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
Tag: google
October 21, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/18/to-stand-up-to-ice-agents-some-chicagoans-are-arming-themselves-with-whistles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump/2025/10/20/national-guard-deployment-illinois-billboards-chicago
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/21/elgin-ice-watchdog-activist-immigrants/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/21/editorial-turn-on-the-cameras-ice-whats-taking-you-so-long/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/21/opinion-no-kings-day-protest-donald-trump/
— Newspapers closing, news deserts growing. DD: Ever-increasingly, under the Illinois Democrats and under the Illinois RINOs, there are fewer and fewer and fewer center-right news and commentary sources in Illinois.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/20/newspapers-closing-northwestern-report/
ABC7
— Group faces loss of student status for refusing Northwestern’s mandatory training; judge denies TRO. The anti-bias training includes mentions of Israel.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/group-faces-loss-northwestern-university-student-status-refusing-mandatory-anti-bias-training-mentions-israel/18047406/
— More than 40% of city of Harvey staff placed on unpaid leave amid budget crisis. The mayor says the village is more than $160 million in debt.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/harvey-illinois-furlough-17-fire-department-firefighters-amid-budget-issues-firemens-association-local-471/18046783/
NBC5
— Police, firefighters in suburban Harvey furloughed as city faces ‘severe financial emergency’ At least one of Harvey’s three fire stations will close temporarily as part of the furloughs, the fire department told NBC Chicago.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/police-firefighters-in-suburban-harvey-furloughed-as-city-faces-severe-financial-emergency/3841233/
CBS2
— Broadview village board meeting ends early after disruptions from protesters over limitations
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/broadview-meeting-ends-early-after-disruptions/
WGN9
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/town-hall-educates-chicagoans-on-their-rights-during-ice-encounters/
FOX32
— ISU teacher’s assistant flips Turning Point USA table, tears down flyers: ‘Jesus did it’
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-state-university-charlie-kirk
DAILY HERALD
— DD: Under the Democrats, poverty and crime ever-increasingly increase.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251021/editorials/taking-the-lead-lawmakers-foundations-secure-funding-to-combat-hunger/
BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Illinois State University teaching assistant arrested in Turning Point event disruption
https://pantagraph.com/news/local/crime-courts/article_5a38239b-b3ba-4a55-aafd-c184d8e1069e.html
WAND TV
— Supreme Court will consider whether people who regularly smoke pot can legally own guns. DD: Pot drags you down. If I had used pot, I would not have been able to a) earn a bachelor’s degree, b) earn three master’s degrees, c) earn six professional certifications, or d) earn a professional license.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/supreme-court-will-consider-whether-people-who-regularly-smoke-pot-can-legally-own-guns/article_af47369a-ebc8-56a2-826c-b37827301546.html
25 NEWS NOW
— ISU graduate teaching assistant relieved of duties for allegedly vandalizing Turning Point display
https://www.25newsnow.com/2025/10/20/isu-graduate-teaching-assistant-relieved-duties-after-arrest-alleged-criminal-damage-property/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— GOP governor’s race heats up
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/10/21/gop-governors-race-heats-up-00616227
(FROM THE ARTICLE: JOINING THE FRAY: Rick Heidner, a real estate developer and founder of Gold Rush Gaming, is running for governor as a Republican. We hear he just plugged $1 million into his campaign and is gathering petition signatures. Homer Glen Mayor Christina Neitzke-Troike is his lieutenant governor running mate. Heidner, of Barrington Hills, joins a competitive GOP primary contest that includes former state Sen. Darren Bailey, conservative activist Ted Dabrowski and DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick and a few other, lesser-known folks. It’s a contest rife with tension. There’s a feud brewing between the Dabrowski and Bailey camps, and GOP political consultant Jeanne Ives is at the center of the controversy. Ives is endorsing Dabrowski — even though she backed Bailey in 2022. She’s also been accused of trying to discredit Bailey by being part of an effort to leak a confidential human resources document from Bailey’s 2022 campaign about a disagreement with then-campaign staffer Brett Corrigan, who was 17 at the time. The document never amounted to anything, but Tom DeVore, a Republican operative who is staying neutral in 2026, called it “nasty politics,” via social media. Bailey is seen as a front-runner because of his name recognition across the state. Ives denies trying to discredit anyone, and Dabrowski’s camp didn’t comment. Bailey spokesman Jose Durbin, said, “While Darren Bailey and Aaron Del Mar are focused on beating the Democrats, it’s unfortunate Jeannie Ives is once again reprising her role as the Democrats’ favorite ‘Republican,’” according to a statement. And Corrigan, who has since gone on to host three Illinois political events with President Donald Trump’s family members, is now chairing Heidner’s campaign for governor. “Rick is a true outsider — not a career politician — who’s ready to save Illinois, fight for our values and be a trusted ally to President Trump,” Corrigan said.)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/21/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-615/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Dombrowski Leads Bailey by Twenty Percentage Points in Cook County GOP Dinner Straw Poll, Tracy Ahead of Goodman by Thirty Points. DD: I organized some big straw polls in the 2000s. I should write about those candidates who did poorly in those straw polls and who continue to blame me for that.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/20/dombrowski-leads-bailey-by-twenty-percentage-points-in-cook-county-gop-dinner-straw-poll-tracy-ahead-of-goodman-by-thirty-points/
— Crystal Lake Park Board Votes to Tax to the Max
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/20/crystal-lake-park-board-votes-to-tax-to-the-max/
— A Critic of No Kings Demonstrations
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/20/a-critic-of-no-kings-demonstration/
— DeWitte Reports on What Dems Are Up To in Springfield Veto Session
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/20/dewitte-reports-on-what-dems-are-up-to-in-springfield-veto-session/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois SNAP errors could cost taxpayers up to $700 million in penalties
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-snap-errors-could-cost-taxpayers-up-to-700-million-in-penalties/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Illinois State University graduate student who flipped TPUSA table fired from teaching assistant position
https://nypost.com/2025/10/20/us-news/illinois-state-university-graduate-student-who-flipped-tpusa-table-fired-from-teaching-assistant-position/
AMERIAN THINKER
— Woke ideology splits the Anglican Church
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/10/woke_ideology_splits_the_anglican_church.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— ‘Woke’ Bible storybook for kids touted as: ‘antidote to Christian white supremacy’
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/10/20/woke-bible-storybook-for-kids-touted-as-antidote-to-christian-white-supremacy-1593877/
BLAZE
— Teacher’s assistant arrested in connection with Turning Point USA attack ahead of Alex Stein event at Illinois State University
https://www.theblaze.com/news/illinois-state-university-teachers-assistant-arrested-for-turning-point-usa-attack-ahead-of-alex-stein-event
BREITBART
— Chicago-Area Judge Rules ICE Can Be Arrested at Courthouses
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/10/20/chicago-area-judge-rules-ice-agents-can-be-arrested-at-courthouses/amp/
— Speaker Johnson on Leftists Protests: If Trump Were a King, the Government Would Be Opened Right Now
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/20/speaker-johnson-on-leftists-protests-if-trump-were-a-king-the-government-would-be-opened-right-now/
— Advisory Firm Urges Tesla Shareholders to Reject Elon Musk’s $1 Trillion Pay Package
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2025/10/20/advisory-firm-urges-tesla-shareholders-to-reject-elon-musks-1-trillion-pay-package/
— Number of Illegals Seeking FHA Mortgages Plummets Thanks to Trump Reforms
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/20/number-migrants-seeking-fha-mortgages-plummets-thanks-trump-reforms/amp/
COLLEGE FIX
— Saturday’s ‘No Kings’ rallies: Educators mock Kirk assassination, call for ICE agents to be shot
https://www.thecollegefix.com/saturdays-no-kings-rallies-educators-mock-kirk-assassination-call-for-ice-agents-to-be-shot/
— Outrageous use of worker visas to fill Yale, Dartmouth DEI jobs
https://www.thecollegefix.com/senator-calls-out-outrageous-use-of-worker-visas-to-fill-yale-dartmouth-dei-jobs/
— Illinois State U. faculty member fired after flipping Turning Point table, saying ‘Jesus did it’
https://www.thecollegefix.com/illinois-state-u-faculty-member-fired-after-flipping-turning-point-table-saying-jesus-did-it/
DAILY CALLER
— DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, using Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of their Republican employees was their top priority.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/20/trumps-war-on-illegal-dei-leaves-diversity-industry-in-ruins-data-show/
FEDERALIST
— Criminal Illegal Alien Who Ran Des Moines Schools Registered As Maryland Voter
https://thefederalist.com/2025/10/20/criminal-illegal-alien-who-ran-des-moines-schools-registered-as-maryland-voter/
FOX NEWS
— Chicago ‘No Kings’ protesters bash Trump piñata. “No Kings” protesters were filmed bashing a piñata resembling President Donald Trump outside an ICE facility near Chicago this week.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6383426367112
— University fires Turning Point USA table flipper from teaching assistant role after campus outburst. Derek Lopez faces disorderly conduct and criminal damage charges after flipping Turning Point USA’s table.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/university-fires-turning-point-usa-table-flipper-from-teaching-assistant-role-after-campus-outburst
— Social media erupts over ‘deranged’ teacher mocking Charlie Kirk’s death in ‘No Kings’ viral video. A Chicago teacher faces calls to be fired after a viral video showed her mocking Charlie Kirk’s assassination at an anti-Trump protest over the weekend.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/social-media-erupts-over-deranged-teacher-mocking-charlie-kirks-death-in-no-kings-viral-video
— Trump admin on pace to shatter deportation record by end of first year: ‘Just the beginning’ Since Trump’s return to the Oval Office on Jan 20, the administration has deported over 515,000 illegal aliens.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-admin-on-pace-shatter-deportation-record-end-first-year-just-the-beginning
— Karen Bass ‘ignored’ the Supremacy Clause when she made Los Angeles a sanctuary city
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6383445108112
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— TikTok Plot Exposed as Illegal Alien Offers $10,000 for Each ICE Agent Killed
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/illegal-alien-from-mexico-arrested-for-soliciting-death-against-ice-agents-in-dallas-authorities-say
NATIONAL REVIEW
— DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, using Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of their Republican employees was their top priority.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/10/as-dei-dies-corporate-america-faces-serious-risk/
NEW AMERICAN
— Another Illegal Alien Arrested for Soliciting Murder of ICE Agents
https://thenewamerican.com/us/immigration/another-illegal-alien-arrested-for-soliciting-murder-of-ice-agents/
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Forget ‘Obama Phones’ – Now Illegals Can Get Their Own Newsom Phone Discounts
https://www.westernjournal.com/forget-obama-phones-now-illegals-can-get-newsom-phone-discounts/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— FAA says air traffic controller staffing issues cause delays amid shutdown
https://www.wcia.com/news/national/faa-says-air-traffic-controller-staffing-issues-cause-delays-amid-shutdown/
NEWSWEEK
— DHS Arrests More Than 480K Illegal Immigrants in 9 Months
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/dhs-arrests-illegals/2025/10/20/id/1231153/
MSNBC
— DD: Trump takes adverse actions against his political critics/opponents. I have never done that. Should I start doing that? My critics/opponents falsely argue that my including a link in a GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter to an article that they do not like is taking an adverse action against them. My critics/opponents destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who f) who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have had their operative and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-doj-comey-james-bolton-indictments-rcna238195
NBC NEWS
— DD: What do you say to those who you have helped, but who have not come to your defense when you have been attacked? Should I write about Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who I have helped elect, but who did not come to my defense when I was attacked? I would focus on those who did not come to my defense when my critics/opponents had their operatives and dupes a) end my membership of the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee, b) end my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks, c) end my chairmanship of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, d) end my service as the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster twice, and e) end my membership on the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/jd-vance/vance-young-republicans-racism-lives-ruined-rcna237838
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: A Squalid Chicago Building, a Tip to the Feds, and Then ‘Straight-Up Chaos’ An immigration raid on an apartment building in Chicago followed years of problems with crime, and neglect by landlords. It swept up dozens of U.S. citizens who were detained in the middle of the night.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/us/chicago-south-shores-border-patrol-raid.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly ridicule Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/opinion/no-kings-protest-chicago-tactical-frivolity.html
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote Chinese students over American students.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/opinion/chinese-students-universities-trump.html
WASHINGTON POST
–DD: Democrat leaders want you to pay for their illegals’ healthcare
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/10/20/undocumented-immigrant-health-care-shutdown/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Trump loyalist, OMB Director Russ Vought, has picked up where Musk left off with slashing federal workforce. DD: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE.
