FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Trump vows federal ‘surge’ in more American cities to combat crime
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-vows-federal-surge-more-american-cities-combat-crime/18014613/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-community-leaders-condemn-federal-agents-clash-tear-gas-deployed-se-side/18012200/
CBS2
— Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul suing State Farm over homeowners insurance data
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-attorney-general-kwame-raoul-lawsuit-state-farm-homeowners-insurance-data/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/illinois-sues-state-farm-over-home-insurance-data/
WTTW
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/10/15/federal-immigration-agents-targeted-northwest-side-neighborhoods-residents-banded
https://news.wttw.com/2025/10/15/back-pritzker-blames-ice-strike-teams-creating-mayhem-across-chicago
— Trump Administration Continues Crackdown on Press, Critics Following Federal Judge’s Ruling in Illinois
https://news.wttw.com/2025/10/14/trump-administration-continues-crackdown-press-critics-following-federal-judge-s-ruling
WGN RADIO
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://wgnradio.com/bob-sirott/can-chicagos-business-owners-refuse-service-to-ice-agents/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Gov. JB Pritzker and his wife report $10.3 million in taxable income — $1.4 million in gambling winnings
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/15/gov-jb-pritzker-and-his-wife-report-10-3-million-in-taxable-income-1-4-million-in-gambling-winnings/
— Homan lobbies for Indiana bill that allows local law enforcement to act on immigration detainers
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/15/homan-lobbies-for-indiana-bill-that-allows-local-law-enforcement-to-act-on-immigration-detainers/
— Lake County votes to bar federal agents from government-owned property: ‘We are in a time of fascism’
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/15/lake-county-bar-feds-properties/
— Federal workers endure financial strain and fear layoffs as the government shutdown drags on. DD: I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. I have been a federal retiree for more than 28 years. I should write about my critics/opponents who despise/hate federal employees and federal retirees the most.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/15/federal-workers-government-shutdown/
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/15/ice-ohare-rideshare-drivers/
— Aurora looks to expand allowed number of gambling machines. DD: In 2009, I led the successful effort to stop video gambling in Wheaton.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/14/aurora-looks-to-expand-allowed-number-of-gambling-machines/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Gov. JB Pritzker won $1.4 million via gambling, 2024 tax returns show. The governor and first lady MK Pritzker more than tripled their income in 2024 to $10.7 million, according to documents released by his campaign. A good chunk of that came at a casino.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/illinois-governor/2025/10/15/jb-pritzker-tax-returns-gambling-casino
— Pritzker joins Democratic governors’ health coalition to combat Trump’s ‘war on science’ The Governors Public Health Alliance is an effort to protect Democratic states from massive public health changes being enacted by the Trump administration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/health/2025/10/15/gov-jb-pritzker-joins-democratic-governors-health-coalition-to-combat-trump
— ICE activity is stressing Chicago’s building managers, who warn rents could rise. Frightened by federal agents, some tenants can’t pay rent on time after missing work, while maintenance staff aren’t showing up to job sites. Property owners and managers worry continued ICE activity will force them to pass costs to tenants.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/real-estate/2025/10/15/ice-raids-patrol-chicago-building-owners-managers-rents-rise
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/15/southeast-side-organizers-after-feds-ram-suv-and-tear-gas-crowd-leave-our-city-you-are-not-welcome-here
DAILY HERALD
— Wheaton man detained pretrial on gun charges
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251015/crime/wheaton-man-detained-pretrial-on-gun-charges/
— Top Cook County judge bars civil immigration arrests at courthouses
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251015/news/top-cook-county-judge-bars-civil-immigration-arrests-at-courthouses/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DD: Pot users slowly come to realize that pot destroys them. If I had used pot, I would not have been able to earn three job-related master’s degrees, earn six job-related professional certifications, or c) earn a job-related professional license.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/cannabis/cannabis-sales-slump-illinois-september
SOUTHERN
— DD: Fewer and fewer and fewer citizens America will take bad jobs. According to my critics/opponents, all the jobs that I had were bad jobs that they would never have stooped to take. They hint/imply/argue/shout that they did not have to take bad jobs because they are much better than me. To add insult to injury, they hint/imply/argue/shout a) that I have always been grossly overpaid and b) that my pension benefits are much too generous. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately. I would focus on those whose parents had the most money.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/10/15/family-farm-in-idaho-faces-worker-shortage-as-trump-administration-immigration-raids-escalate/
WAND TV
— Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules. Journalists at the Pentagon turned in access badges and cleaned out their workspaces, the price for refusing to agree to new restrictions on their jobs at the seat of U.S. military power
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/journalists-turn-in-access-badges-exit-pentagon-rather-than-agree-to-new-reporting-rules/article_0ef975d5-7abf-59e2-90a6-d3dbf299ef89.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— Many rural schools rely on international teachers. Trump’s visa changes threaten that. DD: One reason why I transferred from UIC to NIU when I was 20 years old in 1969 was my having trouble understanding math instructors whose English was not their first language.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-10-15/many-rural-schools-rely-on-international-teachers-trumps-visa-changes-threaten-that
NORTHERN STAR
— Trump administration pulls funding from Chicago Public Schools
https://northernstar.info/128940/news/trump-administration-pulls-funding-from-chicago-public-schools/
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/15/hundreds-pack-chicago-whistlemania-events-in-effort-to-fight-ice-we-have-to-stand-up-for-one-another/
CHICAGO PATCH
— Border Patrol Arrests 12 Drivers At O’Hare; Rideshare Group, Johnson Respond. The parking lot where the arrests occurred is typically a safe place for rideshare drivers to wait between trips, the drivers alliance said.
https://patch.com/illinois/chicago/border-patrol-arrests-12-drivers-ohare-rideshare-group-johnson-respond
IPM NEWS
— University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign unlikely to join federal higher education compact
https://ipmnewsroom.org/university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign-unlikely-to-join-federal-higher-education-compact/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/15/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-403/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— GOP Leader Norine Hammond Takes $50K from Liberal Groups Backing Transgender Lessons, Mask Mandates, Anti-Trump Agendas
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/gop-leader-norine-hammond-takes-50k-from-liberal-groups-backing-transgender-lessons-mask-mandates-anti-trump-agendas.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois State Representative and Deputy House Republican Leader Norine Hammond (R-Macomb) is drawing sharp criticism from conservatives after campaign finance records revealed she accepted $50,000 from far-left teachers’ unions that have long opposed Republican priorities and the Trump agenda. According to filings with the Illinois State Board of Elections, Hammond received $10,000 from the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) in 2024 and $40,000 from IPACE, the Illinois Political Action Committee for Education, in 2022. Both organizations are deeply connected to progressive causes, including transgender curriculum in schools, abortion expansion, and classroom DEI mandates. The donations are now fueling questions about Hammond’s alignment with the same liberal institutions her conservative constituents overwhelmingly reject. In 2024, roughly 70 percent of voters in her 94th District backed Donald Trump, signaling clear support for conservative and pro-family policies. Yet Hammond’s recent record tells a different story. In 2023, she voted with Democrats to expand “gender-affirming” patient rights legislation – allowing broader access to taxpayer-funded services for transgender individuals, including minors. The bill was celebrated by progressive activists and condemned by conservatives as an overreach that undermines parental rights and faith-based medical freedoms. The AFT, led by Randi Weingarten, was a driving force behind extended school shutdowns, student mask mandates, and the promotion of controversial and pornographic books in classrooms. The $40,000 from IPACE ties Hammond even closer to Springfield’s left-wing education establishment, which routinely funds Democrats pushing transgender policies, abortion rights, and the removal of parental oversight in schools.)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— News organizations, including Hegseth’s former employer Fox, reject new Pentagon reporting rules. DD: I have been the GOPUSA Illinois Reporter since 2000. I should write about how Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have treated me since 2000. I would focus on those who have blamed me the most for their defeats. I would focus on those who destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or e) who refuse to give them money. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/15/news-organizations-including-hegseths-former-employer-fox-reject/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Pentagon has said the rules establish “common sense media procedures” and wants news outlets to sign a statement acknowledging them, even if they don’t agree with them. The news outlets have said that they are concerned, however, that their reporters will be subject to expulsion if they simply try to report news not approved by Hegseth. The Pentagon’s new press policy undermines the First Amendment and AP’s core values as an independent global news organization,” the AP said in its statement. “The restrictions impede the public’s access to information about their government and limit the people’s right to know. AP remains focused on continuing to produce strong independent coverage of the Pentagon in the public interest.”)
— Trump says India agreed to stop buying Russian oil
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/15/donald-trump-says-india-agreed-stop-buying-russian-oil/
— The Supreme Court must end illegal vote counting. Ballot tallying must conclude on Election Day.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/15/supreme-court-must-end-illegal-vote-counting/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Illinois spent more on healthcare for illegal immigrants than roads, foster kids, elderly, and the arts — combined
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign unlikely to join federal higher education compact
NEW YORK POST
— Transportation secretary withholding $40M from California for not enforcing English proficiency in truckers
https://nypost.com/2025/10/15/us-news/transportation-secretary-withholding-40-million-from-california-for-not-enforcing-english-proficiency-in-truckers/
BREITBART
— Election Official Confirms Tim Walz Driver’s License Law Allows Illegals to Vote
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/15/nolte-election-official-confirms-tim-walz-drivers-license-law-allows-illegals-to-vote/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Antifa-linked Northeastern Illinois University professor Elias Cepeda arrested for bringing loaded gun to anti-ICE protest.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/antifa-linked-professor-arrested-bringing-loaded-gun-anti-ice-protest/28774
COLLEGE FIX
— Newsom says colleges should give preference to slave descendants. DD: UIC admitted me in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, and IIT in 1992 because they could not find qualified slave descendants to admit instead of me.
http://www.thecollegefix.com/newsom-says-colleges-should-give-preference-to-slave-descendants/
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Immigration Enforcement Officers Targeted with Gang Bounties in Chicago
https://www.fairus.org/news/executive/immigration-enforcement-officers-targeted-gang-bounties-chicago
NEWSMAX
— LA County Approves Emergency Declaration Over ICE Raids. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/la-county-emergency-ice-raids/2025/10/14/id/1230370/
TOWNHALL
— The Democrats Don’t Want You to Have a Good Life
https://townhall.com/columnists/doug-blair/2025/10/15/the-democrats-dont-want-you-to-have-a-good-life-n2664980
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Pritzker Threatens ICE Agents with Prosecution, Says Dems Will Come for Them When They Regain Power
https://www.westernjournal.com/jb-pritzker-threatens-ice-agents-prosecution-says-dems-will-come-regain-power/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— Senate fails to advance GOP funding bill for 9th time on Day 15 of government shutdown
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/government-shutdown-2025-latest-republicans-democrats-trump/
NEWSWEEK
— Pritzker Compares Trump’s ICE Crackdown to Nazi Germany. DD: Anticipate/expect that Pritzker will ever-increasingly call German-American Republicans Nazis.
https://www.newsweek.com/jb-pritzker-donald-trump-ice-immigration-nazi-germany-10883758
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: How Retirees Are Living Off the Backs of the Young. DD: To get more votes from those who are young, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against those who are old. Further, to get more votes from those who are minority, female, LGBTQ, non-married, non-rich, non-Protestant non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, they ever-increasingly promote more hatred against those who are White, male, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.newsweek.com/social-security-medicare-young-workers-cost-10477619
NEW YORK TIMES
— Supreme Court Questions Role of Race in State Election Maps. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly gerrymander.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10/15/us/supreme-court-voting-rights#supreme-court-affirmative-action
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly protect their criminals and their illegals.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/10/15/judges-trump-rebel-military-insurrection/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Supreme Court Questions Use of Race in Drawing Voting Districts. Justices are re-examining tools for addressing discrimination.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/supreme-court-voting-rights-act-fe7e2f58
— Judge Temporarily Blocks Move to Fire Federal Employees During Shutdown. Decision deals setback to Trump administration’s move to shrink agencies as it pressures Democrats to agree to reopen the government.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/judge-blocks-trump-layoffs-government-shutdown-636cb707
POLITICO
— Judge blocks Trump admin from laying off federal workers during government shutdown. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston ruled that the administration isn’t following legal requirements for conducting reductions in force.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/15/trump-administration-layoffs-order-00609833
ATLANTIC
— DD: Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans discriminate against minorities and against females and that is why minorities and females must always be given big time preference forever.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/10/trump-admissions-compact-diversity/684558/
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FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders look at limiting federal immigration agents as Broadview shrinks designated protest area.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/broadview-protest-zone-ice-legislation/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/14/opinion-ice-agents-masks-chicago/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/ice-forest-park-cemetery-workers/
— Professors: Most Jewish Americans believe Donald Trump is exploiting antisemitism to assault universities DD: Jews in America are predominantly liberal. Jews in Israel are predominantly conservative. SEE: https://www.google.com/search?q=jews+israel+america+conservative+liberal
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/14/opinion-donald-trump-antisemitism-universities/
INDIANAPOLIS RECORDER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Derek Chauvin to promote more hatred against Republicans
https://indianapolisrecorder.com/opinion-remembering-george-floyd/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— U.S. House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries met in a Zoom meeting with members of the Illinois congressional delegation Monday to talk about redistricting in the state — an effort that is already triggering concern among lawmakers who fear the changes could dilute Black political power. DD: I should write about the 2015 gerrymandering of my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/10/14/dems-eye-another-illinois-seat-00607241
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois House Republican Leader Tony McCombie said “it would be obscene” for Illinois Democrats “to erase” any Republican-held seats given Trump won 44 percent of the statewide vote.)
