegally.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/judge-strikes-down-trumps-effort-to-stop-new-york-from-giving-illegal-immigrants-drivers-licenses
— AT&T eliminates DEI programs, says hiring and advancement will now be merit-based. DD: The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. The Democrats who ran IRS would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 if I had not been taking graduate evening business courses. The Democrats who ran GAO would not have promoted me in 1986 if I had not earned an MBA in 1976, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and became a licensed CPA in 1981.
https://www.aol.com/articles/t-eliminates-dei-programs-says-074116809.html

FEDERALIST
— It’s Your Civic Duty To Reject The ‘Nation Of Immigrants’ Propaganda You Learned In School. DD: Citizens of England founded America.
https://thefederalist.com/2025/12/24/its-your-civic-duty-to-reject-the-nation-of-immigrants-propaganda-you-learned-in-school/

FOX NEWS
— 17,500 illegal immigrants arrested under Laken Riley Act in Trump’s second term. Kristi Noem credits Trump for empowering agency to target criminal illegal immigrants including gang members.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/exclusive-17500-illegal-immigrants-arrested-under-laken-riley-act-trumps-second-term.amp

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Northwestern University Releases Pro-DEI Instructions for Educators. DD: My critics/opponents promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, they promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/12/northwestern-u-releases-pro-dei-instructions-for-educators/

NEWSMAX
— ‘Radical judge’ wants illegals back into the country
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLMerKakDRo
— Judge Rejects DOJ Challenge to N.Y. Driver’s License Law. DD: How many illegals have driver’s licenses in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district? To give an illegal a driver’s license is to illegally encourage that illegal to illegally stay in America illegally.
https://www.newsmax.com/us/new-york-green-light-law-illegal-aliens/2025/12/24/id/1239611/
— Laken Riley Act Drives Surge in ICE Arrests Nationwide
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/laken-riley-act-dhs-ice/2025/12/24/id/1239591/
— Border Patrol Goes Nationwide to Apprehend Aliens
https://www.newsmax.com/us/border-patrol-chief-banks/2025/12/24/id/1239559/

PJ MEDIA
— ICE Operation Named for Laken Riley Claps 1,000 Criminals in Handcuffs
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/12/24/ice-operation-named-for-laken-riley-claps-1000-criminals-in-handcuffs-n4947480
— New York allowed to keep giving illegal aliens drivers licenses after Biden-appointed judge’s ruling. DD: How many illegals have driver’s licenses in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district? To give an illegal a driver’s license is to illegally encourage that illegal to illegally stay in America illegally.
https://thepostmillennial.com/new-york-allowed-to-keep-giving-illegal-aliens-drivers-licenses-after-biden-appointed-judges-ruling

REASON
— The DOJ Assails D.C.’s ‘Assault Weapon’ Ban As an Arbitrary, Historically Ungrounded Gun Law. The department’s lawsuit notes that the prohibited firearms are “in common use” for “lawful purposes,” meaning they are covered by the Second Amendment. DD: I have had an FOID card since I was 20 in 1968.
https://reason.com/2025/12/24/the-doj-assails-d-c-s-assault-weapon-ban-as-an-arbitrary-historically-ungrounded-gun-law/

TOWNHALL
— Stephen Miller Blasts CBS for Sympathizing With Criminal Illegal Immigrants
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/dmitri-bolt/2025/12/24/stephen-miller-calls-for-firing-of-cbs-producers-n2668464

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NBC NEWS
— Europe will be ‘unrecognizable’ in 20 years due to immigration
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/europe-will-unrecognizable-20-years-due-immigration-white-house-strate-rcna247534

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— How to Use an MBA to Advance. DD: IRS would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974 if I had not been taking graduate evening business courses. GAO would not have hired me in 1980 or promoted me in 1986 if I had not earned an MBA in 1976, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and became a licensed CPA in 1981.
https://www.usnews.com/education/articles/how-to-use-an-mba-to-advance-in-your-field-or-change-careers

YAHOO FINANCE
— More than 200 S&P 500 companies scrubbed ‘diversity’ and ‘equity’ from annual reports in 2025. DD: All my employers crowed about their success in meeting/exceeding Affirmative Action quotas/goals/targets, that is, they crowed about their success in discriminating against their employees who were conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.
https://www.aol.com/finance/more-200-p-500-companies-143039217.html

CBS NEWS
— Trump said early Wednesday that TV broadcast licenses should be revoked if newscasts and late-night shows are almost entirely negative about him and the GOP. DD: The mainstream news media is entirely negative about Trump.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-broadcast-licenses-terminated-100-negative/
— H-1B visa lottery system being replaced as DHS prioritizes skilled, higher-paid foreign workers. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. Noncitizens work for less money and are easier to exploit.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/h-1b-visas-lottery-system-being-replaced-as-process-for-granting-them-reworked/
— Duckworth calls Trump a “draft-dodging coward.” DD: My critics/opponents have always used against me my avoiding the Vietnam War draft with deferments. Those who have done that the most were my Democrat Post Office, Firestone Store, IRS, and GAO superiors and supervisors who were veterans.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/at-dnc-sen-tammy-duckworth-uses-her-personal-history-to-call-out-donald-trump/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Candace Owens Is the Conservative Movement’s Frankenstein Monster
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/opinion/candace-owens-erika-kirk.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Do you know any federal employees or federal retirees? What is your attitude toward them? I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for more than 28 years. My critics/opponents have always negatively stressed that. They have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that federal employees have always been grossly overpaid and their benefits have always been much too generous and b) that federal pensions and benefits have always been much too generous. They have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that in the private sector, I never could have earned in today’s dollars a) $19.37/hour when I was 18 in 1966, b) $55,850/year when I was 22, c) $68,315/year when I was 23, d) $82,655/year when I was 24, e) $99,069/year when I was 25, f) $112,280/year when I was 29, g) $117,807/year when I was 38, and h) $153,151 when I was 49. Since I was 49, my Civil Service Retirement System pension has been $66,780/year in today’s dollars. The federal government has paid a) 72% of my healthcare insurance premiums since I was 18 and b) 72% of my wife’s healthcare insurance premiums since I was 29.  In my defense, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21. I earned job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48. I earned job-relate professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48. I earned a job-related professional license when I was 32.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/12/24/trump-federal-government-workers/

ABC SAN  DIEGO
— National Guard to be sent to New Orleans, after Supreme Court blocks deployment in Chicago. The National Guard is expected to be in Louisiana through the end of February to help fight crime there.
https://www.10news.com/politics/the-president/national-guard-to-be-sent-to-new-orleans-after-supreme-court-blocks-deployment-in-chicago

FAST COMPANY
—  Skills-First Hiring. DD: I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 in 1980. GAO audits IRS. The skills that I had that the Democrats who ran GAO ignored/dismissed/belittled because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran included the skills that I acquired a) working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year, b) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) almost completing the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting, and d) earning an MBA in 1976. Much of what I did for IRS was very similar to what I would do for GAO. GAO’s forcing me to take a $23,472 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars proves its discrimination against those who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91466644/key-workforce-trends-to-watch-in-2026

WASHINGTON MONTHLY
— Death By Lightning Shows Why a Professional Civil Service Matters. Trump wants to bring back the spoils system. The Netflix miniseries is an entertaining tale of why we should never do that. DD: Democrats run the federal government. For them, the federal government exists a) to hire, retain, and promote Democrats and b) to advance the Democrat Party platform. The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. I qualified myself for the Post Office job by earning a high school diploma and passing the postal employment examination. I qualified myself for the IRS job by earning a bachelor’s degree in business and passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination. I qualified myself for the GAO job by earning an MBA and passing the CPA examination on my first attempt.
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2025/12/19/death-by-lightning-shows-why-a-professional-civil-service-matters/

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

GUARDIAN
— Privilege. DD: According to my critics/opponents, the more of the following that you are, the more wrongly privileged that you are and the more that you should pay the price of Affirmative Action and DEI: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or if you have ancestors who had been in America for a long time.
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2015/jan/29/does-your-job-depend-on-how-privileged-you-are

December 22, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: DD: As Democrats move in, poverty and crime increase. DuPage County is a prime example. Democrats have flooded DuPage County since I moved to it in 1978. Poverty and crime have ever-increasingly increased in relative terms if not absolute terms. As time goes on, the Democrats who move have lower and lower and lower incomes. Democrats vote for Democrats. The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime. It destroys personal responsibility. It promotes dependency on government and charity. It promotes vices. I destroys traditional marriage and family. It promotes LGBTQ and abortion. It destroys equal opportunity. It promotes Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, it promotes race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. It promotes hatred against Republicans, and especially against Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251221/news/neighbors-in-need-glen-ellyn-nonprofit-provides-families-a-bridge-to-a-better-place/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The CEO of the Glen Ellyn-based nonprofit, Bridge Communities, said more than 3,000 DuPage County schoolchildren are registered as homeless. Van Polen said about 44% of county renters are “rent-burdened,” paying more than 30% of their income for rent. Expenses rise, she said, and wages don’t keep up. . .A typical client, who averages a little over two years working with Bridge mentors while living in one of the 25 apartment buildings Bridge owns countywide, is a single mother in her late 20s with one to three children, Van Polen said. She works, but her job doesn’t provide a living wage. So she has her children stay with relatives while she may live out of her car. There might be a history of domestic violence.)

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Inex­per­i­enced, poorly trained ICE and bor­der patrol agents could face legal trouble. DD: IRS hired me when I was 22 years old in 1971 as a GS-7, currently $55,850/year, Revenue Officer. I spend my first 6 months in classroom training. See below from Google AI. IRS promoted me to GS-9, currently $68,315/year, in 1972, to GS-11, currently $82,655/year, in 1973, and to GS-12, currently $99,069/year, in 1974. My Democrat IRS superiors got more and more and more furious at the GAO manager who promoted me. According to them, those promotions should have been given to my Democrat coworkers who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. They forced him to transfer to Dallas, and to get rid of me, they disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, they disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and they made it clear that they would never promote me to GS13. They ignored/dismissed/belittled my earning an MBA in 1976 and my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. The aforesaid led to my transferring to GAO in 1980.
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-sun-times/20251222/281719800932521
(FROM GOOGLE AI: IRS revenue officer (RO) training involves extensive on-the-job training in tax law, collection techniques, and civil investigative methods. The program typically spans up to a year and includes a series of in-person training units held in various cities. Training Details On-the-Job Focus: New hires receive substantial on-the-job training, which can last anywhere from several months to a year. Structured Units: The training is often delivered in multiple units (e.g., Unit 1 through Unit 4) in various locations. Trainees have reported traveling to different cities for these multi-week sessions. Core Curriculum: The curriculum is designed to educate officers in the specifics of tax law and the techniques necessary for collecting delinquent taxes and securing delinquent returns. This includes: Conducting research, interviews, and investigations. Analyzing financial information for assigned cases. Understanding business law, including laws governing fraudulent transfers and secured debts. Learning how to interact with taxpayers and their representatives, often in the field at homes or businesses. Assessment: Training involves open-book tests, and satisfactory completion of the required levels is often a prerequisite for continued employment and promotion. Continuing Education: Once initial training is complete, officers must stay current with changes in the tax code and enforcement procedures throughout their careers. Post-Training Work Environment After successfully completing the initial training year, revenue officers may be eligible for frequent telework up to four days a week, depending on performance and management discretion. Application Process and Requirements To become an IRS revenue officer, a bachelor’s degree in any major is generally required, or a combination of education and specialized experience. While the IRS doesn’t specify a major, degrees in accounting or finance can be advantageous. . .Key Responsibilities Collection of Delinquent Taxes: The primary duty is to collect unpaid taxes, typically for cases with significant, long-ignored debt. Securing Delinquent Returns: They survey for and secure unfiled tax returns. Taxpayer Interaction: They contact and interview taxpayers (or their representatives) face-to-face or by phone, often at the taxpayer’s home or business, to discuss their financial situation and resolve the debt. Financial Analysis: They analyze financial information, often using IRS Form 433-A, Collection Information Statement, to determine a taxpayer’s ability to pay. Negotiation and Resolution: They educate taxpayers on their rights and obligations and work to resolve liabilities through various means, including: Setting up installment payment agreements. Considering Offers in Compromise (OIC). Suspending collection due to financial hardship (currently not collectible status). Enforcement Actions: If a taxpayer is uncooperative, they can take enforcement actions, which may include recommending the imposition of liens, garnishing wages, levying bank accounts, and seizing assets. Referrals: They can make referrals to IRS Criminal Investigation (CI) if they suspect tax fraud or other criminal violations.)

NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly call Republicans who are the following bigots: conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, heterosexual, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-12-22/vance-refuses-to-set-red-lines-over-bigotry-at-turning-point-usas-convention

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump removes nearly 30 career diplomats from ambassadorial positions. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, they used Gingrich budget cuts to removed thousands of GAO employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trump-removes-nearly-30-career-diplomats-from-ambassadorial-positions/

ADVANTAGE NEWS
— State rep Nicole La Ha, R-Homer Glen, calls out violent rhetoric after Pritzker commission rips federal officers
https://www.advantagenews.com/news/local/state-rep-calls-out-violent-rhetoric-after-pritzker-commission-rips-federal-officers/article_c8457e75-49c3-4733-9024-4d9d8d178871.html

DES PLAINES PATCH
— Du Page Democrats hosted the annual holiday party. Du Page Democrats hosted the annual holiday party. Large numbers members of the Chicago community  Elected prominent figures in attendance.
https://patch.com/illinois/desplaines/du-page-democrats-hosted-annual-holiday-party
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On Friday, December 12, 2025, the DuPage County Democratic Party celebrated its yearly holiday party under the leadership of County Chairman Reed McCollum. Many members of the Muslim community, as well as a number of Muslim elected officials and upcoming Muslim candidates, were there. Ashfaq Hussain, a member of the Naperville City Council; Saba Haider, a member of the DuPage County Board; Syed Hussain, a candidate for US Congress District 8th Junaid; former Glendale Heights Mayor Chaudhry Asif Khokar; Mahnoor Ahmed, a candidate for the DuPage County Board; and a number of other attendees attended the annual holiday dinner. The yearly holiday party was held by the DuPage Democrats. With a large number of community members and public leaders present, the event was a huge success. The occasion took place on Friday, December 12, 2025. Dinner and activities started at 6:30 PM after the doors were opened at 5:30 PM. Abbington Distinctive Banquets hosted the event. The purpose of the event was to generate money, honor the party’s accomplishments, and unite candidates and elected leaders. Christian Mitchell, the upcoming Lieutenant Governor of Illinois, gave the event’s keynote address. To assist local families, the DuPage Young Democrats organized a holiday supply drive in tandem with the event. Bringing together elected officials, party candidates, volunteers, and community members to promote partnerships and camaraderie was one of the event’s main goals. Honoring Success: The party’s recent achievements, especially its wins in the April elections, were honored at the ceremony. Additionally, the party utilized the event as a fundraiser to support the election of Democrats in DuPage County. Along with outlining the party’s future objectives and tactics, participants also talked on the opportunities and difficulties for the upcoming year. The recent DuPage Democrats’ annual event featured a number of keynote speakers, including: The event’s keynote speaker, Christian Mitchell, will be Illinois’s next lieutenant governor. Dr. Robin Kelly was present at the ceremony and gave a speech. She commended Reed McCollum, the chairman of the DuPage County party, for his attempts to change DuPage County from being “red” (with a Republican majority) to “blue” (with a Democratic majority). Among the prominent sponsors and speakers were Illinois Lieutenant Governor Julina Stratton and US Congress candidate Junaid Ahmed. Along with these keynote speakers, the audience was addressed by over eighty other elected officials, candidates for the Senate and Congress, and local leaders. The main political goal of Julina Stratton is to represent Illinois in the US Senate. Currently serving as Illinois’ lieutenant governor, she has formally begun her campaign for the U.S. Senate in 2026. She discusses focusing on the concerns of middle-class families, increasing wages, and making life more affordable. She stated that she is in favor of ideas like “Medicare for All” and increasing access to healthcare. She Furth mentioned supporters of federal protection of voting and reproductive rights, as has been done in Illinois. Her campaign focused heavily on opposing former President Donald Trump and promoting Illinois’s accomplishments across the country. She was the first major Democratic candidate to enter the race, supported by Governor J.B. Pritzker. Junaid Ahmed, a Muslim candidate for Congress, focuses on fighting to create an effective and equitable economy. ensuring that every citizen has access to high-quality, affordable healthcare. attaining environmental justice and combating the climatic problem. He emphasized fighting for fair justice and civil rights even more.)

