FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Melissa Conyears-Ervin: Chicago will not help fund Donald Trump’s terror
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/17/opinion-chicago-treasurer-boycott-us-treasury-securities/
— Gen Z can’t afford Chicago’s affordable housing mandate. DD: What did you do to afford things before you were 28 years old? Back in the good old days, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and a job-related master’s degree when I was 27. I took bad jobs that my peers would never stoop to take. That enabled me a) to buy new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, and 25, b) to graduate debt-free from college owning a 20-month old car, and c) to buy real estate when I was 24, 25, and 27.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/17/opinion-chicago-gen-z-affordable-housing/
— Thornton Township District 205 giving teachers $5,000 bonuses for good attendance. DD: All during the almost 30 years that I worked for the federal government, I used dramatically fewer sick days than my coworkers.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/17/thornton-township-district-205-teacher-bonuses/
DAILY LINE
— Democratic primary for Illinois Comptroller, Republican primary for governor proving to be most competitive statewide races
https://www.thedailyline.com/forms/shares/new?page_id=37974
WHEATON RECORD
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://thewheatonrecord.com/2025/11/16/the-voices-shouting-no-kings/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Pritzker pumps $25.5M into 2026 bid
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/11/17/pritzker-pumps-25-5m-into-2026-bid-00654117
(FROM THE NEWSLETTER: Americans for Prosperity is out with its Prairie State Policy Champions recognizing state lawmakers who advocate for “reining in” government spending. The honorees, all Republicans, are: House Leader Tony McCombie, Senate Leader John Curran, state Reps. Norine Hammond, Blaine Wilhour, Adam Niemerg and Dan Swanson, state Sens. Chapin Rose and Andrew Chesney, and House Republican spokesperson on education Amy Elik.)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/11/17/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-633/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Fake Bailey Campaign Postcard Could Trigger a Felony Carrying up to 20 Years in Federal Prison
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/11/weaponizing-the-u-s-mail-fake-bailey-campaign-postcard-could-trigger-a-felony-carrying-up-to-20-years-in-federal-prison.html
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/11/a-2022-postcard-becomes-the-center-of-a-political-hoax-targeting-the-bailey-campaign.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump seeks primary challenges against Indiana state lawmakers who defy redistricting demands. DD: In 2000, my Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) critics/opponents succeeded in getting a registered Republican voter in my precinct to challenge me for Republican Precinct Committeeman, but not since then. But they have succeeded in stopping me from becoming a MTRO committee chairman or officer since then. They rudely fired me as MTRO webmaster in 2004 and 2010. They gerrymandered my precinct in 2015. They ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021. They threw me off the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024. My MTRO critics/opponents ever-increasingly blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters a) for all the losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000 and b) for all of MTRO’s other problems. I should write about my MTRO critics/opponents.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/16/trump-seeks-primary-challenges-indiana-state-lawmakers-defy/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— GOP must hold its ground on enhanced subsidies — now more than ever. DD: My critics/opponents ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn the 72% health insurance subsidy a) that I got when I was federal employee, b) that my wife got when she was a federal employee, c) that I will always get as a federal retiree, and d) that my wife has gotten since we got married in 1978 and will always get.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom-self-reliance/3888607/gop-hold-ground-on-enhanced-subsidies/
NEW YORK POST
— Portland’s socialist disaster should be a wake-up call for Mamdani, NYC voters
https://www.aol.com/articles/portland-socialist-disaster-wake-call-120000780.html
— Socialist Mamdani called for abolition of private property. DD: Being able to own cars and real estate has always motived me. I bought my first car when I was 16 and news cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc. I bought real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, etc.
https://www.aol.com/socialist-zohran-mamdani-called-abolition-222326729.html
— Vile antisemitic graffiti scrawled on Mexico’s top court during protests against country’s first Jewish president
https://nypost.com/2025/11/16/world-news/antisemitic-graffiti-scrawled-on-mexicos-top-court-during-protests-against-countrys-first-jewish-president/
— Champagne Socialist Mamdani slammed for hogging $2,300 apartment despite wealthy parents. DD: My critics/opponents had wealthy parents. I should write about the advantages that gave them. My critics/opponents have always used my having to work my way through college against me.
https://www.aol.com/cuomo-bashes-rich-person-zohran-125945960.html
AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUE
— Democrats are galloping to the left. DD: Ever-increasingly, because of Democrat victories, just about everyone around me is moving to the left. What does that say about them?
https://www.aei.org/articles/why-the-democrats-can-move-to-the-left/
BREITBART
— MTG: Trump Calling Me a Traitor Puts ‘My Life in Danger’
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/11/16/mtg-trump-calling-me-a-traitor-puts-my-life-in-danger/amp/
DAILY CALLER
— AOC Screams At Top Of Her Lungs, Panders To As Many Minority Groups As Possible In 38 Seconds. DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been uniting those who are the following in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct against Republicans: liber/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-married, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time?
https://www.aol.com/articles/aoc-screams-top-her-lungs-152613565.html
DAILY SIGNAL
— Midterms Shaping Up to Be a War Over Delivering Affordability for Gen Z. DD: What did you do to afford things before you were 28 years old? Back in the good old days, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and a job-related master’s degree when I was 27. I took bad jobs that my peers would never stoop to take. That enabled me a) to buy new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, and 25, b) to graduate debt-free from college owning a 20-month old car, and c) to buy real estate when I was 24, 25, and 27.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/11/16/midterms-shaping-up-to-be-a-war-over-delivering-affordability-for-gen-z/
DAILY WIRE
— Rooting Out Fraud: Trump Admin To Make Food Stamp Recipients Reapply For Benefits
https://www.dailywire.com/news/rooting-out-fraud-trump-admin-to-make-food-stamp-recipients-reapply-for-benefits
EPOCH TIMES
— Socialism Preferred by One-Third of Churchgoers. DD: Democrats are ever-increasingly taking over and destroying religion.
https://prescottenews.com/2025/11/17/new-study-finds-socialism-preferred-by-one-third-of-churchgoers-the-epoch-times/
FOX NEWS
— Socialist wave reaches West Coast as Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass gets a Mamdani-like challenger
https://www.foxnews.com/media/socialist-wave-reaches-west-coast-los-angeles-mayor-karen-bass-gets-mamdani-like-challenger
— Trump calls on House Republicans to vote to release Epstein files: ‘We have nothing to hide.’ President calls controversy a ‘Democrat hoax perpetrated by radical left lunatics’ in Truth Social post. DD: Ever-increasingly, because of Democrat victories, just about everyone around me is moving to the left. What does that say about them?
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-calls-house-republicans-vote-release-epstein-files-we-have-nothing-hide
NEWSMAX
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Says She Still Supports Trump. DD: I have always supported the Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, including those who blame me for their defeats and/or who have taken big adverse actions against me. I should write about that.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/epstein-files-marjorietaylorgreene/2025/11/16/id/1234766/
POST MILLENNIAL
— Trump urges house Republicans to ‘vote to release the Epstein files’
https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-president-trump-urges-house-republicans-to-vote-to-release-the-epstein-files
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— From CRT to Campus Protest: The Making of a Mamdani Voter. DD: How many Mamdani voters are there in Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct?
https://www.aol.com/articles/crt-campus-protest-making-mamdani-115612569.html
— The Rise of City Leftists: Mamdani, Wilson and the Democrats. DD: Ever-increasingly, because of Democrat victories, just about everyone around me is moving to the left. What does that say about them?
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/11/17/the_rise_of_city_leftists_mamdani_wilson_and_the_democrats.amp.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump on H-1B visas: US lacks enough ‘talented people.’ DD: Are you talented? According to my critics/opponents, I am not. They stress that my ACT score was only 24, that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class, that I got no scholarships, that while I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees, my GPAs were not that great, and that while I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) examinations on my first attempt, my scores could have been better. They stress that I did not earn my master’s degrees until I was 27, 31, and 48, that I did not take the CPA examination until I was 30 and the CIA examination until I was 32, and that while I became a licensed CPA, it was not until I was 32. But more than the aforesaid, they stress the many big adverse actions a) that my Democrat superiors in the federal government took against me and b) that my Republican superiors in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois took against me.
https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-h-1b-visas-us-135445060.html
ABC NEWS
— How Hegseth’s newly proposed military fitness standards compare to existing tests. DD: I was 1-A for the Vietnam War draft. My critics/opponents have always used against me big time my getting student draft deferments 1966-1970 and a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971. Did you try to enlist? I did not. But if I had, would my not being able to run because I had a bone disease, my eyesight not being correctable to 20/20, and my partial red/green color blindness have disqualified me? What if I had stressed the aforesaid when I got my physical examination for the Vietnam War draft when I was 18 in 1966?
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/hegseths-newly-proposed-military-fitness-standards-compare-existing/story?id=126110550
AOL
— US inflation rate climbs to 3% in September; highest this year
https://www.aol.com/finance/us-inflation-rate-climbs-3-124724769.html
— How Does the 2.8% COLA for 2026 Compare Historically? DD: My critics/opponents continue to be furious a) that I got COLAs while I was a federal employee 1966-1969 and 1971-1997 and b) that I have gotten COLAs as federal retiree since 1997. My critics/opponents a) would never stoop to take a federal job or b) failed/refused to qualify themselves for federal jobs. I qualified myself for my Post Office job by passing the postal employment examination and earning a high school diploma. I qualified myself for my IRS job by passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination and earning a bachelor’s degree in business. I qualified myself for my GAO job by earning an MBA and passing the CPA examination on my first attempt.
https://www.aol.com/finance/does-social-securitys-2-8-084400236.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— In Israel, Adams Raises Doubts About Safety of Jews in New York. Mayor Eric Adams painted an alarming picture of his city under his successor, Mamdani, saying, “If I were a Jewish New Yorker, I’d be concerned about my children.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/nyregion/eric-adams-israel-safety-mamdani.html
— Trump, in Reversal, Urges House to Approve Releasing Epstein Files
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11/16/us/trump-news
WASHINGTON POST
— In shift, Trump says House should vote to release Epstein files
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/11/16/house-epstein-discharge-petition-trump/
— Seattle’s coming socialist experiment
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/11/16/seattle-socialist-mayor-katie-wilson-mamdani/
KQED
— DD: As Enforcement Intensifies, Churches Become Sanctuaries for illegals. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that GOD condemns the concepts of countries, borders, and laws. How much success are Democrat leaders having in your church?
https://www.kqed.org/news/12063793/as-enforcement-intensifies-churches-become-sanctuaries-for-immigrants-seeking-peace
KTRH
— Mamdani Win Shows Legal Immigration Is As Harmful As Illegal Immigration
https://ktrh.iheart.com/featured/houston-texas-news/content/2025-11-14-mamdani-win-shows-legal-immigration-is-as-harmful-as-illegal-immigration/
FORTUNE
— Meta is hiring entry-level roles that pay up to $290,000 a year and require little prior experience. DD: What entry-level jobs did you have? I had three. I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU when I was 21 years old in 1970. My first entry-level job was a Retail Sales Manager for a Firestone Store. My salary was about $50,000/year in today’s dollars for a 44-hour workweek. In 1971, my second entry-level job was a GS-7 IRS Revenue Officer. The salary was $55,850/year in today’s dollars. To get that job, I had passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination. My taking graduate evening business courses at Loyola helped me get promoted to GS-9 ($68,315/year) in 1972, to GS-11 ($82,655/year) in 1973, and to GS-12 ($99,069/year) in 1974. I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. In 1980, my third entry-level job was a GS-9 Step 10 GAO Analyst, The salary was $88,808/year in today’s dollars. To get that job, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980.
https://fortune.com/2025/10/17/meta-hiring-200k-dollars-six-figure-entry-level-software-engineer-jobs-gen-z-careers-tech-industry-dwindling-opportunities/
AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
— Hiring Trends: Skills, Credentials and Potential. DD: Meeting and exceeding Affirmative Action and DEI quotas, goals, and targets was always my employers’ top priority. 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. As they came to realize that I was not going to become a Democrat, they ever-increasingly wasted my career and they succeed in forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. They ever-increasingly wasted my work experience and what I had learned earning a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://patimes.org/hr-hiring-trends-skills-credentials-and-potential/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Recruiting and retaining a well-qualified workforce is a critical concern for public administrators. To provide effective, efficient and responsive services, employees must be carefully selected for their roles. There is a long-standing debate about whether hiring should focus on their skills developed through experience, formal credentials or their potential. The Society for Human Resource Management has reported that employers practicing skills-based hiring increased from 56% in 2022 to 81% in 2024. While the short-term trend is clear, public administrators should be cognizant of both the strengths and weaknesses of each approach.)
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— OPM seeks fast-track removal of federal employees for ‘suitability’ reasons in proposed rule. DD: According to Democrats, to be suitable for a federal job, you must be a Democrat who is minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/hiring-retention/2025/06/opm-seeks-fast-track-removal-of-federal-employees-for-suitability-reasons-in-proposed-rule/
NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Why Are IQ Scores Suddenly Falling?
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/american-adult-lower-iq-scores-cognitive-decline-technology-flynn-effect.html
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
SPECTATOR
— Far left is the new face of the Democratic Party. DD: Ever-increasingly, because of Democrat victories, just about everyone around me is moving to the left. What does that say about them?
https://www.spectator.com.au/2025/11/far-left-is-the-new-face-of-the-democratic-party/
INDEPENDENT
— Fox News host Jesse Watters blames single women for Mamdani’s socialist takeover in New York. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly discourage traditional marriage and family. Affirmative Action and DEI discourage traditional marriage and family.
https://www.aol.com/news/fox-news-host-jesse-watters-015034229.html
HINDUSTAN TIMES
— Mamdani slammed after raising $1 million for transition
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/new-york-city-mayor-elect-zohran-mamdani-slammed-after-raising-1-million-for-transition-affordability-is-expensive-101763315207921.html
INDIA TODAY
— Why buying health insurance should be your first move in personal finance. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997, the federal government paid 72% of my health insurance premiums. That helped me endure my Democrat superiors’ tremendous efforts to get rid of me. My critics/opponents ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn the 72% health insurance subsidy a) that I got when I was federal employee, b) that my wife got when she was a federal employee 1968-1970, c) that I will always get as a federal retiree, and d) that my wife has gotten since we got married in 1978 and will always get.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/health/other/why-buying-health-insurance-should-be-your-first-move-in-personal-finance/ar-AA1QzayW
Tag: illegals
November 16, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Staffer held at knifepoint at state Senate leader’s Oak Park office. Scott Loeffler, 35, allegedly pulled a knife on an employee in state Sen. Don Harmon’s office and stole her phone. He was charged with armed robbery and ordered detained Sunday.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-suburbs/2025/11/16/staffer-held-knifepoint-don-harmon-oak-park-office
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use religious leaders to protect their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/11/16/clergy-arrests-broadview-ice
DAILY HERALD
— DD: Palatine ever-increasingly blasts ICE.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251116/news/palatine-leaders-hope-to-rebuild-trust-in-wake-of-immigration-arrests/
ABC7
— DHS leaves command center at Naval Station Great Lakes in North Chicago
https://abc7chicago.com/post/department-homeland-security-leaves-midway-blitz-command-center-naval-station-great-lakes-north-chicago-city-officials/18162361/
— Many House Republicans will back bill to release Epstein files
https://abc7chicago.com/post/house-republicans-will-back-bill-blow-open-epstein-files-effort-leaders-say-pres-trump-calls-clinton-investigation/18162601/
CBS2
— Border Patrol commander has left Chicago, but some communities remain on edge
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/border-patrol-chief-left-chicago-communities-remain-on-edge/
— Staffer robbed at knifepoint at Illinois Sen. Don Harmon’s Oak Park office; suspect charged
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/staffer-robbed-at-knifepoint-at-don-harmons-oak-park-office-suspect-charged/
FOX32
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/immigration-crackdown-chicago
— 2 out of 5 younger women want to leave US for good
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/2-out-5-younger-women-want-leave-us-good-poll-finds
HERALD REVIEW
— Illinois residents face high health insurance prices, with Obamacare subsidies still in limbo after shutdown
https://herald-review.com/news/state-regional/business/health-care/article_4b261e0b-75c3-5e3f-a1bd-0aa5509730af.html
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE & WSIU & WAND TV
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for inflation.