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— DeWitte Previews Veto Session
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/14/dewitte-previews-veto-session/
— McHenry County College Doesn’t Follow Other Local Governments Concerning Columbus Day
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/13/mchenry-county-college-doesnt-follow-other-local-governments-concerning-columbus-day/
— Northern Bypass Bridge Arises Like a Zombie from the Dead in County’s 2050 Comprehensive Plan
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/13/northern-bypass-bridge-arises-like-a-zombie-from-the-dead-in-countys-2050-comprehensive-plan/
— McHenry County’s 2050 Comprehensive Plan for New Train Service Overtaken by Event
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/13/mchenry-countys-2050-comprehensive-plan-overtaken-by-event/
— Republican Candidate for U.S. Senate Celebrates Trump’s Peace Victory
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/13/republican-candidate-for-u-s-senate-celebrates-trumps-peace-victory/
— DeWitte Uses Madigan Incarceration Day to Prod Democrats to Pass Anti-Corruption Bills
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/13/dewitte-uses-madigan-incarceration-day-to-prod-democrats-to-pass-anti-corruption-bills/
— SUV Hits Metra Train at Tragic Fox River Grove Intersection
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/13/suv-hits-metra-train-at-tragic-fox-river-grove-intersection/
— McHenry County State’s Attorney Randi Freese Holding Fundraiser Tuesday Night in Crystal Lake
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/13/mchenry-county-states-attorney-randi-freese-holding-fundraiser-tuesday-night-in-crystal-lake/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Left-wing Chicago group teaches tactics for attacking ICE officers
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3848331/left-wing-group-chicago-listener-facebook-anti-ice-violence/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A left-wing group in Chicago is teaching tactics on social media for attacking Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers as deportation operations intensify in the sanctuary city and an unprecedented number of assaults on ICE employees have increased 1,000%. The group’s public Facebook page, called “Chicago Listener,” is posting content encouraging violence against immigration authorities and sharing various ways to target ICE vehicles.)
— California Democrats bemoan Newsom’s ‘disappointing’ veto of racial justice bills
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/education/3849096/california-democrats-newsom-reparations-bills/
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Trump’s Pressure on Sanctuary Cities Is Working
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/trumps-pressure-on-sanctuary-cities-is-working/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Seattle hires unqualified illegal immigrants as jail guards, over 100 suspected
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/10/13/whistleblower-claims-seattle-hires-unqualified-illegal-immigrants-as-jail-guards-over-100-suspected-1592194/
BREITBART
— At Least 12 Shot During Weekend in Democrat-Run Chicago
https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2025/10/13/more-bloodshed-at-least-12-shot-during-weekend-in-democrat-run-chicago/
— Trump Policies Yield Lowest Illegal Border Crossing Arrests in Half-Century
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2025/10/13/historic-trump-policies-yield-lowest-illegal-border-crossing-arrests-in-half-century/
— ICE Agents Arrest Illegal Pedophile Convicted of Identity Theft
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/13/virginia-ice-agents-arrest-illegal-alien-pedophile-identity-theft/amp/
— Democrats Literally Shut the Government Down to Give Healthcare to Illegal Aliens
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/10/13/exclusive-rep-gill-yes-the-democrats-literally-shut-the-government-down-to-give-healthcare-to-illegal-aliens/
— Scalise: Schumer Wants to Fund Illegal Alien Health Care by Gutting Money for Rural Hospitals
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/10/13/scalise-schumer-wants-to-fund-illegal-alien-health-care-by-gutting-money-for-rural-hospitals/
DAILY CALLER
— Newsom Forces Schools To Promote Radical Trans Group’s LGBTQ ‘Hotline’ On Student IDs
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/13/newsom-forces-schools-to-promote-radical-trans-groups-lgbtq-hotline-on-student-ids/
— Oregon Now Spends More On Program Offering Free Health Care For Illegal Immigrants Than State Police
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/13/oregon-now-spends-more-on-program-offering-free-health-care-for-illegal-immigrants-than-state-police/
DAILY WIRE
— Trump Shutdown Layoffs Target Left-Wing HUD Office That Tried To Abolish The Suburbs
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-layoffs-target-left-wing-hud-office-that-tried-to-abolish-the-suburbs
FEDERALIST
— California Law Requires Government Schools To Do Free PR For Radical Trans Group
https://thefederalist.com/2025/10/13/california-law-requires-government-schools-to-do-free-pr-for-radical-trans-group/
FOX NEWS
— Charlie Kirk’s colleagues and pastors praise his patriotism as Trump readies highest civilian honor. Trump is honoring Kirk on ‘what would have been his 32nd birthday’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/charlie-kirks-colleagues-pastors-praise-his-patriotism-trump-readies-highest-civilian-honor
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Immigration Raid at O’Hare Airport Rideshare Lot Leads to 12 Arrests
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/immigration-raid-ohare-airport-rideshare-lot-12-arrested
LIFE NEWS
— Massachusetts Revokes Christian Couple’s Foster License Because They Won’t Push LGBTQ Agenda
https://www.lifenews.com/2025/10/13/massachusetts-revokes-christian-couples-foster-license-because-they-wont-push-lgbtq-agenda/
NEWSMAX
— Newsom Rejects Preference Bill for Slave Descendants
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/gavin-newsom-vetoed-bill/2025/10/13/id/1230206/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
SCRIPPS NEWS
— On Charlie Kirk’s birthday, Trump to present posthumous Medal of Freedom. President Trump will award Charlie Kirk a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom today at the White House on what would have been the activist’s 32nd birthday.
https://www.scrippsnews.com/politics/the-president/on-charlie-kirks-birthday-trump-to-present-posthumous-medal-of-freedom
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— California’s Newsom signs a reparations study law but vetoes other racial justice proposals. DD: Affirmative Action (AA) is reparations. Reparations is AA. Democrats and RINOs use AA to get rid of Republicans.
https://apnews.com/article/california-reparations-black-slavery-legislature-newsom-67bb435bf325e8d2343cce91c8ddae1c
— Pope Leo condemns economies that marginalize the poor while the wealthy live in a bubble of luxury. Pope Leo XIV has criticized how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. DD: My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being undeservedly wealthy. It all started when I was 17 years old in 1966 when I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint. In my defense, I bought that car with money I earned washing dishes for the minimum wage for 18 months. It got worse in 1967 when I bought a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 and in 1968 when I bought a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE. In my defense, I bought those cars with money I earned delivering mail for the Park Forest Post Office. It got worse in 1971 when I bought a new 1972 Corvette. I my defense, I bought that car with money I earned working for IRS and working part-time for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights. It got worse in 1972 when I bought a new town home in University Park. I my defense, I bought that town home with money I earned working for IRS and working part-time for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights.
https://www.ncnewsonline.com/news/national/pope-leo-condemns-economies-that-marginalize-the-poor-while-the-wealthy-live-in-a-bubble/article_136e77cb-98ab-5dab-b468-137ff14fad03.html
NEWSWEEK
— The Most Dangerous Jobs in America and What They Pay. DD: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. Because my ACT score was only 24 and because I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class, one could argue that because I did the aforesaid, just about anyone could. I graduated from NIU in 1970. In 1971, in today’s dollars, my IRS salary was only $55,850/year.
https://www.newsweek.com/most-dangerous-jobs-america-what-they-pay-10871576
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The most dangerous jobs in the United States don’t always have the payoff of a sky-high salary, according to a new report from Resume Now. In fact, some of the riskiest roles don’t even clear $60,000. . .Based on the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries and Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, drivers/truck drivers had some of the most dangerous, lowest-paying jobs in America. With a fatality rate of 984 in 2023, this group only brought a median pay of $57,440.)
NEW YORK TIMES
— The New Julia Roberts Movie Seethes With Anti-Woke Resentment
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/opinion/after-the-hunt-metoo-backlash.html
— FRONT PAGE: For Young Men, Video Gaming Is a Social Play DD: Since 2009, I have stopped video gambling in Wheaton. My critics/opponents in Wheaton continue to take big adverse actions against me because of that.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/upshot/video-games-boys-young-men.html
SACREMENTO BEE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article312419934.html
SAN FRANCISCO BAY TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://sfbaytimes.com/honorees-for-the-inaugural-honoring-lgbtq-bay-area-latine-leaders/
MINNESOTA STAR TRIBUNE
— About those federal workers people so love to hate … Perhaps you just don’t know what they’re doing for you. DD: I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. I have been a federal retiree for more than 28 years. I should write about my critics/opponents who despise/hate federal employees and federal retirees the most.
https://www.startribune.com/about-those-federal-workers-people-so-love-to-hate/601225654
(FROM THE ARTICLE: I am tired of hearing about the federal workers of this country. They are lazy. They are overpaid. They are incompetent. There is no need for their work. For almost 40 years I have listened to this, and now I have to watch these workers be thrown from their jobs in the middle of the night. Why? Please meet a federal worker, my husband. He used his Bachelor of Science degree to work for the Department of Defense and then the National Weather Service. He worked jobs that required schedules of six days on and two days off, rotating shifts from midnights to days to evenings, and most holidays were worked. He didn’t get many weekends off, or holidays, but it didn’t matter because we never got to live near family. We moved a lot in support of the work. In our 40-plus years of marriage the closest we have ever lived near family was for the one year when we were within a three-hour drive of my family. Otherwise, family has been anywhere from 1,500 miles to 4,000 miles away. My husband could have taken a job in the private sector, working as an engineer as most of his friends did, where the paychecks would have been much greater. No, he was determined that his place was working to serve our government. So, for 40-plus years we have watched everyone around us celebrating holidays with family, enjoying weekends with family, and raking in the dollars of the private sector. We have kept our mouths shut when conversations turned to raking over the federal worker. No more!)
MONTGOMERY COMMUNITY MEDIA
— First of Its Kind Federal Workforce Career Center Opens in Wheaton. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. In today’s dollars, that meant a $86,371/year (56%) loss of income ($153,151/year salary minus $66,780/year Civil Service Retirement System pension). My Democrat GAO superiors not only did not help me find a job appropriate for my work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional license, they sabotaged my job search. I should write about that.
https://www.mymcmedia.org/first-of-its-kind-federal-workforce-career-center-opens-in-wheaton/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— A Supreme Court Reckoning for Racial Gerrymanders. The Justices can put an end to this cynical use of race to redistrict for partisan advantage in Louisiana v. Callais. DD: Illinois Democrats gerrymandered Illinois’ 3rd Congressional District to elect Delia Ramirez.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/a-supreme-court-reckoning-for-racial-gerrymanders-35d361ec
— Michael J. Fox’s new book. DD: Duckworth had one of her thugs throw me out of her press conference with Fox in Wheaton on October 24, 2006. SEE: https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/sixth-congressional-district-democratic-candidate-tammy-news-photo/72254318
https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/film/future-boy-review-the-double-life-of-marty-mcfly-8d2204c4
HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL
— DD: According to my critics/opponents, all the jobs that I had were bad jobs that they would never stoop to take. They use that to demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being a loser and even worse things. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty-research/policy-topics/social-policy/are-bad-jobs-dead-ends-or-steppingstones-better-things
EDUCATION NEXT
— The Predictive Power of Standardized Tests. DD: What standardized tests have you taken? If I had not taken and passed standardized tests, a) UIC would not accepted in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, and IIT in 1992, b) I would not have earned degrees from NIU in 1970, Loyola in 1976, DePaul in 1980, and IIT in 1997, c) the Post Office would not have hired me in 1966, Firestone Stores in 1970, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980, d) IRS would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) I would not have become a licensed CPA in 1981, and f) GAO would not have promoted me in 1986. I took and passed the postal employment examination in 1966, Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970, CPA examination in 1979, and Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) examination in 1981. I passed the CPA and CIA examinations on my first attempt. Since 1966, my critics/opponents have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I owe my test taking successes to my benefitting from discrimination against those who are minority, female, younger, veteran, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. In my defense, neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.educationnext.org/predictive-power-standardized-tests-middle-school-scores-preview-college-career-outcomes/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
INDEPENDENT NEWS
— Trump to present Charlie Kirk’s Presidential Medal of Freedom to his widow
https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-present-charlie-kirk-presidential-130609003.html
October 12, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/12/gov-jb-pritzker-national-guard-trump-levers-of-power/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/12/silverio-villegas-children-foster-care-idaho/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/12/ice-fears-chicago-school-districts/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/12/opinion-donald-trump-national-guard-chicago-free-speech/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/12/editorial-april-perry-ice-national-guard-justice-department/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ in Oak Park.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/07/oak-park-gender-affirming-care-discussion/
— Lapel pins awarded to honor area Vietnam era veterans. DD: I should write about those who have used against me my avoiding the Vietnam War draft the most. I would focus on my Democrat superiors in the federal government who were veterans. They blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/08/vietnam-war-brad-schneider-pins/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Duckworth, Durbin demand feds not use Chicago Harbor Lock on river as backdrop for social media videos
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/10/duckworth-durbin-demand-feds-not-use-chicago-harbor-lock-on-river-as-backdrop-for-social-media-videos
DAILY HERALD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly coverup their poverty and their crime in Chicago.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251011/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-a-celebration-of-chicago-the-disparagement-in-our-national-politics-of-our-ci/
EDWARDSVILLE INTELLIGENCER
— DD: Fundraising success indicates electability
https://www.theintelligencer.com/opinion/article/money-shouldnt-decide-illinois-senate-race-21090956.php
MILWAUKEE COURIER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly paint Derek Chauvin as being a typical conservative White male Republican.
