October 25, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Immigration enforcement on North Side leads to tense confrontations, soft lockdowns at schools. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UArzAIw14Oc

NBC5
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/judge-rules-in-case-of-chicago-father-detained-amid-daughters-cancer-battle/3843328/

CBS2
— Federal immigration agents target North Side neighborhoods. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/federal-immigration-agents-target-north-side-neighborhoods/

WGN9
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3ze_OQguc4

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion
https://chicago.suntimes.com/health/2025/10/24/pritzker-illinois-will-never-back-down-on-protecting-reproductive-health-care

DAILY HERALD
— Elgin joins communities looking to ban use of their property for ICE activities. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251024/news/elgin-joins-communities-looking-to-ban-use-of-their-property-for-ice-activities/
— Batavia considers ban on ICE using city property. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251024/news/batavia-considers-ban-on-ice-using-city-property/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DD: Under the Democrats, soon, everyone in America will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare,
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/local/2025/10/24/central-illinois-foodbank-braces-for-potential-halt-of-snap-program/86859388007/

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— The new leader of the Illinois Federation of Teachers says state lawmakers should consider raising taxes on the wealthy. DD: Ever since I became an IRS Revenue Officer when I was 22 years old in 1971, my critics/opponents have wanted me to pay more taxes. Since 1972, they have been furious that I paid less federal income tax because I itemed and even more furious since 1978 that my wife and I paid less federal income tax because we itemized. Further, they want my wife and I to pay more taxes because we gave up trying to have children. According to them, because we have never had to pay the tremendous cost of raising children, we can and should pay more taxes. Further, according to them, if my wife and I had children, I never would have been able to a) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, c) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, or d) become a licensed CPA in 1981.
https://pantagraph.com/news/state-regional/education/article_e6c39b1a-4822-43aa-b5e7-ee2c0489dc0c.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— Champaign County Board passed $25,000 support for reparations commission. How much in reparations do Democrats want you to pay? Affirmative Action and DEI are reparations.
https://foxillinois.com/newsletter-daily/champaign-county-board-passed-25000-support-for-reparations-commission

NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly protect illegal drug dealers
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-10-24/as-strikes-on-alleged-drug-boats-grow-so-do-questions-about-their-legality-and-goal

COUNTRY HERALD
— Downtown Naperville annual Halloween Hop is this Sunday, October 26. DD: Today, Iron Gate Motor Condos in Naperville is hosting a major Halloween event for children of its unit owners and their friends. 40 unit owners will be opening their doors. The event is limited to 400 children.
https://countryherald.com/news/naperville-il-traffic-alert-downtown-roads-closing-for-halloween-hop-sunday/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— A Not-So-Special Report with Governor Pritzker. Excuses, Deflection, and Denial
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/10/a-not-so-special-report-with-jb-pritzker/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Swim Against the Current. This year’s keynote speaker, as you may have already seen, is Riley (Gaines) Barker – a 12-time All-American swimmer, 2-time Olympic Trial Qualifier, and 5-time SEC Champion.
https://illinoisfamily.org/marriage/swim-against-the-current/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous. Do you agree with my critics/opponents? In today’s dollars, my Post Office salary increased from $19.37/hour in 1966 to $20.67/hour in 1969. In today’s dollars, my IRS salary increased from $55,850/year in 1971 to $112,280/year in 1980. In today’s dollars, my GAO salary increased from $88,808/year in 1980 to $153,151/year in 1997. In my defense, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970. I earned job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997. I earned job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. I earned a job-related professional license in 1981. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Since 1966, my critics/opponents have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that those who are White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time have always benefitted from discrimination against those who are minority, female, younger, non-Protestant non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Do you agree with my critics/opponents? In my defense, neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I had to work my way through college. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Pensions take up money that should go to Illinois classrooms. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. That is, so far, my Democrat GAO superiors have forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $1.9 million in today’s dollars to stop me from coming to work.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/pensions-take-up-money-that-should-go-to-illinois-classrooms/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Chicago Activists Accuse Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino of Violating Judge’s Use of Force Ban After He Deploys Tear Gas at Violent Anti-ICE Rioters
https://amgreatness.com/2025/10/24/chicago-activists-accuse-border-patrol-chief-gregory-bovino-of-violating-judges-use-of-force-ban-after-he-deploys-tear-gas-at-violent-anti-ice-rioters/

BREITBART
— Federal Workers Line Up at Food Banks After Dem Whip Calls Them ‘Leverage’  DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/24/federal-workers-line-up-at-food-banks-after-dem-whip-calls-them-leverage/
— AG Pam Bondi Warns Pelosi, Democrats for Threatening ICE Officers
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/24/ag-pam-bondi-warns-pelosi-democrats-as-they-threaten-ice-officers/amp/

FEDERALIST
— New York High Court Blocks Race-Grifters From Using Courts To Indoctrinate Children
https://thefederalist.com/2025/10/24/new-york-high-court-blocks-race-grifters-from-using-courts-to-indoctrinate-children/

FOX NEWS
— Pritzker’s message to Chicago is ICE agents are the bad guys. DD: I was an IRS Revenue Officer for almost 9 years. I should write about how people view/treat IRS Revenue Officers.
https://www.aol.com/news/jb-pritzkers-message-chicago-ice-172229482.html
— DD: Democrats question Border Patrol tactics in Illinois
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6383825294112
— 1.4 million federal employees without a paycheck as shutdown continues. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://www.aol.com/news/1-4-million-federal-employees-221605085.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CNN
— Federal workers form line down the block for food pantry as shutdown hits third-week mark. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://www.aol.com/articles/federal-workers-form-line-down-234055064.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders cause the shutdown and then blame it on Republican leaders.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/us/politics/mike-johnson-speaker-congress.html
— Immigration Crackdown Spreads Through Chicago, Including Wealthy Neighborhoods
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/us/trump-immigration-crackdown-chicago-lakeview.html
— Trump Administration Plans a Shake-Up at ICE to Speed Deportations
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/us/politics/trump-deportations-ice.html

NBC NEWS
— Federal workers line up at food banks ahead of first missed check since shutdown. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp-video/mmvo250607173910
— Federal workers flock to D.C. food bank as they miss first full paycheck of shutdown. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/federal-workers-dc-food-bank-miss-first-full-paycheck-shutdown-rcna239698

NBC WASHINGTON
— Furloughed feds miss first full paycheck amid shutdown standoff, surge at food banks. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/government-shutdown/furloughed-feds-miss-first-full-paycheck-amid-shutdown-standoff-surge-at-food-banks/4006398/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Tensions Mount as Agents, Including Gregory Bovino, Clash With Chicagoans
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/us/politics/gregory-bovino-chicago-immigration.html
— Food Banks Offer Groceries for Furloughed Federal Workers. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/us/politics/food-banks-federal-workers-trump.html

WKYC
— Get a job, get married: Ohio Senate passes ‘Success Sequence’ bill focused on poverty prevention in schools. DD: My critics/opponents fail/refuse to promote personal responsibility. From the beginning, because my father had brittle type 1 diabetes, I knew that his days were numbered. That, and the fact he lacked money, put me on track when I was 16 years old in 1964 to work my way through college. To buy a new car to commute to/from classes at UIC, I washed dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights four evenings a week plus Saturdays during my junior and senior years and full-time during the summer in between. In bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in May of 1966. SEE: https://over-drive-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/1965-12-CD-1966-Pontiac-Tempest-Sprint-Test-1-4.pdf  My father died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21 in 1969.
https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/ohio/ohio-senate-success-sequence-bill-poverty-prevention-schools/95-73b9bf47-cf6c-4ef0-b2e9-179180fee773

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— What’s the Future of Racial Gerrymandering? The problem lies not with the statute but with Thornburg v. Gingles’s (1986) framework for vote dilution. DD: The Illinois 3rd Congressional District is racially gerrymandered.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/whats-the-future-of-racial-gerrymandering-vra-court-maps-47f3a5f8

FORBES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly call Republicans White supremacists
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkzL4maY3D0
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luZB1TmRPV8

HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
— DD: My Democrat superiors in federal government used the extreme subjectivity in their performance evaluation systems a) to favor their Democrat employees who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time and b) to disfavor their Republican employees who were White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. My Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors were furious when I did the following because it frustrated their efforts to disfavor me: I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license.
https://hbr.org/2019/01/why-most-performance-evaluations-are-biased-and-how-to-fix-them

SIRM
— DD: If you are a Republican, anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO employers will not hire you. The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.  The Democrats who ran IRS in 1971 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Democrats who ran GAO 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, veteran, or younger person who would take the job. The Democrats who ran the Post Office, IRS, and GAO wrongly anticipated/expected that I would become a Democrat.
https://www.shrm.org/topics-tools/employment-law-compliance/fired-political-affiliation-activity

ATLANTIC
— DD: Hopefully, my Crete-Monee High School class of 1966 will have its 60th reunion next year. Sadly, my interaction with my classmates was dramatically reduced because I could not run because I had a bone disease and because I washed dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights four evenings a week plus Saturdays during my junior and senior years and full-time during the summer in between. Further, I was not viewed as being college material. But nevertheless, I took college preparatory classes, I got an ACT score of 24, I graduated in the upper 20% of my class, and I got accepted by UIC.
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2025/09/high-school-reunion-attendance/684097/

PBS
— As federal workers miss paychecks, many turn to food banks. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://www.pbs.org/video/shutdown-impact-1761339544/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ECONOMIC TIMES
— Furloughed federal employees seek help at food banks amid govt shutdown. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://m.economictimes.com/news/international/world-news/its-a-challenge-furloughed-federal-employees-seek-help-at-dc-food-bank-amid-govt-shutdown/amp_podcast/124797922.cms

I PAPER
— I’m scared the state pension age could rise to 70 – both my parents died younger. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. That is, so far, my Democrat GAO superiors have forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $1.9 million in today’s dollars to stop me from coming to work.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/i-m-scared-the-state-pension-age-could-rise-to-70-both-my-parents-died-younger/ar-AA1P9Jd8?ocid=finance-verthp-feeds

October 24, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— DOJ appealing dismissal of sanctuary city policy lawsuit against Illinois, Cook County, Chicago
https://abc7chicago.com/post/united-states-department-justice-appealing-dismissal-sanctuary-city-policy-lawsuit-illinois-cook-county-chicago/18066785/
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-news-demonstrators-broadview-facility-dhs-defends-apparent-tear-gas-use-little-village-protesters/18066452/
— Federal workers are bearing the brunt of the government shutdown, with more than 1 million of them going unpaid while Democrats and Republicans in Congress argue over funding federal agencies for the current fiscal year. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/heres-getting-paid-isnt-during-federal-government-shutdown/18065522/
— US House subcommittee hosts ‘shadow hearing’ in Chicago on immigration enforcement tactics
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-democrats-us-house-subcommittee-hosts-shadow-hearing-chicago-immigration-enforcement-tactics/18067828/

NBC5
— Elementary school in Chicago on soft lockdown amid reports of ICE agents in area. “Together, we will look out for one another and make sure everyone is protected.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/elementary-school-in-chicago-on-soft-lockdown-amid-reports-of-ice-agents-in-area/3843138/

CBS2
— Federal agents on North, Northwest Sides prompt soft lockdowns at schools; tear gas fired in Lakeview
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-ice-lakeview-tear-gas-wicker-park-school-lockdown/

WGN9
— Federal agents reported in multiple North Side neighborhoods as Chicago schools tighten safety protocols
https://wgntv.com/news/operation-midway-blitz/federal-agents-reported-in-multiple-north-side-neighborhoods-as-chicago-schools-tighten-safety-protocols/

FOX32
— Federal agents targeted during violent ICE raids across Chicago
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/federal-agents-targeted-ice-raids-chicago-officials-say

WTTW
— State Senator Terri Bryant said she gave a list of undocumented individuals currently being held in Illinois state prisons to Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/10/24/illinois-lawmaker-wants-help-federal-immigration-officials-id-undocumented-people-state

WBEZ
— Cicero, Berwyn students demand more school district support as immigration enforcement escalates. They are sitting out this week’s homecoming events and protesting after they say their concerns have been dismissed. The leader of the heavily Latino Morton High School District says they are there to support every student.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/10/24/cicero-berwyn-students-demand-more-morton-school-district-201-support-ice-immigration-enforcement-escalates

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Federal immigration agents tear-gas Lakeview, raid Lincoln Park as feds focus on city’s affluent North Side
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/24/federal-immigration-agents-chicago-north-side/
— DD: To keep up with political and government news and commentary of interest to Illinois Republicans from a conservative perspective, read GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/24/opinion-news-cycle-information-mental-health/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Feds make arrests across North and Near West sides, deploy tear gas on residential street in Lake View. “It was terrifying,” said one woman, who witnessed the arrest of a soon-to-be father outside the Erie Family Health Center in West Town.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/24/immigration-agents-arrest-lake-view-protest-tear-gas
— Federal judge orders Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino into her courtroom. The order came one day after Bovino was accused of tossing tear gas into a crowd in Little Village without justification.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/24/federal-judge-orders-border-patrol-commander-greg-bovino-into-her-courtroom
— Durbin and Duckworth blast Trump for playing ‘political games’ in denying Illinois disaster assistance. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government always played political games with their Republican employees. That is, they gave them bad job assignments, unfair performance expectations, and unfair performance appraisals. They ranked them in the bottom half of their coworkers for pay-for-performance. They delayed their promotions and rarely if ever promoted them beyond GS-12. They forced them to retire as soon as they were eligible. I never would have made GS-13 and survived until I was 49 years old in 1997, which was 4 years after I became eligible for early retirement, if I had not a) earned three job-related master’s degrees, earned six job-related professional certifications, and earned a job-related professional license.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump/2025/10/24/dick-durbin-tammy-duckworth-donald-trump-denial-illinois-disaster-assistance
— CPS investigator claims in lawsuit she was fired for digging into politically and racially charged cases. The CPS law department investigator says she refused to bow to pressure to change her reports. The principals association’s former leader criticized her work as subpar. DD: To hint/imply/argue/shout that my work was subpar, my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire, delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay for performance, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for them, and forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS. My Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions, and disallowed my travel vouchers. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign and disallowed my sick leave requests. In my defense, I earned three job-related master’s degrees, I earned six job-related professional certifications, and I earned a job-related professional license.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/10/23/cps-investigator-claims-fired-politically-racially-charged-cases-lawsuit-racist-dunbar-lindblom

