GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Pot is poison. In 2019, I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton. Pot drags you down. I have never used pot and I never will. Did your classmates and coworkers use pot? What if your classmates had used pot? If my Crete-Monee High School classmates had used pot, my 1966 class ranking would have been higher. If I had used pot, my ACT score and my GPA would have been lower. UIC would not have accepted me in 1966 let alone NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, and IIT in 1992. If I had used pot, I would not have passed on my first attempt the CPA examination in 1979 and the Certified Internal Auditor examination in 1981. If I had used pot, I would not have become a licensed CPA in 1981. If I had used pot, none of my employers would have hired me let alone promoted me. Firestone Stores would not have hired me in 1970. IRS would not have hired me in 1971 let alone promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. GAO would not have hired me in 1980 let alone promoted me in 1986. If my IRS and GAO coworkers had used pot, I would have had less competition. I would have been promoted much faster and much higher than I was. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Who is more likely to use pot? From what I see, it is those who have trouble dealing with reality, who have health, financial, and/or other problems, and/or who fall for vices. From what I see, they are more likely to be liberal, Libertarian, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. The more that you use pot, the sooner that you will crash and burn. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC5
— Marijuana criminals flow into Illinois prisons as president relaxes weed status. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot is poison. In 2019, I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/marijuana-criminals-flow-into-illinois-prisons-as-president-relaxes-weed-status/3865686/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/video/news/local/cannabis-reclassification-could-reshape-the-illinois-industry/3865691/
ABC7
— Illinois Accountability Commission holds 1st meeting on claims of abuse in ‘Operation Midway Blitz’
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-operation-midway-blitz-news-illinois-accountability-commission-discusses-impact-federal-agents-using-chemical/18298598/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Thursday defended their agents actions, which they continue to say are exercised only in the face of grave threats and dangerous situations. “DHS law enforcement officers follow the law and the U.S. Constitution,” a statement from DHS read in part. “Our law enforcement show incredible restraint and professionalism in exhausting all options before any kind of non-lethal force is used.”)
CBS2
— Dozens more Chicago police officers and private security guards to begin patrolling CTA on Friday
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/cta-security-plan-police-officers-security-guards-patrols/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/19/opinion-gregory-bovino-christmas-immigration-raids/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump admin ending grants for support services at many Illinois schools. The administration informed ACT Now Illinois last week that it is discontinuing its Community Schools grant, effective Dec. 31. DD: Democrat leaders use grants to promote the Democrat Party platform.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/12/18/act-now-illinois-community-schools-grant-trump
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot is poison. In 2019, I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/marijuana/2025/12/18/cannabis-trump-reclassify-marijuana-research
DAILY HERALD
— Elgin council meeting paused twice following interruptions from residents frustrated with federal immigration enforcement tactics. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251218/news/elgin-council-meeting-paused-twice-following-interruptions-from-residents-frustrated-with-federal-im/
ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Want to talk affordability in Illinois? Start with taxes. DD: Ever-since I became an IRS employee when I was 22 years old in 1971, my critics/opponents have wanted me to pay more taxes. They were furious that I paid less federal income taxes by itemizing. They were even more furious that I paid less federal income tax by deducting my deducting my education expenses 1972-1981 and 1992-1997.