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2025-10-10/russ-vought-trump-budget-director-federal-workforce-cuts
— DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, using Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of their Republican employees was their top priority.
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-10-20/think-landing-a-job-is-hard-try-having-dei-on-your-resume
BOSTON HERALD
— Massachusetts gives $155 million bond to private college, as campus president slams Trump for ‘attacks’ on DEI
https://www.bostonherald.com/2025/10/20/massachusetts-gives-155-million-bond-to-private-college-as-campus-president-slams-trump-for-attacks-on-dei/amp/
USA TODAY
— FDA’s abortion pill approval is reckless decision that will harm women and babies
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2025/10/14/fda-abortion-pill-mifepristone-generic-drug/86565930007/
— US passport weakens to record low as global mobility shifts. DD: I have absolutely no desire to visit a foreign country.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/2025/10/15/us-passport-index-historic-low/86711671007/
— Student loan forgiveness quietly resumes for some Americans. DD: What present of those who took out student loans had no intention of paying those loans off?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2025/10/16/student-loan-forgiveness-quietly-resumes/86729927007/
INDIANA STUDENT DAILY
— Gov. Mike Braun to speak at Turning Point USA event Tuesday at IU Auditorium. The event, headlined by conservative political commentator Tucker Carlson, is slated to begin at 6:30 p.m. DD: What Charlie Kirk events have been held and are scheduled in your county, township, municipality, and school district? If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, the organization would have held a Charlie Kirk event by now.
https://www.idsnews.com/article/2025/10/governor-mike-braun-turning-point-usa-iu-bloomington
TELEGRAPH HERALD
— Lasting peace requires accepting Israel’s right to exist. DD: According to my critics/opponents, I have no right to exist as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor and I had no right to exist as a) a member of the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee, b) as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks, c) as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, d) as a Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster, e) as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, or f) as a GAO employee.
https://www.telegraphherald.com/news/opinion/article_8a82b4a2-d8cf-4507-b1c2-320586b254e9.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Whistles Have Become Chicago’s Surprising Act of Protest. Residents angry with immigration crackdown air dissent—and warnings—with devices typically favored by athletic coaches. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/chicago-ice-protests-whistles-14c3968b
— Chicago’s Union Boss Gets a Promotion. Stacy Davis Gates will bring her educational failures to Springfield.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/stacy-davis-gates-chicago-teachers-union-illinois-federation-of-teachers-schools-education-73d8f3bb
— Biased Media Needs a Complete Culture Change. Bari Weiss at CBS and Jeff Bezos at the Washington Post are trying, but they’re sure to meet resistance.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/biased-media-needs-a-complete-culture-change-af68fd86
— DD: For Democrat leaders, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trumps-university-compact-would-make-america-mediocre-ec026326
— Mamdani and the Democrats. The socialist insurgency will keep growing unless the party center stops it.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/zohran-mamdani-democratic-party-socialists-new-york-city-mayor-25351711
PUNCHBOWL NEWS
— Dems’ new Illinois redistricting plan targets LaHood
https://punchbowl.news/article/campaigns/dems-target-lahood/
GOOGLE AI
— Help elect candidates. DD: Sadly, there are many reasons to not help elect candidates. I should write about that. I would focus on Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000. I would focus on those who lost elections or won by smaller margins than they expected. I would focus on those who I did the most to help elect. I would focus on those who have blamed me the most for their defeats. I would focus on those who ran as conservatives, who won, but who then failed/refused to defend/advance planks in the Republican Party platform. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.google.com/search?q=help+elect+candidates
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
INDEPENDENT
— Only one news outlet (One America News) has signed on to Hegseth’s media loyalty oath — even Trump-favoring Fox News is boycotting it. DD: My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who f) who refuse to give them money. They have taken many big adverse actions against me. They want to stop me from sending out my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Failing that, they want stop everyone from reading my newsletters. Failing that, they want me to get their specific permission for articles before I include links to those articles in my newsletters. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/newsmax-rejects-pentagon-press-rules-b2844673.html
October 14, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders look at limiting federal immigration agents as Broadview shrinks designated protest area.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/broadview-protest-zone-ice-legislation/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/14/opinion-ice-agents-masks-chicago/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/ice-forest-park-cemetery-workers/
— Professors: Most Jewish Americans believe Donald Trump is exploiting antisemitism to assault universities DD: Jews in America are predominantly liberal. Jews in Israel are predominantly conservative. SEE: https://www.google.com/search?q=jews+israel+america+conservative+liberal
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/14/opinion-donald-trump-antisemitism-universities/
INDIANAPOLIS RECORDER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Derek Chauvin to promote more hatred against Republicans
https://indianapolisrecorder.com/opinion-remembering-george-floyd/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— U.S. House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries met in a Zoom meeting with members of the Illinois congressional delegation Monday to talk about redistricting in the state — an effort that is already triggering concern among lawmakers who fear the changes could dilute Black political power. DD: I should write about the 2015 gerrymandering of my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/10/14/dems-eye-another-illinois-seat-00607241
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois House Republican Leader Tony McCombie said “it would be obscene” for Illinois Democrats “to erase” any Republican-held seats given Trump won 44 percent of the statewide vote.)
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— DeWitte Previews Veto Session
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/14/dewitte-previews-veto-session/
— McHenry County College Doesn’t Follow Other Local Governments Concerning Columbus Day
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/13/mchenry-county-college-doesnt-follow-other-local-governments-concerning-columbus-day/
— Northern Bypass Bridge Arises Like a Zombie from the Dead in County’s 2050 Comprehensive Plan
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/13/northern-bypass-bridge-arises-like-a-zombie-from-the-dead-in-countys-2050-comprehensive-plan/
— McHenry County’s 2050 Comprehensive Plan for New Train Service Overtaken by Event
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/13/mchenry-countys-2050-comprehensive-plan-overtaken-by-event/
— Republican Candidate for U.S. Senate Celebrates Trump’s Peace Victory
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/13/republican-candidate-for-u-s-senate-celebrates-trumps-peace-victory/
— DeWitte Uses Madigan Incarceration Day to Prod Democrats to Pass Anti-Corruption Bills
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/13/dewitte-uses-madigan-incarceration-day-to-prod-democrats-to-pass-anti-corruption-bills/
— SUV Hits Metra Train at Tragic Fox River Grove Intersection
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/13/suv-hits-metra-train-at-tragic-fox-river-grove-intersection/
— McHenry County State’s Attorney Randi Freese Holding Fundraiser Tuesday Night in Crystal Lake
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/13/mchenry-county-states-attorney-randi-freese-holding-fundraiser-tuesday-night-in-crystal-lake/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Left-wing Chicago group teaches tactics for attacking ICE officers
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3848331/left-wing-group-chicago-listener-facebook-anti-ice-violence/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A left-wing group in Chicago is teaching tactics on social media for attacking Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers as deportation operations intensify in the sanctuary city and an unprecedented number of assaults on ICE employees have increased 1,000%. The group’s public Facebook page, called “Chicago Listener,” is posting content encouraging violence against immigration authorities and sharing various ways to target ICE vehicles.)
— California Democrats bemoan Newsom’s ‘disappointing’ veto of racial justice bills
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/education/3849096/california-democrats-newsom-reparations-bills/
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Trump’s Pressure on Sanctuary Cities Is Working
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/trumps-pressure-on-sanctuary-cities-is-working/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Seattle hires unqualified illegal immigrants as jail guards, over 100 suspected
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/10/13/whistleblower-claims-seattle-hires-unqualified-illegal-immigrants-as-jail-guards-over-100-suspected-1592194/
BREITBART
— At Least 12 Shot During Weekend in Democrat-Run Chicago
https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2025/10/13/more-bloodshed-at-least-12-shot-during-weekend-in-democrat-run-chicago/
— Trump Policies Yield Lowest Illegal Border Crossing Arrests in Half-Century
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2025/10/13/historic-trump-policies-yield-lowest-illegal-border-crossing-arrests-in-half-century/
— ICE Agents Arrest Illegal Pedophile Convicted of Identity Theft
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/13/virginia-ice-agents-arrest-illegal-alien-pedophile-identity-theft/amp/
— Democrats Literally Shut the Government Down to Give Healthcare to Illegal Aliens
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/10/13/exclusive-rep-gill-yes-the-democrats-literally-shut-the-government-down-to-give-healthcare-to-illegal-aliens/
— Scalise: Schumer Wants to Fund Illegal Alien Health Care by Gutting Money for Rural Hospitals
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/10/13/scalise-schumer-wants-to-fund-illegal-alien-health-care-by-gutting-money-for-rural-hospitals/
DAILY CALLER
— Newsom Forces Schools To Promote Radical Trans Group’s LGBTQ ‘Hotline’ On Student IDs
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/13/newsom-forces-schools-to-promote-radical-trans-groups-lgbtq-hotline-on-student-ids/
— Oregon Now Spends More On Program Offering Free Health Care For Illegal Immigrants Than State Police
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/13/oregon-now-spends-more-on-program-offering-free-health-care-for-illegal-immigrants-than-state-police/
DAILY WIRE
— Trump Shutdown Layoffs Target Left-Wing HUD Office That Tried To Abolish The Suburbs
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-layoffs-target-left-wing-hud-office-that-tried-to-abolish-the-suburbs
FEDERALIST
— California Law Requires Government Schools To Do Free PR For Radical Trans Group
https://thefederalist.com/2025/10/13/california-law-requires-government-schools-to-do-free-pr-for-radical-trans-group/
FOX NEWS
— Charlie Kirk’s colleagues and pastors praise his patriotism as Trump readies highest civilian honor. Trump is honoring Kirk on ‘what would have been his 32nd birthday’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/charlie-kirks-colleagues-pastors-praise-his-patriotism-trump-readies-highest-civilian-honor
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Immigration Raid at O’Hare Airport Rideshare Lot Leads to 12 Arrests
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/immigration-raid-ohare-airport-rideshare-lot-12-arrested
LIFE NEWS
— Massachusetts Revokes Christian Couple’s Foster License Because They Won’t Push LGBTQ Agenda
https://www.lifenews.com/2025/10/13/massachusetts-revokes-christian-couples-foster-license-because-they-wont-push-lgbtq-agenda/
NEWSMAX
— Newsom Rejects Preference Bill for Slave Descendants
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/gavin-newsom-vetoed-bill/2025/10/13/id/1230206/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
SCRIPPS NEWS
— On Charlie Kirk’s birthday, Trump to present posthumous Medal of Freedom. President Trump will award Charlie Kirk a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom today at the White House on what would have been the activist’s 32nd birthday.
