FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly concede that they will never retake control of the White House, U.S. Senate, or U.S. House without a) illegally bringing in more citizens of foreign countries to America and b) illegally keeping those illegals in America.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/30/opinion-chicago-ice-agents-schools-whistles-operation-midway-blitz/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker asks Noem to pause ICE enforcement for Halloween. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly concede that they will never retake control of the White House, U.S. Senate, or U.S. House without a) illegally bringing in more citizens of foreign countries to America and b) illegally keeping those illegals in America.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/29/gov-pritzker-letter-kristi-noem-ice-enforcement-pause-chicago-halloween
CBS2
— 2 Illinois National Guard members say they won’t obey Trump’s orders to deploy in Chicago. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS’s and GAO’s Chicago offices for almost 27 years, all my subordinates who they assigned me to supervise were Democrat, minority, female, and/or younger than me. I always followed their orders and I always gave them preference big time. But that was not enough for them. They wanted my subordinates to have my job. When I was 49 years old in 1997, they succeeded in forcing me to retire so that they could give my job to my Black subordinate, and that is what they did.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N_GeaKZWa0
RIVER BENDER
— Durbin Slams Republicans For Having No Plan To Reduce Health Care Costs For Americans. DD: The federal government paying 72% of my health care insurance premiums since 1966 and paying 72% of my wife’s health care insurance premiums since 1978 helped me endure my Democrat superiors wasting my career, taking many big adverse actions against me, and forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/durbin-slams-republicans-for-having-no-plan-to-reduce-health-care-costs-for-americans-87708.cfm?
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— GOP criticizes Democratic push for Illinois redistricting
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/end-gerrymandering-illinois-republican/amp/
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/video/peoria-republican-criticizes-move-to-change-maps-in-illinois/11214959/
— 6 ways the government shutdown could get worse for Americans
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/here-are-six-ways-the-shutdown-could-get-worse-for-americans/amp/
WDRB
— Louisville airport among several in US feeding federal workers during government shutdown. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. Federal workers have always been demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being grossly overpaid and that their benefits are far too generous.
https://www.wdrb.com/news/louisville-airport-among-several-in-us-feeding-federal-workers-during-government-shutdown/article_500daabe-2f8a-487e-893b-3af0c904e7a9.html
NORTHERN STAR
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their ever-increasing success in getting college students promote illegal immigration, that is, to do their bidding, that is, to serve as their operatives and their dupes. I graduated from NIU in 1970. All my employers before and after that would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://northernstar.info/129580/opinion/opinion-theyre-humans-not-aliens-dont-use-dehumanizing-language/
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/30/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-622/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Those who are the following ever-increasingly vote for Democrats because Democrats ever-increasingly give them more preference over Republicans: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, have less money than others, and/or are in America illegally. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
DUPAGE REPUBLICANS
— 2026 Primary Candidate Petitions DD: I have been a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999. I used to always collect 30 petition signatures from registered Republican voters in my precinct for all the candidates who wanted to be on Republican primary ballots in my precinct. That took a lot of time and effort. But I stopped doing that because ever-increasingly, Republican candidates om ballots in my precinct who lost elections blamed me for their loses. They blame what I have done as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000. They blame what I did as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007. They blame what I did as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012. They blame what I did as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks 2005-2019.
https://dupagegop.com/primary-candidate-petitions/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Feds Press Release on Kat’s et al Indictment for Conspiracy against ICE and More
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/29/feds-press-release-on-kats-et-al-indictment-for-conspiracy-against-ice-and-more/
— UPDATE: Kat Gets More Free Publicity by Getting Arrested for Pounding on ICE Vehicle, Tribune and NORTHWEST HERALD, PART OF INDICTMENT
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/29/kat-gets-more-free-publicity-by-getting-arrested-for-pounding-on-ice-vehicle/
— Jan Schakowsky Replacement Hopeful Comments on Opponent Kat’s Arrest
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/29/jan-schakowsky-replacement-hopeful-comments-on-opponent-kats-arrest/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois House Democrats push first-in-the-world wealth tax, streaming, concert taxes
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-house-democrats-push-first-in-the-world-wealth-tax-streaming-concert-taxes-in-1-5-billion-tax-hike/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Shutdown reveals how out of control illegal immigration has become. Democrats welcome foreign freeloaders while punishing taxpayers.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/29/editorial-shutdown-reveals-control-illegal-immigration-become/
AMERICAN THINKER
— More than the National Guard is needed in US cities
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/10/more_than_the_national_guard_is_needed_in_us_cities.html
— Immigration: The Impending Inferno
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/10/immigration_the_impending_inferno.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Biden administration opened the border, allowing millions of unvetted foreign nationals to enter the country illegally. Biden may not have comprehended the extent of this policy but the figurative politburo that operated the autopen fully understood the scope, scale, and repercussion of their actions. Democrat politicians walk the party line contrived by this politburo. This is clarified by the efforts of Democrat mayors and governors to keep the millions that illegally entered the country safely ensconced in their sanctuary cities and states. Maintenance of these sanctuaries comes at a high cost. The open border attracted criminal aliens like moths to a flame. Stories of murder, rape, child molestation, deadly DUI driving, prostitution, and drug trafficking are so numerous they have become cliche. Newsweek estimates illegal immigration costs taxpayers $150 billion annually. Why do Democrats defend a policy that presents so much danger at such great expense to the American people? Many Democrats don’t consider illegal entry into the country to be criminal behavior. Kamala Harris said, “An undocumented immigrant is not a criminal.” Be assured, though, that if illegal aliens were entering the country clamoring to support conservative causes, Democrats would insist that all entrants possess proper identification and carefully follow the laws of the United States. Behind the gentle façade that Democrats expose to the public lies a political motivation. The number of House representatives that states send to Congress is based on the state’s population. The U.S. Census has traditionally counted individuals in the country regardless of citizenship status. During his first term, President Trump changed this in a memorandum saying, “For the purpose of the reapportionment of representatives following the 2020 Census, it is the policy of the United States to exclude from the apportionment base aliens who are not in a lawful immigration status under the Immigration and Nationality Act.” Biden revised Trump’s immigration policies and made sure illegal aliens were included in the 2020 Census. Blue state governors and mayors attract illegal aliens to their sanctuaries with promises of cash, health care, food, and shelter. The more illegal immigrants that reside in a state, the more representatives the state will receive. Electoral votes are based on the number of representatives a state has, so presidential elections are also impacted. Democrats will admit illegal aliens, verse them in liberal activism, and make them citizens who vote for their Democrat sponsors. In his farewell address, President Washington warned of a dangerous political faction attempting, “to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government”. The American people elected President Trump to defend the republic from the Democrats’ subversive scheme. During the 2024 campaign, Trump promised the largest deportation effort in U.S. history. Democrats now fight the government to keep their scheme in place and bring it to fruition. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is “willing to fight to the death” to protect illegal aliens in his state. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker draws moral equivalence between Trump’s immigration policies and Hitler sending Jews to death camps. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz called ICE agents, “a modern day Gestapo.” These governors and a plethora of other Democrat politicians are toeing the party line. The politburo ordered the border open and allowed millions of aliens into the country. Democrats spent hundreds of billions of dollars to attract these aliens even though they overwhelmed the legal and social infrastructure of their states. Yet one of the primary reasons for Democrats’ loss to Trump was their inane immigration policy. After expending huge sums of money and political capital, Democrats are now using all available means to keep illegal aliens in their sanctuaries. ICE and other federal agents enforcing immigration law find themselves in difficult situations. Democrats have threatened to release an app that tracks the movement of ICE agents. Blue state politicians are not only undermining ICE but call on their constituents to actively interfere with the work of federal agencies. This is obstruction of justice. More seriously, Democrats are inviting liberal activists to engage in violent behavior to assure illegal aliens remain in their states. A cross-sectional group that has worn Che t-shirts and clutched Mao’s Little Red Book believing that “political power grows out of the barrel of a gun,” while visions of the Weather Underground dance in their heads is a group willing to do whatever it takes to advance the cause. Far left groups search for reasons to launch a revolution. When Democrat politicians paint Trump as a fascist who will suspend the 2028 election and make himself king, leftist lunatics will resolve the matter with violence. At least two attempts have been made to assassinate Trump. Charlie Kirk, the bright future of the conservative movement, was killed by an assassin who etched “hey, fascist! CATCH!” on bullet casings found with the gun used to kill him. Mexican drug cartels have placed bounties on the heads of ICE agents. A Minnesota man was recently arrested for posting an offer of $45,000 for the death of Attorney General Pam Bondi on the internet. Radical leftists have attacked ICE facilities all over the country. The John Brown Gun Club is a Marxist organization dedicated to the proposition of revolution. After Kirk’s assassination, the Club’s Washington DC branch advertised with a flyer reading, “Hey, fascist! Catch” to attract new members. Willem van Spronsen, a member of the Puget Sound branch, was killed in Seattle in 2019 while attacking an ICE detention facility with Molotov cocktails, armed with a semiautomatic rifle. Van Spronsen proudly proclaimed, “I am antifa.” Leftist groups will riot against any version of oppression anyone can conjure. Last year it was Palestine, this year immigration, who knows what comes next? They are the gasoline that leftist politicians, educators, and media have distilled. A cadre of Democrat politicians play with fire, striking matches as they dance blithely around their volatile followers. The basis of our political system is the rule of law. Enforcement of immigration law is the responsibility of the federal government. Democrats have thumbed their noses at the law and demand that Trump do the same. Trump will enforce the law because it is the right thing to do and enforcement fulfills a promise he made to the American people. It is likely Democrats will continue to ratchet up the pressure. They will either fan the flames of violence or ignite the inferno of insurrection. Their dance continues. The matches they strike are in the air.)
— “Walking nightmare” is what President Trump’s White House Chief of Staff, Stephen Miller, called AOC after she spewed a nonsensical word salad calling him “short.” Miller is five-foot-ten, and looks like a kick-your-butt-Bruce-Willis character from one of the RED movies. Recently Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) explained her weirdo-dislike for men she calls “short”, even though they are taller than her. She hurled insults at Steven Miller saying, “Laugh at them. Steven Miller is a clown. I’ve never seen that guy in real life, but he looks like he’s like, four-ten. And he looks like he is angry about the fact that he is four-ten.” What a bizarre rambling.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/10/does_the_o_in_aoc_represent_her_walking_nightmare_mouth.html
BREITBART
— Chicago Mobs Throw Rocks, Shoot Fireworks at Police
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/10/29/watch-chicagos-pro-migrant-mobs-throw-rocks-shoot-fireworks-harass-law-enforcement-officers/amp/
FOX NEWS
— DHS shares ‘video evidence’ to justify Border Patrol’s tear gas use during chaotic Chicago immigration raid. The video shows up to 100 protesters confronting agents, with some throwing rocks at them.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/dhs-shares-video-evidence-justify-border-patrol-tear-gas-use-chaotic-chicago-immigration-raid
— Top medical school moved DEI office to secret location as it tries to ‘evade accountability.’ Washington University School of Medicine has long been criticized for promoting a ‘woke’ agenda.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/top-medical-school-moved-dei-office-secret-location-tries-evade-accountability-legal-group.amp
NEWSMAX
— SNAP’s Empty Plates Will Feed Unimaginable Violence. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that if you are in America, you are “entitled” to free housing, free food, free clothing, free healthcare, free transportation, free education, free etc.
https://www.newsmax.com/briggenblaineholt/patriot-hoover-dulles/2025/10/29/id/1232283/
TOWNHALL
— At Berkeley, 1619 Lives on As Part of US Immigration Policy
https://townhall.com/columnists/iramehlman/2025/10/30/at-berkeley-1619-lives-on-as-part-of-us-immigration-policy-n2665659
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— Democrats not swayed by call to end shutdown from largest federal workers’ union. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. Federal workers have always been demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being grossly overpaid and that their benefits are far too generous.
https://www.aol.com/articles/democrats-not-swayed-call-end-225109821.html
NEWSWEEK
— Trump Admin Makes Abrupt Change to Thousands of Immigrant Work Permits. DD: Will Trump a) identify the bad jobs in America that Americans ever-increasingly refuse to take and b) let those illegals who take those bad jobs stay in America? According to my critics/opponents, all the jobs that I had were bad jobs that they would never stoop to take. I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assembly line in 1970. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1971-1972. I pumped more gasoline 1971-1972. I collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980. I audited federal agencies 1980-1997. According to my critics/opponents, I was grossly overpaid for those jobs and my pension and retirement benefits are much too generous.
https://www.newsweek.com/uscis-ending-work-authorization-ead-automatic-extensions-10958565
NEW YORK POST
— Nearly 37,000 VA employees furloughed or working without pay amid government shutdown
https://nypost.com/2025/10/30/us-news/department-of-veterans-affairs-furloughs-37000-employees-part-of-government-shutdown/
WASHINGTON POST
— How much baggage can voters forgive? DD: Candidates should disclose all their baggage before they run.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/how-much-baggage-can-democratic-voters-forgive/2025/10/29/96db19e0-d449-46ea-bb3f-679a77f2d6ae_video.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Evidence Backs the Transgender Social-Contagion Hypothesis. The share of young people claiming another ‘gender identity’ exploded. Now surveys show it is receding. DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been getting everyone in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct to be sexually active LGBTQers?
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/evidence-backs-the-transgender-social-contagion-hypothesis-40937876
— Are Women to Blame for Wokery? American society has been transformed in the last half century by the entry into the workforce of large numbers of women. Equal gender opportunity has commanded a large consensus for most of that time, but there are some dissenters. DD: All the many women who my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors promoted over me were Democrats who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. My critics/opponents not only have no problem with that, they want that.
https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/opinion-free-expression/are-women-to-blame-for-wokery/b531e7b6-3c29-4628-a794-0042dc8308b6
USA TODAY
— DD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, boys are ever-increasingly failing. Because of Affirmative Action and DEI, the more of the following that boys are, the bleaker that their futures are: White, conservative, Republican, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2025/10/12/boys-falling-behind-girls-school-parenting/86422169007/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: According to The Brookings Institution, “Girls outperform boys in reading by 40% of a grade level in every state.” On our recent national writing exam, only 18% of eighth-grade boys were considered proficient writers. According to the Pew Research Center, 44% of college students ages 18-24 are men, and that percentage is dropping. When we take a look at the mental health of young men, we see real tragedy. Among men ages 18-23, two-thirds say no one really knows them well. Men are four times as likely to die from suicide as women. In a study of men ages 18-45, nearly 50% say their online lives are “more engaging and rewarding” than their offline lives.
ACCOUNTING
— What Does an Internal Auditor Do? DD: The internal auditing profession saw me as being too old because I did not start taking graduate evening accounting courses until I was 27, I did not take and pass on my first attempt the CPA examination until I was 30, I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31. I did not take and pass on my first attempt the Certified Internal Auditing examination until I was 32, and I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32. The internal auditing profession ignored/dismissed/belittled the fact that I worked for IRS 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 and for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year. The internal auditing profession would not have done that if I had been a minority or a female.
https://www.accounting.com/careers/internal-auditor/
COLLEGE RECRUITER
— 20 most popular jobs upon graduation for those with business administration / management majors. DD: When I graduated from NIU with a bachelor’s degree in management when I was 21 in 1970, I wanted a career in the automotive industry. But potential employers saw me as being draft bait. They did not believe that my application for a financial hardship draft deferment would be approved. Consequently, I took the only job offer that I got — Retail Sales Manager for the Chicago Heights Firestone Store. The job did not really require a college degree. Advancement opportunities were bleak. The store manager disapproved of my demographics. Consequently, I accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. But Oldsmobile withdrew that job offer saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. My store manager rudely fired me because I had accepted that job offer. I had to have a job. Consequently, I accepted a job offer from IRS. Surprisedly, my Firestone Store manager offered me a part-tine job pumping gasoline which I took and held until he fired me again at the end of 1972.
https://www.collegerecruiter.com/blog/2025/10/29/20-most-popular-jobs-upon-graduation-for-those-with-business-administration-management-majors
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Illinois has launched a statewide effort to re-enroll students who stopped out of college. DD: According to my critics/opponents, I was able to earn a bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees a) because I avoided the Vietnam War draft, b) because the Post Office, IRS, and GAO grossly overpaid me, c) because of my wife’s income, and d) because we gave up trying to have children. I paid lots of money for tuition, books, and room and board to earn a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970. I paid lots of money for tuition and books to earn 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.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2025/10/30/illinois-launches-effort-re-enroll-adult-learners
(FROM THE ARTICLE: ReUp has established a re-enrollment marketplace in Illinois that will connect stopped-out learners with 19 participating community colleges and universities and provide them with live coaching and other resources. The platform will be accessible to 200,000 Illinois residents who have earned some college credits but not completed a degree. Nationwide, about 43 million Americans fall into that category.
