December 3, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— DD: Under the Illinois Democrats, more and more and more Illinois residents are on SNAP
https://abc7chicago.com/post/abc7-chicago-kicks-off-annual-feed-love-campaign-snap-benefits-limbo-millions-how-donate/18113025/

WGN9
— Chicago tops US cities in vehicle congestion
https://wgntv.com/news/traffic/chicago-worst-vehicle-congestion/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/12/03/group-sues-trump-administration-for-south-shore-raid-footage-that-fed-propaganda-videos-apartment-ice-border-patrol-bovino
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/12/02/federal-appeals-judge-questions-validity-order-free-hundreds-ice-custody
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for healthcare costs.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/12/03/affordable-care-act-aca-premium-tax-credits-prostate-cancer-la-shawn-ford
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for homelessness.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/real-estate/2025/12/03/chicago-homelessness-trump-housing-policies

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG POCTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/01/operation-midway-blitz-criminal-record/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/02/first-ice-raided-their-chicago-apartment-building-now-theyre-being-forced-to-vacate-it/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/02/attorneys-dismiss-lawsuit-restricting-use-of-force-immigration/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/02/im-shocked-chicago-appeals-judge-rips-lower-courts-ruling-to-release-immigration-arrestees/
— Ray LaHood, former GOP congressman and Obama’s transportation secretary, named head of Edgar Fellows program
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/03/ray-lahood-head-edgar-fellows/

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Hanover Park police officer detained by ICE returns to active duty
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251202/news/hanover-park-police-officer-detained-by-ice-returns-to-active-duty/
— DuPagePads receives historic $5 million grant from Jeff Bezos, Lauren Sánchez Bezos. DD: Of course, this will attract homeless people to DuPage County.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251202/news/dupagepads-receives-historic-5-million-grant-from-jeff-bezos-lauren-sanchez-bezos/

WTVO
— Illinois extends financial aid to undocumented students starting January 1st, 2026. DD: Under its Democrat leaders, Illinois ever-increasingly reject federal law. That is what the Confederate states did.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/illinois-extends-financial-aid-undocumented-110200612.html

WAND TV
— Giving Tuesday – A lifeline for non-profits. DD: What do you give to others? Since 2000, I have given my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters to anyone who wants to read them free of charge, without any advertising, and without any donation requests. Since 2004, they have included links to almost 530,000 articles.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/giving-tuesday—a-lifeline-for-non-profits/article_7d1d7292-368e-42d9-a40b-f562a0957ba2.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump says he doesn’t want Somalis in the U.S., urges them to go back to their homeland and fix it
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-12-02/trump-says-he-doesnt-want-somalis-in-the-u-s-urges-them-to-go-back-to-their-homeland-and-fix-it
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-12-03/the-use-and-misuse-of-the-word-ideology

NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY TV
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government and charity.
https://www.nctv17.org/spotlight/bridge-communities-helps-families-break-the-cycle-of-homelessness/amp/

DURBIN
— DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army. Durbin ever-increasingly leads the Democrat Army.
https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/videos/view/durbin-to-republican-colleagues-what-if-operation-midway-blitz-comes-to-your-state-or-hometown

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/12/03/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-640/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon reacts to plans for permanent guaranteed income
https://wirepoints.org/wirepoints-mark-glennon-reacts-to-plans-for-permanent-guaranteed-income-am560/

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Riley Gaines to headline Concerned Parents of Illinois annual gala on Jan. 31, 2026
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/676601776-riley-gaines-to-headline-concerned-parents-of-illinois-annual-gala-on-jan-31-2026
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Concerned Parents of Illinois is proud to announce that Riley Gaines, a nationally recognized women’s rights advocate and former NCAA athlete, will serve as the keynote speaker at this year’s Annual Gala, to be held on January 31, 2026, at Gibsons Oak Brook.)

CITY JOURNAL
— Chicago Transit Doesn’t Need Another Bailout. Declining ridership shouldn’t be rewarded with more taxpayer dollars.
https://www.city-journal.org/article/chicago-transit-authority-bailout

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Democrats Trying to Out-Left-Flank Each Other in 9th Congressional District, Which Covers All of Algonquin Township
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/03/democrats-trying-to-out-left-flank-each-other-in-9th-congressional-district-which-covers-all-of-algonquin-township/
— Woman Set Afire on CTA Makes London Paper
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/02/woman-set-afire-on-cta-makes-london-paper/
— In 9th, Only Justin Ford Favors Stopping Unlimited Immigration
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/02/in-9th-only-justin-ford-favors-stoppage-of-rampant-immigration/
— Illinois Dems Decide to Tax Tips
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/01/illinois-dems-decide-to-tax-tips/
— Dem Mass Transit Tax Hikers Repeat 51-Year Old RTA Promise
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/01/dem-mass-transit-tax-hikers-repeat-51-year-old-rta-promise/
— County Board Set to Approve 3% Automatic Annual Raises Starting in 2030, End of Free Family Health Insurance for Those Elected in 2028
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/29/county-board-set-to-approve-3-automatic-annual-raises-starting-in-2030-end-of-free-family-health-insurance-for-those-elected-in-2028/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Left-wing group pushes Mamdani-style minimum wage hike to boost Democrats in 2026
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/2/left-wing-group-pushes-mamdani-style-minimum-wage-hike-boost/
— Judge orders ICE to stop most warrantless immigration arrests in D.C.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/2/judge-orders-ice-stop-warrantless-immigration-arrests-dc/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democratic socialist candidate for DC mayor beats record to meet donation requirements. DD: What percent of Democrats who are the following are socialists: liberal, moderate, minority, female, younger, non-rich, unmarried, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/state/3903922/janeese-lewis-george-candidate-dc-mayor-beats-record-donation-requirements/

NEW YORK POST
— Mamdani stokes Italian American outrage after resurfaced tweet shows socialist giving the finger to Christopher Columbus statue: ‘Take it down’
https://www.aol.com/mamdani-stokes-italian-american-outrage-014926956.html
— Michael Goodwin: How NY followed Biden’s, Dems’ charge in harboring illegal immigrant criminals
https://nypost.com/2025/12/02/opinion/michael-goodwin-how-ny-followed-bidens-dems-charge-in-harboring-illegal-immigrant-criminals/
— Chilling new details emerge about ‘killer’ illegal migrants sprung from NY jails instead of being handed off to ICE
https://nypost.com/2025/12/03/us-news/chilling-new-details-emerge-about-killer-illegal-migrants-sprung-from-ny-jails-instead-of-being-handed-off-to-ice/
— Trump freezes immigration applications from 19 countries — and blacklist could expand to more than 30
https://nypost.com/2025/12/03/us-news/trump-freezes-immigration-applications-from-19-countries-and-blacklist-could-expand-to-more-than-30/

AMAC
— Liberals Side with Bloodthirsty Narcoterrorists in Crusade to “Get Trump”
https://amac.us/newsline/politics/liberals-side-with-bloodthirsty-narcoterrorists-in-crusade-to-get-trump/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Illegal alien remittances: Bessent says ‘follow the money’
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/12/illegal_alien_remittances_bessent_says_follow_the_money.html

FOX NEWS
— Vance, Trump unleash on Democrats’ affordability ‘scam’: ‘Fixing what [they’ve] broken’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/vance-trump-unleash-democrats-affordability-scam-fixing-theyve-broken.print

LEGAL INSURRECTIOIN
— Discrimination Against American-Born Students In Three California University Systems Challenged By Equal Protection Project. Our Complaint to DOJ: DACA/“Undocumented” programs operating at 138 colleges and universities in the University of California, California State University, and California Community College systems systemically discriminate against American-born students on the basis of national origin.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/12/discrimination-against-american-born-students-in-three-california-university-systems-challenged-by-equal-protection-project/

NEWSMAX
— ICE-Busted Illinois Cop in US Illegally Back on Duty
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/illegal-cop-illinois/2025/12/02/id/1236826/
— D.C. Socialist Mayoral Candidate Sets Fundraising Record. DD: What percent of Democrats who are the following are socialists: liberal, moderate, minority, female, younger, non-rich, unmarried, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time?
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/zohran-mamdani-janeese-lewis-george-washington-d-c/2025/12/02/id/1236810/
— Mamdani’s Big Government Ideas Have No Place in GOP
https://www.newsmax.com/traviskorson/durbin-hawley-sanders/2025/12/02/id/1236756/

PJ MEDIA
— Disparate Impact. Disparate impact rules say any policy or test in which some races or sexes do better than others is illegal discrimination, even if the policy or test has nothing to do with race or sex.
https://pjmedia.com/john-stossel/2025/12/02/disparate-impact-n4946648

WHITE HOUSE
— A CALL TO ACTION: Submit “Media Bias” Tips. DD: My critics/opponents despise/hate my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. They have their operatives and their dupes monitor my newsletters closely for anything that the following do not like: a) Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders, b) conservative leaders, and c) religious leaders. To turn the aforesaid against me, they bring what they find to the attention of the aforesaid.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/12/a-call-to-action-submit-media-bias-tips/
(FROM THE POSTING: The White House recently launched a Media Bias Portal as a service to truth and transparency. Its purpose is to combat the baseless lies, purposely omitted context, and outright left-wing lunacy of the Fake News Media — a tall task that demands the help of everyone who believes in facts and accuracy over Fake News. That’s why the White House is calling on everyday Americans to support the truth and hold the Fake News accountable. By visiting whitehouse.gov/biastips , anyone can submit biased or undeniably false articles, and valid submissions will be used to keep the Media Bias Portal updated. So-called “journalists” have made it impossible to identify every false or misleading story, which is why help from the American people is essential. The days of the Fake News Media controlling the narrative with lies, fake anonymous sources, and willful bias are over. If the legacy media won’t honor their responsibility to accurately inform the public, we know the American people will.)

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NBC NEWS
— Illinois officials warn rental car companies that it is illegal for immigration agents to swap license plates. The secretary of state sent a cease and desist letter to ICE head Todd Lyons, citing “multiple reports of federal ICE agents illegally swapping out the license plates displayed on vehicles.” DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army. Durbin ever-increasingly leads the Democrat Army.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/illinois-rental-car-license-plates-immigration-agents-illegal-rcna246115

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Starbucks to pay $35M to NYC workers in settlement as ongoing strike draws Mamdani and Sanders to picket line. DD: GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had been unionized earlier, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to a) force me to take a $23,472 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, b) keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, c) delay my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13, d) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and e) force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/economy/starbucks-to-pay-35m-to-nyc-workers-in-settlement-as-ongoing-strike-draws-mamdani-and-sanders-to-picket-line

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Calls Affordability a ‘Con Job’
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/us/politics/trump-affordability-economy-messaging.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump calls Minnesota’s Somali community ‘garbage’
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/trump-calls-minnesotas-somali-community-garbage/2025/12/02/e7d1d0c1-4d64-4358-9cc0-dbd9e02ede4e_video.html

USA TODAY
— DD: Where did the money come from for your first down payment? For me, it came from what I earned a) working for IRS for 15 months and b) working for a Firestone Store part-time for 18 months and full-time for 7 months before that. I bought a new townhome in University Park when I was 24 years old in 1972.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/11/28/trump-50-year-mortgage-home-ownership-gen-z/87352889007/

INDIANA GAZETTE
— The case for a pause on all immigration
https://www.indianagazette.com/opinion/cal-thomas-the-case-for-a-pause-on-all-immigration/article_290c0787-35a7-477c-8eb5-7461ae23afcd.html

BOSTON GLOBE
— The dreaded performance review is, well, under review. DD: Democrat and RINO employers use performance reviews to get rid of their Republican employees. They paint their Democrat employees as positively as they can and they paint their Republican employees as negatively as they can. In Diersen v. GAO, I entered into the court record all the many performance reviews that my Democrat superiors gave me 1980-1997. None of them came close to justifying the many adverse actions that they took against me. They forced me to take a $23,472 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. They kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. They delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13. They always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. They forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/02/magazine/transforming-performance-reviews-workplace/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Great American Baby Shortage. With marriage on the decline, U.S. fertility has slipped well below the replacement rate.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-great-american-baby-shortage-9d2efa16

BUZZFEED
— DD: According to Democrat leaders, the Pope is woke. To be woke is to be anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-married people, anti-non-poor people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/bellaarnold/conservative-backlash-to-pope
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/honey-people-mad-pope-being-000549348.html

CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS
— The Trump Administration’s Dangerous Embrace of Cancel Culture
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-trump-administrations-dangerous-embrace-of-cancel-culture/

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

FEDERAL
— Illegal Indian immigrant involved in fatal US crash, 4th case in as many months
https://thefederal.com/category/news/illegal-indian-immigrant-involved-in-fatal-us-crash-4th-case-in-as-many-months-218934

MEAWWW
— Trump slams reporter, says Americans getting ‘fake news from guys like you’ on affordability crisis. Donald Trump argued that affordability concerns were a ‘hoax’ started by Democrats, who he said were responsible for rising prices and inflation.
https://news.meaww.com/trump-slams-reporter-says-americans-getting-fake-news-from-guys-like-you-on-affordability-crisis

December 2, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NBC5
— Dell family to give $6.25 billion to create 25 million additional ‘Trump Accounts.’  “This gift is expected to reach nearly 80% of children age 10 and under across 75% of U.S. zip codes,” according to Invest America.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/dell-billions-donations-trump-accounts/3857683/

WBEZ
— DD: Democrat leaders use students to crow about their obstruction of justice.
https://www.wbez.org/education/2025/12/02/as-immigration-agents-swept-chicago-this-fall-communities-stepped-in-to-get-kids-to-school-safely

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight enforcement of immigration laws.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/02/sen-dick-durbin-demands-answers-from-homeland-security-regarding-u-s-citizens-caught-up-in-immigration-raids/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/02/opinion-chicago-immigration-raids-lessons-children/

DAILY HERALD
— Needless dispute: Censure of DuPage County clerk could have been avoided
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251202/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-needless-dispute-censure-of-dupage-county-clerk-could-have-been-avoided/
— Batavia pub gets OK for video gambling, despite being next to two churches
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251202/gambling/batavia-pub-gets-ok-for-video-gambling-despite-being-next-to-two-churches/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for price increases.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/more-americans-say-trump-has-helped-raise-prices-rather-than-lower-them-survey/

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/12/02/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-430/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Bill on Pritzker’s desk enhances Illinois’ migrant sanctuary policies. DD: The Democrats who run Illinois are ever closer to officially seceding Illinois from the United States.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_adaf80e0-ede3-4720-9968-6028d9d1fbbf.html

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— If you are a Republican and if more and more and more of the voters in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct are voting for Democrats, your future is bleaker and bleaker and bleaker. At what point will you move? But if you move to a prosperous and safe area that Republicans created, Democrats will a) move into that area to take advantage of that prosperity and safety and b) get rid of you. Look at DuPage County. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Young socialists revolt as Democratic Party hits 30-year popularity low
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/2/democratic-party-popularity-hits-30-year-low-young-socialists-gain/
— GOP advances bill to add citizenship question to 2030 census
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/2/gop-advances-bill-add-citizenship-question-2030-census/
— Journalist group presses White House to remove ‘media offenders’ webpage
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/2/journalist-group-presses-white-house-remove-media-offenders-webpage/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Mamdani Taps Felon Who Served 7 Years for Robbing NYC Taxi Drivers as ‘Criminal Legal System’ Adviser
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/mamdani-taps-felon-who-served-7-years-for-robbing-nyc-taxi-drivers-as-criminal-legal-system-adviser/

NEW YORK POST
— Trump Derangement Syndrome is real
https://nypost.com/2025/12/02/opinion/trump-derangement-syndrome-is-real-these-hysterical-threats-prove-it/
— Anti-ICE chaos in Lower Manhattan is a sign of trouble ahead
https://nypost.com/2025/12/01/opinion/anti-ice-chaos-in-lower-manhattan-is-a-taste-of-whats-to-come-if-mamdani-amp-feds-cant-cooperate/

AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE
— States Fail to Require Adequate Cannabis Product Safety Warnings. DD: Pot is poison.
https://www.aei.org/op-eds/states-fail-to-require-adequate-cannabis-product-safety-warnings/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Lawmakers who spent hundreds of millions on illegals want to charge Chicagoans $1.25 ‘package fee’ deliveries.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/12/02/lawmakers-who-spent-hundreds-of-millions-on-illegals-want-to-charge-chicagoans-1-25-package-fee-deliveries-1607606/

BREITBART
— Trump: ‘The Word Affordability Is a Con Job by the Democrats’ After Biden’s Historic Inflation
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/12/02/trump-word-affordability-is-con-job-democrats-after-bidens-historic-inflation/

DAILY SIGNAL
— House GOP Pushing Affordability Heading Into Election Year
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/12/02/house-gop-pushing-affordability-heading-into-election-year/

FOX NEWS
— Trump unleashes on Dems’ top campaign platform: affordability
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6385857884112

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CNN
— Religious leaders sue to block ICE raids at houses of worship. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly turn religious leaders against America.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/01/world/video/religious-leaders-sue-to-block-ice-raids-at-houses-of-worship