https://www.rrstar.com/story/opinion/columns/guest/2025/12/19/want-to-talk-affordability-in-illinois-start-with-taxes-opinion/87827310007/
JOURNAL COURIER
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot is poison. In 2019, I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/business/article/cloud-lifts-over-cannabis-companies-future-amid-21250757.php
— Trump suspends green card lottery program that let Brown University, MIT shooting suspects into US
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/trump-suspends-green-card-lottery-program-that-21251664.php
ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Illinois bill would let people with past convictions run for office
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/illinois-bill-convictions-office-21248130.php
WAND TV
— EEOC urges white men to report discrimination. DD: In Diersen v. GAO, the courts ruled that discrimination against older White males was not only legal, but that it is what Congress wanted.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/head-of-workplace-rights-agency-urges-white-men-to-report-discrimination/article_5098cb76-91e7-573c-8977-e20aeb5aad43.html
NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Venezuela against America.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2025-12-18/venezuelans-brace-for-hardship-as-trump-threatens-oil-blockade
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: The mainstream news media exists to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-12-18/fcc-chair-faces-questions-about-threats-to-broadcasters-and-agencys-independence
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— December 19, 2025
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/12/19/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-651/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
JOHN KASS
— Which Identity Is Unworthy? It Might Be Yours. DD: According to Democrat and RINO leaders, the following identities are unworthy: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://johnkassnews.com/which-identity-is-unworthy-it-might-be-yours/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Pritzker Wasn’t Paying Attention During the 1974 RTA Referendum
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/19/pritzker-wasnt-paying-attention-during-the-1974-rta-referendum/
— Criticism Mimics 1974 RTA Opponents’ Road Tax Diversion Arguments
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/19/nita-criticism-mimics-1974-rta-opponents-road-tax-diversion-arguments/
— Examples of Homeowners Who Lost Equity Through the Property Tax Sale Process
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/19/examples-of-homeowners-who-lost-equity-through-the-property-tax-sale-process/
— Man Charged for Lighting Women on Fire on CTA Train and Lighting Up City Hall
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/18/man-charged-for-lighting-women-on-fire-on-cta-train-and-lighting-up-city-hall/
— Republican Congress Folks Ask Trump Not to Pardon Madigan
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/18/republican-congress-folks-ask-trump-not-to-pardon-madigan/
— Rep. Sue Ness Asks Constituents about Double-Dipping Elected Officials
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/17/rep-sue-ness-asks-constituents-about-double-dipping-elected-officials/
— Illinois Public Sector Unions Spend More on Politics Than Any Other State
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/17/illinois-public-sector-unions-spends-more-on-politics-than-any-other-state/
— Household Income Limit for Senior Real Estate Tax Deferral Going Up to $75,000
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/17/household-income-limit-for-senior-real-estate-tax-deferral-going-up-to-75000/
— NBC Minimizes Democrats’ 60% Toll Increase
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/17/nbc-minimizes-democrats-60-toll-increase/
— Biss Calls for Repeal of Second Amendment
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/17/biss-calls-for-repeal-of-second-amendment/
— Next Dems Will Make It Easier for Sgt. Dam
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/16/next-dems-will-make-it-easier-for-sgt-dam/
— Crooks in State Government
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/16/crooks-in-state-government/
— Why This Gambling Opponent Voted for the Lottery
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/15/why-this-gambling-opponent-voted-for-the-lottery/
— Discount on Lyft Rides on Christmas and New Year’s, First Come, First Serve
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/15/discount-on-lyft-rides-on-christmas-and-new-years-first-come-first-serve/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Don’t blame racism for inequality in America. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for all the problems that those who are the following have: liberal, moderate, Libertarian, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, non-rich, unmarried, LGBTQ, disabled, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/premium/3919625/inequality-america-study-racism-american-dream/
NEW YORK POST
— Mamdani appointee resigns after vile antisemitic social media posts resurface
https://nypost.com/2025/12/18/us-news/zohran-mamdani-appointee-catherine-almonte-da-costa-made-vile-antisemitic-comments-in-unearthed-social-media-posts/
BREITBART
— Democrats Fight for Illegals, Career Criminals, and Terrorists over Americans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9ZcyN8VQT8
FEDERALIST
— EEOC Makes Direct Appeal To White Males Facing Workplace Discrimination. DD: In Diersen v. GAO, the courts ruled that discrimination against older White males was not only legal, but that it is what Congress wanted.
https://thefederalist.com/2025/12/18/employment-commission-makes-direct-appeal-to-white-males-facing-workplace-discrimination/
— Large School Systems See Plummeting Foreign-Language Students Thanks To Immigration Enforcement. DD: What percent of the students in your school district are noncitizens?
https://thefederalist.com/2025/12/18/large-school-systems-see-plummeting-foreign-language-students-thanks-to-immigration-enforcement/
FOX BUSINESS
— Evanston mayor Biss makes the ‘conscious decision’ to choose illegal aliens over Americans
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6386677331112
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot is poison. In 2019, I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IjokWmyy7I
FOX NEWS
— A group of House Republicans is urging President Donald Trump against reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot is poison. In 2019, I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-republicans-demand-trump-reverse-course-after-strongly-considering-marijuana-executive-order
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iE5eDjAAp-M
NATIONAL TAXPAYERS UNION
— Comptroller General Dodaro’s Final Testimony Underscores Why Congress Needs a Strong Watchdog. DD: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to a) force me to take a $23,472 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, b) keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, c) delay my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13, d) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and e) force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.ntu.org/foundation/detail/comptroller-general-dodaros-final-testimony-underscores-why-congress-needs-a-strong-watchdog
(FROM THE ARTICLE: This week, Gene Dodaro, the outgoing Comptroller General of the United States, delivered his final testimony to Congress. After 15 years leading the Government Accountability Office (GAO), Dodaro used his closing appearance to highlight persistent high-risk areas across the federal government that expose taxpayers to waste, fraud, and abuse. He also reiterated a warning GAO has issued consistently during his tenure: without sustained leadership and reform from lawmakers, the nation’s fiscal trajectory is becoming increasingly perilous.)
