FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Black pastors from Illinois endorse Raja Krishnamoorthi in US Senate race. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly unite those who have demographics that vote for Democrats against those who have demographics that vote for Republicans. Demographics that vote for Democrats include liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, have less money than others, have financial, health, and/or other problems, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are in America illegally.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/black-pastors-illinois-endorse-raja-235844817.html
CBS2
— Cook County Commissioner Sean Morrison won’t run for reelection in 2026
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/cook-county-commissioner-sean-morrison-not-running-2026/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/11/21/defend-trump-maga-tucker-carlson-nazi-megyn-kelly-epstein-s-e-cupp
— Many Chicago suburbs not meeting state’s affordable housing requirements, report finds. The Illinois General Assembly passed the Affordable Housing Planning and Appeal Act in 2003 to help create more affordable housing in the state.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/real-estate/2025/11/21/chicago-suburbs-illinois-affordable-housing-requirements-impact-equity
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The communities that didn’t submit plans this year include: Barrington Hills, Campton Hills, Elmhurst, Inverness, Lake Forest, Oak Brook, Prairie Grove, South Barrington, Geneva, Hawthorn Woods, Lily Lake, River Forest and Third Lake. The majority of these communities also didn’t submit plans in the last cycle, which was 2020. The jurisdictions whose plans were noncompliant include: Deerfield, Deer Park, Frankfort, Glencoe, Glenview, Homer Glen, Lake Bluff, Lakewood, Lincolnshire, Lincolnwood, Long Grove, North Barrington, Spring Grove, Timberlane, Tower Lakes, Wayne, Western Springs, Wilmette and Winnetka. Homer Glen submitted its plan late, and it’s under review. Deer Park, Glencoe, Lakewood and Lincolnwood submitted second plans that are under review.)
DAILY HERALD
— 9th District candidate’s gift bag stunt sets a disturbing tone
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251121/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-no-laughing-matter-9th-district-candidates-gift-bag-stunt-sets-a-disturbin/
RIVER BENDER
— DD: Democrat leaders want their illegals to get SNAP
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/attorney-general-raoul-calls-on-usda-to-correct-unlawful-snap-eligibility-guidance-88442.cfm
— Durbin: The Senate Has A Responsibility To Help Americans Afford Their Health 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, 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.riverbender.com/news/details/durbin-the-senate-has-a-responsibility-to-help-americans-afford-their-health-insurance-88431.cfm
NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump lashes out at reporter, highlighting a pattern of attacking press he dislikes. DD: My critics/opponents do not attack me publicly. Instead, they have their operatives and their dupes take adverse actions against me. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who were unsuccessful Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000. I would focus on those who I did the most to help elect and to help reelect.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-11-20/trump-lashes-out-at-reporter-highlighting-a-pattern-of-attacking-press-he-dislikes
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-11-20/president-trumps-latest-attacks-on-the-free-press
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Ballot brawls heat up
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/11/21/ballot-brawls-heat-up-00664302
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/11/21/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-637/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
JOHN KASS
— Journalism Standards, Anyone?
https://johnkassnews.com/journalism-standards-anyone/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Who do your critics/opponents blame their problems on? My critics/opponents blame their problems on those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and paise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty to them personally. They destroy those like me who refuse to be blindly loyal to them. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who were unsuccessful Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000. I would focus on those who I did the most to help elect and to help reelect. 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. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— To get more votes from minorities and from women, Democrat leaders fight for equal outcome instead of equal opportunity. To fight for equal outcome is to fight against equal opportunity. According to Democrats, if Whites and men do better at something, it is because they benefitted from discrimination against minorities and against females. I became a licensed CPA. I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt. I earned four other job-related professional certifications. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. Because few minorities and females have done that, Democrats have especially shouted at minorities and at females that I was able to do the aforesaid because I benefitted from discrimination against minorities and against females. In my defense, I stress that neither of my parents attended college. That my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I had to work my way through college. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BREITBART
— Google ‘Turned a Blind Eye’ to Defamatory AI Content Against Conservatives
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/11/21/exclusive-marsha-blackburn-google-turned-blind-eye-defamatory-ai-content/
— Pro-Palestinian Activists Besiege NYC Synagogue: ‘Mamdani Era Has Already Begun’
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/11/20/pro-palestinian-activists-besiege-nyc-synagogue-mamdani-era-begun/
— Treasury Dept. Issues Rule to Prevent Illegals from Securing Income Tax Credits
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/11/20/exclusive-treasury-dept-issues-historic-rule-prevent-illegal-aliens-securing-income-tax-credits/amp/
COLLEGE FIX
— DD: Democrat leaders fight for equal outcome instead of equal opportunity. To fight for equal outcome is to fight against equal opportunity.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/med-schools-need-alternative-strategies-to-evade-affirmative-action-ban-doctor-says/
DAILY CALLER
— Teachers’ Union Leader Claims Only Stuffing Diversity Programs Down Americans’ Throats Will Prevent Fascism
https://ijr.com/teachers-union-leader-claims-only-stuffing-diversity-programs-down-americans-throats-will-prevent-fascism/
FEDERALIST
— DD: Democrat leaders fight for equal outcome instead of equal opportunity. To fight for equal outcome is to fight against equal opportunity.
https://fedsoc.org/commentary/videos/disparate-impact-is-equal-outcome-the-same-as-equal-opportunity
FOX BUSINESS
— Why Mamdani’s policies ‘won’t work’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBjziIpIuSU
FOX NEWS
— Mamdani is the ‘North Star’ of the Democratic Party
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6385374193112
— When Trump meets Mamdani: Five capitalist messages the democratic socialist should hear. When Trump sits down with Mamdani, I hope he doesn’t lecture him. I hope he teaches him with examples of what’s worked in this country for nearly 250 years. DD: My critics/opponents blame capitalism for their problems.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/when-trump-meets-mamdani-five-capitalist-messages-democratic-socialist-should-hear
— Socialist mayor-elect reveals why she embraced her parents giving her money as a 43-year-old. DD: My parents lacked money. My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/socialist-mayor-elect-reveals-why-she-embraced-her-parents-giving-her-money.print
— Top teachers union guiding gender transitions, bashing conservatives
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/uncovered-docs-show-top-teachers-union-guiding-gender-transitions-bashing-conservatives-insane-asylum.print
ONE NEWS PAGE
— We Desperately Need ICE Agents Protected So They Can Deport All Illegals
https://www.onenewspage.com/video/20251121/17585646/The-JD-Rucker-Show-We-Desperately-Need-ICE.htm
TOWNHALL
— Mamdani has promised that the NYPD will never again cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). He vowed to permanently sever the partnership that allows local and federal agencies to remove dangerous offenders who are in the country illegally and commit crimes on New York streets. To the progressive activists cheering this on—it’s a victory. To anyone who cares about public safety, law, logic, or the lives of ordinary New Yorkers, it is reckless beyond measure.
https://townhall.com/columnists/kevinmccullough/2025/11/20/the-mayor-whod-prefer-you-to-die-n2666762
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Republicans Working to End Biden-era Regulation That Funded Travel for Illegal Alien Minors Who Were Getting Abortions
https://www.westernjournal.com/republicans-working-end-biden-era-regulation-funded-travel-illegal-alien-minors-getting-abortions/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— DD: From what I see, the more of the following that you are, the more likely that you might defy Trump: liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, noncitizen, have less money than others, have financial, health, and/or other problems, boozer, gambler, stoner, and/or criminal.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5616442-maga-women-trump-gop-leadership/
— The damaging effects of shifting from equal opportunity to ‘equal outcomes’ DD: Democrat leaders fight for equal outcome instead of equal opportunity. To fight for equal outcome is to fight against equal opportunity.
https://thehill.com/opinion/education/529262-the-damaging-effects-of-shifting-from-equal-opportunity-to-equal-outcomes/
ROLL CALL
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote sedition.
