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

November 8, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Group of 14 ‘suburban moms’ arrested during protest outside Broadview ICE facility. A caravan of about 20 cars drove by the Broadview ICE facility to protest immigration enforcement.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-news-sheriffs-deputies-remove-group-suburban-moms-broadview-protest-today-immigration-enforcement/18126098/
— Chicago business, civic and faith leaders join together to call for end to immigration raids
https://abc7chicago.com/post/united-chicago-group-business-civic-faith-leaders-join-together-call-end-immigration-raids-downtown-event/18126988/
— Supreme Court considers Kim Davis petition to overturn same-sex marriage ruling
https://abc7chicago.com/post/supreme-court-considers-kim-davis-petition-overturn-same-sex-marriage-ruling/18125319/
— Man arrested by federal immigration agents outside DuPage County Courthouse, video shows
https://abc7chicago.com/post/man-arrested-federal-immigration-agents-outside-dupage-county-courthouse-wheaton-video-shows/18128233/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mu8T0jDkqrg

NBC5
— When a federal judge in Chicago reinforced her restrictions on the use of force by federal immigration agents, she essentially accused Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino of lying. But can Bovino and other agents be held personally accountable for their actions?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlxsJKIcpjA

CBS2
— 15 protesters arrested outside Broadview ICE facility
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/14-protesters-arrested-broadview-ice-facility/

WGN9
— ICE agents’ warrantless arrest sparks due process concerns in Wheaton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsoKjS2Eu1A

FOX32
— Chicago mayor testifies before U.N. on Trump immigration raids, SNAP cuts
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-mayor-un-trump-immigration-snap

WTTW
— No Fare Hikes or Service Cuts Coming for Chicago Transit Agencies, RTA Chair Dillard Says
https://news.wttw.com/2025/11/06/no-fare-hikes-or-service-cuts-coming-chicago-transit-agencies-rta-chair-says

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— 14 women arrested during protest at ICE processing center in Broadview; clergy again denied access to detainees
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/07/protest-arrests-ice-processing-center-broadview/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/07/lincoln-square-family-ice-chappell-elementary-school/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their criminals, their illegals, and their antisemites.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/07/opinion-chicago-immigrats-paperwork-antisemitism/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Indian IDOT employee stopped by ICE agents, questioned if he was ‘aware’ of NYC Mayor-elect Mamdani. Pritzker is speaking out about the incident, which happened Friday morning, calling it another example of President Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem “continuing to question U.S. citizens apparently based on the color of their skin.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/11/07/indian-idot-employee-stopped-by-ice-agents-questioned-if-he-was-aware-of-nyc-mayor-elect-zohran-mamdani

JOURNAL COURIER
— Morgan County Republicans hosting candidates. DD: If I was still the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, the organization would still be hosting Republican candidates. While I was the chairman of TAPROOT 2005-2012, I invited speakers for 78 of its events during that time. I should list all those who spoke at those events. My critics/opponents have always demonized, denigrated, and condemned those who spoke at those events.
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/morgan-county-republicans-hosting-meet-greet-21145425.php

FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump promotes EEOC head. DD: How has EEOC impacted you? 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. I had wanted a career in the automotive industry.
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/donald-trump-promotes-equal-employment-opportunity-commission-head-chair-andrea-lucas-civil-rights
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Trump said at the start of his second term that “dangerous,” “demeaning” and “immoral” hiring preferences based on race and sex – “DEI” policies – were violating civil rights laws. The policies also undermined “national unity” and the traditional values of “hard work, excellence, and individual achievement,” according to the president.)

WCIA
— Getting a snapshot of people receiving SNAP benefits in Illinois. It starts with the income level. The USDA said as of 2022, three-fourths of people with SNAP are at or below the poverty line in the state. An average person gets around $190 a month — and the average household gets $356. A 2019 breakdown of USDA numbers shows 37% of people getting SNAP assistance are white, 26% African American, 16% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 2% Native American and 16% unknown.
https://www.wcia.com/news/illinois-news/getting-a-snapshot-of-people-receiving-snap-benefits-in-illinois/amp/

NAPERVILLE PATCH
— Naperville Man Received Package With ‘Enough Fentanyl To Kill Entire Cities:’ Police say they intercepted a parcel with 1,000 fentanyl tablets en route to Ahmad Dinah, 30, of the 1100 block of Iroquois Avenue.
https://patch.com/illinois/naperville/naperville-man-received-package-enough-fentanyl-kill-entire-cities-berlin

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/11/07/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-420/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

OPEN THE BOOKS
— Radical Groups Tied to Mamdani Associates Pulled in Millions of Taxpayer Dollars
https://openthebooks.substack.com/p/radical-groups-tied-to-mamdani-associates

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— How will Mamdani’s election impact your county, township, municipality, school district, precinct, and neighborhood? Anticipate/expect that there will be more dependency on government and charity, that is, more welfare and more socialism. More LGBTQ, that is, more destruction of traditional marriage and family. More abortion, that is, more disrespect for human life. More mass/illegal immigration, especially from India.  More booze, gambling, and pot, that is, more vice. More diminishment of Second Amendment rights. More 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. More replacement, that is, more replacement of those in America 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 with those who are liberal, Democrat, 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.
— What did your coworkers do to advance? To advance, my Democrat coworkers in the federal government did not do what I did, that is, they did not earn job-related college degrees, professional certifications, or a professional license. Instead, they pandered to their Democrat superiors. They helped their Democrat superiors get rid of their Republican subordinates who were conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. I should write about my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government. I would focus on my Democrat superiors who took the most/biggest adverse actions against me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Who Are the Democratic Socialists?
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/11/who-are-the-democratic-socialists/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Police Under Attack
https://illinoisfamily.org/marriage/police-under-attack/
— The Theology of Islam
https://illinoisfamily.org/islam-sharia/session-2-the-theology-of-islam/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Justice Jackson gives Trump short-term win on food stamp payments during shutdown
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/7/justice-ketanji-brown-jackson-gives-trump-short-term-win-food-stamp/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Mamdani — the mayor against America
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/magazine/magazine-letter-from-the-editor/3878048/zohran-mamdani-mayor-against-america/
— Border Patrol chief in Chicago admits to lying as judge restricts agency’s use of force
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3879891/border-patrol-chief-chicago-admits-lying-judge-restrict-use-of-force/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Mr. Bovino and the Department of Homeland Security claimed that he had been hit by a rock on the head before throwing the tear gas, but video evidence disproves this,” Ellis said in court. “And he ultimately admitted he was not hit until after he threw the tear gas.”)

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Leftism Unleashed? Obama Tells Democrats ‘Not To Impose Litmus Tests’ for Candidates After Mamdani’s Win. The New York City socialist is ‘part of a vision for the future,’ former president says. DD: Socialism discourages and destroys personal responsibility. My parents and teachers promoted personal responsibility. That put me on track to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license.
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/leftism-unleashed-obama-tells-democrats-not-to-impose-litmus-tests-for-candidates-after-mamdanis-win/

NEW YORK POST
— Eric Adams agreed to ‘fully cooperate’ with Mamdani’s transition team
https://nypost.com/2025/11/07/us-news/eric-adams-agreed-to-fully-cooperate-with-zohran-mamdanis-transition-team/
— Mamdani schmoozes with NY Dem leaders who’ll be key to passing his socialist ‘tax the rich’ plans. DD: Socialism discourages and destroys personal responsibility. My parents and teachers promoted personal responsibility. That put me on track to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license.
https://nypost.com/2025/11/07/us-news/zohran-mamdani-schmoozes-with-ny-dem-leaders-wholl-be-key-to-passing-his-socialist-tax-the-rich-plans/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Why is Support for Socialism Growing? DD: Socialism discourages and destroys personal responsibility. My parents and teachers promoted personal responsibility. That put me on track to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/11/why_is_support_for_socialism_growing.html

BILLY GRAHAM EVANGELISTIC ASSOCIATION
— Charlie Kirk: A Faithful Life and a Hopeful Legacy
https://billygraham.org/decision-magazine/articles/charlie-kirk-a-faithful-life-and-a-hopeful-legacy
— Remembering Billy Graham’s Lasting Impact on His 107th Birthday
https://billygraham.org/decision-magazine/articles/remembering-billy-graham-s-lasting-impact-on-his-107th-birthday
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Billy was born on Nov. 7, 1918 to two dairy farmers residing near Charlotte, North Carolina. When he was 15, Billy accepted Christ as his Savior after he attended a series of revival meetings led by traveling evangelist Mordecai Fowler Ham. After high school, he attended Florida Bible Institute and later Wheaton College. During his time at Wheaton, he met Ruth McCue Bell, whom he married in 1943. Billy spent two years as a traveling preacher for the Christian outreach organization Youth for Christ. In 1947, he began holding his own Crusades, beginning with Grand Rapids, Michigan. In 1949, he preached in a Los Angeles Crusade that stretched for eight weeks, sparking nationwide attention. Some 350,000 people attended that event. In 1950, he founded the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA), in Minneapolis, Minnesota. That year, the first Hour of Decision radio program aired, and the next year, the Hour of Decision television broadcast began airing. In 1960, BGEA published the first issue of Decision magazine—a publication envisioned by Billy as a beacon for both lay people and Christian leaders. Throughout his life, he preached in more than 185 countries and territories, which included nearly 215 million people. Between 1947 and 2005 more than 3.2 million people responded to the Gospel invitation at his Crusades, according to official Crusade statistics. He also stood as a pastoral figure to many U.S. presidents and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal with Ruth.)

BLAZE
— The kids aren’t all right — they’re being seduced by socialism. DD: Socialism discourages and destroys personal responsibility. My parents and teachers promoted personal responsibility. That put me on track to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license.
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/the-kids-arent-all-right-theyre-being-seduced-by-socialism

BREITBART
— ‘Don’t Let Yourself Be Intimidated’ by Local Socialist Victory. DD: Socialism discourages and destroys personal responsibility. My parents and teachers promoted personal responsibility. That put me on track to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license.
https://www.breitbart.com/latin-america/2025/11/07/javier-milei-comforts-post-mamdani-america-dont-let-yourself-be-intimidated-by-local-socialist-victory/amp/
— DHS Fires Back After Democrats Accuse ICE of Lying in Viral Arrest Video: ‘Smears Fuel Violence Against Agents’
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2025/11/07/dhs-fires-back-after-democrats-accuse-ice-of-lying-in-viral-arrest-video-smears-fuel-violence-against-agents/amp/

COLLEGE FIX
— More college students favor socialism than capitalism. DD: Socialism discourages and destroys personal responsibility. My parents and teachers promoted personal responsibility. That put me on track to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/more-college-students-favor-socialism-than-capitalism-new-poll-finds/

DAILY CALLER
— Obama Suggests Democrats Should Roll Out Red Carpet For Socialists If They Want To Win. DD: Socialism discourages and destroys personal responsibility. My parents and teachers promoted personal responsibility. That put me on track to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/11/07/obama-suggests-democrats-should-roll-out-red-carpet-for-socialists-if-they-want-to-win/

FOX BUSINESS
— Will the Mamdani moment pressure New York lawmakers to embrace socialism? DD: Socialism discourages and destroys personal responsibility. My parents and teachers promoted personal responsibility. That put me on track to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6384815391112

FOX NEWS
— Their plan was a flood of illegal immigration. Our answer is an immigration moratorium
https://www.aol.com/news/plan-flood-illegal-immigration-answer-100008309.html

NEW AMERICAN
— Illegal Alien Elected Mayor of St. Paul, Minnesota
https://thenewamerican.com/us/immigration/illegal-alien-elected-mayor-of-st-paul-minnesota/

NEWSMAX
— George Santos: Leaving NYC After Mamdani Victory
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/george-santos-new-york-city-zohran-mamdani/2025/11/07/id/1233657/
— Dems would rather endanger children than send back illegals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qksxFGk3LuE

TOWNHALL
— Mamdani’s Win Began in America’s Classrooms
https://townhall.com/columnists/gregory-lyakhov/2025/11/07/zohran-mamdanis-win-began-in-americas-classrooms-n2666107
— The Evil Unleashed in 2008: From Obama, to Biden, to Harris, to Mamdani
https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffdavidson/2025/11/08/the-evil-unleashed-in-2008-from-obama-to-biden-to-harris-to-mamdani-n2666141

WESTERN JOURNAL
— After Mamdani Victory, DeSantis Makes NYPD Officers an Offer They Can’t Refuse. “The $5k recruitment bonus we give to new officers will be utilized by a number of these NYPD officers,” DeSantis wrote.
https://www.westernjournal.com/mamdani-victory-desantis-makes-nypd-officers-offer-cant-refuse/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Axelrod calls ADL’s response to Mamdani’s election ‘shockingly gratuitous’
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5595198-axelrod-criticizes-adl-response/

CNN
— Mamdani’s speechwriter says his victory speech was meant to sound defiant
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/08/politics/video/zohran-mamdanis-speechwritersays-victory-speech-was-meant-to-sound-defiant
— Democrats are more enthusiastic about the midterms as Trump’s approval hits a second-term low. DD: To defeat Republican candidates, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly unite those who are liberal, 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 AGAINST those who are  conservative, 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.cnn.com/2025/11/03/politics/cnn-poll-democrats-trump-midterms

