Tag: Family

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chicago Housing Authority subject of HUD audit citing immigration and criminal activity. The CHA is one of a handful of housing authorities across the country being audited.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/12/15/chicago-housing-authority-hud-oig-audit-immigration-criminal-activity
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/12/15/meet-the-chicago-teens-raising-money-to-help-classmates-with-parents-in-immigration-detention
— UChicago, Northwestern students receive prestigious Marshall scholarship. DD: My critics/opponents have always used my having to work my way through college against me. They have always stressed that I would not have had to do that if I had gotten scholarships. They have always stressed that my ACT score was only 24 and that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/12/11/uchicago-northwestern-students-receive-prestigious-marshall-scholarship

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/15/the-chicago-immigrant-orchestra-is-defiant-in-the-wake-of-recent-raids/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: CPS lunchroom workers near six months without a contract: ‘No one sees us.’ DD: Which of your jobs put you out of sight? I washed dishes in the basement of the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights while I was a junior and senior at Crete-Monee High School 1964-1966. I worked 28 hours a week during the school years and 40 hours a week during the summer of 1965. All during that time, I worked alone for 20 hours every week. My next job was working alone cleaning golf shores at the Flossmoor County Club. But I soon had to resign because my allergies were killing me.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/15/cps-lunchroom-workers-contract-negotiations/

DAILY HERALD
— DD: FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that under socialism, everyone gets free housing, free food, free clothing, free medical care, free childcare, free transportation, free education, free everything. They ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that under socialism, you do not have to work unless you want to. More and more and more in America are falling for that.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251214/news/medical-care-is-a-human-right-st-charles-clinics-meet-the-needs-of-kane-countys-uninsured/

FOX32
— Two-thirds of Americans say government should ensure health care for all. DD: Big step toward socialism, communism, and dictatorship. America-haters ever-increasing destroy personal responsibility and blame capitalism for all problems.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/two-thirds-americans-believe-government-should-ensure-health-care-all-poll

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Legal marijuana? Critics asking people to re-think the issue. DD: Pot is poison. I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton in 2019.
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-legal-marijuana-critics-asking-people-to-re-think-the-issue/article_91c740f6-21e3-4738-9b42-7484b749cd3a.html
— Illinois’ abortion policy places Carbondale in a hot spot
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/jim-dey-illinois-abortion-policy-places-carbondale-in-a-hot-spot/article_8c21faab-ea8c-4bf2-bc3f-2c4a16805a03.html

WAND TV
— As gerrymandering battles sweep country, supporters say partisan dominance is ‘fair.’ DD: According to Democrat leaders, political jurisdictions should be gerrymandered to favor voters who have demographics that vote for Democrats. Demographics that vote for Democrats include minority, female, younger, poor, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are in America illegally.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/as-gerrymandering-battles-sweep-country-supporters-say-partisan-dominance-is-fair/article_f074880c-f23d-5dfb-8060-2a2b6c7f381c.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— For Americans, the love for chain restaurants runs deep. DD: I became a McDonald’s fan when one of my relatives became financially successful selling eggs to McDonalds starting in 1960s.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-12-15/for-americans-the-love-for-chain-restaurants-runs-deep

WHEATON RECORD
— A Conversation on Trump Administration’s Handling of Immigration
https://thewheatonrecord.com/2025/12/14/a-conversation-on-trump-administrations-handling-of-immigration/
— McManis-Evans Women’s Floor Becoming a Male Dorm. DD: Wheaton College being conservative was a reason why my wife and I bought a home in Wheaton in 1978 and had one built in Wheaton in 1984.
https://thewheatonrecord.com/2025/12/14/mcmanis-evans-womens-floor-becoming-a-male-dorm/
— Three Illinois Christian Institutions Announced Closures in Recent Years
https://thewheatonrecord.com/2025/12/14/three-illinois-christian-institutions-announced-closures-in-recent-years/
— New Class Coming this Spring: “The Bible, Slavery and Liberation”
https://thewheatonrecord.com/2025/12/14/new-class-coming-this-spring-the-bible-slavery-and-liberation/

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

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— Presumptuous Pritzker Signs Away the Lives of More Illinoisans
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2025/12/11/presumptuous-pritzker-signs-away-the-lives-of-more-illinoisans
— American “Educators” and Somali-alia
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2025/12/10/american-educators-and-somali-alia