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— McHenry County Republicans Decide Not to Have Rod Blagojevich as Lincoln Day Dinner Speaker
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/22/mchenry-county-republicans-decide-not-to-have-rod-blagojevich-as-lincoln-day-dinner-speaker/
— What Ever Happened to Lee Daniels?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/21/what-ever-happened-to-lee-daniels/
— Comparing Wealth Across Illinois
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/21/comparing-wealth-across-illinois/
— Sue Rezin on Assisted Suicide Law
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/21/sue-rezin-on-assisted-suicide-law/
— Capparelli Endorsed for U.S. Senate by Italian Group
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=15317&action=edit
— Woodstock Cited as One of Six Best Places to Retire in Illinois, What Are the Other Five?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/21/15314/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

NEW YORK POST
— Major signs of another coming Dark Age — collapsing the West could make history repeat.
https://nypost.com/2025/12/21/opinion/major-signs-of-another-coming-dark-age-collapsing-the-west-could-make-history-repeat/

FOX NEWS
— Leaked University of Illinois lecture material blames Trump for ‘white supremacy,’ embraces far-left activism. Leaked PowerPoint slides show EDUC 201 course promotes far-wing talking points on immigration and race.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/leaked-university-illinois-lecture-material-blames-trump-white-supremacy-embraces-far-left-activism
— Radical wokeism threatens American liberty
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6386808265112
— White House teases major housing affordability plan as prices squeeze Americans. DD: Where did the money come from for your first down payment? Back in the good old days, mine came from what I had earned working for IRS for 15 months, working part-time for a Firestone Store for 21 months, and working for that store full-time for 7 months before that. I bought a new town home in University Park ( https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/ ) when I was 24 years old in September of 1972. Zillow estimates it to be worth $90,800 today. IRS had just promoted me and my salary had increased from $55,850/year to $68,315/year in today’s dollars. I had bought a new 1972 Corvette in 1971. I had paid tuition for three graduate evening business courses at Loyola in 1972.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white-house-teases-major-housing-affordability-plan-prices-squeeze-americans

JONATHAN TURLEY
— Yale No Longer Has a Single Republican Professor Across 27 Departments. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, virtually all of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Democrats. Many, most, and at times virtually all of them were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://jonathanturley.org/2025/12/21/study-yale-has-eliminated-all-republican-faculty-from-27-departments/

LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— New Orleans Exposes Media Lies About ICE Enforcement
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/new-orleans-operation-catahoula-crunch-exposes-media-lies-about-ice-enforcement

NEWSMAX
— Homan: Politicians’ Rhetoric Will Bring More Bloodshed for ICE
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/tom-homan-ice-immigration/2025/12/21/id/1239170/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC NEWS
— Vance rallies conservatives, honors Charlie Kirk at Turning Point USA convention. Earlier this week, Erika Kirk endorsed Vance for president in 2028.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/vice-president-jd-vance-rallies-conservatives-honors-charlie/story?id=128605789

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Turning Point convention’s young attendees praise VP Vance’s closing speech and 2028 outlook
https://apnews.com/video/turning-point-conventions-young-attendees-praise-vp-vances-closing-speech-and-2028-outlook-6c047838edd643c0b0691e8217a03e53

CNN
— Turning Point exposed a brewing MAGA civil war. Can Vance unite it? DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who had their saboteurs destroy TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois in 2012 and Illinois Center Right Coalition in 2007.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/turning-point-exposed-a-brewing-maga-civil-war-can-jd-vance-unite-it/ar-AA1SMRCm

NEW YORK TIMES
— Mitt Romney: Tax the Rich, Like Me. DD: Who wants you to pay more taxes and why? Starting when I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I should pay more taxes because I was an overpaid federal employee, I avoided the Vietnam War draft, I itemized, my wife had good-paying jobs, we itemized, we gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, we did not become foster parents, etc.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/opinion/romney-tax-the-rich.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout that if you cannot afford something, it is Trump’s fault. There are many things that I could/cannot afford because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/upshot/affordability-democrats-trump.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly call Republicans who are the following bigots: conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, heterosexual, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/us/politics/vance-republicans-trump-antisemitism.html
–DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot is poison.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/opinion/trump-marijuana-policy.html

WASHINGTON POST
— The diversity overcorrection in the workplace. Discrimination against young White men was an open secret in hiring. DD: The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. The Democrats who ran IRS in 1972, 1973, and 1974 promoted me because I was better qualified than my Democrat, minority, female, younger person, and veteran coworkers. I was taking graduate evening business courses. The Democrats who ran GAO 1986 promoted me because I was better qualified than my Democrat, minority, female, younger person, and veteran coworkers. I had earned an MBA in 1976. I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I had earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980. I had passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981. I had become a licensed CPA in 1981.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/12/21/diversity-hiring-white-men/

NBC PHOENIX
— Vance closes out Turning Point’s annual AmericaFest conference in Phoenix. The conference drew more than 30,000 people to downtown Phoenix.
https://www.12news.com/article/news/politics/vice-president-jd-vance-closes-out-turning-points-annual-americafest-conference-in-phoenix-arizona/75-d864ef69-d5ff-4c98-858a-8f4b23ea575d
— Turning Point’s annual AmericaFest conference in Phoenix draws ‘counterpoint’ protest. DD: My critics/opponents oppose/despise/hate not only Kirk and Turning Point, they oppose/despise/hate conservatives like me. Should I write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have lots of religious/government/political/financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and dupes take the biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.12news.com/video/news/politics/turning-points-annual-americafest-conference-in-phoenix-draws-counterpoint-protest/75-359c4cfa-d554-4045-87a6-81cc04185ce7

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— By All Means Raise Mitt Romney’s Taxes. But please spare the middle class trying to become rich like him.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/by-all-means-raise-mitt-romneys-taxes-5e936cf6
— Would You Let Claude Do Your Taxes? Preparing a return is the kind of task AI ought to be good for. DD: I use and recommend Quicken and TurboTax.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/would-you-let-claude-do-your-taxes-d7517b52
— What to Do if You Suspect You’re About to Be Laid Off. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors deliberately misled me into believing that they were going to let me work until I was eligible for regular retirement when I was 55 in 2003. But they succeeded in suddenly forcing me to retire when I was 49 in September of 1997.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/holiday-layoff-signs-workers-81df9d0e
— The True Meaning of Empathy
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-true-meaning-of-empathy-5b93dfca
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Some people are performers. In June 2020, Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer led a group kneeling in the U.S. Capitol wearing African kente stoles. National Football League end zones say “Choose Love” and “It Takes All of Us.” Empathy? More like images over action. Then there are coddlers. They paternalistically throw money at problems: welfare, drug programs, ObamaCare. They create rules and regulations to protect “marginalized” groups: Title IX, affirmative action and federal contract set-asides. To pay for it, they rationalize redistribution of wealth so the world can be “fair” for everyone. This progressive playbook often fails. See low-income housing, preferential college admissions and rising insurance premiums. Is letting men on women’s swim teams and in women’s bathrooms empathy? I can’t get there. . .New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is a coddler: “We will prove that there is no problem too large for government to solve, and no concern too small for it to care about.” Yikes. Is that empathy or a threat? Sadly, we know how the latter ends. Lately there has been talk of a $140,000 poverty line for a family of four. See what I mean? Economist Milton Friedman put it best: “One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results.” Intentions like “social justice” inevitably lead to organizing and activism and raised taxes—empathy is expensive!—and redistribution of wealth, without solving the underlying problems. For me, empathy and that elusive righteousness is about restoring lost dignity. And that often means setting up rules and then getting out of the way and letting freedom and free markets do their magic. There is little political credit for that whole “freedom” thing. Just results. The American way is: Do what you want, but respect the dignity of others. An essential part of respect is to not be pitied. Freedom is dignity. That’s true empathy.)

FORBES
— Healthcare Demand Is Rapidly Growing. DD: How good has your health been? My critics/opponents have always been envious of my relative good health. They ignore/dismiss/belittle that I cannot run because I have a bone disease, my eyesight cannot be corrected to 20/20, and I have partial red/green color blindness. They have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that if I had not avoided the Vietnam War draft, my health would never have been as good.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/saibala/2025/12/21/healthcare-demand-is-rapidly-growing/

NIEMAN LAB
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/dei-dies-in-darkness-taking-integrity-with-it/

FREE PRESS
— DD: According to my critics/opponents, a) those who are the following have never been discriminated against: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, heterosexual, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time and b) those who are the aforesaid discriminate against those who are not the aforesaid. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.thefp.com/p/should-we-feel-sorry-for-white-men

NPR
— Shopping for pricy ACA health plans? Some cheaper options come with trade-offs. DD: Are/were your healthcare insurance premiums subsidized? Ever since I became a part-time postal employee when was 18 in 1966, my critics/opponents have been furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my healthcare insurance premiums. They have been even more furious ever since I got married when I was 29 and the federal government started paying 72% of my wife’s healthcare insurance premiums. That 72% subsidy is a major reason why people despise/hate federal employees, federal retirees, and their spouses. That 72% subsidy helped me withstand tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/12/21/nx-s1-5649902/aca-health-plans-costs-alternatives

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

MEAWW
— You don’t have to apologize for being white anymore. DD: To get more votes from minorities and from females, Democrat and RINO candidates promote more hatred against Whites and against males.
https://news.meaww.com/jd-vance-says-trump-ended-dei-you-dont-have-to-apologize-for-being-white-anymore

HINDUSTAN TIMES
— CEO’s take on merit, privilege and success divides internet. DD: Because I was able to earn three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license even though neither of my parents attended college, my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, and my mother attended high school, my critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I benefitted tremendously from discrimination against those who not share my demographics, that is, those who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, veteran, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are noncitizens. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents had the most money.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/money/news/90-of-life-is-ceo-s-take-on-merit-privilege-and-success-divides-internet/ar-AA1SMc3r
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A LinkedIn post by Rohan Verma, CEO and co-founder of Breathe Well-being, has sparked a discussion online about privilege, merit and the role of luck in shaping life outcomes. In his post, Verma argued that educational pedigree and family background play a decisive role in determining future success. He claimed that those who attend elite institutions such as Ivy League universities or India’s IITs and IIMs are far more likely to see their children enter top colleges and corporate leadership roles, while people engaged in low-paid or manual labor largely come from poor families, irrespective of talent or hard work. “If you went to an Ivy League or the IIT/IIM route, your kids will likely attend a good college. And there is zero chance that they will end up doing manual labor. If you are a billionaire, your kids will 100% attend Yale, Stanford, or Harvard (or something similar). And they will later become Board Chairmen and CEOs,” Verma wrote in his post. “On the other hand, – 100% of people doing lowly paid jobs or manual labor come from poor families — regardless of their IQ, talent, or propensity for hard work,” he continued. “This is how privilege persists over generations,” Verma wrote, adding that many manual laborers could have been corporate leaders “had they been born differently”. He concluded by saying that “probably 90% of life is luck,” with only a small fraction accounting for inspirational stories of people who rise against all odds. True humility and awareness, he added, come from recognizing which parts of one’s life fall into that 90%.

FROM OTHER SOURCES

HARPER COLLEGE
— Accounting Program DD: I will forever regret not majoring in accounting from the beginning. I wrongly believed that I could never pass the CPA examination. I did not start taking graduate evening accounting courses until I was 27. I did not take and pass the CPA examination on my first attempt until I was 30. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31. I did not take and pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt until I was 32. I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32. By then, my IRS and GAO superiors and the accounting profession considered me to be far too old. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran. I should have majored in accounting at UIC 1966-1968, NIU 1969-1970, and Loyola 1972-1976.
https://www.harpercollege.edu/academics/business/accounting/index.php
(FROM THE POSTING: Start your accounting career at Harper College. Take the first steps toward becoming an accountant, bookkeeper, or financial auditor. Harper’s Accounting Program offers several courses of study, including certificate programs that prepare students for the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) exam and entry-level roles in business and finance. Associate degrees with transfer options are also available, with Advising Services to help students plan the transfer process and provide information on what accounting classes would fit best with the student’s academic and career goals. Students will learn practical knowledge and skills essential to succeed in business careers. Harper’s Accounting courses are designed to equip students with a strong foundation in auditing, financial and managerial accounting, and business law. For professional accounting students, Harper’s Accounting Program offers an exam preparation certificate that meets Illinois Board of Examiners (ILBOE) requirements for the Uniform CPA Exam. Whether you are earning the first two years of your bachelor’s degree in accounting or if you are developing your skills as a current professional, Harper College’s Accounting Program is a valuable stepping stone toward a successful career in accounting and business finance. Get started today by exploring the Harper’s degree and certificate offerings.

CPA PRACTICE ADVISOR
— 7 in 10 Managers Say Supervising Gen Z Feels Like Babysitting or Parenting. About 61% say their Gen Z reports require frequent hand-holding, while 52% say they struggle to follow basic instructions. DD: All those who my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors assigned me to supervise were Democrat, minority, female, younger, veteran, disabled, non-Protestant, non-German American, had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, and/or had performance problems.
https://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/2025/07/22/7-in-10-managers-say-supervising-gen-z-feels-like-babysitting-or-parenting/165375/

PWC
— DD: PWC wants to hire an experienced internal auditor who is a CPA and Certified Internal Auditor (CIA). Should I apply? Just kidding. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I passed the CIA examination on my first attempt in 1981. I became a licensed CPA in 1981. I earned additional job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. I earned an MBA in 1976. I earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980. I earned a master’s degree in finance in 1997.
https://talentexchange.pwc.com/bp-audit-support-contractor-jobs/31211

December 20, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

DAILY HERALD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal drug use.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251220/news/illinois-libraries-step-into-life-saving-role-as-new-law-expands-access-to-narcan/

RIVER BENDER
— DD: Duckworth ever-increasingly fights Trump’s use of the military.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/duckworthled-provision-to-rein-in-trumps-misuse-of-the-military-passes-congress-awaits-presidents-signature-89249.cfm

WAND TV
— Military lawyer swiftly fired from immigration bench after defying Trump deportation push. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, I never defied any of their orders. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors ordered me to give tremendous preference to their Democrat employees who they assigned me to supervise. All those employees were minority, female, much younger, veteran, disabled, and/or had performance problems. But because I complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination and I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with the aforesaid discrimination when I was 40 years old in 1988, they wasted my career, they took many big adverse actions against me, and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/military-lawyer-swiftly-fired-from-immigration-bench-after-defying-trump-deportation-push/article_0db74911-444a-5a1a-8ee6-c5f8de72ad55.html

WGLT
— Duckworth: Hegseth is “dangerously unqualified.” Hegseth left the armed services with a rank of Major, which can oversee a unit of between 300 to 1,200. DD: To discredit Hegseth, Duckworth stresses that the Army never promoted him beyond the rank of Major. IRS promoted me to GS-12 when I was 25 in 1974. The equivalent Army rank is Captain. GAO promoted me to GS-13 when I was 38 in 1986. The equivalent Army rank is Major. My critics/opponents have always ignored/dismissed/belittled/badmouthed what I did as an IRS Revenue Officer 1971-1980 and as a GAO Analyst 1980-1997.
https://www.wglt.org/illinois/2025-01-13/trump-defense-nominee-hegseth-is-dangerously-unqualified-duckworth-says