https://rollcall.com/2025/11/20/democratic-hawks-defiant-after-trump-accuses-them-of-seditious-act/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Veteran FBI employee sues bureau after being fired over displaying a pride flag. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, that is, they fired me, because since 1988, I had been an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. SEE: https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/district-of-columbia/dcdce/1:1987cv03538/26664/433/
https://apnews.com/article/fbi-progress-pride-flag-lawsuit-83c0d9750e9bf6a11a11b858420750a2
CNN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote sedition.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/20/politics/hang-democrats-trump-seditious-behavior
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/20/politics/video/rep-deluzio-responds-seditious-behavior
— Bipartisan push to reform censure process emerges in Congress after flurry of complaints brought against lawmakers. DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who almost succeeded in getting their operatives and dupes to get the Illinois Center Right Coalition to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006. I would focus on my critics/opponents who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/bipartisan-push-to-reform-censure-process-emerges-in-congress-after-flurry-of-complaints-brought-against-lawmakers/ar-AA1QQB0r
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Accuses Democrats of Sedition, ‘Punishable by Death,’ Over Message to the Military. DD: To get rid of me, my Democrat GAO superiors turned my subordinates against me. They not only assigned me to supervise their most problematic employees, demanded that I give them big time preference, and demanded that I improve their performance. They did everything that they could to turn them against me. All the employees who they assigned me to supervise were minority, female, veteran, disabled, and/or had major health and/or other problems.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/us/politics/trump-democrats-sedition-death-punishment.html
— DD: Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/opinion/israel-hamas-antisemitism-republicans.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/us/immigration-poll-trump-crackdown.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump: Democrats ‘traitors’ for telling military not to follow unlawful orders. The president said lawmakers who appeared in a video committed “seditious behavior” and should be arrested and put on trial for treason. DD: To get rid of me, my Democrat GAO superiors turned my subordinates against me. They not only assigned me to supervise their most problematic employees, demanded that I give them big time preference, and demanded that I improve their performance. They did everything that they could to turn them against me. All the employees who they assigned me to supervise were minority, female, veteran, disabled, and/or had major health and/or other problems.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/11/20/trump-democrats-seditious-behavior/
USA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. How much success have Democrats had destroying those in the following who do not promote LGBTQ: your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/2025/11/03/inside-stonewall-inn-bar/86853750007/
FAIRFAX COUNTY TIMES
— Socialism may be the rage in NYC, but not in Fairfax County! DD: How successful will Democrats be making America, Illinois, your county, your township, and your municipality socialist? Socialism rewards blind loyalty to government leaders over everything else. My Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors demanded blind loyalty to them personally. Even though I refused to give them that, I survived as a Post Office employee for almost 3 years, as an IRS employee for almost 9 years, and as a GAO employee for almost 18 years. I would not have been able to do that if I had not a) earned a job-related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees, b) earned six job-related professional certifications, and c) earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.fairfaxtimes.com/articles/socialism-may-be-the-rage-in-nyc-but-not-in-fairfax-county/article_af12e222-e6c0-4d44-a9d0-becfcf3a2237.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Socialism has arrived in New York, but is it wanted in Fairfax County? That question is presented to voters in the county’s Braddock District as they consider the candidates for an open seat on the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors in the upcoming Dec. 9 special election.)
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— For Americans, Family Comes First—or Does It? A new survey finds that for most of us, especially the young, personal well-being matters more. DD: How big is your family? I had one sibling, he never married, he had no children, and he has died, My parents have died. My father had one sibling, she never married, she had no children, and she has died, My mother had three siblings and they have died. Only three children of my mother’s siblings survive.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/for-americans-family-comes-firstor-does-it-61d44cae
FED SMITH
— Federal Pay Skyrockets: New Open The Books Report Shows 24% Payroll Surge Since 2020. Federal pay surged during the Biden years as locality pay areas grew, driving six‑figure salaries higher despite modest workforce growth and rising telework.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2025/11/19/federal-pay-skyrockets-since-2020/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The report shows that the civilian federal workforce (excluding DOD and Postal Service) reached roughly 2.9 million employees and had a disclosed payroll of $270 billion in FY 2024. That’s a 24% jump from FY 2020, when payroll stood near $217 billion. The size of the federal workforce grew by about 5% during that period. . .The biggest change is not in hiring. It is the compensation structure. The number of employees earning six-figure salaries has exploded since 2020. Federal workers earning $100,000+ jumped 49%. Those earning $200,000+ soared 82%. The number above $300,000 rose 84%. In 117 of 127 major agencies (and in the White House as well), the average salary at the time the data were calculated exceeded $100,000. As noted above, OPM data as of March 2025 showed an average federal salary of almost $110,000. The report highlights a striking trend in the federal workforce: the number of highly compensated federal employees has grown significantly. The report highlights several items, including the highest federal salaries. In FY 2024, 956 federal employees made more than the President of the United States, who has had a salary of $400,000 since 2001. There are more employees earning more than $400,000 than ever before in Open The Books’ payroll records dating back to 2010. 939 of the employees who out earned the president were medical officers at the Veterans Health Administration. Four of the employees listed are dentists. 15 doctors at the National Institutes of Health earn more than $400,000, including the four highest-paid employees in the entire federal workforce. The director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute was paid $519,246, breaking his own record for the highest federal salary in American history. Dr. Anthony Fauci, who was the federal employee of the year in 2020, once held the record for being the highest-paid federal employee with a $480,654 salary in 2022. An additional 36 federal employees earned exactly $400,000, the same salary as the president. A few years ago, it was rare for any federal employee to earn more than the president. In 2019, only three federal employees made more than $400,000. Why Federal Pay Has Gone Up)
POLITICO
— In culture war backlash, Democrats sweep school boards. The party recruited and invested in school board races to oust Republicans. It worked. DD: I should write about the success that Democrats have had in Wheaton-Warrenville School District 200. I have lived in it since 1978.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/21/culture-war-democrats-school-boards-00663699
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
BBC
— Is the new Pope woke? DD: To be woke is to be against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, those who ancestors have been in America for a long time, etc.
https://www.bbc.com/audio/play/w3ct723j
AL JAZEERA
— DD: America-haters ever-increasingly promote Mamdani
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/11/21/mamdanis-democratic-socialism-is-a-promise-of-true-freedom-for-all
Tag: illegals
November 20, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Appeals court temporarily blocks release of hundreds arrested in ‘Midway Blitz’
https://abc7chicago.com/post/court-temporarily-blocks-release-hundreds-arrested-operation-midway-blitz-trump-administration-appeal/18181042/
NBC5
— Trump says Democrats’ video message to military is ‘seditious behavior’ punishable by death
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/president-trump/trump-democrats-video-message-to-military-seditious-punishable-by-death/3853922/
CBS2
— Trump condemned by Democrats after he accuses 6 lawmakers of “seditious behavior”
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/trump-democrats-seditious-behavior/
FOX32
— DD: The Democrat Party platform promotes homelessness because it destroys traditional marriage and family.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/volunteers-sleep-outside-chicago-support-homeless-youth
WBEZ
— DD: The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty because it destroys traditional marriage and family.