USA TODAY
— ‘Affordability is a con job by the Democrats’: Trump tells Cabinet. Trump said tariffs are generating billions of dollars from countries such as Japan and South Korea that had been ‘ripping us off.’
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/12/02/trump-cabinet-meeting-venezuela-live-updates/87566205007/

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Trump dismisses affordability concerns as Democratic ‘con job’
https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/12/02/trump-dismisses-affordability-concerns-as-democratic-con-job/

NEW YORK SUN
— Illinois Church’s Nativity Scene Depicts Baby Jesus Zip-Tied, Romans as ICE Agents. ‘The Holy Family were refugees. This is not political interpretation, this is the reality described,’ the church says. DD: The Democrat Party’s conquering of religion will soon be complete.
https://www.nysun.com/article/illinois-churchs-nativity-scene-depicts-baby-jesus-zip-tied-romans-as-ice-agents

NEWSWEEK
— In a survey of more than 1,200 likely Illinois voters, carried out between November 20 and 25 and seen by Fox 32, Chicago-based Victory Research put Pritzker at 54.3 percent of the vote, compared to 34 percent for GOP candidate Darren Bailey.
https://www.newsweek.com/republicans-chances-beating-jb-pritzker-illinois-governor-election-11142102

FORBES
— Giving Tuesday: What It Is And How To Maximize Its Impact. DD: What do you give to others? Since 2000, I have given my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters to anyone who wants to read them free of charge, without any advertising, and without any donation requests. Since 2004, they have included links to almost 530,000 articles.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/juliekratz/2025/12/02/giving-tuesday-what-it-is-and-how-to-maximize-its-impact/

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Why America needs the GAO: DD: For almost 18 years, I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO. If Gingrich had reformed GAO during that time instead of gutting it, DOGE would not have been needed.
https://www.govexec.com/oversight/2025/11/why-america-needs-gao-doge-done-right/409745/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Ten months after the launch of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, one thing is clear: no one can agree on how much money it saved—or, in fact, whether it saved any money at all—and, if there were savings, what happened to them. What if DOGE were done right? Here something else is clear: we have had the Government Accountability Office, founded as a green-eye-shade operation back in 1921 to audit every single government transaction. It’s grown into the indispensable watchdog on the federal government’s spending and operations. It’s what DOGE done right looks like. At first, Musk promised to find $2 trillion in savings. Then the pledge dropped to $1 trillion. Then he struggled to document any savings at all. Since 2002, GAO’s work has logged more than $1.45 trillion in savings for taxpayers, across more than 29,000 different federal operations. Last year, savings were $67.5 billion. And better than most watchdogs glad to gobble up every available can of dog food, GAO has kept watch on itself. It’s measured the return on taxpayer investment in its own operations: $123 for every budget dollar. It’s operations aren’t flashy. In fact, they’re pretty wonky, which as card-carrying wonks we greatly admire. Its staff get advanced training when they walk into the door, which never stops as employees move up through the ranks. The size of its staff, which was reduced from 5,200 staff to its current level of about 3,500 after the Republican takeover of the House in 1995, has been relatively stable over the last decade, despite expanding demands on its work. Musk promised to trim the number of federal agencies. “There’s so many that people have never heard of. I think we should be able to get away with 99 agencies,” he said.  It wasn’t clear where that number came from. It was clear from his work that DOGE didn’t know how to get there. GAO, on the other hand, has been identifying areas of duplication and overlap since 2011, with $725 billion in savings in this area alone. As others were struggling to come up with solid savings, GAO in May issued a 154-page report detailing just how to do more. Musk brought in IT whiz kids to comb through the federal government’s information services, but they had little to show for it except putting the security of Americans’ personal information at risk. GAO, in contrast, laid out a plan for figuring out how to save money on IT. Better proof-of-concept work in space-based laser communications could save hundreds of million dollars—and the government could pick up $157 billion by better managing the payment rates in Medicare. In a February Oval Office meeting, Musk claimed the federal government was full of officials who had approved money for “fraudsters,” but that claim turned out to be little more than arm-waving. GAO, in contrast, has since 1990 prepared a report every two years on programs prone to waste, fraud, abuse and mismanagement. Its latest report, in February 2025, identified 38 areas needing special attention. This “high-risk list” bears careful reading for anyone who really cares about getting into the guts of the problem. It identifies issues ranging from contract management in the Pentagon to money leaking out of federal disability programs to management of oil and gas leases to mega-challenges inside the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s disaster assistance. Even a casual look of the report—all 323 pages of it—would convince any reader that it’s a road map for which stones to unturn to get at the unholy trinity of waste, fraud and abuse. But there’s more here. GAO keeps score so we can see who’s making progress—and who isn’t. In 10 areas, federal agencies made $84 billion in progress. Three slipped backwards—acquisition of weapons systems by the Pentagon, improving IT management throughout the government and managing the federal government’s property. And even more. GAO doesn’t operate like a sheriff riding into town promising to clean up the saloons. It has developed a big-picture look at federal operations and identified leading practices that federal agencies can pick up. Like any oversight body, federal agencies don’t always like what they hear and often squawk. But there’s no question that we—and even they—are a whole lot better off for GAO’s work. GAO is relatively little known outside government. Even less well known is the fact that it’s an agency that works for Congress. That often is a thorn in the side of the administration, regardless of who’s in power, because GAO often says things the administration would rather not hear. That’s especially been the case in recent months with GAO’s findings that the administration has violated the law in impounding federal money—refusing to spend money that Congress appropriated. This was at the root of Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought’s statement that GAO “shouldn’t exist”.  The OMB Director doesn’t want anyone looking over their shoulder, just as  students don’t like to take home report cards that aren’t straight-A’s or spend their time in detention. But now that we’re closing in on the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence and celebrating the Constitution that the founders crafted to govern us, we need to strengthen the balance-of-powers model that Madison and the other founders left us. They deliberately chose not to give us an easy system to use in governing ourselves. That means the three branches of government are always going to be jousting with each other—and that’s how it should be. In the growing complexity of our society, we need governmental institutions that can keep up with that complexity. That means Congress, in turn, needs muscle to do the heavy lifting required to oversee the executive branch, whether it’s a Republican or Democratic Congress, or a Republican or Democratic President. That’s what Washington, Madison, Jefferson, Hamilton and the other founders had in mind. And that’s why the next month is so important. The current head of GAO, Comptroller General Gene Dodaro, will be at the end of his fifteen-year term, the longest term in the federal government except for the lifetime appointment of federal judges, and the process to name a successor will shift into high gear. A special commission—consisting of congressional leaders—recommends a slate of individuals to the president. The president selects one person to nominate, and the Senate must then confirm the new head. This appointment is a pretty big deal. It will ensure strong oversight through the 2030s into the 2040s and reinforce the balance of powers for even longer. GAO will provide the executive branch with the independent insights it needs to wring out waste, fraud and abuse. It is a tool that Congress can use to hold the executive branch accountable, essential because a weak GAO weakens the legislative branch. We all have a stake in making sure that GAO can provide the oversight the Constitution requires—and the balance of powers that they designed.)

HR  DIVE
— As major firms green-light AI for performance reviews, should others follow suit? Artificial intelligence promises efficiency and data-driven insights, but it could also subject employers to bias claims and compliance obligations, sources say. DD: Democrat and RINO employers use performance reviews to get rid of their Republican employees. They paint their Democrat employees as positively as they can and they paint  their Republican employees as negatively as they can. In Diersen v. GAO, I entered into the court record all the many performance reviews that my Democrat superiors gave me 1980-1997. None of them came close to justifying the many adverse actions that they took against me. They forced me to take a $23,472 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. They kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. They delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13. They always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. They forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.hrdive.com/news/AI-for-performance-reviews/806785/

PBS
— Trump says the word ‘affordability’ is a ‘con job’ by the Democrats
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS8IJgsOip8

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

GUARDIAN
— Chicago’s faith leaders on front lines of resistance against ICE crackdown. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly turn religious leaders against America.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/28/chicago-faith-leaders-ice-crackdown

Decenber 2, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Bailey speaks out after helicopter crash kills family members
https://abc7chicago.com/post/republican-illinois-governor-candidate-darren-bailey-speaks-montana-helicopter-crash-kills-family-members/18236452/

NBC5
— Bailey reflects on tragedy, his decision to continue gubernatorial run
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/darren-bailey-reflects-on-tragedy-his-decision-to-continue-gubernatorial-run/3857553/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG PICTURE: Bailey resumes his quest for Illinois governor
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/01/darren-bailey-resumes-quest-after-personal-tragedy/
— Before blaming CPD for overtime, look what this city has demanded of cops. DD: What overtime have you worked? While I worked for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969, I worked lots of overtime. I always volunteered to work Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/12/chicago-police-overtime-snelling-cpd-staffing/
— More CPS students are graduating high school, but finishing college is a challenge. DD: What helped you finish college? For me it included my parents’ providing me with room and board in their home in Crete and my part-time Park Forest Post Office job.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/02/cps-graudate-high-school-college/

SOUTHERN & NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Fired federal employee sues Trump in a case that could upend civil rights laws. In Diersen v. GAO, the 7th Circuit ruled that my Democrat GAO superiors had the power to force me to retire, that is, that they had the power to fire me, when I was 49 years old in 1997, because I was an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/12/01/immigration-judge-fired-by-trump-administration-files-lawsuit-claiming-discrimination/
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-12-01/fired-worker-sues-government-in-a-case-that-could-upend-civil-rights-laws
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Tania Nemer is one of dozens of immigration judges fired by the Trump administration this year. But a new lawsuit filed in Washington, D.C., suggests what happened to Nemer — and why — has the potential to scramble the federal workforce and upend foundational civil rights laws. Nemer alleges that despite top performance reviews, she was dismissed from her job because of her gender, her status as a dual citizen of Lebanon and the fact that she once ran for municipal office in Ohio as a Democrat. Those reasons, she says, are all in violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the First Amendment. The government has responded by arguing that the president’s power to oversee the executive branch under Article II of the U.S. Constitution essentially overrides that core civil rights law, Nemer’s attorney said.)

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE & ST. LOUIS TODAY & STATELINE
— DD: Democrat leaders crow about their success in making Illinois dependent on federal spending.
https://www.news-gazette.com/business/economy/capitol-news-illinois-report-trump-cuts-could-shrink-illinois-economy-by-10-billion/article_33b37a79-045d-4896-8fb2-09d88fee242b.html
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/illinois/article_c248bb2a-58c3-4ea0-b4f9-1cac8656261a.html
https://www.mystateline.com/news/illinois-faces-up-to-10b-in-losses-due-to-trump-budget-cuts/amp/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Dabrowski and the business crowd
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/12/02/dabrowski-draws-business-donors-00672368

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/12/02/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-639/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CHICAGO MORNING STAR
— Jeanne Ives Warns Chicago Is ‘Bankrupt’ Amid Debt Strain
https://chicagomorningstar.com/jeanne-ives-warns-chicago-is-bankrupt-amid-debt-strain/amp

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— When the Left Can’t Win Arguments… They Send Glitter
https://illinoisfamily.org/ifi_news/when-the-left-cant-win-arguments-they-send-glitter/

CHICAGO CONTRARIAN
— Chicago’s Billion-Dollar “Reform” Industry
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/chicago-billion-dollar-reform-industry

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise citizens of foreign countries. According to Democrat and RINO leaders, citizens of foreign countries come to America and stay in America only for good reasons. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— To vote for Democrats in Illinois is to drive out of Illinois, out of your county, out of your township, out of your municipality, out of your school district, and out of your precinct those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I am all of the aforesaid. I have lived in Illinois since 1948 and in DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and Wheaton-Warrenville School District 200 since 1978. I have lived in my precinct since 1984. My ancestors have been in America since 1844. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Who has been promoted over you? All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran. They all had less work experience than I had, less education than I had, no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. When I was 49 years old in 1997, they forced me to retire and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate who had less work experience than I had, who had less education than I had, who had one professional certification while I had six, and had no CPA license like the one I had. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— My critics/opponents want socialism. According to them, if had spent my career in the capitalist private sector instead of the socialist federal government, I never would have made $153,151/year in today’s dollars when I was 49 years old in 1997. What if I had spent my career in the capitalist private sector? I earned a bachelor’s degree in management. I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting and finance. I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I earned a CPA license. To advance in the socialist federal government, you have to be a Democrat. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What performance reviews have you gotten? In Diersen v. GAO, I entered into the court record all the many performance reviews that my Democrat superiors gave me 1980-1997. Not one of them came close to justifying the many adverse actions that they took against me. They forced me to take a $23,472 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. They kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. They delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13. They always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. They forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— The director of the Office of Management and Budget, Russell Vought, says that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) should not exist. I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE. A reformed GAO would not have wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. It would not have forced me to take a $23,472 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. It would not have kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. It would not have delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13. It would not have always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Have you been fired? In Diersen v. GAO, the 7th Circuit ruled that my Democrat GAO superiors had the power to force me to retire, that is, that they had the power to fire me, when I was 49 years old in 1997, because I was an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Socialism is popular, but government is still the problem. DD: According to my critics/opponents, they would be much better off under socialism.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/equality-not-elitism/3902494/socialism-popular-government-still-problem/
— The affordability panic is real. Republicans worsen it.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/courage-strength-optimism/3902785/affordability-panic-real-republicans-worsen-it/

NEW YORK POST
— Mamdani, Bernie Sanders join striking Starbucks workers
https://nypost.com/2025/12/01/us-news/zohran-mamdani-bernie-sanders-join-striking-starbucks-workers-as-city-approves-39m-deal/
— Trump says he would feel comfortable living in socialist Mamdani’s NYC. DD: According to my critics/opponents, they would be much better off under socialism.
https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-says-feel-comfortable-living-214542137.html
— New York released 7,000 illegal migrant criminals onto streets this year alone — including a machete-wielding maniac, a rapist and an attempted killer
https://nypost.com/2025/12/01/us-news/dhs-demands-leticia-james-hand-over-7000-illegal-migrant-criminals-new-york-is-holding/

BREITBART
— DHS: Sanctuary New York City Is Harboring 7,169 Criminal Illegal Aliens
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/12/01/dhs-sanctuary-new-york-city-is-harboring-7169-criminal-illegal-aliens/

FOX NEWS
— We have no idea how many illegals the Biden administration let in. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders do not just let illegals in, they invite them in.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6385828061112
— Elite NYC private schools may offer financial aid to parents earning up to $800,000
https://www.foxnews.com/media/elite-nyc-private-schools-may-offer-financial-aid-parents-earning-up-800000-report
— DD: Mamdani is the new face of the Democratic Party
https://www.aol.com/articles/republicans-push-mamdani-face-democratic-173838479.html
— DHS launches ‘Cyber Monday deal’ in retro 90s holiday ad: $1,000 for illegal immigrants who self-deport. CBP Home App allows immigrants to arrange free travel home along with $1,000 bonus. DD: Yes, but what about those who will immediately come back?
https://www.foxnews.com/us/dhs-launches-cyber-monday-deal-retro-90s-holiday-ad-1000-illegal-immigrants-self-deport

POST MILLENNIAL
— Trump admin fires 8 immigration judges in New York City
https://thepostmillennial.com/trump-admin-fires-8-immigration-judges-in-new-york-city

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— White House doubles down on mass deportation pledge in wake of National Guard shooting
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5628455-mass-deportations-trump-pledge/
— The director of the Office of Management and Budget, Russell Vought, says that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) should not exist. DD: I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE. A reformed GAO would not have wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. It would not have forced me to take a $23,472 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. It would not have kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. It would not have delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13. It would not have always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance.
https://www.aol.com/russ-vought-says-government-accountability-024659336.html

CNN
— Religious leaders sue to block ICE raids at houses of worship. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly turn religious leaders against America.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/01/world/video/religious-leaders-sue-to-block-ice-raids-at-houses-of-worship

CBS NEWS
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly paint Rahmanullah Lakanwal as being an exception.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rahmanullah-lakanwal-national-guard-shooting-suspect-vetting-immigration/

ABC NEW YORK
— Mamdani and Sanders join Starbucks picket line in Brooklyn
https://abc7ny.com/post/nyc-mayor-elect-zohran-mamdani-bernie-sanders-join-starbucks-picket-line-brooklyn/18236841/

NEW YORK DAILY SUN
— Two protestors who blocked ICE in lower Manhattan charged with felony assault as cops injured
https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/12/01/two-protestors-who-blocked-ice-in-lower-manhattan-charged-with-felony-assault-as-cops-injured/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Performance reviews. DD: In Diersen v. GAO, I entered into the court record all the many performance reviews that my Democrat superiors gave me 1980-1997. Not one of them came close to justifying the many adverse actions that they took against me. They forced me to take a $23,472 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. They kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. They delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13. They always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. They forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/workplace/performance-review-history-future-43f6f1a7

FORBES
— Why Goldman Sachs Is Paying $2 Billion To Buy Wheaton Based Bubble Protection Firm Innovator Capital
https://www.forbes.com/sites/hanktucker/2025/12/01/why-goldman-sachs-is-paying-2-billion-to-buy-bubble-protection-firm-innovator-capital/