MSN
— NYC Wealth Exodus Accelerates After Mamdani’s Socialist Victory. DD: Socialism discourages and destroys personal responsibility. My parents and teachers promoted personal responsibility. That put me on track to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/realestate/nyc-wealth-exodus-accelerates-after-mamdani-s-socialist-victory/ar-AA1Q2xAf?ocid=finance-verthp-feeds
— NYC’s new socialist mayor-elect Mamdani visits mosque during trip to Puerto Rico. DD: Socialism discourages and destroys personal responsibility. My parents and teachers promoted personal responsibility. That put me on track to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license.
https://www.msn.com/en-ae/news/other/nyc-s-new-socialist-mayor-elect-zohran-mamdani-visits-mosque-during-trip-to-puerto-rico/ar-AA1Q1LYb?cvid=690ef2f83b014138be1bc4bca946319f

YAHOO
— NO EVIDENCE Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani Plans To Convert Trump Tower In New York City Into Homeless Shelter
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/fact-check-no-evidence-mayor-071341168.html

ABC NEWS
— Immigrants with health conditions may be denied visas under new Trump administration guidance
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/immigrants-health-conditions-denied-visas-new-trump-administration/story?id=127294699

CBS NEWS
— Over 250,000 Venezuelans in U.S., including thousands in South Florida, to lose Temporary Protected Status
https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/venezuelans-south-florida-lose-temporary-protected-status-tps-2025/
— Mamdani serves meals at Islamic center in Puerto Rico
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/video/zohran-mamdani-serves-meals-at-islamic-center-in-puerto-rico/

NBC NEW YORK
— Mayor-elect Mamdani in Puerto Rico for Somos Conference
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/video/on-air/as-seen-on/mayor-elect-zohran-mamdani-in-puerto-rico-for-somos-conference-2/6415922/

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH NINE PHOTOS: Hegseth Is Purging Military Leaders With Little Explanation. DD: I worked for GAO in its Chicago office for almost 18 years. Every time the Democrats in DC who ran the agency assigned a new office manager, they gave that manager a list of employees to purge. Of course, I was on all those lists. The more of the following that employees were, the higher that they were on those lists: Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.  I never would have survived for almost 18 years if I had not a) earned an MBA when I was 27, b) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, c) earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, d) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32, e) became a licensed CPA when I was 32, f) earned four more job-related professional certifications when I was 41, 45, 47, and 48, and g) earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading when I was 48.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/us/politics/hegseth-firing-military-leaders.html
— Supreme Court Temporarily Allows Trump to Curtail Food Stamp Funding
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11/07/us/trump-news-shutdown
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Fuentes against Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/us/politics/nick-fuentes-trump.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Chicago mayor implores U.N. body to investigate ‘abusive’ immigration campaign. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson accused the Trump administration of violating the “dignity of all Chicagoans” with violent raids and arbitrary detentions.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/11/07/chicago-mayor-immigration-ice-trump-united-nations/
— Progressives warn Democrats against alienating the left and blast Schumer’s Senate leadership. Democrats are riding high after Election Day wins and some are capitalizing on the victory of New York City Mayor-Elect Mamdani.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/11/07/democrats-progressives-election/5d68a164-bc30-11f0-b389-38cf5ff33d6f_story.html
— Is this really the future of the Democratic Party?  Will Mamdani lead the way?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/11/07/dick-cheney-redistricting-lurie-mamdani/

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— An Emboldened Mamdani Sheds Conciliatory Tone
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/nyregion/zohran-mamdani-wins-interview.html
— What Mamdani’s election really says about voters. 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.nydailynews.com/2025/11/07/what-mamdanis-election-really-says-about-voters/

USA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders promote Mamdani’s wife
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/politics/2025/11/07/who-is-rama-duwaji/87155009007/

LAS VEWGAS REVIEW JOURNAL
— Greedy capitalists lead Americans to support socialism. DD: Socialism discourages and destroys personal responsibility. My parents and teachers promoted personal responsibility. That put me on track to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license.
https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/letters/letter-greedy-capitalists-lead-americans-to-support-socialism-3534747/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Campus DEI Persists, Even in Texas. ‘Health equity’ remains one of the foundational curricular pillars of UT Austin’s medical school.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/campus-dei-persists-even-in-texas-12748f45?mod=opinion_lead_pos8

BUSINESS INSIDER
— Why young people may turn on capitalism is circulating after Zohran Mamdani’s win. DD: Socialism discourages and destroys personal responsibility. My parents and teachers promoted personal responsibility. That put me on track to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license.
https://www.businessinsider.com/peter-thiel-email-socialism-zohran-mamdani-student-debt-housing-2025-11

KELLEY & DRYE
— DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government ever-increasingly used Affirmative Action and DEI to make their workplaces more hostile to their employees who were Republican, conservative, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I should write about that.
https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/labor-days/can-dei-training-create-a-hostile-environment

NPR
— ADL explains its Mamdani Monitor initiative: ‘Never had a candidate like this before’
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/07/nx-s1-5599931/anti-defamation-league-mamdani-monitor-jonathan-greenblatt

REASON
— Mamdani’s Win Suggests a Socialist Future for Democrats and a Rocky One for American Politics. Many in the rising generation are embracing collectivist ideas. DD: Socialism discourages and destroys personal responsibility. My parents and teachers promoted personal responsibility. That put me on track to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license.
https://reason.com/2025/11/07/mamdanis-win-suggests-a-socialist-future-for-democrats-and-a-rocky-one-for-american-politics/

AXIOS
— College students prefer socialism to capitalism. DD: Socialism discourages and destroys personal responsibility. My parents and teachers promoted personal responsibility. That put me on track to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license.
https://www.axios.com/2025/11/01/socialism-capitalism-college-voters

MONTHLY REVIEW
— The World Wants to Advance to Socialism. DD: Socialism discourages and destroys personal responsibility. My parents and teachers promoted personal responsibility. That put me on track to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license.
https://monthlyreview.org/articles/the-world-wants-to-advance-to-socialism/

FREE PRESS
— Capitalism Isn’t Working for Young People. DD: Socialism discourages and destroys personal responsibility. My parents and teachers promoted personal responsibility. That put me on track to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license.
https://www.thefp.com/p/peter-thiel-capitalism-isnt-working-for-young-people

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

CBC
— What Mamdani’s win means to this Gen Z New Yorker
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6971324

SPECTATOR
— New York is not the city that Mamdani pretends it is
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/new-york-is-not-the-city-that-mamdani-pretends-it-is/

DISPATCH
— Do Americans Love Socialism? Or Do They Just Hate the Status Quo?  DD: Socialism discourages and destroys personal responsibility. My parents and teachers promoted personal responsibility. That put me on track to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license.
https://thedispatch.com/article/socialism-mamdani-capitalism/

HINDU
— In Israel, Mamdani’s win in New York stirs alarm over shifting U.S. attitudes
https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/in-israel-zohran-mamdanis-win-in-new-york-stirs-alarm-over-shifting-us-attitudes/article70255616.ece
— Socialism gaining global appeal. DD: Socialism discourages and destroys personal responsibility. My parents and teachers promoted personal responsibility. That put me on track to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license.
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/socialism-gaining-global-appeal-imperialism-losing-grip-cpim-leader/article70253352.ece/amp/

HINDUSTAN TIMES
— Mamdani At Mosque In Puerto Rico After NYC Mayor Election Win
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oveHda1wr34
— Why Indian-origin Zohran Mamdani’s big New York win has led to a ‘chill’ in Israel
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/after-indian-origin-zohran-mamdani-wins-big-in-us-a-chill-in-israel-heres-why-101762586119086.html

INDIA TODAY
— Indian-Origin Mayor’s Historic NYC Win; Zoran Mamdani Clashes With Donald Trump
https://www.indiatoday.in/india/video/indian-origin-mayors-historic-nyc-win-zoran-mamdani-clashes-with-donald-trump-ytvd-2815717-2025-11-08

TIMES OF INDIA
— Mamdani and the end of American innocence
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/burnt-coffee/zohran-mamdani-and-the-end-of-american-innocence/
— Big Apple has fallen far from its capitalist tree – to a socialist
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/big-apple-has-fallen-far-from-its-capitalist-tree-to-a-socialist/articleshow/125112537.cms
— Google, Microsoft and Facebook parent company Meta have halted their annual diversity reports
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/google-microsoft-and-meta-have-stopped-this-10-year-old-employee-related-practice/articleshow/125183066.cms

INDIAN EXPRESS
— If Mamdani’s win marks a political shift, wife Rama Duwaji’s fashion marks a cultural one, By choosing a laser-etched tatreez top by a Palestinian designer, the First Lady of New York City turned fashion into a statement of identity, resistance, and solidarity
https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/rama-duwaji-zohran-mamdani-tatreez-palestinian-new-york-10353252/
— Mamdani begins NYC mayoral journey with South Asian feast, digs into ‘chili chicken with tingmo bread, aloo dum’ and chai. The freshly elected NYC mayor also shared a plate of momos with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez over lunch at Nepalese restaurant Jackson Heights in Queens.
https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/food-wine/zohran-mamdani-nyc-mayor-tingmo-bread-chili-chicken-aloo-dum-10351616/
— Mamdani wasn’t gracious to his opponents. But the city of ambition has an overlord who understands it. “New York, New York” is no longer the unofficial anthem of the city. At the end of his victory speech, Mamdani walked off the stage with a Bollywood hit song, ‘Dhoom Machale’ playing in the background. It translates to “have a blast.”
https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/zohran-mamdani-wasnt-gracious-to-his-opponents-but-the-city-of-ambition-has-an-overlord-who-understands-it-10352390/

FORWARD
— From Texas to Tel Aviv, invitations go out to Jews fleeing ‘Mamdani’s New York’  In Maryland, a new Jewish federation moved up its launch to capitalize on a threatened — but hardly guaranteed — exodus.
https://forward.com/fast-forward/782122/from-texas-to-tel-aviv-invitations-go-out-to-jews-fleeing-mamdanis-new-york/

EXPRESS CONNECTION
— Mamdani has appointed former US Federal Trade Commission Chairperson Lina Maliha Khan, a renowned Pakistani-American legal scholar, to co-chair his transition team.
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2576456/mamdani-picks-pak-american-to-co-lead-transition-team

DAILY STAR
— What socialist Mamdani’s victory means at the heart of capitalism. DD: Socialism discourages and destroys personal responsibility. My parents and teachers promoted personal responsibility. That put me on track to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license.
https://www.thedailystar.net/opinion/views/news/what-socialist-mamdanis-victory-means-the-heart-capitalism-4027906

BLACK STAR NEWS
— A Socialist Win In NYC: How, Why, & What It Means. DD: Socialism discourages and destroys personal responsibility. My parents and teachers promoted personal responsibility. That put me on track to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license.
https://blackstarnews.com/a-socialist-win-in-nyc-how-why-what-it-means/

ECONOMIC TIMES
— Harris, Sunak or Mamdani could spoil the ‘West’ by recreating it with ‘Indian characteristics’
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/opinion/et-editorial/harris-sunak-or-mamdani-could-spoil-the-west-by-recreating-it-with-indian-characteristics/articleshow/125167259.cms?from=mdr

ECONOMIST
— Mamdani lost in parts of NYC that look most like America. Our analysis shows why his victory is no model for Democrats elsewhere.
https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2025/11/07/zohran-mamdani-lost-in-parts-of-nyc-that-look-most-like-america

TELEGRAPH
— Mamdani has started a war the Democrats cannot win. Both radicals and ‘moderates’ now have empirical evidence to prove their approach wins elections. The party is fatally divided.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/comment/2025/11/07/zohran-mamdani-democrats-war-cannot-win/

JNS
— Mamdani’s triumph is likely to embolden leftists in the West. For European observers, in particular, the success of the Red-Green alliance in the New York City mayoral race should be a wake-up call.
https://www.jns.org/mamdanis-triumph-is-likely-to-embolden-leftists-in-the-west/

November 7, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Federal judge Sara Ellis issued a preliminary injunction on federal immigration agents’ use of force as part of Operation Midway Blitz.  Ellis said the government lied under oath, saying federal agents’ conduct in the Chicagoland area shows no signs of stopping.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-federal-judge-issue-decision-immigration-agents-use-force-ahead-tro-expiring/18119861/
— CBP Chief Bovino, federal agents seen roaming Chicago’s Southwest Side
https://abc7chicago.com/post/head-cbp-gregory-bovino-federal-immigration-agents-seen-roaming-chicagos-southwest-side-little-village-neighborhood/18122293/
— Supreme Court lets Trump block transgender and nonbinary people from choosing passport sex marker
https://abc7chicago.com/post/supreme-court-lets-trump-block-transgender-nonbinary-people-choosing-passport-sex-markers/18121930/

CBS2
— Judge grants preliminary injunction against Bovino, federal agents over use of force
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-immigration-gregory-bovino-preliminary-injunction-judge-sara-ellis/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Judge orders release of US Border Patrol head Gregory Bovino deposition videos
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/06/chicago-bovino-videos-immigration/
— Judge issues sweeping injunction on Chicago tactics of immigration agents
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/06/operation-midway-blitz-injunction/
— Federal judge orders Trump administration to fully fund SNAP benefits in November
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/06/snap-funding-ruling/
— Rumors of ICE agents housed in Deerfield area sparks protests: ‘They shouldn’t be here’
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/06/deerfield-area-ice-protest/
— ‘Immigration enforcement’ and ‘day care center’ do not belong in the same headline
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/06/editorial-immigration-enforcement-day-care/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Federal judge enters broader order governing feds’ use of force during immigration blitz
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/11/06/judge-sara-ellis-operation-midway-blitz-tear-gas-deportation-campaign
— DD: The mainstream news media exists a) to elect and to reelect Democrat candidates and b) to defeat Republican candidates.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/11/06/watch-how-government-propaganda-techniques-portray-chicago-as-a-city-at-war-with-the-feds
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/11/06/parents-advocates-day-care-teacher-ice-arrest
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/11/06/minister-david-black-gregory-bovino-broadview-pepperballs-protest-court-ruling-sara-ellis