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Former Illinois GOP leader Lee Daniels’ $7 million New Buffalo home sells in under a week
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-real-estate/illinois-gop-leader-lee-daniels-new-buffalo-home-sells-fast

SOUTHWEST REGIONAL PUBLISHING
— Ray Hanania: Can Conforti overcome GOP problems to unseat Casten?
https://southwestregionalpublishing.com/2025/10/24/ray-hanania-can-conforti-overcome-gop-problems-to-unseat-casten/

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/24/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-410/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

TED DABROWSKI
— Dabrowski Calls for Audit of CDL Licenses Issued in Illinois and All Sanctuary States After Crash in CA That Killed Three.. DD: This harkens back to George Ryan.
https://mailchi.mp/tedforillinois/dabrowski-calls-for-audit-of-cdl-licenses-issued-in-il-and-all-sanctuary-states-after-crash-in-ca-that-killed-three?e=c4ad197eda

DON TRACY
— Krishnamoorthi Doubles Down on Dems’ Position: Shutdown is “Our Leverage”
https://dontracyforil.com/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Does the McHenry County Republican Party Have a Death Wish?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/24/does-the-mchenry-county-republican-party-have-a-death-wish/
— Bruce Johnson Proposes County Efficiency Task Force Committee for McHenry County To Avoid 13% Tax Levy Hike
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/24/bruce-johnson-proposes-county-efficiency-task-force-committee-for-mchenry-county-to-avoid-13-tax-levy-hike/
— Fundraising Results in Democrat’s Bradley Schneider’s 10th Congressional District
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/24/fundraising-results-in-democrats-bradley-schneiders-10th-congressional-district/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Pensions make homeownership unaffordable in Illinois. DD: I began earning credits toward a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension when I was 18 years old in 1966. I have been getting a CSRS pension since 1997. My critics/opponents use that against me. According to them, CSRS pensions are much too generous. In my defense, I paid 7% of my federal salary into the CSRS and I might still be paying into the CSRS if my Democrat superiors had not forced me to retire.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/pensions-make-homeownership-unaffordable-in-illinois/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Dabrowski Changes Campaign Plans After Mendrick Pauses to Honor Bailey Family
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/dabrowski-changes-campaign-plans-after-mendrick-pauses-to-honor-bailey-family.html
— As Bailey Mourns, Dabrowski Moves Into His Southern Illinois Backyard
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/as-bailey-mourns-dabrowski-moves-into-his-southern-illinois-backyard.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— U.S. conducts its 10th strike on drug boat, killing six
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/24/us-conducts-10th-strike-alleged-drug-boat-killing-six/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The ick of immigration law enforcement
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3859636/charleroi-pennsylvania-mass-migration-immigration-law-enforcement/

CAMPUS REFORM
— University of Washington still requires ‘diversity statements’ for wide range of positions. DD: Democrats run the federal government. They waste the careers of their Republican employees and get rid of them, and especially those who are White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/-university-washington-still-requires-diversity-statements-wide-range-positions/28838

COLLEGE FIX
— University of Illinois won’t accept any more race, sex-based scholarships under new policy. DD: My critics/opponents have always used my not getting any scholarships against me.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/u-illinois-wont-accept-any-more-race-sex-based-scholarships-under-new-policy/

FEDERALIST
— Radical Dogma Being Taught At The No. 1 Elementary Teaching School
https://thefederalist.com/2025/10/24/heres-an-inside-look-at-the-radical-dogma-being-taught-at-the-no-1-elementary-teaching-school/
— NBC Is Helping Run Anti-ICE Ops For Dems
https://thefederalist.com/2025/10/24/nbc-is-helping-run-anti-ice-ops-for-dems/

FOX NEWS
— Dems urged to ‘stop siding with illegal aliens’ after activist rams agents in sanctuary city
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dems-urged-stop-siding-illegal-aliens-after-activist-rams-agents-sanctuary-city

NEWSMAX
— Trump Ended Immigration Caravans, Democrats Can’t Handle It
https://www.newsmax.com/kenbuck/biden-newsom-sanctuary/2025/10/23/id/1231635/

PATRIOT POST
— DD: It Is Racist to Draw Congressional Districts Based Upon Race
https://patriotpost.us/opinion/122046-is-it-racist-to-draw-congressional-districts-based-upon-race-2025-10-24

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Administration Asserts Authority to House Migrants at All Overseas U.S. Bases
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/us/politics/dhs-ice-guantanamo.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Asylum seekers face deportation over failure to pay new fees
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2025-10-24/new-fees-for-asylum-seekers-leave-many-panicked-over-when-how-to-pay

AMERICAN REFORMER
— Baby Boomer Generation. DD: I am a Baby Boomer. My Democrat superiors in the federal government blamed Baby Boomer Republicans like me for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://americanreformer.org/2025/10/the-boomers-world/
(GOOGLE AI: The Vietnam War profoundly impacted the Baby Boomer generation, leading to widespread military service, draft evasion, and a massive counter-culture movement that challenged the establishment. Over 10 million baby boomers served in the military, with many facing the draft, while others changed their life trajectories to avoid it, creating deep societal divisions. The conflict also fostered a lasting distrust in government, a critical reassessment of patriotism, and the emotional and psychological trauma for returning veterans who sometimes faced public hostility.)

HUFFINGTON POST
— Pritzker Says Trump Will 100% Try To ‘Steal’ 2026 Election
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jb-pritzker-trump-steal-2026-election_n_68fa9b16e4b071f32a279d37

October 24, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Loop businesses uneasy about possible National Guard deployment. ‘It does have a chilling effect on business’
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/24/loop-businesses-national-guard/
— Amid ICE surge, Board of Education urges CPS to offer remote learning
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/23/chicago-school-board-schools-ice/
— Black enrollment is waning at many elite colleges after affirmative action ban. DD: Of course, Democrats blame Republicans for that.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/23/black-enrollment-affirmative-action-ban/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Board members urge CPS to consider ‘emergency’ remote learning amid continued immigration raids. Interim Supt./CEO Macquline King said district leadership has discussed its options, including remote learning, but added that CPS does not have the authority to make that move without an emergency declaration from Gov. JB Pritzker.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/10/23/cps-school-board-remote-learning-immigration-ice-deportation-raids
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote illegal drugs.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/10/23/president-donald-trump-strikes-alleged-drug-boats-executions-colombia-venezuela-jacob-sullum

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage judge refuses to force county to pay two election vendors
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251023/article/dupage-judge-refuses-to-force-county-to-pay-two-election-vendors/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Elgin could allow DACA recipients to be hired as firefighters and paramedics. DD: All my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me if they could have.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251023/local-politics/elgin-could-allow-daca-recipients-to-be-hired-as-firefighters-and-paramedics/
— Midterm map manipulation a dangerous ploy that aims to disenfranchise voters
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251024/opinion/daily-herald-opinion-politics-over-fairness-midterm-map-manipulation-a-dangerous-ploy-that-aims-to/

CBS2
— Border Patrol chief defends tactics as Pritzker calls for accountability. DD: Pritzker ever-increasingly calls for more protests.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/fallout-grows-after-crews-demolish-white-house-east-wing-1/

RIVER BENDER
— Dinner for Federal Furloughed Employees at American Legion 199. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://www.riverbender.com/events/details.cfm?seriesid=51197

NORTHERN STAR
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) promote more LGBTQ and b) blame Trump for problems that LGBTQers have.
https://northernstar.info/129291/opinion/editorial-lgbtq-students-have-a-safe-supportive-home-at-niu/

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/24/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-618/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— Illinois Dems Seek to Erase Biological Sex from Yet Another Law. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2025/10/22/illinois-dems-seek-to-erase-biological-sex-from-yet-another-law

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Polyamory: The next target for sexual liberation?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/community-family/3861701/polyamory-next-target-sexual-liberation/

NEW YORK POST
— Pritzker accuses ICE of ‘racial profiling,’ defends comparing agents to Nazis. DD: What percent of illegals are minorities? What if I had pretended to be Swedish American?
https://nypost.com/2025/10/23/us-news/jb-pritzker-accuses-ice-of-racial-profiling-defends-comparing-agents-to-nazis/
— Harrowing video captures big rig driven by illegal immigrant plowing into vehicles on California freeway, killing three
https://nypost.com/2025/10/23/us-news/harrowing-video-captures-big-rig-driven-by-illegal-immigrant-plowing-into-vehicles-on-california-freeway-killing-three/
— WH Spotlights Illegal Immigrants Who Received Medicaid Benefits
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmaaWSVzIJE
— Illegal immigrant trucker in fatal California crash released by Biden admin after 2022 border crossing
https://nypost.com/2025/10/23/us-news/california-illegal-immigrant-jashanpreet-singh-dui-arrest-in-fatal-semi-truck-crash/

AMERICAN THINKER
— DD: What do you attribute your successes to? I attribute my successes to my parents and my teachers who promoted personal responsibility. That put me on track to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/10/the_dems_say_my_bad_and_keep_the_keys.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Pritzker blasted for ‘flat out’ lie after Bret Baier whips out crime map
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/10/24/pritzker-blasted-for-flat-out-lie-after-bret-baier-whips-out-crime-map-1595083/

BREITBART
— DD: Pritzker ever-increasingly promotes more illegal immigration
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/10/23/pritzker-on-illegal-released-despite-detainer-now-being-murder-suspect-thats-one-immigrant-happens-with-citizens-as-well/

CENTER SQUARE
— Unions sue Trump over immigrant drivers license crackdown
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_cb682ed2-8e83-485e-8dc7-ffbd1f120391.amp.html

COLLEGE FIX
— Lawsuit continues over Illinois ‘minority teachers’ scholarship program. DD: My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me for my not getting any scholarships.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/lawsuit-continues-over-illinois-minority-teachers-scholarship-program/

DAILY CALLER
— Illegal Alien Won Anti-ICE ‘Certificate’ From City Before Ramming Feds With Car
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/23/illegal-alien-awarded-anti-ice-certificate-from-la-council-before-alleged-assault/
— Illegal Trucker Who Killed Three Was Given Commercial Driver’s License By California. DD: This harkens back to George Ryan. My critics/opponents continue to promote George Ryan.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/23/illegal-trucker-california-karoline-leavitt-department-homeland-security-biden-administration/

FOX NEWS
— Pritzker: It seems like I live rent-free in Trump’s head
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6383632113112
— Pritzker accuses ICE of ‘racial profiling,’ defends comparing agents to Nazis. DD: What percent of illegals are minorities? What if I had pretended to be Swedish American?
https://www.foxnews.com/media/jb-pritzker-accuses-ice-racial-profiling-defends-comparing-agents-nazis
— Illegal alien failed CDL test 10 times in 2 months before fatal Florida crash that killed 3. Harjinder Singh crossed southern border illegally in 2018, struggled with English proficiency during traffic stop. DD: This harkens back to George Ryan. My critics/opponents continue to promote George Ryan.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/illegal-alien-failed-cdl-test-10-times-2-months-before-fatal-florida-crash-killed-3

MRC TV
— Fox Highlights Crash Deaths Caused by Illegal Alien Truckers. DD: This harkens back to George Ryan. My critics/opponents continue to promote George Ryan.
https://www.mrctv.org/videos/fox-highlights-car-crash-deaths-caused-illegal-alien-truckers
https://mrctv.org/videos/fox-highlights-large-percentage-truckers-are-illegal-aliens

NEWSMAX
— California Issued Commercial License to Illegal Charged in Fatal Crash. DD: This harkens back to George Ryan. My critics/opponents continue to promote George Ryan.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/illegal-immigrant-fatal-crash-truck-driver/2025/10/23/id/1231637/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NEWSWEEK
— Supreme Court Sets Date to Consider Same-Sex Marriage Case. DD: My critics/opponents reject marriage can only be between a man and a woman. My critics/opponents promote LGBTQ.
https://www.newsweek.com/supreme-court-same-sex-marriage-date-lgbtq-10929289

MSNBC
— Democrats launch efforts to hold ICE agents accountable. DD: My Democrat superiors and supervisors in the federal government always held me accountable for the problems that they had. They used me as a scapegoat. All those who my Democrat GAO superiors assigned me to supervise had major problems.
https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/ice-agents-misconduct-democrats-trump-immigration-rcna239452

NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/us/politics/gregory-bovino-chicago-immigration.html
— Democrats Block Federal Worker Pay Bill as Shutdown Drags On. A Republican measure that would pay essential government employees faltered in the Senate, and the G.O.P. blocked a pair of Democratic bills to pay a broader swath of workers. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/us/politics/democrats-shutdown-federal-employee-pay.html
— How Federal Workers Can Find Financial Assistance as Shutdown Drags On. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/business/federal-employee-financial-resources-government-shutdown.html
— Democrats Block Federal Worker Pay Bill as Shutdown Drags On. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/us/politics/democrats-shutdown-federal-employee-pay.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Black enrollment is waning at many elite colleges after affirmative action ban. DD: Of course, Democrats blame Republicans for that.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2025/10/23/affirmative-action-college-admissions-race-princeton/bbda95f6-b026-11f0-ab72-a5fffa9bf3eb_story.html

DETROIT NEWS
— U.S. Secret Service agents have arrested an Upper Peninsula man and accused the former U.S. Air Force airman of threatening to kill President Donald Trump over the administration’s LGBTQ+ policies.
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2025/10/23/up-man-joshua-young-threatened-to-assassinate-trump-over-lgbtq-policies-feds-say/86857706007/

CINCINNATI ENQUIRER
— DD: What do you attribute your successes to? I attribute my successes to my parents and my teachers who promoted personal responsibility. That put me on track to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license.
https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/2025/10/22/ohio-senate-passes-success-sequence-graduation-requirement-graduate-employment-marriage/86694896007/

