FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: What employment benefits did you have that your critics/opponents objected to? I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for more than 28 years. My critics/opponents object to all the benefits that I had as a federal employee and that I have as a federal retiree. SEE: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pandemic-information/benefits/ In my defense, I would not become a postal employee when I was 18 in 1966 if my high school friend had not asked me to take the postal employment test with him. I would not have become an IRS employee in 1971 if my Firestone Store boss had not fired me because I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. But Oldsmobile withdrew that job offer saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/cps-chicago-public-schools-travel-abuse-oig-inspector-general-expenses/
— DD: Soon, under the Democrats who run Illinois, everyone in Illinois will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/14/opinion-chicago-food-pantry-faith-snap-benefits/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Johnson and Pritzker take credit for drop in Chicago crime.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2025/11/14/chicago-crime-trump-operation-midway-blitz-dhs-murder-immigration
JOURNAL COURIER
— How party politics shapes who gets on the ballot
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/opinion/article/how-party-politics-shapes-gets-ballot-21141511.php
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Marjorie Taylor Greene dumps Trump. I should write about those who have dumped me. I would focus on those who I did the most to help elect and to help reelect. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-11-14/trump-cuts-ties-with-marjorie-taylor-greene-once-among-his-top-maga-world-defenders
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— At Trump’s urging, Bondi says US will investigate Epstein’s ties to Clinton and other political foes
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-at-trumps-urging-bondi-says-us-will-investigate-epsteins-ties-to-clinton-and-other-political-foes/
FOX ILLINOIS
— Younger voters turned out and shifted back toward Democrats in 2025
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/younger-voters-turned-out-and-shifted-back-toward-democrats-in-2025-elections-politics-democrats-republicans-polling
25 NEWS NOW
— Federal healthcare premiums predicted to double in Illinois next year. DD: The federal government paying 72% of my health insurance premiums helped me endure my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors’ tremendous efforts to get rid of me.
https://www.25newsnow.com/2025/11/14/federal-healthcare-premiums-predicted-double-illinois-next-year/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— How successful have Democrats and RINOs been promoting more hatred against Trump in your precinct, and therefore promoting more hatred against the Republican candidates on the March 17, 2026 primary ballot in your precinct? I will get a measure of that in my precinct when I hand-deliver sample ballots and campaign literature to the 400 residences in my precinct that have at least one Republican or one Independent registered voter. Inevitably, I will encounter some voters while I make the deliveries. Will more or fewer Republican primary ballots be cast and why? Which candidates will get more or fewer votes and why? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Employers want cheap labor. Noncitizens work for less money. If there had been as many noncitizens when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents who bought them cars, paid for their college expenses, got them jobs, etc. See what Google AI says about competing against noncitizens at: https://www.google.com/search?q=”compete+against+noncitizens” – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What was your entry-level salary? When I was 22 years old in In 1971, my entry-level GS-7 IRS job paid $55,850/year in today’s dollars. To get that job, in 1970, I had passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination and earned a bachelor’s degree in business. My taking graduate evening business courses helped me get promoted to GS-9 ($68,315/year) in 1972, to GS-11 ($82,655/year) in 1973, and to GS-12 ($99,069/year) in 1974. I earned an MBA in 1976. But my Democrat IRS superiors ignored/dismissed/belittled that. They hinted/implied/agued/shouted that my undergraduate major should have been accounting and that my master’s degree should have been in accounting. So I started taking graduate evening accounting courses in 1976. I took and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980. But my Democrat IRS superiors ignored/dismissed/belittled that. My Democrat IRS superiors would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran. The aforesaid motivated me to transfer to GAO in 1980. I should write about that.
— While I worked for IRS 1971-1980, I was a Revenue Officer. Sadly, IRS Revenue Agents look down on IRS Revenue Officers. IRS Revenue Agents conduct tax audits to determine the correct tax liability, while an IRS Revenue Officers take enforcement actions to collect delinquent tax debts. While there are differences between what IRS Revenue Agents do and what IRS Revenue Offices do, there are many similarities. Being a Revenue Agent requires more accounting education. To get promoted, both IRS Revenue Agents and Officers need more accounting education. SEE: https://www.google.com/search?q=IRS+%22revenue+agent%22+%22revenue+officer%22& That is why I started taking graduate evening accounting courses in 1976. That is why I took and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. That is why I earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980. But my Democrat IRS superiors ignored/dismissed/belittled that. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran. To disallow my education deductions in 1978, my Democrat IRS superiors falsely argued that I did the aforesaid to become a Revenue Agent. The aforesaid motivated me to transfer to GAO in 1980. I should write about that. – Dave Diersen
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Judge sets release of hundreds of migrants from detention in Illinois.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/14/judge-sets-release-hundreds-migrants-detention-illinois/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The Left’s latest hysteria: ‘ICE is arresting American citizens’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/patriotism-unity/3887473/left-hysteria-ice-arrest-american-citizens/
NEW YORK POST
— Smirking Mamdani’s scorn for business will not help NYC prosper. DD: How many capitalist-haters voted for Mamdani?
https://nypost.com/2025/11/14/opinion/smirking-mamdanis-scorn-for-business-will-not-help-nyc-prosper/
— How dare Dems claim moral superiority over those enforcing immigration law
https://nypost.com/2025/11/14/opinion/how-dare-dems-claim-moral-superiority-over-those-enforcing-immigration-law/
DAILY CALLER
— Boston University Students Try To Get Republican Thrown Off Campus After He Called ICE On Illegals
https://dailycaller.com/2025/11/14/boston-university-college-republicans-ice-raid-illegal-immigrants-zac-segal/
EPOCH TIMES
— Hiring Outlook for College Graduates Worst in 5 Years. DD: How good/bad was the hiring situation when you graduated from college? My job search in 1970 was frustrated because potential employers saw me as being draft bait. They did not believe that my financial hardship draft deferment application would be approved. Further, they were under tremendous pressure to hire those who did not share my demographics.
https://prescottenews.com/2025/11/15/hiring-outlook-for-college-graduates-worst-in-5-years-us-employers-say-the-epoch-times/
FOX BUSINESS
— ‘We’re giving these away like candy’: Texas Rep. Beth Van Duyne blasts truck-driving licenses given to illegal aliens.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6385125762112
FOX NEWS
— Mamdani tells 1M social media followers to boycott Starbucks amid ongoing worker strike. DD: How many Starbucks workers in New York voted for Mamdani?
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/zohran-mamdani-tells-1m-social-media-followers-boycott-starbucks-ongoing-worker-strike
NEW YORK SUN
— Democrat and RINO leaders want their illegals to drive trucks.
https://www.nysun.com/article/court-blocks-trump-administrations-rule-limiting-cdls-for-non-citizens-says-america-is-safer-with-them-on-the-roads
ONE AMERICA NEWS
— Border Czar Tom Homan: Catholic Church is ‘wrong’ on mass deportations of illegals. DD: Ever-increasingly, Democrat leaders use faith leaders to do their dirty work.
https://www.oann.com/newsroom/border-czar-tom-homan-catholic-church-is-wrong-on-mass-deportations-of-illegals/
PJ MEDIA
— Disney Co. Removes DEI From Business Report. DD: During all the almost 30 years that I worked for the federal government, my superiors proudly reported the number of minorities and females that they hired and promoted instead of Whites and males, that is, they proudly reported their success in discriminating against Whites and against males.
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/11/14/disney-co-removes-dei-from-business-report-n4945996
POWERLINE
— The war against ICE
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2025/11/the-war-against-ice.php
WESTERN JOURNAL
— DHS Accuses Federal Judge in Chicago of ‘Putting the Lives of Americans Directly at Risk’ as He Orders Release of 615 Illegal Aliens
https://www.westernjournal.com/dhs-accuses-federal-judge-putting-lives-americans-directly-risk-orders-release-615-illegal-aliens/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
REUTERS
— Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protest outside Chicago-area ICE facility. DD: Ever-increasingly, Democrat leaders use faith leaders to do their dirty work.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/nearly-two-dozen-arrested-faith-leaders-protest-outside-chicago-area-ice-2025-11-14/
— Clash over healthcare subsidies threatens to reshape 2026 midterms. DD: The federal government paying 72% of my health insurance helped me endure my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors’ tremendous efforts to get rid of me.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/clash-over-healthcare-subsidies-threatens-reshape-2026-midterms-2025-11-14/
AOL
— 11 Remote Entry-Level Jobs That Pay at Least $85,000 a Year. DD: When I was 22 years old in In 1971, my entry-level GS-7 IRS job paid $55,850/year in today’s dollars. To get that job, in 1970, I had passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination and earned a bachelor’s degree in business. My taking graduate evening business courses helped me get promoted to GS-9 ($68,315/year) in 1972, to GS-11 ($82,655/year) in 1973, and to GS-12 ($99,069/year) in 1974. I earned an MBA in 1976. But my Democrat IRS superiors ignored/dismissed/belittled that. They hinted/implied/agued/shouted that my undergraduate major should have been accounting and that my master’s degree should have been in accounting. So I started taking graduate evening accounting courses in 1976. I took and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980. But my Democrat IRS superiors ignored/dismissed/belittled that. My Democrat IRS superiors would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran. The aforesaid motivated me to transfer to GAO in 1980. I should write about that.
https://www.aol.com/articles/11-remote-entry-level-jobs-103600546.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Accountants analyze, examine, and interpret financial records. They prepare statements and give financial advice. A great deal of accounting work can be done from the comfort of your home. An accountant can make good money. On the higher end of the scale, 25% of workers make $103,990 or more.)
ABC NEWS
— DD: Democrat and RINO judges ever-increasingly promote illegal immigration.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/judge-dismisses-trump-administration-lawsuit-western-ny-citys-127540134
USA TODAY
— DD: Anticipate/expect that soon, the Democrat Party will officially change its name to the Socialist Party.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/15/zohran-mamdani-victory-nyc-democratic-socialism/87231501007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DD: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote mass/illegal immigration, socialism, dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the Second Amendment, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/what-do-mainstream-democrats-stand-for-a6835d6e
— Chicago’s Financial Wizard of Odd. The city’s Treasurer boycotts U.S. Treasurys to spite Donald Trump.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/chicago-u-s-treasurys-melissa-conyears-ervin-donald-trump-1185d801
— FRONT PAGE: A Couple Wagers Time, Hope and $300,000 on a Quest for Children. A 40-something woman decides whether to continue pursuing fertility treatments as costs pile up and her chances at pregnancy diminish. DD: I should write about my Democrat GAO superiors who used my wife and I giving up trying to have children to take big adverse actions against me in 1989. In 1989, they threw me off audits of IRS. They gave me a very bad out-of-town job assignment. They gave me very unfair performance expectations. They gave me a very unfair performance appraisal. They ranked me at the bottom of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. Of course, Duckworth would have approved of all that if not directed all that. According to my Democrat GAO superiors, if we had children, I would not have been able to a) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, or become a licensed CPA in 1981. According to them, we would not have been able to suffer a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars for me to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. We would not have been able to have a home built in Wheaton in 1984. I would not have gotten promoted to GS-13 in 1986. My wife would not have been able to earn a bachelor’s degree in finance in 1986. I would not have been able to buy a collector car and a new 1990 Thunderbird LX in 1989. etc.
https://www.wsj.com/health/fertility-treatment-in-vitro-cost-e2395b09
POLITICO
— A Trump administration proposal to make it easier to fire federal employees is drawing closer to completion. DD: Democrats run the federal government. For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, to retain, and to promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. I am none of the aforesaid. Were it not for Civil Service protections, I never would have survived as a postal employee for almost 3 years, as an IRS employee for almost 9 years, or as a GAO employee for almost 18 years. GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had unionized sooner, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.eenews.net/articles/trump-admin-advances-plan-to-overhaul-civil-service/
SHRM
— EEOC Retreats from Disparate Impact Investigations. DD: According to my critics/opponents, standardized tests discriminate against those who are liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.shrm.org/topics-tools/employment-law-compliance/eeoc-retreats-from-disparate-impact-investigations
VITAL LAW
— OPM issues guidance on RIFs reversed by Continuing Appropriations Act. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors used Gingrich budget cuts to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, nonveteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.
https://www.vitallaw.com/news/agency-news-opm-issues-guidance-on-rifs-reversed-by-continuing-appropriations-act/eld019fb074bdc0394289aab3de72f66291b7?refURL=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F#.
AMERICAN IMMIGRATION COUNCIL
— DD: How many illegals get federal benefits in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/truth-about-immigrants-federal-government-benefits-medicare-snap/
PBS
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders want their illegals to drive trucks.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/politics/court-blocks-new-transportation-department-rules-targeting-immigrant-commercial-drivers
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
INDEPENDENT
— Average premiums for health insurance through Obamacare set to jump by 30%. DD: The federal government paying 72% of my health insurance helped me endure my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors’ tremendous efforts to get rid of me.
https://www.aol.com/articles/average-premiums-health-insurance-obamacare-210057139.html
— DD: My critics/opponents have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. They demand blind loyalty. They destroy those like me who refuse to a) glorify and praise them, b) pander to them, c) serve as one of their operatives or dupes, d) cover up their wrong doing, and/or e) give them money.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/epstein-trump-white-house-republicans-b2865108.html
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November 14, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— 21 arrested outside Broadview ICE detention center as protesters clash with police; 4 officers hurt
https://abc7chicago.com/post/village-broadview-il-protest-several-detained-outside-ice-facility-protesters-push-designated-area-live/18154986/
— Trump calls for DOJ probe into other Epstein ties, including Clinton
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-calls-doj-probe-other-epstein-ties-including-clinton/18155350/
CBS2
— 21 arrested, 4 officers injured as protesters, police clash outside Broadview ICE facility during faith vigil Friday
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/broadview-ice-facility-protesters-clash-police/
— Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino leaves Chicago
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/border-patrol-commander-gregory-bovino-leaves-chicago/
— DD: Democrats do not want any of their illegals to be deported, and especially those who do not have criminal records.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-area-ice-arrests-600-criminal-histories-high-public-safety-risk/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Epstein against Trump
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/jeffrey-epstein-trump-emails-texts-inner-circle/
WGN9
— 4 law enforcement officers injured, 21 protestors arrested during clash outside Broadview ICE facility
https://wgntv.com/news/operation-midway-blitz/at-least-10-detained-amid-protests-outside-broadview-ice-facility/
FOX32
— Syverson blasts Pritzker’s immigration and healthcare policies
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1741155
— More Americans living paycheck to paycheck. 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. To pay for the aforesaid, I took bad jobs that my peers would not stoop to take. I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assembly line in 1970. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1971-1972. I pumped more gasoline 1971-1972. I collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980. I audited federal agencies 1980-1997. According to my critics/opponents, I was grossly overpaid for those jobs and my pension and retirement benefits are much too generous.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/more-americans-living-paycheck-paycheck-data-bank-america
WBEZ
— Tear gas, car crashes, chokeholds: Risky tactics have driven Trump’s Chicago deportation ‘blitz.’ Law enforcement experts say federal agents have displayed a lack of training and restraint. “They’re out of control,” ex-police Supt. Garry McCarthy says.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/11/14/ice-bovino-border-patrol-homeland-security-chicago-police-department
WGN RADIO
— USDA head says ‘everyone’ on SNAP will now have to reapply
https://wgnradio.com/news/usda-head-says-everyone-on-snap-will-now-have-to-reapply/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— 21 arrested, police officers injured at protest outside ICE processing center in Broadview
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/14/broadview-protest-arrests/
— Illinois Democratic Senate hopefuls target Trump’s immigration policies at labor forum
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/14/us-senate-race-illinois-union-forum/
— Chicago police release redacted video of ICE Brighton Park shooting
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/14/chicago-police-release-redacted-video-of-ice-brighton-park-shooting/
— Durbin says controversial shutdown vote could highlight partisan divisions on health care. DD: The federal government paying 72% of my health insurance helped me endure my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors’ tremendous efforts to get rid of me.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/14/dick-durbin-shutdown-vote-highlight-health-care/
— DD: Democrats do not want any of their illegals to be deported, and especially those who do not have criminal records.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/14/only-2-5-on-list-of-614-operation-midway-blitz-arrestees-had-criminal-histories-doj-records-show/
— Spas, suites, safaris and shopping: Who wouldn’t want to work at CPS? CPS’s travel tab reads like a vacation brochure — Hawaii, Vegas, Egypt — all on the taxpayer’s dime. The district must freeze the perks and enforce accountability.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/cps-chicago-public-schools-travel-abuse-oig-inspector-general-expenses/
— On dangerous synthetic hemp, Washington comes to Illinois’ rescue.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/12/editorial-hemp-congress-federal-shutdown-brandon-johnson-pritzker/
— Activists rally outside Morton Grove board meeting, calling for ICE-free rules in town.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/indivisible-wants-ice-free-zone-witko-says-no/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Cops, protesters injured and 21 arrested after scuffles erupt during Broadview ICE facility protest. Yelling and shoving broke out an hour after the protest began Friday against immigration “abductions” in the Chicago area.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2025/11/14/scuffles-erupt-during-broadview-protest-several-arrested
— Tear gas, car crashes, chokeholds: Risky tactics have driven Trump’s Chicago deportation ‘blitz.’ Law enforcement experts say federal agents have displayed a lack of training and restraint. “They’re out of control,” ex-police Supt. Garry McCarthy says.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/11/14/ice-bovino-border-patrol-homeland-security-chicago-police-department
— World Diabetes Day. DD: My ever-increasingly doing more to help elect Republican candidates contributed to my coming down with type 2 diabetes, if not caused it. I have ever-increasingly spent more time putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and sending them out instead of paying attention to my health.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2025/11/14/ald-emma-mitts-tough-love-message-healthy-eating-world-diabetes-day
DAILY HERALD
— Protesters arrested after clashing with police outside Chicago-area immigration facility
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251114/chicago/protesters-arrested-after-clashing-with-police-outside-chicago-area-immigration-facility/
— ‘We need to act now’: DuPage County to shift funds to help food pantries amid SNAP crisis. DD: Under DuPage County Democrats, soon, everyone in DuPage County will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251113/news/we-need-to-act-now-dupage-county-to-shift-funds-to-help-food-pantries-amid-snap-crisis/
KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— DD: Democrats push pot in Elburn
https://www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-chronicle/2025/11/14/cannabis-dispensary-coming-to-elburn/
NPR ILLINOIS
— She criticized President Trump during the shutdown. Now she’s been put on leave. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 because I was an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-11-14/she-criticized-president-trump-during-the-shutdown-now-shes-been-put-on-leave
WCIA
— DD: Democrats want to abolish the Second Amendment.