POLITICO
— Poll: Capitalism is out … and socialism is in. DD: My critics/opponents want socialism. According to them, if had spent my career in the capitalist private sector instead of the socialist federal government, I never would have made $153,151/year in today’s dollars when I was 49 years old in 1997. What if I had spent my career in the capitalist private sector? I earned a bachelor’s degree in management. I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting and finance. I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I earned a CPA license. To advance in the socialist federal government, you have to be a Democrat.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/15/is-socialism-going-mainstream-a-new-poll-suggests-it-might-be-00564167

REASON
— Republican Socialism: Trump Is Taking Federal Stakes in Private Companies. The Trump administration’s pivot toward socialism did not come without warning. DD: Charles Bowsher came from Arthur Andersen to run GAO 1981 to 1996. According to his critics, he wanted to replace GAO with Arthur Andersen.
https://reason.com/2025/12/02/republican-socialism/
— Is Economic Anxiety Driving People to Socialism? DD: According to my critics/opponents, they would be much better off under socialism.
https://reason.com/podcast/2025/12/01/is-economic-anxiety-driving-people-to-socialism/

DAILY REPUBLIC
— Questioning military orders raises concerns. DD: I always followed all my Democrat superiors’ many orders to give preference to my subordinates who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, veteran, disabled, etc. But that was not enough for them.
https://www.dailyrepublic.com/opinion/letter-to-the-editor-questioning-military-orders-raises-concerns/article_6aa73254-469d-43ef-a0e4-27ec2be10118.html

PEOPLE
— Meet the Kids of Billionaire Tech Titans: From Steve Jobs’ Model Daughter to Jeff Bezos’ Rarely-Seen Son. DD: My critics/opponents had wealthy parents. I should write about them. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.aol.com/meet-kids-billionaire-tech-titans-153046325.html

PSYCHOLOGY TODAY
— Who gets hired and promoted in your company? DD: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran. They all had less work experience than I had, less education than I had, no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. When I was 49 years old in 1997, they forced me to retire and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate who had less work experience than I had, who had less education than I had, who had one professional certification while I had six, and had no CPA license like the one I had.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/ie/blog/platform-for-success/202512/the-meritocracy-paradox-pervades-most-companies

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

OXFORD ACADEMIC
— Too scared to share? Fear of social sanctions for political expression on social media. DD: I should write about my critics/opponents and the biggest adverse actions that they have taken against me because of my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.
https://academic.oup.com/jcmc/article/29/1/zmad041/7394121
(FROM THE ARTICLE: While social media provide opportunities for political expression, many people may be reluctant to share their opinions if they fear personal or professional repercussions for posting political views. Fear of social sanctions (FOSSs) therefore represents a promising approach to investigate why people often avoid expressing political opinions online. Using panel survey data collected during the 2020 U.S. election, this study examines the predictors of FOSSs, as well as its relationship with several forms of online political expression. Results indicate that the ideological diversity of people’s online networks fosters their FOSSs, which in turn is associated with decreases in several types of online political expression. Thus, FOSSs may be an important determinant in individuals’ calculations to express political opinions online and may also hinder lower commitment forms of political engagement. Social media allow people to publicly express their political views, but many say they do not take advantage of this opportunity because they are afraid that sharing their political opinions online could lead to negative consequences in their personal or professional lives, such as damaging their relationships with friends and family or jeopardizing their job. This study has two goals. First, we examine whether characteristics of people’s social media environments impact their fears about sharing their political views online. Second, we test whether fears about the social and professional consequences of sharing political views online actually make it less likely that people express their political opinions on social media. We find that people who have more politically diverse social media environments are more fearful of sharing their political views online. We also find that people who are more afraid of the social and professional consequences of sharing their political views on social media often engage in self-censorship, becoming less likely to share news or their political opinions online, including liking or commenting on political posts made by others. This suggests that fears about the negative consequences of sharing political views on social media can limit political expression online.)

December 1, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Trump says he would ‘absolutely’ denaturalize some citizens if he had the power
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-says-he-would-absolutely-denaturalize-citizens-had-power/18233913/

WTTW
— Chicago Spent $212M on Police Overtime So Far This Year, 6% More Than New Limit Set for 2026
https://news.wttw.com/2025/11/28/chicago-spent-212m-police-overtime-so-far-year-6-more-new-limit-set-2026

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— ‘Stop the steal’: Hundreds rally against redistricting as Indiana GOP unveils map
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/01/stop-the-steal-hundreds-rally-against-redistricting-as-indiana-gop-unveils-map/
— What do Illinois’ woes tell us about the future of higher education in America?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/01/opinion-columbia-college-university-of-chicago-enrollment-decline/
— Wheaton-based ETF firm Innovator sells to Goldman Sachs for $2 billion
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/01/goldman-sachs-innovator-capital-management/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Occupying an office building emblazoned with its name on Front Street in Wheaton, Innovator has quietly been doing big business in the quaint county seat of DuPage County, perhaps best known as the academic launching pad for evangelist Billy Graham, who attended Wheaton College.)

SPRINGFIUELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Executive Ethics Commissioner Patricia “Patty” Ann Schuh cited for driving under the influence
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/accident/2025/12/01/the-ethics-commissioner-was-cited-for-an-incident-at-veterans-parkway/87455278007/

SHAW LOCAL
— DD: Soon, under the Democrats, everyone in Illinois will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2025/11/27/northern-illinois-food-bank-sees-25-increase-in-need-higher-than-pandemic-times-this-holiday-season/

KFVS
— Medical Aid in Dying bill worries Illinois coroners
https://www.kfvs12.com/2025/11/22/medical-aid-dying-bill-worries-illinois-coroners/

IPM NEWSROOM
— DD: How dependent on federal spending is your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://ipmnewsroom.org/trump-cuts-could-shrink-illinois-economy-by-10b-report/

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/12/01/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-429/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— EV sales take a dive without taxpayer subsidies
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/1/ev-sales-take-dive-without-taxpayer-subsidies/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Democrat ‘leaders’ everywhere are running businesses and residents out of their states—why would anyone want them for president?
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/12/democrat_leaders_everywhere_are_running_businesses_and_residents_out_of_their_states_why_would_anyone_want_them_for_president.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
—  Elected officials among those obstructing ICE in NYC
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/12/01/well-do-it-every-single-time-elected-officials-among-those-obstructing-ice-in-nyc-1607269/

BLAZE
— Chicago school district lets children ditch class over ICE fears
https://www.theblaze.com/news/chicago-school-district-lets-children-ditch-class-over-ice-fears-report

DAILY WIRE
— Here Are Some Illegals Americans Can Be Thankful Are Off The Streets. Over 70% of ICE arrests have been of those with criminal histories.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/thanksgiving-arrests-here-are-some-illegals-americans-can-be-thankful-are-off-the-streets
— Mark Kelly Encourages Active Military To Question Orders In Real Time. Troops “may find out down the road that they did something that is illegal,” he claimed. DD: I always followed all my Democrat superiors’ many orders to give preference to my subordinates who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, veteran, disabled, etc. But that was not enough for them.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/mark-kelly-encourages-active-military-to-question-orders-in-real-time

NEWS BUSTERS
— DD: Democrat Leaders Promote Their Mob of Anti-ICE Activists Obstructing Enforcement in New York
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/brad-wilmouth/2025/12/01/ms-now-promotes-mob-anti-ice-activists-obstructing-enforcement

PJ MEDIA
— Over 7,000 Criminal Illegals in New York Jails
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/12/01/over-7k-criminal-illegals-in-new-york-jails-n4946588
— History of Jihad and Crusade
https://pjmedia.com/raymond-ibrahim/2025/12/01/the-history-of-jihad-and-crusade-with-victor-davis-hanson-n4946592

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Federal review finds 44% of US trucking schools don’t comply with government rules
https://apnews.com/article/commercial-drivers-license-trucking-california-pennsylvania-96fee86df4f9bfb0ef65af20da878a57

NEW YORK TIMES
— A Councilwoman Intervened During an ICE Arrest. Then She Faced the Voters. Months before the election, Etel Haxhiaj, a councilwoman in Worcester, Mass., was charged with assaulting an officer when she stood between the police and an immigrant family.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/us/etel-haxhiaj-ice-immigration-election-massachusetts.html
— Fine-Tune Your Feed and Get News You Can Use. Apps from Google, Apple and other companies let you customize your content so you’re always up to date on the matters you care about most. DD: I have been a news aggregator since 2000. Since 2005, my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters have contained links to almost 530,000 political and government news and commentary articles of interest to Illinois Republicans. My critics/opponents have always demonized, denigrated, and condemned a) the aforesaid articles and b) my comments on those articles. I should write about my critics/opponents. They destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and paise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money. They reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all conservative principles and planks in the Republican Party platform. Most commonly, they reject its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of clout and have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/technology/personaltech/apple-google-news-customize.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly make America more dependent on illegal labor.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/12/01/trump-chicago-immigration-economy/

BARRON’S
— The great majority of wealthy parents are giving their adult children financial support. DD: I had to work my way through college. After my father died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21, I helped support my mother and brother.
https://www.barrons.com/articles/wealthy-parents-have-turned-into-banks-for-their-children-why-thats-a-problem-f6f1878b

BUSINESS INSIDER
— 5 ways rich parents can stop their kids from wasting the family fortune. DD: I had to work my way through college. After my father died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21, I helped support my mother and brother.
https://www.businessinsider.com/kathleen-grace-family-fortune-generational-wealth-children-money-lessons-advice-2025-10

CAMPUS TIMES
— The problem with standardized testing. DD: What do you attribute your test taking success/failure to? Many if not most if not virtually all of those who failed the tests that I passed did not share my demographics. Because of that, according to my critics/opponents, the tests that I passed were biased against those who did not share my demographics. 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. I passed all the tests needed to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees. I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt. What should my test taking success be attributed too?
https://www.campustimes.org/2025/09/15/the-problem-with-standardized-testing/

FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Congress faces a packed December agenda and big decisions including the search for a new Comptroller General as Gene Dodaro retires. DD: Comptroller Generals a) work for Congress and b) run GAO. GAO audits the federal government. Democrats do not want Republicans to audit Democrats. I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997. They wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. They forced me to take a $23,472 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. They kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. They delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13. They always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/congress/2025/12/congress-faces-a-packed-december-agenda-and-big-decisions-on-healthcare-subsidies/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Gerton: One thing that’s got to be on lawmakers’ minds in December is the retirement of the comptroller general, the head of the government accountability office. Gene Dodaro’s term ends at the end of the month. What are you hearing in terms of the maneuvering and the nomination for his replacement? Miller: Well, I think there’s actually a lot of nervousness right now about what is going to happen with him. He has been a steady hand on the rudder, as you know, for close to fifteen years now, and there’s really a lot of discussion about how they’re going to get a successor to him. And frankly, it’s not really clear what’s going to happen. You have this panel of lawmakers that are supposed to nominate the next person, but they’re also looking for some guidance from the White House because that will have a big role in the type of person that replaces him. And the fact that this is, you know, one of the most prominent unelected positions in the federal government, the fact that this person is really responsible for rooting out waste, which Republicans have said they want to do and that they tried to do with DOGE, how much of a leash is the new head of GAO going to have? Will the White House go along with Republicans? We’ve seen Republicans starting to assert their own voice a little bit more, saying that they want some independence here, or will the White House crush that and say, you know, President Trump says I want this person and we’re gonna put them in? So I think we’re going to see a lot of maneuvering here in the next few weeks because he will be gone, as you know, later in the month. Gerton: Do you think it’s an opportunity for Congress to push back or take back some of its authority? GAO is their oversight body. Miller: Right, exactly. I think there is because whether they’re Republican or Democrat, I think the institutionalists, at least, believe that this type of leadership is necessary. And there’s no question about it, whatever political stripe you’re from, this office does root out a substantial amount of waste. I mean, they talk about something along the lines of a $160 billion in the past year. And so also these lawmakers, let’s not forget, when they’re leading various committees or subcommittees, they rely on the GAO for investigations to try to find out what do we need to fix. Everybody’s talking about what needs to be done to make federal government better. Well, this is perfectly an example of where you find the areas where there are problems that the GAO identifies and then Congress can act and react and create legislation.)

REASON
— To the Socialists of All Parties. DD: My critics/opponents promote dependency on government, that is, they promote socialism.
https://reason.com/2025/12/01/to-the-socialists-of-all-parties/

NIEMAN LAB
— Why people choose not to share news. DD: I should write about a) my critics/opponents, b) the articles they do not want anyone to read, and c) why they do not want anyone to read them. I would focus on those who continue to punish me for my including links in my newsletters to articles that they do not like.
https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/why-people-choose-not-to-share-news/

BAIN & COMPANY
— Degrees are not destiny—nearly half of college graduates earn less than a living wage. DD: In today’s dollars, while I only had a bachelor’s degree in management, my salary increased from about $50,000/year to about $100,000/year. After I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, earned master’s degree in accounting, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, became a licensed CPA, earned four more job-related professional certifications, and earned a master’s degree in finance, my salary increased to about $153,000year.
https://www.bain.com/insights/educated-but-underprepared-closing-the-career-readiness-gap/

POLITICO
— Indiana House releases draft congressional map that could net Republicans 2 seats
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/01/indiana-house-proposed-redistricting-map-00671228

December 1, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Aurora expands number of gambling machines allowed in local businesses. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more vice.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/28/aurora-expands-number-of-gambling-machines-allowed-in-local-businesses/

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: DD: Under the Democrats, more and more and more people are in need.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251130/news/people-helping-people-west-suburban-community-pantry-nourishes-connections/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump issues White House invitation to families of the two National Guard members who were shot
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-west-virginia-high-school-remembers-slain-national-guard-member-as-caring-and-willing-to-help/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Council power play could reshape Chicago budget
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/12/01/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-638/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Who disapproves of Trump? Those who want more a) welfare, b) LGBTQ, c) abortion, d) mass/illegal immigration, e) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, f) diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and/or g) Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, more race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. Most commonly, those who want the aforesaid are a) non-rich, b) LGBTQ, c) female and/or unmarried, d) noncitizen and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, e) liberal/moderate, f) pro-criminal, and/or g) minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, and/or non-German American. How does Marjorie Taylor Greene fit in with the aforesaid? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Duckworth ever-increasingly calls those who do not share her demographics unqualified. That is, she ever-increasingly calls those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-disabled, Protestant, and/or German American unqualified. Because I am all of the aforesaid, she would certainly call me unqualified. She would stress that I avoided the Vietnam War draft. She would have fought the Post Office hiring me in 1966 instead of someone who shared her demographics. She would have fought IRS hiring me in 1971 and promoting me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 instead of those who shared her demographics. She would have fought GAO hiring me in 1980 and promoting me in 1986 instead of those who shared her demographics. She would stress that my wife and I gave up trying to have children without trying IVF. She would have applauded my Democrat Post Office, IRS and GAO superiors wasting my career. She would especially applaud my Democrat GAO superiors’ forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 and giving my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had one professional certification while I had six, and had no professional license like the one (CPA) I had. In my defense, I would stress to Duckworth that 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. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— From which college did you earn your degree? What does that college think of you today? I earned a bachelor’s degree from NIU in 1970 and master’s degrees from Loyola in 1976, DePaul in 1980, and IIT in 1997. Since then, they all have moved dramatically to the left. Therefore, because I continue to be on the right, their opinions of me would be down. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Who do you know who is a news aggregator? I have been a news aggregator since 2000. Since 2005, my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters have contained links to almost 530,000 political and government news and commentary articles of interest to Illinois Republicans. My critics/opponents have always demonized, denigrated, and condemned a) the aforesaid articles and b) my comments on those articles. I should write about my critics/opponents. They destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and paise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money. They reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all conservative principles and planks in the Republican Party platform. Most commonly, they reject its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of clout and have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.  – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Socialists, that is, Democrats, want government to hand out: free housing, free food, free clothing, free medical care, free education, free transportation, and free everything. According to socialists, that is, according to Democrats, governments can and should do the aforesaid because Republicans can easily afford to pay for the aforesaid because Republicans are filthy rich and because they are filthy rich because they exploit Democrats who are liberal, 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. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— My critics/opponents had wealthy parents who bought them cars, paid their college expenses, and got them good jobs. They use my not getting any scholarships against me. They use my having to work my way through college against me. They use my not having an Ivy League degree against me. They use my having been a federal employee against me. I should write about my critics/opponents. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— I have been the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000. I should write about my critics/opponents. They have always done everything that they could to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and to stop everyone from reading them. They blame me and blame my newsletters for all the defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. Previously, they blamed what I did as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007 and as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012 and as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks 2005-2019. My critics/opponents do not blame leaders of the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), or Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) for defeats that Republican candidates have suffered. I should write about those IRP, DCRCC, and MTRO leaders who have blamed me and blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for all the defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What entitlements do you get? Of course, my critics/opponents call my Civil Service Retirement System pension and my 72% federal health insurance subsidy outrageously excessive entitlements. In my defense, I would not have become postal employee when I was 18 years old in 1966 if my high school friend had not asked me to take the postal employment test with him. I would not have become an IRS employee when I was 22 years old in 1971 if Oldsmobile had not agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. Because of that agreement, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted. Because I had accepted that offer, my Firestone Store boss rudely fired me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Have you defied orders? I have not. All those who my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors assigned me to supervise were Democrat, minority, female, younger, veteran, disabled, non-Protestant, non-German American, had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, and/or had performance problems. I never defied orders to give them preference. I gave them lots of preference. But that was not enough for my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors. I did object to my Democrat superiors’ political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. I did become an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Who will Trump pick to be the next Comptroller General, that is, who will Trump pick to be the next head of GAO?  SEE: https://www.aei.org/op-eds/senate-and-trump-on-a-collision-course-over-the-leadership-of-the-gao/  I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997. During that time, if Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE and I might still be working for GAO. If Gingrich had reformed GAO, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to a) force me to take a $23,472 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, b) keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, c) delay my promotions and not promote me beyond GS-13, d) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and e) force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do you attribute your test taking success/failure to? Many if not most if not virtually all of those who failed the tests that I passed did not share my demographics. Because of that, according to my critics/opponents, the tests that I passed were biased against those who did not share my demographics. 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 passed all the tests needed to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees. I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt. What should my test taking success be attributed too? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