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/trumps-republican-party-insists-theres-no-affordability-crisis-and-dismisses-election-losses/article_f77d0898-0fd2-58d9-ba45-0b3d3362defe.html
https://www.wsiu.org/2025-11-15/white-house-pivots-to-affordability-as-president-trump-confronts-voter-discontent
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/trumps-republican-party-insists-theres-no-affordability-crisis-and-dismisses-election-losses/article_bb2918e2-14ad-58da-939f-c3e9662f7666.html
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— Malefactor Deathmatch: Socialists vs. Groypers
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2025/11/13/malefactor-deathmatch-socialists-vs-groypers
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump seeks primary challenges against Indiana state lawmakers who defy redistricting demands
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/16/trump-seeks-primary-challenges-indiana-state-lawmakers-defy/
— House Speaker Mike Johnson insists President Trump has ‘clean hands’ in Epstein case
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/16/mike-johnson-house-speaker-insists-president-trump-clean-hands/
— Right-wing antisemitism betrays conservatism. Antithetical to the Judeo-Christian ethic. DD: Many, if not most, if not virtually all of my Chicago office GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were antisemitic. They were furious when I volunteered to work for a GS-15, currently $163,749-$195,200/year, Jewish manager in 1990. They were intimidated/envious of her having an MBA from the University of Chicago and passing the CPA examination on her first attempt.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/16/right-wing-antisemitism-betrays-conservatism/
— California yanks illegal immigrants’ trucker’s licenses; Newsom says migrant status not a factor
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/16/california-yanks-illegal-immigrants-truckers-licenses-newsom-says/
— Where’s the violence? Look to the left. Conservatives aren’t assassinating the opposition.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/16/wheres-violence-look-left/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The woke war on standards is destroying higher education
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/3887586/woke-war-on-standards-destroying-higher-education/
— Trump debuts new ‘Marjorie Taylor Brown’ nickname for MTG after pair fall out. DD: I should write about those who have dumped me. I would focus on Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders who I have done the most to help elect and to help reelect. I would focus on those who blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for their defeats.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/3888374/trump-debuts-new-marjorie-taylor-brown-nickname-for-mtg-after-pair-fall-out/
— Epstein’s resentment toward Trump
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/3888590/jeffrey-epstein-resentment-toward-donald-trump/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump fumes at ‘politically correct’ Indiana state GOP pols over stalled redistricting push
https://nypost.com/2025/11/16/us-news/trump-fumes-at-indiana-state-gop-pols-over-redistricting-push/
— Bigwig on Zohran Mamdani’s transition team railed against Jews
https://nypost.com/2025/11/16/us-news/bigwig-on-zohran-mamdanis-transition-team-railed-against-jews-questioned-gay-rights/
AMERICAN THINKER
— How many illegal aliens are in our country?
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/11/wait_a_minute_how_many_illegal_aliens_are_in_our_country_again.html
BREITBART
— Companies Abusing H-1B Program to Save Labor Costs
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/11/15/schweizer-companies-abusing-h-1b-program-to-save-labor-costs/
CENTER SQUARE
— DD: Democrats and RINOs slam Vance’s call for less legal immigration. If there had been as many immigrants when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealth parents who bought them cars, paid for their college education, and got them jobs.
https://www.aol.com/articles/advocates-slam-vances-call-less-165900388.html
DAILY CALLER
— ‘Just Doesn’t Work And Has Never Worked’: Bill Maher Slams Democrats’ Shift Towards Socialism
https://dailycaller.com/2025/11/16/bill-maher-socialism-destroy-democrats-real-time-mamdani-dsa/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Mamdani Is a Warning for Western Civilization
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/11/16/mamdani-is-a-warning-for-western-civilization/
— Midterms Shaping Up to Be a War Over Delivering Affordability for Gen Z
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/11/16/midterms-shaping-up-to-be-a-war-over-delivering-affordability-for-gen-z/
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Bill Maher Rips Democratic Socialism, Warns Dems They’re Going Too Far Left
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/11/bill-maher-rips-democratic-socialism-warns-dems-theyre-going-too-far-left/
NEWSMAX
— Trump Withdraws Support for MTG’s Reelection
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/mtg-marjorie-taylor-greene-donald-trump/2025/11/16/id/1234774/
— Trump’s Healthcare Plan Lowers Premiums, Costs
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/bill-cassidy-trump-healthcare/2025/11/16/id/1234767/
PJ MEDIA
— Charlotte Grocery Store Offers Illegals Free Delivery to Avoid ICE
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/11/16/charlotte-grocery-store-offers-illegals-free-delivery-to-avoid-ice-n4946053
TOWNHALL
— Trump Threatens To Replace RINO Indiana Republicans Who Won’t Redistrict
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/scott-mcclallen/2025/11/16/trump-threatens-to-replace-rino-indiana-republicans-who-wont-redistrict-n2666525
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially name itself the Socialist Party?
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5606186-socialism-gaining-popularity-affordability/
— Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) claimed Sunday that President Trump is “losing his MAGA base” over files related to the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as controversy surrounding the disgraced financier heats up.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5608012-khanna-trump-epstein-files/
— Greene says Trump administration ‘infuriating people’ by ‘gaslighting’ them on affordability
https://www.aol.com/articles/greene-says-trump-administration-infuriating-191429637.html
CNN
— Trump feuds with Marjorie Taylor Greene as House vote on releasing Epstein files looms
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-administration-epstein-files-11-16-25
REUTERS
— US House speaker says ‘nothing to hide’ in Epstein files
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-house-speaker-says-nothing-hide-epstein-files-2025-11-16/
AOL
— While on NYC’s slowest bus, Mamdani says he’d as mayor bike, ride public transit to work
https://www.aol.com/articles/while-nyc-slowest-bus-mamdani-234400932.html
NBC NEWS
— Epstein vote a Democratic attempt to make Trump a ‘lame duck’
https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/sen-barrasso-says-epstein-vote-a-democratic-attempt-to-make-trump-a-lame-duck-full-interview-252146245958
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat Leaders Say Pope Leo Doesn’t Want to Be the Anti-Trump. But He Is.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/opinion/trump-pope-leo-maga-christianity.html
— Marjorie Taylor Greene Extends an Olive Branch to Trump. The Georgia Republican, long a loyal Trump ally, had come under attack by the president after showing independence, notably on the government’s investigation of Jeffrey Epstein.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/us/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-trump-epstein-files.html
— Epstein Emails Reveal a Lost New York
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/style/epstein-emails-reveal-a-lost-new-york.html
WASHINGTON POST
— GOP-led Epstein probe in House creates political friendly fire for Trump. The Republican side of the committee investigating Epstein has kept pushing out troves of emails and documents, and Trump’s name keeps coming up.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/11/16/epstein-emails-republicans-trump/
— Despite Trump’s ire, House gaining support on Epstein files vote. Lawmakers pushing for the release of more files are planning a news conference at the Capitol on Tuesday alongside victims of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/11/16/house-epstein-discharge-petition-trump/
— GOP plans to replace Obamacare have failed. Here’s what lawmakers propose now.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/11/16/gop-healthcare-plans-trump/
USA TODAY
— What Epstein’s emails reveal about the rich and famous who sought his advice. Financial and political intel? Sure. But there was so much more that Bold Face Names sought from the disgraced sex offender and former Trump friend.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/15/jeffrey-epsteins-emails-advice-to-rich-and-famous/87274450007/
DALLAS EXPRESS
— Trump Plans To Bring Foreign Experts To Train American Workers. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://dallasexpress.com/national/treasury-secretary-scott-bessent-says-trump-plans-to-bring-foreign-experts-to-train-american-workers/
STATEN ISLAND ADVANCE
— Catholic leaders across U.S. issue ‘special message’ condemning Trump’s deportations. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly get religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.silive.com/nation/2025/11/catholic-leaders-across-us-issue-special-message-condemning-trumps-deportations.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump’s Affordability Agenda
https://www.wsj.com/video/series/journal-editorial-report/wsj-opinion-trump-affordability-agenda/4BBBC550-1217-497D-AAB8-62CD32E5B7C1
— White House Hunts for Ways to Lower the Cost of Living. Aside from reducing tariffs, Trump has a limited ability to bring down prices. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for inflation.
https://www.wsj.com/economy/consumers/trump-cost-of-living-prices-8e08798d
— He’s Called ‘Little Trump,’ and His Tactics Are Rankling White House Top Brass. Bill Pulte, head of the agency overseeing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, has been making big waves from his low-profile post. DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who have lots of clout, who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican, and who have worked harder against me than me than against any Democrat. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/bill-pulte-profile-d000c844
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Pulte, who heads the Federal Housing Finance Agency, told the president he had identified leakers who were undermining the administration. He was carrying a “Ghostbusters”-style poster that featured pictures of administration officials and outside allies, outlined by red circles with lines through their faces, according to officials familiar with the meeting. For many in the West Wing, it was classic Pulte: an attention-grabbing move to burrow into President Trump’s good graces by attacking the president’s perceived enemies. . .Pulte has routinely made waves from that low-profile post, digging up opposition research on the president’s foes, ousting legal and ethics watchdogs who investigated the FHFA director’s conduct, and lashing out at companies in the housing world.)
— Trump Withdraws Support for Once Staunch Backer Marjorie Taylor Greene. The Georgia Republican has recently criticized the administration on several issues including affordability. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for inflation.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-withdraws-support-for-once-staunch-backer-marjorie-taylor-greene-89798ddf
FORTUNE
— The exact amount of money ($619,178/year) you need to earn to be among New York’s ultra-wealthy club has been revealed—and it’s 7x the average wage ($84,578/year).
https://www.aol.com/finance/exact-amount-money-earn-among-161519963.html
PBS
— As Enforcement Intensifies, Churches Become Sanctuaries for Immigrants. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly get religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.kqed.org/news/12063793/as-enforcement-intensifies-churches-become-sanctuaries-for-immigrants-seeking-peace
AXIOS
— These cities have the highest entry-level wage growth. DD: What entry-level jobs did you have? I had three. I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU when I was 21 years old in 1970. My first entry-level job was a Retail Sales Manager for a Firestone Store. My salary was about $50,000/year in today’s dollars for a 44-hour workweek. In 1971, my second entry-level job was a GS-7 IRS Revenue Officer. The salary was $55,850/year in today’s dollars. To get that job, I had passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination. My taking graduate evening business courses at Loyola helped me get promoted to GS-9 ($68,315/year) in 1972, to GS-11 ($82,655/year) in 1973, and to GS-12 ($99,069/year) in 1974. I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. In 1980, my third entry-level job was a GS-9 Step 10 GAO Analyst, The salary was $88,808/year in today’s dollars. To get that job, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980.
https://www.axios.com/2025/11/16/entry-level-wage-growth-cities
RAW STORY
— Trump rages at GOP ‘friend’ for not following his orders. DD: My critics/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. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have lots of clout and had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-friend-gop-power-grab/
COMMON DREAMS
— Mamdani Backers Rally to ‘Tax the Rich’ as Transition Raises $1 Million in 10 Days From 12,000 Donors
https://www.commondreams.org/news/mamdani-tax-the-rich
SALON
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly get religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.salon.com/2025/11/16/faith-under-attack-more-clergy-arrested-at-ice-facility-protest/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
INDEPENDENT
— The Trump Organization looked to bring in nearly 200 foreign workers on visas this year to staff its golf clubs and businesses — the highest total to date, according to figures from the Department of Labor. This year, the company sought to hire 184 foreign workers for temporary positions at the family’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and a winery in Virginia through H-2A and H-2B visas, Forbes first reported. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.aol.com/news/trump-organization-asked-foreign-visas-151152895.html
GUARDIAN
— The banality of evil: how Epstein’s powerful friends normalized him
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/16/jeffrey-epstein-powerful-friends
November 16, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DD: Federal immigration agents accused of racial profiling. What percent of illegals are non-White?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/latino-us-citizens-racially-profiled-immigration-chicago/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Epstein to destroy Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/16/column-jeffrey-epstein-files-maga-page/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for high health insurance rates. DD: My critics/opponents ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn the 72% health insurance subsidy a) that I got when I was federal employee 1966-1997, b) that my wife got when she was a federal employee 1968-1970, c) that I will always get as a federal retiree, and d) that my wife has gotten since we got married in 1978 and will always get. My critics/opponents either a) would never have stooped to take a federal job and/or b) failed/refused to qualify themselves for federal jobs. In my defense, I would not become a postal employee when I was 18 in 1966 if my high school friend had not asked me to take the postal employment test with him. I would not have become an IRS employee in 1971 if my Firestone Store boss had not fired me because I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. But Oldsmobile withdrew that job offer saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/16/health-insurance-obamacare-subsidies-aca/
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251115/local/they-were-just-arresting-people-family-seeks-release-of-longtime-des-plaines-resident-detained-by/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PHOTOS AND GRAPHIC: Why do so many Democratic U.S. House members in the suburbs have primary challengers?
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251115/us-congress-politics/why-do-so-many-democratic-u-s-house-members-in-the-suburbs-have-primary-challengers/
— Families in need line up early for distribution of 1,000 holiday meals in Elgin. DD: Under the Democrats, more and more and more people are “in need.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251115/news/families-in-need-line-up-early-for-distribution-of-1000-holiday-meals-in-elgin/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Advocates celebrate Glen Ellyn affordable housing development
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251115/news/a-fundamental-issue-advocates-celebrate-glen-ellyn-affordable-housing-development/
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: If you cannot afford something, Democrats want you to blame Trump.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-11-15/white-house-pivots-to-affordability-as-president-trump-confronts-voter-discontent
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What do you say to those who demand blind loyalty? My critics/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. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— In what ways are you becoming a minority in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your precinct? I am increasingly becoming a minority in the aforesaid because I am conservative, Republican, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in northeast Illinois for a long time. My ancestors have lived in northeast Illinois since 1844. I have lived in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton since 1978. I have lived in my precinct since 1984. Ever-increasingly, those who share my demographics are not moving to where I live, they are moving away from where I live, or they are passing away. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Syverson Interviewed on Chicago Fox about Blasting Dems for Providing Health Care for Illegals
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/15/syverson-interviewed-on-chicago-fox-about-blasting-dems-for-providing-health-care-for-illegals/
— Reick Wonders If AI Excitement Has Overheated the Economy & Resulted in Excessive Taxpayer Subsidies
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/15/reick-wonders-if-ai-excitement-has-overheated-the-economy-resulted-in-excessive-taxpayer-subsidies/
— UPDATE: Dog Sex Arrests in Huntley MAKES ABC, NBC & WGN
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/14/dog-sex-arrests-in-huntley/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Mamdani taps ‘Defund the Police’ champion to head team steering his transition to NYC mayor
https://nypost.com/2025/11/15/us-news/mamdani-taps-defund-the-police-champion-to-head-team-steering-his-transition-to-nyc-mayor/
— Jewish New Yorkers rushing to buy guns for protection after anti-Israel Mamdani’s victory
https://www.aol.com/articles/jewish-yorkers-rushing-buy-guns-134514602.html
— Mamdani setting up NYC for violence with resistance to immigration enforcement
https://nypost.com/2025/11/15/opinion/zohran-mamdani-risking-nyc-violence-with-immigration-enforcement-resistance/
— Trump admin begins massive crackdown on violent illegal migrants in Charlotte
https://nypost.com/2025/11/15/us-news/ice-raids-underway-in-charlotte-in-trumps-latest-immigration-sweep/
— Katie Wilson — a 43-year-old socialist who still lives off parents’ money — wins Seattle mayoral race. DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party? How much money did your parents have? My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. in 1969, he died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. My mother had never worked outside the home before then.