CHATTANNUGA TIMES FREE PRESS
— ‘No Kings’ protests show Trump Derangement Syndrome is growing
https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/oct/23/opinion-no-kings-protests-show-trump-derangement/

USA TODAY
— ‘They will be held accountable’: Chicago to create record of ICE Midway Blitz ‘abuses’  DD: My Democrat superiors and supervisors in the federal government always held me accountable for the problems that they had. They used me as a scapegoat. All those who my Democrat GAO superiors assigned me to supervise had major problems.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/10/23/chicago-pritzker-to-document-ice-immigration-abuses/86851971007/
— DD: Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/10/23/dei-backlash-boosts-white-men/86835146007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Pritzker to Build Case Against Trump Immigration Forces. Governor signs executive order to establish Illinois Accountability Commission.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/jb-pritzker-creates-watchdog-for-federal-immigration-actions-in-illinois-174f4ab7
— OMB Can Stop Biden’s Race Counting. Trump’s campaign against DEI has so far spared the Census Bureau’s insidious racial classifications. DD: Those who are the following want to be counted as being the following because Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use government to give those who are the following more preference: minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, veteran, disabled, have less money than others, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are citizens of foreign countries.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/omb-can-stop-bidens-race-counting-a7e22fdc?mod=opinion_lead_pos5

FORBES
— Leavitt Reads Off List Of Illegals Who Received Medicaid Benefits Under President Biden. DD: What percent come to America illegally and/or stay in America illegally for free housing, free food, free clothing, free medical care, free education, free cars, free etc.?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1Jpzn0cgHg

OPM
— OPM Proposes Rule to Hold Federal Workers Accountable. DD: My Democrat superiors and supervisors in the federal government always held me accountable for the problems that they had. They used me as a scapegoat. All those who my Democrat GAO superiors assigned me to supervise had major problems.
https://www.opm.gov/news/opm-proposes-rule-to-hold-federal-workers-accountable-for-misconduct/

METRO WEEKLY
— Gay Man Named Executive Editor of National Catholic Reporter. DD: How strongly have Democrats, that is, LGBTQ-promoters, taken over your church?
https://www.metroweekly.com/2025/10/gay-editor-national-catholic-reporter/

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

ECONOMIC TIMES
— $1,000 check or $1,000 fine per day! Trump tightens noose on illegal aliens as DHS issues nearly $10 billion in fines to force deportations
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/1000-check-or-1000-fine-per-day-trump-tightens-noose-on-illegal-aliens-as-dhs-issues-nearly-10-billion-in-fines-to-force-self-deportation/articleshow/124775743.cms

TIMES OF INDIA
— ‘Criminal illegal aliens’: White House flags ‘disturbing pattern’ after Indian trucker crash in California; calls out ‘serious gaps’
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/criminal-illegal-aliens-white-house-flags-disturbing-pattern-after-indian-trucker-crash-in-california-calls-out-serious-gaps/amp_articleshow/124775245.cms

October 23, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— 1 arrested for battery of CPD officer amid clash with feds in Little Village; students detained. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-little-village-activity-today-1-arrested-battery-cpd-officer-26th-whipple-amid-clash-federal-agents/18062368/
— Pritzker creates IL accountability commission amid federal deployments in executive order. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mB_ZV18hldg
— Senate rejects bills to pay federal workers during government shutdown. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/government-shutdown-health-care-compromise-appears-far-off-stalemate-persists/18061113/

NBC5
— DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/heavy-presence-of-masked-federal-agents-leads-to-chaotic-scene-in-little-village-for-2nd-day-in-a-row/3842559/
— Pritzker signs executive order on ‘accountability’ amid federal deployments in Illinois. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/pritzker-to-sign-executive-order-on-accountability-amid-federal-deployments-in-illinois/3842460/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_yh-y_-ds0

CBS2
— U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Thursday raised concerns about air traffic controllers taking on second jobs to pay their bills during the government shutdown. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/shutdown-travel-duffy-air-traffic-controllers-uber/
— Government shutdown live updates as Senate fails to advance GOP bill to pay essential federal workers. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being a non-essential federal worker.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/live-updates/government-shutdown-latest-day-23-senate-federal-workers/
— Pritzker signs executive order aimed at addressing federal enforcement. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/governor-pritzker-executive-federal-enforcement/

WGN9
— Family of former Gov. George Ryan holding estate sale
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/family-of-former-gov-george-ryan-holding-estate-sale/
— Pritzker forms commission to track actions of federal law enforcement. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2-wpsOEKlU

FOX32
— Person arrested after Chicago cop hit during confrontation between crowd, federal immigration agents. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/person-arrested-chicago-cop-hit-confrontation-federal-immigration-agents
— Former Mayor Lightfoot announces project to ‘unmask’ federal immigration agents. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/former-mayor-lightfoot-announces-project-unmask-federal-immigration-agents
— Pritzker launches Illinois Accountability Commission to prob federal immigration actions. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1728949

WTTW
— DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/10/23/border-patrol-agents-fired-tear-gas-little-village-crowd-no-warning-ald-sigcho-lopez
— Pritzker Forms Commission to Document ‘Abuses’ by Federal Agents During Immigration Raids. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/10/23/pritzker-forms-commission-document-abuses-federal-agents-during-immigration-raids

WBEZ
— DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/10/23/clergy-say-religious-rights-are-under-attack-inside-and-outside-the-broadview-ice-facility

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/23/illinois-accountability-commission-immigration-raids/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/23/federal-immigration-agents-deploy-tear-gas-discount-mall-little-village/
— Indiana-Illinois boundary commission holds first meeting without any Illinois members
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/23/indiana-illinois-boundary-commission-holds-first-meeting-without-any-illinois-members/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/23/feds-make-arrests-deploy-tear-gas-during-face-off-with-protesters-near-little-village-discount-mall
— Pritzker forms commission to document alleged abuses by federal agents during Operation Midway Blitz. The Illinois Accountability Commission will be chaired by former chief judge Ruben Castillo and will collect testimony, hold hearings, and gather information from individuals, community members, subject matter experts, local officials, journalists, faith leaders, and organizations. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10/23/governor-jb-pritzker-commission-harassment-intimidation-abuse-federal-agents-operation-midway-blitz

DAILY HERALD
— A suburban congressional candidate is awaiting trial in a federal fraud case alleging she misused COVID-19 relief funds. Tedora M. Brown, a Palos Park resident who’s seeking the Republican nomination for Illinois’ 11th Congressional District seat, maintained her innocence during a lengthy telephone interview Thursday.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251023/crime/gop-congressional-candidate-facing-wire-fraud-charges-vows-to-fight-case-at-trial/
— Pritzker forms commission to document ‘harassment, intimidation’ during immigration raids. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251023/illinois-state-politics/pritzker-forms-commission-to-document-harassment-intimidation-during-immigration-raids/
— DD: White male Americans are ever-increasingly discouraged from getting college degrees. If had not earned a bachelor’s degree in business in 1970, Firestone Stores would not have hired me in 1970 and IRS would not have hired me in 1971. If had not earned an MBA in 1976, GAO would not have hired me in 1980. Further, if I had not passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970, IRS would not have hired me in 1971. Further, if I had not passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, GAO would not have hired me in 1980.
https://www.dailyherald.com/sponsored/?prx_t=CxsKAFuR0A46sQA
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251022/nation-and-world-politics/as-red-states-target-abortion-pills-this-group-aims-to-boost-protections/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Pritzker sets up commission to gather evidence of federal misconduct. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/pritzker-forms-commission-gather-evidence-ice-misconduct

SOUTHERN
— Senate to vote on paying some federal workers as shutdown hits Day 23. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/10/23/senate-to-vote-on-paying-some-federal-workers-as-shutdown-hits-day-23/
— 3 federal officers injured after man rams car to evade arrest in San Diego
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/10/23/3-federal-officers-injured-after-man-rams-car-to-evade-arrest-in-san-diego-ice/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Supreme Court case illustrates drawbacks of legalized weed. DD: Pot is poison.
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-supreme-court-case-illustrates-drawbacks-of-legalized-weed/article_12018357-80c7-4e33-b641-0f6035983951.html

RIVER BENDER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/durbin-meets-with-american-business-immigration-coalition-to-discuss-dreamers-daca-and-essential-workers-87506.cfm?

STATELINE
— State vs. Federal: Illinois launches commission to probe civil rights violations by Trump-era enforcement. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/state-vs-federal-illinois-launches-commission-to-probe-civil-rights-violations-by-trump-era-enforcement/

INDIANA CAPITAL CHRONICLE
— Illinois absorption commission holds first meeting. The panel discussed a longshot effort to have Indiana absorb several — maybe dozens — of Illinois counties.
https://indianacapitalchronicle.com/2025/10/23/illinois-absorption-commission-holds-first-meeting/

ADVANTAGE NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.advantagenews.com/news/local/pritzker-wants-immigration-enforcement-just-not-trump-s-way/article_4ac2ebcd-b7d5-49ea-b4fd-620dbbcd1b26.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/23/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-409/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— GOP leader calls Pritzker’s accountability commission a ‘political stunt.’ DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.aol.com/articles/watch-gop-leader-calls-pritzker-214500701.html

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Former State Rep. Jill Zwick, R.I.P.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/23/jill-zwick-r-i-p/
— Who Has Raised How Much in Bill Foster’s Congressional District
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/23/who-has-raised-how-much-in-bill-fosters-congressional-district/
— Johnsburg’s Kirk Donald Pleads with County Board Not to Hike Taxes
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/23/johnsburgs-kirk-donald-pleads-with-county-board-not-to-hike-taxes/
— Biss Leading Kat in Race to Replace Jan Schakowski
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/22/biss-leading-kat-in-race-to-replace-jan-schakowski/
— County Issues Press Release on Proposed Tax Levy & Budget (with Related Articles)
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/22/county-issues-press-release-on-proposed-tax-levy-budget-with-related-articles/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Every Illinois metro has fewer homes for sale than in 2018
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/every-illinois-metro-has-fewer-homes-for-sale-than-in-2018/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Pritzker’s war on the rule of law hurts the very people he claims to help. Illinois governor’s incitement of violence for illegals’ sake is about power. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/23/pritzkers-war-rule-law-hurts-people-claims-help/
— ICE says it doesn’t need to give Congress access to its facilities during government shutdown
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/23/ice-says-doesnt-need-give-congress-access-facilities-government/
— America’s promise of upward mobility and economic opportunity is rapidly disintegrating. DD: This is especially true for Americans who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/22/todays-american-workforce-isnt-sustainable/
— Spiritual rot hides in midst of Christian revival
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/23/spiritual-rot-hides-midst-christian-revival/
— All the ‘No Kings’ rallies proved is that we really don’t have a monarch. Protests are nothing more than prolonged tantrums over 2024 election results.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/23/no-kings-rallies-proved-really-dont-monarch/

NEW YORK POST
— Zohran Mamdani threatens Jews’ safety — yet their votes could make him mayor
https://nypost.com/2025/10/23/opinion/mamdani-threatens-jewish-safety-yet-they-could-make-him-mayor/

DAILY CALLER
— Chicago Violence Has ‘Been Incredibly Alarming’
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/23/stephen-a-smith-jb-pritzker-to-his-face-chicago-violence-incredibly-alarming/

FOX NEWS
— Dems silent on progressive candidate’s Nazi-style tattoo after knocking Hegseth for Christian symbol
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dems-silent-progressive-candidates-nazi-tattoo-after-knocking-hegseth-christian-symbol

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Pritzker: “My Theory” Is Trump Wants National Guard In Cities To “Seize Ballot Boxes” And “Steal The Election” DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/10/23/gov_jb_pritzker_my_theory_is_trump_wants_national_guard_in_cities_to_seize_ballot_boxes_and_steal_the_election.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— San Francisco mayor: Federal agents meant to incite ‘chaos and violence’  DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5569177-daniel-lurie-trump-immigration-enforcement-san-franscisco-chaos/
— Harvard sees drop in Black, Hispanic student admissions, rise in Asian Americans
https://thehill.com/homenews/education/5569455-harvard-admissions-black-hispanic-students/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Pritzker forms commission to look at federal immigration raid tactics, impacts. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://apnews.com/video/illinois-gov-pritzker-forms-commission-to-look-at-federal-immigration-raid-tactics- impacts-26aaa2faf4cc48dca7eefbddd24ed3bf
— As federal agents ramp up Chicago immigration crackdown, more elected officials caught in crosshairs. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://wtop.com/national/2025/10/as-federal-agents-ramp-up-chicago-immigration-crackdown-more-elected-officials-caught-in-crosshairs/

NEW YORK TIMES
— How Federal Workers Can Find Financial Assistance as Shutdown Drags On.  DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/business/federal-employee-financial-resources-government-shutdown.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump allies, undeterred by setbacks in courts and Congress, push anew for citizenship proof to vote. President Donald Trump’s attempts to impose a proof-of-citizenship requirement to vote in the U.S. have stalled in Congress and been blocked by the courts.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/23/trump-voting-citizenship-proof-election-commission/eb241d7c-b009-11f0-ab72-a5fffa9bf3eb_story.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use mom of slain Illinois woman against Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/10/23/katie-abraham-chicago-trump-immigration/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— JB Pritzker Creates Watchdog for Federal Immigration Actions in Illinois. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/jb-pritzker-creates-watchdog-for-federal-immigration-actions-in-illinois-174f4ab7

FORBES
— Pritzker Announces New Public System To Monitor Agents Deployed To Illinois. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvzaeGoTkAU

PBS
— Pritzker creates commission to ‘pursue accountability’ for Chicago against feds sent by Trump. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfILK_qjvkk

NPR
— DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.npr.org/2025/10/23/nx-s1-5581553/national-guard-supreme-court-legal-cases

POLITICO
— Andrew Cuomo is still behind — and he’s blaming Curtis Sliwa. The Republican nominee, polling a distant third in the New York City mayoral race, is becoming a scapegoat for the former governor and his deep-pocketed allies. DD: I should write about those Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who have blamed me the most for their defeats.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/17/andrew-cuomo-is-still-behind-and-hes-blaming-curtis-sliwa-00614002

October 23, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Darren Bailey’s son, daughter-in-law and 2 grandchildren killed in Montana helicopter accident
https://abc7chicago.com/amp/post/illinois-republican-governor-candidate-darren-baileys-son-daughter-law-2-grandchildren-killed-montana-helicopter-crash/18060844/

FOX32
— Darren Bailey’s son, daughter-in-law and 2 grandchildren killed in helicopter crash
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/darren-bailey-family-killed
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republican gubernatorial candidate and former Republican State Sen. Darren Bailey and his wife are mourning the loss of their son, daughter-in-law and two grandchildren who were killed in a helicopter crash in Montana. Their 10-year-old grandson was not on board and is safe, according to the family. The Baileys are asking for privacy as they grieve.)