https://www.scrippsnews.com/politics/the-president/on-charlie-kirks-birthday-trump-to-present-posthumous-medal-of-freedom
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— California’s Newsom signs a reparations study law but vetoes other racial justice proposals. DD: Affirmative Action (AA) is reparations. Reparations is AA. Democrats and RINOs use AA to get rid of Republicans.
https://apnews.com/article/california-reparations-black-slavery-legislature-newsom-67bb435bf325e8d2343cce91c8ddae1c
— Pope Leo condemns economies that marginalize the poor while the wealthy live in a bubble of luxury. Pope Leo XIV has criticized how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. DD: My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being undeservedly wealthy. It all started when I was 17 years old in 1966 when I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint. In my defense, I bought that car with money I earned washing dishes for the minimum wage for 18 months. It got worse in 1967 when I bought a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 and in 1968 when I bought a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE. In my defense, I bought those cars with money I earned delivering mail for the Park Forest Post Office. It got worse in 1971 when I bought a new 1972 Corvette. I my defense, I bought that car with money I earned working for IRS and working part-time for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights. It got worse in 1972 when I bought a new town home in University Park. I my defense, I bought that town home with money I earned working for IRS and working part-time for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights.
https://www.ncnewsonline.com/news/national/pope-leo-condemns-economies-that-marginalize-the-poor-while-the-wealthy-live-in-a-bubble/article_136e77cb-98ab-5dab-b468-137ff14fad03.html
NEWSWEEK
— The Most Dangerous Jobs in America and What They Pay. DD: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. Because my ACT score was only 24 and because I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class, one could argue that because I did the aforesaid, just about anyone could. I graduated from NIU in 1970. In 1971, in today’s dollars, my IRS salary was only $55,850/year.
https://www.newsweek.com/most-dangerous-jobs-america-what-they-pay-10871576
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The most dangerous jobs in the United States don’t always have the payoff of a sky-high salary, according to a new report from Resume Now. In fact, some of the riskiest roles don’t even clear $60,000. . .Based on the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries and Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, drivers/truck drivers had some of the most dangerous, lowest-paying jobs in America. With a fatality rate of 984 in 2023, this group only brought a median pay of $57,440.)
NEW YORK TIMES
— The New Julia Roberts Movie Seethes With Anti-Woke Resentment
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/opinion/after-the-hunt-metoo-backlash.html
— FRONT PAGE: For Young Men, Video Gaming Is a Social Play DD: Since 2009, I have stopped video gambling in Wheaton. My critics/opponents in Wheaton continue to take big adverse actions against me because of that.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/upshot/video-games-boys-young-men.html
SACREMENTO BEE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article312419934.html
SAN FRANCISCO BAY TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://sfbaytimes.com/honorees-for-the-inaugural-honoring-lgbtq-bay-area-latine-leaders/
MINNESOTA STAR TRIBUNE
— About those federal workers people so love to hate … Perhaps you just don’t know what they’re doing for you. DD: I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. I have been a federal retiree for more than 28 years. I should write about my critics/opponents who despise/hate federal employees and federal retirees the most.
https://www.startribune.com/about-those-federal-workers-people-so-love-to-hate/601225654
(FROM THE ARTICLE: I am tired of hearing about the federal workers of this country. They are lazy. They are overpaid. They are incompetent. There is no need for their work. For almost 40 years I have listened to this, and now I have to watch these workers be thrown from their jobs in the middle of the night. Why? Please meet a federal worker, my husband. He used his Bachelor of Science degree to work for the Department of Defense and then the National Weather Service. He worked jobs that required schedules of six days on and two days off, rotating shifts from midnights to days to evenings, and most holidays were worked. He didn’t get many weekends off, or holidays, but it didn’t matter because we never got to live near family. We moved a lot in support of the work. In our 40-plus years of marriage the closest we have ever lived near family was for the one year when we were within a three-hour drive of my family. Otherwise, family has been anywhere from 1,500 miles to 4,000 miles away. My husband could have taken a job in the private sector, working as an engineer as most of his friends did, where the paychecks would have been much greater. No, he was determined that his place was working to serve our government. So, for 40-plus years we have watched everyone around us celebrating holidays with family, enjoying weekends with family, and raking in the dollars of the private sector. We have kept our mouths shut when conversations turned to raking over the federal worker. No more!)
MONTGOMERY COMMUNITY MEDIA
— First of Its Kind Federal Workforce Career Center Opens in Wheaton. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. In today’s dollars, that meant a $86,371/year (56%) loss of income ($153,151/year salary minus $66,780/year Civil Service Retirement System pension). My Democrat GAO superiors not only did not help me find a job appropriate for my work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional license, they sabotaged my job search. I should write about that.
https://www.mymcmedia.org/first-of-its-kind-federal-workforce-career-center-opens-in-wheaton/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— A Supreme Court Reckoning for Racial Gerrymanders. The Justices can put an end to this cynical use of race to redistrict for partisan advantage in Louisiana v. Callais. DD: Illinois Democrats gerrymandered Illinois’ 3rd Congressional District to elect Delia Ramirez.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/a-supreme-court-reckoning-for-racial-gerrymanders-35d361ec
— Michael J. Fox’s new book. DD: Duckworth had one of her thugs throw me out of her press conference with Fox in Wheaton on October 24, 2006. SEE: https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/sixth-congressional-district-democratic-candidate-tammy-news-photo/72254318
https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/film/future-boy-review-the-double-life-of-marty-mcfly-8d2204c4
HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL
— DD: According to my critics/opponents, all the jobs that I had were bad jobs that they would never stoop to take. They use that to demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being a loser and even worse things. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty-research/policy-topics/social-policy/are-bad-jobs-dead-ends-or-steppingstones-better-things
EDUCATION NEXT
— The Predictive Power of Standardized Tests. DD: What standardized tests have you taken? If I had not taken and passed standardized tests, a) UIC would not accepted in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, and IIT in 1992, b) I would not have earned degrees from NIU in 1970, Loyola in 1976, DePaul in 1980, and IIT in 1997, c) the Post Office would not have hired me in 1966, Firestone Stores in 1970, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980, d) IRS would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) I would not have become a licensed CPA in 1981, and f) GAO would not have promoted me in 1986. I took and passed the postal employment examination in 1966, Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970, CPA examination in 1979, and Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) examination in 1981. I passed the CPA and CIA examinations on my first attempt. Since 1966, my critics/opponents have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I owe my test taking successes to my benefitting from discrimination against those who are minority, female, younger, veteran, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. In my defense, neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.educationnext.org/predictive-power-standardized-tests-middle-school-scores-preview-college-career-outcomes/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
INDEPENDENT NEWS
— Trump to present Charlie Kirk’s Presidential Medal of Freedom to his widow
https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-present-charlie-kirk-presidential-130609003.html
October 13, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against ICE
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-agents-spotted-church-rogers-park-chicago-gov-pritzker-speaks-national-guard-ruling-broadview-protests-continue/17994356/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against ICE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/trump-immigration-blitz-chicago-wards/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/12/chicago-marathon-immigration-illinois-pilsen/
— Residents cope with food deserts in Harvey, Chicago Heights, Richton Park and Park Forest. DD: I washed dishes in Chicago Heights 1964-1966. I chipped slag and pumped gasoline in Chicago Heights in 1966. I delivered mail in Park Forest 1966-1969. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances in Chicago Heights 1970-1971. I pumped gasoline in Chicago Heights 1971-1972. I collected delinquent taxes in Harvey 1972-1973. My father worked in Chicago Heights 1941-1969. I was born in Chicago Heights in 1948.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/10/food-deserts-harvey-chicago-heights-richton-park/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against ICE. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly equate their runaway slaves with their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/10/13/chicago-fugitive-slave-act-ice-fuentes-immigration-claudia-fegan-linda-rae-murray
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/13/poll-chicagoans-national-guard-policing-deportation-campaign-norc-university-of-chicago
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Springfield now faces the $2B question: How much to invest in mass transit’s future. DD: I used mass transit in 1971 and then 1973-1997. A major reason why my wife and I bought a home in Wheaton in 1978 and had one built in Wheaton in 1984 was their being in walking distance of Wheaton train stations.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/springfield-weighs-2b-fix-chicago-transit-system
STATELINE
— ‘National Day of Remembrance for Charlie Kirk’ is Tuesday, October 14, 2025
https://www.mystateline.com/news/national-day-of-remembrance-for-charlie-kirk-is-this-week-what-to-know/
WHEATON PATCH
— 12 Wheaton Students Named Semifinalists For National Merit Scholarships. DD: Did you get any scholarships? I did not. My critics/opponents have always used that against me. In my defense, during my junior and senior years at Crete-Monee High School 1964-1966, I spent far too many hours washing dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights instead of studying. Consequently, my ACT score was only 24 and I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/12-wheaton-students-named-semifinalists-for-national-merit-scholarships/ar-AA1NirxA
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Appeals Court rejects Trump administration bid to lift TRO in Illinois’
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_6cec4a79-4cac-42fa-b104-2943ffcddc4b.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Kash Patel severs FBI’s ties with James Comey-backed Anti–Defamation League after group ripped Charlie Kirk’s TPUSA
https://www.aol.com/news/kash-patel-severs-fbi-ties-205327655.html
— Biden admin weaponized DOJ to target Charlie Kirk, Turning Point USA to put movement ‘out of business’
https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-claims-biden-admin-weaponized-104731208.html
BREITBART
— Truckers Gain Wages as ICE Detains Highway Illegals
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/12/truckers-gain-wages-as-ice-detains-highway-illegals/
— DHS Reveals New York City Gave Indian Illegal Alien ‘No Name Given’ Commercial Driver’s License
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/10/12/dhs-reveals-new-york-city-gave-illegal-alien-no-name-given-drivers-license/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Biden DOJ Sought Direction From Leftist Group That Put Turning Point USA on a ‘Hate Map’ Shortly Before Charlie Kirk’s Assassination. However Bad You Think Biden’s DOJ Was, New Documents Show It Was Even Worse
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/10/12/biden-doj-sought-direction-splc-leftist-group-that-put-turning-point-usa-hate-map-shortly-before-charlie-kirks-assassination/
FOX NEWS
— Students are more motivated than ever to continue Charlie Kirk’s mission. DD: Who is leading TPUSA in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district?