https://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2025/10/11/remembering-george-floyd-we-are-the-stewards-of-his-story/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump issues a Columbus Day proclamation to ‘reclaim’ the explorer’s legacy
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-10-11/trump-issues-a-columbus-day-proclamation-to-reclaim-the-explorers-legacy
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Newsom approves agency to administer slavery reparations. DD: Affirmative Action is reparations. To get even more votes from Blacks, Democrat leaders promise Blacks even more reparations.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/3846786/newsom-approves-agency-administer-slavery-reparations/
NEW YORK POST
— Cornell MBA council warns ‘non-marginalized’ students to avoid minority recruiting events. DD: All my critics/opponents attribute all my successes in my life to my benefitting from marginalization of minorities, females, younger people, LGBTQers, veterans, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://nypost.com/2025/09/18/us-news/cornell-mba-council-warns-non-marginalized-students-to-avoid-minority-recruiting-events-report/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Renowned chef who catered for George W Bush deported, stuns Texas town. DD: I have always helped elect in general elections candidates who won Republican primary elections. Far too often, those candidates were the lesser of two evils.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/10/10/renowned-chef-who-catered-for-george-w-bush-deported-stuns-texas-town-1591643/
BREITBART
— Gavin Newsom Signs Bill to Build Reparations Bureaucracy. DD: Affirmative Action is reparations. To get even more votes from Blacks, Democrat leaders promise Blacks even more reparations.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/11/gavin-newsom-signs-bill-to-build-reparations-bureaucracy/amp/
COLLEGE FIX
— Michigan State University opens $38 million ‘sanctuary’ for ‘minorities’ DD: Since I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have attributed my successes in my life to my benefitting from oppression of minorities and females. In my defense, neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I had to work my way through college. All the many minorities and females who were promoted over me a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/michigan-state-u-opens-38-million-sanctuary-for-minorities/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “The MSU Multicultural Center (MCC), guided by a student-developed mission, aims to provide a supportive space for students from historically oppressed backgrounds to learn, grow, and access the resources necessary to succeed and graduate from a predominantly white institution,” the room reservation page for the center states.)
FOX NEWS
— Atlantic article likens Charlie Kirk to George Floyd, sparking online fury
https://www.aol.com/news/atlantic-article-likens-charlie-kirk-151941835.html
NEWSMAX
— Trump Admin’s Immigration Raids Blamed for Potential Food Supply Crisis. DD: What percent of food industry workers are illegals? What percent of food industry jobs are bad jobs?
https://www.newsmax.com/us/immigration-migrants-farm-workers/2025/10/11/id/1229953/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Gingrich on Trump’s shutdown layoffs: ‘He’s willing to take the heat’ DD: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE and I might still be a GAO employee.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5551386-trump-gingrich-federal-layoffs/
AOL
— NFL Removing ‘End Racism’ Message From End Zones. DD: Since I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have attributed my successes in my life to my benefitting from discrimination against minorities and against females. In my defense, neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I had to work my way through college. All the many minorities and females who were promoted over me a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.aol.com/entertainment/nfl-removing-end-racism-message-120600237.html
NBC NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-life-and-style/gay-harlem-renaissance-exhibit-new-york-historical-rcna236671
CBS NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/boston-roslindale-restaurant-pride-flag-ripped-down/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders say “We’re in a Worse Place Than We Were Under Nixon.” DD: My Democrat Post Office superiors, my Democrat Firestone Store boss, and my Democrat IRS superiors who were veterans hated Nixon. They blamed Nixon for America losing the Vietnam War. They took their hatred against Nixon out against me. My Democrat Post Office superiors denied my sick leave requests and forced me to resign. My Democrat Firestone Store boss rudely fired me when I gave him my 2-week notice. My Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my travel vouchers and my education deductions and never promoted me beyond GS-12. They were furious that I was a Republican and that I avoided the Vietnam War draft.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/opinion/letitia-james-donald-trump-nixon.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders say “Trump Fires Black Officials From an Overwhelmingly White Administration.” DD: All my Black coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had. The aforesaid was true for my Black subordinate who my Democrat GAO superiors replaced me with when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/us/politics/black-leaders-trump.html
— 1 in 5 millennials, Gen Zers gifted down payment for home from their parents. DD: Where did the down payment for your first home come from? For me, back in the good old days when I was 24 in 1972, it came from what I had earned and saved a) working for IRS for 15 months and b) working part-time for Firestone Stores for 18 months and full-time for 7 months before that. The money I earned and saved during that time also enabled me a) to buy a new 1972 Corvette in October of 1971 and b) pay for tuition and books for graduate evening business courses at Loyola in 1972.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/realestate/parents-money-down-payment-home-buying.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump escalates his use of federal power to target Democratic states. Democrats see a pattern of inflicting pain on places that are politically unfriendly, while Trump has declared his intent to hurt liberal areas and policies.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/12/trump-blue-states-target-red-states/
— DD: What percent of food industry workers are illegals? What percent of food industry jobs are bad jobs?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/10/11/immigration-crackdown-food-prices/
— DD:: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/10/10/ice-immigrants-protest-signs-dc/
— Trump is in ‘excellent’ health, White House says, amid questions about second exam. Outside physicians asked why the president was making a return trip to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, six months after undergoing medical tests.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/11/trump-physical-doctor/
USA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/10/11/lgbtq-queer-youtubers-national-coming-out-day/86569357007/
MIAMI HERALD
— Vance Responds to Joy Reid Calling Him ‘Mediocre’ DD: My critics/opponents have always stressed a) that my ACT score was only 24, b) that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class, c) that I never got any scholarships, d) that GPAs at UIC, NIU, Loyola, DePaul, and IIT were not that great, and d) that while I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, my scores were not that great.
https://www.newsbreak.com/miami-herald-1592483/4287110141419-vance-responds-to-joy-reid-calling-him-mediocre
WSBTV
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ in Atlanta
https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/thousands-attend-atlanta-pride-festival-piedmont-park-this-weekend/PZEZBVOW7VDHRA4C52KCZSJERE/
BUSINESS INSIDER
— DD: What decisions did you make that were career limiting? I spent far too many hours washing dishes while I was in high school instead of studying. I avoided the Vietnam War draft. I spent far too many hours delivering mail while I was earning my bachelor’s degree instead of studying. I should have majored in accounting. I did not become a Democrat. I complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-recover-after-mistake-bad-decision-at-work-2021-9
INC.
— DD: Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly prefer foreign employees over American employees.
https://www.inc.com/entrepreneurs-organization/why-your-workforce-strategy-must-go-global/91248906
U.S. CENSUS
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for all the problems that those who are the following have: minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2020/09/poverty-rates-for-blacks-and-hispanics-reached-historic-lows-in-2019.html
EQUITABLE GROWTH
— America’s job-quality crisis and how to revive workers’ pay, dignity, job advancement, and economic well-being. DD: According to my critics/opponents, a) all the jobs that I had were bad jobs that they would never stoop to take and b) I was always grossly overpaid. In my defense, to qualify myself for better paying jobs, a) I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree (management), b) I earned three job-related master’s degrees (business, accounting, and finance), c) I earned six job-related professional certifications (accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting), and d) I earned a job-related professional license (CPA). Nevertheless, I never earned more than $153,151/year in today’s dollars. The fact that few qualified minorities and women wanted the federal jobs that I had proves that they were bad jobs. Qualified minorities and females could always get better jobs in the private sector.
https://equitablegrowth.org/americas-job-quality-crisis-and-how-to-revive-workers-pay-dignity-job-advancement-and-economic-well-being/
HUFFINGTON POST
— Don Lemon Flames Hegseth As ‘Not Qualified’ To Be Defense Secretary. DD: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree (management) when I was 21. I earned three job-related master’s degrees (business, accounting, and finance) when I was 27, 31, and 48. I earned six job-related professional certifications (accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting) when I was 30 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48. I earned a job-related professional license (CPA) when I was 32. But by the time I earned the aforesaid, it was too late, I was views as being too old to have a successful career. That would not have been the case if I had been a minority, female, and/or veteran.
https://www.aol.com/articles/ex-cnn-host-flames-hegseth-214110998.html
October 11, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump asks appeals court to intervene after judge blocks National Guard deployment to Illinois. Justice Department lawyers say U.S. District Judge April Perry “impermissibly second-guessed the Commander in Chief.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump/2025/10/10/trump-asks-appeals-court-to-intervene-after-judge-blocks-national-guard-deployment-to-illinois
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— The Transgender Movement is Not Just About Men in Girls’ Sports.
https://illinoisfamily.org/marriage/child-exploitation/the-transgender-movement-is-not-just-about-men-in-girls-sports/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Who do your critics/opponents call losers? SEE: https://www.google.com/search?q=losers My critics/opponents call federal employees losers who are White, male, and/or nonveteran and who do not make GS-13 ($117,807) by age 25, GS-14 ($139,211) by age 30, GS-15 ($163,749) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service ($195,200) by age 40. Extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines. My critics/opponents stress that I did not make GS-13 until I was 38 in 1986 and that I never made GS-14. In my defense, I stress that Democrats run the federal government and I never became a Democrat and a) that I did not earn job-related master’s degrees until I was 27, 31, and 48, b) that I did not earn job-related professional certifications until I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) that I did not earn a job-related professional license until I was 32. Further, my critics/opponents call Republican Precinct Committeemen (RPC) losers who are White, male, and/or nonveteran and who not become township party leaders, county party leaders, and Illinois Republican Party leaders. Extremely few RPCs become party leaders. My critics/opponents stress that while I have been a RPC since 1999, I have never been a party leader. In my defense, I stress that I am a conservative, that is, that I am a platform Republican. – Dave Diersen
https://www.google.com/search?q=losers
— What do your critics/opponent do? My critics/opponents increasingly make it clear that they are anti-conservative, if not conservative-haters. They ever-increasingly blame conservatives for their problems, for your problems, and for everyone’s problems. They ever-increasingly dismiss, belittle, badmouth, isolate, ostracize, marginalize, blacklist, cancel, demonize, denigrate, and condemn conservatives. They ever-increasingly take adverse actions against conservatives. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who are/were a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— QUESTION: What has motivated anti-conservatives and conservative-haters to promote more hatred against conservatives recently? ANSWER: Trump’s successes and Kirk’s assignation. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Enough of Chuck Schumer’s shutdown scam. Democrats are willing to harm Americans to safeguard illegals’ benefits.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/10/enough-chuck-schumers-shutdown-scam/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Newsom approves agency to administer slavery reparations. DD: Affirmative Action is slavery reparations.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/3846786/newsom-approves-agency-administer-slavery-reparations/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Trump Administration Lays Off Last of Minority Business Development Agency. The move effectively shutters the agency, which had already faced dramatic cuts. DD: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, a) there would be no need for DOGE and b) I might still be a GAO employee.
