December 11, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

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

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

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

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

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

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

December 10, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan asks Trump to pardon him after bribery conviction
https://chicago.suntimes.com/madigan-trial-news/2025/12/09/former-illinois-house-speaker-michael-madigan-asks-trump-for-pardon
— As Indiana Republicans move toward redistricting, Pritzker warns Illinois ‘won’t stand idly by’
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/12/09/indiana-redistricting-illinois-pritzker-congressional-map
— Pritzker, Johnson slam Trump admin threat to cut funding over CTA safety issues: ‘Action has been taken.’  Federal officials ordered the CTA to develop an enhanced security plan by next week in response to the burning of a woman aboard a Blue Line train last month.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/transportation/2025/12/09/trump-administration-cta-crime-federal-funding-threat-jb-pritzker-brandon-johnson
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/religion/2025/12/09/guadalupe-little-village-epiphany-catholic
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/12/09/tammy-duckworth-senate-hearing-illegal-dhs-arrests-chicago-woman-testimony

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly turn women against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/10/gallup-young-women-move-abroad/

DAILY HERALD
— Krishnamoorthi, Mendrick survive challenges, but some candidates knocked out
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251209/illinois-state-politics/krishnamoorthi-mendrick-survive-challenges-but-some-candidates-knocked-out/

STATELINE
— 50% of Illinois residents would move if they could. DD: What keeps you in Illinois? My ancestors have lived in northeast Illinois since 1844. I have lived in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton since 1978. I have lived in my precinct since 1984. All four of my degrees are from Illinois Universities.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/illinois-residents-want-to-leave-state/

NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders do not want any of their illegals to be deported, and especially those who do not have a criminal record yet. To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally demonstrates gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-12-10/about-a-third-of-people-arrested-by-ice-had-no-criminal-record-new-data-shows

CHALKBEAT CHICAGO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fill their schools with illegals. What percent of the students in your school district are illegals?
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/12/09/illinois-governor-signs-bill-on-immigrants-at-child-care-centers-colleges/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— On the GOP side, attorney Jeannie Evans has officially entered the fray, launching her U.S. Senate campaign by presenting herself as a consumer advocate and working mom who has spent her career challenging major corporations. She steps into a marquee Republican primary against former Illinois GOP Chair Don Tracy. “There are important issues that demand leadership,” Evans said in her announcement. “Illinoisans deserve a fresh voice in Washington. I’m a political outsider and working mother who has taken on powerful corporations to help lower the cost of living.” Her résumé includes time at Kirkland & Ellis in Chicago, co-founding a litigation firm, and serving as a partner at plaintiff-side class-action firm Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro. Evans is also active in the Federalist Society and says she’s committed to working with President Donald Trump on lowering costs, reducing crime, and expanding education and job opportunities.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/12/10/union-tip-toes-around-endorsing-00684291

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/12/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-645/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— Chicago’s Leadership Fixates on Police Use-of-Force While Violent Crime and Fiscal Crisis Deepen
https://wirepoints.org/chicagos-leadership-fixates-on-police-use-of-force-while-violent-crime-and-fiscal-crisis-deepen-wirepoints-mark-glennon-warns-am560-interview/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
—  IL Statehouse candidate finds 20,000 kids without SSNs getting Medicaid
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_12d4062d-013c-430a-b4f7-402511a179d1.html

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Transit sales tax hike makes suburbs pay for Chicago problems
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/transit-sales-tax-hike-makes-suburbs-pay-for-chicago-problems/
— Illinois’ $143.5 billion state pension debt saw a tiny dip, but meaningful reform is needed to stop threats to taxpayers and protect state retirees.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-alone-lets-state-pension-debt-top-100b/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What keeps you in Illinois? My ancestors have lived in northeast Illinois since 1844. I have lived in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton since 1978. I have lived in my precinct since 1984. All four of my degrees are from Illinois Universities. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— A growing number of Americans are taking on second, third and even fourth jobs to offset inflation and stagnant wages. Have you worked second jobs? I did when I worked for IRS when I was 22-24 years old 1971-1972. I pumped gasoline for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights. The money that I earned helped me a) buy a new 1972 Corvette in 1971, b) pay for graduate business courses at Loyola in 1972, and c) buy a new townhome in University Park in 1972. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Socialists argue that socialist employers, that is, Democrat employers, pay their employees more than capitalist employers, that is, Republican employers, do. Ever since I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I was able to do the following because the Democrat federal government paid me far more than Republican employers would have: a) buy new cars when I was 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc. b) buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, 35, etc., c) pay my expenses to earn a bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, d) pay my review course expenses to pass the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 31, and become a licensed CPA when I was 31, e) get married when I was 29, f) etc. In your opinion, if I had worked for Republican employers, how much would I have been paid? In today’s dollars, the Democrat federal government paid me a) $19.37/hour when I was 18, b) $55,850/year when I was 22, c) $68,315/year when I was 23, $82,655/year when I was 24, $99,069/year when I was 25, $112,280/year when I was 29, $117,807/year when I was 38, and $153,151/year when I was 49.  – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Under the Democrats, the future for White males in America is ever-increasingly bleak. Fewer and fewer and fewer of them seek college degrees. Why is that? They are discouraged. Under the Democrats, non-Whites and females ever-increasingly get more and more and more preference, and especially non-White females who are Democrat, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are citizens of foreign countries. If I was young today, because of my bad demographics, I question if I could find the motivation to do what I did. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What have your critics/opponents used to discredit your accomplishments? To discredit my accomplishments. my critics/opponents have always outrageously disgustingly unethically painted my parents as having been filthy rich. My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. He died suddenly when he was 47, I was 21, and my brother was 16. I had to work my way through college. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents had the most money. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at everyone that if you have less money than your peers, it is because of Trump. I have way less money than my peers who earned college degrees, professional certifications, and a professional license like I did. But I have way less money because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrat leaders use “disparate impact’ to hint/imply/argue/shout that if something results in Whites or males doing better at something than minorities or females, that it is because that something discriminates against minorities and females. Using that, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly lowered hiring, retention, and promotion standards in the federal government. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— A growing number of Americans are taking on second, third and even fourth jobs to offset inflation and stagnant wages. DD: Have you worked second jobs? I did when I worked for IRS when I was 22-24 years old 1971-1972. I pumped gasoline for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights. The money that I earned helped me a) buy a new 1972 Corvette in 1971, b) pay for graduate business courses at Loyola in 1972, and c) buy a new townhome in University Park in 1972.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/25/americans-polyworking-offset-inflation-stagnant-wages/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democrat Eileen Higgins wins Miami mayor race, ending 28 years of GOP control
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/state/3912830/democrat-eileen-higgins-miami-mayor/
— Gen Z socialists (DD: Socialists argue that socialist employers, that is, Democrat employers, pay their employees more than capitalist employers, that is, Republican employers, do. Ever since I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I was able to do the following because the Democrat federal government paid me far more than Republican employers would have: a) buy new cars when I was 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc. b) buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, 35, etc., c) pay my expenses to earn a bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, d) pay my review course expenses to pass the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 31, and become a licensed CPA when I was 31, e) get married when I was 29, f) etc. In your opinion, if I had worked for Republican employers, how much would I have been paid? In today’s dollars, the Democrat federal government paid me a) $19.37/hour when I was 18, b) $55,850/year when I was 22, c) $68,315/year when I was 23, $82,655/year when I was 24, $99,069/year when I was 25, $112,280/year when I was 29, $117,807/year when I was 38, and $153,151/year when I was 49.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/videos/3912567/inside-scoop-jim-antle-gen-z-socialists-christmas-reading-utah-redistricting/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “A lot of younger people today don’t have any stake in the capitalist system because they don’t have any capital,” Antle said. “They study in college, they accumulate a lot of debt to pay off their student loans, and then they are not in a position where they can afford to buy a home when they graduate, so they’re perennially renting. They don’t really feel like they benefit from a lot of aspects of the free enterprise system.” Antle highlights the appeal of socialist candidates, such as newly elected New York Mayor-elect Mamdani. “He ran on an explicitly Democratic Socialist platform,” Antle said. “Many of the people who voted for him were younger professionals making six-figure salaries, but in an expensive city like New York, and in a place where they’re very unlikely to own their own homes, own any of their own property. They really feel the crushing burden of how expensive everything is in the city, and they don’t see how the free market system is really benefiting them.”)

NEW YORK POST
— Citizens are fed up with Dem-invited migrants who have disdain for US law and culture
https://nypost.com/2025/12/09/opinion/citizens-are-fed-up-with-dem-invited-migrants-that-have-disdain-for-us-law-and-culture/
— Send Her Back’: MAGA Crowd Erupts as Trump Claims Ilhan Omar is ‘Here Illegally’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEtkoidi01E

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— DOJ restores equal treatment for all in civil rights enforcement. DD: Democrat leaders use “disparate impact’ to hint/imply/argue/shout that if something results in Whites or males doing better at something than minorities or females, that it is because that something discriminates against minorities and females. Using that, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly lowered hiring, retention, and promotion standards in the federal government. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/12/10/doj-restores-equal-treatment-for-all-in-civil-rights-enforcement-1609269/

BREITBART
— Pritzker Signs Bill Preventing ICE from Arresting Illegal Aliens near Courthouses
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/12/09/illinois-gov-jb-pritzker-signs-bill-preventing-ice-arresting-illegal-aliens-courthouses/
— Trump Approval Rating up as Republicans Applaud Focus on Affordability
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/12/09/trump-approval-rating-up-as-republicans-applaud-focus-on-affordability/

FEDERALIST
— ‘Gold-Standard’ Immigration Enforcement Bill Lagging In Indiana As Redistricting Sucks Oxygen
https://thefederalist.com/2025/12/10/gold-standard-immigration-enforcement-bill-lagging-in-indiana-as-redistricting-sucks-oxygen/

FOX NEWS
— Japan rejects same-sex marriage to save itself from demographic collapse. Tokyo court upholds traditional marriage while G7 nations face plummeting fertility rates.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/japan-rejects-same-sex-marriage-save-itself-from-demographic-collapse
— DHS blasts Newsom over taxpayer-funded healthcare for illegals as California ambulance costs may soar 382%. California governor faces federal criticism over Medi-Cal benefits as transport costs jump from $339 to potentially $1,637.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dhs-blasts-newsom-taxpayer-funded-healthcare-illegals-california-ambulance-costs-may-soar-382-percent

LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— ICE Slams Pritzker as Illinois Releases 1,700 Criminal Illegal Aliens — Including Rapists and Pedophiles
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/ice-slams-gov-pritzker-as-illinois-releases-1700-criminal-illegal-aliens-including-rapists-and-pedophiles

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Man Behind App That Helps Illegals Evade ICE Now Suing Bondi, Noem, Homan After Apple Took it Down
https://www.westernjournal.com/man-behind-app-helps-illegals-evade-ice-now-suing-bondi-noem-homan-apple-took/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CBS NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/after-ice-arrested-his-mom-18-year-old-citizen-now-caring-for-his-sister-worries-he-could-be-next/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope against Trump.
https://apnews.com/article/vatican-russia-ukraine-trump-pope-leo-60c898afe3241ff67552f417a06900b0

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Calls Europe ‘Decaying’ and ‘Weak’  President Trump criticized his European counterparts over their defense and Ukraine policies during an interview with Politico. The president also suggested that it was time for President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine to compromise in the cease-fire talks.
https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000010577149/trump-europe-decaying-weak-ukraine.html
— The Latest Trump Resistance Is Within the Indiana G.O.P.  Some Republicans in the Indiana Senate have resisted a new congressional map despite lobbying from the White House and threats of political consequences.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/us/indiana-redistricting-trump-republicans.html
— Nancy Mace: What’s the Point of Congress?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/opinion/nancy-mace-congress-republicans.html
— Despite Red-State Efforts, Abortion Rate Nationwide Still Climbs. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/us/states-new-abortion-laws.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Under the Democrats, the future for White males in America is ever-increasingly bleak. Fewer and fewer and fewer of them seek college degrees. Why is that? They are discouraged. Under the Democrats, non-Whites and females ever-increasingly get more and more and more preference, and especially non-White females who are Democrat, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are citizens of foreign countries. If I was young today, because of my bad demographics, I question if I could find the motivation to do what I did. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/12/04/trump-dei-ban-college-men/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Economics of Immigration. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. Noncitizens drive wages down. Noncitizens vote for Democrats.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-economics-of-immigration-9b4a5b9d
— Potheads Head for the Emergency Room. Two new studies show that the ill effects of THC are increasing. DD: Pot is poison.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/marijuana-referendum-massachusetts-pot-users-emergency-rooms-68fa22cd

FORTUNE
— Americans can’t agree on what ‘middle class’ means anymore. DD: To discredit my accomplishments. my critics/opponents have always outrageously disgustingly unethically painted my parents as having been filthy rich. My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. He died suddenly when he was 47, I was 21, and my brother was 16. I had to work my way through college. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents had the most money.
https://www.aol.com/finance/americans-t-agree-middle-class-204839884.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Pew Research Center defines middle class as falling between two-thirds and double the median household income—which can vary in U.S. metro areas from about $53,000 to $161,000 annually. . .​With the median household income coming to roughly $83,000 as of September 2025, and steadily climbing as inflation has pushed up household costs.”)

KFF HEALTH NEWS
— Online Abortion Pill Access Up In Early 2025, Despite GOP Efforts to Restrict It
https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/online-abortion-pill-access-up-in-early-2025-despite-gop-efforts-to-restrict-it/

POLITICO
— As Pope Leo’s MAGA criticism builds, Trump suggests he’d meet Catholic leader.
https://www.politico.eu/article/pope-leo-maga-criticism-donald-trump-meeting/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at everyone that if you have less money than your peers, it is because of Trump. I have way less money than my peers who earned college degrees, professional certifications, and a professional license like I did. But I have way less money because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/10/poll-affordability-cost-of-living-00678076

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— 200 DOJ employees who left under Trump say admin is making ‘coordinated effort’ to undermine career staff. The Justice Department is actively pushing out career employees working on civil rights, they say. DD: According to Democrats, the federal government exists to get rid of Republicans, and especially Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/12/200-doj-employees-who-left-under-trump-say-admin-making-coordinated-effort-undermine-career-staff/410052/

SUSTAINABILITY
— Why Microsoft Has Scaled Back DEI in its Performance Reviews. DD: To promote Affirmative Action and DEI is to discriminate against those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.  Because I opposed that discrimination, my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://sustainabilitymag.com/news/why-microsoft-has-scaled-back-dei-in-its-performance-reviews

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

ASAM NEWS
— Duckworth becomes a voice for Asian America. DD: Who is a voice for those who share your demographics?
https://asamnews.com/2025/12/09/hegseth-defense-secretary-controversy-duckworth-response-war-crime-allegations/

NTD
— Documentary Exposes How People Opposed to Critical Race Theory Were Put on Lists. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders promote CRT to get more votes from Blacks.
https://www.ntd.com/documentary-exposes-how-people-opposed-to-critical-race-theory-were-put-on-lists_1112910.html

ECONOMIC TIMES
— Mamdani’s new address: Iconic $100 million Gracie Mansion
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/new-updates/zohran-mamdanis-new-address-all-about-iconic-100-million-gracie-mansion-the-226-year-old-residence-in-new-york/articleshow/125882778.cms

TELEGRAPH
— Mamdani to move into $100 million mansion after becoming New York mayor, cites family safety, Mamdani, who prominently featured the issue of affordability in his election campaign, has sparked discussion with his decision to move into this $100 million mansion.
https://www.telegraphindia.com/world/zohran-mamdani-to-move-into-100-million-gracie-mansion-after-becoming-new-york-mayor-cites-family-safety/cid/2137078

