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October 19, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— George Santos blasts critics in first interview since release from prison
https://abc7chicago.com/post/former-ny-rep-george-santos-blasts-critics-first-interview-release-federal-prison/18039315/

NBC5
— Secret Service discovers hunting stand with direct sight line to Trump’s Air Force One exit in Florida. The FBI is now leading an investigation following the discovery near the Palm Beach International Airport.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/secret-service-discovers-hunting-stand-direct-sight-line-trumps-air-force-one-exit-florida/3840619/

CBS2
— 2 federal immigration agents attacked while making arrest in Bolingbrook, Illinois
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/immigration-agents-attacked-bolingbrook-arrest/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— The Obama Presidential Center promises to be a very un-Chicago building
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/19/column-barack-obama-presidential-center-chicago-keegan/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blast Hegseth.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/19/hegseth-pentagon-press-rules-clarence-page/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blast Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/19/opinion-donald-trump-truth-facts-students/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/17/column-venezuela-argentina-donald-trump-shackelford/
— DD: If you are having trouble getting a good job, Democrat leaders blame Trump. I did the following to get better paying jobs: a) I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) I earned three job-related master’s degrees, c) I earned six job-related professional certification, and d) I earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/19/americans-job-market-ap-norc-poll/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/10/19/no-kings-protest-chicago-politics-donald-trump

DAILY HERALD
— ICE agents search for detainee through Mount Prospect neighborhood
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251019/news/ice-agents-search-for-detainee-through-mount-prospect-neighborhood/
— Shutdown impact: What it means for workers, federal programs and the economy. DD: During the 1980s and 1990s, Gingrich used budget cuts to gut GAO. The agency shrank from more than 6,000 employees to less than 3,000. My Democrat GAO superiors were furious. They took their fury out on me. They forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS. They delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13. They kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. They always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. They forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. They flushed down their toilets what I had learned working for IRS for almost 9 years and earning three job related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251018/nation-and-world-politics/shutdown-impact-what-it-means-for-workers-federal-programs-and-the-economy/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The administration is also trying to fire thousands of federal workers in agencies that don’t align with its priorities. Republican leaders in Congress have said that’s part of the fallout from a shutdown. Past presidents, however, did not use shutdowns to engage in mass firings. The Republican administration has announced one reduction in force affecting 4,100 workers, with the biggest cuts happening at the departments of Treasury, Health and Human Services, Education and Housing and Urban Development. White House budget chief Russ Vought said in an interview on “The Charlie Kirk Show” that many more are planned. “I think we’ll probably end up being north of 10,000,” Vought said. “We want to be very aggressive where we can be in shuttering the bureaucracy,” Vought said. “Not just the funding, but the bureaucracy, that we now have an opportunity to do that.”)

SOUTHERN
— Speaker of the House Mike Johnson defended labeling this weekend’s “No Kings” rallies opposing President Donald Trump as “hate America” rallies, arguing that he was not referring to Democrats themselves but the message of the protesters.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/10/19/johnson-defends-calling-anti-trump-protests-hate-america-rallies/

WAND TV
— Trump calls Colombian President Petro an ‘illegal drug dealer’ and announces an end to US aid to the country
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/trump-calls-colombian-president-petro-an-illegal-drug-dealer-and-announces-an-end-to-us/article_5406e3cc-7fd9-5efe-829c-ab26eac0c7c8.html

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— We The People, McHenry County, Urges Contact with County Board Members to Remind Them of the Promise to Cut Property Tax Levy in Exchange for Voting for Mental Health Sales Tax
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/19/we-the-people-mchenry-county-urges-contact-with-county-board-members-to-remind-them-of-the-promise-to-cut-property-tax-levy-in-exchange-for-voting-for-mental-health-sales-tax/
— Good Thing I Wasn’t in Pennsylvania in 1955
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/19/good-think-i-wasnt-in-pennsylvania-in-1955/
— New York Post Covers Couple’s Death on Route 14 in Harvard
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/18/new-york-post-covers-couples-death-on-route-14-in-harvard/
— Don Tracy Reports $2 Million in Bank for U.S. Senate Run
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/18/don-tracy-reports-2-million-in-bank-for-u-s-senate-run/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— If Trump had been elected earlier, how would that have impacted you? Hopefully for me, if Trump had been President: a) in 1968 and 1969, my Democrat Post Office superiors would not have disallowed my sick leave requests or forced me to resign in 1969, b) in 1971, EEOC would not have forced Oldsmobile to stop hiring Whites to settle a complaint, c) in 1974, my Democrat IRS superiors would not have disallowed my travel requests, d) in 1978, my Democrat IRS superiors would not have disallowed my education expenses, e) by in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS, f) starting in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors would always have assigned me to audits of IRS, g) by 1988, my GAO superiors would have promoted me to their Senior Executive Service, h) by 1997, Gingrich would have reformed GAO instead of gutting it, and i) in 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have forced me to retire. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— How has EEOC impacted you? EEOC has always existed to give more preference to Democrat employees who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Ever since I was 22 years old in 1971, EEOC has had a tremendous impact on me. Back then, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted because it had agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. My Firestone Store boss rudely fired me because I had accepted that offer. Because I had to have a job, I accepted a job offer from IRS. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Bolingbrook Police Refuse to Arrest Attackers Who Beat Federal Agents
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/bolingbrook-police-refuse-to-arrest-attackers-who-beat-federal-agents.html
— Norine Hammond Betrays Conservatives – Backed Pritzker’s Law Letting Non-Citizens Serve as Police Officers
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/norine-hammond-betrays-conservatives-backed-pritzkers-law-letting-non-citizens-serve-as-police-officers.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Speaker Johnson rips ‘No Kings’ rallies: if Trump were a king, things would be different
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/19/speaker-johnson-rips-no-kings-rallies-trump-king-things-would/
— House Speaker Mike Johnson on Trump’s commutation of Santos’ sentence: ‘We believe in redemption’
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/19/mike-johnson-house-speaker-trumps-commutation-santos-sentence-believe/
— How Trump rewrote the government shutdown playbook
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/18/trump-rewrote-government-shutdown-playbook/
— Democrats are driven by rage and resentment. It’s no longer about right and left, but adults and children.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/19/democrats-driven-rage-resentment/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— More evidence marijuana liberalization is a mistake. DD: I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton in 2019.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/3854932/more-evidence-marijuana-liberalization-a-mistake/

NEW YORK POST
— Secret Service investigating possible sniper’s nest with sight line to Trump Air Force One arrival near Palm Beach airport
https://nypost.com/2025/10/19/us-news/secret-service-investigating-possible-snipers-nest-with-sight-line-to-trump-air-force-one-arrival-near-palm-beach-airport/

BREITBART
— Illinois State University Teaching Assistant Derek Lopez Arrested for Destroying Turning Point USA Display
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2025/10/19/police-illinois-state-u-teaching-assistant-derek-lopez-arrested-for-destroying-turning-point-usa-display/

DAILY CALLER
— Controversial Left-Wing Chicago Teachers Union President Elected To Higher Position
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/19/chicago-teachers-union-president-stacy-davis-gates-elected-illinois-federation/

FOX NEWS
— Progressive publishers launch children’s Bible stories with social justice, diversity themes. DD: According to Democrat leaders, Jesus is a liberal Democrat who hates those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/progressive-publishers-launch-childrens-bible-stories-social-justice-diversity-themes.amp
— Illinois State University teacher’s assistant flips Turning Point USA table, tears down flyers: ‘Jesus did it’ Derek Lopez, Illinois State University teaching assistant, faces disorderly conduct and criminal damage to property charges after tossing the table.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/illinois-state-university-teachers-assistant-flips-turning-point-usa-table-tears-down-flyers-jesus-did-it

POST MILLENNIAL
— DD: The Democrat Party exists to promote more hatred against Trump and against the 77 million who voted for Trump.
https://thepostmillennial.com/canadian-ag-hopes-people-who-willfully-promote-hatred-on-social-media-will-face-criminal-penalty

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Trump on protests: ‘I’m not a king’
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5562619-trump-no-kings-protest/
— DD: How has EEOC impacted you? EEOC has always existed to give more preference to Democrat employees who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Ever since I was 22 years old in 1971, EEOC has had a tremendous impact on me. Back then, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted because it had agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. My Firestone Store boss rudely fired me because I had accepted that offer. Because I had to have a job, I accepted a job offer from IRS.
https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/5560748-eeoc-rejects-disparate-impact-claims/amp/

CBS NEWS
— Trump calls Colombia’s president an “illegal drug leader” and orders an end to U.S. aid
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-colombia-president-illegal-drug-leader-end-aid/
— Secret Service found a “suspicious stand” near Florida airport used by Trump
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/secret-service-suspicious-stand-florida-trump-fbi/

NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: The Democrat Party exists to promote more hatred against Trump and against the 77 million who voted for Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/us/politics/democratic-campaign-ads-trump.html
— DD: My critics/opponents are woke, that is, they blame those who are following for their problems: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, have more money than they do, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000010453273/the-right-has-gone-woke.html

DALLAS EXPRESS
— Cruz Blasts Chicago Head Tax Proposal As “A Penalty for Creating a Job”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/senator-ted-cruz-blasts-chicago-170026301.html

MERCURY
— Democrat governance is ruining America’s cities
https://www.pottsmerc.com/2025/10/19/jerry-shenk-governance-by-democrat-is-ruining-americas-cities/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Republicans Target Democrats Over Transgender Policies in This Year’s Races. DD: LGBTQ advocates have had their operatives and their dupes take many big adverse actions against me.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/republicans-target-democrats-over-transgender-policies-in-this-years-races-13877b23

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

UNITED NATIONS
— DD: The Democrat Party exists to promote more hatred against Trump and against the 77 million who voted for Trump.
https://www.un.org/en/observances/countering-hate-speech
https://press.un.org/en/2021/sgsm20942.doc.htm

October 19, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/19/trump-language-opponents-illinois/
— DD: Under the Democrats, sooner or later, everyone will be a) receiving welfare and/or b) handing out welfare.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/18/nearly-2-million-illinois-residents-will-lose-snap-benefits-next-month-if-federal-shutdown-continues-officials-warn/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republican for air pollution.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/18/englewood-air-quality-trump/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their criminals and their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/17/column-what-aurora-area-residents-can-do-to-help-those-impacted-by-federal-immigration-crackdown/

SHAW LOCAL
— DD: Democrat leaders promote their No Kings protests in DuPage County. I watched the protest along with Louis Rathje from the parking lot of his building at Roosevelt and Naperville in Wheaton.
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/2025/10/18/thousands-turn-out-for-no-kings-day-protests-across-dupage-county/

CHICAGO CRUSADER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://chicagocrusader.com/dick-durbin-debunks-republican-falsehoods-on-ice/

OUR QUAD CITIES
— DD: Because of Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, because of race and gender based preference giving, that is, because of political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination, Whites and men are ever-increasingly falling behind minorities and females. All my coworkers who were minority and/or female 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.
https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/local-news/qca-group-dedicated-to-uplifting-women-girls-awarded-6500/

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

AMERICAN THINKER
— DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. To win, Democrat leaders have brough in many millions of illegals to serve as soldiers in their Democrat Army. Aside from being in America illegally, soldiers in the Democrat Army are minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Many have severe health, financial, and/or other problems. Many lack education and/or job skills. Many want, need, demand massive government assistance.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/10/sorry_democrats_no_civil_war_is_coming.html

DAILY SIGNAL
— Assimilation: The Key to National Multicultural Success. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders reject assimilation.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/10/17/immigrants-should-assimilate-not-change-the-constitution/

EPOCH TIMES
— Antifa’s Communist Roots, Violent Tactics, and Terror Designation
https://lists.theepochtimes.com/archive/icVJ8Yumf/RontmvJPy/1tiNbjq0PdJ

FOX NEWS
— Nationwide ‘No Kings’ protests target Trump as crowds rally in cities from coast to coast
https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/anti-trump-no-kings-protests-october-18-2025
— Why SCOTUS must affirm Trump’s birthright citizenship order. Administration seeks rare review before appellate decisions on executive order signed January 20.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/mike-davis-why-scotus-must-affirm-trumps-birthright-citizenship-order.amp

JONATHAN TURLEY
— “Jesus Did It”: Illinois State University Teacher’s Assistant Arrested After Trashing TPUSA Table
https://jonathanturley.org/2025/10/19/jesus-did-it-illinois-state-university-teachers-assistant-arrested-after-trashing-tpusa-table/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Academia is a sinking ship, and the Trump administration is actually trying to intervene and rescue it.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/10/academia-is-a-sinking-ship-and-the-trump-administration-is-actually-trying-to-intervene-and-rescue-it/

PJ MEDIA
— Minneapolis School Has Segregated Classes
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/10/18/minneapolis-school-accused-of-having-segregated-classes-n4945005

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CNBC
— Most Americans want to be financially independent—here’s how much money it will take
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/01/23/how-much-money-americans-need-to-earn-to-be-financially-independent.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Americans say they’d need to earn about $94,000 a year on average to feel financially independent. That’s about $20,000 more than the median household income of $74,580.)