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Federal Child Sex Crime Report
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/20/federal-child-sex-crime-report/
— McHenry State’s Attorney on a Roll in Keeping Dangerous Criminals in Jail, This Time a Marengo Man Arrested for Child Porn
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/19/mchenry-states-attorney-on-a-roll-in-keeping-dangerous-criminals-in-jail-this-time-a-marengo-man-arrested-for-child-porn/
— Rep. Sosnowski Opposes Subsidy for Bears
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/19/15263/
— Head of Northern Illinois Food Bank Receives National Recognition, Salaries of Officers Listed for Year Ending June, 2024
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/19/head-of-northern-illinois-food-bank-receives-national-recognition-salaries-of-officers-listed-for-year-ending-june-2024/
— UPDATE 2: MORE Images You Won’t See in Chicago Tribune Story on Australian Jewish Massacre, GUNMEN TIED TO ISIS, POLICE INACTION
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/19/images-you-wont-see-in-chicago-tribune-story-on-australian-jewish-massacre/
— Ted Dombrowski Says Mass Transit Law “Fleeces” Taxpayers
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/19/ted-dombrowski-says-mass-transit-law-fleeces-taxpayers/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Kristi Noem Joins United States Coast Guard in Christmas Tree Giveaway In Chicago
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/12/weyermuller-kristi-noem-joins-united-states-coast-guard-in-christmas-tree-giveaway-in-chicago.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— DD: Which of the candidates on the Republican primary ballot in your precinct a) have sought Trump’s endorsement and/or b) have gotten Trump’s endorsement?
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/20/trump-endorses-blakeman-new-york-governor/
— Former President Clinton turns up in newly released ‘Epstein files’ — in a hot tub
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/19/former-president-bill-clinton-turns-newly-released-epstein-files-
— The snakes within the Trump administration. The president should heed his own 2016 warning.
hot/https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/18/snakes-within-trump-administration/
— Recent terrorist attacks highlight the folly of unchecked mass migration
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/19/editorial-recent-terrorist-attacks-highlight-folly-unchecked-mass/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The politically incorrect crisis: How society is failing boys and men
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/community-family/3926463/society-failing-boys-and-men/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: For decades, Americans have told a clear story about gender. Women were held back. Society was built by men and for men. The moral task of our time, we were told, was to dismantle male advantage and help women catch up. That story may have once described reality. It no longer does. Today, a growing body of evidence points to a different and deeply uncomfortable conclusion. Boys and men are now falling behind across many of the institutions that structure a stable, dignified life: education, work, family, and mental health. And yet our public conversation remains frozen in an earlier era, unable or unwilling to recognize what has changed. This is not an argument against women’s progress. Women have made extraordinary and deserved gains. It is an argument that a society can correct one injustice and create another if it refuses to update its moral lens. Start with education. In elementary and secondary school, boys now lag behind girls in reading in every developed country. They are more likely to struggle academically, to be disciplined, and to disengage from school altogether. That early gap compounds over time. Seven out of 10 valedictorians are female. On college campuses, the gender balance has flipped: Women now make up nearly 60% of undergraduates and earn close to 60% of bachelor’s degrees. Among young adults, women are significantly more likely than men to have a college degree, a reversal of the gender gap that defined much of the 20th century. Yet our educational rhetoric still sounds as though girls are the ones being left behind. The consequences don’t end at graduation. Men’s connection to work, a central source of purpose, structure, and social standing, has been eroding for decades. Prime-age male labor force participation has steadily declined, especially among men without college degrees. Entire cohorts of working-class men have drifted out of stable employment, not because they prefer idleness, but because the economy increasingly rewards credentials and social skills while offering fewer pathways for men whose strengths are practical, mechanical, or physical. For generations, society made a promise to such men: Work hard, show up, and you will earn a place. That promise has been quietly broken. The fallout shows up starkly in our health statistics. Men die by suicide at nearly four times the rate of women. Middle-aged men, particularly those without college degrees, account for a disproportionate share of what economists grimly call “deaths of despair”: suicide, drug overdoses, and alcohol-related disease. When we talk about mental health, we often focus, appropriately, on the pressures facing teenage girls. But while that crisis is loudly discussed, another one unfolds in silence: Men are dying in extraordinary numbers, and few seem to notice. Loneliness deepens the wound. Surveys show that young men are significantly more likely than young women to report feeling lonely. Male friendship has collapsed over the past few decades, with approximately 25% of young men reporting that they have no close friends at all. As traditional institutions that once anchored male social life — stable jobs, unions, churches, and fraternal organizations — have weakened, little has replaced them. Men, on average, are less likely to seek emotional support and less likely to be invited into spaces where vulnerability is encouraged. The result is a quiet epidemic of isolation. Family life tells a similar story. Roughly 1 in 4 American children now grow up without a father in the home. This is often discussed solely in terms of its impact on children, and rightly so, but it also reflects the broader marginalization of men from family life. Many men are disconnected from stable work, from marriage, and ultimately from daily involvement in their children’s lives. For all our concern about “toxic masculinity,” the more common problem in many communities is not men behaving badly, but men being absent altogether. When men fail, society often responds with punishment rather than repair. Men make up more than 90% of the prison population. The United States incarcerates more people than any other nation on Earth, and the burden falls overwhelmingly on men — disproportionately poor men and men of color. Many of the same struggles we ignore in schools and workplaces — illiteracy, untreated mental illness, and addiction — reappear in our jails and prisons, where they are far more expensive and difficult to address. None of this means women no longer face injustice. Women still bear disproportionate caregiving burdens, face violence, and encounter barriers in certain professions. Acknowledging male disadvantage in some areas does not erase female disadvantage in others. Justice is not a finite resource. But our gender conversation has become dangerously one-sided. We have built institutions, policies, and cultural narratives that assume men are always advantaged and women are always vulnerable, even when the data tell a different story. That mismatch matters. When people feel unseen or misrepresented, they disengage. When boys grow up hearing only what’s wrong with men, they struggle to imagine a hopeful future for themselves.)

NEW YORK POST
— DOGE’s federal job cuts really ARE making a difference
https://nypost.com/2025/12/19/opinion/guess-what-doges-federal-headcount-cuts-really-are-making-a-difference/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Using the Christmas Story to Demonize ICE Agents
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/12/using_the_christmas_story_to_demonize_ice_agents.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— ‘We are just getting started’: DHS says 2.5M illegals have now exited US
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/12/20/we-are-just-getting-started-dhs-says-2-5m-illegals-have-now-exited-us-1611555/
— HUD Secretary shares shocking details of welfare program usage among illegal alien families
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/12/20/hud-sec-shares-shocking-details-of-welfare-program-usage-among-illegal-alien-families-1611613/

BLAZE
— ’50 high-quality sons’: Chinese men are siring US citizen ‘mega-families’ via surrogacy
https://www.theblaze.com/news/50-high-quality-sons-chinese-elites-are-siring-armies-of-babies-in-us-via-surrogates-report

BREITBART
— Translator Services Helping Illegal Aliens to Cheat on Drivers Exam
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/12/20/maine-whistleblower-translator-services-helping-illegal-aliens-to-cheat-on-drivers-exam/

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Trump DOJ Undoes Clinton Sabotage of the 1996 Welfare Reform Law
https://cis.org/Fishman/Trump-DOJ-Undoes-Clinton-Sabotage-1996-Welfare-Reform-Law

CHRISTOPHER RUFO
— DEI and the “Lost Generation.” How white millennial men were purged from elite institutions. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors used Gingrich budget cuts to purge the agency of its employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.
https://christopherrufo.com/p/dei-and-the-lost-generation
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In Compact magazine, “The Lost Generation,” is a firsthand account, backed by deep reporting, on discrimination against millennial white men in the institutions of elite culture, academia, media, publishing, and entertainment. Affirmative action, a euphemism for anti-white-male discrimination, dates back to the mid-1960s, and, in the 1990s, Claremont University professor Frederick Lynch was already documenting systematic discrimination against white men in corporate environments in books such as Invisible Victims and The Diversity Machine. But Jacob Savage, the author of the Compact article, makes a persuasive case that this trend accelerated dramatically in the ten-year period between 2014 and 2024—the decade of the so-called Great Awokening.)

FOX NEWS
— University of Illinois lesson materials push leftist race, class struggles on future teachers. Lectures focus on racism, white supremacy and cultivating belonging for ‘minoritized’ students.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/university-illinois-lesson-materials-push-leftist-race-class-struggles-future-teachers-leaked-lectures
— ‘Bitter sweet’: TPUSA holds AmericaFest for the first time without Charlie Kirk. DD: Who leads TPUSA in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Wheaton, and in Wheaton Warrenville School District 200? I want to promote TPUSA activities.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6386755343112
— Dallas Church depicts nativity as migrants in detention. ‘Relatable Podcast’ host Allie Beth Stuckey joins ‘Saturday in America’ live from AmericaFest 2025 to discuss churches politicizing nativity scenes by depicting them as anti-ICE.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6386757075112
— It’s not just Minnesota; Democrats have created welfare fraud everywhere. Politicians in virtually every state have let waste, fraud and abuse spread like wildfire in Medicaid.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/its-not-just-minnesota-democrats-have-created-welfare-fraud-everywhere

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Taxpayer Cash, Zero Accountability: Minnesota Fraud Proves Welfare Is Broken
https://www.heritage.org/welfare/commentary/taxpayer-cash-zero-accountability-minnesota-fraud-proves-welfare-broken

LEGAL NEWSLINE
— Supreme Court weighs gun owners’ challenge to IL transit carry ban
https://www.legalnewsline.com/cook-county-record/transit-gun-ban-in-illinois-a-supreme-court-matter/article_b9854254-33e7-49d7-849b-735485520cc8.html

NEWSMAX
— Property Taxes Threaten American Dream of Home Ownership. DD: Being able to itemize and to deduct real estate taxes helped me a) buy a new townhome when I was 24 in 1972, b) buy a studio condo when I was 25, and c) buy a one bedroom condo when I was 27. Being able to itemize and to deduct real estate taxes helped my wife and I a) buy a home in Wheaton when I was 29 and b) have a home built in Wheaton when I was 35.
https://www.newsmax.com/mccaughey/affordability-homeowners-syracuse/2025/12/18/id/1238829/

PJ MEDIA
— Border Crossings Down 93%, Fentanyl Trafficking Cut in Half in 2025
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/12/20/border-crossings-down-93-fentanyl-trafficking-cut-in-half-n4947321

REASON
— Mamdani’s $6 Billion Child Care Expansion Would Be a Handout to Wealthy New Yorkers. The more the government intervenes in the market, the more New York parents pay for child care.
https://reason.com/2025/12/25/mamdani-cant-raise-your-kids/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Young conservative women find a home in Turning Point with Charlie Kirk’s widow at the helm. DD: Who leads TPUSA in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Wheaton, and in Wheaton Warrenville School District 200? I want to promote TPUSA activities.
https://www.theheraldreview.com/news/politics/article/young-conservative-women-find-a-home-in-turning-21251712.php
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e56BOXKhvnY

AOL
— Everything about retirement changes if you’re one of the lucky few who have a pension in America. DD: What is your attitude toward federal employees and federal retirees? I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for more than 28 years. My critics/opponents have always despised/hated federal employee and federal retirees. I should write about that. They believe that federal employees are grossly overpaid, that federal pensions are much too generous, and that their benefits are much too generous. In my defense, I would not have become a postal employee when I was 18 in 1966 if my high school friend had not asked me to join him in taking the postal employment test. I would not have become an IRS employee when I was 22 in 1971 if my Firestone Store boss had not fired me because I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile, an offer that Oldsmobile withdrew because it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.
https://www.aol.com/finance/everything-retirement-changes-one-lucky-114500050.html

NBC NEWS
— VERY SAD: MAGA infighting over Israel and 2028 heats up at the Turning Point USA conference. Influencers turned on one another, with Ben Shapiro blasting “charlatans,” Steve Bannon calling Shapiro a “cancer” and Megyn Kelly declaring she was no longer friends with Shapiro. DD: Who leads TPUSA in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Wheaton, and in Wheaton Warrenville School District 200? I want to promote TPUSA activities.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/maga-infighting-israel-2028-turning-point-usa-conference-rcna250162

NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/briefing/a-moral-reckoning-on-immigration.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— What to Know About Minnesota’s ‘Industrial-Scale Fraud’ Scandal. A federal prosecutor highlights ‘fraud tourism,’ where people with no connection to the state allegedly siphoned money from safety-net programs there.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/minnesota-fraud-trump-scandal-113f4315

FORBES
— The 2026 US Job Market Will Be Competitive – How To Stand Out. DD: When you graduated from college, what frustrated your job search? For me, it was potential employers viewing me as being draft bait. They did not believe that my financial hardship draft deferment application would be approved.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/carolinecenizalevine/2025/12/19/the-2026-us-job-market-will-be-competitive–how-to-stand-out/

TIME
— ‘No Sleep for ICE’: Inside the Protest Movement Keeping Immigration Agents Awake at Night
https://time.com/7341833/no-sleep-for-ice-protests-hotels/

HUFFINGTON POST
— DD: Hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters ever-increasingly work against Erika Kirk. DD: Who leads TPUSA in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Wheaton, and in Wheaton Warrenville School District 200? I want to promote TPUSA activities.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/erika-kirk-turning-point-usa-gen-z_n_6925f13ae4b063285310f023

December 18, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Trump signs executive order that would reclassify marijuana as less dangerous drug. DD: Pot is poison. In 2019, I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/reclassification-weed-president-donald-trump-signs-executive-order-today-would-reclassify-marijuana-less-dangerous/18298372/
— Trump administration moves to cut off gender-affirming care for transgender youth
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-administration-moves-cut-off-gender-affirming-care-transgender-youth-new-hhs-restrictions/18298513/
— Trump’s handpicked board votes to rename Washington performing arts center the Trump-Kennedy Center
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trumps-handpicked-board-votes-rename-washington-performing-arts-center-trump-kennedy/18298307/

NBC5
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) bring in more illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/new-illinois-laws-will-impact-thousands-of-students-in-the-new-year/3865125/

FOX32
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/buffalo-grove-volunteers-send-handwritten-support-cards-lgbtq-people-nationwide

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— President Donald Trump signs order that would reclassify marijuana as less dangerous drug. DD: Pot is poison. In 2019, I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/18/trump-executive-order-reclassify-marijuana/
— New Trump administration proposals could further reduce gender-affirming care for minors in Illinois. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make children sexually active LGBTQers.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/18/gender-affirming-care-trump-proposals/
— State commission highlights ‘unjustified’ uses of tear gas, pepper spray by federal immigration agents
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/18/illinois-accountability-commission-pritzker-border-patrol/
— President Donald Trump’s Justice Department sues Illinois over sensitive state voter data
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/18/illinois-voter-data-lawsuit/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Durbin, Duckworth seek criminal probe of Chicago’s immigration blitz — even after Trump leaves office
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/12/18/durbin-duckworth-criminal-investigation-operation-midway-blitz-ice-tactics
— New state panel takes shot at holding Trump immigration blitz to account: ‘We will not forget’  The chairman of the newly formed Illinois Accountability Commission acknowledged their eventual recommendations are likely to “fall on deaf ears” in the Trump administration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/12/18/illinois-accountability-commission-trump-immigration-midway-blitz

DAILY HERALD
— Palatine Township trustees this week approved a $1.65 million tax levy for its community mental health board.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251218/local-politics/a-good-thing-for-people-palatine-township-levies-first-tax-for-community-mental-health-board/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Justice Department sues for access to Illinois voter rolls
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/justice-department-sues-access-illinois-voter-rolls
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot is poison.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/cannabis/trump-signals-marijuana-rescheduling-tax-relief-ahead

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— The head of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has urged white men to report workplace discrimination based on race or sex.  DD: In Diersen v. GAO, the courts ruled that discrimination against older White males was not only legal, but that it is what Congress wanted.
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/head-of-workplace-rights-agency-urges-white-men-to-report-discrimination/article_6026fc17-ba43-52f4-98bc-f22f3c675724.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-12-17/with-costs-a-growing-worry-for-americans-trump-seeks-to-defend-his-economic-record

NORTH PARK UNIVERSITY
— North Park University Invites Dreamers to Apply for TheDream.US Scholarship. DD: Did you get any scholarships? I did not. My critics/opponents have always used that against me.
https://www.northpark.edu/stories/north-park-university-invites-dreamers-to-apply-for-thedream-us-scholarship/

DUCKWORTH
— Duckworth-Led Provisions to Protect Rock Island Arsenal. DD: During the first 6 months of 1989, I worked for GAO at the Rock Island Arsenal on an audit of DOD’s 1990 ammunition budget request. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/assets/150/148194.pdf
https://www.duckworth.senate.gov/news/press-releases/duckworth-led-provisions-to-protect-rock-island-arsenal-support-illinois-quantum-technology-research-and-safeguard-care-for-veterans-passes-congress-awaits-presidents-signature
(FROM THE ARTICLE: By Constructing a Child Development Center at Rock Island Arsenal: The bill authorizes $50 million in Major Construction funds for a new addition to the Child Development Center at Rock Island Arsenal and to consolidate the existing facilities and make upgrades to meet DoD guidelines and safety requirements, ensuring that eligible families at Rock Island Arsenal have a safe, modern facility for childcare.)