NEWSMAX
— Democrat Candidates Tout Backing From Pro-Trans Ideology Group
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/democrats-senate-reproductive-freedom-for-all/2025/12/18/id/1238894/
TOWNHALL
— It’s No Shock Why Enrollment in These Large School Districts From Foreign-Language Students Is Down. DD: What percent of the students in your school district are noncitizens?
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/12/18/its-no-shock-why-enrollment-in-large-school-districts-from-foreign-language-students-n2668124
— Can the Dark Ages Return?
https://townhall.com/columnists/victordavishanson/2025/12/19/can-the-dark-ages-return-n2668175
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEWSWEEK
— DD: To get more votes from minorities and from women, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Whites and against men.
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-admin-encourages-white-men-to-claim-discrimination-money-11235826
AOL
— About 1.5 million Americans could face soaring healthcare insurance premiums in 2026 with ACA subsidies set to expire. Will your income still qualify? DD: Are/were your healthcare insurance premiums subsidized? Ever since I became a part-time postal employee when was 18 in 1966, my critics/opponents have been furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my healthcare insurance premiums. They have been even more furious ever since I got married when I was 29 and the federal government started paying 72% of my wife’s healthcare insurance premiums. That 72% subsidy is a major reason why people despise/hate federal employees, federal retirees, and their spouses. That 72% subsidy helped me withstand tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://www.aol.com/finance/1-5-million-americans-could-190000891.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The subsidy cliff affects households with incomes that are above 400% of the federal poverty level (FPL). For 2026 marketplace coverage, that’s about $62,600 for a single person and $128,600 for a family of four in the contiguous U.S.)
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot is poison. In 2019, I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12/18/us/trump-news
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats will not release the autopsy of their 2024 loss. Party leaders hope to avoid contentious fights over the party’s failing as it attempts to reboot for the 2026 midterms. DD: My critics/opponents continue to blame all the losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000 a) on what I have done as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000 and b) on what I did as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012 and as an Illinois Center Right Coalition officer 2003-2007, etc. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on a) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000, b) Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization leaders since 2000, c) conservative leaders since 2000, and d) religious leaders since 2000. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/12/18/democrats-2024-harris-trump-autopsy/
USA TODAY
— White men urged by EEOC to file discrimination claims in anti-DEI escalation. DD: In Diersen v. GAO, the courts ruled that discrimination against older White males was not only legal, but that it is what Congress wanted.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/12/18/trump-anti-dei-eeoc-discrimination-white-men/87830694007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot is poison. In 2019, I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/marijuana-drug-reclassify-trump-administration-db8eb9b4
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for their inflation. What has helped you deal with inflation? Ever since my wife and I got married in 1978, we a) spent money like we had only one paycheck instead of two and b) saved as much as we could for our retirement.
https://www.wsj.com/video/series/potomac-watch-strassel/wsj-opinion-donald-trump-tries-to-recover-on-inflation-and-affordability/BD7DA3B4-DD5F-4300-BAAB-75CE2F90406C
WION
— DD: Biden did not “allow” 25 million illegals to come in, he brought them in.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hm2mC0ysRio
NPR
— Inflation cools slightly in November as worries about affordability grip Americans. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for their inflation. What has helped you deal with inflation? Ever since my wife and I got married in 1978, we a) spent money like we had only one paycheck instead of two and b) saved as much as we could for our retirement.