https://www.wcia.com/news/champaign-county/new-gun-legislation-looking-to-make-a-difference-in-illinois/
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly push intoxicating hemp
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/14/federal-bill-banning-intoxicating-hemp-a-death-sentence-for-many-chicago-businesses/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/11/14/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roudnup/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Dog Sex Arrests in Huntley
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/14/dog-sex-arrests-in-huntley/
— U.S. Attorney Reports on Approach to Violent Crime
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/14/u-s-attorney-reports-on-approach-to-violent-crime/
— Fox River Grove Apartment Building Being Demolished Near Train Station May Be Reason for the Rat in Town
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/14/fox-river-grove-apartment-building-being-demolished-near-train-station-may-be-reason-for-the-rat-in-town/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Anti-Trump bluster hides Illinois vulnerability to federal control
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/anti-trump-bluster-hides-illinois-vulnerability-to-federal-control/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Bondi taps acting U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton to probe Democrats’ ties to Epstein
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/14/bondi-taps-acting-us-attorney-jay-clayton-probe-democrats-ties/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democrats are less likely to be friends with Republicans
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/3887330/republicans-more-likely-than-democrats-close-friends-other-party-poll/
— Failing cities turn to failed socialism
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3887542/failing-cities-turn-failed-socialism/
NEW YORK POST
— Border Patrol gets shot at, rammed with cars and hit with bricks in Chicago: ‘Violence here is off the charts’
https://nypost.com/2025/11/14/us-news/border-patrol-chief-greg-bovino-says-chicago-violence-is-off-the-charts/
— College kids’ math skills worse than ever — blame our pass-the-buck public schools
https://nypost.com/2025/11/13/opinion/college-kids-math-skills-worse-than-ever-blame-pass-the-buck-schools/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Mamdani, Pied Piper of the Big Apple
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/11/zohran_mamdani_pied_piper_of_the_big_apple.html
BRIETBART
— Vance: Young Americans Can’t Afford Homes Because Joe Biden Flooded the Country with Millions of Illegal Aliens
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/11/14/jd-vance-young-americans-cant-afford-homes-because-joe-biden-flooded-the-country-with-millions-of-illegal-aliens/
TOWNHALL
— Chaos Breaks Out in Broadview After Anti-ICE Protesters Clash With Police
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeff-charles/2025/11/14/chaos-breaks-out-in-this-city-after-anti-ice-protesters-clash-with-police-n2666478
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
AOL
— Nearly Two Dozen Arrested As Faith Leaders Protest Outside Chicago-Area ICE Facility
https://www.aol.com/articles/nearly-two-dozen-arrested-faith-003502397.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/us/trump-deportations-families.html
AMERICA MAGAZINE
— DD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, dependency on government and charity ever-increasingly increases.
https://www.americamagazine.org/weekly-dispatch/2025/11/14/the-government-shutdown-has-ended-but-americas-hunger-crisis-continues/
HR DRIVE
— Front-line workers are more difficult to find, train and retain. Employers’ previous assumptions about how easily workers can be hired or replaced have become increasingly unreliable. DD: The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job.
https://www.hrdive.com/news/front-line-workers-more-difficult-to-find-train-and-retain/805408/
November 14, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— DD: Democrat leaders created the shutdown and used the shutdown to harm Trump.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/gov-jb-pritzker-believes-government-shutdown-will-help-democrats-2026-midterm-elections-republicans-disagree/18152720/
NBC5
— ISIS terror plot exposed against 2024 Chicago Pride Parade
https://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/nbc-5-exclusive-isis-terror-plot-exposed-against-2024-chicago-pride-parade/3851338/
WTTW
— Chicago Will Remain a Sanctuary City, Despite Donald Trump’s Threats, Mayor Brandon Johnson Says. DD: Ever-increasingly, to be a Democrat is to be someone who obstructs justice.
https://news.wttw.com/2024/11/12/chicago-will-remain-sanctuary-city-despite-trump-s-threats-mayor-brandon-johnson-says
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin boycotting US Treasuries is a foolish political stunt funded by Chicago taxpayers. Boycotting Treasuries? You don’t hurt Trump. You hurt the US.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/14/editorial-treasurer-melissa-conyears-ervin-treasury-bonds-boycott-trump/
— Attorneys visit ‘black box’ ICE processing center in Broadview
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/broadview-judge-site-visit/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals,
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/14/chicago-youth-operation-midway-blitz-ice/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/11/14/trump-maga-no-kings-protests-2026-elections-ice-democrats-republicans-mona-charen
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DuPage County clerk’s request for more money denied; board member suggests censure
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251113/news/dupage-county-clerks-request-for-more-money-denied-board-member-suggests-censure/
— The penny’s demise brings nostalgia and a call for patience. DD: While I was a Crete-Monee High School student 1964-1966, I worked for 125 pennies an hour washing dishes in the basement of the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights part-time during the school year and full-time during the summer in between. With the money I earned, I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint ( https://over-drive-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/1965-12-CD-1966-Pontiac-Tempest-Sprint-Test-1-4.pdf ) in May of 1966 that I used to get to/from my parents’ home in Crete and summer jobs during the summer of 1966 and then classes at UIC and my Park Forest Post Office job that started in November of 1966. I used that car to deliver mail.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251114/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-our-two-cents-the-pennys-demise-brings-nostalgia-and-a-call-for-patience/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Illinois Dems push back at DHS. DD: Ever-increasingly, to be a Democrat is to promote illegal immigration.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/11/14/illinois-dems-push-back-at-dhs-00651650
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
JOHN KASS
— Pritzker’s Angry Violent Left Kills Any Hope of Immigration Compromise
https://johnkassnews.com/hard-jacobin-left-kills-hope-of-immigration-compromise/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— McHenry County Democratic Party Precinct Committee Candidates Vastly Outnumber Republican’s, 89-67, WITH JACQUELINE GARRETSON REBUTTAL DD: Who has filed to be your Republican Precinct Committeeman?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/14/mchenry-county-democratic-party-precinct-committee-candidates-vastly-outnumber-republicans-90-67/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— QUESTION: What have Democrat leaders told their Democrat candidates to promote to get elected? ANSWER: More hatred against Trump, more socialism, more dependency on government and charity, more LGBTQ, more abortion, more mass/illegal immigration, more booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, more diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and more Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, more race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. QUESTION: What have RINO leaders told their RINO candidates to promote? ANSWER: The aforesaid, but not so strongly, that is, to be Democrat Lite. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. RINO candidates, elected officials, and party leaders fail/refuse to promote the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and other planks in the Republican Party platform. RINO candidates, elected officials, and party leaders ever-increasingly function as though they are Democrat plants. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Starbucks union launches strike in over 40 cities. DD: I was a NTEU member while I worked for IRS 1971-1980. During that time, my salary increased from $55,850/year to $112,280/year in today’s dollars. In my defense, during that time, I earned an MBA, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, and I earned a master’s degree in accounting.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/business/3886358/red-cup-day-rebellion-starbucks-union-strike-over-40-cities/
NEW YORK POST
— Obama accused of destroying national landmark to build brutalist monument — to himself
https://nypost.com/2025/11/12/us-news/barack-obama-accused-of-destroying-national-landmark-to-build-monument-to-himself/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Disparate Impact Is on the Ropes. DD: According to my critics/opponents, those who are not the following, standardized tests, and everything else discriminate against those who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. According to my critics/opponents, I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who are the aforesaid.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/11/disparate_impact_is_on_the_ropes.html
BLAZE
— Leftist county is helping illegal aliens fight deportation — and Texas taxpayers are left holding the bag
https://www.theblaze.com/news/leftist-county-is-apparently-helping-illegal-aliens-fight-deportation-and-texas-taxpayers-are-left-holding-the-bag
BREITBART
— Leftist Group in California Putting Up Anti-ICE Signs: ‘ICE Stole Someone Here’
https://www.breitbart.com/pre-viral/2025/11/13/leftist-group-in-california-putting-up-anti-ice-signs-ice-stole-someone-here/amp/
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— H-1B: End It, Don’t Mend It. Its harmful effects are a feature, not a bug. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://cis.org/Miano/H1B-End-It-Dont-Mend-It
FOX NEWS
— Vance faults Dems for previously rejecting ‘exact deal’ that reopened the government: ‘All for nothing’ The VP argued the far left is willing to ‘burn down’ America to get to Trump
https://www.foxnews.com/media/vance-faults-dems-previously-rejecting-exact-deal-reopened-government-all-nothing
— Immigrant math teacher says he was branded ‘traitor’ to people of color for questioning woke lessons. Chinese immigrant educator draws parallels between Mao’s Cultural Revolution, modern social justice activism in US schools in new memoir.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/immigrant-math-teacher-says-he-branded-traitor-people-color-questioning-woke-lessons
— Arkansas public university offers course in ‘queer childhoods’ taught by fairy tale scholar. University of Central Arkansas instructor specializes in children’s literature and fairy tale performance studies.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/arkansas-public-university-offers-course-queer-childhoods-taught-fairy-tale-scholar.amp
— University of Chicago faculty unions demand school end ‘inaction’ against ICE raids. University professors demanded the school offer more protections against immigration enforcement.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/university-chicago-faculty-unions-demand-school-end-inaction-against-ice-raids
HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Inflated Federal Pay: How Americans Are Overtaxed to Overpay the Civil Service. DD: I was a federal employee for almost 30 rears. During the shutdown, Democrat leaders glorified and praised their federal employees. But otherwise, federal employees have been demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being overpaid and as having benefits that are much too generous. But I never earned more than $153,151/year in today’s dollars even though had three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. When I had only one job-related master’s degree and only one job-related professional certification, my salary was only $88,808/year in today’s dollars.
https://www.heritage.org/jobs-and-labor/report/inflated-federal-pay-how-americans-are-overtaxed-overpay-the-civil-service
NEWS BUSTERS
— Fox News Highlights Anti-ICE Attack in Chicago and Illegal Alien Gunman
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/brad-wilmouth/2025/11/13/fox-news-highlights-anti-ice-attack-chicago-and-illegal-alien
TOWNHALL
— Confronting Anti-Ellis Island immigration
https://townhall.com/columnists/victordavishanson/2025/11/13/confronting-anti-ellis-island-immigration-n2666440
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Between 1892 and 1954, approximately 12 million immigrants arrived at the now-iconic Ellis Island to enter the U.S. — or nearly 200,000 legal entries per year. All were registered, documented, and given rudimentary health exams. They arrived as rich and poor, white and non-white, and, without exception, legally. With the gradual decline of such great influxes, Ellis Island finally ceased operating roughly 71 years ago. Yet Ellis Island’s successful tenure offers a sharp contrast to the failures of our recent open-border catastrophes. Americans will never know how many immigrants swarmed the southern border between 2021 and 2025, when former President Joe Biden and his impeached Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas destroyed federal immigration law as we once knew it. By design, they allowed between 10 and 12 million foreign nationals to make a mockery of federal immigration laws by swarming the southern border. Many crossers grew violent at any sign of even meek efforts by ICE officers to enforce the law. Border Patrol officers were often mocked, threatened, and assaulted by arriving illegal aliens. Officers were unsure as to what was worse: the occasional violence from illegal immigrants or retaliation from the Biden administration if they sought to enforce federal law and block illegal entrants. So the Biden administration pulled off the near impossible. In a mere four years, it had invited in almost as many illegal immigrants as had entered through Ellis Island legally over seven decades. But unlike past immigrants, we now witness organized violence against ICE officials. We see Orwellian scenes of mobs burning the American flag — the flag of the country they demand to stay in — while waving the flags of the countries they have no desire or intention of returning to. In sum, three generations ago, a smaller, poorer, but wiser America properly solved its immigration problem at Ellis Island — welcoming in immigrants orderly and legally with health and background screenings. In contrast, during the Biden years, we, in our arrogance and affluence, engaged in a great experiment — or rather misadventure. Never in our history has the U.S. been home to roughly 53 million foreign-born residents. Never have immigrants comprised nearly 16 percent of the population. Never has California had 27% of its residents not born in the U.S. Never have we allowed in up to 10,000 aliens a day, with little concern for whether they carried fentanyl, had criminal records, were sick, were unvaccinated, were traffickers, or belonged to violent gangs. Worse still, the Biden administration made zero effort to acculturate, integrate, and assimilate this massive influx. In fact, they did the very opposite of Ellis Island’s protocols, which fostered pro-American values, melting-pot integration, and respect for American history and culture. Once upon a time, new arrivals were all expected to become Americans — or why else had they come? Now, the moment an illegal alien has entered the U.S., he likely senses that his ethnicity or race will be essential to his identity. In the minds of the ruling DEI commissariat, claiming a tribal identity offers an easy pathway to generous housing, food, healthcare, legal, and educational entitlements. So, under Biden’s immigration non-policy, almost all illegal immigrants were immediately categorized as victims in the Marxist binary ledger that now divides America into the oppressed vs. the oppressors. If one devised a plan to damage America, he could not have done better than further dividing us by tribal chauvinism, overwhelming our fragile social services so essential to struggling Americans, and fueling the already dangerous neo-Confederate state and local nullifications of federal law and the growth of “sanctuary cities.” Daily, we witness performance-art mayors and governors boasting of how they “resist” federal law enforcement. These modern rebels pose as if they are our own era’s versions of mini-Confederate states. They now brag of states’ rights as they dare the federal government to protect its own property and enforce federal laws within their parochial jurisdictions. Why did Biden — or whoever was making policy in his place — destroy the border? What was his utterly mad intent? To alter the nation’s demography by importing future Democratic constituents dependent on state largesse? To bow to the demands of his DEI base? To mindlessly do the opposite of the prior Trump administration, which had closed the border and returned to legal-only immigration? Virtue signaling while waving illegal aliens across an open border is easy. But trying to close the border and return millions who entered unlawfully to their homelands is nearly impossible. It is surreal that those who claimed moral superiority while systemically destroying federal law now condemn as immoral those striving to restore it.)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— DD: RINO leaders want cheap labor. They ever-increasingly make it clear that they not only have an extremely low opinion of Americans, they despise/hate Americans. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://thehill.com/opinion/robbys-radar/5604244-trump-defends-h1b-visa/
— Democrats pivot to affordability. DD: What did you do to be able to afford things? I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assembly line in 1970. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1971-1972. I pumped more gasoline 1971-1972. I collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980. I audited federal agencies 1980-1997. According to my critics/opponents, I was grossly overpaid for those jobs and my pension and retirement benefits are much too generous.
https://thehill.com/newsletters/health-care/5605092-democrats-pivot-affordability/
ABC NEWS
— Mamdani calls Democratic governors for advice on issues, dealing with Trump
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/mamdani-calls-democratic-governors-advice-issues-dealing-trump/story?id=127494745
NBC NEWS
— As health insurance bills rise, Republicans are still seeking an Obamacare alternative. Premiums for millions of Americans in red and blue states are expected to more than double on average next year unless Congress finds a solution. DD: My critics/opponents ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn the 72% health insurance subsidy a) that I got when I was federal employee 1966-1997, b) that my wife got when she was a federal employee 1968-1970, c) that I will always get as a federal retiree, and d) that my wife has gotten since we got married in 1978 and will always get. 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.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/health-insurance-bills-rise-republicans-seeking-obamcare-alternative-rcna243332
CBS NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Epstein against Trump.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jeffrey-epstein-trump-emails-texts-inner-circle/
CNN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Epstein against Trump.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/13/politics/donald-trump-epstein-political-danger
NEWSWEEK
— Marjorie Taylor Greene Floats Bill to End H-1B Visas. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.newsweek.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-floats-bill-to-end-h-1b-visas-11045491
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trumps-h-1b-visa-headache-11039249
REUTERS
— US hires 50,000 federal workers under Trump, boosting immigration roles. DD: When I was 18 years old, the Post Office hired me in November of 1966 because it got a budget increase to deal with 1966 Christmas rush.
https://www.reuters.com/business/world-at-work/us-hires-50000-federal-workers-under-trump-boosting-immigration-roles-2025-11-14/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/us-hires-50-000-federal-033635127.html
AOL
— Federal Jobs That Pay $90K. DD: I was a federal employee for almost 30 rears. During the shutdown, Democrat leaders glorified and praised their federal employees. But otherwise, federal employees have been demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being overpaid and as having benefits that are much too generous. But I never earned more than $153,151/year in today’s dollars even though had three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. When I had only one job-related master’s degree and only one job-related professional certification, my salary was only $88,808/year in today’s dollars.
https://www.aol.com/articles/13-government-jobs-pay-90k-133500982.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— Seattle Elects a Left-Wing Mayor With a Light Résumé but Mamdani Appeal. Katie Wilson, who narrowly defeated the incumbent, Bruce Harrell, emerged from the city’s left-wing activist class and brings with her little experience in governing.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/us/politics/seattle-mayor.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Epstein against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/arts/television/late-night-trump-epstein-emails.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: The I.R.S. Tried to Stop This Tax Dodge. Scott Bessent Used It Anyway. Like many on Wall Street, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent used a limited partnership to avoid Medicare taxes. Unlike the others, he’s now overseeing the I.R.S. DD: Since 1972, my critics/opponents have been furious that I paid less federal income tax because I itemized. They have been especially furious that I deducted my education expenses, mortgage interest, and real estate taxes. I deducted tuition and books for graduate evening a) business courses at Loyola 1972-1976, b) accounting courses at DePaul 1976-1980, and c) finance courses at IIT 1992-1997. According to my critics/opponents, I was always grossly overpaid, my employee benefits were much too generous, my federal pension is much too generous, and my federal retirement benefits are much too generous.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/us/politics/scott-bessent-irs-loophole.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Epstein against Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/11/13/trump-epstein-statue-busboys-poets/
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/13/s-e-cupp-donald-trumps-epstein-mess-keeps-getting-worse/
USA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Epstein against Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/12/jeffrey-epstein-donald-trump-emails/87230452007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/11/14/trump-epstein-emails-democrats-release/87246541007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Seattle Elects Mamdani West. Mayor-elect Katie Wilson is soft on crime but tough on businesses.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/seattle-katie-wilson-mayor-democratic-socialists-of-america-zohran-mamdani-new-york-9284589f
— The Epstein Follies Return. First order of business after the shutdown: Emails from the grave!