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6382659911112
— Harvard charging $13K for DEI certificate on ‘bias’ and ‘privilege’ Classes include ‘Understanding Race and Racism’ and ‘Power and Privilege in Systems’ DD: According to my critics/opponents, I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/harvard-charging-13k-dei-training-bias-privilege
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/harvard-launches-13k-dei-certificate-on-bias-and-privilege-is-it-a-valuable-career-move-or-an-overpriced-ideological-course/articleshow/124508068.cms
— Pope Leo says family based on ‘union between a man and a woman,’ defends dignity of unborn
https://www.foxnews.com/world/pope-leo-says-family-based-union-between-man-woman-defends-dignity-unborn
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Demented Democrats
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/10/demented-democrats-week-at-legal-insurrection/
NEWSMAX
— Tuesday, October 14: National Day of Remembrance for Charlie Kirk
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/charlie-kirk-national-day/2025/10/12/id/1230016/
— Trump Moves to Purge ‘Woke’ Ideology From Colleges. DD: All my critics/opponents are woke. To be woke is to blame your problems on those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.newsmax.com/us/donald-trump-college-dei/2025/10/12/id/1230043/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— ‘National Day of Remembrance for Charlie Kirk’ is Tuesday, October 14, 2025
https://thehill.com/homenews/nexstar_media_wire/5527054-national-day-of-remembrance-for-charlie-kirk-is-this-week-what-to-know/
YAHOO
— Some Texas National Guard troops replaced in Illinois for being overweight
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/texas-national-guard-troops-replaced-153000480.html
AOL
— Harvard Quietly Ends ‘Minority Recruitment Program’ Amid Battle With Trump Admin. DD: UIC accepted me when I was 18 in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, and IIT in 1992 because they could not find a qualified minority, female, and/or veteran to accept.
https://www.aol.com/articles/harvard-quietly-ends-minority-recruitment-175414037.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly blame conservatives for all the problems that those who are the following have: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/business/economy/black-unemployment-federal-layoffs-diversity-initiatives.html
— DD: Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Kirk-hating Kirk-haters will ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Kirk.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/09/27/us/politics/charlie-kirk-debate.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly prefer international students over American students.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/10/06/upshot/us-international-student-travel.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote illegal drugs.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/10/09/world/americas/drug-trafficking-venezuela.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: More People Feel the Strain Of a Shutdown. DD: How dependent on federal spending are those in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/us/politics/government-shutdown-effects.html
USA TODAY
— How To Choose The Right College Major. DD: My biggest career mistake was not majoring in accounting from the beginning. I erroneously believed that because I was not strong in math, I could never pass the CPA examination. I did not start taking graduate evening accounting courses until I was 27 in 1976. I did not take and pass the CPA examination on my first attempt until I was 30. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul until I was 31. I did not take and pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination until I was 32. I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32. By then, the accounting profession viewed me as being much too old. The accounting profession would not have done that if I had been a minority, female, and/or veteran.
https://www.usatoday.com/press-release/story/16252/how-to-choose-the-right-college-major-student-career-decision-guide/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Assessment first: Use personality tests, skills evaluations, and values assessments to understand natural strengths before picking a major. Research reality: Look beyond salary figures to examine job market trends, daily responsibilities, and long-term career satisfaction rates in chosen fields. Timing matters: The 15-25 age window offers optimal decision-making opportunities before life circumstances make career changes more difficult. Avoid pressure: Don’t let parental expectations, peer choices, or social media influence override personal interests and natural abilities. Get expert help: Professional career advice can provide structured guidance to help students make confident decisions within weeks rather than years of trial and error.)
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— What Is the One Trait That Makes for a Great Manager? DD: My Democrat IRS superiors got rid of the IRS manager who promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My Democrat GAO superiors got rid of the GAO manager who arranged my transfer from IRS in 1980 and was finally able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me in 1986.
https://www.wsj.com/business/c-suite/manager-strengths-rellocating-talent-f0add2da
— Giving Career Advice to Kids Has Never Been Harder. DD: Were you viewed as being college material? I was not. Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I could not run because I had a bone disease. My eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20. I had partial red/green color blindness. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/career-advice-children-ai-148983e5
— DD: I owned a 1968 Dodge Charger R/T 1994-2005. I owned a 1969 Dodge Charger SE 1968-1971. I have owned my 2013 Dodge Charger R/T Max since 2012. I have owned my 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T Plus since March of this year.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/cars/the-texan-who-scored-a-1968-cincinnati-bengals-themed-dodge-charger-d1753412
MUST READ ALASKA
— Anchorage Republican Women’s Club Gives $1,000 to Turning Point USA
https://mustreadalaska.com/anchorage-republican-womens-club-gives-1000-to-turning-point-usa-uaa/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Government Accountability Office Issues Scathing Report on Army Readiness
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/government-accountability-office-issues-scathing-report-on-army-readiness/ar-AA1O5tBT
POLITICO
— Inside Uthmeier’s path to a critical Trump endorsement in Florida. DD: Of the candidates on the Republican primary ballot in your county, which ones are seeking Trump’s endorsement?
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/12/uthmeier-florida-trump-endorsement-00603089
— The impending retirement that could rock Capitol Hill. The director of the Government Accountability office will step down in a few short months, leaving a void atop the agency that has found the White House guilty of violating congressional spending law. DD: GAO is just a shell of what it once was. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/17/gao-trump-impoundment-spending-00569967
FROM OTHER SOURCES
GOOGLE AI
— Good old days. DD: When were your good old days? Mine included 1971-1981 when a) I bought new cars in 1971, 1973, and 1978, b) IRS promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, c) I bought real estate in 1972, 1974, 1976, and 1978, c) I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, d) I got married in 1978, e) I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, f) I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, g) I passed the Certified Internal Auditing examination on my first attempt in 1981, and h) I became a licensed CPA in 1981. They include 1986-1988 when a) GAO assigned me to audits of IRS and b) promoted me in 1986.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22good+old+days%22
October 11, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump asks appeals court to intervene after judge blocks National Guard deployment to Illinois. Justice Department lawyers say U.S. District Judge April Perry “impermissibly second-guessed the Commander in Chief.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump/2025/10/10/trump-asks-appeals-court-to-intervene-after-judge-blocks-national-guard-deployment-to-illinois
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— The Transgender Movement is Not Just About Men in Girls’ Sports.
https://illinoisfamily.org/marriage/child-exploitation/the-transgender-movement-is-not-just-about-men-in-girls-sports/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Who do your critics/opponents call losers? SEE: https://www.google.com/search?q=losers My critics/opponents call federal employees losers who are White, male, and/or nonveteran and who do not make GS-13 ($117,807) by age 25, GS-14 ($139,211) by age 30, GS-15 ($163,749) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service ($195,200) by age 40. Extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines. My critics/opponents stress that I did not make GS-13 until I was 38 in 1986 and that I never made GS-14. In my defense, I stress that Democrats run the federal government and I never became a Democrat and a) that I did not earn job-related master’s degrees until I was 27, 31, and 48, b) that I did not earn job-related professional certifications until I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) that I did not earn a job-related professional license until I was 32. Further, my critics/opponents call Republican Precinct Committeemen (RPC) losers who are White, male, and/or nonveteran and who not become township party leaders, county party leaders, and Illinois Republican Party leaders. Extremely few RPCs become party leaders. My critics/opponents stress that while I have been a RPC since 1999, I have never been a party leader. In my defense, I stress that I am a conservative, that is, that I am a platform Republican. – Dave Diersen
https://www.google.com/search?q=losers
— What do your critics/opponent do? My critics/opponents increasingly make it clear that they are anti-conservative, if not conservative-haters. They ever-increasingly blame conservatives for their problems, for your problems, and for everyone’s problems. They ever-increasingly dismiss, belittle, badmouth, isolate, ostracize, marginalize, blacklist, cancel, demonize, denigrate, and condemn conservatives. They ever-increasingly take adverse actions against conservatives. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who are/were a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— QUESTION: What has motivated anti-conservatives and conservative-haters to promote more hatred against conservatives recently? ANSWER: Trump’s successes and Kirk’s assignation. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Enough of Chuck Schumer’s shutdown scam. Democrats are willing to harm Americans to safeguard illegals’ benefits.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/10/enough-chuck-schumers-shutdown-scam/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Newsom approves agency to administer slavery reparations. DD: Affirmative Action is slavery reparations.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/3846786/newsom-approves-agency-administer-slavery-reparations/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Trump Administration Lays Off Last of Minority Business Development Agency. The move effectively shutters the agency, which had already faced dramatic cuts. DD: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, a) there would be no need for DOGE and b) I might still be a GAO employee.