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/nx-s1-5647510
COLUMBIA SPECTATOR
— Yes, Columbia needs more conservative professors. DD: Virtually all federal employees are Democrats. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, virtually all of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Democrats. Many, most, and at times, virtually all of them were veterans who blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://www.columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2025/12/19/yes-columbia-needs-more-conservative-professors/
NIEMAN LAB
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans who are the following once and for all: conservative, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/dei-dies-in-darkness-taking-integrity-with-it/https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/the-dei-whiplash-continues/
https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/the-dei-whiplash-continues/
ATLANTIC
— Rescheduling Marijuana Is an Enormous Mistake. Trump’s executive order does little more than offer a tax cut to an industry that profits from addiction. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot is poison. In 2019, I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/12/trump-marijuana-rescheduling-tax/685317/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GOVERNMENT AUDITING
— A Letter from the U.S. Comptroller General Gene Dodaro. DD: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to a) force me to take a $23,472 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, b) keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, c) delay my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13, d) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and e) force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://intosaijournal.org/journal-entry/a-letter-from-the-u-s-comptroller-general-and-chair-of-the-intosai-journal/
FREE MALAYSIA TODAY
— Should candidate eligibility include health requirements? DD: What about additional requirements including relevant education, relevant work experience, relevant professional certifications, and relevant professional licenses? If I had run for a government office, I would have stressed my relevant education (master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance), my relevant work experience (almost 9 years working for IRS and almost 18 for GAO), my relevant professional certifications (accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting), and my relevant professional license (CPA).
https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/12/19/should-candidate-eligibility-include-health-requirements
TIMES OF INDIA
— Trump’s H-1B Visa Chaos: Jobs At Risk, Families Traumatized As Wait Pushed To Late 2026. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/global-pulse/trumps-h-1b-visa-chaos-jobs-at-risk-families-traumatised-as-wait-pushed-to-late-2026/videoshow/126062036.cms
— Why Is India The Hardest Hit By Donald Trump’s H-1B Visa Crackdown? DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/short-videos/briefs/why-is-india-the-hardest-hit-by-donald-trumps-h-1b-visa-crackdown-global-pulse/shorttakes/126061288.cms
Tag: IRS
December 18, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— DD: Democrat leaders say Trump hits Biden and old grievances, touts ‘our country is back’ in address
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-address-nation-1st-year-office-2026-agenda/18296354/
NBC5
— DD: Democrat leaders say Trump gives partisan address insisting economy is stronger than many voters feel
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/trump-white-house-live-address-agenda/3865053/
FOX 32
— Video gambling costs. DD: I led the successful effort to stop video gambling in Wheaton in 2009.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-phn1jqxq2h0d645s
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH THREE PHOTOS: Senate hopefuls Kelly, Krishnamoorthi, Stratton target Trump, talk affordability at first debate. DD: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman and an Illinois Center Right Coalition officer, those organizations would still be hosting candidate debates. What did you do to help you afford things? To help me afford cars, college expenses, real estate, etc., I took bad jobs that my peers would never stoop to take. I a) did yard work 1962-1964. b) delivered newspapers 1962-1966, c) washed dishes 1964-1966, d) cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, e) delivered mail 1966-1969, f) worked on an automotive assembly line in 1970, g) sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, h) pumped more gasoline 1971-1972, i) collected delinquent federal taxes 1971-1980, and j) audited federal agencies 1980-1997. I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, b) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, c) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and a job-related professional license in 1981. I was able to do the aforesaid even though I was not viewed as being college material. 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 have never been able to run because I have a bone disease. My eyesight has never been correctable to 20/20. I have always had partial red/green color blindness. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class. According to my critics/opponents, I have always been stupid. They stress that I got no scholarships or student loans and that had to work my way through college. One could argue that if I could do the aforesaid with the limitations that I had, just about anyone could do what I did academically and professionally.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251217/nation-and-world-politics/senate-hopefuls-kelly-krishnamoorthi-stratton-target-trump-talk-affordability-at-first-debate/
RIVER BENDER
— DD: Pritzker ever-increasingly demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/gov-pritzker-in-primetime-address-donald-trump-ignores-reality-skyrocketing-costs-89192.cfm?
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Venezuela against America.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-12-17/venezuelas-government-says-trumps-move-to-block-tankers-is-an-outrageous-threat
CHALKBEAT CHICAGO
— Illinois quietly changes scholarship for teachers of color amid lawsuit, threats from federal government. DD: Did you get any scholarships? I did not. My critics/opponents have always that against me.