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/jeffrey-epstein-emails-ghislaine-maxwell-donald-trump-congress-1d45dbd3?mod=opinion_lead_pos1
CFO
— Serious issues in the CPA pipeline. DD: The accounting profession ever-increasingly considered me to be too old to have a successful career in accounting. I did not start taking graduate evening accounting courses until I was 27. I did not take the CPA examination and pass on my first attempt until was 30. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31. I did not take the Certified Internal Auditor examination and pass it on my first attempt until I was 32. I did not became a licensed CPA until I was 32.
https://www.cfo.com/news/new-aicpa-data-signals-serious-issues-in-the-cpa-pipeline-150-hour-requirement-audit-big-four-pe-/804085/
NATIONAL LAW REVIEW
— DD: Democrat and RINO employers use Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://natlawreview.com/article/state-employment-law-some-states-have-broader-anti-discrimination-protections
MIT SLOAN
— Meritocracy. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government were furious when 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 the aforesaid frustrated their efforts to waste my career and to get rid of me. Therefore, they hinted/implied that I had serious performance problems, that I was a very bad person, and even worse things. They hinted/implied that the aforesaid justified the many adverse actions that they took against me including their a) forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, b) delaying my promotions and never promoting me beyond GS-13, c) always ranking me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, d) keeping me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, e) forcing me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO, f) disallowing my education deductions, g) disallowing my travel vouchers, h) forcing me to resign as a postal employee, and i) disallowing my sick leave requests.
https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/to-reform-meritocracy-put-character-at-the-center/
ASSOCIATED PRESS & CBS NEWS & NEW YORK TIMES & WAMU & BARRON’S & NBC WASHINGTON
— DD: I was a federal employee for almost 30 rears. During the shutdown, Democrat leaders glorified and praised their federal employees. But otherwise, federal employees have been demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being overpaid and as having benefits that are much too generous. But I never earned more than $153,151/year in today’s dollars even though had three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. When I had only one job-related master’s degree and only one job-related professional certification, my salary was only $88,808/year in today’s dollars.
https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-federal-workers-health-care-b05ab519c57743ae2da10424f8fb50b6
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/11/federal-workers-question-whether-the-longest-government-shutdown-was-worth-their-sacrifice/
https://www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news/one-of-the-most-trying-times-atlanta-federal-workers-await-back-pay-after-42-day-shutdown/
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/us/politics/shutdown-federal-workers-aftermath.html
https://wamu.org/story/25/11/13/dc-government-shutdown-feeding-federal-workers/
https://www.barrons.com/news/hope-it-won-t-happen-again-us-federal-workers-return-post-shutdown-4cddc58c
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/government-shutdown/opm-says-federal-agencies-are-open-thursday-as-shutdown-ends/4015562/
GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS INSTITUTE & FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— DD: I was a federal employee for almost 30 rears. During the shutdown, Democrat leaders glorified and praised their federal employees. But otherwise, federal employees have been demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being overpaid and as having benefits that are much too generous. But I never earned more than $153,151/year in today’s dollars even though had three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. When I had only one job-related master’s degree and only one job-related professional certification, my salary was only $88,808/year in today’s dollars.
https://gai.georgetown.edu/how-we-think-about-federal-employees-and-the-federal-government-and-why-its-important/
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/pay/2024/11/federal-pay-rates-are-falling-nearly-25-short-of-the-private-sector/
UNIVERSITY BUSINESS
— DEI hiring, recruiting was surging through 2024. DD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the bleaker that you future is: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://universitybusiness.com/dei-hiring-recruiting-was-surging-through-2024-can-it-last/
CATO & CAP
— DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.cato.org/news-releases/expert-available-h-1b-visa-policy-trumps-defense-skilled-foreign-workers
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-trump-administrations-hostility-to-legal-immigration-harms-americas-global-leadership-in-innovation/
REASON
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly blame Trump for inflation.
https://reason.com/2025/11/13/democrats-are-beating-trump-on-affordability-will-he-keep-pretending-otherwise/
ATLANTIC
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Epstein against Trump.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2025/11/jeffrey-epstein-trump-emails/684926/
NEW YORKER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Epstein against Trump.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-trumps-washington/the-epstein-scandal-is-now-a-chronic-disease-of-the-trump-presidency
AXIOS
— These fired federal workers are starting new roles opposing the Trump administration. 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 critics/opponents not only have no problem with that, they applaud that. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.axios.com/2025/11/13/trump-federal-workforce-lawsuits
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Epstein against Trump.
https://www.axios.com/2025/11/13/trump-epstein-files-fiasco
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
SKY NEWS
— Illinois Speaker of the House called out for ‘bizarre comparison’ of immigrants to black slaves
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVvT3LXR1P4
INDIA NEWS NETWORK
— DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.indianewsnetwork.com/en/trump-shift-h-1b-visas-highlights-america-skills-shortage-20251114
November 13, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Judge to tour Broadview ICE facility amid ‘inhumane conditions’ allegations
https://abc7chicago.com/post/judge-laura-mcnally-dhs-reps-tour-broadview-ice-facility-amid-inhumane-conditions-allegations-operation-midway-blitz/18150591/
CBS2
— City treasurer says Chicago won’t invest in U.S. Treasury bonds to protest Trump. DD: Is this an act of war?
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/city-treasurer-says-chicago-wont-invest-in-u-s-treasury-bonds-to-protest-trump/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/treasurer-melissa-conyears-ervin-boycott-us-bonds-president-trump/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/city-treasurer-says-chicago-wont-002000473.html
FOX32
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Epstein against Trump.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/gov-jb-pritzker-worries-trump-will-go-extremes-distract-from-epstein-files
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago treasurer vows to not buy US bonds as protest against President Donald Trump. DD: Is this an act of war?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/12/chicago-treasurer-u-s-bonds-anti-trump-protest/
— End of federal shutdown includes nationwide ban on hemp products that get people high
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/12/federal-shutdown-end-hemp-ban/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chicago treasurer will no longer invest any of city’s $10B portfolio in U.S. Treasury bonds to protest Trump. DD: Is this an act of war?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2025/11/12/treasurer-melissa-conyears-ervin-boycott-treasury-bonds-protest-trump-council-fight
— DD: Democrats use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2025/11/12/mayor-brandon-johnson-federal-lawsuit-president-trump-community-policing-grant-dei-policies
— Hemp product ban, tacked onto law to reopen government, stuns Illinois businesses: ‘Unnecessary and cruel’ Federal lawmakers closed the loophole that has allowed for an array of intoxicating cannabinoids that have generated a billion-dollar Illinois market — and is now largely illegal.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/2025/11/12/hemp-ban-federal-spending-bill-illinois-business-reopen-government
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Congress bans intoxicating hemp in deal to end government shutdown
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/cannabis/congress-bans-intoxicating-hemp-deal-end-fed-shutdown
RIVER BENDER
— Don Tracy: Democrats’ Attack on Durbin’s Vote to End Shutdown Proves They Answer to Extremists, Not Illinoisans
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/don-tracy-democrats-attack-on-durbins-vote-to-end-shutdown-proves-they-answer-to-extremists-not-illinoisans-88123.cfm?
WBEZ
— DD: Democrats use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.wbez.org/in-the-loop-with-sasha-ann-simons/2025/11/12/taking-a-closer-look-at-mass-firings-layoffs-of-black-journalists-as-media-orgs-dismantle-dei
JOURNAL & TOPICS
— Ramirez Faces Primary Challenger As Two Candidates Vie For Republican Nomination
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/ramirez-faces-primary-challenger-as-two-candidates-vie-for-republican-nomination/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Two candidates are running for the Republican nomination. Angel Oakley, of Wheaton, previously sat on the board of Children’s Health Defense, an anti-vaccination advocacy group where current U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. served as chairman until March 2023. Hair salon owner Spomenka Vajic, of Chicago’s Irving Park neighborhood, filed to run within hours of the deadline. In October 2024, she led a protest against a homeless encampment at Gompers Park in Chicago, asking the city to remove it. . .Vajic faces two objects: one from Charles R. Smith, of Wheaton, and Jeffery M. Fiedler, of River Grove; and one from Catherine M. Slattery and James P. Roche, both of Chicago.)
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Epstein against Trump.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-11-12/white-house-downplays-new-epstein-emails-that-mention-trump
CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS
— Chicago Public Schools’ ‘Pride Guidance’ encourages teachers to ‘host a Pride Week’ and to display ‘Pride flags, pictures of LGBTQ+ figures, and other supportive materials on school walls/ bulletins;’ includes goal of every school in the district having a Gender and Sexuality Alliance club. DD: How much success have Democrats had making the students in your school district sexually active LGBTQers? That is, how much success have Democrats had destroying traditional marriage and family in your school district?
https://defendinged.org/incidents/chicago-public-schools-pride-guidance-encourages-teachers-to-host-a-pride-week-and-to-display-pride-flags-pictures-of-lgbtq-figures-and-other-supportive-materials-on-school-walls-bulle/
ILLINOIS ANSWERS
— Feds Deployed Tear Gas on the Far South Side Even After Cops Told Them They Had No Gas Masks. Chicago police officials had offered to clear a path for the federal immigration agents so they could leave a tense scene of residents protesting the agents’ shooting of a woman.
https://illinoisanswers.org/2025/11/13/feds-deployed-tear-gas-far-south-side-even-after-cops-told-them-they-had-no-gas-masks-sources-say/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Freedom for detainees as activists face judge. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/11/13/freedom-for-detainees-as-activists-face-judge-00650211
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/11/13/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-631/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— UPDATE: More Free Publicity for Kat
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/13/more-free-publicity-for-kat/
— More State Subsidies for Electric Vehicles, McHenry County Charging Stations
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/13/more-state-subsidies-for-electric-vehicles/
— Schools Set Up Emergency Response Coordination
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/13/schools-set-up-emergency-response-coordination/
— GOP Senate Hopeful Don Tracy Cites Stock Markets Surges, Says Shutdown “100% manufactured by Democrats”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/12/gop-senate-hopeful-don-tracy-cites-stock-markets-surges-says-100-manufactured-by-democrats/
— LaHood Comments on Government’s Reopening
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/12/lahood-comments-on-governments-re-opening/
— Homeland Security Claims Credit for Drop in Chicago Crime Rate under Midway Blitz
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/12/homeland-security-claims-credit-for-drop-in-chicago-crime-rate-under-midway-blitz/
— The Rat Is Back
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/12/the-rat-is-back/
— WBBM-TV Features “The Bridge” Located in Crystal Lake, Provides Free Clothing and Toys
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/12/wbbm-tv-features-the-bridge-located-in-crystal-lake/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Indoctrination is systemic in America’s universities. DD: I avoided that indoctrination while I earned four college degrees because I majored in business, accounting, and finance.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/equality-not-elitism/3884695/indoctrination-systemic-america-universities/
NEW YORK POST
— Rainbow flag-waving vandal defaced NYC churches with ‘anti-Christian statements’
https://nypost.com/2025/11/12/us-news/rainbow-flag-waving-vandal-defaced-nyc-churches-with-anti-christian-statements/
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— The Democrats’ Wage-Suppression Campaign. The blue team wants to keep up the flow of cheap foreign labor for corporate interests. DD: Employers want cheap labor. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. Noncitizens work for less money and are easier to exploit.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/the-democrats-wage-suppression-campaign/
BREITBART
— Trump Celebrates Chicago’s Falling Crime Rates After ‘Midway Blitz’
https://www.breitbart.com/crime/2025/11/12/president-trump-celebrates-chicagos-falling-crime-rates-after-operation-midway-blitz/amp/
— Trump’s DHS Slams The Guardian for ‘Peddling Sob Stories’ About Deported Meth Trafficker
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2025/11/12/trumps-dhs-slams-the-guardian-for-peddling-sob-stories-about-deported-meth-trafficker/amp/
CHARLIE KIRK
— America for Americans? The H-1B Debate.
https://thecharliekirkshow.com/podcasts/the-charlie-kirk-show/america-for-americans-the-h-1b-debate
COLLEGE FIX
— Merit is a ‘myth’ used to ‘justify inequality,’ Yale professor says. DD: According to my critics/opponents, I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who are liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, noncitizens, boozers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, etc.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/merit-is-a-myth-used-to-justify-inequality-yale-professor-says/
EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Signs Bill to Reopen Government, Ending Record-Long Government Shutdown. The bill’s passage marked an end to the 43-day shutdown.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/house-to-vote-on-bill-to-end-government-shutdown-5943511
FOX NEWS
— DHS blasts Chicago mayor for comparing raid leader to segregationists, accusing him of ‘terror’ Johnson said Gregory Bovino was ‘unleashed’ by ‘king’ Trump to ‘provoke terror on people’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dhs-blasts-chicago-mayor-accusing-raid-leader-racist-terror-comparison-segregationist-governors
— Chicago crime drops sharply after federal operation targeting criminal illegal immigrants. The Department of Homeland Security says murders, robberies, and carjackings have plunged in Chicago following a months-long federal crackdown. DD: How has Chicago crime impacted you? While I worked for IRS in Chicago, my 1969 Dodge Charger SE was stolen in Chicago in 1971 and my 1962 Chevrolet Bel Air was stolen in Chicago in 1973. Both thefts had a big negative impact on me.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/dhs-chicago-crime-drops-sharply-after-federal-operation-targeting-criminal-illegal-immigrants
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— University of Illinois Renaming DEI Office but Says Mission Will be the Same. DD: Democrats use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/11/u-illinois-renaming-dei-office-but-says-mission-will-be-the-same/
PJ MEDIA
— Why Are U.S. Students Ignorant? Because Educators Are Even Worse.
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/11/12/why-are-us-students-ignorant-because-universities-are-even-stupider-n4945914
TOWNHALL
— GAME OVER: Dems’ Push for Illegal Alien Health Care Implodes As House Passes Bill to Reopen Government
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/11/12/game-over-house-passes-bill-to-end-shutdown-dashing-dem-hopes-for-cash-for-illegal-alien-health-care-n2666244
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Target requires its employees to smile. DD: I worked for Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years. As they ever-increasingly took more and bigger adverse actions against me, it was ever-increasingly difficult for me to smile.
https://thehill.com/business/5601112-target-smile-policy/amp/
ABC NEWS
— Some MAGA supporters in uproar over Trump’s H-1B visa comments. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. Noncitizens work for less money and are easier to exploit.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-maga-supporters-uproar-trumps-1b-visa-comments/story?id=127458610
— Government funding deal would reverse some of Trump’s mass federal worker firings. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, they used Gingrich budget cuts to waste the careers of and to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, nonveteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/government-funding-deal-reverse-trumps-mass-federal-worker/story?id=127426908
ABC NEW YORK
— Food giveaway for federal employees impacted by government shutdown in Brooklyn. DD: I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. Federal employees have always been viciously demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being grossly overpaid and as having benefits that are far too generous. My critics/opponents stress that while I was a federal employee, my salary increased from $19.37/hour to $153,151/year in today’s dollars. In my defense, during that time, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://abc7ny.com/post/food-giveaway-bank-new-york-city-federal-workers-impacted-government-shutdown-brooklyn/18147834/
AOL
— Every Baby Born in California Gets Free Money for College. 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 a had a bone disease. My eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20. I had partial red/green color blindness. I spend my junior and senior years and the summer in between washing dishes. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class. Back then, for men, if you were not college material, you were not marriage material. Nevertheless, if my Crete-Monee High School Class of 1966 holds a 60th reunion, I plan on attending.
https://www.aol.com/finance/every-baby-born-california-gets-110618811.html
NEWSWEEK
— DD: Mamdani was featured in New York Magazine article in 2002. I was featured in a 4-page Money Magazine article in 1978. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/documents/ One could compare and contrast.
https://www.newsweek.com/zohran-mamdanis-childhood-wishlist-2002-viral-11032655
WASHINGTON POST
— Longest government shutdown in U.S. history ends after Trump signs funding bill
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/11/12/government-shutdown-vote-end/
USA TODAY
— Mamdani defends DEI alongside Al Sharpton at civil rights event. DD: Democrats use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/12/zohran-mamdani-al-sharpton-defend-dei/87233572007/
— Mamdani’s transition team swarmed with 50,000 job applications. DD: Mamdani promises to give even more preference to Democrats who are minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, noncitizens, etc.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/12/mamdani-resume-portal-50000-job-applicants/87237854007/
— DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to employ Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2025/11/08/black-women-job-cuts-pay-gap/86859572007/
CRONKITE NEWS
— DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrats and RINOs will ever-increasingly blame Republicans for Kirk’s assassination.
https://cronkitenews.azpbs.org/2025/11/12/kelly-kirk-trump-political-violence/
EAST CAROLINIAN
— Is serving in the military a good career path. DD: Initially, because my parents lacked money, my plan to get a college degree was to enlist and to use the GI Bill even though my health problems would severely limit my opportunities in the military. I could not run because a had a bone disease, my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, and I had partial red/green color blindness. But then, I decided that I could get a college degree sooner if I got accepted by UIC and commuted to/from classes there from my parents’ home in Crete. To do that, I bought a 1958 Chevrolet Bel Air in 1964 with money I had earned doing yard work and delivering newspapers. I used that car to get to/from my parents’ home and a dish washing job in Chicago Heights. I used the money I had earned doing that to buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in May of 1966 that I used to get to/from summer jobs in 1966 and then classes at UIC. Then, the Park Forest Post Office hired me. With the money I earned working part-time during the school years and full-time during the summers, I paid for my college expenses, I bought a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, I bought a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, and I graduated debt-free from NIU in 1970 owning that Charger.
https://www.piratemedia1.com/theeastcarolinian/article_1e59ea91-b638-4ca9-9229-c5bc4b98a743.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Serving in the U.S. Military is an option for every American through enlistment and in my opinion is a solid career path. Military service is also possible through the commission process if you have a college degree. This will set you up as an officer with higher pay rates and better leadership opportunities. Commission can be reached through a service academy, ROTC (Reserve Officers’ Training Corps), or an officer training/candidate school (OCS, OTS) with a college degree. People who are uncertain about life after college when enrolling in college or nearing graduation should consider serving in the military. There are many benefits to service, some of which I will not discuss, that can lead to a successful career and even more success in the civilian world. My question is, for people with a college degree is military service a good career path? For those looking for free or reduced education, the military can provide you with that through a service academy or through ROTC programs. If you want to go to graduate school and seek out a master’s degree or a doctorate the military can also help cover that. You can also earn the post-9/11 GI Bill, if you commission through OTS or OCS, by serving on active duty which can be used for yourself or passed onto your children.)
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Escape From Mamdani’s New York. The Big Apple’s socialist mayor may soon find that other people’s money is running out on him. DD: Socialism destroys everyone.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/escape-from-zohran-mamdanis-new-york-b277bab2
— Trump vs. Vance on Legal Immigration. The President sees the need for foreign workers. The Vice President wants fewer.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/donald-trump-jd-vance-immigration-tpusa-fox-news-ec3a0c0e
— DD: Trump Derangement Syndrome Is Real
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/is-trump-derangement-syndrome-real-a603e4a1
BLOOMBERG
— Chicago’s Banker Wants to Defy Trump by Dropping US Treasuries. DD: Is this an act of war?