U.S. COMMITTEE FOR REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS
— The Loss of America’s Truckers: The Revocation of Commercial Driver’s Licenses from Refugees and Asylees. DD: Will Trump a) identify the bad jobs in America that Americans ever-increasingly refuse to take and b) let those illegals who take those bad jobs stay in America? According to my critics/opponents, all the jobs that I had were bad jobs that they would never stoop to take. I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assembly line in 1970. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1971-1972. I pumped more gasoline 1971-1972. I collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980. I audited federal agencies 1980-1997. According to my critics/opponents, I was grossly overpaid for those jobs and my pension and retirement benefits are much too generous.
https://refugees.org/the-loss-of-americas-truckers-the-revocation-of-commercial-drivers-licenses-from-refugees-and-asylees/
SPLC
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame all problems on Republicans, and especially on Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.splcenter.org/presscenter/demand-lawmakers-governors-act-shutdown-threatens-snap/
Tag: Gao
October 29, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— House candidate Kat Abughazaleh accused of conspiring to injure officers during anti-ICE protests in Broadview. A federal grand jury has indicted six people for allegedly assaulting and conspiring to injure law enforcement during a protest last month at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility near Chicago. House candidate Kat Abughazaleh and five others were charged with felony offenses for their alleged involvement in a series of skirmishes with officers that later went viral on social media outside of the facility in Broadview, Illinois.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/congressional-candidate-kat-abughazaleh-indicted-conspiring-injure-officers-during-anti-ice-protests-broadview-illinois/18086593/
— Court blocks order requiring CBP Chief Bovino to meet with judge every day on immigration operations
https://abc7chicago.com/post/border-patrol-ice-chicago-doj-appeals-judge-order-cbp-chief-greg-bovino-meet-every-day-immigration-operations/18087074/
— Ex-IL deputy found guilty of murder in shooting of Sonya Massey, a Black woman who called 911
https://abc7chicago.com/post/sonya-massey-death-jury-deliberations-will-continue-weds-attempt-reach-verdict-ex-il-deputy-sean-graysons-trial/18084767/
— DD: Under the Democrats, poverty and crime ever-increasingly increase.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/dupage-county-food-pantries-like-glen-house-northern-illinois-bank-worry-cant-meet-need-snap-benefits-end/18087689/
NBC5
— Appeals court blocks order requiring Bovino to brief judge on Chicago immigration sweeps. The court intervened on Wednesday before Greg Bovino’s first late afternoon meeting with U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/appeals-court-blocks-order-requiring-bovino-to-brief-judge-on-chicago-immigration-sweeps/3845216/
— Pritzker declares agricultural export crisis in Illinois, signs executive order. The state says it is facing significant impacts due to the tariffs, with farmers from Illinois selling more than $1 billion in soybeans to China last year.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/gov-pritzker-declares-agricultural-export-crisis-in-illinois-signs-executive-order/3845135/
CBS2
— Appeals court grants Justice Department request to pause daily meetings between Gregory Bovino, Judge Sara Ellis
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/justice-department-appeals-court-gregory-bovino-judge-sara-ellis/
— Little Village leaders urge Mayor Brandon Johnson to do more to stop ICE agents from using city property
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/little-village-mayor-brandon-johnson-executive-order-ice-agents-city-property/
— Border Patrol takes lead role in Trump administration’s Chicago crackdown, carrying out more arrests than ICE
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/border-patrol-trump-administrations-chicago-crackdown-more-arrests-than-ice/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Immigration enforcement officers arrest at least 7 people in Crete, Chicago Heights. DD: While my brother lived at 1286 Wood Street in Crete, he told me about a major ICE raid on an illegal alien stash house across the street.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/29/ice-arrests-crete-chicago-heights/
FROM THE ARTICLE: The Crete Police Department said multiple individuals from a construction crew near Berkshire and Stafford were detained Monday by federal immigration enforcement officers. RLM Underground construction manager Shawn Davis said Wednesday about four to five people were detained between 10:30 and 11 a.m. from his construction crew, which he subcontracted from another company. The crew was drilling conduit to install surf internet, but construction was halted after the workers were arrested. Davis said his company, along with another company on the job, Evolve Telecom, brought in additional workers from their company’s Midwest branches to continue the work on Tuesday. Some workers lived locally and others had to travel into town, he said. Crete police said in a statement information was received and verified from workers that several members of the crew were taken into custody by ICE agents. Officials also said the Police Department was contacted by several residents Monday regarding ICE sightings and activity within the village. Police said officers contacted witnesses and gathered information related to these reports and found several of the reported sightings were either untrue or couldn’t be substantiated. Crete officials also said the Police Department was never contacted by ICE and did not have notice of or assist in this operation. They noted Illinois law enforcement agencies are prohibited by the Illinois Trust Act from conducting or assisting in immigration only enforcement. Crete police also said Illinois law enforcement can only assist ICE if a valid warrant exists, probable cause of a criminal act (other than immigration status) was committed or protection of ICE agents who are victims of crime. “The Crete Police Department understands the sensitive nature of these matters and wants to assure the public that we are committed to being transparent in our role and the information we have regarding these encounters,” reads the statement. “The Crete Police Department is dedicated to communicating and sharing information with all residents, organizations, and businesses within our community.”
— Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino’s daily report in federal court canceled by appeals court — for now
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/29/bovino-daily-report-federal-court-canceled/
— Kristi Noem, Gov. Mike Braun to visit Gary for ICE-related news conference
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/29/noem-braun-visit-gary/
— DD: Democrat leaders prolong the shutdown.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/29/snap-benefits-funding-fails/
— Children don’t invent hate — they have be to carefully taught. DD: Democrats run Illinois. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/29/jewish-attack-skokie-october-7-hate-crime/
— A left-leaning voters’ rights group that has pushed for President Donald Trump’s removal from office over alleged constitutional abuses is now asking Illinois officials to investigate and prosecute alleged violations of state law by federal immigration enforcement agents deployed in “Operation Midway Blitz.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/29/group-urges-state-investigations-of-federal-immigration-violations/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever increasingly protect their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/10/29/trump-administration-voting-rights-act-supreme-court-ice-curtis-lawrence
— Pritzker executive orders to help Illinois farmers, direct $20 million to plug SNAP funding gap. Wednesday’s order declares an agricultural crisis in Illinois and offers support for farmers and their families. His order Thursday will direct the state to work with food banks and pantries, grocers, universities and other organizations to mitigate cuts to the federal food assistance program.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/illinois-governor/2025/10/29/pritzker-executive-order-illinois-farmers-snap-cuts
DAILY HERALD
— DuPage County Board criticizes ICE, but won’t ban agents from county property. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasing protect their illegals.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251029/local-politics/dupage-county-board-criticizes-ice-but-doesnt-enact-ban-on-county-property/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republicans board members said they support due process or fair treatment, but described the resolution as “political theater,” noting that the county has no jurisdiction over immigration. “It’s sad that we have to waste our time today on this resolution that has no bearing to change anything or make any difference in the everyday lives of our residents,” said board member Jim Zay, a Republican from Carol Stream. Zay left Tuesday’s board meeting with fellow Republicans Cindy Cronin Cahill and Kari Galassi, just as a vote was being called on the resolution. Board member Brian Krajewski, also a Republican, left the meeting shortly after commenting on the resolution, saying he had an appointment to get to. The measure ultimately passed 12-1, with Republican Sam Tornatore joining Democrats in supporting the resolution. Grant Eckhoff, a Wheaton Republican, cast the only dissenting vote. Before Tuesday’s meeting, Eckhoff had suggested changes to the resolution to include statements related to crime and undocumented immigrants, noting that entering the country without permission is illegal and suggesting that if people do not like immigration laws that they work to change them. Eckhoff, who did not present his proposed suggestions at Tuesday’s meeting, said adopting the resolution steps into federal issues that are out of the county’s authority.)
— Abughazaleh, candidate for 9th District seat, indicted over ICE protest
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251029/crime/abughazaleh-candidate-for-9th-district-seat-indicted-over-ice-protest/
— Residents want Mount Prospect to restrict ICE from village-owned properties. DD: Who leads the efforts to protect illegals in your municipality?
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251029/news/residents-want-mount-prospect-to-restrict-ice-from-village-owned-properties/
— The Illinois House on Tuesday approved legislation aimed at protecting public officials from threats and harassment by allowing them to shield certain information — such as home addresses — from public disclosure while sanctioning the use of campaign funds for personal security services. The legislation, sponsored by state Rep. Katie Stuart, D-Edwardsville, would allow state lawmakers, constitutional officers, state’s attorneys, public defenders, county clerks and other elections officials to request that government agencies, businesses and individuals redact or refrain from posting their personal information on public websites. It would also allow a public official to use their campaign fund to pay for personal security and security upgrades to their home, including security systems, cameras, walls, fences and other physical improvements.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251029/illinois-state-politics/lawmakers-advance-bill-allowing-public-officials-to-conceal-personal-information/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Teens who use weed before age 15 have more trouble later. DD: Pot is poison.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-10-29/teens-who-use-weed-before-age-15-have-more-trouble-later-a-study-finds
WGLT
— ISU teaching assistant on leave faces federal charges over alleged threats to President Trump
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-10-29/isu-teaching-assistant-on-leave-faces-federal-charges-over-alleged-threats-to-president-trump
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Illinois Lawmakers Propose Bills That Would Protect Immigrants At Schools, Hospitals And Courthouses. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasing protect their illegals.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/29/illinois-lawmakers-propose-bills-that-would-protect-immigrants-at-schools-hospitals-and-courthouses/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/29/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-413/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/29/senate-dems-file-comprehensive-civil-rights-legislation-in-response-to-ice-activities/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Pritzker declares agricultural trade ‘crisis’ while Trump touts new deals
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_bdde8a70-7c88-494a-9bdb-15cae47725e4.html
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— UPDATE: Kat Gets More Free Publicity by Getting Arrested for Pounding on ICE Vehicle, Tribune and NORTHWEST HERALD
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/29/kat-gets-more-free-publicity-by-getting-arrested-for-pounding-on-ice-vehicle/
— What Springfield Democrats May Be Looking at (Two Maps) To Get Rid of One of Illinois’ Republican Members of Congress
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/29/what-springfield-democrats-may-be-looking-at-to-get-rid-of-one-of-illinois-republican-members-of-congress/
— Crystal Lake Park District Advised Public of Tax Hike Far Higher Than Increase in the Cost of Living
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/29/crystal-lake-park-district-advised-public-of/
— Former McHenry County Board Member John Hammerand, R.I.P.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/29/john-hammerand-r-i-p/
— Coles County Board Member and Wife Killed in Crash by Illegal Alien, Rep. Adam Niemerg Reacts
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/28/coles-county-board-member-and-wife-killed-by-illegal-alien/
— County Board Proposing Referendum to Put Pressure on Pritzker to Opt Into Federal School Choice Plan
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/28/county-board-proposing-referendum-to-put-pressure-on-pritzker-to-opt-into-federal-school-choice-plan/
— County Board Candidates Begin Filing
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/27/county-board-candidates-begin-filing/
— Only One Challenge So Far to Five Incumbent Republican County Office Holders
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/27/only-one-challenge-so-far-to-five-incumbent-republican-county-office-holders/
— Chris Lauzen Files for Re-Election as Kane County Treasurer
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/27/chris-lauzen-files-for-re-election-as-kane-county-treasurer/
— Republican Jennifer Davis Files Petitions to Replace Raja Krishnamoorthi
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/27/jennifer-davis-files-petitions-to-replace-raja-krishnamoorthi/
— Jessica Breugelmans Files Petitions to Replace Retiring Don DeWitte
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/27/jessica-breugelmans-files-petitions-to-replace-retiring-don-dewitte/
— Last Week of the Veto Session Appropriately Just Before Halloween
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/27/last-week-of-the-veto-session-appropriately-just-before-halloween/
— Refuge for Women (Helping Women Escape Sex Work) Holds Successful Fundraiser, Hears “Victory” Testimony
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/27/refuge-for-women-holds-successful-fundraiser-hears-testimony/
— Darby Hills Warns of Democrats’ Attempt to Increase Taxes to Bail Out CTA
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/27/darby-hills-warns-of-democrats-attempt-to-increase-taxes-to-bail-out-cta/
— Taxpayers Urged to Contact County Board Members in Opposition to 13% Tax Levy Hike Placed on Review
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/26/taxpayers-urged-to-contact-county-board-members-in-opposition-to-13-tax-levy-hike-place-on-review/
— Bruce Johnson Presents Plan (County Doge) to Avoid McHenry County’s Having a 13% Budget Hike
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/25/bruce-johnson-comes-through-on-his-county-board-promise-to-present-13-budget-hike-cutting-plan/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— The One Big Beautiful Battery Bailout: How Springfield Democrats Are Handing Wall Street a 20-Year Windfall
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/the-one-big-beautiful-battery-bailout-how-springfield-democrats-are-handing-wall-street-a-20-year-windfall.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— IL state rep: Reckless immigration policies led to fatal crash
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3866805/il-state-rep-reckless-immigration-policies-led-fatal-crash/
— Democrats want open borders, most Americans don’t
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/3868405/democrats-want-open-borders-most-americans-dont/
— Democrats can’t fake moderation on immigration
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3868206/bernie-sanders-illegal-immigration-trump-border-security/
NEW YORK POST
— Newsom is part of a disgusting new trend: Privileged people inventing ‘poorigin’ stories
https://nypost.com/2025/10/29/opinion/gavin-newsom-is-part-of-a-new-trend-inventing-poorigin-stories/
— Vance holding Q&A alongside Erika Kirk at Ole Miss Turning Point USA event
https://nypost.com/2025/10/29/media/jd-vance-holding-qampa-alongside-erika-kirk-at-ole-miss-turning-point-usa-event/
BREITBART
— ICE Buses 100 Illegal Aliens from Indiana to Texas for Deportation Processing
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2025/10/29/ice-buses-100-illegal-aliens-from-indiana-to-texas-for-deportation-processing/
FOX NEWS
— Turning Point table flipper threatened Trump, arrested by feds after firing from teaching assistant job. Derek Lopez was fired from Illinois State University after viral video showed him flipping conservative group’s table.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/turning-point-table-flipper-threatened-trump-arrested-feds-after-firing-from-teaching-assistant-job-fbi
MRC TV
— Pritzker and MSNBC Deny Dems Ever Called Trump ‘Hitler’
https://www.mrctv.org/videos/jb-pritzker-and-msnbc-deny-dems-ever-called-trump-hitler
POST MILLENNIAL
— Pritzker claims no Dems compared Trump to Hitler—he’s among the many who have
https://thepostmillennial.com/pritzker-claims-no-dems-compared-trump-to-hitler-hes-among-the-many-who-have
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Obama-Appointed Judge Is Trying to Take Over Border Patrol Operations in Chicago
https://www.westernjournal.com/obama-appointed-judge-trying-take-control-border-patrol-chicago/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC NEWS
— DOJ indicts Democratic Illinois congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh over ICE protests. Abughazaleh called the charges “yet another attempt by the Trump administration to criminalize protest and punish those who dare to speak up.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/doj-indicts-democratic-congressional-candidate-kat-abughazaleh-ice-pro-rcna240584
NEW YORK TIMES
— Protesters of Immigration Crackdown, Including House Candidate, Indicted. Six people, including the congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh, were indicted by a grand jury in Chicago. Ten others were arrested on charges stemming from California protests.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/us/chicago-immigration-protest-indictments.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Former Illinois sheriff’s deputy convicted in killing of Sonya Massey
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/10/29/sonya-massey-killing-verdict/
— One agency (GAO) can push back on Trump — but probably not for long. The Government Accountability Office is Congress’s watchdog. In two months, the president gets to nominate its new leader. DD: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/10/27/trump-shutdown-gao/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Donald Trump has used the federal shutdown to seize control of spending from Congress and mold much of the government to his liking. Now the lone agency with the power to push back on those moves might be running out of time to try it. The agency’s leader, Comptroller General Gene Dodaro, has about two months left in his term, and Trump will nominate his replacement, potentially scuttling some of the Government Accountability Office’s most forceful attempts at oversight — including by taking the White House to court if necessary. The agency retained a law firm to evaluate whether the White House was breaking federal laws governing spending and to prepare for a potential legal challenge — though officials have not decided whether to pursue a case, according to two people familiar with Dodaro’s thinking, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to share details from private conversations. “They are looking at everything,” said one of the people. Now the White House is poised to defang the agency in the middle of the shutdown and the fight over constitutional powers, simply by appointing an ally as its new boss. When Dodaro’s term ends Dec. 29, congressional leaders will suggest to Trump a list of successors, though Trump can disregard the recommendation and send up his own choice for Senate confirmation. The Trump administration has claimed much of GAO’s work — and the agency itself — is illegitimate. Russell Vought, the White House budget director and architect of much of the administration’s shutdown strategy, said it “shouldn’t exist.” Congressional Republicans tried to slash GAO’s funding in this round of government spending negotiations and attempted to block the agency from suing the Trump administration on behalf of Congress. But the agency has taken on more prominence in recent months. A federal appeals court in August held that only GAO had the standing to sue over violations of spending laws, cutting out the groups that claimed harm from Trump’s decisions. Other federal courts that have considered related cases have not made similar determinations. “If Trump nominates the next comptroller general — I don’t want to make a political thing out of it, but his track record about caring about oversight and independent evaluations is not terribly strong,” said Henry Wray, a former associate general counsel and ethics counselor for GAO. “GAO is really the only truly fully independent source of executive branch oversight in government.” The government shutdown, well into its fourth week, presented a novel window for Trump to remake much of the federal government. He called the closure of many federal agencies an “opportunity” delivered to him on a “silver platter” to rid the government of “Democrat agencies” and lay off thousands of federal employees, though courts have blocked some of the dismissals he has attempted. And while congressional Democrats’ main demand in the shutdown talks is to preserve pandemic-era Affordable Care Act subsidies, they’ve also insisted that Trump drop attempts to impound funds, or that GOP lawmakers agree to strengthen provisions written into bill text that mandate the White House spend what Congress tells it to. Shutdowns are unique tests for the balance of power between the branches. With no spending laws in effect, the president has broader latitude than usual to redirect funds that preserve vital government functions, though such power is not unlimited. Long before the shutdown, the Trump administration had attempted to assert even greater authority. GAO determined this year that Trump and Vought blocked funds from going to programs that Congress had required by law, a concept called impoundment that is banned under a 1974 law. The agency investigated 13 spending maneuvers by the administration and found six violations. “Once enacted,” GAO wrote in its investigation of an impoundment of Department of Homeland Security funds in September, “an appropriation is a law like any other, and the President must implement it by ensuring that appropriated funds are obligated and expended prudently during their period of availability unless and until Congress enacts another law providing otherwise.” Trump and key advisers like Vought say that the funding levels Congress sets are a ceiling, not a floor, and that the president can choose not to spend as much as lawmakers have ordered. Republican leaders in Congress have generally gone along with that interpretation. But Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), chairwoman of the powerful Appropriations Committee, last month encouraged GAO to sue the White House. No decisions have been made. “GAO’s role in the [Impoundment Control Act] is to support Congress by providing information on the status of funds, issuing legal decisions and considering options for release of funds Congress has appropriated,” GAO General Counsel Edda Emmanuelli Perez said in a statement. “In considering whether to file a lawsuit, GAO would communicate with Congress on the available options and provide a 25 day formal notification as required by the ICA.” The tussle between the executive and legislative branches does not inherently require GAO’s intervention — if Congress stands up more aggressively for its powers, experts say. Lawmakers could publicly push back on the administration to pressure it to stop impoundments or to strictly adhere to Congress’s intent when making spending decisions during the shutdown. “If on a bipartisan basis, Congress would come together, at least a majority of members of Congress come together, and say, ‘The power of the purse is ours and here’s what that means,’ I think that would go a long way toward preventing the White House from continuing to give Congress a runaround when it comes to appropriated funding,” said Faith Williams, a program director at the Project on Government Oversight, a nonpartisan open-government organization.)