https://www.wbez.org/money/2025/11/19/chicago-food-pantries-unprecedented-demand-holiday-season
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Dick Cheney’s funeral brings bipartisan tributes, but Trump was not invited
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/20/dick-cheney-funeral/
— Injunction ruling provides new look at ‘Operation Midway Blitz,’ from tear gas to agent using ChatGPT to help write report
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/20/injunction-scathing-ruling-midway-blitz/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Cook County Commissioner Sean Morrison says he won’t seek reelection. Morrison stepped down as the chair of the Cook County GOP in April, saying it was “time for new energy” in the party. This time, he said he believed public office should be “a season of contribution, not a lifetime occupation, and it is important that I lead by example.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/11/20/cook-commissioner-sean-morrison-reelection
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump says Democrats’ video message to military is ‘seditious behavior’ punishable by death
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trump-says-democrats-video-message-to-military-is-seditious-behavior-punishable-by-death/
FOX ILLINOIS
— ‘Quiet, piggy’: Trump appears to hiss insult at reporter who asks him about Epstein files
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/quiet-piggy-trump-appears-to-hiss-insult-at-reporter-who-asks-him-about-epstein-files-classified-documents-emails-financial-records-flight-information-island-president-donald-trump-bill-clinton-larry-summers
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/11/20/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-427/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUE
— Chicago Teachers Union radicalism is officially statewide
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-teachers-union-radicalism-is-officially-statewide-2/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Democrats Caught in ‘Election Manipulation’ Scandal as Chuy García Faces Bipartisan Rebuke for Blocking Voters’ Choice
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/11/democrats-caught-in-election-manipulation-scandal-as-chuy-garcia-faces-bipartisan-rebuke-for-blocking-voters-choice.html
— After Family Tragedy, Trump Sends Heartfelt Letter as Darren Bailey Vows to Stay in Race and ‘Fight, Fight, Fight’
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/11/after-family-tragedy-trump-sends-heartfelt-letter-as-darren-bailey-vows-to-stay-in-race-and-fight-fight-fight.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Scott Walker: End racial discrimination in the federal government
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/20/end-racial-discrimination-federal-government/
— White House ready to welcome ‘communist’ Mamdani
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/20/white-house-ready-welcome-communist-zohran-mamdani/
— Judge rules Trump’s deployment of National Guard in D.C. was illegal
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/20/judge-rules-trumps-deployment-national-guard-dc-illegal/
— Dick Cheney eulogized at Washington funeral without Trump but with prominent Democrats in the pews
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/20/dick-cheney-eulogized-washington-funeral-without-trump-prominent/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump and Vance excluded from Cheney’s funeral
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3893436/trump-and-vance-excluded-from-dick-cheney-funeral/
NEW YORK POST
— Dick Cheney funeral draws big Dem names Biden, Harris, Maddow — while Trump and Vance get benched
https://nypost.com/2025/11/20/us-news/dick-cheney-funeral-draws-big-dem-names-biden-harris-maddow-while-trump-and-vance-get-benched/
— Ad campaign tells seniors to call out ageism — as life expectancy rises in NYC
https://nypost.com/2025/11/20/us-news/ad-campaign-tells-seniors-to-call-out-ageism-as-life-expectancy-rises-in-nyc/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Mamdani admits he committed a federal crime by having illegals participate in his campaign
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/11/20/mamdani-admits-he-committed-a-federal-crime-by-having-illegals-participate-in-his-campaign-1601697/
BREITBART
— Pope Leo XIV politely rebuked the many pro-migration advocates who portray him and the Catholic Church as supporters of mass migration and as opponents of deportations.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/11/19/pope-leo-rebukes-pro-migration-advocates/amp/
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— ‘Industrialized’ Fraud in the H-1B Visa Program
https://cis.org/Parsing-Immigration-Policy/Industrialized-Fraud-H1B-Visa-Program
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEW YORK TIMES
— Appeals Court Blocks Release of Hundreds of Chicago-Area Immigration Detainees
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/us/chicago-immigration-seventh-circuit.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Calls for Arrest of Democrats Who Urged Troops to Disobey Illegal Orders. ‘You must refuse illegal orders,’ Democratic lawmakers said in video released this week.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-calls-for-arrest-of-democrats-who-urged-troops-to-disobey-illegal-orders-92a081eb
November 20, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Court temporarily blocks restrictions on use of force by federal immigration agents in Chicago area
https://abc7chicago.com/post/appeals-court-temporarily-blocks-restrictions-use-force-federal-immigration-agents-chicago-area/18176374/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago appeals court halts order restricting use of force by immigration agents, calling it ‘overbroad’
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/19/chicago-appeals-court-halts-order-use-of-force-immigration-agents/
— Pritzker meets Pope in Rome, discussing Trump’s Chicago immigration crackdown. DD: As Democrat leaders ever-increasingly move further to the left, they increasingly succeed in getting religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/19/gov-jb-pritzker-pope-rome-trump-immigration-crackdown/
— Illinois politicians party as Black communities fall further behind
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/20/opinion-black-wealth-chicago-urban-league/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker and the Pope talk ‘Operation Midway Blitz’
https://chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv/2025/11/19/jb-pritzker-pope-leo-xiv-vatican-meeting-operation-midway-blitz-chicago-beer
— Federal appeals court halts ruling that curbed use of force during immigration campaign. The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals called the Nov. 6 preliminary injunction from Judge Sara Ellis “overbroad,” but it also promised a quick appeal process.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/11/19/federal-appeals-court-halts-ruling-that-curbed-use-of-force-during-immigration-campaign
DAILY HERALD
— Arlington Heights says no to immigration agents using public spaces. DD: Doing that demonstrates gross rejection of Trump’s election.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251118/news/arlington-heights-says-no-to-immigration-agents-using-public-spaces/
— DuPage County Board approves drone purchase
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251119/news/dupage-county-board-approves-drone-purchase/
EVANSTON NOW
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that the Pope rejects the concepts of countries, borders, and laws, that is, that the Pope rejects America, its borders, and its laws.
https://evanstonnow.com/pritzker-and-pope-discuss-immigration-raids/
FOX ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders urge troops to reject ‘illegal orders’ from Trump administration. DD: While I was a federal employee for almost 30 years, I always followed now orders (now illegal) to give preference to my subordinates who were minority and/or female. But because I complained about reverse discrimination, my Democrat superiors wasted my career and got rid of me.
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/ex-cia-navy-lawmakers-urge-troops-to-reject-illegal-orders-from-trump-administration-elissa-slotkin-mark-kelly-stephen-miller-pete-hegseth
WCBU
— Former Illinois representatives (Bustos, Dold, and LaHood) point to district maps as undermining bipartisanship. DD: How gerrymandered are the political districts that you live in?
https://www.wcbu.org/local-news/2025-11-18/former-illinois-representatives-point-to-district-maps-as-undermining-bipartisanship
WIFR
— DD: Anticipate/expect that Rockford will ever-increasingly get rid of its residents who do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.wifr.com/2025/11/19/rockford-earns-perfect-score-lgbtq-inclusivity/
LAKE & MCHENRY COUNTY SCANNER
— Video shows illegal immigrants running into Warren Township High School in Gurnee to flee federal agents
https://www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2025/11/19/new-video-shows-illegal-immigrants-running-into-warren-township-high-school-in-gurnee-to-flee-federal-agents/
NORTHERN STAR
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters hold Trump responsible for everything that is bad. What are your critics/opponents responsible for, but hold you responsible for? My critics/opponents who are responsible for electing Republican candidates in Illinois, DuPage County, and Milton Township hold me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter responsible for Republican defeats. My Democrat superiors in the federal government were responsible for meeting Affirmative Action quotas, goals, and targets and held me responsible for difficulties they encountered doing that.