https://freebeacon.com/trump-administration/trump-administration-lays-off-last-of-minority-business-development-agency/
— DD: Democrats and RINOs will never stop using Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/why-democrats-are-finally-giving-up-on-dei/
NEW YORK POST
— Illegal migrant trucker with ‘No Name Given’ on NY driver’s license ID’d, arrested in Oklahoma
https://nypost.com/2025/10/11/us-news/illegal-migrant-trucker-with-no-name-given-on-ny-drivers-license-idd-arrested-in-oklahoma/
BREITBART
— Robert De Niro Pushes Nationwide ‘No Kings’ Anti-Trump October 18 Protest Campaign
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2025/10/10/watch-robert-de-niro-pushes-nationwide-no-kings-anti-trump-protest-campaign/amp/
COLLEGE FIX
— Academics continue hypocritical whining about ‘freedom’ and ‘democracy’
https://www.thecollegefix.com/academics-continue-hypocritical-whining-about-freedom-and-democracy/
DAILY CALLER
— ICE Nabs Illegal Migrant Truck Driver With ‘No Name’ Listed On Driver’s License
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/10/ice-nabs-migrant-trucker-with-no-name/
— Migrant ‘Invaders’ Under Biden Led To Government Shutdown
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/10/c-span-caller-says-migrant-invaders-under-biden-led-to-government-shutdown/
— The Politics Of The Shutdown, Obamacare, Crime And Deportations
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/11/opinion-the-politics-of-the-shutdown-obamacare-crime-and-deportations-larry-elder/
FOX NEWS
— Biden-era ‘unvetted’ immigrants nabbed after Virginia highway gunfire as border debate hits governor’s race
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-era-unvetted-immigrants-nabbed-after-virginia-highway-gunfire-border-debate-hits-governors-race
— New York in the hot seat after ICE busts Illegal immigrant with ‘NO NAME GIVEN’ on license. ICE arrested 91 illegals who were operating commercial motor vehicles with driver’s licenses granted by sanctuary states.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/blue-state-hot-seat-after-ice-busts-illegal-immigrant-with-no-name-given-license
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Harvard Cashing in on DEI With $13,760 Certificate Program. “You will gain critical knowledge and skills to address bias and marginalization and to foster an inclusive corporate culture.” DD: Democrats and RINOs will never stop using Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/10/harvard-cashing-in-on-dei-with-13760-certificate-program/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Teacher Training and Licensure Are Serious Problems; Oklahoma Has an Unserious Solution
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/teacher-training-and-licensure-are-serious-problems-one-red-state-has-an-unserious-solution/
NEW AMERICAN
— Media’s Illegal-alien Sob Stories Are Meant to Deceive
https://thenewamerican.com/us/immigration/manipulation-medias-illegal-alien-sob-stories-are-meant-to-deceive/
NEWSMAX
— ICE Arrests Illegal Driving Rig With N.Y. License for ‘No Name Given’
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/ice-semitruck-illegal-alien/2025/10/10/id/1229893/
— Use Shutdown for Cuts in ‘Bloated’ Washington. DD: To justify gutting GAO, Gingrich charged GAO with being bloated. My Democrat GAO superiors used that charge to deem its employees like me who they had not promoted to GS-15, currently $163,749/year and were the following as being bloat: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/marlin-stutzman-washington-shutdown/2025/10/10/id/1229790/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news/lonesome-cowboys-movie-theater-police-raid-atlanta-lgbtq-movement-pride/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Blocking Chicago Guard Deployment, Judge Questions Government’s Veracity. The Trump administration’s “perceptions are not reliable,” a federal judge wrote, explaining why she has temporarily blocked the deployment of troops to the Chicago area.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/us/politics/ice-national-guard.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Federal Layoffs Have Begun During Government Shutdown. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, Republicans shrank the agency from over 6,000 employees to less than 3,000 employees. My Democrat GAO superiors punished me for that by wasting my career, by taking adverse actions against me, and by forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/us/politics/federal-layoffs-government-shutdown.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: The Democrat Party exists to get rid of Trump and everyone who voted for Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/11/trump-war-military-domestic-national-guard/
BALTIMORE SUN
— Chef who used to cater events for President George W. Bush gets deported
https://www.baltimoresun.com/2025/10/10/chef-who-used-to-cater-events-for-president-george-w-bush-gets-deported/
EL PASO TIMES
— Abbott warns against road markings seen as ‘social, political or ideological messages’
https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/texasregion/2025/10/09/gov-abbott-directive-on-removing-political-street-markings/86599004007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders side with MIT against Trump
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-merit-and-mit-aaf4ac58
FORTUNE
— Billionaire MacKenzie Scott doubles down on DEI with $42 million donation. DD: Democrats and RINOs will never stop using Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://fortune.com/2025/10/10/billionaire-mackenzie-scott-doubles-down-on-dei-with-42-million-donation/
October 10, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Chicago federal judge temporarily blocks National Guard deployment in Illinois. Ruling in effect for 14 days.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/national-guard-chicago-area-thursday-federal-court-weigh-trumps-deployment-troops-protect-ice-officers-broadview/17970024/
NBC5
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/ruling-pausing-national-guard-deployment-draws-praise-from-illinois-officials/3836419/
WGN9
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://wgntv.com/news/operation-midway-blitz/uic-students-protest-ice-detentions-after-viral-video-sparks-outrage/
FOX32
— Chicago immigration crackdown forces Argentina, Puerto Rico soccer match to relocate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Em_nCqD86ZI
WTTW
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion
https://news.wttw.com/2025/10/09/planned-parenthood-illinois-ceo-future-reproductive-care-amid-federal-threats
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: What helped you avoid leftist indoctrination? My parents sent me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools. My college majors were business, accounting, and finance.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/10/06/academic-neutrality-critical-thinking-texas-a-m-university-melissa-mccoul-akash-belsare
DAILY HERALD
— Scholarship brunch supports Latinx students at Elgin Community College. DD: My critics/opponents have always used my not getting any scholarships against me. They hint/imply/argue/shout that proves that I am stupid and/or that my parents were filthy rich.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251006/submitted-content/scholarship-brunch-supports-latinx-students-at-elgin-community-college/
WJBC
— Black Chicagoans Welcome ICE, National Guard Presence
https://www.wjbc.com/2025/10/09/report-black-chicagoans-welcome-ice-national-guard-presence/
CHALKBEAT
— DD: Democrat leaders do everything that they can to flood America with citizens of foreign countries.
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/10/09/chicago-mayor-has-not-appointed-noncitizen-advisory-board/
WHEATON PATCH
— DuPage Clerk Seeks Restraining Order; Says Over $230K Owed To Election Vendors. DuPage County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek is seeking a temporary restraining order for DuPage County to pay two election vendors.
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/dupage-clerk-seeks-restraining-order-says-over-230k-owed-election-vendors
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-609/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What do you say to those who harm those who help them. SEE: https://www.google.com/search?q=%22harm+those+who+help+you%22 I should write about those who I have helped the most, but who then have harmed me the most. I would focus on Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000.
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Chicago anti-ICE chaos only proves why National Guard is needed, Windy City Dem says
https://nypost.com/2025/10/09/us-news/chicago-anti-ice-chaos-proves-national-guard-is-needed-alderman-raymond-lopez/
AMERICAN THINKER
— The Left’s multicultural conquest
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/10/the_left_s_multicultural_conquest.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Black Chicagoans Welcome ICE and Military Protectors
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/10/09/black-chicagoans-welcome-ice-military-protectors/
BLAZE
— Turning Point USA to offer ‘All American Halftime Show’ alternative to NFL’s woke Super Bowl spectacle
https://www.theblaze.com/news/turning-point-usa-to-offer-all-american-halftime-show-as-alternative-to-nfls-deviant-super-bowl-spectacular
CAMPUS REFORM
— Harvard Sells DEI certificate for $14k
https://www.campusreform.org/article/harvard-sells-dei-certificate-14k/28748
COLLEGE FIX
— University of Minnesota hosts ‘Trans and Queer Strength group’ led by ‘certified queer personal trainer’
https://www.thecollegefix.com/uminn-hosts-trans-and-queer-strength-group-led-by-certified-queer-personal-trainer/
DAILY CALLER
— As Pritzker Tees Up Presidential Run, Time For A Look At His Real Record
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/07/opinion-as-pritzker-tees-up-presidential-run-time-for-a-look-at-his-real-record-diana-rickert/
DAILY WIRE
— Social Justice Warriors Shouldn’t Control West Point. The military’s biggest problem isn’t meeting diversity quotas; it’s restoring a warrior ethos to military culture.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/social-justice-warriors-shouldnt-control-west-point
FOX NEWS
— Trump could make non-essential federal workers permanently non-essential. DD: My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as having been a grossly overpaid non-essential federal employee. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6381623165112
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Chicago Mayor Won’t Answer if He’d Want Illegal Alien Who’d Raped, Beaten His Wife Deported
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/10/chicago-mayor-wont-answer-if-hed-want-illegal-alien-whod-raped-beaten-his-wife-deported/
MERCURY
— Tolerance of violence in US cities is stoking insurrection
https://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/the-mercury-south-africa/20251009/281535117187362
NEWSMAX
— Black Chicagoans Welcome ICE, National Guard Presence
https://www.newsmax.com/us/chicago-ice-national-guard/2025/10/09/id/1229739/
— Democrats Should Support Americans, Not Illegals
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/sean-duffy-government-shutdown/2025/10/09/id/1229755/
REAL CLEAR POLICY
— Illegal Immigrants Access Public Health Benefits
https://www.realclearpolicy.com/2025/10/09/of_course_illegal_immigrants_access_public_health_benefits_1139906.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Thursday said he would fire air traffic controllers who are skipping work because of the government shutdown.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5547946-duffy-threatens-fire-air-traffic-controllers-skip-work-shutdown/amp/
NBC NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-pop-culture/newfest-new-york-lgbtq-film-festival-rcna236232
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Blue states ever-increasingly reject federal law.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/us/politics/national-guard-governors.html
— DD: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the less protected that you are: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. That is because Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that those who are aforesaid discriminate against those who are liberal/moderate, non-Republican, non-American, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, poor, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/opinion/anthony-kennedy-supreme-court.html
— How Trump Is Using the Justice Department to Target His Enemies. DD: To get rid of me, my Democrat Post Office superiors disallowed my sick leave requests and forced me to resign. My Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my travel vouchers, disallowed my education deductions, and never promoted me beyond GS-12. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS, delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. They would not have done the aforesaid if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/10/07/us/politics/trump-enemies-justice-department-investigations.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Urban Crime Spike Is Real. A national victimization survey confirms Trump’s claim that U.S. cities have grown more dangerous.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-urban-crime-spike-is-real-555b7410
— Democrats Keep Shoveling Money at ObamaCare. It wasn’t supposed to cost hundreds of billions of tax dollars a year to make healthcare ‘affordable.’