NEWSWEEK
— Average Marriage Age In Each State. In Illinois, it is 31 for men and it is 29.6 for women. DD: I did not get married until I was 29 in 1978. By then, I had worked for IRS for almost 7 years. My salary was $108,978/year in today’s dollars. I owned a one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building. I rented out a town home in University Park that I had owned since 1972. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. I was taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul. I owned a 1972 Corvette and a 1962 Chevrolet Bel Air. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/documents/
https://www.newsweek.com/map-reveals-average-age-people-get-married-in-each-state-10894436

NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Islam.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/opinion/zohran-mamdani-muslim-america-new-york.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their criminals and their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/opinion/mensa-ice-raids-chicago-black-citizens.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in making America dependent on their illegals, that is, they ever-increasingly crow about their success in destroying America..
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-10-19/trumps-immigration-crackdown-weighs-heavy-on-the-us-labor-market

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being overpaid. When I was 49 years old in 1997, my salary was $153,151/year in today’s dollars. In my defense, I had three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job related professional license.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/job-market-overpaid-salary-9eeabbaa

FORBES
— Asked About ‘Boots,’ The Pentagon Cites Netflix ‘Woke Garbage’
https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2025/10/18/asked-about-boots-the-pentagon-cites-netflix-woke-garbage/

BUSINESS INSIDER
— They were living paycheck to paycheck. Then the checks stopped coming. DD: Federal employees have always been viciously demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being grossly overpaid. My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government complained that they were underpaid. During the almost 30 years that I worked for the federal government, my salary increased from $19.37/hour to $153,151/year in today’s dollars. But it would not have if I had not a) earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) earned three job-related master’s degrees, c) earned six job-related professional licenses, and d) earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.businessinsider.com/federal-workers-wallets-paycheck-to-paycheck-government-shutdown-2025-10

NPR
— DD: Democrat leaders promote their No Kings protests.
https://www.npr.org/2025/10/19/nx-s1-5579042/no-kings-protests-takeaways

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

BUSINESS STANDARD
— DD: Democrat leaders promote their No Kings protests.
https://www.tbsnews.net/worldbiz/usa/whats-driving-massive-no-kings-protests-against-trumps-presidency-1264136

SOCIALIST ALTERNATIVE
— DD: Socialists ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.socialistalternative.org/2025/10/18/defend-trans-rights/

SOCIALIST WORKER
— DD: Socialists ever-increasingly shout at women that men cause all their problems.
https://socialistworker.co.uk/teach-yourself-marxism/do-we-live-in-a-patriarchy/

CATHOLIC NEWS AGENCY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for the problems that people have.
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/267257/pope-leo-xiv-hails-roma-sinti-and-travellers-faith-amid-marginalization

NATIONAL CATHOLIC REPORTER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Tren de Aragua gang members.
https://www.globalsistersreport.org/columns/spirituality/listen-cries-marginalized-and-earth-transform-system

October 18, 2025 Evening Edition

October 18, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NBC5
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their No Kings protests.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/broadview-protests-continue-as-chicago-suburbs-prepare-for-no-kings-rallies/3840183/

CBS2
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their No Kings protests.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/no-kings-protest-planned-for-grant-park-in-chicago-on-saturday/

WBEZ
— DD: For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.wbez.org/say-more-with-mary-dixon-patrick-smith/2025/10/17/whats-needed-to-protect-free-speech-on-college-campuses

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their No Kings protests.
https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/politics/2025/10/17/what-is-trumps-approval-rating-in-illinois-ahead-of-no-kings-protests-near-me/86746374007/

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their No Kings protests.
https://pantagraph.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/article_f96150eb-16b8-460d-8560-bb26d884f3f7.html

STATELINE
— Illinois ranks third in U.S. for teen abortion rates
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kaPMM3K_W0

PADUCA SUN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their No Kings protests.
https://www.paducahsun.com/news/carbondale-police-emphasize-safety-at-no-kings-protest/article_c1a33182-8d43-5aba-be9a-aaef50b82503.html

SUBURBAN LIFE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their No Kings protests.
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/2025/10/17/demonstrators-set-for-saturdays-no-kings-rallies-throughout-dupage-county/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump administration says most federal layoffs aren’t blocked by court order. DD: If courts had blocked Gingrich from cutting GAO’s budgets, I might still be a GAO employee. The Democrats who run GAO used Gingrich budget cuts to get rid of their employees like me who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-10-17/trump-administration-says-most-federal-layoffs-arent-blocked-by-court-order

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their No Kings protests.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-no-kings-protests-against-trump-planned-nationwide-in-what-the-gop-calls-hate-america-rallies/

CITIES 92.9
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://www.cities929.com/2025/10/17/pritzker-looking-at-how-illinois-can-cover-looming-snap-funding-lapse/

ST. CHARLES PATCH
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their No Kings protests.
https://patch.com/illinois/stcharles-il/no-kings-protests-around-kane-county-saturday-what-know

INDIVISIBLE DUPAGE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their No Kings protest in DuPage County.
https://mailchi.mp/f5e572591291/springfield-is-on-a-roll-13370776

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What are you thankful for? Among the many things that I am thankful for is my not having been born later than I was. Democrat and RINO leaders have ever-increasingly used Affirmative Action and DEI to require more preference to be given to those who do not share my demographics, that is, Democrat and RINO leaders have ever-increasingly required more political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. UIC accepted me when I was 18 in 1966, NIU when I was 20, Loyola when I was 23, DePaul when I was 27, and IIT when I was 43, but I doubt that they would admit me if I was those ages today. The Post Office hired me when I was 18, Firestone Stores when I was 21, IRS when I was 22, and GAO when I was 31, but I doubt that they would hire me if I was those ages today. The aforesaid education and jobs enabled me to earn professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, but I doubt that I could earn those professional certifications if I was those ages today. The aforesaid education and jobs enabled me to become a licensed CPA when I was 32, but I doubt that I could become a licensed CPA if I was 32 today. The aforesaid education and jobs enabled me to buy new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, and 29, to buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, and 35, and to get married when I was 29, but I doubt that I could do the aforesaid if I was those ages today. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— DOGE IL DD: There would be no need for DOGE if Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it. If Gingrich had reformed GAO, I would have volunteered to help him. I was one of GAO’s extremely few Republican employees. I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year. I earned professional certifications in accounting in 1979, internal auditing in 1981, fraud examination in 1990, government financial management in 1994, financial services auditing in 1996, and forensic accounting in 1997. I became a licensed CPA in 1981. I earned master’s degrees in business in 1976, accounting in 1980, and finance in 1997. I would have shown Gingrich how my Democrat GAO superiors wasted my career because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran. I would have shown Gingrich that GAO took adverse actions against me because he cut GAO’s budgets, because I complained about their political Affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, and because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit in 1988 that charged them with the aforesaid.
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/doge-il

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Congress: No Commercial Driver’s Licenses for Illegal Immigrants
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/10/congress-no-commercial-drivers-licenses-for-illegal-immigrants/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— State Rep. Norine Hammond Accused of Abusing Campaign Funds Through “Non-Itemized” Self-Payments
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/state-rep-norine-hammond-accused-of-abusing-campaign-funds-through-non-itemized-self-payments.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, in a Fox News interview on Thursday, said the Democratic Party’s main constituency is “made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens and violent criminals.”
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/17/hakeem-jeffries-calls-karoline-leavitt-sick-comments-democrats/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— We don’t need racially segregated congressional districts. DD: The 3rd Congressional District in Illinois is racially segregated.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3852335/louisiana-segregated-congressional-districts-redistricting/
— Chicago and New York set up legal clash over where ICE can arrest illegal immigrants
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/3853316/chicago-new-york-set-up-legal-clash-over-where-ice-can-arrest-illegal-immigrants/

BREITBART
— Pentagon Slams Netflix’s Gay Teen Marine Series ‘Boots’ as ‘Woke Garbage’
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2025/10/17/pentagon-slams-netflixs-gay-teen-marine-series-boots-as-woke-garbage/

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Hanover Park, Ill., Responds to DHS Claims About Alleged Illegal Alien Cop. DD: All my employers would hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me if they could have.
https://cis.org/Arthur/Hanover-Park-Ill-Responds-DHS-Claims-About-Alleged-Illegal-Alien-Cop

DAILY CALLER
— ABC Slideshow Memorializing Notable People Who Died In 2025 Leaves Out Charlie Kirk. DD: The more that you despise/hate those who are the following, the more that you despise/hate Kirk: conservative, Republican, White, male, married, and/or Christian.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/17/abc-slideshow-notable-people-who-died-2025-charlie-kirk/

FOX NEWS
— ‘NO MESSAGE’: Dems slammed for ‘No Kings’ protests planned nationwide
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YB1UWH165kA
— A sign featuring coded language threatening President Donald Trump and equating his supporters with Nazis greeted guests to an event last week headlined by Michigan Democrat gubernatorial front-runner Jocelyn Benson and U.S. Senate candidate Mallory McMorrow. The sign, displayed by local Democrats, said “MAGA=NAZI” and “86 47.” The number “86” originated in restaurants to mean “cancel” or “throw out,” but in underworld slang it is frequently used as a call sign for murdering someone. The number “47” is commonly interpreted as denoting the 47th president of the United States, Trump. Recently, when Trump foe James Comey posted to social media a cryptic photo featuring “86 47,” it was taken seriously enough that Secret Service investigated the matter.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/democrats-unity-dinner-draws-backlash-over-anti-trump-86-47-sign-linking-maga-nazis

LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— How ICE Found an Illegal Immigrant Enforcing the Law in Illinois. DD: All my employers would hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me if they could have.
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/ice-arrests-illegal-alien-who-was-working-as-sworn-police-officer-in-illinois

PJ MEDIA
— NBC News Terminates Nearly 150 DEI Editorial Staffers from the Newsroom
https://pjmedia.com/bryan-s-jung/2025/10/17/leftist-advocates-panic-as-nbc-news-to-terminate-nearly-150-dei-editorial-staff-n4944914

TOWNHALL
— Transgenderism and LGBTQ Ideology Is in Decline on American College Campuses
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/dmitri-bolt/2025/10/17/transgenderism-declining-on-american-college-campuses-n2665081

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Pentagon Slams Netflix’s New Military Show as ‘Woke Garbage’
https://www.westernjournal.com/pentagon-slams-netflixs-new-military-show-woke-garbage/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CNN
— Bystanders try to stop CBP arrest in Chicago
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/18/us/video/bystanders-customs-border-protection-arrest-stop-chicago-vrtc

NEWSWEEK
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.newsweek.com/no-kings-reverend-plea-against-trump-10895459

NEW YORK TIMES
— Federal Agents Make Arrests Outside Migrant Shelter in Times Square
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/nyregion/ice-arrests-midtown-manhattan-shelter.html
— After Racist Texts, New York G.O.P. Disbands Young Republican Group. State party leaders eliminated the New York State Young Republicans’ charter, allowing them to reconstitute the organization with new leaders. DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who hinted/implied/argued/shouted that Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) and TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois were hate groups. I was an ICRC officer 2003-2007 and the TAPROOT chairman 2005-2012. I would focus on those who had their operatives and their dupes destroy ICRC in 2007 and TAPROOT in 2012.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/nyregion/ny-young-republicans-racist-texts.html

WASHINGTON POST
— ‘No Kings’ protests against Trump planned nationwide, in what the GOP calls ‘hate America’ rallies
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/18/no-kings-rallies-demonstrations-trump/0e96e658-abd8-11f0-a2bc-82cf6840599d_story.html
— DD: Since 1965, Democrat leaders have used the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to defeat Republicans.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/18/black-lawmakers-voting-rights-act-scotus-reaction/242e2418-abd8-11f0-a2bc-82cf6840599d_story.html
— DD: No Kings protests are anti-American protests, they are hate-America protests.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/17/no-kings-republicans-hate-america/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/18/no-kings-rallies-demonstrations-trump/0e96e658-abd8-11f0-a2bc-82cf6840599d_story.html

BLOOMBERG
— DD: Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-10-17/coca-cola-home-depot-navigate-anti-dei-push-in-atlanta

BIZ JOURNALS
— True financial independence. DD: My father died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21. My mother had never worked outside the home. My brother was having problems. I applied for a financial hardship draft deferment in 1970 and got it in 1971. I helped support my mother and brother until September of 1972 when I bought a new town home in University Park.
https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/bizwomen/news/out-of-the-office/2025/10/the-next-chapter-true-independence.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: We all remember holding our breath for our 18th birthdays, believing that day would somehow give us the wings we needed to fly and mark our true independence. For some, that may be accurate, but many of us recognize true independence often comes years later. According to USA Today, 27 is the age parents expect their children to achieve financial independence. A recent study revealed that many parents feel this age strikes a balance between education, career building, and personal responsibility. Economic pressures such as student loans, inflated rents and stagnant wages have delayed financial independence for millions of millennials and Gen Z. Many parents continue to provide financial support for their children late into their twenties, often covering essentials like housing, healthcare, and transportation.)