TIMES OF INDIA
— Illinois Shields ‘ILLEGAL ALIENS’, Pritzker Unleashes Direct Attack On Trump, Noem, Bovino
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/international/illinois-shields-illegal-aliens-pritzker-unleashes-direct-attack-on-trump-noem-bovino-watch/videoshow/125879701.cms
— Parents’ income puts candidate in creamy layer, Karnataka high court upholds rejection. DD: My parents’ income never put me in the creamy layer. My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. My mother never worked outside of the home until he died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21. Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/parents-income-puts-candidate-in-creamy-layer-karnataka-high-court-upholds-rejection/articleshow/125840555.cms

December 9, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Pritzker signs bill increasing immigrant protections at Illinois courthouses, hospitals and more. DD: Anticipate/expect that Pritzker will ever-increasing fill the courthouses, hospitals, university campuses, and day cares near you with his illegals.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/gov-jb-pritzker-sign-bill-creating-more-protections-immigrants-illinois-la-villita-community-church-chicago/18267491/

NBC5
— Pritzker signs law seeking to limit immigration enforcement at schools, daycares. The bill also curtails enforcement actions at courthouses, hospitals and more. DD: Anticipate/expect that Pritzker will ever-increasing fill the courthouses, hospitals, university campuses, and day cares near you with his illegals.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/pritzker-signs-law-seeking-to-limit-immigration-enforcement-at-schools-daycares/3860805/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pritzker signs Illinois immigration law that curbs courthouse arrests and expands right to sue agents
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/09/jb-pritzker-illinois-immigration-law/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Bleak stats on white men not shocking. Economy, class and education now do as much work as race in deciding whether a man will be seen as “marriageable,” employable and likely to climb beyond the station of his birth. DD: Under the Democrats, the future for White men in America is ever-increasingly bleak. Fewer and fewer and fewer White men in America seek college degrees. Why is that? Under the Democrats, non-Whites and females ever-increasingly get more and more and more preference, and especially those who are Democrat, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are citizens of foreign countries. If I was young today, because of my bad demographics, I question if I could find the motivation to do what I did. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/12/09/white-men-working-class-college-education-dei-ben-jealous
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The headlines this month about white men, college admissions and the fallout from ending affirmative action startled a lot of people. Stories of declining enrollment and shrinking opportunity for young white men were treated as if they had materialized out of nowhere. Many found it surprising. I didn’t. . .For years now, researchers have documented serious headwinds facing working-class American men: wages that stagnate or fall, especially for men without college degrees; fewer men in college even as women’s enrollment rises; more men detached from the labor force; rising suicide and overdose deaths in many hard-hit communities; and marriage becoming less common and less stable for men with the weakest economic prospects. White working-class men feel this acutely. But they are not alone. White men may have made the headlines, but similar trends are affecting Black, Latino, Native and Asian men —especially those from poor and working-class backgrounds. In today’s economy, class and education now do as much work as race in deciding whether a man will be seen as “marriageable,” employable and likely to climb beyond the station of his birth. So if you’re wondering why a Black civil rights leader cares about the struggles of white men, the answer is simple: In a democracy, you cannot fix poverty for anyone unless you fix it for everyone. Every major leap forward in opportunity in this country has depended on multiracial coalitions. Progress comes when we face the full truth — not when we ignore parts of it. Which brings us to the conversation we are actually having. Or rather, not having. It’s time to readjust our thinking about white men, college admissions and diversity, equity and inclusion. The left and the right have both turned this into a culture war when what we really need is a reality check. On the right, the headlines became a grievance weapon — proof, some claim, that diversity efforts were out to “replace” white men. On the left, the reaction was defensive, as if acknowledging hardship among white families would somehow undermine the fight for racial justice. Neither response had much to do with the truth. And if we’re wondering why we can’t seem to have a real conversation about opportunity, we should start where political scientist Martin Gilens warned us decades ago. By portraying poverty disproportionately with Black faces, American media helped make the white poor — and much of the working class —invisible. That distortion robbed us of the ability to see the full picture of suffering and the full map of shared struggle. When entire communities are invisible, their pain doesn’t get counted. Their boys don’t get counted. Their decline doesn’t make the front page until it shows up as a political shock. That invisibility hurts everyone. It hurts white families like Bill’s. It hurts Black and Brown families navigating the same broken ladders. It hurts the communities trying to build stable futures for their children. Before we talk solutions, we need full visibility — a willingness to see all who are struggling, not just the ones who fit our old narratives. And yes, part of that conversation may involve something like affirmative action for working-class families, including white men. Not the caricatured version people argue about on cable news, but the real kind colleges have long used: giving a boost to students from low-income families, high-poverty neighborhoods, under-resourced schools and overlooked rural counties — from Appalachia to the Mississippi Delta to remote parts of Alaska. Race-based affirmative action sat alongside these class- and place-based efforts; it never replaced them. And even after the Supreme Court’s decision, colleges can still use class-based affirmative action because it recognizes a basic truth: A child’s chances in life are shaped powerfully by ZIP code, wealth and opportunity. The headlines surprised many because they showed only one part of the story. It’s time we tell the whole one. Only then can we rebuild opportunity — for Bill, for the boys in his family and for every family fighting for a fair shot.)

DAILY HERALD
— Chicagoan Spomenka Vajic, a would-be Republican candidate in Illinois’ 3rd Congressional District shouldn’t be on the 2026 primary ballot because she didn’t gather enough petition signatures, state election officials ruled Tuesday.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251209/us-congress-politics/gop-candidate-knocked-off-ballot-in-3rd-congressional-district/
— Cody Holt, who is seeking the Republican nomination for the 33rd state Senate seat, was removed Tuesday from the March primary ballot.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251209/illinois-state-politics/33rd-state-senate-candidate-removed-from-ballot/
— Pritzker signs bill enacting immigrant protections at courthouses and on campus
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251209/illinois-state-politics/pritzker-signs-bill-enacting-immigrant-protections-at-courthouses-and-on-campus/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Illinois sees decline in rate of residents moving out of state. DD: What keeps you in Illinois? My ancestors have lived in northeast Illinois since 1844. I have lived in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton since 1978. I have lived in my precinct since 1984. All four of my degrees are from Illinois Universities.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/economy/illinois-sees-decline-rate-residents-moving-out-state

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— State Sen. Andrew Chesney stunned a legislative luncheon audience Dec. 9 when he said that his solution to a housing crisis would be the deportation of all undocumented immigrants.
https://www.rrstar.com/story/news/local/2025/12/09/freeport-republican-says-deportation-could-solve-housing-crisis/87691471007/

HERALD
— Will County opens vote-by-mail applications this month for March primary
https://www.shawlocal.com/the-herald-news/2025/12/09/will-county-opens-vote-by-mail-applications-this-month-for-march-primary/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Sen. Chris Van Hollen, a Democrat representing Maryland, says his party must do more to regain public confidence and counter what he calls a “lawless president.”
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-12-09/sen-van-hollen-urges-democrats-to-stand-for-something-not-just-be-anti-trump

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/12/09/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-435/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois’ SAFE-T Act ’emboldens’ anti-police attackers
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_e2a7dffa-9620-4ade-ba2f-bf8212a1282d.html
— Chicago minority, low-income students struggling to make testing grade. DD; How much money did your parents have. My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. My mother never worked outside of the home until he died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21. Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_bf6f7a92-0808-459c-a6c3-ea24955f012e.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois state Rep. La Shawn Ford said it’s not hard to comprehend why Chicago Public Schools system low-income and minority students are reading and performing math at much lower levels than their state peers. Even after state officials inflated the number of students meeting proficiency levels by lowering reading and math benchmarks, new Illinois Report Card data shows struggling students still posted achievement gaps as low as 22 points below state average, including Black and Hispanic students scoring as low as 28 points below standards. . .Overall, data shows more than half of CPS students are reading below grade level and roughly 75% are falling short of the mark in math. As for 3rd through 8th-graders, only 35% read at grade level and just 19% are proficient in math. At the high school level, just 32% of low-income 11th graders read at grade level and 17% proved to be competent in math. Noting that wide discrepancies also exist among Black and Hispanic 3rd through 8th graders, Ford pointed out that similar achievement gaps between minorities and other students across the city are also prevalent at the high school level, with Black 11th graders testing 26% below the state average in reading and 28% below in math and Hispanics 12 and 17 points below standards.)

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— UPDATE: Pritzker Continues Unannounced Visits to Crystal Lake, Refers to Excessive SNAP (Food Stamp) Fraud
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/09/pritzker-continues-unannounced-visits-to-crystal-lake/
— Rockford YMCA Follows Marengo Park District Example Opening Fitness Center 24 Hours
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/09/rockford-ymca-follows-marengo-park-district-example/
— Pritzker Meets with McHenry County Leaders, Public, Reporters Not Invited
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/09/pritzker-meets-with-mchenry-county-leaders-public-reporters-not-invited/
— Cody Holt Ruled Off the Ballot in 33rd Senate Republican Contest
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/09/cody-holt-ruled-off-the-ballot-in-33rd-senate-republican-contest/
— Tribune Gives Biss Free Publicity
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/09/tribune-gives-biss-free-publicity/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— America’s vanishing middle class. Crisis demands urgent action.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/9/americas-vanishing-middle-class/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Pritzker signs Illinois bill allowing lawsuits against law enforcement officers
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3911956/jb-pritzker-illinois-bill-allows-lawsuits-against-law-enforcement-officers/
— Pritzker unchallenged on Democrat primary ballot after Tillman removed by board
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/state/3912752/pritzker-unchallenged-democrat-primary-after-opponent-removed/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Illinois Reps Outraged Over ICE-Arrested Cop Back on Duty
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/12/09/illinois-reps-outraged-over-ice-arrested-cop-back-on-duty/

FOX NEWS
— Pritzker signs bill to further shield illegal immigrants in Illinois from deportations. Bill goes into effect as Trump administration expands deportation efforts.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pritzker-signs-bill-further-shield-illegal-immigrants-illinois-deportations

PJ MEDIA
— Pritzker, Resisting Trump Means Releasing Murderers and Pedophiles
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/12/08/for-jb-pritzker-resisting-trump-means-releasing-murderers-and-pedophiles-n4946825
— Pritzker Should Think About Resisting Sandwiches Rather Than Trump
https://pjmedia.com/stephen-kruiser/2025/12/09/the-morning-briefing-jb-pritzker-should-think-about-resisting-sandwiches-rather-than-trump-n4946836

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Noem claims Mamdani could be violating Constitution with advice to migrants
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/5640509-noem-mamdani-migrants-advice/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Pritzker Signs Bill Imposing New Limits on Immigration Enforcement
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/us/illinois-immigration-legislation-pritzker.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Illinois law protects immigrants from arrest near courthouses, hospitals or colleges. Illinois has a new law shielding immigrants from federal enforcement near courthouses, hospitals, university campuses, and day cares. DD: Anticipate/expect that Pritzker will ever-increasing fill the courthouses, hospitals, university campuses, and day cares near you with his illegals.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/2025/12/09/immigration-chicago-pritzker-courthouse-ice-arrests/6ff39d24-d527-11f0-a93c-a869cf73ebd6_story.html

USA TODAY
— Is it illegal to hire someone based on race? DD: All my employers were always under tremendous pressure to hire minorities and females. They hired me because they could not find qualified minorities and females who would take the jobs.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/2025/12/09/is-race-based-hiring-illegal/87604243007/

FORBES
— DD: Democrat leaders created affordability problems and now they blame Trump for those problems.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/martinacastellanos/2025/12/09/20-signs-theres-an-affordability-crisis-in-america/

December 9, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois educators are applauding weak school achievement
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/09/opinion-illinois-students-achievement-china/
— Lake County immigrants relieved, but wary as arrests subside: ‘They’re still afraid.’ DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/08/lake-county-immigration-enforcement/

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: ICE arrests suspect after standoff between agents, protesters in Elgin
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251208/crime/ice-arrests-suspect-after-standoff-between-agents-protesters-in-elgin/
— Crowded U.S. Senate race could slim down as state board rules on objections
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251208/illinois-state-politics/crowded-senate-race-could-slim-down-as-state-board-rules-on-objections/

NBC5
— Feds threaten to withhold funding after violent incidents on CTA property. The federal government demanded that the CTA take multiple steps to improve safety on its system.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/traffic/transit/feds-threaten-to-withhold-funding-after-violent-incidents-on-cta-property/3860623/

WGN9
— Nativity scenes around Chicagoland opt for political theme during holiday season. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly get religious leaders to a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://wgntv.com/news/north-suburbs/nativity-scenes-around-chicagoland-opt-for-political-theme-during-holiday-season/
— Immigration raids cast shadow over Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly get religious leaders to a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://wgntv.com/western-suburbs/immigration-raids-cast-shadow-over-feast-of-our-lady-of-guadalupe/

FOX32
— Here’s how much your family needs to earn to have a stay-at-home parent. DD: In Illinois, it is $79,102/year. My mother was a stay-at-home parent. The belief was that because she never attended high school, her earning potential was very limited. My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21 and my brother was 16. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/how-much-family-needs-earn-stay-at-home-parent

WTTW
— Johnson Warns Chicago is Headed for Shutdown Amid Budget Deadlock
https://news.wttw.com/2025/12/08/johnson-warns-chicago-headed-shutdown-amid-budget-deadlock
— CPD Should Revise Promotions Policy After Officer Under Investigation Promoted. DD: IRS promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. According to my critics/opponents, that was much too fast. But I earned an MBA in 1976, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, I earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and I became a licensed CPA in 1981.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/12/08/cpd-should-revise-promotions-policy-after-officer-under-investigation-promoted-johnson

STATELINE
— DHS demands Illinois honor ICE detainers for over 4,000 criminal aliens. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/dhs-demands-illinois-honor-ice-detainers-for-over-4000-criminal-aliens/

SHAW LOCAL
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly blame Trump for the cost of living.
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2025/12/08/how-illinois-democratic-us-senate-candidates-plan-to-address-economic-issues/

NPR ILLINOIS
— FBI agents sue after being fired for kneeling during racial justice protest. DD: Trump could cite Diersen v. GAO. The 7th Circuit ruled that my Democrat GAO superiors had the power to force me to retire, that is, that they had the power to fire me, when I was 49 years old in 1997, because I was an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-12-08/fbi-agents-sue-after-being-fired-for-kneeling-during-racial-justice-protest

ILLINOIS CPA SOCIETY
— CPA Endowment Fund of Illinois. DD: My passing the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was a 30-year-old IRS employee in 1979 was one of my greatest successes. But my Democrat IRS superiors ignored/dismissed/belittled it. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran. My passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and becoming a licensed CPA when I was a 32-year-old GAO employee in 1981 was one of my greatest successes. But my Democrat GAO superiors ignored/dismissed/belittled it. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran.
https://www.icpas.org/endowmentfund/gift/donation.aspx
(FROM THE LETTER: Every CPA remembers what it took to get there—long nights, financial strain, moments of doubt, and people who stepped in at just the right time. Today’s aspiring CPAs are facing those same moments when continuing to pursue their dream feels just out of reach. More students than ever before are turning to us for scholarships, guidance, and reassurance that the profession has their back.)

IPM NEWSROOM
— Republican Senate Candidate Don Tracy on Israel, ICE, and the future of MAGA and the GOP
https://ipmnewsroom.org/republican-senate-candidate-don-tracy-on-israel-ice-and-the-future-of-maga-and-the-gop/
— Champaign’s only low-barrier shelter is at risk of closing. DD: Chicago Democrat leaders use to send many of their homeless to Wheaton. Big homeless problems in Wheaton diminished after PADS raised its requirements.
https://ipmnewsroom.org/champaigns-only-low-barrier-shelter-is-at-risk-of-closing-some-guests-are-worried/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As the only low-barrier shelter in the area, Strides does not have sobriety or abstinence requirements, and does not conduct criminal background checks before accepting guests.