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/12/17/illinois-teacher-diversity-scholarship-changes/
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois tops nation for public sector union political spending
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_2c1888f3-fb69-4c90-a9db-4ce54dc1804b.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Trump tells America: ‘I’m fixing’ Biden’s mess in chart-filled primetime address
https://nypost.com/2025/12/17/us-news/trump-tells-america-im-fixing-bidens-mess-in-chart-filled-primetime-address/
— House crushes Dems’ attempt to rein in Trump’s military campaign against Venezuela, ‘illegitimate Maduro Regime’
https://nypost.com/2025/12/17/world-news/house-dems-force-vote-to-rein-in-trump-on-venezuela-as-white-house-ramps-up-pressure-on-maduro/
— Chicago-based cash-strapped ‘woke’ Wall Street watchdog braces for Trump administration crackdown on ‘political’ nonprofits
https://nypost.com/2025/12/17/business/woke-private-equity-watchdog-braces-for-trump-administration-crackdown-on-political-nonprofits-sources/
AMAC
— How DEI Is Destroying the American Family
https://amac.us/newsline/politics/how-dei-is-destroying-the-american-family/
BREITBART
— DHS Rips ‘Sanctuary’ Democrats Who Protected Deadly Migrant Trucker
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/12/17/dhs-rips-sanctuary-democrats-who-protected-deadly-migrant-trucker/
CAMPUS REFORM
— 5 public colleges that rebranded DEI offices in 2025. Here are five public colleges that seemingly attempted to pass DEI off of as something else this year.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/5-public-colleges-rebranded-dei-offices-2025/29114
— Six GOP-led states push sweeping bans on public funding for DEI programs
https://www.campusreform.org/article/six-gop-led-states-push-sweeping-bans-public-funding-dei-programs/29155
DAILY SIGNAL
— ‘PROGRESSIVE POLITICAL MACHINE’: America’s 4 Largest Unions Fund Politics Using Members’ Dues
DAILY WIRE
— Renewing The American Merit Ideal. If you want a happier human society, meritocracy is the way. DD: According to my critics/opponents, a) they are successful because of meritocracy and b) I owe my successes to my benefitting from discrimination against those who are minority, female, younger, veteran, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, noncitizen, etc.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/renewing-the-american-merit-ideal
EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Highlights Measures to Drive Down Costs in Prime-Time Address. The president said his administration ‘inherited a mess’ and is fixing the economy with a series of policy decisions.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-highlights-measures-to-drive-down-costs-in-prime-time-address-5959737
— Trump Announces $1,776 ‘Warrior Dividends’ to Military Members. The president said the checks are ‘already on the way’ to members of the military.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-announces-1776-warrior-dividends-to-military-members-5959745
FEDERALIST
— Large School Systems See Plummeting Foreign-Language Students Thanks To Immigration Enforcement. DD: What percent of students in America are noncitizens?
https://thefederalist.com/2025/12/18/large-school-systems-see-plummeting-foreign-language-students-thanks-to-immigration-enforcement/
FOX BUSINESS
— ‘I INHERITED A MESS’: Trump UNLEASHES explosive economic victory speech
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-_3-KBibJw
FOX NEWS
— Trump speech sparks optimism as ‘gangbuster’ economy forecasted for 2026. Newt Gingrich joins commentators in expressing economic confidence after president’s address.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-speech-sparks-optimism-gangbuster-economy-forecasted-2026
— Trump touts bringing country back from ‘brink of ruin.’ Trump unveiled new ‘Warrior Dividend’ checks that will be sent to US troops by Christmas.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-touts-bringing-country-back-from-brink-ruin
— Trump gives service members special Christmas gift: ‘Warrior dividend.’ ‘And the checks are already on the way,’ Trump said.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/military-troops-get-special-christmas-gift-president-says-warrior-dividend
— Netflix cancels gay military series the Pentagon called ‘woke garbage’
https://www.foxnews.com/media/netflix-cancels-gay-military-series-pentagon-called-woke-garbage.print
PJ MEDIA
— Trump’s Speech: Panic Is What the Left Wants to See
https://pjmedia.com/david-manney/2025/12/18/trumps-speech-panic-is-what-the-left-want-to-see-n4947223
— House Passes Act to Screen Unaccompanied Minors Despite Major Dem Opposition
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/12/17/house-passes-act-to-screen-unaccompanied-minors-despite-major-dem-opposition-n4947178
— Want Proof That Dems Love Illegal Alien Criminals? Here Are Three Examples.