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE: Elgin resolution bans federal immigration agents from staging, gathering on city-owned property
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251106/news/elgin-resolution-bans-federal-immigration-agents-from-staging-gathering-on-city-owned-property/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Illinois forbids outdoor cannabis farms. A giant weed company wants to change that. DD: In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/cannabis/why-illinois-weed-companies-arent-allowed-grow-outside

WGN RADIO
— Federal judge orders Trump admin to provide full SNAP payments
https://wgnradio.com/news/federal-judge-orders-trump-admin-to-provide-full-snap-payments/

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their illegals.
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2025/11/06/ae/sanctuary-stories-combines-journalism-and-theater-to-spotlight-chicago-residents-response-to-immigration-enforcement/

JOURNAL COURIER
— DD: Democrat candidates promote more than just hatred against Trump, they promote socialism, dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the Second Amendment, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, national origin discrimination, and even worse things.
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/opinion/article/it-anti-trump-message-john-a-tures-21127545.php

COURIER JOUNAL
— Democrats ever-increasingly call Republicans racists. To call someone in America a racist today is like calling someone in Germany a Jew in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. Nazis ran Germany in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. Democrats run America today.
https://www.courier-journal.com/story/opinion/contributors/2025/11/07/democrats-republicans-white-supremacy-racism-maga/86935242007/

RIVER BENDER
— Duckworth, Moran Introduce Resolution to Recognize 50th Anniversary of the End of the Vietnam War. DD: How has the Vietnam War impacted you? I avoided the Vietnam War draft. Most, and at times virtually all, of my superiors were Democrat veterans. They blamed Nixon for America losing the war. They especially blamed Republicans like me who avoided the draft for America losing the war. They took their anger/hatred against Nixon and Republicans out on me. They stressed that if I had not avoided the draft, I would not have been able to a) buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967. b) buy a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, c) graduate debt-free from NIU in 1970, d) buy a new 1972 Corvette in 1971, e) buy a new townhome in 1972, f) buy condos in downtown Chicago in 1974 and 1976, g) earn an MBA in 1976, h) get married and buy a home in Wheaton in 1978, i) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, j) earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, k) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, l) become a licensed CPA in 1981, m) etc. My Democrat veteran Post Office superiors disallowed my sick leave requests in 1968 and 1969 and forced me to resign in 1969. My Democrat veteran Firestone Store boss rudely fired me in 1971. My Democrat veteran IRS superiors disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, disallowed my education expenses in 1978, and never promoted me beyond GS-12. My Democrat veteran GAO superiors forced me to take $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS, delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, etc. They used Affirmative Action to take the aforesaid adverse actions against me.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/duckworth-moran-introduce-resolution-to-recognize-50th-anniversary-of-the-end-of-the-vietnam-war—87969.cfm

POLITICO
— Judge slams feds’ credibility
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/11/07/judge-slams-feds-credibility-00641635

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/11/07/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-628/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/11/06/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-419/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— November 7, 2025
https://us10.campaign-archive.com/?e=19fa91a7b3&u=7f97bb358e660a3d3fb24306a&id=bade2fe540

JOHN KASS
— Increased Risk of Schizophrenia in Youthful Users Is Another Reason for the FDA to Regulate Marijuana. DD: I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton. How has pot impacted you? A registered Republican voter in my precinct was arrested for pot. He went on to burn down his church in downtown Wheaton and then try to assassinate the DuPage County States Attorney. He is still in prison.
https://johnkassnews.com/increased-risk-of-schizophrenia-in-youthful-users-is-another-reason-for-the-fda-to-regulate-marijuana/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— LaHood Has Hard Charging Republican Challenger
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/06/lahood-has-a-republican-challenger/
— Reick Dissects Democrats Mass Transit Tax Hike Bill and Reports on Other Parts of the Recent “Veto” Session
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/06/reick-dissects-democrats-mass-transit-tax-hike-bill-and-reports-on-other-parts-of-the-recent-veto-session/
— Marengo To Discuss Possibility of Metra Station
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/06/marengo-to-discuss-possibility-of-metra-station/
— Public Pressure Against Recapturing Property Tax Authority Supposedly Given Away after Passage of the Quarter of One Percent Sales Tax for Mental Health May Be Working
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/07/public-pressure-against-recapturing-property-tax-authority-supposedly-given-away-after-passage-of-the-quarter-of-one-percent-sales-tax-for-mental-health-may-be-working/
— 8.74% Property Tax Hike Sought by Huntley Park District
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/06/8-74-property-tax-hike-sought-by-huntley-park-district/
— Pritzker Beats New York City to Government-Financed Grocery Store
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/06/pritzker-beats-new-york-city-to-government-finance-grocery-store/
— Senator Sue Rezin Comments on Democrats’ Energy Bill
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/06/13900/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Low-income and minority public school students are struggling, scoring well below average. DD: How much money did your parents have? My critics/opponents have always falsely hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my parents were filthy rich, and that is why I was able to get an ACT score of 24, graduate in the upper 20% of my class, get accepted by UIC, etc. They ignore/dismiss/belittle the fact that I had to work my way through college.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/low-income-students-16-points-below-illinois-average/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Mamdani in Puerto Rico for an annual conference of New York political insiders
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/6/zohran-mamdani-puerto-rico-annual-conference-new-york-political/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Illegal immigrant truck drivers face bump in the road as ICE hits US highways
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3878423/illegal-immigrant-truck-drivers-ice-highways/

NEW YORK POST
— Why so many New Yorkers were swayed by the lies of socialism and Zohran Mamdani. DD: My critics/opponents have no problem with Mamdani if not promote him.
https://nypost.com/2025/11/06/opinion/why-so-many-new-yorkers-were-swayed-by-the-lies-of-socialism-and-zohran-mamdani/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On Tuesday, New Yorkers — by a slight majority, but a majority nonetheless — endorsed Zohran Mamdani and the proud, unrepentant form of socialism he champions as the answer to, as least as he presents it, all of their woes. “We will prove that there is no problem too large for government to solve, and no concern too small for it to care about,” Mamdani declared during his victory speech, an inversion of Ronald Reagan’s famous truism. At least some of the Big Apple’s lurch to the far left is attributable to the 34-year-old’s undeniable political talent. But there are greater, or — to be blunt — more sinister forces at work. Most insidious of all are two intertwined lies: that Americans today have it worse than their forebearers and that their wealthy peers bear the blame for their plight. Campaigning is the art of hearing people, and Mamdani heard New Yorkers better than anyone. They and their countrymen remain alarmed by the cost of living across a wide variety of goods and services: from housing, to groceries, to child care to transportation. These are real concerns that no voter should be ashamed of expressing and every politician worth their salt ought to devote their time and energy to alleviating. These justifiable feelings have been unjustly compounded, though, by progressives’ relentless demoralization campaign. Want to buy a house? Not in this economy, they say. Need health care? Good luck. Are you hopeful your kids will enjoy a better life than you did? They won’t.  Never mind whether any of that is true, these claims are meant to discourage Americans into handing more power over to the government — and it’s working. Moreover, the treatment Mamdani and his comrades propose will make New Yorkers’ real problems worse. Instead of telling his soon-to-be constituents that they are the masters of their own lives — and trying to cultivate the necessary conditions for them to improve their lot — the mayor-elect’s message to his followers is that they have somehow been gipped. His celebration of his ticket to Gracie Mansion on Tuesday included denunciations of “bad landlords” and “billionaires,” as well the assertion, “For as long as we can remember, the working people of New York have been told by the wealthy and the well-connected that power does not belong in their hands.” Blame games  It is tempting to buy into the blame game that Mamdani has turned into such a potent weapon. To some, it comes as a great relief to believe that every errant degree they’ve pursued, every frivolous dollar they’ve spent, indeed, every mistake they’ve ever made can be chalked up to some successful person or entity pulling a fast one over them. And to hear that it is someone else’s job to get them back on track. But then again, this message — disguised as it is by flowery language, a remarkable faux generosity of spirit and seemingly optimistic utopianism — is actually astonishingly bleak. What Zohran Mamdani and his fellow travelers are telling people is that they live in a dystopia in which they lack the power to better themselves. That they’re being dragged down by anchors from which only the government can free them. And if they can’t do anything about their problems, why should they try? This accountability-free approach is alluring at first glance, but a shortfall of self-responsibility always leads to a surplus of self-loathing. Moreover, the socialist dream has been, paradoxically, kept alive by American politicians’ already pernicious spending habits. Contrary to Mamdani’s claims, the United States has hardly been practicing trickle-up austerity. As of this week, America owes its creditors over $38 trillion. Is it any wonder that voters — who have yet to suffer the worst consequences of the debt crisis — wonder why they shouldn’t receive free health care, child care, transportation and more for this substantial cost? Holding people back The charge is even more curious in New York, where the city and state enjoy ritual increases passed as a matter of course by its homogenous, left-wing leaders, who have saddled their constituents with countless taxes, regulations and union concessions — you know, the kind of malignant nuisances that actually hold people back. Mamdani wants to worsen the housing crisis with price controls; why not unshackle its builders instead? Rather than stripping gifted students of opportunities to excel, why not extend the offer to more? And if there are a dearth of well-paying jobs in the city, shouldn’t he be trying to attract, rather than antagonize, employers? The siren song of socialism always begins so beautifully. The extravagant promises, the dearth of trade-offs: It’s John Lennon’s “Imagine” come to life. But Americans had best plug their ears and look past the fog to the rocky shores ahead. Because they, not the bogeymen of Mamdani’s campaign, are at the helm.)
— ‘Tax the rich’ chant breaks out as Gov. Hochul takes the stage at Zohran Mamdani, NY AG Letitia James event
https://nypost.com/2025/11/06/us-news/mayor-elect-zohran-mamdani-will-cohost-reception-with-ally-letitia-james-at-influential-somos-retreat-in-puerto-rico-as-gov-kathy-hochul-holds-overlapping-event/
— Long Island GOP surges as insiders warn Zohran Mamdani’s agenda has ‘no allure in the suburbs’
https://nypost.com/2025/11/06/us-news/long-island-gop-surges-as-insiders-warn-zohran-mamdanis-agenda-has-no-allure-in-the-suburbs/
— GOP senators push to deport illegal immigrant welfare ‘fraudsters,’ ban them from US permanently
https://nypost.com/2025/11/06/us-news/gop-senators-push-to-deport-illegal-immigrant-welfare-fraudsters/