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Newly-Elected Democratic Party Dundee Township Supervisor Shefali Shah Acts As If She Is All-Powerful. DD: I should write about the many big adverse actions that past and present leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization have taken against me.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/14/newly-elected-democratic-party-dundee-township-supervisor-shefali-shah-acts-as-if-she-is-all-powerful/
— Illinois Review Takes Down Darby Hills for Taking a Walk on Illegal Alien Vote
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/14/illinois-review-takes-down-darby-hills-for-taking-a-walk-on-illegal-alien-vote/
— Charlie Brown Christmas Available Free Saturday & Sunday on Apple+
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/14/charlie-brown-christmas-available-free-saturday-sunday-on-apple/
— Blackface in Easton, Maryland
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/14/blackface-in-easton-maryland/
— Illinois Ranks High on Lawsuit Abuse. DD: All my critics/opponents side with the defendants in the lawsuits that I have filed. I should write about those lawsuits, the defendants, their lawyers, and the big adverse actions that they have taken against me.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/13/14853/
— U.S. Treasury Secretary Calls Out Illinois for Refusing to Stop Taxing Tips
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/12/u-s-treasury-secretary-calls-out-illinois-for-refusing-to-stop-taxing-tips/
— Bailey Attacks Pritzker on Refusing to Stop Taxing Tips in Illinois
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/12/bailey-attacks-pritzker-on-refusing-to-stop-taxing-tips-in-illinois/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Illegal immigration embraced by progressive evangelicals pushes America toward cultural suicide. Recycled ’70s Marxism isn’t real Christianity. DD: How strongly have Democrat leaders taken over your church?
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/14/illegal-immigration-embraced-progressive-evangelicals-pushes-america/

NEW YORK POST
— The woke have seized control of NYC’s ‘affordable housing’
https://nypost.com/2025/12/14/opinion/the-woke-have-seized-control-of-nycs-affordable-housing/

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Is the Indiana Redistricting Debacle the Future of MAGA?
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/is-the-indiana-redistricting-debacle-the-future-of-maga/

AMERICAN THINKER
— The Wisconsin Supreme Court takes on the Supremacy Clause. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly reject federal law. That is what the Confederates did.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/12/the_wisconsin_supreme_court_takes_on_the_supremacy_clause.html

CHRISTIAN POST
— Why the woke right is winning Gen Z: A look inside the machine
https://www.christianpost.com/voices/why-the-woke-right-is-winning-gen-z-a-look-inside-the-machine.html