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/12/17/want-proof-that-dems-love-illegal-alien-criminals-here-are-three-examples-n4947183
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— DD: Democrats and RINOs had no problem when Biden used his powers.
https://thehill.com/homenews/5654358-most-in-new-poll-say-trump-use-of-presidential-power-goes-too-far/
— Democratic socialism gets a trial run on Broadway with Mamdani
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5651845-democratic-socialism-big-apple/
REUTERS
— US House defeats bids to rein in Trump Venezuela campaign. DD: Democrats and RINOs had no problem when Biden used his powers.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-house-defeats-bids-rein-trump-venezuela-campaign-2025-12-17/
CBS NEWS
— DD: The Democrat Party platform ever-increasingly promotes more and more and more homelessness. Under the Democrats, Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, and school district will house more and more and more homeless.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/washington-dc-homeless-health-care-costs/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Full Transcript of President Trump’s Speech on the Economy. The president sharply attacked his predecessor while insisting that his own record contained nothing but victories.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/us/politics/trump-speech-transcript-economy.html
— Trump Finds That Retribution Isn’t Always So Easy. DD: Of course, according to my critics/opponents, all the adverse actions that they took against me were justified. I should write about my critics/opponents, the adverse actions that they took against me, and why those adverse actions were not justified.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/us/politics/trump-retribution-revenge.html
— Law Schools See a Decline In Students Of Color. DD: My IRS employee handbook encouraged me to take graduate evening courses in business, accounting, and law. While I took graduate evening courses in business 1972-1976 and accounting 1976-1980, a big reason why I did not take courses in law was that the tuition and books would not be tax deductible.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/us/law-school-black-student-enrollment.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Karl Rove: Alarm Bells Ring, Are You Listening? Between his rallies and online ranting, Trump is setting up a nasty midterm loss.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/alarm-bells-ring-are-you-listening-8a1b62f8
— Phil Gramm and John Early: The Biggest Fraud in Welfare. The government gives tens of thousands of dollars in benefits to the poor, which it doesn’t count as income.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-biggest-fraud-in-welfare-c325638d
— The A’s at Yale Are Inevitable. ‘When nearly everyone admitted is excellent, excellence becomes common. That isn’t the end of meritocracy—it is what meritocracy looks like at the top.’ DD: According to my critics/opponents, a) they are successful because of meritocracy and b) I owe my successes to my benefitting from discrimination against those who are minority, female, younger, veteran, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, noncitizen, etc.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-as-at-yale-are-inevitable-grade-inflation-evaluations-6e91beca
CITY JOURNAL
— Does Poverty Cause Crime? DD: What are the demographics of those who commit crimes?
https://www.city-journal.org/article/new-york-city-poverty-violent-crime
APOLLO ACADEMY
— US Demographics Are Changing. Although the US population continues to grow each year, the number of families with children under 18 reached a peak of around 37 million in 2007 and has declined to approximately 33 million in 2024, see chart below. This reflects demographic changes such as lower birth rates and aging of the population, even as overall population growth continues. DD: America is doomed if this trend is not reversed.
https://www.apolloacademy.com/us-demographics-are-changing/
JD SUPRA
— SCOTUS Will Expand President’s Power to Fire Members of Independent Agencies, Setting Stage for Workplace Regulation Shake-Up. DD: Because federal courts ruled that my Democrat GAO superiors had the power to force me to retire, that is, that they had the power to fire me, Trump has the power to fire any federal employee he wants to.
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/predictions-scotus-will-expand-4998321/
LEGAL DEFENSE FUND
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for all problems that those who are the following have: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are citizens of foreign countries.
https://www.naacpldf.org/case-issue/college-admissions-and-equity-research-brief/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
DAILY MAIL
— Bovino gets in VERY public spat with city mayor as he gives him rude awakening
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15393519/Trump-border-patrol-boss-public-spat.html
SOCIALIST PARTY
— The system is rigged for the rich – Fight for socialist change! DD: My critics/opponents promote socialism. According to them, I owe all my income and all my assets to my benefitting from a) working for the socialist federal government and b) capitalist discrimination against those who have less money than I have and are minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America as long as mine have, and/or are citizens of foreign countries.
https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/146385/17-12-2025/the-system-is-rigged-for-the-rich-fight-for-socialist-change/
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
— DD: Non-Whites ever-increasingly blame Whites for the problems that non-Whites have.