TRACE
— DD: Democrat leader ever-increasingly paint themselves as being protectors of those who are noncitizens, liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, have health problems, non-rich, LGBTQ, unmarried, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, etc.
https://www.thetrace.org/2025/12/chicago-ice-school-safe-passage-violence/

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/12/09/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-644/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/12/08/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-434/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

TED DABROWSKI
— Statement by Ted Dabrowski on illegals over citizens: Now for college aid
https://mailchi.mp/tedforillinois/student-aid-for-illegals

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— New Data Exposes Illinois GOP Crisis: Millions of Republicans Aren’t Voting, Party Leaders to Blame. DD: Illinois Republicans see how Illinois Republican leaders have treated me and have treated my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters since 2000. I should write about those Illinois Republican leaders who have blamed conservatives like me, that is, who have blamed platform Republicans like me, for Republican losses in Illinois the most since 2000. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform ins conservative. Far too many Illinois Republican leaders fail/refuse to defend and advance far too many planks in that platform.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/12/new-data-exposes-illinois-gop-crisis-millions-of-republicans-arent-voting-party-leaders-to-blame.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: New voter-participation data circulating among Illinois conservatives is highlighting what many now argue is the real and long-running crisis inside the Illinois Republican Party: collapsing enthusiasm, shrinking turnout, and a leadership class that has failed the base for more than two decades. Illinois has 12.5 million residents, with roughly 10 million old enough to vote. About 8 million are registered. Yet only 6 million typically vote in a presidential cycle, and just 4 million show up for midterms. According to attorney Tom DeVore, who has studied the numbers closely, the picture for Republicans is even worse. . .For twenty years, the Illinois GOP establishment has presided over shrinking maps, shrinking turnout, shrinking relevance, and a stunning refusal to engage real voters on real issues. “You can complain about the Democrats all day long, but at the end of the day they just want it more badly than Republicans,” DeVore said. “We have a voter-enthusiasm problem in Illinois Republican politics. The party sucks, so Republicans don’t vote.” He argues the problem is not Democrat strength — it’s Republican failure. “Republicans not voting allows bad Republican leaders to stay in office,” he said. “It’s a vicious circle that only a group of people with real courage and talent can resolve.” And while party insiders often bristle at criticism, DeVore says the truth is simple: “They want to blow smoke and tell you it’s the Democrats’ problem, when in reality it’s Republican leadership’s failures.” Democrats already dominate every level of state government, and without a significant shift in Republican engagement, 2026 would simply reinforce the trend. The emerging data shows a participation gap, not a population gap — and unless those millions of inactive Republican-leaning voters reenter the process, Illinois’ political landscape is likely to remain exactly where it has been for the past two decades.)
— Illinois Republicans Lose Focus as Property Taxes Dominate Their Messaging — Despite Having Little Power to Change Them
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/12/illinois-republicans-lose-focus-as-property-taxes-dominate-their-messaging-despite-having-little-power-to-change-them.html

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Pritzker Continues Unannounced Visits to Crystal Lake
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/09/pritzker-continues-unannounced-visits-to-crystal-lake/
— Homeland Security Reveals 1,700+ Illegal Aliens Released from Prison into Society Instead of Given to ICE for Deportation
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/09/homeland-security-reveals-1700-illegal-aliens-released-from-prison-into-society-instead-of-given-to-ice-for-deportation/
— Senate Republicans Seek to Mirror Federal End to Tax on Tips
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/08/senate-republicans-seek-to-mirror-federal-end-to-tax-on-tips/
— Bruce Leon Gains Support from Orthodox Jewish Leaders for 9th District Democratic Party Nomination
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/08/bruce-leon-gains-support-from-orthodox-jewish-leaders/
— What Homeland Security Says Happened in Elgin
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/08/what-homeland-security-says-happened-in-elgin/
— Pay Gap Between Men and Women Lessens: “Women Earn About 91–93 Cents for Every Dollar Earned by Men in Comparable Roles.” DD: My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors paid all my female coworkers more than they paid me. All those who they promoted over me were Democrats who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like I had.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/08/pay-gap-between-men-and-women-lessens-women-earn-about-91-93-cents-for-every-dollar-earned-by-men-in-comparable-roles/
— Our U.S. Senator Not Doing Her Homework
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/08/our-u-s-senator-not-doing-her-homework/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Mamdani should open his mayor’s mansion to illegal immigrants
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/9/zohran-mamdani-open-mayors-mansion-illegal-immigrants/
— Conservatives outpace liberals in marrying and having children. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly discourage traditional marriage and family.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/8/conservatives-outpace-liberals-marrying-children/
— The new American dream starts with a college search. Choose a school and degree that will make you a success. DD: Choosing the right major is just as important. I should have chosen accounting from the beginning. I didn’t because I erroneously thought I could not pass the CPA examination. I did not start taking graduate evening accounting courses until I was 27. I did not take and pass the CPA examination on my first attempt until I was 30. I did not take and pass the Certified Internal Auditing examination until I was 32. I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32. By then, the accounting profession saw me as being far too old to have a successful career in accounting. The profession would not have done that if I had been a minority or a female.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/7/new-american-dream-starts-college-search/
— How multiculturalism and open borders brought Muslims’ religious war from Nigeria to America. Will Americans celebrate Christmas in 100 years? DD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, Christianity will die in America.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/7/multiculturalism-open-borders-brought-muslims-religious-war-nigeria/
— Jewish Americans must get on right side of immigration debate. The direct link between leftist leaders, arrivals of unvetted foreigners. DD: My Democrat leaders in the federal government used/forced my many Jewish superiors to take many adverse actions against me. They used/forced my Jewish Post Office superiors to disallow my sick leave requests in 1968 and 1969 and to force me to resign in 1969. They used/forced my Jewish IRS superiors to disallow my travel vouchers in 1974, to disallow my education expenses in 1978, and to not promote me beyond GS-12. They used/forced my Jewish GAO superiors to force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer to GAO in 1980, to keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, to delay my promotions and to not promote me beyond GS-13, to always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and to force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/7/jewish-americans-must-get-right-side-immigration-debate/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— ICE puts pressure on Illinois attorney general to honor illegal immigrant detainers
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3910538/ice-pressure-illinois-attorney-general-kwame-raoul-illegal-immigrant-detainers/
— How Democrats treat illegal immigrants better than US citizens
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/3909088/how-democrats-treat-illegal-immigrants-better-than-us-citizens/

NEW YORK POST
— Furious anti-ICE protesters threw snowballs at feds to protect Chicago Tren de Aragua gangbanger
https://nypost.com/2025/12/08/us-news/chicago-anti-ice-protesters-threw-snowballs-at-feds-to-protect-tren-de-argua-gangbanger-dhs-says/
— We’re raising kids who can’t do the math — making them easy to manipulate
https://nypost.com/2025/12/08/opinion/were-raising-kids-who-cant-do-the-math-making-them-easy-to-manipulate/
— Woke Protesters Support Trans Instructor On Leave For Religious Discrimination
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vp9g013RqVQ

BLAZE
— Illinois, Pritzker has released almost 1,800 violent illegal aliens back onto the streets in defiance of ICE
https://www.theblaze.com/news/illinois-gov-pritzker-have-released-almost-1800-violent-illegal-aliens-back-onto-the-streets-in-defiance-of-ice-dhs-says

BREITBART
— Migrant Crime Soared in Obama’s ‘Welcoming Cities’
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/12/08/report-migrant-crime-soared-obama-welcoming-cities/

CHRISTIAN POST
— Chick-Fil-A waffles on wokeness with same-sex marriage post and DEI focus
https://www.christianpost.com/voices/chick-fil-a-waffles-on-wokeness-with-same-sex-marriage-post.html?mobile=false

CRISIS MAGAZINE
— Young Americans Are Turning to Socialism—They Deserve Better
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/young-americans-are-turning-to-socialism-they-deserve-better

DAILY SIGNAL
— Trump Administration Has Found 62,000 Children, Some Victims of Sex Trafficking and Forced Labor
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/12/08/trump-administration-found-62000-children-some-victims-sex-trafficking-forced-labor/
— Illegals Plague Our Highways and Our Health Care
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/12/09/its-road-warrior-out-there/

FEDERALIST
— American Taxpayers Are Paying Somalis Millions To Not Assimilate. DD: All my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany during the 1840s and 1850s. Sadly, they did not assimilate as fast as they could/should have. Consequently, neither of my parents attended college, my father was only the first my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, and my mother never attended high school. All my grandparents spoke German. I had to work my way through college.
https://thefederalist.com/2025/12/08/american-taxpayers-are-paying-somalis-millions-to-not-assimilate/

FOX NEWS
— ICE warns Illinois is releasing violent criminal illegal aliens despite detainers, risking public safety. State has released 1,768 criminal aliens with active detainers since January 2025.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/ice-warns-illinois-releasing-violent-criminal-illegal-aliens-despite-detainers-risking-public-safety
— Inside ‘Little Mogadishu’: Minnesota’s beleaguered Somali community under a cloud of fraud and Trump attacks. Fox News Digital visited ‘Little Mogadishu’ in Minneapolis to hear from Somali residents as national debates over integration and welfare fraud intensify.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/inside-little-mogadishu-minnesotas-somali-community-its-push-belonging

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Harvard Paid Internship For “Students of Color” Challenged by Equal Protection Project
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/12/harvard-paid-internship-for-students-of-color-challenged-by-equal-protection-project/

MRC TV
— Fox News Special Report Is The Only Nightly Newscast To Cover Mamdani’s ‘How To’ ICE Video For Illegals
https://mrctv.org/videos/fox-news-special-report-only-nightly-newscast-cover-mamdanis-how-ice-video-illegals

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— DD: Democrat leaders created affordability problems and now they blame Trump for those problems.
https://thehill.com/newsletters/morning-report/5640001-trump-speech-pennsylvania-economy/

ROLL CALL
— Congress must become a champion guard dog to defend its watchdog. A hostile executive branch could be in charge of the legislative branch’s investigations. DD: My critics/opponents have always ignored/dismissed/belittled/badmouthed my having been a GAO employee for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year. They have also ignored/dismissed/belittled/badmouthed a) my earning master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, b) my earning professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting, and c) my becoming a licensed CPA. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on past and present Republican a) federal candidates and elected officials and b) Illinois, DuPage County, and Milton Township party leaders.
https://rollcall.com/2025/12/08/congress-must-become-a-champion-guard-dog-to-defend-its-watchdog/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On Dec. 29, the 15-year term of Comptroller General Gene L. Dodaro will end, leaving the Government Accountability Office without a Senate-confirmed leader. The Trump administration has made no secret of its hostility toward GAO, and this creates a dangerous opening for the executive branch to undermine or even capture the agency that exists for one purpose: to help Congress do its job. The current president and his allies in Congress have publicly targeted GAO, recognizing that a weakened watchdog means weakened oversight of executive action. GAO support to Congress extends beyond any single administration. If GAO is captured or hollowed out, the damage will outlast the current presidency. Rebuilding independent investigative capacity takes decades. Losing it takes a moment of inattention. At stake is the legislative branch authority and responsibility set forth in Article I of the Constitution to oversee the executive branch. Congress must act immediately to protect GAO during the transition. This means forming a visible, bipartisan, bicameral coalition — backed by constitutional experts—to reject any executive interference with the legislative branch agency.  Any attempt by the current president to appoint, nominate, or direct GAO leadership should be challenged publicly and legally. The message must be unambiguous: GAO belongs to Congress. Most Americans have never heard of GAO. That’s by design. The agency operates as Congress’s nonpartisan, nonpolitical right hand — conducting audits, evaluations, and investigations that give legislators the facts they need to oversee federal programs and hold the executive branch accountable. GAO doesn’t make policy or substitute its judgment for Congress’s. It provides the independent, professional analysis that makes genuine oversight possible.)

ABC NEWS
— Mamdani tells immigrant New Yorkers about their right not to comply with ICE. The New York City mayor-elect posted a video explaining immigrants’ rights.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/zohran-mamdani-tells-immigrant-new-yorkers-comply-ice-128194280

CBS NEWS
— DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-h1-b-visa-fees-rural-health-care-hospitals/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Three Years After Dobbs, the State Divide Over Abortion Deepens. DD: My critics/opponents reject the right to life plank in the Republican Party platform.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/us/states-new-abortion-laws.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Because minorities overwhelmingly vote for Democrats, gerrymandering is by definition racial gerrymandering. The Democrats’ 3rd Congressional District in Illinois is a prime example.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/is-this-electoral-map-based-on-race-or-partisanship/2025/12/08/6e43e5bd-7be2-4983-bed5-8e4bcdb01ec5_video.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly get religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/12/09/young-adults-religion-campuses-kirk/

USA TODAY
— College students less comfortable expressing beliefs after Kirk death
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/12/08/charlie-kirk-assassination-students-free-speech-poll/87623920007/

LAW AND THE WORPKPLACE
— EEOC Issues Updated Guidance on National Origin Discrimination DD: I am 100% German national origin and a Missouri Synod Lutheran. All my employers would have hired noncitizens and/or non-German Americans instead of me if they could have. There are many negative German stereotypes. SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereotypes_of_Germans  I lived in Crete 1948-1972 when it was overwhelmingly German American and Lutheran. While I was a Firestone Store employee for more than 2 years and a federal employee for almost 30 years, many, most, and at times virtually all of my supervisors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates had loved ones who were killed by Germans. In my defense, I stressed that while all my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany, they all immigrated way back in 1840s and 1850s. I stressed that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI. I stressed that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII. I stressed that my father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.
https://www.lawandtheworkplace.com/2025/12/eeoc-issues-updated-guidance-on-national-origin-discrimination/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The EEOC has issued a one-page technical assistance document, “Discrimination Against American Workers Is Against the Law” and updated its national origin discrimination landing page, reinforcing national origin discrimination protections with a focus on immigration-related issues.  The latest guidance follows the EEOC’s previous 2016 Enforcement Guidance on National Origin Discrimination, which remains in effect. Title VII, which is enforced by the EEOC, prohibits employment discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, and applies to most private employers with 15 or more employees. Under Title VII, discrimination based on national origin with respect to compensation and other terms and conditions of employment is unlawful, and employers are prohibited from limiting, segregating or classifying employees in a way that could deprive them of opportunities based on their national origin. The new technical assistance document defines national origin discrimination as “treating employees or applicants unfavorably or favorably because they are from a particular country or part of the world, because of ethnicity or accent, or because they appear to be of a certain ethnic background.” The landing page emphasizes that Title VII protects all workers, “including Americans,” and explains that national origin discrimination can include preferring foreign workers, including workers with certain visa statuses, over American workers.  It further highlights that discrimination can occur when the victim and the person engaging in the discrimination are of the same national origin.)