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/democrats-keep-shoveling-money-at-obamacare-936c25f2
— Federal Workers and Troops to Miss Paychecks Soon. Here’s What to Know. Government shutdown means employees won’t get paid until standoff is resolved.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/government-shutdown-federal-employee-military-pay-72a842d1?mod=Searchresults&pos=1&page=1
PBS
— DD: What do your critics/opponents attribute your successes to? Mine attribute my successes to my benefitting from discrimination against minorities, females, younger people, veterans, LGBTQers, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, and those whose ancestors have been not been in America for a long time. In my defense, neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/pope-leo-condemns-economies-that-marginalize-the-poor-while-the-wealthy-live-in-a-bubble-of-luxury
October 5, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump calling up 300 Illinois National Guard ‘immediately’ to protect ICE, buildings for 60 days
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/05/president-trump-calling-up-300-illinois-national-guard-immediately-to-protect-ice-buildings-for-60-days/
— Trump will celebrate the Navy’s 250th anniversary in the midst of the shutdown
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/05/trump-navys-250th-anniversary-shutdown/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: The more that you oppose Trump, the more that Democrat leaders promote you.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/04/broadview-mayor-katrina-thompson-ice-detention-center-arrests-kristi-noem-gregory-bovino
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/04/village-of-broadview-ice-facility-beach-street-noem-trump
DAILY HERALD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251005/chicago/using-helicopters-and-chemical-agents-immigration-agents-become-increasingly-aggressive-in-chicago/
ABC7
— Pentagon authorizes Illinois National Guard mission in Chicago
https://abc7chicago.com/post/national-guard-chicago-news-donald-trump-plans-federalize-300-troops-illinois-similar-plan-portland-oregon-blocked/17944659/
— A woman who was shot by a federal agent on Chicago’s Southwest Side on Saturday morning is among two people facing charges in the alleged vehicle-ramming incident that happened moments before shots were fired, according to federal prosecutors.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/brighton-park-shooting-marimar-martinez-shot-border-patrol-agent-anthony-ian-santos-ruiz-charged-39th-kedzie-incident/17944177/
— Trump will celebrate the Navy’s 250th anniversary in the midst of the shutdown
https://abc7chicago.com/post/president-donald-trump-will-celebrate-navys-250th-anniversary-midst-shutdown-naval-station-norfolk-virginia/17943233/
— Car crashes into campaign office in Dolton
https://abc7chicago.com/post/car-crashes-campaign-office-dolton-village-trustee-kiana-belcher-video-shows/17943462/
NBC5
— Multiple arrests reported amid clashes between protesters, police in Broadview. An earlier shooting in Chicago led to more protests that were dispersed with chemical agents
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/multiple-arrests-reported-amid-clashes-between-protesters-police-in-broadview/3833773/
— 2 charged after ramming Border Patrol vehicle prior to Chicago shooting
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/2-charged-after-allegedly-ramming-border-patrol-vehicle-prior-to-chicago-shooting/3833858/
— DD: Pritzker ever-increasingly blasts Trump
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/trump-pritzker-opposes-guard-deployment-because-hes-afraid-for-his-life/3833889/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Bad Bunny
https://www.nbcchicago.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/bad-bunny-snl-51st-season-super-bowl-critics/3833800/
CBS2
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Duckworth
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/duckworth-federalizing-and-deploying-illinois-national-guard-misuse/
WGN9
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker’s war against Trump
https://wgntv.com/politics-3/wgn-exclusive-pritzker-gears-up-for-legal-battle-with-trump-over-federal-troops-responds-to-personal-insults/
FOX NEWS
— DD: Pritzker ever-increasingly blasts Trump
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/outrageous-un-american-pritzker-slams-trumps-national-guard-chicago-order
ENEWS PARK FOREST
— Intoxicated Man Fires Gun Near School
https://www.enewspf.com/law-and-order/local-park-forest-police-blotter/police-intoxicated-man-fires-gun-near-school/#gsc.tab=0
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— Leftists in the Ivies & Wheaton College
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2025/10/02/leftists-in-the-ivies-wheaton-college
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Why People Should Run for Precinct Committeeman, Oops, Committeeperson DD: I have been a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999. I should write about how the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization have treated me.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/05/why-people-should-run-for-precinct-committeeman-oops-committeeperson/
— Keicher and Sosnowski Hold Huntley Joint Fundraiser
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/05/keicher-and-sosnowski-hold-huntley-joint-fundraiser/
— Former State Rep. DeLoris Doederlein Celebrating 100th Birthday Sunday
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/04/former-state-rep-deloris-doederlein-celebrating-100th-birthday-sunday/
— Woman Wielding Semi-Automatic Weapon Shot During Incident Where Protestors Boxed in ICE Vehicle with Ten Vehicles – ICE Press Release
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/04/woman-wielding-semi-automatic-weapon-shot-during-incident-where-protestors-boxed-in-ice-vehicle-with-ten-vehicles/
— U.S. Attorney Comments on Shooting of Woman Armed with a Semi-Automatic by ICE Officer
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/04/u-s-attorney-comments-on-shooting-of-woman-armed-with-a-semi-automatic-by-ice-officer/
— Remembering Bill Cellini in Galena
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/04/remembering-bill-cellini-in-galena/
— North Carolina Goes in Opposite Direction from Cashless Bail Illinois
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/04/north-carolina-goes-in-opposite-direction-from-cashless-bail-illinois/
— Two Involved in Boxing in ICE Agents Arrested
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/05/two-involved-in-boxing-in-ice-agents-arrested/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Newsom knows: Control the textbooks, control the state
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/5/newsom-knows-control-textbooks-control-state/
— Liberals’ politicization of everything exposes their contempt for faith and American traditions
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/5/liberals-politicization-everything-exposes-contempt-faith-american/
NEW YORK POST
— Google scraps Gmail ‘blacklist’ that labeled GOP fundraiser emails ‘dangerous’ — and sent them directly to spam.
https://nypost.com/2025/09/15/business/google-scraps-gmail-blacklist-that-labeled-gop-fundraiser-emails-dangerous/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Too Many Republicans are capitulating in the wake of Charlie Kirk
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/09/too_many_republicans_are_capitulating_in_the_wake_of_charlie_kirk.html
BREITBART
— Duckworth Accuses ICE Agents of Using ‘Gestapo Tactics’ in Chicago
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/10/05/duckworth-accuses-ice-agents-of-using-gestapo-tactics-in-chicago/
— Democrats Giving Health Care to Illegal Aliens to Buy Votes
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/05/exclusive-rep-joe-wilson-never-been-clearer-democrats-giving-healthcare-to-illegal-aliens-to-buy-votes/
DAILY CALLER
— CNN Panelists Clash Over Federal Funding For Illegal Immigrants
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/05/cnn-state-union-democrat-republican-congressmen-buddy-carter-debbie-dingell-clash-illegal-immigrants-funding-healthcare-government-shutdown/
— Charlie Kirk’s Death Exposes Democrats As The Amnesiac Cherry Pickers They Are
https://dailycaller.com/2025/09/15/rooke-charlie-kirk-death-far-left-shapiro-hortman-hoffman-party-democrats/
NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE
— National FOP and Illinois State FOP Condemn Reports that Chicago Police Officers Were Barred from Assisting ICE Agents
https://fop.net/2025/10/national-fop-and-illinois-state-fop-condemn-reports-that-chicago-police-officers-were-barred-from-assisting-ice-agents/
NEWSMAX
— Inside the Leftist Push to Label Charlie Kirk’s Assassin a Conservative Christian
https://www.newsmax.com/platinum/charlie-kirk-assassination-killing/2025/09/16/id/1226576/
TOWNHALL
— Trump Federalizing 300 Illinois National Guard Members
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/scott-mcclallen/2025/10/05/trump-federalizing-300-illinois-national-guard-members-n2664484
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— DD: Duckworth ever-increasingly blasts Hegseth
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5539883-tammy-duckworth-pete-hegseth-women-military/
CNN
— DD: Pritzker ever-increasingly blasts Noem
https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DtQW8iXo4v6k
October 3, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— DHS secretary at Broadview ICE facility as protesters clash with agents; village files lawsuit
https://abc7chicago.com/post/broadview-ice-facility-protest-kristi-noem-gregory-bovino-demonstrators-speak-chicago-raids/17929942/
— Chicago alderperson says federal agents handcuffed her at Humboldt Park medical facility. Local leaders speak out on ‘militarized’ immigration enforcement in Humboldt Park area.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-immigration-news-aldermen-speak-militarized-enforcement-humboldt-park-area/17931599/
— At least 5 arrested as protesters and federal agents clash outside Broadview ICE facility. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino were seen on the ICE facility’s roof just before 8 a.m.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/broadview-ice-facility-protest-kristi-noem-gregory-bovino-demonstrators-speak-chicago-raids/17929942/
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-immigration-news-aldermen-speak-militarized-enforcement-humboldt-park-area/17931599/
— Supreme Court lets Trump strip protections from more than 300,000 Venezuelan migrants
https://abc7chicago.com/post/tps-supreme-court-lets-trump-strip-protections-more-300000-venezuelan-migrants/17932606/
— Trump pauses $2.1B for Chicago infrastructure projects, affecting CTA Red Line extension. CTA Red, Purple Modernization Project on North Side also on hold.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/president-donald-trump-pauses-21b-chicago-infrastructure-projects-leveraging-shutdown-pressure-democrats/17929713/
NBC5
— Kristi Noem denied entry to Broadview building
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/kristi-noem-denied-entry-to-broadview-building-in-video-city-says-thats-not-the-full-story/3833371/
— Tear gas deployed by federal agent in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/tear-gas-deployed-by-federal-agent-in-chicagos-logan-square-neighborhood/3833507/
— Chicago alderperson says she was handcuffed by federal agents at hospital
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-alderperson-says-she-was-handcuffed-by-federal-agents-at-hospital/3833439/
CBS2
–DD: Pritzker ever-increasingly rejects the federal government
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/pritzker-noem-illinois-accountability-friday-visit-reports/
— Broadview ICE facility protest draws hundreds, several arrested
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/protest-broadview-ice-facility-police-noem/
— Federal agent throws tear gas canister from SUV on busy Chicago street
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/federal-immigration-agent-throws-tear-gas-canister-logan-square-street/
— Chicago alderwoman arrested by ICE agents while checking on detainee at hospital in Humboldt Park
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/ald-jessie-fuentes-arrested-ice-agents-humboldt-park-hospital/
WGN9
— Video shows ICE agents handcuffing Chicago alderwoman inside Humboldt Park hospital
https://wgntv.com/news/operation-midway-blitz/chicago-alderwoman-handcuffed-ice/
FOX32
— Rep. Davis voices support for Broadview mayor
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1718021
WTTW
— Local, State Police Set Up Designated Protest Areas Outside Broadview ICE Facility as Demonstrations Continue
https://news.wttw.com/2025/10/03/local-state-police-set-designated-protest-areas-outside-broadview-ice-facility
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Drone use restricted over Chicago after ‘credible threat’ to aircraft involved in immigration crackdown
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/03/drones-chicago-customs-border-patrol/
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly promote mote abortion
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/03/juliana-stratton-abortion-rights-group-backing/
— Chicagoans say ICE agents responded to heckling with tear gas near school on busy Northwest Side street
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/03/ice-agents-tear-gas-school-street/
— US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says ‘we’re here to stay,’ indicating ICE may expand in Broadview
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/03/kristi-noem-broadview-says-were-here-to-stay/
— DePaul University to cut spending after 30% drop in international students
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/03/depaul-university-spending-cuts-international-students/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— As Kristi Noem visits Broadview, protesters arrested but not teargassed as Illinois takes over crowd control. Dozens of law enforcement officers from multiple agencies were on the scene in Broadview, with ICE agents largely in the background, to quell protests that had gotten extremely intense in recent weeks.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/03/clashes-erupt-between-state-police-protesters-at-broadview-ice-facility
— Are Illinois State Police helping ICE in Broadview? Top Illinois Democrats have said for months that local police won’t participate in immigration investigations, but they also won’t stand in the way.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/public-safety/2025/10/03/are-illinois-state-police-helping-ice-in-broadview
— Masked federal agent throws chemical irritants outside Logan Square grocery store: ‘My eyes are burning’ Video taken by several witnesses captured the moments where the agent can be seen dropping a canister from a white SUV.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10/03/federal-agent-chemical-irritants-rico-fresh-logan-square
— How we photographed ICE agents arresting people in the Loop and River North. And 30 other great photos from this week in news.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/photography/2025/10/03/how-we-photographed-ice-agents-arresting-people-loop-river-north
— Ald. Jessie Fuentes handcuffed by ICE while asking agents for patient’s warrant at Humboldt Park hospital. Video shows two ICE agents detaining Fuentes Friday afternoon inside Humboldt Park Health as she repeatedly asked them if they had a warrant for a man they detained. The man broke his leg while being chased by ICE agents, who brought him to the hospital.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/03/ald-jessie-fuentes-detention-ice-agents-humboldt-park-hospital
DAILY HERALD
— Protesters at ICE facility object to barricades, agents detain multiple people
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251003/nation-and-world-politics/protesters-at-ice-facility-object-to-barricades-agents-detain-multiple-people/
— Trump pauses $2.1 billion for Chicago infrastructure projects, leveraging shutdown to pressure Democrats
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251003/chicago/trump-pauses-2-1b-for-chicago-infrastructure-projects-leveraging-shutdown-to-pressure-democrats/
— ‘Unconstitutional’: Congressmen, Pritzker call out White House freeze on CTA projects
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251003/transportation/unconstitutional-congressmen-pritzker-call-out-white-house-freeze-on-cta-projects/
WGN RADIO
— Noem visits Chicago area ICE facility as agents detain multiple protesters outside
https://wgnradio.com/news/ap-protesters-at-ice-facility-object-to-barricades-agents-detain-multiple-people/
SOUTHERN
— Democrat leaders say “Trump uses shutdown to troll Democrats with deepfake memes, threatening targeted cuts.”