NEW YORK POST
— Hochul backtracks, admits to ‘having conversations’ with Mamdani’s team about free NYC buses. DD: Socialists, that is, Democrats, want government to hand out: free housing, free food, free clothing, free medical care, free education, free transportation, and free everything. According to socialists, that is, according to Democrats, governments can and should do the aforesaid because Republicans can easily afford to pay for the aforesaid because Republicans are filthy rich and because they are filthy rich because they exploit Democrats who are liberal, 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.aol.com/news/hochul-backtracks-admits-having-conversations-145842126.html
— Largest US teachers’ union to host training that attacks Republicans as ‘racist and transphobic’
https://www.aol.com/articles/largest-us-teachers-union-host-191800627.html

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Why Have Asylum Grant Rates Been Plummeting? DD: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Asylum seekers should be advised that Democrat leaders will get rid of them if they do not happily become soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://cis.org/Report/Why-Have-Asylum-Grant-Rates-Been-Plummeting

FOX NEWS
— Want wokeness out of schools? End woke teacher training.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/want-wokeness-out-schools-end-woke-teacher-training
— Democrats who encouraged military to defy ‘illegal orders’ are ‘DESPICABLE.’ DD: Have you defied orders? I have not. All those who my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors assigned me to supervise were Democrat, minority, female, younger, veteran, disabled, non-Protestant, non-German American, had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, and/or had performance problems. I never defied orders to give them preference. I gave them lots of preference. But that was not enough for my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors. I did object to my Democrat superiors’ political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. I did become an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIQHWjtb4ak

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Trump’s Approval Strong With Republicans Despite Dustup With Marjorie Taylor Greene
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/11/trumps-approval-strong-with-republicans-despite-dustup-with-marjorie-taylor-greene/

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— The World According to JB Pritzker
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/12/01/the_world_according_to_jb_pritzker_153584.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for the high cost of healthcare. The more illegals, the higher the cost of healthcare.
https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/5624105-healthcare-affordability-concerns-rise/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— A Lost Generation of News Consumers? Survey Shows How Teenagers Dislike the News Media. The profession hasn’t been popular among adults for many years, but a new survey shows the extent to which teens aged 13 to 18 feel the same way. DD: I have been the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000. I should write about my critics/opponents. They have always done everything that they could to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and to stop everyone from reading them. They blame me and blame my newsletters for all the defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. Previously, they blamed what I did as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007 and as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012 and as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks 2005-2019. My critics/opponents do not blame leaders of the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), or Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) for defeats that Republican candidates have suffered. I should write about those IRP, DCRCC, and MTRO leaders who have blamed me and blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for all the defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000.
https://buckscountybeacon.com/2025/11/a-lost-generation-of-news-consumers-survey-shows-how-teenagers-dislike-the-news-media/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Asked by the News Literacy Project for one word to describe today’s news media, 84% of teens responded with something negative — “biased,” “crazy,” “boring,” “fake, ”bad,” “depressing,” “confusing,” “scary.” More than half of the teens surveyed believe journalists regularly engage in unethical behaviors like making up details or quotes in stories, paying sources, taking visual images out of context or doing favors for advertisers. Less than a third believe reporters correct their errors, confirm facts before reporting them, gather information from multiple sources or cover stories in the public interest — practices ingrained in the DNA of reputable journalists. To some degree, teens reflect the attitudes they’re exposed to, particularly when the most prominent politician of their age has made “fake news” a mantra. Experts say few teens follow news regularly or learn in school about the purpose of journalism. Journalists don’t help themselves with mistakes or ethical lapses that make headlines. Opinionated reporters or commentators in an era of political division make readers wonder what to believe. “Some of this (attitude) is earned, but much of it is based on misperception,” said Peter Adams, senior vice president of research and design for the Washington-based News Literacy Project. There are ways to turn things around, but it will take work. Many of Lily Ogburn’s classmates get their information from social media. Their parents didn’t watch or read news reports as they grew up, so they didn’t pick up the habit, said Ogburn, a senior at Northwestern University’s journalism school. Ogburn is the former editor-in-chief at the well-regarded Daily Northwestern student newspaper. The newspaper’s 2023 reports on alleged hazing and racism within the school’s football program led to the ouster of its coach. Still, she found some students don’t understand the newspaper’s role; they believe it exists to protect people in power rather than hold them accountable. She frequently had to explain what she did to classmates. “There’s a lot of mistrust toward journalists,” she said. But it has firmed her resolve to stick with the profession. “I want to be a journalist that people trust,” Ogburn said, “and I want to report news that makes people believe and trust in the media.” The news industry’s financial troubles over the past two decades have hollowed out newsrooms and left fewer journalists on duty. Along with not seeing much legitimate journalism, young people frequently don’t experience it through popular culture — unlike a previous generation, which learned in detail how Washington Post reporters Robert Woodward and Carl Bernstein exposed the Watergate scandal in the Academy Award-winning movie “All the President’s Men.” When the News Literacy Project asked, two-thirds of teens couldn’t think of anything when asked what movies or TV shows come to mind when they think about journalism. Those who had answers most frequently cited the “Spider-Man” franchise or the movie “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy.” Neither portrayal was particularly flattering. Upon retiring as editor of Newsday, Howard Schneider helped develop the State University of New York system’s first School of Journalism. But instead of teaching future writers, editors or producers, he became drawn to teaching non-journalists about being news consumers. Now the executive director of SUNY Stony Brook’s Center for News Literacy, Schneider wasn’t surprised about any of the recent survey’s findings, either. “The negativity, the feeling that news is biased, is just a reflection of how their parents feel,” Schneider said. “The more exposed to news, legitimate news, the more their attitudes turn positive.” He has developed news literacy programs for school districts. “Students will say, ‘I get my news from YouTube,’” he said. “I say, ‘No, you don’t,’” and explains where the news originates and how to be discerning about what they see.)

NEWSWEEK
— 5 Polls That Spell Trouble for Donald Trump and the Republicans
https://www.newsweek.com/5-polls-trouble-donald-trump-republicans-11131436

CBS NEWS
— Bay Area Afghan community pushes back against immigration pause
https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/bay-area-afghan-community-immigration-pause-reaction/

USA TODAY
— NYC, Seattle just chose socialist mayors. Wake up, America. Mamdani and Katie Wilson have put a shiny bow on their socialist ideas, and voters bought it. It’s baffling that Americans are falling for such a dangerous ideology.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/12/01/nyc-seattle-mayor-socialism-communism-voters/87466673007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Cubicles DD: My Black Democrat CPA GAO subordinate was furious that he was in a cubicle and I had a preferred corner office. When I was 49 years old in 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to resign and gave him my office. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the CPA license I had.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/workplace/robert-propst-inventor-cubicle-work-6c170bed
— Americans’ Long Love/Hate Relationship With Work. DD: While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, because of GAO’s mission, my GAO job was ever-increasingly the focus of my life.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/america-relationship-work-6725be38
— The College Students Who Can’t Do Elementary Math. A top-rated public university says many of its students can’t round numbers or add fractions. DD: My biggest career mistake was not making accounting my bachelor degree major and my first graduate degree major. I wrongly believed that because I was not strong in math, I could never pass the CPA examination. But after I started taking graduate accounting courses and the Becker CPA review, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 in 1979. But by then, the accounting profession considered me to be far too old to have a successful career in accounting. The profession would not have done that if I had been a minority or  a female.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-college-students-who-cant-do-elementary-math-2db5e549

BLOOMBERG
— Trump Says He Has Picked His Replacement For Powell. DD: Who will Trump pick to be the next Comptroller General, that is, who will Trump pick to be the next head of GAO?  SEE: https://www.aei.org/op-eds/senate-and-trump-on-a-collision-course-over-the-leadership-of-the-gao/  I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997. During that time, if Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE and I might still be working for GAO. If Gingrich had reformed GAO, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to a) force me to take a $23,472 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, b) keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, c) delay my promotions and not promote me beyond GS-13, d) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and e) force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-30/fed-contender-hassett-says-market-is-ready-for-trump-chair-pick

BARRON’S
— Trump’s Approval Rating Drops to Lowest of Second Term
https://www.barrons.com/livecoverage/sundayshows1130/card/trump-s-approval-rating-drops-to-lowest-of-second-term-QT5J54ukNny8cDXHi6kS

MIT SLOAN
— To Reform Meritocracy, Put Character at the Center. Organizations that aspire to hire and advance employees based on merit should consider character, not just skills or performance. DD: To advance Democrats and RINOs, Democrat and RINO leaders replace objective criteria with subjective criteria.
https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/to-reform-meritocracy-put-character-at-the-center/

BROWN DAILY HERALD
— Skipping college for a white-collar job can’t end well. DD: My father had a white-collar job. My father often decried his not having a college degree. He was discouraged from getting a college degree because he had brittle type 1 diabetes. The argument was that the stress would kill him.
https://www.browndailyherald.com/article/2025/12/vishwakarma-29-skipping-college-for-a-white-collar-job-cant-end-well

NATION
— DD: Illinois Democrat leaders fight for criminals. Illinois Republican leaders fight for victims of criminals.
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/cash-bail-reform-illinois/#

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

FINANCIAL TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for the high cost of healthcare. The more illegals, the higher the cost of healthcare.
https://www.ft.com/content/beec76df-8e6d-4238-bae2-e51683b62aa4

INDIA TODAY
— Got zero help from parents: Nikki Haley’s son fires back at nepo baby jibes. DD: My critics/opponents had wealthy parents who bought them cars, paid their college expenses, and got them good jobs. They use my not getting any scholarships against me. They use my having to work my way through college against me. They use my not having an Ivy League degree against me. They use my having been a federal employee against me. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/us-news/story/got-zero-help-nikki-haley-son-nalin-fires-back-at-nepo-baby-jibes-spoiled-brat-gen-z-republican-julianna-us-politics-2828699-2025-12-01

PRESS GAZETTE
— Top 50 English-language news sites in the world in October 2025. DD: Who do you know who is a news aggregator? I have been a news aggregator since 2000. Since 2005, my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters have contained links to almost 530,000 political and government news and commentary articles of interest to Illinois Republicans. My critics/opponents have always demonized, denigrated, and condemned a) the aforesaid articles and b) my comments on those articles. I should write about my critics/opponents. They destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and paise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money. They reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all conservative principles and planks in the Republican Party platform. Most commonly, they reject its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of clout and have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://pressgazette.co.uk/media-audience-and-business-data/media_metrics/most-popular-websites-news-world-monthly-2/

HR NEWS
— 6 Ways to Reduce Bias in Skills Based Hiring DD: What do you attribute your test taking success/failure to? Many if not most if not virtually all of those who failed the tests that I passed did not share my demographics. Because of that, according to my critics/opponents, the tests that I passed were biased against those who did not share my demographics. 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 passed all the tests needed to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees. I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt. What should my test taking success be attributed too?
https://hrnews.co.uk/6-ways-to-reduce-bias-in-skills-based-hiring-2025-guide/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Test systems regularly for disparate impact across demographics)

November 30, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Nonpartisan think tank identifies Illinois’ most effective state legislators
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/11/30/kelly-cassidy-sue-rezin-jb-pritzker-transgender-nuclear-nonpartisan-think-tank-identifies-illinois-most-effective-state-legislators

FOX32
— Slight majority of Illinoisans approve of Pritzker as he seeks third term. DD: Who approves of Pritzker? Those who are anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-married people, anti-non-poor people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-jb-pritzker-poll-nov-25

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for health care costs.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/for-republicans-its-crunch-time-on-health-care/
— Lawmakers voice support for congressional reviews of Trump’s military strikes on boats
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-lawmakers-voice-support-for-congressional-reviews-of-trumps-military-strikes-on-boats/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Sen. Mark Kelly calls Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ‘unqualified’ amid video probe. DD: My Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates hinted/implied that was not qualified to be promoted to GS-9 (currently $68,315/year) when I was 23 years old in 1972, to GS-11 (currently $82,655/year) when I was 24, and to GS-12 (currently $99,069/year) when I was 25. But most of my Democrat coworkers were also promoted that fast. Further, unlike my coworkers, I was taking graduate evening business courses at Loyola. Further, they were furious that I had been selected for a high-profile developmental assignment instead of a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran. My Democrat superiors soon got rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me those three times and had given me that assignment. They disallowed my travel vouchers and education expenses and made it clear that they would never promote me to GS-13.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/30/mark-kelly-arizona-senator-calls-defense-secretary-pete-hegseth/
— Democrats’ crime policies are suicidal
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/30/democrats-crime-policies-suicidal/

NEW YORK POST
— White House names and shames ‘biased’ news outlets and reporters with new website
https://nypost.com/2025/11/30/us-news/white-house-names-and-shames-biased-news-outlets-and-reporters-with-new-website/
— Over 5K Afghan migrants flagged on ‘national security’ grounds since 2021
https://nypost.com/2025/11/29/us-news/more-than-5000-afghan-migrants-flagged-on-national-security-grounds-since-2021-document-reveals/
— Mamdani-linked PAC offered Hispanic business leader job, seat on transition team if he raised $1M in 3 days
https://nypost.com/2025/11/29/us-news/mamdani-linked-pac-allegedly-offered-hispanic-business-leader-job-seat-on-transition-team-if-he-raised-1m-in-3-days/
— Americans are rightly waking up — much of higher education is now a scam
https://nypost.com/2025/11/30/opinion/more-americans-are-realizing-a-four-year-degree-is-an-expensive-scam/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Ken Burns Rejects Factual Revolutionary History In Favor Of The 1619 Project
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/11/ken_burns_rejects_factual_revolutionary_history_in_favor_of_the_1619_project_comments.html

BREITBART
— Critical Race Theorists Sneak Back into Red States Through ‘Media Literacy’ Campaign
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2025/11/30/report-critical-race-theorists-sneak-back-into-red-states-through-media-literacy-campaign/

DAILY SIGNAL
— The Left Goes Neo-Confederate on Immigration
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/10/31/the-left-goes-neo-confederate-on-immigration/

LAW ENFOREMENT TODAY
— Connecticut Teachers’ Union Teams Up With Anti-ICE Activists While Test Scores Plummet
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/connecticut-teachers-union-teams-up-with-anti-ice-activists-while-test-scores-plummet

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Indiana Reignites Redistricting Battle After Trump Lights a Fire Under Republican Leadership
https://www.westernjournal.com/red-state-reignites-redistricting-battle-trump-lights-fire-republican-leadership/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NBC NEWS
— Noem says National Guard shooting suspect was ‘radicalized’ in the U.S.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/kristi-noem-radicalized-dc-national-guard-asylum-shooting-rcna246477
— Noem says all asylum claims in U.S. to be reviewed
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/shorts/sec-kristi-noem-says-all-asylum-claims-in-u-s-will-be-reviewed-253308485914

CBS NEWS
— Immigration advocates hold another rally in NYC, criticize NYPD
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/video/immigration-advocates-hold-another-rally-in-nyc-criticize-nypd/

CNN
— Musk spotlights cost of federal entitlements amid fear of cuts to programs
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/11/politics/musk-federal-entitlements-costs

NEW YORK TIMES
— Protesters Arrested After Trying to Block a Possible ICE Raid
https://www.nytimes.com/video/nyregion/100000010555061/protesters-arrested-after-trying-to-block-a-possible-ice-raid.html

USA TODAY
— Trump’s approval rating hits second-term low as Republican support dips. DD: My critics/opponents have always focused on driving my approval rating down. Since 1999, they have focused on Republican voters, precinct committeemen, candidates, elected officials, and party leaders in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. Since 2000, they have focused on GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter readers and potential readers.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/29/trump-approval-rating-low-gallup/87524482007/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Trump calls Democrats ‘traitors’ for urging military to ‘refuse illegal orders.’ DD: All those who my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors assigned me to supervise were Democrat, minority, female, younger, veteran, disabled, non-Protestant, non-German American, had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, and/or had performance problems. I never refused orders to give them preference. I gave them lots of preference. But that was not enough for my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors.
https://www.aol.com/news/trump-calls-democrats-traitors-urging-214915264.html

PHILADELPHIA TRIBUNE
— Refusing illegal orders is a dilemma for U.S. troops. DD: All those who my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors assigned me to supervise were Democrat, minority, female, younger, veteran, disabled, non-Protestant, non-German American, had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, and/or had performance problems. I never refused orders to give them preference. I gave them lots of preference. But that was not enough for my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors.
https://www.phillytrib.com/commentary/refusing-illegal-orders-is-a-dilemma-for-u-s-troops/article_5d126839-c765-4bb7-b9af-c7d6ea73994b.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— About That Trump-Mamdani Love-In
https://www.wsj.com/video/series/journal-editorial-report/wsj-opinion-about-that-trump-mamdani-love-in/67E92381-F2C4-4A7F-A7DC-DE73985CCEBC

BEST COLLEGES
— 58 Companies That Pay for College With Tuition Reimbursement. DD: I paid lots of my money 1966-1997 to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree (management), three job-related masters (business, accounting, and finance), six job-related professional certifications (accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic Accounting), and a job-related professional license (CPA). Except for some small token amounts, none of it was reimbursed. I worked for the Democrats who ran the Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997. Worse yet, to get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my graduate business and accounting courses even though the employee manual they gave me strongly encouraged me to take those courses. They falsely arguing that the courses were not job-related, did not maintain or improve my job skills, qualified me for a new trade or business, and were taken by me to get a job in the private sector. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.
https://www.bestcolleges.com/news/analysis/2021/09/16/top-companies-offering-tuition-reimbursement/

TIME
— New Yorkers Foil Large-Scale ICE Raid
https://time.com/7337578/ice-raid-new-york-mamdani/

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

JAPAN TIMES
— Protesters disrupt federal immigration operation in Manhattan
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/30/world/protesters-disrupt-federal-immigration/

November 28, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— What to know about so-called downtown Chicago ‘teen takeovers.’ DD: How soon will Democrat teens takeover public areas in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/11/28/what-to-know-about-so-called-downtown-chicago-teen-takeovers
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/lgbtq/2025/11/27/community-members-find-comfort-with-chosen-family-at-center-on-halsteds-thanksgiving-meal

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Under the Democrats, soon, everyone will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/27/daywatch-families-on-snap-celebrate-thanksgiving-amid-uncertainty/
— Trump criticizes program that brought Afghan refugees to US
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/27/trump-criticizes-program-afghan-refugees-taliban/

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage County passes new budget with $18 million for ‘Sustainability Initiative.’ DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251127/news/dupage-county-passes-new-budget-with-18-million-for-sustainability-initiative/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: DuPage County will begin its new fiscal year with a balanced spending plan that includes funding to address food insecurity and housing affordability while supporting mental health initiatives and community services.)