LAW DAILY REPORT
— Supreme Court Says Defending Congress’s Power of the Purse Is the Comptroller General’s Job. He Should Do It. Congress’s watchdog now faces an impossible choice, writes an Emory Law professor who worked for OMB during the first Trump administration. DD: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE.
https://www.law.com/dailyreportonline/2025/10/28/commentary-supreme-court-says-defending-congresss-power-of-the-purse-is-the-comptroller-generals-job-he-should-do-it/
NEWSBREAK
— Trump wants House Republican ‘thrown out’ of Congress. DD: Since 1999, my critics/opponents have wanted me to be thrown out of the Milton Township Republican Organization. In 2007, they succeeded in throwing me off the Illinois Center Right Coalition leadership team. In 2012, they succeeded in throwing me off the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois leadership team.
https://www.newsbreak.com/knewz-1594593/4320995406730-trump-wants-house-republican-thrown-out-of-congress
POLITICO
— Kat Abughazaleh, a progressive Democrat running for an open House seat in Illinois, faces federal charges after attending a protest at a U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement processing center outside Chicago. Abughazaleh, a social media influencer who recently moved to the state, was charged with conspiracy to impede or injure a federal officer and assaulting or impeding an officer as they engaged in official duties at the Broadview ICE detention center.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/29/illinois-house-candidate-ice-protest-arrest-00627914
NEW REPUBLIC
— DD: Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders in Illinois have had their operatives and their dupes take many big adverse actions against me. I should write about them, their adverse actions, and what they have used as justifications.
https://newrepublic.com/article/202187/trump-republican-party-rise-politics-revenge
October 29, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/illinois-united-states-immigration-customs-enforcement-news-latest-trump-admin-ice-surge-chicago-national-guard-live/18057502/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/northhalsted-chicago-center-halsted-ceo-joli-robinson-among-years-out100-serving-lgbtq-community/18082833/
NBC5
— Trump warns he will send ‘more than National Guard’ to some U.S. cities ‘if we need.’ DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do more to protect their illegals.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/trump-warns-he-will-send-more-than-national-guard-to-some-u-s-cities-if-we-need/3844549/
CBS2
— Texas National Guard troops remain stationed in Elwood, Illinois, costing taxpayers millions. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do more to protect their illegals.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/national-guard-troops-in-elwood/
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Protest held at Palatine police station after officer assisted federal agents with arrest. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly make it clear that they exist to promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251028/news/protest-held-at-palatine-police-station-after-officer-assisted-federal-agents-with-arrest/
— Judge orders Trump administration to restore school mental health grants. DD: According to Democrats, you have mental health problems if you are not a Democrat.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251028/nation-and-world-politics/judge-orders-trump-administration-to-restore-school-mental-health-grants/
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DD: Soon, under the Democrats, everyone in America will be a) handing out welfare and/or receiving welfare. Under the Democrats, America ever-increasingly fails to produce productive members of society.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/local/2025/10/29/closer-look-at-how-halting-of-snap-impacts-springfield-area/86950904007/
WAND TV
— DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/il-democrats-plan-to-pass-bill-protecting-immigrants-from-hostile-ice-tactics/article_68724e4d-aa11-4fc6-91d4-0641cf471ded.html
SHAW LOCAL
— West Suburban Food Pantry turns to DoorDash program for families reluctant to visit pantry. DD: Soon, under the Democrats, everyone in America will be a) handing out welfare and/or receiving welfare. Under the Democrats, America ever-increasingly fails to produce productive members of society.
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/2025/10/28/west-suburban-food-pantry-turns-to-doordash-program-for-families-reluctant-to-visit-pantry/
NPR ILLINOIS
— This furloughed IRS lawyer is living out his dream of being a hot dog vendor. DD: I was an IRS employee for almost 9 years. I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. Federal employees have always been demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being grossly overpaid and that their benefits are far too generous.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-10-29/this-furloughed-irs-lawyer-is-living-out-his-dream-of-being-a-hot-dog-vendor
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrats vote against ‘clean’ GOP bill to end shutdown despite union pressure. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the shutdown to defeat Republican candidates.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/democrats-vote-against-clean-gop-bill-to-end-shutdown-despite-union-pressure/amp/
FOX ILLINOIS
— Tennessee GOP congressman calls on Bondi to investigate Mamdani’s naturalization documents
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/tennessee-gop-congressman-calls-on-bondi-to-investigate-mamdanis-naturalization-documents-andrew-cuomo-curtis-sliwa
DECATUR RADIO
— CANNABIS-IMPAIRED DRIVING DD: Pot is poison.
https://www.decaturradio.com/2025/10/28/cannabis-impaired-driving/
DUPAGE COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSION
— Candidate filings as of 10/28/25
https://cms5.revize.com/revize/dupage/Election/Documents/Candidate%20Information/WebsiteListingsByElection/2026GPE/2026GPE%20Candidate%20Listing.pdf
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/29/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-621/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
JOHN KASS
— Zohran Mamdani’s New York Infecting America
https://johnkassnews.com/zohran-new-york/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Illinois County Board Member and Wife Killed When Illegal Alien Hits Their Car
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/28/illinois-county-board-member-and-wife-killed-when-illegal-alien-hits-their-car/
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/28/coles-county-board-member-and-wife-killed-by-illegal-alien/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What do you say to Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders in Illinois who send their press releases and their press advisories to Democrat news outlets but refuse to send them to GOPUSA ILLINOIS at diersen@aol.com ? What do you say to the aforesaid who blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems? What do you say to the aforesaid who destroy those like me who refuse to be manipulated or dominated by them, who refuse to glorify or paise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money? What do you say to the aforesaid who have had their operatives and their dupes take many big adverse actions against me. I should write about that. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Revenge Politics: Tony McCombie’s War on Her Own Conservative House GOP Caucus
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/revenge-politics-tony-mccombies-war-on-her-own-conservative-house-gop-caucus.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— DHS to end Biden’s automatic renewal of migrants’ work permits; new rule increases vetting
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/29/dhs-end-bidens-automatic-renewal-migrants-work-permits-new-rule/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Illegals vs. the Deserving American Poor
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/10/illegals_vs_the_deserving_american_poor.html
— Texas runs voter file, finds 2,724 possible non-citizens
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/10/texas_runs_voter_file_finds_2_724_possible_non_citizens.html
— Liberal Women are Unhappy
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/10/liberal_women_are_unhappy.html
CAMPUS REFORM
— Only 8% of hiring managers say Gen Z is ready for the workforce. DD: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/analysis-8-hiring-managers-say-gen-z-ready-workforce/28850
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Why Trump Critics’ Hyperbolic Rhetoric on Deportations Denigrates Real Tragedies
https://cis.org/Smith/Why-Trump-Critics-Hyperbolic-Rhetoric-Deportations-Denigrates-Real-Tragedies
DAILY CALLER
— DEI Infecting Biden DOD And Its Suppliers Hurt Readiness On A Global Scale. Democrats use DEI to defeat Republican candidates.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/29/opinion-dei-infecting-biden-dod-and-its-suppliers-hurt-readiness-on-a-global-scale-james-fitzpatrick/
DAILY SIGNAL
— DHS Disputes MSNBC Writer’s Claim ICE Lowered Hiring Standards. DD: To hire, retain, and promote more young minorities and more young females, employers ever-increasingly lower standards. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my a) job-related bachelor’s degree, b) my three job-related master’s degrees, c) my six job-related professional certifications, and d) my job-related professional license.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/10/28/dhs-responds-msnbc-column-claiming-ice-lowered-hiring-standards/
FOX NEWS
— Senate Democrats Reject Bill To Reopen Government For 13th Time
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/schumer-again-blocks-gop-bid-reopen-government-air-traffic-controllers-go-unpaid
— Ohio uncovers over 1,000 noncitizens ‘appearing’ registered to vote, sends cases to DOJ for prosecution
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ohio-uncovers-over-1000-noncitizens-appearing-registered-vote-sends-cases-doj-prosecution
— Pentagon orders managers to fire their underperforming employees with ‘speed and conviction.’ The new guidelines raise concerns about potential misuse to target employees who do not support Trump administration programs. DD: Were you an underperforming employee? According to my critics/opponents, the following shows that I was an underperforming federal employee: a) 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, b) my Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions, and disallowed my travel vouchers, and c) my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests. According to my critics/opponents, my Democrat superiors taking the aforesaid adverse actions against me notwithstanding the following shows that I was an extremely bad performer: a) I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, b) I earned job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, c) I earned job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and c) I earned a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pentagon-orders-managers-fire-civilian-workers-speed-conviction
NEWSMAX
— Speaker Johnson: DEI Is Part of Dem Shutdown Agenda
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/mike-johnson-democrats-shutdown/2025/10/28/id/1232221/
POST MILLENNIAL
— Newsom tells former NBA stars ‘anti-woke’ is just ‘anti-black’
https://thepostmillennial.com/gavin-newsom-tells-former-nba-stars-anti-woke-is-just-anti-black
TOWNHALL
— Road Carnage Caused by Illegal Aliens
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnandandyschlafly/2025/10/29/road-carnage-caused-by-illegal-aliens-n2665603
TPUSA
— Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Says ‘Illegal Alien’ is a ‘Racist’ Term
https://tpusa.com/live/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-says-illegal-alien-is-a-racist-term/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Pentagon removes key protections for underperforming employees, moves to fire them with ‘speed and conviction.’ DD: Were you an underperforming employee? According to my critics/opponents, the following shows that I was an underperforming federal employee: a) 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, b) my Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions, and disallowed my travel vouchers, and c) my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests. According to my critics/opponents, my Democrat superiors taking the aforesaid adverse actions against me notwithstanding the following shows that I was an extremely bad performer: a) I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, b) I earned job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, c) I earned job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and c) I earned a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5577739-pentagon-civilian-personnel-rules/
CNN
— Gerrymandering is terrible for the country
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/29/politics/video/rep-kiley-on-gerrymandering-its-terrible-for-the-country-vrtc
MSN
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly destroy those who do not promote more LGBTQ. I do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/celebrity/anti-gay-beauty-queen-anita-bryant-famously-blasted-with-pie-dies-at-84/ar-BB1rc4rN
— DD: Soon, under the Democrats, everyone in America will be a) handing out welfare and/or receiving welfare. Under the Democrats, America ever-increasingly fails to produce productive members of society.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/as-millions-of-americans-prepare-to-lose-snap-benefits-some-states-are-moving-to-bridge-the-gap/ar-AA1Pn6xT
MSNBC
— People are starving’: Why largest federal workers union is speaking out. DD: I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. Federal employees have always been demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being grossly overpaid and that their benefits are far too generous.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cBmtzHhP68
NEW YORK TIMES
— Judge Admonishes Border Patrol Leader for Tactics in Chicago. Gregory Bovino, a Border Patrol official who has become a public face of President Trump’s crackdown, was ordered to give the federal judge a daily report on the actions of his team from now on. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do more to protect their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/us/chicago-bovino-tear-gas.html
— Dozens of States Sue Trump Administration Over Planned Food Stamp Cuts. The states petitioned a federal court days after the Agriculture Dept. said it would not take emergency steps to provide aid during the government shutdown. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the shutdown to defeat Republican candidates.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/us/politics/trump-food-stamps-snap-lawsuit.html
— How the Pentagon Is Blocking Out News Organizations. DD: What do you say to Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders in Illinois who send their press releases and their press advisories to Democrat news outlets but refuse to send them to GOPUSA ILLINOIS at diersen@aol.com ? What do you say to the aforesaid who blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems? What do you say to the aforesaid who destroy those like me who refuse to be manipulated or dominated by them, who refuse to glorify or paise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money? What do you say to the aforesaid who have had their operatives and their dupes take many big adverse actions against me. I should write about that.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/10/15/business/media/pentagon-press-rules.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Pentagon moves to fire civilian personnel with ‘speed and conviction.’ A memo from the Defense Department’s top personnel official makes it easier to remove underperforming employees and warns managers that they will be held accountable. DD: Were you an underperforming employee? According to my critics/opponents, the following shows that I was an underperforming federal employee: a) 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, b) my Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions, and disallowed my travel vouchers, and c) my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests. According to my critics/opponents, my Democrat superiors taking the aforesaid adverse actions against me notwithstanding the following shows that I was an extremely bad performer: a) I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, b) I earned job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, c) I earned job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and c) I earned a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/10/28/pentagon-firings-civilian-employees-memo/
BALTIMORE SUN
— Shutdown Guide: Where Maryland’s federal workers can find food, transit and housing help. DD: I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. Federal employees have always been demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being grossly overpaid and that their benefits are far too generous.
https://www.baltimoresun.com/2025/10/28/support-for-federal-workers/
PUBLIC RADIO TULSA
— Federal credit unions in Oklahoma offer relief for federal workers without jobs, pay. DD: I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. Federal employees have always been demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being grossly overpaid and that their benefits are far too generous.
https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/local-regional/2025-10-28/federal-credit-unions-in-oklahoma-offer-relief-for-federal-workers-without-jobs-pay
BUSINESS WIRE
— Common misconceptions about scholarships persist, discouraging students from applying. Many believe scholarships are only for students with exceptional grades or abilities (46%), applications are only for incoming freshmen (36%), or that their family earns too much money (32%). DD: According to my critics/opponents, my not getting any scholarships proves that I am stupid and that my parents were filthy rich. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents had the most money, who bought them cars, who paid for their college expenses, and/or who got them jobs.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/scholarship-myths-may-costing-families-163300261.html
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
SKY NEWS
— Who does the government think ‘working people’ are? DD: My critics/opponents look down on, despise, if not hate wage earners. They stress that I was a wage earner 1964-1997. They hint, imply, argue, if not shout that I was grossly overpaid and that my benefits were much too generous. In my defense, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970. I earned job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997. I earned job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. I earned a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://news.sky.com/video/who-does-the-government-think-working-people-are-13459291
October 28, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Judge orders CBP Chief Bovino to meet with her every day on immigration operations in Chicago. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do more to protect their illegals.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-news-border-patrol-chief-greg-bovino-appear-federal-court-immigration-operations/18079810/
— Judge extends order barring the Trump administration from firing federal workers during the shutdown. DD: No judge barred Gingrich from gutting GAO 1980-1997. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/judge-extends-order-barring-trump-administration-firing-federal-workers-during-shutdown/18081764/
NBC5
— Judge demands Border Patrol appear daily, provide use of force reports. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do more to protect their illegals.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/judge-demands-border-patrol-appear-daily-provide-use-of-force-reports/3844774/
— Hundreds of high schoolers walk out of class to protest ICE in Chicago’s Little Village. They marched from Little Village/Lawndale High School’s campus to the Little Village Arch. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly have their students do more to protect their illegals.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/hundreds-of-high-schoolers-walk-out-of-class-to-protest-ice-in-chicagos-little-village/3844725/
CBS2
— Judge orders Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino to meet with her daily, inform her of non-immigration arrests in Chicago. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do more to protect their illegals.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/border-patrol-gregory-bovino-chicago-tear-gas-judge-sara-ellis/
— Food pantry in Pilsen expands hours as demand expected to grow due to SNAP pause. DD: How many depend on SNAP in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district?