https://www.aol.com/news/katie-wilson-43-old-socialist-180222056.html
— AOC raises ‘impressive’ $11.8M — setting socialist lawmaker up for potential 2028 Senate run. DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.aol.com/articles/aoc-raises-impressive-11-8m-133436890.html
— Champagne Socialist Zohran Mamdani slammed for hogging $2,300 apartment — despite six-figure salary, wealthy family. DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.aol.com/cuomo-bashes-rich-person-zohran-125945960.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Seattle mayor-elect Katie Wilson broadcasts socialist wish list. DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/11/15/utopia-seattle-mayor-elect-katie-wilson-broadcasts-socialist-wish-list-1600562/
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— H-1B – Designed for Cheap Labor. DD: Employers want cheap labor. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://cis.org/Miano/H1B-Designed-Cheap-Labor
DAILY CALLER
— Socialist Katie Wilson Wins Seattle Mayor’s Race Thanks To Ballot Dumps Over A Week After Election Day. DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.aol.com/articles/socialist-katie-wilson-wins-seattle-024312231.html
DAILY SIGNAL
— Socialism Has Failed Everywhere. Mamdani’s NYC Will Be No Different.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/11/12/mayor-mamdanis-socialist-vision-is-setting-nyc-up-for-failure/
EPOCH TIMES
— How Trump Broke GOP Orthodoxy and Built a New Working-Class Party. DD: I was a member of the working class 1964-1997, that is, I was a wage earner 1964-1997. My critics/opponents a) look down on, if not despise, if not hate wage earners, b) have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, and/or c) had wealthy parents who bought them cars, paid for their college expenses, and got them jobs. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://lists.theepochtimes.com/archive/u6lrbCAwEN/RontmvJPy/1tiNbjq0PdJ
FOX NEWS
— Socialist wave goes coast-to-coast as historic wins shake up the 2025 mayoral elections. DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/democratic-socialists-win-mayoral-races-new-york-city-seattle-historic-victories
— Seattle elects socialist Katie Wilson as mayor. DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6385147150112
— Meet the socialist Mamdani-style mayor just elected to run West Coast’s 5th largest city. DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/meet-socialist-mamdani-style-mayor-just-elected-run-west-coasts-5th-largest-city
— Bill Maher tears into socialism and begs Democrats to embrace moderate candidates. DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.foxnews.com/media/bill-maher-tears-socialism-begs-democrats-embrace-moderate-candidates.amp
— Will Election Day 2025 be remembered as the rise of the socialists? DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.aol.com/news/election-day-2025-remembered-rise-150042352.html
— Seattle elects democratic socialist Katie Wilson as mayor. DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6385147150112
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— ICE Busts Duckworth Senate Aide for Bogus Lawyer Ruse to Release Criminal Migrant
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/ice-illinois-fake-lawyer-tammy-duckworth
— America’s Roads Just Got More Dangerous Thanks to Radical Judges. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/rogue-federal-judges-trump-americas-roadways-
NEWSMAX
— Staten Island Leaders Renew Secession Push After Mamdani Election
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/staten-island-new-york-city-mayor/2025/11/15/id/1234693/
POST MILLENNIAL
— Seattle’s new socialist mayor looks forward to ‘coast to coast partnership’ with Mamdani. DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://thepostmillennial.com/seattles-new-socialist-mayor-looks-forward-to-coast-to-coast-partnership-with-nycs-zohran-mamdani
— Staten Island sees renewed NYC secession push after Mamdani victory
https://thepostmillennial.com/staten-island-sees-renewed-nyc-secession-push-after-mamdani-victory
ZERO HEDGE
— The Foreign Worker Scam Exposes Trump’s Economic Achilles Heel
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/foreign-worker-scam-exposes-trumps-economic-achilles-heel
(FROM THE ARTICLE: To bring our nation back to legitimate self reliance would require a total reformation of our society and the removal of the political left (including globalists) from the equation. Part of this long term reformation demands a reversal of open borders ideology and multiculturalism, which has ravaged the west. Migrants view our economy as a “global commons”, a wealth pool they are all entitled to access. They don’t see it is a privilege, they see it as a “right”. This is something that Trump does have the capacity to fix in the three years he has left in office, but he has a tendency to get sidetracked by minutia and bad advice. I have been warning since before Trump was re-elected that the economy was going to be his Achilles Heal. From past examples it seems that Trump delegates a lot of his policy ideas to advisers and among these advisers (he has dozens of them, official and unofficial) there are always people who give him suicidal arguments and terrible talking points. His lack of concrete planning for economic repair is putting conservatives on edge and handing immense social influence over to Democrats and woke activists. All they have to do is point at the lack of a clear strategy and suggest that they can do better (they can’t, but it won’t matter to voters living paycheck to paycheck). Trump has done some things right. His tariff policies are absolutely necessary to counter the wealth gap created by corporate globalism. The US has been turned into a consumer nation that continuously takes on debt in order to create ever depreciating wealth. That wealth is then siphoned from the public by international conglomerates, banks and foreign interests. We are being slowly drained of our lifeblood by a nest of vampires. Tariffs are one of the few measures at Trump’s disposal to unilaterally stop the bleeding and force corporations to bring the wealth and jobs back to the US. This is done through new domestic manufacturing and the end of general outsourcing using third world labor. Globalism is NOT the free market, it is the opposite. It is forced interdependency of nations and economies to the benefit of a tiny handful of ultra-wealthy elites. The tariff fight is direct and Trump’s reasons are evident. The average Joe wants more American jobs with higher salaries for the middle class instead of wallowing in low-wage retail and service sector hell. But Trump can’t say he’s fighting for this end result through tariffs and then turn around and let an army of migrants take middle class jobs. The President stumbled into multiple forehead slapping blunders this past week. He called for 600,000 Chinese students to prop up US colleges. He called for 50-year mortgages to offset plunging home ownership, and he argued that America doesn’t have the talent pool to fill jobs taken by H1B foreigners.)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— How to reverse the dumbing down of American higher ed
https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/education/5606843-how-to-reverse-the-dumbing-down-of-american-higher-ed/amp/
— DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.aol.com/articles/opinion-mamdani-victory-shows-democrats-190000084.html
MSN
— Mamdani says to boycott Starbucks during worker strike
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/mamdani-says-to-boycott-starbucks-during-worker-strike/ar-AA1QuYYS
AOL
— AI may be hurting entry-level jobs. DD: What entry-level jobs did you have? I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU when I was 21 years old in 1970. My first entry-level was Retail Sales Manager for a Firestone Store. My salary was about $50,000/year in today’s dollars for a 44-hour workweek. In 1971, my second entry-level job was a GS-7 IRS Revenue Officer. The salary was $55,850/year in today’s dollars. To get that job, I had passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination. My taking graduate evening business courses at Loyola helped me get promoted to GS-9 ($68,315/year) in 1972, to GS-11 ($82,655/year) in 1973, and to GS-12 ($99,069/year) in 1974. I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976.
https://www.aol.com/articles/powell-says-ai-may-hurting-210440564.html
— Mamdani Wasted No Time In Quoting Socialist Eugene Debs During Victory Speech. DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.aol.com/news/zohran-mamdani-wasted-no-time-144553426.html
— College Graduates Put Socialism Back on the Ballot. DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.aol.com/news/college-graduates-put-socialism-back-195526625.html
ABC NEWS
— Congress reopens government, but leaves healthcare subsidies in limbo. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997, the federal government paid 72% of my health insurance premiums. That helped me endure my Democrat superiors’ tremendous efforts to get rid of me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFXpfhYDBU8
NBC DC
— Unprecedented surge of federal retirement claims. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors used Gingrich budget cuts to make my coworkers like me who had 25 years of federal service eligible to retire when I was 45 year old in 1993, that is, they used Gingrich budget cuts to get rid of my coworkers like me who had 25 years of federal service in 1993. Overwhelmingly, my coworkers who were eligible were White male males like me who had not made GS-15, currently $163,749-$195,200/year.
https://www.nbcwashington.com/investigations/surge-federal-retirement-claims-delays-frustration/4016344/
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Fuentes against Republicans
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-john-ganz.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/opinion/abortion-pills.html
— What Even Is a ‘Good’ Job? DD: According to my critics/opponents, a) all the jobs that I had were bad jobs that they would never have stooped to take and b) I was always grossly overpaid and my employment benefits were always far too generous.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/opinion/good-jobs-policy.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Will Mamdani succeed in uniting Muslims and Jews against Christians?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/11/16/sadiq-khan-london-zohran-mamdani/
— Seasonal hiring weakest since the Great Recession. DD: When I was 18 years old, the Post Office hired me in November of 1966 because it got a budget increase to deal with 1966 Christmas rush.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/11/12/holiday-hiring-slowdown-ai-great-recession/
USA TODAY
— DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/15/zohran-mamdani-victory-nyc-democratic-socialism/87231501007/
FORTUNE
— If you proletarianize the young people, don’t be surprised they end up communist
https://www.aol.com/finance/billionaire-peter-thiel-warns-proletarianize-235603503.html
NATIONAL CATHOLIC REGISTER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly succeed in getting religious leaders to promote illegal immigration.
https://www.ncregister.com/cna/bishops-of-new-york-condemn-deportations-of-migrants-with-refugee-status
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
SOCIALIST WORKER
— Should we condemn violence or embrace it? DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://socialistworker.co.uk/teach-yourself-marxism/should-we-condemn-violence-or-embrace-it/
ECONOMIC TIMES
— ‘No contract, no coffee!’: Mamdani calls for Starbucks boycott as union workers strike nationwide
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYuUtQT647U
NTD NEWS
— DHS Drives Historic Drop in US Foreign-Born Population. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.ntd.com/dhs-drives-historic-drop-in-us-foreign-born-population_1108104.html
TIMES OF INDIA
— JD Vance challenges Donald Trump over H-1B visas. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/jd-vance-challenges-donald-trump-over-h-1b-visas-how-it-happens-and-what-it-reveals-about-policy/articleshow/125349490.cms
NEW INDIAN EXPRESS
— Mamdani’s multitudes and India’s soft power. Mamdani’s unapologetic embrace of his layered identities is soft power as the persuasion of authenticity, not propaganda. He may not represent India formally, yet he reflects some of its finest possibilities—pluralism, intellectual curiosity, and the capacity to juggle contradictions. DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.newindianexpress.com/opinions/2025/Nov/15/zohran-mamdanis-multitudes-and-indias-soft-power
SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
— The forever-renter generation: they’re ones who voted Mamdani. DD: Back in the good old days, that is, back when I was 24 years old in 1972, I was able to buy a new townhome. But I would not have been able to do that if I had not a) passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970, b) earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970, c) worked for IRS for 15 months, and d) worked part-time for a Firestone Store for 18 months and full-time for 7 months before that.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/the-forever-renter-generation-they-re-ones-who-voted-teal-and-mamdani-20251114-p5nfka.html
November 15, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: What employment benefits did you have that your critics/opponents objected to? I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for more than 28 years. My critics/opponents object to all the benefits that I had as a federal employee and that I have as a federal retiree. SEE: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pandemic-information/benefits/ In my defense, I would not become a postal employee when I was 18 in 1966 if my high school friend had not asked me to take the postal employment test with him. I would not have become an IRS employee in 1971 if my Firestone Store boss had not fired me because I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. But Oldsmobile withdrew that job offer saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/cps-chicago-public-schools-travel-abuse-oig-inspector-general-expenses/
— DD: Soon, under the Democrats who run Illinois, everyone in Illinois will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/14/opinion-chicago-food-pantry-faith-snap-benefits/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Johnson and Pritzker take credit for drop in Chicago crime.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2025/11/14/chicago-crime-trump-operation-midway-blitz-dhs-murder-immigration
JOURNAL COURIER
— How party politics shapes who gets on the ballot
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/opinion/article/how-party-politics-shapes-gets-ballot-21141511.php
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Marjorie Taylor Greene dumps Trump. I should write about those who have dumped me. I would focus on those who I did the most to help elect and to help reelect. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-11-14/trump-cuts-ties-with-marjorie-taylor-greene-once-among-his-top-maga-world-defenders
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— At Trump’s urging, Bondi says US will investigate Epstein’s ties to Clinton and other political foes
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-at-trumps-urging-bondi-says-us-will-investigate-epsteins-ties-to-clinton-and-other-political-foes/
FOX ILLINOIS
— Younger voters turned out and shifted back toward Democrats in 2025
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/younger-voters-turned-out-and-shifted-back-toward-democrats-in-2025-elections-politics-democrats-republicans-polling
25 NEWS NOW
— Federal healthcare premiums predicted to double in Illinois next year. DD: The federal government paying 72% of my health insurance premiums helped me endure my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors’ tremendous efforts to get rid of me.
https://www.25newsnow.com/2025/11/14/federal-healthcare-premiums-predicted-double-illinois-next-year/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— How successful have Democrats and RINOs been promoting more hatred against Trump in your precinct, and therefore promoting more hatred against the Republican candidates on the March 17, 2026 primary ballot in your precinct? I will get a measure of that in my precinct when I hand-deliver sample ballots and campaign literature to the 400 residences in my precinct that have at least one Republican or one Independent registered voter. Inevitably, I will encounter some voters while I make the deliveries. Will more or fewer Republican primary ballots be cast and why? Which candidates will get more or fewer votes and why? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Employers want cheap labor. Noncitizens work for less money. If there had been as many noncitizens when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents who bought them cars, paid for their college expenses, got them jobs, etc. See what Google AI says about competing against noncitizens at: https://www.google.com/search?q=”compete+against+noncitizens” – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What was your entry-level salary? When I was 22 years old in In 1971, my entry-level GS-7 IRS job paid $55,850/year in today’s dollars. To get that job, in 1970, I had passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination and earned a bachelor’s degree in business. My taking graduate evening business courses helped me get promoted to GS-9 ($68,315/year) in 1972, to GS-11 ($82,655/year) in 1973, and to GS-12 ($99,069/year) in 1974. I earned an MBA in 1976. But my Democrat IRS superiors ignored/dismissed/belittled that. They hinted/implied/agued/shouted that my undergraduate major should have been accounting and that my master’s degree should have been in accounting. So I started taking graduate evening accounting courses in 1976. I took and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980. But my Democrat IRS superiors ignored/dismissed/belittled that. My Democrat IRS superiors would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran. The aforesaid motivated me to transfer to GAO in 1980. I should write about that.
— While I worked for IRS 1971-1980, I was a Revenue Officer. Sadly, IRS Revenue Agents look down on IRS Revenue Officers. IRS Revenue Agents conduct tax audits to determine the correct tax liability, while an IRS Revenue Officers take enforcement actions to collect delinquent tax debts. While there are differences between what IRS Revenue Agents do and what IRS Revenue Offices do, there are many similarities. Being a Revenue Agent requires more accounting education. To get promoted, both IRS Revenue Agents and Officers need more accounting education. SEE: https://www.google.com/search?q=IRS+%22revenue+agent%22+%22revenue+officer%22& That is why I started taking graduate evening accounting courses in 1976. That is why I took and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. That is why I earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980. But my Democrat IRS superiors ignored/dismissed/belittled that. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran. To disallow my education deductions in 1978, my Democrat IRS superiors falsely argued that I did the aforesaid to become a Revenue Agent. The aforesaid motivated me to transfer to GAO in 1980. I should write about that. – Dave Diersen
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Judge sets release of hundreds of migrants from detention in Illinois.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/14/judge-sets-release-hundreds-migrants-detention-illinois/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The Left’s latest hysteria: ‘ICE is arresting American citizens’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/patriotism-unity/3887473/left-hysteria-ice-arrest-american-citizens/
NEW YORK POST
— Smirking Mamdani’s scorn for business will not help NYC prosper. DD: How many capitalist-haters voted for Mamdani?
https://nypost.com/2025/11/14/opinion/smirking-mamdanis-scorn-for-business-will-not-help-nyc-prosper/
— How dare Dems claim moral superiority over those enforcing immigration law
https://nypost.com/2025/11/14/opinion/how-dare-dems-claim-moral-superiority-over-those-enforcing-immigration-law/
DAILY CALLER
— Boston University Students Try To Get Republican Thrown Off Campus After He Called ICE On Illegals
https://dailycaller.com/2025/11/14/boston-university-college-republicans-ice-raid-illegal-immigrants-zac-segal/
EPOCH TIMES
— Hiring Outlook for College Graduates Worst in 5 Years. DD: How good/bad was the hiring situation when you graduated from college? My job search in 1970 was frustrated because potential employers saw me as being draft bait. They did not believe that my financial hardship draft deferment application would be approved. Further, they were under tremendous pressure to hire those who did not share my demographics.
https://prescottenews.com/2025/11/15/hiring-outlook-for-college-graduates-worst-in-5-years-us-employers-say-the-epoch-times/
FOX BUSINESS
— ‘We’re giving these away like candy’: Texas Rep. Beth Van Duyne blasts truck-driving licenses given to illegal aliens.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6385125762112
FOX NEWS
— Mamdani tells 1M social media followers to boycott Starbucks amid ongoing worker strike. DD: How many Starbucks workers in New York voted for Mamdani?
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/zohran-mamdani-tells-1m-social-media-followers-boycott-starbucks-ongoing-worker-strike
NEW YORK SUN
— Democrat and RINO leaders want their illegals to drive trucks.
https://www.nysun.com/article/court-blocks-trump-administrations-rule-limiting-cdls-for-non-citizens-says-america-is-safer-with-them-on-the-roads
ONE AMERICA NEWS
— Border Czar Tom Homan: Catholic Church is ‘wrong’ on mass deportations of illegals. DD: Ever-increasingly, Democrat leaders use faith leaders to do their dirty work.
https://www.oann.com/newsroom/border-czar-tom-homan-catholic-church-is-wrong-on-mass-deportations-of-illegals/
PJ MEDIA
— Disney Co. Removes DEI From Business Report. DD: During all the almost 30 years that I worked for the federal government, my superiors proudly reported the number of minorities and females that they hired and promoted instead of Whites and males, that is, they proudly reported their success in discriminating against Whites and against males.
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/11/14/disney-co-removes-dei-from-business-report-n4945996
POWERLINE
— The war against ICE
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2025/11/the-war-against-ice.php
WESTERN JOURNAL
— DHS Accuses Federal Judge in Chicago of ‘Putting the Lives of Americans Directly at Risk’ as He Orders Release of 615 Illegal Aliens
https://www.westernjournal.com/dhs-accuses-federal-judge-putting-lives-americans-directly-risk-orders-release-615-illegal-aliens/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
REUTERS
— Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protest outside Chicago-area ICE facility. DD: Ever-increasingly, Democrat leaders use faith leaders to do their dirty work.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/nearly-two-dozen-arrested-faith-leaders-protest-outside-chicago-area-ice-2025-11-14/
— Clash over healthcare subsidies threatens to reshape 2026 midterms. DD: The federal government paying 72% of my health insurance helped me endure my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors’ tremendous efforts to get rid of me.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/clash-over-healthcare-subsidies-threatens-reshape-2026-midterms-2025-11-14/
AOL
— 11 Remote Entry-Level Jobs That Pay at Least $85,000 a Year. DD: When I was 22 years old in In 1971, my entry-level GS-7 IRS job paid $55,850/year in today’s dollars. To get that job, in 1970, I had passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination and earned a bachelor’s degree in business. My taking graduate evening business courses helped me get promoted to GS-9 ($68,315/year) in 1972, to GS-11 ($82,655/year) in 1973, and to GS-12 ($99,069/year) in 1974. I earned an MBA in 1976. But my Democrat IRS superiors ignored/dismissed/belittled that. They hinted/implied/agued/shouted that my undergraduate major should have been accounting and that my master’s degree should have been in accounting. So I started taking graduate evening accounting courses in 1976. I took and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980. But my Democrat IRS superiors ignored/dismissed/belittled that. My Democrat IRS superiors would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran. The aforesaid motivated me to transfer to GAO in 1980. I should write about that.
https://www.aol.com/articles/11-remote-entry-level-jobs-103600546.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Accountants analyze, examine, and interpret financial records. They prepare statements and give financial advice. A great deal of accounting work can be done from the comfort of your home. An accountant can make good money. On the higher end of the scale, 25% of workers make $103,990 or more.)