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/12/18/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-440/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Pritzker disputes Trump claims, says Illinois GOP backs president ‘100%’
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_594bb86c-7336-490e-936f-3e3c69b17fc0.html
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/pritzker-disputes-trump-claims-says-160400287.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Mamdani says free buses means fewer assaults over ‘fare collection’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/crime/3926075/mamdani-free-buses-fewer-assaults-fare-collection/

NEW YORK POST
— Mamdani appointee made vile antisemitic comments in unearthed social media posts
https://nypost.com/2025/12/18/us-news/zohran-mamdani-appointee-catherine-almonte-da-costa-made-vile-antisemitic-comments-in-unearthed-social-media-posts/
— NYC Council pushes bill to create Zohran Mamdani’s $1B ‘safety’ agency that would pull cops off some 911 calls
https://nypost.com/2025/12/18/us-news/nyc-council-pushes-bill-to-create-zohran-mamdanis-1b-safety-agency-that-will-pull-cops-off-some-911-calls/

BREITBART
— ‘It’s Open Season’: Antisemitic Attacks in NYC Highlight Broader Threat, ‘This is Mamdani’s NY’
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/12/18/its-open-season-antisemitic-attacks-in-nyc-highlight-broader-threat-this-is-mamdanis-ny/
— Inflation Unexpectedly Tumbles To 2.7%, Much Better Than Expected, Core Inflation Falls to Lowest Since Early 2021
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2025/12/18/inflation-unexpectedly-tumbles-to-2-7-much-better-than-expected/

DAILY SIGNAL
— EEOC Urges White Males to Report Discrimination—And Promptly. DD: In Diersen v. GAO, the courts ruled that discrimination against older White males was not only legal, but that it is what Congress wanted.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/12/18/eeoc-urges-white-males-report-discrimination-promptly/amp/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: White males who have faced discrimination should file a federal complaint, the head of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says. In a video posted on social media Thursday, EEOC Acting Chairwoman Andrea Lucas advised potential victims of discrimination to file complaints in a timely manner. “Are you a white male who has experienced discrimination at work based on your race or sex?” Lucas said. “You may have a claim to recover money under federal civil rights laws.” The Trump administration has opposed diversity, equity, and inclusion policies in the government, and terminated DEI federal grants. A person has a deadline of 180 days from the alleged discrimination to make a complaint, according to the EEOC. “Contact the EOC as soon as possible. Time limits are typically strict for filing a claim,” Lucas continued. “The EOC is the federal agency charged with enforcing federal antidiscrimination law against businesses and other private sector employers.” “The EOC is committed to identifying, attacking, and eliminating all forms of race and sex discrimination, including against white male applicants, and employees,” Lucas clarified. The EEOC website says the 180-day deadline can be extended up to 300 days if a state or local agency enforces a law that prohibits employment discrimination on the same basis, and would have to first hear the case. Although the EEOC has frequently taken up discrimination cases on behalf of minority groups, earlier this year the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that someone who belongs to a “majority group” can sue for discrimination, in Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services. That case involved a straight woman who alleged she was passed over for employment due to her sexual identity, but the “majority group” principle would likely apply for a white male. During his first term, President Donald Trump appointed Lucas—a former labor and litigation lawyer at the firm of Gibson Dunn—to the EEOC, and the Senate confirmed her in 2020. After Trump returned for a second term in January, he designated her as the acting chair of commission. [Lucas is not related to The Daily Signal reporter who wrote this news story.] Lucas has not been confirmed by the Senate as chair. But, as previously noted in The Daily Signal, as acting chair she forced major law firms to stop using DEI to discriminate based on race.  She further ordered the EEOC to be evenhanded in its enforcement priorities. Lucas made it easier for employees to report DEI discrimination and made it a priority to protect Americans from religious discrimination. This is move is a Trump administration “stunt,” said Markus Batchelor, national political director at People For the American Way, a liberal activist group. “Stunts like this demonstrate the lengths Trump is willing to go to dismantle institutions meant to do good and make them tools that once again unbalance the scales in favor of privilege and white supremacy,” Batchelor told The Grio. “A call for ‘color-blind, merit-based’ employment falls flat from a White House that is overwhelmingly white, wealthy, and unqualified to govern.”)

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more foreign truck drivers.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/business/trump-immigrants-trucks.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump’s unconvincing argument on affordability. Hyperbole is not a plan. DD: What did you do to help you afford things? To help me afford cars, college expenses, real estate, etc., I took bad jobs that my peers would never stoop to take. I a) did yard work 1962-1964. b) delivered newspapers 1962-1966, c) washed dishes 1964-1966, d) cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, e) delivered mail 1966-1969, f) worked on an automotive assembly line in 1970, g) sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, h) pumped more gasoline 1971-1972, i) collected delinquent federal taxes 1971-1980, and j) audited federal agencies 1980-1997. I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, b) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, c) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and a job-related professional license in 1981. I was able to do the aforesaid even though I was not viewed as being college material. 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 have never been able to run because I have a bone disease. My eyesight has never been correctable to 20/20. I have always 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. According to my critics/opponents, I have always been stupid. They stress that I got no scholarships or student loans and that had to work my way through college. One could argue that if I could do the aforesaid with the limitations that I had, just about anyone could do what I did academically and professionally.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/12/18/trump-speech-tariffs-economy-checks/
— How the end of extra Affordable Care Act subsidies could affect you.  DD: Are/were your healthcare insurance premiums subsidized? Ever since I became a part-time postal employee when was 18 in 1966, my critics/opponents have been furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my healthcare insurance premiums. They have been even more furious ever since I got married when I was 29 and the federal government started paying 72% of my wife’s healthcare insurance premiums. That 72% subsidy is a major reason why people despise/hate federal employees, federal retirees, and their spouses. That 72% subsidy helped me withstand tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/12/18/affordable-care-act-subsidies-expire/

FORTUNE
— Mamdani gets 74,000 resumes in sign of New York City’s job-market misery
https://fortune.com/2025/12/17/mamdani-gets-74000-resumes-in-sign-of-new-york-citys-job-market-misery/

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

GUARDIAN
— FCC chair suggests agency is not independent amid fears of Trump power-grab. Brendan Carr’s declaration raises concerns amid Trump efforts to exert greater control over independent agencies. DD: GAO is not an independent agency. Congress funds it. It works for Congress.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/17/trump-fcc-brendan-carr

December 18, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— DD: Democrat leaders say Trump hits Biden and old grievances, touts ‘our country is back’ in address
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-address-nation-1st-year-office-2026-agenda/18296354/

NBC5
— DD: Democrat leaders say Trump gives partisan address insisting economy is stronger than many voters feel
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/trump-white-house-live-address-agenda/3865053/

FOX 32
— Video gambling costs. DD: I led the successful effort to stop video gambling in Wheaton in 2009.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-phn1jqxq2h0d645s

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH THREE PHOTOS: Senate hopefuls Kelly, Krishnamoorthi, Stratton target Trump, talk affordability at first debate. DD: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman and an Illinois Center Right Coalition officer, those organizations would still be hosting candidate debates. What did you do to help you afford things? To help me afford cars, college expenses, real estate, etc., I took bad jobs that my peers would never stoop to take. I a) did yard work 1962-1964. b) delivered newspapers 1962-1966, c) washed dishes 1964-1966, d) cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, e) delivered mail 1966-1969, f) worked on an automotive assembly line in 1970, g) sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, h) pumped more gasoline 1971-1972, i) collected delinquent federal taxes 1971-1980, and j) audited federal agencies 1980-1997. I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, b) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, c) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and a job-related professional license in 1981. I was able to do the aforesaid even though I was not viewed as being college material. 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 have never been able to run because I have a bone disease. My eyesight has never been correctable to 20/20. I have always 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. According to my critics/opponents, I have always been stupid. They stress that I got no scholarships or student loans and that had to work my way through college. One could argue that if I could do the aforesaid with the limitations that I had, just about anyone could do what I did academically and professionally.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251217/nation-and-world-politics/senate-hopefuls-kelly-krishnamoorthi-stratton-target-trump-talk-affordability-at-first-debate/

RIVER BENDER
— DD: Pritzker ever-increasingly demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/gov-pritzker-in-primetime-address-donald-trump-ignores-reality-skyrocketing-costs-89192.cfm?

NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Venezuela against America.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-12-17/venezuelas-government-says-trumps-move-to-block-tankers-is-an-outrageous-threat

CHALKBEAT CHICAGO
— Illinois quietly changes scholarship for teachers of color amid lawsuit, threats from federal government. DD: Did you get any scholarships? I did not. My critics/opponents have always that against me.
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/12/17/illinois-teacher-diversity-scholarship-changes/

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois tops nation for public sector union political spending
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_2c1888f3-fb69-4c90-a9db-4ce54dc1804b.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

NEW YORK POST
— Trump tells America: ‘I’m fixing’ Biden’s mess in chart-filled primetime address
https://nypost.com/2025/12/17/us-news/trump-tells-america-im-fixing-bidens-mess-in-chart-filled-primetime-address/
— House crushes Dems’ attempt to rein in Trump’s military campaign against Venezuela, ‘illegitimate Maduro Regime’
https://nypost.com/2025/12/17/world-news/house-dems-force-vote-to-rein-in-trump-on-venezuela-as-white-house-ramps-up-pressure-on-maduro/
— Chicago-based cash-strapped ‘woke’ Wall Street watchdog braces for Trump administration crackdown on ‘political’ nonprofits
https://nypost.com/2025/12/17/business/woke-private-equity-watchdog-braces-for-trump-administration-crackdown-on-political-nonprofits-sources/

AMAC
— How DEI Is Destroying the American Family
https://amac.us/newsline/politics/how-dei-is-destroying-the-american-family/

BREITBART
— DHS Rips ‘Sanctuary’ Democrats Who Protected Deadly Migrant Trucker
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/12/17/dhs-rips-sanctuary-democrats-who-protected-deadly-migrant-trucker/

CAMPUS REFORM
— 5 public colleges that rebranded DEI offices in 2025. Here are five public colleges that seemingly attempted to pass DEI off of as something else this year.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/5-public-colleges-rebranded-dei-offices-2025/29114
— Six GOP-led states push sweeping bans on public funding for DEI programs
https://www.campusreform.org/article/six-gop-led-states-push-sweeping-bans-public-funding-dei-programs/29155

DAILY SIGNAL
— ‘PROGRESSIVE POLITICAL MACHINE’: America’s 4 Largest Unions Fund Politics Using Members’ Dues

https://www.dailysignal.com

DAILY WIRE
— Renewing The American Merit Ideal. If you want a happier human society, meritocracy is the way. DD: According to my critics/opponents, a) they are successful because of meritocracy and b) I owe my successes to my benefitting from discrimination against those who are minority, female, younger, veteran, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, noncitizen, etc.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/renewing-the-american-merit-ideal

EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Highlights Measures to Drive Down Costs in Prime-Time Address. The president said his administration ‘inherited a mess’ and is fixing the economy with a series of policy decisions.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-highlights-measures-to-drive-down-costs-in-prime-time-address-5959737
— Trump Announces $1,776 ‘Warrior Dividends’ to Military Members. The president said the checks are ‘already on the way’ to members of the military.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-announces-1776-warrior-dividends-to-military-members-5959745

FEDERALIST
— Large School Systems See Plummeting Foreign-Language Students Thanks To Immigration Enforcement. DD: What percent of students in America are noncitizens?
https://thefederalist.com/2025/12/18/large-school-systems-see-plummeting-foreign-language-students-thanks-to-immigration-enforcement/

FOX BUSINESS
— ‘I INHERITED A MESS’: Trump UNLEASHES explosive economic victory speech
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-_3-KBibJw

FOX NEWS
— Trump speech sparks optimism as ‘gangbuster’ economy forecasted for 2026. Newt Gingrich joins commentators in expressing economic confidence after president’s address.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-speech-sparks-optimism-gangbuster-economy-forecasted-2026
— Trump touts bringing country back from ‘brink of ruin.’  Trump unveiled new ‘Warrior Dividend’ checks that will be sent to US troops by Christmas.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-touts-bringing-country-back-from-brink-ruin
— Trump gives service members special Christmas gift: ‘Warrior dividend.’  ‘And the checks are already on the way,’ Trump said.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/military-troops-get-special-christmas-gift-president-says-warrior-dividend
— Netflix cancels gay military series the Pentagon called ‘woke garbage’
https://www.foxnews.com/media/netflix-cancels-gay-military-series-pentagon-called-woke-garbage.print

PJ MEDIA
— Trump’s Speech: Panic Is What the Left Wants to See
https://pjmedia.com/david-manney/2025/12/18/trumps-speech-panic-is-what-the-left-want-to-see-n4947223
— House Passes Act to Screen Unaccompanied Minors Despite Major Dem Opposition
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/12/17/house-passes-act-to-screen-unaccompanied-minors-despite-major-dem-opposition-n4947178
— Want Proof That Dems Love Illegal Alien Criminals? Here Are Three Examples.
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/12/17/want-proof-that-dems-love-illegal-alien-criminals-here-are-three-examples-n4947183

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— DD: Democrats and RINOs had no problem when Biden used his powers.
https://thehill.com/homenews/5654358-most-in-new-poll-say-trump-use-of-presidential-power-goes-too-far/
— Democratic socialism gets a trial run on Broadway with Mamdani
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5651845-democratic-socialism-big-apple/

REUTERS
— US House defeats bids to rein in Trump Venezuela campaign. DD: Democrats and RINOs had no problem when Biden used his powers.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-house-defeats-bids-rein-trump-venezuela-campaign-2025-12-17/