https://northernstar.info/130466/opinion/opinion-donald-trump-should-be-held-accountable/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Clergy sue ICE over access
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/11/20/clergy-sue-ice-over-access-00661380
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/11/20/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-636/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/11/19/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-426/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Thursday, November 20, 2025
https://us10.campaign-archive.com/?e=19fa91a7b3&u=7f97bb358e660a3d3fb24306a&id=1dff4d4ee0
CHICAGO CONTRARIAN
— Ernst & Young Report Details Chicago’s Wasteful Spending: It’s Worse than You Think
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/ernst-young-report-chicago-wasteful-spending
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— I should write about Democrats who falsely hinted/implied/argued/shouted that they were Republicans to advance in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton when Republicans ran the aforesaid. I would focus on those who advanced the most. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me. Now that Democrats run the aforesaid, anticipate/expect that sooner or later, they will all officially become Democrats. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Appeals court rules in favor of DHS on crowd control tactics in Chicago
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/19/appeals-court-rules-favor-dhs-crowd-control-tactics-chicago/
— China using fentanyl to wage war on U.S.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/19/china-using-fentanyl-wage-war-us/
— ‘Sanctuary census’: Republicans say Democrats stole power through bogus 2020 count
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/19/sanctuary-census-republicans-say-democrats-stole-power-bogus-2020/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Pope Leo XIV draws online backlash over climate, immigration and transgender outreach. DD: As Democrat leaders ever-increasingly move further to the left, they increasingly succeed in getting religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/world/3891431/pope-leo-xiv-draws-online-backlash-climate-immigration-transgender-outreach/
— Enforcing immigration laws is not the moral equivalent of the Holocaust. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly equate illegals with runaway slaves.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3892204/enforcing-immigration-laws-not-holocaust/
— Netanyahu should call Mamdani’s bluff
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/3892623/netanyahu-should-call-mamdani-bluff/
NEW YORK POST
— Democrats urging troops to ‘disobey’ are playing a dangerous game
https://nypost.com/2025/11/19/opinion/dems-urging-troops-to-disobey-are-playing-a-dangerous-game/
— Mamdani’s endorsement of controversial NY assembly candidate who minimized 9/11 draws backlash
https://nypost.com/2025/11/19/us-news/zohran-mamdanis-endorsement-of-controversial-ny-assembly-candidate-who-minimized-9-11-draws-backlash/
— Gun rights groups hail Trump’s pick to lead ATF: ‘First ever truly pro-Second Amendment nominee’
https://nypost.com/2025/11/20/us-news/gun-rights-groups-hail-trumps-pick-to-lead-atf-first-ever-truly-pro-second-amendment-nominee/
— Wannabe GI Jane sues Navy after her dream of becoming first female SEAL comes to a crashing end over age. DD: My Democrat IRS superiors used up-or-out to get rid of me. According to them, if you are a Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran, you are out if they do not promote you to GS-13, currently $117,807/year, by age 25. Extremely few IRS employees make that aforesaid promotion deadline. I finally made GS-13 when I was 38, but not until after I had a) earned an MBA when I was 27, b) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, c) transferred to GAO when I was 31, d) earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, e) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32, and f) became a licensed CPA when I was 32.
https://www.aol.com/news/wannabe-gi-jane-sues-navy-113000336.html
— Jewish organizations enabled Mamdani
https://nypost.com/2025/11/19/opinion/jewish-orgs-enabled-mamdani-american-dream-on-hold-and-other-commentary/
AMERICAN THINKER
— The Islamization Of The United States
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/11/the_islamization_of_the_united_states.html
— It’s not irrational to worry about mass Muslim migration
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/11/it_s_not_irrational_to_worry_about_mass_muslim_migration.html
BREITBART
— Sens. Jim Banks (R-IN) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) are leading a bill to give the National Labor Relations Board power over investigating and prosecuting employers that hire illegal aliens. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/11/19/exclusive-jim-banks-leads-putting-american-workers-first-act-to-more-easily-prosecute-employers-hiring-illegal-aliens/amp/
— Trump, Mamdani to meet Friday at White House
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/11/20/katie-wilson-seattle-mayor-mamdani-socialism-democrats/87323706007/
COLLEGE FIX
— Notre Dame no longer asks staff to support its Catholic mission. DD: I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/notre-dame-no-longer-asks-staff-to-support-its-catholic-mission/
— Students line up to listen to anti-socialist speaker on campus. DD: QUESTION: Who advances under socialism? ANSWER: Those who serve as operatives or dupes for government. QUESTION: Which of my federal coworkers advanced the most over me? ANSWER: Those who served as operatives or dupes the most for their Democrat superiors.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/students-line-up-to-listen-to-anti-socialist-speaker-on-campus/
DAILY CALLER
— Trump’s Education Dept Ends Free Tuition For Illegals. DD: I had to work my way through college. Consequently, my GPA suffered.
https://www.aol.com/exclusive-trump-education-dept-ends-123926748.html
DAILY SIGNAL
— New HHS Report on Transgender ‘Care’ for Minors Reveals Why Activists Try to ‘Silence Critics’
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/11/19/new-hhs-report-transgender-care-minors-reveals-why-activists-try-silence-critics-contributor-says/
FEDERALIST
— We Need To Deport 1 Million Illegal Immigrants A Month
https://thefederalist.com/2025/11/19/we-need-to-deport-1-million-illegal-immigrants-a-month/
FOX NEWS
— Socialist group ‘By Any Means Necessary’ escalates campaign to ‘stop’ Turning Point USA. DD: Who heads TPUSA in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district?
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/socialist-group-by-any-means-necessary-escalates-campaign-stop-turning-point-usa.amp
— Rubio orders restitution for hundreds of staffers denied promotions under Biden DEI rule.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/rubio-orders-restitution-hundreds-staffers-denied-promotions-under-biden-dei-rule
— Bipartisan plan aims to make the American Dream affordable again for millions of first-time homebuyers. The median age for a first-time home buyer is now 40. DD: Back in the good old days, back in 1972, I was able to buy a new townhome when I was 24 years old.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bipartisan-plan-aims-make-american-dream-affordable-again-millions-first-time-homebuyers
— Socialism Destroys Everything It Touches
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbSboRoEtxs
— Mamdani backs candidate who called 9/11 ‘a terror attack that a couple of people did’
https://noticias.foxnews.com/politics/mamdani-backs-candidate-who-called-9-11-terror-attack-couple-people-did
TOWNHALL
— Democrats Need Illegal Immigrants As a Permanent Underclass. DD: Democrat leaders want illegals because they vote for Democrats. RINO leaders want illegals because they want cheap labor.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2025/11/19/jill-filippovic-illegal-slave-wages-n2666674
U.S. HOUSE
— Sanctuary Mayors Refuse to Change Policies That Obstruct Federal Immigration Enforcement and Protect Dangerous Criminal Aliens. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly obstruct enforcement of immigration laws.
https://oversight.house.gov/release/hearing-wrap-up-sanctuary-mayors-refuse-to-change-policies-that-obstruct-federal-immigration-enforcement-and-protect-dangerous-criminal-aliens/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their illegals in Chicago
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/sights-sounds-trumps-immigration-crackdown-chicago-127699423
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly obstruct enforcement of immigration laws.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/us/politics/justice-department-immigration-enforcement.html
— DD: My critics/opponents use my being conservative, Republican, Protestant, and German American to slander me as being antisemitic. They stress the many big adverse actions that my Jewish superiors in the federal government took against me. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/opinion/right-antisemitism-yoram-hazony.html
https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000010528982/understanding-the-rights-antisemitic-turn.html
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Mamdani to unite voters who are the following against Republican candidates: liberal/moderate, have less money than others, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America, and/or are in America illegally.
https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/20/build-on-mamdanis-momentum-for-lgbtq-n-y-ers/
USA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism. How soon will the Democrat Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/11/20/katie-wilson-seattle-mayor-mamdani-socialism-democrats/87323706007/
DESERET NEWS
— DD: QUESTION: Why are fewer and fewer and fewer people getting married? ANSWERS: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage. Under the Democrats, fewer and fewer and fewer people are marriage material. What helped make you marriage material? By the time I got married when I was 29 in 1978, I had worked for IRS for almost 7 years and my salary was $108,978/year in today’s dollars. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and I was taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul. I lived in a one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building that I bought in 1976. I was renting out a town home in University Park that I had bought new in 1972. I owned a 1972 Corvette that I had bought new in 1971.