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The GOP Can’t Agree on a Healthcare Plan. Some Republicans Are Panicking. Senate is expected to vote this week on Democratic-backed measure to extend enhanced healthcare subsidies. DD: Ever since I became a part-time postal employee when was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have been furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my healthcare insurance premiums. They have been even more furious ever since I got married I was 29 years old and the federal government started paying 72% of my wife’s healthcare insurance premiums. That 72% subsidy is a major reason why people despise/hate federal employees, federal retirees, and their spouses. That 72% subsidy helped me withstand tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/the-gop-cant-agree-on-a-healthcare-plan-some-republicans-are-panicking-76b6d89e
— China Is Gearing Up for a Potential Invasion of Taiwan
https://www.wsj.com/world/china/how-china-chinese-invasion-taiwan-ba7e3916

FORBES
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise citizens of foreign countries.
https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbesbusinesscouncil/2025/12/08/a-diverse-hire-not-a-diversity-hire/

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, disabled, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.  I should write about the aforesaid.
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/11/final-schedule-f-regulations-describe-civil-service-protections-unconstitutional-overcorrections/409616/

POLITICO
— Supreme Court seems likely to let Trump fire independent agency heads. DD: Trump could cite Diersen v. GAO. The 7th Circuit ruled that my Democrat GAO superiors had the power to force me to retire, that is, that they had the power to fire me, when I was 49 years old in 1997, because I was an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/08/supreme-court-slaughter-trump-firings-00681078

NPR
— DD: The Democrat Party platform ever-increasingly creates more homelessness by destroying traditional marriage and family.
https://www.npr.org/2025/12/08/nx-s1-5637407/homelessness-in-the-new-gilded-age
https://www.npr.org/2025/12/08/nx-s1-5637259/placeless-author-traces-the-roots-and-realities-of-mass-homelessness-in-america
— Americans facing unaffordable healthcare costs if ACA subsidies end share concerns. DD: Ever since I became a part-time postal employee when was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have been furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my healthcare insurance premiums. They have been even more furious ever since I got married I was 29 years old and the federal government started paying 72% of my wife’s healthcare insurance premiums. That 72% subsidy is a major reason why people despise/hate federal employees, federal retirees, and their spouses. That 72% subsidy helped me withstand tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://www.npr.org/2025/12/08/nx-s1-5634778/americans-facing-unaffordable-healthcare-costs-if-aca-subsidies-end-share-concerns

HR ZONE
— DD: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government made it clear that they believed that the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, disabled, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.  I should write about the aforesaid.
https://hrzone.com/2025-12-are-staff-surveys-making-employees-too-entitled/

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

DAILY MAIL
— Disturbing truth about Somalis in America that no Democrat will ever confront
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15356833/somali-americans-usa-stats-expert.html
— Woke school gives kids as young as 11 tips on how to ‘come out as trans.’ DD: How successful have Democrats been making the students in your school district sexually active LGBTQers?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15364609/maryland-westland-middle-school-transgender-binding-lessons.html

HINDUSTAN TIMES
— US tech co-founder says he’ll pay $100,000 per day for H-1B talent: ‘Will set up recurring payment.’  DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.hindustantimes.com/trending/us/us-tech-co-founder-says-hell-pay-100-000-per-day-for-h-1b-talent-will-set-up-recurring-payment-101765206308941.html

ZOOM BANGLA
— Caste Discrimination a Major Drag on India’s Economy. DD: What Caste were you born into? Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school.
https://inews.zoombangla.com/caste-discrimination-a-major-drag-on-indias-economy-argues-prominent-economist/

ECONOMIC TIMES
— H-1B visa appointments cancelled for many applicants as US expands social media vetting. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nri/work/h1b-visa-appointments-cancelled-for-many-applicants-as-us-expands-social-media-vetting/articleshow/125865253.cms

December 7, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly unite against Republicans those who are minority, female, younger, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or in America illegally.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/12/06/black-chicagoans-latinos-immigrants-operation-midway-blitz

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make it clear that they will forever do everything that they can to illegally bring citizens of foreign countries into America illegally and to illegally keep them in America.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/07/opinion-police-federal-law-enforcement-public-safety-politicization/
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/07/opinion-republican-party-donald-trump-renaming/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Somalia and Somalians.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/07/minnesota-somalians-somali-walz-fraud-minnesota/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Illinois’ US Senate primary race shows candidates still must court shrinking downstate Democratic base
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/07/illinois-senate-race-downstate-democrats/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: From shooting to Slim Jims, immigration agents’ poor tactics made for needless safety risks
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/07/experts-immigration-agents-poor-tactics-unsafe-policing/

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTUTE: DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will make 2026 all about 1619 instead of 1776.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251206/literature/proud-to-be-an-american-st-charles-author-publishes-book-celebrating-250-years-of-america/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251206/religion/were-not-backing-down-feast-of-our-lady-of-guadalupe-will-go-on-in-des-plaines-despite-immigrati/

OAK PARK
— Candidates need skillsets, not skeletons in the closet. DD: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Voters demand more from Republican candidates than from Democrat candidates. They demand even more from Republican candidates who state that they are conservative. Candidates can always run as Independents. Should political parties have the power to stop candidates from seeking offices as a member of their party? If so, what criteria should be used? Far too many candidates have tremendous skeletons in their closets. When those skeletons come out, not only do they lose, but the party that they ran under loses. When their skeletons come out, far too many Republican candidates blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. But nothing has ever been in my newsletters that was not already in the public realm and/or was already known by the Democrats. Democrat leaders have always falsely claimed to have first learned of Republican negatives from my newsletters. Far too many who are involved in Republican activities are Democrat plants.
https://www.oakpark.com/2021/01/26/candidates-need-skillsets-not-skeletons-in-the-closet/

WCIA
— Trump says Biden to blame for affordability crisis: ‘I’M FIXING IT.’ DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for affordability problems, that is, for some people having less money than others. Why do you have more money than others? I took bad jobs that my peers did not have to take and would not stoop to take. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.wcia.com/news/national/trump-says-biden-to-blame-for-affordability-crisis-im-fixing-it/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

JOHN KASS
— Democrats Protecting Maduro’s Narcos
https://johnkassnews.com/why-are-democrats-protecting-narco-terrorists-like-maduro/

GOPUSA ILLINOPIS
— When voters have complaints against Trump, who do take it out on? Sadly, from what I see, ever-increasingly, it will be Republican candidates on the ballot in their precinct and their Republican Precinct Committeeman. I will get a measure of that when I hand-deliver the March 17, 2026 Republican primary ballot and Republican candidate campaign literature to the 400 residences in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton that have at least one registered Republican voter or one Independent voter. In the 2024 election, Harris got 478 votes and Trump got 373 votes. The mainstream news media ever-increasingly spins everything against Trump. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— My critics/opponents have always promoted Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, they have always promoted race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. They have done that a) because they benefit personally from the aforesaid or want to benefit personally from the aforesaid and/or b) because they want to curry favor with minorities, females, younger people, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, and/or citizens of foreign countries. Because of the aforesaid and because I have always fought the aforesaid, my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. Because of the aforesaid and because I have always fought the aforesaid, my superiors in the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, and Illinois Center Right Coalition wasted my political career and got rid of me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

NEW YORK POST
— Mamdani’s senseless plan to end homeless camp sweeps will make NYC’s problem worse. DD: The Democrat Party platform promotes homelessness because it destroys traditional marriage and family, because it promotes dependency on government and charity, because it promotes vices, and because it destroys meritocracy.
https://nypost.com/2025/12/06/opinion/michael-goodwin-mamdanis-senseless-plan-to-end-homeless-camp-sweeps-has-no-real-solution-in-sight/
— Mamdani’s DSA party pushing China propaganda in new monthly ‘political education’ seminars
https://nypost.com/2025/12/06/us-news/dsa-pushing-china-propaganda-in-new-monthly-political-education-seminar/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Trump’s optimistic America-First National Security Strategy
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/12/trump_s_optimistic_america_first_national_security_strategy.html

BREITBART
— Texas ‘Bathroom Law’ Mandates Use Based on Biological Sex
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2025/12/06/new-texas-bathroom-law-mandates-use-based-on-biological-sex/amp/

DAILY CALLER
— Marines Say ‘Unapologetic’ Standards Drove Recruiting As Pentagon Raises The Bar Across Military. DD: Did you try to enlist? What if I had tried to enlist? I cannot run because I have a bone disease, my eyesight cannot be corrected to 20/20, I have partial red/green color blindness, my ACT score was only 24, I only just barely made into the upper 20% of my high school class, and I demonstrated no leadership potential while I was in grade school, high school, or college.
https://www.aol.com/articles/marines-unapologetic-standards-drove-recruiting-201630633.html

DAILY WIRE
— New Lawsuit Could Topple The Heart Of Race-Based Federal Programs. The government will likely no longer use race to establish “social disadvantage.” DD: My critics/opponents have always painted themselves as being disadvantaged and/or as being champions for the disadvantaged. According to my critics/opponents, if you have successes and you are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time, it is because you benefitted from discrimination against those who are liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-lawsuit-could-topple-the-heart-of-race-based-federal-programs

FOX NEWS
— Detained illegal immigrants will face $5K ‘apprehension fee’
https://noticias.foxnews.com/politics/detained-illegal-immigrants-face-5k-apprehension-fee-border-patrol-chief.print
— High-brow New Jersey suburb’s high school launches Socialist Club with Karl Marx imagery. Club flyer tells students to ‘learn ways to solve social problems that don’t involve exploiting the working class.’ DD: Were you exploited? According to my critics/opponents. I was never exploited because I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years. According to my critics/opponents, if I had worked in the private sector, that is, if I had worked under capitalists, in today’s dollars, I never would have been able to earn $19.37/hour when I was 18 in 1966, $55,850/year when I was 22, $68,315/year when I was 23, $82,635/year when I was 24, $99,069/year when I was 25, $112,280/year when I was 31, $117,807/year when I was 38, and $153,151/year when I was 49 notwithstanding my earning a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and a job-relate professional license when I was 32.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/high-brow-new-jersey-suburbs-high-school-launches-socialist-club-karl-marx-imagery.amp
— Mamdani-appointed NYC professor who wrote book on ending policing now tasked with shaping community safety
https://www.aol.com/articles/mamdani-appointed-nyc-professor-wrote-110005310.html

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— 1776, Not 1619. DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will make 2026 all about 1619 instead of 1776.
https://www.heritage.org/american-history/commentary/1776-not-1619

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— A Ridiculous Lack of Consequences Week in Education
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/12/a-ridiculous-lack-of-consequences-week-in-education/
— Some Colleges are Still Requiring Diversity-Related Admissions Essays. “College Transitions, an admissions consulting firm, identified 19 colleges with optional or required diversity essays” DD: UIC admitted me when I was 18 in 1966, NIU when I was 20, Loyola when I was 23, DePaul when I was 27, and IIT when I was 43. But because I oppose race and gender based preference giving, if I was 18, 20, 23, or 43 today, they would not admit me today.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/12/some-colleges-are-still-requiring-diversity-related-admissions-essays/

PJ MEDIA
— Mamdani Unveils Major New Element of His Plan to Destroy New York City
https://pjmedia.com/robert-spencer/2025/12/06/mamdani-unveils-major-new-element-of-his-plan-to-destroy-new-york-city-n4946771

VEG OUT MAGAZINE
— 9 types of discipline boomers developed that younger generations were never required to build. These forms of discipline still matter today—perhaps more than ever. And younger generations can absolutely develop them, but it requires conscious effort, because modern life removes many of the natural challenges that used to build these habits automatically.
https://vegoutmag.com/lifestyle/gen-9-types-of-discipline-boomers-developed-that-younger-generations-were-never-required-to-build/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 1. The discipline of delayed gratification. . .2. The discipline of doing things manually. . .3. The discipline of showing up even when you don’t feel like it. . .4. The discipline of living within your means. . .5. The discipline of face-to-face communication. . .6. The discipline of patience in problem-solving. . .7. The discipline of personal accountability. . .8. The discipline of boredom tolerance. . .9. The discipline of making do with what you have.)

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC NEW YORK
— Mamdani vows to end homeless ‘sweeps.’ DD: The Democrat Party platform promotes homelessness because it destroys traditional marriage and family, because it promotes dependency on government and charity, because it promotes vices, and because it destroys meritocracy.
https://abc7ny.com/post/mayor-elect-zohran-mamdani-vows-end-homeless-sweeps-nyc/18255064/

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make it clear that they will forever do everything that they can to illegally bring citizens of foreign countries into America illegally and to illegally keep them in America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/us/politics/biden-immigration-trump.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that if you vote for Democrats, healthcare will be free. The federal government paid 72% of my healthcare insurance while I was a federal employee 1966-1969 and 1971-1997, it has paid 72% of my healthcare insurance since I was forced to retire in 1997, and it has paid 72% of my wife’s healthcare insurance since we got married in 1978. That helped me endure tremendous efforts my Democrat superiors to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/us/politics/republicans-congress-health-care.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do everything that they can to discourage/end traditional marriage and family.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/opinion/marriage-divorce-happy.html
— Carbondale is at the Center of a Seismic Shift in Abortion Access. A liberal enclave within driving distance of 10 states with abortion bans, Carbondale has become a hub for the procedure. Last year there were nearly 11,000 abortions in this city of 21,000. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/us/politics/abortion-carbondale.html
— DD: The Democrat Party is ever-increasingly more anti-Christian, more anti-American.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/opinion/trump-hegseth-christian-nationalism.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for affordability problems, that is, for some people having less money than others. Why do you have more money than others? I took bad jobs that my peers did not have to take and would not stoop to take. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/12/06/trump-affordability-inflation-prices-economy/

DAILY JOURNAL
— Justin Shegerian wins $103M in age bias case. DD: I have been fighting age discrimination since I was 25 years old in 1974 when my Democrat IRS superiors deemed me to be too old to be promoted to GS-13. I ultimately did make GS-13, but not until I was 38 and had a) earned an MBA when I was 27, b) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, c) transferred to GAO and earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, and d) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA when I was 32.
https://www.dailyjournal.com/article/388886-justin-shegerian-wins-103m-in-age-bias-case-in-first-time-as-first-chair

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump’s Top Advisers Wage Campaign to Shift His Focus to High Prices. During closed-door meetings in recent weeks, the president’s aides have pressed him to calibrate his message on affordability. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for affordability problems, that is, for some people having less money than others. Why do you have more money than others? I took bad jobs that my peers did not have to take and would not stoop to take. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-economy-affordability-lower-prices-308f93ee

FORBES
— Hegseth Trashes ‘Weakness, Wokeness, War’ During Reagan National Defense Forum
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sY1wSXzgo1A

NATIONAL CATHOLIC REPORTER
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly call Trump hateful things.
https://www.ncronline.org/news/usccbs-racial-justice-chair-discourages-dehumanizing-language-after-trump-somali-comments

ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE
— DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.  My critics/opponents cannot say anything like that because they did not have to take bad jobs like I had to. I had to work my way through college. Their parents had lots of money. They bought them cars, paid for their college expenses, and got them good jobs. I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assembly line in 1970. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971. I pumped more gasoline 1971-1972. I collected delinquent federal taxes 1971-1980. I audited federal agencies 1980-1997.
https://www.epi.org/blog/immigrants-are-not-hurting-u-s-born-workers-six-facts-to-set-the-record-straight/

FROM FOREIGN SOURSES

ECONOMIC TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for inflation.
https://m.economictimes.com/news/international/us/affordability-crisis-rocks-2026-race-trumps-poll-numbers-tank-in-key-battleground-states/amp_articleshow/125805857.cms

NDTV
— US Rolls Out $5,000 Penalty For Migrants Caught After Illegal Entry. The penalty is approved under Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/us-rolls-out-5-000-penalty-for-migrants-caught-after-illegal-entry-9765903

DAILY MAIL
— New Jersey high school launches socialist club and uses Karl Marx imagery to promote it. DD: How soon, if not already, will Democrat leaders launch socialist clubs in the schools in your school district?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15359321/zohran-mamdani-new-jersey-socialist.html
https://www.msn.com/en-my/news/other/new-jersey-high-school-launches-socialist-club-and-uses-karl-marx-imagery-to-promote-it/ar-AA1RQxbF

December 6, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Kristi Noem draws protesters at Chicago Christmas tree charity event. Trump’s deportation chief presided over the “Christmas Tree Ship” ceremony at Navy Pier Saturday. She led one of the early aggressive immigration raids near Chicago.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/12/06/homeland-security-kristi-noem-christmas-trees-chicago-coast-guard-navy-pier
— Feds deploy tear gas in Elgin as hourslong standoff ends in man’s arrest. ICE agents fire tear gas and residents toss snow and water bottles back during a confrontation that ended with a man in custody. State Sen. Cristina Castro was on scene and decried agents for “striking fear” in the community.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/12/06/tear-gas-deployed-in-elgin-as-feds-detain-man-after-hours-long-standoff