AMERICAN THINKER
— How Mamdani Won New York DD: My critics/opponents have no problem with Mamdani if not promote him.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/11/how_mamdani_won_new_york.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Why the hell did Americans choose a communist like Mamdani in the first place to put him up in an election that was a sure-fire Democrat win? The answer comes in two parts, beginning with the rise of equity in America. Equity is a sleek euphemism that’s gained cultural rizz for Progressive Americans who believe the future lies in a virulent form of social Marxism that’s cloaked in woke cultural rizz of transgender rights, social justice, equality, fairness, tolerance, critical race theory, DEI, anti-racism, white supremacy, and systemic inequality. It’s an expansion of Marxist theory, transformed by critical theory and postmodern philosophy, which connects with the emotions of those who suffer the harsh realities of inner-city poverty and violence perpetrated by generations of Leftist policy. Rather than take responsibility for the urban decay that undeniably spews from their liberalism, Democrats turned to equity’s neo-Marxist message, declaring that the suffrage in New York was the result genocidal oppression of America’s Western, Judeo-Christian, capitalist ideals (enforced by the fascist Trump administration) that created the endless inequalities of wealth, education, race, crime, incarceration, gender, sexual preference, patriarchy, and white supremacy that were systemically devouring inner-city New Yorkers. Equity was the only solution to end inequalities, because it would ensure comprehensive equal outcomes for all by imposing economic justice, tolerance, gender freedom, absolute sexual liberation, and anti-racism; it’s the last great hope of liberating humanity. Mamdani claimed his vision could deliver New York, which resonated with those who suffered from inner-city decay and despair. Equity has captured the minds of New Yorkers because it offers a new moral vision of “hope” and unlimited freedom, as a nation facing an existential crisis leaves Christianity in record numbers. People who need a new secular religion to replace Christianity were drawn to equity’s promise to bring justice and deliverance of a progressive and permissive post-Christian society. Everyone who suffered the oppression of poverty, hunger, incarceration, white supremacy, homophobia, and transphobia would thrive in racial and economic equality. They would be equally free to choose the lifestyle they want and the pleasure they deserve, all without condemnation. And the rich are finally going to surrender their wealth to pay for it all. The Left, and many in America, are buying in. It boggles the mind that this genocidal narrative that’s failed all through history has become truth in the uncritical mind. But the Left has abandoned reason for the post-truth world of emotions, a second critical point that led to Mamdani’s win. We live in a post-truth world where feelings and emotions determine reality, and facts and reason no longer matter. Today, the feelings, preferences, and desires that confirm our pre-existing narratives and cognitive biases define our individual “truths.” It’s the consequence of the postmodern movement’s quiet destruction of reason and rational thought, which has successfully undermined our confidence that truth exists and that facts, data, logic, and common sense accurately describe the world.  Philosophers argued that rationalism could not intrinsically justify its claim that facts were derived from objective reality.  There was no objective truth; facts were simply beliefs and opinions in a world of moral relativism. Postmodernism’s successful destruction of truth left humanity in a bind.  People needed another way to interpret the world once they left rationalism behind. Emotivism, which argued that preferences, attitudes, or feelings determined all our value judgments, replaced truth and reason as post-truth became the choice of a nation determined to bask in the glow of its emotions. Today, the death of facts has liberated the world from the inconvenience of verification or falsification; “truth” is whatever aligns with feelings, emotions, and preferences. Ben Shapiro’s “Facts don’t care about your feelings” is a reaction to post-truth’s devastating effect on the nation. What happens when you offer equity as liberation to a vast number of people who have little hope of escaping the suffering and rely on their emotions to confirm predetermined anti-Western narratives? They accept it as reality without critical evaluation because a post-truth world doesn’t rely on the facts of failed Leftist policies. Feelings convince them that their suffering is caused by the racism, greed, and religious bigotry imposed under decades of Republican fascism. It is a perfect storm to resonate within the hearts of those who suffer generations of poverty, violence, and the loss of hope. This is how Mamdani won: his rise in New York followed the same path that brought Lenin, Stalin, Mao, and Pol Pot to power. They promised to rescue the suffering masses, yet the masses didn’t understand political theory or have the capacity to comprehend what Marxism meant for their future. Critical thinking wasn’t part of the equation; they wanted an end to their pain and suffering imposed by the heavy hands of the Tsars and the oligarchs of their day. They trusted anyone who offered deliverance from oppression and the promise of unlimited freedom and prosperity. One can hardly blame them, yet they suffered beyond imagination for generations. Over 100 million died and nearly all experienced starvation, torture, imprisonment, and, most importantly of all, the near-total loss of their freedom. We must come to terms with the implications of Mamdani’s victory. It would be easy to rationalize it as New York’s momentary loss of sanity, telling ourselves that the communist new dark age that tormented the USSR, China, and Cambodia could never happen here. But, as Mamdani’s win shows us, anything is possible in a post-truth world of pain and suffering. Even here in America.)
— The oath must come first; The American Experiment: Assimilation, Not Exception; The Oath Is Not Optional; The Danger of Disingenuous Leadership; A Call for Civic Renewal
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/11/the_oath_must_come_first.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: I recently listened to a speech by Zohran Mamdani, the newly elected mayor of New York City.  In it, he unapologetically proclaimed, “I am Muslim, and I refuse to apologize for it.”  He also declared that he would serve all New Yorkers.  But the question must be asked: Will he serve as an American, bound by the U.S. Constitution and the principles of liberty, individualism, and civic duty?  Or will he serve as a Muslim first, potentially guided more by cultural or ideological convictions than by the constitutional framework he swore to uphold?
This is not a question of religious prejudice; it is a question of civic integrity.  The American experiment is built on the premise that public office is not a platform for cultural pride or ideological expression.  It is a sacred trust rooted in allegiance to the Constitution.  When one assumes public office in the United States, he swears an oath to uphold that document.  That oath is not symbolic.  It is binding.  It demands that personal ideologies, religious convictions, and cultural traditions be subordinated to the rule of law and the principles of liberty, individualism, and constitutional fidelity.)

BLAZE
— What it really means to be a conservative in America today
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/what-it-really-means-to-be-a-conservative-in-america-today

BREITBART
— Speaker Johnson: ‘No Surprises’ on Election Day that Blue Cities and States Voted Democrat
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/11/06/speaker-johnson-no-surprises-on-election-day-that-blue-cities-and-states-voted-democrat/amp/
— Senate Dems ‘Unified’ on Continuing Government Shutdown Despite Negotiations from Republicans
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/11/06/report-senate-dems-unified-continuing-government-shutdown-despite-negotiations/
— Florida Real Estate Surges as New Yorkers ‘Nervous’ About Socialist Mamdani
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/11/06/developer-florida-real-estate-surges-as-people-are-nervous-about-socialist-zohran-mamdani/

DAILY CALLER
— Here’s What Mayor Mamdani Can (And Can’t) Accomplish On Day One
https://dailycaller.com/heres-what-mayor-mamdani-can-and-cant-accomplish-on-day-one/

FOX BUSINESS
— Mamdani’s election is a ‘wake-up call’ for all Americans
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6384766646112

FOX NEWS
— Trump warns of ‘communism’ following Mamdani’s win
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6384762904112
— Key Trump ally jumps into New York governor’s race days after shocking Mamdani mayoral victory. MAGA star Stefanik launching 2026 New York challenge to ‘worst governor in America’ Hochul.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/maga-star-stefanik-jumps-new-york-governor-race-days-after-shocking-mamdani-nyc-mayoral-win
— Karine Jean-Pierre calls Dems’ hesitation to endorse Mamdani a ‘big mistake’
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6384764332112
— Left-wing New Hampshire professor smeared Charlie Kirk for ‘white supremacy’ after assassination
https://www.foxnews.com/us/left-wing-new-hampshire-professor-smeared-charlie-kirk-for-white-supremacy-after-assassination

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Mamdani Begging for Supporters to Send Money to His Transition Team. Typical commie.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/11/mamdani-begging-for-supporters-to-send-money-to-his-transition-team/

NEWSMAX
— The left thinks illegals are better than Americans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsDBOinvug8

PJ MEDIA
— An illegal alien from Colombia who facilitated the illegal entry of her children via human smugglers into our country tried to hide from ICE inside a Chicago daycare.
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/11/06/illegal-bursts-into-barricades-daycare-to-evade-ice-n4945700

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— With Chicago caught in ICE storm, school attendance takes a hit. DD: What percent of the parents of Chicago students are illegals?
https://wirepoints.org/with-chicago-caught-in-ice-storm-school-attendance-takes-a-hit-the-hill/

ABC NEWS
— Mamdani clinches the votes of young people, newcomers to NYC. DD: From what I see, the more of the following that Mamdani voters are, the more likely that they 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://abcnews.go.com/Politics/mamdani-clinches-votes-young-people-newcomers-nyc-experts/story?id=127216885
(FROM THGE ARTICLE: Mamdani, the 34-year-old democratic socialist, captured 78% of voters under 30 and 66% of those voters 30 to 44 in Tuesday’s election, according to ABC News exit polls, conducted by SSRS. Among voters 45 to 64, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo edged out Mamdani, 53% to 47%. A majority of voters 65 and older (55%) voted for Cuomo while 36% voted for Mamdani. Additionally, newcomers to the city were some of the most likely voters in the state to vote for Mamdani, with 81% of those who have lived in New York City less than 10 years supporting him, the exit polls found. Along with his electoral success among younger and newer New Yorkers, Mamdani also earned support from 55% of voters who lived in the city for over 10 years, but were not born in the city. More of those who were born in New York City voted for Cuomo (49%) than Mamdani (38%), according to the exit polls. More first-time New York City mayoral voters also voted for Mamdani than those who have previously voted for mayor in the city, 66% versus 47%, the exit polls found. Greer said this accomplishment in gathering the majority of the youth’s vote was through Mamdani’s engagement in social media, along with the campaign’s clear message about working as a community.)
— Trump taps DEI critic to lead workplace civil rights agency
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/trump-taps-dei-critic-lead-workplace-civil-rights-127268150

NBC NEWS
— Mamdani vows New York will lead opposition to Trump in victory speech
https://www.aol.com/articles/mamdani-vows-york-lead-opposition-053807252.html

CNN
— New York’s new mayor is India’s pride – and a fierce critic of the country’s leader
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/07/us/new-york-mamdani-india-analysis-intl-hnk
— Democratic socialism, according to Zohran Mamdani
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/democratic-socialism-according-zohran-mamdani-220307351.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Mamdani Wants to Tax the Rich.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/nyregion/mamdani-hochul-childcare-tax.html
— New York City Mayoral Election Results DD: Mamdani got the most votes from those who are Black, Hispanic, renters, and public transportation users.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/11/04/us/elections/results-new-york-city-mayor.html
— Rent-Stabilized to Rent-Free? Mamdani Could Be Headed to Gracie Mansion. Five bedrooms. A ballroom. A full-time chef. The official mayoral residence in New York City could not be more different from Zohran Mamdani’s current home.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/nyregion/mamdani-gracie-mansion-nyc-mayor.html
— Anti-Defamation League Creates Antisemitism Tip Line Focused on Mamdani. The group, which has taken aim at Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani over his criticism of Israel, is facing backlash after unveiling a website where New Yorkers could report incidents of antisemitism.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/nyregion/zohran-mamdani-monitor-antisemitism-adl.html

USA TODAY
— DD: Mamdani’s platform is the Democrat Party’s platform. Will Democrats run Mamdani for President?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/11/06/democrats-won-election-economy-midterms/87108313007/
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters use Mamdani to promote more hatred against Trump. According to them, Mamdani won because he promotes affordability. 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/
— Mamdani’s NYC mayoral win inspires hope among Ugandan youth. Zohran Mamdani’s historic NYC mayoral victory sparks hope and pride among Ugandans in Kampala.
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/2025/11/06/zohran-mamdanis-nyc-win-inspires-ugandan-youth/87136463007/

WION
— Mamdani Announces All-Female Transition Team As He Prepares for New York Mayoralty
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY0bRphb0vs

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Take Mamdani Seriously and Literally. In 1932 and 1980, major ideological shifts lasted for a while. This century we swerve back and forth.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/take-mamdani-seriously-and-literally-192f1285

FORBES
— Tammy Duckworth Slams ‘5-Time Draft Dodger’ Trump. DD: How has the Vietnam War impacted you? I avoided the Vietnam War draft. Most, and at times virtually all, of my superiors were Democrat veterans. They blamed Nixon for America losing the war. They especially blamed Republicans like me who avoided the draft for America losing the war. They took their anger/hatred against Nixon and Republicans out on me. They stressed that if I had not avoided the draft, I would not have been able to a) buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967. b) buy a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, c) graduate debt-free from NIU in 1970, d) buy a new 1972 Corvette in 1971, e) buy a new townhome in 1972, f) buy condos in downtown Chicago in 1974 and 1976, g) earn an MBA in 1976, h) get married and buy a home in Wheaton in 1978, i) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, j) earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, k) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, l) become a licensed CPA in 1981, m) etc. My Democrat veteran Post Office superiors disallowed my sick leave requests in 1968 and 1969 and forced me to resign in 1969. My Democrat veteran Firestone Store boss rudely fired me in 1971. My Democrat veteran IRS superiors disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, disallowed my education expenses in 1978, and never promoted me beyond GS-12. My Democrat veteran GAO superiors forced me to take $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS, delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, etc. They used Affirmative Action to take the aforesaid adverse actions against me.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsX-Ilp197s

FAST COMPANY
— ‘Woke is back’ on social media following Mamdani victory. For the online left, something shifted on Tuesday night.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91436255/zohran-mamdani-twitter-woke-left-new-york-city-politics-election

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

TIMES
— Who is Zohran Mamdani’s wife? Artist fighting ‘American imperialism’  Rama Duwaji, a Syrian-American illustrator, married NYC’s next mayor in a City Hall ceremony this year.
https://www.thetimes.com/us/news-today/article/who-zohran-mamdani-wife-rama-duwaji-election-nyc-mayor-dh6gl6mj3

TIMES OF INDIA
— DD: Mamdani’s win is a critique of capitalism
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/toi-edit-page/why-mamdanis-win-isnt-a-critique-of-capitalism/
— Who is Zohran Mamdani’s wife? How did he meet her?
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/relationships/love-sex/zohran-mamdani-love-story-how-new-yorks-youngest-mayor-met-his-artist-wife-rama-duwaji/articleshow/125096898.cms
— Throwback to the lavish wedding of New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Rama Duwaji​
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/etimes/trending/throwback-to-the-lavish-wedding-of-new-yorks-mayor-zohran-mamdani-and-rama-duwaji/articleshow/125143491.cms

SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
— From unknown rapper to mayor: What Mamdani’s victory can teach the Democrats. Six years ago, Mamdani was an unknown New York rapper with four Twitter followers.
https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/from-unknown-rapper-to-mayor-what-zohran-mamdani-s-victory-can-teach-the-democrats-20251106-p5n8av.html

ECONOMIC TIMES
— Trump criticizes NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, defends ICE raids
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnTWJnUYB6U

HINDUSTAN TIMES
— New Yorkers ‘fleeing’ after Mamdani’s win get offer from Florida sheriff; ‘if you are unhappy’
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/new-yorkers-nypd-fleeing-after-zohran-mamdanis-win-get-offer-from-florida-sheriff-if-you-are-unhappy-101762485267701.html
— Trump’s First Move Against Mamdani? US Prez Hints At Fresh ICE Raids
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cw_g2uYzG58

INDIA TODAY
— Trump to blame for Mamdani victory: Why MAGA knives are out for their hero. The MAGA crowd, Donald Trump’s support base, has gone berserk after electoral defeats in mayoral and gubernatorial polls. Zohran Mamdani’s victory in New York City is particularly stinging. Supporters are blaming Trump, saying his obsession with foreign politics and ignoring crucial domestic issues caused the setbacks.
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/us-news/story/trump-to-blame-for-mamdani-victory-why-maga-knives-are-out-for-their-hero-affordability-shutdown-republican-2814826-2025-11-07