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/instituto-del-progreso-latino-expands-hours-of-operation/
— Elgin soup kitchen delivers meals to O’Hare TSA workers as government shutdown leaves them without pay. DD: I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. Federal employees have always been demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being grossly overpaid and that their benefits are far too generous.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/elgins-holy-trinity-soup-kitchen-delivers-meals-to-tsa-at-o-hare/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do more to protect their illegals.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-children-immigration-raids/
— Little Village Lawndale High School students walk out in protest of Operation Midway Blitz. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly have their students do more to protect their illegals.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/little-village-lawndale-high-school-walkout-protest-operation-midway-blitz/
FOX32
— Illinois Republicans push back against Democratic plan to redraw political maps. GOP leaders criticize Democrats’ calls to counter Republican gerrymandering nationwide, arguing Illinois’ districts have long been drawn to favor Democrats.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1731399
— Chicago church packs food, supplies for residents in fear of immigration raids. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly have their churches do more to protect their illegals.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/immigration-little-village-food-help
— Tesla reportedly phasing out AM/FM radios in 2026 standard models
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/tesla-phasing-out-am-fm-radios-2026-standard-models
— Trump administration overhauls ICE leadership. DD: The top priority for managers of GAO’s Chicago office 1980-1997 was getting rid of the office’s employees who were Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1731525
— Federal workers brace for missed paycheck as shutdown enters 5th week. DD: I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. Federal employees have always been demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being grossly overpaid and that their benefits are far too generous
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/federal-workers-brace-missed-paycheck-shutdown-enters-5th-week
WBEZ
— Border Patrol’s Bovino agrees to return to court daily, as he and federal judge talk body cams, tear gas, IDs. The top U.S. Border Patrol commander spent an hour on the stand Tuesday, responding to U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis’ concerns about how federal agents have handled themselves, people they’ve detained, protesters and journalists. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do more to protect their illegals.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/10/28/border-patrol-gregory-bovino-federal-court
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Judge orders Border Patrol boss Bovino to court daily to report use of force. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do more to protect their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/28/judge-to-question-bovino-tear-gas/
— Students walk out of Little Village schools, hold march in protest of recent ICE activity. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly have their students do more to protect their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/28/students-protest-ice/
— Gary King, DuPage County clerk for decades, dies at 78
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/28/gary-king-dupage-county-clerk-dies/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Remap retreat? Illinois Democrats won’t vote on redistricting effort by end of veto session.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/springfield/2025/10/28/illinois-redistricting-hakeem-jeffries-springfield-vote
— Border Patrol’s Bovino agrees to return to court daily, as he and federal judge talk bodycams, tear gas, IDs. The top U.S. Border Patrol commander spent an hour on the stand Tuesday, responding to U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis’ concerns about how federal agents have handled themselves, people they’ve detained, protesters and journalists. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do more to protect their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/28/border-patrol-gregory-bovino-federal-court
— Mayor Johnson ramps up pressure on state lawmakers to help him save working people from Trump cuts
Brandon Johnson said he demonstrated his own willingness to “go first” by proposing a $16.6 billion budget that includes nearly $600 million in tax and fee increases that “challenge the ultra-rich and corporations to pay their fair share.” DD: My critics/opponents have always wanted me to pay more taxes.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2025/10/28/mayor-brandon-johnson-illinois-general-assembly-progressive-revenue-agenda-fall-veto-session-trump-cuts
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do more to protect their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/10/15/trump-ice-1968-chicago-protests-judy-gumbo-frank-joyce-abe-peck-don-rose-lee-weiner
DAILY HERALD
— New state lawmaker DeLaRosa to remain on Glenbard school board
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251028/news/new-state-lawmaker-delarosa-to-remain-on-glenbard-school-board/
EVANSTON NOW
— City to respond to, document ICE sightings. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do more to protect their illegals.
https://evanstonnow.com/city-to-respond-to-document-ice-sightings/
FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump urges Americans to buy Toyota as Japanese prime minister promises $10B US investment. DD: I have always promoted American nameplate vehicle.
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-urges-americans-to-buy-toyota-as-japanese-prime-minister-promises-10b-us-investment
NPR ILLINOIS
— Illinois lawmaker wants to charge gun makers a licensing fee
https://www.nprillinois.org/government-politics/2025-10-28/illinois-lawmaker-wants-to-charge-gun-makers-a-licensing-fee
KANE COUNTY CONNECTS
— From Interns to Attorneys: Two Kane County Law Interns Take the Oath and Join the State’s Attorney’s Office. DD: By way of contrast, I did not start taking graduate evening accounting courses until I was 27. I did 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, even though I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years and for GAO for more than a year, the accounting profession viewed me as being too old to have a successful career in accounting. The profession would not have done that if I had been a minority or a female.
https://kanecountyconnects.com/article/KaneCountyStatesAttorney-Interns-IllinoisBar
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Two bright legal minds who began their journeys as interns in the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office (SAO) will soon take the next step in their careers, this time as licensed attorneys serving the same office where they got their start. On November 5, Holly Kruckenberg and Amelia O’Neal will be sworn into the Illinois Bar at an admission ceremony that also marks their first official court appearance as attorneys. Both began as Illinois Supreme Court Rule 711 interns, gaining real courtroom experience under the supervision of veteran Assistant State’s Attorneys. It’s a program designed to prepare future prosecutors for the challenges and rewards of public service. “Our intern program which employs these 711 law students is an essential part of how we train the next generation of attorneys,” said State’s Attorney Jamie Mosser. “We’re proud to give law students the opportunity to develop practical skills, gain courtroom experience, and see firsthand the importance of public service. It’s incredibly rewarding to watch these interns grow into capable young lawyers, and we’re thrilled that two of them have now passed the bar and will be joining our office as Assistant State’s Attorneys.” Holly Kruckenberg, a 2025 graduate of Northern Illinois University College of Law, served as a 711 intern in the SAO for two and a half years. Now assigned to the Kane Branch Court, she handles traffic and criminal misdemeanor cases. One of her proudest moments was securing a jury trial conviction for Battery after the jury deliberated for less than 15 minutes. “I chose to stay at the SAO to ensure justice remains fair, fearless, and for everyone,” Kruckenberg said. “I believe in a justice system that protects the vulnerable, holds offenders accountable, and preserves the rule of law for all.” Amelia O’Neal, who graduated summa cum laude from NIU College of Law and served as President of the Juvenile and Family Law Association, has been with the SAO since 2023. She currently serves in the Elgin Branch Court, where she handles traffic and general misdemeanors. For O’Neal, mentorship has been the highlight of her experience. “I’m extremely grateful for the seasoned ASAs who have taken me under their wing,” she said. O’Neal said she was drawn to State’s Attorney Mosser’s emphasis on rehabilitation over retribution. “That philosophy reflects the kind of prosecutor I want to be, firm but fair, focused on outcomes that build safer communities.” Both Kruckenberg and O’Neal highlight the success of the Kane County State’s Attorney’s 711 Program, which continues to open doors for aspiring attorneys committed to public service.)
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/28/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-412/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCE
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— IL state rep: Reckless immigration policies led to fatal crash
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_eea76b81-aa8d-447a-9d72-507f6eb56637.html
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Trump Sinks Cartel Boats — and the Media Cries for the Drug Runners
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/opinion-trump-sinks-cartel-boats-and-the-media-cries-for-the-drug-runners.html
— Republican gubernatorial candidate Ted Dabrowski is facing growing questions after delivering a muddled response on racial profiling and refusing to say whether he agrees with President Donald Trump’s recent call to “jail” Gov. JB Pritzker.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/ted-dabrowski-sidesteps-trumps-jail-pritzker-remark-offers-confusing-answer-on-racial-profiling-during-ice-raids.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Judge scolds DHS over handling of anti-ICE protests in Chicago, moves to oversee operations
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/28/judge-scolds-dhs-handling-anti-ice-protests-chicago-moves-oversee/
— U.S. truck drivers sound alarm about the massive number of non-English-speaking truckers on the road
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/28/us-truck-drivers-sound-alarm-massive-number-non-english-speaking/
— Renovating the White House is OK until a Republican does it
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/28/renovating-white-house-ok-republican/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Illinois Democrats decry Trump ‘invasion;’ GOP candidate calls out Pritzker
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3865295/democrats-decry-trump-invasion-gop-candidate-calls-out-pritzker/
— Brandon Johnson’s racial obsession leaves more dead
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3866559/brandon-johnson-racial-obsession-leaves-more-dead-chicago-shootings/
NEW YORK POST
— More Americans want illegal immigrants booted out of US, even if no criminal record
https://nypost.com/2025/10/28/us-news/even-democrats-support-one-part-of-trumps-deportation-plan-poll/
BREITBART
— Republicans Move to Codify Trump Crackdown on Illegal Alien Truckers
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/28/republicans-move-to-codify-trump-crackdown-on-illegal-alien-truckers/
— Over Half a Million Illegal Aliens Deported Since Trump Took Office
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/28/more-than-half-a-million-illegals-deported-since-trump-took-office/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Chicago students launch ‘ICE Tracker’ maps alerting illegal aliens of DHS raids. Student-run newspapers at Loyola University Chicago and the University of Chicago launched interactive maps to track Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) sightings and arrests.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/chicago-students-launch-ice-tracker-maps-alerting-illegal-aliens-dhs-raids/28857
DAILY WIRE
— Illegal Immigrant Accused Of Killing Illinois County Official, Wife In Drunk Driving Crash. “Gov. Pritzker’s reckless policies keep putting Illinois families at risk.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/illegal-immigrant-accused-of-killing-illinois-county-official-wife-in-drunk-driving-crash
PJMEDIA
— Chicago Mayor on Illegal Alien Rapist: ‘Let’s Move On’
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/10/27/chicago-mayor-on-illegal-alien-rapist-lets-move-on-n4945314
WESTERN JOURNAL
— MSNBC Host, Pritzker Humiliated After Foolishly Saying Dems Never Called Trump Hitler – And Then the Videos Poured In
https://www.westernjournal.com/many-videos-msnbc-host-pritzker-humiliated-foolishly-saying-dems-never-called-trump-hitler-videos-poured/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC NEWS
— Border Patrol chief ordered to meet with judge daily on Chicago immigration crackdown. CBP Chief Greg Bovino appeared before Federal Judge Sara Ellis in Chicago.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/border-patrol-chief-ordered-meet-judge-daily-chicago/story?id=126942383
CBS NEWS
— Airlines are feeding air traffic controllers as they miss their first full paychecks. DD: I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. Federal employees have always been demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being grossly overpaid and that their benefits are far too generous.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/government-shutdown-air-traffic-controllers-united-airlines-delta-jetblue/
October 27, 2025
Every day Democrat leaders make it more clear that they have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans and that their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly encourage Democrats to obstruct federal law enforcement officers. 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.
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— DHS defends ‘crowd control measures’ in Chicago ahead of Border Patrol chief Bovino testimony. Federal immigration agents appeared to deploy tear gas during multiple confrontations this week.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-immigration-activity-dhs-defends-crowd-control-measures/18074569/
— Video shows federal agents break car window, detain occupants in Addison; protesters speak out
https://abc7chicago.com/amp/post/chicago-area-immigration-activity-video-shows-federal-agents-break-car-window-detain-driver-addison-protest-held/18075050/
— Democrat protestors detained by feds speak out after protesters confront agents at Aurora school, hospital. DD: Every day Democrat leaders make it more clear that they have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans and that their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army. 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.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-immigration-activity-us-citizens-detained-federal-agents-protesters-clash-outside-aurora-elementary-school-hospital/18075042/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin issued a statement Sunday about a separate incident in Chicago, saying, “On October 25, 2025, Border Patrol conducted an operation that resulted in the arrest of, a criminal illegal alien from Mexico, who has previously been arrested for assault. During the operations Border Patrol agents were surrounded and boxed in by a group of agitators. Federal law enforcement issued multiple lawful commands and verbal warnings, all of which were ignored. During the operation, two U.S. citizens were arrested for assaulting and impeding a federal officer. To safely clear the area after multiple warnings and the crowd continuing to advance on them, Border Patrol had to deploy crowd control measures. “Our officers are facing a 1000% increase in assaults against them as they put their lives on the line to arrest murderers, rapists, abusers, and gang members. Secretary Noem’s message to the rioters is clear: you will not stop us or slow us down. ICE and our federal law enforcement partners will continue to enforce the law. And if you lay a hand on a law enforcement officer, you will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”)
NBC5
— Video shows federal agent break car window to detain woman outside grocery store. There were multiple people in the vehicle, and it was not immediately clear how many were detained.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/video-shows-federal-agent-break-car-window-to-detain-woman-outside-grocery-store/3843752/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Gig workers, street vendors and day laborers hit by feds in Chicago immigration crackdown
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/27/day-laborers-street-vendors-immigration/
— Federal immigration agents detained two Aurora protesters who confronted them outside an elementary school Saturday, sparking allegations of unnecessary force.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/26/aurora-immigration-protesters-detained-ice/
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly side with China against America
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/27/opinion-china-us-donald-trump-xi-jinping-tariffs-exports/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote mote hatred against Trump
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/27/opinion-chicago-arts-culture-free-speech/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— What’s the Insurrection Act — and will Trump use it to send the National Guard to Chicago? As courts grapple with President Donald Trump’s attempt to deploy the National Guard in Chicago, he could invoke a 218-year-old law to send in troops.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/27/insurrection-act-explainer-trump-national-guard-illinois
NORTHERN STAR
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for gun violence.
https://northernstar.info/129349/opinion/opinion-only-gun-control-can-stop-gun-violence/
FOX ILLINOIS
— DD: Soon, under the Democrats, everyone will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare. What percent are receiving welfare in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/snap-suspension-hits-hard-families-fear-crowded-pantries-as-support-vanishes-oregon-portland-trump-administration-government-shutdown-republicans-democrats-hungry-heath-low-income-families-children
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Federal Agents Use Tear Gas, Disrupt Northwest Side Halloween Parade. Two neighbors, including a 70-year-old man, were arrested after allegedly interfering in the arrest of another man by immigration officers, neighbors said. A woman, 67, was also thrown to the ground by agents.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/26/federal-agents-use-tear-gas-again-this-time-in-northwest-side-confrontations/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— ICE targets Lincoln Park nannies
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/27/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-619/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MARK GLENNON
— RIP Democratic Party or America? Historic Milestone Passed as Majority of Democrats Now Favor Socialism. Let the reality of what the Democratic Party has become fully sink in. The consequences cannot be overstated.
https://markglennon.substack.com/p/rip-democratic-party-or-america-historic
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. According to my critics/opponents in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO), I am an abject unmitigated failure because so many Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have been defeated since 2000. In my defense, I stress that I have never been a MTRO, DCRCC, or IRP leader. I stress that they are responsible for defending and advancing the Republican Party platform. I stress that they are responsible for recruiting the best candidates to run. I stress that they are responsible for helping elect those candidates. I stress that far too many of them reject far too many planks in the Republican Party platform. I should write about those IRP, DCRCC, and MTRO leaders who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me since 2000. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Ted Dabrowski Turns Charlie Kirk Memorial Into Campaign Rally, Shouts ‘G**dammit’ in Front of Children
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/ted-dabrowski-turns-charlie-kirk-memorial-into-campaign-rally-shouts-gdammit-in-front-of-children.html
— Sunday Night Chaos: Reports of Drunken Intimidation by GOP Leader Tony McCombie as Grassroots Candidates File Petitions in Springfield
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/sunday-night-chaos-reports-of-drunken-intimidation-by-gop-leader-tony-mccombie-as-grassroots-candidates-file-petitions-in-springfield.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEWSWEEK
— Sean Duffy to Withhold Millions from California Over Commercial Licenses. DD: This harkens back to George Ryan. I should write about my critics/opponents who continue to promote George Ryan. I would focus on the adverse actions that they have had their operatives and their dupes take against me lately.
https://www.newsweek.com/sean-duffy-to-withhold-millions-from-california-over-commercial-licenses-10941523
WASHINGTON TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders know that they cannot win without gerrymandering.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/26/arnold-schwarzenegger-ex-ca-gov-criticizes-nationwide-surge/
— Trump makes the war on drugs a reality. DD: One reason why I was able to do the following was my never using illegal drugs: I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, b) I earned job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, d) I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32, and e) I became a licensed CPA when I was 32.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/26/trump-makes-war-drugs-reality-boat-strikes/
NEW YORK POST
— ‘No Kings’ protests composed mostly of educated white women in their 40s. DD: To get more votes from those who are minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against those who are White, male, older, married, heterosexual, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://nypost.com/2025/10/26/us-news/no-kings-protests-composed-mostly-of-white-women-in-their-40s-experts/
AMERICAN THINKER
— America’s crisis isn’t primarily about policy. It’s about identity. We have forgotten who we are. A nation that once understood rights as God-given now treats them as government-granted privileges. Our children are taught what to think, not how to think. Our politics has devolved into tribal warfare because we’ve abandoned the moral order that transcends party loyalty. And government expands in direct proportion to our spiritual poverty. The remedy won’t come from Washington. It requires recovering three foundational truths our Founders knew but we have forgotten.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/10/america_s_crisis_is_spiritual.html
BREITBART
— Western Union Reports Fewer U.S. Dollars Being Sent Home by Migrants
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/10/26/western-union-reports-fewer-u-s-dollars-being-sent-home-by-migrants/amp/
DAILY SIGNAL
— ‘10 Woke Commandments’ New Book Says Americans Should Break
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/10/26/new-book-offers-10-woke-commandments-americans-should-disobey/
FOX NEWS
— Pritzker claims you ‘can’t believe anything ICE is doing,’ suggests it’s committing ‘felonies’
https://www.aol.com/articles/pritzker-claims-cant-believe-anything-122442695.html
— Media slams Democrats for gerrymandering hypocrisy. DD: Democrat leaders know that they cannot win without gerrymandering.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6384112343112
— Chicago mayor lashes out at reporter over ‘illegal alien’ term: ‘Racist, nasty language.’ ‘Well listen, the legal term for my people were slaves. You want me to use that term too?’ Johnson asked. DD: Every day Democrat leaders make it more clear that they have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans and that their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/chicago-mayor-lashes-out-reporter-over-illegal-alien-term-racist-nasty-language
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Democratic Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson erupted at a reporter on Friday after they used the term “illegal aliens” during a press briefing, slamming the phrase as “racist” and “nasty.” In a video posted Saturday to the official Instagram account of the Chicago mayor, a reporter asked Johnson about a report on city spending related to “illegal aliens” in Chicago that he was allegedly required to file with the White House. Johnson immediately pushed back on the language. “We don’t have illegal aliens,” Johnson said to the reporter. “I don’t know if that’s from some sort of sci-fi message that you wish you’ve had… Well listen, the legal term for my people were slaves. You want me to use that term too? So, look, let’s just get the language right. We’re talking about undocumented individuals that are human beings.” Johnson added that he would not “accept that type of racist, nasty language to describe human beings.” The blue city’s mayor then shifted to discuss his administration’s spending priorities, touting his $16.7 billion budget that he said invests in education, transportation, housing, environmental justice, youth employment and community safety. “And we are going to challenge the ultra-wealthy to pay their fair share,” Johnson said. Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., then chimed in to back Johnson’s remarks, arguing that immigration violations are not criminal offenses. “It is very important that people in Illinois and across the country understand the immigration system is a civil system,” Jayapal said. “Undocumented presence in the United States is not a criminal offense. And so thank you for the clarification on language.” Johnson has previously been outspoken in his defense of Chicago’s immigration policies and in his criticism of President Donald Trump’s approach to crime and border enforcement. Last month, the Chicago mayor delivered a fiery news conference condemning Trump’s crackdown on crime. “Jails and incarceration and law enforcement is a sickness that has not led to safe communities,” Johnson said at the time. Last week, three illegal immigrants and six U.S. citizens were arrested in the Chicago area in what the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) dubbed “one of the most violent days” of Operation Midway Blitz. Operation Midway Blitz was launched last month in honor of Katie Abraham, who was killed in a drunk driving hit-and-run allegedly caused by Julio Cucul-Bol, an illegal immigrant from Guatemala. DHS stated the goal of the operation was to “target criminal illegal aliens terrorizing Americans in sanctuary Illinois.” The Chicago mayor’s office and Rep. Pramila Jayapal did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.)