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— On day of Kristi Noem visit to Chicago, federal immigration agents use tear gas on Elgin crowd
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/06/immigration-agents-use-tear-gas-on-crowd-in-elgin/

DAILY HERALD
— Threats pile up as Indiana Republicans confront pressure from Trump on redistricting
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251206/nation-and-world-politics/threats-pile-up-as-indiana-republicans-confront-pressure-from-trump-on-redistricting/

ABC7
— Federal agent involved in crash, ‘chemical irritants’ deployed in Elgin
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-elgin-federal-immigration-agent-involved-crash-highland-ave-7-exposed-chemical-irritants-maple-lane-police/18258436/
–DD: The Democrat Party platform promotes homelessness.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/new-hud-housing-program-rules-donald-trump-administration-could-put-formerly-unhoused-people-back-streets/18251645/

CBS2
— Federal agent involved in crash, chemical agents dispersed in Elgin
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/federal-agent-involved-in-crash-chemical-agents-dispersed-elgin-illinois/

WGLT
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Somalia.
https://www.wglt.org/2025-12-05/trumps-garbage-comment-met-with-disappointment-in-somalia

FOX ILLINOIS
— ‘They’re really cute’: Trump says he approved ‘tiny cars’ for US production. DD: A 1978 Chevrolet Chevette was my daily driver 1978-1994.
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/theyre-really-cute-trump-says-he-approved-tiny-cars-for-us-production-automakers-manufactured-united-states-japan-kei-smaller-vehicles-driving-gas-fuel-economy-mileage-transportation-environment

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump to affordability critics: ‘I’M FIXING IT’
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/6/trump-affordability-critics-im-fixing/
— Universities defy Trump’s diversity essay ban despite federal threats. DD: UIC admitted me when I was 18 in 1966, NIU when I was 20, Loyola when I was 23, DePaul when I was 27, and IIT when I was 43. But because I oppose race and gender based preference giving, if I was 18, 20, 23, or 43 today, they would not admit me today.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/5/trump-admin-threatens-universities-diversity-essay-policies-schools/
— Young people will lead America into tyranny if not stopped
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/5/young-people-lead-america-tyranny-stopped/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democrats are choosing cartels over Americans
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/courage-strength-optimism/3908558/democrats-choose-cartels-over-americans/
— Trump administration announces audit of contractors benefiting from ‘disadvantaged’ business program. DD: All my critics/opponents a) hint/imply/argue/shout that they are disadvantaged and/or b) that they fight for the disadvantaged. They all demonize, denigrate, and condemn me as being advantaged.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/business/3909429/trump-administration-announces-audit-of-contractors-benefiting-from-disadvantaged-business-program/

NEW YORK POST
— Trump administration will expand travel ban to over 30 countries
https://nypost.com/2025/12/06/us-news/trump-administration-expanding-travel-ban-to-more-than-30-countries/
— America needs to restore high standards before our schools become completely worthless
https://nypost.com/2025/12/06/opinion/alarming-signs-kids-are-paying-a-steep-price-for-low-standards-and-less-testing-in-schools/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— 260K dead found on voter rolls, thousands more ‘non-citizens’
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/12/06/harmeet-dhillon-reveals-260k-dead-found-on-voter-rolls-thousands-more-non-citizens-1608495/

CENTER SQUARE
— Obama-era ‘Welcoming Cities’ program overlaps with illegal border crosser crimes
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_6e09665c-9366-45a5-b950-838e21ca57da.html

FOX NEWS
— Sanctuary cities have ‘absolutely no say’ on immigration crackdowns
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6386124149112
— Photos emerge of Somali illegal’s ties to top Minnesota Dems after ICE arrest. Ibrahim has been photographed with several high-profile Minnesota Democrats, including Gov. Tim Walz and ‘Squad’ Rep. Ilhan Omar
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/photos-emerge-somali-illegals-ties-top-minnesota-dems-after-ice-arrest
— Ilhan Omar says there are few undocumented Somali migrants in the country
https://noticias.foxnews.com/media/ilhan-omar-says-few-undocumented-somali-migrants-country.print
— Trump takes his affordability agenda on the road. DD: What did you do to afford things? I took bad jobs that my peers would not stoop to take. I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assembly line in 1970. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971. I pumped more gasoline 1971-1972. I collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980. I audited federal agencies 1980-1997. According to my critics/opponents, I was grossly overpaid for those jobs and my pension and retirement benefits are much too generous. To qualify myself 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.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6386127745112
— The Alarming Gaps in America’s Immigration Vetting System
https://radio.foxnews.com/2025/12/06/extra-the-alarming-gaps-in-americas-immigration-vetting-system/

NEWSMAX
— Zero Tolerance for Those Who Impede ICE
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/immigration-ice-dhs/2025/12/06/id/1237327/
— Another Stabbing by Illegal Migrant in Charlotte
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/crime-violence-illegals/2025/12/06/id/1237353/

PJ MEDIA
— Woke Priest Uses His Church’s Nativity Scene to Mock and Defy ICE
https://pjmedia.com/robert-spencer/2025/12/06/woke-priest-finds-a-way-to-mock-ice-in-his-churchs-nativity-scene-n4946773
— When Sanctuary Politics Put a Knife to an Innocent American
https://pjmedia.com/david-manney/2025/12/06/when-sanctuary-politics-put-a-knife-to-an-innocent-american-n4946772

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NEWSWEEK
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ, that is, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.newsweek.com/joe-biden-stumbles-america-lgbtq-forum-speech-11167745

AOL
— Ageism in the Job Market Is Real. DD: I have been fighting ageism since I was 25 years old in 1974 when my Democrat IRS superiors deemed me to be too old to be promoted to GS-13. I ultimately did make GS-13, but not until I was 38 and had a) earned an MBA when I was 27, b) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, c) transferred to GAO and earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, and d) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA when I was 32.
https://www.aol.com/lifestyle/too-old-too-young-retire-133059851.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Here’s How Trump Has Made It Harder for Migrants Seeking Asylum and Citizenship
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/us/politics/trump-immigration-changes.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Skeletons in your closet? No problem, you can be a GOP candidate. DD: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Voters demand more from Republican candidates than from Democrat candidates. They demand even more from Republican candidates who state that they are conservative. Candidates can always run as Independents. Should political parties have the power to stop candidates from seeking offices as a member of their party? If so, what criteria should be used? Far too many candidates have tremendous skeletons in their closets. When those skeletons come out, not only do they lose, but the party that they ran under loses. When their skeletons come out, far too many Republican candidates blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. But nothing has ever been in my newsletters that was not already in the public realm and/or was already known by the Democrats. Democrat leaders have always falsely claimed to have first learned of Republican negatives from my newsletters. Far too many who are involved in Republican activities are Democrat plants.
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-01-22/republicans-solomon-pena-george-santos-vetting-candidates-democrats

DESERET NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasing destroy traditional marriage and family. Under the Democrats, fewer and fewer and fewer people are marriage material. What helped make you marriage material? By the time I got married when I was 29 in 1978, I had worked for IRS for almost 7 years and my salary was $108,978/year in today’s dollars. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and I was taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul. I lived in a one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building that I had bought in 1976. I was renting out a town home in University Park that I had bought new in 1972. I owned a 1972 Corvette that I had bought new in 1971. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/documents/
https://www.deseret.com/special-series/2025/11/14/american-family-survey-marriage-indifference-needed-family/

WKBW
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that Jesus was an illegal immigrant and that he rejects the concepts of countries, borders, and laws.
https://www.wkbw.com/news/local-news/jesus-himself-was-an-immigrant-buffalo-catholic-diocese-calls-for-compassion-for-immigrants

HEALTH INSURANCE
— Does health insurance cover IVF and other fertility treatments? DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who have used against me the most my and my wife giving up trying to have children without trying IVF, our not adopting, and our not becoming foster parents. According to them, if we had children, I would not have been able a) to pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) to earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, c) to pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and d) to become a licensed CPA in 1981. The aforesaid enabled me to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980 and to get promoted by GAO to GS-13 in 1986. Would Duckworth agree with my critics/opponents, and if so, why? Duckworth stresses what she has accomplished since she successfully used IVF.
https://www.healthinsurance.org/faqs/does-health-insurance-cover-ivf-and-other-fertility-treatments/

POLITICO
— Immigration courts thrown into chaos as Trump administration purges dozens of judges. The president has ousted about one-seventh of the DOJ judges weighing whether to deport noncitizens.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/06/trump-immigration-court-judge-purges-00679376

SALON
— American workers are refusing to take bad jobs. DD: What bad jobs did you take? I took bad jobs that my peers would not stoop to take. I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped lag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assembly line in 1970. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971. I pumped more gasoline 1971-1972. I collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980. I audited federal agencies 1980-1997. According to my critics/opponents, I was grossly overpaid for those jobs and my pension and retirement benefits are much too generous. To qualify myself 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.
https://www.salon.com/2021/06/19/american-workers-are-refusing-to-take-bad-jobs-and-thats-good-for-everyone-economists-say/

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

TELEGRAPH
— US Supreme Court agrees to hear Trump’s appeal challenging birthright citizenship for children of noncitizens
https://www.telegraphindia.com/amp/world/us-supreme-court-agrees-to-hear-trumps-appeal-challenging-birthright-citizenship-for-children-of-noncitizens/cid/2136503

December 6, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote birthright citizenship.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/12/05/supreme-court-decide-trumps-birthright-citizenship-order-violates-the-constitution
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/la-voz/2025/12/05/inmigrantes-tienen-niveles-mas-altos-de-ataques-de-panico-y-ansiedad-y-poca-ayuda

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Hanover Park police officer busted by ICE back to full duty. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.  My critics/opponents cannot say anything like that because they did not have to take bad jobs like I had to. I had to work my way through college. Their parents had lots of money. They bought them cars, paid for their college expenses, and got them good jobs. I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assembly line in 1970. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971. I pumped more gasoline 1971-1972. I collected delinquent federal taxes 1971-1980. I audited federal agencies 1980-1997.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/02/hanover-park-police-immigration-blitz-trump/

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PHOTO: A Republican running to succeed longtime U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky in the largely suburban 9th District was convicted of a sex crime against a juvenile decades ago. DD: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Voters demand more from Republican candidates than from Democrat candidates. They demand even more from Republican candidates who state that they are conservative. Candidates can always run as Independents. Should political parties have the power to stop candidates from seeking offices as a member of their party? If so, what criteria should be used? Far too many candidates have tremendous skeletons in their closets. When those skeletons come out, not only they lose, but the party that they ran under loses. When their skeletons come out, far too many Republican candidates blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. But nothing has ever been in my newsletters that was not already in the public realm and/or was already known by the Democrats. Democrat leaders have always falsely claimed to have first learned of Republican negatives from my newsletters. Far too many who are involved in Republican activities are Democrat plants.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251205/us-congress-politics/9th-district-congressional-candidate-was-convicted-of-sex-crime-against-a-juvenile-records-show/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Friedman’s rivals for the GOP nomination have had varied reactions to his criminal history, as have suburban party leaders. Cleveland surprised Friedman by loudly disclosing his status as a registered sex offender during a candidate meet-and-greet last month in Northbrook. A Cleveland campaign aide then asked Friedman about the case while filming the conversation. That video subsequently was shared with the Daily Herald. When asked about Friedman’s past via email this week, Su said no elected official should have a history of sex offenses. Elleson expressed reluctance to comment on Friedman’s conviction, saying he didn’t know the details. A church pastor, he said everyone deserves a second chance. “I believe in giving everyone the benefit of the doubt,” Elleson said in an email. “None of us know the whole story.” Cook County Republican Party Chair Aaron Del Mar called Friedman’s conviction “entirely disqualifying” and said he should drop out of the race. “Voters have every right to expect basic decency and transparency from anyone asking to serve in Congress,” said Del Mar, who’s campaigning for lieutenant governor as Darren Bailey’s running mate. “Someone with this kind of conviction has no business running for federal office, and it is an insult to the voters of the 9th District to pretend otherwise.” Lake County Republican Party Chair Keith Brin noted that political parties have no control over who runs for office. He encouraged voters to research candidates.)

STATELINE
— Illinois fights federal changes to SNAP eligibility for noncitizens
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/illinois-fights-federal-changes-to-snap-eligibility-for-noncitizens/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump official signals potential rollback of changes to census racial categories
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-12-05/trump-official-signals-potential-rollback-of-changes-to-census-racial-categories

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— The White House, Teenagers and Media Bias
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/12/the-white-house-teenagers-and-media-bias/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— IVF is Not the Answer to Your Infertility– (There’s a Better One) DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who have used against me the most my and my wife giving up trying to have children without trying IVF, our not adopting, and our not becoming foster parents. According to them, if we had children, I would not have been able a) to pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) to earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, c) to pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and d) to become a licensed CPA in 1981. The aforesaid enabled me to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980 and to get promoted by GAO to GS-13 in 1986. Would Duckworth agree with my critics/opponents, and if so, why? Duckworth stresses what she has accomplished since she successfully used IVF.
https://illinoisfamily.org/life/ivf-is-not-the-answer-to-your-infertility-theres-a-better-one/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Norine Hammond Makes Nearly Twice the Income of Her Own Constituents, While Skipping Local GOP Events Amid Ethics Concerns
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/12/norine-hammond-makes-nearly-twice-the-income-of-her-own-constituents-while-skipping-local-gop-events-amid-ethics-concerns.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Have high school boys really gotten that bad? DD: Do you attend your high school reunions? Were you marriage material when you were in high school? I was not. I could not run because I had a bone disease. My eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20. I had partial red/green color blindness. 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. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class. But worst of all, during my junior and senior years, I spent 28 hours a week washing dishes and 40 hours a week during the summer in between.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/magazine-your-land/3897943/have-high-school-boys-really-gotten-that-bad/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: At a time when marriage and birth rates are rapidly declining, a recent Pew poll finding that 12th graders are far less interested in getting married today than they were 30 years ago is alarming. In 1993, according to Pew, some 80% of all 12th graders said they were likely to get married someday, compared to just 67% of 12th graders who said the same thing today. Meanwhile, those who are not interested in marriage at all have almost doubled, from 5% to 9%. But when you drill down on the numbers, an interesting gender imbalance develops. In 1993, 83% of 12th-grade girls expressed a desire to get married someday, compared to 76% of boys. But today those numbers are reversed, with an almost identical 74% of 12th-grade boys interested in marriage, but only 61% of girls. Responding to the new Pew numbers, feminist author Jill Filipovic posted on X, “Might be worth asking what it is about high school boys that girls don’t find appealing, I have a feeling the list is long and informative.” As someone who was once a high school boy (way back in 1993, actually), I can attest that Filipovic is absolutely correct that it would be easy for any high school girl to make a long list of things they did not find appealing about my fellow male classmates and me. But in our defense, we were teenage boys, and we had lots of growing up to do before we became appealing to women. My question for Filipovic is, have high school boys really gotten so much worse than I was in the 1990s? Or maybe our schools and culture are sending a lot more anti-marriage messages to girls today than they were 30 years ago. Pick any Disney movie from the 1990s. Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King, Pocahontas, Hercules, and Tarzan all have romantic heterosexual relationships at their core. Fast forward to today, and Brave, Moana, Zootopia, Encanto, and Wish are all completely bereft of heterosexual pairing off. The female leads in all these movies are not only unmarried but also completely uninterested in marriage. Brave‘s entire storyline is anti-marriage. And in schools, marriage is never promoted while self-discovery and professional achievement are endlessly encouraged. The little time spent on relationships with boys is all negative. Girls are taught that men are dangerous and to recognize signs of dating violence, coercion, toxic relationships, grooming, and manipulation. But are they ever taught how rewarding a life-long marriage to a spouse can be, or what qualities to look for in a good partner? Nope. Never. That would be far too patriarchal and heteronormative. If we want our civilization to survive, we are going to have to turn our marriage and birth rates around. Maybe it’s time we started teaching our children how absolutely essential marriage is to their happiness and stopped attacking high school boys for being … high school boys.)
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that Jesus was an illegal immigrant and that he rejects the concepts of countries, borders, and laws.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3389517/raphael-warnock-the-view-kilmar-abrego-garcia-immigrant-jesus/