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Pritzker and GOP House leader McCombie bickered in texts after conservative influencer filmed Pritzker’s home
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/23/jb-pritzker-texts-gop-house-leader-influencer/

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: DD: The ever-increasing demand for free food in Illinois proves the ever-increasing failure of Democrat leadership in Illinois. Soon, under the Democrats, everyone in Illinois will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251022/nation-and-world-politics/less-food-for-more-people-thousands-could-lose-snap-benefits-amid-shutdown-advocates-warn/

STATELINE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do everything that they can a) to flood America with their illegals and b) to keep their illegals in America.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/pritzker-i-dont-support-open-borders-but-slams-trumps-immigration-tactics/

MOKENA PATCH
— The Will County Republican Central Committee will be hosting a “Freedom Day Dinner.”
https://patch.com/illinois/mokena/calendar/event/20251024/b0cca7c9-21da-4322-9435-6bad4a579968/fellow-republicans-join-us-for-an-evening-of-patriotism

ILLINOIZE
— Harmon and Welch Say “No Plans” to Redraw Congressional Map
https://www.theillinoize.com/articles/harmon-welch-no-plans-redraw

WINDY CITY TIMES
— Illinois State Treasurer celebrates LGBTQ+ History Month with awards
https://windycitytimes.com/2025/10/22/illinois-state-treasurer-celebrates-lgbtq-history-month-with-awards/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— DD: Will Illinois Democrat gerrymandering succeed in defeating all Republican candidates in Illinois?
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/10/23/black-caucus-briefed-on-a-remap-00619532

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/23/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-617/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

TED DABROWSKI
— Pritzker gambling winnings show how divorced he is from everyday Illinoisans
https://mailchi.mp/9fed811d3020/pritzkers-gambling-winnings-342?e=0db6d48fb8

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois House backs controversial ‘Equality for Every Family’ bill after Pritzker changes
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_38e3827b-9b24-43ef-8ec3-e6df25e797a1.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: David Smith, executive director of the Illinois Family Institute, is an opponent of the bill. “Lawmakers have once again chosen left-wing ideology over integrity,” Smith said. “It redefines what it means to be a mother, father and family. It doesn’t promote equality, it erases the natural and moral distinctions that God Himself ordained.”)

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Pritzker compares Trump’s ICE raids to Nazi Germany. Anticipate/expect that Pritzker will ever-increasingly use Illinois government to get rid of Republicans in Illinois who are share Trump’s demographics. Trump is conservative, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— 70% of Democrats Want Amnesty for Illegal Immigrants. Democrat leaders have decided that the only way that they can regain control of the federal government is a) to flood America with their illegals, b) to keep their illegals in America, and c) give their illegals the right to vote. Illegals vote for Democrats because they want/need/demand massive government assistance. To promote diversity is to get rid of those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. My critics/opponents promote diversity. I should write about my critics/opponents. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Who did you compete against for promotions? While I worked the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, all my coworkers who I competed against for promotions were Democrats who were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. All of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were most, virtually all, if not all of the aforesaid. According to my critics/opponents, the aforesaid proves that I am an unmitigated loser if not worse things. They use against me my having been passed over so many times for promotions even though I had three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. According to them, that further proves that I am an unmitigated loser, if not worse things. Further, they use against me the fact that those who were promoted over me a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had. According to my critics/opponents, my Democrat superiors a) never gave any preference to my Democrat coworkers and b) never discriminated against me.  Further, according to them, IRS should not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974 and GAO should not have promoted me in 1986. I should write about my critics/opponents. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Picking the right college major is extremely important. I should have majored in accounting from the beginning. I did not start taking graduate evening accounting courses until I was 27. I did not take the CPA examination and pass it on my first attempt until I was 30. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31. I did not take the Certified Internal Auditor examination and pass it on my first attempt until I was 32. I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32. By then, the accounting profession was not interested me because I was too old. That would not have been the case if I had been a minority or female. I erroneously did not major in accounting from the beginning because I erroneously believed that I could not pass the CPA examination. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— “PillowGate” Scandal Deepens: New Evidence Ties GOP Leader Norine Hammond Directly to Her Husband’s Taxpayer-Funded Decorating Firm
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/pillowgate-scandal-deepens-new-evidence-ties-gop-leader-norine-hammond-directly-to-her-husbands-taxpayer-funded-decorating-firm.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democrats escalate anti-ICE efforts, devise strategies to ‘blow the whistle’ on officers. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/22/democratic-leaders-escalate-anti-ice-efforts-online-ice-tracker/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Federal agents deploy to San Francisco area in latest illegal immigration crackdown
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3860951/federal-agents-deploy-to-san-francisco-area-in-latest-illegal-immigration-crackdown/

NEW YORK POST
— ICE nabs crew of illegal migrants with disturbing rap sheets during raid of NYC’s Chinatown
https://nypost.com/2025/10/22/us-news/ice-nabs-crew-of-illegal-migrants-with-disturbing-rap-sheets-in-nyc-raid/

AMAC
— Media Unwittingly Aids Trump’s Deportation Agenda
https://amac.us/newsline/politics/media-unwittingly-aids-trumps-deportation-agenda/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Pritzker makes ‘shameless’ Holocaust comparison to illegals being deported HOME
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/10/23/j-b-pritzker-makes-shameless-holocaust-comparison-to-illegals-being-deported-home-1594802/

BLAZE
— DHS reveals ‘violent rap sheets’ of illegal aliens arrested on NYC’s Canal Street
https://www.theblaze.com/news/dhs-reveals-violent-rap-sheets-of-illegal-aliens-arrested-on-nyc-s-canal-street

BREITBART
— ICE Arrests 9 Illegal Aliens with ‘Violent Rap Sheets’ in NYC Operation
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/10/22/dhs-ice-arrests-9-illegal-aliens-violent-rap-sheets-including-robbery-domestic-violence-canal-street-operation/amp/
— Illegal Alien Child Rapist Received Thousands in Taxpayer-Funded Medicaid Benefits
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/22/hhs-illegal-alien-child-rapist-received-thousands-in-taxpayer-funded-medicaid-benefits/

COLLEGE FIX
— MIT, Georgia Tech and Caltech deeply embedded with DEI
https://www.thecollegefix.com/mit-georgia-tech-and-caltech-deeply-embedded-with-dei-research-finds/

FOX BUSINESS
— The safest way to pick up criminal illegal immigrants is straight out of jail
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6383539801112

FOX NEWS
— Chicago schools silent on punishment or public condemnation of teacher who mocked Charlie Kirk’s death. The Chicago-area teacher went viral mocking Kirk’s death on Saturday.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/chicago-schools-silent-on-punishment-or-public-condemnation-of-teacher-who-mocked-charlie-kirks-death
— Schumer blocks 12th GOP bid to reopen government
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/schumer-blocks-12th-gop-bid-reopen-government-trump-says-democrats-lost-negotiation

NEW AMERICAN
— Texas Finds Thousands of Potential Illegals on Voter Rolls
https://thenewamerican.com/us/texas-finds-thousands-of-potential-illegals-on-voter-rolls/

NEWSMAX
— ICE Agents Storm NYC Counterfeit Goods Market, Arrest 9 Illegals
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/ice-agents-storm-nyc-counterfeit-goods-market/2025/10/22/id/1231425/

WESTERN JOURNAL
— NYC Agitators Pay a Price of Their Own After Trying (and Failing) to Block ICE from Arresting Illegals
https://www.westernjournal.com/nyc-agitators-pay-price-trying-failing-block-ice-arresting-illegals/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CBS NEWS
— Cruz says government shutdown inflicting pain on federal workers “for no point whatsoever”
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/ted-cruz-government-shutdown-federal-workers/

NEWSWEEK
— DD: Democrat leaders use an Illinois mom to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.newsweek.com/katie-abraham-mom-rejects-operation-midway-blitz-chicago-10923287

NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/nyregion/nyc-canal-street-fear-anger.html
— DD: Democrat leaders try to get Black Chicagoans to hate Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/us/politics/trump-black-chicago.html
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly discourage White males from getting college degrees. Firestone Stores would not have hired me in 1970 and IRS would not have hired in 1971 if I had not earned a bachelor’s degree in business. GAO would not have hired me in 1980 if I had not earned an MBA.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/us/value-of-higher-education-attainment-rates-graduation.html
— Harvard Records an Increase in Asian Students and a Drop in Black Students
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/us/harvard-admissions-data-black-asian-latino-students.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Black, Latino and international student enrollment drops at Harvard
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/10/23/harvard-diversity-enrollment/

USA TODAY
— Saving money for retirement helps you live longer. DD: My wife and I saved much more for retirement than our peers. My critics/opponents stress that our giving up trying to have children helped us do that.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2025/10/18/money-wealth-live-longer-study/86677603007/

BUSINESS
— Workplace competition. DD: Who did you compete against for promotions? While I worked the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, all my coworkers who I competed against for promotions were Democrats who were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. All of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were most, virtually all, if not all of the aforesaid. According to my critics/opponents, the aforesaid proves that I am an unmitigated loser if not worse things. They use against me my having been passed over so many times for promotions even though I had three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. According to them, that further proves that I am an unmitigated loser, if not worse things. Further, they use against me the fact that those who were promoted over me a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had. According to my critics/opponents, my Democrat superiors a) never gave any preference to my Democrat coworkers and b) never discriminated against me.  Further, according to them, IRS should not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974 and GAO should not have promoted me in 1986. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.business.com/articles/gal-rimon-workplace-competition/

GALLUP
— DD: To promote diversity is to get rid of those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. My critics/opponents promote diversity. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://news.gallup.com/poll/696221/fewer-americans-diversity-business-priority.aspx

CPA JOURNAL
— One of the more significant crises currently facing the accounting field is the large and long-term year-over-year decline in the number of college students majoring in accounting. DD: I should have majored in accounting from the beginning. I did not start taking graduate evening accounting courses until I was 27. I did not take the CPA examination and pass it on my first attempt until I was 30. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31. I did not take the Certified Internal Auditor examination and pass it on my first attempt until I was 32. I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32. By then, the accounting profession was not interested me because I was too old. That would not have been the case if I had been a minority or female.
https://www.cpajournal.com/2025/10/22/the-disproportionate-effects-of-declining-interest-within-different-accounting-fields/

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— 70% of Democrats Want Amnesty for Illegal Immigrants. DD: Democrat leaders have decided that the only way that they can regain control of the federal government is a) to flood America with their illegals, b) to keep their illegals in America, and c) give their illegals the right to vote. Illegals vote for Democrats because they want/need/demand massive government assistance.
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration_second_term/70_of_democrats_want_amnesty_for_illegal_immigrants

MEDIATE
— Pritzker Compares Trump’s ICE Raids to Nazi Germany. DD: Anticipate/expect that Pritzker will ever-increasingly use Illinois government to get rid of Republicans in Illinois who are share Trump’s demographics. Trump is conservative, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/jb-pritzker-compares-trumps-ice-raids-to-nazi-germany-this-is-how-authoritarian-regimes-do-it/amp/

October 22, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Judge indefinitely extends restraining order blocking National Guard from deploying in Chicago area
https://abc7chicago.com/post/national-guard-chicago-news-judge-consider-extension-order-temporarily-blocking-area/18055528/
— 1 arrested after trying to hit feds in vehicle on SW Side, Cicero police say; ald. staff detained. Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino was on the scene, as a crowd gathered during crash investigation.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-crash-ogden-26th-street-little-village-blocks-roadway-border-patrol-chief-gregory-bovino-scene/18057222/

NBC5
— Car crashes and heavy federal agent presence spark protests in Chicago, Cicero. Witnesses reported seeing numerous people taken into custody and tensions were high as the response unfolded.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/car-crashes-and-heavy-federal-agent-presence-spark-protests-in-chicago-cicero/3842025/

CBS2
— Little Village immigration raids end with Cicero crash, standoff between federal agents and community
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/standoff-federal-agents-26th-ogden-cicero-illinois-crash/
— Logan Square chocolate shop Katherine Anne Confections gets outpouring of support after ICE sign backlash
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/logan-square-katherine-anne-confections-support-ice-sign-backlash/
—  Giannoulias warns ICE agents to stop swapping, modifying license plates
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-secretary-of-state-ice-agents-swapping-license-plates/

WGN9
— Behind closed doors, Illinois lawmakers discuss potential redistricting effort
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/behind-closed-doors-illinois-lawmakers-discuss-potential-redistricting-effort/

FOX32
— Pickup tried to hit immigration agents’ car in Cicero
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/cicero-cbp-crash-investigation
— Chicago alder says federal agents detained 2 of his staff members, among others
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-alder-says-federal-agents-detained-2-his-staff-members-among-others
— DHS responds after Chicago lawmaker says he was stopped by immigration agents at gunpoint
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1728399

WTTW
— Border Patrol Agents Detain 2 City Employees During ‘Lawless’ Little Village Raids, Ald. Rodriguez Says
https://news.wttw.com/2025/10/22/border-patrol-agents-detain-2-city-employees-during-lawless-little-village-raids-ald