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-12/chicago-s-banker-wants-to-defy-trump-by-dropping-us-treasuries
HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL
— Employer-sponsored insurance. DD: My critics/opponents ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn the 72% health insurance subsidy a) that I got when I was federal employee 1966-1997, b) that my wife got when she was a federal employee 1968-1970, c) that I will always get as a federal retiree, and d) that my wife has gotten since we got married in 1978 and will always get. 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.hks.harvard.edu/faculty-research/policy-topics/fairness-justice/employer-sponsored-insurance-often-out-reach
BUSINESS INSIDER
— Loyalty. DD: My Democrat and RINO superiors have always demanded blind loyalty to them personally. They have always destroyed those like me who refuse a) to be manipulated or dominated by them, b) to glorify and praise them, c) to pander to them, d) to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) give them money. I should write about my Democrat a RINO superiors.
https://www.businessinsider.com/white-collar-employees-want-loyalty-more-than-money-2025-10
BANKRATE
— The job hunt feels broken. These 6 charts show it’s not just you. DD: When you graduated from college, what frustrated your job search? For me, it was potential employers viewing me as being draft bait. In addition, potential employers were under tremendous pressure to hire those who did not share my demographics.
https://www.bankrate.com/banking/federal-reserve/why-the-job-market-feels-broken-in-six-charts/
NTEU
— Federal Employees Need Back Pay Immediately. DD: I was a NTEU member while I worked for IRS 1971-1980. During that time, my salary increased from $55,850/year to $112,280/year in today’s dollars. In my defense, during that time, I earned an MBA, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, and I earned a master’s degree in accounting.
https://www.nteu.org/media-center/News%20Releases/2025/11/13/Shutdown%20Ends
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
GLOBE AND MAIL
— DD: Liberals and moderates use DEI to get rid of conservatives.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/careers/leadership/article-dei-principles-are-good-for-business-why-pulling-back-hurts-the-bottom/
November 12, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Hundreds detained as part of immigration ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ ordered released on bond
https://abc7chicago.com/post/hundreds-detained-part-federal-immigration-operation-midway-blitz-ordered-released-bond-judge-says/18148124/
— DD: Democrat employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/city-chicago-sues-us-department-justice-dei-restrictions-community-policing-hiring-grant-mayor-brandon-johnson-says/18148498/
WLS
— Judge orders release of hundreds arrested in Illinois immigration crackdown
https://www.wpsdlocal6.com/news/wls-judge-orders-release-of-hundreds-arrested-in-illinois-immigration-crackdown/article_6e83bab3-06f8-5136-93e5-50b4ea730813.html
WTTW
— Chicago Will Stop Investing in US Treasury Securities to Protest ‘Authoritarian’ Trump, Treasurer Announces
https://news.wttw.com/2025/11/12/chicago-will-stop-investing-us-treasury-securities-protest-authoritarian-trump-treasurer
WGN RADIO
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote Pat Brady.
https://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/pat-brady-rahm-emanuel-epstein-files/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Federal judge says he’ll order release of hundreds of ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ arrestees on bond
https://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/pat-brady-rahm-emanuel-epstein-files/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois steps up where feds fall down in making college affordable. DD: What made college affordable for you? Way back when I was young, way back in the 1960s, many of my high school classmates did not try to earn a college degree because their parents could not afford it. My parents could not afford it. My father often decried his not having a college degree. So I bought a 1958 Chevrolet Bel Air in 1964 with money I had earned doing yard work and delivering newspapers. I used that car to get to/from my parents’ home in Crete and my minimum wage dishwashing job in the basement of the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights. I took college preparatory courses. I got an ACT score of 24. I graduated in the upper 20% of my Crete-Monee High School class. UIC accepted me. I used the money I had earned washing dishes to but a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in May of 1966. I used that car to get to/from summer jobs during 1966 and then classes at UIC. The Park Forest Post Office hired me in November of 1966. I used the money I earned delivering mail to pay not only for my college expenses but a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967 and a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968. I transferred from UIC to NIU in January of 1969. I graduated debt-free from NIU with a bachelor’s degree in business in August of 1970.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/11/12/illinois-college-costs-trump-administration-students-color-low-income-denise-forte-juliana-stratton
FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump faces criticism from MAGA base over comments on American workers. DD: Employers want cheap labor. Noncitizens work for less money and are easier to exploit.
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/president-trump-faces-criticism-from-maga-base-over-comments-american-workers-laura-ingraham-h1b-scott-bessent
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Donald Trump’s recent defense of the H-1B visa program has stirred controversy, even among his staunchest supporters. During an interview with Laura Ingraham, Trump had a back-and-forth with the Fox News host over the H-1B visa program. “You also do have to bring in talent,” Trump said. “We have plenty of talented people here,” replied Ingraham. “No, you don’t, no you don’t,” Trump replied, causing Ingraham to press him on whether or not we have talented American workers domestically. “You don’t have certain talents and people have to learn. You can’t take people off an unemployment line and say I’m going to put you into a factory and you’re going to make missiles,” Trump said. These remarks contrast sharply with an executive order he signed in September, which increased H-1B visa application fees to $100,000, up from the previous $2,000 to $5,000 range. The comments have been perceived as a slight against American workers, drawing criticism from figures like Steve Bannon. “All the visa programs…I think we’ve got enough folks, until everyone has a high-paying, high-value job,” he said on his “Bannon’s War Room” show Wednesday. Pro MAGA voices on social media expressed outrage, with some labeling the comments as “insanity” and predicting electoral losses. However, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent defended the president’s stance Wednesday morning, citing the lack of domestic production in industries like shipbuilding and semiconductors. “An American can’t have that job because we haven’t built ships in the US for years, we haven’t built semiconductors, so this idea of overseas partners coming in, teaching American workers, then returning home, it’s a home run,” he told Fox News. The H-1B visa issue has been a contentious topic within the MAGA movement since late 2024, when figures like Elon Musk and Vivek Ramswamy faced criticism for supporting the program to attract tech workers.)
NPR ILLINOIS
— Who is Laura Loomer, President Trump’s self-described chief ‘loyalty enforcer’?
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-11-12/who-is-laura-loomer-president-trumps-self-described-chief-loyalty-enforcer
NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY TV
— DuPage County Trade Apprenticeship Expo sees record attendance
https://www.nctv17.org/news/dupage-county-trade-apprenticeship-expo-sees-record-attendance/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/11/12/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-422/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS FREEDOM CAUCUS
— It’s The Holiday Season…and the Democrats Dumped More Coal In Your Stocking. Veto Session 2025 Looked Like Something The GRINCH Would Have Planned For Christmas… tax increases, legal suicide, restricting law enforcement and more.
https://illinoisfreedomcaucus.substack.com/p/its-the-holiday-seasonand-the-democrats
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Epstein emails: The Dems and their lapdogs with laptops cry Wolff again
https://nypost.com/2025/11/12/opinion/epstein-emails-the-dems-and-their-lapdogs-with-laptops-cry-wolff-again/
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— MAGA’s ‘Multiracial Coalition’ Was a Mirage. DD: To get more votes from those who are the following, Democrat candidates ever-increasingly promise to use government to give them more preference: minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, have less money than others, are noncitizens, etc.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/magas-multiracial-coalition-was-a-mirage/
BLAZE
— Trump celebrates historic crime drop in hostile sanctuary city after federal ‘blitz’
https://www.theblaze.com/news/trump-celebrates-historic-crime-drop-in-hostile-sanctuary-city-after-federal-blitz-dhs
DAILY SIGNAL
— Noem Pledges ‘Surge’ of Resources to Chicago After Pritzker Calls Bovino a ‘Snowflake’
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/11/12/noem-pledges-surge-resource-chicago-after-gov-jb-pritzker-calls-top-immigration-official-snowflake/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Northwestern helps illegal alien students access employment, health care, scholarships, and more. As ICE increases enforcement operations near Chicago, Northwestern continues programs that shield illegal alien students from the law. The university provides illegal aliens with wellness workshops, scholarships, hotlines, travel guides, free health care, career series, graduate school opportunities and more. DD: All the universities that admitted me would admitted noncitizens instead of me if they could have. All the employers that hired me would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents have no problem with that.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/northwestern-helps-illegal-alien-students-access-employment-health-care-scholarships-/28936
DAILY WIRE
— Border Agents Head To Charlotte After Illegal Immigration Sweep In Chicago. Border Patrol chief for California’s El Centro sector, Gregory Bovino, will also head to Charlotte, sources said.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/border-agents-head-to-charlotte-after-illegal-immigration-sweep-in-chicago
EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Defends Plan To Offer 600,000 Chinese Student Visas. DD: All the universities that admitted me would admitted noncitizens instead of me if they could have. All the employers that hired me would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents have no problem with that.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-defends-plan-to-offer-600000-chinese-student-visas-5943597
FOX NEWS
— A member of Sen. Tammy Duckworth’s office allegedly signs forms while misrepresenting himself as the attorney of an illegal immigrant. ICE said person’s purported client had already been deported four times and convicted of a DUI.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6385005028112
HOMELAND SECRITY
— Operation Midway Blitz Brings Historic Drop in Crime to J.B. Pritzker and Brandon Johnson’s Chicago
https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/11/12/operation-midway-blitz-brings-historic-drop-crime-jb-pritzker-and-brandon-johnsons
NEWSMAX
— Trump’s ‘Midway Blitz’ Slashes Chicago Crime: Carjackings Plunge 48%
https://www.newsmax.com/us/trump-dhs-chicago/2025/11/12/id/1234241/
PJ MEDIA
— California Issued 17,000 CDLs to ‘Dangerous Foreign Drivers’
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/11/12/california-issued-17k-cdls-to-dangerous-foreign-drivers-n4945903
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
WMAL
— Trump Endorses Abbott for Fourth Term in Texas. DD: Which candidates on the March 17, 2025 Republican primary ballot in your precinct a) have sought Trump’s endorsement and/or b) have received Trump’s endorsement?
https://www.wmal.com/2025/11/12/trump-endorses-abbott-for-fourth-term-in-texas/
USA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Carlson and Fuentes to paint Republicans as being antisemites. My Democrat superiors in the federal government used their Jewish superiors and supervisors to take many big adverse actions against me. They stressed to them that I was conservative, Republican, Protestant, and 100% German American. They stressed that I lived in Crete 1948-1972 and in Wheaton since 1978.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/12/carlson-fuentes-interview-maga-rift/87210363007/
BLOOMBERG
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Carlson and Fuentes to paint Republicans as being antisemites. My Democrat superiors in the federal government used their Jewish superiors and supervisors to take many big adverse actions against me. They stressed to them that I was conservative, Republican, Protestant, and 100% German American. They stressed that I lived in Crete 1948-1972 and in Wheaton since 1978.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-11-12/tucker-carlson-nick-fuentes-will-force-gop-to-confront-antisemitism
SPLC
— DD: Democrat leaders use Kirk’s assignation against Republicans.
https://www.splcenter.org/resources/hatewatch/charlie-kirk-trans-shooter-myth/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
INDEPENDENT
— ICE recruits are showing up for training with disqualifying criminal backgrounds. DD: In my defense, my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors fully vetted me. But they hired me only because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, and/or veteran who would take the job. I qualified myself for my Post Office job by passing the postal employment examination and earning a high school diploma. I qualified myself for my IRS job by passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination and earning a bachelor’s degree in business. I qualified myself for my GAO job by earning an MBA and passing the CPA examination on my first attempt.
https://www.aol.com/news/ice-recruits-showing-training-disqualifying-160752475.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Immigration and Customs Enforcement is flush with cash for an aggressive recruiting campaign to fulfill Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda. But new recruits are reportedly failing physical fitness requirements and entering training programs before the agency performed background checks or finished a screening process. ICE officials have discovered that some recruits failed drug testing or had disqualifying criminal backgrounds while they were already enrolled in training, according to NBC News. Since the beginning of a summer hiring surge after the president approved $178 billion to expand the agency into one of the most expensive police agencies in the world, ICE has dismissed more than 200 new recruits while they were in training for falling short of requirements, according to agency data reviewed by NBC. Most did not meet physical and academic standards — including failing open-book tests — while several were dismissed for their criminal backgrounds or over safety concerns that were flagged in background checks, the outlet reported. At least one recruit at the agency’s training academy in Brunswick, Georgia, had been previously charged with strong-arm robbery and battery stemming from a domestic violence incident, according to a Homeland Security official speaking to NBC. Several recruits also had not submitted fingerprints or gone through any background checks at all before entering the six-week training course, officials said. Homeland Security deputy secretary Tricia McLaughlin claimed that a majority of new recruits are former law enforcement officers who go through a different hiring process; per ICE policy, applicants are required to pass drug tests and undergo a security check before they enter training. McLaughlin said the figures in NBC’s report are “not accurate” and “reflect a subset of candidates in initial basic academy classes.” “The vast majority of new officers brought on during the hiring surge are experienced law enforcement officers who have already successfully completed a law enforcement academy,” she said. “This population is expected to account for greater than 85 percent of new hires. Prior-service hires follow streamlined validation but remain subject to medical, fitness, and background requirements.” The Trump administration has aimed for hiring 10,000 ICE agents by next year, or roughly doubling its footprint, with a major boost to the agency’s Enforcement and Removal Operations division. Critics have warned that hitting that 10,000 target — without adequate guardrails to screen future agents and know exactly who is filling those roles — the government could open the door to repeat past mistakes, as ICE faces intense legal scrutiny over allegations of abuse and illegal use of force as Trump surges federal officers into cities across the country. “The loosening of hiring standards and training requirements is unacceptable and will likely result in increased officer misconduct — similar to or worse than what occurred during a small surge in hiring U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in the early 2000s,” Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin wrote to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem this week. “Exacerbating our concerns, DHS has gutted offices responsible for overseeing ICE officers and ensuring accountability for use-of-force incidents,” he added. “Given these developments, greater congressional oversight of ICE’s hiring is essential.” To boost recruitment, Homeland Security offered a “maximum $50,000 signing bonus” and student loan forgiveness. DHS also dropped age limit requirements, allowing people as young as 18 years old to apply and opening ICE to recruits older than 40 years old. The training period at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Georgia shrunk from 13 weeks to eight — and then six. Recruits must also pass a physical fitness test, including running 1.5 miles under 14 minutes and 25 seconds. But dozens of new recruits were sent packing because they couldn’t pass a legal exam, in which officers are allowed to use their books and notes for a test on the Immigration and Nationality Act and the Fourth Amendment. Another group of recruits was dismissed after medical issues or failing the physical fitness requirements. “It’s pathetic,” one career ICE official told The Atlantic. The federal government has been struggling to enroll physically fit personnel to join the ranks since even before Trump, with military branches also regularly failing to meet recruiting goals. One Pentagon study found that more than three-quarters of Americans between the ages of 17 and 24 were ineligible for service because they were overweight, unable to pass an aptitude test, afflicted by physical or mental health issues, or ruled out by a criminal record.)
November 12, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
FOX32
— Don Tracy, a Republican candidate for Senate in Illinois, joins Paris to talk about the 2026 midterm elections and the ongoing government shutdown.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Sut1ks6gms
https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/illinois-gop-senate-candidate-talks-010917920.html
WTTW
— Chicago-Area Veterans Speak Out Against Trump, Immigration Raids During Veterans Day Events. DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been turning veterans against Trump in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? My Democrat superiors who were veterans blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/11/11/chicago-area-veterans-speak-out-against-trump-immigration-raids-during-veterans-day
— DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been turning veterans against Trump in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? My Democrat superiors who were veterans blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/11/11/veterans-benefits-face-uncertain-future-federal-cuts-take-effect
WBEZ
— Veterans Day feels ‘emptier’ this year, says vet who is protesting ICE and Border Patrol. “I didn’t think they would actually use force against citizens,” says Brad Beaulieu, a Navy veteran who was hit in the leg with a tear gas canister outside of the Broadview processing facility. DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been turning veterans against Trump in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? My Democrat superiors who were veterans blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://www.wbez.org/in-the-loop-with-sasha-ann-simons/2025/11/11/veterans-day-feels-emptier-this-year-says-vet-who-is-protesting-ice-and-border-patrol
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE IN THE NAPERVILLE SUN: Police make gun-related arrest No. 17 near Naperville Topgolf
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/11/police-topgolf-gun-arrests-naperville/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois steps up where feds fall down in making college affordable. DD: I would not have been able to graduate debt-free from NIU with a bachelor’s degree in business and owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE when I was 21 years old in 1970 a) if my parents had not provided me with room and board while I took classes at UIC 1966-1968, weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and the summer of 1969 and b) if I had not worked for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969 part-time during the school years and full-time during the summers.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/11/12/illinois-college-costs-trump-administration-students-color-low-income-denise-forte-juliana-stratton
SOUTHERN
— Veterans Day protest questions government treatment of troops. DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been turning veterans against Trump in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? My Democrat superiors who were veterans blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://thesouthern.com/people/veterans-day-protest-questions-government-treatment-of-troops/article_79ebd24c-b6c1-5476-b7d5-423f07feb075.html
AUSTIN WEEKLY NEWS
— Illinois House Speaker Chris Welch will face an Oak Park resident for the 7th Democratic State Central Committeeman seat next March. DD: State Central Committee (SCC) members run political parties. In Illinois, Democrat SCC members are directly elected, but Republican SCC members are not. Since 2000, I have strongly advocated for direct election of SCC members. Since 2000, because of that, Republican leaders in Illinois who oppose direct election of SCC members have taken many big adverse actions against me. I should write about that.
https://www.austinweeklynews.com/2025/11/11/thomas-challenges-welch-democratic-leadership-spot/
OAK PARK
— Chad Koppie, an 87-year-old Kane County man seeking to run in the March 17 Republican primary for the 7th Congressional district is facing a formal challenge to his nominating petitions.
https://www.oakpark.com/2025/11/11/chad-koppie-petitions-challenged/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DD: Partisan Democrats want the partisan GAO to investigate Trump.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/democrats-press-for-investigation-into-partisan-shutdown-messages-on-agency-websites/amp/
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Veterans Rally Downtown Against ICE ‘Occupation’ And ‘Life-Threatening’ Federal Budget Cuts. National Guard members, activists and elected officials marked Veterans Day by denouncing the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement as an “attack on human rights.” DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been turning veterans against Trump in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? My Democrat superiors who were veterans blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/11/veterans-rally-downtown-against-ice-occupation-and-life-threatening-federal-budget-cuts/
ILLINOIS PUBLIC MEDIA
— Women veterans in Illinois reflect on military experience including some challenges
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPgIBgqm7PM
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Duckworth: Dems need to play ‘hardball’
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/11/12/duckworth-faults-dems-for-rushing-deal-00647443
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/11/12/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-630/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CHICAGO CONTRARIAN
— Chicago Declares War on the Federal Government. DD: How many federal employees and federal retirees do you know? I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for more than 28 years.