ABC NEWS
— DD: Democrat and RINO judges ever-increasingly promote illegal immigration.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/judge-dismisses-trump-administration-lawsuit-western-ny-citys-127540134
USA TODAY
— DD: Anticipate/expect that soon, the Democrat Party will officially change its name to the Socialist Party.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/15/zohran-mamdani-victory-nyc-democratic-socialism/87231501007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DD: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote mass/illegal immigration, socialism, dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the Second Amendment, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/what-do-mainstream-democrats-stand-for-a6835d6e
— Chicago’s Financial Wizard of Odd. The city’s Treasurer boycotts U.S. Treasurys to spite Donald Trump.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/chicago-u-s-treasurys-melissa-conyears-ervin-donald-trump-1185d801
— FRONT PAGE: A Couple Wagers Time, Hope and $300,000 on a Quest for Children. A 40-something woman decides whether to continue pursuing fertility treatments as costs pile up and her chances at pregnancy diminish. DD: I should write about my Democrat GAO superiors who used my wife and I giving up trying to have children to take big adverse actions against me in 1989. In 1989, they threw me off audits of IRS. They gave me a very bad out-of-town job assignment. They gave me very unfair performance expectations. They gave me a very unfair performance appraisal. They ranked me at the bottom of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. Of course, Duckworth would have approved of all that if not directed all that. According to my Democrat GAO superiors, if we had children, I would not have been able to a) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, or become a licensed CPA in 1981. According to them, we would not have been able to suffer a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars for me to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. We would not have been able to have a home built in Wheaton in 1984. I would not have gotten promoted to GS-13 in 1986. My wife would not have been able to earn a bachelor’s degree in finance in 1986. I would not have been able to buy a collector car and a new 1990 Thunderbird LX in 1989. etc.
https://www.wsj.com/health/fertility-treatment-in-vitro-cost-e2395b09
POLITICO
— A Trump administration proposal to make it easier to fire federal employees is drawing closer to completion. DD: Democrats run the federal government. For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, to retain, and to promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. I am none of the aforesaid. Were it not for Civil Service protections, I never would have survived as a postal employee for almost 3 years, as an IRS employee for almost 9 years, or as a GAO employee for almost 18 years. GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had unionized sooner, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.eenews.net/articles/trump-admin-advances-plan-to-overhaul-civil-service/
SHRM
— EEOC Retreats from Disparate Impact Investigations. DD: According to my critics/opponents, standardized tests discriminate against those who are liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.shrm.org/topics-tools/employment-law-compliance/eeoc-retreats-from-disparate-impact-investigations
VITAL LAW
— OPM issues guidance on RIFs reversed by Continuing Appropriations Act. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors used Gingrich budget cuts to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, nonveteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.
https://www.vitallaw.com/news/agency-news-opm-issues-guidance-on-rifs-reversed-by-continuing-appropriations-act/eld019fb074bdc0394289aab3de72f66291b7?refURL=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F#.
AMERICAN IMMIGRATION COUNCIL
— DD: How many illegals get federal benefits in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/truth-about-immigrants-federal-government-benefits-medicare-snap/
PBS
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders want their illegals to drive trucks.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/politics/court-blocks-new-transportation-department-rules-targeting-immigrant-commercial-drivers
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
INDEPENDENT
— Average premiums for health insurance through Obamacare set to jump by 30%. DD: The federal government paying 72% of my health insurance helped me endure my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors’ tremendous efforts to get rid of me.
https://www.aol.com/articles/average-premiums-health-insurance-obamacare-210057139.html
— DD: My critics/opponents have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. They demand blind loyalty. They destroy those like me who refuse to a) glorify and praise them, b) pander to them, c) serve as one of their operatives or dupes, d) cover up their wrong doing, and/or e) give them money.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/epstein-trump-white-house-republicans-b2865108.html
November 14, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— 21 arrested outside Broadview ICE detention center as protesters clash with police; 4 officers hurt
https://abc7chicago.com/post/village-broadview-il-protest-several-detained-outside-ice-facility-protesters-push-designated-area-live/18154986/
— Trump calls for DOJ probe into other Epstein ties, including Clinton
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-calls-doj-probe-other-epstein-ties-including-clinton/18155350/
CBS2
— 21 arrested, 4 officers injured as protesters, police clash outside Broadview ICE facility during faith vigil Friday
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/broadview-ice-facility-protesters-clash-police/
— Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino leaves Chicago
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/border-patrol-commander-gregory-bovino-leaves-chicago/
— DD: Democrats do not want any of their illegals to be deported, and especially those who do not have criminal records.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-area-ice-arrests-600-criminal-histories-high-public-safety-risk/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Epstein against Trump
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/jeffrey-epstein-trump-emails-texts-inner-circle/
WGN9
— 4 law enforcement officers injured, 21 protestors arrested during clash outside Broadview ICE facility
https://wgntv.com/news/operation-midway-blitz/at-least-10-detained-amid-protests-outside-broadview-ice-facility/
FOX32
— Syverson blasts Pritzker’s immigration and healthcare policies
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1741155
— More Americans living paycheck to paycheck. DD: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. To pay for the aforesaid, I took bad jobs that my peers would not stoop to take. I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assembly line in 1970. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1971-1972. I pumped more gasoline 1971-1972. I collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980. I audited federal agencies 1980-1997. According to my critics/opponents, I was grossly overpaid for those jobs and my pension and retirement benefits are much too generous.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/more-americans-living-paycheck-paycheck-data-bank-america
WBEZ
— Tear gas, car crashes, chokeholds: Risky tactics have driven Trump’s Chicago deportation ‘blitz.’ Law enforcement experts say federal agents have displayed a lack of training and restraint. “They’re out of control,” ex-police Supt. Garry McCarthy says.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/11/14/ice-bovino-border-patrol-homeland-security-chicago-police-department
WGN RADIO
— USDA head says ‘everyone’ on SNAP will now have to reapply
https://wgnradio.com/news/usda-head-says-everyone-on-snap-will-now-have-to-reapply/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— 21 arrested, police officers injured at protest outside ICE processing center in Broadview
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/14/broadview-protest-arrests/
— Illinois Democratic Senate hopefuls target Trump’s immigration policies at labor forum
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/14/us-senate-race-illinois-union-forum/
— Chicago police release redacted video of ICE Brighton Park shooting
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/14/chicago-police-release-redacted-video-of-ice-brighton-park-shooting/
— Durbin says controversial shutdown vote could highlight partisan divisions on health care. DD: The federal government paying 72% of my health insurance helped me endure my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors’ tremendous efforts to get rid of me.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/14/dick-durbin-shutdown-vote-highlight-health-care/
— DD: Democrats do not want any of their illegals to be deported, and especially those who do not have criminal records.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/14/only-2-5-on-list-of-614-operation-midway-blitz-arrestees-had-criminal-histories-doj-records-show/
— Spas, suites, safaris and shopping: Who wouldn’t want to work at CPS? CPS’s travel tab reads like a vacation brochure — Hawaii, Vegas, Egypt — all on the taxpayer’s dime. The district must freeze the perks and enforce accountability.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/cps-chicago-public-schools-travel-abuse-oig-inspector-general-expenses/
— On dangerous synthetic hemp, Washington comes to Illinois’ rescue.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/12/editorial-hemp-congress-federal-shutdown-brandon-johnson-pritzker/
— Activists rally outside Morton Grove board meeting, calling for ICE-free rules in town.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/indivisible-wants-ice-free-zone-witko-says-no/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Cops, protesters injured and 21 arrested after scuffles erupt during Broadview ICE facility protest. Yelling and shoving broke out an hour after the protest began Friday against immigration “abductions” in the Chicago area.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2025/11/14/scuffles-erupt-during-broadview-protest-several-arrested
— Tear gas, car crashes, chokeholds: Risky tactics have driven Trump’s Chicago deportation ‘blitz.’ Law enforcement experts say federal agents have displayed a lack of training and restraint. “They’re out of control,” ex-police Supt. Garry McCarthy says.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/11/14/ice-bovino-border-patrol-homeland-security-chicago-police-department
— World Diabetes Day. DD: My ever-increasingly doing more to help elect Republican candidates contributed to my coming down with type 2 diabetes, if not caused it. I have ever-increasingly spent more time putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and sending them out instead of paying attention to my health.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2025/11/14/ald-emma-mitts-tough-love-message-healthy-eating-world-diabetes-day
DAILY HERALD
— Protesters arrested after clashing with police outside Chicago-area immigration facility
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251114/chicago/protesters-arrested-after-clashing-with-police-outside-chicago-area-immigration-facility/
— ‘We need to act now’: DuPage County to shift funds to help food pantries amid SNAP crisis. DD: Under DuPage County Democrats, soon, everyone in DuPage County will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251113/news/we-need-to-act-now-dupage-county-to-shift-funds-to-help-food-pantries-amid-snap-crisis/
KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— DD: Democrats push pot in Elburn
https://www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-chronicle/2025/11/14/cannabis-dispensary-coming-to-elburn/
NPR ILLINOIS
— She criticized President Trump during the shutdown. Now she’s been put on leave. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 because I was an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-11-14/she-criticized-president-trump-during-the-shutdown-now-shes-been-put-on-leave
WCIA
— DD: Democrats want to abolish the Second Amendment.
https://www.wcia.com/news/champaign-county/new-gun-legislation-looking-to-make-a-difference-in-illinois/
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly push intoxicating hemp
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/14/federal-bill-banning-intoxicating-hemp-a-death-sentence-for-many-chicago-businesses/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/11/14/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roudnup/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Dog Sex Arrests in Huntley
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/14/dog-sex-arrests-in-huntley/
— U.S. Attorney Reports on Approach to Violent Crime
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/14/u-s-attorney-reports-on-approach-to-violent-crime/
— Fox River Grove Apartment Building Being Demolished Near Train Station May Be Reason for the Rat in Town
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/14/fox-river-grove-apartment-building-being-demolished-near-train-station-may-be-reason-for-the-rat-in-town/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Anti-Trump bluster hides Illinois vulnerability to federal control
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/anti-trump-bluster-hides-illinois-vulnerability-to-federal-control/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Bondi taps acting U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton to probe Democrats’ ties to Epstein
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/14/bondi-taps-acting-us-attorney-jay-clayton-probe-democrats-ties/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democrats are less likely to be friends with Republicans
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/3887330/republicans-more-likely-than-democrats-close-friends-other-party-poll/
— Failing cities turn to failed socialism
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3887542/failing-cities-turn-failed-socialism/
NEW YORK POST
— Border Patrol gets shot at, rammed with cars and hit with bricks in Chicago: ‘Violence here is off the charts’
https://nypost.com/2025/11/14/us-news/border-patrol-chief-greg-bovino-says-chicago-violence-is-off-the-charts/
— College kids’ math skills worse than ever — blame our pass-the-buck public schools
https://nypost.com/2025/11/13/opinion/college-kids-math-skills-worse-than-ever-blame-pass-the-buck-schools/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Mamdani, Pied Piper of the Big Apple
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/11/zohran_mamdani_pied_piper_of_the_big_apple.html
BRIETBART
— Vance: Young Americans Can’t Afford Homes Because Joe Biden Flooded the Country with Millions of Illegal Aliens
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/11/14/jd-vance-young-americans-cant-afford-homes-because-joe-biden-flooded-the-country-with-millions-of-illegal-aliens/
TOWNHALL
— Chaos Breaks Out in Broadview After Anti-ICE Protesters Clash With Police
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeff-charles/2025/11/14/chaos-breaks-out-in-this-city-after-anti-ice-protesters-clash-with-police-n2666478
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
AOL
— Nearly Two Dozen Arrested As Faith Leaders Protest Outside Chicago-Area ICE Facility
https://www.aol.com/articles/nearly-two-dozen-arrested-faith-003502397.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/us/trump-deportations-families.html
AMERICA MAGAZINE
— DD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, dependency on government and charity ever-increasingly increases.
https://www.americamagazine.org/weekly-dispatch/2025/11/14/the-government-shutdown-has-ended-but-americas-hunger-crisis-continues/
HR DRIVE
— Front-line workers are more difficult to find, train and retain. Employers’ previous assumptions about how easily workers can be hired or replaced have become increasingly unreliable. DD: The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job.
https://www.hrdive.com/news/front-line-workers-more-difficult-to-find-train-and-retain/805408/
November 14, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— DD: Democrat leaders created the shutdown and used the shutdown to harm Trump.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/gov-jb-pritzker-believes-government-shutdown-will-help-democrats-2026-midterm-elections-republicans-disagree/18152720/
NBC5
— ISIS terror plot exposed against 2024 Chicago Pride Parade
https://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/nbc-5-exclusive-isis-terror-plot-exposed-against-2024-chicago-pride-parade/3851338/
WTTW
— Chicago Will Remain a Sanctuary City, Despite Donald Trump’s Threats, Mayor Brandon Johnson Says. DD: Ever-increasingly, to be a Democrat is to be someone who obstructs justice.
https://news.wttw.com/2024/11/12/chicago-will-remain-sanctuary-city-despite-trump-s-threats-mayor-brandon-johnson-says
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin boycotting US Treasuries is a foolish political stunt funded by Chicago taxpayers. Boycotting Treasuries? You don’t hurt Trump. You hurt the US.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/14/editorial-treasurer-melissa-conyears-ervin-treasury-bonds-boycott-trump/
— Attorneys visit ‘black box’ ICE processing center in Broadview
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/broadview-judge-site-visit/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals,
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/14/chicago-youth-operation-midway-blitz-ice/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/11/14/trump-maga-no-kings-protests-2026-elections-ice-democrats-republicans-mona-charen
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DuPage County clerk’s request for more money denied; board member suggests censure
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251113/news/dupage-county-clerks-request-for-more-money-denied-board-member-suggests-censure/
— The penny’s demise brings nostalgia and a call for patience. DD: While I was a Crete-Monee High School student 1964-1966, I worked for 125 pennies an hour washing dishes in the basement of the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights part-time during the school year and full-time during the summer in between. With the money I earned, I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint ( https://over-drive-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/1965-12-CD-1966-Pontiac-Tempest-Sprint-Test-1-4.pdf ) in May of 1966 that I used to get to/from my parents’ home in Crete and summer jobs during the summer of 1966 and then classes at UIC and my Park Forest Post Office job that started in November of 1966. I used that car to deliver mail.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251114/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-our-two-cents-the-pennys-demise-brings-nostalgia-and-a-call-for-patience/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Illinois Dems push back at DHS. DD: Ever-increasingly, to be a Democrat is to promote illegal immigration.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/11/14/illinois-dems-push-back-at-dhs-00651650
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
JOHN KASS
— Pritzker’s Angry Violent Left Kills Any Hope of Immigration Compromise
https://johnkassnews.com/hard-jacobin-left-kills-hope-of-immigration-compromise/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— McHenry County Democratic Party Precinct Committee Candidates Vastly Outnumber Republican’s, 89-67, WITH JACQUELINE GARRETSON REBUTTAL DD: Who has filed to be your Republican Precinct Committeeman?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/14/mchenry-county-democratic-party-precinct-committee-candidates-vastly-outnumber-republicans-90-67/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— QUESTION: What have Democrat leaders told their Democrat candidates to promote to get elected? ANSWER: More hatred against Trump, more socialism, more dependency on government and charity, more LGBTQ, more abortion, more mass/illegal immigration, more booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, more diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and more Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, more race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. QUESTION: What have RINO leaders told their RINO candidates to promote? ANSWER: The aforesaid, but not so strongly, that is, to be Democrat Lite. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. RINO candidates, elected officials, and party leaders fail/refuse to promote the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and other planks in the Republican Party platform. RINO candidates, elected officials, and party leaders ever-increasingly function as though they are Democrat plants. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Starbucks union launches strike in over 40 cities. DD: I was a NTEU member while I worked for IRS 1971-1980. During that time, my salary increased from $55,850/year to $112,280/year in today’s dollars. In my defense, during that time, I earned an MBA, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, and I earned a master’s degree in accounting.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/business/3886358/red-cup-day-rebellion-starbucks-union-strike-over-40-cities/
NEW YORK POST
— Obama accused of destroying national landmark to build brutalist monument — to himself
https://nypost.com/2025/11/12/us-news/barack-obama-accused-of-destroying-national-landmark-to-build-monument-to-himself/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Disparate Impact Is on the Ropes. DD: According to my critics/opponents, those who are not the following, standardized tests, and everything else discriminate against those who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. According to my critics/opponents, I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who are the aforesaid.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/11/disparate_impact_is_on_the_ropes.html
BLAZE
— Leftist county is helping illegal aliens fight deportation — and Texas taxpayers are left holding the bag
https://www.theblaze.com/news/leftist-county-is-apparently-helping-illegal-aliens-fight-deportation-and-texas-taxpayers-are-left-holding-the-bag
BREITBART
— Leftist Group in California Putting Up Anti-ICE Signs: ‘ICE Stole Someone Here’
https://www.breitbart.com/pre-viral/2025/11/13/leftist-group-in-california-putting-up-anti-ice-signs-ice-stole-someone-here/amp/
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— H-1B: End It, Don’t Mend It. Its harmful effects are a feature, not a bug. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://cis.org/Miano/H1B-End-It-Dont-Mend-It
FOX NEWS
— Vance faults Dems for previously rejecting ‘exact deal’ that reopened the government: ‘All for nothing’ The VP argued the far left is willing to ‘burn down’ America to get to Trump
https://www.foxnews.com/media/vance-faults-dems-previously-rejecting-exact-deal-reopened-government-all-nothing
— Immigrant math teacher says he was branded ‘traitor’ to people of color for questioning woke lessons. Chinese immigrant educator draws parallels between Mao’s Cultural Revolution, modern social justice activism in US schools in new memoir.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/immigrant-math-teacher-says-he-branded-traitor-people-color-questioning-woke-lessons
— Arkansas public university offers course in ‘queer childhoods’ taught by fairy tale scholar. University of Central Arkansas instructor specializes in children’s literature and fairy tale performance studies.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/arkansas-public-university-offers-course-queer-childhoods-taught-fairy-tale-scholar.amp
— University of Chicago faculty unions demand school end ‘inaction’ against ICE raids. University professors demanded the school offer more protections against immigration enforcement.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/university-chicago-faculty-unions-demand-school-end-inaction-against-ice-raids
HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Inflated Federal Pay: How Americans Are Overtaxed to Overpay the Civil Service. DD: I was a federal employee for almost 30 rears. During the shutdown, Democrat leaders glorified and praised their federal employees. But otherwise, federal employees have been demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being overpaid and as having benefits that are much too generous. But I never earned more than $153,151/year in today’s dollars even though had three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. When I had only one job-related master’s degree and only one job-related professional certification, my salary was only $88,808/year in today’s dollars.