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Immigration agents swarm Little Village and Cicero Wednesday, arresting at least 7, including U.S. citizens
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/22/immigration-raids-little-village/
— US hits $38 trillion in debt, after the fastest accumulation of $1 trillion outside of the pandemic
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/22/us-38-trillion-debt/
— Oak Park leaders debate official response to federal immigration enforcement activity
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/22/oak-park-immigration-enforcement-response/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Feds led by top Border Control boss carry out arrests in Little Village and Cicero, sparking protest. Two staffers for a city alderperson, both U.S. citizens, were among those arrested Wednesday.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/22/border-patrol-boss-bovino-little-village-raids-arrests-protest
— Immigration enforcement reaches CPS doorstep, renewing questions about student, community safety. CPS confirms a landscaper detained this week was on district property. It appears to be the first time a CPS vendor or employee was picked up during the federal immigration enforcement campaign.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/10/22/immigration-enforcement-reaches-cps-doorstep-renewing-questions-about-student-community-safety
— Illinois aims to crack down on ICE cars with illegal license plates after Sun-Times report. Two weeks after the Sun-Times first asked about federal immigration vehicles with questionable plates, Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias launched a hotline to report license plate tampering. He said penalties include potential jail time.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/22/illinois-crack-down-ice-immigration-cars-illegal-license-plates-hotline-swapping-broadview-deportation-campaign

DAILY HERALD
— Jeffries’ Illinois redistricting push meets cool reception in Springfield
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251022/news/jeffries-illinois-redistricting-push-meets-cool-reception-in-springfield/
— Palatine cafe closes following repeated visits by immigration agents
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251021/news/palatine-cafe-closes-following-repeated-visits-by-immigration-agents/
— Carpentersville prohibits immigration agents from using village-owned property
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251022/news/carpentersville-prohibits-immigration-agents-from-using-village-owned-property/

SHAW LOCAL
— Everything you need to know for the March 2026 Illinois primary
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2025/10/22/everything-you-need-to-know-for-the-march-2026-illinois-primary/

IPM NEWS
— DD: For Democrat leaders, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://ipmnewsroom.org/illinois-teachers-believe-parents-support-teaching-inclusive-history-despite-national-divides/

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/22/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-408/
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/22/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-616/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQURE ILLINOIS
— Pritzker opposes redistricting Illinois mid-cycle as other states move forward
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_096431e7-93d8-4179-93df-b552e6639c63.html
— Illinois becoming the lawsuit capital of America, and Springfield to blame. DD: All my critics/opponents side with all the defendants in the lawsuits that I have filed.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/op-ed-illinois-becoming-lawsuit-190700444.html

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Dan Proft Caught in a Lie: Radio Host Blames Lawyer for Leak He Never Received – Receipts Expose False Claims and Coordinated Smear
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/dan-proft-caught-in-a-lie-radio-host-blames-lawyer-for-leak-he-never-received-receipts-expose-false-claims-and-coordinated-smear.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democratic leaders escalate anti-ICE efforts with online ICE tracker
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/22/democratic-leaders-escalate-anti-ice-efforts-online-ice-tracker/
— FEMA discriminated against pro-gun homes in disaster relief missions
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/22/fema-discriminated-pro-gun-homes-disaster-relief-missions/

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Enabled by a Federal Judge, Chicago-Area Mayors Seek to Shut Down Immigration Law Enforcement
https://cis.org/Fishman/Enabled-Federal-Judge-ChicagoArea-Mayors-Seek-Shut-Down-Immigration-Law-Enforcement

DAILY CALLER
— Radical Activists Are Hijacking Homelessness Charities To Fund Anti-Cop, Anti-Capitalist Campaigns
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/22/homelessness-nonprofits-left-wing-groups-hijack-crc/

EPOCH TIMES
— ICE Tracker Planned by Democrats Could Endanger Agents, Bondi Says. The attorney general said publicizing Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity risks violence against law enforcement and undermines operations.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/ice-tracker-planned-by-democrats-could-endanger-agents-bondi-says-5933194

FOX NEWS
— Republican calls for public database naming illegal immigrants facing deportation. Rep. Andy Biggs’ proposed database would include illegal immigrants’ names, photos and last known whereabouts.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/republican-calls-public-database-naming-illegal-immigrants-facing-deportation

NEWSMAX
— Rasmussen Reports: 70% of Democrats Want Amnesty for Illegals
https://www.newsmax.com/us/rasmussen-amnesty-illegal-migrants/2025/10/22/id/1231431/
https://www.wjr.com/2025/10/22/rasmussen-reports-70-of-democrats-want-amnesty-for-illegals/

October 22, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE OF DABROWSKI: Republican race for Illinois governor already spiraling downward over questionable campaign tactics. DD: The Chicago Tribune ever-increasingly does everything that it can a) to determine which candidates win Republican primaries in Illinois and b) to defeat those candidates in general elections.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/21/illinois-gop-governor-race-infighting/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/republican-race-illinois-governor-already-024200832.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The devolution of Illinois’ Republican Party continued Tuesday as a candidate for governor refused to denounce two political operatives tied to a right-wing fake newspaper website that published a story containing an internet link detailing salacious allegations against a rival, while a new candidate emerged with a controversial background as a gambling mogul. At a brief news conference, GOP governor candidate Ted Dabrowski refused to discuss the public disclosure of a years-old draft harassment complaint involving rival Darren Bailey and his 2022 campaign. The allegations, stemming from Bailey’s failed 2022 bid for governor, were never formally filed in court and have not been verified, but were linked to a politically motivated news article shared online. Dabrowski, former president of the conservative research and advocacy group Wirepoints, also would not answer questions about Jeanne Ives and right-wing radio talk show host Dan Proft, both of whom supported Bailey in 2022 but are now backing Dabrowski. Ives is an acolyte of Proft, and Proft has been a business partner of Brian Timpone, who oversees one of many so-called “pink-slime” publications — fake newspapers used as a political tool — that included a link to the unverified claims. Ives, who has lost previous bids for governor and Congress, also posted the article with the link on her Facebook page. “Ordinary Illinoisans, Chicagoans, Illinoisans, don’t care about political infighting between campaigns. And I’m not going to get into that,” Dabrowski said during the news conference, which lasted less than 10 minutes. The GOP race for governor in the March 17 primary and the right to take on billionaire second-term Democrat JB Pritzker began spiraling late last week when a Timpone-run publication posted the link to a 37-page confidential draft lawsuit within an online article about a political action committee called the Save Illinois PAC. That PAC, which spent over $39,500 to help launch Bailey’s second bid for the Republican nomination for governor, is run by Brett Corrigan, a former political worker for Bailey who made the allegations during Bailey’s first run for governor in 2022, when he was 17 years old. The Tribune is not detailing the allegations contained in the draft lawsuit because it was never filed in court and not verified, and the legal dispute apparently ended in a closed-door resolution between Corrigan and Bailey. The Chicago Tribune first reported on the dispute between Corrigan and the Bailey campaign days before the November 2022 general election. At the time of the 2022 campaign, Proft was supportive of Bailey and used his People Who Play By The Rules PAC to back the Republican former state lawmaker from downstate. Proft, of Naples, Florida, also has been the conduit of tens of millions of dollars in contributions to Illinois candidates from conservative megadonor Richard Uihlein of Lake Forest, who founded the Uline office supply distribution firm. Uihlein, in 2022, overwhelmingly funded the People Who Play By The Rules PAC, but this year has given $250,000 to Dabrowski’s campaign. In 2022, Proft sought to inject himself into the potential litigation between Corrigan and Bailey. By law, the PAC was not supposed to coordinate its spending activities with Bailey’s campaign but text messages show efforts by Proft to try to intercede in the legal matter, raising questions over whether Proft was closer to the campaign than previously acknowledged. After Corrigan retained Orland Park attorney Scott Kaspar to pursue a proposed confidential settlement agreement, Proft weighed in, apparently in an effort to quash the filing of a possible lawsuit that could become public ahead of the 2022 general election. Pritzker ended up defeating Bailey by about 13 percentage points. The Democratic Party of Illinois filed a complaint with the Illinois State Board of Elections the day after the Tribune story was published, alleging Proft and Bailey’s campaign illegally coordinated their efforts to oppose Pritzker’s reelection bid. But the board rejected the complaint last year, in part, because Illinois law does not specifically define what activities constitute “coordination” that would render the actions of an independent expenditure PAC and the candidate it supports illegal. “While Darren Bailey and (his lieutenant governor running mate) Aaron Del Mar are focused on defeating Democrats and fixing Illinois, it’s unfortunate that Jeanne Ives is once again reprising her role as the Democrats’ favorite ‘Republican,’” Bailey campaign spokesman Jose Durbin said in a statement. “Jeanne Ives is a sore loser who’s been bitter ever since she couldn’t even beat (former one-term GOP Gov.) Bruce Rauner in a Republican primary. She’s made a career out of attacking fellow conservatives instead of fighting Democrats. At this point, she’s nothing more than a political grifter looking for attention.” Besides sharing the faux-news article and link on her Facebook page, Ives also commented on it by writing, “The Bailey Clown Show and Grift.” Appearing at Dabrowski’s news conference Tuesday, she denied being the source of the draft complaint. “I have no idea who leaked it. Zero idea,” Ives said. “I was concerned about the ‘Save Illinois PAC.’ They raise monies for reasons that they never told the donors at all. And then they gave $40,000 to the Bailey campaign. I mean, that was the bigger concern for me.” Despite hosting a Bailey kickoff event earlier this year in Oak Brook, Corrigan has now left Bailey’s 2026 campaign, signing up as chair for a new contender, Rick Heidner of Barrington Hills, a real estate developer and founder of Gold Rush Gaming. Heidner filed campaign finance paperwork Tuesday to run for the GOP governor nomination with Homer Glen Mayor Christina Neitzke-Troike as his running mate. He also disclosed that he had seeded his campaign with $1 million. In October 2019, a Chicago Tribune investigation revealed that for nearly two decades, Heidner owned numerous commercial properties via shell companies in several states with Rocco Suspenzi, the longtime chairman and part owner of Parkway Bank and Trust in Harwood Heights. In 2003, the Illinois Gaming Board and the FBI exposed Suspenzi and son Jeffrey for concealing their own ownership stake, as well as that of a reputed mob figure, in the infamous Emerald casino project. Suspenzi and his son invoked their Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination in 2005 when the Gaming Board sought to question them about their role in concealing the ownership stakes of reputed Outfit-linked investors Vito Salamone and Nick Boscarino. At the same time, Heidner had a similar real estate partnership with convicted bookmaker Dominic Buttitta. Together, they owned a building in Elgin that was leased to a bar licensed for video gambling that used Heidner’s Gold Rush machines. In 2012, Buttitta pleaded guilty to federal charges of running an illegal sportsbook from the South Elgin strip club he controlled. The revelations led in part to Pritzker’s decision to cancel the sale of the former Tinley Park Mental Health Center property, which Heidner had sought to purchase for a horse racing and casino facility. In April 2021, Heidner and state gaming regulators reached a settlement after the state withdrew allegations that he had offered an illegal $5 million inducement to purchase a rival video gambling chain. Heidner has been a frequent political donor, in February giving $25,000 to the conservative Republican group McHenry GOPAC and in 2022 he gave $25,000 to Richard Irvin, the former mayor of Aurora, who unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for governor that year. But Heidner has also contributed to Democratic candidates, including $25,000 to Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and $5,000 to Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle in 2023, as well as $5,000 to Don Harmon, now the president of the Illinois Senate, in 2017. Corrigan confirmed that he’s supporting Heidner, stating that he and Heidner have been good friends for a long time. But Corrigan said he still considers Bailey a friend, though there are people who could take their previous falling out “to make a mess of politics.” “It seems like Republicans attack each other harder than the opposition does,” Corrigan said. Kaspar echoed that sentiment, saying the infighting is “a sad testament of the state of the Illinois Republican Party.” “It’s a very fractured party,” said Kaspar, the general counsel for the Illinois Review, a conservative website that published an article about the draft complaint saga this week.)
— DD: Democrat leaders crow about their success in promoting hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/20/column-selle-column-lake-county-no-kings/
— DD: Democrat leaders want to suppress why Katie Abraham was killed.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/21/opinion-katie-abraham-operation-midway-blitz/
(DHS: DHS is launching Operation Midway Blitz in honor of Katie Abraham who was killed in Illinois by a criminal illegal alien who should have never been in our country. This operation will target the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens in Chicago.)
— City of Harvey declares itself effectively bankrupt. Look for more Cook County municipalities to do the same. DD: Under the Democrats, every city will be like Harvey.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/22/editorial-harvey-insolvency-property-taxes-pensions/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/22/letters-102225-immigrants/
— Naperville D203 board member Kelley Black censured again for ‘unprofessional’ actions. DD: In 2006, my critics/opponents had their operatives and their dupes do everything that they could to get the Illinois Center Right Coalition to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. They failed. I should write about my critics/opponents from back then who continue to do everything that they can to destroy me.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/21/black-kelley-censured-again-naperville-d203/

DAILY HERALD
— Democratic incumbents dominating fundraising in suburban congressional races. DD: To discredit me, my critics/opponents stress that no one gives me money to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and to send them out. In my defense, I have never asked for money for that and I never will. I value my independence. He who pays the piper calls the tunes. Further, I have enough money, time, experience, ability, and motivation to put the newsletters together and to send them out. I have more time because my critics/opponents had their operatives and their dupes end my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship and end my Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251021/article/democratic-incumbents-dominating-fundraising-in-suburban-congressional-races/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In Illinois’ 3rd District, which encompasses parts of suburban Cook and DuPage counties and some Chicago neighborhoods, Democratic U.S. Rep. Delia Ramirez of Chicago is the only one of four candidates who filed a quarterly financial report by the deadline. Ramirez’s campaign has raised $990,874 this election cycle and spent $408,995, the latest records show. It started the quarter with $976,477 and finished September with about $1 million in the bank. Also running are Democrat Kip Knutson and Republican Angel Oakley, both of Wheaton, and Republican Spomenka Vajic of Chicago.)
— DD: My Democrat and RINO superiors in government and in politics have had their operatives and their dupes take many big adverse actions against me. Should name my Democrat and RINO superiors and write about the big adverse actions that they had their operatives and their dupes take against me?
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251022/syndicated-columnists/trumps-political-enemies-list-and-vindictive-prosecutions/