RIVER BENDER
— Federal judge expands access to bond hearings for detained immigrants nationwide. DD: I wanted a jury trial in Diersen v. GAO, but Democrat and RINO judges and justices denied that, that is, they denied me my 7th Amendment rights. I sued GAO in 1998. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf  GAO never succeeded in getting the courts to dismiss my lawsuit. But GAO did succeed in getting the courts to grant GAO summary judgment, that is, GAO succeeded in getting the courts to deny me my 7th Amendment rights. GAO hinted/implied/argued/shouted that no jury would ever rule in my favor. I have very bad jury appeal. I am conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America since 1844. How bad is your jury appeal?
https://www.riverbender.com/topnews/details.cfm?id=499063

NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrats and RINOs glorify and praise anyone and everyone who wants to come to America.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-11-28/trump-vows-to-permanently-pause-migration-from-poor-nations-in-social-media-screed
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-11-28/the-dot-says-it-wants-to-make-trucking-safer-but-some-see-an-immigration-raid

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Chicago tenant groups call for eviction moratorium amid ICE raids. DD: Are/were you a landlord? I was a landlord 1976-1984 because I could not sell my University Park townhome unless I took a big loss.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_90331baf-5a99-4ff5-819d-2d9e3059c854.html

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Federal aid feeds over 1M Illinois families this Thanksgiving. DD: Under the Democrats, soon, everyone will be a) having out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/federal-aid-feeds-over-1m-illinois-families-this-thanksgiving/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Thankful that Democrats aren’t in charge
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/27/thankful-democrats-arent-charge/
— More incumbent House Democrats hit with primary challenges from younger socialist candidates
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/27/incumbent-house-democrats-hit-primary-challenges-younger-socialist/
— Court upholds $1 million fine for Trump’s ‘frivolous’ Hillary Clinton lawsuit. DD: I sued GAO in 1998. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf  GAO never succeeded in getting the court to dismiss my lawsuit. But GAO did succeed in getting the court to grant GAO summary judgment, that is, GAO succeeded in getting the court to deny me my 7th Amendment right to a jury trial. GAO hinted/implied/argued/shouted that no jury would ever rule in my favor. I have very bad jury appeal. I am conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America since 1844.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TS0vkuHaPKU

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Homeland Security Thanksgiving video offers ‘No second helpings for illegal aliens’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3901253/homeland-security-video-no-second-helpings-illegal-aliens/

NEW YORK POST
— Lefty politicians for months have loudly condemned the deployment of National Guard troops in crime-ridden Democrat-run cities as “authoritarian” and an “invasion” leading up to Wednesday’s heinous ambush attack that left two guardsmen fighting for their lives.
https://nypost.com/2025/11/26/us-news/dc-national-guard-shooting-follows-months-of-democrats-stoking-fear-about-an-invasion/
— Mamdani’s radical-rich transition team bodes ill for public safety. DD: Under the Democrats, crime will ever-increasingly increase. What are you doing to protect your personal safety?
https://nypost.com/2025/11/27/opinion/zohran-mamdanis-radical-rich-transition-team-bodes-ill-for-public-safety/
— Mamdani says Trump is still a ‘fascist, despot’
https://www.aol.com/articles/zohran-mamdani-says-trump-still-150105762.html
— DC National Guard shooting follows months of Democrats’ stoking fear about military ‘invasion’
https://nypost.com/2025/11/26/us-news/dc-national-guard-shooting-follows-months-of-democrats-stoking-fear-about-an-invasion/
— Pam Bondi rips ‘progressive left idiots’ for fueling hatred towards National Guard
https://nypost.com/2025/11/27/us-news/pam-bondi-rips-progressive-left-idiots-for-fueling-hatred-towards-national-guard/
— Biden’s messy Operation Allies Welcome program failed to monitor Afghans entering US, damning report found
https://nypost.com/2025/11/27/us-news/bidens-operation-allies-welcome-program-failed-to-monitor-afghans-entering-us-report/
— GOP lawmakers long warned of security risks of Biden-era Afghan resettlement program used by alleged National Guard shooter
https://nypost.com/2025/11/26/us-news/gop-lawmakers-long-warned-of-security-risks-of-biden-era-afghan-resettlement-program-used-by-alleged-national-guard-shooter/
— Let’s give thanks — for not living under socialism
https://nypost.com/2025/11/27/opinion/lets-give-thanks-for-not-living-under-socialism/

AMERICAN THINKER
— The highway’s hidden hazards
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/11/the_highway_s_hidden_hazards.html

BREITBART
— ICE Continues to Arrest Violent Illegal Migrants in Chicago
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/11/27/ice-continues-to-arrest-violent-illegal-migrants-in-chicago/amp/
— There’s no reason to let unvetted people from hotbeds of terrorism into America unless you want a terror attack, right? There’s no reason to fight tooth and nail against deportations unless you want undesirables in the country, right? There’s no reason to relentlessly smear National Guardsmen trying to keep the peace as Nazis who will shoot civilians and follow illegal orders unless you want them murdered, right?
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/11/27/nolte-on-this-thanksgiving-democrats-are-grateful-two-national-guardsmen-got-shot-by-an-afghan-refugee/amp/

CAMPUS REFORM
— New rankings score colleges on merit, academic rigor, free speech. DD: My getting four college degrees did not turn me into a Democrat. I majored in business, accounting, and finance.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/new-rankings-score-colleges-merit-academic-rigor-free-speech/28937

CATHOLIC NEWS AGENCY
— U.S. lawmakers introduce bill to protect medical residents from coercive abortion training
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/268109/prince-albert-ii-of-monaco-blocks-legalization-of-abortion-citing-catholic-identity

DAILY CALLER
— Legacy Media Goes From Ignoring To Endorsing Illegal Immigrant Crime.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/11/27/migrant-criminal-illegal-nascimento-blair-orville-etoria-romeo-perez-bravo-dan-kluver/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Chicago Train Burning Shows How Too Much Leniency to the Guilty Is Cruelty to the Innocent
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/11/26/chicago-train-burning-shows-how-too-much-leniency-guilty-cruelty-innocent/

DAILY WIRE
— Trump Admin Invites Illegal Immigrants To Use the CBP Home app to Head Home For The Holidays By Self-Deporting.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-invites-illegal-immigrants-to-get-home-for-the-holidays-by-self-deporting
— Thanksgiving Under Siege: Choose Gratitude Over Woke Outrage. Thanksgiving is about more than a history lesson—it’s about what makes America … well, America.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/thanksgiving-under-siege-choose-gratitude-over-woke-outrage

FOX NEWS
— National Guard member Sarah Beckstrom dead after DC shooting: ‘Highly respected.’  The second wounded service member, Andrew Wolfe, 24, is still ‘fighting for his life.’
https://www.foxnews.com/us/national-guard-member-sarah-beckstrom-dead-after-dc-shooting-highly-respected
— Former agent says Afghan evacuee vetting was a ‘free-for-all.’ Ex-FBI special agent explains Afghan vetting failures in wake of National Guard ambush: ‘Ticking time bomb.’  Tens of thousands of Afghans were evacuated to the U.S. in the wake of the withdrawal and subsequent Taliban takeover of the country.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/ex-fbi-special-agent-explains-afghan-vetting-failues-wake-national-guard-ambush-ticking-time-bomb
— Cook County in Illinois establishes permanent guaranteed income program
https://www.foxnews.com/media/cook-county-illinois-establishes-permanent-guaranteed-income-program

NEWSMAX
— Asylum System Exploited by Fraud
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/todd-lyons-asylum-somalia/2025/11/27/id/1236307/

OPM
— Annual headcount plans. DD: I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997. They gave headcount plans, that is, they gave hit lists, to the managers they sent to run GAO’s Chicago office. Of course, I was on all those lists. The more of the following that employees were, the higher that they were on those lists: Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who had been in America for a long time. I am all of the aforesaid. I never would have survived until 1997 if I had not a) earned three job-related master’s degrees, b) earned six job-related professional certifications, and c) earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.opm.gov/news/secrets-of-opm/everyone-has-a-plan-until-you-step-into-the-ring/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: For most of this year, the government has been operating under a series of hiring initiatives. Most notably, the president set a target of four reductions for every one new hire into government. We exceeded this goal – the government hired roughly 68,000 people this year, while approximately 317,000 employees left the government. . .First, we want to make sure the government has the right talent focused on the key priorities of the administration and that we are eliminating wasteful taxpayer expenses in areas that are inefficient, no longer required, or in direct contradiction of administration priorities. Simply put, we want agencies to focus their headcount resources on the most critical objectives that deliver maximum value to the taxpayer.)

TURNING POINT USA
— New Report Ranks Universities by Commitment to Free Speech, Meritocracy. DD: My getting four college degrees did not turn me into a Democrat. I majored in business, accounting, and finance.
https://tpusa.com/live/new-report-ranks-universities-by-commitment-to-free-speech-meritocracy/

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
— Project Firewall partnership leads to enhanced federal enforcement against discriminatory hiring practices. DD: To qualify myself 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. But nevertheless, all my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/osec/osec20251124

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Liberal Women Role Play as Illegals, Teach Volunteers How to Impede ICE
https://www.westernjournal.com/liberal-women-role-play-illegals-teach-volunteers-impede-ice/
— National Guard Shooter Shouted ‘Allahu Akbar’ During DC Attack.
https://www.westernjournal.com/report-national-guard-shooter-shouted-allahu-akbar-dc-attack/
— Medical School Rebrands DEI Department to Circumvent Trump Administration, Continuing Troubling Trend in Academia
https://www.westernjournal.com/medical-school-rebrands-dei-department-circumvent-trump-administration-continuing-troubling-trend-academia/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CBS NEWS
— Trump orders green cards from Somalia, other countries of “concern” be reexamined
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/trump-orders-green-cards-somalia-countries-concern-reexamined/

AOL
— Charlie Kirk Didn’t Seem Concerned For Safety Before Fatal Shooting. DD: Under the Democrats, crime will ever-increasingly increase. What are you doing to protect your personal safety?
https://www.aol.com/articles/charlie-kirk-didnt-seem-concerned-080027549.html

NEWSWEEK
— Full List of Lawmakers Who Voted To Increase Visas for Afghan Nationals
https://www.newsweek.com/afghan-nationals-us-national-guard-shooting-11119679
— Trump Admin Sends Striking Thanksgiving Message to ‘Illegal Aliens’
https://www.newsweek.com/dhs-thanksgiving-video-illegal-aliens-immigrants-message-11122455
— Trump Admin Changes Housing Rules for Immigrants
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-admin-changes-housing-rules-for-immigrants-11119836

MSN
— News from outside disappears in North Korea. DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who have worked the hardest since 2000 to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/topstories/news-from-outside-disappears-in-north-korea/ar-AA1R50NS
(FROM THE ARTICLE: For two hours every day, Lee Si-young and her colleagues broadcast uncensored foreign news into authoritarian North Korea. Her radio audience could go to jail if caught listening. Lee’s Seoul-based Free North Korea Radio station has tried for two decades to give real-time news to North Korea’s 26 million people. But Lee says she now feels a sense of crisis about her work as big government-funded broadcasters in the United States and South Korea have fallen silent this year because of major funding cuts and policy changes. “Our frustrations with the U.S. and South Korean governments are growing over their suspensions of radio broadcasts,” said Lee, a defector who heads the small, nongovernmental FNK radio station. “We’re afraid that they’ve abandoned North Korean residents.” Major channels broadcasting into North Korea fall silent. In North Korea, all radio and TV sets are fixed to state-run channels. But defectors have testified that they modified their radios or used smuggled ones to covertly tune in to foreign broadcasts at night for news their government didn’t want them to hear. That includes outside perspectives of the North’s ruling Kim dynasty, more affluent and freer Western lifestyles, and success stories about defectors.)

NEW YORK TIMES
— U.S. Reviews Biden Asylum Cases After Shooting. A Homeland Security Department spokeswoman accused the previous administration of failing to vet asylum applicants “on a massive scale.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/us/politics/biden-asylum-cases-shooting.html
— DD: Democrat leaders side with America-hating Afghans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/us/politics/afghans-immigrants-fearful-guard-shooting.html
— DD: Democrats and RINOs glorify and praise anyone and everyone who wants to come to America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/us/politics/trump-national-guard-shooting.html

USA TODAY
— John Fogerty ‘troubled’ by President Trump’s use of ‘Fortunate Son,’ issues cease and desist. DD: Since 1966, my critics/opponents have used against me big time my avoiding the Vietnam War draft. I was classified 1-A for the draft in 1966, but I got student draft deferments 1966-1970 and a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971. But I was not a fortunate son. I had to work my way through college. To have money for college and for cars I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assembly line in 1970. I did not appeal my 1-A draft classification, but what if I had done that? I could not run because I had a bone disease. My eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20. I had red/green color blindness.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2020/10/16/john-fogerty-troubled-president-trump-fortunate-son/3686095001/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Fogerty went on to explain that “Fortunate Son” is ironically an anti-war-movement anthem that criticizes privileged people who used their money and status to defer from the Vietnam War draft. The song has been treated as a patriotic working-class anthem, but listen past its star-spangled opening lines — “Some folks are born made to wave the flag/Ooh, they’re red, white and blue” — for Fogerty’s anti-establishment storytelling about how the poor were sent to fight and die in Vietnam while the wealthy were spared.)
— DD: Not all Americans agree on free speech. My critics/opponents certainly do not. According to my Democrat superiors in the federal government, I was not free to speak out against their patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. According to RINO leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, I am not free to speak out against Democrat promotion of dependency on government, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, illegal drugs, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/11/25/free-speech-first-amendment-fire-poll/87397191007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Disobeying Military Orders Is Full of Risk. The military code strongly favors obedience. Orders are presumed to be lawful. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS 1971-1980 and GAO 1980-1997, I never disobeyed their orders to give preference to my subordinates who were Democrat, minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran. I gave them lots of preference. But that was not good enough for my Democrat superiors. Because I complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, they ever-increasingly wasted my career, ever-increasingly took more and bigger adverse actions against me, and ultimately forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/disobeying-military-orders-is-full-of-risk-c6167724?mod=opinion_lead_pos5

FORBES
— What We Know About Rahmanullah Lakanwal: D.C. Shooting Suspect
https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2025/11/27/dc-shooting-suspect-was-granted-asylum-in-april-what-we-know/

BUSINESS INSIDER
— Gen Z money problems. DD: What were able to accomplish by the time you 28? I earned a bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and an MBA when I was 27. I bought a car when I was 16 and new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, and 25. I bought real estate when I was 24, 25, and 27. I was able to do the aforesaid because I took bad jobs that my peers would not stoop to take. I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assembly line in 1970. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1971-1972. I pumped more gasoline 1971-1972. I collected delinquent taxes starting in 1971. But according to my critics/opponents, I was only able to accomplish the aforesaid starting when I was 18 in 1966 because I avoided the Vietnam War draft.
https://www.businessinsider.com/dave-ramsey-millennials-gen-z-debt-personal-finance-money-wealth-2025-4