CBS NEWS
— DD: The Democrat Party platform ever-increasingly promotes more and more and more homelessness. Under the Democrats, Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, and school district will house more and more and more homeless.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/washington-dc-homeless-health-care-costs/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Full Transcript of President Trump’s Speech on the Economy. The president sharply attacked his predecessor while insisting that his own record contained nothing but victories.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/us/politics/trump-speech-transcript-economy.html
— Trump Finds That Retribution Isn’t Always So Easy. DD: Of course, according to my critics/opponents, all the adverse actions that they took against me were justified. I should write about my critics/opponents, the adverse actions that they took against me, and why those adverse actions were not justified.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/us/politics/trump-retribution-revenge.html
— Law Schools See a Decline In Students Of Color. DD: My IRS employee handbook encouraged me to take graduate evening courses in business, accounting, and law.  While I took graduate evening courses in business 1972-1976 and accounting 1976-1980, a big reason why I did not take courses in law was that the tuition and books would not be tax deductible.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/us/law-school-black-student-enrollment.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Karl Rove: Alarm Bells Ring, Are You Listening? Between his rallies and online ranting, Trump is setting up a nasty midterm loss.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/alarm-bells-ring-are-you-listening-8a1b62f8
— Phil Gramm and John Early: The Biggest Fraud in Welfare. The government gives tens of thousands of dollars in benefits to the poor, which it doesn’t count as income.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-biggest-fraud-in-welfare-c325638d
— The A’s at Yale Are Inevitable. ‘When nearly everyone admitted is excellent, excellence becomes common. That isn’t the end of meritocracy—it is what meritocracy looks like at the top.’ DD: According to my critics/opponents, a) they are successful because of meritocracy and b) I owe my successes to my benefitting from discrimination against those who are minority, female, younger, veteran, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, noncitizen, etc.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-as-at-yale-are-inevitable-grade-inflation-evaluations-6e91beca

CITY JOURNAL
— Does Poverty Cause Crime? DD: What are the demographics of those who commit crimes?
https://www.city-journal.org/article/new-york-city-poverty-violent-crime

APOLLO ACADEMY
— US Demographics Are Changing. Although the US population continues to grow each year, the number of families with children under 18 reached a peak of around 37 million in 2007 and has declined to approximately 33 million in 2024, see chart below. This reflects demographic changes such as lower birth rates and aging of the population, even as overall population growth continues. DD: America is doomed if this trend is not reversed.
https://www.apolloacademy.com/us-demographics-are-changing/

JD SUPRA
— SCOTUS Will Expand President’s Power to Fire Members of Independent Agencies, Setting Stage for Workplace Regulation Shake-Up. DD: Because federal courts ruled that my Democrat GAO superiors had the power to force me to retire, that is, that they had the power to fire me, Trump has the power to fire any federal employee he wants to.
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/predictions-scotus-will-expand-4998321/

LEGAL DEFENSE FUND
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for all problems that those who are the following have: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are citizens of foreign countries.
https://www.naacpldf.org/case-issue/college-admissions-and-equity-research-brief/

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

DAILY MAIL
— Bovino gets in VERY public spat with city mayor as he gives him rude awakening
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15393519/Trump-border-patrol-boss-public-spat.html

SOCIALIST PARTY
— The system is rigged for the rich – Fight for socialist change! DD: My critics/opponents promote socialism. According to them, I owe all my income and all my assets to my benefitting from a) working for the socialist federal government and b) capitalist discrimination against those who have less money than I have and are minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America as long as mine have, and/or are citizens of foreign countries.
https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/146385/17-12-2025/the-system-is-rigged-for-the-rich-fight-for-socialist-change/

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
— DD: Non-Whites ever-increasingly blame Whites for the problems that non-Whites have.
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2025/12/why-systematic-racism-has-a-lot-to-do-with-migration-and-asylum-systems/

December 17, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Apparent arrest made by federal agents in Chicago area amid concerns of Bovino’s return
https://abc7chicago.com/post/border-patrol-chicago-today-little-village-business-concerned-amid-immigration-arrests-greg-bovino-returns-area/18295179/
— Communities on edge amid apparent immigration-related arrests, Bovino’s return to Chicago area
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7dtqITqHlY
— Trump writes partisan plaques for predecessors in his newly installed Presidential Walk of Fame
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-writes-partisan-plaques-predecessors-newly-installed-presidential-walk-fame/18295678/

NBC5
— Judge blocks ICE from requiring members of Congress to provide prior notice before detention center visits
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-blocks-ice-congress-prior-notice-detention-center-visits/
— House passes GOP health care bill without ACA extension
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/house-health-care-vote-republicans-congress/

CBS2
— Bovino and agents return to Chicago area
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/border-patrol-cmdr-gregory-bovino-and-agents-return-to-chicago-area/

WGN9
— Border Patrol Commander Bovino back in Chicago
https://wgntv.com/news/operation-midway-blitz/border-patrol-commander-greg-bovino-back-in-chicago/

FOX32
— Evanston mayor Biss confronts Border Patrol chief amid rising immigration fears
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/evanston-mayor-confronts-border-patrol-chief-amid-rising-immigration-fears
— Bovino ramps up immigration raids in Chicago
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-j23iafl6hbu6nunz
— Chicago groups vow resistance as Border Patrol chief, agents return to area
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-groups-vow-resistance-border-patrol-chief-agents-return
— Chicago vote-by-mail applications open for 2026 primary election
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-vote-by-mail-applications-open-2026-primary-election

WTTW
— Biss Confronts Bovino as Immigration Enforcement Continues
https://news.wttw.com/2025/12/17/evanston-mayor-daniel-biss-confronts-border-patrol-chief-greg-bovino-immigration
— 4 Republicans Defy Speaker Johnson to Force House Vote on Extending ACA Subsidies
https://news.wttw.com/2025/12/17/4-republicans-defy-speaker-johnson-force-house-vote-extending-aca-subsidies

WBEZ
— Bovino’s Border Patrol caravan hits Chicago area for second day, making arrests in Evanston. Bovino had a tense standoff with Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss after federal agents arrested a man at a gas station Wednesday. Later, agents broke out the window of a pickup truck to detain two men outside of a Home Depot.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/12/17/chicago-immigration-ice-border-patrol-bovino-president-donald-trump-deport-midway-blitz

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Bovino praises police assistance in immigration enforcement as CPD denies support
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/17/bovino-praises-local-police-assistance-in-immigration-enforcement-argues-with-evanston-mayor-daniel-biss/
— Bovino in Evanston
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_lQWyqU0Xs
— Trump keeping 300 Illinois National Guard troops federalized until April despite no missions
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/17/illinois-national-guard-federalized-april/
— Illinois Republicans in Congress urge President Donald Trump not to pardon ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/17/gop-illinois-congress-madigan-pardon-trump/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Bovino’s Border Patrol caravan hits Chicago area for second day, making arrests in Evanston. Bovino had a tense standoff with Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss after federal agents arrested a man at a gas station on Wednesday. Later, agents broke out the window of a pickup truck to detain two men outside of a Home Depot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/12/17/chicago-immigration-ice-border-patrol-bovino-president-donald-trump-deport-midway-blitz
— Illinois Republicans tell President Trump to reject Michael Madigan pardon request. U.S. Reps. Darin LaHood, Mary Miller and Mike Bost, staunch Trump allies, penned the request on Tuesday.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/michael-madigan/2025/12/17/illinois-republican-congress-members-president-trump-michael-madigan-pardon-request

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/border-patrol-returns-haunt-chicago-economy-holidays

EVANSTON NOW
— Immigration raids return to Evanston
https://evanstonnow.com/immigration-raids-return-to-evanston/

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Trump writes partisan plaques for predecessors in his newly installed Presidential Walk of Fame
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/trump-s-white-house-adds-partisan-plaques-to-21248405.php

WAND TV
— Sen. Mark Kelly calls Pentagon investigation into his remarks a move to chill military dissent. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government chilled my dissent big time. I ever-increasingly dissented their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. They ever-increasingly wasted my career, took more and bigger adverse actions against me, and then forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/sen-mark-kelly-calls-pentagon-investigation-into-his-remarks-a-move-to-chill-military-dissent/article_dbddfc77-3bfc-5fa7-834f-9f52554bf9b4.html

WIFR
— Trump will sign executive order to reclassify marijuana, loosen federal restrictions. DD: Pot is poison. I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton in 2019.
https://www.wifr.com/2025/12/17/trump-will-sign-executive-order-reclassify-marijuana-loosen-federal-restrictions/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Woman sues IRS to have pets classified as dependents
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/woman-sues-irs-to-have-pets-classified-as-dependents/amp/

CITIES 92.9
— Amid continued enforcement, Pritzker tells ICE protesters: ‘Do as you have’
https://www.cities929.com/2025/12/17/watch-amid-continued-enforcement-pritzker-tells-ice-protesters-do-as-you-have/

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Bovino Leads Caravan Through Chicago Before Clashing With Evanston Mayor. Wednesday marked Bovino’s second day back on the job in the Chicago area after he left in November.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/12/17/bovino-leads-caravan-through-chicago-and-suburbs-clashes-with-evanston-mayor/

DURBIN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly charge Trump with abusing his powers. The courts in Diersen v. GAO ruled that my Democrat GAO superiors had the power to force me to retire, that is, to fire me, when I was 49 years old in 1997 because I had been an active member in a class action lawsuit since I was 40 in 1988 that charged them with reversed discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/durbin-highlights-the-senates-responsibility-to-hold-the-executive-branch-accountable-amid-president-trumps-abuses-of-powers

CHALKBEAT
— Illinois quietly changes scholarship for teachers of color amid lawsuit, threats from federal government
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/12/17/illinois-teacher-diversity-scholarship-changes/

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/12/17/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-438/
— Bovino: ‘We’re here for the taxpayer’
https://capitolfax.com/2025/12/17/bovino-were-here-for-the-taxpayer/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Biss Calls for Repeal of Second Amendment
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/17/biss-calls-for-repeal-of-second-amendment/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump owes America — and the Reiner family — an apology
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/17/donald-trump-owes-america-reiner-family-apology/
— Trump wounds MAGA brand with inhuman rant on Rob Reiner. Polls show once-fierce supporters are bailing in droves.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/17/trump-wounds-maga-brand-inhuman-rant-rob-reiner/

NEW YORK POST
— Trump rips predecessors Biden, Obama and Bush with new plaques on ‘Presidential Walk of Fame’
https://nypost.com/2025/12/17/us-news/trump-rips-predecessors-biden-obama-and-bush-with-new-plaques-on-presidential-walk-of-fame/

COLLEGE FIX
— Illinois amends ‘minority teachers’ scholarship to end federal lawsuit
https://www.thecollegefix.com/illinois-amends-minority-teachers-scholarship-to-end-federal-lawsuit/

FOX NEWS
— Protesters CONFRONT federal immigration agents in Chicago. Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino details street arrests of illegal immigrants in Chicago as residents protest immigration agents.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6386612177112
— ICE chief fires back at ‘100% false’ sanctuary city ‘harassment’ claims. Todd Lyons says sanctuary cities force agents into communities by releasing convicted criminals.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/ice-chief-fires-back-sanctuary-city-harassment-claims-100-false

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

PBS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for everything that is bad.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/americans-are-more-dissatisfied-with-trumps-handling-of-the-economy-than-ever-poll-shows

WORKERS WORLD
— Young workers reject capitalism’s dead-end future. DD: Under socialism, everyone is a government employee. Ever since I became a government employee when I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that if I had been a private sector employee, I never would have had the career successes that I had. They have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that career advancement in government is much easier than it is in the private sector, but nevertheless, I never earned more than $153, 151/year in today’s dollars notwithstanding the fact that I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. In my defense, my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran. How successful in the private sector would someone with my qualifications have been?
https://www.workers.org/2025/12/89607/

December 17, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NBC5
— Illinois toll hikes one step closer to reality after Pritzker signs transit funding bill. Under the proposed increase, tolls for passenger vehicles would rise $0.45, while semi drivers would be subjected to a greater hike.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-toll-hikes-one-step-closer-to-reality-after-pritzker-signs-transit-funding-bill/3864698/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— After vandals wreck anti-ICE Nativity scene, Evanston church gets creative. Lake Street Church removes the figure of the Virgin Mary wearing a gas mask, which was smashed by vandals, from the display. In its place, church staff put up a sign stating that Mary is being detained by immigration agents. DD: How strongly have Democrats taken over your church?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/12/16/lake-street-church-evanston-nativity-scene-vandalism

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino and agents return to Chicago in show of force across city and suburbs.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/16/border-patrol-activity-cicero-chicago/
— DD: How strongly have Democrats taken over your church?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/17/opinion-las-posadas-holiday-christmas/

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders make it ever-increasingly clear that they will never stop a) flooding America with their illegals and b) fighting their deportation. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251207/news/the-u-s-citizens-getting-caught-in-trumps-immigration-crackdown/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Darin LaHood urges Trump to deny Mike Madigan’s plea for a pardon
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/lahood-urges-trump-reject-madigan-pardon/
—  DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot is poison.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/trump-admin-could-reclassify-marijuana-would-that-make-it-legal-nationwide/amp/

25 NEWS NOW
— Police dispose of jars of ‘free weed’ that was left near school as holiday gift
https://www.25newsnow.com/2025/12/17/police-dispose-jars-free-weed-that-was-left-near-school-holiday-gift/

WCIA
— Pritzker, Anti-Defamation League call out rising antisemitism across Illinois. DD: What percent of those who come to America are antisemites?
https://www.wcia.com/news/sangamon-county/pritzker-anti-defamation-league-call-out-rising-antisemitism-across-illinois/

CHALKBEAT CHICAGO
— A college degree is most ‘promising path’ to a good job in Illinois
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/12/16/illinois-research-identifies-most-promising-pathways-to-good-jobs/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Border patrol returns, tensions rise
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/12/17/border-patrol-returns-tensions-rise-00694628
(FROM THE NEWSLETTER: MADIGAN MOVES: Illinois Republican Congress members have written a letter to President Donald Trump urging him to reject former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s request for a presidential pardon. “Granting clemency in this case would not only reward a lifetime of unethical behavior but also embolden other public officials to exploit their offices for personal gain,” wrote Congress members Darin LaHood (IL-16), Mary Miller (IL-15) and Mike Bost (IL-12). Their letter is here.)