https://www.heritage.org/jobs-and-labor/report/inflated-federal-pay-how-americans-are-overtaxed-overpay-the-civil-service
NEWS BUSTERS
— Fox News Highlights Anti-ICE Attack in Chicago and Illegal Alien Gunman
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/brad-wilmouth/2025/11/13/fox-news-highlights-anti-ice-attack-chicago-and-illegal-alien
TOWNHALL
— Confronting Anti-Ellis Island immigration
https://townhall.com/columnists/victordavishanson/2025/11/13/confronting-anti-ellis-island-immigration-n2666440
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Between 1892 and 1954, approximately 12 million immigrants arrived at the now-iconic Ellis Island to enter the U.S. — or nearly 200,000 legal entries per year. All were registered, documented, and given rudimentary health exams. They arrived as rich and poor, white and non-white, and, without exception, legally. With the gradual decline of such great influxes, Ellis Island finally ceased operating roughly 71 years ago. Yet Ellis Island’s successful tenure offers a sharp contrast to the failures of our recent open-border catastrophes. Americans will never know how many immigrants swarmed the southern border between 2021 and 2025, when former President Joe Biden and his impeached Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas destroyed federal immigration law as we once knew it. By design, they allowed between 10 and 12 million foreign nationals to make a mockery of federal immigration laws by swarming the southern border. Many crossers grew violent at any sign of even meek efforts by ICE officers to enforce the law. Border Patrol officers were often mocked, threatened, and assaulted by arriving illegal aliens. Officers were unsure as to what was worse: the occasional violence from illegal immigrants or retaliation from the Biden administration if they sought to enforce federal law and block illegal entrants. So the Biden administration pulled off the near impossible. In a mere four years, it had invited in almost as many illegal immigrants as had entered through Ellis Island legally over seven decades. But unlike past immigrants, we now witness organized violence against ICE officials. We see Orwellian scenes of mobs burning the American flag — the flag of the country they demand to stay in — while waving the flags of the countries they have no desire or intention of returning to. In sum, three generations ago, a smaller, poorer, but wiser America properly solved its immigration problem at Ellis Island — welcoming in immigrants orderly and legally with health and background screenings. In contrast, during the Biden years, we, in our arrogance and affluence, engaged in a great experiment — or rather misadventure. Never in our history has the U.S. been home to roughly 53 million foreign-born residents. Never have immigrants comprised nearly 16 percent of the population. Never has California had 27% of its residents not born in the U.S. Never have we allowed in up to 10,000 aliens a day, with little concern for whether they carried fentanyl, had criminal records, were sick, were unvaccinated, were traffickers, or belonged to violent gangs. Worse still, the Biden administration made zero effort to acculturate, integrate, and assimilate this massive influx. In fact, they did the very opposite of Ellis Island’s protocols, which fostered pro-American values, melting-pot integration, and respect for American history and culture. Once upon a time, new arrivals were all expected to become Americans — or why else had they come? Now, the moment an illegal alien has entered the U.S., he likely senses that his ethnicity or race will be essential to his identity. In the minds of the ruling DEI commissariat, claiming a tribal identity offers an easy pathway to generous housing, food, healthcare, legal, and educational entitlements. So, under Biden’s immigration non-policy, almost all illegal immigrants were immediately categorized as victims in the Marxist binary ledger that now divides America into the oppressed vs. the oppressors. If one devised a plan to damage America, he could not have done better than further dividing us by tribal chauvinism, overwhelming our fragile social services so essential to struggling Americans, and fueling the already dangerous neo-Confederate state and local nullifications of federal law and the growth of “sanctuary cities.” Daily, we witness performance-art mayors and governors boasting of how they “resist” federal law enforcement. These modern rebels pose as if they are our own era’s versions of mini-Confederate states. They now brag of states’ rights as they dare the federal government to protect its own property and enforce federal laws within their parochial jurisdictions. Why did Biden — or whoever was making policy in his place — destroy the border? What was his utterly mad intent? To alter the nation’s demography by importing future Democratic constituents dependent on state largesse? To bow to the demands of his DEI base? To mindlessly do the opposite of the prior Trump administration, which had closed the border and returned to legal-only immigration? Virtue signaling while waving illegal aliens across an open border is easy. But trying to close the border and return millions who entered unlawfully to their homelands is nearly impossible. It is surreal that those who claimed moral superiority while systemically destroying federal law now condemn as immoral those striving to restore it.)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— DD: RINO leaders want cheap labor. They ever-increasingly make it clear that they not only have an extremely low opinion of Americans, they despise/hate Americans. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://thehill.com/opinion/robbys-radar/5604244-trump-defends-h1b-visa/
— Democrats pivot to affordability. DD: What did you do to be able to afford things? I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assembly line in 1970. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1971-1972. I pumped more gasoline 1971-1972. I collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980. I audited federal agencies 1980-1997. According to my critics/opponents, I was grossly overpaid for those jobs and my pension and retirement benefits are much too generous.
https://thehill.com/newsletters/health-care/5605092-democrats-pivot-affordability/
ABC NEWS
— Mamdani calls Democratic governors for advice on issues, dealing with Trump
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/mamdani-calls-democratic-governors-advice-issues-dealing-trump/story?id=127494745
NBC NEWS
— As health insurance bills rise, Republicans are still seeking an Obamacare alternative. Premiums for millions of Americans in red and blue states are expected to more than double on average next year unless Congress finds a solution. DD: My critics/opponents ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn the 72% health insurance subsidy a) that I got when I was federal employee 1966-1997, b) that my wife got when she was a federal employee 1968-1970, c) that I will always get as a federal retiree, and d) that my wife has gotten since we got married in 1978 and will always get. My critics/opponents either a) would never stoop to take a federal job and/or b) failed/refused to qualify themselves for federal jobs.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/health-insurance-bills-rise-republicans-seeking-obamcare-alternative-rcna243332
CBS NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Epstein against Trump.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jeffrey-epstein-trump-emails-texts-inner-circle/
CNN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Epstein against Trump.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/13/politics/donald-trump-epstein-political-danger
NEWSWEEK
— Marjorie Taylor Greene Floats Bill to End H-1B Visas. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.newsweek.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-floats-bill-to-end-h-1b-visas-11045491
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trumps-h-1b-visa-headache-11039249
REUTERS
— US hires 50,000 federal workers under Trump, boosting immigration roles. DD: When I was 18 years old, the Post Office hired me in November of 1966 because it got a budget increase to deal with 1966 Christmas rush.
https://www.reuters.com/business/world-at-work/us-hires-50000-federal-workers-under-trump-boosting-immigration-roles-2025-11-14/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/us-hires-50-000-federal-033635127.html
AOL
— Federal Jobs That Pay $90K. DD: I was a federal employee for almost 30 rears. During the shutdown, Democrat leaders glorified and praised their federal employees. But otherwise, federal employees have been demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being overpaid and as having benefits that are much too generous. But I never earned more than $153,151/year in today’s dollars even though had three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. When I had only one job-related master’s degree and only one job-related professional certification, my salary was only $88,808/year in today’s dollars.
https://www.aol.com/articles/13-government-jobs-pay-90k-133500982.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— Seattle Elects a Left-Wing Mayor With a Light Résumé but Mamdani Appeal. Katie Wilson, who narrowly defeated the incumbent, Bruce Harrell, emerged from the city’s left-wing activist class and brings with her little experience in governing.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/us/politics/seattle-mayor.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Epstein against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/arts/television/late-night-trump-epstein-emails.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: The I.R.S. Tried to Stop This Tax Dodge. Scott Bessent Used It Anyway. Like many on Wall Street, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent used a limited partnership to avoid Medicare taxes. Unlike the others, he’s now overseeing the I.R.S. DD: Since 1972, my critics/opponents have been furious that I paid less federal income tax because I itemized. They have been especially furious that I deducted my education expenses, mortgage interest, and real estate taxes. I deducted tuition and books for graduate evening a) business courses at Loyola 1972-1976, b) accounting courses at DePaul 1976-1980, and c) finance courses at IIT 1992-1997. According to my critics/opponents, I was always grossly overpaid, my employee benefits were much too generous, my federal pension is much too generous, and my federal retirement benefits are much too generous.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/us/politics/scott-bessent-irs-loophole.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Epstein against Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/11/13/trump-epstein-statue-busboys-poets/
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/13/s-e-cupp-donald-trumps-epstein-mess-keeps-getting-worse/
USA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Epstein against Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/12/jeffrey-epstein-donald-trump-emails/87230452007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/11/14/trump-epstein-emails-democrats-release/87246541007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Seattle Elects Mamdani West. Mayor-elect Katie Wilson is soft on crime but tough on businesses.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/seattle-katie-wilson-mayor-democratic-socialists-of-america-zohran-mamdani-new-york-9284589f
— The Epstein Follies Return. First order of business after the shutdown: Emails from the grave!
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/jeffrey-epstein-emails-ghislaine-maxwell-donald-trump-congress-1d45dbd3?mod=opinion_lead_pos1
CFO
— Serious issues in the CPA pipeline. DD: The accounting profession ever-increasingly considered me to be too old to have a successful career in accounting. I did not start taking graduate evening accounting courses until I was 27. I did not take the CPA examination and pass on my first attempt until was 30. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31. I did not take the Certified Internal Auditor examination and pass it on my first attempt until I was 32. I did not became a licensed CPA until I was 32.
https://www.cfo.com/news/new-aicpa-data-signals-serious-issues-in-the-cpa-pipeline-150-hour-requirement-audit-big-four-pe-/804085/
NATIONAL LAW REVIEW
— DD: Democrat and RINO employers use Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://natlawreview.com/article/state-employment-law-some-states-have-broader-anti-discrimination-protections
MIT SLOAN
— Meritocracy. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government were furious when I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license because the aforesaid frustrated their efforts to waste my career and to get rid of me. Therefore, they hinted/implied that I had serious performance problems, that I was a very bad person, and even worse things. They hinted/implied that the aforesaid justified the many adverse actions that they took against me including their a) forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, b) delaying my promotions and never promoting me beyond GS-13, c) always ranking me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, d) keeping me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, e) forcing me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO, f) disallowing my education deductions, g) disallowing my travel vouchers, h) forcing me to resign as a postal employee, and i) disallowing my sick leave requests.
https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/to-reform-meritocracy-put-character-at-the-center/
ASSOCIATED PRESS & CBS NEWS & NEW YORK TIMES & WAMU & BARRON’S & NBC WASHINGTON
— DD: I was a federal employee for almost 30 rears. During the shutdown, Democrat leaders glorified and praised their federal employees. But otherwise, federal employees have been demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being overpaid and as having benefits that are much too generous. But I never earned more than $153,151/year in today’s dollars even though had three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. When I had only one job-related master’s degree and only one job-related professional certification, my salary was only $88,808/year in today’s dollars.
https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-federal-workers-health-care-b05ab519c57743ae2da10424f8fb50b6
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/11/federal-workers-question-whether-the-longest-government-shutdown-was-worth-their-sacrifice/
https://www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news/one-of-the-most-trying-times-atlanta-federal-workers-await-back-pay-after-42-day-shutdown/
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/us/politics/shutdown-federal-workers-aftermath.html
https://wamu.org/story/25/11/13/dc-government-shutdown-feeding-federal-workers/
https://www.barrons.com/news/hope-it-won-t-happen-again-us-federal-workers-return-post-shutdown-4cddc58c
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/government-shutdown/opm-says-federal-agencies-are-open-thursday-as-shutdown-ends/4015562/
GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS INSTITUTE & FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— DD: I was a federal employee for almost 30 rears. During the shutdown, Democrat leaders glorified and praised their federal employees. But otherwise, federal employees have been demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being overpaid and as having benefits that are much too generous. But I never earned more than $153,151/year in today’s dollars even though had three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. When I had only one job-related master’s degree and only one job-related professional certification, my salary was only $88,808/year in today’s dollars.
https://gai.georgetown.edu/how-we-think-about-federal-employees-and-the-federal-government-and-why-its-important/
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/pay/2024/11/federal-pay-rates-are-falling-nearly-25-short-of-the-private-sector/
UNIVERSITY BUSINESS
— DEI hiring, recruiting was surging through 2024. DD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the bleaker that you future is: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://universitybusiness.com/dei-hiring-recruiting-was-surging-through-2024-can-it-last/
CATO & CAP
— DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.cato.org/news-releases/expert-available-h-1b-visa-policy-trumps-defense-skilled-foreign-workers
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-trump-administrations-hostility-to-legal-immigration-harms-americas-global-leadership-in-innovation/
REASON
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly blame Trump for inflation.
https://reason.com/2025/11/13/democrats-are-beating-trump-on-affordability-will-he-keep-pretending-otherwise/
ATLANTIC
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Epstein against Trump.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2025/11/jeffrey-epstein-trump-emails/684926/
NEW YORKER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Epstein against Trump.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-trumps-washington/the-epstein-scandal-is-now-a-chronic-disease-of-the-trump-presidency
AXIOS
— These fired federal workers are starting new roles opposing the Trump administration. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. My critics/opponents not only have no problem with that, they applaud that. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.axios.com/2025/11/13/trump-federal-workforce-lawsuits
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Epstein against Trump.
https://www.axios.com/2025/11/13/trump-epstein-files-fiasco
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
SKY NEWS
— Illinois Speaker of the House called out for ‘bizarre comparison’ of immigrants to black slaves
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVvT3LXR1P4
INDIA NEWS NETWORK
— DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.indianewsnetwork.com/en/trump-shift-h-1b-visas-highlights-america-skills-shortage-20251114
November 13, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Judge to tour Broadview ICE facility amid ‘inhumane conditions’ allegations
https://abc7chicago.com/post/judge-laura-mcnally-dhs-reps-tour-broadview-ice-facility-amid-inhumane-conditions-allegations-operation-midway-blitz/18150591/
CBS2
— City treasurer says Chicago won’t invest in U.S. Treasury bonds to protest Trump. DD: Is this an act of war?
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/city-treasurer-says-chicago-wont-invest-in-u-s-treasury-bonds-to-protest-trump/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/treasurer-melissa-conyears-ervin-boycott-us-bonds-president-trump/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/city-treasurer-says-chicago-wont-002000473.html
FOX32
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Epstein against Trump.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/gov-jb-pritzker-worries-trump-will-go-extremes-distract-from-epstein-files
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago treasurer vows to not buy US bonds as protest against President Donald Trump. DD: Is this an act of war?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/12/chicago-treasurer-u-s-bonds-anti-trump-protest/
— End of federal shutdown includes nationwide ban on hemp products that get people high
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/12/federal-shutdown-end-hemp-ban/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chicago treasurer will no longer invest any of city’s $10B portfolio in U.S. Treasury bonds to protest Trump. DD: Is this an act of war?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2025/11/12/treasurer-melissa-conyears-ervin-boycott-treasury-bonds-protest-trump-council-fight
— DD: Democrats use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2025/11/12/mayor-brandon-johnson-federal-lawsuit-president-trump-community-policing-grant-dei-policies
— Hemp product ban, tacked onto law to reopen government, stuns Illinois businesses: ‘Unnecessary and cruel’ Federal lawmakers closed the loophole that has allowed for an array of intoxicating cannabinoids that have generated a billion-dollar Illinois market — and is now largely illegal.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/2025/11/12/hemp-ban-federal-spending-bill-illinois-business-reopen-government
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Congress bans intoxicating hemp in deal to end government shutdown
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/cannabis/congress-bans-intoxicating-hemp-deal-end-fed-shutdown
RIVER BENDER
— Don Tracy: Democrats’ Attack on Durbin’s Vote to End Shutdown Proves They Answer to Extremists, Not Illinoisans
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/don-tracy-democrats-attack-on-durbins-vote-to-end-shutdown-proves-they-answer-to-extremists-not-illinoisans-88123.cfm?
WBEZ
— DD: Democrats use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.wbez.org/in-the-loop-with-sasha-ann-simons/2025/11/12/taking-a-closer-look-at-mass-firings-layoffs-of-black-journalists-as-media-orgs-dismantle-dei
JOURNAL & TOPICS
— Ramirez Faces Primary Challenger As Two Candidates Vie For Republican Nomination
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/ramirez-faces-primary-challenger-as-two-candidates-vie-for-republican-nomination/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Two candidates are running for the Republican nomination. Angel Oakley, of Wheaton, previously sat on the board of Children’s Health Defense, an anti-vaccination advocacy group where current U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. served as chairman until March 2023. Hair salon owner Spomenka Vajic, of Chicago’s Irving Park neighborhood, filed to run within hours of the deadline. In October 2024, she led a protest against a homeless encampment at Gompers Park in Chicago, asking the city to remove it. . .Vajic faces two objects: one from Charles R. Smith, of Wheaton, and Jeffery M. Fiedler, of River Grove; and one from Catherine M. Slattery and James P. Roche, both of Chicago.)