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/10/03/trump-uses-shutdown-to-troll-democrats-with-deepfake-memes-threatening-targeted-cuts/
FOX ILLINOIS
— White House defends FDA’s approval of second generic abortion pill amid GOP criticism
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/white-house-defends-fdas-approval-of-second-generic-abortion-pill-amid-gop-criticism
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— IRS is stepping up enforcement against gig workers and self-employed individuals who fail to make required quarterly tax payments. I worked for IRS’s Collection Division 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.centralillinoisproud.com/business/press-releases/accesswire/1073995/irs-targets-gig-workers-who-skip-quarterly-payments-clear-start-tax-shares-how-to-stay-compliant/
WMOI
— Illinois County Clerk Delegation in Washington DC to Talk Election Infrastructure
https://977wmoi.com/2025/10/illinois-county-clerk-delegation-in-washington-dc-to-talk-election-infrastructure/
CWB CHICAGO
— Chief judge warns of random Loop attacks as accused man walks free under cashless bail system he supports
https://cwbchicago.com/2025/10/chief-judge-warns-of-random-loop-attacks-as-accused-man-walks-free-under-cashless-bail-system-he-supports.html
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/03/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-396/
— Pritzker defends using state troopers in Broadview
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/03/pritzker-defends-using-state-troopers-in-broadview/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— District 300 Board President Nancy Zettler, Active Democrat, Ousted from Top Spot
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/03/district-300-board-president-nancy-zettler-ousted-from-top-spot/
— Food Stamp (SNAP) Fraud Resulting from Poor Pritzker Will Cost Big Bucks
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/03/food-stamp-snapfraud-warning/
— Health Insurance Language Democrats Want Repealed
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/02/health-insurance-language-democrats-want-repealed/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trillion-dollar search giant Google admits it secretly censored conservatives for years
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/3/editorial-trillion-dollar-search-giant-google-admits-secretly/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Illegal immigrants arrested for trying to ram ICE officers in Illinois
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3835625/illegal-immigrants-arrested-for-allegedly-trying-to-ram-ice-officers-in-illinois/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Media Outlets Cut Coverage of Speaker Johnson’s G&A on Healthcare for Illegals
https://amgreatness.com/2025/10/03/media-outlets-cut-coverage-of-speaker-johnsons-ga-on-healthcare-for-illegals/
BREITBART
— Judge Rules Against Sanctuary Cities, Will Not Stop Trump from Cutting Off Federal Funds
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/10/03/judge-rules-against-sanctuary-cities-will-not-stop-trump-cutting-federal-funds/
— Newsom Threatens to Cut Funds from Universities that Sign Trump ‘Compact’ for ‘Civil Discourse,’ Fighting Antisemitism
https://www.breitbart.com/education/2025/10/03/newsom-threatens-to-cut-funds-from-universities-that-sign-trump-compact-for-civil-discourse-fighting-antisemitism/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Trump Hits Illinois Democrats With $2.1 Billion in Cuts to Chicago Infrastructure Projects
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/10/03/trump-hits-illinois-democrats-2-1-billion-cuts-chicago-infrastructure-projects/
DAILY WIRE
— Over 1,000 Illegal Immigrants Arrested In Trump’s ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ ‘Our patriotic law enforcement officers are making these arrests despite working [without] pay because of the Democrats’ shutdown.’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/over-1000-illegal-immigrants-arrested-in-trumps-operation-midway-blitz
FOX NEWS
— ICE officers in Illinois targeted by illegal immigrants who used ‘vehicles as weapons.” Illegal aliens Miguel Escareno De Loera and Widman Osberto Lopez-Funes accused of ramming vehicles at ICE.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/ice-officers-illinois-targeted-illegal-immigrants-who-used-vehicles-weapons-officials-say
— DHS Secretary Noem ‘blocked’ from bathroom at Broadview Municipal Building as Pritzker feud heats up. Incident occurred as federal agents fired pepper balls at protesters outside Broadview ICE facility. DD: Will Broadview change its name to Fort Sumter?
https://www.foxnews.com/us/dhs-secretary-noem-blocked-bathroom-illinois-government-building-pritzker-feud-heats
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— FBI cuts ties with Southern Poverty Law Center DD: SPLC exists to promote more hatred against Republicans
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5537453-fbi-kash-patel-splc-cuts-ties/
REUTERS
— Police scuffle with protesters outside Chicago ICE facility, arrest several
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/scuffles-arrests-outside-chicago-ice-facility-that-has-been-protest-focus-2025-10-03/
NBC NEWS
— Supreme Court allows Trump to revoke protected immigration status for thousands of Venezuelans
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-allows-trump-revoke-tps-immigration-venezuelans-rcna234537
CBS NEWS
— U.S. to offer migrant teens $2,500 if they agree to voluntarily leave the country
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-immigration-migrant-teens-2500-self-deportation/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Those who are the following are ever-increasingly negatively profiled: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, Protestant, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/us/politics/supreme-court-immigration-racial-profiling.html
POLITICO
— Trump targets Chicago transit money in latest shutdown fight salvo
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/03/trump-targets-chicago-transit-money-shutdown-00592722
September 30, 2025
TED DABROWSKI
— VIDEO: Former Elected IL Legislators Endorsed Ted For Illinois
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2g-dmZJpial
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— I have been the Illinois reporter for GOPUSA since 2000. What do you say to my Republican critics/opponents who ever-increasingly do not want me a) to know about their events, b) to promote their events, c) to attend their events, d) to speak with anyone at their events, e) to ask questions of the speakers at their events, or f) to report on their events? Ever-increasingly they have their operatives and their dupes try to stop me from speaking with anyone at their events. Ever-increasingly, they blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for all of their problems, for all of my problems, for all of your problems, and for all of everyone’s problems. According to them, I paint Republican candidates as being more conservative than they want to be painted and that causes them to lose elections. Should I start writing about my Republican critics/opponents and their operatives and their dupes? I would focus on those who have succeed in a) stopping me from attending their events and b) throwing me out of their events. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What do your Republican critics/opponents do? Mine have their operatives and their dupes destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. I should write about my Republican critics/opponents who are still in the mix and who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately. Most commonly, they reject the equal opportunity plank in the Republican Party platform. They want more and more and more preference for those who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, citizens of foreign countries, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Your attitude toward Charlie Kirk shows your attitude toward conservatives. If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, the organization would host an event honoring Kirk and I would invite all those who knew Kirk to speak at that event. If I was still an Illinois Center Right Coalition officer, I would urge that organization to host a similar event. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Assata Shakur, the Chicago Teachers Union’s depressing idea of a role model
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/30/assata-shakur-ctu-chicago-teachers-union-rhetoric/
JOURNAL COURIER
— Illinois law prohibits sheriffs from assisting ICE with immigration enforcement. Some wish they could.
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/illinois-sheriffs-ice-trust-act-21073538.php
STATE LINE
— Don Tracy aims for balance in Illinois politics with open Senate seat
https://www.mystateline.com/news/don-tracy-aims-for-balance-in-illinois-politics-with-open-senate-seat-run/amp/
WTVO
— Don Tracy, Republican, rallies support for Illinois Senate seat in Loves Park
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPabJGPmj14
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Seizing on the moment: GOP gubernatorial contender Darren Bailey poked at Pritzker. “It is a shame that the federal government has to send the military into Chicago just to protect ICE officers. This is what failed leadership looks like,” he said in a statement.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/09/30/pritzker-slams-plan-to-deploy-the-guard-00586114
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Mayor Johnson’s 6% Approval Shows: Race-Baiting Can’t Cover up Epic Public Safety Failure
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/09/mayor-johnsons-6-approval-shows-race-baiting-cant-cover-up-epic-public-safety-failure.html
— The United Nations Betrays Its Mission, Again
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/09/opinion-the-united-nations-betrays-its-mission-again.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Team of prominent defense lawyers steps in to defend accused Kirk assassin
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/29/team-prominent-defense-lawyers-steps-defend-accused-kirk-assassin/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Inside the Biden Administration’s Censorship of Everyday Americans
https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/inside-the-biden-administrations
NEW YORK POST
— Charlie Kirk wrote of his ‘deep love’ for Israel in letter to Netanyahu about how to counter rising opposition to the Jewish state in the US
https://nypost.com/2025/09/29/us-news/charlie-kirk-wrote-of-his-deep-love-for-israel-in-letter-to-netanyahu-about-how-to-counter-rising-opposition-to-the-jewish-state-in-the-us/
AMERICAN THINKER
— I do not trust Charlie Kirk’s ‘replacement’ Brilyn Hollyhand and neither should you
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/09/i_do_not_trust_charlie_kirk_s_replacement_and_neither_should_you.html
BLAZE
— Thousands wear ‘FREEDOM’ shirt in memory of Charlie Kirk at Oregon-Penn State game
https://www.theblaze.com/news/kirk-shirt-oregon-penn-game
DAILY WIRE
— Federal Retirement Dollars Used To Push Leftist Politics
https://www.dailywire.com/news/federal-retirement-dollars-used-to-push-leftist-politics-watchdog-warns
FEDERALIST
— Democrats’ Relentless Demonizing Paves Way For The Next Political Assassination
https://thefederalist.com/2025/09/30/democrats-relentless-demonizing-paves-way-for-the-next-political-assassination/
FOX NEWS
— Pritzker says ICE ‘harassing people for not being white.’ Democratic governor criticizes Trump administration’s immigration enforcement tactics in Chicago.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/jb-pritzker-says-ice-harassing-people-not-being-white
— Leftist lawmakers prioritize ‘hatred’ of Trump over public safety
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6380327595112
— Dems care about shielding illegals and catering to criminals
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6380324485112
NEWS BUSTERS
— New York Times Weeps on Front Page Over Ghouls Fired for Disgusting Kirk Posts
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/clay-waters/2025/09/29/new-york-times-weeps-front-page-over-ghouls-fired-disgusting-kirk
NEWSMAX
— Dems Want Shutdown, Free Care for Illegals
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/rick-scott-democrats-government/2025/09/29/id/1228363/
— Charlie Kirk’s Assassination and the Shadowy Rise of ‘Trantifa’
https://www.newsmax.com/platinum/charlie-kirk-assassination-trantifa/2025/09/29/id/1228267/
USA HERALD
— Charlie Kirk’s Estate and Questions Over Turning Point Wealth and Life Insurance Payouts
https://usaherald.com/charlie-kirks-estate-raises-questions-over-turning-point-wealth-and-life-insurance-payouts/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— DD: Anticipate/expect that hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters will ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Kirk.