AUSTRALIAN
— Mamdani’s NYC victory is a win for the hipster intifada
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=TAWEB_WRE170_a_GGL&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theaustralian.com.au%2Finquirer%2Fmamdanis-global-intifada-stance-sparks-israelophobia-fears%2Fnews-story%2Fd5ca5145d0d402c7f33af72d32c52ace&memtype=anonymous&mode=premium&v21=GROUPA-Segment-1-NOSCORE&V21spcbehaviour=append

SKY NEWS
— Republicans urged to ‘get their act together’ after Mamdani win
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EZs5q60-hs
— Mamdani sounded ‘less moderate’ during his victory speech
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HREnyhPOpY
— ‘Big split’ looms in Democratic Party despite Zohran Mamdani’s win
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrA110-9koE
— Mamdani blasted for jetting off to ‘luxury resort’ following election win
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXaC4aQBMas

THE WIRE
— Mamdani: How He Won, What It Means and the Political Consequences
https://thewire.in/world/zohran-mamdani-how-he-won-what-it-means-and-the-political-consequences

FIRST POST
— What Zohran Mamdani’s win as New York mayor means for Hindu Americans
https://www.firstpost.com/opinion/zohran-mamdani-nyc-win-lessons-for-hindu-americans-13948673.html

JNS
— Nearly half of Israelis would avoid NYC after Mamdani victory. Eighty-three percent of respondents believe the mayor-elect is an antisemite.
https://www.jns.org/poll-nearly-half-of-israelis-would-avoid-nyc-after-mamdani-victory/
— Tucker Carlson and Zohran Mamdani have a lot in common. Antisemites on the right are reading from the same anti-Israel playbook as their left-wing foes. Is this the future of the Republican and Democratic parties?
https://www.jns.org/tucker-carlson-and-zohran-mamdani-have-a-lot-in-common/

November 6, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Gettleman issues temporary restraining order against DHS for Broadview ICE facility conditions. DD: When my lawsuit against GAO was transferred from Washington DC to Chicago in 2000, it was initially assigned to Gettleman. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-ice-news-judge-set-decide-not-issue-tro-broadview-facility/18115674/
— O’Hare, Midway among airports to have capacity reduced by FAA due to government shutdown
https://abc7chicago.com/post/national-airspace-system-status-chicagos-ohare-midway-among-airports-have-flight-capacity-reduced-faa-due-shutdown/18119855/

SOUTHERN
— Dabrowski campaigns in Marion, calls for lower taxes and local control
https://thesouthern.com/news/dabrowski-campaigns-in-marion-calls-for-lower-taxes-and-local-control/article_50c9bd71-4163-5943-bc19-47d83b865551.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— Amid A-list celebrities’ accusations that Israel is committing “genocide and apartheid” in Gaza, Paramount has reportedly created a “blacklist” of actors and actresses, determined to be “overly antisemitic,” “xenophobic,” or “homophobic.”
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/paramount-accused-of-blacklisting-stars-over-israel-comments-as-ellison-takes-charge-david-ellison-skydance

WGLT
— Trump administration announces 16th deadly strike on drug boats
https://www.wglt.org/2025-11-05/trump-administration-announces-16th-deadly-strike-on-an-alleged-drug-boat

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— ICE roils in courtroom — and classroom
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/11/06/ice-roils-in-courtroom-and-classroom-00639464

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

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— When Culture Overrules Christ: What the Virginia Election Reveals About the Black Church
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/blog/2025/11/05/when-culture-overrules-christ-what-the-virginia-election-reveals-about-the-black-church

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly have their operatives and their dupes glorify and praise their illegals. To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— State Pays $500,000 Apiece for Forty Rental Homes in Madison County
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/06/state-pays-500000-apiece-for-forty-rental-homes-in-madison-county/
— McLaughlin on Explains False Premises of Needing Mass Transit Bailout
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/06/mclaughlin-on-explains-false-premises-of-needing-mass-transit-bailout/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Clocks and soap: Gettleman orders ICE to improve conditions at controversial Chicago-area facility
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/5/judge-orders-ice-improve-conditions-controversial-chicago-area/
— Democrats brace for midterm civil war as ‘old guard’ leaders put on notice. Zohran Mamdani, AOC, Bernie Sanders promise generational and ideological revolution in the Democratic Party.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/6/democrats-brace-midterm-civil-war-old-guard-leaders-put-notice/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— ‘Socialism Is Not a Dirty Word Anymore’: Zohran Mamdani’s Victory Emboldens the Far Left. ‘This is a country that defeated the USSR, unfortunately,’ streamer Hasan Piker said alongside AOC, Jamaal Bowman, and Mehdi Hasan at Mamdani’s victory party. DD: My critics/opponents promote socialism. They blame their problems on capitalism.
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/socialism-is-not-a-dirty-word-anymore-zohran-mamdanis-victory-emboldens-the-far-left/

NEW YORK POST
— NYC Democratic Socialists of America ‘army’ takes credit for Zohran Mamdani’s win, declares it ‘a clear mandate for a Democratic socialist agenda’
https://nypost.com/2025/11/05/us-news/nyc-dsa-army-takes-credit-for-zohran-mamdanis-win-declares-it-a-clear-mandate-for-a-democratic-socialist-agenda/
— Parents began planning to take their kids out of NYC schools minutes after Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral win. DD: My parents sending me Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools put me on track to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license.
https://nypost.com/2025/11/05/us-news/families-are-fleeing-nyc-private-schools-following-mamdani-victory-competing-for-coveted-miami-spots/
— Florida sheriff invites New Yorkers looking to flee city after Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral election win: ‘Beginning of a new life’  DD: What percent of those who flee New York for Florida to escape Democrat socialism will vote for Democrats in Florida? Overwhelmingly, those who fled Chicago for DuPage County to escape Democrat poverty and crime vote for Democrats in DuPage County.
https://nypost.com/2025/11/06/us-news/florida-sheriff-invites-new-yorkers-to-move-after-zohran-mamdani-nyc-mayoral-election/
— Rich New Yorkers freaking out after Zohran Mamdani’s win — but escape options are limited. DD: What percent of those who flee New York for Florida to escape Democrat socialism will vote for Democrats in Florida? Overwhelmingly, those who fled Chicago for DuPage County to escape Democrat poverty and crime vote for Democrats in DuPage County.
https://nypost.com/2025/11/05/business/rich-new-yorkers-freaking-out-after-zohran-mamdanis-win/
— Eric Trump calls Zohran Mamdani ‘crazy,’ says ‘we cannot allow’ socialism to spread countrywide at Turning Point USA event. DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO leaders will ever-increasingly use Mamdani’s election to push more socialism.
https://nypost.com/2025/11/05/us-news/eric-trump-calls-zohran-mamdani-crazy-says-we-cannot-allow-socialism-to-spread-countrywide-at-turning-point-usa-event/
— Kirsten Fleming: No, I’m not leaving NYC because we have a socialist mayor — and neither should you. DD: I should write about all the things that Democrats and RINOs have done to get those who share my demographics to leave Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, my school district, and my precinct. But my ancestors have lived in Illinois since 1854 and I have lived in DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and my school district since 1978 and in my precinct since 1984.
https://nypost.com/2025/11/05/opinion/no-im-not-leaving-nyc-because-we-have-a-socialist-mayor/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: I work here — and for a great New York City publication. Dispatches on subway safety and city life don’t work as well from, say, a couch in West Virginia. (AI told me they have the cheapest housing prices.) The Big Apple is my home. I spent much of my childhood here and have lived in Manhattan for more than two decades. Most of my immediate and extended family are here. Every Sunday we gather in my aunt’s downtown apartment for family dinner. I don’t fly home for Thanksgiving or Christmas. I take the F train to my cousin’s house in Brooklyn. My family has been here for generations. Heck, my paternal grandmother was even stabbed here in 1961. (She survived, thankfully, and moved to a safer neighborhood in The Bronx. But you get the point: This isn’t a causal relationship.) Many tourists might see the city as merely a backdrop to film social media content or catch a Broadway show. But it’s also a place to maintain roots and raise families. And, yes, struggle to survive. I truly worry that, under Mamdani, our city — which is still emerging from its pandemic stupor — will be pulled back into an abyss of chaos and crime. I fret that businesses which no longer need to be here to remain competitive will leave and take loads of tax dollars — and jobs — with them. I also pray that Albany will spoil Mamdani’s plans for grabbing other people’s money. If all the sensible people flee, we are just handing over the keys to Mamdani — the pretty face of an ugly movement. He is a Trojan horse for the Democratic Socialists of America and their pernicious anti-Western agenda. His very dark victory speech, in which he lectured us on Islamophobia and boasted about big government, was chilling. Data shows loads of young, educated transplants voted for Mamdani — because of his pie-in-the-sky promises to freeze rents and deliver them all the trappings of success for a discounted price. If you believe that, I have a bridge to sell. . .But back to New York City: This place has taken beatings from fiscal mismanagement, rampant crime, disorder, feckless politicians, pandemics and Islamic terrorists. Now we have another foe: a smiling socialist. We must proceed boldly, with common sense and grit. And not cede this great city out of fear.)

BLAZE
— NYC’s socialist mayor will trigger a mass exodus of wealth
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/the-glenn-beck-program/mamdani-exodus

BREITBART
— Chicago Activists Cry Victim as They Harass Immigration Officers
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/11/05/watch-chicago-activists-cry-victim-as-they-harass-immigration-officers/amp/
— DeSantis Jokes If Florida Should Impose Tariffs on Fleeing New Yorkers or Build a Wall
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/11/05/gov-desantis-asks-if-florida-should-impose-tariffs-fleeing-new-yorkers-or-build-wall/amp/
— Muslim Socialist Zohran Mamdani Lies in Post-Election Interview, Says Trump Is Cutting SNAP Benefits
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/11/05/muslim-socialist-zohran-mamdani-lies-in-post-election-interview-says-trump-is-cutting-snap-benefits/amp/
— Gettleman orders better conditions at ICE detention site near Chicago
https://www.breitbart.com/news/judge-orders-better-conditions-at-ice-detention-site-near-chicago/amp/
— Trump Warns Socialist Mamdani Off to ‘Bad Start’ After Challenging Him in Victory Speech
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/11/05/trump-warn-mamdani-off-bad-start/
— Quigley Lies About Arrest of Illegal Alien at Chicago-Area Pre-School
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2025/11/05/ice-illinois-rep-lies-about-arrest-of-illegal-alien-at-chicago-area-pre-school/

CENTER SQUARE
— ICE, OK officers arrest 70 foreign nationals, half illegally driving semi-trucks. Those arrested from 15 countries, can’t read English. DD: 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.thecentersquare.com/oklahoma/article_18283fdc-c965-45d2-ba5b-dd2345010e4f.html

DAILY CALLER
— ICE’s Newest Illegal Trucker Crackdown Nets Wide Cast Of Characters From Across The World. DD: 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://dailycaller.com/2025/11/05/ice-busts-illegal-truckers-in-oklahoma/
— ‘Angry Mamdani’: Socialist Mayor-To-Be Braces For Harsh Reality Check
https://dailycaller.com/2025/11/06/zohran-mamdani-mayor-victory-speech-andrew-cuomo-analysts/

FOX BUSINESS
— Trump calls Miami a ‘refuge’ for those fleeing NYC ‘communism’ under new Mamdani leadership. President warns of ‘economic nightmare’ as 34-year-old democratic socialist wins Big Apple mayoral contest. DD: What percent of those who flee New York for Miami to escape Democrat socialism will vote for Democrats in Florida? Overwhelmingly, those who fled Chicago for DuPage County to escape Democrat poverty and crime vote for Democrats in DuPage County.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/trump-calls-miami-refuge-those-fleeing-nyc-communism-under-new-mamdani-leadership
— NYC election fears drive $100M+ Florida real estate surge as ‘nervous’ New Yorkers flee south. Miami developer reports twice last year’s volume from New York buyers concerned about Mamdani’s platform. DD: What percent of those who flee New York for Florida to escape Democrat socialism will vote for Democrats in Florida? Overwhelmingly, those who fled Chicago for DuPage County to escape Democrat poverty and crime vote for Democrats in DuPage County.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/nyc-election-fears-drive-100m-florida-real-estate-surge-nervous-new-yorkers-flee-south.amp

FOX NEWS
— Trump cites 2 reasons for GOP losses as Mamdani, Sherrill and Spanberger soar to victory
https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/2025-election-day-results
— Princeton hit with scathing federal complaint calling for probe into ‘unsafe’ and ‘unlawful’ DEI agenda
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/top-university-hit-with-scathing-federal-complaint-calling-for-probe-into-unsafe-and-unlawful-dei-agenda.amp

FOX NEWS RADIO
— Democrats Are Now the Party of Socialists and Would-Be Assassins
https://radio.foxnews.com/2025/11/05/democrats-are-now-the-party-of-socialists-and-would-be-assassins/

JUDICIAL WATCH
— Judicial Watch Sues Illinois Gov. Pritzker for Records on ‘Safe Haven’ for Texas Democrat Lawmakers
https://www.judicialwatch.org/judicial-watch-sues-illinois-gov-pritzker-for-records/

NEW AMERICAN
— Mamdani: NYC Will Arrest ICE Agents. City in Danger of Trespassing Multiple Federal Laws.
https://thenewamerican.com/us/immigration/mamdani-nyc-will-arrest-ice-agents-city-in-danger-of-trespassing-multiple-federal-laws/
— Stopping the Bleeding: Time for a Moratorium on Immigration?
https://thenewamerican.com/us/immigration/stopping-the-bleeding-time-for-a-moratorium-on-immigration/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Morris, an America-first candidate running for the Senate in Kentucky, begins by mentioning Joe Biden’s open-border policy. This policy was calculated and has resulted perhaps 20 million illegals (maybe more) squatting in the United States today. Morris points out, too, that these people are unvetted — unknown quantities. Despite this, he writes, now: “Americans are forced to compete even more with illegal immigrants for jobs and housing, to have their children share our classrooms, to wait longer at the hospital, and to even have their lawfully earned, government-funded benefits depleted because of them.” Why is this happening? Because, Morris states, our politicians have ignored the problem or, worse still, he suspects, are “insidiously” cheering it on. Actually, he doesn’t have to wonder.)