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/chicago-declares-war-federal-government
WIREPOINTS
— Glennon interview on AM560: ‘We are playing for all the marbles now’ — Illinois’ Decline, Immigration Politics, and a Crisis of Confidence
https://wirepoints.org/wirepoints-mark-glennon-interview-on-am560-we-are-playing-for-all-the-marbles-now-illinois-decline-immigration-politics-and-a-crisis-of-confidence-audio/
— November 12, 2025
https://us10.campaign-archive.com/?e=19fa91a7b3&u=7f97bb358e660a3d3fb24306a&id=e104bfcb78
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Sheriff James Mendrick Dominates Kane County GOP Governor Candidate Forum as Ted Dabrowski Falls Flat. DD: If I was still the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and if I was still on the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee, the organizations would still be hosting candidate forums.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/11/sheriff-james-mendrick-dominates-kane-county-gop-governor-candidate-forum-as-ted-dabrowski-falls-flat.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Socialist takeover, America in transition, can California get even bluer?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpnsKOro0Go
NEW YORK POST
— Trump says Chicago crime has fallen dramatically despite ‘extraordinary resistance’ from local Democrats
https://nypost.com/2025/11/12/us-news/trump-says-chicago-crime-has-fallen-dramatically-despite-extraordinary-resistance-from-local-democrats/
— Trump’s Cornell University deal leaves a ‘zombie’ DEI agenda ready to rise from the dead
https://nypost.com/2025/11/11/opinion/trumps-cornell-deal-leaves-a-zombie-dei-agenda-ready-to-rise-again/
BREITBART
— Mass Immigration Pushes U.S. Housing Market to ‘Breaking Point.’ DD: How many stash houses to Democrat leaders have in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/11/11/analysis-mass-immigration-pushes-u-s-housing-market-breaking-point/amp/
DAILY CALLER
— Man Named Jihad Crashes Turning Point USA Event, Kicks Off Brawl
https://dailycaller.com/2025/11/11/jihad-dphrepaulezz-charged-tpusa-event/
DAILY WIRE
— ‘Call In The Troops…Before It Is Too Late’: Trump Says Chicago’s Shopping District Is Under Attack. The Miracle Mile Shopping Center in Chicago, once considered our Nation’s BEST, now has a more than 28% vacancy factor, and is ready to call it quits.” DD: I walked the Miracle Mile to/from my IRS job in the Loop, graduate evening business classes at Loyola, and my Outer Drive East studio condo 1974-1976.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/call-in-the-troops-before-it-is-too-late-trump-says-chicagos-shopping-district-is-under-attack
— Texas County Shelled Out $1.3 Million In Taxpayer Funds To Defend Illegal Immigrants
https://www.dailywire.com/news/texas-county-shelled-out-1-3-million-in-taxpayer-funds-to-defend-illegal-immigrants-lawsuit-states
FOX NEWS
— DHS official calls out Pritzker, Chicago mayor for silence on attacks against ICE
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6384970037112
— Trump declares victory in Chicago despite ‘extraordinary resistance’ from sanctuary politicians. ‘As we ramp up more assets, these numbers will continue to drop,’ President Trump said.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-declares-victory-dem-run-city-despite-extraordinary-resistance-from-sanctuary-politicians
MRC TV
— Illegal Alien is Now a Slur? Illinois Speaker Says So.
https://mrctv.org/videos/illegal-alien-now-slur-illinois-speaker-says-so
NEWSMAX
— No Controls Over Mail-In Voting. DD: Far too many Republican candidates have lost elections because of ballots counted after election day.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/joseph-digenova-mail-in-voting/2025/11/11/id/1234154/
— Mamdani Plans to Be ‘Proactive,’ Call Trump Pre-Office
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/zohran-mamdani-donald-trump-nyc/2025/11/11/id/1234157/
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— On Veterans Day, Honor Sacrifice by Restoring the Military’s Warrior Ethos
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/11/11/on_veterans_day_honor_sacrifice_by_restoring_the_militarys_warrior_ethos_153505.html
STARS AND STRIPES
— Hundreds of veterans protest Trump policies at Veterans Day rally in Washington. DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been turning veterans against Trump in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? My Democrat superiors who were veterans blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2025-11-11/veterans-day-rally-protest-trump-19733534.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump’s PAC fundraises off Mamdani’s win
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5601066-trump-allies-target-mumdani/amp/
CBS NEWS
— Sold-out Turning Point USA event at UC Berkeley draws protests
https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/sold-out-turning-point-usa-event-at-uc-berkeley-draws-protests/
— The voters Mamdani added to the Democratic coalition in New York. DD: From what I see, those who voted for Mamdani are anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-capitalism, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, and/or anti-those who have more money than they have.
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/cbs-news-analysis-the-voters-mamdani-added-to-the-democratic-coalition-in-new-york/
CNN
— Popular gay dating apps removed in Mainland China. DD: To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/11/business/video/blued-finka-gay-dating-app-removed-mainland-china-lgbtq-digvid
MSNBC
— DD: Democrat leaders say “Celebrate Veterans Day by demanding Trump get the troops off our streets.” How successful have Democrat leaders been turning veterans against Trump in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? My Democrat superiors who were veterans blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/veterans-day-trump-troops-rcna243121
TIME
— What the End of Obamacare Subsidies Could Mean for Your Health Coverage. DD: My critics/opponents ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn the 72% health insurance subsidy a) that I got when I was federal employee 1966-1997, b) that my wife got when she was a federal employee 1968-1970, c) that I will always get as a federal retiree, and d) that my wife has gotten since we got married in 1978 and will always get. 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.yahoo.com/news/articles/end-obamacare-subsidies-could-mean-184051651.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— Justice Department to Investigate Protests at Turning Point Event at Berkeley
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/us/berkeley-protests-turning-point-doj-investigation.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for health costs. My critics/opponents ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn the 72% health insurance subsidy a) that I got when I was federal employee 1966-1997, b) that my wife got when she was a federal employee 1968-1970, c) that I will always get as a federal retiree, and d) that my wife has gotten since we got married in 1978 and will always get. 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.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/us/politics/trump-shutdown-health-care-costs-aca.html
— Redistricting Battles, Set Off by Trump, Have Few Parallels in U.S. History
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/us/elections/gerrymandering-redistricting-democrats-republicans.html
— How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy. DD: My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid, and therefore, I should pay more taxes.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/business/trump-administration-tax-breaks-wealthy.html
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Turning Point USA rally in Berkeley turns bloody, 4 arrested
https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/11/turning-point-usa-rally-berkeley-fight-arrests/
BALTIMORE SUN
— ‘Colorado sober’ movement ditches alcohol for cannabis, psychedelics.
https://www.baltimoresun.com/2025/11/03/colorado-sober-movement-ditches-alcohol-for-cannabis-psychedelics-is-it-for-real/
USA TODAY
— Veterans protest at ‘Remember Your Oath’ rally against Trump administration. DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been turning veterans against Trump in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? My Democrat superiors who were veterans blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/news/nation/2025/11/11/veterans-day-remember-your-oath-rally-trump-protests/87220494007/
— Anti-Trump groups urge holiday boycott of Amazon, Home Depot, Target over DEI backtrack
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/11/10/holiday-shopping-boycott-amazon-target-home-depot/87139543007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— A 50-Year Mortgage Is a Bad Deal. DD: My priority 1972-1978, and then my and my wife’s priority after 1978 was to pay off our mortgage debt ASAP.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/50-year-mortgage-donald-trump-bill-pulte-housing-prices-5ca2417b
— Antidepressants. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, because of ever-increasing Gingrich-led budget cuts, my GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates became ever-increasingly more depressed if not more angry. They ever-increasingly took their anger against Gingrich out on me. I should write about that.
https://www.wsj.com/health/wellness/antidepressants-facts-myths-40a09fc9
NEWSONE
— When A Muslim Democratic Socialist Mayor Has An Africana Studies Degree. If the phrase “Muslim Democratic Socialist” already makes conservative pundits sweat, then “Africana Studies,” like Black Studies, is the accelerant.
https://newsone.com/6601349/zohran-mamdani-muslim-democrat-socialist-mayor-africana-studies-degree/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
DAILY MAIL
— DD: The more that Hegseth does to fight DEI, the more that Democrats and RINOs fight him.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15282169/Hegseth-female-Navy-officer-SEAL.html
SKY NEWS
— Mamdani is the new ‘face’ of the Democratic Party
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjBEoB-L5P0
— Turning Point’s event in California showed a packed out house
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ3Xut5qrVw
— Chaos erupts as Antifa-like thugs turn violent outside Turning Point USA event
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-cSeXR9o00
— Antifa thugs spark violent riot outside Turning Point USA event at UC Berkeley
https://www.skynews.com.au/world-news/united-states/antifa-thugs-spark-violent-riot-outside-turning-point-usa-event-at-uc-berkeley/video/4a7e4ce48576d97ff290344aaef35a21
— ‘Get rid of all of them’: Violent Antifa ‘mob’ clash with police at Turning Point USA event
https://www.skynews.com.au/opinion/get-rid-of-all-of-them-violent-antifa-mob-clash-with-police-at-turning-point-usa-event/video/e097162553d93e6644c4c4b3a0989a2f
INDIA TODAY
— Netanyahu invited to New York. Can Mamdani get him arrested, fulfil promise? Netanyahu is set to arrive in in New York on Mamdani’s first day as mayor. Mamdani had promised to arrest Netanyahu for “war crimes” in Gaza, but can he really get him arrested? The city is bracing for a clash of global politics and local governance. DD: When my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s, they did not bring any political baggage in with them. Ever-increasingly, immigrants bring political baggage in with them.
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/us-news/story/zohran-mamdani-netanyahu-with-benjamin-netanyahu-nyc-visit-can-mamdani-get-him-arrested-fulfil-promise-un-headquarters-icc-2818022-2025-11-12
— Video: Brawl breaks out during Turning Point USA event on UC Berkeley campus
https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/world/us-news/story/uc-berkeley-tpusa-event-violence-fbi-investigation-antifa-clashes-glbs-2817811-2025-11-12
INDIA EXPRESS
— In Mamdani’s win, some hope for the working class — and sparks of a new politics. DD: I was a member of the working class for 35 years. My critics/opponents were not. They had wealthy parents. They look down on, if not despise, if not hate, the working class.
https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/zohran-mamdani-politics-mayor-new-york-andrew-cuomo-trump-10360843/
TIMES OF INDIA
— ‘Fascists out of Berkeley’: Protests break out at UC campus; Charlie Kirk’s TPUSA event affected
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/fascists-out-of-berkeley-protests-break-out-at-uc-campus-charlie-kirks-tpusa-event-affected/articleshow/125266074.cms
BUSINESS TODAY
— ‘NYC will turn into Mumbai’: Billionaire warns after Mamdani’s victory.
https://www.businesstoday.in/india/story/nyc-will-turn-into-mumbai-billionaire-warns-after-mamdanis-victory-heres-why-501796-2025-11-12
TIMES NOW NEWS
— US Billionaire Thinks New York Will Turn Into Mumbai Under Mamdani
https://www.timesnownews.com/world/us/us-news/us-billionaire-barry-sternlicht-thinks-new-york-will-turn-into-mumbai-under-zohran-mamdani-asks-what-if-neighbours-know-article-153137664
JEWISH INSIDER
— After Mamdani win, socialists look to challenge Democratic incumbents in NYC
https://jewishinsider.com/2025/11/zohran-mamdani-socialists-democratic-incumbents-new-york-city/
WIRE
— DD: Immigrants ever-increasingly crow about their success in taking over America.
https://thewire.in/world/mamdanis-victory-shows-the-american-dream-is-not-over-yet
CDM
— There Is No Meritocracy in the Public Administration – There Never Was. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government ever-increasingly dumped meritocracy to hire, to retain, and to promote Democrats who were minority, female, and/or younger. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license.
https://www.cdm.me/english/there-is-no-meritocracy-in-the-public-administration-there-never-was/
November 10, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Trump administration asks SCOTUS to affirm lawfulness of National Guard deployment to Illinois
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-admin-asks-supreme-court-affirm-lawfulness-national-guard-deployment-illinois-says-ice-agents-cant-do-work-alone/18140240/
— Supreme Court will decide whether states can count late-arriving mail ballots, a Trump target
https://abc7.com/post/supreme-court-will-decide-states-can-count-late-arriving-mail-ballots-trump-target/18137746/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for flight cancellations.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-flights-canceled-today-more-600-ohare-midway-airports-amid-snow-government-shutdown/18139725/
NBC5
— DD: What do you say to those who want Bailey to withdraw?
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/darren-bailey-staying-in-governors-race-after-tragic-helicopter-crash/3849817/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/on-anniversary-of-kristallnacht-holocaust-survivor-says-she-sees-similarities-to-today/3849892/
— While Trump threatens controllers, U.S. flight cancellations will drag on even after shutdown ends. Some air traffic controllers, unpaid for nearly a month, have stopped showing up, which may cause delays even after the shutdown ends. DD: Air traffic controllers are essential federal employees. I was a demonized, denigrated, and condemned nonessential federal employee.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/trump-us-flight-cancellations-after-shutdown-ends/3849746/
CBS2
— Undocumented Mexican immigrant in custody for firing shots at Border Patrol in Little Village
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/arrest-shots-fired-border-patrol-chicago-little-village-dhs/
WGN9
— DD: What do you say to those who want Bailey to withdraw?
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/darren-bailey-to-remain-in-race-for-illinois-governor/
— DD: All the many women who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who 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://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/why-wont-most-working-women-see-equal-pay-before-they-retire/
FOX32
— DD: What do you say to those who want Bailey to withdraw?
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/bailey-stays-in-il-gov-race
WTTW
— While Trump Threatens Controllers, US Flight Cancellations Will Drag on Even After Shutdown Ends. DD: Air traffic controllers are essential federal employees. I was a demonized, denigrated, and condemned nonessential federal employee.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/11/10/while-trump-threatens-controllers-us-flight-cancellations-will-drag-even-after-shutdown
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump administration appeals injunction restricting use of force in Operation Midway Blitz
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/10/trump-administration-appeals-injunction-restricting-use-of-force-in-operation-midway-blitz/
— Little Village double fatal shooting by jewelry store follows Saturday morning of clashes with immigration agents
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/10/little-village-double-murder-by-jewelry-store-follows-saturday-morning-of-clashes-with-immigration-agents/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chicago rapper Adamn Killa tells cops to ‘arrest me, daddy.’ Getting arrested won’t stop him. Adam Kelly, who goes by the stage name Adamn Killa, was handcuffed and briefly held in a squad car after interrupting a traffic stop for one of his social media videos. After he was released, he went right back to making more videos.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/11/10/chicago-rapper-adamn-killa-tells-cops-to-arrest-me-daddy-getting-arrested-wont-stop-him
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/11/10/deportation-immigration-mexico-indiana-parents-fathers-ice-vanessa-lopez
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Trump tells Supreme Court he followed law in calling Guard to Chicago. DD: In Diersen v. GAO, my Democrat GAO superiors told the court that they followed law when they forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 and when they previously a) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, b) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, c) kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and d) forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/trump-says-guard-deployment-chicago-was-lawful
RIVER BENDER
— DD: Duckworth defends federal employees. I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. If I was still a federal employee, she certainly would not defend me. She would replace me a Democrat who was minority, female, younger, disabled, and/or veteran. Air traffic controllers are essential federal employees. I was a demonized, denigrated, and condemned nonessential federal employee.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/duckworth-reacts-to-trump-threatening-hardworking-air-traffic-controllers–encouraging-them-to-quit—88088.cfm?
https://www.duckworth.senate.gov/news/press-releases/duckworth-reacts-to-trump-threatening-hardworking-air-traffic-controllers-and-encouraging-them-to-quit
— Duckworth Calls For Probe Of Fed Officer’s Use Of Force In Chicago. DD: I enforced federal tax laws for IRS as a Revenue Officer for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year. If Duckworth had been a U.S. Senator back then, would she have called for a probe of what I did? To satisfy federal tax debt, I filed federal tax liens. I issued levies to seize assets, including funds in bank accounts, wages, and accounts receivable. I seized and sold business and personal property including real estate and vehicles. She would have objected to enforcement actions that I took against Democrats who were minority, female, younger, disabled, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/duckworth-calls-for-probe-of-fed-agents-use-of-force-in-chicago-88075.cfm?
STATELINE
— Ogle County Republicans vote to donate $1.5K to local food pantries
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/ogle-county-republicans-vote-to-donate-1-5k-to-local-food-pantries/
CITIES 92.9
— IL comptroller candidates focus on transparency, timely reporting
https://www.cities929.com/2025/11/10/il-comptroller-candidates-focus-on-transparency-timely-reporting/
NORTHERN STAR
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly force everyone to be against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://northernstar.info/129978/opinion/opinion-not-all-left-people-are-good-and-not-all-right-are-bad/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/11/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-421/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Illinois State Sen. Terri Bryant, who serves as Assistant Republican Leader in the Illinois Senate, is facing mounting criticism after publicly calling her own constituents “idiots” on Facebook.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/11/state-sen-terri-bryant-calls-voters-idiots-on-facebook-as-gop-leader-earns-100k-as-part-time-legislator.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Supreme Court won’t consider challenge to overturn same-sex marriage ruling
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/10/supreme-court-wont-consider-challenge-overturn-sex-marriage-ruling/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democratic socialists quietly capture city councils across America
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/3880175/democratic-socialists-capture-city-councils-across-usa/
— Venezuela in Manhattan? Mamdani’s vision will be a nightmare
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom-self-reliance/3879657/mamdanis-venezuala-new-york-city-vision-nightmare/
NEW YORK POST
— Mamdani’s win isn’t just New York’s loss — it’s a wake-up call for America
https://nypost.com/2025/11/10/opinion/zohran-mamdanis-win-isnt-just-new-yorks-loss-its-a-wake-up-call-for-america/
BLAZE
— The scariest thing about Zohran Mamdani isn’t his socialism
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/rufo-lomez/the-scariest-thing-about-zohran-mamdani-isnt-his-socialism
— Border Patrol agents dodge bullets and bricks from leftist rioters
https://www.theblaze.com/news/border-patrol-agents-dodge-bullets-and-bricks-from-leftist-rioters-in-sanctuary-city-dhs
BREITBART
— Actress Ellen Barkin Can’t See Any Difference Between ICE and Nazis. DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrats will ever-increasingly call Republicans Nazis, and especially Republicans who share Trump’s demographics. Trump is conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, married, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2025/11/10/nolte-ellen-barkin-cant-see-any-difference-between-ice-and-nazis/amp/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Mamdani’s Far-Left Playbook Will Be Replicated Across the Country
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/11/10/mamdanis-far-left-playbook-will-replicated-across-country/
— Trump Pardons Dozens of MAGA Allies Accused of Attempting to Overturn 2020 Election
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/11/10/trump-pardons-dozens-of-maga-allies-accused-of-attempting-to-overturn-2020-election/
DAILY WIRE
— ‘Beyond The Pale’: JB Pritzker Could Soon Make Illinois A Hub For ‘Suicide Tourism’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/beyond-the-pale-jb-pritzker-could-soon-make-illinois-a-hub-for-suicide-tourism
FEDERALIST
— Mamdani’s Vast Support Among The College-Educated Tells Us All We Need to Know About Higher Ed
https://thefederalist.com/2025/11/10/mamdanis-vast-support-among-the-college-educated-tells-us-all-we-need-to-know-about-higher-ed/
NEWSMAX
— Socialists’ Anti-Israel ‘Demands’ to Mamdani
https://www.newsmax.com/us/memo-democratic-socialists-mamdani/2025/11/10/id/1233929/
— Michele Bachmann Resigns From Heritage Foundation
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/heritage-foundation-michele-bachman-kevin-roberts/2025/11/09/id/1233836/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— In Evanston, whistles and watchful eyes are holding ICE accountable. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/5595387-evanston-handbook-immigration-response/
CBS NEWS
— Johnson urges House members to return “right now” as air delays threaten potential shutdown vote
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/government-shutdown-air-delays-cancellations-house-vote-mike-johnson/
NEWSWEEK
— DD: What have Democrat leaders used to fight deportation of their illegals in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://www.newsweek.com/girl-scouts-food-drive-ice-agents-chicago-illinois-11020583
YAHOO
— Trump is bringing back the Presidential Fitness Test.
