FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Crews dismantle fence surrounding Broadview ICE facility to meet judge’s order
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-news-crews-dismantle-fence-surrounding-broadview-facility-meet-judges-order/18010395/
— Agents tackle US citizen after East Side operation leads to crash, spills into Walgreens. Federal agents deployed tear gas into a crowd of people protesting two immigration-related arrests, exposing 13 CPD officers.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-crash-massive-law-enforcement-presence-south-avenue-east-side-live/18005825/
NBC5
— Fencing outside Broadview ICE processing facility removed just before deadline
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/deadline-nears-for-removal-of-fencing-outside-broadview-ice-processing-facility/3838747/
— Tear gas released on Chicago crowd as Border Patrol describes chase, crash and arrests. Chicago police said they were attempting to de-escalate the situation when “individuals then began throwing objects at the federal agents.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/tear-gas-released-on-chicago-crowd-as-border-patrol-describes-chase-crash-and-arrests/3838716/
CBS2
— Former Chicago Ald. Bob Fioretti to run for Illinois Attorney General
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/former-chicago-ald-bob-fioretti-run-illinois-attorney-general/
— Broadview ICE facility fence taken down within hour of deadline
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/broadview-ice-facility-fence-taken-down-within-hour-of-deadline/
— Illinois Drivers Alliance working with Mayor Johnson to keep federal agents away from O’Hare rideshare lot
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-drivers-alliance-brandon-johnson-ohare-rideshare-lot/
WTTW
— Trump Administration Continues Crackdown on Press, Critics Following Federal Judge’s Ruling in Illinois
https://news.wttw.com/2025/10/14/trump-administration-continues-crackdown-press-critics-following-federal-judge-s-ruling
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Controversial security fence around Broadview ICE facility comes down shortly ahead of court-ordered deadline
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/15/broadview-ice-fence-removed/
— Elections board hearing officer recommends Illinois Senate President Don Harmon pay nearly $10 million fine
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/14/don-harmon-10-million-fine-upheld-hearing-officer/
— DD: Hundreds in Waukegan side with illegals against America
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/14/waukegan-peace-march/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ICE facility fence in Broadview has been removed, in compliance with federal judge’s order. U.S. District Judge LaShonda A. Hunt of the Northern District of Illinois had set a deadline for 11:59 p.m. Tuesday for the removal after finding that ICE had placed the fence on city property without permission, exceeding its authority.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/14/ice-facility-fence-in-broadview-removed
— DD: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are solders in the Democrat Army.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/10/15/trump-ice-1968-chicago-protests-judy-gumbo-frank-joyce-abe-peck-don-rose-lee-weiner
— Top Cook County judge bars civil arrests at courthouses, citing chilling effect
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/14/top-cook-county-judge-bars-civil-arrests-at-courthouses-citing-chilling-effect
— Federal immigration agents to continue to use Naval Station Great Lakes until at least December
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/14/federal-immigration-agents-to-continue-to-use-naval-station-great-lakes-until-at-least-december
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their illegals
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-pulse/patients-fear-ice-pressures-chicago-health-centers
ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— DD: Under the Democrats, poverty and crime ever-increasingly increase.
https://www.rrstar.com/story/news/local/2025/10/15/illinois-community-colleges-feed-the-need-campus-food-drive-2025/86581956007/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Thousands of federal employees are getting laid off. Will a judge intervene? DD: No judge intervened when Gingrich gutted GAO during the 1980s and 1990s. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-10-15/thousands-of-federal-employees-are-getting-laid-off-will-a-judge-intervene
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/15/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-611/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— McCombie and Norine Hammond Face Growing Backlash Over Taxpayer Spending and Political Favoritism
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/pillowgate-mccombie-and-norine-hammond-face-growing-backlash-over-taxpayer-spending-and-political-favoritism.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Delay-prone F-35 program was led by DEI advocates, rewarded by Biden for late deliveries
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3849654/delay-prone-f-35-program-led-by-dei-advocates/
NEW YORK POST
— Stubborn Columbia now the last Ivy League holdout to not require SAT or ACT scores — but why? DD: If I had not gotten an ACT score of 24, UIC would not have admitted me in 1966. UIC would have admitted a minority, female, and/or veteran instead of me.
https://nypost.com/2025/10/14/opinion/princeton-reinstates-sat-requirement-making-stubborn-columbia-the-last-test-optional-ivy/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Fired library director wins $700K settlement after dispute over LGBTQ children’s books. DD: How successful have Democrats been making the children in your school district sexually active LGBTQers?
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/10/14/fired-library-director-wins-700k-settlement-after-dispute-over-lgbtq-childrens-books-1592463/
— U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene defended herself against criticism from within her own party, with a direct rebuke of “weak Republican men.”
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/10/14/marjorie-taylor-greene-continues-media-blitz-from-hell-by-bashing-republican-men-1592487/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Oakland student required to attend DEI networking event to graduate. DD: I should write about the Affirmative Action and DEI training that my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors required their employees to take.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/exclusive-oakland-student-required-attend-dei-networking-event-graduate-/28768
— Auburn University promoted DEI grading rubric despite state ban
https://www.campusreform.org/article/auburn-university-promoted-dei-grading-rubric-despite-state-ban/28763
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— ‘Sanctuary’ Policies Are at the Heart of L.A., Chicago, Portland Stand-Offs. If states and localities really believe only a small minority of immigrants are criminals, give ICE access to the criminals and watch the ‘at large’ arrests plummet.
https://cis.org/Arthur/Sanctuary-Policies-Are-Heart-LA-Chicago-Portland-StandOffs
COLLEGE FIX
— 22 states (including Illinois) still offer in-state tuition to illegal immigrant students
https://www.thecollegefix.com/22-states-still-offer-in-state-tuition-to-illegal-immigrant-students/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As part of a string of recent lawsuits seeking to enforce the 1996 law, President Trump’s Department of Justice recently sued the state of Illinois, which offers illegal immigrants comprehensive access to in-state tuition. Illinois Governor JB Pritzker is fighting the lawsuit. “While the Trump Administration strips away federal resources from all Americans, Illinois provides consistent and inclusive educational pathways for all students,” a spokesperson for the governor said, according to Axios.)
DAILY SIGNAL
— Newsom Forces Schools to Promote Radical Trans Group’s LGBTQ ‘Hotline’ on Student IDs. DD: How successful have Democrats been making the children in your school district sexually active LGBTQers?
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/10/14/newsom-forces-schools-to-promote-radical-trans-groups-lgbtq-hotline-on-student-ids/
DAILY WIRE
— Rioters In Chicago Hurl Rocks At Feds After Illegal Immigrant Rams Border Patrol Car. “This incident is not isolated.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/rioters-in-chicago-hurl-rocks-at-feds-after-illegal-immigrant-rams-border-patrol-car
FOX NEWS
— Illegal immigrants arrested after ramming Border Patrol in Chicago amid violent clash with protesters
https://www.foxnews.com/us/illegal-immigrants-arrested-after-ramming-border-patrol-chicago-amid-violent-clash-protesters
NEW AMERICAN
— ICE Data on Oklahoma Busts: 120 Illegals Captured, 91 Had Commercial Driver Licenses
https://thenewamerican.com/us/immigration/ice-data-on-oklahoma-busts-120-illegals-captured-91-had-cdl/
NEWSMAX
— Pritzker Broke Law Threatening ICE
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/markwayne-mullin-jb-pritzker-threats/2025/10/14/id/1230356/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Greene: ‘There’s a lot of weak Republican men’
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5554265-greene-republican-men-criticism/amp/
NEWSWEEK
— Democrats Unveil Plans to Reign in ICE Agents If They Win Midterms
https://www.newsweek.com/democrats-ice-oversight-midterms-10870867
— Los Angeles County Declares State of Emergency Over ICE Raids
https://www.newsweek.com/los-angeles-county-declares-state-of-emergency-over-ice-raids-10880807
ABC NEWS
— Cartels issuing bounties up to $50,000 for hits on ICE, CBP agents
https://abcnews.go.com/US/cartels-issuing-bounties-50000-hits-ice-cbp-agents/story?id=126521867
CBS NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly downplay crime in their Chicago
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/trump-chicago-dangerous-city-data/
NBC NEWS
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/immigrants-detained-denied-bond-ice-self-deportation-rcna237505
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote Pritzker.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/15/pritzker-trump-democrats-national-guard/
USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their criminals and their illegals
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2025/10/15/chicago-war-ice-national-guard-protests/86606913007/
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/10/14/miss-major-transgender-activist-stonewall-death/86570840007/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DD: Since 1965, Democrat leaders have used to Civil Rights Act to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/10/13/supreme-court-voting-rights-act-black-louisiana-redistrict/86659491007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Racial Gerrymandering Is a Bad Idea Whose Time Has Gone
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/racial-gerrymandering-is-a-bad-idea-whose-time-has-gone-05b55106
FORBES
— DD: Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/dougmelville/2025/10/14/with-the-new-eeoc-set-will-an-end-dei-mentality-eliminate-eeo-1-reporting-for-business/
BUSINESS INSIDER
— 10 occupations that are still dominated by men. DD: According to my critics/opponents, all the jobs that I had were bad jobs. Because the federal jobs that I had were bad jobs, my federal superiors had great difficulty hiring and retaining qualified minorities and females to take and keep those jobs. Qualified minorities and females could always get better jobs in the private sector. Consequently, all the many minorities and females who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.businessinsider.com/male-jobs-women-underrepresented-numbers-2019-8
ADVISORY BOARD
— Do you have a ‘good’ job? DD: According to my critics/opponents, all the jobs that I had were bad jobs. Because the federal jobs that I had were bad jobs, my federal superiors had great difficulty hiring and retaining qualified minorities and females to take and keep those jobs. Qualified minorities and females could always get better jobs in the private sector. Consequently, all the many minorities and females who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.advisory.com/daily-briefing/2022/10/06/good-jobs
BRITANNICA
— DD: Since the 1960s, my critics/opponents have ever-increasingly hinted/implied/argued/shouted at women that men who are conservative, Republican, White, older, non-veteran, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time cause all the problems that women have who are liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, younger, veteran, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/feminism/The-second-wave-of-feminism
COUTHOUSE NEWS
— DD: How successful have Democrats been making the children in your school district sexually active LGBTQers?