https://www.deseret.com/special-series/2025/11/14/american-family-survey-marriage-indifference-needed-family/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump’s DEI Slayer Is Just Getting Started. EEOC head Andrea Lucas is shifting the workplace watchdog’s priorities to fighting anti-Christian bias and diversity programs. DD: How has EEOC impacted you? When I was 22 years old in 1971, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. Because my Firestone Store boss fired me because I had accepted that offer and because I needed a job because I was helping support my mother and brother, I accepted a job offer from IRS. I had wanted a career in the automotive industry. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they ever-increasingly used Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of me.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trumps-eeoc-chief-andrea-lucas-is-dei-slayer-just-getting-started-2d6623a6
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As head of the federal agency that fights workplace discrimination, Andrea Lucas has said two men in particular have shaped her sense of mission. One is her father, an industrial salesman who she has said was once fired after speaking up about his faith on the job. The other is Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, who led the agency—the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission—from 1982 to 1990. As President Trump’s EEOC chair, Lucas is sharply shifting the agency’s focus to give priority to allegations of religious discrimination. It is bringing lawsuits on behalf of a truck driver who asked to wear a skirt on the job because of her Apostolic Christian beliefs and a ski-area employee fired after writing faith-related social-media posts. And it recently settled with a staffing agency that didn’t hire a Muslim job applicant after he asked for an accommodation to attend Friday prayer. The 39-year-old Christian conservative has opened investigations into law firms’ diversity practices and universities’ handling of antisemitism. The EEOC asked a judge this week to enforce a subpoena against the University of Pennsylvania. Lucas has said she is attacking the identity politics she believes has permeated workplaces and the broader culture. “Laying siege to the institutions and taking them back is the big-picture theme,” Lucas told the Daily Caller, a conservative news outlet, this summer. By targeting elite institutions, she said in the interview, “You change the culture.” Now she has the power to do more. During the government shutdown, the Senate confirmed a Trump nominee, Brittany Panuccio, as an EEOC commissioner. That gives Lucas a quorum—a minimum of three commissioners out of the full slate of five—after Trump fired two Democrats in January. One Democratic commissioner remains. With the agency’s full powers, Lucas can make good on promises to rescind guidance regarding protections for transgender and nonbinary workers and root out what the Trump administration views as unlawful diversity, equity and inclusion programs. Most notably, she will be able to sue employers on significant legal questions, potentially setting the stage for new precedents on civil-rights law. “Andrea is very pro-enforcement,” said Victoria Lipnic, who served as the EEOC’s acting chair during the first Trump administration. “The traditional trope of Republican administrations is that they’ll be hands-off about enforcement. That’s not her at all.” Lucas declined to comment. An agency spokesperson said Lucas “has emphasized a broad reset of agency priorities to be consistent with the President’s agenda, Supreme Court precedent, and our country’s founding principles of equality and individual rights.” While racial and sexual discrimination still make up a large share of claims that American workers file with the agency, Lucas has chosen to call attention to religious-discrimination allegations, which make up a small portion of claims. “In some cases, it’s been a direct 180,” Christopher DeGroff, a partner who represents employers at the law firm Seyfarth Shaw, said of the EEOC’s shift in focus since the Biden administration. To date, the EEOC has recovered more than $55 million for workers affected by Covid vaccine mandates, many of whom refused to get the vaccine for religious reasons. Lucas recently called the mandates “one of the greatest civil-rights violations in the last few decades.” It also secured a $21 million settlement from Columbia University as part of the Trump administration’s push against antisemitism at academic institutions—the agency’s largest public settlement in nearly two decades. This spring, senior agency officials asked EEOC attorneys around the country to identify discrimination claims in line with White House priorities, according to an email viewed by The Wall Street Journal. Those include discrimination resulting from employer DEI programs, along with antisemitism and anti-Christian or anti-American bias in workplaces. The EEOC filed 94 lawsuits in fiscal 2025, which ended Sept. 30, one of the lowest tallies in decades. One reason for the decrease, DeGroff said, is it takes time for regional offices to identify claims in line with the new priorities and with enough merit to file a federal complaint. Former colleagues describe Lucas as outspoken, dedicated and smart. “She has a really strong legal mind and was among the brightest associates I worked with over the years,” said Jason Schwartz, who as a leader of the law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s labor and employment team oversaw Lucas’s work early in her career. In her first EEOC commission term, which began in 2020, Lucas established a reputation as an independent thinker. She voted with the two Democrats to approve a lawsuit accusing a McDonald’s franchisee of discriminating against Black job applicants, according to the EEOC’s press release on the case. Her votes with Democrats regularly denied victories to the commission’s other two Republicans early in the Biden presidency, when Republicans held a majority of the commissioner seats. Lucas has taken a more strident tone from the start of Trump’s term, excoriating the Biden administration for what she has called “woke policies” and supporting the firing of her two Democratic colleagues on the commission. She hired Connor Clegg, a former digital-media strategist for the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk, to join her communications team. In a June hearing to confirm Lucas for a second term, she said she erred in 2021 when she wrote on social media that the EEOC was an independent agency. Instead, she told senators, the agency answers to the White House. Hundreds of EEOC employees have retired early, accepted buyouts or left for other jobs since the start of Trump’s term, said current and former employees. Those moves have left the agency understaffed and morale low, they said. The agency’s shift on protections for transgender workers has been a particular source of confusion—and anger—among some staffers. The agency suspended work on discrimination claims related to gender identity early this year, a move Lucas said adhered to Trump’s executive order to “defend biological reality.” EEOC officials later told agency workers that they could investigate a small subset and that Lucas’s office would review investigations if staff determined discrimination likely took place, according to an email reviewed by the Journal.)
— The Economics of Income Mobility. I believe in the American dream, but the data show that some people have an advantage in realizing it. DD: According to my critics/opponents. I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who do not share my demographics. Sadly, my father, my grandfather, and my great grandfather are examples of downward mobility. In 1902, my great grandfather had 1285 Main Street built in Crete (4,030 sq. ft. https://www.redfin.com/IL/Crete/1285-Main-St-60417/home/23199035 ). In 1926, my grandfather had 1286 Wood Street built in Crete (1793 sq. ft. https://www.redfin.com/IL/Crete/1286-Wood-St-60417/home/23199039 ). My father never had a home built. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-economics-of-income-mobility-c0a5bd3e
WASHINGTON STAND
— Democrats Favor Socialism. DD: My critics/opponents favor socialism. They promote dependency on government.
https://washingtonstand.com/article/surveys-dems-favor-socialism-but-definitions-differ
WASHINGTON MONTHLY
— Mamdani Just Showed How to Unify the Democratic Party—And Win. DD: How successful will Mamdani be in uniting non-Protestants against Protestants?
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2025/11/20/mamdani-sherrill-democratic-party-affordability-agenda/
FORBES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism. How soon will the Democrat Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2V6lLEUu5ZQ
— Career-Limiting. DD: My refusal to become a Democrat not only limited my career, it ended my career when I was 49 years old in 1997. It stopped me from making GS-13, currently $117,807/year until I was 38 years old in 1986. It stopped me from being promoted to GS-14.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/bryanrobinson/2025/10/13/the-scariest-jobs-5-tips-to-face-career-limiting-fears-reader-beware/
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
— According to Democrat and RINO leaders, when Whites and males do better than minorities and females, it is because Whites and males have benefitted from discrimination against minorities and females.
https://hbr.org/2025/11/the-hidden-driver-of-workforce-polarization
PBS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly obstruct enforcement of immigration laws.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/justice-department-directs-prosecutors-to-investigate-state-and-local-efforts-to-obstruct-immigration-enforcement
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-administration-pressures-sanctuary-jurisdictions-by-publishing-list-of-places-deliberately-obstructing-immigration-enforcement
NPR
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly obstruct enforcement of immigration laws.