CENTER FOR ECONOMIC POLICY AND RESEARCH
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly force employers to hire, retain, and promote Democrats and RINOs who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestor who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are citizens of foreign countries. The aforesaid is political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://cepr.net/publications/the-continuing-power-of-white-preferences-in-employment/

VARIETY
— Trump’s Pentagon Slams Netflix’s Gay Military Drama ‘Boots’ as ‘Woke Garbage’: ‘The U.S. Military Is Getting Back to Restoring the Warrior Ethos’
https://au.variety.com/2025/tv/global/netflix-boots-pentagon-woke-garbage-gay-military-drama-29079/

NEA TODAY
— DD: According to my critics/opponents, I passed standardized tests needed for the following because I benefitted from discrimination against those who are minority, female, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time: a) bachelor’s degree (1970), b) three master’s degrees (1976, 1980, and 1997), c) six professional certifications (1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997), d) a professional license (1981), and e) being hired by the Post Office (1966), Firestone Stores (1970), IRS (1971), and GAO (1980).
https://www.nea.org/nea-today/all-news-articles/racist-beginnings-standardized-testing

ACLU
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their No Kings protests.
https://www.aclu.org/news/civil-liberties/live-coverage-no-kings-national-day-of-action

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

GUARDIAN
— Pentagon criticizes Netflix for making ‘woke garbage’ after gay military drama
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/oct/17/pentagon-netflix-boots-military-show

October 17, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Federal agents take people into custody at Back of the Yards flea market, protesters detained nearby
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-ice-activity-federal-agents-make-arrests-north-side-flea-market-demonstrators-detained-sw-bp-gas-station/18022110/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their No Kings protests.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/17/no-kings-protests-chicago-ice/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/16/naperville-no-kings-rally-protest-downtown/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/16/elgin-no-kings-trote-skeletons-saturday/
— Chicago’s civic-minded business leaders are just fat cats to Mayor Brandon Johnson
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/editorial-chicago-civic-minded-business-100000467.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Chicago federal appeals court upholds block on National Guard deployment. While President Donald Trump insists the troops are needed to protect U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities and personnel, Illinois attorneys allege the deployment is really meant to punish states with policies Trump opposes.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump/2025/10/16/chicagos-federal-appeals-court-upholds-block-national-guard-deployment-political-opposition-not-rebellion
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their No Kings protests.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2025/10/16/president-donald-trump-upcoming-no-kings-protest-dowtown-chicago

DAILY HERALD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their No Kings protests.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251016/news/no-kings-protests-and-rallies-scheduled-all-around-chicago-suburbs-on-saturday/

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR & BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH & SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their No Kings protests.
https://www.pjstar.com/story/weather/2025/10/17/no-kings-rallies-oct-18-weather-forecast-for-illinois-chicago-springfield-peoria-rockford/86731294007/
https://pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/article_7bf3a54d-1b27-5be5-a7af-637afb81e20c.html
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/local/2025/10/15/no-kings-protest-is-set-for-springfield-this-weekend-what-to-know/86687883007/

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO & NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their No Kings protests.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/wnij-news/2025-10-16/no-kings-protests-planned-across-northern-illinois
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-10-17/no-kings-organizers-project-a-massive-turnout-for-this-weekends-protests

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER & WJOL
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2025/10/16/illinoisans-could-stop-receiving-snap-benefits-starting-nov-1/86732959007/
https://www.wjol.com/illinois-governor-calls-on-congressional-republicans-to-preserve-snap-benefits/

WBEZ
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote international students over American students.
https://www.wbez.org/education/2025/10/17/fewer-international-students-studying-at-some-illinois-universities

OAK PARK
— Oak Park changes enforcement of gas leaf blower ban over ICE activity. The village plans to issue tickets only to property owners, not contractors, amid fears over immigration enforcement
https://www.oakpark.com/2025/10/16/oak-park-change-enforcement-gas-leaf-blower-ban-ice-activity/

CHALKBEAT CHICAGO
— Illinois releases draft numeracy plan to improve math education. DD: One reason why I transferred from UIC to NIU when I was 20 years old in 1969 was my having trouble understanding math instructors whose English was not their first language.
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/10/16/illinois-releases-draft-numeracy-plan/

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/17/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-613/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— McHenry County GOPAC’s Kirk Remembrance and Petition Party Where Two Gubernatorial Candidates Spoke. DD: What Kirk events have the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, your Republican county party organization, and your Republican township party organization hosted? If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, the organization would have hosted a major Kirk event by now. If I was still an Illinois Center Right Coalition officer, the organization would have hosted a major Kirk event by now.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/17/mchenry-county-gopacs/

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Krishnamoorthi spends $450K per week on TV ads in Senate race. Stratton, Kelly struggle to keep pace with Krishnamoorthi’s prolific fundraising.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/krishnamoorthi-spends-450k-per-week-on-tv-ads-in-senate-race/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Far too many a) become major Republican donors, b) become Republican Precinct Committeemen, c) become leaders in Republican organizations, and/or d) become Republican elected officials to strike the following planks from the Republican Party platform: personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving). The aforesaid are not just RINOs, they are Democrat plants. I should write about the aforesaid in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, and in Wheaton. I would focus on the aforesaid who have had their operatives and their dupes tale the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Norine Hammond’s Campaign in Crisis: McCombie Sends Paid Knockers as Voters Revolt, Refuse to Sign Petitions
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/norine-hammonds-campaign-in-crisis-mccombie-sends-paid-knockers-as-voters-revolt-refuse-to-sign-petitions.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Biden’s DHS let migrants on bogus documents claim asylum
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/16/bidens-dhs-catching-releasing-migrants-bogus-documents-audit/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— ICE arrests illegal immigrant serving as Chicago-area police officer
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3853891/ice-illegal-immigrant-chicago-police-officer/
— Blue-city blues: Democratic mismanagement is not limited to the biggest urban centers
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/premium/3852252/blue-city-blues-democratic-mismanagement-baltimore-detroit-portland/

ACCURACY IN MEDIA
— Illegal DEI Tactics Live On
https://aim.org/2025/10/16/washington-times-illegal-dei-tactics-live-on-aim-president-warns/

AIR FORCE TIMES
— Air Force Academy alumni board to vote on honoring Charlie Kirk
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/air-force-academy-alumni-board-221633529.html

BREITBART
— Shutdown Driven by Democrat Desire for Free Health Care for Illegals, Schumer’s ‘Political Crisis’
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/10/16/cruz-shutdown-driven-by-democrat-desire-for-free-health-care-for-illegals-schumers-political-crisis/
— Newsom Jokes That People Compare Him to God
https://www.breitbart.com/faith/2025/10/16/newsom-jokes-that-people-compare-him-to-god/

CAMPUS REFORM
— Harvard’s rebranded DEI office gets more cash than all DEI centers it replaced
https://www.campusreform.org/article/harvards-rebranded-dei-office-gets-cash-dei-centers-replaced/28782

DAILY WIRE
— Florida Sues California Over Sanctuary Policies, Trucker Licenses For Illegal Immigrants. “They care more about their love affair with illegals than protecting American citizens.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/florida-sues-california-over-sanctuary-policies-trucker-licenses-for-illegal-immigrants

ICE
— ICE arrests illegal alien serving as a local police officer in Suburban Chicago. Hanover Park Police Department authorized illegal alien to carry a firearm in violation of federal law. DD: All my employers would have hired illegals instead of me if they could have.
https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-arrests-illegal-alien-serving-local-police-officer-suburban-chicago

NEW AMERICAN
— ICE Arrests Illegal-alien Hired as Cop in Pritzker’s Illinois
https://thenewamerican.com/us/immigration/ice-arrests-illegal-alien-hired-as-cop-in-pritzkers-illinois/

RED STATE
— Cook County, IL, Slides Toward Full-Blown Insurrection As Judges Try to Stop Immigration Enforcement
https://redstate.com/streiff/2025/10/16/cook-county-il-slides-toward-full-blown-insurrection-as-judges-try-to-stop-immigration-enforcement-n2195121

TOWNHALL
— Schumer Shutdown Is a National Security Concern
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/10/16/rsc-chair-cooks-dems-explains-how-schumer-shutdown-is-a-national-security-concern-n2665033

U.S. HOUSE
— Democrats’ Failed Health Care Policies: Shut Down Government to Restore Taxpayer Subsidies for Illegal Immigrants’ Health Care
https://waysandmeans.house.gov/2025/10/16/democrats-failed-health-care-policies-shut-down-government-to-restore-taxpayer-subsidies-for-illegal-immigrants-health-care/

WESTERN JOURNAL
— ICE Agents Arrest Illegal Alien Found Working as a Police Officer in Suburban Chicago
https://www.westernjournal.com/ice-agents-arrest-illegal-alien-found-working-police-officer-suburban-chicago/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC NEWS
— Appeals court declines to lift order blocking Trump from deploying National Guard in Illinois, finding scant evidence of ‘rebellion’ “Political opposition is not rebellion,” the judges wrote in their decision.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/appeals-court-declines-lift-order-blocking-trump-deploying/story?id=126599445
— DD: Democrat leaders gerrymander to defeat Republicans.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/supreme-court-case-lead-loss-black-representation-congress-126566427

CBS NEWS
— Mental health among LGBTQ youth is worsening. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/mental-health-among-lgbtq-youth-is-worsening-report-finds/

NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders gerrymander to defeat Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10/15/us/supreme-court-voting-rights
— DD: Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasing paint Trump-supporters who are German American as being Nazis and especially German Americans who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, and/or Protestant.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/opinion/defiance-nazi-germany.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their No Kings protests.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/us/no-kings-protest.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Why racial redistricting might go the way of affirmative action. The Supreme Court seems poised to address the discrepancy between two rulings on racial preferences. DD: My critics/opponents have always given preference to those who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/10/16/supreme-court-affirmative-action-race-redistricting/
— Do you need a better job? Answer these five questions to find out. Accounting for such metrics as schedule stability and advancement opportunities, few people have jobs that meet all their needs, a Gallup survey of 18,400 workers finds. DD: Fewer and fewer and fewer citizens America will take bad jobs. According to my critics/opponents, all the jobs that I had were bad jobs that they would never have stooped to take. They hint/imply/argue/shout that they did not have to take bad jobs because they are much better than me. To add insult to injury, they hint/imply/argue/shout a) that I have always been grossly overpaid and b) that my pension benefits are much too generous. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately. I would focus on those whose parents had the most money.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/10/16/quality-job-workers-gallup/

BALTIMORE SUN
— Feds warn of antifa infiltration, hidden funding ahead of ‘No Kings’ protests
https://www.baltimoresun.com/2025/10/17/feds-warn-of-antifa-infiltration-hidden-funding-ahead-of-no-kings-protests/

USA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their No Kings protests.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/10/15/no-kings-protests-trump-oct-18-turnout/86627101007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Chamber of Commerce Sues Over Trump’s New $100,000 H-1B Visa Fee. The business lobby is entering the fight over a move it says will hurt employers. DD: All employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me if they could have.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-h1b-visa-fee-lawsuit-chamber-of-commerce-2c55f183
— Didn’t Get That Promotion? How to Turn ‘No’ Into Opportunity. DD: My Democrat IRS superiors refused to promote me beyond GS-12. My Democrat GAO superiors delayed my promotions and refused to promote me beyond GS-13. What did you do to get promotions? I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21. I earned job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48. I earned professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48. I earned a job-related professional license when I was 32. But nevertheless, all my coworkers who were promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German America, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. The aforesaid is political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/didnt-get-that-promotion-how-to-turn-no-into-opportunity-caf0f66f