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/12/17/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-650/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump declares Venezuelan government a ‘terrorist’ organization; orders oil tanker blockade
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/16/trump-orders-blockade-sanctioned-oil-tankers-venezuela-ramping/
— Trump administration urged to review Netflix’s LGBT content for kids as part of merger deal
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/16/concerned-women-america-netflix-childrens-shows-41-lgbtq-content/
— Netflix and the near-complete woke Hollywood takeover. Filmmaking’s future depends on studio independence.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/16/netflix-near-complete-woke-hollywood-takeover/

ALABAMA
— College scholarship in honor of Charlie Kirk created at University of Alabama. DD: Who leads Turning Point USA in Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district? Your attitude toward Kirk and toward his assassination say more about you than anything that you can say about yourself.
https://www.al.com/news/2025/12/college-scholarship-in-honor-of-charlie-kirk-created-at-university-of-alabama.html

AMAC
— Deport Illegal Aliens – Laws Require It
https://amac.us/newsline/national-security/deport-illegal-aliens-laws-require-it/

BLAZE
— ‘Enough white guys already’: The war on white men because of DEI in the working world exposed in damning report. DD: According to Democrat and RINO leaders, if Whites and males do better at something than minorities and females, it is because Whites and males benefitted from discrimination against minorities and females.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/damning-report-highlights-the-systematic-erasure-of-white-men-from-various-industries

BREITBART
— Cotton Introduces Bills Enforcing Strict Asylum Seeker Standards, Ending In-State Tuition for Illegal Migrants
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/12/16/exclusive-sen-tom-cotton-introduces-bills-enforcing-strict-asylum-seeker-standards-ending-in-state-tuition-for-illegal-migrants/amp/
— Private sector job growth has shifted to native-born Americans rather than foreigners, Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer celebrated on Tuesday. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2025/12/16/labor-secretary-lori-chavez-deremer-private-sector-job-growth-going-to-native-born-americans/

CAMPUS REFORM
— 5 times universities gave scholarships and resources to illegal aliens in 2025. Campus Reform uncovered multiple examples of colleges providing scholarships, legal services, and other resources to illegal alien students even as American students faced rising costs.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/5-times-universities-gave-scholarships-resources-illegal-aliens-2025/29082

CHRISTIAN POST
— How critical theory paved the way for Nick Fuentes
https://www.christianpost.com/voices/how-critical-theory-paved-the-way-for-nick-fuentes.html

COLLEGE FIX
— Anti-Turning Point USA professor used class time to plot disruption
https://www.thecollegefix.com/anti-turning-point-usa-professor-used-class-time-to-plot-disruption-report/

CREATORS SYNDICATE
— The Left Hijacked the US Education System. It’s Time to Take It Back.
https://www.creators.com/read/ken-buck/12/25/the-left-hijacked-the-us-education-system-its-time-to-take-it-back

DAILY CALLER
— New York Voters Warm To Mamdani, His Socialist Policies
https://dailycaller.com/2025/12/16/zohran-mamdani-favorability-policies-siena-poll/

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
— Justice Department Sues the Virgin Islands Police Department for Unconstitutional Practices Resulting in Effective Denials of Gun Permits. DD: When will Democrats officially announce that they will abolish the Second Amendment, confiscate all firearms and ammunition from Republicans, and get rid of Republicans once and for all?
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-virgin-islands-police-department-unconstitutional-practices

FOX BUSINESS
— White House AI czar blasts blue states for inserting ‘woke ideology’ into artificial intelligence. David Sacks targets Colorado’s algorithmic discrimination law as Trump administration moves to cut AI regulations. DD: Democrat and RINO employers use AI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/white-house-ai-czar-blasts-blue-states-inserting-woke-ideology-artificial-intelligence

FOX NEWS
— Vance tells blue state they ‘might try hiring Americans before suing over Trump’s visa fee explosion. Oregon leads 18 states challenging Trump’s $100K H-1B visa fee as unlawful. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/vance-tells-blue-state-might-try-hiring-americans-before-suing-over-trumps-visa-fee-explosion
— Border Patrol commander returns to Chicago as agents deploy pepper balls in immigrant neighborhood. Gregory Bovino’s appearance draws protests in Little Village neighborhood as Operation Midway Blitz escalates. DD: Democrat leaders make it ever-increasingly clear that they will never stop a) flooding America with their illegals and b) fighting their deportation. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/border-patrol-commander-returns-chicago-agents-deploy-pepper-balls-immigrant-neighborhood.amp

NEWSMAX
— Democrat Control Leads to Socialism
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/markwayne-mullin-gavin-newsom-democrats/2025/12/16/id/1238618/
— Bill Would Bar In-State Tuition for Noncitizens
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/tom-cotton-immigration-college-tuition/2025/12/16/id/1238584/

NUMBERS USA
— Twenty Years Ago Today: House Passed Bipartisan Immigration Reduction and Enforcement Legislation
https://www.numbersusa.com/blog/twenty-years-ago-today-house-passed-bipartisan-immigration-reduction-and-enforcement-legislation/

TOWNHALL
— The November Jobs Numbers Are Here, and It’s Good News for American Workers. Since September the private sector has gained 121,000 jobs. Meanwhile, the government has lost 168,000 jobs. DD: Ever since I became a government employee when I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that if I had been a private sector employee, I never would have had the career successes that I had. They have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that career advancement in government is much easier than it is in the private sector, but nevertheless, I never earned more than $153, 151/year in today’s dollars notwithstanding the fact that I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. In my defense, my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2025/12/16/jobs-numbers-n2667959

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CNN
— Trump condemns antisemitism after Bondi Beach shooting. DD: What percent of those who come to America are antisemites?
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/16/politics/video/donald-trump-bondi-beach-antisemitism-condemn-vrtc-digvid

ABC NEWS
— Maryland to consider slavery reparations after Gov. Wes Moore’s veto is overridden. DD: In my defense, I have always stressed that while all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s, they always lived in northeast Illinois.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/maryland-slavery-reparations-after-gov-wes-moores-veto-128464864

CBS NEWS
— As food insecurity rises in Georgia, a Stone Mountain pet pantry struggles to keep up with growing demand
https://www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news/as-food-insecurity-rises-in-georgia-a-stone-mountain-pet-pantry-struggles-to-keep-up-with-growing-demand/

ABC SAN FRANCISCO
— Dozens of protesters arrested after chaining themselves in front of San Francisco ICE building. SF’s ICE building cancels appointments; 44 protesters arrested after chaining themselves to entrances. DD: Democrat leaders make it ever-increasingly clear that they will never stop a) flooding America with their illegals and b) fighting their deportation. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://abc7news.com/post/dozens-protesters-faith-communities-block-entrances-san-francisco-ice-building/18292234/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Johnson Rules Out House Vote to Extend Health Insurance Subsidies. DD: Are/were your healthcare insurance premiums subsidized? Ever since I became a part-time postal employee when was 18 in 1966, my critics/opponents have been furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my healthcare insurance premiums. They have been even more furious ever since I got married when I was 29 and the federal government started paying 72% of my wife’s healthcare insurance premiums. That 72% subsidy is a major reason why people despise/hate federal employees, federal retirees, and their spouses. That 72% subsidy helped me withstand tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/us/politics/obamacare-subsidies-house.html
— New Yorkers Back Mamdani’s Push for Free Child Care. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors ever-increasingly decried the cost of raising their children. They ever-increasingly punished me for my and my wife giving up trying to have children without trying IVF, our not adopting, and our not becoming foster parents. According to them, if we had children, I would not have been able a) to pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) to earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, c) to pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and d) to become a licensed CPA in 1981.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/nyregion/mamdani-child-care-poll.html
— DD: To give preference to one demographic is to discriminate against another demographic. To get more votes from those who are the following, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly give them more preference: minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are noncitizens. That is, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly discriminate against those who are White, male, older, Protestant, German American, have ancestors who have been in America for a long time, and/or are citizens of America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/opinion/young-white-men-discrimination.html
— Our Kids Are the Least Flourishing Generation We Know Of. DD: What motivated you when you were young? Did you have the American Dream? I did. That motivated me to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. But if I was young today, because of my bad demographics, I would not have that motivation because of ever-increasing discrimination against those who share my demographics.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-jonathan-haidt.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Texas launches plan to open Turning Point USA chapters in every high school. DD: Who leads Turning Point USA in Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district?
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-12-16/texas-launches-plan-to-open-turning-point-usa-chapters-in-every-high-school

MIAMI TIMES
— Without affirmative action, elite colleges are prioritizing economic diversity in admissions. DD: Because Black and Hispanic parents have lower incomes than White parents, colleges use income as a proxy for race.
https://www.miamitimesonline.com/education/without-affirmative-action-elite-colleges-are-prioritizing-economic-diversity-in-admissions/article_9e22ccca-396d-4d8d-82e7-2c6d42613a47.html

USA TODAY
— Mamdani’s NYC win sparks secession talk by Staten Island Republicans
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/12/17/mamdani-nyc-staten-island-republicans-secession/87340414007/
— Agents are right to file lawsuit against FBI. DD: Because federal courts ruled that my Democrat GAO superiors had the power to force me to retire, that is, that they had the power to fire me, Trump has the power to fire any federal employee he wants to.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/12/11/fbi-agents-fired-kneeling-first-amendment-lawsuit/87691940007/

FORBES
— DHS Tells Churches To ‘Get A Grip’ As Nativity Scenes Used To Protest ICE. DD: How strongly have Democrats taken over your church?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2025/12/16/dhs-tells-churches-to-get-a-grip-as-nativity-scenes-used-to-protest-ice/

FAST COMPANY
— DD: If you would ask my Democrat GAO superiors what their greatest successes were, they would include their forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 and giving my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate who had less work experience than I had, who had less education than I had, who had one professional certification while I had six, and who had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91460876/how-trumps-anti-dei-policies-are-hurting-black-workers

ENTREPRENEUR
— McDonald’s CEO Warns That His Career Advice May ‘Hurt Your Feelings.’ In a new Instagram video, Kempczinski urged professionals to take full responsibility for their careers instead of waiting for someone else to give them an opportunity. Kempczinski’s message frames career growth as a personal responsibility, not a passive undertaking. DD: None of my Democrat Post Office superiors urged me to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree. None of my Democrat Firestone Store, IRS, and GAO superiors urged me to earn job-related master’s degrees, job-related professional certifications, or a job-related professional license. In fact, they discouraged me from doing the aforesaid big time. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. I should write about that.
https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/mcdonalds-ceo-this-career-advice-may-hurt-your-feelings/500931

PROPLE
— DD: How strongly have Democrats taken over your church?
https://people.com/why-churches-taking-stand-anti-ice-nativity-scenes-11864296

UNITED METHODIST NEWS
— In a Nativity scene at Oak Lawn United Methodist Church in Dallas, Mary, Joseph and the baby Jesus are depicted being held in a detention center, as a protest of how immigrants are being treated in the United States. DD: How strongly have Democrats taken over your church?
https://www.umnews.org/en/news/nativity-scenes-art-spotlight-immigration

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Turning Point USA’s Student Membership Keeps Growing. DD: Who leads Turning Point USA in Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district?
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2025/12/17/turning-points-student-membership-keeps-growing

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

ECONOMIC TIMES
— Vance: “Try hiring Americans as states challenge Trump’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee.” DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/money/topstories/jd-vance-says-try-hiring-americans-as-states-challenge-trump-s-100-000-h-1b-visa-fee/ar-AA1SjoUN

PRESS GAZETTE
— Top 50 news websites in the US in November: Ten newsbrands down by over 40% in a year.  DD: The mainstream news media is ever-increasingly nothing more than a mouthpiece for the Democrat Party.
https://pressgazette.co.uk/media-audience-and-business-data/media_metrics/most-popular-websites-news-us-monthly-3/

December 12, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
—  Pritzker signs ‘right-to-die’ legislation for terminally ill people to end their lives in Illinois. The new law, which takes effect next September, opens the door for people 18 or older with a terminal diagnosis to be prescribed a fatal drug.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/12/12/illinois-right-to-die-pritzker-signs-law
— Illinois’ political tensions nothing compared to failed redistricting push in Indiana. Indiana Republicans’ arguments against the bill were sound, not only because they were under so much pressure from D.C., but because it just wasn’t the right thing to do. DD: What about the gerrymandered Illinois 3rd Congressional District?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/12/12/illinois-redistricting-push-indiana-republicans-trump-rich-miller

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump downplays Indiana redistricting loss, but funds could be in doubt
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/12/trump-downplays-indiana-redistricting-loss-but-funds-could-be-in-doubt/
— Speaker Mike Johnson scrambles to find a health care plan as Republicans remain divided
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/12/speaker-johnson-health-care-plan/

DAILY HERALD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251212/nation-and-world/immigration-crackdown-leaves-teens-to-care-for-siblings-after-parents-get-detained/
— DD: Censures and attempts to censure are always big news. I should write about the unsuccessful attempt by my critics/opponents to get the Illinois Center Right Coalition to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006. I would focus on my critics/opponents who continue to have their operatives and their dupes take adverse actions against me.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251212/news/district-211-board-censures-member-for-sharing-closed-session-discussion-of-fired-teachers/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Illinois cannabis industry poised for major tax relief if Trump reclassifies marijuana. DD: Pot is poison.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/cannabis/trump-cannabis-rescheduling-could-ease-industrys-tax-burden
— Illinois among states suing Trump over $100,000 H-1B visa fee. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/illinois-among-states-suing-trump-over-h-1b-visa-fee

ABC7
— Republican state Sen. Niemeyer explains his vote against Indiana redistricting plan backed by Trump. DD: What about the gerrymandered Illinois 3rd Congressional District?
https://abc7chicago.com/post/gop-state-sen-rick-niemeyer-explains-indiana-redistricting-vote-rejecting-plan-backed-donald-trump-ahead-2026-midterms/18280892/

WTTW
— Evanston Church Nativity Scene Adds Zip Ties, Gas Masks and ICE to Protest Immigration Raids. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly get religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/12/12/evanston-church-nativity-scene-adds-zip-ties-gas-masks-and-ice-protest-immigration-raids
— Illinois Agriculture Director Says Trump Trade Policies Are ‘Crushing’ Farmers
https://news.wttw.com/2025/12/12/illinois-agriculture-director-says-trump-trade-policies-are-crushing-farmers

WSIU
— Illinois H-1B workers earn median $110K as visa fees and wage rules shift. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.wsiu.org/diversity/2025-12-12/illinois-h-1b-workers-earn-median-110k-as-visa-fees-and-wage-rules-shift

CAPITOL FAX
— Illinois very near its 15-year goal of 60 percent of adults holding ‘postsecondary credentials.’  DD: None of my peers hold anywhere near as many credentials as I have. I have a) three master’s degrees (business-1976, accounting-1980, and finance-1997), b) six professional certifications (accounting-1979, internal auditing-1981, fraud examination-1990, government financial management-1994, financial services auditing-1996, and forensic accounting-1997, and c) a professional license (CPA-1981). Since I was 27 years old in 1976, my critics/opponents have ever-increasingly ignored/dismissed/belittled my credentials. But worse than that, they have ever-increasingly used them against me. They ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that anyone with as many credentials I have should have had a far more successful career than I had. They stress that my ending federal salary in 1997 was only $153,151/year in today’s dollars. They stress the many adverse actions that my superiors in the federal government took against me. They stress that Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton continue to ignore/dismiss/belittle my credentials. They ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that my lack of career success and Republican ignoring/dismissing/belittling of my credentials is because I am an extremely bad person.
https://capitolfax.com/2025/12/12/report-illinois-very-near-its-15-year-goal-of-60-percent-of-adults-holding-postsecondary-credentials/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— When the State Decides Your Life Isn’t Worth Living
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/12/i-was-offered-death-when-i-needed-care-when-the-state-decides-your-life-isnt-worth-living.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Seized oil tanker was hiding its location to evade sanctions, law enforcement
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/12/seized-oil-tanker-hiding-location-evade-sanctions-law-enforcement/
— New York gave illegal driver’s licenses to foreign truck drivers
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/12/new-york-gave-illegal-drivers-licenses-foreign-truck-drivers-feds/
— Killing narco-terrorists, saving American lives. Critics of the president’s drone policy would perpetuate deadly overdoses.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/10/killing-narco-terrorists-saving-american-lives/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The dangers of Trump’s venture socialism
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3916547/dangers-trump-venture-socialism/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Trump and Team MAGA are coming for turncoat Indiana Republicans
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/12/12/trump-and-team-maga-are-coming-for-turncoat-indiana-republicans-1609751/

BREITBART
— Poll: Majority of Catholics Support President Trump’s Mass Deportation of Illegal Aliens
https://www.breitbart.com/faith/2025/12/12/poll-majority-of-catholics-support-president-trumps-mass-deportation-of-illegals/amp/

DAILY CALLER
— Trump: Blue States That Let Illegals Drive ‘Lethal Weapons’ Will Miss Out On Millions Of Tax Money
https://dailycaller.com/2025/12/12/sean-duffy-illegal-truckers-cdls-new-york/

FOX BUSINESS
— University calls ‘Standard American English’ a tool of white supremacy
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6386398348112

FOX NEWS
— Omar accused by GOP opponent of opening up the door to massive Minneapolis fraud: ‘Deep, deep ties.’  Republican challenger John Nagel alleges that Omar has ties to individuals involved in fraud scandal.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/omar-accused-gop-opponent-opening-up-door-massive-minneapolis-fraud-deep-deep-ties

NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE
— National Right to Life Condemns Actions of Pritzker’s Signing of Illinois Assisted Suicide Law
https://nrlc.org/communications/nrl-condemns-actions-of-illinois-governor-pritzkers-signing-of-illinois-assisted-suicide-law/