COLLEGE FIX
— White professor still fighting in court, alleging ‘racially hostile’ environment at Penn State. DEI trainings gave ‘signals to white and Asian employees that they are not going to be treated equally.’ DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years, I worked in an ever-increasingly hostile environment. Gingrich ever-increasingly cut the agency’s budget. My Democrat GAO superiors ever-increasingly used those cuts to waste the careers of and to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. That all culminated in their forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in September of 1997.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/white-professor-still-fighting-in-court-alleging-racially-hostile-environment-at-penn-state/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Would ICE Have Deported Jesus at Christmas? AWAY WITH THE MANGER: How the Left Tries to Weaponize Christmas Against Trump. DD: How strongly have Democrat leaders taken over your church?
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/12/14/would-ice-have-deported-jesus-christmas/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: This year, Catholics in Massachusetts are protesting President Donald Trump’s immigration policies by swapping “Away in a Manger” for “Away With the Manger.” This marks yet another instance of Trump opponents weaponizing the Christmas story to demonize immigration enforcement by claiming Jesus was a refugee and suggesting Immigration and Customs Enforcement would have arrested and deported the Christ child in the manger. The Catholic priest at St. Susanna Parish in Dedham, Massachusetts, set up a classic nativity scene with shepherds, sheep, wise men, and … a sign reading “ICE was here” in the place where Mary, Joseph, and baby Jesus would normally be. While the Catholic leadership opposed this “divisive political messaging,” the Rev. Stephen Josoma blamed the Trump administration for any division. Meanwhile, Lake Street Church of Evanston, Illinois, put baby Jesus in zip ties and an emergency blanket, and placed gas masks on the faces of Mary and Joseph. The church said this symbolizes the conditions of ICE detention facilities and the use of tear gas on “peaceful protesters, journalists, and community members advocating for immigration reform.” “The Holy Family were refugees,” the church posted on Facebook. “By witnessing this familiar story through the reality faced by migrants today, we hope to restore its radical edge, and to ask what it means to celebrate the birth of a refugee child while turning away those who follow in that child’s footsteps.” Was Jesus a Refugee? These strained analogies rest on a kernel of truth. According to Matthew 2:13-23, an angel appeared to Joseph, warning him to flee to Egypt because King Herod the Great aimed to kill Jesus. Herod ordered the slaughter of male children in Bethlehem, but Jesus survived in Egypt. God sent another angel to Joseph later, advising him to return to Israel because “those who sought the child’s life are dead.” Jesus arguably fit the definition of a refugee: someone forced to leave his or her country to escape war or persecution. However, anyone seeking to tie Jesus’ sojourn in Egypt to the plight of refugees or illegal aliens in America today will at once encounter a plethora of problems. Herod, the king who sought to kill Jesus, owed his position to the Roman Senate. Jesus fled Roman-ruled Judea to reside in Roman-ruled Egypt, and then returned to Roman-ruled Judea. Politically, Jesus’ flight to Egypt resembles a conservative family fleeing New York for Florida, or a liberal family moving from Texas to Illinois, more than it does a Somali refugee seeking asylum in the U.S. Jesus did not immigrate to Egypt and did not seek to become a citizen there. Furthermore, the Roman Empire at the time did not grant most of the population the right to vote, and it did not award government benefits to Jewish refugees in Egypt. Modern Western democratic welfare states need to regulate immigration more heavily than ancient empires did, partly because immigrants and refugees often claim benefits from the public purse, and these aliens may also seek to influence politics by voting or other means. Merely shouting, “Jesus was a refugee!” does nothing to address the serious concerns that illegal immigration poses. Caring for ‘The Least of These’ Christians should, of course, heed the Matthew 25 parable in which Jesus says God will reward us for helping “the least of these.” We should care for the sick, feed the hungry, and clothe the naked, to the best of our ability. These commands to love our neighbor do not extend to using the force of the state to redistribute funds, however. Jesus calls on us to love our neighbors, not to bully our neighbors into forking over cash so the government can then serve other neighbors. That parable urges us to see Jesus in the least fortunate, and Christians are right to provide aid to those who are struggling. That doesn’t mean, however, that we must sacrifice national sovereignty or oppose the enforcement of immigration law. In our globalized world, Christians can and should help those in other countries before they seek to enter the U.S., and it would be grotesque for Christians to prioritize aid for those who violated the law to come to America over legal immigrants or the poor people who are still struggling in their own countries. Contrary to the suggestion of the Evanston church, Jesus, Mary, and Joseph were not political activists. Yes, Jesus came to usher in a new kingdom—but when the Jews sought to make him a king, he refused. Jesus did not set himself up as a political leader. Rather, he and his followers urged Jews and Christians to pay their taxes and to submit to the ruling authorities, knowing that the spiritual freedom of the gospel matters far more than any political cause. Jesus knew of political movements against Roman oppression, and he did not endorse them. Jesus’ decision not to lead a political rebellion against Rome likely contributed to the Jewish leaders’ scheme to have him executed. None of this is to say that Christians cannot support political causes, but it does mean that Mary and Joseph likely would not have joined the agitators who seek to block ICE from enforcing immigration law. Perhaps more importantly, ICE would not have removed Jesus from the manger—any more than it would remove conservative New Yorkers from Florida or liberal Texans from Illinois. Christmas is about the birth of Jesus, not an excuse to demonize law enforcement. It’s high time for St. Susanna Parish to put the Christ child back in the center of the nativity scene where he belongs.)

EPOCH TIMES
— 1 in 4 Unemployed Americans Has a Degree—The Future of White-Collar Jobs. DD: I have been unemployed since I was 49 in 1997 despite my having a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. Why is that? It is because my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire and because of the many additional adverse actions that they took against me before that because I complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination,  and age discrimination and because I became an active member of a class action lawsuit that charged them with the aforesaid when I was 40 in 1988.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/business/1-in-4-unemployed-americans-has-a-degree-the-future-of-white-collar-jobs-5950378
— Want a Job? Ditch the Degree and Pick Up a Trade. The future belongs to trades and hands-on skills. DD: Doctors discouraged my father from seeking a college degree because he had brittle type 1 diabetes. According to them, the stress would kill him. So he got an office job. He often decried his not having a degree. He was often passed over for promotions. He blamed his not having a degree for that, but his health problems were also a big factor. That led me to earn four degrees. A bachelor’s degree in management from NIU when I was 21 in 1970. An MBA from Loyola when I was 27. A master’s degree in accounting from DePaul when I was 31. And a master’s degree in finance from IIT when I was 48. That also led me to pass the CPA examination on first attempt when I was 30. To pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32. To become a licensed CPA when I was 32. And to earn four more job-related professional certifications when I was 41, 45, 47, and 48.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/opinion/want-a-job-ditch-the-degree-and-pick-up-a-trade-5939262