NEW YORK POST
— Somali illegal migrant fraudster photographed with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Rep. Ilhan Omar
https://nypost.com/2025/12/05/us-news/photos-emerge-of-somali-illegal-immigrant-fraudster-with-minnesota-gov-tim-walz-rep-ilhan-omar/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ, that is, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://nypost.com/2025/12/05/us-news/biden-suffers-brutal-gaffe-while-trying-to-pronounce-america-at-lgbtq-conference-in-dc/

WASHINGTON POST
— Supreme Court will hear case on Trump’s ban on birthright citizenship. DD: American citizenship brings with it tremendous benefits and few if any responsibilities. American citizens who are the following get tremendous preference: Democrat, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, poor, disabled, veteran, non-Protestant, and/or non-German American.
The announcement sets up a test of a controversial policy that could redefine who is considered an American.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/12/05/supreme-court-birthright-citizenship-trump/

AMAC
— Trump continues to make progress in the fight against discriminatory “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) policies in American higher education. In the most recent development on this front, Northwestern University signed a $75 million settlement and agreed to the administration’s demands to abolish race-based admissions and hiring policies.
https://amac.us/newsline/politics/trump-notches-another-victory-in-battle-against-higher-ed-discrimination/

BREITBART
— Trump’s National Security Plan: ‘Era of Mass Migration Is Over’ DD: If there had been as many noncitizens in America when I was young as there are now, I would not have been able to earn a bachelor’s degree, three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license. Democrat and RINO leaders would have given the aforesaid to noncitizens.
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2025/12/05/trumps-national-security-plan-era-of-mass-migration-is-over/amp/

CREATORS SYNDICATE
— Affordability: We Need Higher Incomes, Not Lower Prices. DD: What did you do qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.creators.com/read/daily-editorials/12/25/affordability-we-need-higher-incomes-not-lower-prices-4c166

FOX BUSINESS
— Poor people are the only people who pay the price. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders make those who are the following pay the price of Affirmative Action and DEI: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, have ancestors who have been in America for a long time, and/or have less money than others.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/palantir-ceo-says-poor-people-only-people-who-pay-price-being-wrong-this-culture

TOWNHALL
— Democrats Fuel Racial Strife to Get Votes
https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffdavidson/2025/12/06/democrats-racists-who-fuel-racial-strife-to-get-votes-n2667468

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

C-SPAN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ, that is, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.c-span.org/clip/public-affairs-event/former-president-biden-speaks-at-lgbtq-forum/5183176

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

CBS NEWS
— For Gen Zers, finding work after college is often a painful slog. DD: What frustrated your job search? For me, it was potential employers seeing me as being draft bait. They did not believe that my application for a financial hardship draft deferment would be approved. Therefore, I took the only job offer that I got. But it was for a job that did not really require a college degree. After my application was approved, I was offered a job that did require a college degree. I accepted it. But that offer was withdrawn because that employer had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. Because I had to have a job because I was helping support my mother and brother, I accepted a job offer from IRS.
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/gen-z-struggle-get-hired-labor-market/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— White House sets up a hall of shame for news outlets. DD: My critics/opponents blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for all the losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who are/were leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) conservative leaders, and d) religious leaders. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-press-media-bias-hall-of-shame-4571e8bfc924de0d83529b635be0a68c

CNBC
— ‘Trump accounts’ could give your child up to $1,000 for free. Your top questions, answered. DD: What if the federal government had given you a Trump Account when you were born? $1,000 today was worth $74.20 when I was born in 1948. With money I earned doing yard work and delivering newspapers, I bought a 1958 Chevrolet in 1964. With money I earned delivering newspapers and washing dishes, I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966. With money I earned doing summer jobs in 1966 and delivering mail 1966-1969, a) I bought a new Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, b) I bought a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, c) I paid for my college expenses, and d) I graduated debt-free from NIU owning that Charger in 1970.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/05/trump-accounts-free-money.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders crow about their success in driving Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/us/politics/trump-approval-rating.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ, that is, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/us/biden-lgbtq-award.html
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders want everyone in the world to seek asylum in America. Democrat leaders because they vote for Democrats. RINO leaders because they want cheap labor.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/opinion/immigration-lawyer-trump-asylum.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— A President’s Right to Say ‘You’re Fired’ DD: My Democrat GAO superiors fired me, that is, they forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. In federal court, they hinted/implied/argued that was what Congress wanted them to do. I had been an active member in a class action lawsuit since 1988 that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. They wanted to give my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate which what they did. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-v-slaughter-supreme-court-independent-agencies-humphreys-executor-federal-trade-commission-38f08c2d

FED SCOOP
— DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they demanded blind loyalty to the Democrat Party platform and especially to its Affirmative Action plank, that is, to its race and gender preference giving plank, its patronage plank, its political affiliation plank, its reverse discrimination plank, its age discrimination plank, its religious discrimination plank, and its national origin discrimination plank. They wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 year old in 1997 because I refused to become a Democrat, because I complained about their loyalty demand and their discrimination, and because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation when I was 40 years old in 1988.
https://fedscoop.com/federal-agency-jobs-trump-loyalty-question-opm-lawsuit/

WEEK
— DD: Anti-conservatives ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://theweek.com/articles/528746/origins-marriage

BANKING RATES
— 3 College Majors With Declining Starting Salaries. DD: In today’s dollars, a) my starting Firestone Store salary was about $50,000/year in 1970, b) my starting IRS salary was $55,850/year in 1971, and c) my starting GAO salary was $88,808/year in 1980. I had earned an MBA in 1976 and I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979.
https://www.aol.com/3-college-majors-declining-starting-130232761.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Business: 2025 salary projection: $65,276

MOTHER JONES
— DD: What Caste were you born into? Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/03/trump-caste-america-birthright-citizenship/

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

HINDU
— Scholarships: December 6, 2025. DD: My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me for my not getting any scholarships.
https://www.thehindu.com/education/scholarships-december-6-2025/article70332229.ece

TIMES OF INDIA
— Microsoft quietly make big changes to its employee performance reviews. DD: Democrat and RINO employers use performance reviews to get rid of their Republican employees. They paint their Democrat and RINO employees as positively as they can and they paint their Republican employees as negatively as they can. In Diersen v. GAO, I entered into the court record all the many performance reviews that my Democrat superiors gave me 1980-1997. None of them came close to justifying the many adverse actions that they took against me. They forced me to take a $23,472 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. They kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. They delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13. They always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. They forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/microsoft-quietly-make-big-changes-to-its-employee-performance-reviews-company-has-removed/articleshow/125800354.cms

December 4, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH FOUR PHOTOS: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/02/immigrant-murder-detainer-warrant-hunt-politics/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/04/operation-midway-bliss-gift-drive/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/04/ohare-airport-raids-rideshare-drivers/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/04/opinion-snap-benefits-immigrants-refugees/
— Illinois to celebrate United States’ 250th birthday. DD: By the time I was 48 years old in 1997, I was able to do the following in Illinois even though 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, and I had to work my way through college: a) earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) earn three job-related master’s degrees, c) earn six job-related professional certifications, and d) earn a job-related professional license. But I doubt that I would have been able to have done the following if I was 48 today in Illinois. Why? Because under the Democrats, Illinois has ever-increasingly become anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-married people, anti-non-poor people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/03/illinois-america-250-announcement/

DAILY HERALD
— DD: Democrat leaders want Illinois to be more and more and more dependent on federal spending.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251203/business/federal-funding-cuts-policy-changes-will-be-job-killers-for-illinois/

NBC5
— Veteran working full-time at grocery store goes viral as social media rallies to help him. In a now-viral post, Ed Bambas explained that he retired from General Motors in 1999 but later lost his pension and now works at a Michigan grocery store “to re-establish myself.” DD: What is your position on a) employees who are in line to get pensions and b) retirees who get pensions? My being in line for a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension helped me endure tremendous efforts by my Democrat federal superiors to waste my career and to get rid of me. My critics/opponents started using against me my being in line for a CSRS pension since I started working part-time for the Post Office when I was 18 years old in 1966. They have further used against me my becoming eligible to take early retirement when I was 45 in 1993. They have further used against me my getting a CSRS pension since I was 49 in 1997. In my defense, I paid 7% of my federal salary into the CSRS. Further, if my Democrat GAO superiors had not forced me to retire when I as 49 in 1997, I might still be paying into the CSRS. Further, if my Democrat Post Office superiors had not forced me to resign when I was 20 in 1969, I would have 21 more months of federal seniority than I have and my CSRS pension would be much greater. Further, my CSRS pension is dramatically less because my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors wasted my career and forced to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/veteran-working-full-time-at-grocery-store-goes-viral-as-social-media-rallies-to-help-him/3858273/

WGN RADIO
—  DD: The mainstream news media ever-increasingly treats Pat Brady as being the leader of the Illinois Republican Party.
https://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/pat-brady-pete-hegseth-will-not-survive-this/amp/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly blame Republicans for healthcare costs.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-affordable-care-act-premiums-are-set-to-spike-a-new-poll-shows-enrollees-are-already-struggling/amp/

ILLINOIZE
— How to Get the GOP Back in Contention. DD: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Unlike the Illinois Democrat Party, the Illinois Republican Party elects leaders who reject some, many, most, if not virtually all the planks in its platform. They most commonly reject its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks.
https://www.theillinoize.com/articles/how-get-gop-back-contention
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Much has been made of the struggle for Illinois Republicans in Illinois. Shut out of statewide elections since 2014. No U.S. Senate victory since 2010. Super minorities in the House and Senate. Three out of 17 seats in the congressional delegation. t’s been tough sledding, and many politicians, pundits, activists, and insiders have been quick to point out why Republicans are struggling, but what will it actually take to dig out of the hole? In multiple conversations with Republican activists, officials, and strategists, three appear to be three specific targets for improving GOP campaigns: messaging, fundraising, and courting suburban voters.)

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— December 4, 2025
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook

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

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

TED DABROWSKI
— Cook County’s no-strings-attached guaranteed income program: Recklessly misguided welfare
https://mailchi.mp/fe308960d74d/noguaranteedincome?e=0db6d48fb8

WIRE POINTS
— Will Trump Cuts Really Shrink Illinois’ Economy by $10 Billion?
https://wirepoints.org/will-trump-cuts-really-shrink-illinois-economy-by-10-billion-wirepoints-mark-glennon-pans-new-study-ray-stevens-show-wls/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Liberal media disguised politics of Charlie Kirk’s alleged assassin. DD: What positions do the voters in your precinct have on Charlie Kirk, Erika Kirk, and Turning Point USA? On what do they base their positions?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-secrets/3905682/liberal-media-disguised-politics-charlie-kirk-alleged-assassin-tyler-robinson/
— Facing appeals loss, activists withdraw suit that had frozen ICE
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3906244/activists-withdraw-suit-frozen-ice/
— GAO signed up for fraudulent Obamacare plans with ease. DD: I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years. But they wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 even though I had a) master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, b) professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting, and c) a CPA license.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/healthcare/3905618/watchdog-signed-up-fraudulent-obamacare-plans-easily/

NEW YORK POST
— GAO: Obamacare subsidies granted without documentation to 90% of fake accounts. DD: I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years. But they wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 even though I had a) master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, b) professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting, and c) a CPA license.
https://nypost.com/2025/12/03/us-news/obamacare-subsidies-granted-without-documentation-to-90-of-fake-accounts-set-up-by-government-watchdog/

BREITBART
— House Chairmen: GAO Report Reveals Rampant Obamacare Subsidy Fraud. DD: I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years. But they wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 even though I had a) master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, b) professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting, and c) a CPA license.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/12/03/house-chairmen-gao-report-reveals-rampant-obamacare-subsidy-fraud/

CENTER SQUARE
— GAO confirms large-scale, systemic fraud risk in expanded Obamacare subsidies. DD: I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years. But they wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 even though I had a) master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, b) professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting, and c) a CPA license.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_b65bbb5a-10fa-457a-bd79-fa917068c6c4.html

DAILY CALLER
— GAO: Fake People And Phony SSNs Had 100% Success In Getting Obamacare Subsidy. DD: I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years. But they wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 even though I had a) master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, b) professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting, and c) a CPA license.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/12/03/fake-people-and-phony-ssns-had-100-success-in-getting-obamacare-subsidy-fraud-investigation-finds/

FOX BUSINESS
— AT&T eliminates DEI programs, says hiring and advancement will now be merit-based. DD: Hiring, retention, and promotion decisions made by Democrat and RIMO employers have never been merit-based. The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. Because I was not any of the aforesaid and because I complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, my Democrat Post office, IRS, and GAO superiors wasted my career and got rid of me.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/att-eliminates-dei-programs-says-hiring-advancement-now-merit-based

REASON
— Republican Socialism: Trump Is Taking Federal Stakes in Private Companies. The Trump administration’s pivot toward socialism did not come without warning.
https://reason.com/2025/12/02/republican-socialism/
— GAO Auditors Submitted 24 Fake Applications for Subsidized Health Insurance. Only 1 Was Denied. A new GAO report suggests the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance exchanges are rife with fraud. DD: I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years. But they wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 even though I had a) master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, b) professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting, and c) a CPA license.
https://reason.com/2025/12/03/auditors-submitted-24-fake-applications-for-subsidized-health-insurance-only-1-was-denied/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ROLL CALL
— GAO: Affordable Care Act marketplace allowed fake enrollees, possible fraud. GAO report could buttress Republican arguments that major changes are needed. DD: I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years. But they wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 even though I had a) master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, b) professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting, and c) a CPA license.
https://rollcall.com/2025/12/03/aca-marketplace-allowed-fake-enrollees-possible-fraud-gao-says/

CNN
— Trump Stands By Hegseth. DD: Who has stood by you? Very few, if not virtually no one, if not no one stood by me when my critics/opponents had their operatives and their dupes take adverse actions against me. Those adverse actions include a) when I was rudely removed from the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024, b) when my role as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks was rudely ended in 2021, c) when my precinct was rudely gerrymandered in 2015, d) when my chairmanship of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois was rudely ended in 2012, e) when my service as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster was rudely ended in 2010 and 2004, f) when my membership on the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee was rudely ended in 2007, g) when there was a rude attempt to get ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, h) when I was rudely defeated when I ran for MTRO Treasurer in 2004, i) when my Democrat GAO superiors rudely forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, j) etc.
https://www.cnn.com/audio/podcasts/laura-coates-live/episodes/bc95b868-2cc4-11ef-b69b-ffb41901908b

NEW YORK TIMES
— Erika Kirk Takes on the Mantle of Leading Turning Point USA. The widow of Charlie Kirk promoted conciliation and portrayed her late husband as a seeker of dialogue. DD: What positions do the voters in your precinct have on Charlie Kirk, Erika Kirk, and Turning Point USA? On what do they base their positions?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/business/dealbook/erika-kirk-turning-point-usa-trump-republicans.html
— Netanyahu Would Visit N.Y.C. Despite Mamdani’s Arrest Threat
https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000010563468/benjamin-netanyahu-mamdani.html
— Lawsuit Challenges a Nonprofit’s Scholarships for Hispanic Students.  DD: Did you get any scholarships? I did not. My critics/opponents have always used that to hint/imply/argue/shout that was a) because I am stupid and/or b) because my parents were filthy rich.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/us/hispanic-scholarship-fund-lawsuit-discrimination.html