ACCOUNTING TODAY
— The myth of meritocracy. DD: The accounting profession had no interest in me even after a) I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, b) I earned a master’s degree in accounting, c) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, d) became a licensed CPA, e) worked for IRS, and f) worked for GAO. The accounting profession would have had great interest in me if I had been a minority, female, and/or younger.
https://www.accountingtoday.com/opinion/the-myth-of-meritocracy-in-accounting

FED WEEK
— Trump Orders New Hiring Committees to Approve Creation, Filling of All Posts. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat who would take the job. I qualified myself for the Post Office job by passing the postal employment examination and earning a high school diploma. I qualified myself for the IRS job by passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination and an earning a bachelor’s degree in management. I qualified myself for the GAO job by earning an MBA and passing the CPA examination on my first attempt.
https://www.fedweek.com/federal-managers-daily-report/trump-orders-new-hiring-committees-to-approve-creation-filling-of-all-posts/

YALE INSIGHTS
— DD: According to my critics/opponents a) they owe their successes to meritocracy and b) I owe my successes to my benefiting from discrimination against those who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for less time than my ancestors. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://insights.som.yale.edu/insights/how-meritocracy-worsens-inequality-and-makes-even-the-rich-miserable

MERCURY NEWS
— Federal government to withhold $40 million from California for not enforcing trucker English requirements. DD: This harkens back to George Ryan. I should write about my critics/opponents in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who blame me the most for George Ryan’s problems. They stress what I have done as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000. They stress what I did as Pat O’Malley’s Milton Township campaign coordinator in 2001 and 2002. They stress what I did as an Illinois Center Right Coalition officer 2003-2007. They stress what I did as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012. I would focus on my critics/opponents who continue to have lots of religious, government, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on the aforesaid who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/10/16/federal-government-to-withhold-40m-from-california-for-not-enforcing-trucker-english-requirements/amp/

HUFFINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their No Kings protests.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-no-kings-protests-october_n_68f120eae4b0ab08d3194190?ncid=NEWSSTAND0001

TEEN MAGAZINE
— DD: To be woke is to be against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. My critics/opponents are woke.
https://www.theteenmagazine.com/woke-shouldn-t-be-a-derogatory-term

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

DAILY MAIL
— Woke Illinois Dem. Governor JB Pritzker has added $1.4m in GAMBLING winnings to his vast $4bn fortune
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15198961/amp/jb-pritzker-illinois-democrat-governor-vegas.html

October 16, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NBC5
— More than 3,000 Illinois workers have received layoff notices in last 90 days. Layoff notices were filed in accordance with the Illinois WARN Act, including more than 300 at a Momence book distribution center.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/more-than-3000-illinois-workers-have-received-layoff-notices-in-last-90-days/3839118/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Videos of ‘targeted’ immigration raids in Carpentersville circulate online, including activity near village hall
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/15/carpentersville-immigration-ice/
— DD: Since the 1960s, Democrat leaders have ever-increasingly pressured/forced colleges to admit Democrats who were minority and/or female. UIC admitted me in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1980, and IIT in 1992 because they could not find a qualified Democrat minority or female to admit. I qualified myself for UIC by getting an ACT score of 24 and graduating in the upper 20% of my high school class. I qualified myself for NIU by completing courses at UIC. I qualified myself for Loyola by earning a bachelor’s degree in business from NIU and passing the GMAT. I qualified myself for DePaul by earning an MBA from Loyola. I qualified myself for IIT by passing the CPA examination on my first attempt, earning a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul, passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, becoming a licensed CPA, and becoming a Certified Fraud Examiner.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/16/opinion-college-admissions-merit/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— What to know about PIT, the driving maneuver feds used in Southeast Side car chase. After Border Patrol agents rammed a car they were pursuing, causing it to spin and crash, on Tuesday, the Chicago community raised questions and concerns about the controversial tactic.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10/15/pit-maneuver-feds-car-chase

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER & PEORIA JOURNAL STAR & BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their No Kings protests
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/local/2025/10/15/no-kings-protest-is-set-for-springfield-this-weekend-what-to-know/86687883007/
https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/local/2025/10/16/no-kings-protest-will-be-held-in-peoria-illinois-on-oct-18/86712282007/
https://www.bnd.com/news/local/article312512734.html

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly gerrymander.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-supreme-court-case-could-lead-to-loss-of-black-representation-in-congress-but-the-scope-is-unknown/amp/

KSDK
— Pride event organizers face fresh pushback over drag show in Greenville, Illinois
https://www.ksdk.com/video/news/local/pride-event-organizers-face-fresh-pushback-over-drag-show-in-greenville-illinois/63-3690c32a-6dd5-4da8-8559-664d8092724e

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Danny Davis calls for resistance
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/10/16/danny-davis-calls-for-resistance-00611177

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

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— LaHood Announces Strong Fundraising Quarter — $6.5 Million Cash on Hand
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/16/lahood-builds-hefty-campaign-fund/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Mamdani revives DEI goal of ending gifted and talented program in NYC schools
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/15/zohran-mamdani-revives-dei-goal-ending-gifted-talented-program-nyc/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— A group of prominent Democratic women, including several members of Congress and former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, is blasting EMILY’s List for endorsing Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton in the state’s open U.S. Senate race, accusing the group of caving to “money and influence” from Gov. JB Pritzker’s (D-IL) political machine.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/congressional/3852570/emilys-list-endorsement-illinois-senate-race/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Minneapolis High Schools Bar White and Asian Students From ‘BLACK Culture’ Classes
https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/minneapolis-high-schools-bar-white

NEW YORK POST
— Illegal migrants sparked riot after ramming attack on Border Patrol SUV in Chicago
https://nypost.com/2025/10/15/us-news/illegal-migrants-arrested-over-attack-on-border-patrol-suv-in-chicago-officials/
— Woke Los Angeles politicians declare state of emergency over ICE raids — sparking outrage
https://nypost.com/2025/10/15/us-news/la-county-declares-state-of-emergency-for-ice-raids-in-region/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Chicago becomes warzone between DHS agents and leftists after illegal alien rammed car into Border Patrol
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/10/15/chicago-becomes-warzone-between-dhs-agents-and-leftists-after-illegal-alien-rammed-car-into-border-patrol-1592712/
— Los Angeles County declares state of emergency in response to ICE raids, will provide financial relief to illegals.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/10/15/la-county-declares-state-of-emergency-in-response-to-ice-raids-will-provide-financial-relief-to-illegals-1592685/

BLAZE
— ICE accuses LA officials of giving ‘a middle finger to the law’ after county paves way for illegal aliens to receive funding
https://www.theblaze.com/news/la-emergency-ice-response-deport

BREITBART
— Slowed Job Growth Is Due to 2 Million Deportations; Americans Are ‘Doing Quite Well’ Getting Jobs. DD: If there had been as many illegals when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they did not have to take jobs when they were young, let alone take bad jobs, because their parents had lots of money. To have money to buy cars and to pay for college expenses a) I did yard work 1962-1964, b) I delivered newspapers 1962-1966, c) I washed dishes 1964-1966, d) I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, e) I delivered mail 1966-1969, and f) I worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970.
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2025/10/15/scott-bessent-slowed-job-growth-due-to-2-million-deportations-americans-doing-quite-well-getting-jobs/
— Highways Safer as Oklahoma Troopers, ICE Arrest 91 Illegal Alien Commercial Truckers
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2025/10/15/highways-safer-as-oklahoma-troopers-ice-arrest-91-illegal-alien-commercial-truckers/amp/
— Newsom wants House probe of young Republicans’ offensive chat messages
https://www.breitbart.com/news/newsom-wants-house-probe-of-young-republicans-offensive-chat-messages/

CAMPUS REFORM
— West Virginia University hosts ‘Alphabet Soup Series’ celebrating identities in ‘LGBTQ+’ acronym
https://www.campusreform.org/article/wvu-hosts-alphabet-soup-series-celebrating-identities-lgbtqacronym/28773

DAILY WIRE
— Los Angeles County Declares Emergency Over ICE Raids, Pledges To Provide Rent Assistance. ICE sources told The Daily Wire that politicians in Los Angeles “keep shielding illegals and putting Americans and legal residents second.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/los-angeles-county-declares-emergency-over-ice-raids-pledges-to-provide-rent-assistance

FEDERALIST
— Trump Border Czar Asks Indiana To Help Send Biden’s Millions Of Border Crossers Home
https://thefederalist.com/2025/10/15/trump-border-czar-asks-indiana-to-help-send-bidens-millions-of-border-crossers-home/
— Trump Deserves A Nobel Peace Prize For Securing America’s Border
https://thefederalist.com/2025/10/15/trump-deserves-a-nobel-peace-prize-for-securing-americas-border/

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Governor Reynolds Signs E-Verify Executive Order in Iowa
https://www.fairus.org/legislation/state-and-local/governor-reynolds-signs-e-verify-executive-order-iowa
— Democrats Fight for Illegal Alien Healthcare Benefits as Government Shutdown Continues
https://www.fairus.org/news/congress/democrats-fight-illegal-alien-healthcare-benefits-government-shutdown-continues

FOX NEWS
— Hannity: Democratic candidates are woke, a joke and want constituents broke
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6382820514112
— Charlie Kirk woke up a generation to fight for family, faith and the flag
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6382814702112
— Turning Point USA shares ’31 ways to live like Charlie Kirk’ tribute on his birthday. Conservative organization touts Kirk’s love of family, faith. DD: Ways I live like Kirk include #s 2, 5, 6, 13, 18, 23, 29, and 31.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/turning-point-usa-shares-31-ways-live-like-charlie-kirk-tribute-his-birthday

FOUNDATION FOR GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY
— Gov. Mike Braun on how merit, excellence, and innovation replaced DEI in Indiana
https://thefga.org/video/gov-mike-braun-on-how-merit-excellence-and-innovation-replaced-dei-in-indiana/
— Loopholes Fueling Illegal Alien Medicaid and ObamaCare Benefits
https://thefga.org/research/loopholes-fueling-illegal-alien-medicaid-obamacare-benefits/
— Congress Can Fight Back Against Partisan Bureaucrats and Shrink the Federal Workforce. DD: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE. I should write a book about how Gingrich could have and should have reformed GAO. I would base the book on what I learned a) working for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year, b) earning professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting, c) becoming a licensed CPA, and d) earning master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance.
https://thefga.org/research/congress-can-fight-back-against-partisan-bureaucrats-shrink-federal-workforce/

NEWS BUSTERS
— NBC News Guts Woke Journalism as Split Looms
https://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2025/10/15/not-so-important-work-nbc-news-guts-woke-journalism-split

PJ MEDIA
— Democrats Storm the Capitol — Again — After Shutting It Down
https://pjmedia.com/maureen-steele/2025/10/15/democrats-storm-the-capitol-again-after-shutting-it-down-n4944905

POST MILLENNIAL
— Venezuelan illegal immigrants arrested for ramming Border Patrol vehicle in Chicago
https://thepostmillennial.com/venezuelan-illegal-immigrants-arrested-for-ramming-border-patrol-vehicle-in-chicago

TOWNHALL
— White House Reveals Dozens of Criminal Illegal Immigrants Received Medicaid. DD: How many illegals get Medicaid in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2025/10/15/wh-reveals-illegal-immigrants-who-received-healthcare-n2664994
— Dems Question Legality of President Trump Helping Americans Weather the Schumer Shutdown
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2025/10/15/democrats-threaten-to-sue-over-trump-paying-troops-funding-wic-n2664995

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NEW YORK TIMES
— Academia Is Broken. Trump’s University ‘Compact’ Can Help Fix It.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/opinion/trump-compact-universities-rowan.html
— Not Even Congress Knows How Much Money DOGE Cut. Elon Musk’s team started a behind-the-scenes push for White House control over federal spending that is now an undercurrent of the government shutdown. DD: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE. I should write a book about how Gingrich could have and should have reformed GAO. I would base the book on what I learned a) working for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year, b) earning professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting, c) becoming a licensed CPA, and d) earning master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/upshot/congress-doge-cuts-mystery.html