https://courthousenews.com/parents-who-claim-school-lgbtq-club-turned-their-kids-trans-denied-supreme-court-redo/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
WORLD SOCIALIST WEB SITE
— DD: Socialists ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Kirk.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/10/15/grls-o15.html
SOCIALIST ALTERNATIVE
— DD: Socialists ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.socialistalternative.org/2025/10/14/shut-down-trumps-invasion-of-chicago/
Tag: federal
October 14, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Medal of Freedom ceremony for Charlie Kirk held at White House
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-set-posthumously-award-charlie-kirk-presidential-medal-freedom/18003731/
— ICE has until Tuesday night to remove fence around Broadview facility to meet judge’s deadline
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-news-has-tuesday-night-remove-fence-around-broadview-facility-meet-judges-deadline/18003437/
NBC5
— Armed federal agents reported in Chicago neighborhood as crowd gathers. The footage, taken by NBC Chicago photographers and Sky 5 helicopter around 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, showed the situation near 105th Street and Avenue N.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/heavy-ice-presence-reported-in-chicago-neighborhood-as-crowd-gathers/3838342/
— Chicago airports refuse to air DHS video blaming Democrats for gov’t shutdown. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem released a video blaming Democrats for the shutdown, with numerous airports refusing to show it to travelers.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/chicago-airports-refuse-to-air-dhs-video-blaming-democrats-for-govt-shutdown/3838545/
— Chicago air traffic controllers receive partial paycheck amid government shutdown. Members of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association passed out pamphlets to travelers Tuesday detailing shutdown impact.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/chicago-air-traffic-controllers-receive-partial-paycheck-amid-government-shutdown/3838435/
— DD: Anticipate/expect that under the Democrats, poverty, crime, and demands on food pantries will ever-increasingly increase.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-food-pantries-deal-with-increased-demand-even-as-potential-cuts-loom/3838520/
CBS2
— Federal agents fire tear gas during standoff with crowd in East Side, Chicago, after car crash
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/ice-agents-east-side-chicago-105th-avenue-n/
FOX32
— Illinois lawmakers return to Springfield, discuss tributes to Charlie Kirk, George Floyd. Despite needing to tackle big issues like transit funding during their fall veto session, Illinois state lawmakers return to Springfield this week and started with resolutions to honor Charlie Kirk and George Floyd. DD: Democrats promote George Floyd. Republicans promote Charlie Kirk.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1724065
WBEZ
— Feds ‘ram’ SUV in chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd. The crash happened late Tuesday morning near 105th Street and Avenue N on Chicago’s East Side.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/10/14/feds-ram-suv-in-chase-down-residential-street-in-chicago-then-tear-gas-crowd
— Facebook suspends popular Chicago ICE-sightings group at Trump administration’s request. The group ICE Sighting-Chicagoland has been increasingly used in the last five weeks of President Donald Trump’s intense deportation campaign to warn neighbors that federal agents are nearby.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/10/14/facebook-suspends-popular-chicago-ice-sightings-group-at-trump-administrations-request
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— ‘Everyone is welcome, except I.C.E.’ Cafes, restaurants across Chicago put up signs barring immigration agents.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/14/chicago-restaurants-ice-agents/
— What to do if ICE stops you
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/14/what-to-do-if-ice-stops-you/
— Tear gas used by federal immigration agents following East Side traffic crash, neighborhood uprising
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/14/ice-deploys-tear-gas-after-crash/
— Facebook removes Chicago-area page dedicated to ICE sightings after Justice Department intervenes
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/14/facebook-removes-chicago-ice-watch-page/
— Aurora Mayor John Laesch condemns federal immigration enforcement activity after protest at City Hall
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/11/aurora-mayor-john-laesch-condemns-federal-immigration-enforcement-activity-after-protest-at-city-hall/
— US revokes visas for 6 foreigners over Charlie Kirk-related speech
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/14/us-revokes-visas-charlie-kirk-speech-2/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Feds ram SUV in chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd. The crash happened late Tuesday morning near 105th Street and Avenue N on Chicago’s East Side, resulting in dozens of residents showing up to protest the federal immigration agents.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/14/crash-involving-immigration-agents-in-east-side-leads-to-tear-gas-detentions
DAILY HERALD
— We see the ICE arrests. But what happens next for detainees?
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251014/news/we-see-the-ice-arrests-but-what-happens-next-for-detainees/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— State Farm faces lawsuit from Illinois amid scrutiny over rate increases
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/insurance/illinois-sues-state-farm-blocking-insurance-examination
— Stellantis announces it will make Jeep SUVs again in Belvidere
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/manufacturing-logistics/stellantis-will-make-jeep-suvs-again-belvidere
SHAW LOCAL
— ‘The government came down with a hammer’ – Immigration crackdown fears impacting Illinois restaurant industry. DD: I washed dishes for the minimum wage for the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights 1964-1966. I was the only White male who did that.
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2025/10/14/the-government-came-down-with-a-hammer-immigration-crackdown-fears-impacting-illinois-restaurant-industry/
ILLINOIS PATCH
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their No Kings protests on Saturday, October 18
https://patch.com/illinois/across-il/no-kings-protests-planned-weekend-across-il-what-know
AURORA PATCH
— ‘No Kings’ Protests Planned This Weekend In Aurora. The “No Kings” protest is planned in opposition to the Trump administration.
https://patch.com/illinois/aurora/no-kings-protests-planned-weekend-auroraORA PATCHPATC
DAILY ILLINI
— Federal activation of National Guard in Chicago includes UI students
https://dailyillini.com/news-stories/world-news/state-news/2025/10/14/federal-guard-chicago-ui-students/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/14/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-402/
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/14/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-610/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Pritzker Overspends by $547 Million on Free Health Care for Illegal Aliens – Total Cost to Taxpayers Tops $2.5 Billion
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/pritzker-overspends-by-547-million-on-free-health-care-for-illegal-aliens-total-cost-to-taxpayers-tops-2-5-billion.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Senate vote fails for the eighth time to break Democrats’ filibuster of stopgap spending bill
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/14/senate-vote-fails-eighth-time-break-democrats-filibuster-stopgap/
— Trump to release list of ‘socialist’ government programs he’s canceling because of shutdown
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/14/trump-release-list-socialist-government-programs-hes-canceling/
— Abortion is not health care and never will be. Instead, it’s a recipe for lifelong trauma.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/14/abortion-health-care-never/
BREITBART
— Pritzker Suggests Democrats May Try to Prosecute ICE Agents. DD: While my Democrat superiors in the federal government never prosecuted me, they took many big adverse actions against me.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/14/illinois-gov-j-b-pritzker-suggests-democrats-may-try-to-prosecute-ice-agents-dhs-officials/amp/
— Dem-Led Oregon on Track to Spend $500 Million More for Healthcare Program that Includes Illegals than for State Police. https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/14/report-dem-led-oregon-on-track-to-spend-500-million-more-for-health-care-program-includes-illegals-than-for-state-police/
DAILY WIRE
— Mexican Cartels Place Bounties On Federal Agents In Chicago
https://www.dailywire.com/news/mexican-cartels-place-bounties-on-federal-agents-in-chicago
FOX NEWS
— Texas National Guard members removed from 60-day Illinois deployment for failing ‘mission requirements’ 7 service members failed to meet mission requirements during pre-deployment validation process.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/texas-national-guard-members-removed-from-60-day-illinois-deployment-failing-mission-requirements
— Democratic lawmakers celebrate order to remove fence at Illinois ICE facility
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6382737125112
— Trump floats using Insurrection Act to combat Chicago crime, says Pritzker should ‘beg’ for his help. Trump wants to curb crime in big cities by deploying the National Guard.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-floats-using-insurrection-act-combat-chicago-crime-says-pritzker-should-beg-his-help
NEWSMAX
— Left-Wing Group Instructs How to Fight ICE in Chicago
https://www.newsmax.com/us/chicago-ice-dhs/2025/10/14/id/1230254/
PJ MEDIA
— Oregon Will Spend $700M+ More on Illegals’ Healthcare Than Police
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/10/14/oregon-will-spend-700m-more-on-illegals-healthcare-than-police-n4944833
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump awards Charlie Kirk with posthumous Medal of Freedom
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5554911-trump-presents-medal-charlie-kirk/
CBS NEWS
— Trump awards Charlie Kirk with the Presidential Medal of Freedom
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-awards-charlie-kirk-presidential-medal-of-freedom/
— Trump says U.S. struck 5th boat accused of carrying drugs off coast of Venezuela, killing 6
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-venezuela-boat-drugs/
— CBS News, other media outlets, won’t sign on to new Pentagon press restrictions
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cbs-news-media-outlets-pentagon-press-restrictions/
NEWSWEEK
— Pritzker Looking at Prosecuting ICE Agents in Chicago. DD: While my Democrat superiors in the federal government never prosecuted me, they took many big adverse actions against me.
https://www.newsweek.com/jb-pritzker-looking-at-prosecuting-ice-agents-in-chicago-10877062
CATO
— Federal Government Wastes 59 Cents on the Dollar. 89 Percent Favor Auditing All Government Spending to Root Out Waste, Fraud, and Abuse. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. My Democrat Post Office superiors wasted what I learned delivering mail for almost 3 years while I completed courses in management at UIC and NIU. They forced me to resign falsely arguing that I was not available to work enough part-time hours. My Democrat IRS superiors wasted what I learned collecting delinquent taxes for almost 9 years while I completed graduate evening business and accounting courses at Loyola and DePaul and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt. They refused to promote me beyond GS-12. My Democrat GAO superiors wasted what I learned auditing federal agencies for almost 18 years while I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, became a licensed CPA, and completed graduate evening finance courses. They kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. They refused to promote me beyond GS-13 and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. So far, they have forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $1.9 million in today’s dollars to stop me from coming to work. They would not have done the aforesaid if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.
https://www.cato.org/blog/americans-say-federal-govt-wastes-59-cents-dollar
October 14, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders look at limiting federal immigration agents as Broadview shrinks designated protest area.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/broadview-protest-zone-ice-legislation/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/14/opinion-ice-agents-masks-chicago/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/ice-forest-park-cemetery-workers/
— Professors: Most Jewish Americans believe Donald Trump is exploiting antisemitism to assault universities DD: Jews in America are predominantly liberal. Jews in Israel are predominantly conservative. SEE: https://www.google.com/search?q=jews+israel+america+conservative+liberal
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/14/opinion-donald-trump-antisemitism-universities/
INDIANAPOLIS RECORDER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Derek Chauvin to promote more hatred against Republicans
https://indianapolisrecorder.com/opinion-remembering-george-floyd/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— U.S. House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries met in a Zoom meeting with members of the Illinois congressional delegation Monday to talk about redistricting in the state — an effort that is already triggering concern among lawmakers who fear the changes could dilute Black political power. DD: I should write about the 2015 gerrymandering of my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/10/14/dems-eye-another-illinois-seat-00607241
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois House Republican Leader Tony McCombie said “it would be obscene” for Illinois Democrats “to erase” any Republican-held seats given Trump won 44 percent of the statewide vote.)
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— DeWitte Previews Veto Session
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/14/dewitte-previews-veto-session/
— McHenry County College Doesn’t Follow Other Local Governments Concerning Columbus Day
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/13/mchenry-county-college-doesnt-follow-other-local-governments-concerning-columbus-day/
— Northern Bypass Bridge Arises Like a Zombie from the Dead in County’s 2050 Comprehensive Plan
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/13/northern-bypass-bridge-arises-like-a-zombie-from-the-dead-in-countys-2050-comprehensive-plan/
— McHenry County’s 2050 Comprehensive Plan for New Train Service Overtaken by Event
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/13/mchenry-countys-2050-comprehensive-plan-overtaken-by-event/
— Republican Candidate for U.S. Senate Celebrates Trump’s Peace Victory
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/13/republican-candidate-for-u-s-senate-celebrates-trumps-peace-victory/
— DeWitte Uses Madigan Incarceration Day to Prod Democrats to Pass Anti-Corruption Bills
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/13/dewitte-uses-madigan-incarceration-day-to-prod-democrats-to-pass-anti-corruption-bills/
— SUV Hits Metra Train at Tragic Fox River Grove Intersection
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/13/suv-hits-metra-train-at-tragic-fox-river-grove-intersection/
— McHenry County State’s Attorney Randi Freese Holding Fundraiser Tuesday Night in Crystal Lake
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/13/mchenry-county-states-attorney-randi-freese-holding-fundraiser-tuesday-night-in-crystal-lake/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Left-wing Chicago group teaches tactics for attacking ICE officers
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3848331/left-wing-group-chicago-listener-facebook-anti-ice-violence/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A left-wing group in Chicago is teaching tactics on social media for attacking Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers as deportation operations intensify in the sanctuary city and an unprecedented number of assaults on ICE employees have increased 1,000%. The group’s public Facebook page, called “Chicago Listener,” is posting content encouraging violence against immigration authorities and sharing various ways to target ICE vehicles.)