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/article/trump-is-bringing-back-the-presidential-fitness-test-we-challenged-a-33-year-old-to-pass-it-130021569.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: New York Times reporter Reid J. Epstein writes that “Age is the issue that Democrats can’t shut down” and that “As eight Democratic-aligned senators with an average age of about 70 voted with Republicans to end the 40-day government shutdown without the health care concessions Democrats had demanded, the party again convulsed with two questions that have long racked its members: How old is too old and how vigorously should they fight Republicans? DD: I am 77 years old. The Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party have long considered me to be too old. In my defense, I stress that my age has not stopped me from putting together and sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.
https://www.nytimes.com/
CRAIN’S NEW YORK BUSINESS
— DD: What are the demographics of those selling and buying New York real estate?
https://www.crainsnewyork.com/real-estate/luxury-residential-sales-streak-continues-after-zohran-mamdani-win
FAST COMPANY
— DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government focused on making their Democrat employees who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-German American, and/or who had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time hate their Republican employees who were White, male, older, non-veteran, German American, and/or who had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91438475/did-women-ruin-the-workplace-maybe-for-the-boys-club
JD SUPRA
— Immediate and Drastic Changes in the DOT’s DBE Program: No More Race- and Sex-Based Presumptions
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/immediate-and-drastic-changes-in-the-6468578/
PEOPLE’S WORLD
— How Harlem Communists paved the way for Mamdani
https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/how-harlem-communists-paved-the-way-for-mamdani/
November 10, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC5
— Illinois’ US senators split over tentative deal to end government shutdown. Duckworth voted against the funding bill, saying, “This is the time to keep fighting to bring costs down and protect the American people.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-us-senators-split-over-tentative-deal-to-end-government-shutdown/3849489/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSIBESS
— Federal shutdown nears end as Durbin joins Senate deal
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/shutdown-nears-end-durbin-joins-senate-deal
SOUTHERN
— Trump says he’ll issue $2,000 tariff dividend to all except ‘high-income people’
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/11/09/trump-says-hell-issue-2000-tariff-dividend-to-all-except-high-income-people/
— Trump pardons Rudy Giuliani, other key figures allegedly involved in efforts to overturn the 2020 election
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/11/10/trump-pardons-rudy-giuliani-other-key-figures-allegedly-involved-in-efforts-to-overturn-the-2020-election/
SHAW LOCAL
— DD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, dependency on government and on dependency on charity ever-increasingly increase.
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/state/2025/11/09/northern-illinois-food-pantries-see-spike-in-visits-in-recent-weeks-as-leaders-decry-snap-cuts-devastating/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— ICE tactics worry Republicans, too
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/11/10/ice-tactics-worry-republicans-too-00644207
ILLINOIZE
— Why Are Congressional Dems Still Pushing Redistricting?
https://www.theillinoize.com/articles/why-congressional-dems-still-redistricting
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/11/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-629/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— If Mamdani would be on the March 17, 2026 Democrat primary ballot in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, in your school district, and/or in your precinct, how many votes would he get? One could argue that because of Mamdani’s election, all candidates on March 17, 2026 ballots in Illinois should compare and contrast themselves with Mamdani. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Fifty Years Later, Same Unaccomplished Mass Transit Promise Resurfaces
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/10/fifty-years-later-same-unaccomplished-mass-transit-promise-resurfaces/
— Snow More Powerful Than Senate Democrats
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/10/snow-more-powerful-than-senate-democrats/
— Legislators Makes Sure They and State Employees Can Fly Between Chicago and Springfield
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/10/legislators-makes-sure-they-and-state-employees-can-fly-between-chicago-and-springfield/
— Tax Levy Info To Be Discussed by Lakewood Village Board on Veterans Day Up 3.57% to About $2 Million
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/10/tax-levy-info-to-be-discussed-by-lakewood-village-board-on-veterans-day-up-3-57-to-aboit-2-million/
— LaHood Speaking in Park Ridge, Maybe He’d Be McHenry County’s Lincoln Day Dinner, If Invited
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/09/lahood-speaking-in-park-ridge-maybe-hed-be-mchenry-countys-lincoln-day-dinner-if-invited/
— Bison Now Roam on Conservation District Land, District Could Allow Public Viewing
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/09/bison-now-roam-on-conservation-district-land-district-could-allow-public-viewing/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Red states rush to open doors to New Yorkers fleeing Mamdani’s socialist takeover
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/9/red-states-rush-open-doors-new-yorkers-fleeing-mamdanis-socialist/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Taxpayer Money Flows to Vicious Anti-Israel Nonprofit. Plus, Ohio’s largest county funds black-only medical program that experts say is illegal.
https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/taxpayer-money-flows-to-vicious-anti?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=4715391
NEW YORK POST
— Boca Raton makes serious pitch to NYC businesses to head south after Mamdani win
https://nypost.com/2025/11/09/us-news/boca-raton-makes-serious-pitch-to-nyc-businesses-to-head-south-after-zohran-mamdani-win/
— Top NYC rabbi issues dire warning on Mamdani: ‘Does not believe in coexistence’
https://nypost.com/2025/11/09/us-news/nycs-chief-rabbi-issues-dire-warning-on-mamdani-does-not-believe-in-coexistence/
— Boca Raton aiming to lure more Wall Street companies after Mamdani win
https://nypost.com/2025/11/09/business/boca-raton-aiming-to-lure-more-wall-street-companies/
— Democrats’ premature victory lap, old Leninism in a new suit
https://nypost.com/2025/11/09/opinion/democrats-premature-victory-lap-old-leninism-in-a-new-suit-and-other-commentary/
— Middle school teacher allegedly had sex with underage student, allowed him to sleep at her Wheaton home
https://nypost.com/2025/11/10/us-news/middle-school-teacher-allegedly-had-sex-with-underage-student-allowed-to-sleep-over-at-her-home/
FOX NEWS
— Even some legal immigrants don’t ‘assimilate’ into America. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly discourage assimilation.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6384070789112
PJ MEDIA
— Chicago Gang Orders Hits on Border Patrol
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/11/09/shoot-on-sight-chicago-gang-orders-hits-on-border-patrol-n4945792
PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS
— Who Buried the Investigation of Charlie Kirk’s Murder?
https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2025/10/20/who-buried-the-investigation-of-charlie-kirks-murder/
POST MILLENNIAL
— Mamdani not concerned by police exodus, vows to fix it by replacing cops with social workers
https://thepostmillennial.com/mamdani-not-concerned-by-police-exodus-vows-to-fix-it-by-replacing-cops-with-social-workers
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC NEWS
— Some new ICE recruits have shown up to training without full vetting. DD: In my defense, my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors fully vetted me. But they hired me only because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, and/or veteran who would take the job. I qualified myself for my Post Office job by passing the postal employment examination and earning a high school diploma. I qualified myself for my IRS job by passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination and earning a bachelor’s degree in business. I qualified myself for my GAO job by earning an MBA and passing the CPA examination on my first attempt.
https://www.aol.com/articles/ice-recruits-showed-training-without-200053967.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: ICE officials only later discovered that some of the recruits failed drug testing, have disqualifying criminal backgrounds or don’t meet the physical or academic requirements to serve, the sources said. Staff members at ICE’s training academy in Brunswick, Georgia, recently discovered one recruit had previously been charged with strong-arm robbery and battery stemming from a domestic violence incident, the current DHS official said. They’ve also found as recently as this month that some recruits going through the six-week training course hadn’t submitted fingerprints for background checks, as ICE’s hiring process requires, the current and former DHS officials said. Per ICE policy, applicants are required to pass drug tests and undergo security vetting through ICE’s human resources office before they show up for the training course. The former officials said the process was more strictly adhered to before a hiring surge that began this summer. The process was meant to weed out disqualified candidates before they would be sent to training. Since the surge began, ICE has dismissed more than 200 new recruits while they were in training for falling short of its hiring requirements, according to recently collected internal ICE data reviewed by NBC News. The majority of them failed to meet ICE’s physical or academic standards, according to the data. Just under 10 recruits were dismissed for criminal charges, failing to pass drug tests or safety concerns that should have been flagged in background checks before they arrived at training, the data indicated and the current and former DHS officials confirmed. The officials said there is growing concern that in the Trump administration’s race to expand the number of ICE agents to 10,000 by the end of the year, the agency could miss red flags in the backgrounds of some new recruits and inadvertently hire them. “There is absolutely concern that some people are slipping through the cracks,” the current DHS official said. The official said many of the issues that have been flagged during training surface only because the recruits admitted they didn’t submit to fingerprinting or drug testing before they arrived. “What about the ones who don’t admit it?” the official said. The Department of Homeland Security told NBC News in a statement that most of its new recruits are former law enforcement officers and former ICE officers who go through a different process. . .The Atlantic reported this week on the struggle some ICE recruits have had with meeting the agency’s physical fitness requirements. The broader scope of issues and specific data haven’t been previously reported. ICE has been under pressure from the White House to increase hiring with the funding Congress designated in the sweeping tax and spending bill that Trump signed into law on July 4. It has frequently lagged behind the White House’s arrest goal of 3,000 per day, which it has attributed to a lack of staffing. As part of the effort, ICE shortened the training at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Georgia from 13 weeks to eight. The training was later shortened to six weeks, the DHS official said. Recruits also are supposed to attest that they can pass ICE’s physical fitness test, which includes setups, pullups and running 1½ miles in under 14 minutes, 25 seconds. Darius Reeves, who recently left his position as ICE field office director in Baltimore, said he believes the agency’s Aug. 6 decision to waive age limits so older people can join has led to more recruits’ failing the physical test. “These new recruits are dropping like flies,” Reeves said in an interview after having spoken with colleagues seeking to bring new hires into the agency. “And rightly so; it makes sense. We’re going to drop the age requirements, of course this was going to happen.” Nearly half of new recruits who’ve arrived for training at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center over the past three months were later sent home because they couldn’t pass the written exam, according to the data. The academic requirement includes an exam in which officers are allowed to consult their textbooks and notes at the end of a legal course on the Immigration and Nationality Act and the Fourth Amendment, which outlines when officers can and can’t conduct searches and seizures. A slightly smaller group were dismissed because they failed the physical fitness test or had medical challenges; some of those sent home had made it clear on their applications that they couldn’t meet ICE’s physical requirements but were sent to training anyway, the current and former DHS officials said. Fewer than 10 of the new recruits were dismissed because ICE training leaders learned from them during the training program that they had pending criminal charges or failed their drug tests or were otherwise considered safety concerns, the officials said. The three sources said ICE’s human resources office is overwhelmed with more than 150,000 new applicants who have applied since ICE began offering $50,000 signing bonuses in August. The HR office is rushing to clear new recruits, which they believe is leading to mistakes. “They are trying to push everyone through, and the vetting process is not what it should be,” said one of the former DHS officials with knowledge of the agency’s hiring. The current DHS official likened the pressure on ICE’s human resources employees to clear recruits to “asking them to pull a rabbit out of a hat.”)
— Democrats seek GAO investigation into agency messages blaming Democrats for the shutdown
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/democrats-push-investigation-trump-messages-blaming-democrats-shutdown-rcna242591
CBS NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders have their operatives and their dupes boo Trump
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/trump-booed-during-commanders-game-at-northwest-stadium/
MSNBC
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism.
https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/explaining-america-s-housing-affordability-crisis-251643461534
NEW YORK TIMES
— Six Takeaways From the Senate Deal to End the Shutdown. For 40 days, Senator Chuck Schumer kept his caucus unified. But an end approached without Democrats achieving an extension of expiring health insurance subsidies.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/us/politics/takeaways-senate-democrats-shutdown.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy. DD: Since 1972, my critics/opponents have been furious that I paid less federal income tax because I itemized. They have been especially furious that I deducted education expenses, mortgage interest, and real estate taxes. I deducted tuition and books for graduate evening a) business courses at Loyola 1972-1976, b) accounting courses at DePaul 1976-1980, and c) finance courses at IIT 1992-1997. According to my critics/opponents, I was always grossly overpaid, my employee benefits were much too generous, my federal pension is much too generous, and my federal retirement benefits are much too generous.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/business/trump-administration-tax-breaks-wealthy.html
WASHINGTON POST
— What’s the best place to raise kids? See how your county ranks. Find where to move based on your priorities. DD: What scores did your county get?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2025/best-places-raise-children-america/
USA TODAY
— The next mayor of New York City is also the son of an acclaimed filmmaker, who has worked with some of the biggest stars in Hollywood. DD: My mother never attended high school.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2025/11/09/mira-nair-director-zohran-mamdani-mom/87182803007/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/11/08/universal-basic-income-affordability-crisis-ai/87129001007/
— DD: To promote affordability is to promote socialism
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/politics/2025/11/09/virginia-voters-urge-democrats-to-prioritize-affordability-and-youth/87155399007/
BOSTON GLOBE
— DD: To promote affordability is to promote socialism
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/09/opinion/letters-mamdani-jews-support/
THE CITY
— Voter Turnout Highest in Half Century as Mamdani Phenomenon Galvanizes Electorate. More than 2 million New York voters cast ballots, the most in a mayoral race since 1969.
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/04/record-voters-ballots-cast-mamdani-cuomo-sliwa/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Grade Inflation Produced Mamdani’s Proletariat. Unemployable college grads blame capitalism, but the real culprit is higher-ed subsidies.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/grade-inflation-produced-mamdanis-proletariat-d2807aea
FORBES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/richardfowler/2025/11/09/affordability-not-ideology-drove-the-2025-elections–and-democrats-listened/
BARRON’S
— More Adult Kids Are Moving Back Home. DD: My father died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. After I graduated from NIU in 1970, I lived with and helped support my mother and brother until September of 1972.
https://www.barrons.com/articles/adult-children-parents-home-retirement-3cb0f041
BLOCKCHAINN NEWS
— US First-Time Homebuyer Share Plunges to Record-Low 21% as Housing Affordability Hits All-Time Worst. DD: I was a first-time home buyer when I was 24 years old in 1978. According to my critics/opponents, I was able to do that only because I avoided the Vietnam War draft and because I was grossly overpaid. In today’s dollars, my IRS salary had increased from $55,850/year to $68,315/year.
https://blockchain.news/flashnews/us-first-time-homebuyer-share-plunges-to-record-low-21-as-housing-affordability-hits-all-time-worst-trading-takeaways
CHALKBEAT
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote illegal immigration.
https://www.chalkbeat.org/2025/11/10/immigration-enforcement-could-hurt-student-test-scores-study-finds/
POLITICO
— Jeffries Confident Democrats Will Retake House In Midterms As Democrats Continue Focus On Affordability Concerns. DD: To promote affordability is to promote socialism.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/09/jeffries-democrats-win-back-house-2026-00643967
— Bill funding Congress would bolster member security, spare GAO from steep cuts. DD: The Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997 used Gingrich budget cuts to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. I never would have survived during that period if I had not a) earned three job-related master’s degrees, b) earned six job-related professional certifications, and c) earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/11/09/congress/bill-text-summary-released-for-legislative-branch-spending-compromise-00644040
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The GAO is the nation’s chief investigator of wrongdoing at federal agencies, but GOP House members and the Trump White House have attempted to undercut its independence and legal conclusions. A court recently determined that the head of the GAO, the U.S. Comptroller General, is the only official who can sue the administration over alleged impoundment, or the illegal withholding of funds appropriated by Congress. The agency is set to enter a new era in the coming months as Comptroller General Gene Dodaro hits the end of his 15-year term in late December and will be forced to vacate the post.)
PBS
— Vance calls for legal immigration reduction during Turning Point event at University of Mississippi. DD: If there had been as many immigrants when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got. My critics/opponents cannot say that because their parents had lots of money.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-vance-calls-for-legal-immigration-reduction-during-turning-point-event-at-university-of-mississippi
— Mamdani tells Trump that New York is ready to fight after president’s threats fail to thwart voters
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/mamdani-tells-trump-that-new-york-is-ready-to-fight-after-presidents-threats-fail-to-thwart-voters
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
NDTV
— Mamdani’s Last Name Reflects Centuries Of Trade, Cultural Exchange. Mamdanis in Uganda belong to the Khoja community, a South Asian Muslim merchant caste, that shaped economic development across western Indian Ocean. DD: 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.ndtv.com/world-news/new-york-mayor-polls-zohran-mamdanis-last-name-reflects-centuries-of-trade-cultural-exchange-9579690
TELEGRAPH
— Americans can’t afford their cars anymore and Wall Street is worried. DD: Back in the good old days, that is, during the 1960s and 1970s, a) I bought a 1958 Chevrolet Bel Air in 1964 with money I earned delivering newspapers and doing yard work, b) I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Sprint in 1966 with money I earned washing dishes, c) I bought a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967 with money I earned delivering mail, d) I bought a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968 with money I earned delivering mail, and e) I bought a new 1972 Corvette in 1971 with money I earned working for IRS and pumping gasoline.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/10/20/americans-cant-afford-cars-any-more-wall-street-worried/
DAILY MAIL
— America’s top banker Jamie Dimon pledges to help newly-elected socialist Mamdani
https://www.msn.com/en-ae/news/other/america-s-top-banker-jamie-dimon-pledges-to-help-newly-elected-socialist-zohran-mamdani/ar-AA1PTQ87
GUARDIAN
— DD: Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly promote identity politics.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/10/new-york-zohran-mamdani-identity-politics-win-elections
NEW LINES MAGAZINE
— What Mamdani’s Campaign Says About the Quiet Erasure of Caste in US Politics. As temples become key sites for candidates’ visits, New York’s mayoral race has revealed broader tensions between Dalit advocates and the rising Hindu right.
https://newlinesmag.com/argument/what-zohran-mamdanis-campaign-says-about-the-quiet-erasure-of-caste-in-us-politics/
KOREA TIMES
— DD: To promote affordability is to promote socialism
https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/opinion/editorial/20251110/mamdanis-election
ECONOMIC TIMES
— Is Mamdani Muslim, American or Gujarati?