USA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their Saturday October 18 No Kings protests.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/10/16/no-kings-protests-trump-what-to-know/86694507007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Trump Team Plans IRS Overhaul to Enable Pursuit of Left-Leaning Groups. Effort would install Trump ally at agency’s criminal unit who has drawn up list of investigative targets.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-irs-investigations-left-leaning-groups-democratic-donors-612a095e
— Government Shutdown? No, an Efficiency Audit. Based on data from past closings, roughly 25% of the federal workforce could be permanently cut. DD: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE. I should write a book about how Gingrich could have and should have reformed GAO. I would base the book on what I learned a) working for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year, b) earning professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting, c) becoming a licensed CPA, and d) earning master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/government-shutdown-no-an-efficiency-audit-6dcc4917
— Republicans, Ditch MAGA and Return to the Basics. The GOP traditionally stood for the rule of law, limited government and unity. It should again.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/republicans-ditch-maga-and-return-to-the-basics-1a3d3073
— Canada Threatens Stellantis With Legal Action Over Jeep Move to U.S.
https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/canada-threatens-stellantis-with-legal-action-over-jeep-move-to-u-s-24f5b293

FORBES
— Speaker Johnson Rails Against Democrats As Shutdown Enters 15th Day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6A7dtUNg9AI
— You Want To Put Illegals Over Americans!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8mjOvnwAVA
— The culture that killed Charlie Kirk won’t be changed by politics. Only personal responsibility can cure it. DD: My critics/opponents reject personal responsibility. According to them, if you have problems, it is because those who are the following discriminate against you: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/margiewarrell/2025/09/17/the-only-cure-for-this-age-of-rage-individual-response-ability/

BARRON’S
— The Wealthy Are Paying Their Adult Kids’ Bills. Some of Them Are Starting to Worry. A new survey released by Ameriprise shows that about three-quarters of affluent parents are helping to fund their kids’ homes, cars, and health insurance. DD: My critics/opponents had wealthy parents. My critics/opponents did not have to take jobs when they were young, let alone take bad jobs, because their parents were wealthy. To have money to buy cars and to pay for college expenses a) I did yard work 1962-1964, b) I delivered newspapers 1962-1966, c) I washed dishes 1964-1966, d) I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, e) I delivered mail 1966-1969, and f) I worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.barrons.com/advisor/articles/wealthy-pay-adult-children-bills-worry-59b19561

CITY JOURNAL
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders have always used Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI to get rid of Republicans and they always will. Ever-increasingly, Republican candidates on ballots in Illinois and leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization a) promote AA and DEI and/or b) are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.city-journal.org/article/justin-driver-fall-affirmative-action-supreme-court-race-college-admissions

DESK
— NBC News eliminates DEI-focused news teams amid layoffs
https://thedesk.net/2025/10/nbc-news-dei-groups-closed/

NEWSDAY
— Paying for college: What to know about scholarships. DD: I never got any scholarships and my critics/opponents have always used that against me big time. They stress that my ACT score was only 24 and that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class. In my defense, I stress that I spent far too many hours washing dishes during my junior and senior years instead of studying. Further, 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. Further, I never could run because I had a bone disease, my eyesight has never been corrected to 20/20, and I have always had partial red/green color blindness.
https://www.newsday.com/long-island/education/paying-for-college-financial-aid-scholarships-o1gbw338

SHRM
— DD: According to my critics/opponents, if employees who are the following do not get promoted, it is because they lack merit: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. According to my critics/opponents. employees who are the aforesaid have always gotten tremendous preference and have always benefitted from tremendous discrimination against employees who are: liberal/moderate, non-Republican, non-American, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.shrm.org/topics-tools/tools/toolkits/empowering-employee-growth-building-dynamic-career-paths

ED LEDGER
— Trump Expands Anti-DEI Higher Ed Compact to All Colleges Nationwide
https://www.theeduledger.com/leadership-policy/article/15769428/trump-expands-antidei-higher-ed-compact-to-all-colleges-nationwide

ED SURGE
— Parents Think Their Kids Are Getting a Good Education. The Public Disagrees. DD: My parents sent me to Trinity Lutheran Missouri Synod Grade School in Crete and then Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest to stay with the Missouri Synod. That put me on track a) to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) to earn three job-related master’s degrees, c) to earn six job-related professional certifications, and d) to earn a job-related professional license. One could compare and contrast the educational, professional, and other successes that my peers had whose parents sent them to Crete Elementary Grade School. One could focus on my peers who share the most demographics with me but whose parents sent them to Crete Elementary School. My Crete-Monee High School 60th reunion is next year.
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2025-10-16-parents-think-their-kids-are-getting-a-good-education-the-public-disagrees

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

DECCAN HERALD
— DD: What Caste were you born into? Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. He never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. My mother never attended high school. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/elite-india-and-the-costs-of-caste-denial-3765728

October 15, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Crews dismantle fence surrounding Broadview ICE facility to meet judge’s order
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-news-crews-dismantle-fence-surrounding-broadview-facility-meet-judges-order/18010395/
— Agents tackle US citizen after East Side operation leads to crash, spills into Walgreens. Federal agents deployed tear gas into a crowd of people protesting two immigration-related arrests, exposing 13 CPD officers.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-crash-massive-law-enforcement-presence-south-avenue-east-side-live/18005825/

NBC5
— Fencing outside Broadview ICE processing facility removed just before deadline
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/deadline-nears-for-removal-of-fencing-outside-broadview-ice-processing-facility/3838747/
— Tear gas released on Chicago crowd as Border Patrol describes chase, crash and arrests. Chicago police said they were attempting to de-escalate the situation when “individuals then began throwing objects at the federal agents.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/tear-gas-released-on-chicago-crowd-as-border-patrol-describes-chase-crash-and-arrests/3838716/

CBS2
— Former Chicago Ald. Bob Fioretti to run for Illinois Attorney General
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/former-chicago-ald-bob-fioretti-run-illinois-attorney-general/
— Broadview ICE facility fence taken down within hour of deadline
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/broadview-ice-facility-fence-taken-down-within-hour-of-deadline/
— Illinois Drivers Alliance working with Mayor Johnson to keep federal agents away from O’Hare rideshare lot
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-drivers-alliance-brandon-johnson-ohare-rideshare-lot/

WTTW
— Trump Administration Continues Crackdown on Press, Critics Following Federal Judge’s Ruling in Illinois
https://news.wttw.com/2025/10/14/trump-administration-continues-crackdown-press-critics-following-federal-judge-s-ruling

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Controversial security fence around Broadview ICE facility comes down shortly ahead of court-ordered deadline
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/15/broadview-ice-fence-removed/
— Elections board hearing officer recommends Illinois Senate President Don Harmon pay nearly $10 million fine
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/14/don-harmon-10-million-fine-upheld-hearing-officer/
— DD: Hundreds in Waukegan side with illegals against America
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/14/waukegan-peace-march/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ICE facility fence in Broadview has been removed, in compliance with federal judge’s order. U.S. District Judge LaShonda A. Hunt of the Northern District of Illinois had set a deadline for 11:59 p.m. Tuesday for the removal after finding that ICE had placed the fence on city property without permission, exceeding its authority.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/14/ice-facility-fence-in-broadview-removed
— DD: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are solders in the Democrat Army.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/10/15/trump-ice-1968-chicago-protests-judy-gumbo-frank-joyce-abe-peck-don-rose-lee-weiner
— Top Cook County judge bars civil arrests at courthouses, citing chilling effect
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/14/top-cook-county-judge-bars-civil-arrests-at-courthouses-citing-chilling-effect
— Federal immigration agents to continue to use Naval Station Great Lakes until at least December
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/14/federal-immigration-agents-to-continue-to-use-naval-station-great-lakes-until-at-least-december

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their illegals
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-pulse/patients-fear-ice-pressures-chicago-health-centers

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— DD: Under the Democrats, poverty and crime ever-increasingly increase.
https://www.rrstar.com/story/news/local/2025/10/15/illinois-community-colleges-feed-the-need-campus-food-drive-2025/86581956007/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Thousands of federal employees are getting laid off. Will a judge intervene? DD: No judge intervened when Gingrich gutted GAO during the 1980s and 1990s. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-10-15/thousands-of-federal-employees-are-getting-laid-off-will-a-judge-intervene

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/15/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-611/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— McCombie and Norine Hammond Face Growing Backlash Over Taxpayer Spending and Political Favoritism
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/pillowgate-mccombie-and-norine-hammond-face-growing-backlash-over-taxpayer-spending-and-political-favoritism.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Delay-prone F-35 program was led by DEI advocates, rewarded by Biden for late deliveries
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3849654/delay-prone-f-35-program-led-by-dei-advocates/

NEW YORK POST
— Stubborn Columbia now the last Ivy League holdout to not require SAT or ACT scores — but why? DD: If I had not gotten an ACT score of 24, UIC would not have admitted me in 1966. UIC would have admitted a minority, female, and/or veteran instead of me.
https://nypost.com/2025/10/14/opinion/princeton-reinstates-sat-requirement-making-stubborn-columbia-the-last-test-optional-ivy/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Fired library director wins $700K settlement after dispute over LGBTQ children’s books. DD: How successful have Democrats been making the children in your school district sexually active LGBTQers?
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/10/14/fired-library-director-wins-700k-settlement-after-dispute-over-lgbtq-childrens-books-1592463/
— U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene defended herself against criticism from within her own party, with a direct rebuke of “weak Republican men.”
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/10/14/marjorie-taylor-greene-continues-media-blitz-from-hell-by-bashing-republican-men-1592487/

CAMPUS REFORM
— Oakland student required to attend DEI networking event to graduate. DD: I should write about the Affirmative Action and DEI training that my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors required their employees to take.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/exclusive-oakland-student-required-attend-dei-networking-event-graduate-/28768
— Auburn University promoted DEI grading rubric despite state ban
https://www.campusreform.org/article/auburn-university-promoted-dei-grading-rubric-despite-state-ban/28763

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— ‘Sanctuary’ Policies Are at the Heart of L.A., Chicago, Portland Stand-Offs. If states and localities really believe only a small minority of immigrants are criminals, give ICE access to the criminals and watch the ‘at large’ arrests plummet.
https://cis.org/Arthur/Sanctuary-Policies-Are-Heart-LA-Chicago-Portland-StandOffs

COLLEGE FIX
— 22 states (including Illinois) still offer in-state tuition to illegal immigrant students
https://www.thecollegefix.com/22-states-still-offer-in-state-tuition-to-illegal-immigrant-students/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As part of a string of recent lawsuits seeking to enforce the 1996 law, President Trump’s Department of Justice recently sued the state of Illinois, which offers illegal immigrants comprehensive access to in-state tuition. Illinois Governor JB Pritzker is fighting the lawsuit. “While the Trump Administration strips away federal resources from all Americans, Illinois provides consistent and inclusive educational pathways for all students,” a spokesperson for the governor said, according to Axios.)