NEWSMAX
— Blue States Flouting Federal Laws
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/illinois-crash-cdl/2025/12/12/id/1238101/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Cannabis Stocks Soar on Reports White House Plans to Reclassify Pot. DD: Pot is poison.
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-dow-sp-500-nasdaq-12-12-2025/card/cannabis-stocks-soar-on-reports-of-white-house-plan-to-reclassify-pot-PvFT19TMWSoL6bTntJEz

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— Trump: Blue States That Let Illegals Drive ‘Lethal Weapons’ Will Miss Out On Millions Of Tax Money
https://ijr.com/trump-admin-says-blue-states-that-let-illegals-drive-lethal-weapons-will-miss-out-on-millions-of-tax-money/

December 12, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

FOX32
— Duckworth slams troop deployment. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1755268

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Illinois Democrats applaud as GOP-led Indiana Senate rebuffs President Trump’s push for new redistricting map. DD: Will Indiana be the next red state to turn blue and crash and burn?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/11/illinois-democrats-applaud-as-gop-led-indiana-senate-rebuffs-president-trumps-push-for-new-redistricting-map/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting religious leaders to do their bidding. The Democrat Party platform is extremely anti-religious.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/09/jesus-zip-ties-taken-evanston-church-updates-nativity/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Greg Bovino’s the star of Trump’s deportation show. We trace his roots. As a boy, the Hollywood movie “The Border” set the course for his life. He couldn’t believe the Border Patrol agents in the movie were the bad guys. Now that he’s in charge of deportation efforts causing turmoil in Chicago and elsewhere, he sees himself as the good guy. Not everyone agrees.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/12/12/gregory-bovino-border-patrol-deportation-elcentro-california-blowing-rock-boone-north-carolina-migrants-immigration

DAILY HERALD
— Pritzker Military Foundation helps carry on Chicago’s historic tradition of holiday giving. DD: Soon, under Pritzker, everyone in Illinois will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251211/submitted-content/pritzker-military-foundation-helps-carry-on-chicagos-historic-tradition-of-holiday-giving/
— DD: FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251211/news/elgin-police-refute-dhs-account-of-violence-during-immigration-enforcement/
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251211/news/he-doesnt-deserve-to-be-treated-like-a-criminal-effort-underway-on-behalf-of-man-detained-by-ice/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Trump aims to cut curbs on marijuana via exec order: report. DD: Pot is poison. I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton in 2019.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/cannabis/trump-aims-cut-curbs-marijuana-exec-order-report

JOURNAL COURIER
— Illinois bill would let state inmates work remote jobs for pay
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/illinois-incarcerated-remote-jobs-21236922.php

NPR ILLINOIS
— Foreign-born population shrinks as Trump administration pressures immigrants to go. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have,
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-12-11/foreign-born-population-shrinks-as-trump-administration-pressures-immigrants-to-go
— DD: The mainstream news media exists to destroy Trump.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-12-12/trump-struggles-to-find-his-economic-messaging-amid-voter-skepticism

DURBIN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/durbin-condemns-president-trumps-racist-comments-towards-immigrants-in-senate-judiciary-committee-executive-meeting

DAILY LINE
— Two candidates running in open Republican primary in Illinois’ 33rd Senate District
https://www.thedailyline.com/two-candidates-running-republican-primary-illinois-33rd-senate-district

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Illinois pauses after Indiana rejects map
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/12/12/illinois-pauses-as-indiana-rejects-map-00688582

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing

www.capitolfax.com


FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Pritzker Threatens Mid-Decade Power Grab to Wipe Out GOP Seats After Indiana Redistricting Move. DD: When will the last Republican leave Illinois?
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/12/pritzker-threatens-mid-decade-power-grab-to-wipe-out-gop-seats-after-indiana-redistricting-move.html

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— $1B, unneeded tax hike coming to a tollway near you?
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/1b-unneeded-tax-hike-coming-to-a-tollway-near-you/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— GOP Gubernatorial Hopeful Ted Dabrowski at Marengo Library Today 2-4
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/12/gop-gubernatorial-hopeful-ted-dabrowski-at-marengo-library-today-2-4/
— A Democratic Party Governor Favoring School Choice Financed by Private Donations
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/12/a-democratic-party-governor-favoring-school-choice-financed-by-private-donations/
— Court Seeks New Public Defender as Mark Cook Retires
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/11/court-seeks-new-public-defender-as-mark-cook-retires/
— McHenry County’s Top Law Enforcement Officials Willing To Offer Pritzker Input on Revising SAFE-T Act
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/11/mchenry-countys-top-law-enforcement-officials-willing-to-offer-pritzker-input-on-revising-safe-t-act/
— Ugaste Reminds Pritzker That He Already Gerrymandered Illinois
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/11/ugaste-reminds-pritzker-that-he-already-gerrymandered-illinois/
— Porch Thefts in Chicago and Locally
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/11/porch-thefts-in-chicago-and-locally/
— Suggestions for Making Illinois’ No Cash Bail Law Work Better
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/10/suggestions-for-making-illinois-no-cash-bail-law-work-better/
— Crooked Suburban Police Chief Goes Down
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/10/crooked-suburban-police-chief-goes-down/
— Sheriff Hiring Bailiffs, Retired Police Sought for Full and Part-Time Work
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/10/sheriff-hiring-bailiffs-retired-police-sought-for-full-and-part-time-work/
— CORRECTION: Riley Grade School District Announces 103% Tax Increase AFTER MAJOR TAX CUT LAST YEAR TO SPEND DOWN SURPLUS
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/10/riley-grade-school-district-announces-3-tax-increase/
— State Rep. Candidate Bailey Templeton Quantifies Blagojevich Era Allowance of Illegal Alien Kids on Medicaid
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/10/state-rep-candidate-bailey-templeton-quantifies-blagojevich-era-allowance-of-illegal-alien-kids-on-medicaid/
— Dems Forget Federal Supremacy
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/10/dems-forget-federal-supremacy/
— Tax Sale Law Ruled Unconstitutional in Federal Cook County Suit, Logic Will Affect All Counties
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/10/tax-sale-law-ruled-unconstitutional-in-federal-cook-county-suit-logic-will-affect-all-counties/
— UPDATE: Pritzker Continues Unannounced Visits to Crystal Lake, Refers to Excessive SNAP (Food Stamp) Fraud
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/09/pritzker-continues-unannounced-visits-to-crystal-lake/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump advocates for primary against Indiana GOP leader who rejected redrawn congressional map
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/11/trump-calls-primary-indiana-gop-leader-rodric-bray-rejected-redrawn/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Yes, Ilhan Omar Married Her Brother.
https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/yes-ilhan-omar-married-her-brother

NEW YORK POST
— Trump: Biden administration weaponized DOJ to target Charlie Kirk to put the Turning Point USA movement ‘out of business.’ DD: Who leads Turning Point USA in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district?
https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-claims-biden-admin-weaponized-104731208.html

BLAZE
— Mamdani dares ICE to come get him — and throws the Constitution in the trash
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/mamdani-dares-ice-to-come-get-him-and-throws-the-constitution-in-the-trash

COLLEGE FIX
— Turning Point USA leaders forced off campus at Olivet Nazarene university after death threats. DD: Who leads Turning Point USA in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district?
https://www.thecollegefix.com/turning-point-usa-leaders-forced-off-campus-at-illinois-university-after-death-threats/

DAILY SIGNAL
— LGBTQ Activists Hound Debate Venue to Cancel Christian Leader. DD: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman and an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, the organizations would still be hosting conservative speakers.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/12/11/were-not-canceling-ohio-venue-stands-for-christian-leaders-free-speech/

FOX NEWS
— GOP accuses Democrats of manufacturing affordability crisis as Obamacare subsidy fight nears deadline. Senate Republicans say Democrats manufactured affordability crisis to score political points in 2026 midterms.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-accuses-democrats-manufacturing-affordability-crisis-obamacare-subsidy-fight-nears-deadline
— Bovino urges Pritzker to follow the example of Louisiana when it comes to ICE. Bovino comments on the consequences of the Biden administration border crisis and threats against ICE agents on ‘Hannity.’
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6386360430112
— House Dem to force Trump impeachment vote on 2 articles. Rep Al Green, D-Texas, has forced House vote on impeachment articles within two legislative days.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-dem-force-trump-impeachment-vote-2-articles

LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— New California Law Puts ICE Agents at Risk While Violent Protesters Stay Hidden
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/california-law-newsom-police-unmasked

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Turning Point USA Leaders at Olivet Nazarene U. Forced Off Campus Due to Death Threats. “At no time is this sort of behavior acceptable in our society and certainly not at Olivet, and it will be handled accordingly.” DD: Who leads Turning Point USA in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district?
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/12/turning-point-usa-leaders-at-olivet-nazarene-u-forced-off-campus-due-to-death-threats/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC NEWS
— Trump’s $1 million ‘Gold Card’ immigration application plan launches. The program will fast-track residency and citizenship for wealthy immigrants. DD: When your ancestors immigrated, how much money did they have? On my father’s side, they immigrated in 1844. They worked in brick factory in Chicago for 10 years to be eligible to homestead a farm in southeast Crete Township in 1854. On my mother’s side they immigrated in the 1850s and sharecropped a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/trumps-1-million-gold-card-immigration-application-plan/story?id=128320787
— Without affirmative action, elite colleges are prioritizing economic diversity in admissions. Some of the nation’s most prestigious colleges have been enrolling record numbers of low-income students as campuses prioritize economic diversity in the wake of a ban on affirmative action. DD: Because the parents of Black and Hispanic students have less income than the parents of White students, colleges use income as a proxy to give preference to Black and Hispanic students. My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. I had to work my way through college.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/affirmative-action-elite-colleges-prioritizing-economic-diversity-admissions-128303327
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In legal memos, the White House has alleged that prioritizing students based on earnings or geography amounts to a “racial proxy” in violation of the Supreme Court’s 2023 decision against affirmative action. In a June letter, Trump officials accused the University of California-Los Angeles of “race-based admissions in all but name.” It criticized UCLA for considering factors like applicants’ family income, ZIP code and high school profile. Colleges often weigh that kind of information in admissions decisions. Yet the Trump administration has declared that the Supreme Court decision outlaws a wide range of long-accepted education practices, including scholarships targeting students in underserved areas.)

ABC NEW YORK
— Mamdani answers questions on his universal child care plan. DD: Ever since I was born in 1948, my critics/opponents have falsely unethically used my mother staying home to raise me and my brother to paint my mother and father as being filthy rich. Because my mother never attended high school, the belief was that her earning potential was very limited. She never worked outside of the home until after my father died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21. My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. I had to work my way through college.
https://abc7ny.com/post/nyc-mayor-elect-zohran-mamdani-answers-questions-universal-child-care-plan/18276590/

CBS NEWS
— Abbott announces statewide push to expand Turning Point USA chapters in Texas high schools. DD: Who leads Turning Point USA in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district?
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/gov-abbott-announces-statewide-push-to-expand-turning-point-usa-chapters-in-texas-high-schools/

NBC NEWS
— Republican-led House votes to overturn Trump executive order on federal employee bargaining rights. The rare bipartisan vote, 231-195, marks the first time the House has voted to overturn an executive order from President Donald Trump this term. DD: GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had unionized sooner, I might still be a GAO employee. But if not that, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to take the many adverse actions against me that they did including forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/republican-led-house-votes-overturn-trump-executive-order-bargaining-r-rcna248767

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats Press Noem on Harsh Immigration Tactics. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000010582298/noem-house-hearing-immigration-crackdown.html
— DD: The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/opinion/trump-approval-rating-affordability.html
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly shout at everyone that if you cannot afford something, it is because of Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/us/politics/trump-affordability-democrats.html

WASHINGTON POST
— A Democratic upset in Miami’s mayoral runoff this week is a wakeup call for Trump heading into the midterms. DD: What is the likelihood that the Republican candidates on the November 3, 2026 ballot in your precinct will win?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/12/11/miami-election-mayor-higgins-democrats/
— DD: Democrat leaders promote IVF to give themselves cover to promote abortion. I should write about how my Democrat GAO superiors to get rid of me used against me my and my wife giving up trying to have children without trying IVF. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I lied about our efforts to have children. In 1989, to punish me, they rudely threw me off audits of IRS, rudely gave me a bad 6-month audit assignment in Iowa, rudely gave unfair performance expectations, rudely gave me an unfair performance appraisal, and rudely ranked me at the bottom of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. I should write about the aforesaid. Of course, Duckworth would applaud the aforesaid.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/12/10/ndaa-ivf-coverage-military-families/

USA TODAY
— DD: Democrats fight for criminals. Republicans fight for the victims of criminals.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2025/11/20/sepsis-deaths-lawsuits-prisons-jails-infection-investigation/85755243007/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for inflation.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/12/11/trump-affordability-poll-news/87623654007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Rise of the Mamdani Clones. After the 2024 humiliation, the left is back. It could hurt the party in 2026.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/rise-of-the-mamdani-clones-28d0db8b

FORBES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3bRTO00IcI

AMERICAN IMMIGRATION COUNCIL
— Immigrant Workers and the Childcare Crisis. DD: What percent of childcare workers are illegals?
https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/report/immigrant-workers-childcare-crisis/

NATIONAL JURIST
— Northwestern Pritzker Law scholarship fund reaches $1 million to support public service careers.  DD: I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years. They always stressed that I wanted a career in the automotive industry and that none of my four degrees are in public service. In my defense, I would not have become a postal employee when I was 18 in 1966 if my high school friend had not asked me to join him in taking the postal employment test. I would not have become an IRS employee when I was 22 in 1971 if my Firestone Store boss had not fired me because I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile, an offer that Oldsmobile withdrew because it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.
https://nationaljurist.com/northwestern-law-scholarship-fund-reaches-1-million-to-support-public-service-careers/

EDUCATION WEEK
— DD: To get more votes from minorities, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly give minorities more preference.
https://www.edweek.org/leadership/trump-admin-accuses-minneapolis-schools-of-racism-in-protecting-minority-teachers/2025/12

PBS
— DD: To illegally bring a child into a country illegally and/or to illegally keep a child in a country illegally is child abuse.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/trump-administration-separates-thousands-of-migrant-families-in-the-u-s

AXIOS
— Ramirez is pressing the House Judiciary Committee to begin impeachment hearings against Noem.
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/11/kristi-noem-impeachment-democrat-dhs-rfk-trump

December 11, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NBC5
— Alderman pushes to hold social media companies accountable for teen takeovers. DD: What about parental responsibility?
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/alderman-pushes-to-hold-social-media-companies-accountable-for-teen-takeovers/3861508/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Mayor Brandon Johnson doesn’t understand what Ken Griffin and Citadel meant for Chicago
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/11/editorial-citadel-ken-griffin-mayor-brandon-johnson-head-tax-headquarters/
— FRONT PAGE: Illinois National Guard still federalized as President Trump extends order, despite troops sitting idle
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/10/illinois-national-guard-still-federalized-as-president-trump-extends-order-despite-troops-sitting-idle/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/11/elgin-venezuela-ice-tren-de-aragua/
— Aldermen forge ahead with counterproposal to Mayor Brandon Johnson’s budget, push new Chicago teen curfew plan
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/10/chicago-teen-curfew-plan-12-hour-notice-police/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/12/10/federal-grand-jury-rejects-another-midway-blitz-case-this-time-against-laugh-factory-manager
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for high grocery prices.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/12/10/trump-affordability-hoax