USA TODAY
— Employers rarely face charges for hiring undocumented workers. Why? “It’s all consequences for workers, very little consequences for employers,” one expert said, describing an imbalance in immigration enforcement. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/11/28/employers-hiring-undocumented-workers-charged-trump/87485236007/
— Almost anyone can be an ICE agent now. That’s a problem. Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement hiring push lowers the bar for recruits, including reduced training, slower background checks and lower physical abilities. DD:  While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they ever-increasingly lowered standards to hire, retain, and promote more young Democrat minorities and females. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2025/12/03/ice-hiring-border-patrol-jobs-immigration-agents/87483770007/
— Is college worthwhile? Two-thirds of Americans say no, new poll finds. Americans’ changing outlook on higher education comes amid rising tuition costs and growing concerns about artificial intelligence. DD:  While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they ever-increasingly lowered standards to hire, retain, and promote more young Democrat minorities and females. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/12/02/college-degree-worth-cost-poll/87567664007/
— DD: History shows that non-Christians do not tolerate Christians, that non-Christians get rid of Christians.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/12/03/zohran-mamdani-first-amendment-religious-freedom/87464991007/
— Gen Z is ‘financial flexing.’ Why they’re going broke to look successful.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2025/12/03/gen-z-is-going-broke-to-look-rich-on-tiktok-and-instagram/87372477007/
— Even millionaires don’t feel wealthy these days
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/12/03/millionaires-dont-feel-wealthy-inheritance-investing-salary/87512023007/

FLORIDA TODAY
— Turning Point USA chapter at Eastern Florida State College gets the OK. DD: Who is heading Turning Point USA in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district?
https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/education/2025/12/04/turning-point-usa-club-launches-at-eastern-florida-state-college/86630513007/

CITY JOURNAL
— Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson: “I Have Inherited a White-Supremacist System.”  The city’s mayor headlined a conference where activists celebrated armed resistance in Gaza, the Philippines, and the United States.
https://www.city-journal.org/article/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-national-alliance-against-racist-political-repression

SCRIPPS NEWS
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government spending.
https://www.aol.com/proposed-snap-changes-could-impact-193718257.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— I Want a Democratic Party That Believes Jewish Lives Matter. My party’s response to the attacks of Oct. 7 left me politically homeless. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government forced my Jewish superiors and supervisors do their dirty work.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/i-want-a-democratic-party-that-believes-jewish-lives-matter-18ba1edf

FORBES
— DD: Pritzker ever-increasingly takes the lead in promoting hatred against Trump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Iy9_0Vq-SY

BUSINESS INSIDER
— Promotions at big four accounting firms (Deloitte, PwC, KPMG, and EY) depend more on politics and your boss having your back than your performance. DD:  I did not start taking graduate accounting courses when I was 27 in 1976. I did not take and pass the CPA examination on my first attempt until I was 30. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31. I did not take and pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt until I was 32. I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32. But by then, the accounting profession considered me to be much too old to have a successful career in accounting. The profession would not have done that if I had been a minority or a female.
https://www.businessinsider.com/big-four-promotions-hinge-on-politics-not-merit-researchers-say-2025-12
(FROM TRHE ARTICLE: A study found Big Four promotions are shaped more by internal politics than auditors’ performance. Researchers from three universities say managers’ reputations influence promotions as much as evaluations. Even strong performers can be overruled unless influential managers defend them in committees.

NATIONAL CATHOLIC REPORTER
— DD: According to Democrat leaders, GOD rejects the concepts of countries, borders, and laws. Further, according to them, GOD is a liberal Democrat, socialist, and communist who hates those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, married, heterosexual, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.ncronline.org/opinion/guest-voices/catholics-mass-deportations-are-immoral

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Financial aid administrators are upset that the Education Department has not scheduled its annual training for them. DD: Did you get any student financial aid? I did not. My critics/opponents have always used that to hint/imply/argue/shout that was a) because I am stupid and/or b) because my parents were filthy rich.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/government/student-aid-policy/2025/12/03/federal-aid-conference-delayed-university-employees

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Disparate Impact. Disparate impact rules say any policy or test in which some races or sexes do better than others is illegal discrimination, even if the policy has nothing to do with race or sex. DD: Disparate impact is equal outcome. Equal outcome is the opposite of equal opportunity. To get more votes from minorities and from women, Democrat and RINO leaders fight for equal outcome instead of for equal opportunity. To fight for equal outcome is to fight against equal opportunity. According to Democrat and RINO leaders, if Whites and men do better at something, it is because they benefitted from discrimination against minorities and against females. I became a licensed CPA. I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt. I earned four other job-related professional certifications. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. Because few minorities and few females have done that, Democrat and RINO leaders have especially shouted at minorities and at females that I was able to do the aforesaid because I benefitted from discrimination against minorities and against females. In my defense, I stress that neither of my parents attended college. That my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. That my mother never attended high school. That I had to work my way through college.
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/political_commentary/commentary_by_john_stossel/disparate_impact

HR DRIVE
— Lawsuit alleges Trump administration illegally fired workers for real or perceived DEI roles. DD: In Diersen v. GAO, the 7th Circuit ruled that my Democrat GAO superiors had the power to force me to retire, that is, that they had the power to fire me, when I was 49 years old in 1997, because I was an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://www.hrdive.com/news/trump-administration-illegally-fired-workers-for-perceived-political-affiliations/806938/

AMERICA MAGAZINE
— DD: According to Democrat leaders, GOD rejects the concepts of countries, borders, and laws. Further, according to them, GOD is a liberal Democrat, socialist, and communist who hates those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, married, heterosexual, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.americamagazine.org/short-take/2025/12/03/trumps-war-on-d-e-i-is-an-attack-on-three-christian-virtues/

ATLANTIC
— DD: To get more votes from women, Democrat candidates, Democrat elected officials, and Democrat Party leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout at women that Republican men cause all the problems that women have.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/12/heritage-foundation-women-voting/685112/

PEOPLE
— DD: To get more votes from women, Democrat candidates, Democrat elected officials, and Democrat Party leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout at women that Republican men cause all the problems that women have.
https://people.com/erika-kirk-says-career-driven-women-look-to-the-government-as-a-replacement-for-certain-things-relationship-wise-11861802

POLITICO
— Obamacare fraud report has Republicans crying foul. GAO report is solidifying GOP opposition to extending expiring subsidies that help people pay for health insurance. DD: I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years. But they wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 even though I had a) master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, b) professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting, and c) a CPA license.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/03/watchdog-fraudulent-obamacare-subsidies-00675085

FROIM FOREIGN SOURCES

TIMES OF ISRAEL
— Netanyahu doubles down on assertion he’ll visit NYC once Mamdani becomes mayor
https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-doubles-down-on-assertion-that-hell-visit-a-mamdani-led-new-york-city/

December 3, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— DD: Under the Illinois Democrats, more and more and more Illinois residents are on SNAP
https://abc7chicago.com/post/abc7-chicago-kicks-off-annual-feed-love-campaign-snap-benefits-limbo-millions-how-donate/18113025/

WGN9
— Chicago tops US cities in vehicle congestion
https://wgntv.com/news/traffic/chicago-worst-vehicle-congestion/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/12/03/group-sues-trump-administration-for-south-shore-raid-footage-that-fed-propaganda-videos-apartment-ice-border-patrol-bovino
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/12/02/federal-appeals-judge-questions-validity-order-free-hundreds-ice-custody
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for healthcare costs.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/12/03/affordable-care-act-aca-premium-tax-credits-prostate-cancer-la-shawn-ford
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for homelessness.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/real-estate/2025/12/03/chicago-homelessness-trump-housing-policies

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG POCTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/01/operation-midway-blitz-criminal-record/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/02/first-ice-raided-their-chicago-apartment-building-now-theyre-being-forced-to-vacate-it/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/02/attorneys-dismiss-lawsuit-restricting-use-of-force-immigration/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/02/im-shocked-chicago-appeals-judge-rips-lower-courts-ruling-to-release-immigration-arrestees/
— Ray LaHood, former GOP congressman and Obama’s transportation secretary, named head of Edgar Fellows program
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/03/ray-lahood-head-edgar-fellows/

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Hanover Park police officer detained by ICE returns to active duty
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251202/news/hanover-park-police-officer-detained-by-ice-returns-to-active-duty/
— DuPagePads receives historic $5 million grant from Jeff Bezos, Lauren Sánchez Bezos. DD: Of course, this will attract homeless people to DuPage County.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251202/news/dupagepads-receives-historic-5-million-grant-from-jeff-bezos-lauren-sanchez-bezos/

WTVO
— Illinois extends financial aid to undocumented students starting January 1st, 2026. DD: Under its Democrat leaders, Illinois ever-increasingly reject federal law. That is what the Confederate states did.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/illinois-extends-financial-aid-undocumented-110200612.html

WAND TV
— Giving Tuesday – A lifeline for non-profits. DD: What do you give to others? Since 2000, I have given my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters to anyone who wants to read them free of charge, without any advertising, and without any donation requests. Since 2004, they have included links to almost 530,000 articles.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/giving-tuesday—a-lifeline-for-non-profits/article_7d1d7292-368e-42d9-a40b-f562a0957ba2.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump says he doesn’t want Somalis in the U.S., urges them to go back to their homeland and fix it
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-12-02/trump-says-he-doesnt-want-somalis-in-the-u-s-urges-them-to-go-back-to-their-homeland-and-fix-it
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-12-03/the-use-and-misuse-of-the-word-ideology

NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY TV
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government and charity.
https://www.nctv17.org/spotlight/bridge-communities-helps-families-break-the-cycle-of-homelessness/amp/

DURBIN
— DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army. Durbin ever-increasingly leads the Democrat Army.
https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/videos/view/durbin-to-republican-colleagues-what-if-operation-midway-blitz-comes-to-your-state-or-hometown

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/12/03/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-640/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon reacts to plans for permanent guaranteed income
https://wirepoints.org/wirepoints-mark-glennon-reacts-to-plans-for-permanent-guaranteed-income-am560/

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Riley Gaines to headline Concerned Parents of Illinois annual gala on Jan. 31, 2026
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/676601776-riley-gaines-to-headline-concerned-parents-of-illinois-annual-gala-on-jan-31-2026
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Concerned Parents of Illinois is proud to announce that Riley Gaines, a nationally recognized women’s rights advocate and former NCAA athlete, will serve as the keynote speaker at this year’s Annual Gala, to be held on January 31, 2026, at Gibsons Oak Brook.)

CITY JOURNAL
— Chicago Transit Doesn’t Need Another Bailout. Declining ridership shouldn’t be rewarded with more taxpayer dollars.
https://www.city-journal.org/article/chicago-transit-authority-bailout

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Democrats Trying to Out-Left-Flank Each Other in 9th Congressional District, Which Covers All of Algonquin Township
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/03/democrats-trying-to-out-left-flank-each-other-in-9th-congressional-district-which-covers-all-of-algonquin-township/
— Woman Set Afire on CTA Makes London Paper
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/02/woman-set-afire-on-cta-makes-london-paper/
— In 9th, Only Justin Ford Favors Stopping Unlimited Immigration
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/02/in-9th-only-justin-ford-favors-stoppage-of-rampant-immigration/
— Illinois Dems Decide to Tax Tips
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/01/illinois-dems-decide-to-tax-tips/
— Dem Mass Transit Tax Hikers Repeat 51-Year Old RTA Promise
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/01/dem-mass-transit-tax-hikers-repeat-51-year-old-rta-promise/
— County Board Set to Approve 3% Automatic Annual Raises Starting in 2030, End of Free Family Health Insurance for Those Elected in 2028
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/29/county-board-set-to-approve-3-automatic-annual-raises-starting-in-2030-end-of-free-family-health-insurance-for-those-elected-in-2028/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Left-wing group pushes Mamdani-style minimum wage hike to boost Democrats in 2026
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/2/left-wing-group-pushes-mamdani-style-minimum-wage-hike-boost/
— Judge orders ICE to stop most warrantless immigration arrests in D.C.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/2/judge-orders-ice-stop-warrantless-immigration-arrests-dc/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democratic socialist candidate for DC mayor beats record to meet donation requirements. DD: What percent of Democrats who are the following are socialists: liberal, moderate, minority, female, younger, non-rich, unmarried, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/state/3903922/janeese-lewis-george-candidate-dc-mayor-beats-record-donation-requirements/

NEW YORK POST
— Mamdani stokes Italian American outrage after resurfaced tweet shows socialist giving the finger to Christopher Columbus statue: ‘Take it down’
https://www.aol.com/mamdani-stokes-italian-american-outrage-014926956.html
— Michael Goodwin: How NY followed Biden’s, Dems’ charge in harboring illegal immigrant criminals
https://nypost.com/2025/12/02/opinion/michael-goodwin-how-ny-followed-bidens-dems-charge-in-harboring-illegal-immigrant-criminals/
— Chilling new details emerge about ‘killer’ illegal migrants sprung from NY jails instead of being handed off to ICE
https://nypost.com/2025/12/03/us-news/chilling-new-details-emerge-about-killer-illegal-migrants-sprung-from-ny-jails-instead-of-being-handed-off-to-ice/
— Trump freezes immigration applications from 19 countries — and blacklist could expand to more than 30
https://nypost.com/2025/12/03/us-news/trump-freezes-immigration-applications-from-19-countries-and-blacklist-could-expand-to-more-than-30/

AMAC
— Liberals Side with Bloodthirsty Narcoterrorists in Crusade to “Get Trump”
https://amac.us/newsline/politics/liberals-side-with-bloodthirsty-narcoterrorists-in-crusade-to-get-trump/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Illegal alien remittances: Bessent says ‘follow the money’
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/12/illegal_alien_remittances_bessent_says_follow_the_money.html

FOX NEWS
— Vance, Trump unleash on Democrats’ affordability ‘scam’: ‘Fixing what [they’ve] broken’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/vance-trump-unleash-democrats-affordability-scam-fixing-theyve-broken.print

LEGAL INSURRECTIOIN
— Discrimination Against American-Born Students In Three California University Systems Challenged By Equal Protection Project. Our Complaint to DOJ: DACA/“Undocumented” programs operating at 138 colleges and universities in the University of California, California State University, and California Community College systems systemically discriminate against American-born students on the basis of national origin.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/12/discrimination-against-american-born-students-in-three-california-university-systems-challenged-by-equal-protection-project/

NEWSMAX
— ICE-Busted Illinois Cop in US Illegally Back on Duty
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/illegal-cop-illinois/2025/12/02/id/1236826/
— D.C. Socialist Mayoral Candidate Sets Fundraising Record. DD: What percent of Democrats who are the following are socialists: liberal, moderate, minority, female, younger, non-rich, unmarried, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time?
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/zohran-mamdani-janeese-lewis-george-washington-d-c/2025/12/02/id/1236810/
— Mamdani’s Big Government Ideas Have No Place in GOP
https://www.newsmax.com/traviskorson/durbin-hawley-sanders/2025/12/02/id/1236756/

PJ MEDIA
— Disparate Impact. Disparate impact rules say any policy or test in which some races or sexes do better than others is illegal discrimination, even if the policy or test has nothing to do with race or sex.
https://pjmedia.com/john-stossel/2025/12/02/disparate-impact-n4946648

WHITE HOUSE
— A CALL TO ACTION: Submit “Media Bias” Tips. DD: My critics/opponents despise/hate my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. They have their operatives and their dupes monitor my newsletters closely for anything that the following do not like: a) Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders, b) conservative leaders, and c) religious leaders. To turn the aforesaid against me, they bring what they find to the attention of the aforesaid.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/12/a-call-to-action-submit-media-bias-tips/
(FROM THE POSTING: The White House recently launched a Media Bias Portal as a service to truth and transparency. Its purpose is to combat the baseless lies, purposely omitted context, and outright left-wing lunacy of the Fake News Media — a tall task that demands the help of everyone who believes in facts and accuracy over Fake News. That’s why the White House is calling on everyday Americans to support the truth and hold the Fake News accountable. By visiting whitehouse.gov/biastips , anyone can submit biased or undeniably false articles, and valid submissions will be used to keep the Media Bias Portal updated. So-called “journalists” have made it impossible to identify every false or misleading story, which is why help from the American people is essential. The days of the Fake News Media controlling the narrative with lies, fake anonymous sources, and willful bias are over. If the legacy media won’t honor their responsibility to accurately inform the public, we know the American people will.)