NEWSMAX
— Gettleman Orders Chicago ICE Facility to Improve Detainee Conditions
https://www.newsmax.com/us/immigration-detainees-ice/2025/11/05/id/1233410/
— 70 Illegal Aliens Arrested in Special Operation on Oklahoma Highways. DD: 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.newsmax.com/newsfront/ice-illegal-aliens-oklahoma-highways/2025/11/05/id/1233353/
— DeSantis Asks Floridians How to Handle Fleeing New Yorkers. DD: What percent of those who flee New York for Florida to escape Democrat socialism will vote for Democrats in Florida? Overwhelmingly, those who fled Chicago for DuPage County to escape Democrat poverty and crime vote for Democrats in DuPage County.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/florida-ron-desantis-zohran-mamdani/2025/11/05/id/1233380/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— House Republicans launch battleground ad blitz tying Democrats to Mamdani
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5591149-republican-blitz-democrats-mamdani/amp/

CBS NEWS
— Democrats sweep key races in 2025 elections in early referendum on Trump
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/election-day-2025-voting-results/
— Gettleman Judge issues temporary restraining order dictating conditions inside Broadview ICE facility
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/judge-temporary-restraining-order-issued-broadview-ice-facility/
— Pope Leo calls for “deep reflection” on treatment of migrants. Amid hearings about the conditions at the Broadview ICE facility, Pope Leo called for “deep reflection” on the treatment of migrants.
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/news/pope-leo-deep-reflection-migrants-broadview-ice-facility-communion/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/pope-leo-calls-for-deep-reflection-on-treatment-of-migrants/

AOL
— Here’s How Each Generation Defines the American Dream in 2025: Can They Afford It? DD: When I was young, I had the American Dream. That motivated me to take college preparatory courses in high school, get an ACT score of 24, graduate in the upper 20% of my class, work my way through college, earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, earn three job-related master’s degrees, earn six job-related professional certifications, and earn a job-related professional license. But if I was young today, because of my demographics, I doubt that I would have the American Dream. I doubt that I could find the motivation to do what I did. Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who share my demographics.
https://www.aol.com/generation-defines-american-dream-2025-150114141.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Gettleman Imposes Restrictions on ICE Facility at Center of Illinois Protests. After detainees described squalid conditions at the detention site, a judge ordered the government to provide showers, water, clean toilets and access to lawyers.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/us/judge-chicago-ice-facility-conditions.html
— Republicans Swiftly File Lawsuit in Bid to Block California’s New House Maps. Republicans asked a federal court to block newly approved maps in California that were designed to flip as many as five House seats for Democrats.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/us/republicans-lawsuit-california-redistricting-maps.html
— Mamdani Won. South Florida Expects a Real Estate Bump. Some brokers and developers in the region are waiting eagerly to see if the election of a democratic socialist will drive more wealthy New Yorkers south. DD: What percent of those who flee New York for Florida to escape Democrat socialism will vote for Democrats in Florida? Overwhelmingly, those who fled Chicago for DuPage County to escape Democrat poverty and crime vote for Democrats in DuPage County.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/us/south-florida-real-estate-mamdani.html
— DD: To get more votes from those who are minority, female, and/or younger, Democrats and RINOs blame their problems on those who are Republican, White, male, and/or older.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/opinion/women-workplace-feminism-conservative.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Republicans file lawsuit to block Prop. 50 districts. DD: How gerrymandered is your congressional district? My Illinois 3rd congressional district is horribly gerrymandered. I should write about that.
https://www.latimes.com/california/live/prop-50-california-redistricting-election-day

USA TODAY
— Mamdani shows Democrats how to win. DD: How strongly will Democrat and RINO candidates follow Mamdani’s lead nationwide, in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district?
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/usa-today-us-edition/20251106/281629606526007
— Democrats would be unwise to follow Zohran Mamdani down this socialist path
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/11/05/mamdani-political-views-democrats-election/87099018007/
— Mamdani’s historic victory will have a big impact on Democrats
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/politics/2025/11/04/mamdanis-historic-victory-will-have-a-big-impact-on-democrats/87093858007/
— Celebrating diversity, Mamdani’s election night party showcases a new coalition
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/05/zohran-mamdani-election-victory-party-showcases-new-coalition/87094744007/
— Losing a job doesn’t have to wreck your finances. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. That cut my income by 56%. In today’s dollars, my GAO salary was $153,151/year and my Civil Service Retirement System pension is $66,780/year. That is, my income is $86,371/year (56%) less. No one has ever had any sympathy for me for that loss of income for the following reasons. They believe that I was grossly overpaid and that my employee benefits were far too generous. They believe that my pension and my retirement benefits are far too generous. They despise/hate federal employees and federal retirees. They disapprove of/despise/hate my demographics, my conservatism, my fighting patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination, my suing people who they pander to, and/or my avoiding the Vietnam War draft. They envy my having three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license. They envy my wife’s income, our having no dependents, our having no debts, our having substantial retirement and other savings, the real estate we own, the vehicles we own, etc.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2025/10/31/survive-financially-lay-off/86985596007/

DESERET NEWS
— Trump celebrates capitalism following democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani’s win in NYC. ‘I’ve been fighting to turn around the catastrophe we’ve inherited to make America the best place on the planet to do business,’ Trump said.
https://www.deseret.com/u-s-world/2025/11/05/trump-american-business-forum-speech/

DAILY PENNSYLVANIAN
— DD: My critics/opponents attribute their successes to meritocracy, but attribute everyone else’s successes to their benefitting from discrimination against others.
https://www.thedp.com/article/2025/11/problem-with-meritocracy-american-exception

FLORIDA’S VOICE
— Mamdani is the new face of the Democratic Party
https://flvoicenews.com/florida-republicans-zohran-mamdani-is-the-new-face-of-the-democratic-party/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Really Was on the Ballot. The magnitude of the GOP rout is a bad sign for holding Congress in the midterms.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/2025-elections-donald-trump-gop-democrats-mikie-sherrill-abigail-spanberger-f9729d9d
— Trump Has the Legal Power to Bomb Drug Boats. But Congress can stop it by constitutional means—namely by employing the power of the purse.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-has-the-legal-power-to-bomb-drug-boats-ca93541e?mod=opinion_lead_pos8

FORBES
— ‘It Leads To The Decay Of Society’: Mike Johnson Slams Socialism And Dems Supporting Zohran Mamdani
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyEEyqOTUSI

OVERDRIVE
— ICE arrests 34 ‘illegal alien’ truck drivers in a second raid on I-40 in Oklahoma. DD: 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.overdriveonline.com/regulations/article/15771097/ice-arrests-34-illegal-alien-drivers-in-a-second-raid-on-i40-in-oklahoma

CDL LIFE
— DD: Trucking company owner defends hiring noncitizens. 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://cdllife.com/2025/cdl-pause-for-noncitizens-is-more-about-immigration-than-actual-safety-says-bay-area-trucking-company-owner/?amp

WSJ
— Gettleman Orders ICE to Clean Up Chicago Detention Conditions. Immigrants are housed in ‘disgusting’ facility that doesn’t pass constitutional muster, judge says.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/court-orders-ice-to-clean-up-chicago-detention-conditions-4b74b1ab

FINANCIAL POST
— Forget merit — good looks will still get you ahead every time. Until legislatures expand protections to include ‘appearance,’ pretty privilege will remain alive, well and entirely lawful.
https://financialpost.com/fp-work/howard-levitt-good-looks-still-get-you-ahead

NPR
— Mamdani’s youth support goes beyond New York. For many, he’s now a national leader. DD: Mamdani is 34. He has a bachelor’s degree in African Studies. What did you accomplish by the time you were 34? My critics/opponents have always painted me as being a loser and a failure. In my defense, by the time I was 34, I had a) earned master’s degrees in business and accounting, b) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, c) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, and d) became a licensed CPA.
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/02/nx-s1-5531004/zohran-mamdani-new-york-young-voters

ATLANTIC
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly gerrymander. DD: How gerrymandered is your congressional district? My Illinois 3rd congressional district is horribly gerrymandered. I should write about that.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2025/11/trumps-gerrymandering-war-stalled/684833/

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

DAILY MAIL
— America’s top banker Jamie Dimon pledges to help newly-elected socialist Zohran 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

TELEGRAPH
— New York elites flock to Florida after Mamdani victory. Companies concerned about city’s ‘anti-business direction’ move to Miami, described as one of the ‘new Wall Streets’ DD: What percent of those who flee New York for Florida to escape Democrat socialism will vote for Democrats in Florida? Overwhelmingly, those who fled Chicago for DuPage County to escape Democrat poverty and crime vote for Democrats in DuPage County.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/2025/11/05/new-york-elites-florida-mamdani-win/

HINDUSTAN TIMES
— Mamdani’s educational background
https://www.hindustantimes.com/trending/us/zohran-mamdanis-educational-background-where-did-nyc-mayor-elect-go-to-college-101762328133696.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As per the New York Assembly website, Mamdani attended the Bronx High School of Science. He graduated from Bowdoin College with a Bachelor’s degree in African Studies. Interestingly, both his parents are Harvard graduates. CNN reported that Mamdani was politically active in his college years. While at Bowdoin College, he founded the institution’s chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine. He also joined Change Corps, which was a year-long training program for becoming a community organizer. However, he did not finish his term, quitting after six months. The reason for this move was his creation of a union within this organization, which, he thought, would have led to his being fired. Mamdani became a naturalized citizen in 2018, paving the way for his active involvement in politics. This has now culminated in him becoming New York’s first Muslim mayor, and one of the youngest to take that office.)

November 4, 2025

WHITE HOUSE
— Criminal Aliens Receiving Medicaid
https://www.whitehouse.gov/criminals/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Video gambling mogul Rick Heidner joins Republican primary for governor. Packed fields for Chicago area congressional races were also shaping up, though ballot challenges will cull the list over the next few weeks. DD: In 2009, I led the successful effort to ban video gambling in Wheaton.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2025/11/03/rick-heidner-illinois-candidate-filing-governor
— Illinois sues over rule change in forgiving federal public service student loans. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly break federal laws. While I was a federal employee for almost 30 years, I never broke any federal law. I fully complied with federal laws that required me to give preference to my subordinates who were minority, female, and/or veteran. But that was not enough for my Democrat superiors.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/11/03/ag-raoul-21-other-attorneys-general-sue-trump-admin-over-public-service-loan-forgiveness-rule-change
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The U.S. Education Department issued a new rule Friday threatening to deem employers, including state governments, as having “substantial illegal purpose,” and revoking them from the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. According to the lawsuit, the Trump administration is going after its usual targets in organizations that “support for immigrants, gender affirming care, DEI initiatives, and political protest.” The loan forgiveness program would wipe out student loans for anyone working an eligible job in public service after they had made 120 monthly loan payments at said job, which would take 10 years. . .Per the new rule, organizations whose employees show a “pattern” of being cited for trespassing, disorderly conduct, public nuisance, vandalism or obstruction of highways — charges often associated with protest and civil disobedience — could have their loan forgiveness status revoked, though “pattern” isn’t defined in the rule change, according to the suit. Employers who provide gender-affirming care to minors also run the risk of being yanked from the loan forgiveness program under the new rule, which cites previous Trump executive orders targeting trans health care.)
— Broadview village board meeting cut short as anti-ICE protesters confront mayor. Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson abruptly ended Monday’s village board meeting, clearing out protesters who criticized her handling of daily protests at an ICE processing facility.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/11/03/broadview-village-board-immigration-protesters

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/melrose-park-immigration-injury/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote illegal drugs.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/04/column-donald-trump-venezeula-war-depetris/

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage countywide races get more crowded
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251103/news/dupage-countywide-races-get-more-crowded/
— FRONT PAGE WITH TWO PHOTOS: DuPage County Board primaries are mostly on the Democratic side
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251103/news/dupage-county-board-primaries-are-mostly-on-the-democratic-side/
— Kane County’s primary races set for March
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251103/news/kane-countys-primary-races-set-for-march/

CITIZEN PORTAL
— Kane County Treasurer Chris Lauzen proposes resolution backing DuPage County Treasurer Gwen Henry for IMRF trustee; colleague raises procedure concerns
https://citizenportal.ai/articles/6016865/Kane-County/Illinois/Treasurer-proposes-resolution-backing-Gwen-Henry-for-IMRF-trustee-colleague-raises-procedure-concerns
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Kane County Treasurer Chris Lauzen presented a proposed resolution on Aug. 27 asking the committee to petition on behalf of DuPage County Treasurer Gwen Henry as a candidate for an open executive trustee seat on the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) board. Lauzen described Henry as a long‑serving DuPage County treasurer with experience in municipal finance and trustee studies; he said having a county friend on IMRF’s board could be beneficial given IMRF’s much larger asset base and influence on actuarial assumptions. “It’s always good to have friends at the table,” Lauzen said during his remarks. Procedural objection: A committee member raised a procedural concern, saying nominations of this type are typically presented first to the county chair for vetting. The chair of the committee acknowledged the concern, accepted responsibility for placing the item on the agenda without prior consultation and apologized to the committee chair. The item was referred to the committee process for potential future consideration. Why it matters: IMRF sets actuarial assumptions and policies that affect employer pension contributions across local governments in Illinois. Committee members noted that board representation and relationships can influence policy conversations important to employers and taxpayers. Next steps: Treasurer Lauzen indicated he offered the draft resolution for committee consideration but the committee did not take final action at the Aug. 27 meeting pending adherence to internal vetting protocol. Committee members emphasized they expect nominations and requests of this nature to be coordinated with the county chair going forward.)