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH PHOTO: DuPage County lauds latest ruling in ongoing legal battle with county clerk
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251210/news/a-win-for-fiscal-responsibility-dupage-county-lauds-latest-ruling-in-ongoing-legal-battle-with-co/
— Krishnamoorthi donates campaign cash from Trump adviser Shyam Sankar to immigrant rights groups
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251210/nation-and-world-politics/krishnamoorthi-donates-campaign-cash-from-trump-adviser-shyam-sankar-to-immigrant-rights-groups/
—  Wheeling Township board approves long-awaited mental health tax
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251210/news/a-nice-holiday-gift-wheeling-township-board-approves-long-awaited-mental-health-tax/
— Foreigners allowed to travel to the US without a visa could soon face new social media screening
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251210/nation-and-world-politics/foreigners-allowed-to-travel-to-the-us-without-a-visa-could-soon-face-new-social-media-screening/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Why there’s little enthusiasm for an Illinois congressional remap
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/why-illinois-may-redraw-congressional-districts

WGN RADIO
— DD: The Democrat news media continues to treat Pat Brady as though he still leads the Illinois Republican Party.
https://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/pat-brady-madigan-files-for-pardon/

RIVER BENDER
— Republican Don Tracy Explains Positions in Illinois Senate Race. Tracy stresses the need for strong GOP leadership in Illinois Senate race.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/republican-don-tracy-explains-positions-in-illinois-senate-race-88959.cfm
— Dr. Pamela Long Enters Illinois Senate Race With Bid. Former Newsweek columnist files candidacy aiming to break Republican statewide drought since 2014 and make history as first legacy Black Republican woman senator in Illinois. DD: If you ran for U.S. Senate, what would you stress? I would stress that GAO works for Congress and that I worked for GAO as an Analyst for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year. I would stress that I earned master’s degrees business, accounting, and finance. I would stress that I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I would stress that I became a licensed CPA.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/dr-pamela-long-enters-illinois-senate-race-with-bid-88433.cfm

FOX ILLINOIS
— Mace introduces bill to name DC’s former Black Lives Matter Plaza after Charlie Kirk
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/mace-introduces-bill-to-name-dcs-former-black-lives-matter-plaza-after-charlie-kirk-turning-point-usa-tpusa-blm-freedom-of-speech-mayor-bowser-washington-president-donald-trump-june-2020-george-floyd

DUPAGE COUNTY
— DuPage County Victorious Once Again in Dispute with Clerk
https://www.dupagecounty.gov/county_board/dupage_county_victorious_once_again_in_dispute_with_1599.php

ILLINOIZE
— Board of Elections Begins Candidate Removals
https://www.theillinoize.com/articles/board-elections-begins-candidate-removals

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/12/11/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-646/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Ugaste: Pritzker already ‘gamed the system’ with redistricting
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_ea424c9a-c0ef-43ce-a51e-cbfc77ae717f.html
— Cabello: ICE enforcement on streets wouldn’t happen if IL cooperated
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_e54aff35-7d50-4adb-9e5b-5f210f2a2f5e.html

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly unite those who have demographics that vote for Democrats against those who have demographics that vote for Republicans. Demographics that vote for Democrats include: liberal, minority, female, younger, unmarried, have less money than others,  have more health problems than others, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Demographics that vote for Republicans include: conservative, White, male, older, married, have more money than others, have fewer health problems than others, heterosexual, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Those who have demographics that vote for Democrats want the Democrat Party platform, that is, they want more dependency on government and charity, that is, socialism and communism, Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling. pot, and other vices, and/or diminishment of Second Amendment rights. Those who have demographics that vote for Republicans want the Republican Party platform that is, they want personal responsibility, that is, capitalism, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), right to life, enforcement of immigration laws, avoidance of vices, and Second Amendment rights. The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime. The Republican Party platform promotes prosperity and safety. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote the Democrat Party platform. Republican Party leaders ever-increasingly fail/refuse to promote the Republican Party platform. That has resulted in Democrat victories, Republican defeats, and Republicans leaving Illinois.  – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— We already know how socialist redistributionism will end In New York City
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/10/already-know-socialist-redistributionism-end-new-york-city/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Assimilation is a winning message for Republicans. DD: All my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany during the 1840s and 1850s. Sadly, they did not assimilate as fast as they could/should have. Consequently, neither of my parents attended college, my father was only the first my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, and my mother never attended high school. All my grandparents spoke German. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/equality-not-elitism/3912759/assimilation-winning-message-republicans/
— We’re getting fewer births, not just later births. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) destroy traditional marriage and family and b) promote abortion.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3913326/fewer-births-not-just-later-births/

NEW YORK POST
— Dems’ win in Miami is ‘wake-up call’ for GOP ahead of 2026, GOP mayors leader warns
https://nypost.com/2025/12/10/us-news/dallas-mayor-eric-johnson-tells-post-that-dems-win-in-miami-is-wake-up-call-for-gop-ahead-of-2026/
— Media leap to defend Minnesota’s Somali fraudsters — but trip over the awful truth
https://nypost.com/2025/12/09/opinion/media-leaps-to-somali-fraudsters-defense-but-trips-over-the-awful-truth/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Trump Targets Democrat-Enabled Crime
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/12/trump_targets_democrat_enabled_crime.html
— The Democrat party’s deadly choice. DHS has revealed that Pritzker’s sanctuary policies have led to the release of over 1,700 criminal illegal aliens since January 2025.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/12/the_democrat_party_s_deadly_choice.html

BERTBART
— Minnesota: ‘Nearly Every’ Somali Household with Children Is on Welfare
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/12/10/data-81-percent-somali-households-in-minnesota-are-on-welfare/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— ‘Dictionary of Depravity’ – DHS unveils website detailing ‘worst of the worst’ illegal aliens
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/12/10/dictionary-of-depravity-dhs-unveils-website-detailing-worst-of-the-worst-illegal-aliens-1609373/
— ‘Send her back!’ Trump suggests Ilhan Omar is an illegal alien, mocks ‘little turban’
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/12/10/send-her-back-trump-suggests-ilhan-omar-is-an-illegal-alien-mocks-little-turban-1609319/

BLAZE
— Mamdani dares ICE to come get him — and throws the Constitution in the trash
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/mamdani-dares-ice-to-come-get-him-and-throws-the-constitution-in-the-trash

CENTER SQUARE
— DHS has launched a new website for Americans to use to search and locate criminal foreign nationals who’ve been arrested in their neighborhoods.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/dhs-website-shows-americans-noncitizens-161200386.html

CHRISTIAN POST
— A petition written by a group of ethnic-minority pastors within the Presbyterian Church in America went viral this week after accusing the largest conservative Presbyterian denomination in the U.S. of being spiritually abusive, sidelining women and “demonizing” gay people, among other grievances.
https://www.christianpost.com/news/pastors-accuses-pca-of-demonizing-lgbtq-sidelining-women.html

DHS
— New DHS Website Provides Public Access to Data on Individuals Removed Through ICE Operations
https://www.hstoday.us/subject-matter-areas/border-security/new-dhs-website-provides-public-access-to-data-on-individuals-removed-through-ice-operations/

DAILY CALLER
— Rainbow-Clad Female Reverend Compares ICE Supporters To Judas. DD: How strongly have Democrats taken over your church?
https://dailycaller.com/2025/12/10/rainbow-clad-female-reverend-compares-ice-supporters-to-judas/

DAILY WIRE
— Trump Tells Rally Crowd: Every New Job Goes To American Workers, Biden Failed To Deliver. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they did not have to take bad jobs like I did. Their parents bought them cars, paid for their college expenses, and got them good jobs.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-tells-rally-crowd-every-new-job-goes-to-american-workers-biden-failed-to-deliver

FOX NEWS
— Sanctuary cities are just ‘Airbnbs for felons’
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6386298711112
— Homan vows to continue to flood sanctuary cities with agents
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6386302757112

HANNITY
— Trump: 100% of Net Job Creation Has Gone to American Citizens’ Since He Took Office. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they did not have to take bad jobs like I did. Their parents bought them cars, paid for their college expenses, and got them good jobs.
https://hannity.com/media-room/america-first-trump-says-100-of-net-job-creation-has-gone-to-american-citizens-since-he-took-office-watch/

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Inflated Federal Pay: How Americans Are Overtaxed to Overpay the Civil Service. DD: According to my critics/opponents, a) the federal government grossly overpaid me, b) my employment benefits were far too generous, c) my Civil Service Retirement System pension is far too generous, and d) my federal retirement benefits are far too generous. In today’s dollars, my federal salary increased from $19.37/hour when I was 16 in 1966 to $153,151/year when I was 49 in 1997. In my defense, during that time, I a) earned a job-related bachelor’s degree. b) earned three job-related master’s degrees, c) earned six job-related professional certifications, and d) earned a job-related professional license. How much would someone with my aforesaid qualifications have earned in the private sector?
https://www.heritage.org/jobs-and-labor/report/inflated-federal-pay-how-americans-are-overtaxed-overpay-the-civil-service

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Medical School Module at Drexel U. Makes ‘Antiracism’ and CRT Part of Doctors’ Ethical Duty. “The school’s effort to present ideological indoctrination as medical education is unacceptable and dangerous.”
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/12/medical-school-module-at-drexel-u-makes-antiracism-and-crt-part-of-doctors-ethical-duty/

NEWSMAX
— DHS Reports More Than 2.5M Illegal Aliens Gone
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/dhs-ice-cbp/2025/12/10/id/1237855/

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Mamdani: NYPD Will Not Assist ICE In Immigration Enforcement, They Will Be “Following The Policies Of Sanctuary City Law.” DD: What is your mayor’s position on assisting ICE?
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/12/10/mamdani_nypd_will_not_assist_ice_in_immigration_enforcement_they_will_be_following_the_policies_of_sanctuary_city_law.html

TOWNHALL
— Trump Admin Says Biden’s Migrant Surge is to Blame for Sky-High Housing Prices
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/dmitri-bolt/2025/12/09/housing-and-urban-development-secretary-says-the-biden-admin-is-to-blame-for-unaffordability-n2667614

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CBS NEWS
— Tourists from 42 countries will have to submit 5 years of social media history to enter U.S. under Trump plan
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/us-tourists-social-media-history-5-years-trump/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Egypt and Iran complain about planned World Cup ‘Pride’ match in Seattle
https://apnews.com/article/world-cup-seattle-egypt-iran-lgbtq-pride-4372288ea3c4465fd985e686a6cccf3c

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— DD: Democrat colleges ever-increasingly give more preference to low income students because low income students are overwhelmingly minority, that is, are overwhelming Democrat. If I had been active in Republican politics while I attended Crete-Monee High School, the Democrats who ran the Post Office would not have hired me in 1966. If I had been active in Republican politics while I attended UIC and NIU, the Democrats who ran IRS would not have hired me in 1971. If I had been active in Republican politics while I attended Loyola and DePaul, the Democrats who ran GAO would not have hired me in 1980.
https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-12-11/without-affirmative-action-elite-colleges-are-prioritizing-economic-diversity-in-admissions
— DD: To illegally bring a child illegally into a country illegally demonstrates gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.
https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2025-12-11/trump-administration-separates-thousands-of-migrant-families-in-the-us

NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders turn women against Republican men.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/opinion/republican-women-misogyny-sexism.html
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise foreign countries.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/science/nobel-prize-immigrants-science.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Egypt and Iran protest being drawn to play in World Cup gay pride match. Seattle’s plan for the June 26 game to be a “Pride Match” was made before the World Cup draw. Egypt said the move may “provoke cultural and religious sensitivities.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/12/10/world-cup-pride-match-egypt-iran/
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders use disparate impact to get rid of Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, nonpoor, nonveteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. According to Democrat and RINO leaders, when those who are the aforesaid succeed, it is because they benefit from discrimination against those who are not aforesaid. According to my critics/opponents, because I am all of the aforesaid, a) I owe all of my successes in life to my benefitted from discrimination against those who are not aforesaid and b) I should pay the price of Affirmative Action and DEI.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/12/10/pam-bondi-justice-disparate-impact-regulations/

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for high grocery prices.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/grocery/shopping/2025/12/03/grocery-price-tracker/87486126007/
— Liberals aren’t having kids, conservatives are. That matters. The implications of the ideological divide on having children and family are significant to the future of the country.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/12/10/birth-rate-liberals-conservatives-prioritize-family/87621223007/
— Many workers will get a minimum wage bump in 2026. DD: I worked for the minimum wage part-time during my junior and senior years in high school and full-time the summer in between 1964-1966. With the money I earned, I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint ( https://over-drive-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/1965-12-CD-1966-Pontiac-Tempest-Sprint-Test-1-4.pdf ) in May or 1966.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/12/09/heres-where-minimum-wage-will-rise-2026/87624268007/
— More shoppers admit to stealing from self-checkout. What do they take?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/grocery/2025/12/08/self-checkout-theft-shoplift-increase/87608261007/
— DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/12/10/new-york-mayor-elect-mamdani-ice/87708427007/

FORBES
— ‘Ilhan Omar And The People From Somalia—They Hate Our Country’: Trump Viciously Attacks Somalians
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aw-LjntZ34c

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Federal employees face lingering uncertainty. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, they were ever-increasingly angry/furious with Gingrich budget cuts. They ever-increasingly took their anger/fury out on the agency’s few remaining Republican employees. I should write about that.
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/11/federal-employees-face-lingering-uncertainty-shutdown-rifs-are-reversed/409571/

FED SMITH
— Merit, Accountability, and Job Cuts: What the 2025 President’s Management Agenda Means for Federal Employees. DD: Democrats run the federal government. According to them, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, LGBTQ, disabled, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. They use budget cuts and everything else that they can to get rid of federal employees who are not the aforesaid.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2025/12/10/merit-accountability-and-job-cuts-what-the-2025-pma-means-for-federal-employees/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Fostering a Merit-Based Federal Workforce. The second major workforce priority is to strengthen merit-based hiring and accountability. This initiative lists four objectives: Hire the best based on skills and merit, Implement all employee performance and accountability Presidential directives, Implement the President’s Executive Orders to address labor-management relations, Recruit exceptional talent to defend the border. . .Unions have been fighting the Executive Orders in court, and those legal challenges will no doubt continue given the new PMA’s stated objectives. How successful some of the administration’s objectives for the federal workforce will ultimately be depend upon the final outcomes of the legal challenges. . .Downsizing the Federal Workforce. The PMA explicitly calls for reducing the size of the federal workforce. It outlines these three objectives: Eliminate jobs in non-essential, non-statutory functions, Remove poor performers, Strategically hire only for essential jobs  The Trump administration believes that the federal government has reached historic highs in civilian employment, spending, and debt. Downsizing is framed as a way to cut waste and restore efficiency.)

FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— DHS employees face mandatory reassignments. DD: When I was 49 years old in 1997 a) after I had worked for GAO on audits of federal financial industry regulators for 8 years, b) after I had become a Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and c) after I had earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors hinted that they might let me work until I would be eligible for regular retirement in 6 years if I happily agreed to be resigned to other types of audits.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/10/dhs-employees-face-mandatory-reassignments/

NEWSONE
— Texas Plans To Put Turning Point USA Chapters In Every State High School. DD: Who heads Turning Point USA in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district?
https://newsone.com/6674353/texas-wants-turning-point-usa-every-high-school/

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

DAILY MAIL
— DD: Democrat leaders decry that Noem spent $143m on six Boeing 737s to deport illegals.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15371947/kristi-noem-boeing-jet-deportations.html

INDIA TODAY
— Seattle’s Pride game with anti-LGBTQ nations Egypt and Iran creates problems for FIFA
https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/football/story/fifa-world-cup-2026-usa-seattle-pride-game-egypt-vs-iran-anti-lgbtq-problems-2834313-2025-12-11

TIMES OF INDIA
— Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determination what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it. DD: My critics/opponents have always been furious that I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. The aforesaid frustrates their efforts to paint me as being stupid and lazy. They stress a) that I did not earn my master’s degrees until I was 27, 31, and 48, b) that I did not earn my professional certifications until I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) that I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32. In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, I should have majored in accounting from the beginning and I would have taken more than one graduate evening course at a time.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/books/quote-of-the-day-by-lou-holtz-ability-is-what-youre-capable-of-doing-motivation-determines/articleshow/125744527.cms