TIME
— DD: My critics/opponents who have had their operatives and their dupes take adverse actions against me demand blind loyalty. They destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and paise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money. They reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all conservative principles and planks in the Republican Party platform. Most commonly, they reject its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of clout and have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://time.com/7337211/trump-new-term-for-loyal-republicans-gop-maga-divisions/

PENN LIVE
— Trump’s cabinet of clones: When loyalty replaces competence. DD: My critic/opponents demand blind loyalty. They destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and paise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money. They reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all conservative principles and planks in the Republican Party platform. Most commonly, they reject its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of clout and have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.pennlive.com/opinion/2025/11/trumps-cabinet-of-clones-when-loyalty-replaces-competence-pennlive-letters.html

PBS
— Conservatives move to red states and liberals move to blue as the country grows more polarized.  DD: As more and more and more Democrats infiltrate, invade, infest, conquer, and destroy DuPage County, more and more and more Republicans leave DuPage County.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/conservatives-move-to-red-states-and-liberals-move-to-blue-as-the-country-grows-more-polarized

NPR
— Americans are fleeing to places where political views match their own. DD: As more and more and more Democrats infiltrate, invade, infest, conquer, and destroy DuPage County, more and more and more Republicans leave DuPage County.
https://www.npr.org/2022/02/18/1081295373/the-big-sort-americans-move-to-areas-political-alignment

HUFFINGTON POST
— Federal Workers Ask Judge To Block Trump’s ‘Loyalty’ Question On Job Applications. DD: My critic/opponents demand blind loyalty. They destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and paise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money. They reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all conservative principles and planks in the Republican Party platform. Most commonly, they reject its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of clout and have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.aol.com/articles/federal-workers-ask-judge-block-215616534.html

SIRM
— EEOC Issues Technical Assistance on Protecting US Workers. DD: How bad are your demographics? My demographics are very bad. I am conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America since 1844.
https://www.shrm.org/advocacy/eeoc-issues-technical-assistance-on-protecting-us-workers
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has issued a technical assistance document titled “Discrimination Against American Workers Is Against the Law.” Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, it is unlawful to discriminate against people based on race, color, sex, national origin, or religion — collectively known as protected characteristics. This is part of the EEOC’s continued focus on bias against U.S. workers. On Feb. 19, Andrea Lucas, then-acting chair of the EEOC, stated, “The EEOC is putting employers and other covered entities on notice: if you are part of the pipeline contributing to our immigration crisis or abusing our legal immigration system via illegal preferences against American workers, you must stop.” The EEOC’s new technical assistance highlights that anti-American national origin discrimination is prohibited under Title VII. The document outlines that employment policies, programs, or practices may be unlawful if motivated, in whole or in part, by people’s national origin, even that of U.S. citizens. Examples include discriminatory job advertisements that favor certain visa holders; unequal treatment in hiring, firing, promotions, or assignments; and workplace harassment that creates a hostile or abusive environment. For HR professionals, this technical assistance document reinforces the agency’s focus on enforcing national origin discrimination under Title VII, even though the underlying law has not changed. Employers should review policies and practices that may previously have gone unnoticed. The EEOC’s updated materials provide an opportunity for HR professionals to revisit policies, training, and communications to mitigate compliance risk.)

AFGE
— AFGE Secures Historic 218 Signatures via Bipartisan House Coalition to Force Vote Protecting Federal Workers’ Union Rights. DD: My critics/opponents are anti-union. They are furious that while I was a union member 1966-1980, my salary increased from $19.37/hour to $112,280/year in today’s dollars. But during that time, I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU. I earned an MBA from Loyola. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt. I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul.
https://www.afge.org/article/afge-secures-historic-218-signatures-via-bipartisan-house-coalition-to-force-vote-protecting-federal-workers-union-rights/

GALLUP
— Personal Safety Fears at Three-Decade High in U.S. DD: Under the Democrats, crime will ever-increasingly increase. What are you doing to protect your personal safety?
https://news.gallup.com/poll/544415/personal-safety-fears-three-decade-high.aspx

PEW RESEARCH
— Facebook Top Source for Political News. DD: My critics/opponents ever-increasingly promote Facebook. They ever-increasingly discourage everyone from reading my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2015/06/01/facebook-top-source-for-political-news-among-millennials/

FROM FOREIGN SOURSES

ECONOMIC TIMES
— Nikki Haley’s son Nalin distances himself from Indian roots, says ‘makes no sense to have foreign workers…’  DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://m.economictimes.com/news/new-updates/nikki-haleys-son-nalin-distances-himself-from-indian-roots-says-makes-no-sense-to-have-foreign-workers-/amp_articleshow/125627367.cms

TIMES OF INDIA
— H-1B row: What is Project Firewall? Initiative warns companies to hire Americans first or face penalties. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO In 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/h-1b-row-what-is-project-firewall-initiative-warns-companies-to-hire-americans-first-or-face-penalties-for-favouring-foreigners/articleshow/125618445.cms
— Mamdani set to become New York mayor: What are his educational qualifications? DD: My critics/opponents ignore/dismiss/belittle my earning three master’s degrees (business, accounting, and finance), six professional certifications (accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting), and a professional license (CPA). They actually use the aforesaid against me by stressing that I never made more than $153,151/year in today’s dollars and that I was forced to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/etimes/trending/zohran-mamdani-set-to-become-new-york-mayor-what-are-his-educational-qualifications/articleshow/125108856.cms

OTHER SOURCES

INVESTOPEDIA
— Best Financial Certifications for Career Growth and ROI. DD: I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt while I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS when I was 30 in 1979. I became licensed CPA while I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO when I was 32 in 1981. They ignored/dismissed/belittled the aforesaid because I am a Republican, White, male, older, and non-veteran, that is, because I am not a Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. Further, leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party ignored/dismissed/belittled the aforesaid because I am conservative, White, male, older, and non-veteran, that is, because I am not a RINO, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. I should write about the aforesaid.
https://www.investopedia.com/financial-edge/1012/financial-certifications-with-the-best-roi.aspx
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Certifications like CPA and CFA require rigorous exams and experience, but can lead to career advancement. . .Mastering the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) License. Though technically not a certification, the certified public accountant (CPA) license is a powerful differentiator in tax preparation, business planning, and financial analysis. A CPA can represent clients before the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), typically a privilege reserved for attorneys or enrolled agents. Additionally, certified public accountants often pursue significant operational roles in companies. These roles may be the chief financial officer (CFO) or the chief operating officer (COO). Finally, CPAs are well-versed in the double-entry system of accounting, making them highly proficient in financial statement analysis.)

November 27, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois sues USDA to block changes to SNAP eligibility of immigrants. DD: What percent of SNAP recipients do not meet any of the new requirements?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/11/26/illinois-immigrant-snap-eligibility-lawsuit-raoul

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: DD: Under the Democrats, more and more and more people will be on SNAP.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/27/chicago-snap-thanksgiving/
— Students at Lincoln-Way West apply to form Club America, a Turning Point USA affiliate. DD: Who heads TPUSA in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/26/lincoln-way-west-turning-point-usa/
— Electoral Board removes one Will County board candidate, other cases pending
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/26/electoral-board-removal/
— Napoleon Harris, Thornton Township supervisor and state senator, challenged in committeeman race
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/26/napoleon-harris-thornton-township-democratic-leadership/
— Republican reversal on Indiana redistricting session leaves Dems reeling
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/26/republican-reversal-on-redistricting-session-leaves-dems-reeling/
— DACA recipients are being arrested despite deportation protection
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/26/daca-recipients-arrested-deportation/

— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Illinois ‘Clean Slate’ bill that would speed sealing of many criminal convictions awaits Pritzker signature. DD: When I was 49 years old in 1997, I knew that there could be no “clean slate” for me. My Democrat GAO superiors had forced me to retire. Previously, they had 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 GAO, and forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. Previously, my Democrat IRS superiors had never promoted me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions, and disallowed my travel vouchers. Previously, my Democrat Post Office superiors had disallowed my sick leave requests and forced me to resign.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/27/illinois-convictions-clean-slate-legislation/

FOX32
— DuPage County officials accuse clerk of financial mismanagement in censure. DD: In 2006, my critics/opponents had their operatives and their dupes try to get the Illinois Center Right Coalition to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. They failed and they continue to refuse to put their accusations against me in writing. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me before and after 2006.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/dupage-county-clerk-censure

WTTW
— Work Requirements for SNAP Are Changing. DD: What percent of SNAP recipients do not meet any of the new requirements?
https://news.wttw.com/2025/11/26/work-requirements-snap-are-changing-here-s-what-know-illinois
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The new requirements state that people ages 18 to 64 must work or volunteer a minimum of 80 hours per month or participate in certain training or education to receive SNAP benefits. Those who meet one of the following identifications may be exempt from the requirements: People younger than 18 or older than 64, A parent or other member of a household that includes a child under 14, People who are medically certified as physically or mentally unable to work, People who are pregnant, Some Native Americans, A parent or other member of a household with responsibility for the care of an incapacitated person, A regular participant in a drug addiction or alcohol treatment and rehabilitation program.)

NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Anti-Trumps ever-increasingly ascribe bad/evil motives to Trump.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-11-26/trumps-desire-for-recognition-legacy-drive-his-push-to-end-the-war-in-ukraine

SHAW LOCAL
— DD: Under the Democrats, more and more and more people will be on SNAP.
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2025/11/27/northern-illinois-food-bank-sees-25-increase-in-need-higher-than-pandemic-times-this-holiday-season/

CWB CHICAGO
— Boys, ages 14 and 16, charged with murdering man outside Loop pub
https://cwbchicago.com/2025/11/boys-ages-14-and-16-charged-with-murdering-man-outside-loop-pub.html

WHEATON PATCH
— New Video Gaming Spot On Butterfield? Wheaton Council To Weigh In. The city council will discuss a conditional use permit and zoning variances for a proposed video gaming spot at Butterfield and Route 53. DD: In 2009, I led a successful effort to stop video gambling in Wheaton.
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/new-video-gaming-spot-wheaton-council-weigh

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

JOHM KASS
— I, like many, have sworn off the CTA
https://johnkassnews.com/never-again/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— From bake sales to boycotts, anti-ICE sentiment sweeps the U.S. DD: How successful have Democrat and RINO leaders been promoting hatred against ICE in your county, township, municipality, and precinct? I will get a measure of that when I hand-deliver sample ballots and campaign literature to 400 residences in my precinct for the March 17, 2026 Republican primary.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/26/bake-sales-boycotts-anti-ice-sentiment-sweeps-us/
— American children can’t read. DD: Democrats run education in America. They focus on cranking good little Democrats who hate Republicans. My parents sent me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools. That put me on track to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/26/american-children-cant-read/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump’s warm embrace of Mamdani complicates 2026 GOP messaging. DD: Who has warmly embraced you? My IRS manager promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. But then, my Democrat IRS superiors forced him to transfer to Texas. My GAO manager arranged for my transfer from IRS in 1980 and was finally able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me to GS-13 in 1986. But then, my Democrat GAO superiors forced him to retire.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/3896671/trump-warm-embrace-mamdani-complicates-2026-gop-messaging/

BREITBART
— Disney Blasted for Calling Magic Kingdom Christmas Tree ‘Holiday Tree’ DD: The Democrat Party ever-increasingly makes it clear that it is anti-Christian.
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2025/11/26/disney-blasted-for-calling-magic-kingdom-christmas-tree-holiday-tree/amp/
— Sen. Mark Kelly Slammed for Post Responding to Shooting of National Guardsmen. In response to a now-deleted post from the Associated Press, Kelly called the shooting “horrific” and thanked the first responders for bring a “suspect into custody.” Kelly’s post came after he and several other Democrats released a video encouraging military members to disobey President Donald Trump’s orders.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/11/26/sen-mark-kelly-slammed-for-post-responding-to-shooting-of-national-guardsmen/

DAILY SIGNAL
— ‘Act of Terror’: Trump Says National Guard Shooting Suspect Afghan Who Entered US Through Biden Program
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/11/27/trump-biden-let-in-national-guard-shooting-suspect/

DAILY WIRE
— Exposing Every Lie In The New Anti-American Documentary From Ken Burns. It is, in many respects, a very well-produced piece of propaganda.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/exposing-every-lie-in-the-new-anti-american-documentary-from-ken-burns

HOT AIR
— Journalism Standards, Anyone?
https://hotair.com/headlines/2025/11/25/journalkism-standards-anyone-n3809247

NEWS BUSTERS
— Fox News Highlights New York Times Sympathy for Illegal Alien ID Fraud Perpetrator. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more sympathy for their illegals.
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/brad-wilmouth/2025/11/26/fox-news-highlights-new-york-times-sympathy-illegal-alien-id

NEWSMAX
— Blue State AGs Sue Trump Admin Over SNAP Cuts for Illegals
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/blue-states-lawsuit-snap-cuts/2025/11/26/id/1236176/
— Judge Expands Bond Hearing Access for Immigrants Nationwide
https://www.newsmax.com/us/immigration-bond-hearings-dhs/2025/11/26/id/1236213/

PJ MEDIA
— The Danger of Sanctuary City Policies
https://pjmedia.com/michael-a-letts/2025/11/26/the-sudden-danger-of-sanctuary-city-policies-n4946429
— Is American Urban Culture Beyond Repair?
https://pjmedia.com/benbartee/2025/11/26/is-american-urban-culture-beyond-repair-retail-reparations-pt-iii-n4946418

TEXAS KENDALL COUNTY GOP
— Merry MAGA Christmas Party. DD: At the 2010 TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois Christmas Party, all the Lieutenant Governor candidates spoke including Don Tracy and Jason Plummer.
https://www.kcrptx.com/

TOWNHALL
— University of MN Labels Whiteness a ‘Pandemic,’ Demands ‘Re-Education’
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2025/11/27/thurs-u-mn-whitness-pandemic-n2667074

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Trump directs review of Afghans who entered US under Biden after National Guard shooting
https://thehill.com/homenews/5624568-trump-biden-afghan-review-dc-shooting/
— Tucker Carlson eviscerates GOP establishment for straying from ‘America First.’  DD: According to Google AI, “The term America First in contemporary politics refers to a prominent conservative, nationalistic, and protectionist faction within the Republican Party, largely defined by the agenda of President Donald Trump. This ideology diverges from traditional conservative principles like internationalism and free trade.”
https://thehill.com/video/tucker-carlson-eviscerates-gop-establishment-for-straying-from-america-first-rising/11299619/
— Greene’s abrupt departure could reshape ‘America First’ debate in Congress. DD: According to Google AI, “The term America First in contemporary politics refers to a prominent conservative, nationalistic, and protectionist faction within the Republican Party, largely defined by the agenda of President Donald Trump. This ideology diverges from traditional conservative principles like internationalism and free trade.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5622686-marjorie-taylor-greene-america-first-congress/

ABC NEWS
— National Guard shooting ‘act of evil,’ Trump says; suspect ID’d as Afghan national
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/2-military-personnel-appearing-national-guard-shot-white/story?id=127905871

NEWSWEEK
— National Guard Shooting Halts Immigration Processing for Afghan Nationals
https://www.newsweek.com/national-guard-shooting-halts-immigration-processing-for-afghan-nationals-11118238

REUTERS
— FBI probes gunman’s motive in ambush shooting of Guardsmen near White House
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi-probes-gunmans-motives-ambush-shooting-guardsmen-near-white-house-2025-11-27/

CBS NEWS
— Trump administration sending 500 more National Guard troops to D.C. after shooting, Hegseth says
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-administration-500-more-national-guard-troops-washington-dc-after-shooting-hegseth/

NEW YORK TIMES
— A 29-year-old Afghan man suspected of shooting two National Guard members came to the United States in September 2021 through a program known as Operation Allies Welcome, the homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem, said Wednesday night.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/us/operation-allies-welcome-dc-shooting.html
— What We Know About the Shooting of National Guard Troops
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/us/national-guard-dc-shooting-suspect.html
— I’m 62. Stop Telling Me I’m Old. DD: I was 62 way back in 2010.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/opinion/aging-seniors-medicare.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DD: Anti-Trumps stress that Trump is 79 year old and that he is aging. How old are you? I am 77. Nevertheless, I continue to have the ability, motivation, experience, time, and money to spend 10+ hours each and every day putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and sending them out. When I was 25 years old in 1974, my Democrat IRS superiors used up-or-out to write me off as being too old to be promoted to GS-13. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran. I ultimately made GS-13 when I was 38, but not until after I had earned an MBA when I was 27, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, transferred to GAO and earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, and passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA when I was 32.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/us/politics/trump-age-health.html
— DD: Under the Democrats, more and more and more people will be on welfare.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/opinion/hunger-food-insecurity-affordability.html

USA TODAY
— Media did Biden’s bidding. Now they freak out over Trump. DD: My critics/opponents who have had their operatives and their dupes take adverse actions against me demand blind loyalty. They destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and paise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money. They reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all conservative principles and planks in the Republican Party platform. Most commonly, they reject its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of clout and have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/01/29/trump-news-media-bias-biden/77968482007/