— California Democrats bemoan Newsom’s ‘disappointing’ veto of racial justice bills
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/education/3849096/california-democrats-newsom-reparations-bills/
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Trump’s Pressure on Sanctuary Cities Is Working
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/trumps-pressure-on-sanctuary-cities-is-working/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Seattle hires unqualified illegal immigrants as jail guards, over 100 suspected
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/10/13/whistleblower-claims-seattle-hires-unqualified-illegal-immigrants-as-jail-guards-over-100-suspected-1592194/
BREITBART
— At Least 12 Shot During Weekend in Democrat-Run Chicago
https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2025/10/13/more-bloodshed-at-least-12-shot-during-weekend-in-democrat-run-chicago/
— Trump Policies Yield Lowest Illegal Border Crossing Arrests in Half-Century
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2025/10/13/historic-trump-policies-yield-lowest-illegal-border-crossing-arrests-in-half-century/
— ICE Agents Arrest Illegal Pedophile Convicted of Identity Theft
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/13/virginia-ice-agents-arrest-illegal-alien-pedophile-identity-theft/amp/
— Democrats Literally Shut the Government Down to Give Healthcare to Illegal Aliens
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/10/13/exclusive-rep-gill-yes-the-democrats-literally-shut-the-government-down-to-give-healthcare-to-illegal-aliens/
— Scalise: Schumer Wants to Fund Illegal Alien Health Care by Gutting Money for Rural Hospitals
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/10/13/scalise-schumer-wants-to-fund-illegal-alien-health-care-by-gutting-money-for-rural-hospitals/
DAILY CALLER
— Newsom Forces Schools To Promote Radical Trans Group’s LGBTQ ‘Hotline’ On Student IDs
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/13/newsom-forces-schools-to-promote-radical-trans-groups-lgbtq-hotline-on-student-ids/
— Oregon Now Spends More On Program Offering Free Health Care For Illegal Immigrants Than State Police
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/13/oregon-now-spends-more-on-program-offering-free-health-care-for-illegal-immigrants-than-state-police/
DAILY WIRE
— Trump Shutdown Layoffs Target Left-Wing HUD Office That Tried To Abolish The Suburbs
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-layoffs-target-left-wing-hud-office-that-tried-to-abolish-the-suburbs
FEDERALIST
— California Law Requires Government Schools To Do Free PR For Radical Trans Group
https://thefederalist.com/2025/10/13/california-law-requires-government-schools-to-do-free-pr-for-radical-trans-group/
FOX NEWS
— Charlie Kirk’s colleagues and pastors praise his patriotism as Trump readies highest civilian honor. Trump is honoring Kirk on ‘what would have been his 32nd birthday’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/charlie-kirks-colleagues-pastors-praise-his-patriotism-trump-readies-highest-civilian-honor
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Immigration Raid at O’Hare Airport Rideshare Lot Leads to 12 Arrests
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/immigration-raid-ohare-airport-rideshare-lot-12-arrested
LIFE NEWS
— Massachusetts Revokes Christian Couple’s Foster License Because They Won’t Push LGBTQ Agenda
https://www.lifenews.com/2025/10/13/massachusetts-revokes-christian-couples-foster-license-because-they-wont-push-lgbtq-agenda/
NEWSMAX
— Newsom Rejects Preference Bill for Slave Descendants
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/gavin-newsom-vetoed-bill/2025/10/13/id/1230206/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
SCRIPPS NEWS
— On Charlie Kirk’s birthday, Trump to present posthumous Medal of Freedom. President Trump will award Charlie Kirk a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom today at the White House on what would have been the activist’s 32nd birthday.
https://www.scrippsnews.com/politics/the-president/on-charlie-kirks-birthday-trump-to-present-posthumous-medal-of-freedom
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— California’s Newsom signs a reparations study law but vetoes other racial justice proposals. DD: Affirmative Action (AA) is reparations. Reparations is AA. Democrats and RINOs use AA to get rid of Republicans.
https://apnews.com/article/california-reparations-black-slavery-legislature-newsom-67bb435bf325e8d2343cce91c8ddae1c
— Pope Leo condemns economies that marginalize the poor while the wealthy live in a bubble of luxury. Pope Leo XIV has criticized how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. DD: My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being undeservedly wealthy. It all started when I was 17 years old in 1966 when I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint. In my defense, I bought that car with money I earned washing dishes for the minimum wage for 18 months. It got worse in 1967 when I bought a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 and in 1968 when I bought a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE. In my defense, I bought those cars with money I earned delivering mail for the Park Forest Post Office. It got worse in 1971 when I bought a new 1972 Corvette. I my defense, I bought that car with money I earned working for IRS and working part-time for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights. It got worse in 1972 when I bought a new town home in University Park. I my defense, I bought that town home with money I earned working for IRS and working part-time for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights.
https://www.ncnewsonline.com/news/national/pope-leo-condemns-economies-that-marginalize-the-poor-while-the-wealthy-live-in-a-bubble/article_136e77cb-98ab-5dab-b468-137ff14fad03.html
NEWSWEEK
— The Most Dangerous Jobs in America and What They Pay. DD: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. Because my ACT score was only 24 and because I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class, one could argue that because I did the aforesaid, just about anyone could. I graduated from NIU in 1970. In 1971, in today’s dollars, my IRS salary was only $55,850/year.
https://www.newsweek.com/most-dangerous-jobs-america-what-they-pay-10871576
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The most dangerous jobs in the United States don’t always have the payoff of a sky-high salary, according to a new report from Resume Now. In fact, some of the riskiest roles don’t even clear $60,000. . .Based on the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries and Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, drivers/truck drivers had some of the most dangerous, lowest-paying jobs in America. With a fatality rate of 984 in 2023, this group only brought a median pay of $57,440.)
NEW YORK TIMES
— The New Julia Roberts Movie Seethes With Anti-Woke Resentment
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/opinion/after-the-hunt-metoo-backlash.html
— FRONT PAGE: For Young Men, Video Gaming Is a Social Play DD: Since 2009, I have stopped video gambling in Wheaton. My critics/opponents in Wheaton continue to take big adverse actions against me because of that.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/upshot/video-games-boys-young-men.html
SACREMENTO BEE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article312419934.html
SAN FRANCISCO BAY TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://sfbaytimes.com/honorees-for-the-inaugural-honoring-lgbtq-bay-area-latine-leaders/
MINNESOTA STAR TRIBUNE
— About those federal workers people so love to hate … Perhaps you just don’t know what they’re doing for you. DD: I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. I have been a federal retiree for more than 28 years. I should write about my critics/opponents who despise/hate federal employees and federal retirees the most.
https://www.startribune.com/about-those-federal-workers-people-so-love-to-hate/601225654
(FROM THE ARTICLE: I am tired of hearing about the federal workers of this country. They are lazy. They are overpaid. They are incompetent. There is no need for their work. For almost 40 years I have listened to this, and now I have to watch these workers be thrown from their jobs in the middle of the night. Why? Please meet a federal worker, my husband. He used his Bachelor of Science degree to work for the Department of Defense and then the National Weather Service. He worked jobs that required schedules of six days on and two days off, rotating shifts from midnights to days to evenings, and most holidays were worked. He didn’t get many weekends off, or holidays, but it didn’t matter because we never got to live near family. We moved a lot in support of the work. In our 40-plus years of marriage the closest we have ever lived near family was for the one year when we were within a three-hour drive of my family. Otherwise, family has been anywhere from 1,500 miles to 4,000 miles away. My husband could have taken a job in the private sector, working as an engineer as most of his friends did, where the paychecks would have been much greater. No, he was determined that his place was working to serve our government. So, for 40-plus years we have watched everyone around us celebrating holidays with family, enjoying weekends with family, and raking in the dollars of the private sector. We have kept our mouths shut when conversations turned to raking over the federal worker. No more!)
MONTGOMERY COMMUNITY MEDIA
— First of Its Kind Federal Workforce Career Center Opens in Wheaton. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. In today’s dollars, that meant a $86,371/year (56%) loss of income ($153,151/year salary minus $66,780/year Civil Service Retirement System pension). My Democrat GAO superiors not only did not help me find a job appropriate for my work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional license, they sabotaged my job search. I should write about that.
https://www.mymcmedia.org/first-of-its-kind-federal-workforce-career-center-opens-in-wheaton/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— A Supreme Court Reckoning for Racial Gerrymanders. The Justices can put an end to this cynical use of race to redistrict for partisan advantage in Louisiana v. Callais. DD: Illinois Democrats gerrymandered Illinois’ 3rd Congressional District to elect Delia Ramirez.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/a-supreme-court-reckoning-for-racial-gerrymanders-35d361ec
— Michael J. Fox’s new book. DD: Duckworth had one of her thugs throw me out of her press conference with Fox in Wheaton on October 24, 2006. SEE: https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/sixth-congressional-district-democratic-candidate-tammy-news-photo/72254318
https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/film/future-boy-review-the-double-life-of-marty-mcfly-8d2204c4
HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL
— DD: According to my critics/opponents, all the jobs that I had were bad jobs that they would never stoop to take. They use that to demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being a loser and even worse things. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty-research/policy-topics/social-policy/are-bad-jobs-dead-ends-or-steppingstones-better-things
EDUCATION NEXT
— The Predictive Power of Standardized Tests. DD: What standardized tests have you taken? If I had not taken and passed standardized tests, a) UIC would not accepted in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, and IIT in 1992, b) I would not have earned degrees from NIU in 1970, Loyola in 1976, DePaul in 1980, and IIT in 1997, c) the Post Office would not have hired me in 1966, Firestone Stores in 1970, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980, d) IRS would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) I would not have become a licensed CPA in 1981, and f) GAO would not have promoted me in 1986. I took and passed the postal employment examination in 1966, Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970, CPA examination in 1979, and Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) examination in 1981. I passed the CPA and CIA examinations on my first attempt. Since 1966, my critics/opponents have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I owe my test taking successes to my benefitting from discrimination against those who are minority, female, younger, veteran, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. In my defense, neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.educationnext.org/predictive-power-standardized-tests-middle-school-scores-preview-college-career-outcomes/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
INDEPENDENT NEWS
— Trump to present Charlie Kirk’s Presidential Medal of Freedom to his widow
https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-present-charlie-kirk-presidential-130609003.html
October 13, 2025 Evening Edition
Democrat leaders ever-increasing make it clear that they always have done and that they always will do everything that they can to flood America with their illegals.