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Epstein against Trump.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-11-12/white-house-downplays-new-epstein-emails-that-mention-trump
CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS
— Chicago Public Schools’ ‘Pride Guidance’ encourages teachers to ‘host a Pride Week’ and to display ‘Pride flags, pictures of LGBTQ+ figures, and other supportive materials on school walls/ bulletins;’ includes goal of every school in the district having a Gender and Sexuality Alliance club. DD: How much success have Democrats had making the students in your school district sexually active LGBTQers? That is, how much success have Democrats had destroying traditional marriage and family in your school district?
https://defendinged.org/incidents/chicago-public-schools-pride-guidance-encourages-teachers-to-host-a-pride-week-and-to-display-pride-flags-pictures-of-lgbtq-figures-and-other-supportive-materials-on-school-walls-bulle/
ILLINOIS ANSWERS
— Feds Deployed Tear Gas on the Far South Side Even After Cops Told Them They Had No Gas Masks. Chicago police officials had offered to clear a path for the federal immigration agents so they could leave a tense scene of residents protesting the agents’ shooting of a woman.
https://illinoisanswers.org/2025/11/13/feds-deployed-tear-gas-far-south-side-even-after-cops-told-them-they-had-no-gas-masks-sources-say/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Freedom for detainees as activists face judge. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/11/13/freedom-for-detainees-as-activists-face-judge-00650211
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/11/13/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-631/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— UPDATE: More Free Publicity for Kat
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/13/more-free-publicity-for-kat/
— More State Subsidies for Electric Vehicles, McHenry County Charging Stations
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/13/more-state-subsidies-for-electric-vehicles/
— Schools Set Up Emergency Response Coordination
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/13/schools-set-up-emergency-response-coordination/
— GOP Senate Hopeful Don Tracy Cites Stock Markets Surges, Says Shutdown “100% manufactured by Democrats”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/12/gop-senate-hopeful-don-tracy-cites-stock-markets-surges-says-100-manufactured-by-democrats/
— LaHood Comments on Government’s Reopening
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/12/lahood-comments-on-governments-re-opening/
— Homeland Security Claims Credit for Drop in Chicago Crime Rate under Midway Blitz
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/12/homeland-security-claims-credit-for-drop-in-chicago-crime-rate-under-midway-blitz/
— The Rat Is Back
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/12/the-rat-is-back/
— WBBM-TV Features “The Bridge” Located in Crystal Lake, Provides Free Clothing and Toys
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/12/wbbm-tv-features-the-bridge-located-in-crystal-lake/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Indoctrination is systemic in America’s universities. DD: I avoided that indoctrination while I earned four college degrees because I majored in business, accounting, and finance.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/equality-not-elitism/3884695/indoctrination-systemic-america-universities/
NEW YORK POST
— Rainbow flag-waving vandal defaced NYC churches with ‘anti-Christian statements’
https://nypost.com/2025/11/12/us-news/rainbow-flag-waving-vandal-defaced-nyc-churches-with-anti-christian-statements/
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— The Democrats’ Wage-Suppression Campaign. The blue team wants to keep up the flow of cheap foreign labor for corporate interests. DD: Employers want cheap labor. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. Noncitizens work for less money and are easier to exploit.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/the-democrats-wage-suppression-campaign/
BREITBART
— Trump Celebrates Chicago’s Falling Crime Rates After ‘Midway Blitz’
https://www.breitbart.com/crime/2025/11/12/president-trump-celebrates-chicagos-falling-crime-rates-after-operation-midway-blitz/amp/
— Trump’s DHS Slams The Guardian for ‘Peddling Sob Stories’ About Deported Meth Trafficker
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2025/11/12/trumps-dhs-slams-the-guardian-for-peddling-sob-stories-about-deported-meth-trafficker/amp/
CHARLIE KIRK
— America for Americans? The H-1B Debate.
https://thecharliekirkshow.com/podcasts/the-charlie-kirk-show/america-for-americans-the-h-1b-debate
COLLEGE FIX
— Merit is a ‘myth’ used to ‘justify inequality,’ Yale professor says. DD: According to my critics/opponents, I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who are liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, noncitizens, boozers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, etc.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/merit-is-a-myth-used-to-justify-inequality-yale-professor-says/
EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Signs Bill to Reopen Government, Ending Record-Long Government Shutdown. The bill’s passage marked an end to the 43-day shutdown.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/house-to-vote-on-bill-to-end-government-shutdown-5943511
FOX NEWS
— DHS blasts Chicago mayor for comparing raid leader to segregationists, accusing him of ‘terror’ Johnson said Gregory Bovino was ‘unleashed’ by ‘king’ Trump to ‘provoke terror on people’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dhs-blasts-chicago-mayor-accusing-raid-leader-racist-terror-comparison-segregationist-governors
— Chicago crime drops sharply after federal operation targeting criminal illegal immigrants. The Department of Homeland Security says murders, robberies, and carjackings have plunged in Chicago following a months-long federal crackdown. DD: How has Chicago crime impacted you? While I worked for IRS in Chicago, my 1969 Dodge Charger SE was stolen in Chicago in 1971 and my 1962 Chevrolet Bel Air was stolen in Chicago in 1973. Both thefts had a big negative impact on me.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/dhs-chicago-crime-drops-sharply-after-federal-operation-targeting-criminal-illegal-immigrants
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— University of Illinois Renaming DEI Office but Says Mission Will be the Same. DD: Democrats use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/11/u-illinois-renaming-dei-office-but-says-mission-will-be-the-same/
PJ MEDIA
— Why Are U.S. Students Ignorant? Because Educators Are Even Worse.
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/11/12/why-are-us-students-ignorant-because-universities-are-even-stupider-n4945914
TOWNHALL
— GAME OVER: Dems’ Push for Illegal Alien Health Care Implodes As House Passes Bill to Reopen Government
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/11/12/game-over-house-passes-bill-to-end-shutdown-dashing-dem-hopes-for-cash-for-illegal-alien-health-care-n2666244
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Target requires its employees to smile. DD: I worked for Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years. As they ever-increasingly took more and bigger adverse actions against me, it was ever-increasingly difficult for me to smile.
https://thehill.com/business/5601112-target-smile-policy/amp/
ABC NEWS
— Some MAGA supporters in uproar over Trump’s H-1B visa comments. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. Noncitizens work for less money and are easier to exploit.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-maga-supporters-uproar-trumps-1b-visa-comments/story?id=127458610
— Government funding deal would reverse some of Trump’s mass federal worker firings. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, they used Gingrich budget cuts to waste the careers of and to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, nonveteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/government-funding-deal-reverse-trumps-mass-federal-worker/story?id=127426908
ABC NEW YORK
— Food giveaway for federal employees impacted by government shutdown in Brooklyn. DD: I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. Federal employees have always been viciously demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being grossly overpaid and as having benefits that are far too generous. My critics/opponents stress that while I was a federal employee, my salary increased from $19.37/hour to $153,151/year in today’s dollars. In my defense, during that time, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://abc7ny.com/post/food-giveaway-bank-new-york-city-federal-workers-impacted-government-shutdown-brooklyn/18147834/
AOL
— Every Baby Born in California Gets Free Money for College. DD: Were you viewed as being college material? I was not. Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I could not run because a had a bone disease. My eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20. I had partial red/green color blindness. I spend my junior and senior years and the summer in between washing dishes. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class. Back then, for men, if you were not college material, you were not marriage material. Nevertheless, if my Crete-Monee High School Class of 1966 holds a 60th reunion, I plan on attending.
https://www.aol.com/finance/every-baby-born-california-gets-110618811.html
NEWSWEEK
— DD: Mamdani was featured in New York Magazine article in 2002. I was featured in a 4-page Money Magazine article in 1978. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/documents/ One could compare and contrast.
https://www.newsweek.com/zohran-mamdanis-childhood-wishlist-2002-viral-11032655
WASHINGTON POST
— Longest government shutdown in U.S. history ends after Trump signs funding bill
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/11/12/government-shutdown-vote-end/
USA TODAY
— Mamdani defends DEI alongside Al Sharpton at civil rights event. DD: Democrats use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/12/zohran-mamdani-al-sharpton-defend-dei/87233572007/
— Mamdani’s transition team swarmed with 50,000 job applications. DD: Mamdani promises to give even more preference to Democrats who are minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, noncitizens, etc.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/12/mamdani-resume-portal-50000-job-applicants/87237854007/
— DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to employ Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2025/11/08/black-women-job-cuts-pay-gap/86859572007/
CRONKITE NEWS
— DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrats and RINOs will ever-increasingly blame Republicans for Kirk’s assassination.
https://cronkitenews.azpbs.org/2025/11/12/kelly-kirk-trump-political-violence/
EAST CAROLINIAN
— Is serving in the military a good career path. DD: Initially, because my parents lacked money, my plan to get a college degree was to enlist and to use the GI Bill even though my health problems would severely limit my opportunities in the military. I could not run because a had a bone disease, my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, and I had partial red/green color blindness. But then, I decided that I could get a college degree sooner if I got accepted by UIC and commuted to/from classes there from my parents’ home in Crete. To do that, I bought a 1958 Chevrolet Bel Air in 1964 with money I had earned doing yard work and delivering newspapers. I used that car to get to/from my parents’ home and a dish washing job in Chicago Heights. I used the money I had earned doing that to buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in May of 1966 that I used to get to/from summer jobs in 1966 and then classes at UIC. Then, the Park Forest Post Office hired me. With the money I earned working part-time during the school years and full-time during the summers, I paid for my college expenses, I bought a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, I bought a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, and I graduated debt-free from NIU in 1970 owning that Charger.
https://www.piratemedia1.com/theeastcarolinian/article_1e59ea91-b638-4ca9-9229-c5bc4b98a743.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Serving in the U.S. Military is an option for every American through enlistment and in my opinion is a solid career path. Military service is also possible through the commission process if you have a college degree. This will set you up as an officer with higher pay rates and better leadership opportunities. Commission can be reached through a service academy, ROTC (Reserve Officers’ Training Corps), or an officer training/candidate school (OCS, OTS) with a college degree. People who are uncertain about life after college when enrolling in college or nearing graduation should consider serving in the military. There are many benefits to service, some of which I will not discuss, that can lead to a successful career and even more success in the civilian world. My question is, for people with a college degree is military service a good career path? For those looking for free or reduced education, the military can provide you with that through a service academy or through ROTC programs. If you want to go to graduate school and seek out a master’s degree or a doctorate the military can also help cover that. You can also earn the post-9/11 GI Bill, if you commission through OTS or OCS, by serving on active duty which can be used for yourself or passed onto your children.)
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Escape From Mamdani’s New York. The Big Apple’s socialist mayor may soon find that other people’s money is running out on him. DD: Socialism destroys everyone.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/escape-from-zohran-mamdanis-new-york-b277bab2
— Trump vs. Vance on Legal Immigration. The President sees the need for foreign workers. The Vice President wants fewer.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/donald-trump-jd-vance-immigration-tpusa-fox-news-ec3a0c0e
— DD: Trump Derangement Syndrome Is Real
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/is-trump-derangement-syndrome-real-a603e4a1
BLOOMBERG
— Chicago’s Banker Wants to Defy Trump by Dropping US Treasuries. DD: Is this an act of war?
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-12/chicago-s-banker-wants-to-defy-trump-by-dropping-us-treasuries
HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL
— Employer-sponsored insurance. DD: My critics/opponents ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn the 72% health insurance subsidy a) that I got when I was federal employee 1966-1997, b) that my wife got when she was a federal employee 1968-1970, c) that I will always get as a federal retiree, and d) that my wife has gotten since we got married in 1978 and will always get. My critics/opponents either a) would never stoop to take a federal job and/or b) failed/refused to qualify themselves for federal jobs.
https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty-research/policy-topics/fairness-justice/employer-sponsored-insurance-often-out-reach
BUSINESS INSIDER
— Loyalty. DD: My Democrat and RINO superiors have always demanded blind loyalty to them personally. They have always destroyed those like me who refuse a) to be manipulated or dominated by them, b) to glorify and praise them, c) to pander to them, d) to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) give them money. I should write about my Democrat a RINO superiors.
https://www.businessinsider.com/white-collar-employees-want-loyalty-more-than-money-2025-10
BANKRATE
— The job hunt feels broken. These 6 charts show it’s not just you. DD: When you graduated from college, what frustrated your job search? For me, it was potential employers viewing me as being draft bait. In addition, potential employers were under tremendous pressure to hire those who did not share my demographics.
https://www.bankrate.com/banking/federal-reserve/why-the-job-market-feels-broken-in-six-charts/
NTEU
— Federal Employees Need Back Pay Immediately. DD: I was a NTEU member while I worked for IRS 1971-1980. During that time, my salary increased from $55,850/year to $112,280/year in today’s dollars. In my defense, during that time, I earned an MBA, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, and I earned a master’s degree in accounting.
https://www.nteu.org/media-center/News%20Releases/2025/11/13/Shutdown%20Ends
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
GLOBE AND MAIL
— DD: Liberals and moderates use DEI to get rid of conservatives.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/careers/leadership/article-dei-principles-are-good-for-business-why-pulling-back-hurts-the-bottom/
November 11, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Trump admin. asks court to pause Chicago-area use of force injunction while it considers appeal. DD: I was an IRS Revenue Officer for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280//year. Duckworth would object to the extensive powers that I had to enforce federal tax laws.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-admin-asks-appeals-court-pause-chicago-area-federal-immigration-agents-use-force-injunction-considers-appeal/18139928/
CBS2
— Hanover Park police officer arrested by ICE released on $2,500 immigration bond
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/hanover-park-police-officer-arrested-by-ice-released-on-2500-immigration-bond/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Federal workforce cuts are failing America’s veterans. DD: I should write about those who have punished me the most for my avoiding the Vietnam War draft. I would focus on my Democrat superiors who were veterans. I would focus on those who blamed Republicans the most for America losing the war.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/elevate/federal-workforce-cuts-are-failing-americas-veterans-opinion
EVANSTON ROUNDTABLE
— Former Republican candidate challenges Abughazaleh’s petitions for Congress. Objection claims voters’ signatures have incorrect or out of district addresses, were collected by underage circulators. DD: I have been a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999. I used to always collect 30 petition signatures from registered Republican voters in my precinct for all the candidates who wanted to be on Republican primary ballots in my precinct. That took a lot of time and lots of effort. But I stopped doing that because ever-increasingly, Republican candidates om ballots in my precinct who lost elections blamed me for their loses. They blame what I have done as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000. They blame what I did as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007. They blame what I did as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012. They blame what I did as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks 2005-2019.
https://evanstonroundtable.com/2025/11/10/kat-abughazaleh-paperwork-objection/
WIFR
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.wifr.com/2025/11/11/rockford-budget-keeping-property-taxes-flat-with-cannabis-revenue-clears-first-hurdle
ELMHURST PATCH
— DuPage Official’s Wearing Of Pin Draws Complaint. The member, whose district includes Elmhurst, has been silent on the issue.
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/dupage-officials-wearing-pin-draws-complaint
DUCKWORTH
— DD: What does Duckworth think of you? She had one of her thugs throw me out of her press conference with Michael J. Fox in Wheaton in 2006. Of course, she vehemently disapproves of a) my avoiding the Vietnam War draft and b) my fighting race and gender based preference giving, that is, my fighting patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.duckworth.senate.gov/news/press-releases/duckworth-renews-push-to-help-protect-servicemembers-and-veterans-from-deportation-ahead-of-veterans-day-and-amid-trumps-continued-attacks-against-our-heroes
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Will Durbin endorsement lose luster?