https://freebeacon.com/trump-administration/trump-administration-lays-off-last-of-minority-business-development-agency/
— DD: Democrats and RINOs will never stop using Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/why-democrats-are-finally-giving-up-on-dei/
NEW YORK POST
— Illegal migrant trucker with ‘No Name Given’ on NY driver’s license ID’d, arrested in Oklahoma
https://nypost.com/2025/10/11/us-news/illegal-migrant-trucker-with-no-name-given-on-ny-drivers-license-idd-arrested-in-oklahoma/
BREITBART
— Robert De Niro Pushes Nationwide ‘No Kings’ Anti-Trump October 18 Protest Campaign
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2025/10/10/watch-robert-de-niro-pushes-nationwide-no-kings-anti-trump-protest-campaign/amp/
COLLEGE FIX
— Academics continue hypocritical whining about ‘freedom’ and ‘democracy’
https://www.thecollegefix.com/academics-continue-hypocritical-whining-about-freedom-and-democracy/
DAILY CALLER
— ICE Nabs Illegal Migrant Truck Driver With ‘No Name’ Listed On Driver’s License
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/10/ice-nabs-migrant-trucker-with-no-name/
— Migrant ‘Invaders’ Under Biden Led To Government Shutdown
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/10/c-span-caller-says-migrant-invaders-under-biden-led-to-government-shutdown/
— The Politics Of The Shutdown, Obamacare, Crime And Deportations
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/11/opinion-the-politics-of-the-shutdown-obamacare-crime-and-deportations-larry-elder/
FOX NEWS
— Biden-era ‘unvetted’ immigrants nabbed after Virginia highway gunfire as border debate hits governor’s race
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-era-unvetted-immigrants-nabbed-after-virginia-highway-gunfire-border-debate-hits-governors-race
— New York in the hot seat after ICE busts Illegal immigrant with ‘NO NAME GIVEN’ on license. ICE arrested 91 illegals who were operating commercial motor vehicles with driver’s licenses granted by sanctuary states.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/blue-state-hot-seat-after-ice-busts-illegal-immigrant-with-no-name-given-license
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Harvard Cashing in on DEI With $13,760 Certificate Program. “You will gain critical knowledge and skills to address bias and marginalization and to foster an inclusive corporate culture.” DD: Democrats and RINOs will never stop using Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/10/harvard-cashing-in-on-dei-with-13760-certificate-program/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Teacher Training and Licensure Are Serious Problems; Oklahoma Has an Unserious Solution
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/teacher-training-and-licensure-are-serious-problems-one-red-state-has-an-unserious-solution/
NEW AMERICAN
— Media’s Illegal-alien Sob Stories Are Meant to Deceive
https://thenewamerican.com/us/immigration/manipulation-medias-illegal-alien-sob-stories-are-meant-to-deceive/
NEWSMAX
— ICE Arrests Illegal Driving Rig With N.Y. License for ‘No Name Given’
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/ice-semitruck-illegal-alien/2025/10/10/id/1229893/
— Use Shutdown for Cuts in ‘Bloated’ Washington. DD: To justify gutting GAO, Gingrich charged GAO with being bloated. My Democrat GAO superiors used that charge to deem its employees like me who they had not promoted to GS-15, currently $163,749/year and were the following as being bloat: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/marlin-stutzman-washington-shutdown/2025/10/10/id/1229790/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news/lonesome-cowboys-movie-theater-police-raid-atlanta-lgbtq-movement-pride/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Blocking Chicago Guard Deployment, Judge Questions Government’s Veracity. The Trump administration’s “perceptions are not reliable,” a federal judge wrote, explaining why she has temporarily blocked the deployment of troops to the Chicago area.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/us/politics/ice-national-guard.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Federal Layoffs Have Begun During Government Shutdown. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, Republicans shrank the agency from over 6,000 employees to less than 3,000 employees. My Democrat GAO superiors punished me for that by wasting my career, by taking adverse actions against me, and by forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/us/politics/federal-layoffs-government-shutdown.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: The Democrat Party exists to get rid of Trump and everyone who voted for Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/11/trump-war-military-domestic-national-guard/
BALTIMORE SUN
— Chef who used to cater events for President George W. Bush gets deported
https://www.baltimoresun.com/2025/10/10/chef-who-used-to-cater-events-for-president-george-w-bush-gets-deported/
EL PASO TIMES
— Abbott warns against road markings seen as ‘social, political or ideological messages’
https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/texasregion/2025/10/09/gov-abbott-directive-on-removing-political-street-markings/86599004007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders side with MIT against Trump
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-merit-and-mit-aaf4ac58
FORTUNE
— Billionaire MacKenzie Scott doubles down on DEI with $42 million donation. DD: Democrats and RINOs will never stop using Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://fortune.com/2025/10/10/billionaire-mackenzie-scott-doubles-down-on-dei-with-42-million-donation/
October 10, 2015 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— 4 arrested during protests at Broadview ICE facility; DOJ to appeal to National Guard ruling. A judge has ordered the removal of a fence surrounding the Broadview ICE facility by Tuesday night.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/broadview-ice-facility-protest-expected-donald-trump-administration-appeals-judge-april-perrys-chicago-national-guard-ruling/17977464/
— New federal changes to commercial driver’s licenses already impacting CA truck drivers
https://abc7news.com/post/new-us-department-transportation-changes-commercial-drivers-licenses-already-impacting-california-truck/17981185/
— Chicago alderman asks Trump to consider amnesty for undocumented immigrants with clean records. Republican President Reagan in 1986 gave millions opportunity of a lifetime: United States citizenship.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-alderman-ray-lopez-asks-president-donald-trump-consider-amnesty-undocumented-immigrants-clean-records/17980847/
— WGN-TV employee detained by federal agents in Lincoln Square
https://abc7chicago.com/post/wgn-tv-employee-debbie-brockman-detained-border-patrol-agents-lincoln-foster-avenues-square-chicago-video/17980398/
NBC5
— ICE agents detain several people at O’Hare Airport rideshare parking lot
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/ice-agents-detain-several-people-at-ohare-airport-rideshare-lot/3836759/
— Trump administration appeals, releases statement on National Guard ruling in Chicago
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/trump-administration-appeals-releases-statement-on-national-guard-ruling-in-chicago/3836585/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their criminals and their illegals
https://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/trump-fanning-the-flames-of-unrest-says-chicago-judge-in-ruling-against-deployment/3836366/
— Sens. Durbin and Duckworth visit Broadview ICE processing facility. Durbin said this was the fourth time they’ve requested to tour the facility with no response from ICE officials.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/sens-durbin-and-duckworth-visit-broadview-ice-processing-facility/3836809/
CBS2
— WGN-TV employee arrested by ICE agents in Lincoln Square
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/wgn-tv-employee-arrested-by-ice-agents-in-lincoln-square/
— Women arrested by ICE in front of Chicago elementary school, accused of stalking agents
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/women-arrested-ice-agents-west-side/
FOX32
— Durbin, Duckworth denied access to Broadview ICE facility amid legal disputes
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/durbin-duckworth-denied-access-broadview-ice-facility-amid-legal-disputes
— Trump administration appeals ruling blocking National Guard deployment in Chicago area
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-appeals-ruling-blocking-national-guard-deployment-chicago
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Protesters return to Broadview on Friday after judge temporarily blocks National Guard
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/10/ice-national-guard-chicago-1011/
— Firings of federal workers begin as White House seeks to pressure Democrats in government shutdown
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/10/firings-federal-workers-government-shutdown/
DAILY HERALD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their criminals and their illegals
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251010/dining/the-deployments-create-fear-immigration-crackdown-hurting-restaurant-staffing-reservations/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Feds conduct immigration raid at rideshare lot near O’Hare
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/feds-conduct-immigration-operation-rideshare-lot-near-ohare
DECATUR RADIO
— Teen Alcohol Use Rising To Alarming Rate In Illinois
https://www.decaturradio.com/2025/10/10/teen-alcohol-use-rising-to-alarming-rate-in-illinois/
WTHI TV
— Firings of federal workers underway as shutdown drags on, White House budget chief announces
https://www.wthitv.com/news/firings-of-federal-workers-underway-as-shutdown-drags-on-white-house-budget-chief-announces/article_5b604fd0-2e9d-58ea-8684-4a462de3709f.html
CHICAGO READER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://chicagoreader.com/news/make-it-make-sense/ice-arrests-protests-cook-county/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-401/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
DON TRACY
— Statement from Don Tracy on Pritzker-Trump Administration Legal Dispute
https://mailchi.mp/667e0fc2f8ed/statement-from-don-tracy-on-pritzker-trump-administration-legal-dispute?e=bb81f0fe1e
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Biden-Appointed Judge With Soros Ties Blocks National Guard From Chicago as City Remains a Warzone
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/biden-appointed-judge-with-soros-ties-blocks-national-guard-from-chicago-as-city-remains-a-warzone.html
— The World Owes Trump an Apology — and the Media Owes America the Truth
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/the-world-owes-trump-an-apology-and-the-media-owes-america-the-truth.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Trump’s doctor touts president’s ‘exceptional health’ after undergoing ‘semiannual physical’
https://nypost.com/2025/10/10/us-news/trumps-doctor-touts-presidents-exceptional-health-after-undergoing-physical/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Party like it’s 1859
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/10/party_like_it_s_1859.html
— The new asylums
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/10/the_new_asylums.html
BIZPAC REVIEW
— Chicago mayor predictably goes right to the race card after Trump calls for his arrest
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/10/09/chicago-mayor-predictably-goes-right-to-the-race-card-after-trump-calls-for-his-arrest-1591297/
BREITBART
— Chicago Residents Welcome Border Patrol in Contrast to Leftist Anti-ICE Radicals
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2025/10/10/watch-chicago-residents-welcome-border-patrol-in-contrast-to-leftist-anti-ice-radicals/amp/
— Illinois Teacher Arrested for Grooming, Sharing Explicit Content with Student
https://www.breitbart.com/education/2025/10/09/illinois-teacher-arrested-for-grooming-sharing-explicit-content-with-student/
FOX NEWS
— Trump declared in ‘excellent overall health’ by doctor after Walter Reed visit
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-declared-excellent-overall-health-doctor-after-walter-reed-visit
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Here’s How Chicago Has Been Putting Illegal Aliens Above American Citizens
https://www.westernjournal.com/chicago-putting-illegal-aliens-american-citizens/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
REUTERS
— Trump, 79, has “cardiac age” of 65-year-old, doctor says
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-79-get-second-medical-check-up-this-year-2025-10-10/
WPSD
— National Guard stands down in Illinois while troops patrol in Memphis with local police
https://www.wpsdlocal6.com/news/national-guard-stands-down-in-illinois-while-troops-patrol-in-memphis-with-local-police/article_e64452dd-d66e-4756-8bfb-5b5d68b98d6d.html
FORBES
— Tammy Duckworth And Dick Durbin Hand Out Water To Protesters Outside ICE Facility In Broadview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=um-D0rwfQus
October 10, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Chicago federal judge temporarily blocks National Guard deployment in Illinois. Ruling in effect for 14 days.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/national-guard-chicago-area-thursday-federal-court-weigh-trumps-deployment-troops-protect-ice-officers-broadview/17970024/
NBC5
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/ruling-pausing-national-guard-deployment-draws-praise-from-illinois-officials/3836419/
WGN9
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://wgntv.com/news/operation-midway-blitz/uic-students-protest-ice-detentions-after-viral-video-sparks-outrage/
FOX32
— Chicago immigration crackdown forces Argentina, Puerto Rico soccer match to relocate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Em_nCqD86ZI
WTTW
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion
https://news.wttw.com/2025/10/09/planned-parenthood-illinois-ceo-future-reproductive-care-amid-federal-threats
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: What helped you avoid leftist indoctrination? My parents sent me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools. My college majors were business, accounting, and finance.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/10/06/academic-neutrality-critical-thinking-texas-a-m-university-melissa-mccoul-akash-belsare
DAILY HERALD
— Scholarship brunch supports Latinx students at Elgin Community College. DD: My critics/opponents have always used my not getting any scholarships against me. They hint/imply/argue/shout that proves that I am stupid and/or that my parents were filthy rich.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251006/submitted-content/scholarship-brunch-supports-latinx-students-at-elgin-community-college/
WJBC
— Black Chicagoans Welcome ICE, National Guard Presence
https://www.wjbc.com/2025/10/09/report-black-chicagoans-welcome-ice-national-guard-presence/
CHALKBEAT
— DD: Democrat leaders do everything that they can to flood America with citizens of foreign countries.
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/10/09/chicago-mayor-has-not-appointed-noncitizen-advisory-board/
WHEATON PATCH
— DuPage Clerk Seeks Restraining Order; Says Over $230K Owed To Election Vendors. DuPage County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek is seeking a temporary restraining order for DuPage County to pay two election vendors.
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/dupage-clerk-seeks-restraining-order-says-over-230k-owed-election-vendors
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-609/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What do you say to those who harm those who help them. SEE: https://www.google.com/search?q=%22harm+those+who+help+you%22 I should write about those who I have helped the most, but who then have harmed me the most. I would focus on Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000.