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Government shutdown could be the longest ever, Speaker Johnson warns
https://abc7chicago.com/post/vice-president-jd-vance-warns-deeper-cuts-ahead-federal-workers-shutdown-continues/17997267/
— Democrat leaders call for fence around Broadview ICE facility to be torn down
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-fencing-around-broadview-facility-set-removed-live/17997242/
— Columbus Day parade marches through downtown Chicago
https://abc7chicago.com/post/abc7-broadcast-2025-christopher-columbus-day-parade-downtown-chicago-monday-indigenous-peoples/17998220/
NBC5
— Northwestern University ranked 10th and University of Chicago ranked 17th. DD: According to my critics/opponents, degrees from non-Ivy League universities are worthless. That is, my degrees from NIU, Loyola, DePaul, and IIT are worthless.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/2-illinois-universities-make-list-of-best-in-u-s-for-2026/3837894/
CBS2
— Broadview, Illinois shrinks area where protests are allowed outside ICE facility
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/broadview-illinois-shrinks-area-protests-ice-facility/
WGN9
— Suspicious device with anti-ICE message found at Chicago’s Midway Airport
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/suspicious-package-with-anti-ice-message-found-at-chicagos-midway-airport/
FOX32
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their No Kings protests
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/no-kings-protest-returns-chicago-saturday
— Chicagoans celebrate Columbus Day, Indigenous Peoples’ Day
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1723444
WTTW
— Broadview Mayor Shrinks Designated Protest Area Outside ICE Facility
https://news.wttw.com/2025/10/13/broadview-mayor-shrinks-designated-protest-area-outside-ice-facility
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Federal immigration agents step up activity in Lake County.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/lake-county-federal-agents-arrests/
— ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him. Under federal law, registered foreign nationals must carry proof of registration with them at all times. But prior to a second Trump administration, it was rarely enforced.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/ice-fines-chicago-man-for-not-having-papers-on-him/
— Michelle Obama’s Girls Opportunity Alliance pledges $2.5 million for grassroots education for girls.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/michelle-obamas-girls-opportunity-alliance-pledges-2-5-million-for-grassroots-education-for-girls/
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly side with China against America.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/ev-electric-vehicles-china-detroit-automakers-manufacturing/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their criminals and their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/13/poll-chicagoans-national-guard-policing-deportation-campaign-norc-university-of-chicago
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/12/arrival-national-guard-troops-chicago-area-what-readers-say
DAILY HERALD
— DuPage County clerk goes to court to get two election vendors paid
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251013/news/dupage-county-clerk-goes-to-court-to-get-two-election-vendors-paid/
— Glenbard school board president appointed to state House seat
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251013/news/glenbard-school-board-president-appointed-to-state-house-seat/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting religious leaders to promote illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/nonprofits-philanthropy/cardinal-cupich-raps-trumps-immigration-raids-chicago
PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— ‘No Kings’ protests return Oct. 18 to ‘fight dictatorship.’
https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/politics/2025/10/13/no-kings-rallies-oct-18-list-of-illinois-protests-times-locations-near-me-chicago/86624492007/
SOUTHERN
— Bailey, Del Mar bring campaign stop to Marion
https://thesouthern.com/news/bailey-del-mar-bring-campaign-stop-to-marion/article_ff61b34b-55a3-57a8-a0e9-15893a3f6b49.html
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS FREEDOM CAUSUS
— Veto Session This Week In Springfield
https://substack.com/home/post/p-176045108
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Don Tracy Celebrates Historic Gaza Hostage Release and Calls for Continued Peace
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/13/republican-candidate-for-u-s-senate-celebrates-trumps-peace-victory/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Budget gimmicks, pension debt and late financial reports are leaving Illinois taxpayers in the dark, according to Truth in Accounting which gives Illinois another “F” grade.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_1aeb5bba-eeea-4b1e-b745-f8befe9ab6bd.html
— Illinois House Speaker: ‘Mr. Trump, tear down this fence!’ DD: Back then, East Germany stopped its citizens from leaving. Today, foreign countries dump their unwanted citizens on America.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_011592ec-68c1-4e1c-a696-9165b9bab8d5.html
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois checks, balances? Not under Pritzker.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-checks-balances-not-under-pritzker/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Leftists refuse to help ICE and then blame murderous illegals on Trump
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/13/leftists-refuse-help-ice-blame-murderous-illegals-trump/
— Legislation seeks to save Columbus Day from being replaced by Indigenous Peoples’ Day
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/13/legislation-seeks-save-columbus-day-replaced-indigenous-peoples-day/
— Speaker Johnson says no quick fix to Obamacare subsidy ‘boondoggle’
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/13/speaker-mike-johnson-says-no-quick-fix-obamacare-subsidy-boondoggle/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Broadview, Illinois reduces ICE protest zone after ‘chaos,’ 15 arrests
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3848374/broadview-illinois-reduces-ice-protest-zone-after-chaos-arrests/
— Virginia’s proposed abortion ‘right’ would take power from parents
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/equality-not-elitism/3848533/virginia-abortion-fundamental-right-to-protective-freedom-takes-power-from-parents/
— ‘We’re back, Italians,’ Trump proclaims in recognition of ‘hero’ Christopher Columbus
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/3847895/were-back-italians-trump-proclaims-in-recognition-of-hero-christopher-columbus/
BREITBART
— Illinois State Police Arrest Unlawful Anti-ICE Protesters
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/10/12/illinois-state-police-arrest-unlawful-anti-ice-protesters/
— ‘Incompatible Ideology’: Rep. Chip Roy’s Bill Aims to Protect U.S. from Illegals Who Observe Sharia Law
https://www.breitbart.com/faith/2025/10/13/incompatible-ideology-rep-chip-roy-aims-to-protect-u-s-from-illegals-who-observe-sharia-law/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Trinity Washington University hosts event honoring convicted cop killer Assata Shakur
https://www.campusreform.org/article/trinity-washington-university-hosts-event-honoring-convicted-cop-killer-assata-shakur/28757
CHRISTIAN POST
— A day of remembrance for assassinated conservative Christian figure Charlie Kirk is scheduled to be held on Tuesday, which would have been the political activist’s 32nd birthday.
https://www.christianpost.com/news/charlie-kirk-national-day-of-remembrance-to-be-held-this-week.html
DAILY WIRE
— Portland Protesters Stage Nude ‘Die-In’ To Stop Trump’s Deportations
https://www.dailywire.com/news/portland-protesters-stage-nude-die-in-to-stop-trumps-deportations
FOX BUSINESS
— Billionaire Ken Griffin says Citadel’s Chicago exodus was ‘not hard,’ cites crime, taxes. Ken Griffin’s hedge fund relocated global headquarters to Miami in 2022 citing crime and tax concerns
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/billionaire-ken-griffin-says-citadels-chicago-exodus-not-hard-crime-taxes-drove-workers-away
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Evanston Has Doled Out Millions in Housing Reparations
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/this-illinois-town-has-doled-out-millions-in-housing-reparations-but-ownership-remains-out-of-reach/amp/
TPUSA
— Left-Wing University of Minnesota Club to Honor George Floyd in Protest of Charlie Kirk Day of Remembrance. DD: Democrats promote George Floyd. Republicans promote Charlie Kirk.
https://tpusa.com/live/left-wing-university-of-minnesota-club-to-honor-george-floyd-in-protest-of-charlie-kirk-day-of-remembrance/
TOWNHALL
— During the Schumer Shutdown, Democrats Are Using Americans As Pawns
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2025/10/13/schumer-says-trump-and-russell-vought-using-americans-as-pawns-n2664864
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Hegseth touts push to replace heavyset National Guard troops in Illinois
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5553001-hegeseth-emphasizes-military-fitness/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Vance warns of deeper cuts ahead for federal workers
https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-vance-trump-furlough-congress-fired-6179d3359c0d6f547e963822d67c28b4
CBS NEWS
— Newsom signs law banning new Glock sales in California
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/newsom-to-decide-bill-glock-sales-california/
— Pain for federal workers as government shutdown continues. DD: Federal employees have always been demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being grossly overpaid. Since September of 1997 when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire, no one has had any sympathy for my losing 56% of my annual income. In today’s dollars a loss of $86,371/year ($153,151/year salary minus $66,780/year Civil Service Retirement System pension. They have always stressed my wife’s income, our not having any dependents, our being debt-free, our retirement and other savings, the federal government paying 72% of our health insurance, our home in Wheaton, our cars, etc.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/pain-for-federal-workers-as-government-shutdown-continues/
WASHINGTON POST
— Historic wave of retirements is putting huge strains on the government. Tens of thousands of federal employees have taken retirement or other voluntary departures on top of the Trump administration’s latest layoffs.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/13/retirements-buyouts-federal-government-trump/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DD: In Diersen v. GAO, the courts abolished federal Civil Service protections and gave the federal government the power to force its employees to retire, that is, to fire them. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf
https://www.aol.com/news/opinion-trump-wants-supreme-court-110028479.html
BALTIMORE SUN
— Trump to award Charlie Kirk Medal of Freedom on what would’ve been his 32nd birthday
https://www.baltimoresun.com/2025/10/13/trump-to-award-charlie-kirk-medal-of-freedom-on-what-wouldve-been-his-32nd-birthday/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Furloughed Federal Workers Turn to Side Hustles to Survive Shutdown. Gig jobs for Lyft and others are helping employees across the government stay afloat until paychecks resume. DD: Federal employees have always been demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being grossly overpaid. Since September of 1997 when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire, no one has had any sympathy for my losing 56% of my annual income. In today’s dollars a loss of $86,371/year ($153,151/year salary minus $66,780/year Civil Service Retirement System pension. They have always stressed my wife’s income, our not having any dependents, our being debt-free, our retirement and other savings, the federal government paying 72% of our health insurance, our home in Wheaton, our cars, etc.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/federal-worker-side-hustles-government-shutdown-bd55612c
CEO TODAY
— DD: For Democrats, government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats. Virtually all government employees are Democrats. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat who would take the job. I qualified myself for the Post Office job by passing the postal employment examination and earning a high school diploma. I qualified myself for the IRS job by passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination and an earning a job-related bachelor’s degree. I qualified myself for the GAO job by earning a job-related master’s degree and passing the CPA examination on my first attempt.
https://www.ceotodaymagazine.com/2025/10/trump-federal-purge-washington-civil-service-collapse-2025/
FED SMITH
— Going for Broke? This Shutdown is Different, May Last Longer and Reshape the Federal Government.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2025/10/13/shutdown-is-different-may-last-longer-and-reshape-federal-government/
PBS
— Some Indigenous Peoples Day events strike conciliatory tone as Trump focuses on Columbus
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/some-indigenous-peoples-day-events-strike-conciliatory-tone-as-trump-focuses-on-columbus
ATLANTIC
— Trump’s Costly Cuts to the Civil Service. The administration is culling the best and brightest from the federal workforce. DD: Needless-to-say, I have never been viewed as being one of the best and the brightest federal employees. My critics/opponents stress the adverse actions that my Democrat superiors took against me. They stress that my IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12 even though I earned an MBA and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt. They stress that my Democrat GAO superiors never promoted me beyond GS-13 even though I earned a master’s degree in accounting, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, became a licensed CPA, earned four more job-related professional certifications, and earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/10/worst-way-cut-government-spending/684478/
October 13, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against ICE
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-agents-spotted-church-rogers-park-chicago-gov-pritzker-speaks-national-guard-ruling-broadview-protests-continue/17994356/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against ICE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/trump-immigration-blitz-chicago-wards/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/12/chicago-marathon-immigration-illinois-pilsen/
— Residents cope with food deserts in Harvey, Chicago Heights, Richton Park and Park Forest. DD: I washed dishes in Chicago Heights 1964-1966. I chipped slag and pumped gasoline in Chicago Heights in 1966. I delivered mail in Park Forest 1966-1969. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances in Chicago Heights 1970-1971. I pumped gasoline in Chicago Heights 1971-1972. I collected delinquent taxes in Harvey 1972-1973. My father worked in Chicago Heights 1941-1969. I was born in Chicago Heights in 1948.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/10/food-deserts-harvey-chicago-heights-richton-park/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against ICE. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly equate their runaway slaves with their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/10/13/chicago-fugitive-slave-act-ice-fuentes-immigration-claudia-fegan-linda-rae-murray
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/13/poll-chicagoans-national-guard-policing-deportation-campaign-norc-university-of-chicago
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Springfield now faces the $2B question: How much to invest in mass transit’s future. DD: I used mass transit in 1971 and then 1973-1997. A major reason why my wife and I bought a home in Wheaton in 1978 and had one built in Wheaton in 1984 was their being in walking distance of Wheaton train stations.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/springfield-weighs-2b-fix-chicago-transit-system
STATELINE
— ‘National Day of Remembrance for Charlie Kirk’ is Tuesday, October 14, 2025
https://www.mystateline.com/news/national-day-of-remembrance-for-charlie-kirk-is-this-week-what-to-know/
WHEATON PATCH
— 12 Wheaton Students Named Semifinalists For National Merit Scholarships. DD: Did you get any scholarships? I did not. My critics/opponents have always used that against me. In my defense, during my junior and senior years at Crete-Monee High School 1964-1966, I spent far too many hours washing dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights instead of studying. Consequently, my ACT score was only 24 and I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/12-wheaton-students-named-semifinalists-for-national-merit-scholarships/ar-AA1NirxA
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Appeals Court rejects Trump administration bid to lift TRO in Illinois’
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_6cec4a79-4cac-42fa-b104-2943ffcddc4b.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Kash Patel severs FBI’s ties with James Comey-backed Anti–Defamation League after group ripped Charlie Kirk’s TPUSA
https://www.aol.com/news/kash-patel-severs-fbi-ties-205327655.html
— Biden admin weaponized DOJ to target Charlie Kirk, Turning Point USA to put movement ‘out of business’
https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-claims-biden-admin-weaponized-104731208.html
BREITBART
— Truckers Gain Wages as ICE Detains Highway Illegals
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/12/truckers-gain-wages-as-ice-detains-highway-illegals/
— DHS Reveals New York City Gave Indian Illegal Alien ‘No Name Given’ Commercial Driver’s License
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/10/12/dhs-reveals-new-york-city-gave-illegal-alien-no-name-given-drivers-license/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Biden DOJ Sought Direction From Leftist Group That Put Turning Point USA on a ‘Hate Map’ Shortly Before Charlie Kirk’s Assassination. However Bad You Think Biden’s DOJ Was, New Documents Show It Was Even Worse
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/10/12/biden-doj-sought-direction-splc-leftist-group-that-put-turning-point-usa-hate-map-shortly-before-charlie-kirks-assassination/
FOX NEWS
— Students are more motivated than ever to continue Charlie Kirk’s mission. DD: Who is leading TPUSA in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district?