JONATHAN TURLEY
— California and Chicago Move Toward Taxation Armageddon
https://jonathanturley.org/2025/10/26/california-and-chicago-move-toward-taxation-armageddon/
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Seattle Jail Hires Illegal Aliens as Corrections Officers in Defiance of State Law, Vows to Fight Ban. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. Noncitizens are far easier to exploit.
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/seattle-jail-hires-illegal-aliens-as-corrections-officers-in-defiance-of-state-law-vows-to-fight-ban
NEWS BUSTERS
— DD: Democrat leaders know that they cannot win without gerrymandering.
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/jorge-bonilla/2025/10/26/cbss-brennan-meekly-allows-rep-jeffries-defend-dem-gerrymandering
POST MILLENNIAL
— Seattle LGBTQ activist who celebrated Charlie Kirk’s assassination files for protective order against journalist who exposed him. DD: My critics/opponents who do not like articles that I link to in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters do not take adverse actions against those who post those articles. Instead, they have their operatives and their dupes take adverse actions against me. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, the articles they do not like, and the adverse actions they had their operatives and dupes take against me.
https://thepostmillennial.com/seattle-lgbtq-commissioner-files-harassment-order-against-journalist-who-exposed-his-comments-celebrating-charlie-kirks-assassination
STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS
— Democrats ask Noem for ICE recruitment data after agency lowers hiring standards. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they ever-increasingly lowered standards to hire, retain, and promote more 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://san.com/cc/democrats-ask-noem-for-ice-recruitment-data-after-agency-lowers-hiring-standards/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In August, Noem announced she is waiving age limits to join ICE. Previously, new hires had to be between 21 and 40 years old. Durbin said he is also concerned about other changes, like shortening the training program by five weeks and removing the Spanish language requirement. ICE is offering incentives, including $50,000 signing bonuses, student loan payment assistance, higher pay, extra overtime and enhanced retirement benefits. Durbin sees that as a draw for people who may not be as well qualified. “I’m very concerned that people are jumping at a $50,000 bonus. Would I take a job in a county in Illinois for $50,000?” Durbin said. “It’s an incentive for people to sign up who may not have a good record.” ICE said it is searching for patriotic Americans, “to arrest murderers, pedophiles, gang members, rapists, and other criminal illegal aliens from America’s streets.”)
TRANSPORTATION TODAY
— Legislation to establish English proficiency test for CDL introduced. DD: This harkens back to George Ryan. I should write about my critics/opponents who continue to promote George Ryan. I would focus on the adverse actions that they have had their operatives and their dupes take against me lately.
https://transportationtodaynews.com/news/36569-legislation-to-establish-english-proficiency-test-for-cdl-introduced/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders know that they cannot win without gerrymandering.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/trumps-redistricting-push-hits-roadblocks-indiana-kansas-republican-126874363
NBC NEWS
— Transportation secretary Sean Duffy says he will pull $160M from California over noncitizen truck licenses. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. Noncitizens are far easier to exploit.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/transportation-secretary-pull-160m-california-noncitizen-truck-license-rcna239962
AOL
— Trump Declares ‘Armed Conflict’ With Drug Cartels, Labeling Them ‘Unlawful Combatants’ DD: One reason why I was able to do the following was my never using illegal drugs: I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, b) I earned job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, d) I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32, and e) I became a licensed CPA when I was 32.
https://www.aol.com/news/trump-declares-armed-conflict-drug-213807833.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— ‘No Idea How Long People Can Hold Out’: Federal Workers Feel Brunt of Shutdown. As more than one million government employees go without pay, many are turning to side jobs and food banks to make ends meet. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/us/politics/federal-workers-shutdown-pay.html
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise citizens of foreign countries.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/business/india-labor-mobility-migration-germany-japan.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat leaders know that they cannot win without gerrymandering.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/10/26/gerrymandering-virginia-california-texas-prop50/
— DD: Democrats and Libertarians ever-increasingly push more illegal drugs. DD: One reason why I was able to do the following was my never using illegal drugs: I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, b) I earned job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, d) I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32, and e) I became a licensed CPA when I was 32.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/10/24/trump-venezuela-maduro-cartels-war-terror/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Left Attacks the Rule of Law. Antifa terrorists, gang members and rioters are endangering federal officers in American cities. 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.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-left-attacks-the-rule-of-law-bc1dedb1
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Trump awarded my friend Charlie Kirk a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom this month. As a country, we need to honor Charlie’s memory, face some hard facts and take action. Before it’s too late. Charlie’s assassination forced Americans to confront a dark truth: Leftist extremists are waging war on the rule of law, liberty and our way of life. Terrorists, gang members and rioters routinely attack federal law-enforcement officers working to reimpose order after years of chaos under the Biden administration. Our officers have been shot at and assaulted. They have faced death threats, doxxing and confrontations at their homes. Spotter networks in Chicago linked to street gangs and Mexican cartels track the movements of officers for Customs and Border Protection as well as Immigration and Customs Enforcement, relaying locations and enabling ambushes during routine enforcement operations. This month a member of the Latin Kings gang was charged with putting a bounty on the life of Border Patrol Commander at Large Gregory Bovino. The illegal alien charged with placing that bounty was arrested, has pleaded not guilty, and will face justice. The incident shows the enormous risk law-enforcement officers face to make our cities safe again. A self-styled anarchist website in Portland, Ore., encouraged supporters to use high-powered laser pointers to bring down federal helicopters in the area. In Dallas an anti-ICE terrorist opened fire on an ICE facility intending to kill officers. Instead, he killed two detainees. In Alvarado, Texas, Antifa terrorists ambushed ICE officers at a detention facility, wounding a local police officer in the neck. Despite all this, pro-crime politicians seem intent on dismissing the violence, even encouraging it by stripping protections from law-enforcement officers. That is why our officers wear masks. Protecting their identity is one way to prevent bad actors from targeting their homes and threatening their families. Some politicians want to deprive officers of this protection, knowing that doing so puts their lives in grave danger. They tell local police to stand down while federal law-enforcement officers fight for their lives. California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law purporting to ban federal law enforcement from wearing masks on duty. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has threatened federal officers with prosecution for enforcing immigration law. Antifa continues its attacks on law enforcement and innocent civilians in Portland, while city “leaders” hamstring the local police. I met with Portland Mayor Keith Wilson last month to request more security measures for our law-enforcement officers who have been under attack for months in his city. Mr. Wilson responded by publishing an op-ed attacking federal law-enforcement officers for doing the job he refuses to do.)
— How to Squeeze the Most From the New SALT Cap. DD: Ever since I became an IRS Revenue Officer when I was 22 years old in 1971, my critics/opponents have wanted me to pay more taxes. Since 1972, they have been furious that I paid less federal income tax because I itemized and even more furious since 1978 that my wife and I paid less federal income tax because we itemized.
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/taxes/salt-cap-tax-deduction-guide-05756b47
— The Economy That’s Great for Parents, Lousy for Their Grown-Up Kids. Many older Americans are financially comfortable, but they worry their adult children won’t achieve the same kind of economic stability. DD: I had to work my way through college. My father died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21. My mother had never worked outside the home. After I graduated from NIU in 1970, I helped support my mother and brother until September of 1972.
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/old-young-economic-divide-7a5203f0
EFFECTIVENESS ACADEMY
— How to Measure the Impact of Your Actions. DD: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. According to my critics/opponents in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO), I am an abject unmitigated failure because so many Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have been defeated since 2000. In my defense, I stress that I have never been a MTRO, DCRCC, or IRP leader. I stress that they are responsible for defending and advancing the Republican Party platform. I stress that they are responsible for recruiting the best candidates to run. I stress that they are responsible for helping elect those candidates. I stress that far too many of them reject far too many planks in the Republican Party platform. I should write about those IRP, DCRCC, and MTRO leaders who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me since 2000.
https://www.effectiveness-academy.com/blog/measure-the-impact-of-your-actions
WEEK
— The pros and cons of Affirmative Action (AA). Even before the Supreme Court struck it down, AA was a highly divisive practice. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders have always used AA get rid of Republicans. My critics/opponents have always used AA against me big time. I should write about my critics/opponents and how they have used AA against me.
https://theweek.com/news/society/958504/pros-and-cons-of-affirmative-action
PARTNERSHIP FOR PUBLIC SERVICE
— Your rights as a federal employee: Due process, adverse actions and union representation. DD: GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had been unionized earlier, my Democrat GAO superiors would have been able to a) force me to take a $23,472/year pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980, b) give me bad job assignments, unfair performance expectations, and unfair performance appraisals, c) delay my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13, d) keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, e) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, or f) force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://ourpublicservice.org/blog/your-rights-as-a-federal-employee-due-process-adverse-actions-and-union-representation-federal-employee-explainer-series-webinar/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Due process protects federal employees’ right to fair procedures in personnel matters. It generally means employees get written notice of a proposed action and a chance to respond. Adverse actions—specific personnel actions like suspensions, pay cuts or removals—trigger these due process rights, which ensure fairness in the workplace and protect employees from undue harm or discrimination.)
LUMINA FOUNDATION
— America is slipping in higher education. The slide starts long before college. American students are less likely to complete college on time, and more likely to leave school burdened by debt without a degree. DD: I was able to work my way through college and graduate debt-free with a bachelor’s degree in business from NIU when I was 21 years old in 1970 owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE. Because of much higher college costs today, I doubt that I could do that today if I was young today. Further, I doubt that I could buy the cars that I did. I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint with the money I earned washing dishes for the minimum wage for 18 months. I bought a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 with the money I earned delivering mail for 13 months. I bought a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE with the money I earned delivering mail for 12 months.
https://www.luminafoundation.org/news-and-views/america-is-slipping-in-higher-education-the-slide-starts-long-before-college/
REASON
— DD: Democrats and Libertarians ever-increasingly push more illegal drugs. DD: One reason why I was able to do the following was my never using illegal drugs: I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, b) I earned job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, d) I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32, and e) I became a licensed CPA when I was 32.
https://reason.com/volokh/2025/10/26/why-fentanyl-smuggling-isnt-war-and-cannot-justify-extrajudicial-killing/
NEW YORKER
— DD: Democrats and Libertarians ever-increasingly push more illegal drugs. DD: One reason why I was able to do the following was my never using illegal drugs: I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, b) I earned job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, d) I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32, and e) I became a licensed CPA when I was 32.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-real-target-of-trumps-war-on-drug-boats
BLACK ENTERPRISE
— Spike Lee Urges African Americans To ‘Come Back To The Motherland’ In Africa. DD: I am 100% German American. In my defense, I have always stressed a) that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI, b) that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII, and c) that my father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.
https://www.blackenterprise.com/spike-lee-african-americans-motherland-benin-africa/
SALON
— DD: Every day Democrat leaders make it more clear that they have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans and that their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.salon.com/2025/10/26/trumps-deportation-raids-ensnare-chicagos-everyday-workers/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
ECONOMIST
— DD: Democrats and Libertarians ever-increasingly push more illegal drugs. DD: One reason why I was able to do the following was my never using illegal drugs: I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, b) I earned job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, d) I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32, and e) I became a licensed CPA when I was 32.
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2025/10/23/donald-trump-has-turned-the-war-on-drugs-into-a-real-war
October 26, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Chicago police find themselves in difficult spots as wave of federal immigration enforcement continues
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/26/cpd-federal-immigration-enforcement/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE IN NAPERVILLE SUN: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly not only protect, but glorify and praise their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/25/federal-arrest-man-naperville-apartment-sons/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Naperville City council OKs its Special Events and Community Arts program review after McBroom raises concerns about nonprofits’ political advocacy
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/24/naperville-staff-review-seca-mcbroom/
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/24/heidi-stevens-jose-olivarez/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE IN NAPERVILLE SUN: Naperville named second safest city in America for trick-or-treating. DD: Yesterday, Iron Gate Motor Condos in Naperville hosted an outstanding major Halloween event for children of its unit owners and their friends. 40 unit owners opened their doors. The event drew more than 400 children.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/24/naperville-safest-trick-treating-us/
DAILY HERALD
— Aurora mayor investigating feds’ arrest of protester
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251025/news/aurora-mayor-investigating-feds-arrest-of-protester/
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Pritzker’s spat with McCombie reveals high tension of our time
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-governors-spat-with-gop-leader-reveals-high-tension-of-our-time/article_46a71827-5ce8-479b-b439-63163769bac9.html
MY RADIO LINK
— Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Hosts the 2025 Midwest Occupational Licensing Summit. DD: I became the only licensed CPA in GAO’s Chicago Office when I was 32 years old in 1981. My Democrat GAO superiors ignored, dismissed, and belittled that because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, or younger. They had previously ignored, dismissed, and belittled a) my passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, b) my earning a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, c) my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, d) my earning an MBA in 1976, and e) my having worked for IRS 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 in today’s dollars. They ignored, dismissed, and belittled the aforesaid because the Democrat, minority, female, and/or younger coworkers who they wanted to promote over me lacked the aforesaid.
https://www.myradiolink.com/2025/10/25/idfpr-hosts-the-2025-midwest-occupational-licensing-summit/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— If you are retired and if you had retired later than you did, what would you have not done? My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. I was not eligible for regular retirement when was 55 in 2003. If I had not retired until 2003, I would not have filed a lawsuit against GAO in 1998. I would not have become a Republican Precinct Committeeman in 1999. I would not have become the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster in 2000. I would not have attended the Illinois Republican Party State Convention in Springfield as a delegate in 2000. I would not have become the GOPUSA Illinois Editor in 2000. I would not have served on the MTRO Oktoberfest fundraiser committees in 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003. I would not have become a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois Director in 2000. I would not have become an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter Board Member in 2001. I would not have become Pat O’Malley’s gubernatorial primary campaign coordinator for Milton Township in 2001. I would not have become an Illinois Center Right Coalition officer in 2003. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Illegal alien charged in death of three failed CDL test 10 times, English proficiency misrepresented. DD: This harkens back to George Ryan.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/10/25/illegal-alien-charged-in-death-of-three-failed-cdl-test-10-times-english-proficiency-misrepresented-1595425/
— Seattle’s King County Jail illegally hired non-citizens, refuses to terminate them. DD: All my employers would have hired non-citizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/10/25/seattles-king-county-jail-illegally-hired-non-citizens-refuses-to-terminate-them-report-1595365/
DAILY CALLER
— We Need To Defeat Socialism In NYC. How Did We Get Here?