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Chicago anti-ICE chaos only proves why National Guard is needed, Windy City Dem says
https://nypost.com/2025/10/09/us-news/chicago-anti-ice-chaos-proves-national-guard-is-needed-alderman-raymond-lopez/
AMERICAN THINKER
— The Left’s multicultural conquest
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/10/the_left_s_multicultural_conquest.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Black Chicagoans Welcome ICE and Military Protectors
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/10/09/black-chicagoans-welcome-ice-military-protectors/
BLAZE
— Turning Point USA to offer ‘All American Halftime Show’ alternative to NFL’s woke Super Bowl spectacle
https://www.theblaze.com/news/turning-point-usa-to-offer-all-american-halftime-show-as-alternative-to-nfls-deviant-super-bowl-spectacular
CAMPUS REFORM
— Harvard Sells DEI certificate for $14k
https://www.campusreform.org/article/harvard-sells-dei-certificate-14k/28748
COLLEGE FIX
— University of Minnesota hosts ‘Trans and Queer Strength group’ led by ‘certified queer personal trainer’
https://www.thecollegefix.com/uminn-hosts-trans-and-queer-strength-group-led-by-certified-queer-personal-trainer/
DAILY CALLER
— As Pritzker Tees Up Presidential Run, Time For A Look At His Real Record
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/07/opinion-as-pritzker-tees-up-presidential-run-time-for-a-look-at-his-real-record-diana-rickert/
DAILY WIRE
— Social Justice Warriors Shouldn’t Control West Point. The military’s biggest problem isn’t meeting diversity quotas; it’s restoring a warrior ethos to military culture.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/social-justice-warriors-shouldnt-control-west-point
FOX NEWS
— Trump could make non-essential federal workers permanently non-essential. DD: My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as having been a grossly overpaid non-essential federal employee. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6381623165112
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Chicago Mayor Won’t Answer if He’d Want Illegal Alien Who’d Raped, Beaten His Wife Deported
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/10/chicago-mayor-wont-answer-if-hed-want-illegal-alien-whod-raped-beaten-his-wife-deported/
MERCURY
— Tolerance of violence in US cities is stoking insurrection
https://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/the-mercury-south-africa/20251009/281535117187362
NEWSMAX
— Black Chicagoans Welcome ICE, National Guard Presence
https://www.newsmax.com/us/chicago-ice-national-guard/2025/10/09/id/1229739/
— Democrats Should Support Americans, Not Illegals
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/sean-duffy-government-shutdown/2025/10/09/id/1229755/
REAL CLEAR POLICY
— Illegal Immigrants Access Public Health Benefits
https://www.realclearpolicy.com/2025/10/09/of_course_illegal_immigrants_access_public_health_benefits_1139906.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Thursday said he would fire air traffic controllers who are skipping work because of the government shutdown.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5547946-duffy-threatens-fire-air-traffic-controllers-skip-work-shutdown/amp/
NBC NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-pop-culture/newfest-new-york-lgbtq-film-festival-rcna236232
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Blue states ever-increasingly reject federal law.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/us/politics/national-guard-governors.html
— DD: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the less protected that you are: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. That is because Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that those who are aforesaid discriminate against those who are liberal/moderate, non-Republican, non-American, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, poor, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/opinion/anthony-kennedy-supreme-court.html
— How Trump Is Using the Justice Department to Target His Enemies. DD: To get rid of me, my Democrat Post Office superiors disallowed my sick leave requests and forced me to resign. My Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my travel vouchers, disallowed my education deductions, and never promoted me beyond GS-12. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS, delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. They would not have done the aforesaid if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/10/07/us/politics/trump-enemies-justice-department-investigations.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Urban Crime Spike Is Real. A national victimization survey confirms Trump’s claim that U.S. cities have grown more dangerous.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-urban-crime-spike-is-real-555b7410
— Democrats Keep Shoveling Money at ObamaCare. It wasn’t supposed to cost hundreds of billions of tax dollars a year to make healthcare ‘affordable.’
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/democrats-keep-shoveling-money-at-obamacare-936c25f2
— Federal Workers and Troops to Miss Paychecks Soon. Here’s What to Know. Government shutdown means employees won’t get paid until standoff is resolved.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/government-shutdown-federal-employee-military-pay-72a842d1?mod=Searchresults&pos=1&page=1
PBS
— DD: What do your critics/opponents attribute your successes to? Mine attribute my successes to my benefitting from discrimination against minorities, females, younger people, veterans, LGBTQers, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, and those whose ancestors have been not been in America for a long time. In my defense, neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/pope-leo-condemns-economies-that-marginalize-the-poor-while-the-wealthy-live-in-a-bubble-of-luxury
October 9, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC5
— Chicago gang member charged with soliciting murder of Border Patrol commander
https://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/alleged-chicago-gang-member-charged-with-soliciting-murder-of-border-patrol-commander/3835142/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Village Mayor Gary Grasso learned law enforcement was in the area looking for someone — and he happened to witness the arrest. “I was very glad to see my government taking care of the people in Burr Ridge and keeping us safe, which is our number one job as an elected official,” Grasso said. “And when people put bounties on immigration officials or ATF officials, I mean, those people should be put in jail, and we should be cooperating with the people doing their job to put them in jail. And it’s a shame that people don’t recognize that these dedicated law enforcement people are doing their job, and now there’s bounties on them.”)
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— US Supreme Court hears arguments in GOP Illinois congressman’s mail-in ballots suit
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/08/supreme-court-arguments-illinois-congressman-mail-in-ballots-suit/
— U. of C. assistant professor Eman Abdelhadi faces felony charges following arrest at Broadview ICE facility
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/08/university-chicago-professor-arrest-broadview-ice-chicago-police-trump/
DAILY HERALD
— DD: Mainstream newspapers ever-increasingly exist a) to promote Pritzker and the Democrat Party platform and to elect and reelect Democrat candidates and b) to destroy Trump and the Republican Party platform and to defeat Republican candidates. For opposition research, I pay lots for money for full website access and doorstep delivery of the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Daily Herald, New York Times (7 days a week) , Wall Street Journal (6 days a week), USA Today (5 days a week), Naperville Sun (3 days a week), and Crain’s Chicago Business (1 day a week).
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251009/columns/the-meat-of-newspaper-week-is-in-what-happens-every-day/
SUBURBAN LIFE
— DD: Democrat leaders reveal details of DuPage No Kings protests. October 18 rallies will take place at several locations.
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/2025/10/02/organizers-reveal-details-of-dupage-no-kings-protests/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Protests are planned for nine intersections on Roosevelt Road in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Lombard and Villa Park. Additionally, a rally is scheduled in La Grange from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on La Grange Road between Cossitt and Goodman avenues. In Elmhurst, protestors plan to gather from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. but the location is undisclosed. In Bartlett, a rally is set for 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. near the Veterans Memorial at the southwest corner of Stearns and Bartlett roads. The protests are meant to show support for traditional democratic values, including fair elections, due process for all, economic equality and free speech, according to an Indivisible DuPage news release. “These values have faced ongoing challenges by the current Republican administration. Our protests are particularly meaningful at this time given the increased federal presence in Chicago and ICE raids currently taking place in the suburbs,” according to the release. Indivisible DuPage is planning the day of protests locally, along with organizations including the Glen Ellyn branch of the League of Women Voters, the College of DuPage Faculty Association and Indivisible Illinois. More than 2,000 No Kings 2.0 events are registered around the country by local pro-democracy groups, an increase from the first No Kings Day events. Other protests planned for the region include Joliet, Aurora, Bolingbrook, Geneva and Elgin.)
NEWS CHANNEL 20
— DD: Democrat leaders condemn Trump’s call to jail Gov. Pritzker, Mayor Johnson
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/illinois-lawmakers-condemn-trumps-call-to-jail-gov-pritzker-mayor-johnson
WAND TV
— Illinois teens drinking nearly twice the national average
https://www.wandtv.com/news/study-illinois-teens-drinking-nearly-twice-the-national-average/article_8ecc4fc1-0cf0-40cf-819a-2aba661b7cee.html
BURR RIDGE PATCH
— Grasso’s Name In Hinsdale D86 Legal Bills
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/burr-ridge-politicians-name-in-hinsdale-d86-legal-bills/ar-AA1JJ1Kb
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/09/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-608/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
TED DABROWSKI
— Pritzker’s reckless attack on federal law enforcement must end
https://mailchi.mp/tedforillinois/reckless-attack-314?e=c4ad197eda
ILINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— The Big Lie: Pritzker’s Reckless Rhetoric
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/10/the-big-lie-pritzkers-reckless-rhetoric/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Texas authorities arrest 8 more ‘fake doctors’ in illegal abortion clinic investigation
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/8/texas-authorities-arrest-8-fake-doctors-illegal-abortion-clinic/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Shutdown: Voters say Democrats did it for illegal immigrants
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-secrets/3842338/government-shutdown-poll-democrats-illegal-immigrant-healthcare/
NEW YORK POST
— The Dems are letting Antifa take over their cities — Trump is right to send federal troops to maintain order
https://nypost.com/2025/10/08/opinion/the-dems-are-letting-antifa-take-over-their-cities-trump-is-right-to-send-federal-troops-to-maintain-order/
AMAC
— Media Smears Stay-At-Home Moms as Nazis
https://amac.us/newsline/politics/media-smears-stay-at-home-moms-as-nazis/
— Historic Trump Success on Border Continues as Illegal Crossings Reach 55-Year Low
https://amac.us/newsline/national-security/breaking-historic-trump-success-on-border-continues-as-illegal-crossings-reach-55-year-low/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Illegal aliens: Unsafe at any speed
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/10/illegal_aliens_unsafe_at_any_speed.html
BREITBART
— Supreme Court Could Kill Voting Rights Act’s Affirmative-Action Gerrymandering, Give GOP 19 More Seats
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/08/redistricting-could-yield-19-more-gop-house-seats-potential-supreme-court-victory/
CHRISTIAN POST
— Louisiana has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Food & Drug Administration over allowing abortion pills to be mailed into the state from other states.
https://www.christianpost.com/news/louisiana-sues-trumps-fda-over-abortion-pill-mailing-rules.html
DAILY CALLER
— Co-Founder Of Degenerate Forum Reddit Admits It Wouldn’t Exist Without Illegal Immigration
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/08/alexis-ohanian-reddit-immigration-enforcement-censorship-donald-trump-serena-williams-comments/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Meet the ‘Worst of the Worst’ Criminals Arrested by ICE Agents Working for Free
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/10/08/exclusive-unpaid-ice-agents-continue-to-arrest-pedophiles-smugglers-thieves-as-shutdown-drags-on/
FOX NEWS
— Senate Democrats defy White House warnings, again block GOP bid to reopen government. Schumer says pressure on Republicans will force negotiations.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/senate-democrats-defy-white-house-warnings-again-block-gop-bid-reopen-government
— Abbott slams Pritzker for opposing National Guard deployment
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6382389613112
— Texas arrests 8 in widening probe of midwife accused of illegal abortions
https://www.foxnews.com/us/texas-arrests-8-widening-probe-midwife-accused-illegal-abortions
NEW AMERICAN
— Corrupt Woke Science Being Peddled in Government Schools
https://thenewamerican.com/video/newman/corrupt-woke-science-being-peddled-in-government-schools/
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Chicago Mayor Refuses to Answer If He Would Deport an Illegal Who Beat, Raped His Own Wife – Cracks Joke Instead
https://www.westernjournal.com/video-chicago-mayor-refuses-answer-deport-illegal-beat-raped-wife-cracks-joke-instead/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Reporter William Kelly teed up Johnson’s humiliating self-own by recounting a crime that occurred last month, in which an illegal alien from Nicaragua grabbed a woman on the street, bashed her head in, and raped her. “If that had been your wife, Stacie, would you want ICE to deport … that illegal alien? Yes or no?” Kelly asked. Instead of responding, Johnson made a snarky jab, claiming Kelly’s YouTube views had dropped recently. Kelly quipped that his social-media views were much higher than the mayor’s. The reporter then asked Johnson to answer his question. “Answer the question as a man — not as a mayor — but as a man,” Kelly reiterated. “Would you want ICE to deport that rapist?” Once again, Johnson refused to respond. “No? Okay, that’s the answer,” Kelly said. Kelly also ripped Johnson for his frivolous race-baiting, saying the minorities he has spoken to are furious that their mayor prioritizes foreign invaders over Chicago residents. “The real Chicagoans that I talk to, that I communicate with — mostly black and brown, actually — tell me that you don’t seem to know the difference between illegal aliens and real Chicago citizens,” Kelly told Johnson. “They feel that you are siding with the illegal aliens over them in their communities.” As a reminder, Johnson has repeatedly claimed Trump’s move to deploy the National Guard to eradicate crime in Chicago is racist. This flippant invocation of the overused “Race Card” is ironic, since Johnson is under federal investigation for admitting he usually hires black people because they’re the “most generous race” on Earth. As is usually the case when it comes to Democrats, every accusation is a confession. So when left-wing foghorns such as Brandon Johnson call someone “racist,” they’re merely projecting their own racism onto their opponents in order to silence them. Reporter William Kelly is correct: Johnson and his Democratic comrades constantly prioritize the welfare of third-world foreign invaders over the safety of law-abiding, taxpaying American citizens. This toxic, unpatriotic trend must be stopped before this nation devolves into a third-world dumping ground for unvetted armies of illegal aliens who show open contempt for the United States.)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Texas National Guard troops now protecting federal property in Chicago area
https://apnews.com/article/national-guard-troops-illinois-memphis-chicago-bbb5801b127897639ab5ae5b8c9ff766
NBC NEWS
— The policy divide between blue and red states keeps widening. Americans are facing increasingly different realities on issues ranging from vaccines to abortion to guns, based on what part of the country they live in. DD: Ever-increasingly, if you raise your children in a blue state, anticipate/expect that their Democrat teachers will make them anti-parent, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-non-poor people, anti-heterosexual people, anti-married people, anti-traditional marriage and family, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, boozers. gamblers, stoners, and even worse things.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/policy-divide-blue-red-states-keeps-widening-rcna230162
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: What has helped you pay for your health insurance premiums? For me, it has been my taking federal jobs 1966-1969 and 1971-1997 that my peers ether a) failed/refused to qualify themselves for or b) simply refused to take. The federal government pays 72% of my and my wife’s health insurance premiums because I am a retired federal employee. I qualified myself for my Post Office job in 1966 by taking and passing the postal employment examination and earning a high school diploma. I qualified myself for my IRS job in 1971 by taking and passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination and earning a job-related bachelor’s degree. I qualified myself for my GAO in 1980 job by earning a job-related master’s degree and passing the CPA examination on my first attempt.