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6382659911112
— Harvard charging $13K for DEI certificate on ‘bias’ and ‘privilege’ Classes include ‘Understanding Race and Racism’ and ‘Power and Privilege in Systems’ DD: According to my critics/opponents, I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/harvard-charging-13k-dei-training-bias-privilege
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/harvard-launches-13k-dei-certificate-on-bias-and-privilege-is-it-a-valuable-career-move-or-an-overpriced-ideological-course/articleshow/124508068.cms
— Pope Leo says family based on ‘union between a man and a woman,’ defends dignity of unborn
https://www.foxnews.com/world/pope-leo-says-family-based-union-between-man-woman-defends-dignity-unborn
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Demented Democrats
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/10/demented-democrats-week-at-legal-insurrection/
NEWSMAX
— Tuesday, October 14: National Day of Remembrance for Charlie Kirk
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/charlie-kirk-national-day/2025/10/12/id/1230016/
— Trump Moves to Purge ‘Woke’ Ideology From Colleges. DD: All my critics/opponents are woke. To be woke is to blame your problems on those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.newsmax.com/us/donald-trump-college-dei/2025/10/12/id/1230043/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— ‘National Day of Remembrance for Charlie Kirk’ is Tuesday, October 14, 2025
https://thehill.com/homenews/nexstar_media_wire/5527054-national-day-of-remembrance-for-charlie-kirk-is-this-week-what-to-know/
YAHOO
— Some Texas National Guard troops replaced in Illinois for being overweight
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/texas-national-guard-troops-replaced-153000480.html
AOL
— Harvard Quietly Ends ‘Minority Recruitment Program’ Amid Battle With Trump Admin. DD: UIC accepted me when I was 18 in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, and IIT in 1992 because they could not find a qualified minority, female, and/or veteran to accept.
https://www.aol.com/articles/harvard-quietly-ends-minority-recruitment-175414037.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly blame conservatives for all the problems that those who are the following have: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/business/economy/black-unemployment-federal-layoffs-diversity-initiatives.html
— DD: Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Kirk-hating Kirk-haters will ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Kirk.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/09/27/us/politics/charlie-kirk-debate.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly prefer international students over American students.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/10/06/upshot/us-international-student-travel.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote illegal drugs.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/10/09/world/americas/drug-trafficking-venezuela.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: More People Feel the Strain Of a Shutdown. DD: How dependent on federal spending are those in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/us/politics/government-shutdown-effects.html
USA TODAY
— How To Choose The Right College Major. DD: My biggest career mistake was not majoring in accounting from the beginning. I erroneously believed that because I was not strong in math, I could never pass the CPA examination. I did not start taking graduate evening accounting courses until I was 27 in 1976. I did not take and pass the CPA examination on my first attempt until I was 30. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul until I was 31. I did not take and pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination until I was 32. I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32. By then, the accounting profession viewed me as being much too old. The accounting profession would not have done that if I had been a minority, female, and/or veteran.
https://www.usatoday.com/press-release/story/16252/how-to-choose-the-right-college-major-student-career-decision-guide/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Assessment first: Use personality tests, skills evaluations, and values assessments to understand natural strengths before picking a major. Research reality: Look beyond salary figures to examine job market trends, daily responsibilities, and long-term career satisfaction rates in chosen fields. Timing matters: The 15-25 age window offers optimal decision-making opportunities before life circumstances make career changes more difficult. Avoid pressure: Don’t let parental expectations, peer choices, or social media influence override personal interests and natural abilities. Get expert help: Professional career advice can provide structured guidance to help students make confident decisions within weeks rather than years of trial and error.)
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— What Is the One Trait That Makes for a Great Manager? DD: My Democrat IRS superiors got rid of the IRS manager who promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My Democrat GAO superiors got rid of the GAO manager who arranged my transfer from IRS in 1980 and was finally able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me in 1986.
https://www.wsj.com/business/c-suite/manager-strengths-rellocating-talent-f0add2da
— Giving Career Advice to Kids Has Never Been Harder. DD: Were you viewed as being college material? I was not. Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I could not run because I had a bone disease. My eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20. I had partial red/green color blindness. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/career-advice-children-ai-148983e5
— DD: I owned a 1968 Dodge Charger R/T 1994-2005. I owned a 1969 Dodge Charger SE 1968-1971. I have owned my 2013 Dodge Charger R/T Max since 2012. I have owned my 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T Plus since March of this year.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/cars/the-texan-who-scored-a-1968-cincinnati-bengals-themed-dodge-charger-d1753412
MUST READ ALASKA
— Anchorage Republican Women’s Club Gives $1,000 to Turning Point USA
https://mustreadalaska.com/anchorage-republican-womens-club-gives-1000-to-turning-point-usa-uaa/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Government Accountability Office Issues Scathing Report on Army Readiness
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/government-accountability-office-issues-scathing-report-on-army-readiness/ar-AA1O5tBT
POLITICO
— Inside Uthmeier’s path to a critical Trump endorsement in Florida. DD: Of the candidates on the Republican primary ballot in your county, which ones are seeking Trump’s endorsement?
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/12/uthmeier-florida-trump-endorsement-00603089
— The impending retirement that could rock Capitol Hill. The director of the Government Accountability office will step down in a few short months, leaving a void atop the agency that has found the White House guilty of violating congressional spending law. DD: GAO is just a shell of what it once was. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/17/gao-trump-impoundment-spending-00569967
FROM OTHER SOURCES
GOOGLE AI
— Good old days. DD: When were your good old days? Mine included 1971-1981 when a) I bought new cars in 1971, 1973, and 1978, b) IRS promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, c) I bought real estate in 1972, 1974, 1976, and 1978, c) I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, d) I got married in 1978, e) I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, f) I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, g) I passed the Certified Internal Auditing examination on my first attempt in 1981, and h) I became a licensed CPA in 1981. They include 1986-1988 when a) GAO assigned me to audits of IRS and b) promoted me in 1986.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22good+old+days%22
October 12, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Democrat leaders: What to know about National Guard deployments in other cities after plans stalled in Chicago.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/what-know-national-guard-deployments-memphis-other-cities-trumps-plans-stalled-chicago-portland/17993154/
FOX32
— Trump plans whirlwind trip to Israel, Egypt before rushing back for Charlie Kirk honor
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-israel-egypt-trip-gaza-peace-deal
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their criminals and their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/12/pritzker-vance-national-guard-illinois/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/12/ice-fears-chicago-school-districts/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/12/gov-jb-pritzker-national-guard-trump-levers-of-power/
— Vance warns ‘deeper’ cuts ahead for federal workers as shutdown enters 12th day
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/12/jd-vance-federal-workers-shutdown/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Feds deploy tear gas in Albany Park
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/12/ice-chicago-albany-park-tear-gas
DAILY HERALD
— DuPage County looks to regulate short-term rental properties with annual fee, inspection
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251012/news/dupage-county-looks-to-regulate-short-term-rental-properties-with-annual-fee-inspection/
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— DD: Democrat leaders get 400 in Rogers Park to protest ICE
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/12/400-rogers-park-neighbors-rally-after-ice-arrests-4-including-tamale-vendor/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
TED DABROWSKI
— Celebrate Columbus Day, reject those who try to divide us
https://mailchi.mp/tedforillinois/colombusday-323?e=c4ad197eda
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Lakewood Plans Affordable Housing Near Intersection of Routes 47 and 176 In Woodstock School District 200
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/12/lakewood-plans-affordable-housing-near-intersection-of-routes-47-and-176-in-woodstock-school-district-200/
— Armed Alleged Antifa Northeastern Illinois Professor Arrested, Homeland Security Press Release That Won’t End Up in the Mainstream Media
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/11/armed-alleged-antifa-professor-arrested/
— A New Finding Concerning Chicago’s Depopulation
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/12/a-new-finding-concerning-chicagos-depopulation/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Federal Officials: WGN Producer Arrested for Assaulting ICE Agents, Not for Reporting
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/federal-officials-wgn-producer-arrested-for-allegedly-assaulting-ice-agents-not-for-reporting.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Vance criticizes Pritzker over Chicago violence
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/12/jd-vance-vice-president-criticizes-illinois-gov-jb-pritzker-chicago/
— Neither side flinches as shutdown pain intensifies, thousands of federal workers lose their jobs
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/12/neither-side-flinches-shutdown-pain-intensifies-thousands-federal/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Pritzker says Trump can’t invoke Insurrection Act unless there is ‘rebellion’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/3847381/pritzker-trump-insurrection-act-rebellion/
— Europe continues to guzzle Russian gas
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3846371/europe-continues-guzzle-russian-gas/
NEW YORK POST
— Spoiled leftists despise Columbus Day— but what they really hate is America
https://nypost.com/2025/10/12/opinion/spoiled-leftists-despise-columbus-but-really-just-hate-america/
— Illinois State Police CONFRONT Aggressive Anti-ICE Protesters in Broadview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbHZgrAfz-c
BLAZE
— PBS tries to destroy notion of black 2-parent households
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/fearless-with-jason-whitlock/black-family
BREITBART
— Illinois State Police Arrest Unlawful Anti-ICE Protesters in Broadview
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/10/12/illinois-state-police-arrest-unlawful-anti-ice-protesters/
DAILY CALLER
— Corporate Fact Checkers Keep Ignoring Key Facts When Denying Dems Want To Give Illegals Free Healthcare
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/12/fact-checkers-wrong-on-migrant-healthcare/
EPOCH TIMES
— The Death of Personal Responsibility. DD: My parents and teachers promoted personal responsibility. That put me on track to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/opinion/the-death-of-personal-responsibility-the-final-nail-in-the-coffin-of-freedom-5917141
FOX NEWS
— Blagojevich: Pritzker ‘doesn’t care’ that citizens are ‘less safe’
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6382637847112
— IL leadership’s refusal to accept help from Trump admin is out of ‘hatred of the President’
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6382658981112
JOHNATHAN TURLEY
— Princeton Joins Move Back to Standardized Testing. DD: How has standardized testing impacted you? UIC would not have accepted me in 1966 if I had not gotten an ACT score of 24 and graduated in the upper 20% of my class. The Post Office would not have hired me in 1966 if I had not passed the postal employment examination and earned a high school diploma. Firestone Stores would not have hired me in 1970 if I had not earned a bachelor’s degree in business from NIU. IRS would not have hired me in 1971 if I had not passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination. GAO would not have hired me in 1980 if I had not earned an MBA from Loyola and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt.
https://jonathanturley.org/2025/10/12/princeton-joins-move-back-to-standardized-testing/
NEWSMAX
— Vance: Pritzker Should Pay for Chicago’s Failures
https://www.newsmax.com/us/jd-vance-jb-pritzker-chicago/2025/10/12/id/1230041/
PJ MEDIA
— Democrats Are Quietly Pulling the Plug on Free Healthcare for Illegal Immigrants. DD: For me since 1966, and for my wife and I since 1978, the federal government paying 72% of our healthcare insurance helped me endure tremendous efforts by my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors to get rid of me.