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/25/opinion-we-need-to-defeat-socialism-in-nyc-how-did-we-get-here-virginia-prodan/
DAILY SIGNAL
— The Real Reason Behind Democrats’ Government Shutdown
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/10/24/the-democrats-are-stuck-in-a-shutdown-doom-loop/
— California University Drops Race-Based Scholarship in Big Blow to DEI. DD: My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me for my not getting any scholarships. During my junior and senior years in high school, I spent far too many hours washing dishes instead of studying. Consequently, my ACT score was only 24 and I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/10/25/california-school-drops-race-based-scholarship-big-blow-dei/
DAILY WIRE
— Chicago Mayor Spazzes Out Over ‘Racist’ Term ‘Illegal Alien’ “The last thing that I’m going to do is accept that type of racist, nasty language to describe human beings.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/chicago-mayor-spazzes-out-over-racist-term-illegal-alien
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, a Democrat, unloaded on a reporter for asking about illegal aliens, which is a legal term for a person who is illegally in America. Johnson called the term “racist” and sarcastically suggested that he should also call black people “slaves.” The reporter asked Johnson about his apparent refusal to file a report to the White House detailing his city’s spending on illegal aliens. “What has happened with that?” the reporter asked. “We don’t have illegal aliens,” Johnson told the reporter while shaking his head. “I don’t know if that’s from some sort of sci-fi message for which you’ve had.” When the reporter explained that he was merely using a legal term for a person illegally in the country, Johnson made a comparison to slavery. “Listen, the legal term for my people were slaves,” the Democrat said. “You want me to use that term, too?” “Let’s just get the language right,” the mayor continued. “We’re talking about undocumented individuals that are human beings. The last thing that I’m going to do is accept that type of racist, nasty language to describe human beings.” Johnson posted the moment to his Instagram account on Saturday and captioned the post, “This isn’t a sci-fi show. These are human beings. We will not abandon our humanity to score cheap political points.” Johnson has made it a priority to limit the ability of federal law enforcement to detain people who are in the country illegally. Earlier this month, for example, he signed an executive order to create “ICE free zones” in Chicago, which is already a sanctuary city, The Daily Wire previously reported.)
FOX NEWS
— Democrat rhetoric fueling attacks on ICE agents
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6384027037112
— ‘No Kings’ protests largely comprised of people from one demographic. At last weekend’s “No Kings” protest in Washington, D.C., inflatable chickens bobbed above a crowd that, according to demographic research, was made up mostly of educated White women in their 40s.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/no-kings-protests-largely-comprised-people-from-one-demographic-experts
— Democrats ‘Demonize’ ICE Agents As ‘Nazis’ and ‘Gestapo’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/trump-ice-chief-fox-dems-195605927.html
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— ICE Deports Guatemalan Illegal Alien Despite Defiance From Mayor Johnson and Gov. Pritzker
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/chicago-ice-deports-guatemalan-illegal-alien-despite-defiance-from-mayor-johnson-and-gov-pritzker
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Wokeness is Feminization
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/10/helen-andrews-wokeness-is-feminization/
NEW AMERICAN
— “Woke Is Dead”? In Reality, the Monster Looms, Waiting to Deliver the West’s Coup de Grâce. DD: My critics/opponents promote wokeness/wokeism, that is, they promote discrimination against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://thenewamerican.com/us/culture/woke-is-dead-in-reality-the-monster-looms-waiting-to-deliver-the-wests-coup-de-grace/
REAL CLEAR DEFENSE
— DEI Defiance at the War Department? DD: Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2025/10/20/dei_defiance_at_the_war_department_1141969.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Harvard’s unblinking hypocrisy: Dean denounces ‘evil’ police, ‘whiteness’
https://thehill.com/opinion/education/5572628-harvards-unblinking-hypocrisy-dean-denounces-evil-police-whiteness/amp/
AOL
— How to become a ‘sponsor’ at work and help someone’s career take off. DD: My Democrat IRS superiors got rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My Democrat GAO superiors forced the GAO manager to retire who had arranged my transfer from IRS in 1980 and was finally able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me in 1986.
https://www.aol.com/finance/become-sponsor-help-someones-career-150029691.html
CBS NEWS
— DD: Democrat and RINO employers use Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/video/people-of-color-career-fair-happening-this-tuesday/
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders defend and advance the Democrat Party platform. RINO leaders not only do not defend and advance the Republican Party platform, they destroy the Republican Party.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/opinion/moderation-strategy-democrat-republican-center.html
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly discourage assimilation.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/opinion/trump-spanish-kavanaugh-stops-language.html
— DD: All my Democrat superiors in the federal government were married, had spouses who had little or no income, and/or had children. They all decried the tremendous cost of raising children. They all painted themselves as being grossly underpaid. They all were envious/jealous of my wife’s income and savings. They all used my and my wife’s giving up trying to have children against me big time. They all hinted/implied/argued/shouted that if we had children, I would not have been able to a) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, c) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and d) become a licensed CPA in 1981.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/opinion/pregnancy-birth-children.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect illegal drug dealers.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/us/politics/white-house-boats-law.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/opinion/trump-boat-strikes-office-legal-counsel.html
–Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/opinion/trump-diversity-culture-founders.html
USA TODAY
— After Robert De Niro called Stephen Miller a ‘Nazi’ DD: The more demographics that you share with Trump, the more that you should anticipate/expect that Democrats and RINOs will call you a Nazi. Trump is conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, heterosexual, married, gun-owner, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2025/10/24/stephen-miller-robert-de-niro-nazi-comment/86875292007/
DES MOINES REGISTER
— Plans for a traditional marriage parade in Iowa town spark culture clash. DD: My critics/opponents fail/refuse to promote traditional marriage. Reasons include their being LGBTQers and their not being in traditional marriages. My Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, and coworkers were furious when I got married when I was 29 years old in 1978 because they knew my being married would help me immensely. They were extremely envious/jealous of my wife’s income and savings.
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2025/08/18/ottumwa-iowa-traditional-marriage-parade-culture-clash/85648677007/
RIPON PRESS
— 16,000 semifinalists in National Merit Scholarship program. DD: My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me for my not getting any scholarships. During my junior and senior years in high school, I spent far too many hours washing dishes instead of studying. Consequently, my ACT score was only 24 and I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class.
https://www.riponpress.com/news/sean-kinder-national-merit-scholar/article_dde0fcb7-3216-4e54-8be6-7cceec8b6c78.html
BANKRATE
— How to avoid buyer’s remorse with your new home. DD: I should write the new townhome in University Park that I bought when I was 24 in 1972. SEE: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/
https://www.bankrate.com/real-estate/buyers-remorse/
KIPLINGER’S
— Laid Off at 59. DD: When my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, they succeeded in cutting my income by $86,371/year (56%) in today’s dollars. In today’s dollars, my salary was $153,151/year, but my Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension is only $66,780/year (44%). If they had let me work until I was eligible for regular retirement when I was 55 in 2003, my CSRS pension would have been much higher. The many adverse actions that they had taken against me has made it impossible for me to get a job appropriate for my work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional license.
https://www.kiplinger.com/retirement/retirement-planning/i-got-laid-off-at-59-with-an-usd800-000-401-k-what-are-my-options
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Losing a job can be a devastating financial blow at any age. But when you’re older, it can hit especially hard. Although it’s illegal to discriminate against job candidates due to older age, it’s a hard thing to prove. And unfortunately, many older workers inevitably fall victim to age discrimination. That’s why a layoff at 59 can be downright brutal.)
GALLUP
— Personal Safety Fears at Three-Decade High in U.S. DD: As Democrats move in, poverty and crime increase.
https://news.gallup.com/poll/544415/personal-safety-fears-three-decade-high.aspx
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 40% are afraid to walk alone at night near home, highest in three decades. Worry about being victimized by specific crimes remains near record highs. Fear of crime deters most Americans from doing some routine activities.)
NEWS BREAK
— The Changing Face of American Suburbs Since the 1950s. DD: When Democrats move in, poverty and crime increase. I should write about the Democrat invasion and takeover of DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Warrenville School District 200, and my precinct.
https://www.newsbreak.com/everyday-states-316335350/4312721687264-the-changing-face-of-american-suburbs-since-the-1950s
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Picture this: you’re driving through a suburban neighborhood that your grandparents might have once called home. But instead of the predictable white picket fences and matching demographics of the 1950s, you’re seeing something entirely different. American suburbs were first populated by white families in the 1950s, and their demographics remained largely unchanged until recently. In 1990, 20% of suburbanites were people of color. By 2020, that number had more than doubled to 45%. The suburbs that once symbolized exclusivity have become melting pots of diversity, completely flipping the script on what suburban America looks like.)
TAXPAYER ADVOCATE
— The IRS announced it is ending the practice of unannounced visits from its Revenue Officers. The policy change is due to the rise in tax scams and taxpayer confusion over verifying an IRS employee’s identity, leading to safety concerns for both taxpayers and IRS employees. DD: I was 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.
https://www.taxpayeradvocate.irs.gov/news/nta-blog/nta-blog-collection-part-two-end-of-the-irs-revenue-officer-pop-in-visit/2023/09/
TAX NOTES
— A New Era: How Revenue Officers Went From Cowboys to Desk Jockeys. DD: I was 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.
https://www.taxnotes.com/featured-news/new-era-how-revenue-officers-went-cowboys-desk-jockeys/2023/09/25/7hcqg
NTEU
— H.R. 1228 20-Year Retirement Eligibility For IRS Revenue Officers and U.S. Customs Service Inspectors and Canine Enforcement Officers. DD: I was 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. I was a NTEU member during all that time. NTEU came to my defense when my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my travel vouchers to get rid of me. During that time, my salary increased from $55,850/year to $112,280/year in today’s dollars. In my defense, during that time, I earned an MBA, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, and I earned a master’s degree in accounting.
https://www.nteu.org/legislative-action/congressional-testimony/hr-1228-20year-retirement-eligibility-fo
CONVERSATION
— Four strategies to make your neighborhood safer. DD: As Democrats move in, poverty and crime increase.
https://theconversation.com/four-strategies-to-make-your-neighborhood-safer-199550
MEDIAITE
— DD: Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly paint themselves as being protectors/champions of those who are citizens of foreign countries, liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly promote more hatred against those who are American, conservative, Republican, White, male, older, married, heterosexual, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.mediaite.com/media/podcasts/gavin-newsom-rips-key-trump-vibe-being-anti-woke-is-just-anti-black/
ATLANTIC
— The Liberals Who Won’t Acknowledge the Crime Problem
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/06/us-city-violent-crime-rate-perception/661337/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
EURASIA REVIEW
— How To Recognize Critical Race Theory. DD: My critics/opponents promote CRT, that is, they promote discrimination against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.eurasiareview.com/26102025-how-to-recognize-critical-race-theory-oped/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: First, CRT is always concerned with some form of “racial subordination.” The main blame for subordination is not placed on anyone in particular, but on what are often described as institutions, systems, or structures. . .The second key indicator of CRT is the role played by “white supremacy” in explaining all political, social, and economic problems. As Lew Rockwell has observed, the Marxist theory “of the substructure, or base, and the superstructures of society” has been loosely incorporated into critical race theory to explain the role of white supremacy in racial oppression.)
October 25, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Immigration enforcement on North Side leads to tense confrontations, soft lockdowns at schools. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UArzAIw14Oc
NBC5
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/judge-rules-in-case-of-chicago-father-detained-amid-daughters-cancer-battle/3843328/
CBS2
— Federal immigration agents target North Side neighborhoods. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/federal-immigration-agents-target-north-side-neighborhoods/
WGN9
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3ze_OQguc4
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion
https://chicago.suntimes.com/health/2025/10/24/pritzker-illinois-will-never-back-down-on-protecting-reproductive-health-care
DAILY HERALD
— Elgin joins communities looking to ban use of their property for ICE activities. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251024/news/elgin-joins-communities-looking-to-ban-use-of-their-property-for-ice-activities/
— Batavia considers ban on ICE using city property. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251024/news/batavia-considers-ban-on-ice-using-city-property/
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DD: Under the Democrats, soon, everyone in America will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare,
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/local/2025/10/24/central-illinois-foodbank-braces-for-potential-halt-of-snap-program/86859388007/
BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— The new leader of the Illinois Federation of Teachers says state lawmakers should consider raising taxes on the wealthy. DD: Ever since I became an IRS Revenue Officer when I was 22 years old in 1971, my critics/opponents have wanted me to pay more taxes. Since 1972, they have been furious that I paid less federal income tax because I itemed and even more furious since 1978 that my wife and I paid less federal income tax because we itemized. Further, they want my wife and I to pay more taxes because we gave up trying to have children. According to them, because we have never had to pay the tremendous cost of raising children, we can and should pay more taxes. Further, according to them, if my wife and I had children, I never would have been able to a) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, c) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, or d) become a licensed CPA in 1981.
https://pantagraph.com/news/state-regional/education/article_e6c39b1a-4822-43aa-b5e7-ee2c0489dc0c.html
FOX ILLINOIS
— Champaign County Board passed $25,000 support for reparations commission. How much in reparations do Democrats want you to pay? Affirmative Action and DEI are reparations.
https://foxillinois.com/newsletter-daily/champaign-county-board-passed-25000-support-for-reparations-commission
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly protect illegal drug dealers
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-10-24/as-strikes-on-alleged-drug-boats-grow-so-do-questions-about-their-legality-and-goal
COUNTRY HERALD
— Downtown Naperville annual Halloween Hop is this Sunday, October 26. DD: Today, Iron Gate Motor Condos in Naperville is hosting a major Halloween event for children of its unit owners and their friends. 40 unit owners will be opening their doors. The event is limited to 400 children.
https://countryherald.com/news/naperville-il-traffic-alert-downtown-roads-closing-for-halloween-hop-sunday/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— A Not-So-Special Report with Governor Pritzker. Excuses, Deflection, and Denial
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/10/a-not-so-special-report-with-jb-pritzker/
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Swim Against the Current. This year’s keynote speaker, as you may have already seen, is Riley (Gaines) Barker – a 12-time All-American swimmer, 2-time Olympic Trial Qualifier, and 5-time SEC Champion.
https://illinoisfamily.org/marriage/swim-against-the-current/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous. Do you agree with my critics/opponents? In today’s dollars, my Post Office salary increased from $19.37/hour in 1966 to $20.67/hour in 1969. In today’s dollars, my IRS salary increased from $55,850/year in 1971 to $112,280/year in 1980. In today’s dollars, my GAO salary increased from $88,808/year in 1980 to $153,151/year in 1997. In my defense, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970. I earned job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997. I earned job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. I earned a job-related professional license in 1981. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Since 1966, my critics/opponents have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that those who are White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time have always benefitted from discrimination against those who are minority, female, younger, non-Protestant non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Do you agree with my critics/opponents? In my defense, neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I had to work my way through college. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Pensions take up money that should go to Illinois classrooms. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. That is, so far, my Democrat GAO superiors have forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $1.9 million in today’s dollars to stop me from coming to work.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/pensions-take-up-money-that-should-go-to-illinois-classrooms/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Chicago Activists Accuse Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino of Violating Judge’s Use of Force Ban After He Deploys Tear Gas at Violent Anti-ICE Rioters
https://amgreatness.com/2025/10/24/chicago-activists-accuse-border-patrol-chief-gregory-bovino-of-violating-judges-use-of-force-ban-after-he-deploys-tear-gas-at-violent-anti-ice-rioters/
BREITBART
— Federal Workers Line Up at Food Banks After Dem Whip Calls Them ‘Leverage’ DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/24/federal-workers-line-up-at-food-banks-after-dem-whip-calls-them-leverage/
— AG Pam Bondi Warns Pelosi, Democrats for Threatening ICE Officers
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/24/ag-pam-bondi-warns-pelosi-democrats-as-they-threaten-ice-officers/amp/
FEDERALIST
— New York High Court Blocks Race-Grifters From Using Courts To Indoctrinate Children
https://thefederalist.com/2025/10/24/new-york-high-court-blocks-race-grifters-from-using-courts-to-indoctrinate-children/
FOX NEWS
— Pritzker’s message to Chicago is ICE agents are the bad guys. DD: I was an IRS Revenue Officer for almost 9 years. I should write about how people view/treat IRS Revenue Officers.
https://www.aol.com/news/jb-pritzkers-message-chicago-ice-172229482.html
— DD: Democrats question Border Patrol tactics in Illinois
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6383825294112
— 1.4 million federal employees without a paycheck as shutdown continues. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://www.aol.com/news/1-4-million-federal-employees-221605085.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— Federal workers form line down the block for food pantry as shutdown hits third-week mark. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://www.aol.com/articles/federal-workers-form-line-down-234055064.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders cause the shutdown and then blame it on Republican leaders.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/us/politics/mike-johnson-speaker-congress.html
— Immigration Crackdown Spreads Through Chicago, Including Wealthy Neighborhoods
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/us/trump-immigration-crackdown-chicago-lakeview.html
— Trump Administration Plans a Shake-Up at ICE to Speed Deportations
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/us/politics/trump-deportations-ice.html
NBC NEWS
— Federal workers line up at food banks ahead of first missed check since shutdown. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp-video/mmvo250607173910
— Federal workers flock to D.C. food bank as they miss first full paycheck of shutdown. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/federal-workers-dc-food-bank-miss-first-full-paycheck-shutdown-rcna239698
NBC WASHINGTON
— Furloughed feds miss first full paycheck amid shutdown standoff, surge at food banks. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/government-shutdown/furloughed-feds-miss-first-full-paycheck-amid-shutdown-standoff-surge-at-food-banks/4006398/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Tensions Mount as Agents, Including Gregory Bovino, Clash With Chicagoans
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/us/politics/gregory-bovino-chicago-immigration.html
— Food Banks Offer Groceries for Furloughed Federal Workers. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/us/politics/food-banks-federal-workers-trump.html
WKYC
— Get a job, get married: Ohio Senate passes ‘Success Sequence’ bill focused on poverty prevention in schools. DD: My critics/opponents fail/refuse to promote personal responsibility. From the beginning, because my father had brittle type 1 diabetes, I knew that his days were numbered. That, and the fact he lacked money, put me on track when I was 16 years old in 1964 to work my way through college. To buy a new car to commute to/from classes at UIC, I washed dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights four evenings a week plus Saturdays during my junior and senior years and full-time during the summer in between. In bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in May of 1966. SEE: https://over-drive-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/1965-12-CD-1966-Pontiac-Tempest-Sprint-Test-1-4.pdf My father died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21 in 1969.
https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/ohio/ohio-senate-success-sequence-bill-poverty-prevention-schools/95-73b9bf47-cf6c-4ef0-b2e9-179180fee773
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— What’s the Future of Racial Gerrymandering? The problem lies not with the statute but with Thornburg v. Gingles’s (1986) framework for vote dilution. DD: The Illinois 3rd Congressional District is racially gerrymandered.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/whats-the-future-of-racial-gerrymandering-vra-court-maps-47f3a5f8
FORBES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly call Republicans White supremacists
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkzL4maY3D0
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luZB1TmRPV8
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
— DD: My Democrat superiors in federal government used the extreme subjectivity in their performance evaluation systems a) to favor their Democrat employees who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time and b) to disfavor their Republican employees who were White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. My Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors were furious when I did the following because it frustrated their efforts to disfavor me: I earned 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://hbr.org/2019/01/why-most-performance-evaluations-are-biased-and-how-to-fix-them
SIRM
— DD: If you are a Republican, anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO employers will not hire you. The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Democrats who ran IRS in 1971 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Democrats who ran GAO 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, veteran, or younger person who would take the job. The Democrats who ran the Post Office, IRS, and GAO wrongly anticipated/expected that I would become a Democrat.
https://www.shrm.org/topics-tools/employment-law-compliance/fired-political-affiliation-activity
ATLANTIC
— DD: Hopefully, my Crete-Monee High School class of 1966 will have its 60th reunion next year. Sadly, my interaction with my classmates was dramatically reduced because I could not run because I had a bone disease and because I washed dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights four evenings a week plus Saturdays during my junior and senior years and full-time during the summer in between. Further, I was not viewed as being college material. But nevertheless, I took college preparatory classes, I got an ACT score of 24, I graduated in the upper 20% of my class, and I got accepted by UIC.