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/11/11/will-durbin-endorsement-lose-luster-00646192
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
TED DABROWSKI
— Unaffordable Illinois. DD: I have lived in Illinois since 1948. What has helped you afford things in Illinois? For me, it was my following conservative principles. For me, it was my taking bad jobs that my peers would not take. For me, it was my working my way through college. For me, me it was my earning a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://mailchi.mp/e5da8c70c1b8/unaffordable-illinois?e=0db6d48fb8
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Illegal Illinois Immigrants Making Homeland Security’s National Press Release
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/10/illegal-immigrants-making-homeland-securitys-national-press-release/
— The Crystal Lake Park Board Debate on Rejoining the Intergovernmental Agreement with Crystal Lake and Lakewood
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/10/the-crystal-lake-park-board-debate-on-rejoining-the-intergovernmental-agreement-with-crystal-lake-and-lakewood/
— DeWitte possible successor Cody Holt faces objection
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/10/dewitte-possible-successor-cody-holt-faces-objection/
— Ness Endorses Biss
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/10/ness-endorses-biss/
— Illinois Democrats About to Enlarge Death Tourism Appeal
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/11/illinois-democrats-about-to-enlarge-death-tourism-appeal/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Paxton sues ‘radical activist organization’ for registering illegal immigrants to vote in Texas
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3881604/paxton-sues-activist-organization-registering-illegal-immigrants-vote-texas/
NEW YORK POST
— GOP senators fume that lawmakers got paid throughout record-breaking shutdown: ‘Pure hypocrisy’
https://nypost.com/2025/11/10/us-news/gop-senators-fume-that-lawmakers-got-paid-during-shutdown/
— Rudy Giuliani offers brutal 6-word ‘advice’ to Zohran Mamdani after NYC mayoral win
https://nypost.com/2025/11/10/us-news/rudy-giuliani-offers-brutal-6-word-advice-to-zohran-mamdani-after-nyc-mayoral-win/
AMERICA FIRST LEGAL
— Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Poured Over $30 Million Into Unlawful DEI Initiatives, Anti-Police Projects In One Year
https://aflegal.org/press-release/documents-show-bill-and-melinda-gates-foundation-poured-over-30-million-into-unlawful-dei-initiatives-anti-police-projects-in-one-year/
AMERICAN THINKER
— The socialist elephant is in the room — and it’s getting bigger. DD: My critics/opponents have no problem with socialism if not promote it.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/11/the_socialist_elephant_is_in_the_room_and_it_s_getting_bigger.html
CHRISTIAN POST
— Why Mamdani won and New York will pay a terrible price
https://www.christianpost.com/voices/why-zohran-mamdani-won-and-new-york-will-pay-a-terrible-price.html
CREATORS SYNDICATE
— Mamdani Wants Big Government to Solve Government’s Failures. DD: To promote Mamdani is to destroy personal responsibility. My parents and my teachers promoted personal responsibility. 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.creators.com/read/victor-joecks/11/25/mamdani-wants-big-government-to-solve-governments-failures
DAILY SIGNAL
— Military Violates Trump’s DEI Executive Order
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/11/10/us-army-air-force-marines-sponsored-school-counselor-association-supports-dei/
— No Illegals Getting Government-Funded Health Care, Sen. Warren? ‘Go to Any Emergency Room in California’
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/11/11/victor-davis-hanson-no-illegals-getting-government-funded-health-care-senator-warren-go-to-any-emergency-room-in-california/
— Mamdani Era: The Democrat Party Is Changing Rapidly
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/11/11/mamdani-era-the-democrat-party-is-changing-rapidly/
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Suspect in Chicago Border Patrol Drive-by Shooting Is Now in Custody
https://www.westernjournal.com/breaking-suspect-chicago-border-patrol-drive-shooting-now-custody-new-details-emerging/
— Realtors Say They’re Already Seeing the ‘Mamdani Effect’ in Action: ‘It’s Not Good’
https://www.westernjournal.com/realtors-say-already-seeing-mamdani-effect-action-not-good/
WHITE HOUSE
— Follow the Law. DD: In Diersen v. GAO, my Democrat GAO superiors told the court that they followed law when they forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 and when they previously a) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, b) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, c) kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and d) forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/02/trump-administration-follow-the-law/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
YAHOO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote insurrection.
https://www.aol.com/news/insurrection-act-why-trump-says-200759314.html
MSNBC
— The obscure federal employees footing the bill during the shutdown. DD: Federal employees have always been viciously demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being grossly overpaid and that their benefits are far too generous. I should write about that.
https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/obscure-federal-employees-footing-bill-shutdown-rcna242563
ABC NEWS
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly blame Trump for everything that is bad. I should write about the biggest hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, and in Wheaton. I focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me since 2015.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/americans-increasingly-concerned-government-shutdown-blame-republicans-trump/story?id=127019678
NBC NEWS
— Trump dismisses financial concerns of air traffic controllers working without pay for more than 40 days. The president, whose staff explored ways to skirt a law requiring backpay for federal workers after the shutdown ends, insisted “they all knew the money is coming.” DD: Federal employees have always been viciously demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being grossly overpaid and that their benefits are far too generous. I should write about that.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-dismisses-financial-concerns-air-traffic-controllers-shutdown-rcna243131
NEW YORK TIMES
— The Demographic Trends That Shaped Mamdani’s Win. Moderate Black voters and young progressives favored Mamdani for mayor, while Andrew Cuomo won many wealthy New Yorkers and those who voted for Donald Trump. DD: What are the demographics of those who are moving into Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct? As those who have demographics that vote for Democrats move in, poverty and crime increase. I should write about Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Warrenville School district 200, and my precinct. Limousine liberal Democrats move in first, but when they move on, everything crashes.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/us/mamdani-nyc-voters-election-demographics.html
— DD: To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/us/supreme-court-same-sex-marriage-reactions.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly blame Trump for inflation and for everything else that is bad.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/11/04/trump-inflation-prices-poll/
USA TODAY
— Trump orders all air traffic controllers back to work after shutdown deal. Trump scolded controllers who were absent when they weren’t paid during the shutdown. But he proposed $10,000 bonuses for those who kept showing up as essential personnel. DD: Federal employees have always been viciously demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being grossly overpaid and that their benefits are far too generous. I should write about that.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/10/trump-orders-air-traffic-controllers-to-work/87195200007/
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly blame Trump for inflation and for everything else that is bad.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/11/10/walmart-thanksgiving-dinner-2025-trump-affordability/87145361007/
— Teens who use weed before 15 are more likely to seek medical care. Researchers found that about 20% of nearly 1,600 surveyed young adults consumed marijuana before the age of 15. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. To push pot is to push destruction. I led the successful effort in 2019 to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2025/10/31/teen-marijuana-weed-use-medical-care-study/86985412007/
— DD: How soon will the Democrat Party officially rename itself the Socialist Party?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/11/10/trump-mamdani-populism-republicans-socialism-democrats/87118244007/
BOSTON HERALD
— Mamdani has the left giddy
https://www.bostonherald.com/2025/11/11/tim-graham-zohran-mamdani-has-the-left-giddy/
WNYC
— How Democratic Socialism Won in New York City
https://www.wnyc.org/story/how-democratic-socialism-won-in-new-york-city/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Bidding War for New York Refugees. DD: Anticipate/expect that far too many New York refugees will continue to vote for Democrats.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/new-york-city-zohran-mamdani-taxes-business-bill-lee-tennessee-83d6374d?mod=opinion_lead_pos2
— Higher Ed Needs Receivership, Not Reform. DD: My earning four college degrees did not turn me into a Democrat. The degrees were in business, accounting, and finance.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/higher-ed-needs-receivership-not-reform-6f527dbb
— The Thunderbird of His Dad’s Dreams Is From Yesterday’s ‘Tomorrowland’ DD: My father did not buy a new car until he was 45 years old in 1967. It was a bottom of the line 2-door Chevrolet with a 6-cylinder engine and no air conditioning. That was his choice. But his providing me with room and board enabled me to earn enough money buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint when I was 17 in 1966, a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 when I was 19 in 1967, and a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE when I was 20 in 1968.
https://www.wsj.com/lifesthyle/cars/the-thunderbird-of-his-dads-dreams-is-from-yesterdays-tomorrowland-1376c63a
— It’s Getting Harder to Figure Out Whether You Live in a Flood Zone or Not. DD: The storm water drainage plan that the Wheaton City Council approved for my subdivision was grossly inadequate.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/lood-zone-risk-maps-15da3709
BLOOMBERG
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy America.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-11-11/supreme-court-s-silence-on-gay-marriage-speaks-volumes?embedded-checkout=true
FORBES
— Gold Funds See Record Inflows As Socialism Comes To New York
https://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2025/11/10/gold-funds-see-record-inflows-as-socialism-comes-to-new-york/
FORTUNE
— New York City business leaders are split on whether to relocate their firms to avoid Mamdani’s policies
https://fortune.com/2025/11/11/new-york-city-business-leaders-relocate-zohran-mamdani-socialist-mayor/
ANDREW B. HALL
— How Divisive Primaries Hurt Parties. DD: I should write about the most divisive Republican primaries on ballots in my precinct since 2000. I would focus on those in which the candidates punished me the most for including links in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters that they did not like. I would focus on those candidate who lost elections and who then blamed me the most for their defeats.
https://www.andrewbenjaminhall.com/Fouirnaies_Hall_Divisive_Primaries.pdf
WESLEYAN ARGUS
— DD: What put you on track to earn a college degree? For me, more than anything else, it was my father’s decrying that he did not have a college degree.
https://wesleyanargus.com/2025/11/11/make-america-skilled-again-in-a-new-campaign-the-department-of-labor-makes-it-clear-theyre-aiming-at-white-america/
EDGE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.edgemedianetwork.com/story/160016
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
GREAT BRITAIN NEWS
— New York will become like Mumbai under Mamdani
https://www.gbnews.com/politics/us/zohran-mamdani-new-york-city-mumbai
SKY NEWS
— ‘Mamdani migration’: Wealthy New Yorkers plan their escape after Zohran’s victory
https://www.skynews.com.au/opinion/mamdani-migration-wealthy-new-yorkers-plan-their-escape-after-zohrans-victory/video/7fc19d2fe2ce7740569365e00dc15693
— ‘Clear migration of businesses’: Millionaires ‘flee’ NYC following Mamdani’s election victory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXoHyuPwzEg
— Mamdani’s ‘radical’ rhetoric and views on Israel lead to New York City’s ‘exodus’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKgSEweIcdI
INDIA TODAY
— NYC’s youngest mayor taps septuagenarian expert to deliver on socialist promises
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/us-news/story/new-york-mayor-elect-zohran-mamdani-budget-policy-veteran-dean-fuleihan-elle-bisgaard-church-deliver-socialist-promises-2817475-2025-11-11
OUTLOOK INDIA
— Mamdani Redraws The Power Map Of New York. With a senior all-women team to help him transition into the role of mayor of NYC, Mamdani has hit the ground running from day one.
https://www.outlookindia.com/international/mamdani-redraws-the-power-map-of-new-york
HINDU
— Why socialist Zohran Mamdani won in New York the capital of capitalism
https://www.thehindu.com/data/why-zohran-mamdanis-socialist-stance-won-in-the-worlds-financial-capital/article70262629.ece
— Chinese officials ordered LGBT dating apps to be pulled from stores. DD: China understands that to promote LGBTQ in a country is to destroy that country.
https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/chinese-officials-ordered-lgbt-dating-apps-to-be-pulled-from-stores-says-apple/article70265846.ece/amp/
HINDUSTAN TIMES
— ‘I can tell you in English’: Zohran Mamdani avoids speaking Hindi in viral street interview
https://www.hindustantimes.com/trending/us/i-can-tell-you-in-english-zohran-mamdani-avoids-speaking-hindi-in-viral-street-interview-101762828034997.html
DAILY MAIL
— Millennial socialist who still lives off parents’ money is set to become next Seattle mayor.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15277339/Seattle-Mayor-Election-Katie-Wilson.html
JERUSALEM POST
— Immigrant New Yorkers beloved by Mamdani all feel warmth for their homes. Why can’t Jews? NYC was built on “cultural pluralism,” but the author feels new political rhetoric ignores the unique history of Jewish New Yorkers, especially their profound, hard-won connection to Israel.
https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-873437
TIMES
— Too old to hire? DD: The Democrats who run the federal government waste the careers of and they get rid of their employees a) who they do not promote to GS-13 ($117,807/year) by age 25 and b) who are Republican, White, male, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotion deadline. I finally made GS-13 when I was 38, but that was not until after I earned an MBA when I was 27, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32, and became a licensed CPA when I was 32. The following delayed my promotion to GS-13: Affirmative Action, DEI, and up-or-out, that is, race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/companies/article/over-50s-facing-job-hunt-agony-g7xtlnw26
November 10, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Trump administration asks SCOTUS to affirm lawfulness of National Guard deployment to Illinois
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-admin-asks-supreme-court-affirm-lawfulness-national-guard-deployment-illinois-says-ice-agents-cant-do-work-alone/18140240/
— Supreme Court will decide whether states can count late-arriving mail ballots, a Trump target
https://abc7.com/post/supreme-court-will-decide-states-can-count-late-arriving-mail-ballots-trump-target/18137746/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for flight cancellations.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-flights-canceled-today-more-600-ohare-midway-airports-amid-snow-government-shutdown/18139725/
NBC5
— DD: What do you say to those who want Bailey to withdraw?
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/darren-bailey-staying-in-governors-race-after-tragic-helicopter-crash/3849817/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/on-anniversary-of-kristallnacht-holocaust-survivor-says-she-sees-similarities-to-today/3849892/
— While Trump threatens controllers, U.S. flight cancellations will drag on even after shutdown ends. Some air traffic controllers, unpaid for nearly a month, have stopped showing up, which may cause delays even after the shutdown ends. DD: Air traffic controllers are essential federal employees. I was a demonized, denigrated, and condemned nonessential federal employee.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/trump-us-flight-cancellations-after-shutdown-ends/3849746/
CBS2
— Undocumented Mexican immigrant in custody for firing shots at Border Patrol in Little Village
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/arrest-shots-fired-border-patrol-chicago-little-village-dhs/
WGN9
— DD: What do you say to those who want Bailey to withdraw?
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/darren-bailey-to-remain-in-race-for-illinois-governor/
— DD: All the many women who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had.
https://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/why-wont-most-working-women-see-equal-pay-before-they-retire/
FOX32
— DD: What do you say to those who want Bailey to withdraw?
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/bailey-stays-in-il-gov-race
WTTW
— While Trump Threatens Controllers, US Flight Cancellations Will Drag on Even After Shutdown Ends. DD: Air traffic controllers are essential federal employees. I was a demonized, denigrated, and condemned nonessential federal employee.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/11/10/while-trump-threatens-controllers-us-flight-cancellations-will-drag-even-after-shutdown
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump administration appeals injunction restricting use of force in Operation Midway Blitz
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/10/trump-administration-appeals-injunction-restricting-use-of-force-in-operation-midway-blitz/
— Little Village double fatal shooting by jewelry store follows Saturday morning of clashes with immigration agents
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/10/little-village-double-murder-by-jewelry-store-follows-saturday-morning-of-clashes-with-immigration-agents/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chicago rapper Adamn Killa tells cops to ‘arrest me, daddy.’ Getting arrested won’t stop him. Adam Kelly, who goes by the stage name Adamn Killa, was handcuffed and briefly held in a squad car after interrupting a traffic stop for one of his social media videos. After he was released, he went right back to making more videos.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/11/10/chicago-rapper-adamn-killa-tells-cops-to-arrest-me-daddy-getting-arrested-wont-stop-him
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/11/10/deportation-immigration-mexico-indiana-parents-fathers-ice-vanessa-lopez
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Trump tells Supreme Court he followed law in calling Guard to Chicago. DD: In Diersen v. GAO, my Democrat GAO superiors told the court that they followed law when they forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 and when they previously a) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, b) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, c) kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and d) forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/trump-says-guard-deployment-chicago-was-lawful
RIVER BENDER
— DD: Duckworth defends federal employees. I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. If I was still a federal employee, she certainly would not defend me. She would replace me a Democrat who was minority, female, younger, disabled, and/or veteran. Air traffic controllers are essential federal employees. I was a demonized, denigrated, and condemned nonessential federal employee.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/duckworth-reacts-to-trump-threatening-hardworking-air-traffic-controllers–encouraging-them-to-quit—88088.cfm?
https://www.duckworth.senate.gov/news/press-releases/duckworth-reacts-to-trump-threatening-hardworking-air-traffic-controllers-and-encouraging-them-to-quit
— Duckworth Calls For Probe Of Fed Officer’s Use Of Force In Chicago. DD: I enforced federal tax laws for IRS as a Revenue Officer for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year. If Duckworth had been a U.S. Senator back then, would she have called for a probe of what I did? To satisfy federal tax debt, I filed federal tax liens. I issued levies to seize assets, including funds in bank accounts, wages, and accounts receivable. I seized and sold business and personal property including real estate and vehicles. She would have objected to enforcement actions that I took against Democrats who were minority, female, younger, disabled, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/duckworth-calls-for-probe-of-fed-agents-use-of-force-in-chicago-88075.cfm?