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2025/12/why-systematic-racism-has-a-lot-to-do-with-migration-and-asylum-systems/
December 17, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Apparent arrest made by federal agents in Chicago area amid concerns of Bovino’s return
https://abc7chicago.com/post/border-patrol-chicago-today-little-village-business-concerned-amid-immigration-arrests-greg-bovino-returns-area/18295179/
— Communities on edge amid apparent immigration-related arrests, Bovino’s return to Chicago area
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7dtqITqHlY
— Trump writes partisan plaques for predecessors in his newly installed Presidential Walk of Fame
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-writes-partisan-plaques-predecessors-newly-installed-presidential-walk-fame/18295678/
NBC5
— Judge blocks ICE from requiring members of Congress to provide prior notice before detention center visits
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-blocks-ice-congress-prior-notice-detention-center-visits/
— House passes GOP health care bill without ACA extension
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/house-health-care-vote-republicans-congress/
CBS2
— Bovino and agents return to Chicago area
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/border-patrol-cmdr-gregory-bovino-and-agents-return-to-chicago-area/
WGN9
— Border Patrol Commander Bovino back in Chicago
https://wgntv.com/news/operation-midway-blitz/border-patrol-commander-greg-bovino-back-in-chicago/
FOX32
— Evanston mayor Biss confronts Border Patrol chief amid rising immigration fears
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/evanston-mayor-confronts-border-patrol-chief-amid-rising-immigration-fears
— Bovino ramps up immigration raids in Chicago
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-j23iafl6hbu6nunz
— Chicago groups vow resistance as Border Patrol chief, agents return to area
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-groups-vow-resistance-border-patrol-chief-agents-return
— Chicago vote-by-mail applications open for 2026 primary election
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-vote-by-mail-applications-open-2026-primary-election
WTTW
— Biss Confronts Bovino as Immigration Enforcement Continues
https://news.wttw.com/2025/12/17/evanston-mayor-daniel-biss-confronts-border-patrol-chief-greg-bovino-immigration
— 4 Republicans Defy Speaker Johnson to Force House Vote on Extending ACA Subsidies
https://news.wttw.com/2025/12/17/4-republicans-defy-speaker-johnson-force-house-vote-extending-aca-subsidies
WBEZ
— Bovino’s Border Patrol caravan hits Chicago area for second day, making arrests in Evanston. Bovino had a tense standoff with Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss after federal agents arrested a man at a gas station Wednesday. Later, agents broke out the window of a pickup truck to detain two men outside of a Home Depot.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/12/17/chicago-immigration-ice-border-patrol-bovino-president-donald-trump-deport-midway-blitz
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Bovino praises police assistance in immigration enforcement as CPD denies support
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/17/bovino-praises-local-police-assistance-in-immigration-enforcement-argues-with-evanston-mayor-daniel-biss/
— Bovino in Evanston
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_lQWyqU0Xs
— Trump keeping 300 Illinois National Guard troops federalized until April despite no missions
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/17/illinois-national-guard-federalized-april/
— Illinois Republicans in Congress urge President Donald Trump not to pardon ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/17/gop-illinois-congress-madigan-pardon-trump/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Bovino’s Border Patrol caravan hits Chicago area for second day, making arrests in Evanston. Bovino had a tense standoff with Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss after federal agents arrested a man at a gas station on Wednesday. Later, agents broke out the window of a pickup truck to detain two men outside of a Home Depot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/12/17/chicago-immigration-ice-border-patrol-bovino-president-donald-trump-deport-midway-blitz
— Illinois Republicans tell President Trump to reject Michael Madigan pardon request. U.S. Reps. Darin LaHood, Mary Miller and Mike Bost, staunch Trump allies, penned the request on Tuesday.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/michael-madigan/2025/12/17/illinois-republican-congress-members-president-trump-michael-madigan-pardon-request
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/border-patrol-returns-haunt-chicago-economy-holidays
EVANSTON NOW
— Immigration raids return to Evanston
https://evanstonnow.com/immigration-raids-return-to-evanston/
ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Trump writes partisan plaques for predecessors in his newly installed Presidential Walk of Fame
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/trump-s-white-house-adds-partisan-plaques-to-21248405.php
WAND TV
— Sen. Mark Kelly calls Pentagon investigation into his remarks a move to chill military dissent. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government chilled my dissent big time. I ever-increasingly dissented their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. They ever-increasingly wasted my career, took more and bigger adverse actions against me, and then forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/sen-mark-kelly-calls-pentagon-investigation-into-his-remarks-a-move-to-chill-military-dissent/article_dbddfc77-3bfc-5fa7-834f-9f52554bf9b4.html
WIFR
— Trump will sign executive order to reclassify marijuana, loosen federal restrictions. DD: Pot is poison. I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton in 2019.