FOX NEWS
— Illegal immigrant truck driver accused in fatal Washington crash released on $100,000 bond
https://www.foxnews.com/us/illegal-immigrant-truck-driver-accused-fatal-washington-crash-released-100000-bond.print

JONATHAN TURLEY
— “Hatemongers, Homophobes, Fascists, Racists, Flag-Waving Proud Racists”: Fired Radio Host Has Meltdown Over Cubs Infielder Matt Shaw Going to Kirk Funeral. DD: People’s reactions to Kirk’s assassination say a lot about them.
https://jonathanturley.org/2025/12/14/hatemongers-homophobes-fascists-racists-flag-waving-proud-racists-fired-radio-host-has-meltdown-over-cubs-infielder-matt-shaw-going-to-kirk-funeral/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Opposing the Hypocrisy of Woke Establishments
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/12/opposing-the-hypocrisy-of-woke-establishments/amp/

NEWSMAX
— Party Label Drives Voters More Than Policy. DD: Democrats run the news media, education, and just about everything else in America. Democrats exist to advance the liberal/socialist Democrat Party platform and to get rid of Republicans once and for all. To vote for Democrats is to get rid of Republicans once and for all starting with Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. The more of the aforesaid that Republicans are, the more that they should focus on their personal defense.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/politico-poll-party/2025/12/14/id/1238288/

POST MILLENNIAL
— Illegal immigrant trucker charged in Washington fatal crash was released into US under Biden—then freed again despite ICE detainer
https://thepostmillennial.com/illegal-immigrant-trucker-charged-in-washington-fatal-crash-was-released-into-us-under-biden-then-freed-again-despite-ice-detainer

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— The Immigration and Deportation Conundrums
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/12/15/the_immigration_and_deportation_conundrums_153629.amp.html

TOWNHALL
— The Weekend’s Gun Tragedies Show Why You Must Buy (Even More) Guns. DD: As Democrats gain more power, they will try to confiscate firearms and ammunition from Republicans.
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2025/12/15/the-weekends-gun-tragedies-show-why-you-must-buy-even-more-guns-n2667868

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NEW YORK TIMES
— Without affirmative action, some colleges focus on economics. DD: Because Black and Hispanic parents have lower incomes than White parents, colleges use income as a proxy for race.
https://yorknewstimes.com/news/nation-world/education/article_5c7a93e6-cfb9-50be-a071-a40bdb92d096.html
— DD: The New York Times exists to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/us/trump-dei-funding-deaf-blind.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Do Democrats need their own billionaire? Pritzker is betting on it. The Illinois governor has tapped his wealth to climb the political ladder, moving toward a White House run while presenting himself as a champion for everyday people. DD: Does Pritzker champion for you? If so, you must be liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are in America illegally.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/12/15/billionaires-pritzker-democrats-president-trump/
— DD: Because federal courts ruled that my Democrat GAO superiors had the power to force me to retire, that is, that they had the power to fire me, Trump has the power to fire any federal employee he wants to.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/12/14/supreme-court-ftc-trump-firing/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Higher cost, worse coverage: Affordable Care Act enrollees say expiring subsidies will hit them hard. DD: Are/were your healthcare insurance premiums subsidized? Ever since I became a part-time postal employee when was 18 in 1966, my critics/opponents have been furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my healthcare insurance premiums. They have been even more furious ever since I got married when I was 29 and the federal government started paying 72% of my wife’s healthcare insurance premiums. That 72% subsidy is a major reason why people despise/hate federal employees, federal retirees, and their spouses. That 72% subsidy helped me withstand tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-12-14/higher-cost-worse-coverage-affordable-care-act-enrollees-say-expiring-subsidies-will-hit-them-hard

ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION
— Worried about paying for college? There are affordable options. DD: My critics/opponents have always used my having to work my way through college against me. They have always stressed that I would not have had to do that if I had gotten scholarships. They have always stressed that my ACT score was only 24 and that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class.
https://www.ajc.com/education/2025/12/worried-about-paying-for-college-there-are-affordable-options/