KOMO NEWS
—  A federal court on Wednesday ruled that President Donald Trump and his former attorney Alina Habba are responsible for a nearly $1 million penalty tied to their lawsuit against Hillary Clinton and James Comey, as well as several other defendants. The court described it as a “frivolous” lawsuit, which Trump filed in 2022 in connection to Russian collusion allegations. DD: I sued GAO in 1998. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf  GAO never succeeded in getting the court to dismiss my lawsuit. But GAO did succeed in getting the court to grant GAO summary judgment, that is, GAO succeeded in getting the court to deny me my 7th Amendment rights. GAO hinted/implied/argued/shouted that no jury would ever rule in my favor. I have very bad jury appeal. I am conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America since 1844. How bad is your jury appeal?
https://komonews.com/news/nation-world/trump-and-ex-lawyer-hit-with-1m-penalty-after-losing-lawsuit-against-clinton-and-comey-alina-habba-racketeer-influenced-and-corrupt-organizations-act-rico-russia-russian-collusion-2016-election-politics

FORBES
— Thanksgiving Memo To Mamdani: The Pilgrims Learned The Hard Way That Socialism Doesn’t Work. DD: My critics/opponents have no problem with socialism if not promote socialism. They ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VphDj-ppggI

AFL-CIO
— Tell Your Representative to Pass the Protect America’s Workforce Act. DD: My critics/opponents are anti-union. They are furious that while I was a union member 1966-1980, my salary increased from $19.37/hour to $112,280/year in today’s dollars. But during that time, I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU. I earned an MBA from Loyola. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt. I earned a master’s degree from DePaul.
https://aflcio.org/2025/11/20/call-tell-your-representative-pass-protect-americas-workforce-act

ATLANTIC
— America’s ‘Marriage Material’ Shortage. Adults are significantly less likely to be married or to live with a partner than they used to be. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage. Under the Democrats, fewer and fewer and fewer people are marriage material. What helped make you marriage material? By the time I got married when I was 29 in 1978, I had worked for IRS for almost 7 years and my salary was $108,978/year in today’s dollars. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and I was taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul. I lived in a one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building that I had bought in 1976. I was renting out a town home in University Park that I had bought new in 1972. I owned a 1972 Corvette that I had bought new in 1971. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/documents/
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/america-marriage-decline/681518/

ROLLING STONE
— DD: Democrats run the federal government. They use Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI to waste the careers of and to get rid of their Republican employees who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. They certainly used AA and DEI to waste my career and to get rid of me. All my coworkers who they promoted over me were Democrats who were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran. They all had less work experience than I had, less education than I had, no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had.  When I was 49 years old in 1997, they forced me to retire and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate who had less work experience than I had, who had less education than I had, who had one professional certification while I had six, and had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/the-affirmative-action-decision-doesnt-have-to-do-with-meritocracy-1234782275/

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

DAILY MAIL
— Chicago’s top prosecutor turns on woke judge who freed 72-time arrestee accused of setting devout Christian woman, 26, on fire on train.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15328259/chicago-train-woman-fire-prosecutor-record.html

INDEPENDENT
— Two members of the Illinois National Guard said they would refuse orders to carry out the Trump administration’s long-stated goal of sending federal troops into Chicago. DD: Have you refused orders? I have not. Democrats run the federal government. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats. While I worked for IRS 1971-1980 and for GAO 1980-1997, all of my subordinates were Democrats who were minority, female, younger, veteran, disabled, and/or had major performance problems. I never refused orders to give them preference. I gave them lots of preference. But that was not enough for my Democrat superiors. Because I complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, they ever-increasingly wasted my career, ever-increasingly took more and bigger adverse actions against me, and ultimately forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.aol.com/articles/two-illinois-national-guard-members-035249184.html

NDTV
— Amid H-1B Visa Debate, Team Trump’s Call To “Prioritize Qualified Americans”  The Trump administration said that the project aims to “safeguard the rights, wages, and job opportunities of highly skilled American workers.” DD: To qualify myself 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. But nevertheless, all my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/amid-h-1b-visa-debate-team-trumps-call-to-prioritize-qualified-americans-9701889

INDIA TODAY
— Amid H-1B debate, US companies asked to hire Americans or face fines under Project Firewall. The Trump administration has vowed to ensure that employers follow H-1B visa rules and “prioritize qualified Americans” over immigrants. Under Project Firewall, federal agencies will monitor abuses such as layoffs of US workers replaced by H‑1B visa holders, or wage discrepancies. Here’s all about the initiative. DD: To qualify myself 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. But nevertheless, all my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/us-news/story/project-firewall-explained-us-trump-admin-to-strengthen-h1b-visa-enforcement-american-workers-dol-chennai-maga-2826499-2025-11-26

TIMES OF INDIA
— Candace Owens recalls college moment she felt feminism was a lie and reveals the class blamed men for all problems. DD: To get more votes from women, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame men for all the problems that women have.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us-streamers/candace-owens-recalls-college-moment-she-felt-feminism-was-a-lie-and-reveals-the-class-blamed-men-for-all-problems/articleshow/125576678.cms

HINDUSTAN TIMES
— MAGA vs America First threatens Trump’s agenda. DD: According to Google AI, “The term America First in contemporary politics refers to a prominent conservative, nationalistic, and protectionist faction within the Republican Party, largely defined by the agenda of President Donald Trump. This ideology diverges from traditional conservative principles like internationalism and free trade.”
https://www.hindustantimes.com/opinion/maga-vs-america-first-threatens-trump-s-agenda-101764172456476.html

PRESS READER
— Indian Americans face rising racism
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/garavi-gujarat-usa/20251129/281719800881916

November 26, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago city employee charged with threatening Illinois state senator from Freeport in emails
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/25/illinois-senator-chesney-threats-charges/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINES
— State cannabis taxes slipping as prices continue to fall. DD: To use pot is to put yourself on track to be a ward of the state.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/cannabis/state-cannabis-taxes-slipping-prices-continue-fall

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— The Democrats who run Springfield ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/local/2025/11/26/springfield-scored-perfectly-on-an-lgbtq-inclusivity-index/87365201007/

CAPITOL CITY NOW
— New federal rules could put formerly unhoused people back out on the streets across Illinois. The Trump administration is dramatically cutting the money available to help pay for housing for people in need, including those with mental illness or disabilities. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family. That is why America produces fewer and fewer and fewer productive members of society and more and more and more people in need. That is why employers prefer noncitizens.
https://capitolcitynow.com/news/248842-new-federal-rules-could-put-formerly-unhoused-people-back-out-on-the-streets-across-illinois/
— A week later, Springfield citizens are still mad about landlord registry vote. Citizens allege corruption and racism around the horseshoe. DD: Are/were you a landlord? I was a landlord 1976-1984 because I could not sell my University Park townhome unless I took a big loss.
https://capitolcitynow.com/news/248842-a-week-later-public-still-mad-about-landlord-registry-vote/

CWB CHICAGO
— 3 Venezuelan migrant teens randomly robbed and murdered a homeless man in the Loop
https://cwbchicago.com/2025/11/3-venezuelan-migrant-teens-randomly-robbed-and-murdered-a-homeless-man-in-the-loop-prosecutors-say-updated.html

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Trump turns turkey pardon into Chicago attack
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/11/26/trump-turns-turkey-pardon-into-chicago-attack-00669501

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— Eight Illinois Congressional Democrats Vote Against Bipartisan Resolution Condemning Socialism. Two Others Don’t Vote.
https://wirepoints.org/eight-illinois-congressional-democrats-voted-against-bipartisan-resolution-condemning-socialism-two-others-didnt-vote-wirepoints-quickkpoint/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— According to U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Mamdani is ‘clearly the leader of the Democratic Party.’ Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. Who leads the Republican Party in Illinois, in your congressional district, in your county, and in your township? What do you say about their leadership? I should write about those Republican leaders who have blamed the Republican Party’s platform for the party’s problems the most. They most commonly blame its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5622112-treasury-secretary-bessent-mamdani/amp/
— More and more and more people are becoming addicted to pot. I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton in 2019. Of course, since then, those in Wheaton who want pot have done everything that they could to get rid of me. I should write about those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me since 2019. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— DuPage County has censured its Clerk. SEE: https://www.dupagecounty.gov/county_board/dupage_county_board_censures_clerk_jean_kaczmarek_1590.php and https://www.dailyherald.com/20251125/local-politics/dupage-county-clerk-censured-by-county-board/  I should write about my critics/opponents who unsuccessful had their operatives and their dupes try to get the Illinois Center Right Coalition to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006. I would focus on my critics/opponents who still have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the biggest/most adverse actions against me before 2006 and after 2006. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— When asked “What’s a positive spin on Diersen’s role?” Google AI says: “Examining the positive aspects of an individual’s role within a political context often involves looking at their contributions to informing the public, engaging with their community, and working towards goals they believe will benefit their political party or area.  Such a role could be viewed positively by highlighting their efforts to: Inform Constituents: Curating and sharing political news and commentary can be seen as an effort to keep fellow members of a political community informed on relevant issues and perspectives. Promote Discussion: By sharing information from various sources, an individual might aim to encourage broader discussion and understanding of different viewpoints within their political group. Support Party Goals: Engaging in activities that align with a political party’s platform and working to support candidates who represent those values can be viewed as a positive contribution to the party’s objectives. Demonstrate Civic Engagement: Volunteering time and effort in political activities demonstrates a commitment to civic participation and can inspire others to get involved. Contribute to Historical Record: Long-term involvement can contribute to the institutional memory and continuity of a political organization.” SEE: https://www.google.com/search?q=%22david+Diersen%22+republican – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— How millions of illegal immigrants got jobs in the US. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they did not have to take bad jobs like I had to because their parents had lots of money. Their parents bought them cars, paid their college expenses, and got them good jobs.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/investigations/3897219/how-millions-illegal-immigrants-got-jobs-us/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Millions of illegal immigrants residing in the United States have managed to get jobs despite their immigration status. The fact that 8.5 million illegal immigrants have obtained work in the country is a result of employers paying workers under the table, unknowingly hiring workers who have committed document fraud, and hiring non-U.S. citizens whom the government authorizes to work temporarily. The largest number of illegal immigrants work in construction, followed by accommodation, food services, and manufacturing. Immigrants who are paid under the table are the most difficult for the federal government to track because they are often employed in person-to-person gigs. These include workers hired at home improvement stores or as house cleaners who offer their services on social media marketplaces, as well as businesses such as landscaping companies and restaurants. All employers in the U.S. are legally required to verify that new hires have completed an I-9 form, which requires the applicant’s Social Security number, proof of identity, and work authorization documentation. Select immigrants navigating immigration proceedings in court or who are temporarily protected from deportation may be issued a Social Security card for the purpose of working legally in the U.S., but this document does not confer U.S. citizenship or lawful presence. The Bipartisan Policy Center defended workers who are illegal immigrants and said many choose to file federal taxes on their own at the year’s end despite working off the books. In this case, workers without Social Security numbers use an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number issued by the IRS to report income and pay taxes on what they earn. “Many undocumented immigrants find ways to legally pay both federal income and payroll taxes even if they don’t have a Social Security number (which is normally required) and even if their income was earned by working illegally,” the BPC wrote in an analysis on illegal immigrants in the workplace. “Though there are many undocumented immigrants who are paid ‘under the table’ for their work and do not pay taxes on their income, many others do pay in the hope that it will someday help them become citizens,” the BPC analysis reads.)

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Mamdani’s Appalling Transition Team Takes Shape. Plus, Soros-funded anti-Semitism curriculum downplays anti-Semitism.
https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/zohran-mamdanis-appalling-transition

NEW YORK POST
— Empowering New Yorkers through affordability. DD: What did you do to afford things? I took bad jobs that my peers would not stoop to take. I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assembly line in 1970. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1971-1972. I pumped more gasoline 1971-1972. I collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980. I audited federal agencies 1980-1997. According to my critics/opponents, I was grossly overpaid for those jobs and my pension and retirement benefits are much too generous. To qualify myself for better paying jobs, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://nypost.com/dispatch/empowering-new-yorkers-through-affordability/
— White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s ‘criminal illegal alien’ relative detained by ICE
https://nypost.com/2025/11/26/us-news/white-house-karoline-leavitt-criminal-illegal-alien-relative-bruna-caroline-ferreira-detained-by-ice/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Donald Trump or Don Rickles? POTUS has press rolling over jab at ‘fat slob’ Pritzker
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/11/26/donald-trump-or-don-rickles-potus-has-press-rolling-over-jab-at-fat-slob-pritzker-1605880/

BREITBART
— Biden Admin Made Airports Less Safe by Housing Migrants
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/11/25/report-biden-admin-made-airports-less-safe-using-them-to-house-migrants/amp/
— Hegseth moves to sever Pentagon ties with Scouting America
https://www.breitbart.com/news/hegseth-moves-to-sever-pentagon-ties-with-scouting-america-report/amp/

CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING NETWORK
— Alive and Ambulatory? Let’s Be Thankful for These Blessings. DD: I am thankful that my critics/opponents in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois have let me serve as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000 and as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999. I am thankful that they let me serve as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks 2005-2021, the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster 2008-20210 and 2000-2004, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004. I am thankful that they let me stop video gambling in Wheaton in 2009 and the sale of pot in Wheaton in 2019. Obviously, the aforesaid is sarcastic. I should write about my critics/opponents. According to my critics/opponents, I have never been thankful enough. According to them, I did not really earn what I have and I certainly do not disserve what I have. They stress that I avoided the Vietnam War draft with student deferments and a financial hardship deferment 1966-1971; that my parents provided me with room and board while I took classes at UIC 1966-1968, weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and the summer of 1969; that I graduated debt-free from NIU in 1970 owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE; that S.S Kresge hired me in 1964, the Post Office in 1966, Firestone Stores in 1970, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980; that IRS promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974; that GAO promoted me in 1986; that I earned master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and a professional license in 1981; that I bought a 1958 Chevrolet Bel Air in 1964 and new cars in 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1978, etc.; that I bought real estate when I was 24, 25, and 27; that I got married in 1978 and we bought a home that year and had one built in 1984; and that we gave up trying to have children and we did not adopt or become foster parents. According to my critics/opponents, I owe everything that I have to my benefitting from discrimination against those who do not share my demographics. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents had the most money.
https://cbn.com/news/health/alive-and-ambulatory-lets-be-thankful-these-blessings

COLLEGE FIX
— CUNY course requires students to engage in antifascist activism
https://www.thecollegefix.com/cuny-course-requires-students-to-engage-in-antifascist-activism-watchdog-finds/

DAILY CALLER
— Pritzker Said Cashless Bail Would Keep Cities Safe — Then A Woman Was Burned Alive
https://dailycaller.com/2025/11/25/jb-pritzker-safe-t-act-cashless-bail-woman-burned-alive-72-arrests/
— Pentagon To Cut Ties With ‘Genderless’ Boy Scouts
https://dailycaller.com/2025/11/25/pentagon-to-cut-ties-with-genderless-boy-scouts-leaked-docs-obtained-by-npr-show/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Democrats Who Told Military Not to Obey ‘Illegal’ Orders Are ‘Not Being Honest’  DD: They are saying that Trump’s orders ARE illegal.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/11/25/victor-davis-hanson-the-french-revolutionary-jacobins-urging-the-defying-of-trump/

FOX NEWS
— Trump slams ‘liberal judges,’ governor and mayor after woman set on fire on Chicago train, vows to make city safe
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6385578565112
— Trump calls Chicago ‘out of control’ after train attack left woman critically burned. The president again demanded that the National Guard be deployed to the Windy City.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-calls-chicago-out-control-after-train-attack-left-woman-critically-burned

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— The H-1B Visa Needs Drastic Reform to Put Americans First. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they did not have to take bad jobs like I had to because their parents had lots of money. Their parents bought them cars, paid their college expenses, and got them good jobs.
https://www.heritage.org/border-security/report/the-h-1b-visa-needs-drastic-reform-put-americans-first

JUST THE NEWS
— More Democrats are leaning toward socialism. DD: By their failing/refusing to promote personal responsibility and by their promoting dependency on government, my critics/opponents make it clear that they want socialism.
https://justthenews.com/videos/are-more-democrats-leaning-towards-socialism

NATIONAL CATHOLIC REPORTER
— Vatican issues sweeping defense of traditional marriage
https://www.ncronline.org/vatican/vatican-issues-sweeping-defense-traditional-marriage-pushing-back-polygamy

NEWSMAX
— Pentagon Mulls Ending Scouts Aid Over DEI, Gender
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/pentagon-boy-scouts-support/2025/11/25/id/1235962/

TOWNHALL
— Two Paths for America: Capitalism or socialism. DD: By their failing/refusing to promote personal responsibility and by their promoting dependency on government, my critics/opponents make it clear that they want socialism.
https://townhall.com/columnists/les-rubin/2025/11/26/two-paths-for-america-n2667010
— The New Yorker Vies for Worst Illegal Alien Sympathy Report Yet
https://townhall.com/columnists/bradslager/2025/11/25/the-new-yorker-vies-for-worst-illegal-alien-sympathy-report-yet-and-defending-the-defenseless-dems-video-n2667013