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/10/12/democrats-are-quietly-pulling-the-plug-on-free-healthcare-for-illegal-immigrants-n4944764
TOWNHALL
— Leftist Social Media Is a Cesspool, but One We Must Be Keenly Aware About
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2025/10/12/sun-vip-reddit-wants-to-kidnap-gop-kids-and-reeducate-them-n2664750
TPUSA
— DHS Purchases Chicago Buildings to Support Operations
https://tpusa.com/live/dhs-purchases-chicago-buildings-to-support-operations/
— University of Chicago Condemns Violence After Professor Charged in Anti-ICE Riot
https://tpusa.com/live/university-of-chicago-condemns-violence-after-professor-charged-in-anti-ice-riot/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their No Kings protests
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5551298-no-kings-protests-what-to-know/
CNN
— Protesters clash with police outside Broadview ICE facility
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/12/us/video/protesters-clash-police-broadview-vrtc
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/12/us/video/protest-clash-broadview-ice-digvid
NEWS NATION
— At least 15 arrested during protests at Broadview ICE facility
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/midwest/at-least-15-arrested-protests-broadview-ice-facility/
NBC NEWS
— Vance says Trump is ‘looking at all his options’ as the president threatens to invoke the Insurrection Act. The Insurrection Act would allow the president to deploy the U.S. military domestically for law enforcement purposes.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/vance-trump-options-invoke-insurrection-act-national-guard-rcna237060
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their criminals and their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/opinion/mensa-ice-raids-chicago-black-citizens.html
TEXAS TRIBUNE
— Texas GOP censures five lawmakers. DD: I should write about the following who reject the most planks in the Republican Party platform: a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders. Most commonly, they reject the 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. I would focus on the aforesaid who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/10/11/texas-gop-srec-censure/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Under the Texas GOP’s censure rule, lawmakers can be reprimanded for working against the state party’s legislative priorities or the broader principles outlined in the party platform and preamble.)
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Where Have All the Young Home Buyers Gone? Check the Stock Market. The rent vs. buy debate has taken on new meaning for Gen Z thanks to soaring share prices and more investment options.
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/where-have-all-the-young-home-buyers-gone-check-the-stock-market-e79f89ad
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
TIMES OF INDIA
— ICE Broadview Facility Attacked; Dramatic Fighting
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/international/ice-broadview-facility-attacked-dramatic-fighting-near-chicago-fed-agents-vs-anti-trump-mob/videoshow/124496930.cms
SKY NEWS
— Immigration without assimilation labelled ‘reckless beyond belief’ DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight assimilation. All my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany during the 1840s and 1850s. Their slow assimilation held them back. All my grandparents spoke German. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP1zIhHHpO8
October 12, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/12/gov-jb-pritzker-national-guard-trump-levers-of-power/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/12/silverio-villegas-children-foster-care-idaho/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/12/ice-fears-chicago-school-districts/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/12/opinion-donald-trump-national-guard-chicago-free-speech/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/12/editorial-april-perry-ice-national-guard-justice-department/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ in Oak Park.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/07/oak-park-gender-affirming-care-discussion/
— Lapel pins awarded to honor area Vietnam era veterans. DD: I should write about those who have used against me my avoiding the Vietnam War draft the most. I would focus on my Democrat superiors in the federal government who were veterans. They blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/08/vietnam-war-brad-schneider-pins/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Duckworth, Durbin demand feds not use Chicago Harbor Lock on river as backdrop for social media videos
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/10/duckworth-durbin-demand-feds-not-use-chicago-harbor-lock-on-river-as-backdrop-for-social-media-videos
DAILY HERALD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly coverup their poverty and their crime in Chicago.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251011/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-a-celebration-of-chicago-the-disparagement-in-our-national-politics-of-our-ci/
EDWARDSVILLE INTELLIGENCER
— DD: Fundraising success indicates electability
https://www.theintelligencer.com/opinion/article/money-shouldnt-decide-illinois-senate-race-21090956.php
MILWAUKEE COURIER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly paint Derek Chauvin as being a typical conservative White male Republican.
https://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2025/10/11/remembering-george-floyd-we-are-the-stewards-of-his-story/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump issues a Columbus Day proclamation to ‘reclaim’ the explorer’s legacy
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-10-11/trump-issues-a-columbus-day-proclamation-to-reclaim-the-explorers-legacy
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Newsom approves agency to administer slavery reparations. DD: Affirmative Action is reparations. To get even more votes from Blacks, Democrat leaders promise Blacks even more reparations.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/3846786/newsom-approves-agency-administer-slavery-reparations/
NEW YORK POST
— Cornell MBA council warns ‘non-marginalized’ students to avoid minority recruiting events. DD: All my critics/opponents attribute all my successes in my life to my benefitting from marginalization of minorities, females, younger people, LGBTQers, veterans, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://nypost.com/2025/09/18/us-news/cornell-mba-council-warns-non-marginalized-students-to-avoid-minority-recruiting-events-report/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Renowned chef who catered for George W Bush deported, stuns Texas town. DD: I have always helped elect in general elections candidates who won Republican primary elections. Far too often, those candidates were the lesser of two evils.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/10/10/renowned-chef-who-catered-for-george-w-bush-deported-stuns-texas-town-1591643/
BREITBART
— Gavin Newsom Signs Bill to Build Reparations Bureaucracy. DD: Affirmative Action is reparations. To get even more votes from Blacks, Democrat leaders promise Blacks even more reparations.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/11/gavin-newsom-signs-bill-to-build-reparations-bureaucracy/amp/
COLLEGE FIX
— Michigan State University opens $38 million ‘sanctuary’ for ‘minorities’ DD: Since I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have attributed my successes in my life to my benefitting from oppression of minorities and females. In my defense, neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I had to work my way through college. All the many minorities and females who were promoted over me a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/michigan-state-u-opens-38-million-sanctuary-for-minorities/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “The MSU Multicultural Center (MCC), guided by a student-developed mission, aims to provide a supportive space for students from historically oppressed backgrounds to learn, grow, and access the resources necessary to succeed and graduate from a predominantly white institution,” the room reservation page for the center states.)
FOX NEWS
— Atlantic article likens Charlie Kirk to George Floyd, sparking online fury
https://www.aol.com/news/atlantic-article-likens-charlie-kirk-151941835.html
NEWSMAX
— Trump Admin’s Immigration Raids Blamed for Potential Food Supply Crisis. DD: What percent of food industry workers are illegals? What percent of food industry jobs are bad jobs?
https://www.newsmax.com/us/immigration-migrants-farm-workers/2025/10/11/id/1229953/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Gingrich on Trump’s shutdown layoffs: ‘He’s willing to take the heat’ DD: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE and I might still be a GAO employee.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5551386-trump-gingrich-federal-layoffs/
AOL
— NFL Removing ‘End Racism’ Message From End Zones. DD: Since I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have attributed my successes in my life to my benefitting from discrimination against minorities and against females. In my defense, neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I had to work my way through college. All the many minorities and females who were promoted over me a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.aol.com/entertainment/nfl-removing-end-racism-message-120600237.html
NBC NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-life-and-style/gay-harlem-renaissance-exhibit-new-york-historical-rcna236671
CBS NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/boston-roslindale-restaurant-pride-flag-ripped-down/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders say “We’re in a Worse Place Than We Were Under Nixon.” DD: My Democrat Post Office superiors, my Democrat Firestone Store boss, and my Democrat IRS superiors who were veterans hated Nixon. They blamed Nixon for America losing the Vietnam War. They took their hatred against Nixon out against me. My Democrat Post Office superiors denied my sick leave requests and forced me to resign. My Democrat Firestone Store boss rudely fired me when I gave him my 2-week notice. My Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my travel vouchers and my education deductions and never promoted me beyond GS-12. They were furious that I was a Republican and that I avoided the Vietnam War draft.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/opinion/letitia-james-donald-trump-nixon.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders say “Trump Fires Black Officials From an Overwhelmingly White Administration.” DD: All my Black coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had. The aforesaid was true for my Black subordinate who my Democrat GAO superiors replaced me with when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/us/politics/black-leaders-trump.html
— 1 in 5 millennials, Gen Zers gifted down payment for home from their parents. DD: Where did the down payment for your first home come from? For me, back in the good old days when I was 24 in 1972, it came from what I had earned and saved a) working for IRS for 15 months and b) working part-time for Firestone Stores for 18 months and full-time for 7 months before that. The money I earned and saved during that time also enabled me a) to buy a new 1972 Corvette in October of 1971 and b) pay for tuition and books for graduate evening business courses at Loyola in 1972.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/realestate/parents-money-down-payment-home-buying.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump escalates his use of federal power to target Democratic states. Democrats see a pattern of inflicting pain on places that are politically unfriendly, while Trump has declared his intent to hurt liberal areas and policies.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/12/trump-blue-states-target-red-states/
— DD: What percent of food industry workers are illegals? What percent of food industry jobs are bad jobs?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/10/11/immigration-crackdown-food-prices/
— DD:: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/10/10/ice-immigrants-protest-signs-dc/
— Trump is in ‘excellent’ health, White House says, amid questions about second exam. Outside physicians asked why the president was making a return trip to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, six months after undergoing medical tests.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/11/trump-physical-doctor/
USA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/10/11/lgbtq-queer-youtubers-national-coming-out-day/86569357007/
MIAMI HERALD
— Vance Responds to Joy Reid Calling Him ‘Mediocre’ DD: My critics/opponents have always stressed a) that my ACT score was only 24, b) that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class, c) that I never got any scholarships, d) that GPAs at UIC, NIU, Loyola, DePaul, and IIT were not that great, and d) that while I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, my scores were not that great.
https://www.newsbreak.com/miami-herald-1592483/4287110141419-vance-responds-to-joy-reid-calling-him-mediocre
WSBTV
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ in Atlanta
https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/thousands-attend-atlanta-pride-festival-piedmont-park-this-weekend/PZEZBVOW7VDHRA4C52KCZSJERE/
BUSINESS INSIDER
— DD: What decisions did you make that were career limiting? I spent far too many hours washing dishes while I was in high school instead of studying. I avoided the Vietnam War draft. I spent far too many hours delivering mail while I was earning my bachelor’s degree instead of studying. I should have majored in accounting. I did not become a Democrat. I complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-recover-after-mistake-bad-decision-at-work-2021-9
INC.