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2025/09/high-school-reunion-attendance/684097/
PBS
— As federal workers miss paychecks, many turn to food banks. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://www.pbs.org/video/shutdown-impact-1761339544/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ECONOMIC TIMES
— Furloughed federal employees seek help at food banks amid govt shutdown. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://m.economictimes.com/news/international/world-news/its-a-challenge-furloughed-federal-employees-seek-help-at-dc-food-bank-amid-govt-shutdown/amp_podcast/124797922.cms
I PAPER
— I’m scared the state pension age could rise to 70 – both my parents died younger. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. That is, so far, my Democrat GAO superiors have forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $1.9 million in today’s dollars to stop me from coming to work.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/i-m-scared-the-state-pension-age-could-rise-to-70-both-my-parents-died-younger/ar-AA1P9Jd8?ocid=finance-verthp-feeds
October 24, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— DOJ appealing dismissal of sanctuary city policy lawsuit against Illinois, Cook County, Chicago
https://abc7chicago.com/post/united-states-department-justice-appealing-dismissal-sanctuary-city-policy-lawsuit-illinois-cook-county-chicago/18066785/
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-news-demonstrators-broadview-facility-dhs-defends-apparent-tear-gas-use-little-village-protesters/18066452/
— Federal workers are bearing the brunt of the government shutdown, with more than 1 million of them going unpaid while Democrats and Republicans in Congress argue over funding federal agencies for the current fiscal year. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/heres-getting-paid-isnt-during-federal-government-shutdown/18065522/
— US House subcommittee hosts ‘shadow hearing’ in Chicago on immigration enforcement tactics
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-democrats-us-house-subcommittee-hosts-shadow-hearing-chicago-immigration-enforcement-tactics/18067828/
NBC5
— Elementary school in Chicago on soft lockdown amid reports of ICE agents in area. “Together, we will look out for one another and make sure everyone is protected.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/elementary-school-in-chicago-on-soft-lockdown-amid-reports-of-ice-agents-in-area/3843138/
CBS2
— Federal agents on North, Northwest Sides prompt soft lockdowns at schools; tear gas fired in Lakeview
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-ice-lakeview-tear-gas-wicker-park-school-lockdown/
WGN9
— Federal agents reported in multiple North Side neighborhoods as Chicago schools tighten safety protocols
https://wgntv.com/news/operation-midway-blitz/federal-agents-reported-in-multiple-north-side-neighborhoods-as-chicago-schools-tighten-safety-protocols/
FOX32
— Federal agents targeted during violent ICE raids across Chicago
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/federal-agents-targeted-ice-raids-chicago-officials-say
WTTW
— State Senator Terri Bryant said she gave a list of undocumented individuals currently being held in Illinois state prisons to Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/10/24/illinois-lawmaker-wants-help-federal-immigration-officials-id-undocumented-people-state
WBEZ
— Cicero, Berwyn students demand more school district support as immigration enforcement escalates. They are sitting out this week’s homecoming events and protesting after they say their concerns have been dismissed. The leader of the heavily Latino Morton High School District says they are there to support every student.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/10/24/cicero-berwyn-students-demand-more-morton-school-district-201-support-ice-immigration-enforcement-escalates
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Federal immigration agents tear-gas Lakeview, raid Lincoln Park as feds focus on city’s affluent North Side
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/24/federal-immigration-agents-chicago-north-side/
— DD: To keep up with political and government news and commentary of interest to Illinois Republicans from a conservative perspective, read GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/24/opinion-news-cycle-information-mental-health/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Feds make arrests across North and Near West sides, deploy tear gas on residential street in Lake View. “It was terrifying,” said one woman, who witnessed the arrest of a soon-to-be father outside the Erie Family Health Center in West Town.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/24/immigration-agents-arrest-lake-view-protest-tear-gas
— Federal judge orders Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino into her courtroom. The order came one day after Bovino was accused of tossing tear gas into a crowd in Little Village without justification.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/24/federal-judge-orders-border-patrol-commander-greg-bovino-into-her-courtroom
— Durbin and Duckworth blast Trump for playing ‘political games’ in denying Illinois disaster assistance. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government always played political games with their Republican employees. That is, they gave them bad job assignments, unfair performance expectations, and unfair performance appraisals. They ranked them in the bottom half of their coworkers for pay-for-performance. They delayed their promotions and rarely if ever promoted them beyond GS-12. They forced them to retire as soon as they were eligible. I never would have made GS-13 and survived until I was 49 years old in 1997, which was 4 years after I became eligible for early retirement, if I had not a) earned three job-related master’s degrees, earned six job-related professional certifications, and earned a job-related professional license.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump/2025/10/24/dick-durbin-tammy-duckworth-donald-trump-denial-illinois-disaster-assistance
— CPS investigator claims in lawsuit she was fired for digging into politically and racially charged cases. The CPS law department investigator says she refused to bow to pressure to change her reports. The principals association’s former leader criticized her work as subpar. DD: To hint/imply/argue/shout that my work was subpar, my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire, 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. My Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions, and disallowed my travel vouchers. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign and disallowed my sick leave requests. In my defense, I earned three job-related master’s degrees, I earned six job-related professional certifications, and I earned a job-related professional license.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/10/23/cps-investigator-claims-fired-politically-racially-charged-cases-lawsuit-racist-dunbar-lindblom
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Former Illinois GOP leader Lee Daniels’ $7 million New Buffalo home sells in under a week
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-real-estate/illinois-gop-leader-lee-daniels-new-buffalo-home-sells-fast
SOUTHWEST REGIONAL PUBLISHING
— Ray Hanania: Can Conforti overcome GOP problems to unseat Casten?
https://southwestregionalpublishing.com/2025/10/24/ray-hanania-can-conforti-overcome-gop-problems-to-unseat-casten/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/24/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-410/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
TED DABROWSKI
— Dabrowski Calls for Audit of CDL Licenses Issued in Illinois and All Sanctuary States After Crash in CA That Killed Three.. DD: This harkens back to George Ryan.
https://mailchi.mp/tedforillinois/dabrowski-calls-for-audit-of-cdl-licenses-issued-in-il-and-all-sanctuary-states-after-crash-in-ca-that-killed-three?e=c4ad197eda
DON TRACY
— Krishnamoorthi Doubles Down on Dems’ Position: Shutdown is “Our Leverage”
https://dontracyforil.com/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Does the McHenry County Republican Party Have a Death Wish?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/24/does-the-mchenry-county-republican-party-have-a-death-wish/
— Bruce Johnson Proposes County Efficiency Task Force Committee for McHenry County To Avoid 13% Tax Levy Hike
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/24/bruce-johnson-proposes-county-efficiency-task-force-committee-for-mchenry-county-to-avoid-13-tax-levy-hike/
— Fundraising Results in Democrat’s Bradley Schneider’s 10th Congressional District
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/24/fundraising-results-in-democrats-bradley-schneiders-10th-congressional-district/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Pensions make homeownership unaffordable in Illinois. DD: I began earning credits toward a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension when I was 18 years old in 1966. I have been getting a CSRS pension since 1997. My critics/opponents use that against me. According to them, CSRS pensions are much too generous. In my defense, I paid 7% of my federal salary into the CSRS and I might still be paying into the CSRS if my Democrat superiors had not forced me to retire.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/pensions-make-homeownership-unaffordable-in-illinois/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Dabrowski Changes Campaign Plans After Mendrick Pauses to Honor Bailey Family
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/dabrowski-changes-campaign-plans-after-mendrick-pauses-to-honor-bailey-family.html
— As Bailey Mourns, Dabrowski Moves Into His Southern Illinois Backyard
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/as-bailey-mourns-dabrowski-moves-into-his-southern-illinois-backyard.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— U.S. conducts its 10th strike on drug boat, killing six
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/24/us-conducts-10th-strike-alleged-drug-boat-killing-six/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The ick of immigration law enforcement
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3859636/charleroi-pennsylvania-mass-migration-immigration-law-enforcement/
CAMPUS REFORM
— University of Washington still requires ‘diversity statements’ for wide range of positions. DD: Democrats run the federal government. They waste the careers of their Republican employees and get rid of them, and especially those who are White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/-university-washington-still-requires-diversity-statements-wide-range-positions/28838
COLLEGE FIX
— University of Illinois won’t accept any more race, sex-based scholarships under new policy. DD: My critics/opponents have always used my not getting any scholarships against me.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/u-illinois-wont-accept-any-more-race-sex-based-scholarships-under-new-policy/
FEDERALIST
— Radical Dogma Being Taught At The No. 1 Elementary Teaching School
https://thefederalist.com/2025/10/24/heres-an-inside-look-at-the-radical-dogma-being-taught-at-the-no-1-elementary-teaching-school/
— NBC Is Helping Run Anti-ICE Ops For Dems
https://thefederalist.com/2025/10/24/nbc-is-helping-run-anti-ice-ops-for-dems/
FOX NEWS
— Dems urged to ‘stop siding with illegal aliens’ after activist rams agents in sanctuary city
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dems-urged-stop-siding-illegal-aliens-after-activist-rams-agents-sanctuary-city
NEWSMAX
— Trump Ended Immigration Caravans, Democrats Can’t Handle It
https://www.newsmax.com/kenbuck/biden-newsom-sanctuary/2025/10/23/id/1231635/
PATRIOT POST
— DD: It Is Racist to Draw Congressional Districts Based Upon Race
https://patriotpost.us/opinion/122046-is-it-racist-to-draw-congressional-districts-based-upon-race-2025-10-24
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Administration Asserts Authority to House Migrants at All Overseas U.S. Bases
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/us/politics/dhs-ice-guantanamo.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Asylum seekers face deportation over failure to pay new fees
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2025-10-24/new-fees-for-asylum-seekers-leave-many-panicked-over-when-how-to-pay
AMERICAN REFORMER
— Baby Boomer Generation. DD: I am a Baby Boomer. My Democrat superiors in the federal government blamed Baby Boomer Republicans like me for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://americanreformer.org/2025/10/the-boomers-world/
(GOOGLE AI: The Vietnam War profoundly impacted the Baby Boomer generation, leading to widespread military service, draft evasion, and a massive counter-culture movement that challenged the establishment. Over 10 million baby boomers served in the military, with many facing the draft, while others changed their life trajectories to avoid it, creating deep societal divisions. The conflict also fostered a lasting distrust in government, a critical reassessment of patriotism, and the emotional and psychological trauma for returning veterans who sometimes faced public hostility.)
HUFFINGTON POST
— Pritzker Says Trump Will 100% Try To ‘Steal’ 2026 Election
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jb-pritzker-trump-steal-2026-election_n_68fa9b16e4b071f32a279d37
October 24, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Loop businesses uneasy about possible National Guard deployment. ‘It does have a chilling effect on business’
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/24/loop-businesses-national-guard/
— Amid ICE surge, Board of Education urges CPS to offer remote learning
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/23/chicago-school-board-schools-ice/
— Black enrollment is waning at many elite colleges after affirmative action ban. DD: Of course, Democrats blame Republicans for that.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/23/black-enrollment-affirmative-action-ban/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Board members urge CPS to consider ‘emergency’ remote learning amid continued immigration raids. Interim Supt./CEO Macquline King said district leadership has discussed its options, including remote learning, but added that CPS does not have the authority to make that move without an emergency declaration from Gov. JB Pritzker.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/10/23/cps-school-board-remote-learning-immigration-ice-deportation-raids
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote illegal drugs.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/10/23/president-donald-trump-strikes-alleged-drug-boats-executions-colombia-venezuela-jacob-sullum
DAILY HERALD
— DuPage judge refuses to force county to pay two election vendors
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251023/article/dupage-judge-refuses-to-force-county-to-pay-two-election-vendors/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Elgin could allow DACA recipients to be hired as firefighters and paramedics. DD: All my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me if they could have.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251023/local-politics/elgin-could-allow-daca-recipients-to-be-hired-as-firefighters-and-paramedics/
— Midterm map manipulation a dangerous ploy that aims to disenfranchise voters
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251024/opinion/daily-herald-opinion-politics-over-fairness-midterm-map-manipulation-a-dangerous-ploy-that-aims-to/
CBS2
— Border Patrol chief defends tactics as Pritzker calls for accountability. DD: Pritzker ever-increasingly calls for more protests.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/fallout-grows-after-crews-demolish-white-house-east-wing-1/
RIVER BENDER
— Dinner for Federal Furloughed Employees at American Legion 199. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://www.riverbender.com/events/details.cfm?seriesid=51197
NORTHERN STAR
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) promote more LGBTQ and b) blame Trump for problems that LGBTQers have.
https://northernstar.info/129291/opinion/editorial-lgbtq-students-have-a-safe-supportive-home-at-niu/
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/24/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-618/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— Illinois Dems Seek to Erase Biological Sex from Yet Another Law. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2025/10/22/illinois-dems-seek-to-erase-biological-sex-from-yet-another-law
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Polyamory: The next target for sexual liberation?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/community-family/3861701/polyamory-next-target-sexual-liberation/
NEW YORK POST
— Pritzker accuses ICE of ‘racial profiling,’ defends comparing agents to Nazis. DD: What percent of illegals are minorities? What if I had pretended to be Swedish American?
https://nypost.com/2025/10/23/us-news/jb-pritzker-accuses-ice-of-racial-profiling-defends-comparing-agents-to-nazis/
— Harrowing video captures big rig driven by illegal immigrant plowing into vehicles on California freeway, killing three
https://nypost.com/2025/10/23/us-news/harrowing-video-captures-big-rig-driven-by-illegal-immigrant-plowing-into-vehicles-on-california-freeway-killing-three/
— WH Spotlights Illegal Immigrants Who Received Medicaid Benefits
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmaaWSVzIJE
— Illegal immigrant trucker in fatal California crash released by Biden admin after 2022 border crossing
https://nypost.com/2025/10/23/us-news/california-illegal-immigrant-jashanpreet-singh-dui-arrest-in-fatal-semi-truck-crash/
AMERICAN THINKER
— DD: What do you attribute your successes to? I attribute my successes to my parents and my teachers who 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/2025/10/the_dems_say_my_bad_and_keep_the_keys.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Pritzker blasted for ‘flat out’ lie after Bret Baier whips out crime map
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/10/24/pritzker-blasted-for-flat-out-lie-after-bret-baier-whips-out-crime-map-1595083/
BREITBART
— DD: Pritzker ever-increasingly promotes more illegal immigration
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/10/23/pritzker-on-illegal-released-despite-detainer-now-being-murder-suspect-thats-one-immigrant-happens-with-citizens-as-well/
CENTER SQUARE
— Unions sue Trump over immigrant drivers license crackdown
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_cb682ed2-8e83-485e-8dc7-ffbd1f120391.amp.html
COLLEGE FIX
— Lawsuit continues over Illinois ‘minority teachers’ scholarship program. DD: My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me for my not getting any scholarships.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/lawsuit-continues-over-illinois-minority-teachers-scholarship-program/
DAILY CALLER
— Illegal Alien Won Anti-ICE ‘Certificate’ From City Before Ramming Feds With Car
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/23/illegal-alien-awarded-anti-ice-certificate-from-la-council-before-alleged-assault/
— Illegal Trucker Who Killed Three Was Given Commercial Driver’s License By California. DD: This harkens back to George Ryan. My critics/opponents continue to promote George Ryan.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/23/illegal-trucker-california-karoline-leavitt-department-homeland-security-biden-administration/
FOX NEWS
— Pritzker: It seems like I live rent-free in Trump’s head
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6383632113112
— Pritzker accuses ICE of ‘racial profiling,’ defends comparing agents to Nazis. DD: What percent of illegals are minorities? What if I had pretended to be Swedish American?