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/22/nx-s1-5271541/doj-immigration-trump-memo-prosecution
— House lawmakers force a vote on bill to restore federal workers’ bargaining rights. DD: My critics/opponents are anti-union if not union-haters. They are furious that while I was a union member 1971-1980, my salary increased from $55,850/year to $112,280/ear in today’s dollars. In my defense, during that time, a) I earned an MBA, b) I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, and c) I earned a master’s degree in accounting.
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/19/nx-s1-5613344/house-lawmakers-force-a-vote-on-bill-to-restore-federal-workers-bargaining-rights
BEAST
— Pope Leo Torches Trump’s ‘Extremely Disrespectful’ Agenda. DD: To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally demonstrates gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/pope-leo-torches-trumps-extremely-disrespectful-agenda/
FOREIGN SOURCES
PRESS READER
— DD: Under the Democrats, America produces fewer and fewer and fewer contributing members of society. Under the Democrats, more and more and more Americans are dependent on government and charity.
https://www.pressreader.com/malaysia/the-borneo-post/20251116/281771340465851
SKY NEWS
— Mamdani is ‘endorsing’ people with his same socialist views
https://www.skynews.com.au/opinion/rita-panahi/zohran-mamdani-is-endorsing-people-with-his-same-socialist-views/video/0183958bde6a6b1e5ddbf787bcb90e0f
TIMES OF INDIA
— Side effects of diabetes medications. DD: All three of the diabetes medications that I take have major negative side effects.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/from-erratic-weight-changes-to-gas-5-lesser-known-side-effects-of-diabetes-medications/photostory/124545863.cms
5 PILLARS
— New York mayoral election: 90% of Muslims voted for Mamdani
https://5pillarsuk.com/2025/11/08/new-york-mayoral-election-90-of-muslims-voted-for-mamdani/
OTHER SOURCES
PSYCOLOGY TODAY
— Social isolation harms your health. DD: My critics/opponents ever-increasingly isolate me because I promote conservative principles and planks in the Republican Party platform that they reject. Most commonly, they reject the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/evidence-based-living/202307/loneliness-harms-your-health
November 19, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC5
— Pritzker holds private meeting with Pope Leo XIV in Rome. “You can feel his humanity,” Pritzker said in an interview with NBC 5. “It was a special moment, even for this Jewish boy.” DD: What complaints do the Pope and Pritzker share against Trump?
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/nbc-5-exclusive-pritzker-holds-private-meeting-with-pope-leo-xiv-in-rome/3853221/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Dabrowski: Illinois Republicans want their party to make arguments, not excuses
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/19/opinion-illinois-republicans-power/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-sun-times/20251119/281711210930928
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: What percent of illegals want/need/demand public assistance?
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-11-18/trump-administration-rule-could-further-penalize-immigrants-for-using-benefits
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Little Village’s 26th Street Slowly Comes Back To Life After Months Of Immigration Raids. Business owners celebrated a noticeably more lively weekend after Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino and many of his agents left town. “There’s feeling of a brotherhood now, of people coming out to the community to be supportive,” one business manager said. DD: How dependent on their illegals have Democrat and RINO leaders made your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct?
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/18/little-villages-26th-street-slowly-comes-back-to-life-after-months-of-immigration-raids/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Where’s JB: Meeting the Pope
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/11/19/wheres-jb-at-the-vatican-with-the-pope-00658696
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/11/19/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-635/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Glennon on Chicago’s property tax bills
https://wirepoints.org/wirepoints-mark-glennon-on-chicagos-property-tax-bills-youtube-am560/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— My critics/opponents who have less money than I have want socialism. They blame their problems on capitalism. They hint/imply/argue/shout that if I had spent my career in the private sector instead of government, I never would have earned $153,151/year in today’s dollars when I was 49 years old in 1997. How much would I have been earning in 1997 if I had spent my career in the private sector? I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I became a licensed CPA. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— The Washington Post decries the money that baby boomers have. I am a baby boomer. Are you a baby boomer? If so, where did your money come from? My money came from what I earned doing yard work 1962-1964, delivering newspapers 1962-1966, washing dishes 1964-1966, cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966, delivering mail 1966-1969, working on an automotive assembly line in 1970, selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumping more gasoline 1971-1972, collecting delinquent federal taxes 1971-1980, auditing federal agencies 1980-1997, my Civil Service Retirement System pension since 1997, my Social Security since 2010, and more recently, three inheritances. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What opinions on socialism do your critics/opponents have? My critics/opponents who have less money than I have want socialism. They blame their problems on capitalism. They hint/imply/argue/shout that I benefitted big time by working for the federal government for almost 30 years and that if I had spent my career in the private sector instead of government, I never would earned $153,151/year in today’s dollars when I was 49 years old in 1997. How much would I have been earning in 1997 if I had spent my career in the private sector? I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I became a licensed CPA. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— How has antisemitism impacted you? My Democrat superiors in the federal government forced my many Jewish superiors and supervisors to take many big adverse actions against me. They stressed that I was conservative, Republican, Protestant, German American, and that I lived in Crete 1948-1972 and in Wheaton since 1978. In my defense, I stressed that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI, that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII, and that my father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump administration accuses Illinois officials of inciting ICE protests
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/supreme-court/3890533/trump-administration-accuses-illinois-officials-of-inciting-ice-protests/
— National conservatism isn’t the future of the GOP
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/3890772/national-conservatism-not-gop-future/
— Ocasio-Cortez and Mamdani 2028 ticket: Don’t laugh, socialism rising. DD: My critics/opponents who have less money than I have want socialism. They blame their problems on capitalism. They hint/imply/argue/shout that I benefitted big time by working for the federal government for almost 30 years and that if I had spent my career in the private sector instead of government, I never would earned $153,151/year in today’s dollars when I was 49 years old in 1997. How much would I have been earning in 1997 if I had spent my career in the private sector? I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I became a licensed CPA.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-secrets/3890760/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-zohran-mamdani-2028-ticket-dont-laugh-socialism-rising/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Mamdani Throws Support Behind State Assembly Candidate Who Blamed 9/11 on America. DD: Will Mamdani succeed in uniting non-Christians against Christians?
https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/socialists-unite-mamdani-throws-support-behind-behind-state-assembly-candidate-who-blamed-9-11-on-america/
— Cal State Schools Require Students To Take DEI Classes To Graduate. Options Include ‘Queer Crip Lit’ and ‘Decolonize Your Diet.’
https://freebeacon.com/campus/cal-state-schools-require-students-to-take-dei-classes-to-graduate-options-include-queer-crip-lit-and-decolonize-your-diet/
AMAC
— Government Shutdown Exposes Massive Illegal Alien Welfare Fraud
https://amac.us/newsline/economy/government-shutdown-exposes-massive-illegal-alien-welfare-fraud/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Why young Americans support democratic socialism. DD: My critics/opponents who have less money than I have want socialism. They blame their problems on capitalism. They hint/imply/argue/shout that if I had spent my career in the private sector instead of government, I never would have earned $153,151/year in today’s dollars when I was 49 years old in 1997. How much would I have been earning in 1997 if I had spent my career in the private sector? I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I became a licensed CPA.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/11/why_young_americans_support_democratic_socialism.html
— The running gag, the leftist lie: ‘Socialism has never been tried before.’ DD: My critics/opponents who have less money than I have want socialism. They blame their problems on capitalism. They hint/imply/argue/shout that if I had spent my career in the private sector instead of government, I never would have earned $153,151/year in today’s dollars when I was 49 years old in 1997. How much would I have been earning in 1997 if I had spent my career in the private sector? I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I became a licensed CPA.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/11/the_running_gag_the_leftist_lie_socialism_has_never_been_tried_before.html
BLAZE
— Charlotte school district attendance plummets after immigration raid, sparking concerns about illegal alien numbers
https://www.theblaze.com/news/charlotte-school-district-attendance-plummets-after-immigration-raid-sparking-concerns-about-illegal-alien-numbers
— Bill Maher warns Democrats the radical left is leading party to ruin. DD: My critics/opponents who have less money than I have want socialism. They blame their problems on capitalism. They hint/imply/argue/shout that if I had spent my career in the private sector instead of government, I never would have earned $153,151/year in today’s dollars when I was 49 years old in 1997. How much would I have been earning in 1997 if I had spent my career in the private sector? I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I became a licensed CPA.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/socialism-will-f-k-you-bill-maher-warns-democrats-the-radical-left-is-leading-party-to-ruin
BREITBART
— States Illegally Issued 194,000 Commercial Driver’s Licenses to Foreign Truckers
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/11/18/sean-duffy-states-illegally-issued-194000-commercial-drivers-licenses-to-foreign-truckers/
— Majority of Democrats Have Favorable View of Socialism. DD: My critics/opponents who have less money than I have want socialism. They blame their problems on capitalism. They hint/imply/argue/shout that if I had spent my career in the private sector instead of government, I never would have earned $153,151/year in today’s dollars when I was 49 years old in 1997. How much would I have been earning in 1997 if I had spent my career in the private sector? I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I became a licensed CPA.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/11/18/poll-majority-of-democrats-have-favorable-view-of-socialism/amp/
— Trump urged GOP-led states to redraw US House districts. Now other states also are gerrymandering.