— DD: Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly prefer foreign employees over American employees.
https://www.inc.com/entrepreneurs-organization/why-your-workforce-strategy-must-go-global/91248906
U.S. CENSUS
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for all the problems that those who are the following have: minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2020/09/poverty-rates-for-blacks-and-hispanics-reached-historic-lows-in-2019.html
EQUITABLE GROWTH
— America’s job-quality crisis and how to revive workers’ pay, dignity, job advancement, and economic well-being. DD: According to my critics/opponents, a) all the jobs that I had were bad jobs that they would never stoop to take and b) I was always grossly overpaid. In my defense, to qualify myself for better paying jobs, a) I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree (management), b) I earned three job-related master’s degrees (business, accounting, and finance), c) I earned six job-related professional certifications (accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting), and d) I earned a job-related professional license (CPA). Nevertheless, I never earned more than $153,151/year in today’s dollars. The fact that few qualified minorities and women wanted the federal jobs that I had proves that they were bad jobs. Qualified minorities and females could always get better jobs in the private sector.
https://equitablegrowth.org/americas-job-quality-crisis-and-how-to-revive-workers-pay-dignity-job-advancement-and-economic-well-being/
HUFFINGTON POST
— Don Lemon Flames Hegseth As ‘Not Qualified’ To Be Defense Secretary. DD: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree (management) when I was 21. I earned three job-related master’s degrees (business, accounting, and finance) when I was 27, 31, and 48. I earned six job-related professional certifications (accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting) when I was 30 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48. I earned a job-related professional license (CPA) when I was 32. But by the time I earned the aforesaid, it was too late, I was views as being too old to have a successful career. That would not have been the case if I had been a minority, female, and/or veteran.
https://www.aol.com/articles/ex-cnn-host-flames-hegseth-214110998.html
October 11, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Appeals court upholds ruling blocking Trump admin. from deploying National Guard in Illinois. DD: Democrat leaders and their criminals and their illegals are overjoyed.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/protest-chicago-area-broadview-ice-facility-faith-march-expected-saturday-trump-admin-appeals-national-guard-ruling/17985076/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Meanwhile, another federal judge ruled the metal fence outside the Broadview Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility must come down by early next week. On Saturday morning, faith leaders marched to the facility. At 10 a.m. Saturday, the Cook County Sheriff’s Office said one person has been arrested near the facility. They are charged with Criminal Damage to Government Property. The Department of Justice says the National Guard is needed to protect federal officers from violent attacks and called Judge April Perry’s move to grant the temporary restraining order “extraordinary.”)
WGN9
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their Saturday October 18 NO KINGS protests
https://wgntv.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/what-to-know-about-upcoming-no-kings-protests/
— Chicago city leaders hand out ‘ICE-free zone’ signs to local businesses, residents
https://wgntv.com/news/operation-midway-blitz/chicago-city-leaders-hand-out-ice-free-zone-signs/
FOX32
— Sweeping layoffs ‘have begun’ as government shutdown drags on. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, GAO shrank from over 6,000 employees to less than 3,000 employees because of Gingrich-led budget cuts. My Democrat GAO superiors were furious. They took their fury out on me.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/sweeping-layoffs-have-begun-government-shutdown-drags
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting Hispanic religious leaders to hate Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/11/procession-to-broadview-ice-facility/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at minorities and at women that Republicans cause all their problems.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/11/trumps-indictment-letitia-james/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Broadview’s mayor.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/11/refusing-position-of-fear-broadviews-mayor-deals-with-ice-and-a-national-spotlight/
— Civic leaders: State lawmakers should reject massive pension benefit sweetener. DD: My critics/opponents have always demonized, denigrated, condemned my Civil Service Retirement System pension and my and my wife’s 72% federal health insurance subsidy as being much too generous. My critics/opponents either a) would never stoop to take a federal job and/or b) failed/refused to qualify themselves for federal jobs.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/10/opinion-illinois-pension-benefit-bill/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois Democrats call for investigation of Chicago ICE raids. After a chaotic month of federal immigration enforcement in the Chicago area, Democratic leaders asked top federal watchdogs to review actions by the Department of Homeland Security.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/10/ice-investigation-chicago-illinois-congressional-democrats-robin-kelly
— Democrat leaders crow that “National Guard deployment still blocked in Illinois after federal appeals court steps in Saturday.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump/2025/10/10/trump-asks-appeals-court-to-intervene-after-judge-blocks-national-guard-deployment-to-illinois
— Religious leaders denied request to deliver Communion to detainees at Broadview facility. Meanwhile, two days after a judge ordered the removal of a fence erected by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, barricades were being put up in front of the fence on Saturday. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting Hispanic religious leaders to hate Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/11/broadview-detention-immigration-enforcement-ice-religious-leaders-communion-fence-protests
NPR ILLINOIS
— India is forcibly deporting Muslims, including its own citizens, after Kashmir violence
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-10-11/india-is-forcibly-deporting-muslims-including-its-own-citizens-after-kashmir-violence
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Pritzker Reports From ‘War-Torn Chicago’ On ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ The Illinois governor said, “there is no hellscape I’d rather be in” during a Kimmel segment mocking Trump’s latest attacks on Chicago. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly downplay crime in Chicago.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/10/jb-pritzker-reports-from-war-torn-chicago-on-jimmy-kimmel/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois has among highest-paid state employees
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_347479b5-0797-49b2-b45f-04cbd2d28423.html
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Armed Alleged Antifa Northeastern Illinois Professor Arrested, Homeland Security Press Release
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/11/armed-alleged-antifa-professor-arrested/
— Why the Property Tax Will Not Be Abolished
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/11/why-the-property-tax-will-not-be-abolished/
— Huntley Police Reports Twelve Months of Enhanced Enforcement Results
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/10/huntley-police-reports-twelve-months-of-enhanced-enforcement-results/
— Best Parade in the County in Marengo Sunday at 2PM
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/10/best-parade-in-the-county-in-marengo-sunday-at-2pm/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— The deadly danger of marijuana legalization
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/10/deadly-danger-marijuana-legalization/
— DHS reveals grand plan for border: 1,422 miles of wall along Mexico boundary. The $4.5 billion in new contracts issued in September covers 10 projects.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/10/dhs-reveals-grand-plan-border-1422-miles-wall-along-mexico-boundary/
BLAZE
— From West Point to Woke Point: The long march through the ranks
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/from-west-point-to-woke-point-the-long-march-through-the-ranks
FOX NEWS
— Blagojevich says Chicago crime issues are ‘life or death,’ Democrats need new leadership, and gives his thoughts on how to handle crime in Chicago.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6382599395112
— One month after Charlie Kirk’s murder, key questions remain unanswered
https://www.foxnews.com/us/one-month-after-charlie-kirks-murder-key-questions-remain-unanswered
— Leftist club smears Charlie Kirk on campus flyers spotted ahead of their event honoring George Floyd instead
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/leftist-club-smears-charlie-kirk-campus-flyers-spotted-ahead-event-honoring-george-floyd
— Charlie Kirk’s friends debunk out-of-context clips about slain conservative icon
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/charlie-kirk-friends-feel-moral-120015873.html
— Erika Kirk posts tribute to Charlie Kirk one month after his assassination
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6382593867112
— Steak ‘n Shake’s giant flag initiative meets growing appetite for patriotic displays. Flags will be ‘tallest and biggest’ that local governments allow, Steak ‘n Shake says, even as some object. DD: I displayed an 18′ X 12’ – foot American flag in my first and second Iron Gate Motor Condo units in Naperville, but not in my third unit because of lack of wall space.
https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/steak-n-shakes-giant-flag-initiative-meets-growing-appetite-patriotic-displays
— Democrats are ‘afraid of the far-Left’ amid government shutdown
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6382626469112
NEWSMAX
— Blagojevich: Senators ‘Pandering for Cameras’ With ICE Protest
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/rod-blagojevich-dick-durbin-tammy-duckworth/2025/10/11/id/1229951/
REAL CLEAR HEALTH
— Free Healthcare for Illegals Would End America
https://www.realclearhealth.com/2025/10/11/free_healthcare_for_illegals_would_end_america_1140408.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— DD: The mainstream news media exists a) to elect Democrat candidates and b) to defeat Republican candidates.
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5549251-gop-trump-media-challenge/
REUTERS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their criminals and their illegals
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/chicago-ice-raids-national-guard-troops-prompt-new-school-leaflets-know-your-2025-10-10/
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote poverty and crime
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/opinion/ice-trump-safety-crisis.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their criminals and their illegals
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/nyregion/schools-immigrant-children-deportation.html
— DD: What have you done that your critics/opponents use to justify their having their operatives and their dupes take adverse actions against you? I have always promoted conservative principles and the Republican Party platform. I fought the installation of a stoplight hat Harrison and President in Wheaton. I filed lawsuits against them. I brought Fox News Channel on Comcast to Wheaton. I have sent out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters since 2000. I backed Republican candidates who ran against them. I served as an Illinois Center Right Coalition officer. I served as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman. I promoted Republican participation in Wheaton Independence Day parades. I fought the sale of booze in Wheaton. I stopped video gambling in Wheaton. I stopped the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/us/politics/trump-letitia-james-comey-revenge.html
DESERET NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals.
https://www.deseret.com/politics/2025/10/11/better-stories-about-immigrants/
KRIS
— Charlie Kirk memorial billboard goes up in Corpus Christi. Local Republican groups fund $5,000 billboard honoring late conservative activist Charlie Kirk on busy Corpus Christi highway. DD: How successful would fundraising be for billboards honoring Kirk in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://www.kristv.com/news/local-news/charlie-kirk-memorial-billboard-goes-up-in-corpus-christi-to-promote-unity
KTXS
— Trump to award Charlie Kirk Medal of Freedom on what would’ve been his 32nd birthday
https://ktxs.com/news/nation-world/trump-to-award-charlie-kirk-medal-of-freedom-on-what-wouldve-been-his-32nd-birthday-political-activist-shot-killed-deadly-shooting-murdered-assassinated-homicide-investigation-fbi-tyler-robinson-guns-turning-point-usa-president-donald-trump
NPR
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) promote poverty and crime and b) protect their criminals and their illegals.
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/nx-s1-5567987
BILLBOARD
— Turning Point USA Announces MAGA-Approved Super Bowl Halftime Show to Protest Bad Bunny
https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/turning-point-usa-bad-bunny-super-bowl-halftime-show-1236085982/
WORLD SOCIALIST WEB SITE
— DD: Socialists side with Democrats
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/10/11/tecb-o11.html
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
GUARDIAN
— DD: Hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters ever-increasingly use Kirk’s assassination to promote more hatred against conservatives.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/11/charlie-kirk-trump-maga-allies
ECONOMIC TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) promote poverty and crime and b) protect their criminals and their illegals.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/deploying-troops-would-add-fuel-to-fire-judge-blocks-trump-national-guard-plan-in-illinois/videoshow/124443827.cms
October 11, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump asks appeals court to intervene after judge blocks National Guard deployment to Illinois. Justice Department lawyers say U.S. District Judge April Perry “impermissibly second-guessed the Commander in Chief.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump/2025/10/10/trump-asks-appeals-court-to-intervene-after-judge-blocks-national-guard-deployment-to-illinois
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— The Transgender Movement is Not Just About Men in Girls’ Sports.
https://illinoisfamily.org/marriage/child-exploitation/the-transgender-movement-is-not-just-about-men-in-girls-sports/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Who do your critics/opponents call losers? SEE: https://www.google.com/search?q=losers My critics/opponents call federal employees losers who are White, male, and/or nonveteran and who do not make GS-13 ($117,807) by age 25, GS-14 ($139,211) by age 30, GS-15 ($163,749) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service ($195,200) by age 40. Extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines. My critics/opponents stress that I did not make GS-13 until I was 38 in 1986 and that I never made GS-14. In my defense, I stress that Democrats run the federal government and I never became a Democrat and a) that I did not earn job-related master’s degrees until I was 27, 31, and 48, b) that I did not earn job-related professional certifications until I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) that I did not earn a job-related professional license until I was 32. Further, my critics/opponents call Republican Precinct Committeemen (RPC) losers who are White, male, and/or nonveteran and who not become township party leaders, county party leaders, and Illinois Republican Party leaders. Extremely few RPCs become party leaders. My critics/opponents stress that while I have been a RPC since 1999, I have never been a party leader. In my defense, I stress that I am a conservative, that is, that I am a platform Republican. – Dave Diersen
https://www.google.com/search?q=losers
— What do your critics/opponent do? My critics/opponents increasingly make it clear that they are anti-conservative, if not conservative-haters. They ever-increasingly blame conservatives for their problems, for your problems, and for everyone’s problems. They ever-increasingly dismiss, belittle, badmouth, isolate, ostracize, marginalize, blacklist, cancel, demonize, denigrate, and condemn conservatives. They ever-increasingly take adverse actions against conservatives. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who are/were a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— QUESTION: What has motivated anti-conservatives and conservative-haters to promote more hatred against conservatives recently? ANSWER: Trump’s successes and Kirk’s assignation. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Enough of Chuck Schumer’s shutdown scam. Democrats are willing to harm Americans to safeguard illegals’ benefits.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/10/enough-chuck-schumers-shutdown-scam/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Newsom approves agency to administer slavery reparations. DD: Affirmative Action is slavery reparations.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/3846786/newsom-approves-agency-administer-slavery-reparations/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Trump Administration Lays Off Last of Minority Business Development Agency. The move effectively shutters the agency, which had already faced dramatic cuts. DD: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, a) there would be no need for DOGE and b) I might still be a GAO employee.