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nri/latest-updates/is-zohran-mamdani-muslim-american-or-gujarati/articleshow/125170685.cms
(FROM THE ARTICLE: With the victory of Zohran Mamdani as mayor of New York City, a man with a Muslim name, an African past and an Indian lineage, the American-Christian establishment suddenly feels threatened. Not because of what Mamdani will do, but because of what his name suggests he should be. His name is Persian for ‘bloom’, his surname is how the medieval Gujarati trade would articulate ‘Muhammadan’. In today’s America, “Christian” has quietly become a code word for “white”. And white Christianity fears color, migration and complexity-the very things that built America. For them “Muslim” is the great enemy who took Jerusalem away from Christians and Jews. Mamdani’s victory is thus not a municipal event; it is a mythic disruption. What bothers people even more is that Mamdani refuses to fit into neat boxes. He campaigns with gay, lesbian and trans groups. His partner doesn’t wear a hijab. He is comfortable in queer spaces and openly progressive. So, what kind of Muslim is he? A devout one? A cultural one? Or an unbeliever with Muslim heritage? Even his co-religionists are confused. Many left-wing Muslim sympathizers claim to be progressive but remain proudly homophobic “because Allah demanded so”. Yet Mamdani’s life mocks that contradiction. He acts as if faith and freedom can coexist-a thought too heretical for both Islamists and Christian fundamentalists. When asked what he would do after his victory, his rivals said they would visit Israel to thank God. Mamdani said he would stay in New York and do his job. That one sentence separated performative faith from professional integrity. To better understand Mamdani, we must go beyond theology and look at caste and commerce. His surname reveals his roots: Gujarat. Specifically, the Khoja world-mercantile Muslim communities that trace descent from the Prophet through the Shia line but function socially like Hindu caste trade guilds. These groups originated when sea trade was booming around 1000 AD with Fatimid Egypt, and around 1600 AD with Safavid Persia, both Shia empires. These unique trade groups, with a religious head binding them together, make sense if we appreciate how caste groups of Bharat responded to Islam after its rise and spread, 1,400 years ago. This is when Mecca became a major hub of trade connecting the sea from Arabia to Java. India stood in the middle. The monsoon winds favored this trade. Hindus and Jains avoided travelling by sea, for fear of loss of caste. But a few Gujarati trading guilds realized that they could remain community loyal even if they converted provided they were guided by a guru-like figure with connections to the prophet. Thus rose the Khojas and the Bohras. Theoretically, Islam believes all humans are equal. But like all religions there are divisions and boundaries, controlled by who marries whom. Simplistically put, the first split happened shortly after the death of the founder-prophet who did not leave behind a will or sons. So Islam split into the Arab (Sunni) and Persian (Shia) schools-the former claiming consensus should determine leadership of the Islamic world, the latter preferring bloodline, through the prophet’s grandsons born to his daughter. The Shia group is split further. The Twelvers who believe the twelfth Imam remains hidden and will reveal himself at the end of time. The Bohras and Khojas however insist their respective leaders are Imams with a continuous bloodline. But the American media doesn’t care for these details. To them, every Muslim is an “Islamist”. The subtleties of sect, history, or geography vanish. Mamdani thus becomes a cartoon villain: a bearded Muslim who somehow survived liberal America’s tolerance tests. The Khojas and Bohras evolved from old gana-sangha traditions-republican merchant orders from Buddha’s time. They had their own systems of law, credit and charity, independent of kings and clerics. Mobility was their weapon. When trade dried up, they simply migrated: from Gujarat to Zanzibar, from Africa to London, and now to New York. They owed allegiance not to a nation but to a network. Mamdani inherits that legacy of cosmopolitan capitalism-pragmatic, mobile and skeptical of rigid authority. Incidentally, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, came from the same Khoja lineage (both publicly claimed to be Twelver though). Jinnah’s ancestors were Gujarati Hindus, probably from the Lohana caste, who turned to Islam when they were expelled from their guilds for trading in forbid den goods like fish. Even at his death, nobody knew whether Jinnah was Sunni or Shia. Both sects claimed him, each performing its own funeral rites. That ambiguity, born of Gujarati mercantile pragmatism, defines the global Muslim elite-from Karachi to Kampala to Queens.)
TIMES OF INDIA
— Shutdown breakers: Eight Democrats join Republicans to end deadlock and they all have something in common
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/shutdown-breakers-eight-democrats-join-republicans-to-end-deadlock-and-they-all-have-one-thing-in-common/articleshow/125215520.cms
— Republicans seek to revoke Mamdani’s citizenship
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/put-him-on-first-flight-back-to-uganda-republicans-seek-to-revoke-mamdanis-citizenship-is-it-legally-possible/articleshow/125215629.cms
— DD: What do you say to those who equate non-White immigrants with native Americans?
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/the-haunting-legacy-of-native-american-boarding-schools-carlisle-and-the-struggle-for-truth/articleshow/125137312.cms
SKY NEWS
— Mamdani’s election win could have ‘large implications’ on US midterms
https://www.skynews.com.au/world-news/united-states/zohran-mamdanis-election-win-could-have-large-implications-on-us-midterms/video/79eedef0190b7be1f4b942331f6917a6
— Mamdani’s affordability message ‘driving Republicans crazy’ DD: To promote affordability is to promote socialism
https://www.skynews.com.au/world-news/united-states/zohran-mamdanis-affordability-message-driving-republicans-crazy/video/1f05764aed1cba3e397bacb68f2cc320
November 9, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— What’s the point of Illinois Republicans? We asked them. DD: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Illinois Republican Party platform is conservative.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/illinois-gop-republicans-illinois-statehouse/
— Students say New Trier pausing their volunteerism with immigrants due to ICE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/04/students-new-trier-halting-volunteerism-immigrants/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton in 2019.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/chicago-history-november-9/
DAILY HERALD
— ‘No hire’ job market leaves unemployed in limbo as threats to economy multiply. DD: What frustrated your job search? For me, in 1970, it was potential employers viewing me as being draft bait. I was 1-A. They did not believe that my financial hardship draft deferment application would be approved. So I took the only job offer that I got. It was for a job that did really require a college degree working for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights. Early in 1971, Oldsmobile offered me a job and I accepted it. But Oldsmobile withdrew that job offer saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. Because my Firestone Store boss fired me because I had accepted that offer, and because I needed a job because I was helping support my mother and brother, I accepted a job offer from IRS. I had wanted a career in the automotive industry.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251108/business/no-hire-job-market-leaves-unemployed-in-limbo-as-threats-to-economy-multiply/
CBS2
— SNAP recipients in Chicago turn to food giveaways. DD: Soon, everyone in Chicago will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/snap-recipients-in-chicago-turn-to-food-giveaways/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/snap-recipients-chicago-food-giveaways/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly push more pot and more hemp.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/business/press-releases/accesswire/1099166/watch-the-marijuana-federal-action-not-the-speak-president-trumps-cannabis-decision-soon/
FOX ILLINOIS
— ICE receives more than 200,000 job applications. DD: What if I had become an ICE employee? When I was 22 years old in 1971, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. Because my Firestone Store boss fired me because I had accepted that offer and because I needed a job because I was helping support my mother and brother, I accepted a job offer from IRS. IRS offered me a job because I had a bachelor’s degree in business and I had passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination. I had wanted a career in the automotive industry. What if the only federal job offer that I had gotten was from ICE?
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/ice-receives-more-than-200000-job-applications-noem-says-department-of-homeland-security-dhs-immigration-and-customs-enforcement-death-threats-violence
ADVANTAGE NEWS
— IL public schools show low academic proficiency, higher taxpayer funding
https://www.advantagenews.com/news/local/report-il-public-schools-show-low-academic-proficiency-higher-taxpayer-funding/article_f84f2ae9-8074-4355-866c-ac185e324b63.html
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
JOHN KASS
— Reflections on the Democrat Embrace of Mamdani
https://johnkassnews.com/reflections-on-the-democrat-embrace-of-mamdani-and-the-jacobin-reign-of-terror/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: How did you prepare the big news of the week? There was much news. But let’s narrow it down to a few. The Jacobin leftist Zohran Mamdani’s political victory over the ashes of what had been the Democrat Party, propelled by the Angry White Women vote. The Angry White Women Leftists, often referred to as AWFLS, have appetite and a well developed sense of entitlement. Though they and their male partners are well educated in obscure subjects, they don’t have real financially marketable skills. They know DEI bureaucracy and DEI slogans, but they can’t fix a leaky toilet or repair an electric socket. They can’t earn an honest dollar so they reach for politics to take what they want. My friend the astute writer Michael Ledwith is also fascinated by these AWFLS, who provide anger, backbone and the necessary cruelty to what we are now experiencing as American Communism. They are what we call Karens. He sent me this passage from George Orwell’s “1984.” “It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies and nosers-out of unorthodoxy.” It explains a lot, Ledwith said. And I think of AOC and her posse of AWFLS, searching for heretics, sharpening her knife, and I hope she doesn’t find them. Because they don’t have the money to live in New York at the standard they expect to live, they demand that Zohran give them “free stuff” and call it “affordability.” They feel betrayed by the establishment because they can no longer pay for what they desire. They want to live large as befits what they think is their station. And he’s promised to use other people’s money until that’s gone and the roof caves in, as it always does. And the other big news (to me, at least) are the revelations that Democrat Deep State prosecutorial zealot Jack Smith–the javert of the new left–had hoped to prosecute “the entire Republican political apparatus” for the crime of being conservative. How did we get here? As always the dried bones of political failure have lined this road over the decades: The failure of the political establishment is the foundation of the Mamdani rise. And what did the Democrat establishment offer in New York? A tired cynical Cuomo known for feeding grandmothers in nursing homes to the pandemic, and slapping fannies and otherwise sexually harassing young women. Democrats were as exhausted as he was. And they offered a charismatic figure in Mamdani, and if he orders them to the killing fields at some future date, he wasn’t a tired Democrat hack like Cuomo. The leftist Democrats who bowed to the radical communists like Mandami enjoy talking of diversity up until the moment they hang you for speaking your mind. I’m conservative. I really don’t think a trip to prison would change my mind about the leftists who have destroyed my hometown of Chicago and have now ruined New York. You might have watched panel discussion shows—those panels of experts and witty pundits with perfect teeth–selected to reflect your politics like so many of those bobble head dogs that people place in their cars. It is amusing to watch them cast about for consensus if one hasn’t yet been formed. But bobble heads—even pretty ones—don’t quite get you there. So how did I prepare for Mamdani, especially as Democrats worried about the angry left and the political guillotine of the leftists express no desire to end their shut-down of the federal government? Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) said that Democrat fear of their own won’t allow them to reopen the government. “Because they’re afraid of facing the guillotine of the radical left. And who are the radical left? They are the people who would prefer to use taxpayer dollars to pay for health care for illegal immigrants than to pay for the men and women who keep us safe.” Guillotine, fear of the unleashed mob? I looked for my old copy of Edmund Burke’s “Reflections on the Revolution in France” It’s old. It’s affordable in paperback. It was written by a conservative. And I like it. But it has one serious drawback: It is a book. A book on paper, and this, by definition, takes effort to digest. It is not like sitting with the bobbleheads. But it does involve the Reign of Terror propelled by the Jacobin revolutionary Maximilien Robespierre. France spilled its own blood from September 1793 and into July 1794. In the Reign of Terror, some 17,000 French citizens were executed at the guillotine. Another 10,000 died in prison without trial. Among them were thousands of executed priests caught up in the Jacobin De-Christianization of France, as churches were shuttered and winemakers, shopkeepers, supporters of the king and queen were executed. Everyone and anyone could be suspected, and sent to the guillotine to the jeers of the filthy mob. It wasn’t Portland or Chicago, it was Paris. Family members accused each other as not being supportive enough of the revolution, terrified they would themselves be accused. And they were killed. And the guillotine kept falling again and again and again. For those who are afraid of reading, I leave this short video, narrated by a man with an English accent. Why? There’s nothing like an English accent to perpetuate a sense of historical authority. Fittingly, it even claimed Robespierre. Who reminds us of Robespierre today? I think of the Jacobin Democrats Adam Schiff, John Brennan of the CIA, or perhaps the imperious James Comey who destroyed the credibility of the FBI. You can see how frightened they are. Brennan is snarling the way a frightened dog snarls at the approach of a predator. At any event, the executions in France continued until finally, Napoleon became dictator of all of France and personally controlled the media and told the newspapers what to print. Now it’s New York Mayor Elect Zorhan Mamdani’s turn to play the Jacobin with his billionaire friends. His voters don’t read history. They have “feelings.” They are sentimental, emotional and thus easily manipulated, demanding “free stuff” and this leads to disaster. Soros has his meat puppet. He doesn’t need the clumsy barbarian in Chicago, Mayor Brandon Johnson. He’s already got Chicago, and much of the media. It’s not only Chicago and New York. The left is ascendant, full of confidence and oh so violent. The Democrat embrace of the assassination culture continued after the assassination of Christian activist Charlie Kirk. They marched in lock step in support of their candidate in Virginia who fantasized about murdering his opponents and killing the opponent’s children. It was Virginia Democrats who revenged themselves on Republican delegate Carrie Coyner, the Virginia Republican who revealed violent texts sent to her by Jay Jones. He expresses fantasies of murdering children and now is the chief law enforcement officer of the commonwealth that produced George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. Senior Virginia Democrats like Sen. Tim Kaine supported and embraced Jay Jones. The media, which has for decades protected leftist outrage, did its job. So how did we get here? As always, the establishment failed, and legitimate concerns about cost of living were ignored. And the Bolsheviks offered a charismatic leader with plenty of charm. And now they bathe in their feelings, and think about the great future ahead of them, as they reach for power over the rest of us. And you’re surprised that I would compare today’s American Democrats to the murderous Jacobins of 18th Century France? I don’t take guillotines to protests in American cities, but they do. In Chicago, New York, Portland, Los Angeles, every place where the Democrats feel strong. The rest of us? We pray for their reign of terror to end.)
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Mamdani got elected by shouting at those who are liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time that they are oppressed by those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— To get elected, Mamdani focused on affordability. What has helped you afford things? Mamdani attended Bowdoin College in Maine where he cofounded his college’s Students for Justice in Palestine chapter. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Africana Studies when he was 23. He got married when he was 34. To qualify myself for better paying jobs, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and a job-related professional license when I was 32. Because I worked, a) I could afford to buy new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc., b) I could afford to pay for my aforesaid degrees, c) I could afford to buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, 35, etc., and d) I could afford to get married when I was 29. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— How did you meet your wife? Mamdani met his wife on Hinge ( https://hinge.co/ ). I met my wife at a Presbyterian singles group meeting in Chicago in 1977. She is Catholic. I am Missouri Synod Lutheran. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— ICE officers enforce federal immigration laws. I enforced federal tax laws as an IRS Revenue Officer for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year. Key powers of IRS Revenue Officers include a) issuing levies to legally seize assets, including funds in bank accounts, wages, retirement funds, and accounts receivable and b) seizing and selling personal and business property to satisfy the tax debt. I did all of the aforesaid and I was not required to have a judicial warrant to do it. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What if I had become an ICE employee? When I was 22 years old in 1971, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. Because my Firestone Store boss fired me because I had accepted that offer and because I needed a job because I was helping support my mother and brother, I accepted a job offer from IRS. IRS offered me a job because I had a bachelor’s degree in business and I had passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination. I had wanted a career in the automotive industry. What if the only federal job offer that I had gotten was from ICE? – Dave Diersen
— Virtually all federal employees are Democrats who are blindly loyal to the Democrat Party platform. I was one of the last Republicans who the Democrats who ran the Post Office hired in 1966, who IRS hired in 1971, and who GAO hired in 1980. As it became more clear to them that I would never become a Democrat, they took ever-increasing more and bigger adverse actions against me. I should write about that. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do your critics/opponents say about your ancestors? In defense of my ancestors, they all immigrated legally from what is now Germany during the 1840s and 1850s. They always lived in northeast Illinois. On my father’s side, they worked in a brick factory in Chicago 1844-1854 and then homesteaded a farm in southeast Crete Township. On my mother’s side, they sharecropped a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Ever-increasingly, Americans abandon conservative principles a) because Democrat and RINO leaders attack them and b) because Republican and RINO leaders fail/refuse to defend/advance them. I should write about that. Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) and TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois no longer exist because of the aforesaid. I served on the ICRC Steering Committee 2003-2007 and as the TAPROOT chairman 2005-2012. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Mamdani won an election, not a revolution. DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO leaders will ever-increasingly shout that Mamdani’s election ends conservatism, ends Republicanism, ends Christianity, ends Trump, ends etc.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom-self-reliance/3879333/mamdani-won-election-not-revolution/
— Chicago downtown office space vacancy rate jumps to record high levels. DD: I worked in downtown Chicago in 1971 and then 1973-1997. I lived in downtown Chicago part-time 1974-1976 and then full-time 1976-1978. I took undergraduate classes in downtown Chicago 1966-1968 and then graduate evening classes in downtown Chicago 1971-1981 and 1992-1997.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3880329/chicago-downtown-office-space-vacancy-rate-jumps-record-high/
NEW YORK POST
— Mayor-elect Mamdani reeks of Lenin
https://nypost.com/2025/11/08/business/the-fiscal-budget-remaining-intact-remains-on-the-communist-leninist-policies-of-mayor-elect-mamdani/
— Stefanik says her gubernatorial bid is ‘existential battle’ to save ‘Western Civilization’ from socialism
https://nypost.com/2025/11/08/us-news/q-amp-a-stefanik-says-her-2026-gubernatorial-bid-to-unseat-hochul-is-an-existential-battle-to-save-ny-western-civilization-from-socialism/
— Mamdani-backing Hochul insists she doesn’t ‘support’ DSA, fends off relentless criticism over NYC mayor-elect endorsement
https://nypost.com/2025/11/08/us-news/mamdani-backing-hochul-i-dont-support-the-democratic-socialists-of-america/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Zohran Mamdani and the Ghost of Eugene Debs
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/11/zohran_mamdani_and_the_ghost_of_eugene_debs.html
BREITART
— Democrats Attacking Federal Law Enforcement Have Become the New Confederacy
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/11/08/exclusive-rep-brad-knott-democrats-attacking-federal-law-enforcement-have-become-the-new-confederacy/amp/
COLLEGE FIX
— Newsom says colleges should give preference to slave descendants. DD: In defense of my ancestors, they all immigrated legally from what is now Germany during the 1840s and 1850s. They always lived in northeast Illinois. On my father’s side, they worked in a brick factory in Chicago 1844-1854 and then homesteaded a farm in southeast Crete Township. On my mother’s side, they sharecropped a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/newsom-says-colleges-should-give-preference-to-slave-descendants/
DAILY SIGNAL
— America Fought a Civil War So Trump Could Enforce Federal Law
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/11/07/america-fought-a-civil-war-so-trump-could-enforce-federal-law/
FOX NEWS
— Rep Stefanik predicts antisemitism will ‘skyrocket’ following Mamdani mayoral win
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6384858936112
HOMELAND SECURITY
— ICE Receives More than 200,000 Applications to Join ICE Law Enforcement. DD: I enforced federal tax laws as an IRS Revenue Officer for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year. Key powers of IRS Revenue Officers include a) issuing levies to legally seize assets, including funds in bank accounts, wages, retirement funds, and accounts receivable and b) seizing and selling personal and business property to satisfy the tax debt. I did all of the aforesaid and I was not required to have a judicial warrant to do it.
https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/11/07/ice-receives-more-200000-applications-join-ice-law-enforcement-help-remove-worst
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Indiana Democrat Leaders Protest Immigration Law That Orders Police to Report Illegal Aliens
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/indiana-democrat-leaders-protest-immigration-law-that-orders-police-to-report-illegal-aliens
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Gavin Newsom’s Divisive Racial Pandering
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/11/04/gavin_newsoms_divisive_racial_pandering_153485.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— DD: Mamdani got elected by shouting at those who are liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time that they are oppressed by those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/how-zohran-mamdani-struck-chord-new-york-city-voters/
CNN
— Can Democrats sell socialism to America? DD: My critics/opponents have no problem with socialism if not promote socialism.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/can-democrats-sell-socialism-to-america/vi-AA1Q3CBB?ocid=finance-verthp-feeds
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— States are pushing for more scrutiny of antisemitism in schools. DD: Democrats run schools in America.