USA TODAY
— Looking for a big raise or promotion in 2026? Don’t get your hopes up. DD: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my critics/opponents were ever-increasingly furious a) that the Post Office hired me in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980, b) that IRS promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, c) that GAO promoted me in 1986, d) that I got COLAs, e) that I got step increases, f) that 72% of my and wife’s healthcare insurance premiums were subsidized, g) that I got lots of sick leave and vacation time, h) etc. According to my critics/opponents, all of the aforesaid should have been given to Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2025/12/10/raise-promotion-chances-2026/87676414007/
— Why retirees could face a financial shock from Social Security in 2026. Many retirees are struggling with their finances, and things could get worse next year if they aren’t prepared for this reality about Social Security.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/retirement/2025/12/10/financial-shock-social-security-2026/87683527007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Disparate-Impact Theory Is Unconstitutional. It purports to combat discrimination but in practice ends up encouraging it. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders use disparate impact to get rid of Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, nonpoor, nonveteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. According to Democrat and RINO leaders, when those who are the aforesaid succeed, it is because they benefit from discrimination against those who are not aforesaid. According to my critics/opponents, because I am all of the aforesaid, a) I owe all of my successes in life to my benefitted from discrimination against those who are not the aforesaid and b) I should pay the price of Affirmative Action and DEI.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/disparate-impact-theory-is-unconstitutional-2664133d
— FRONT PAGE: The Chinese Billionaires Having Dozens of U.S.-Born Babies Via Surrogate. Videogame executive Xu Bo, said to have more than 100 children, and other elites build mega-families, testing citizenship laws and drawing on nannies, IVF and legal firms set up to help them. DD: With birthright citizenship, the future of America is ever-increasingly bleak. Ever-increasingly, citizens of foreign countries that despise/hate America and despise/hate Americans are taking over America.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/chinese-billionaires-surrogacy-pregnancy-7fdfc0c3
— Does MAHA Stand for ‘Make America High Again’?  Reclassifying marijuana flies in the face of Trump and RFK Jr.’s professed concern about health. DD: Pot is poison. I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton in 2019.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/does-maha-stand-for-make-america-high-again-ff356532
— Say Goodbye to the Billable Hour. DD: While I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, I had to account for each and every hour that I worked. I had to fill out forms each and every day with the number of hours that spent working on “job codes” and then submit those forms every 2 weeks.
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-goodbye-to-billable-hours-cba198fe

FORBES
— The CPA Shortage. DD: My passing the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was a 30-year-old IRS employee in 1979 was one of my greatest successes. But my Democrat IRS superiors ignored/dismissed/belittled it. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran. My passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and becoming a licensed CPA when I was a 32-year-old GAO employee in 1981 was one of my greatest successes. But my Democrat GAO superiors ignored/dismissed/belittled it. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran.
https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbesfinancecouncil/2025/05/12/disruption-in-accounting-the-cpa-shortage-meets-the-rise-of-ai/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The CPA pipeline has been weakening for years. Fewer accounting majors are sitting for the CPA exam, and the industry is seeing a mass exodus of Baby Boomers without enough young professionals to replace them. According to estimates from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, around 75% of all licensed CPAs reached retirement age by 2019.

PUNCHBOWL NEWS
— Indiana flop muddies Dem redistricting push. DD: I anticipate/expect that Pritzker could say/has said that he has the power to redistrict so that no Republican will ever be elected in Illinois.
https://punchbowl.news/article/campaigns/redistricting-dems/

PROVIDER MAGAZINE
— How to Keep Up with the Jones. DD: Did your parents have trouble keeping up with the Jones? Mine sure did. My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21 in 1969. My mother, who never attended high school, never worked outside of the home until after he died because of her limited earning potential. I had to work my way through college. I remember in 1958 when our neighbor to the north owned a top of the line 1958 Oldsmobile, our neighbor to the south owned a top of the line 1957 Pontiac, and we owned a bottom of the line 1951 Plymouth.
https://www.providermagazine.com/Articles/Pages/How-to-Keep-Up-with-the-Jones-to-Attract-Residents-.aspx

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— DD: Democrats run the federal government. Only those federal employees who are the following have Civil Service protections: Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, disabled, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/11/final-schedule-f-regulations-describe-civil-service-protections-unconstitutional-overcorrections/409616/

CAMPAIGNS AND ELECTIONS
— The ‘Do My Own Research’ Voter Has a New Research Assistant. DD: If I did not spend so much time putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and sending them out, I would do opposition research. I would focus on my critics/opponents who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://campaignsandelections.com/voices/the-do-my-own-research-voter-has-a-new-research-assistant/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: I spent years moderating focus groups, and I lost count of how many voters proudly said they “did their own research.” What that really meant was typing a candidate’s name into Google, glancing at ten blue links and, more often than not, closing the browser without clicking a thing. Now, voters searching for a candidate or issue are often getting a single neatly packaged answer assembled by artificial intelligence from whatever sources it finds most credible and clearly written. And if it answers their question, their “research” is done.  That’s great if your campaign is one of those sources. If not, it’s a problem.)