DAILY SIGNAL
— Newsom Forces Schools to Promote Radical Trans Group’s LGBTQ ‘Hotline’ on Student IDs. DD: How successful have Democrats been making the children in your school district sexually active LGBTQers?
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/10/14/newsom-forces-schools-to-promote-radical-trans-groups-lgbtq-hotline-on-student-ids/

DAILY WIRE
— Rioters In Chicago Hurl Rocks At Feds After Illegal Immigrant Rams Border Patrol Car. “This incident is not isolated.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/rioters-in-chicago-hurl-rocks-at-feds-after-illegal-immigrant-rams-border-patrol-car

FOX NEWS
— Illegal immigrants arrested after ramming Border Patrol in Chicago amid violent clash with protesters
https://www.foxnews.com/us/illegal-immigrants-arrested-after-ramming-border-patrol-chicago-amid-violent-clash-protesters

NEW AMERICAN
— ICE Data on Oklahoma Busts: 120 Illegals Captured, 91 Had Commercial Driver Licenses
https://thenewamerican.com/us/immigration/ice-data-on-oklahoma-busts-120-illegals-captured-91-had-cdl/

NEWSMAX
— Pritzker Broke Law Threatening ICE
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/markwayne-mullin-jb-pritzker-threats/2025/10/14/id/1230356/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Greene: ‘There’s a lot of weak Republican men’
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5554265-greene-republican-men-criticism/amp/

NEWSWEEK
— Democrats Unveil Plans to Reign in ICE Agents If They Win Midterms
https://www.newsweek.com/democrats-ice-oversight-midterms-10870867
— Los Angeles County Declares State of Emergency Over ICE Raids
https://www.newsweek.com/los-angeles-county-declares-state-of-emergency-over-ice-raids-10880807

ABC NEWS
— Cartels issuing bounties up to $50,000 for hits on ICE, CBP agents
https://abcnews.go.com/US/cartels-issuing-bounties-50000-hits-ice-cbp-agents/story?id=126521867

CBS NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly downplay crime in their Chicago
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/trump-chicago-dangerous-city-data/

NBC NEWS
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/immigrants-detained-denied-bond-ice-self-deportation-rcna237505

WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote Pritzker.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/15/pritzker-trump-democrats-national-guard/

USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their criminals and their illegals
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2025/10/15/chicago-war-ice-national-guard-protests/86606913007/
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/10/14/miss-major-transgender-activist-stonewall-death/86570840007/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DD: Since 1965, Democrat leaders have used to Civil Rights Act to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/10/13/supreme-court-voting-rights-act-black-louisiana-redistrict/86659491007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Racial Gerrymandering Is a Bad Idea Whose Time Has Gone
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/racial-gerrymandering-is-a-bad-idea-whose-time-has-gone-05b55106

FORBES
— DD: Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/dougmelville/2025/10/14/with-the-new-eeoc-set-will-an-end-dei-mentality-eliminate-eeo-1-reporting-for-business/

BUSINESS INSIDER
— 10 occupations that are still dominated by men. DD: According to my critics/opponents, all the jobs that I had were bad jobs. Because the federal jobs that I had were bad jobs, my federal superiors had great difficulty hiring and retaining qualified minorities and females to take and keep those jobs. Qualified minorities and females could always get better jobs in the private sector. Consequently, all the many minorities and females who my Democrat superiors in the federal government 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.
https://www.businessinsider.com/male-jobs-women-underrepresented-numbers-2019-8

ADVISORY BOARD
— Do you have a ‘good’ job? DD: According to my critics/opponents, all the jobs that I had were bad jobs. Because the federal jobs that I had were bad jobs, my federal superiors had great difficulty hiring and retaining qualified minorities and females to take and keep those jobs. Qualified minorities and females could always get better jobs in the private sector. Consequently, all the many minorities and females who my Democrat superiors in the federal government 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.
https://www.advisory.com/daily-briefing/2022/10/06/good-jobs

BRITANNICA
— DD: Since the 1960s, my critics/opponents have ever-increasingly hinted/implied/argued/shouted at women that men who are conservative, Republican, White, older, non-veteran, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time cause all the problems that women have who are liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, younger, veteran, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/feminism/The-second-wave-of-feminism

COUTHOUSE NEWS
— DD: How successful have Democrats been making the children in your school district sexually active LGBTQers?
https://courthousenews.com/parents-who-claim-school-lgbtq-club-turned-their-kids-trans-denied-supreme-court-redo/

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

WORLD SOCIALIST WEB SITE
— DD: Socialists ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Kirk.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/10/15/grls-o15.html

SOCIALIST ALTERNATIVE
— DD: Socialists ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.socialistalternative.org/2025/10/14/shut-down-trumps-invasion-of-chicago/

October 14, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Medal of Freedom ceremony for Charlie Kirk held at White House
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-set-posthumously-award-charlie-kirk-presidential-medal-freedom/18003731/
— ICE has until Tuesday night to remove fence around Broadview facility to meet judge’s deadline
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-news-has-tuesday-night-remove-fence-around-broadview-facility-meet-judges-deadline/18003437/

NBC5
— Armed federal agents reported in Chicago neighborhood as crowd gathers. The footage, taken by NBC Chicago photographers and Sky 5 helicopter around 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, showed the situation near 105th Street and Avenue N.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/heavy-ice-presence-reported-in-chicago-neighborhood-as-crowd-gathers/3838342/
— Chicago airports refuse to air DHS video blaming Democrats for gov’t shutdown. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem released a video blaming Democrats for the shutdown, with numerous airports refusing to show it to travelers.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/chicago-airports-refuse-to-air-dhs-video-blaming-democrats-for-govt-shutdown/3838545/
— Chicago air traffic controllers receive partial paycheck amid government shutdown. Members of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association passed out pamphlets to travelers Tuesday detailing shutdown impact.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/chicago-air-traffic-controllers-receive-partial-paycheck-amid-government-shutdown/3838435/
— DD: Anticipate/expect that under the Democrats, poverty, crime, and demands on food pantries will ever-increasingly increase.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-food-pantries-deal-with-increased-demand-even-as-potential-cuts-loom/3838520/

CBS2
— Federal agents fire tear gas during standoff with crowd in East Side, Chicago, after car crash
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/ice-agents-east-side-chicago-105th-avenue-n/

FOX32
— Illinois lawmakers return to Springfield, discuss tributes to Charlie Kirk, George Floyd. Despite needing to tackle big issues like transit funding during their fall veto session, Illinois state lawmakers return to Springfield this week and started with resolutions to honor Charlie Kirk and George Floyd. DD: Democrats promote George Floyd. Republicans promote Charlie Kirk.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1724065

WBEZ
— Feds ‘ram’ SUV in chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd. The crash happened late Tuesday morning near 105th Street and Avenue N on Chicago’s East Side.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/10/14/feds-ram-suv-in-chase-down-residential-street-in-chicago-then-tear-gas-crowd
— Facebook suspends popular Chicago ICE-sightings group at Trump administration’s request. The group ICE Sighting-Chicagoland has been increasingly used in the last five weeks of President Donald Trump’s intense deportation campaign to warn neighbors that federal agents are nearby.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/10/14/facebook-suspends-popular-chicago-ice-sightings-group-at-trump-administrations-request

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— ‘Everyone is welcome, except I.C.E.’ Cafes, restaurants across Chicago put up signs barring immigration agents.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/14/chicago-restaurants-ice-agents/
— What to do if ICE stops you
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/14/what-to-do-if-ice-stops-you/
— Tear gas used by federal immigration agents following East Side traffic crash, neighborhood uprising
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/14/ice-deploys-tear-gas-after-crash/
— Facebook removes Chicago-area page dedicated to ICE sightings after Justice Department intervenes
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/14/facebook-removes-chicago-ice-watch-page/
— Aurora Mayor John Laesch condemns federal immigration enforcement activity after protest at City Hall
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/11/aurora-mayor-john-laesch-condemns-federal-immigration-enforcement-activity-after-protest-at-city-hall/
— US revokes visas for 6 foreigners over Charlie Kirk-related speech
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/14/us-revokes-visas-charlie-kirk-speech-2/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Feds ram SUV in chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd. The crash happened late Tuesday morning near 105th Street and Avenue N on Chicago’s East Side, resulting in dozens of residents showing up to protest the federal immigration agents.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/14/crash-involving-immigration-agents-in-east-side-leads-to-tear-gas-detentions

DAILY HERALD
— We see the ICE arrests. But what happens next for detainees?
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251014/news/we-see-the-ice-arrests-but-what-happens-next-for-detainees/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— State Farm faces lawsuit from Illinois amid scrutiny over rate increases
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/insurance/illinois-sues-state-farm-blocking-insurance-examination
— Stellantis announces it will make Jeep SUVs again in Belvidere
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/manufacturing-logistics/stellantis-will-make-jeep-suvs-again-belvidere

SHAW LOCAL
— ‘The government came down with a hammer’ – Immigration crackdown fears impacting Illinois restaurant industry. DD: I washed dishes for the minimum wage for the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights 1964-1966. I was the only White male who did that.
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2025/10/14/the-government-came-down-with-a-hammer-immigration-crackdown-fears-impacting-illinois-restaurant-industry/

ILLINOIS PATCH
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their No Kings protests on Saturday, October 18
https://patch.com/illinois/across-il/no-kings-protests-planned-weekend-across-il-what-know

AURORA PATCH
— ‘No Kings’ Protests Planned This Weekend In Aurora. The “No Kings” protest is planned in opposition to the Trump administration.
https://patch.com/illinois/aurora/no-kings-protests-planned-weekend-auroraORA PATCHPATC

DAILY ILLINI
— Federal activation of National Guard in Chicago includes UI students
https://dailyillini.com/news-stories/world-news/state-news/2025/10/14/federal-guard-chicago-ui-students/

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/14/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-402/
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/14/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-610/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Pritzker Overspends by $547 Million on Free Health Care for Illegal Aliens – Total Cost to Taxpayers Tops $2.5 Billion
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/pritzker-overspends-by-547-million-on-free-health-care-for-illegal-aliens-total-cost-to-taxpayers-tops-2-5-billion.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Senate vote fails for the eighth time to break Democrats’ filibuster of stopgap spending bill
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/14/senate-vote-fails-eighth-time-break-democrats-filibuster-stopgap/
— Trump to release list of ‘socialist’ government programs he’s canceling because of shutdown
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/14/trump-release-list-socialist-government-programs-hes-canceling/
— Abortion is not health care and never will be. Instead, it’s a recipe for lifelong trauma.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/14/abortion-health-care-never/

BREITBART
— Pritzker Suggests Democrats May Try to Prosecute ICE Agents. DD: While my Democrat superiors in the federal government never prosecuted me, they took many big adverse actions against me.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/14/illinois-gov-j-b-pritzker-suggests-democrats-may-try-to-prosecute-ice-agents-dhs-officials/amp/
— Dem-Led Oregon on Track to Spend $500 Million More for Healthcare Program that Includes Illegals than for State Police. https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/14/report-dem-led-oregon-on-track-to-spend-500-million-more-for-health-care-program-includes-illegals-than-for-state-police/

DAILY WIRE
— Mexican Cartels Place Bounties On Federal Agents In Chicago
https://www.dailywire.com/news/mexican-cartels-place-bounties-on-federal-agents-in-chicago

FOX NEWS
— Texas National Guard members removed from 60-day Illinois deployment for failing ‘mission requirements’ 7 service members failed to meet mission requirements during pre-deployment validation process.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/texas-national-guard-members-removed-from-60-day-illinois-deployment-failing-mission-requirements
— Democratic lawmakers celebrate order to remove fence at Illinois ICE facility
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6382737125112
— Trump floats using Insurrection Act to combat Chicago crime, says Pritzker should ‘beg’ for his help. Trump wants to curb crime in big cities by deploying the National Guard.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-floats-using-insurrection-act-combat-chicago-crime-says-pritzker-should-beg-his-help

NEWSMAX
— Left-Wing Group Instructs How to Fight ICE in Chicago
https://www.newsmax.com/us/chicago-ice-dhs/2025/10/14/id/1230254/

PJ MEDIA
— Oregon Will Spend $700M+ More on Illegals’ Healthcare Than Police
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/10/14/oregon-will-spend-700m-more-on-illegals-healthcare-than-police-n4944833

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Trump awards Charlie Kirk with posthumous Medal of Freedom
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5554911-trump-presents-medal-charlie-kirk/

CBS NEWS
— Trump awards Charlie Kirk with the Presidential Medal of Freedom
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-awards-charlie-kirk-presidential-medal-of-freedom/
— Trump says U.S. struck 5th boat accused of carrying drugs off coast of Venezuela, killing 6
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-venezuela-boat-drugs/
— CBS News, other media outlets, won’t sign on to new Pentagon press restrictions
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cbs-news-media-outlets-pentagon-press-restrictions/

NEWSWEEK
— Pritzker Looking at Prosecuting ICE Agents in Chicago. DD: While my Democrat superiors in the federal government never prosecuted me, they took many big adverse actions against me.
https://www.newsweek.com/jb-pritzker-looking-at-prosecuting-ice-agents-in-chicago-10877062

CATO
— Federal Government Wastes 59 Cents on the Dollar. 89 Percent Favor Auditing All Government Spending to Root Out Waste, Fraud, and Abuse. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. My Democrat Post Office superiors wasted what I learned delivering mail for almost 3 years while I completed courses in management at UIC and NIU. They forced me to resign falsely arguing that I was not available to work enough part-time hours. My Democrat IRS superiors wasted what I learned collecting delinquent taxes for almost 9 years while I completed graduate evening business and accounting courses at Loyola and DePaul and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt. They refused to promote me beyond GS-12. My Democrat GAO superiors wasted what I learned auditing federal agencies for almost 18 years while I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, became a licensed CPA, and completed graduate evening finance courses. They kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. They refused to promote me beyond GS-13 and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. So far, they have forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $1.9 million in today’s dollars to stop me from coming to work. They would not have done the aforesaid if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.
https://www.cato.org/blog/americans-say-federal-govt-wastes-59-cents-dollar

October 14, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders look at limiting federal immigration agents as Broadview shrinks designated protest area.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/broadview-protest-zone-ice-legislation/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/14/opinion-ice-agents-masks-chicago/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/ice-forest-park-cemetery-workers/
— Professors: Most Jewish Americans believe Donald Trump is exploiting antisemitism to assault universities DD: Jews in America are predominantly liberal. Jews in Israel are predominantly conservative. SEE: https://www.google.com/search?q=jews+israel+america+conservative+liberal

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/14/opinion-donald-trump-antisemitism-universities/

INDIANAPOLIS RECORDER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Derek Chauvin to promote more hatred against Republicans
https://indianapolisrecorder.com/opinion-remembering-george-floyd/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— U.S. House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries met in a Zoom meeting with members of the Illinois congressional delegation Monday to talk about redistricting in the state — an effort that is already triggering concern among lawmakers who fear the changes could dilute Black political power. DD: I should write about the 2015 gerrymandering of my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/10/14/dems-eye-another-illinois-seat-00607241
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois House Republican Leader Tony McCombie said “it would be obscene” for Illinois Democrats “to erase” any Republican-held seats given Trump won 44 percent of the statewide vote.)