https://wtop.com/education/2025/11/states-are-pushing-for-more-scrutiny-of-antisemitism-in-schools/
AOL
— Musk warns Mamdani policies and ‘low’ universal income would trigger ‘catastrophic decline’ in US living standards
https://www.aol.com/finance/elon-musk-warns-mamdani-policies-115500436.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— Gay Russians Find a Haven on the Other Side of the World. Argentina has emerged as a surprisingly prominent destination for L.G.B.T.Q. Russians escaping President Vladimir V. Putin’s escalating anti-gay repression. DD: LGBTQers ever-increasingly dominate America. They ever-increasingly get rid of those who do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/world/americas/argentina-lgbtq-russia-putin-escape.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Taking inspiration from Mamdani, democratic socialists look to expand their power in L.A.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-11-08/mamdani-democratic-socialists-los-angeles
USA TODAY
— DD: To get elected, Mamdani focused on affordability. What has helped you afford things? Mamdani attended Bowdoin College in Maine where he cofounded his college’s Students for Justice in Palestine chapter. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Africana Studies when he was 23. He got married when he was 34. To qualify myself for better paying jobs, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and a job-related professional license when I was 32. Because I worked, I could a) afford to buy new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc., b) afford to pay for my aforesaid degrees, c) afford to buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, 35, etc., and I could afford to get married when I was 29.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/07/how-zohran-mamdani-won-nyc-mayor/86580734007/
FORTUNE
— If you proletarianize young people, don’t be surprised they end up communist
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/billionaire-peter-thiel-warns-proletarianize-235603611.html
BANKRATE
— How old do you have to be to buy a house? DD: Back in the good old days, back in 1972, I was able to buy a new townhome when I was 24. The down payment came from what I had earned a) working for IRS for 15 months and b) working part-time for a Firestone Store for 18 months and full-time for 7 months before that. In addition, during that time, I bought a new 1972 Corvette and paid for three graduate evening courses at Loyola.
https://www.bankrate.com/real-estate/what-age-to-buy-a-house/
FED WEEK
— Is Job Application Question is Loyalty Test? Unions Seek Ruling. DD: Virtually all federal employees are Democrats who are blindly loyal to the Democrat Party platform. I was one of the last Republicans who the Democrats who ran the Post Office hired in 1966, who IRS hired in 1971, and who GAO hired in 1980. As it became more clear to them that I would never become a Democrat, they took ever-increasing more and bigger adverse actions against me. I should write about that.
https://www.fedweek.com/federal-managers-daily-report/suit-filed-over-federal-job-applicant-loyalty-question-on-trump-policies/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A coalition of federal employee unions and other organizations has filed a suit against the new essay question used in hiring asking applicants to identify several Trump administration executive orders that “are significant to you and explain how you would help implement them if hired.” “For more than a century, the civil service in the United States has been nonpartisan and not focused on political loyalty. Yet, the Trump-Vance administration is now directing the inclusion of an open-ended essay question that asks potential civil servants about their political agreement with the Trump-Vance administration’s political agenda,” said the AFGE union, one of the sponsors of the suit. “Plaintiffs allege that OPM has violated the First Amendment rights of applicants by conditioning employment on particular political viewpoints, compelling applicants to praise President Trump’s orders and policies, chilling the protected speech of other applicants who fear retaliation, and enabling and facilitating viewpoint discrimination,” it said. That question was part of a wide-ranging set of hiring policy changes—some of them routine–announced in June that among other things placed an emphasis on selecting candidates in both external and internal hiring who meet the administration’s definition of “patriotic.” In addition to the question regarding Trump executive orders, it included essay questions about what inspired the candidate to apply for the job, how they would make the government more efficient and effective, and how a strong work ethic has contributed to their career success. Unions and some Democrats on Capitol Hill immediately decried the questions—particularly the one on executive orders—as a loyalty test to Trump. OPM in later guidance said that the “must not be used to impose an ideological litmus test on candidates” although they are to be considered by hiring managers and other agency officials involved in a hiring decision. More recent guidance from OPM and OMB stresses the political makeup of “strategic hiring committees” that agencies are to establish under a later executive order with authority to approve the creation or filling of jobs. Those committees are to “ensure that agency hiring is consistent with the national interest, agency needs, and administration priorities,” it said.)
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
TIMES OF INDIA
— Mamdani: Win of global socialism’s new face has lessons for India
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/voices/mamdani-win-of-global-socialisms-new-face-has-lessons-for-india/
HINDU
— There is no non-Hindu in India, as everyone is a descendant of same ancestors. DD: In defense of my ancestors, they all immigrated legally from what is now Germany during the 1840s and 1850s. They always lived in northeast Illinois. On my father’s side, they worked in a brick factory in Chicago 1844-1854 and then homesteaded a farm in southeast Crete Township. On my mother’s side, they sharecropped a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border.
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/there-is-no-ahindu-in-india-as-everyone-is-a-descendant-of-same-ancestors-mohan-bhagwat/article70257438.ece
DAILY MAIL
— Divided Dems fear rise of New York’s socialist mayor will split voters across America and play into Trump’s hands
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15261793/divided-democrats-zohran-mamdani-trump-new-york.html
OUTLOOK
— Mamdani’s Victory Signals Youth-Led Progressive Shift In New York Politics
https://www.outlookindia.com/international/zohran-mamdanis-victory-signals-youth-led-progressive-shift-in-new-york-politics
JERUSALEM POST
— Jewish New York died on November 4. The election of Mamdani has extinguished the long-time flavor of New York as a distinctly culturally Jewish city.
https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-873139
FROM OTHER SOURCES
GOOGLE AI
— Abandon conservative principles. DD: Ever-increasingly, Americans abandon conservative principles a) because Democrat and RINO leaders attack them and b) because Republican and RINO leaders fail/refuse to defend/advance them. I should write about that. Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) and TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois no longer exist because of the aforesaid. I served on the ICRC Steering Committee 2003-2007 and as the TAPROOT chairman 2005-2012.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22abandon+conservative+principles%22
November 8, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Shots fired at Border Patrol agents during immigration operation in Little Village
https://abc7chicago.com/post/little-village-shooting-today-shots-fired-border-patrol-agents-during-chicago-immigration-op-26th-kedzie-dhs-says/18130724/
— Vance hopes his Hindu wife converts to Christianity, sparking debate on interfaith marriage
https://abc7chicago.com/post/turning-point-usa-event-vice-president-jd-vance-says-he-hopes-hindu-wife-usha-chilukuri-converts-christianity/18130419/
— DD: Democrat leaders signal no shutdown compromise with Republican leaders.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/2025-government-shutdown-update-donald-trump-signals-no-compromise-democrats-aca-subsidies-amid-us-senate-weekend-session/18130662/
— More than 900 flights nationwide canceled Saturday
https://abc7chicago.com/post/flight-cancellations-today-more-700-flights-canceled-saturday-faa-limits-capacity-amid-government-shutdown-2025/18129798/
— Aurora Washington Middle School teacher Jessica Bergmann charged with sexual assault of former student in Wheaton
https://abc7chicago.com/post/aurora-washington-middle-school-teacher-jessica-bergmann-charged-sexual-assault-former-student-wheaton-officials-say/18131091/
— DD: Soon, under the Democrats, everyone in Chicago will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-area-groups-helping-neighbors-need-illinois-snap-benefits-lapse-funding-order-blocked-supreme-court-justice/18131076/
NBC5
— Shots fired at federal agents during immigration enforcement in Little Village
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/shots-fired-at-federal-agents-during-immigration-enforcement-in-little-village-dhs/3849206/
— Ground stop issued at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport due to air traffic control staffing issues
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/ground-stop-issued-at-chicagos-ohare-airport-due-to-air-traffic-control-staffing-issues/3849151/
CBS2
— Shots fired at Border Patrol agents on Chicago’s West Side
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/shots-fired-at-border-patrol-agents-on-chicagos-west-side-dhs-says/
— FAA union workers picketing at O’Hare Airport amid government shutdown, flight reductions
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/faa-union-picketing-ohare-airport-government-shutdown/
FOX32
— Veterans Day 2025 deals: Where Veterans can get free meals and discounts
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/veterans-day-2025-deals-where-veterans-can-get-free-meals-discounts
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DHS reports shots fired at immigration agents in Little Village as residents confront Bovino, Border Patrol
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/08/community-members-confront-bovino/
— Inside Chicago’s growing resistance movement against Operation Midway Blitz: ‘Small acts have huge consequences’
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/08/chicago-immigration-ice-resistance/
— Democrats seize on the Trump administration’s efforts to fight federal food aid payments. DD: My critics/opponents paint themselves as being protectors of those who have less money than others and those who are minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, those who are in America illegally, etc. According to them, those who not the aforesaid cause all the problems that the aforesaid have.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/08/democrats-federal-food-aid-payments/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Report of shots fired at federal agents during immigration enforcement in Little Village under investigation
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/11/08/operation-midway-blitz-little-village-chicago-alleged-shots-fired
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/11/07/after-ice-detained-her-husband-albany-park-mom-juggles-care-for-3-kids-including-son-with-autism-newborn
— DD: Soon, under the Democrats, everyone in Chicago will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago/2025/10/29/where-to-find-chicago-area-food-pantries-if-snap-goes-away
— DD: In defense of my ancestors, they all immigrated legally from what is now Germany during the 1840s and 1850s. They always lived in northeast Illinois. On my father’s side, they worked in a brick factory in Chicago 1844-1854 and then homesteaded a farm in southeast Crete Township. On my mother’s side, they sharecropped a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/11/08/european-immigrants-open-borders-brown-black-trump-maga-ice-alden-loury
DAILY HERALD
— Can suburbs, counties enforce ICE bans on government property? Some say no. DD: I enforced federal tax laws as an IRS Revenue Officer for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year. Key Powers of IRS Revenue Officers include a) issuing levies to legally seize assets, including funds in bank accounts, wages, retirement funds, and accounts receivable and b) seizing and selling personal and business property to satisfy the tax debt. I did all of the aforesaid and I was not required to have a judicial warrant to do it.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251108/news/can-suburbs-counties-enforce-ice-bans-on-government-property-some-say-no/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: But as signs go up warning federal agents, questions remain about the enforceability of measures aimed at keeping U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents off public property. In DuPage County, some board members asked the state’s attorney’s office to weigh in on the enforceability of signs placed at the entrances to the county campus last week. The signs read “DuPage County Property. Immigration Enforcement Only With Judicial Warrant.” “Just to be clear. These signs have no legal binding,” DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick, a Republican candidate for governor, posted on his social media page. “Please don’t let DuPage County theatrics create the expectation that any law enforcement agency will have any legal authority to enforce the message displayed on this sign.” . . . A spokesman for the DuPage County state’s attorney’s office said Friday that the county can declare certain areas private or limited to employee-use only. However, there are no legal consequences the county can impose for disregarding the signs.)
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise Mamdani. They hope he will succeed in getting rid of Republicans who are the following once and for all: conservative, White, male, older, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251108/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-the-new-york-mayoral-election-is-historic-yes-but-early-reads-on-its-implica/
— DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrats will ever-increasingly call Republicans fascists
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251108/letters-to-the-editor/proud-of-ancestors-who-were-antifa/
WGN RADIO
— Make your college and career choice with confidence. DD: Choosing your undergraduate major is extremely important. I should have chosen accounting. I erroneously thought that I could never pass the CPA examination. I did not start taking graduate evening accounting courses until I was 27. I did not take and pass the CPA examination on my first attempt until I was 30. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31. I did not take and pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt until I was 32. I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32. By then, it was too late. The accounting profession viewed me as being too old to have a successful career in accounting. On top of that, the profession was under tremendous pressure to hire young minorities and young females.
https://wgnradio.com/jobs/career-vision/make-your-college-and-career-choice-with-confidence/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Pritzker’s People Snag Some SNAP Benefits
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/08/pritzkers-people-snag-some-snap-benefits/
— Hampshire Township Wants 15+%Tax Hike
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/08/hampshire-township-wants-15tax-hike/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump says U.S. won’t attend G20 in South Africa, cites treatment of White farmers. DD: South African refugees should be advised that Democrat and RINO leaders will do everything that they can to destroy them.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/7/trump-says-us-wont-attend-g20-south-africa-cites-treatment-white/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Trump administration has maintained that the South African government has allowed the attacks and persecution of White Afrikaner farmers. He granted refugee status to the minority Afrikaners who fled South Africa earlier this year, with a group arriving in May.)
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Conservatives beware: Socialism isn’t to be mocked, but feared
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/3880209/conservatives-beware-socialism-isnt-to-be-mocked-but-feared/
— Congress demands Columbia University cut ties with China
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3878467/congress-demands-columbia-university-cut-china-ties/
NEW YORK POST
— Mamdani’s wife Rama Duwaji uses her art to rage against US ‘imperialism’ and ‘Israeli war crimes’
https://nypost.com/2025/11/08/us-news/zohran-mamdanis-wife-rama-duwaji-outspoken-against-us-imperialism/
— Mamdani’s agenda to be embraced by increasingly woke City Council as progressive members surge
https://nypost.com/2025/11/08/us-news/dems-tighten-grip-on-nyc-following-mamdanis-mayoral-victory-and-majority-gains-in-city-council/
— Here’s the Democratic Socialists of America’s demands to Zohran Mamdani for how to lead an Israel-hating NYC
https://nypost.com/2025/11/08/us-news/heres-the-democratic-socialists-of-americas-demands-to-mamdani-for-how-to-lead-an-israel-hating-nyc/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Democratic Socialists of America’s Big Apple chapter will push Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani to implement a virulently anti-Israel agenda, leaked documents show. Included in the NYC-DSA’s “Anti-War Working Group” list of a dozen “demands” for the incoming mayor is an end to all city contracts with companies doing business with Israel, and withdrawing all funds from banks lending money to the Jewish state, according to a planning document first exposed by Just The News. The five-page screed was distributed at the group’s Nov. 2 public meeting, and reveals the DSA’s NYC chapter has been plotting since at least late September on how to best to ensure the pro-Palestine, Israel-hating Mamdani fully supports its anti-Israel agenda once he’s sworn in as mayor in January — and doesn’t buckle to political pressure. Other demands include: Divesting city pensions from Israeli bonds and securities. Banning Israeli products from the city-run grocery stores Mamdani wants to open. Investigating real estate agents “hosting illegal sales of stolen lands in the West Bank.” Stripping tax-exempt nonprofit status from entities that raise funds for the Israel Defense Forces. End the NYPD’s training with Israeli Occupation Forces. Arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and active IDF soldiers for “war crimes” if they enter the Big Apple. Dismantle an NYC-Israel Economic Council formed by outgoing Mayor Adams. “Well at least the DSA mask is off,” said state Assemblyman Kalman Yeger, a conservative Brooklyn Democrat and Orthodox Jew. “This was never about affordability, free buses or anything else. This was always about Jew hatred. “With every municipal issue facing New York City’s government, the DSA doesn’t care about the state of our schools, streets, parks, subways, city budget or anything else. They care about Israel — Israel and only Israel. “At least now they can stop trying to deny their antisemitism; most New Yorkers aren’t stupid,” said Yeger. Mamdani — a longtime supporter of the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement whose father Mahmood Mamdani sits on advisory group that routinely accuses the Jewish state of committing “genocide” – condemned antisemitism on the campaign trail while meeting with some Jewish leaders to drum up political support.)
— New Yorkers flock to food banks as government shutdown hits SNAP, causes airport chaos
https://nypost.com/2025/11/08/us-news/trump-urges-republicans-to-end-obamacare-send-funds-straight-to-the-people-as-govt-shutdown-drags-on/
— Democrats betting that Americans won’t wise up to their shutdown games
https://nypost.com/2025/11/08/opinion/democrats-bet-americans-wont-wise-up-to-shutdown-games/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Uncontrolled immigration has pushed America toward third-world status
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/11/uncontrolled_immigration_has_pushed_america_toward_third_world_status.html
BLAZE
— Socialism’s endgame is America itself
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/levintv/from-new-york-to-the-nation-mark-levin-warns-that-socialisms-endgame-is-america-itself
BREITBART
— Shots Fired at Border Patrol in Chicago After Officials Lie About Daycare ‘Abduction’
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2025/11/08/shots-fired-at-border-patrol-in-chicago-after-officials-lie-about-daycare-abduction/amp/
DAILY CALLER
— Democrat Governors Use State Websites To Spread Shutdown Lies
https://www.aol.com/news/democrat-governors-state-websites-spread-161128975.html
DAILY WIRE
— ‘The Violence Must End’: Man Opens Fire On Border Patrol Agents In Chicago, Chaos Erupts. Attacks on immigration authorities have dramatically increased since President Trump took office this term.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-violence-must-end-man-opens-fire-on-border-patrol-agents-in-chicago-chaos-erupts
FOX NEWS
— Jewish New Yorkers raise concerns of antisemitism following Zohran Mamdani’s win
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6384839755112
NEWSMAX
— Dershowitz to Newsmax: Mamdani ‘Enemy of America’
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/mamdani-dershowitz-nyc/2025/11/08/id/1233757/
— Federal Judge: Chicago’s Warrantless ICE Arrests Unlawful. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.newsmax.com/us/chicago-ice-dhs/2025/10/09/id/1229686/
POST MILLENNIAL
— Mamdani’s ‘day 1’ promise: to confiscate privately owned buildings if owners don’t pay big fines, make assessed repairs
https://thepostmillennial.com/mamdanis-day-1-promise-to-confiscate-privately-owned-buildings-if-owners-dont-pay-big-fines-make-assessed-repairs
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— Latino voters swing toward Democrats in 2025 after Trump’s 2024 historic gains
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/latino-voters-swing-toward-democrats-in-2025-after-trumps-2024-historic-gains/
— Backlash erupts at Heritage Foundation after leader defends Tucker Carlson’s interview with white nationalist Nick Fuentes
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/heritage-foundation-kevin-roberts-tucker-carlson-interview-nick-fuentes/
WASHINGTON POST
— Mamdani drops the mask. The mayor-elect divides New Yorkers into two groups: the oppressed and their oppressors. DD: My critics/opponents paint themselves as being oppressed or as being protectors of the oppressed. According to them, those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time oppress those who are liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/11/08/zohran-mamdani-class-warfare-new-york-mayor/
USA TODAY
— DD: Mamdani got elected by shouting at those who are liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time that they are oppressed by those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/07/how-zohran-mamdani-won-nyc-mayor/86580734007/
— 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.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/11/07/trump-affordability-democrats-mamdani-cost-living/87128348007/
POLITICO
— Poll: Here’s who Democrats think is their leader. DD: Who leads conservatives nationwide, in Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district?
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/07/poll-leader-democrats-00633577
(Kamala Harris 16.1%, Chuck Schumer 7.7%, Hakeem Jeffries 7.4%, Barack Obama 7.4%, Gavin Newsom 6.2%, Joe Biden 4.4%)
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
JERUSALEM POST
— There is no moderate form of Islam
https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-873159
TIMES
— Mamdani v Trump: the battle of New York is just beginning. Republicans and Democrats alike may relish a showdown to see if the mayor is a success or a disaster. Either way, the row will keep their core vote happy. DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrats and RINOs will ever-increasingly side with Mamdani against Trump on everything.
https://www.thetimes.com/us/american-politics/article/zohran-mamdani-trump-nyc-mayor-democrats-n92wbxzz8
TIMES OF INDIA
— Mamdani’s wife Rama Duwaji faces fire over her ‘Israeli war crimes’ artwork: ‘Mourns deaths of terrorists’
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/zohran-mamdani-s-wife-rama-duwaji-faces-fire-over-her-israeli-war-crimes-artwork-mourns-deaths-of-terrorists/ar-AA1Q3Trk
GUARDIAN
— DD: Mamdani got elected by shouting at those who are liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time that they are oppressed by those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/commentisfree/2025/nov/08/zohran-mamdani-win-non-voters