https://www.breitbart.com/news/trump-urged-gop-led-states-to-redraw-us-house-districts-now-other-states-also-are-gerrymandering/amp/
DAILY CALLER
— How America’s Biggest Socialist Group Could Get A Million Mamdanis Elected. DD: My critics/opponents who have less money than I have want socialism. They blame their problems on capitalism. They hint/imply/argue/shout that if I had spent my career in the private sector instead of government, I never would have earned $153,151/year in today’s dollars when I was 49 years old in 1997. How much would I have been earning in 1997 if I had spent my career in the private sector? I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I became a licensed CPA.
https://www.aol.com/articles/america-biggest-socialist-group-could-215027342.html
— Socialist Mamdani Won’t Stop Asking His Supporters To Redistribute Wealth … To Him
https://dailycaller.com/2025/11/18/zohran-mamdani-supporters-money/
DAILY WIRE
— Millions Of Illegals Are Receiving Food Stamps
https://www.dailywire.com/news/yes-millions-of-illegals-are-receiving-food-stamps
FOX BUSINESS
— Republicans prepare for post-Trump era with a new generation of conservative leaders
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6385262875112
FOX NEWS
— Sanctuary states need crackdown as Americans pay price for illegal immigrant truckers
https://www.foxnews.com/us/sanctuary-states-need-crackdown-americans-pay-price-illegal-immigrant-truckers-gop-lawmaker
NEWSMAX
— Pope Backs US Bishops in Blasting Trump Immigration Crackdown. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly succeed in getting religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.newsmax.com/world/globaltalk/pope-leo-xiv-bishops-donald-trump/2025/11/18/id/1235102/
— DHS Moves to Deny Migrants ‘Primarily Dependent’ on Govt Assistance
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/dhs-green-cards-snap/2025/11/18/id/1235042/
REAL CLEAR MARKETS
— Affordable Housing Fixes Hide Socialist Wish-Lists
https://www.realclearmarkets.com/2025/11/19/affordable_housing_fixes_hide_socialist_wish-lists_1148276.html
— AI-Touting Technocrats Sell Socialism As Solution. DD: When my critics/opponents aren’t blaming their problems on discrimination against those who share their demographics, they blame their problems on capitalism.
https://www.realclearmarkets.com/2025/11/18/ai-touting_technocrats_sell_socialism_as_solution_1147989.html
TOWNHALL
— As Religion Weakens, Socialism Strengthens. DD: My critics/opponents who have less money than I have want socialism. They blame their problems on capitalism. They hint/imply/argue/shout that if I had spent my career in the private sector instead of government, I never would have earned $153,151/year in today’s dollars when I was 49 years old in 1997. How much would I have been earning in 1997 if I had spent my career in the private sector? I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I became a licensed CPA.
https://townhall.com/columnists/starparker/2025/11/19/as-religion-weakens-socialism-strengthens-n2666640
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— The right battles to define the post-Trump GOP, just 1 year into his presidency
https://thehill.com/newsletters/the-movement/5609862-trump-future-republican-party-squabbles/amp/
— Ben Shapiro warns young people to flee New York City, socialism
https://www.aol.com/articles/opinion-ben-shapiro-warns-young-184716819.html
CNN
— Senate unanimously agrees to send Epstein bill to Trump’s desk
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-presidency-epstein-files-house-vote-11-18-25
— DD: Under the Democrats, fewer and fewer and fewer become productive members of society.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/18/business/prices-economy-tariff-small-business
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/us/immigrants-survey-trump.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly get religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/us/catholic-church-immigration-trump.html
— DD: Under the Democrats, fewer and fewer and fewer become productive members of society.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/us/politics/trump-mcdonalds-affordability-inflation.html
WASHINGTON POST
— How baby boomers got so rich and why their kids are unlikely to catch up. DD: I am a baby boomer. Are you a baby boomer? If so, where did your money come from? My money came from what I earned doing yard work 1962-1964, delivering newspapers 1962-1966, washing dishes 1964-1966, cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966, delivering mail 1966-1969, working on an automotive assembly line in 1970, selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumping more gasoline 1971-1972, collecting delinquent federal taxes 1971-1980, auditing federal agencies 1980-1997, my Civil Service Retirement System pension since 1997, my Social Security since 2010, and more recently, three inheritances.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/11/18/baby-boomer-wealth/
USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/15/zohran-mamdani-victory-nyc-democratic-socialism/87231501007/
— DD: Under the Democrats, fewer and fewer and fewer become productive members of society.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/11/18/mcdonalds-lower-income-customers/87334177007/
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— The federal takeover of New York City has begun
https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/19/the-federal-takeover-of-new-york-city-has-begun/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: Trump’s Grip on Republicans Shows First Signs of Slipping
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trumps-grip-on-republicans-shows-first-signs-of-slipping-794e3c51
— Gen Z, Socialism and the ‘Memes’ of Production. Students discuss the popularity of the far left among young people. DD: My critics/opponents who have less money than I have want socialism. They blame their problems on capitalism. They hint/imply/argue/shout that if I had spent my career in the private sector instead of government, I never would have earned $153,151/year in today’s dollars when I was 49 years old in 1997. How much would I have been earning in 1997 if I had spent my career in the private sector? I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I became a licensed CPA.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/gen-z-socialism-and-the-memes-of-production-db3af34c
— Antisemitism Betrays America’s Heritage. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government forced my many Jewish superiors and supervisors to take many big adverse actions against me. They stressed that I was conservative, Republican, Protestant, German American, and that I lived in Crete 1948-1972 and in Wheaton since 1978. In my defense, I stressed that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI, that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII, and that my father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/antisemitism-betrays-americas-heritage-3fd6d3d1
BARRON’S
— DD: Under the Democrats, fewer and fewer and fewer become productive members of society.
https://www.barrons.com/articles/trump-economy-prices-consumers-affordability-40464997
FORBES
— Republicans & Dems Spar Over Resolution ‘Denouncing The Horrors Of Socialism’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGo527KDfMM
— DD: Republicans urge Democrats to denounce socialism. DD: My critics/opponents who have less money than I have want socialism. They blame their problems on capitalism. They hint/imply/argue/shout that if I had spent my career in the private sector instead of government, I never would have earned $153,151/year in today’s dollars when I was 49 years old in 1997. How much would I have been earning in 1997 if I had spent my career in the private sector? I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I became a licensed CPA.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20hneB6DbLs
WESTLAW
— Trump is close to implementing a rule that would end long-standing legal protections for whistleblowers among senior federal employees. DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire Democrats, to retain Democrats, and to promote Democrats.