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— DeWitte Previews Veto Session
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/14/dewitte-previews-veto-session/
— McHenry County College Doesn’t Follow Other Local Governments Concerning Columbus Day
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/13/mchenry-county-college-doesnt-follow-other-local-governments-concerning-columbus-day/
— Northern Bypass Bridge Arises Like a Zombie from the Dead in County’s 2050 Comprehensive Plan
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/13/northern-bypass-bridge-arises-like-a-zombie-from-the-dead-in-countys-2050-comprehensive-plan/
— McHenry County’s 2050 Comprehensive Plan for New Train Service Overtaken by Event
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/13/mchenry-countys-2050-comprehensive-plan-overtaken-by-event/
— Republican Candidate for U.S. Senate Celebrates Trump’s Peace Victory
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/13/republican-candidate-for-u-s-senate-celebrates-trumps-peace-victory/
— DeWitte Uses Madigan Incarceration Day to Prod Democrats to Pass Anti-Corruption Bills
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/13/dewitte-uses-madigan-incarceration-day-to-prod-democrats-to-pass-anti-corruption-bills/
— SUV Hits Metra Train at Tragic Fox River Grove Intersection
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/13/suv-hits-metra-train-at-tragic-fox-river-grove-intersection/
— McHenry County State’s Attorney Randi Freese Holding Fundraiser Tuesday Night in Crystal Lake
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/13/mchenry-county-states-attorney-randi-freese-holding-fundraiser-tuesday-night-in-crystal-lake/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Left-wing Chicago group teaches tactics for attacking ICE officers
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3848331/left-wing-group-chicago-listener-facebook-anti-ice-violence/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A left-wing group in Chicago is teaching tactics on social media for attacking Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers as deportation operations intensify in the sanctuary city and an unprecedented number of assaults on ICE employees have increased 1,000%. The group’s public Facebook page, called “Chicago Listener,” is posting content encouraging violence against immigration authorities and sharing various ways to target ICE vehicles.)
— California Democrats bemoan Newsom’s ‘disappointing’ veto of racial justice bills
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/education/3849096/california-democrats-newsom-reparations-bills/

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Trump’s Pressure on Sanctuary Cities Is Working
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/trumps-pressure-on-sanctuary-cities-is-working/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Seattle hires unqualified illegal immigrants as jail guards, over 100 suspected
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/10/13/whistleblower-claims-seattle-hires-unqualified-illegal-immigrants-as-jail-guards-over-100-suspected-1592194/

BREITBART
— At Least 12 Shot During Weekend in Democrat-Run Chicago
https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2025/10/13/more-bloodshed-at-least-12-shot-during-weekend-in-democrat-run-chicago/
— Trump Policies Yield Lowest Illegal Border Crossing Arrests in Half-Century
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2025/10/13/historic-trump-policies-yield-lowest-illegal-border-crossing-arrests-in-half-century/
— ICE Agents Arrest Illegal Pedophile Convicted of Identity Theft
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/13/virginia-ice-agents-arrest-illegal-alien-pedophile-identity-theft/amp/
— Democrats Literally Shut the Government Down to Give Healthcare to Illegal Aliens
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/10/13/exclusive-rep-gill-yes-the-democrats-literally-shut-the-government-down-to-give-healthcare-to-illegal-aliens/
— Scalise: Schumer Wants to Fund Illegal Alien Health Care by Gutting Money for Rural Hospitals
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/10/13/scalise-schumer-wants-to-fund-illegal-alien-health-care-by-gutting-money-for-rural-hospitals/

DAILY CALLER
— Newsom Forces Schools To Promote Radical Trans Group’s LGBTQ ‘Hotline’ On Student IDs
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/13/newsom-forces-schools-to-promote-radical-trans-groups-lgbtq-hotline-on-student-ids/
— Oregon Now Spends More On Program Offering Free Health Care For Illegal Immigrants Than State Police
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/13/oregon-now-spends-more-on-program-offering-free-health-care-for-illegal-immigrants-than-state-police/

DAILY WIRE
— Trump Shutdown Layoffs Target Left-Wing HUD Office That Tried To Abolish The Suburbs
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-layoffs-target-left-wing-hud-office-that-tried-to-abolish-the-suburbs

FEDERALIST
— California Law Requires Government Schools To Do Free PR For Radical Trans Group
https://thefederalist.com/2025/10/13/california-law-requires-government-schools-to-do-free-pr-for-radical-trans-group/

FOX NEWS
— Charlie Kirk’s colleagues and pastors praise his patriotism as Trump readies highest civilian honor. Trump is honoring Kirk on ‘what would have been his 32nd birthday’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/charlie-kirks-colleagues-pastors-praise-his-patriotism-trump-readies-highest-civilian-honor

LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Immigration Raid at O’Hare Airport Rideshare Lot Leads to 12 Arrests
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/immigration-raid-ohare-airport-rideshare-lot-12-arrested

LIFE NEWS
— Massachusetts Revokes Christian Couple’s Foster License Because They Won’t Push LGBTQ Agenda
https://www.lifenews.com/2025/10/13/massachusetts-revokes-christian-couples-foster-license-because-they-wont-push-lgbtq-agenda/

NEWSMAX
— Newsom Rejects Preference Bill for Slave Descendants
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/gavin-newsom-vetoed-bill/2025/10/13/id/1230206/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

SCRIPPS NEWS
— On Charlie Kirk’s birthday, Trump to present posthumous Medal of Freedom. President Trump will award Charlie Kirk a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom today at the White House on what would have been the activist’s 32nd birthday.
https://www.scrippsnews.com/politics/the-president/on-charlie-kirks-birthday-trump-to-present-posthumous-medal-of-freedom

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— California’s Newsom signs a reparations study law but vetoes other racial justice proposals. DD: Affirmative Action (AA) is reparations. Reparations is AA. Democrats and RINOs use AA to get rid of Republicans.
https://apnews.com/article/california-reparations-black-slavery-legislature-newsom-67bb435bf325e8d2343cce91c8ddae1c
— Pope Leo condemns economies that marginalize the poor while the wealthy live in a bubble of luxury. Pope Leo XIV has criticized how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. DD: My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being undeservedly wealthy. It all started when I was 17 years old in 1966 when I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint. In my defense, I bought that car with money I earned washing dishes for the minimum wage for 18 months. It got worse in 1967 when I bought a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 and in 1968 when I bought a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE. In my defense, I bought those cars with money I earned delivering mail for the Park Forest Post Office. It got worse in 1971 when I bought a new 1972 Corvette. I my defense, I bought that car with money I earned working for IRS and working part-time for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights. It got worse in 1972 when I bought a new town home in University Park. I my defense, I bought that town home with money I earned working for IRS and working part-time for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights.
https://www.ncnewsonline.com/news/national/pope-leo-condemns-economies-that-marginalize-the-poor-while-the-wealthy-live-in-a-bubble/article_136e77cb-98ab-5dab-b468-137ff14fad03.html

NEWSWEEK
— The Most Dangerous Jobs in America and What They Pay. DD: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. Because my ACT score was only 24 and because I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class, one could argue that because I did the aforesaid, just about anyone could. I graduated from NIU in 1970. In 1971, in today’s dollars, my IRS salary was only $55,850/year.
https://www.newsweek.com/most-dangerous-jobs-america-what-they-pay-10871576
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The most dangerous jobs in the United States don’t always have the payoff of a sky-high salary, according to a new report from Resume Now. In fact, some of the riskiest roles don’t even clear $60,000. . .Based on the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries and Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, drivers/truck drivers had some of the most dangerous, lowest-paying jobs in America. With a fatality rate of 984 in 2023, this group only brought a median pay of $57,440.)

NEW YORK TIMES
— The New Julia Roberts Movie Seethes With Anti-Woke Resentment
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/opinion/after-the-hunt-metoo-backlash.html
— FRONT PAGE: For Young Men, Video Gaming Is a Social Play DD: Since 2009, I have stopped video gambling in Wheaton. My critics/opponents in Wheaton continue to take big adverse actions against me because of that.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/upshot/video-games-boys-young-men.html

SACREMENTO BEE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article312419934.html

SAN FRANCISCO BAY TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://sfbaytimes.com/honorees-for-the-inaugural-honoring-lgbtq-bay-area-latine-leaders/

MINNESOTA STAR TRIBUNE
— About those federal workers people so love to hate … Perhaps you just don’t know what they’re doing for you. DD: I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. I have been a federal retiree for more than 28 years. I should write about my critics/opponents who despise/hate federal employees and federal retirees the most.
https://www.startribune.com/about-those-federal-workers-people-so-love-to-hate/601225654
(FROM THE ARTICLE: I am tired of hearing about the federal workers of this country. They are lazy. They are overpaid. They are incompetent. There is no need for their work. For almost 40 years I have listened to this, and now I have to watch these workers be thrown from their jobs in the middle of the night. Why? Please meet a federal worker, my husband. He used his Bachelor of Science degree to work for the Department of Defense and then the National Weather Service. He worked jobs that required schedules of six days on and two days off, rotating shifts from midnights to days to evenings, and most holidays were worked. He didn’t get many weekends off, or holidays, but it didn’t matter because we never got to live near family. We moved a lot in support of the work. In our 40-plus years of marriage the closest we have ever lived near family was for the one year when we were within a three-hour drive of my family. Otherwise, family has been anywhere from 1,500 miles to 4,000 miles away. My husband could have taken a job in the private sector, working as an engineer as most of his friends did, where the paychecks would have been much greater. No, he was determined that his place was working to serve our government. So, for 40-plus years we have watched everyone around us celebrating holidays with family, enjoying weekends with family, and raking in the dollars of the private sector. We have kept our mouths shut when conversations turned to raking over the federal worker. No more!)

MONTGOMERY COMMUNITY MEDIA
— First of Its Kind Federal Workforce Career Center Opens in Wheaton. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. In today’s dollars, that meant a $86,371/year (56%) loss of income ($153,151/year salary minus $66,780/year Civil Service Retirement System pension). My Democrat GAO superiors not only did not help me find a job appropriate for my work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional license, they sabotaged my job search. I should write about that.
https://www.mymcmedia.org/first-of-its-kind-federal-workforce-career-center-opens-in-wheaton/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— A Supreme Court Reckoning for Racial Gerrymanders. The Justices can put an end to this cynical use of race to redistrict for partisan advantage in Louisiana v. Callais. DD: Illinois Democrats gerrymandered Illinois’ 3rd Congressional District to elect Delia Ramirez.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/a-supreme-court-reckoning-for-racial-gerrymanders-35d361ec
— Michael J. Fox’s new book. DD: Duckworth had one of her thugs throw me out of her press conference with Fox in Wheaton on October 24, 2006. SEE: https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/sixth-congressional-district-democratic-candidate-tammy-news-photo/72254318
https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/film/future-boy-review-the-double-life-of-marty-mcfly-8d2204c4

HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL
— DD: According to my critics/opponents, all the jobs that I had were bad jobs that they would never stoop to take. They use that to demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being a loser and even worse things. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty-research/policy-topics/social-policy/are-bad-jobs-dead-ends-or-steppingstones-better-things

EDUCATION NEXT
— The Predictive Power of Standardized Tests. DD: What standardized tests have you taken? If I had not taken and passed standardized tests, a) UIC would not accepted in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, and IIT in 1992, b) I would not have earned degrees from NIU in 1970, Loyola in 1976, DePaul in 1980, and IIT in 1997, c) the Post Office would not have hired me in 1966, Firestone Stores in 1970, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980, d) IRS would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) I would not have become a licensed CPA in 1981, and f) GAO would not have promoted me in 1986. I took and passed the postal employment examination in 1966, Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970, CPA examination in 1979, and Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) examination in 1981. I passed the CPA and CIA examinations on my first attempt. Since 1966, my critics/opponents have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I owe my test taking successes to my benefitting from discrimination against those who are minority, female, younger, veteran, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. In my defense, neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.educationnext.org/predictive-power-standardized-tests-middle-school-scores-preview-college-career-outcomes/

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

INDEPENDENT NEWS
— Trump to present Charlie Kirk’s Presidential Medal of Freedom to his widow
https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-present-charlie-kirk-presidential-130609003.html

October 13, 2025 Evening Edition

Democrat leaders ever-increasing make it clear that they always have done and that they always will do everything that they can to flood America with their illegals.