ABC7
— A U.S. congressional candidate and current state representative said Customs and Border Patrol agents surrounded and harassed him in his vehicle Tuesday on Chicago’s Northwest Side. State Rep. Hoan Huynh, a Democrat from Chicago who is running to represent the 9th District, was in his vehicle about 11:30 a.m. near Montrose and Kimball avenues in Albany Park, a news release from his campaign said.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-rep-hoan-huynh-says-customs-border-patrol-agent-pulled-gun-montrose-kimball-albany-park-chicago/18053996/

SOUTHERN
— Illinois video gambling mogul Rick Heidner to seek GOP gubernatorial nomination. Heidner owns the third-largest video gaming terminal operator in Illinois. DD: In 2009, I led the successful effort to stop video gambling in Wheaton.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/22/letters-102225-immigrants/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— DD: To get more votes from Blacks, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote reparations.
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/politics/champaign-county-board-weighs-supporting-proposed-reparations-commission/article_a0525375-0814-423c-872a-8a6a9b52cd8c.html

INDIANAPOLIS STAR
— Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson debated attendees on a variety of hot-button issues for hours at a sold-out Turning Point USA event at Indiana University on Oct. 21.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/tucker-carlson-spars-audience-trump-025129767.html

ILLINOIS STATE BAR ASSOCIATION
— Celebrate Pro Bono Across Illinois. DD: What percent of pro bono is done to defend and advance the Democrat Party platform?
https://www.isba.org/barnews/2025/10/spotlightonprobonocelebrateprobonoacrossillinoison

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Illinois video gambling mogul to seek GOP gubernatorial nomination. Rick Heidner owns the third-largest video gaming terminal operator in Illinois.  DD: In 2009, I led the successful effort to stop video gambling in Wheaton.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/illinois-video-gambling-mogul-to-seek-gop-gubernatorial-nomination/

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois families struggle while Pritzker wins in Las Vegas. DD: In 2009, I led the successful effort to stop video gambling in Wheaton.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_f93f4ac2-0917-44d6-9ad4-9d910f1d07e5.html

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— County Board Proposes 13% Tax Levy Increase
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/21/county-board-proposes-13-tax-levy-increase/
— Dems Threaten to Eliminate Darin LaHood’s District Through New Gerrymandering
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/21/dems-threaten-to-eliminate-darin-lahoods-district-through-new-gerrymandering/
— DeWitte Summarizes Pritzker Budget Shortfall
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/21/dewitte-summarizes-pritzker-budget-shortfall/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Johnson’s “Protecting Chicago” budget proposes nearly $500M in tax hikes
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/johnsons-protecting-chicago-budget-proposes-nearly-500m-in-tax-hikes/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ICE to Pursue Federal Charges After Bolingbrook Police Fail to Arrest Attackers—Officials Now Under Investigation for Stand-Down Order
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/ice-to-pursue-federal-charges-after-bolingbrook-police-fail-to-arrest-attackers-officials-now-under-investigation-for-stand-down-order.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— DHS blames left-wing rhetoric after illegal immigrant rams ICE officer with car
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3858667/dhs-left-wing-rhetoric-illegal-immigrant-rams-ice-officer-with-car/

NEW YORK POST
— How Donald Trump can show his support for immigrants who do it right. DD: What about offering more work permits for citizens of foreign countries who will take bad jobs that citizens of America ever-increasingly refuse to take? But wait, citizens of foreign countries can get bad jobs in their motherlands. How many citizens of foreign countries would take the bad jobs that I took? 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, a) all the jobs that I had were bad jobs that they would never have stooped to take and b) I was grossly overpaid for those jobs and my pension and retirement benefits are much too generous.
https://nypost.com/2025/10/21/opinion/trump-show-your-support-for-legal-immigrants-at-citizenship-ceremonies/

BLAZE
— Thousands of illegal aliens found on Texas voter rolls
https://www.theblaze.com/news/thousands-texas-illegal-aliens-vote

BREITBART
— ICE Nabs Illegal Alien Cabbies, Rideshare Drivers at O’Hare Airport
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/10/21/ice-nabs-illegal-migrant-cabbies-rideshare-drivers-at-ohare-airport/amp/
— ‘No Kings’ Rallies Pressure Moderate Democrats to Prolong Government Shutdown
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2025/10/21/nolte-no-kings-rallies-pressure-moderate-democrats-to-prolong-government-shutdown/amp/
— ICE Arrests 100 Illegal Aliens in Idaho at Horse Race Event
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/21/ice-arrests-100-illegal-aliens-idaho-horse-race/

CENTER SQUARE
— Majority of Americans do not support National Guard to deter crime. But half of voters support deploying the National Guard to their city or state.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_9742fb2f-c11d-40cd-87a0-c66807b12eed.amp.html

CHRISTIAN POST
— Woke isn’t dead, dying, hospitalized or even hiding
https://www.christianpost.com/voices/woke-public-schools-are-brainwashing-your-kids.html

FOX NEWS
— US Marshal, illegal alien shot in Los Angeles immigration operation. Federal agents opened fire after suspect allegedly rammed vehicles in escape attempt, both hospitalized.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/us-marshal-illegal-alien-shot-los-angeles-immigration-operation
— Schools simply rebrand DEI
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/undercover-video-reveals-red-state-university-employee-suggesting-dei-simply-being-rebranded.amp

NEWSMAX
— 40 Percent Back Deporting Illegals With No Criminal Record. DD: To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is criminal. Everyone has always known that Biden’s parole programs were always illegal.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/yougov-poll-immigrants-ice/2025/10/21/id/1231331/

PJ MEDIA
— Texas Let HOW MANY Illegals Register to Vote?
https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2025/10/21/texas-let-how-many-illegals-register-to-vote-n4945085

POST MILLENNIAL
— ICE arrests 51 criminal illegal immigrants in Portland amid ongoing Antifa-linked protests. The operation targeted illegal migrants with extensive criminal histories, such as sexual assault, child abuse, domestic violence, drug trafficking, and manslaughter.
https://thepostmillennial.com/ice-arrests-51-criminal-illegal-immigrants-in-portland-amid-antifa-linked-protests

TOWNHALL
— Democrats have sworn up and down for years that we didn’t need legislation like the SAVE Act to clean up our voter rolls. “It’s already against the law for illegal immigrants to vote,” they argued. They also insisted illegal immigrants weren’t voting in elections. But that thing that never happens happened again.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2025/10/21/texas-illegals-on-voter-rolls-n2665270

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Trump pick to lead the Office of Special Counsel (OSC) withdraws after offensive text messages revealed. DD: To get rid of me, my Democrat superiors in the federal government took many prohibited personnel actions against me. OSC did not come to my defense when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take a $23,472/year pay cut to transfer from IRS. OSC did not come to my defense when my Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education expenses, and disallowed my travel vouchers. OSC did not come to my defense when my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign and disallowed my sick leave requests.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-10-21/trump-pick-to-lead-watchdog-agency-withdraws-after-offensive-text-messages-revealed
(OSC: The U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) is an independent federal investigative and prosecutorial agency. OSC’s statutory authority comes from four federal laws: the Civil Service Reform Act, the Whistleblower Protection Act, the Hatch Act, and the Uniformed Services Employment & Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA). OSC’s primary mission is to safeguard the merit system by protecting federal employees and applicants from prohibited personnel practices (PPPs), especially reprisal for whistleblowing. For a description of the 14 PPPs, click here. OSC also operates as a secure channel for federal employees to blow the whistle by disclosing wrongdoing. Federal law establishes a unique process for disclosures made to OSC, intended to protect the confidentiality of the whistleblower and ensure that the alleged wrongdoing is investigated and, where necessary, corrected. For a description of the six types of covered wrongdoing, click here. ​In addition, OSC enforces the Hatch Act, which puts certain restrictions on partisan political activity by government employees (learn more​). It also protects the civilian employment and reemployment rights of military service members under USERRA (learn more​).)

NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/opinion/trump-degredation-maga.html

USA TODAY
— What car does Mark Zuckerberg drive every day? One of the richest people on Earth drives an American luxury car instead of a foreign supercar. DD: The American nameplate muscle cars at Iron Gate Motor Condos in Naperville are ever-increasingly being replaced by expensive foreign supercars. But my unit there has a 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona Plus, a 2013 Dodge Charger R/t Max, and a 2005 Corvette.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/cars/news/2025/10/17/mark-zuckerberg-drive-drive-car/85270401007/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: What would you drive if you had millions of dollars in the bank? Last summer, Forbes published a list of the richest people in every state. Unsurprisingly, Mark Zuckerberg, cofounder of Facebook and CEO of Meta Platforms, is listed as the richest person in California as of July 2025. Zuckerberg’s current net worth is over $242 billion dollars according to Forbes, making him the third-richest person on the planet at time of publication. So, what does a multibillionaire drive? Furthermore, is it a vehicle average Americans can afford? Mark Zuckerberg daily drives a Cadillac CT5 V-Blackwing, according to an article by automotive publication AutoEvolution.)

MIAMI HERALD
— Cubans with criminal records in the U.S. are being quietly deported to Mexico
Read more at: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article312432237.html

HOUSTON PUBLIC MEDIA
— Houston residents, officials push back against rainbow crosswalk removal. DD: How soon, if not already, will Democrat and RINO leaders paint rainbow crosswalks in your county, township, municipality, school district, precinct, and neighborhood?
https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/lgbtq/2025/10/21/533919/rainbow-crosswalk-houston-chalk-art-protest-heights-montrose-lgbtq/

KABC
— 40% Back Deporting Illegals With No Criminal Record. DD: To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is criminal. Everyone has always known that Biden’s parole programs were always illegal.
https://www.kabc.com/2025/10/21/yougov-poll-40-back-deporting-illegals-with-no-criminal-record/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— A Mamdani Mayoralty Threatens New York’s Jews. DD: Virtually all of my Democrat GS-14 GAO Chicago office superiors were antisemites. They were furious when GAO promoted a Democrat Jewish woman instead of them to GS-15, currently $163,749-$195,200/year, to lead the office’s group that would to audit federal financial industry regulators in 1990. They wanted her to fail. Virtually none of my GS-13 coworkers volunteered to work for her. The GS-14s were furious that I volunteered to work for her. I volunteered to work for her because they would not assign me to the group that would audit IRS and auditing federal financial industry regulators was my best alternative. But beyond that, I was impressed by the fact that she had earned an MBA from the University of Chicago and she had passed the CPA examination on her first attempt. The GS-14s were intimidated by that; but I was not. While the GS-14s did everything that they could to make her fail, I did everything that I could to help her succeed. But nevertheless, in when I was 49 years old in September of 1997, she took the lead in forcing me to retire.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/a-mamdani-mayoralty-threatens-new-yorks-jews-cbee614d
— DD: RINOs promote hatred against Trump.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/no-kings-was-peacefuland-even-patriotic-59d9f2be

HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
— DD: Needless-to-say, if you are Republican, you should limit your job searches to Republican-run employers. If Democrat employers do hire you, they will waste your career and get rid of you if you do not become a Democrat.
https://hbr.org/2016/07/almost-all-managers-have-at-least-one-career-limiting-habit

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they always bragged about their success in hiring, retaining, and promoting young minorities and young females, that is, their success in getting rid of older Whites and older males.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/admissions/traditional-age/2025/10/22/fewer-colleges-publicized-racial-demographic-data-year

NEWS ONE
— The Trump Admin’s Focus On Fertility Is All About Social Control. The Trump administration has passed policies this year that represent a concerning trend toward pronatalism. Making IVF more affordable alone isn’t an issue. People should be able to have families on their own terms and of their own design. But it’s yet another false crisis created by the administration to justify its racist, anti-immigration, white nationalist agenda. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors used my wife and I giving up trying to have children without trying IVF against me big time. I should write about my Democrat GAO superiors and what they did to punish me. Of course, Duckworth would approve of what they did to punish me.
https://newsone.com/6551199/trump-admin-focus-fertility-about-social-control/

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

DAILY MAIL
— Woke teens erupt after conservative students at Portland’s most diverse school sets up Charlie Kirk club. DD: Who leads the opposition to Turning Point USA clubs in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15212745/Teenagers-Turning-Point-USA-Portland-protest.html

October 21, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Nearly 2 million Illinoisans set to lose SNAP benefits amid congressional stalemate
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-snap-benefits-november-2m-illinoisans-set-lose-food-before-thanksgiving-amid-2025-government-shutdown/18047307/

CBS2
— DHS claims Chicago “No Kings” protester threatened ICE agents, wants criminal charges
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/dhs-chicago-no-kings-protestice-agents-threat/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/21/north-chicago-federal-immigration-enforcement/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/21/ice-arrests-chicago-man-teenage-daughter-cancer/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/21/broadview-arrests-court/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/21/oak-park-leaf-blowers-immigration-enforcement/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Ald. Fuentes seeks $100K in damages after confrontation with ICE agents
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2025/10/21/ald-jessie-fuentes-tort-claim-ice-agents-humboldt-park
— City pursuing the idea of installing slot machines at O’Hare and Midway Airports. DD: I led the successful effort to stop video gambling in Wheaton in 2009.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/casinos-gambling/2025/10/21/slot-machines-ohare-midway-airports-city-council

DAILY HERALD
— Barrington Hills video gambling mogul Rick Heidner to seek GOP gubernatorial nomination. DD: I led the successful effort to stop video gambling in Wheaton in 2009.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251021/illinois-state-politics/barrington-hills-video-gambling-mogul-to-seek-gop-gubernatorial-nomination/
— In Chicago, an immense show of force signals a sharp escalation in White House immigration crackdown
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251021/chicago/in-chicago-an-immense-show-of-force-signals-a-sharp-escalation-in-white-house-immigration-crackdown/
— Elections board deadlocks on $10M fine for Senate President Don Harmon
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251021/illinois/elections-board-deadlocks-on-10m-fine-for-senate-president-don-harmon/

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Illinois representatives respond to arrest of ISU teaching assistant
https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/politics/2025/10/21/isu-teaching-assistant-arrested-disorderly-conduct-derek-lopez-darin-lahood-chris-miller-respond/86816873007/

MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
— Turning Point seeks to regain footing in Wisconsin following Charlie Kirk’s assassination
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2025/10/21/turning-point-weighing-future-in-wisconsin-after-kirk-assassination/86690675007/

WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO
— Wisconsin GOP treasurer resigns, citing ‘dysfunctional leadership’ in state party. Kelly Ruh’s resignation is the latest hint of an internal power struggle in the state GOP.
https://www.wpr.org/news/wisconsin-gop-treasurer-kelly-ruh-resigns-dysfunctional-leadership

EVANSTON ROUNDTABLE
— ICE detains one person near Evanston Home Depot, Biss says he’s ‘committed to warning community’
https://evanstonroundtable.com/2025/10/21/ice-detains-one-person-near-evanston-home-depot/

WTHR
— Indiana’s commission looking at taking counties from Illinois is about to have its first meeting
https://www.wthr.com/article/news/politics/indianas-commission-looking-at-taking-counties-from-illinois-is-about-to-have-its-first-meeting-redraw-maps-isu-agenda-appointments-commissioners/531-1d9a0102-c4f3-40f0-babb-91fda1c3f829

BLOCK CLUB OF CHICAGO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/21/a-chicago-high-schooler-had-just-returned-from-chemotherapy-then-ice-arrested-her-father/

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/21/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-407/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

DON TRACY
— Don Tracy Denounces House Democrats’ Gerrymandering Scheme Targeting Rep. Darin LaHood
https://mailchi.mp/638598d94c3a/don-tracy-denounces-house-democrats-gerrymandering-scheme-targeting-rep-darin-lahood

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Dabrowski’s Campaign Chair Tied to Dodgers – Team That Celebrates Transgenderism, Mocks Faith
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/dabrowskis-campaign-chair-tied-to-dodgers-team-that-celebrates-transgenderism-mocks-faith.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Dodgers have become one of Major League Baseball’s most aggressively left-wing franchises – openly promoting causes that run counter to traditional values. The team made national headlines after honoring the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a radical drag group that mocks Catholic nuns and the Christian faith, during a “Pride Night” event.)
— U.S. House Democrats Target Rep. Darin LaHood in Gerrymander Scheme, While Illinois Democrats Cry “Foul” in Texas
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/u-s-house-democrats-target-rep-darin-lahood-in-gerrymander-scheme-while-illinois-democrats-cry-foul-in-texas.html
— Nine Months In: Trump’s Second Term Is Strong, Fearless and Unapologetic
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/nine-months-in-trumps-second-term-is-strong-fearless-and-unapologetic.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Tax the Whites: Mamdani pitches race-based property tax rates for New York City
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/21/tax-whites-zohran-mamdani-pitches-race-based-property-tax-rates-new/
— New Yorkers not worried about Mamdani’s socialist ideology
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/21/new-yorkers-worried-zohran-mamdanis-socialist-ideology/
— Conservative’s higher birth rates quietly shaping America’s political destiny
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/21/conservatives-higher-birth-rates-quietly-shaping-americas-political/
— Illicit drugs are killing Americans. Trump’s emphasis on counternarcotics operations a step in the right direction.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/21/illicit-drugs-killing-americans/

BREITBART
— Trump’s DHS Issues Nearly $10 Billion in Fines to Illegal Aliens So They Self-Deport from U.S.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/21/exclusive-trumps-dhs-issues-nearly-10-billion-fines-illegals-so-they-self-deport/
— Texas Finds Thousands of Illegal Immigrants Registered on State Voter Rolls
https://www.breitbart.com/pre-viral/2025/10/21/report-texas-finds-thousands-of-illegal-immigrants-registered-on-state-voter-rolls/

FOX NEWS
— Turning Point USA Faith organization sees explosive growth in wake of Charlie Kirk’s death: ‘Wonderful to see’  Organization doubles church network to 8,000 and gains 200,000 new Christians in one month.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/turning-point-usa-faith-organization-explosive-growth-wake-charlie-kirks-death-wonderful-see
— ‘No Kings’ agitators recorded having children bash Trump piñata. Sen. Mike Lee responds, ‘This is how assassination culture takes root’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/no-kings-protesters-filmed-having-children-stab-trump-pinata–

NEWSMAX
— Trump’s Memphis Crackdown on Illegals Nets Gangs, Predators, Drug Dealers
https://www.newsmax.com/us/trump-memphis-national-guard/2025/10/21/id/1231265/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

US CATHOLIC
— DD: According to Democrat and RINO leaders, Jesus rejects the concepts of borders, countries, governments, laws, etc.
https://uscatholic.org/articles/202510/the-catholics-bringing-back-the-tradition-of-sanctuary/

October 21, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/18/to-stand-up-to-ice-agents-some-chicagoans-are-arming-themselves-with-whistles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump/2025/10/20/national-guard-deployment-illinois-billboards-chicago

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/21/elgin-ice-watchdog-activist-immigrants/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/21/editorial-turn-on-the-cameras-ice-whats-taking-you-so-long/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/21/opinion-no-kings-day-protest-donald-trump/
— Newspapers closing, news deserts growing. DD: Ever-increasingly, under the Illinois Democrats and under the Illinois RINOs, there are fewer and fewer and fewer center-right news and commentary sources in Illinois.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/20/newspapers-closing-northwestern-report/

ABC7
— Group faces loss of student status for refusing Northwestern’s mandatory training; judge denies TRO. The anti-bias training includes mentions of Israel.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/group-faces-loss-northwestern-university-student-status-refusing-mandatory-anti-bias-training-mentions-israel/18047406/
— More than 40% of city of Harvey staff placed on unpaid leave amid budget crisis. The mayor says the village is more than $160 million in debt.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/harvey-illinois-furlough-17-fire-department-firefighters-amid-budget-issues-firemens-association-local-471/18046783/

NBC5
— Police, firefighters in suburban Harvey furloughed as city faces ‘severe financial emergency’  At least one of Harvey’s three fire stations will close temporarily as part of the furloughs, the fire department told NBC Chicago.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/police-firefighters-in-suburban-harvey-furloughed-as-city-faces-severe-financial-emergency/3841233/

CBS2
— Broadview village board meeting ends early after disruptions from protesters over limitations
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/broadview-meeting-ends-early-after-disruptions/

WGN9
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/town-hall-educates-chicagoans-on-their-rights-during-ice-encounters/

FOX32
— ISU teacher’s assistant flips Turning Point USA table, tears down flyers: ‘Jesus did it’
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-state-university-charlie-kirk

DAILY HERALD
— DD: Under the Democrats, poverty and crime ever-increasingly increase.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251021/editorials/taking-the-lead-lawmakers-foundations-secure-funding-to-combat-hunger/

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Illinois State University teaching assistant arrested in Turning Point event disruption
https://pantagraph.com/news/local/crime-courts/article_5a38239b-b3ba-4a55-aafd-c184d8e1069e.html

WAND TV
— Supreme Court will consider whether people who regularly smoke pot can legally own guns. DD: Pot drags you down. If I had used pot, I would not have been able to a) earn a bachelor’s degree, b) earn three master’s degrees, c) earn six professional certifications, or d) earn a professional license.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/supreme-court-will-consider-whether-people-who-regularly-smoke-pot-can-legally-own-guns/article_af47369a-ebc8-56a2-826c-b37827301546.html

25 NEWS NOW
— ISU graduate teaching assistant relieved of duties for allegedly vandalizing Turning Point display
https://www.25newsnow.com/2025/10/20/isu-graduate-teaching-assistant-relieved-duties-after-arrest-alleged-criminal-damage-property/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— GOP governor’s race heats up
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/10/21/gop-governors-race-heats-up-00616227
(FROM THE ARTICLE: JOINING THE FRAY: Rick Heidner, a real estate developer and founder of Gold Rush Gaming, is running for governor as a Republican. We hear he just plugged $1 million into his campaign and is gathering petition signatures. Homer Glen Mayor Christina Neitzke-Troike is his lieutenant governor running mate. Heidner, of Barrington Hills, joins a competitive GOP primary contest that includes former state Sen. Darren Bailey, conservative activist Ted Dabrowski and DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick and a few other, lesser-known folks. It’s a contest rife with tension. There’s a feud brewing between the Dabrowski and Bailey camps, and GOP political consultant Jeanne Ives is at the center of the controversy. Ives is endorsing Dabrowski — even though she backed Bailey in 2022. She’s also been accused of trying to discredit Bailey by being part of an effort to leak a confidential human resources document from Bailey’s 2022 campaign about a disagreement with then-campaign staffer Brett Corrigan, who was 17 at the time. The document never amounted to anything, but Tom DeVore, a Republican operative who is staying neutral in 2026, called it “nasty politics,” via social media. Bailey is seen as a front-runner because of his name recognition across the state. Ives denies trying to discredit anyone, and Dabrowski’s camp didn’t comment. Bailey spokesman Jose Durbin, said, “While Darren Bailey and Aaron Del Mar are focused on beating the Democrats, it’s unfortunate Jeannie Ives is once again reprising her role as the Democrats’ favorite ‘Republican,’” according to a statement. And Corrigan, who has since gone on to host three Illinois political events with President Donald Trump’s family members, is now chairing Heidner’s campaign for governor. “Rick is a true outsider — not a career politician — who’s ready to save Illinois, fight for our values and be a trusted ally to President Trump,” Corrigan said.)

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/21/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-615/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Dombrowski Leads Bailey by Twenty Percentage Points in Cook County GOP Dinner Straw Poll, Tracy Ahead of Goodman by Thirty Points. DD: I organized some big straw polls in the 2000s. I should write about those candidates who did poorly in those straw polls and who continue to blame me for that.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/20/dombrowski-leads-bailey-by-twenty-percentage-points-in-cook-county-gop-dinner-straw-poll-tracy-ahead-of-goodman-by-thirty-points/
— Crystal Lake Park Board Votes to Tax to the Max
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/20/crystal-lake-park-board-votes-to-tax-to-the-max/
— A Critic of No Kings Demonstrations
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/20/a-critic-of-no-kings-demonstration/
— DeWitte Reports on What Dems Are Up To in Springfield Veto Session
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/20/dewitte-reports-on-what-dems-are-up-to-in-springfield-veto-session/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois SNAP errors could cost taxpayers up to $700 million in penalties
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-snap-errors-could-cost-taxpayers-up-to-700-million-in-penalties/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

NEW YORK POST
— Illinois State University graduate student who flipped TPUSA table fired from teaching assistant position
https://nypost.com/2025/10/20/us-news/illinois-state-university-graduate-student-who-flipped-tpusa-table-fired-from-teaching-assistant-position/

AMERIAN THINKER
— Woke ideology splits the Anglican Church
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/10/woke_ideology_splits_the_anglican_church.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— ‘Woke’ Bible storybook for kids touted as: ‘antidote to Christian white supremacy’
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/10/20/woke-bible-storybook-for-kids-touted-as-antidote-to-christian-white-supremacy-1593877/

BLAZE
— Teacher’s assistant arrested in connection with Turning Point USA attack ahead of Alex Stein event at Illinois State University
https://www.theblaze.com/news/illinois-state-university-teachers-assistant-arrested-for-turning-point-usa-attack-ahead-of-alex-stein-event

BREITBART
— Chicago-Area Judge Rules ICE Can Be Arrested at Courthouses
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/10/20/chicago-area-judge-rules-ice-agents-can-be-arrested-at-courthouses/amp/
— Speaker Johnson on Leftists Protests: If Trump Were a King, the Government Would Be Opened Right Now
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/20/speaker-johnson-on-leftists-protests-if-trump-were-a-king-the-government-would-be-opened-right-now/
— Advisory Firm Urges Tesla Shareholders to Reject Elon Musk’s $1 Trillion Pay Package
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2025/10/20/advisory-firm-urges-tesla-shareholders-to-reject-elon-musks-1-trillion-pay-package/
— Number of Illegals Seeking FHA Mortgages Plummets Thanks to Trump Reforms
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/20/number-migrants-seeking-fha-mortgages-plummets-thanks-trump-reforms/amp/

COLLEGE FIX
— Saturday’s ‘No Kings’ rallies: Educators mock Kirk assassination, call for ICE agents to be shot
https://www.thecollegefix.com/saturdays-no-kings-rallies-educators-mock-kirk-assassination-call-for-ice-agents-to-be-shot/
— Outrageous use of worker visas to fill Yale, Dartmouth DEI jobs
https://www.thecollegefix.com/senator-calls-out-outrageous-use-of-worker-visas-to-fill-yale-dartmouth-dei-jobs/
— Illinois State U. faculty member fired after flipping Turning Point table, saying ‘Jesus did it’
https://www.thecollegefix.com/illinois-state-u-faculty-member-fired-after-flipping-turning-point-table-saying-jesus-did-it/

DAILY CALLER
— DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, using Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of their Republican employees was their top priority.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/20/trumps-war-on-illegal-dei-leaves-diversity-industry-in-ruins-data-show/

FEDERALIST
— Criminal Illegal Alien Who Ran Des Moines Schools Registered As Maryland Voter
https://thefederalist.com/2025/10/20/criminal-illegal-alien-who-ran-des-moines-schools-registered-as-maryland-voter/

FOX NEWS
— Chicago ‘No Kings’ protesters bash Trump piñata. “No Kings” protesters were filmed bashing a piñata resembling President Donald Trump outside an ICE facility near Chicago this week.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6383426367112
— University fires Turning Point USA table flipper from teaching assistant role after campus outburst. Derek Lopez faces disorderly conduct and criminal damage charges after flipping Turning Point USA’s table.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/university-fires-turning-point-usa-table-flipper-from-teaching-assistant-role-after-campus-outburst
— Social media erupts over ‘deranged’ teacher mocking Charlie Kirk’s death in ‘No Kings’ viral video. A Chicago teacher faces calls to be fired after a viral video showed her mocking Charlie Kirk’s assassination at an anti-Trump protest over the weekend.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/social-media-erupts-over-deranged-teacher-mocking-charlie-kirks-death-in-no-kings-viral-video
— Trump admin on pace to shatter deportation record by end of first year: ‘Just the beginning’  Since Trump’s return to the Oval Office on Jan 20, the administration has deported over 515,000 illegal aliens.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-admin-on-pace-shatter-deportation-record-end-first-year-just-the-beginning
— Karen Bass ‘ignored’ the Supremacy Clause when she made Los Angeles a sanctuary city
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6383445108112

LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— TikTok Plot Exposed as Illegal Alien Offers $10,000 for Each ICE Agent Killed
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/illegal-alien-from-mexico-arrested-for-soliciting-death-against-ice-agents-in-dallas-authorities-say

NATIONAL REVIEW
— DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, using Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of their Republican employees was their top priority.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/10/as-dei-dies-corporate-america-faces-serious-risk/

NEW AMERICAN
— Another Illegal Alien Arrested for Soliciting Murder of ICE Agents
https://thenewamerican.com/us/immigration/another-illegal-alien-arrested-for-soliciting-murder-of-ice-agents/

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Forget ‘Obama Phones’ – Now Illegals Can Get Their Own Newsom Phone Discounts
https://www.westernjournal.com/forget-obama-phones-now-illegals-can-get-newsom-phone-discounts/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— FAA says air traffic controller staffing issues cause delays amid shutdown
https://www.wcia.com/news/national/faa-says-air-traffic-controller-staffing-issues-cause-delays-amid-shutdown/

NEWSWEEK
— DHS Arrests More Than 480K Illegal Immigrants in 9 Months
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/dhs-arrests-illegals/2025/10/20/id/1231153/

MSNBC
— DD: Trump takes adverse actions against his political critics/opponents. I have never done that. Should I start doing that? My critics/opponents falsely argue that my including a link in a GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter to an article that they do not like is taking an adverse action against them. My critics/opponents destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who f) who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have had their operative and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-doj-comey-james-bolton-indictments-rcna238195

NBC NEWS
— DD: What do you say to those who you have helped, but who have not come to your defense when you have been attacked? Should I write about Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who I have helped elect, but who did not come to my defense when I was attacked? I would focus on those who did not come to my defense when my critics/opponents had their operatives and dupes a) end my membership of the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee, b) end my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks, c) end my chairmanship of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, d) end my service as the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster twice, and e) end my membership on the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/jd-vance/vance-young-republicans-racism-lives-ruined-rcna237838

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: A Squalid Chicago Building, a Tip to the Feds, and Then ‘Straight-Up Chaos’  An immigration raid on an apartment building in Chicago followed years of problems with crime, and neglect by landlords. It swept up dozens of U.S. citizens who were detained in the middle of the night.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/us/chicago-south-shores-border-patrol-raid.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly ridicule Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/opinion/no-kings-protest-chicago-tactical-frivolity.html
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote Chinese students over American students.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/opinion/chinese-students-universities-trump.html

WASHINGTON POST
–DD: Democrat leaders want you to pay for their illegals’ healthcare
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/10/20/undocumented-immigrant-health-care-shutdown/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Trump loyalist, OMB Director Russ Vought, has picked up where Musk left off with slashing federal workforce. DD: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE.
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2025-10-10/russ-vought-trump-budget-director-federal-workforce-cuts
— DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, using Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of their Republican employees was their top priority.
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-10-20/think-landing-a-job-is-hard-try-having-dei-on-your-resume

BOSTON HERALD
— Massachusetts gives $155 million bond to private college, as campus president slams Trump for ‘attacks’ on DEI
https://www.bostonherald.com/2025/10/20/massachusetts-gives-155-million-bond-to-private-college-as-campus-president-slams-trump-for-attacks-on-dei/amp/

USA TODAY
— FDA’s abortion pill approval is reckless decision that will harm women and babies
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2025/10/14/fda-abortion-pill-mifepristone-generic-drug/86565930007/
— US passport weakens to record low as global mobility shifts. DD: I have absolutely no desire to visit a foreign country.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/2025/10/15/us-passport-index-historic-low/86711671007/
— Student loan forgiveness quietly resumes for some Americans. DD: What present of those who took out student loans had no intention of paying those loans off?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2025/10/16/student-loan-forgiveness-quietly-resumes/86729927007/

INDIANA STUDENT DAILY
— Gov. Mike Braun to speak at Turning Point USA event Tuesday at IU Auditorium. The event, headlined by conservative political commentator Tucker Carlson, is slated to begin at 6:30 p.m. DD: What Charlie Kirk events have been held and are scheduled in your county, township, municipality, and school district? If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, the organization would have held a Charlie Kirk event by now.
https://www.idsnews.com/article/2025/10/governor-mike-braun-turning-point-usa-iu-bloomington

TELEGRAPH HERALD
— Lasting peace requires accepting Israel’s right to exist. DD: According to my critics/opponents, I have no right to exist as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor and I had no right to exist as a) a member of the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee, b) as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks, c) as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, d) as a Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster, e) as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, or f) as a GAO employee.
https://www.telegraphherald.com/news/opinion/article_8a82b4a2-d8cf-4507-b1c2-320586b254e9.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Whistles Have Become Chicago’s Surprising Act of Protest. Residents angry with immigration crackdown air dissent—and warnings—with devices typically favored by athletic coaches. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/chicago-ice-protests-whistles-14c3968b
— Chicago’s Union Boss Gets a Promotion. Stacy Davis Gates will bring her educational failures to Springfield.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/stacy-davis-gates-chicago-teachers-union-illinois-federation-of-teachers-schools-education-73d8f3bb
— Biased Media Needs a Complete Culture Change. Bari Weiss at CBS and Jeff Bezos at the Washington Post are trying, but they’re sure to meet resistance.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/biased-media-needs-a-complete-culture-change-af68fd86
— DD: For Democrat leaders, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trumps-university-compact-would-make-america-mediocre-ec026326
— Mamdani and the Democrats. The socialist insurgency will keep growing unless the party center stops it.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/zohran-mamdani-democratic-party-socialists-new-york-city-mayor-25351711

PUNCHBOWL NEWS
— Dems’ new Illinois redistricting plan targets LaHood
https://punchbowl.news/article/campaigns/dems-target-lahood/

GOOGLE AI
— Help elect candidates. DD: Sadly, there are many reasons to not help elect candidates. I should write about that. I would focus on Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000. I would focus on those who lost elections or won by smaller margins than they expected. I would focus on those who I did the most to help elect. I would focus on those who have blamed me the most for their defeats. I would focus on those who ran as conservatives, who won, but who then failed/refused to defend/advance planks in the Republican Party platform. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.google.com/search?q=help+elect+candidates

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

INDEPENDENT
— Only one news outlet (One America News) has signed on to Hegseth’s media loyalty oath — even Trump-favoring Fox News is boycotting it. DD: My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who f) who refuse to give them money. They have taken many big adverse actions against me. They want to stop me from sending out my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Failing that, they want stop everyone from reading my newsletters. Failing that, they want me to get their specific permission for articles before I include links to those articles in my newsletters. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/newsmax-rejects-pentagon-press-rules-b2844673.html

October 20, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DHS Secretary Kristi Noem accuses Gov. JB Pritzker and media of ‘trying to demonize’ immigration officers
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/20/kristi-noem-pritzker-demonizing-immigration-officers/
— Immigration officials tell federal judge aggressive street tactics were response to agents being in danger
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/20/federal-judge-question-ice-immigration-officials/
— Whistles take over Chicago as the small, inexpensive device becomes popular way to alert of ICE activity
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/20/whistles-chicago-ice/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Some Mexican immigrants are making plans to leave Chicago before ICE deports them. A workshop that helps Chicago-area immigrants navigate the bureaucracy and the stress of returning to Mexico is in high demand.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/20/some-mexican-immigrants-are-making-plans-to-leave-chicago-before-ice-deports-them

DAILY HERALD
— 3 men accused of planning to impersonate police officers at protests
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251020/crime/3-men-accused-of-planning-to-impersonate-police-officers-at-protests/
— Lake County bans use of its properties for staging areas and other immigration enforcement activities
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251020/news/lake-county-bans-use-of-its-properties-for-staging-areas-and-other-immigration-enforcement-activitie/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Former longtime Illinois GOP leader asking near $7M for lakefront New Buffalo home
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-real-estate/new-buffalo-lakefront-home-lee-daniels-hits-market

ABC7
— Chicago restaurants hurting as patrons, workers stay home due to immigration enforcement fears
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-news-fears-agents-raids-impacting-restaurants-like-el-mexico-de-belmont-cragin/18046709/

NBC5
— CTU President Stacy Davis Gates tabbed to lead state teachers union. Davis Gates was unanimously elected as the next leader of the Illinois Federation of Teachers.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/ctu-president-stacy-davis-gates-tabbed-to-lead-state-teachers-union/3841027/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois House Republican Leader Tony McCombie said the leadership change is “bad news for Illinois students.” McCombie released a statement, saying in part: “Gates is a left-wing radical who runs Local 1 like a corrupt political machine instead of a force for student achievement and educational excellence.”)
— Illinois men conspired to impersonate police during ‘No Kings’ protests. The men allegedly planned to attend multiple protests while impersonating peace officers, according to authorities.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-men-conspired-to-impersonate-police-during-no-kings-protests/3840965/

WGN9
— 3 suburban men charged with impersonating police while heading to political protests
https://wgntv.com/news/dupage-county/3-men-charged-with-impersonating-police/

FOX32
— Students claim Northwestern antisemitism training mandate violates civil rights in lawsuit
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/northwestern-antisemitism-training-lawsuit
— Illinois trio conspired to impersonate law enforcement during ‘No Kings’ protests, prosecutors say
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-trio-conspired-impersonate-law-enforcement-no-kings-protests
— Federal workers stay home as shutdown drags on and both sides dig in
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1726838

WGN RADIO
— Should regular users of marijuana be allowed to own a gun?
https://wgnradio.com/john-williams/newsclick/the-john-williams-newsclick-should-regular-users-of-marijuana-be-allowed-to-own-a-gun/#/questions

WBEZ
— Some Mexican immigrants are making plans to leave Chicago before ICE deports them. A workshop that helps Chicago-area immigrants navigate the bureaucracy and the stress of returning to Mexico is in high demand.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/10/20/some-mexican-immigrants-are-making-plans-to-leave-chicago-before-ice-deports-them
— University of Illinois Chicago drops race, gender as factors in financial aid and faculty hiring. Some faculty see the changes as “voluntary capitulation” to the Trump administration. UIC leaders say they align with “current legal standards” and new University of Illinois System policy.
https://www.wbez.org/education/2025/10/20/university-illinois-chicago-drops-race-gender-factors-in-faculty-hiring-financial-aid-scholarships

JOURNAL COURIER
— Arab American history would be required in Illinois schools under proposed bill
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/llinois-arab-american-history-schools-bill-21110023.php

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/20/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-406/
— All heck breaks loose on Illinois’ far right after ‘leaked’ document ignites firestorm
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/20/all-heck-breaks-loose-on-illinois-far-right-after-leaked-document-ignites-firestorm/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

DON TRACY
— Democrats Fear Backlash from Far-Left Groups Instead of Opening Government for Service Members, Farmers, and Working Families
https://mailchi.mp/aa7211ba842d/democrats-fear-backlash-from-far-left-groups-instead-of-opening-government-for-service-members-farmers-and-working-families

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Major Donors Pressure Ted Dabrowski to Fire Jeanne Ives After Leak of Opponent’s Internal 2022 Campaign Document
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/major-donors-pressure-ted-dabrowski-to-fire-jeanne-ives-after-leak-of-opponents-internal-2022-campaign-document.html

ILLINOIS GOP
— Brad Schneider Stands with Protestors Calling for Trump’s Assassination
https://illinois.gop/brad-schneider-stands-with-protestors-calling-for-trumps-assassination/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Far too many of my critics/opponents are not merely RINOs, they are Democrat plants. I should write about them. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout and who had their operatives and their dupes a) destroy the Illinois Center Right Coalition, b) destroy TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, and c) take many big adverse actions against me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— The Chicago Chapter of the Association of Government Accountants is at risk of closure.  I spent a lots time serving as it Treasurer 1983-1986 and as its Membership Director 1986-1996. None of its members came to my defense when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Congressional leaders admit shutdown won’t end anytime soon
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/20/congressional-leaders-admit-shutdown-wont-end-anytime-soon/
— Illinois police department failed miserably with hire of illegal Radule Bojovic. The fox has been allowed into the henhouse.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/20/illinois-police-department-failed-miserably-hire-illegal-radule/
— ‘No Kings’ demonstrations expose the left’s ignorance and hypocrisy. With voters rejecting their policies, Democrats turn to street theater instead of offering solutions.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/20/no-kings-demonstrations-expose-lefts-ignorance-hypocrisy/

NEW YORK POST
— Chicago elementary teacher mocks Charlie Kirk’s assassination with vile gun gesture at No Kings protest
https://nypost.com/2025/10/20/us-news/chicago-elementary-teacher-mocks-charlie-kirks-assassination-at-no-kings-protest/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Selective empathy: When women’s rights are only for the privileged
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/10/selective_empathy_when_women_s_rights_are_only_for_the_privileged.html

BREITBART
— Trump’s DHS Arrests More than 480,000 Illegals in 9 Months; 7 in 10 Are Criminally Convicted or Charged
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/20/dhs-arrests-more-than-480000-illegals-9-months-7-in-10-are-criminally-convicted-charged/

DAILY SIGNAL
— DHS Closing in on Half-Million Arrests of Criminal Illegal Aliens
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/10/20/dhs-closing-half-million-arrests-criminal-illegal-aliens/

FEDERALIST
— Western Culture Isn’t Feminized, It’s Transgender
https://thefederalist.com/2025/10/20/western-culture-isnt-feminized-its-transgender/

NEWSMAX
— Newsom Picks New Fight With Trump Over Shutdown
https://www.newsmax.com/us/gov-gavin-newsom-press-releases-trump/2025/10/20/id/1231116/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Whistles Have Become Chicago’s Surprising Act of Protest. Residents angry with immigration crackdown air dissent—and warnings—with devices typically favored by athletic coaches.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/chicago-ice-protests-whistles-14c3968b
— Bible Sales Surged Following Killing of Charlie Kirk. A 36% jump in September, compared with a year earlier, indicates a religious revival for some in the U.S.
https://www.wsj.com/business/media/bible-sales-surged-following-killing-of-charlie-kirk-7da17aec