https://today.westlaw.com/Document/I317e0d90c4d811f08e72ef1396201407/View/FullText.html
FED WEKK
— NTEU Sues for Release of Positions Recommended for Schedule Policy/Career. DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire Democrats, to retain Democrats, and to promote Democrats.
https://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/nteu-sues-for-release-of-positions-recommended-for-schedule-policy-career/amp/
HUFFINGTON POST
— Senate Republicans Want To Charge Federal Workers Thousands Of Dollars For Job Security. DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire Democrats, to retain Democrats, and to promote Democrats.
https://www.aol.com/senate-republicans-want-charge-federal-163110256.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Senate Republicans are pursuing a plan through their “big, beautiful bill” that would force new federal employees to pay for traditional job protections, a major reform that unions have decried as “extortion.” The measure put forth late last week by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee mirrors a similar one House Republicans included in their version of the reconciliation bill that passed last month. It would require federal workers to pay thousands of additional dollars into their government retirement plans each year unless they choose to be “at-will” employees who can be fired without cause. The cost to workers is even steeper in the Senate legislation. Whereas the House version would require new hires to pay an additional 5% of their salary to avoid being at-will, the Senate version hikes it to a whopping 10%. Even those who forgo civil service protections would still have to chip in another 5% — a measure not included in the House bill. In other words, a new federal worker on a $50,000 salary would be paying an extra $2,500 into the retirement plan compared to a veteran employee. And if that new worker wanted the same job protections as the veteran, they would have to pay an extra $5,000 instead.)
AXIOS
— Pope Leo denounces “extremely disrespectful” treatment of immigrants in U.S. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly succeed in getting religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.axios.com/2025/11/19/pope-leo-trump-immigration-crackdown-us-bishops-message
ACLU
— DD: Democrat leaders crow about their success getting in veterans to protest Trump.
https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/dozens-of-veterans-descend-on-capitol-hill-to-oppose-military-deployments-to-u-s-cities
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
NTD
— ICE to Target Employers Hiring Illegal Immigrant Workers
https://www.ntd.com/ice-to-target-employers-hiring-illegal-immigrant-workers-says-director_1108749.html
TELEGRAPH
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Epstein to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/why-maga-is-obsessed-with-epstein-and-why-the-21195160.php
November 18, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Protest area outside Broadview ICE facility expanding
https://abc7chicago.com/post/protest-area-outside-ice-facility-village-broadview-il-expanding-mayor-katrina-thompson-declares-civil-emergency/18170790/
— House reprimands Democrat Rep. Jesús ‘Chuy’ García, accused of subverting election
https://abc7chicago.com/post/house-reprimands-rep-jesus-chuy-garcia-holds-chicago-seat-allegedly-subverting-election-chief-staff/18170723/
— Congress acts swiftly to force release of Epstein files, sending bill to Trump
https://abc7chicago.com/post/house-vote-full-epstein-files-release-move-johnson-fought-months/18168857/
CBS2
— House approves bill to force release of Epstein files in 427-1 vote
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/live-updates/epstein-files-vote-2025/
WBEZ
— Broadview ICE facility population dwindles as feds shift focus from Chicago. A Justice Department lawyer told a judge Tuesday that only four people were being held inside the west suburban immigration holding facility; last week 20 people were there.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/11/18/broadview-ice-facility-population-dwindles-as-feds-shift-focus-from-chicago
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Sharp drop in detainees at ICE facility in Broadview follows temporary restraining order
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/18/broadview-population-decrease/
— Pritzker’s Accountability Commission still ramping up as federal immigration surge starts to subside. Panel to probe immigration raids lacks public reporting system as feds pose for photos at the Bean.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/17/pritzker-immigration-accountability-commission/
— Illinois elections board remains deadlocked on Senate President Don Harmon fundraising case, drops $9.8M fine
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/18/elections-board-drops-harmon-fine/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Election board deadlock sinks $9.8M campaign fine against Illinois Senate President Don Harmon. A partisan vote from the Illinois State Board of Elections means the Oak Park Democrat’s political committee won’t be hit with a massive fine for allegedly accepting donations beyond campaign financing law.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/springfield/2025/11/18/don-harmon-campaign-fine-illinois-state-election-board-deadlock
— 23 House Dems join GOP in condemning Chuy Garcia’s last-minute ballot maneuver. The vote happened a day after House leaders tried unsuccessfully to kill the resolution, which ripped wide open a split in the Democratic Party trying to unite against President Donald Trump’s policies.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2025/11/18/jesus-chuy-garcia-ballot-maneuver-congressional-primary-patty-garcia-marie-gluesenkamp-perez-resolution
— Broadview ICE facility population dwindles as feds shift focus from Chicago. A Justice Department lawyer told a judge Tuesday that only four people were being held inside the west suburban immigration holding facility; last week 20 people were there.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/11/18/broadview-ice-facility-population-dwindling-as-feds-shift-focus-from-chicago
DAILY HERALD
— Suburban congressional candidate who posted antisemitic views knocked off 2026 ballot
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251118/us-congress-politics/suburban-congressional-candidate-who-posted-antisemitic-views-knocked-off-2026-ballot/
— Palatine passes resolution answering residents’ concerns about federal immigration enforcement
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251118/news/palatine-passes-resolution-answering-residents-concerns-about-federal-immigration-enforcement/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— House censures Chuy Garcia over late retirement move
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/chuy-garcia-censured-house-over-late-retirement-move
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-11-18/poll-finds-that-immigrants-are-fearful-of-trumps-crackdown-but-still-resolved-to-stay-in-u-s
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/11/18/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-425/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois truckers back federal pause on non-domiciled CDLs, hope state follows suit
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_5d532d72-3cee-4656-ba22-ff4c14b390e1.html
BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— From NYC to Seattle Democratic Socialists Are Stinkin’ Up the Joint
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2025/11/18/from-nyc-to-seattle-democratic-socialists-are-stinkin-up-the-joint
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Taxpayers pay $23.6M for Chicago Public Schools vacations
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/taxpayers-pay-23-6m-for-chicago-public-schools-vacations/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TMES
— Democrats squirm amid mounting evidence of the party’s Epstein connections
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/18/democrats-squirm-amid-mounting-evidence-partys-epstein-connections/
— Democratic lawmakers urge U.S. service members to defy ‘illegal orders’ from Trump administration
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/18/democratic-lawmakers-urge-us-service-members-defy-illegal-orders/
— New York, New York, it’s a socialist town. Mamdani is up, and the centrists are down.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/18/new-york-new-york-socialist-town/
— Electorate’s misguided middle finger to GOP puts radicals in office. Get ready for ‘no-go zones.’
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/18/electorates-misguided-middle-finger-gop-puts-radicals-office/
NEW YORK POST
— Muslim group CAIR cutting $1,000 checks for anti-Israel agitators who have been disciplined by colleges
https://nypost.com/2025/11/18/us-news/muslim-group-cair-cutting-1000-checks-for-anti-israel-agitators-who-have-been-disciplined-by-colleges/
— Dems’ Epstein obsession is a scandalmongering charade
https://nypost.com/2025/11/18/opinion/dems-epstein-obsession-is-a-scandalmongering-charade/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Public schools spent 70 million dollars on illegals last year in Miami-Dade ALONE!
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/11/18/public-schools-spent-70-million-dollars-on-illegals-last-year-in-miami-dade-alone-1601121/
PJ MEDIA
— Sec. Duffy Slams ‘CDL Mills’, Woke Judges Saving Trucking Jobs for Illegals
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/11/18/sec-duffy-slams-cdl-mills-woke-judges-saving-trucking-jobs-for-illegals-n4946127
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NPR
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/17/nx-s1-5611168/doj-records-show-hundreds-of-immigrants-arrested-in-chicago-had-no-criminal-histories
November 17, 2025
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
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/