https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000010441604/the-gops-cynical-ridiculous-shutdown-attack.html
— Trump Fires Black Officials From an Overwhelmingly White Administration. Separately, in the administration’s first 200 days, only two of 98 Senate-confirmed appointees to the most senior jobs in government were Black. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors forced me retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 and replaced me with my Black subordinate who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had one professional certification while I had six, and had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/us/politics/black-leaders-trump.html
— Trump Seizes On Shutdown to Punish Political Foes. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors seized on Gingrich budget cuts to get rid of GAO employees like me who were Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who were in America for a long time. I should write about that.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/us/politics/trump-shutdown-punish-foes.html
— DD: Constructively, Blue States have declared a Second Civil War against Red states. Illegals are soldiers in the Blue State Army.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/us/politics/national-guard-governors.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Texas National Guard troops are active in Chicago area. Around 200 Texas National Guard soldiers and 300 soldiers from the Illinois National Guard will protect ICE agents and federal property.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/09/trump-national-guard-chicago-texas-troops/
— Trump builds case for deploying National Guard to Chicago, Portland. The president said he would pursue designating antifa a “foreign terrorist organization” and called for Democratic officials in Chicago to be jailed.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/08/trump-chicago-jail-johnson-pritzker/
USA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. How much success have Democrat leaders had making everyone sexually active LGBTQers in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2025/10/08/supreme-court-gay-conversion-therapy-trans-rights/86549177007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— High-on-pot drivers are contributing to more highway accident deaths. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/marijuana-car-crash-deaths-study-wright-state-university-0f762ca1
— Pence: Make HHS and FDA Pro-Life Again. Approval of generic mifepristone is why I warned against RFK Jr.’s appointment.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/make-hhs-and-fda-pro-life-again-ff9e1b21
— Quitters. DD: I should write about the many big adverse actions that my superiors took to get me to quit. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-dow-sp-500-nasdaq-10-08-2025/card/americans-used-to-be-quitters-k2CcwiFyVg41tbFmTAgq
— DD: As Democrat teachers ever-increasingly promote the Democrat Party platform, American students ever-increasingly fall further behind.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/nobel-prizes-science-american-immigrants-trump-administration-960b18e3
BUSINESS WIRE
— DD: Why did you get hired instead of others? I qualified myself for my Post Office job in 1966 by taking and passing the postal employment examination and earning a high school diploma. I qualified myself for my IRS job in 1971 by taking and passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination and earning a job-related bachelor’s degree. I qualified myself for my GAO in 1980 job by earning a job-related master’s degree and passing the CPA examination on my first attempt.
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250429970865/en/New-Research-Finds-the-Most-Likable-Candidate-Gets-the-JobEven-If-Theyre-Not-the-Most-Qualified
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— DD: Because Republicans do better when hiring, retention, and promotion decisions are merit based, Democrats oppose merit based hiring, retention, and promotion decisions. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran.
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/05/opm-merit-hiring-plan-includes-bipartisan-reforms-politicized-new-test/405687/
RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Government Shutdown: 49% Say Democrats Did It for Illegal Aliens
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration_second_term/government_shutdown_49_say_democrats_did_it_for_illegal_aliens
ACLU
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push women into combat
https://www.aclu.org/news/womens-rights/pete-hegseth-wants-women-out-of-the-military-and-hes-not-hiding-it
NEW WAYS MINISTRY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope to promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.newwaysministry.org/2025/10/09/pope-francis-lgbtq-welcome-is-needed-now-more-than-ever/
October 8, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Pritzker says President Trump deploying troops to Chicago due to ‘dementia’ and obsessive fixations
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/gov-jb-pritzker-says-president-233400557.html
— DD: Hate-filled conservative-hating conservative haters dominate Illinois. Anticipate/expect that they will ever-increasingly promote more hatred against conservatives.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/08/opinion-fired-social-media-posts-charlie-kirk-cancel-culture/
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/06/column-charles-selle-banned-booksrevolutionary-act/
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: DD: Lake County Democrats ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251007/news/great-fear-and-uncertainty-lake-county-leaders-speak-out-against-escalating-ice-operations/
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251007/editorials/daily-herald-editorial-a-war-of-words-we-need-leaders-to-tone-down-the-rhetoric-before-things-get/
ABC7
— Insurrection Act explained: How 1807 law could be used as Trump deploys National Guard in Chicago
https://abc7chicago.com/post/what-is-insurrection-act-1807-us-president-donald-trump-threatens-law-heres-how-been-used-could-work-2025/17959363/
FOX32
— Trump says Johnson, Pritzker ‘should be in jail’ for not protecting ICE
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-brandon-johnson-pritzker-ice
GO PRIDE CHICAGO
— Protest planned Oct. 8 downtown Chicago as Texas troops enter Illinois
https://chicago.gopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/139873329
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/08/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-607/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
JOHN KASS
— Confederate Chaos in Chicago
https://johnkassnews.com/confederate-chaos-in-chicago/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Cuban-led caravan en route to Mexico City as Trump policies deter migrants from US
https://nypost.com/2025/10/07/world-news/cuban-led-caravan-en-route-to-mexico-city-as-trump-policies-deter-migrants-from-us/
— Parents flex their power with anti-woke ‘Cancel Netflix’ boycott
https://nypost.com/2025/10/07/opinion/parents-flex-their-power-with-anti-woke-cancel-netflix-boycott/
AMAC
— HIJACKED: The Radical Left Takeover of the Democrat Party
https://amac.us/newsline/politics/hijacked-the-radical-left-takeover-of-the-democrat-party-amac-magazine-exclusive/
— Charlie Kirk: America Must Choose: MAGA or Mamdani-ism
https://publication.amac.us/view/864872783/8/
— Netflix in Crisis as Subscribers Flee Over Woke Kids Shows
https://amac.us/newsline/politics/netflix-in-crisis-as-subscribers-flee-over-woke-kids-shows/
BLAZE
— 8 things Chicago has done to put illegal immigrants first
https://www.theblaze.com/news/chicago-helping-illegal-aliens-history
BREITBART
— Speaker Johnson Shows What Democrats Are Demanding in Order to Reopen Government: Taxpayer-Funded Illegal Alien Health Care, $1.5 Trillion in Partisan Spending
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/07/speaker-johnson-shows-what-democrats-are-demanding-to-reopen-government-taxpayer-funded-illegal-alien-health-care-1-5-trillion-partisan-spending/
— Democrat Spending Proposal Funds Woke Programs, Upends Trump Executive Order to End Crime, Fix Homeless Crisis
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/07/democrat-spending-proposal-funds-woke-programs-upends-trump-executive-order-to-end-crime-fix-homeless-crisis/
FOX NEWS
— Trump drives the shutdown coverage, but leaderless Democrats have broken through with healthcare message. White House stays above the fray as congressional leadership dukes it out.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-drives-shutdown-coverage-leaderless-democrats-have-broken-through-healthcare-message
— You never see the left fight this hard for Americans
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6382230908112
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Trump Calls for Chicago Mayor, Illinois Governor to Be Jailed
https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-10-08/trump-calls-for-chicago-mayor-illinois-governor-to-be-jailed
ASSOCIAED PRESS
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly side with their criminals and with their illegals against America.
https://apnews.com/photo-gallery/national-guard-deployment-portland-chicago-084e526027510d3f7501f475f737bc81
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal drugs.
https://apnews.com/article/trinidad-us-military-venezuela-strikes-fishing-fcd24c441f58162b811a24b247334fc5
REUTERS
— Trump’s threat to invoke Insurrection Act escalates showdown with Democratic cities
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trumps-threat-invoke-insurrection-act-escalates-showdown-with-democratic-cities-2025-10-07/
CNN
— Trump compares Democrats to ‘insurrectionists’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twCZMMIp4IQ
— India has a festival where a Hindu goddess slays a demon. This year the demon is Trump. DD: In WWIII, will India side with China and Russia or with America?
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/08/india/india-hindu-festival-demon-trump-intl-hnk-dst
MSNBC
— DD: Democrat leaders say “Neighbors push back as Trump’s ICE army terrorizes Chicago suburbs.” Those who run the mainstream news media are Democrat leaders.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dx266qOOic
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Chicago Democrats ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/us/fear-ice-chicago.html
— National Guard Troops Assemble in Chicago Area as Trump Officials Make Visits. Troops from Texas arrived in Illinois and are expected to deploy in the Chicago area on Wednesday, a U.S. military official said. Officials there and in Portland, Ore., are trying to block the deployments in court.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10/07/us/trump-national-guard-illinois-texas
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly replace citizens of America with citizens of foreign countries.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/us/politics/trump-h-1b-visa-fee-universities.html
— Supreme Court to Consider Illinois Mail-In Balloting Lawsuit. The case, one of several challenges to mail-in ballot rules lodged by allies of President Trump, involves an effort to exclude votes received after Election Day.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/us/politics/supreme-court-mail-ballots-illinois.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/us/politics/texas-lgbtq-schools.html
— Shutdown Politics Has G.O.P. Singing Government’s Praises. As Republicans try to pin blame for shutdown damage on Democrats, they are hailing a federal bureaucracy they normally bash as wasteful and overreaching. DD: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/us/politics/shutdown-republicans-trump-government.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump declares English the official language
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/08/trump-univision-youtube/
USA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration and abortion
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2025/09/16/trump-immigration-14th-amendment-supreme-court/85977588007/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: $1.5M is a retirement ‘magic number.’ Here’s how long it lasts in every state. DD: My retirement income and savings are dramatically less because my Democrat superiors in the deferral government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/10/06/retirement-savings-social-security-florida-arizona/86550681007/
BOSTON HERALD
— Democrats’ dream, America’s nightmare
https://www.bostonherald.com/2025/10/08/howie-carr-democrats-dream-americas-nightmare/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Oct. 7 Warning for the U.S. on China. Israel got complacent, thinking war would never come. Are we doing the same with Taiwan?
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-oct-7-warning-for-the-u-s-on-china-5a60023a
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
— 6 Red Flags That Keep Good Candidates from Getting Hired. DD: From what I see, ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the less likely that you will be hired: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or if you have ancestors who had been in America for a lone time. I should write about that.
https://hbr.org/2025/10/6-red-flags-that-keep-good-candidates-from-getting-hired
INC.
— DD: What did you do that your superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates did not do? Mine did not earn job-related master’s degrees, professional certifications, and a professional license like I did. Instead. they focused on helping their superiors get rid of their employees like me who were conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a lone time. I should write about that. I would focus on those who took the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.inc.com/roy-dekel/stop-caring-about-college-degrees-when-youre-hiring/91249033
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Trump Officials Reportedly Discussing Selling Off Student Loans. DD: If you got a student loan, a) you did not work your way through college, b) your GPA should have been higher, c) you should have gotten a job that required a college degree faster, and d) your pay should have been higher. I did not get a student loan. My GPA was lower because I spent far too many hours washing dishes and delivering mail instead of studying. I did not get a job that required a college degree until 10 months after I graduated and my salary was only $55,850/year in today’s dollars.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2025/10/08/trump-officials-reportedly-discussing-selling-student-loans
— DD: For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats. My parents sent me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools. That put me on track to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree (management), b) three job related master’s degrees (business, accounting, and finance), c) six job-related professional certifications (accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting), and d) a job-related professional license (CPA).