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NBC NEWS
— Illinois officials warn rental car companies that it is illegal for immigration agents to swap license plates. The secretary of state sent a cease and desist letter to ICE head Todd Lyons, citing “multiple reports of federal ICE agents illegally swapping out the license plates displayed on vehicles.” DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army. Durbin ever-increasingly leads the Democrat Army.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/illinois-rental-car-license-plates-immigration-agents-illegal-rcna246115

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Starbucks to pay $35M to NYC workers in settlement as ongoing strike draws Mamdani and Sanders to picket line. DD: GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had been unionized earlier, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to a) force me to take a $23,472 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, b) keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, c) delay my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13, d) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and e) force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/economy/starbucks-to-pay-35m-to-nyc-workers-in-settlement-as-ongoing-strike-draws-mamdani-and-sanders-to-picket-line

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Calls Affordability a ‘Con Job’
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/us/politics/trump-affordability-economy-messaging.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump calls Minnesota’s Somali community ‘garbage’
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/trump-calls-minnesotas-somali-community-garbage/2025/12/02/e7d1d0c1-4d64-4358-9cc0-dbd9e02ede4e_video.html

USA TODAY
— DD: Where did the money come from for your first down payment? For me, it came from what I earned a) working for IRS for 15 months and b) working for a Firestone Store part-time for 18 months and full-time for 7 months before that. I bought a new townhome in University Park when I was 24 years old in 1972.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/11/28/trump-50-year-mortgage-home-ownership-gen-z/87352889007/

INDIANA GAZETTE
— The case for a pause on all immigration
https://www.indianagazette.com/opinion/cal-thomas-the-case-for-a-pause-on-all-immigration/article_290c0787-35a7-477c-8eb5-7461ae23afcd.html

BOSTON GLOBE
— The dreaded performance review is, well, under review. DD: Democrat and RINO employers use performance reviews to get rid of their Republican employees. They paint their Democrat employees as positively as they can and they paint their Republican employees as negatively as they can. In Diersen v. GAO, I entered into the court record all the many performance reviews that my Democrat superiors gave me 1980-1997. None of them came close to justifying the many adverse actions that they took against me. They forced me to take a $23,472 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. They kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. They delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13. They always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. They forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/02/magazine/transforming-performance-reviews-workplace/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Great American Baby Shortage. With marriage on the decline, U.S. fertility has slipped well below the replacement rate.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-great-american-baby-shortage-9d2efa16

BUZZFEED
— DD: According to Democrat leaders, the Pope is woke. To be woke is to be anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-married people, anti-non-poor people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/bellaarnold/conservative-backlash-to-pope
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/honey-people-mad-pope-being-000549348.html

CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS
— The Trump Administration’s Dangerous Embrace of Cancel Culture
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-trump-administrations-dangerous-embrace-of-cancel-culture/

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

FEDERAL
— Illegal Indian immigrant involved in fatal US crash, 4th case in as many months
https://thefederal.com/category/news/illegal-indian-immigrant-involved-in-fatal-us-crash-4th-case-in-as-many-months-218934

MEAWWW
— Trump slams reporter, says Americans getting ‘fake news from guys like you’ on affordability crisis. Donald Trump argued that affordability concerns were a ‘hoax’ started by Democrats, who he said were responsible for rising prices and inflation.
https://news.meaww.com/trump-slams-reporter-says-americans-getting-fake-news-from-guys-like-you-on-affordability-crisis

December 2, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NBC5
— Dell family to give $6.25 billion to create 25 million additional ‘Trump Accounts.’  “This gift is expected to reach nearly 80% of children age 10 and under across 75% of U.S. zip codes,” according to Invest America.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/dell-billions-donations-trump-accounts/3857683/

WBEZ
— DD: Democrat leaders use students to crow about their obstruction of justice.
https://www.wbez.org/education/2025/12/02/as-immigration-agents-swept-chicago-this-fall-communities-stepped-in-to-get-kids-to-school-safely

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight enforcement of immigration laws.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/02/sen-dick-durbin-demands-answers-from-homeland-security-regarding-u-s-citizens-caught-up-in-immigration-raids/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/02/opinion-chicago-immigration-raids-lessons-children/

DAILY HERALD
— Needless dispute: Censure of DuPage County clerk could have been avoided
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251202/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-needless-dispute-censure-of-dupage-county-clerk-could-have-been-avoided/
— Batavia pub gets OK for video gambling, despite being next to two churches
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251202/gambling/batavia-pub-gets-ok-for-video-gambling-despite-being-next-to-two-churches/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for price increases.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/more-americans-say-trump-has-helped-raise-prices-rather-than-lower-them-survey/

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/12/02/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-430/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Bill on Pritzker’s desk enhances Illinois’ migrant sanctuary policies. DD: The Democrats who run Illinois are ever closer to officially seceding Illinois from the United States.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_adaf80e0-ede3-4720-9968-6028d9d1fbbf.html

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— If you are a Republican and if more and more and more of the voters in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct are voting for Democrats, your future is bleaker and bleaker and bleaker. At what point will you move? But if you move to a prosperous and safe area that Republicans created, Democrats will a) move into that area to take advantage of that prosperity and safety and b) get rid of you. Look at DuPage County. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Young socialists revolt as Democratic Party hits 30-year popularity low
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/2/democratic-party-popularity-hits-30-year-low-young-socialists-gain/
— GOP advances bill to add citizenship question to 2030 census
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/2/gop-advances-bill-add-citizenship-question-2030-census/
— Journalist group presses White House to remove ‘media offenders’ webpage
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/2/journalist-group-presses-white-house-remove-media-offenders-webpage/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Mamdani Taps Felon Who Served 7 Years for Robbing NYC Taxi Drivers as ‘Criminal Legal System’ Adviser
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/mamdani-taps-felon-who-served-7-years-for-robbing-nyc-taxi-drivers-as-criminal-legal-system-adviser/

NEW YORK POST
— Trump Derangement Syndrome is real
https://nypost.com/2025/12/02/opinion/trump-derangement-syndrome-is-real-these-hysterical-threats-prove-it/
— Anti-ICE chaos in Lower Manhattan is a sign of trouble ahead
https://nypost.com/2025/12/01/opinion/anti-ice-chaos-in-lower-manhattan-is-a-taste-of-whats-to-come-if-mamdani-amp-feds-cant-cooperate/

AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE
— States Fail to Require Adequate Cannabis Product Safety Warnings. DD: Pot is poison.
https://www.aei.org/op-eds/states-fail-to-require-adequate-cannabis-product-safety-warnings/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Lawmakers who spent hundreds of millions on illegals want to charge Chicagoans $1.25 ‘package fee’ deliveries.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/12/02/lawmakers-who-spent-hundreds-of-millions-on-illegals-want-to-charge-chicagoans-1-25-package-fee-deliveries-1607606/

BREITBART
— Trump: ‘The Word Affordability Is a Con Job by the Democrats’ After Biden’s Historic Inflation
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/12/02/trump-word-affordability-is-con-job-democrats-after-bidens-historic-inflation/

DAILY SIGNAL
— House GOP Pushing Affordability Heading Into Election Year
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/12/02/house-gop-pushing-affordability-heading-into-election-year/

FOX NEWS
— Trump unleashes on Dems’ top campaign platform: affordability
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6385857884112

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CNN
— Religious leaders sue to block ICE raids at houses of worship. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly turn religious leaders against America.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/01/world/video/religious-leaders-sue-to-block-ice-raids-at-houses-of-worship

USA TODAY
— ‘Affordability is a con job by the Democrats’: Trump tells Cabinet. Trump said tariffs are generating billions of dollars from countries such as Japan and South Korea that had been ‘ripping us off.’
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/12/02/trump-cabinet-meeting-venezuela-live-updates/87566205007/

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Trump dismisses affordability concerns as Democratic ‘con job’
https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/12/02/trump-dismisses-affordability-concerns-as-democratic-con-job/

NEW YORK SUN
— Illinois Church’s Nativity Scene Depicts Baby Jesus Zip-Tied, Romans as ICE Agents. ‘The Holy Family were refugees. This is not political interpretation, this is the reality described,’ the church says. DD: The Democrat Party’s conquering of religion will soon be complete.
https://www.nysun.com/article/illinois-churchs-nativity-scene-depicts-baby-jesus-zip-tied-romans-as-ice-agents

NEWSWEEK
— In a survey of more than 1,200 likely Illinois voters, carried out between November 20 and 25 and seen by Fox 32, Chicago-based Victory Research put Pritzker at 54.3 percent of the vote, compared to 34 percent for GOP candidate Darren Bailey.
https://www.newsweek.com/republicans-chances-beating-jb-pritzker-illinois-governor-election-11142102

FORBES
— Giving Tuesday: What It Is And How To Maximize Its Impact. DD: What do you give to others? Since 2000, I have given my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters to anyone who wants to read them free of charge, without any advertising, and without any donation requests. Since 2004, they have included links to almost 530,000 articles.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/juliekratz/2025/12/02/giving-tuesday-what-it-is-and-how-to-maximize-its-impact/

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Why America needs the GAO: DD: For almost 18 years, I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO. If Gingrich had reformed GAO during that time instead of gutting it, DOGE would not have been needed.
https://www.govexec.com/oversight/2025/11/why-america-needs-gao-doge-done-right/409745/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Ten months after the launch of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, one thing is clear: no one can agree on how much money it saved—or, in fact, whether it saved any money at all—and, if there were savings, what happened to them. What if DOGE were done right? Here something else is clear: we have had the Government Accountability Office, founded as a green-eye-shade operation back in 1921 to audit every single government transaction. It’s grown into the indispensable watchdog on the federal government’s spending and operations. It’s what DOGE done right looks like. At first, Musk promised to find $2 trillion in savings. Then the pledge dropped to $1 trillion. Then he struggled to document any savings at all. Since 2002, GAO’s work has logged more than $1.45 trillion in savings for taxpayers, across more than 29,000 different federal operations. Last year, savings were $67.5 billion. And better than most watchdogs glad to gobble up every available can of dog food, GAO has kept watch on itself. It’s measured the return on taxpayer investment in its own operations: $123 for every budget dollar. It’s operations aren’t flashy. In fact, they’re pretty wonky, which as card-carrying wonks we greatly admire. Its staff get advanced training when they walk into the door, which never stops as employees move up through the ranks. The size of its staff, which was reduced from 5,200 staff to its current level of about 3,500 after the Republican takeover of the House in 1995, has been relatively stable over the last decade, despite expanding demands on its work. Musk promised to trim the number of federal agencies. “There’s so many that people have never heard of. I think we should be able to get away with 99 agencies,” he said.  It wasn’t clear where that number came from. It was clear from his work that DOGE didn’t know how to get there. GAO, on the other hand, has been identifying areas of duplication and overlap since 2011, with $725 billion in savings in this area alone. As others were struggling to come up with solid savings, GAO in May issued a 154-page report detailing just how to do more. Musk brought in IT whiz kids to comb through the federal government’s information services, but they had little to show for it except putting the security of Americans’ personal information at risk. GAO, in contrast, laid out a plan for figuring out how to save money on IT. Better proof-of-concept work in space-based laser communications could save hundreds of million dollars—and the government could pick up $157 billion by better managing the payment rates in Medicare. In a February Oval Office meeting, Musk claimed the federal government was full of officials who had approved money for “fraudsters,” but that claim turned out to be little more than arm-waving. GAO, in contrast, has since 1990 prepared a report every two years on programs prone to waste, fraud, abuse and mismanagement. Its latest report, in February 2025, identified 38 areas needing special attention. This “high-risk list” bears careful reading for anyone who really cares about getting into the guts of the problem. It identifies issues ranging from contract management in the Pentagon to money leaking out of federal disability programs to management of oil and gas leases to mega-challenges inside the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s disaster assistance. Even a casual look of the report—all 323 pages of it—would convince any reader that it’s a road map for which stones to unturn to get at the unholy trinity of waste, fraud and abuse. But there’s more here. GAO keeps score so we can see who’s making progress—and who isn’t. In 10 areas, federal agencies made $84 billion in progress. Three slipped backwards—acquisition of weapons systems by the Pentagon, improving IT management throughout the government and managing the federal government’s property. And even more. GAO doesn’t operate like a sheriff riding into town promising to clean up the saloons. It has developed a big-picture look at federal operations and identified leading practices that federal agencies can pick up. Like any oversight body, federal agencies don’t always like what they hear and often squawk. But there’s no question that we—and even they—are a whole lot better off for GAO’s work. GAO is relatively little known outside government. Even less well known is the fact that it’s an agency that works for Congress. That often is a thorn in the side of the administration, regardless of who’s in power, because GAO often says things the administration would rather not hear. That’s especially been the case in recent months with GAO’s findings that the administration has violated the law in impounding federal money—refusing to spend money that Congress appropriated. This was at the root of Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought’s statement that GAO “shouldn’t exist”.  The OMB Director doesn’t want anyone looking over their shoulder, just as  students don’t like to take home report cards that aren’t straight-A’s or spend their time in detention. But now that we’re closing in on the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence and celebrating the Constitution that the founders crafted to govern us, we need to strengthen the balance-of-powers model that Madison and the other founders left us. They deliberately chose not to give us an easy system to use in governing ourselves. That means the three branches of government are always going to be jousting with each other—and that’s how it should be. In the growing complexity of our society, we need governmental institutions that can keep up with that complexity. That means Congress, in turn, needs muscle to do the heavy lifting required to oversee the executive branch, whether it’s a Republican or Democratic Congress, or a Republican or Democratic President. That’s what Washington, Madison, Jefferson, Hamilton and the other founders had in mind. And that’s why the next month is so important. The current head of GAO, Comptroller General Gene Dodaro, will be at the end of his fifteen-year term, the longest term in the federal government except for the lifetime appointment of federal judges, and the process to name a successor will shift into high gear. A special commission—consisting of congressional leaders—recommends a slate of individuals to the president. The president selects one person to nominate, and the Senate must then confirm the new head. This appointment is a pretty big deal. It will ensure strong oversight through the 2030s into the 2040s and reinforce the balance of powers for even longer. GAO will provide the executive branch with the independent insights it needs to wring out waste, fraud and abuse. It is a tool that Congress can use to hold the executive branch accountable, essential because a weak GAO weakens the legislative branch. We all have a stake in making sure that GAO can provide the oversight the Constitution requires—and the balance of powers that they designed.)

HR  DIVE
— As major firms green-light AI for performance reviews, should others follow suit? Artificial intelligence promises efficiency and data-driven insights, but it could also subject employers to bias claims and compliance obligations, sources say. DD: Democrat and RINO employers use performance reviews to get rid of their Republican employees. They paint their Democrat employees as positively as they can and they paint  their Republican employees as negatively as they can. In Diersen v. GAO, I entered into the court record all the many performance reviews that my Democrat superiors gave me 1980-1997. None of them came close to justifying the many adverse actions that they took against me. They forced me to take a $23,472 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. They kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. They delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13. They always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. They forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.hrdive.com/news/AI-for-performance-reviews/806785/

PBS
— Trump says the word ‘affordability’ is a ‘con job’ by the Democrats
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS8IJgsOip8

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

GUARDIAN
— Chicago’s faith leaders on front lines of resistance against ICE crackdown. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly turn religious leaders against America.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/28/chicago-faith-leaders-ice-crackdown