https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/5522184-trump-regime-threat-to-freedom/amp/
CNN
— Democrat and RINO leaders decry that “In aftermath of Kirk’s assassination, Republicans seek to galvanize support from young conservatives.”
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/30/politics/republican-candidates-charlie-kirk-death
NBC NEWS
— Pritzker calls armed immigration officers in Chicago an ‘attack on Americans’ DD: Attacking federal facilities is an act of war. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/pritzker-blasts-trump-immigration-chicago-enforcement-rcna234501
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Anticipate/expect that hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters will ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Kirk.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/us/charlie-kirk-free-speech.html
— Get Ready for Higher Health Insurance Premiums Next Year. DD: Since I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have been furious that because I was a federal employee, the federal government pays 72% of my health care premiums. Since I was 29 years old in 1978, my critics/opponents have been even more furious that because I was a federal employee, the federal government pays 72% of my wife’s health care premiums.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/your-money/health-insurance-premiums-increase.html
— DD: Google ever-increasingly steers everyone a) to websites that promote the Democrat Party platform and b) away from websites the promote the Republican Party platform.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/opinion/google-judge-mehta-remedy-monopoly.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: The Democrat Party is ever-increasingly more anti-Christian
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/09/29/charlie-kirk-christianity-conservatives-trump/
USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE: DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly call Trump a dictator.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/09/28/trump-makes-immigrants-nervous-authoritarian-dictator/86064657007/
— ICE wants National Guard troops in Chicago amid ‘riots’ and arrests. DD: Attacking federal facilities is an act of war. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/09/29/ice-national-guard-chicago-riots/86429274007/
— What working parents really need – and how the workplace can deliver. DD: All of my Democrat superiors in the federal government were working parents. They all decried the tremendous amount of time and money needed to raise children. They all hinted/implied/argued/shouted that they were underpaid and that if I had children, I would never would have been able a) to earn three job-related master’s degrees, b) earn six job-related professional certifications, c) earn a job-related professional license, c) buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, and 35, d) buy new cars when I was 23, 25, and 29, and e) buy collectors cars when I was 40 and 45.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/09/25/what-working-parents-really-need/86248270007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/09/04/raising-kids-cost-parents/85958383007/
— Parents face support issues. Helping adult children comes at huge cost. DD: My father died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21. My mother had never attended high school and had never worked outside of the home. I helped support her and my brother 1970-1972.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2025/09/26/stop-supporting-adult-children/86222216007/
ATLANTIC
— DD: Anticipate/expect that hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters will ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Kirk.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/09/maga-cancel-culture-revenge-tactics/684296/
BUZZFEED
— DD: Anticipate/expect that hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters will ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Kirk.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/victoriavouloumanos/people-losing-jobs-posting-anti-charlie-kirk-content
SALON
— DD: Democrat leaders are ever-increasingly closer to officially declaring their Second Civil War against Republicans.
https://www.salon.com/2025/09/30/chicago-prepares-to-resist-federal-intimidation/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
— At the ADL, liberalism has trumped loyalty. Today, Jewish safety depends on strength. Jewish survival depends on sovereignty. And Jewish dignity depends on the refusal to be defined by others. The reborn State of Israel is the embodiment of that principle. Charlie Kirk knew that. The ADL does not.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/415617
ECONOMIC TIMES
— ADL labels Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA an extremist hate group, triggering backlash from Donald Trump Jr. and Elon Musk. DD: I served as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012 and as an Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) officer 2003-2007. My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that TAPROOT and ICRC were extremist hate groups. They had their operatives and their dupes destroy TAPROOT in 2012 and ICRC in 2007.
https://m.economictimes.com/news/international/us/adl-labels-charlie-kirks-turning-point-usa-an-extremist-hate-group-triggering-backlash-from-donald-trump-jr-and-elon-musk/amp_articleshow/124226221.cms
September 28, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Federal agents detain multiple people in downtown Chicago. Broadview police are investigating an alleged attack on TV news reporter near an ICE facility.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-today-federal-immigration-agents-border-patrol-boat-seen-downtown-live/17899424/
— At least 10 shot, 2 fatally, at Michigan church set on fire by the gunman. Police said the shooting erupted during a packed service.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/mormon-church-shooting-multiple-people-shot-michigan-shooter-is-down-grand-blanc-police-say/17898631/
NBC5
— Armed Border Patrol agents patrol downtown Chicago, drawing mayoral criticism. The administration has pledged to send more federal assets to cities amid protests against ICE enforcement operations.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/armed-border-patrol-agents-patrol-downtown-chicago-drawing-mayoral-criticism/3830594/
CBS2
— Criminal investigation launched after feds fire pepper ball at CBS Chicago reporter’s truck
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/feds-fire-pepper-ball-at-cbs-chicago-reporters-truck/
FOX32
— Northwestern University students barred from enrolling after refusing antisemitism training
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/northwestern-antisemitism-training-students
WTTW
— Armed Federal Agents in Tactical Gear Patrol Downtown Chicago as Immigration Crackdown Escalates
https://news.wttw.com/2025/09/28/armed-federal-agents-tactical-gear-patrol-downtown-chicago-immigration-crackdown
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— In show of force, dozens of armed federal immigration agents patrol downtown Chicago
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/28/immigration-agents-patrol-downtown/
— How we captured this photo of protesters trying to block a vehicle exiting an ICE facility in Broadview. Plus 21 photos from this week in news.
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Feds in military gear flood downtown Chicago; top border official says arrests based on ‘how they look.’ The immigration agents were spotted making arrests in downtown Chicago and River North neighborhood early Sunday.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/09/28/ice-agents-spotted-downtown-on-michigan-avenue-along-chicago-river
— How we captured this photo of protesters trying to block a vehicle exiting an ICE facility in Broadview. Plus 21 photos from this week in news.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/photography/2025/09/28/broadview-ice-how-we-captured-photo-protesters-trying-block-vehicle-exiting
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Ives to endorse Dabrowski at her headquarters Monday, September 29, at 11:00 AM
http://www.gopillinois.com
MARK GLENNON
— Separate protesters from Broadview ICE facility NOW — before somebody is killed. A ticking bomb that Illinois’s political establishment is content to see explode.
https://markglennon.substack.com/p/separate-protesters-from-broadview
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democrats shout fascist while behaving like Brownshirts. Ugly accusations are getting people killed.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/28/democrats-shout-fascist-behaving-like-brownshirts/
DAILY SIGNAL
— ICE Attempts to Poach Sanctuary City Police With Recruitment Ads DD: GAO audits IRS. My Democrat IRS superiors wanted to get rid of me. They acted like they wanted GAO to poach me. They assigned me respond to GAO audits of IRS.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/09/28/ice-attempts-poach-sanctuary-city-police-recruitment-ads/
HOT AIR
— Lawsuit Accuses NYC of Creating Hostile Work Environment Through Anti-White DEI Training. DD: I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years. I should write about the anti-Republican training they required their employees to take.
https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2025/09/27/lawsuit-filed-by-nyc-educator-accused-of-white-fragility-headed-to-trial-n3807269
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Vance: “Preposterous” That Dems Want To Shut Down Government To Give Healthcare To Illegal Aliens
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/09/28/vance_preposterous_that_dems_want_to_shut_down_the_government_to_give_hundreds_of_billions_for_healthcare_for_illegal_aliens.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— 10% of women significantly outearn their husbands, up from 3% in the early 1970s. DD: Since my wife and I got married in 1978, my critics/opponents have decried her income.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/relationships/taylor-swift-travis-kelce-women-high-earners-0c930c2b
— DD: Generally, the less successful that you are, the more open that you are to socialism.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/socialists-zohran-mamdani-2008-financial-crisis-f98e54fa
— Lifespans are getting longer, and so are many workers’ careers. DD: I should write about the negatives of being forced to retire early. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/retirement/retirement-after-75-finances-life-b21410b9
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Almost 9% of Americans 75 and older were working or looking for work last year, up from 6% two decades earlier, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. And the share between 65 and 74 rose to 27% in 2024, versus 22% in 2004. The government estimates those percentages will rise more along with the aging population. There are plenty of reasons people delay retirement until later in life. Some have financial worries. Many are highly educated professionals and business owners who enjoy what they do too much to stop entirely, said Nicole Maestas, an economist and professor of healthcare policy at Harvard Medical School. Many who work longer are self-employed and might have greater control over their work hours. Others never found the right time to leave. The financial benefits of delaying retirement can be significant. A person who continues to earn some income, even on a part-time basis, is likely to withdraw less from their savings, preserving more for later in life or heirs. People who work longer may also be able to delay Social Security, which increases its payouts by up to 8% for every year they refrain from collecting a check between ages 62 and 70.)
GOOGLE AI
— Blaming others DD: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who have blamed me and blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for their problems. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me. I would focus on Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct who have lost elections. I would focus on leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization. I would focus on Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton. I would focus on conservative leaders. I would focus on religious leaders. I would focus on those who I have sued and their attorneys.
https://www.google.com/search?q=blaming+problems+on+others
(FROM THE POSTING: Blaming others is a defense mechanism used to avoid self-responsibility, protect self-esteem, and manage guilt or shame by deflecting personal accountability onto others. This unhealthy coping strategy, also known as deflection, prevents personal growth and creates unhealthy relationship dynamics, leading to a cycle of personal challenges. To overcome blaming, it’s important to understand its root causes, practice self-reflection, and learn to take healthy responsibility for one’s actions and emotions. )