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/governance/executive-leadership/2025/10/08/how-trumps-compact-threatens-higher-ed-funding
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— House Republicans advance plan to undermine civil service protections. DD: If you are a federal employee, the more of the following that you are, the fewer protections that you have: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-veteran, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. The Democrats who run the federal government get rid of federal employees who are the aforesaid because they vote for Republicans.
https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2025/04/house-republicans-advance-plan-cut-federal-worker-benefits-and-undermine-civil-service-protections/404969/
DAILY KOS
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that conservatives cause all the problems that Blacks have.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/10/7/2347210/-Black-Kos-It-doesn-t-have-to-be-Black-History-month-to-learn-and-celebrate-Black-History
AXIOS
— DD: Do you know any past or present federal employees or retirees? I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. I have been a federal retiree for 28 years. I should write about the attitude that people have toward federal employees and retirees. Overwhelmingly, they believe that federal employees are overpaid, their benefits are too generous, and that federal pensions are too generous. In my defense, while I was a federal employee, 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 today’s dollars, my federal salary increased from $19.37/hour to $153,151/year. My Civil Service Retirement System Pension is $66,780/year.
https://www.axios.com/2025/10/07/government-shutdown-federal-workers
October 7, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Mayor Johnson says ‘Trump declared war on Chicago’ as Texas National Guard troops arrive in suburbs. Questions surround what the National Guard’s role will be in the Chicago area.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-national-guard-patrol-chicago-area-troops-depart-texas-trump-threatens-use-insurrection-act/17956187/
— Chicago anarchist website is targeting ICE agents, facilities
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-anarchist-website-targeting-agents-facilities-law-enforcement-security-bulletins-say/17953253/
— Air traffic staffing shortage hits O’Hare amid government shutdown; delays possible
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-ohare-delays-possible-amid-air-traffic-controller-shortage-government-shutdown-continues/17959136/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/north-suburban-residents-congressman-brad-schneider-speak-escalating-immigration-enforcement-lake-county/17958114/
NBC5
— Ground delay issued at O’Hare Airport due to staffing shortages. A shortage of air traffic controllers also led to delays at airports in Boston, Philadelphia, Nashville, Houston, Chicago and Las Vegas, the FAA said.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/ground-delay-issued-at-ohare-airport-due-to-staffing-issues/3835020/
— White House looks for a loophole in the law that ensures federal workers get paid after a shutdown. The memo suggests furloughed workers are not entitled to back pay, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/white-house-looks-for-loophole-in-law-ensuring-federal-workers-get-paid-after-a-shutdown/3834851/
— National Guard troops appear to arrive in a Chicago suburb. A spokesperson for an Illinois congresswoman with knowledge of the situation confirmed troops had arrived at the Elwood U.S. Army Reserve, located about 50 miles outside of Chicago.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/national-guard-troops-have-arrived-in-a-chicago-suburb-officials-say/3834871/
CBS2
— Texas National Guard members arrive in Illinois, troops could begin assignments Wednesday
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/texas-national-guard-deploying-not-clear-illinois/
— Broadview mayor signs order limiting protest times outside ICE facility
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/broadview-mayor-executive-order-protest-times-ice-facility/
WGN9
— White House memo argues furloughed workers not guaranteed back pay
https://wgntv.com/news/white-house-memo-argues-furloughed-workers-not-guaranteed-backpay/
FOX32
— University of Chicago professor charged with felonies after ICE protests in Broadview
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/university-chicago-professor-charged-felonies-ice-protests-broadview
WBEZ
— Texas National Guard members arrive at Chicago area military training facility. Military troops arrived at an Elwood training center after weeks of threats from President Donald Trump’s administration, over the objections of local leaders.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/10/07/national-guard-chicago-texas-jb-pritzker-donald-trump-elwood-will-county
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Texas National Guard arrives in the Chicago area
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/07/national-guard-arrives-chicago-illinois/
— Mayor Brandon Johnson says federal agents who break city law should be charged with crime. DD: Federal law trumps state and local law.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/07/mayor-brandon-johnson-federal-agents-break-city-law-charged-crime/
— Oak Park elected officials stand against ICE after township trustee Juan Munoz detained in Broadview
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/07/oak-park-officials-stand-against-ice/
— Back of the Yards activists call on shopping plaza to block ICE operations on their property
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/07/back-of-the-yards-ice-immigration/
— Oak Park vote to protect gender affirming care generates community debate
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/07/oak-park-gender-affirming-care-discussion/
— Waukegan mayor intercedes in Border Patrol arrest
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/07/waukegan-mayor-ice-arrest/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Texas National Guard members arrive at Chicago area military training facility. Military troops arrived at an Elwood training center after weeks of threats from President Donald Trump’s administration, over the objections of local leaders.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/07/national-guard-chicago-texas-jb-pritzker-donald-trump-elwood-will-county
— Federal workers in Chicago feeling ‘emotionally exhausted’ from government shutdown. Three workers who spoke with the Sun-Times said they haven’t been furloughed, but they’ve dealt with uncertainties and fragmented coordination since the federal government shut down Oct. 1.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/10/07/federal-workers-in-chicago-feeling-emotionally-exhausted-from-government-shutdown
— Broadview mayor signs executive order setting fixed protest hours outside ICE facility. Broadview mayor signs executive order setting fixed protest hours outside ICE facility. The new protest hours are from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily, citing public safety concerns, according to the executive order. Protests have popped up almost daily outside the ICE facility since President Donald Trump’s deportation campaign ramped up last month. DD: Protesters do not pop up, they do what their Democrat leaders tell them to do.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/06/broadview-mayor-signs-executive-order-setting-fixed-protest-hours-outside-ice-facility
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their criminals and their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2025/10/07/expert-says-threats-of-militarization-and-immigration-enforcement-fuel-anxieties
DAILY HERALD
— Texas National Guard troops mobilize in Chicago region
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251007/nation-and-world-politics/texas-national-guard-troops-mobilize-in-chicago-region/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— U.S. shutdown creates air traffic delays at O’Hare
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/airlines-airports/us-shutdown-creates-air-traffic-delays-chicago
— Trump weighs Insurrection Act as National Guard arrives near Chicago
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/trump-weighs-insurrection-act-troops-reach-chicago
— DD: Chicago business groups (Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce, Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and Civic Federation) ever-increasingly fight to protect their criminals and their illegals.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/chicago-biz-groups-push-back-trump-national-guard-plan
— Meet Crain’s 40 Under 40 class of 2025. DD: The list includes Greg Hart. What did you accomplish by the time you were 40? By the time I was 33 in 1982, I had become a licensed CPA, passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, earned an MBA from Loyola, and earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/awards/meet-crains-40-under-40-class-2025
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/abortion-will-continue-be-legal-illinois-feigenholtz-op-ed
SOUTHEN
— Air traffic controllers working without pay begin to call out sick, leading to flight cancellations and delays nationwide
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/10/07/air-traffic-controllers-working-without-pay-begin-to-call-out-sick-leading-to-flight-cancellations-and-delays-nationwide/
HERALD WHIG
— Dabrowski encouraged by response of area Republicans to his candidacy
https://www.whig.com/news/elections/dabrowski-encouraged-by-response-of-area-republicans-to-his-candidacy/article_4ba2da5d-7666-4ec4-a9dd-95457da61746.html
COD COURIER
— Political Post Sparks Local Controversy for Glen Ellyn Pizzeria Owner. The owner of Pie Life Pizzeria, Joe Smith, has faced backlash after he made a post following Charlie Kirk’s death, and a Republican organization has called attention to it.
https://codcourier.org/political-post-sparks-local-controversy-for-glen-ellyn-pizzeria-owner/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In the post, shared on Smith’s personal Facebook account within 24 hours of Kirk’s death, he wrote, “Play Nazi games, win Nazi prizes.” The comment quickly spread through social media after the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) reposted it. A community member notified the Republican organization of this post, so they reposted a photo of Smith and his original post and wrote, “Everyone meet Joe. Joe owns ‘Pie Life Pizzeria’ on Roosevelt Rd. in Glen Ellyn. Joe has a lot of opinions and loves airing them on social media. Well, we want to make sure Joe gets his message out to the folks of Glen Ellyn so they know what he stands for. The post received dozens of reactions and comments from community members. Some called for others to stop supporting the restaurant, with one user writing, “Making this viral so all can boycott this guy,” and another asking, “So are there any other East Coast-style pizza places near Wheaton that at the very least keep their political opinions to themselves and make good pizza?” Smith has also stated that he has received voicemails leaving fake pizza orders followed by threatening messages. The Republican organization chairman, Jeff Castle, later described Smith’s comment as “extremely inappropriate and disgusting,” saying that any language which appears to justify, excuse or minimize political violence is wholly unacceptable in civil society. “The MTRO believes that community leaders and business owners have a responsibility to uphold higher standards, as their public remarks carry significant influence and reflect upon the values of the communities they serve,” Castle said. However, the group emphasized that it did not call for a boycott of Pie Life Pizzeria but rather wanted to inform.)
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/07/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-398/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
TED DABROWSKI
— Dabrowski/Mendoza Campaign Recognizes October 7th as Jewish Day of Remembrance
https://tedforillinois.com/#news
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Diane Harris Announces Candidacy for Republican Nomination for Secretary of State
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/07/diane-harris-announces-candidacy-for-republican-nomination-for-secretary-of-state/
— Fifteen-Minute Video of the Weekend Protests in Chicago, Complete with Illinois State Police in Action
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/07/fifteen-minute-video-of-the-weekend-protests-in-chicago-complete-with-illinois-state-police-in-action/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Republicans label Democrats ‘liars’ amid public safety, shutdown debate
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_92375672-7c91-4ea0-9347-36a56426a5b4.html
CHICAGO CONTRARIAN
— Political Pandering Won’t Heal Chicago’s Black Community DD: To get more votes from Blacks, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that conservatives cause all the problems that Blacks have.
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/political-pandering-chicago-black-community
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Attorney General Bondi challenges Democrats to let go of ‘hate’ for Trump
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/7/attorney-general-bondi-challenges-democrats-let-go-hate-trump/
— Trump blasts ‘absolutely ridiculous’ Bad Bunny pick for Super Bowl
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/7/trump-blasts-absolutely-ridiculous-bad-bunny-pick-super-bowl/
— Americans, tragically, immorally, are turning against Israel
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/7/americans-tragically-immorally-turning-israel/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Brandon Johnson’s Civil War rhetoric is deranged
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3840918/brandon-johnson-civil-war-rhetoric-deranged/
— Trump pushes back decision on federal employee mass firings by ‘four or five days’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3840751/trump-federal-employee-mass-firings-decision-delayed-four-or-five-days/
— The 1619 Project’s fingerprints are all over the Smithsonian’s African American museum
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/3839578/1619-project-fingerprints-smithsonian-african-american-museum/
NEW YORK POST
— ICE on track to deport 600K migrants in 2025, 2 million have left: ‘Just the beginning’
https://nypost.com/2025/10/07/us-news/trumps-ice-on-track-to-deport-600k-migrants-in-2025-2-million-have-left-the-country-dhs-says/
— Charlie Kirk and George Floyd’s shared day exposes America’s fault lines
https://nypost.com/2025/10/07/opinion/charlie-kirk-george-floyds-shared-day-exposes-americas-fault-lines/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Whoopi doles out bizarre tip to help illegals avoid ICE at the Super Bowl
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/10/07/whoopi-doles-out-bizarre-tip-to-help-illegals-avoid-ice-at-the-super-bowl-1590714/
BREITBART
— Democrats Want ICE Investigated After Agents Arrest Illegal Aliens in Chicago
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/07/democrats-want-ice-investigated-after-agents-arrest-illegal-aliens-in-chicago/
COLLEGE FIX
— Black student alliance hosts day-long celebration for cop killer Assata Shakur
https://www.thecollegefix.com/black-student-alliance-hosts-day-long-celebration-for-cop-killer-assata-shakur/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Bondi Clashes With Illinois’ Durbin Over Sending National Guard Troops to Chicago
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/10/07/bondi-dunks-durbin-discusses-law-enforcement/
EPOCH TIMES
— Link Between Transgenderism and Violence in Spotlight. Shootings by transgender individuals raise concern over convergence of mental illness, medication, and radicalization.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/link-between-transgenderism-and-violence-in-spotlight-5921088
FOX NEWS
— Bondi clashes with Durbin on National Guard deployment: ‘Love Chicago as much as you hate President Trump.’ Illinois’ governor and Chicago’s mayor have sued to block federal troops from being sent to the city.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bondi-clashes-durbin-national-guard-deployment-love-chicago-much-you-hate-president-trump
— Far-left University of Chicago professor charged with violent felonies during anti-ICE riots in Broadview. Eman Abdelhadi faces two counts of aggravated battery to government employee and resisting arrest charges.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/far-left-university-chicago-professor-charged-violent-felonies-during-anti-ice-riots-broadview
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly equate their illegals with their slaves.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/former-msnbc-host-joy-reid-claims-illegals-new-n-word-republicans
NEWSMAX
— Portland Unrest Is ‘Pure Insurrection’
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/donald-trump-portland-insurrection/2025/10/06/id/1229288/
PJ MEDIA
— Yes, They Are Trying to Replace Us. Let Me Show You Their Plan.
https://pjmedia.com/kevindowneyjr/2025/10/07/yes-they-are-trying-to-replace-us-let-me-show-you-their-plan-n4944590
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— AG Pam Bondi vs. Illinois Sen. Durbin: “If You’re Not Going To Protect Your Citizens, President Trump Will”
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/10/07/ag_pam_bondi_vs_illinois_sen_durbin_.html
— What Would You Call An Organized Campaign Of Violence To Disable A Law Enforcement Agency, Other Than Domestic Terrorism?
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/10/07/stephen_miller_what_would_you_call_an_organized_campaign_of_violence_to_disable_a_law_enforcement_agency_other_than_domestic_terrorism.html
REAL CLEAR WIRE
— The Progressive Flight From Reality
https://realclearwire.com/articles/2025/10/03/the_progressive_flight_from_reality_153363.html
TOWNHALL
— Trump Sent in the Troops – Now the State Is Suing
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeff-charles/2025/10/06/illinois-chicago-sue-trump-administration-over-national-guard-deployment-n2664527
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Pritzker: Some Republicans talking about ‘breaking away’ from Trump
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5542794-pritzker-republicans-breaking-trump/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Pritzker is about as qualified to talk about Republican Party thinking as he is to give fitness advice,” White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson said.)