https://www.foxnews.com/media/jb-pritzker-accuses-ice-racial-profiling-defends-comparing-agents-nazis
— Illegal alien failed CDL test 10 times in 2 months before fatal Florida crash that killed 3. Harjinder Singh crossed southern border illegally in 2018, struggled with English proficiency during traffic stop. DD: This harkens back to George Ryan. My critics/opponents continue to promote George Ryan.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/illegal-alien-failed-cdl-test-10-times-2-months-before-fatal-florida-crash-killed-3
MRC TV
— Fox Highlights Crash Deaths Caused by Illegal Alien Truckers. DD: This harkens back to George Ryan. My critics/opponents continue to promote George Ryan.
https://www.mrctv.org/videos/fox-highlights-car-crash-deaths-caused-illegal-alien-truckers
https://mrctv.org/videos/fox-highlights-large-percentage-truckers-are-illegal-aliens
NEWSMAX
— California Issued Commercial License to Illegal Charged in Fatal Crash. DD: This harkens back to George Ryan. My critics/opponents continue to promote George Ryan.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/illegal-immigrant-fatal-crash-truck-driver/2025/10/23/id/1231637/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEWSWEEK
— Supreme Court Sets Date to Consider Same-Sex Marriage Case. DD: My critics/opponents reject marriage can only be between a man and a woman. My critics/opponents promote LGBTQ.
https://www.newsweek.com/supreme-court-same-sex-marriage-date-lgbtq-10929289
MSNBC
— Democrats launch efforts to hold ICE agents accountable. DD: My Democrat superiors and supervisors in the federal government always held me accountable for the problems that they had. They used me as a scapegoat. All those who my Democrat GAO superiors assigned me to supervise had major problems.
https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/ice-agents-misconduct-democrats-trump-immigration-rcna239452
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/us/politics/gregory-bovino-chicago-immigration.html
— Democrats Block Federal Worker Pay Bill as Shutdown Drags On. A Republican measure that would pay essential government employees faltered in the Senate, and the G.O.P. blocked a pair of Democratic bills to pay a broader swath of workers. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/us/politics/democrats-shutdown-federal-employee-pay.html
— How Federal Workers Can Find Financial Assistance as Shutdown Drags On. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/business/federal-employee-financial-resources-government-shutdown.html
— Democrats Block Federal Worker Pay Bill as Shutdown Drags On. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/us/politics/democrats-shutdown-federal-employee-pay.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Black enrollment is waning at many elite colleges after affirmative action ban. DD: Of course, Democrats blame Republicans for that.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2025/10/23/affirmative-action-college-admissions-race-princeton/bbda95f6-b026-11f0-ab72-a5fffa9bf3eb_story.html
DETROIT NEWS
— U.S. Secret Service agents have arrested an Upper Peninsula man and accused the former U.S. Air Force airman of threatening to kill President Donald Trump over the administration’s LGBTQ+ policies.
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2025/10/23/up-man-joshua-young-threatened-to-assassinate-trump-over-lgbtq-policies-feds-say/86857706007/
CINCINNATI ENQUIRER
— DD: What do you attribute your successes to? I attribute my successes to my parents and my teachers who 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.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/2025/10/22/ohio-senate-passes-success-sequence-graduation-requirement-graduate-employment-marriage/86694896007/
CHATTANNUGA TIMES FREE PRESS
— ‘No Kings’ protests show Trump Derangement Syndrome is growing
https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/oct/23/opinion-no-kings-protests-show-trump-derangement/
USA TODAY
— ‘They will be held accountable’: Chicago to create record of ICE Midway Blitz ‘abuses’ DD: My Democrat superiors and supervisors in the federal government always held me accountable for the problems that they had. They used me as a scapegoat. All those who my Democrat GAO superiors assigned me to supervise had major problems.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/10/23/chicago-pritzker-to-document-ice-immigration-abuses/86851971007/
— DD: Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/10/23/dei-backlash-boosts-white-men/86835146007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Pritzker to Build Case Against Trump Immigration Forces. Governor signs executive order to establish Illinois Accountability Commission.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/jb-pritzker-creates-watchdog-for-federal-immigration-actions-in-illinois-174f4ab7
— OMB Can Stop Biden’s Race Counting. Trump’s campaign against DEI has so far spared the Census Bureau’s insidious racial classifications. DD: Those who are the following want to be counted as being the following because Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use government to give those who are the following more preference: minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, veteran, disabled, have less money than others, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are citizens of foreign countries.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/omb-can-stop-bidens-race-counting-a7e22fdc?mod=opinion_lead_pos5
FORBES
— Leavitt Reads Off List Of Illegals Who Received Medicaid Benefits Under President Biden. DD: What percent come to America illegally and/or stay in America illegally for free housing, free food, free clothing, free medical care, free education, free cars, free etc.?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1Jpzn0cgHg
OPM
— OPM Proposes Rule to Hold Federal Workers Accountable. DD: My Democrat superiors and supervisors in the federal government always held me accountable for the problems that they had. They used me as a scapegoat. All those who my Democrat GAO superiors assigned me to supervise had major problems.
https://www.opm.gov/news/opm-proposes-rule-to-hold-federal-workers-accountable-for-misconduct/
METRO WEEKLY
— Gay Man Named Executive Editor of National Catholic Reporter. DD: How strongly have Democrats, that is, LGBTQ-promoters, taken over your church?
https://www.metroweekly.com/2025/10/gay-editor-national-catholic-reporter/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
ECONOMIC TIMES
— $1,000 check or $1,000 fine per day! Trump tightens noose on illegal aliens as DHS issues nearly $10 billion in fines to force deportations
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/1000-check-or-1000-fine-per-day-trump-tightens-noose-on-illegal-aliens-as-dhs-issues-nearly-10-billion-in-fines-to-force-self-deportation/articleshow/124775743.cms
TIMES OF INDIA
— ‘Criminal illegal aliens’: White House flags ‘disturbing pattern’ after Indian trucker crash in California; calls out ‘serious gaps’
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/criminal-illegal-aliens-white-house-flags-disturbing-pattern-after-indian-trucker-crash-in-california-calls-out-serious-gaps/amp_articleshow/124775245.cms
October 23, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— 1 arrested for battery of CPD officer amid clash with feds in Little Village; students detained. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-little-village-activity-today-1-arrested-battery-cpd-officer-26th-whipple-amid-clash-federal-agents/18062368/
— Pritzker creates IL accountability commission amid federal deployments in executive order. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mB_ZV18hldg
— Senate rejects bills to pay federal workers during government shutdown. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/government-shutdown-health-care-compromise-appears-far-off-stalemate-persists/18061113/
NBC5
— DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/heavy-presence-of-masked-federal-agents-leads-to-chaotic-scene-in-little-village-for-2nd-day-in-a-row/3842559/
— Pritzker signs executive order on ‘accountability’ amid federal deployments in Illinois. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/pritzker-to-sign-executive-order-on-accountability-amid-federal-deployments-in-illinois/3842460/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_yh-y_-ds0
CBS2
— U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Thursday raised concerns about air traffic controllers taking on second jobs to pay their bills during the government shutdown. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/shutdown-travel-duffy-air-traffic-controllers-uber/
— Government shutdown live updates as Senate fails to advance GOP bill to pay essential federal workers. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being a non-essential federal worker.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/live-updates/government-shutdown-latest-day-23-senate-federal-workers/
— Pritzker signs executive order aimed at addressing federal enforcement. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/governor-pritzker-executive-federal-enforcement/
WGN9
— Family of former Gov. George Ryan holding estate sale
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/family-of-former-gov-george-ryan-holding-estate-sale/
— Pritzker forms commission to track actions of federal law enforcement. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2-wpsOEKlU
FOX32
— Person arrested after Chicago cop hit during confrontation between crowd, federal immigration agents. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/person-arrested-chicago-cop-hit-confrontation-federal-immigration-agents
— Former Mayor Lightfoot announces project to ‘unmask’ federal immigration agents. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/former-mayor-lightfoot-announces-project-unmask-federal-immigration-agents
— Pritzker launches Illinois Accountability Commission to prob federal immigration actions. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1728949
WTTW
— DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/10/23/border-patrol-agents-fired-tear-gas-little-village-crowd-no-warning-ald-sigcho-lopez
— Pritzker Forms Commission to Document ‘Abuses’ by Federal Agents During Immigration Raids. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/10/23/pritzker-forms-commission-document-abuses-federal-agents-during-immigration-raids
WBEZ
— DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/10/23/clergy-say-religious-rights-are-under-attack-inside-and-outside-the-broadview-ice-facility
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/23/illinois-accountability-commission-immigration-raids/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/23/federal-immigration-agents-deploy-tear-gas-discount-mall-little-village/
— Indiana-Illinois boundary commission holds first meeting without any Illinois members
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/23/indiana-illinois-boundary-commission-holds-first-meeting-without-any-illinois-members/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/23/feds-make-arrests-deploy-tear-gas-during-face-off-with-protesters-near-little-village-discount-mall
— Pritzker forms commission to document alleged abuses by federal agents during Operation Midway Blitz. The Illinois Accountability Commission will be chaired by former chief judge Ruben Castillo and will collect testimony, hold hearings, and gather information from individuals, community members, subject matter experts, local officials, journalists, faith leaders, and organizations. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10/23/governor-jb-pritzker-commission-harassment-intimidation-abuse-federal-agents-operation-midway-blitz
DAILY HERALD
— A suburban congressional candidate is awaiting trial in a federal fraud case alleging she misused COVID-19 relief funds. Tedora M. Brown, a Palos Park resident who’s seeking the Republican nomination for Illinois’ 11th Congressional District seat, maintained her innocence during a lengthy telephone interview Thursday.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251023/crime/gop-congressional-candidate-facing-wire-fraud-charges-vows-to-fight-case-at-trial/
— Pritzker forms commission to document ‘harassment, intimidation’ during immigration raids. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251023/illinois-state-politics/pritzker-forms-commission-to-document-harassment-intimidation-during-immigration-raids/
— DD: White male Americans are ever-increasingly discouraged from getting college degrees. If had not earned a bachelor’s degree in business in 1970, Firestone Stores would not have hired me in 1970 and IRS would not have hired me in 1971. If had not earned an MBA in 1976, GAO would not have hired me in 1980. Further, if I had not passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970, IRS would not have hired me in 1971. Further, if I had not passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, GAO would not have hired me in 1980.
https://www.dailyherald.com/sponsored/?prx_t=CxsKAFuR0A46sQA
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251022/nation-and-world-politics/as-red-states-target-abortion-pills-this-group-aims-to-boost-protections/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Pritzker sets up commission to gather evidence of federal misconduct. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/pritzker-forms-commission-gather-evidence-ice-misconduct
SOUTHERN
— Senate to vote on paying some federal workers as shutdown hits Day 23. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/10/23/senate-to-vote-on-paying-some-federal-workers-as-shutdown-hits-day-23/
— 3 federal officers injured after man rams car to evade arrest in San Diego
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/10/23/3-federal-officers-injured-after-man-rams-car-to-evade-arrest-in-san-diego-ice/
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Supreme Court case illustrates drawbacks of legalized weed. DD: Pot is poison.
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-supreme-court-case-illustrates-drawbacks-of-legalized-weed/article_12018357-80c7-4e33-b641-0f6035983951.html
RIVER BENDER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/durbin-meets-with-american-business-immigration-coalition-to-discuss-dreamers-daca-and-essential-workers-87506.cfm?
STATELINE
— State vs. Federal: Illinois launches commission to probe civil rights violations by Trump-era enforcement. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/state-vs-federal-illinois-launches-commission-to-probe-civil-rights-violations-by-trump-era-enforcement/
INDIANA CAPITAL CHRONICLE
— Illinois absorption commission holds first meeting. The panel discussed a longshot effort to have Indiana absorb several — maybe dozens — of Illinois counties.
https://indianacapitalchronicle.com/2025/10/23/illinois-absorption-commission-holds-first-meeting/
ADVANTAGE NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.advantagenews.com/news/local/pritzker-wants-immigration-enforcement-just-not-trump-s-way/article_4ac2ebcd-b7d5-49ea-b4fd-620dbbcd1b26.html
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/23/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-409/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— GOP leader calls Pritzker’s accountability commission a ‘political stunt.’ DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.aol.com/articles/watch-gop-leader-calls-pritzker-214500701.html
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Former State Rep. Jill Zwick, R.I.P.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/23/jill-zwick-r-i-p/
— Who Has Raised How Much in Bill Foster’s Congressional District
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/23/who-has-raised-how-much-in-bill-fosters-congressional-district/
— Johnsburg’s Kirk Donald Pleads with County Board Not to Hike Taxes
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/23/johnsburgs-kirk-donald-pleads-with-county-board-not-to-hike-taxes/
— Biss Leading Kat in Race to Replace Jan Schakowski
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/22/biss-leading-kat-in-race-to-replace-jan-schakowski/
— County Issues Press Release on Proposed Tax Levy & Budget (with Related Articles)
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/22/county-issues-press-release-on-proposed-tax-levy-budget-with-related-articles/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Every Illinois metro has fewer homes for sale than in 2018
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/every-illinois-metro-has-fewer-homes-for-sale-than-in-2018/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Pritzker’s war on the rule of law hurts the very people he claims to help. Illinois governor’s incitement of violence for illegals’ sake is about power. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/23/pritzkers-war-rule-law-hurts-people-claims-help/
— ICE says it doesn’t need to give Congress access to its facilities during government shutdown
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/23/ice-says-doesnt-need-give-congress-access-facilities-government/
— America’s promise of upward mobility and economic opportunity is rapidly disintegrating. DD: This is especially true for Americans who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/22/todays-american-workforce-isnt-sustainable/
— Spiritual rot hides in midst of Christian revival
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/23/spiritual-rot-hides-midst-christian-revival/
— All the ‘No Kings’ rallies proved is that we really don’t have a monarch. Protests are nothing more than prolonged tantrums over 2024 election results.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/23/no-kings-rallies-proved-really-dont-monarch/
NEW YORK POST
— Zohran Mamdani threatens Jews’ safety — yet their votes could make him mayor
https://nypost.com/2025/10/23/opinion/mamdani-threatens-jewish-safety-yet-they-could-make-him-mayor/
DAILY CALLER
— Chicago Violence Has ‘Been Incredibly Alarming’
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/23/stephen-a-smith-jb-pritzker-to-his-face-chicago-violence-incredibly-alarming/
FOX NEWS
— Dems silent on progressive candidate’s Nazi-style tattoo after knocking Hegseth for Christian symbol
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dems-silent-progressive-candidates-nazi-tattoo-after-knocking-hegseth-christian-symbol
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Pritzker: “My Theory” Is Trump Wants National Guard In Cities To “Seize Ballot Boxes” And “Steal The Election” DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/10/23/gov_jb_pritzker_my_theory_is_trump_wants_national_guard_in_cities_to_seize_ballot_boxes_and_steal_the_election.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— San Francisco mayor: Federal agents meant to incite ‘chaos and violence’ DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5569177-daniel-lurie-trump-immigration-enforcement-san-franscisco-chaos/
— Harvard sees drop in Black, Hispanic student admissions, rise in Asian Americans
https://thehill.com/homenews/education/5569455-harvard-admissions-black-hispanic-students/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Pritzker forms commission to look at federal immigration raid tactics, impacts. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://apnews.com/video/illinois-gov-pritzker-forms-commission-to-look-at-federal-immigration-raid-tactics- impacts-26aaa2faf4cc48dca7eefbddd24ed3bf
— As federal agents ramp up Chicago immigration crackdown, more elected officials caught in crosshairs. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://wtop.com/national/2025/10/as-federal-agents-ramp-up-chicago-immigration-crackdown-more-elected-officials-caught-in-crosshairs/
NEW YORK TIMES
— How Federal Workers Can Find Financial Assistance as Shutdown Drags On. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/business/federal-employee-financial-resources-government-shutdown.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump allies, undeterred by setbacks in courts and Congress, push anew for citizenship proof to vote. President Donald Trump’s attempts to impose a proof-of-citizenship requirement to vote in the U.S. have stalled in Congress and been blocked by the courts.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/23/trump-voting-citizenship-proof-election-commission/eb241d7c-b009-11f0-ab72-a5fffa9bf3eb_story.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use mom of slain Illinois woman against Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/10/23/katie-abraham-chicago-trump-immigration/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— JB Pritzker Creates Watchdog for Federal Immigration Actions in Illinois. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/jb-pritzker-creates-watchdog-for-federal-immigration-actions-in-illinois-174f4ab7
FORBES
— Pritzker Announces New Public System To Monitor Agents Deployed To Illinois. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvzaeGoTkAU
PBS
— Pritzker creates commission to ‘pursue accountability’ for Chicago against feds sent by Trump. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfILK_qjvkk
NPR
— DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.npr.org/2025/10/23/nx-s1-5581553/national-guard-supreme-court-legal-cases
POLITICO
— Andrew Cuomo is still behind — and he’s blaming Curtis Sliwa. The Republican nominee, polling a distant third in the New York City mayoral race, is becoming a scapegoat for the former governor and his deep-pocketed allies. DD: I should write about those Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who have blamed me the most for their defeats.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/17/andrew-cuomo-is-still-behind-and-hes-blaming-curtis-sliwa-00614002