WHEATON RECORD
— ICE Out
https://thewheatonrecord.com/2025/11/03/ice-out/

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
— Republicans file no candidate against Treasurer Frerichs – ‘First time in at least 90 years’ that a statewide candidate runs unopposed
https://capitolfax.com/2025/11/03/republicans-file-no-candidate-against-treasurer-frerichs-%e2%80%98first-time-in-at-least-90-years%e2%80%99-that-a-statewide-candidate-runs-unopposed/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What does GROK (https://grok.com ) say about you? GROK erroneously states that I ran for a Milton Township Trustee position and that I am active on X. I ran for the open Milton Township Republican Organization Treasurer position in 2004. It would be great if GROK would acknowledge Bernard Schoenburg’s August 16, 2012 article on me at https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2012/08/16/bernard-schoenburg-bunch-political-info/41733104007/ . It would be great if GROK would acknowledge that I base my positions on what I have learned a) working for the federal government for almost 30 years — Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997, serving on the Executive Committee of the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter 1983-1996, and being a union member while I worked for the Post Office and IRS; b) earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997; c) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981; c) serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois Chairman 2005-2012, a member of the 2008 Illinois Republican Party (IRP) Platform and Resolutions Committee, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004; d) attending the 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, and 2024 IRP State Conventions as a delegate; e) being the subject of a nasty 4-page article in the February 1978 issue of Money Magazine; f) pursing litigation against GAO, Chicago Car Exchange, and others; g) being married since 1978; h) living in Crete 1948-1972, in University Park 1972-1976, in Chicago 1976-1978, and in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton since 1978; and i) being baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Lakewood Audit Reveals RedTail Golf Course Not Paying Its Own Way
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/03/13718/
— SNAP (Food Stamps) Used by Six Percent in McHenry County–Lowest in the State
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/03/snap-food-stamps-used-by-six-percent-in-mchenry-county-lowest-in-the-state/
— Which Is the Real Kat? Fishnet or Pigtails?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/03/which-is-the-real-kat/
— Winthrop Harbor Man Arrested for Threatening President’s Life
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/03/winthop-harbor-man-arrested-for-threatening-presidents-life/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Bailey’s Own State Senator, Jason Plummer, Skips Family Memorial as Thousands Mourn
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/11/baileys-own-state-senator-jason-plummer-skips-family-memorial-as-thousands-mourn.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Dick Cheney, one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents of U.S. history, dies at 84
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/4/former-vice-president-dick-cheney-dies-84/
— Drugs as a weapon: Legal case for boat strikes hinges on idea of cartels attacking U.S. citizens. DD: America’s enemies use drugs to destroy America.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/3/drugs-weapon-legal-case-boat-strikes-hinges-idea-cartels-attacking-us/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— ‘Latinx’ leader who served as Oregon policy advisor was illegal immigrant convicted of sex crimes
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3873531/latinx-leader-oregon-policy-advisor-illegal-immigrant-convicted-of-sex-crimes/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Trump Should Not Capitulate to the Democrats’ Shutdown
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/11/trump_should_not_capitulate_to_the_democrats_shutdown.html

BLAZE
— Deportations top 2 million under Trump. A majority have ‘self-deported.’
https://www.theblaze.com/news/deportations-top-2-million-under-trump-and-most-aren-t-by-force

BREITBART
— Agriculture Sec. Brooke Rollins Reveals Thousands of Food Stamp Fraud Cases, over 100 Arrests
https://www.breitbart.com/crime/2025/11/03/agriculture-sec-rollins-reveals-thousands-of-food-stamp-fraud-cases-over-100-arrests/amp/
— Minneapolis Mayoral Candidate Plans to Alert Illegal Aliens Ahead of ICE Raids
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/11/03/minneapolis-mayoral-candidate-plans-alert-illegal-aliens-ice-raids/amp/
— Pelosi: Trump Is a ‘Vile Creature, He’s the ‘Worst Thing on the Face of the Earth’ DD: To have Pelosi against you is a tremendous honor. I should write about those who are against me. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/11/03/pelosi-trump-is-a-vile-creature-hes-the-worst-thing-on-the-face-of-the-earth/
— Trump Streamlines Voter Verification, Ensuring Only U.S. Citizens Are Voting
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/11/03/trumps-uscis-streamlines-process-for-states-to-verify-only-us-citizens-are-voting/amp/
— 47% of Immigrant Households with Young Children Get Food Stamps
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/11/03/analysis-47-of-immigrant-households-with-young-children-get-food-stamps/
— 120 Illegal Aliens Arrested on Houston Streets in One Day
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2025/11/03/video-120-illegal-aliens-arrested-on-houston-streets-in-one-day/amp/

CAMPUS REFORM
— Med students at Wisconsin college forced into DEI ‘Race Matters’ training. DD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the future for Whites is ever-increasingly bleak.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/report-finds-med-students-at-wisconsin-college-forced-into-dei-race-matters-training/28892
— George Washington University student leaders demand DEI protections, ICE ban
https://www.campusreform.org/article/george-washington-university-student-leaders-demand-dei-protections-ice-ban/28888
— Chicago university teaches future therapists about kink, fetishes, ‘people with penises.’ Adler University in Chicago offers a sex therapy certificate program open to both enrolled students and the general public, featuring a course on ‘Sexual Attitude Reassessment.’
https://www.campusreform.org/article/chicago-university-teaches-future-therapists-kink-fetishes-people-penises/28893

CREATORS SYNDICATE
— AOC poised to be Democrats’ Trump. DD: What about Duckworth?
https://www.creators.com/read/victor-joecks/11/25/aoc-poised-to-be-democrats-trump

DAILY CALLER
— Ed Dept To End Loan Forgiveness For Orgs Who Want To Trans Kids, Aid Illegals
https://www.aol.com/news/ed-dept-end-loan-forgiveness-141139916.html

DAILY WIRE
— If Mamdani Wins, New Yorkers May Need to Learn Arabic
https://www.dailywire.com/episode/mks-ep-1848

FEDERALIST
— The Voting Rights Act Needs To Be Aligned With A Constitutional Definition Of Equality
https://thefederalist.com/2025/11/03/the-voting-rights-act-needs-to-be-aligned-with-a-constitutional-definition-of-equality/
— Illegal Aliens Milk SNAP For Taxpayer-Funded Free Food
https://thefederalist.com/2025/11/03/illegal-aliens-milk-snap-for-taxpayer-funded-free-food/

FOX NEWS
— Trent Schneider, 57, of Winthrop Harbor, threatens Trump execution in profanity-laced videos, faces federal charges. Schneider posted violent Instagram content as his home neared foreclosure.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/illinois-man-allegedly-threatens-trump-execution-profanity-laced-videos-faces-federal-charges
— Pro-Trump legal group launches toolkit to help parents challenge ‘woke’ lessons in schools. America First Legal unveils ‘opt-out’ template letter for parents in response to a SCOTUS ruling.  DD: My parents sending me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools put me on track to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pro-trump-legal-group-launches-toolkit-help-parents-challenge-woke-lessons-schools

MRC TV
— Fox Highlights Problem of Illegal Aliens Causing Deaths Thru DUI
https://www.mrctv.org/videos/fox-highlights-problem-illegal-aliens-causing-deaths-thru-dui

MILITARY
— How to Become an Army Officer. DD: Charlie Kirk was nominated for West Point but not accepted. Needless-to-say, I would not have been nominated for West Point let alone accepted. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my 1966 Crete-Monee High School class. I could not run because I had a bone disease. My eyesight could be corrected to 20/20. I had partial red/green color blindness. I had not demonstrated leadership potential. I washed dishes in the basement of the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights during junior and senior years and the summer in between. Since 1966, my critics/opponents have used the aforesaid against me.
https://www.military.com/join-armed-forces/join-army-officer.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: If you’ve ever thought about leading in the U.S. Army, there’s more than one way to get there. Whether you’re about to finish high school, already in college, or working in a professional field, the Army may have an officer path for you to serve and grow as a leader. You can earn a commission in the U.S. Army through one of four programs: the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, the Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC), Officer Candidate School (OCS) or direct appointment. Most programs require a high school diploma at minimum, though some require a college degree. Applicants must meet age, physical and medical standards, and be U.S. citizens or permanent residents.)

NEWSMAX
— Trump: ‘Highly Unlikely’ to Fund NYC If Mamdani Wins Mayor’s Race
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/donald-trump-fund-zohran-mamdani/2025/11/03/id/1233065/

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— From CRT to Campus Protest: The Making of a Mamdani Voter
https://www.aol.com/articles/crt-campus-protest-making-mamdani-115612569.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Pelosi: Trump is ‘worst thing on the face of the earth’ DD: To have Pelosi against you is a tremendous honor. I should write about those who are against me. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5587423-pelosi-trump-is-worst-thing-on-the-face-of-the-earth/amp/
— Hegseth championed diversity in Harvard masters policy brief. DD: My critics/opponents have always championed diversity, that is, they have always called for more preference to be given to those who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.aol.com/articles/hegseth-championed-diversity-harvard-masters-170733371.html
(FROM THE ARTILE: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth previously championed diversity in a 2013 policy brief for Havard’s Kennedy School before knocking it as a crutch for minorities during his current stint in the Trump administration. As a master’s student, Hegseth produced a 47-page brief that advocated for the creation of a multicultural STEM school in Minnesota, according to reports. “Ensuring low-income and minority children have the same opportunities as more affluent majority students is an essential goal and worth pursuing with vigor and substantial investment,” Hegseth wrote almost 12 years ago, according to The Boston Globe, which reviewed the brief. “Our country and state must strive for equal opportunity for all, regardless of race, class, geography, or gender,” he added. The detailed proposal heavily included comments from Democrats, including the late Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman, whom he referenced as a “political champion,” as reported by The Harvard Crimson.)
— The damaging effects of shifting from equal opportunity to ‘equal outcomes.’ DD: My critics/opponents promote equal outcomes.
https://thehill.com/opinion/education/529262-the-damaging-effects-of-shifting-from-equal-opportunity-to-equal-outcomes/

CNN
— Dick Cheney, influential Republican vice president to George W. Bush, dies
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/04/politics/dick-cheney-death-obit

ABC NEWS
— Trent Schneider, 57, of Winthrop Harbor, threatens Trump execution in profanity-laced videos, faces federal charges. Schneider posted violent Instagram content as his home neared foreclosure.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/man-charged-allegedly-threatening-kill-president-trump-social/story?id=127150131

NEW YORK TIMES
— Are Wealth Taxes the Best Way to Tax the Ultra Rich? DD: Should everyone in government, politics, and the news media be required to disclose where their money came from? My money came from what I earned doing yard work, delivering newspapers, washing dishes, cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, pumping gasoline, delivering mail, working on an automotive assembly line, selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances, pumping more gasoline, collecting delinquent federal taxes, and auditing federal agencies, and more recently, my Civil Service Retirement System pension, Social Security, and inheritances.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/business/economy/wealth-tax-france.html

NEWS BREAK
— Greenwich, the leafy suburb where wealthy New Yorkers are fleeing to escape ‘woke’ Mamdani’s socialist dystopia. DD: Ever-increasingly, Democrat Chicagoans have come to DuPage County to escape Democrat poverty and crime. But they continue to vote for Democrats, that is, they bring poverty and crime to DuPage County.
https://www.newsbreak.com/daily-mail-560402/4329374919268-the-leafy-suburb-where-wealthy-new-yorkers-are-fleeing-to-escape-woke-mamdani-s-socialist-dystopia

DAILY TEXAN
— The reality of joining the military to pay for college. DD: Charlie Kirk was nominated for West Point but not accepted. Needless-to-say, I would not have been nominated for West Point let alone accepted. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my 1966 Crete-Monee High School class. I could not run because I had a bone disease. My eyesight could be corrected to 20/20. I had partial red/green color blindness. I had not demonstrated leadership potential. I washed dishes in the basement of the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights during junior and senior years and the summer in between. Since 1966, my critics/opponents have used the aforesaid against me.
https://thedailytexan.com/2024/10/17/the-reality-of-joining-the-military-to-pay-for-college/