STATELINE
— Ogle County Republicans vote to donate $1.5K to local food pantries
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/ogle-county-republicans-vote-to-donate-1-5k-to-local-food-pantries/
CITIES 92.9
— IL comptroller candidates focus on transparency, timely reporting
https://www.cities929.com/2025/11/10/il-comptroller-candidates-focus-on-transparency-timely-reporting/
NORTHERN STAR
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly force everyone to be against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://northernstar.info/129978/opinion/opinion-not-all-left-people-are-good-and-not-all-right-are-bad/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/11/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-421/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Illinois State Sen. Terri Bryant, who serves as Assistant Republican Leader in the Illinois Senate, is facing mounting criticism after publicly calling her own constituents “idiots” on Facebook.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/11/state-sen-terri-bryant-calls-voters-idiots-on-facebook-as-gop-leader-earns-100k-as-part-time-legislator.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Supreme Court won’t consider challenge to overturn same-sex marriage ruling
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/10/supreme-court-wont-consider-challenge-overturn-sex-marriage-ruling/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democratic socialists quietly capture city councils across America
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/3880175/democratic-socialists-capture-city-councils-across-usa/
— Venezuela in Manhattan? Mamdani’s vision will be a nightmare
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom-self-reliance/3879657/mamdanis-venezuala-new-york-city-vision-nightmare/
NEW YORK POST
— Mamdani’s win isn’t just New York’s loss — it’s a wake-up call for America
https://nypost.com/2025/11/10/opinion/zohran-mamdanis-win-isnt-just-new-yorks-loss-its-a-wake-up-call-for-america/
BLAZE
— The scariest thing about Zohran Mamdani isn’t his socialism
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/rufo-lomez/the-scariest-thing-about-zohran-mamdani-isnt-his-socialism
— Border Patrol agents dodge bullets and bricks from leftist rioters
https://www.theblaze.com/news/border-patrol-agents-dodge-bullets-and-bricks-from-leftist-rioters-in-sanctuary-city-dhs
BREITBART
— Actress Ellen Barkin Can’t See Any Difference Between ICE and Nazis. DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrats will ever-increasingly call Republicans Nazis, and especially Republicans who share Trump’s demographics. Trump is conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, married, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2025/11/10/nolte-ellen-barkin-cant-see-any-difference-between-ice-and-nazis/amp/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Mamdani’s Far-Left Playbook Will Be Replicated Across the Country
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/11/10/mamdanis-far-left-playbook-will-replicated-across-country/
— Trump Pardons Dozens of MAGA Allies Accused of Attempting to Overturn 2020 Election
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/11/10/trump-pardons-dozens-of-maga-allies-accused-of-attempting-to-overturn-2020-election/
DAILY WIRE
— ‘Beyond The Pale’: JB Pritzker Could Soon Make Illinois A Hub For ‘Suicide Tourism’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/beyond-the-pale-jb-pritzker-could-soon-make-illinois-a-hub-for-suicide-tourism
FEDERALIST
— Mamdani’s Vast Support Among The College-Educated Tells Us All We Need to Know About Higher Ed
https://thefederalist.com/2025/11/10/mamdanis-vast-support-among-the-college-educated-tells-us-all-we-need-to-know-about-higher-ed/
NEWSMAX
— Socialists’ Anti-Israel ‘Demands’ to Mamdani
https://www.newsmax.com/us/memo-democratic-socialists-mamdani/2025/11/10/id/1233929/
— Michele Bachmann Resigns From Heritage Foundation
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/heritage-foundation-michele-bachman-kevin-roberts/2025/11/09/id/1233836/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— In Evanston, whistles and watchful eyes are holding ICE accountable. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/5595387-evanston-handbook-immigration-response/
CBS NEWS
— Johnson urges House members to return “right now” as air delays threaten potential shutdown vote
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/government-shutdown-air-delays-cancellations-house-vote-mike-johnson/
NEWSWEEK
— DD: What have Democrat leaders used to fight deportation of their illegals in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://www.newsweek.com/girl-scouts-food-drive-ice-agents-chicago-illinois-11020583
YAHOO
— Trump is bringing back the Presidential Fitness Test.
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/article/trump-is-bringing-back-the-presidential-fitness-test-we-challenged-a-33-year-old-to-pass-it-130021569.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: New York Times reporter Reid J. Epstein writes that “Age is the issue that Democrats can’t shut down” and that “As eight Democratic-aligned senators with an average age of about 70 voted with Republicans to end the 40-day government shutdown without the health care concessions Democrats had demanded, the party again convulsed with two questions that have long racked its members: How old is too old and how vigorously should they fight Republicans? DD: I am 77 years old. The Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party have long considered me to be too old. In my defense, I stress that my age has not stopped me from putting together and sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.
https://www.nytimes.com/
CRAIN’S NEW YORK BUSINESS
— DD: What are the demographics of those selling and buying New York real estate?
https://www.crainsnewyork.com/real-estate/luxury-residential-sales-streak-continues-after-zohran-mamdani-win
FAST COMPANY
— DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government focused on making their Democrat employees who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-German American, and/or who had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time hate their Republican employees who were White, male, older, non-veteran, German American, and/or who had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91438475/did-women-ruin-the-workplace-maybe-for-the-boys-club
JD SUPRA
— Immediate and Drastic Changes in the DOT’s DBE Program: No More Race- and Sex-Based Presumptions
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/immediate-and-drastic-changes-in-the-6468578/
PEOPLE’S WORLD
— How Harlem Communists paved the way for Mamdani
https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/how-harlem-communists-paved-the-way-for-mamdani/
November 8, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Shots fired at Border Patrol agents during immigration operation in Little Village
https://abc7chicago.com/post/little-village-shooting-today-shots-fired-border-patrol-agents-during-chicago-immigration-op-26th-kedzie-dhs-says/18130724/
— Vance hopes his Hindu wife converts to Christianity, sparking debate on interfaith marriage
https://abc7chicago.com/post/turning-point-usa-event-vice-president-jd-vance-says-he-hopes-hindu-wife-usha-chilukuri-converts-christianity/18130419/
— DD: Democrat leaders signal no shutdown compromise with Republican leaders.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/2025-government-shutdown-update-donald-trump-signals-no-compromise-democrats-aca-subsidies-amid-us-senate-weekend-session/18130662/
— More than 900 flights nationwide canceled Saturday
https://abc7chicago.com/post/flight-cancellations-today-more-700-flights-canceled-saturday-faa-limits-capacity-amid-government-shutdown-2025/18129798/
— Aurora Washington Middle School teacher Jessica Bergmann charged with sexual assault of former student in Wheaton
https://abc7chicago.com/post/aurora-washington-middle-school-teacher-jessica-bergmann-charged-sexual-assault-former-student-wheaton-officials-say/18131091/
— DD: Soon, under the Democrats, everyone in Chicago will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-area-groups-helping-neighbors-need-illinois-snap-benefits-lapse-funding-order-blocked-supreme-court-justice/18131076/
NBC5
— Shots fired at federal agents during immigration enforcement in Little Village
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/shots-fired-at-federal-agents-during-immigration-enforcement-in-little-village-dhs/3849206/
— Ground stop issued at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport due to air traffic control staffing issues
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/ground-stop-issued-at-chicagos-ohare-airport-due-to-air-traffic-control-staffing-issues/3849151/
CBS2
— Shots fired at Border Patrol agents on Chicago’s West Side
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/shots-fired-at-border-patrol-agents-on-chicagos-west-side-dhs-says/
— FAA union workers picketing at O’Hare Airport amid government shutdown, flight reductions
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/faa-union-picketing-ohare-airport-government-shutdown/
FOX32
— Veterans Day 2025 deals: Where Veterans can get free meals and discounts
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/veterans-day-2025-deals-where-veterans-can-get-free-meals-discounts
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DHS reports shots fired at immigration agents in Little Village as residents confront Bovino, Border Patrol
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/08/community-members-confront-bovino/
— Inside Chicago’s growing resistance movement against Operation Midway Blitz: ‘Small acts have huge consequences’
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/08/chicago-immigration-ice-resistance/
— Democrats seize on the Trump administration’s efforts to fight federal food aid payments. DD: My critics/opponents paint themselves as being protectors of those who have less money than others and those who are minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, those who are in America illegally, etc. According to them, those who not the aforesaid cause all the problems that the aforesaid have.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/08/democrats-federal-food-aid-payments/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Report of shots fired at federal agents during immigration enforcement in Little Village under investigation
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/11/08/operation-midway-blitz-little-village-chicago-alleged-shots-fired
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/11/07/after-ice-detained-her-husband-albany-park-mom-juggles-care-for-3-kids-including-son-with-autism-newborn
— DD: Soon, under the Democrats, everyone in Chicago will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago/2025/10/29/where-to-find-chicago-area-food-pantries-if-snap-goes-away
— DD: In defense of my ancestors, they all immigrated legally from what is now Germany during the 1840s and 1850s. They always lived in northeast Illinois. On my father’s side, they worked in a brick factory in Chicago 1844-1854 and then homesteaded a farm in southeast Crete Township. On my mother’s side, they sharecropped a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/11/08/european-immigrants-open-borders-brown-black-trump-maga-ice-alden-loury
DAILY HERALD
— Can suburbs, counties enforce ICE bans on government property? Some say no. DD: I enforced federal tax laws as an IRS Revenue Officer for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year. Key Powers of IRS Revenue Officers include a) issuing levies to legally seize assets, including funds in bank accounts, wages, retirement funds, and accounts receivable and b) seizing and selling personal and business property to satisfy the tax debt. I did all of the aforesaid and I was not required to have a judicial warrant to do it.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251108/news/can-suburbs-counties-enforce-ice-bans-on-government-property-some-say-no/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: But as signs go up warning federal agents, questions remain about the enforceability of measures aimed at keeping U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents off public property. In DuPage County, some board members asked the state’s attorney’s office to weigh in on the enforceability of signs placed at the entrances to the county campus last week. The signs read “DuPage County Property. Immigration Enforcement Only With Judicial Warrant.” “Just to be clear. These signs have no legal binding,” DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick, a Republican candidate for governor, posted on his social media page. “Please don’t let DuPage County theatrics create the expectation that any law enforcement agency will have any legal authority to enforce the message displayed on this sign.” . . . A spokesman for the DuPage County state’s attorney’s office said Friday that the county can declare certain areas private or limited to employee-use only. However, there are no legal consequences the county can impose for disregarding the signs.)
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise Mamdani. They hope he will succeed in getting rid of Republicans who are the following once and for all: conservative, White, male, older, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251108/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-the-new-york-mayoral-election-is-historic-yes-but-early-reads-on-its-implica/
— DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrats will ever-increasingly call Republicans fascists
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251108/letters-to-the-editor/proud-of-ancestors-who-were-antifa/
WGN RADIO
— Make your college and career choice with confidence. DD: Choosing your undergraduate major is extremely important. I should have chosen accounting. I erroneously thought that I could never pass the CPA examination. I did not start taking graduate evening accounting courses until I was 27. I did not take and pass the CPA examination on my first attempt until I was 30. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31. I did not take and pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt until I was 32. I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32. By then, it was too late. The accounting profession viewed me as being too old to have a successful career in accounting. On top of that, the profession was under tremendous pressure to hire young minorities and young females.
https://wgnradio.com/jobs/career-vision/make-your-college-and-career-choice-with-confidence/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Pritzker’s People Snag Some SNAP Benefits
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/08/pritzkers-people-snag-some-snap-benefits/
— Hampshire Township Wants 15+%Tax Hike
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/08/hampshire-township-wants-15tax-hike/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump says U.S. won’t attend G20 in South Africa, cites treatment of White farmers. DD: South African refugees should be advised that Democrat and RINO leaders will do everything that they can to destroy them.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/7/trump-says-us-wont-attend-g20-south-africa-cites-treatment-white/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Trump administration has maintained that the South African government has allowed the attacks and persecution of White Afrikaner farmers. He granted refugee status to the minority Afrikaners who fled South Africa earlier this year, with a group arriving in May.)
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Conservatives beware: Socialism isn’t to be mocked, but feared
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/3880209/conservatives-beware-socialism-isnt-to-be-mocked-but-feared/
— Congress demands Columbia University cut ties with China
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3878467/congress-demands-columbia-university-cut-china-ties/
NEW YORK POST
— Mamdani’s wife Rama Duwaji uses her art to rage against US ‘imperialism’ and ‘Israeli war crimes’
https://nypost.com/2025/11/08/us-news/zohran-mamdanis-wife-rama-duwaji-outspoken-against-us-imperialism/
— Mamdani’s agenda to be embraced by increasingly woke City Council as progressive members surge
https://nypost.com/2025/11/08/us-news/dems-tighten-grip-on-nyc-following-mamdanis-mayoral-victory-and-majority-gains-in-city-council/
— Here’s the Democratic Socialists of America’s demands to Zohran Mamdani for how to lead an Israel-hating NYC
https://nypost.com/2025/11/08/us-news/heres-the-democratic-socialists-of-americas-demands-to-mamdani-for-how-to-lead-an-israel-hating-nyc/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Democratic Socialists of America’s Big Apple chapter will push Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani to implement a virulently anti-Israel agenda, leaked documents show. Included in the NYC-DSA’s “Anti-War Working Group” list of a dozen “demands” for the incoming mayor is an end to all city contracts with companies doing business with Israel, and withdrawing all funds from banks lending money to the Jewish state, according to a planning document first exposed by Just The News. The five-page screed was distributed at the group’s Nov. 2 public meeting, and reveals the DSA’s NYC chapter has been plotting since at least late September on how to best to ensure the pro-Palestine, Israel-hating Mamdani fully supports its anti-Israel agenda once he’s sworn in as mayor in January — and doesn’t buckle to political pressure. Other demands include: Divesting city pensions from Israeli bonds and securities. Banning Israeli products from the city-run grocery stores Mamdani wants to open. Investigating real estate agents “hosting illegal sales of stolen lands in the West Bank.” Stripping tax-exempt nonprofit status from entities that raise funds for the Israel Defense Forces. End the NYPD’s training with Israeli Occupation Forces. Arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and active IDF soldiers for “war crimes” if they enter the Big Apple. Dismantle an NYC-Israel Economic Council formed by outgoing Mayor Adams. “Well at least the DSA mask is off,” said state Assemblyman Kalman Yeger, a conservative Brooklyn Democrat and Orthodox Jew. “This was never about affordability, free buses or anything else. This was always about Jew hatred. “With every municipal issue facing New York City’s government, the DSA doesn’t care about the state of our schools, streets, parks, subways, city budget or anything else. They care about Israel — Israel and only Israel. “At least now they can stop trying to deny their antisemitism; most New Yorkers aren’t stupid,” said Yeger. Mamdani — a longtime supporter of the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement whose father Mahmood Mamdani sits on advisory group that routinely accuses the Jewish state of committing “genocide” – condemned antisemitism on the campaign trail while meeting with some Jewish leaders to drum up political support.)
— New Yorkers flock to food banks as government shutdown hits SNAP, causes airport chaos
https://nypost.com/2025/11/08/us-news/trump-urges-republicans-to-end-obamacare-send-funds-straight-to-the-people-as-govt-shutdown-drags-on/
— Democrats betting that Americans won’t wise up to their shutdown games
https://nypost.com/2025/11/08/opinion/democrats-bet-americans-wont-wise-up-to-shutdown-games/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Uncontrolled immigration has pushed America toward third-world status
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/11/uncontrolled_immigration_has_pushed_america_toward_third_world_status.html
BLAZE
— Socialism’s endgame is America itself
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/levintv/from-new-york-to-the-nation-mark-levin-warns-that-socialisms-endgame-is-america-itself
BREITBART
— Shots Fired at Border Patrol in Chicago After Officials Lie About Daycare ‘Abduction’
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2025/11/08/shots-fired-at-border-patrol-in-chicago-after-officials-lie-about-daycare-abduction/amp/
DAILY CALLER
— Democrat Governors Use State Websites To Spread Shutdown Lies
https://www.aol.com/news/democrat-governors-state-websites-spread-161128975.html
DAILY WIRE
— ‘The Violence Must End’: Man Opens Fire On Border Patrol Agents In Chicago, Chaos Erupts. Attacks on immigration authorities have dramatically increased since President Trump took office this term.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-violence-must-end-man-opens-fire-on-border-patrol-agents-in-chicago-chaos-erupts
FOX NEWS
— Jewish New Yorkers raise concerns of antisemitism following Zohran Mamdani’s win
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6384839755112
NEWSMAX
— Dershowitz to Newsmax: Mamdani ‘Enemy of America’
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/mamdani-dershowitz-nyc/2025/11/08/id/1233757/
— Federal Judge: Chicago’s Warrantless ICE Arrests Unlawful. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.newsmax.com/us/chicago-ice-dhs/2025/10/09/id/1229686/
POST MILLENNIAL
— Mamdani’s ‘day 1’ promise: to confiscate privately owned buildings if owners don’t pay big fines, make assessed repairs
https://thepostmillennial.com/mamdanis-day-1-promise-to-confiscate-privately-owned-buildings-if-owners-dont-pay-big-fines-make-assessed-repairs
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— Latino voters swing toward Democrats in 2025 after Trump’s 2024 historic gains
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/latino-voters-swing-toward-democrats-in-2025-after-trumps-2024-historic-gains/
— Backlash erupts at Heritage Foundation after leader defends Tucker Carlson’s interview with white nationalist Nick Fuentes
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/heritage-foundation-kevin-roberts-tucker-carlson-interview-nick-fuentes/
WASHINGTON POST
— Mamdani drops the mask. The mayor-elect divides New Yorkers into two groups: the oppressed and their oppressors. DD: My critics/opponents paint themselves as being oppressed or as being protectors of the oppressed. According to them, those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time oppress those who are liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/11/08/zohran-mamdani-class-warfare-new-york-mayor/
USA TODAY
— DD: Mamdani got elected by shouting at those who are liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time that they are oppressed by those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/07/how-zohran-mamdani-won-nyc-mayor/86580734007/
— DD: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/11/07/trump-affordability-democrats-mamdani-cost-living/87128348007/
POLITICO
— Poll: Here’s who Democrats think is their leader. DD: Who leads conservatives nationwide, in Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district?
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/07/poll-leader-democrats-00633577
(Kamala Harris 16.1%, Chuck Schumer 7.7%, Hakeem Jeffries 7.4%, Barack Obama 7.4%, Gavin Newsom 6.2%, Joe Biden 4.4%)
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
JERUSALEM POST
— There is no moderate form of Islam
https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-873159
TIMES
— Mamdani v Trump: the battle of New York is just beginning. Republicans and Democrats alike may relish a showdown to see if the mayor is a success or a disaster. Either way, the row will keep their core vote happy. DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrats and RINOs will ever-increasingly side with Mamdani against Trump on everything.
https://www.thetimes.com/us/american-politics/article/zohran-mamdani-trump-nyc-mayor-democrats-n92wbxzz8
TIMES OF INDIA
— Mamdani’s wife Rama Duwaji faces fire over her ‘Israeli war crimes’ artwork: ‘Mourns deaths of terrorists’
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/zohran-mamdani-s-wife-rama-duwaji-faces-fire-over-her-israeli-war-crimes-artwork-mourns-deaths-of-terrorists/ar-AA1Q3Trk
GUARDIAN
— DD: Mamdani got elected by shouting at those who are liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time that they are oppressed by those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/commentisfree/2025/nov/08/zohran-mamdani-win-non-voters