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Government shutdown could be the longest ever, Speaker Johnson warns
https://abc7chicago.com/post/vice-president-jd-vance-warns-deeper-cuts-ahead-federal-workers-shutdown-continues/17997267/
— Democrat leaders call for fence around Broadview ICE facility to be torn down
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-fencing-around-broadview-facility-set-removed-live/17997242/
— Columbus Day parade marches through downtown Chicago
https://abc7chicago.com/post/abc7-broadcast-2025-christopher-columbus-day-parade-downtown-chicago-monday-indigenous-peoples/17998220/

NBC5
— Northwestern University ranked 10th and University of Chicago ranked 17th. DD: According to my critics/opponents, degrees from non-Ivy League universities are worthless. That is, my degrees from NIU, Loyola, DePaul, and IIT are worthless.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/2-illinois-universities-make-list-of-best-in-u-s-for-2026/3837894/

CBS2
— Broadview, Illinois shrinks area where protests are allowed outside ICE facility
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/broadview-illinois-shrinks-area-protests-ice-facility/

WGN9
— Suspicious device with anti-ICE message found at Chicago’s Midway Airport
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/suspicious-package-with-anti-ice-message-found-at-chicagos-midway-airport/

FOX32
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their No Kings protests
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/no-kings-protest-returns-chicago-saturday
— Chicagoans celebrate Columbus Day, Indigenous Peoples’ Day
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1723444

WTTW
— Broadview Mayor Shrinks Designated Protest Area Outside ICE Facility
https://news.wttw.com/2025/10/13/broadview-mayor-shrinks-designated-protest-area-outside-ice-facility

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Federal immigration agents step up activity in Lake County.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/lake-county-federal-agents-arrests/
— ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him. Under federal law, registered foreign nationals must carry proof of registration with them at all times. But prior to a second Trump administration, it was rarely enforced.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/ice-fines-chicago-man-for-not-having-papers-on-him/
— Michelle Obama’s Girls Opportunity Alliance pledges $2.5 million for grassroots education for girls.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/michelle-obamas-girls-opportunity-alliance-pledges-2-5-million-for-grassroots-education-for-girls/
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly side with China against America.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/ev-electric-vehicles-china-detroit-automakers-manufacturing/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their criminals and their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/13/poll-chicagoans-national-guard-policing-deportation-campaign-norc-university-of-chicago
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/12/arrival-national-guard-troops-chicago-area-what-readers-say

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage County clerk goes to court to get two election vendors paid
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251013/news/dupage-county-clerk-goes-to-court-to-get-two-election-vendors-paid/
— Glenbard school board president appointed to state House seat
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251013/news/glenbard-school-board-president-appointed-to-state-house-seat/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting religious leaders to promote illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/nonprofits-philanthropy/cardinal-cupich-raps-trumps-immigration-raids-chicago

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— ‘No Kings’ protests return Oct. 18 to ‘fight dictatorship.’
https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/politics/2025/10/13/no-kings-rallies-oct-18-list-of-illinois-protests-times-locations-near-me-chicago/86624492007/

SOUTHERN
— Bailey, Del Mar bring campaign stop to Marion
https://thesouthern.com/news/bailey-del-mar-bring-campaign-stop-to-marion/article_ff61b34b-55a3-57a8-a0e9-15893a3f6b49.html

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

ILLINOIS FREEDOM CAUSUS
— Veto Session This Week In Springfield
https://substack.com/home/post/p-176045108

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Don Tracy Celebrates Historic Gaza Hostage Release and Calls for Continued Peace
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/13/republican-candidate-for-u-s-senate-celebrates-trumps-peace-victory/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Budget gimmicks, pension debt and late financial reports are leaving Illinois taxpayers in the dark, according to Truth in Accounting which gives Illinois another “F” grade.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_1aeb5bba-eeea-4b1e-b745-f8befe9ab6bd.html
— Illinois House Speaker: ‘Mr. Trump, tear down this fence!’ DD: Back then, East Germany stopped its citizens from leaving. Today, foreign countries dump their unwanted citizens on America.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_011592ec-68c1-4e1c-a696-9165b9bab8d5.html

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois checks, balances? Not under Pritzker.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-checks-balances-not-under-pritzker/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Leftists refuse to help ICE and then blame murderous illegals on Trump
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/13/leftists-refuse-help-ice-blame-murderous-illegals-trump/
— Legislation seeks to save Columbus Day from being replaced by Indigenous Peoples’ Day
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/13/legislation-seeks-save-columbus-day-replaced-indigenous-peoples-day/
— Speaker Johnson says no quick fix to Obamacare subsidy ‘boondoggle’
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/13/speaker-mike-johnson-says-no-quick-fix-obamacare-subsidy-boondoggle/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Broadview, Illinois reduces ICE protest zone after ‘chaos,’ 15 arrests
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3848374/broadview-illinois-reduces-ice-protest-zone-after-chaos-arrests/
— Virginia’s proposed abortion ‘right’ would take power from parents
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/equality-not-elitism/3848533/virginia-abortion-fundamental-right-to-protective-freedom-takes-power-from-parents/
— ‘We’re back, Italians,’ Trump proclaims in recognition of ‘hero’ Christopher Columbus
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/3847895/were-back-italians-trump-proclaims-in-recognition-of-hero-christopher-columbus/

BREITBART
— Illinois State Police Arrest Unlawful Anti-ICE Protesters
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/10/12/illinois-state-police-arrest-unlawful-anti-ice-protesters/
— ‘Incompatible Ideology’: Rep. Chip Roy’s Bill Aims to Protect U.S. from Illegals Who Observe Sharia Law
https://www.breitbart.com/faith/2025/10/13/incompatible-ideology-rep-chip-roy-aims-to-protect-u-s-from-illegals-who-observe-sharia-law/

CAMPUS REFORM
— Trinity Washington University hosts event honoring convicted cop killer Assata Shakur
https://www.campusreform.org/article/trinity-washington-university-hosts-event-honoring-convicted-cop-killer-assata-shakur/28757

CHRISTIAN POST
— A day of remembrance for assassinated conservative Christian figure Charlie Kirk is scheduled to be held on Tuesday, which would have been the political activist’s 32nd birthday.
https://www.christianpost.com/news/charlie-kirk-national-day-of-remembrance-to-be-held-this-week.html

DAILY WIRE
— Portland Protesters Stage Nude ‘Die-In’ To Stop Trump’s Deportations
https://www.dailywire.com/news/portland-protesters-stage-nude-die-in-to-stop-trumps-deportations

FOX BUSINESS
— Billionaire Ken Griffin says Citadel’s Chicago exodus was ‘not hard,’ cites crime, taxes. Ken Griffin’s hedge fund relocated global headquarters to Miami in 2022 citing crime and tax concerns
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/billionaire-ken-griffin-says-citadels-chicago-exodus-not-hard-crime-taxes-drove-workers-away

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Evanston Has Doled Out Millions in Housing Reparations
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/this-illinois-town-has-doled-out-millions-in-housing-reparations-but-ownership-remains-out-of-reach/amp/

TPUSA
— Left-Wing University of Minnesota Club to Honor George Floyd in Protest of Charlie Kirk Day of Remembrance. DD: Democrats promote George Floyd. Republicans promote Charlie Kirk.
https://tpusa.com/live/left-wing-university-of-minnesota-club-to-honor-george-floyd-in-protest-of-charlie-kirk-day-of-remembrance/

TOWNHALL
— During the Schumer Shutdown, Democrats Are Using Americans As Pawns
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2025/10/13/schumer-says-trump-and-russell-vought-using-americans-as-pawns-n2664864

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Hegseth touts push to replace heavyset National Guard troops in Illinois
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5553001-hegeseth-emphasizes-military-fitness/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Vance warns of deeper cuts ahead for federal workers
https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-vance-trump-furlough-congress-fired-6179d3359c0d6f547e963822d67c28b4

CBS NEWS
— Newsom signs law banning new Glock sales in California
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/newsom-to-decide-bill-glock-sales-california/
— Pain for federal workers as government shutdown continues. DD: Federal employees have always been demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being grossly overpaid. Since September of 1997 when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire, no one has had any sympathy for my losing 56% of my annual income. In today’s dollars a loss of $86,371/year ($153,151/year salary minus $66,780/year Civil Service Retirement System pension. They have always stressed my wife’s income, our not having any dependents, our being debt-free, our retirement and other savings, the federal government paying 72% of our health insurance, our home in Wheaton, our cars, etc.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/pain-for-federal-workers-as-government-shutdown-continues/

WASHINGTON POST
— Historic wave of retirements is putting huge strains on the government. Tens of thousands of federal employees have taken retirement or other voluntary departures on top of the Trump administration’s latest layoffs.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/13/retirements-buyouts-federal-government-trump/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DD: In Diersen v. GAO, the courts abolished federal Civil Service protections and gave the federal government the power to force its employees to retire, that is, to fire them. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf
https://www.aol.com/news/opinion-trump-wants-supreme-court-110028479.html

BALTIMORE SUN
— Trump to award Charlie Kirk Medal of Freedom on what would’ve been his 32nd birthday
https://www.baltimoresun.com/2025/10/13/trump-to-award-charlie-kirk-medal-of-freedom-on-what-wouldve-been-his-32nd-birthday/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Furloughed Federal Workers Turn to Side Hustles to Survive Shutdown. Gig jobs for Lyft and others are helping employees across the government stay afloat until paychecks resume. DD: Federal employees have always been demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being grossly overpaid. Since September of 1997 when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire, no one has had any sympathy for my losing 56% of my annual income. In today’s dollars a loss of $86,371/year ($153,151/year salary minus $66,780/year Civil Service Retirement System pension. They have always stressed my wife’s income, our not having any dependents, our being debt-free, our retirement and other savings, the federal government paying 72% of our health insurance, our home in Wheaton, our cars, etc.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/federal-worker-side-hustles-government-shutdown-bd55612c

CEO TODAY
— DD: For Democrats, government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats. Virtually all government employees are Democrats. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat who would take the job. I qualified myself for the Post Office job by passing the postal employment examination and earning a high school diploma. I qualified myself for the IRS job by passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination and an earning a job-related bachelor’s degree. I qualified myself for the GAO job by earning a job-related master’s degree and passing the CPA examination on my first attempt.
https://www.ceotodaymagazine.com/2025/10/trump-federal-purge-washington-civil-service-collapse-2025/

FED SMITH
— Going for Broke? This Shutdown is Different, May Last Longer and Reshape the Federal Government.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2025/10/13/shutdown-is-different-may-last-longer-and-reshape-federal-government/

PBS
— Some Indigenous Peoples Day events strike conciliatory tone as Trump focuses on Columbus
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/some-indigenous-peoples-day-events-strike-conciliatory-tone-as-trump-focuses-on-columbus

ATLANTIC
— Trump’s Costly Cuts to the Civil Service. The administration is culling the best and brightest from the federal workforce. DD: Needless-to-say, I have never been viewed as being one of the best and the brightest federal employees. My critics/opponents stress the adverse actions that my Democrat superiors took against me. They stress that my IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12 even though I earned an MBA and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt. They stress that my Democrat GAO superiors never promoted me beyond GS-13 even though I earned a master’s degree in accounting, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, became a licensed CPA, earned four more job-related professional certifications, and earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/10/worst-way-cut-government-spending/684478/