STATE
— How big of a raise can you expect in 2026? DD: While I was a federal employee 1966-1969 and 1971-1997, I always got COLAs and step increases in the years after I was promoted. Further, I got promotions in 1972, 1973, 1974, and 1986. My critics/opponents have been furious about that since 1966. In today’s dollars, my salary increased from $19.37/hour to $153,151/year. 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://www.thestate.com/news/business/article312757465.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Why Socialism Wins in New York. DD: My critics/opponents promote socialism
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/why-socialism-wins-in-new-york-66193c43
— Wall Street Intensifies Scrutiny of Fraud. DD: Because of bad demographics, Wall Street had no interest in me even though a) I became a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, Government Financial Manager in 1994, Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and Forensic Accountant in 1997, b) I passed on my first attempt the CPA examination in 1979 and Certified Internal Auditor examination in 1981 and became a licensed CPA in 1981, c) earned master’s degrees in business in 1976, accounting in 1980, and financial markets and trading in 1997, d) worked for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year, and e) worked for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153151/year.
https://www.wsj.com/finance/investing/wall-street-intensifies-scrutiny-of-fraud-after-spate-of-loan-losses-0397bc55
— Layoffs Aren’t Shaking Gen Z’s Commitment to Work-Life Balance. Recent layoffs have reinforced beliefs among some younger professionals that loyalty to a company won’t be returned. DD: What did you do for job security and 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.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/layoffs-arent-shaking-gen-zs-commitment-to-work-life-balance-e24949a1


HR DRIVE
— Public employees must suffer adverse action, not just ‘grumblings,’ to show free speech violations, court says. Though the plaintiff alleged the University of Texas at Austin chilled his speech and retaliated against him, he was not fired or demoted, according to the decision. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government took many big adverse actions against me. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for them, and forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.
https://www.hrdive.com/news/public-employees-adverse-action-grumblings-free-speech/804555/

EDUCATION NEXT
— Are American High School Students Enlistment-Ready? DD: Charlie Kirk was nominated for West Point but not accepted. Needless-to-say, I would not have been nominated for West Point let alone accepted. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my 1966 Crete-Monee High School class. I could not run because I had a bone disease. My eyesight could be corrected to 20/20. I had partial red/green color blindness. I had not demonstrated leadership potential. I washed dishes in the basement of the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights during junior and senior years and the summer in between. Since 1966, my critics/opponents have used the aforesaid against me.
https://www.educationnext.org/are-american-high-school-students-enlistment-ready-military-service/

JOURNAL OF BLACKS IN HIGHER EDUCATION
— Recent Declines in Black First-Year Enrollment at Highly Selective Colleges and Universities. DD: I did not apply to selective colleges and universities because my ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my 1966 Crete-Monee High School class. I could not run because I had a bone disease. My eyesight could be corrected to 20/20. I had partial red/green color blindness. I had not demonstrated leadership potential. I washed dishes in the basement of the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights during junior and senior years and the summer in between. Since 1966, my critics/opponents have used the aforesaid against me.
https://jbhe.com/2025/11/recent-declines-in-black-first-year-enrollment-at-highly-selective-colleges-and-universities/

POLITICO
— Former Vice President Dick Cheney dead at 84
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/04/vice-president-dick-cheney-obit-033422
— Education Department sued over controversial loan forgiveness rule. Critics of the rule say the department is trying to exclude organizations that work with LGBTQ individuals, immigrants and transgender children from the program. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly break federal laws. While I was a federal employee for almost 30 years, I never broke any federal law. I fully complied with federal laws that required me to give preference to my subordinates who were minority, female, and/or veteran. But that was not enough for my Democrat superiors.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/03/education-department-sued-over-controversial-loan-forgiveness-rule-00633707
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The rule amends what employers will qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, which allows civil service and nonprofit workers to have their student loans canceled after they’ve made 120 qualifying monthly payments. It states that employers that have “substantial illegal purpose” will not be eligible for the program. This includes supporting terrorism and trafficking children to emancipate them from their parents, among other things.)

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

DAILY MAIL
— CBS News is spending $10,000 a day on bodyguards for anti-woke new editor-in-chief Bari Weiss
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/media/article-15253759/cbs-news-bari-weiss-security-detail.html

November 3, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Manny’s Deli among those offering free meals to SNAP recipients affected by government shutdown
https://abc7chicago.com/post/mannys-deli-offering-free-family-meals-chicagos-south-loop-snap-recipients-affected-government-shutdown/18108105/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly decry Trump’s deportation of their illegals.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-news-donald-trump-60-minutes-says-immigration-raids-havent-gone-far-enough-communities-brace-whats/18106031/
— Celebration of life held for Darren Bailey’s son, family killed in helicopter crash
https://abc7chicago.com/post/funeral-illinois-republican-gubernatorial-candidate-darren-baileys-son-family-killed-helicopter-crash-montana/18108766/

CBS2
— Chicago restaurants and organizations step in with SNAP benefits in limbo
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/as-deadline-snap-benefits-chicago-restaurants-organizations/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Deposition of Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino nearly ground to halt last week
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/border-patrol-gregory-bovino-deposition/
— Naperville’s nonprofit community television station NCTV17 is poised to receive an additional $200,000 from the city next year, bringing its total city funding to $915,000 as the station fights to stay afloat. DD: Should I spend more of my money to boost readership of my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters? I am spending very little now. My target audience is Illinois Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/30/nctv17-funding-naperville-revenue-cable/
— Hundreds gather in rural Illinois to remember lives of Darren Bailey’s son, family killed in helicopter crash
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/hundreds-gather-in-rural-illinois-to-remember-lives-of-darren-baileys-son-family-killed-in-helicopter-crash/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Bickering over Bovino: Lawyers swap complaints of obstruction, ‘sandbagging’ during deposition. A court transcript reveals that questions were posed to U.S. Border Patrol boss Gregory Bovino about his communications with Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/11/03/bickering-over-bovino-lawyers-complain-to-judge-of-obstruction-sandbagging-during-deposition

DAILY HERALD
— NIU welcomes Illinois Senate minority leader John Curran for ‘Rebuilding Democracy’ lecture
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251103/submitted-content/niu-welcomes-illinois-senate-minority-leader-for-rebuilding-democracy-lecture/

WAND TV
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame their shutdown on Trump.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/the-latest-trump-administration-must-tell-judges-whether-it-will-feed-the-poor/article_1f256515-14cf-5e23-b9da-3aa13a8104f9.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame their shutdown on Trump.
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/government-shutdown-on-brink-of-historic-record-as-trump-blames-democrats-for-standoff-republicans-affordable-care-act-snap-benefits-day-34-washington-dc-capitol-hill-congress-senate

GLEN ELLYN PATCH
— Glen Ellyn Shares Statement Regarding ICE Activity
https://patch.com/illinois/glenellyn/glen-ellyn-shares-statement-regarding-ice-activity

DUPAGE COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSION
— Candidate Listing
https://cms5.revize.com/revize/dupage/Election/Documents/Candidate%20Information/WebsiteListingsByElection/2026GPE/2026GPE%20Candidate%20Listing.pdf

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/11/03/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-416/
— Trump on Chicago, Pritzker
https://capitolfax.com/2025/11/03/trump-on-chicago-pritzker/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Election integrity advocates urge reform after Illinois scores low in global survey. DD: Democrats run elections in Illinois.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_80cdacf2-45e9-4a9b-a547-adc5930c8e74.html
— Amid criticism, Pritzker defends using expletive to tell Trump where to go
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_5a51f77c-a91d-43f6-8d67-c365992b24e9.html

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Know What “Tailing” Is?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/02/know-what-tailing-is/
— Tribune Echoes 1974 Argument That Driving People Out of Cars Is a Good Idea
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/02/tribune-echoes-1974-argument-that-driving-people-out-of-cars-is-a-good-idea/
— UPDATE WITH MORE PHOTOS: Robb Tadelman Holds Petition Party at McHenry Golf Club
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/02/robb-tadelman-holds-petition-party-at-mchenry-golf-club/
— Spending MUCH More, Getting MUCH Less for Minority, Female State Purchases
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/03/13447/
— Opportunity for Public To Comment on Natural Disaster Plan
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/03/opportunity-for-public-to-comment-on-natural-disaster-plan/
— Possible Reasons the State’s Attorney Dropped the Lakemoor Hemp Case
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/202

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Mamdani releases Arabic-language campaign ad
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/3/zohran-mamdani-releases-arabic-language-campaign-ad/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Nick Fuentes can’t be canceled, he must be conquered by debate
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3872877/nick-fuentes-must-be-conquered-by-debate/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Attempt to Hijack Conservative Institutions. DD: Democrats and RINOs did not attempt to hijack Illinois Center Right Coalition and TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, they succeeded in destroying those organizations.
https://freebeacon.com/media/its-time-we-once-again-took-out-the-trash-scott-jennings-on-the-attempt-to-hijack-conservative-institutions/

NEW YORK POST
— How a foreign political machine tips the scales for Mamdani
https://nypost.com/2025/11/03/us-news/how-a-foreign-political-machine-tips-the-scales-for-mamdani/

AMERICA FIRST LEGAL
— America First Legal Calls for Federal Investigation into Illinois’ State-Mandated Mental Health Screenings of Students. DD: According to Democrats, if you are not a Democrat, you have mental problems.
https://aflegal.org/press-release/america-first-legal-calls-for-federal-investigation-into-illinois-state-mandated-mental-health-screenings-of-students/

BREITBART
— White House to Launch Website Exposing Criminal Illegal Aliens Who Have Received Medicaid
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/11/03/exclusive-white-house-to-launch-website-exposing-criminal-illegal-aliens-who-have-received-medicaid/

CAMPUS REFORM
— Fired ISU teaching assistant who flipped TPUSA table arrested again for alleged threats against Trump
https://www.campusreform.org/article/fired-isu-teaching-assistant-flipped-tpusa-table-arrested-alleged-threats-trump/28887

DAILY WIRE
— Tucker Carlson Sabotages America
https://www.dailywire.com/episode/bss-ep-2309
— Mamdani makes his final voter pitch in Arabic, CNN admits the Democrat brand is garbage, and a federal judge wants illegals to vote.
https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ep-1848-is-this-america-mamdani-releases-an-entire-campaign-ad-in-arabic
— How The Southern Poverty Law Center Poisoned Corporate America
https://www.dailywire.com/news/how-the-southern-poverty-law-center-poisoned-corporate-america
— Mamdani Effect: Abbott Says He’ll Impose 100% Tariff On New Yorkers Moving To Texas After Election
https://www.dailywire.com/news/mamdani-effect-abbott-says-hell-impose-100-tariff-on-new-yorkers-moving-to-texas-after-election

NEW AMERICAN
— Illinois Law Would Shield Illegals From Arrest, Allow Them to Sue Agents Who Arrest Them
https://thenewamerican.com/us/illinois-law-would-shield-illegals-from-arrest-allow-them-to-sue-agents-who-arrest-them/

NEWSMAX
— Pritzker ‘Dehumanizes, Vilifies’ ICE Agents
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/tricia-mclaughlin-dhs-ice/2025/11/03/id/1232991/
— Outrage as Heritage’s Roberts Backs Tucker, Fuentes in Anti-Israel Attacks
https://www.newsmax.com/us/heritage-foundation-kevin-roberts-tucker-carlson/2025/11/02/id/1232913/
— GOP Must Reject Fringe Wing. DD: My critics/opponents always painted Illinois Center Right Coalition and TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois as being fringe wing.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/rosenbaum-kestenbaum-newsmax/2025/11/03/id/1232992/
— Key to Restoring American Greatness: Evil’s Wholesale Defeat
https://www.newsmax.com/scottpowell/cartels-gangs-pornography/2025/11/03/id/1232999/

TOWNHALL
— Illinois Is Requiring Mental Health Screenings for Students Without Parental Consent. DD: According to Democrats, if you are not a Democrat, you have mental problems.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeff-charles/2025/11/03/this-state-is-requiring-mental-health-screenings-for-students-without-parental-consent-n2665865

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NBC NEWS
— SNAP contingency fund ‘isn’t enough,’ says Pritzker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWglrsDtit8
— As millions of Americans prepare to lose SNAP benefits, some states are moving to bridge the gap
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/millions-americans-prepare-lose-snap-benefits-states-are-moving-bridge-rcna239159

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: DD: A Democrat take on America.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/11/03/america-250-birthday-democracy-history/86629143007/

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Illinois Launches Effort to Re-Enroll Some College, No Degree Cohort. DD: What helped you get a bachelor’s degree? For me, it included my parent’s providing 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. It included my working for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969, part-rime during the school years and full-time during the summers. That enabled me graduate debt-free from NIU in August of 1970 owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2025/10/30/illinois-launches-effort-re-enroll-adult-learners

SPLC
— DD: Hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters ever-increasingly use their assignation of Kirk to promote more hatred against conservatives.
https://www.splcenter.org/resources/hatewatch/charlie-kirk-attack-public-education-free-speech-educators/

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

NEWS INDIA
— States and Cities across the U.S. Declare October 2025 as Hindu Heritage Month
https://newsindiatimes.com/states-and-cities-across-the-u-s-declare-october-2025-as-hindu-heritage-month/

FROM OTHER SOURSES

AUTO EVOLUTION
— 1962 Chevrolet Impala SS 409 Z11 Factory Lightweight Sells for $220,000. DD: I owned a 1962 Chevrolet Impala SS 1989-2005.
https://www.autoevolution.com/news/1962-chevrolet-impala-ss-409-z11-factory-lightweight-sells-for-record-price-260329.html