October 7, 2025
WHITE HOUSE
— Chicago Mayor’s “ICE-Free Zones” Shield Violent Criminal Illegals, Abandon Citizens
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/10/chicago-mayors-ice-free-zones-shield-violent-criminal-illegals-abandon-citizens/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Illinois National Guard to patrol Chicago area, as troops depart from Texas
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-national-guard-patrol-chicago-area-troops-depart-texas-trump-threatens-use-insurrection-act/17956187/
— Tracking surge in immigration enforcement operations
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/chicago-federal-intervention-latest-president-trumps-immigration-enforcement-possible-national-guard-deployment-live-updates/17758521/
— Trump threatens use of Insurrection Act
https://abc7chicago.com/post/gov-jb-pritzker-address-trumps-effort-deploy-national-guard-illinois-pentagon-authorizes-chicago-mission/17949147/
WGN9
— Federal troops headed to Illinois as lawsuit against Trump administration seeks to halt deployment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmZOxBw6k7g
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago gang member solicited murder of Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/06/chicago-gang-member-solicited-murder-bovino/
— ‘Our people hire our people’: Long before DOJ probe into Mayor Brandon Johnson, racial politics coursed through City Hall hiring. DD: The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/25/mayor-brandon-johnson-racial-politics-city-hall-hiring/
— Chicago can’t shrug off the unease random attacks create
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/07/editorial-chicago-random-attacks-women-mental-health/
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight assimilation. All my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany during the 1840s and 1850s. Their slow assimilation held them back. All my grandparents spoke German. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/06/cps-hispanic-heritage-month/
DAILY HERALD
— DD: For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats. I never became a Democrat even though I earned a bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees. Democrat efforts to make me a Democrat were frustrated my majoring in management, business, accounting, and finance.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251007/syndicated-columnists/trumps-latest-invitation-to-universities/
— DD: The Democrat Party platform ever-increasingly promotes more poverty and crime.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251006/news/cold-comfort-new-cooler-freezer-help-palatine-food-pantry-fight-food-insecurity/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Illinois diversity commission’s budget ballooning but results lag. DD: Democrats and RINOs use diversity to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_05a70ee4-5c31-4ac2-a881-96f4f779be65.html
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— 27 Police Officers Among Those Injured By Tear Gas During Weekend Protest, Chicago’s Top Cop Says. Police Supt. Larry Snelling also disputed the claim pushed by federal officials that Chicago police ignored calls for help during a chaotic scene Saturday afternoon in Brighton Park.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/06/27-police-officers-among-those-injured-by-tear-gas-during-weekend-protest-chicagos-top-cop-says/
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/07/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-606/
— Selected press releases. DD: It would be great if Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders in Illinois would include diersen@aol.com on their press release lists and their press advisory lists.
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/07/selected-press-releases-live-updates-308/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Ugaste Previews Fall Veto Session
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/07/ugaste-previews-fall-veto-session/
— Press Release about Chicago ICE Arrests
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/06/press-release-about-chicago-ice-arrests/
— Can One Believe One’s Lying Eyes, Officers under Attack? Did or Didn’t Chicago Police Refuse to Assist Ice
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/06/can-one-believe-ones-lying-eyes/
— Fox River Grove Planning To Cut Electric Tax
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/06/fox-river-grove-planning-to-cut-electric-tax/
— Homeland Security Claims Pritzker Is Lying
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/06/homeland-security-claims-pritzker-is-lying/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Illinois Democrats escalate confrontation with Trump’s ICE sweeps, National Guard deployments
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/6/illinois-sues-stop-trump-sending-national-guard/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Campuses Brace for Pro-Hamas Protests on Anniversary of Oct. 7
https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/campuses-brace-for-pro-hamas-protests
AMAC
— Rotten Core of Public Education on Full Display With Illegal Alien Superintendent
https://amac.us/newsline/politics/rotten-core-of-public-education-on-full-display-with-illegal-alien-superintendent/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— ‘Woke’ Pope digs at Trump in call for open borders: ‘New missionary age.’ DD: Mass/illegal immigration will destroy America.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/10/06/woke-pope-digs-at-trump-in-call-for-open-borders-new-missionary-age-1590407/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Pope Leo XIV did not mention President Trump by name, but it was clear to many who heard his address to Catholics on Sunday that he was taking a shot at U.S. immigration policies. Conservative Catholics, hopeful that the new pope, who was elected in May, would not be as far-left as his predecessor, the late Pope Francis, were sorely disappointed as Sunday’s Mass in St. Peter’s Square took on political overtones. Days after criticizing the Trump administration’s immigration policies, Leo urged the thousands gathered for the service – and Catholics around the globe – to open their “arms and hearts” to migrants, not distinguishing between legal and illegal immigration. The first pope to have been born in the United States, Leo said migrants must not be treated with “the coldness of indifference or the stigma of discrimination.” He urged Catholics to “open our arms and hearts to them, welcoming them as brothers and sisters, and being for them a presence of consolation and hope.” “On Sunday, the pope said the global Church was experiencing ‘a new missionary age’ in which it was tasked with offering ‘hospitality and welcome, compassion and solidarity’ to migrants fleeing violence or searching for a safe place to live,” Reuters reported. “In the communities of ancient Christian tradition, such as those of the West, the presence of many brothers and sisters from the world’s South should be welcomed as an opportunity, through an exchange that renews the face of the Church,” he said, speaking from a prepared text. The Pope’s official account on X has also made his thoughts quite clear on the issue. Last week, the Pope appeared to take a jab at Trump when speaking with reporters. “Someone who says I am against abortion but I am in agreement with the inhuman treatment of immigrants in the United States, I don’t know if that’s pro-life,” Leo said. “I would reject that there is inhumane treatment of illegal immigrants in the United States under this administration,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt fired back. “There was, however, significant, inhumane treatment of illegal immigrants in the previous administration as they were being trafficked and raped and beaten, in many cases killed over our United States southern border.” The Pope’s latest swipe against US immigration policy earned heated criticism on social media.
BREITBART
— Abbott Defies Pritzker, Greenlights Trump’s Texas National Guard Deployment to Sanctuary States
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/06/abbott-defies-pritzker-greenlights-trumps-texas-national-guard-deployment-to-sanctuary-states/
— White House Highlights ‘Predators’ Taken Off Chicago Streets Thanks to ICE
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/06/white-house-highlights-predators-taken-off-chicago-streets-thanks-ice/amp/
CATHOLIC NEWS AGENCY
— California law allowing anonymous abortion pill prescriptions endangers women
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/266975/california-law-allowing-anonymous-abortion-pill-prescriptions-endangers-women-experts-say
COLLEGE FIX
— Colorado State U. renamed DEI programs to give ‘illusion’ of compliance
https://www.thecollegefix.com/colorado-state-u-renamed-dei-programs-to-give-illusion-of-compliance-complaint/
— Trump admin ends taxpayer-funded education scholarships, loans for illegal immigrants
https://www.thecollegefix.com/trump-admin-ends-taxpayer-funded-education-scholarships-loans-for-illegal-immigrants/
DAILY CALLER
— America’s Defense Giants Are Fueling Wokeness – And Undermining Our Military Readiness
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/07/opinion-americas-defense-giants-are-fueling-wokeness-and-undermining-our-military-readiness-dustin-devito/
FOX NEWS
— Chicago’s ‘ICE-free zones’ endanger operations, embolden protesters. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order barring ICE from using city parking lots and garages for operations.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/federal-agent-says-chicagos-ice-free-zones-endanger-operations-embolden-protesters
— DHS chief slams ‘violent anarchists,’ pledges full support for federal agents
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/first-fox-dhs-chief-slams-violent-anarchists-pledges-full-support-federal-agents.amp
— Pope Leo says family based on ‘union between a man and a woman,’ defends dignity of unborn.
https://www.foxnews.com/world/pope-leo-says-family-based-union-between-man-woman-defends-dignity-unborn
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Colleges Boost Illegal Immigrant Students
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/10/ny-post-op-ed-colleges-boost-illegal-immigrant-students/
NEW AMERICAN
— Border Patrol Agents Attacked in Chicago; City Declares Rebellion Against Feds to Protect Illegals
https://thenewamerican.com/us/immigration/border-patrol-agents-attacked-in-chicago-city-declares-rebellion-against-feds-to-protect-illegals/
NEWSMAX
— White House Slams Chicago Mayor for Creating ‘ICE-Free Zones’
https://www.newsmax.com/amp/newsfront/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-jb-pritzker/2025/10/06/id/1229235/
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Porter: Pritzker’s Gambit
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/10/06/pritzkers_gambit_153370.html
REAL CLEAR POLICY
— Democrats Want Medicaid for Illegals. Pretend They Don’t
https://www.realclearpolicy.com/2025/10/06/dems_want_medicaid_for_illegals_pretend_they_dont_1139150.html
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Pritzker Livid: Says Trump Ordered National Guard to Illinois Amid Anti-ICE Violence, Likens Troops to Invaders
https://www.westernjournal.com/pritzker-livid-says-trump-ordered-national-guard-to-illinois-amid-anti-ice-violence-likens-troops-to-invaders/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
REUTERS
— Illinois sues to stop National Guard deployment as Trump escalates clash with states
https://www.reuters.com/world/illinois-sues-block-trump-deploying-national-guard-troops-chicago-2025-10-06/
MSN
— 3 Best First Jobs To Get Promoted Fast. DD: My critics/opponents have always been furious that IRS promoted me when I was 23, 24, and 25. During that time, my salary increased from $55,850/year to $99,069/year in today’s dollars. My taking job-related graduate evening courses at Loyola during that time helped me get promoted. Extremely few of my coworkers took IRS-encouraged job-related graduate evening courses like I did. My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my taking those courses gave me an unfair advantage. They stressed that I could afford those courses because I avoided the Vietnam War draft and because did not have a wife or children to support. In my defense, I helped support my mother and brother when I was 21, 22, and 23 and I worked part-time for the Chicago Heights Firestone store while I was 22, 23, and 24.
https://www.msn.com/en-ph/money/personalfinance/3-best-first-jobs-to-get-promoted-fast/ar-AA1zabGZ
NEW YORK TIMES
— National Guard Troops Are Set to Arrive in Illinois. The mobilization includes some 200 Guard troops from Texas. President Trump said he would consider invoking emergency powers to “get around” legal obstacles.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10/07/us/trump-national-guard-illinois-texas
— DD: Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000010441484/dei-helps-everyone-white-men-included.html
— DD: I had part-time jobs while I was in high school and college during the school years and full-time during the summers. That enabled me to buy new cars when I was 17, 19, and 20, pay for my college expenses, and graduate debt-free from NIU when I was 21 in 1970 and owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE. But my GPA suffered.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/30/opinion/jobs-teenagers.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/us/politics/stonewall-national-museum-trump-funding-cuts.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump presses sanctuary cities to work with ICE, but few are budging. Cities like Boston, Chicago and Portland are facing the threat of lawsuits and federal troop takeovers. But leaders in most “sanctuary cities” are not compromising on their promise to protect (their illegals).
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/10/07/trump-portland-chicago-sanctuary-lawsuits-immigrants/
USA TODAY
— DD: Americans ever-increasingly refuse to take bad food industry jobs. What should be done? I washed dishes for the minimum wage 1964-1966. I was the only White male who washed dishes for the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2025/10/02/us-immigration-border-policy-farm/86168928007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Trump Rules for Radical Schools
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/donald-trump-compact-higher-education-universities-7579714b
— America’s Debt to Israel. The Jewish state has taken on many U.S. enemies since Oct. 7, 2023, even as the left turned against it.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/americas-debt-to-israel-65d09527
— Discrimination Persists at the Coast Guard. It bases eligibility for scholarships on the racial demographics of applicants’ schools.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/discrimination-persists-at-the-coast-guard-efbf4414
— DD: I should write a book about a) my critics/opponents who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican and b) the many big anti-religious, anti-conservative, and anti-Republican things that they have done.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/relationships/how-to-spot-when-youre-a-hypocrite-e2c3ecfc
BLOOMBERG
— DD: Virtually all federal employees are Democrats. Ever-increasingly, they do everything that they can to destroy Trump.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-18/trump-puts-more-federal-civil-servants-under-president-s-control
POLITICO
— Newsom, Pritzker threaten to pull out of National Governors Association over Trump’s troop deployments
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/06/newsom-pritzker-threaten-to-pull-out-of-national-governors-association-over-trumps-troop-deployments-00595741
ATLANTIC
— DD: Democrats run the federal government. They get rid of their employees who do not give tremendous preference their employees who are minority and/or female, that is, they get rid of their employees who do not discriminate against their employees who are White and/or male.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/employee-firing-first-amendment/681702/
AXIOS
— Which federal workers could lose protections under Trump order. DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats. If you are a federal employee, the more of the following that you are, the fewer protections that you have: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. The Democrats who run the federal government get rid of federal employees who are the aforesaid because they vote for Republicans.
https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2025/01/28/trump-executive-order-federal-workforce