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NEWSWEEK
— H-1B Visa Update: Department of Labor to ‘Prioritize Qualified Americans’ DD: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.newsweek.com/h-1b-visa-update-department-labor-americans-11104262

ABC NEWS
— Can military members refuse orders? They can refuse orders but could face consequences if the order is lawful. DD: Have you refused orders? I have not. Democrats run the federal government. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats. While I worked for IRS 1971-1980 and for GAO 1980-1997, all of my subordinates were Democrats who were minority, female, younger, veteran, disabled, and/or had major performance problems. I never refused orders to give them preference. I gave them lots of preference. But that was not enough for my Democrat superiors. Because I complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, they ever-increasingly wasted my career, ever-increasingly took more and bigger adverse actions against me, and ultimately forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/explainer-military-members-refuse-orders/story?id=127865412

NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Trump is right about affordability.
https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000010540099/fact-check-is-trump-right-about-affordability.html

WASHINGTON POST
— With great presidential power comes great presidential blame. DD: Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly blame Trump for everything that is bad. My critics/opponents have more difficulty blaming me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for defeats suffered by Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct after they succeeded in a) ending my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks 2005-2021, b) ending my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship 2005-2012, and c) ending my Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership 2003-2007.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/11/23/donald-trump-executive-branch-power/
— Trump got his start with $1 million loan from his father. DD: My father provided me with room and board while I took classes at UIC 1966-1968, weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and the summer of 1969. That, along with what I earned delivering mail for the Part Forest Post Office 1966-1969, enabled me to graduate debt-free from NIU in 1970 owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2016/live-updates/general-election/real-time-fact-checking-and-analysis-of-the-final-2016-presidential-debate/fact-check-trumps-claim-that-he-built-his-company-with-1-million-loan/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Struggles to Sell MAGA on H-1Bs. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they did not have to take bad jobs like I had to because their parents had lots of money. Their parents bought them cars, paid their college expenses, and got them good jobs.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-struggles-to-sell-maga-on-h-1bs-3788449a

FORBES
— Trump’s Chummy Embrace Of Mamdani Is Sabotaging Himself And Republicans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdtekRBHOBc

BANKING RATES
— Are Boomers Really To Blame for Our Money Struggles? DD: Compared to our peers, my wife and I spent far less of our income for immediate pleasures and saved far more of our income for our retirement. My critics/opponents stress that we would not have been able to save as much for our retirement if I had not avoided the Vietnam War draft and if we had children.
https://www.aol.com/articles/rachel-cruze-boomers-really-blame-161605313.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Because baby boomers have lived more within their means, avoiding overly expensive vacations and things like home remodels, and sometimes staying at the same jobs for years or even decades, Cruze calls them a very “content generation.” Millennials, on the other hand, are “trying to keep up with the Joneses” and often lead unsustainably expensive lifestyles, she said. Boomers may have been more content because when they turned 30, jobs were stable and housing was affordable. Millennials reached that age amid soaring costs, student loans and fewer long-term guarantees regarding the job market. Although the U.S. today is harder to afford for young people, millennials are leading the renovation trend, with 60% planning projects in 2025, according to Housing Wire. Millennials also are one of the biggest groups that were planning to increase their spending on travel at the end of 2024, according to Deloitte. Millennials’ spending habits have landed them deeper in debt, and there has been a huge increase in members of the generation entering debt consolidation, as per USA Today. Their debt can’t be directly attributed to the boomer generation, though. Instead, it may simply be that millennials are making costlier choices than their parents, along with, of course, living in a costlier world in general.)

WEEK
— DD: Democrat and RINO employers use Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://theweek.com/news/society/958504/pros-and-cons-of-affirmative-action

PENN STATE
— Poor health is the primary driver of involuntary retirement. DD: Political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination are the reasons why the Democrats who run the federal government force their employees to retire as soon as they are eligible who they have not promoted to GS-15 ($163,749-$195,200/year) and who are Republican, White, male, and/or nonveteran.  I should write about that.
https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/poor-health-primary-driver-involuntary-retirement-researchers-report

COURTHOUSE NEWS
— Aging New York judges lose challenge to forced retirement at 76. The suing judges, all in their 70s, intend to appeal. DD: The Democrats who run the federal government force their employees who they have not promoted to GS-15 ($163,749-$195,200/year) and who are the following to retire as soon as they are eligible: Republican, White, male, and/or nonveteran. I became eligible for early retirement when I was 45 years old in 1993. I survived until I was 49 in 1997. I would not have those 4 years if I had not earned three job-related master’s degrees (1976, 1980, and 1997), earned six job-related professional certifications (1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997), and earned a job-related professional license (1981). So far, the Democrats who run the federal government have forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $1.9 million in today’s dollars to stop me from coming to work.)
https://courthousenews.com/aging-new-york-judges-lose-challenge-to-forced-retirement-at-76/

AXIOS
— Republicans consider quitting Congress early over death threats and infighting. DD: I will be hand-delivering sample ballots and campaign literature to the 400 homes in my precinct that have at least one Republican or one Independent registered voter. Based on my doing that in the recent past, I anticipate/expect that I will encounter more voters who are filled with hatred against Trump, who make it clear that they will continue to vote for Democrats to punish Trump, and who will take their hatred against out on me. How should I deal with that? Many, most, if not virtually all of the voters in my precinct are insulated from the terrible problems caused by the Democrat Party platform.
https://www.axios.com/2025/11/25/congress-retirements-mtg-threats-censures-trump

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

FINANCIAL TIMES
— DEI-linked pay awards drop sharply. DD: My Democrat IRS superiors made it clear that they would not promote their employees beyond GS-12 if they did not promote Affirmative Action and DEI big time, that is, if they did not discriminate against their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran big time.  My Democrat GAO superiors made it clear that they would not promote their employees beyond GS-13 if they did not promote Affirmative Action and DEI big time, that is, if they did not discriminate against their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran big time.
https://www.ft.com/content/a7640355-001e-41de-a95b-3e5c777e69dd

INTERNATIONAL LEGAL AND BUSINESS SERVICES GROUP
— FY2025 H-1B Visa Approvals Surge for Top U.S. Tech Companies. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they did not have to take bad jobs like I had to because their parents had lots of money. Their parents bought them cars, paid their college expenses, and got them good jobs.
https://bizlegalservices.com/2025/11/25/fy2025-h-1b-visa-approvals-surge-for-top-u-s-tech-companies/

HINDUSTAN TIMES & TIMES OF INDIA & INDIA TODAY
— ‘One district in India got 220,000 H-1B visas’: US economist alleges massive fraud in system. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they did not have to take bad jobs like I had to because their parents had lots of money. Their parents bought them cars, paid their college expenses, and got them good jobs.
https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/one-district-in-india-got-220-000-h-1b-visas-us-economist-alleges-massive-fraud-in-system-chennai-101764128908634.html
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/one-district-in-india-got-220000-h-1b-visas-economist-explains-fraud-says-only-12-comes-from-china/articleshow/125572625.cms
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/us-news/story/h1b-visa-fraud-india-chennai-consulate-claims-exceed-cap-glbs-2825994-2025-11-26
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/us-news/story/h1b-industrial-scale-fraud-what-former-us-embassy-official-lawmaker-reveal-chennai-hydrabad-techie-visa-applications-2826235-2025-11-26

SKY NEWS
— Mamdani begs New Yorkers to ‘cough up’ cash for his team after ‘promising free everything’
https://www.skynews.com.au/opinion/mamdani-begs-new-yorkers-to-cough-up-cash-for-his-team-after-promising-free-everything/video/7945651ddef6b6a5022eff060b229fca
— Mamdani supporters disapproved seeing him ‘so chummy’ with Donald Trump
https://www.skynews.com.au/opinion/mamdani-supporters-disapproved-seeing-him-so-chummy-with-donald-trump/video/25c8195d478d9b9f2b6551c8d186d3ed

MEAWW
— Mamdani vows to make NY a ‘sanctuary city’ where trans youth are ‘protected and celebrated’
https://news.meaww.com/zohran-mamdani-vows-to-make-ny-a-sanctuary-city-where-trans-youth-are-protected-and-celebrated

ECONOMIC TIMES
— Karoline Leavitt’s relative detained after living in US for decades, ICE says she is criminal illegal alien from Brazil
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/global-trends/us-news-karoline-leavitts-relative-detained-after-living-in-us-for-decades-ice-says-she-is-criminal-illegal-alien-from-brazil/articleshow/125582823.cms

November 25, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— City of Chicago employee accused of threatening Republican Illinois senator
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/city-chicago-employee-accused-threatening-235906336.html

CBS2
— Volunteers keep McCormick Place kitchen busy preparing Thanksgiving meals for thousands in need. DD: Under the Democrats, more and more and more people are in need.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/fight2feed-volunteers-mccormick-place-thanksgiving-meals/

FOX32
— CPS advises immigrant parents to plan child care amid arrest fears. DD: What percent of CPS parents and students are in America illegally?
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1746794

WTTW
— For Some People With Criminal Records, Illinois’ Clean Slate Act Could Offer a New Beginning. DD: When I was 49 years old in 1997, I knew that there would be no new beginnings for my career. My Democrat GAO superiors had forced me to retire. Previously, they had 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 GAO, and forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. Previously, my Democrat IRS superiors had never promoted me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions, and disallowed my travel vouchers. Previously, my Democrat Post Office superiors had disallowed my sick leave requests and forced me to resign.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/11/25/some-people-criminal-records-illinois-clean-slate-act-could-offer-new-beginning

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FBI seeks interviews with Democrats who urged US troops to defy illegal orders
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/25/democrats-urged-troops-defy-orders/
— AI: The death of American education
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/25/opinion-education-teachers-artificial-intelligence/
— Readers share what is making them thankful. DD: I am thankful that my critics/opponents in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois have let me serve as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000 and as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999. I am thankful that they let me serve as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks 2005-2021, the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster 2008-20210 and 2000-2004, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004. I am thankful that they let me stop video gambling in Wheaton in 2009 and the sale of pot in Wheaton in 2019. Obviously, the aforesaid is sarcastic. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/25/letters-112525-thankful/

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage County Clerk censured by county board
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251125/local-politics/dupage-county-clerk-censured-by-county-board/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE & WCIA & CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— More people are addicted to marijuana, but fewer of them are seeking help. Cannabis use among young adults has reached historic levels, with nearly 18 million Americans using marijuana daily in 2022. DD: Pot is poison. If not stopped, it will destroy America.
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/more-people-are-addicted-to-marijuana-but-fewer-of-them-are-seeking-help-experts-say/article_274f1ddd-2ac8-52ac-96c6-c3d9d2834df9.html
https://www.wcia.com/health/ap-health/ap-more-people-are-addicted-to-marijuana-but-fewer-of-them-are-seeking-help-experts-say/
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/health-news/ap-more-people-are-addicted-to-marijuana-but-fewer-of-them-are-seeking-help-experts-say/amp/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Millions of illegal migrants got jobs in US due to being paid under the table. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/millions-of-illegal-migrants-got-jobs-in-us-due-to-being-paid-under-the-table-report-donald-trump-manufacturing-citizenship-fraud

WAND TV & CENTRAL ILLINOIS PREOUD & WCIA
— They relied on marijuana to get through the day. But then days felt impossible without it. As daily cannabis use rises to historic levels in the U.S., some longtime users are finding it harder to quit. DD: Pot is poison. If not stopped, it will destroy America.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/they-relied-on-marijuana-to-get-through-the-day-but-then-days-felt-impossible-without/article_a6f1d658-1d2e-525d-954f-6e41bf9784f9.html
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/health-news/ap-they-relied-on-marijuana-to-get-through-the-day-but-then-days-felt-impossible-without-it/
https://www.wcia.com/health/ap-health/ap-they-relied-on-marijuana-to-get-through-the-day-but-then-days-felt-impossible-without-it/

NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly focus on getting Latinos to blame their problems on Republicans.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-11-25/new-poll-shows-latino-support-for-trump-is-slipping

DUPAGE COUNTY
— DuPage County Board Censures Clerk Jean Kaczmarek
https://www.dupagecounty.gov/county_board/dupage_county_board_censures_clerk_jean_kaczmarek_1590.php

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— GOP senator introduces bill to protect Netanyahu from arrest in New York
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/25/gop-senator-introduces-bill-protect-netanyahu-arrest-new-york/
— Trump’s comments on H-1B visa program drops hard truth about American education. Uncomfortable truth about failing public schools and teachers unions blocking reform. DD: Graduate accounting courses at DePaul and the Becker CPA Review course helped me pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. Undergraduate and graduate internal auditing courses at Roosevelt and Institute of Internal Auditors Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) review courses helped me pass the CIA examination on my first attempt in 1981.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/25/trumps-comments-h-1b-visa-program-drops-hard-truth-american-education/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Chicago leaders have let teenage criminals take over the city
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3898690/chicago-leaders-have-let-teenage-criminals-take-over-the-city/
— The road to the Chicago train fire attack
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/daily-memo/3898591/road-to-chicago-train-fire-attack-lawrence-reed-arrests/
— Bessent says Mamdani is ‘clearly’ a leader in Democratic Party after ‘great campaign’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3898241/scott-bessent-mamdani-clearly-leader-democratic-party-after-great-campaign/
— Marjorie Taylor Greene embodies the inanity of populism
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/3898513/marjorie-taylor-greene-embodies-inanity-populism/
— DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/patriotism-unity/3897813/republicans-against-illegal-immigration-not-legal-immigration/

NEW YORK POST
— After a 40-year hiatus, the Communist Party USA is back on the ballot — and already has three people in office.
https://nypost.com/2025/11/25/us-news/communist-party-wins-big-in-local-elections-after-40-year-break/
— Trump brutally mocks ‘big, fat slob’ Pritzker during White House turkey pardon ceremony
https://nypost.com/2025/11/25/us-news/trump-mocks-big-fat-slob-j-b-pritzker-at-white-house-turkey-pardon-event/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Biden team pressured airports to house migrants despite safety warnings
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/11/25/biden-team-pressured-airports-to-house-migrants-despite-safety-warnings-bombshell-report-states-1605609/

BREITBART
— University of Minnesota Offers ‘Whiteness Pandemic’ Resources for ‘Antiracist’ Parenting
https://www.breitbart.com/education/2025/11/25/university-of-minnesota-offers-whiteness-pandemic-resources-for-antiracist-parenting/

CITIZENS AGAINST GOVERNMENT WASTE
— This Week In Waste. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. So far, they have forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $1.9 million in today’s dollars to stop me from coming to work.
https://www.cagw.org/this-week-in-waste-november-21-2025/

FOX NEWS
— Scott Bessent declares Zohran Mamdani is ‘clearly’ leader of the Democratic Party
https://www.foxnews.com/media/scott-bessent-declares-zohran-mamdani-clearly-leader-democratic-party-leader-cnbc-interview.amp
— University of Minnesota site warns of a ‘whiteness pandemic,’ urges White parents to ‘re-educate.’ DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly focus on getting non-Whites to blame their problems on Republicans.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/university-minnesota-site-warns-whiteness-pandemic-urges-white-parents-re-educate

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Federally Funded University of Minnesota Lab Dedicated to Combatting ‘White Pandemic’
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/university-of-minnesota-paper-calls-white-families-most-powerful-systems-involved-in-systemic-racism/

PJ MEDIA
— Biden Admin Pressured Airports to House Illegal Aliens
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/11/25/biden-admin-pressured-us-airports-to-house-illegal-aliens-n4946387

POST MILLENNIAL
— Trump slams Illinois officials over train arson: ‘A man arrested 72 times—and they let him out again’
https://thepostmillennial.com/trump-slams-illinois-officials-over-train-arson-a-man-arrested-72-times-and-they-let-him-out-again

TOWNHALL
— Remember All the Illegals Sleeping in Airports? The Biden Administration Was Behind It All.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2025/11/25/biden-admin-housing-illegals-in-airports-n2666972
— New Yorkers Should Be Scared of Mamdani’s Pro-Crime, Anti-Police Appointees
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2025/11/25/mamdani-criminal-legal-committee-wants-to-empty-jails-n2666978

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Bessent: Mamdani ‘clearly the leader of the Democratic Party’
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5622112-treasury-secretary-bessent-mamdani/

CBS NEWS
— FBI opens inquiry into 6 Democrats appearing in video that urged defying illegal orders
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fbi-inquiry-six-democrats-illegal-orders-video/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Indiana Lawmakers Are Poised to Vote on Redistricting After All
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/us/indiana-redistricting-republicans.html

NEW REPUBLIC
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly focus on getting Blacks to blame their problems on Republicans.
https://newrepublic.com/article/203615/anti-blackness-isnt-part-trump-agenda-it-heart

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

MEAWW
— DHS links 1,150% spike in ICE assaults to ‘sanctuary politicians’ rhetoric. DHS said the spike in assaults reflected a broader rise in threats against immigration officers and warned that rhetoric from several leaders had intensified risks.
https://news.meaww.com/dhs-links-1-150-spike-in-ice-assaults-to-sanctuary-politicians-rhetoric