https://freebeacon.com/trump-administration/trump-administration-lays-off-last-of-minority-business-development-agency/
— DD: Democrats and RINOs will never stop using Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/why-democrats-are-finally-giving-up-on-dei/
NEW YORK POST
— Illegal migrant trucker with ‘No Name Given’ on NY driver’s license ID’d, arrested in Oklahoma
https://nypost.com/2025/10/11/us-news/illegal-migrant-trucker-with-no-name-given-on-ny-drivers-license-idd-arrested-in-oklahoma/
BREITBART
— Robert De Niro Pushes Nationwide ‘No Kings’ Anti-Trump October 18 Protest Campaign
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2025/10/10/watch-robert-de-niro-pushes-nationwide-no-kings-anti-trump-protest-campaign/amp/
COLLEGE FIX
— Academics continue hypocritical whining about ‘freedom’ and ‘democracy’
https://www.thecollegefix.com/academics-continue-hypocritical-whining-about-freedom-and-democracy/
DAILY CALLER
— ICE Nabs Illegal Migrant Truck Driver With ‘No Name’ Listed On Driver’s License
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/10/ice-nabs-migrant-trucker-with-no-name/
— Migrant ‘Invaders’ Under Biden Led To Government Shutdown
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/10/c-span-caller-says-migrant-invaders-under-biden-led-to-government-shutdown/
— The Politics Of The Shutdown, Obamacare, Crime And Deportations
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/11/opinion-the-politics-of-the-shutdown-obamacare-crime-and-deportations-larry-elder/
FOX NEWS
— Biden-era ‘unvetted’ immigrants nabbed after Virginia highway gunfire as border debate hits governor’s race
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-era-unvetted-immigrants-nabbed-after-virginia-highway-gunfire-border-debate-hits-governors-race
— New York in the hot seat after ICE busts Illegal immigrant with ‘NO NAME GIVEN’ on license. ICE arrested 91 illegals who were operating commercial motor vehicles with driver’s licenses granted by sanctuary states.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/blue-state-hot-seat-after-ice-busts-illegal-immigrant-with-no-name-given-license
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Harvard Cashing in on DEI With $13,760 Certificate Program. “You will gain critical knowledge and skills to address bias and marginalization and to foster an inclusive corporate culture.” DD: Democrats and RINOs will never stop using Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/10/harvard-cashing-in-on-dei-with-13760-certificate-program/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Teacher Training and Licensure Are Serious Problems; Oklahoma Has an Unserious Solution
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/teacher-training-and-licensure-are-serious-problems-one-red-state-has-an-unserious-solution/
NEW AMERICAN
— Media’s Illegal-alien Sob Stories Are Meant to Deceive
https://thenewamerican.com/us/immigration/manipulation-medias-illegal-alien-sob-stories-are-meant-to-deceive/
NEWSMAX
— ICE Arrests Illegal Driving Rig With N.Y. License for ‘No Name Given’
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/ice-semitruck-illegal-alien/2025/10/10/id/1229893/
— Use Shutdown for Cuts in ‘Bloated’ Washington. DD: To justify gutting GAO, Gingrich charged GAO with being bloated. My Democrat GAO superiors used that charge to deem its employees like me who they had not promoted to GS-15, currently $163,749/year and were the following as being bloat: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/marlin-stutzman-washington-shutdown/2025/10/10/id/1229790/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news/lonesome-cowboys-movie-theater-police-raid-atlanta-lgbtq-movement-pride/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Blocking Chicago Guard Deployment, Judge Questions Government’s Veracity. The Trump administration’s “perceptions are not reliable,” a federal judge wrote, explaining why she has temporarily blocked the deployment of troops to the Chicago area.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/us/politics/ice-national-guard.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Federal Layoffs Have Begun During Government Shutdown. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, Republicans shrank the agency from over 6,000 employees to less than 3,000 employees. My Democrat GAO superiors punished me for that by wasting my career, by taking adverse actions against me, and by forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/us/politics/federal-layoffs-government-shutdown.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: The Democrat Party exists to get rid of Trump and everyone who voted for Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/11/trump-war-military-domestic-national-guard/
BALTIMORE SUN
— Chef who used to cater events for President George W. Bush gets deported
https://www.baltimoresun.com/2025/10/10/chef-who-used-to-cater-events-for-president-george-w-bush-gets-deported/
EL PASO TIMES
— Abbott warns against road markings seen as ‘social, political or ideological messages’
https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/texasregion/2025/10/09/gov-abbott-directive-on-removing-political-street-markings/86599004007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders side with MIT against Trump
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-merit-and-mit-aaf4ac58
FORTUNE
— Billionaire MacKenzie Scott doubles down on DEI with $42 million donation. DD: Democrats and RINOs will never stop using Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://fortune.com/2025/10/10/billionaire-mackenzie-scott-doubles-down-on-dei-with-42-million-donation/
October 10, 2015 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— 4 arrested during protests at Broadview ICE facility; DOJ to appeal to National Guard ruling. A judge has ordered the removal of a fence surrounding the Broadview ICE facility by Tuesday night.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/broadview-ice-facility-protest-expected-donald-trump-administration-appeals-judge-april-perrys-chicago-national-guard-ruling/17977464/
— New federal changes to commercial driver’s licenses already impacting CA truck drivers
https://abc7news.com/post/new-us-department-transportation-changes-commercial-drivers-licenses-already-impacting-california-truck/17981185/
— Chicago alderman asks Trump to consider amnesty for undocumented immigrants with clean records. Republican President Reagan in 1986 gave millions opportunity of a lifetime: United States citizenship.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-alderman-ray-lopez-asks-president-donald-trump-consider-amnesty-undocumented-immigrants-clean-records/17980847/
— WGN-TV employee detained by federal agents in Lincoln Square
https://abc7chicago.com/post/wgn-tv-employee-debbie-brockman-detained-border-patrol-agents-lincoln-foster-avenues-square-chicago-video/17980398/
NBC5
— ICE agents detain several people at O’Hare Airport rideshare parking lot
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/ice-agents-detain-several-people-at-ohare-airport-rideshare-lot/3836759/
— Trump administration appeals, releases statement on National Guard ruling in Chicago
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/trump-administration-appeals-releases-statement-on-national-guard-ruling-in-chicago/3836585/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their criminals and their illegals
https://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/trump-fanning-the-flames-of-unrest-says-chicago-judge-in-ruling-against-deployment/3836366/
— Sens. Durbin and Duckworth visit Broadview ICE processing facility. Durbin said this was the fourth time they’ve requested to tour the facility with no response from ICE officials.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/sens-durbin-and-duckworth-visit-broadview-ice-processing-facility/3836809/
CBS2
— WGN-TV employee arrested by ICE agents in Lincoln Square
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/wgn-tv-employee-arrested-by-ice-agents-in-lincoln-square/
— Women arrested by ICE in front of Chicago elementary school, accused of stalking agents
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/women-arrested-ice-agents-west-side/
FOX32
— Durbin, Duckworth denied access to Broadview ICE facility amid legal disputes
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/durbin-duckworth-denied-access-broadview-ice-facility-amid-legal-disputes
— Trump administration appeals ruling blocking National Guard deployment in Chicago area
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-appeals-ruling-blocking-national-guard-deployment-chicago
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Protesters return to Broadview on Friday after judge temporarily blocks National Guard
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/10/ice-national-guard-chicago-1011/
— Firings of federal workers begin as White House seeks to pressure Democrats in government shutdown
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/10/firings-federal-workers-government-shutdown/
DAILY HERALD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their criminals and their illegals
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251010/dining/the-deployments-create-fear-immigration-crackdown-hurting-restaurant-staffing-reservations/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Feds conduct immigration raid at rideshare lot near O’Hare
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/feds-conduct-immigration-operation-rideshare-lot-near-ohare
DECATUR RADIO
— Teen Alcohol Use Rising To Alarming Rate In Illinois
https://www.decaturradio.com/2025/10/10/teen-alcohol-use-rising-to-alarming-rate-in-illinois/
WTHI TV
— Firings of federal workers underway as shutdown drags on, White House budget chief announces
https://www.wthitv.com/news/firings-of-federal-workers-underway-as-shutdown-drags-on-white-house-budget-chief-announces/article_5b604fd0-2e9d-58ea-8684-4a462de3709f.html
CHICAGO READER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://chicagoreader.com/news/make-it-make-sense/ice-arrests-protests-cook-county/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-401/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
DON TRACY
— Statement from Don Tracy on Pritzker-Trump Administration Legal Dispute
https://mailchi.mp/667e0fc2f8ed/statement-from-don-tracy-on-pritzker-trump-administration-legal-dispute?e=bb81f0fe1e
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Biden-Appointed Judge With Soros Ties Blocks National Guard From Chicago as City Remains a Warzone
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/biden-appointed-judge-with-soros-ties-blocks-national-guard-from-chicago-as-city-remains-a-warzone.html
— The World Owes Trump an Apology — and the Media Owes America the Truth
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/the-world-owes-trump-an-apology-and-the-media-owes-america-the-truth.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Trump’s doctor touts president’s ‘exceptional health’ after undergoing ‘semiannual physical’
https://nypost.com/2025/10/10/us-news/trumps-doctor-touts-presidents-exceptional-health-after-undergoing-physical/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Party like it’s 1859
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/10/party_like_it_s_1859.html
— The new asylums
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/10/the_new_asylums.html
BIZPAC REVIEW
— Chicago mayor predictably goes right to the race card after Trump calls for his arrest
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/10/09/chicago-mayor-predictably-goes-right-to-the-race-card-after-trump-calls-for-his-arrest-1591297/
BREITBART
— Chicago Residents Welcome Border Patrol in Contrast to Leftist Anti-ICE Radicals
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2025/10/10/watch-chicago-residents-welcome-border-patrol-in-contrast-to-leftist-anti-ice-radicals/amp/
— Illinois Teacher Arrested for Grooming, Sharing Explicit Content with Student
https://www.breitbart.com/education/2025/10/09/illinois-teacher-arrested-for-grooming-sharing-explicit-content-with-student/
FOX NEWS
— Trump declared in ‘excellent overall health’ by doctor after Walter Reed visit
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-declared-excellent-overall-health-doctor-after-walter-reed-visit
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Here’s How Chicago Has Been Putting Illegal Aliens Above American Citizens
https://www.westernjournal.com/chicago-putting-illegal-aliens-american-citizens/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
REUTERS
— Trump, 79, has “cardiac age” of 65-year-old, doctor says
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-79-get-second-medical-check-up-this-year-2025-10-10/
WPSD
— National Guard stands down in Illinois while troops patrol in Memphis with local police
https://www.wpsdlocal6.com/news/national-guard-stands-down-in-illinois-while-troops-patrol-in-memphis-with-local-police/article_e64452dd-d66e-4756-8bfb-5b5d68b98d6d.html
FORBES
— Tammy Duckworth And Dick Durbin Hand Out Water To Protesters Outside ICE Facility In Broadview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=um-D0rwfQus