https://www.wifr.com/2025/12/17/trump-will-sign-executive-order-reclassify-marijuana-loosen-federal-restrictions/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Woman sues IRS to have pets classified as dependents
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/woman-sues-irs-to-have-pets-classified-as-dependents/amp/
CITIES 92.9
— Amid continued enforcement, Pritzker tells ICE protesters: ‘Do as you have’
https://www.cities929.com/2025/12/17/watch-amid-continued-enforcement-pritzker-tells-ice-protesters-do-as-you-have/
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Bovino Leads Caravan Through Chicago Before Clashing With Evanston Mayor. Wednesday marked Bovino’s second day back on the job in the Chicago area after he left in November.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/12/17/bovino-leads-caravan-through-chicago-and-suburbs-clashes-with-evanston-mayor/
DURBIN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly charge Trump with abusing his powers. The courts in Diersen v. GAO ruled that my Democrat GAO superiors had the power to force me to retire, that is, to fire me, when I was 49 years old in 1997 because I had been an active member in a class action lawsuit since I was 40 in 1988 that charged them with reversed discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/durbin-highlights-the-senates-responsibility-to-hold-the-executive-branch-accountable-amid-president-trumps-abuses-of-powers
CHALKBEAT
— Illinois quietly changes scholarship for teachers of color amid lawsuit, threats from federal government
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/12/17/illinois-teacher-diversity-scholarship-changes/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/12/17/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-438/
— Bovino: ‘We’re here for the taxpayer’
https://capitolfax.com/2025/12/17/bovino-were-here-for-the-taxpayer/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Biss Calls for Repeal of Second Amendment
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/17/biss-calls-for-repeal-of-second-amendment/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump owes America — and the Reiner family — an apology
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/17/donald-trump-owes-america-reiner-family-apology/
— Trump wounds MAGA brand with inhuman rant on Rob Reiner. Polls show once-fierce supporters are bailing in droves.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/17/trump-wounds-maga-brand-inhuman-rant-rob-reiner/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump rips predecessors Biden, Obama and Bush with new plaques on ‘Presidential Walk of Fame’
https://nypost.com/2025/12/17/us-news/trump-rips-predecessors-biden-obama-and-bush-with-new-plaques-on-presidential-walk-of-fame/
COLLEGE FIX
— Illinois amends ‘minority teachers’ scholarship to end federal lawsuit
https://www.thecollegefix.com/illinois-amends-minority-teachers-scholarship-to-end-federal-lawsuit/
FOX NEWS
— Protesters CONFRONT federal immigration agents in Chicago. Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino details street arrests of illegal immigrants in Chicago as residents protest immigration agents.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6386612177112
— ICE chief fires back at ‘100% false’ sanctuary city ‘harassment’ claims. Todd Lyons says sanctuary cities force agents into communities by releasing convicted criminals.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/ice-chief-fires-back-sanctuary-city-harassment-claims-100-false
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
PBS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for everything that is bad.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/americans-are-more-dissatisfied-with-trumps-handling-of-the-economy-than-ever-poll-shows
WORKERS WORLD
— Young workers reject capitalism’s dead-end future. DD: Under socialism, everyone is a government employee. Ever since I became a government employee when I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that if I had been a private sector employee, I never would have had the career successes that I had. They have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that career advancement in government is much easier than it is in the private sector, but nevertheless, I never earned more than $153, 151/year in today’s dollars notwithstanding the fact that I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. In my defense, my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran. How successful in the private sector would someone with my qualifications have been?
https://www.workers.org/2025/12/89607/
December 17, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC5
— Illinois toll hikes one step closer to reality after Pritzker signs transit funding bill. Under the proposed increase, tolls for passenger vehicles would rise $0.45, while semi drivers would be subjected to a greater hike.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-toll-hikes-one-step-closer-to-reality-after-pritzker-signs-transit-funding-bill/3864698/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— After vandals wreck anti-ICE Nativity scene, Evanston church gets creative. Lake Street Church removes the figure of the Virgin Mary wearing a gas mask, which was smashed by vandals, from the display. In its place, church staff put up a sign stating that Mary is being detained by immigration agents. DD: How strongly have Democrats taken over your church?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/12/16/lake-street-church-evanston-nativity-scene-vandalism
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino and agents return to Chicago in show of force across city and suburbs.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/16/border-patrol-activity-cicero-chicago/
— DD: How strongly have Democrats taken over your church?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/17/opinion-las-posadas-holiday-christmas/
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders make it ever-increasingly clear that they will never stop a) flooding America with their illegals and b) fighting their deportation. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251207/news/the-u-s-citizens-getting-caught-in-trumps-immigration-crackdown/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Darin LaHood urges Trump to deny Mike Madigan’s plea for a pardon
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/lahood-urges-trump-reject-madigan-pardon/
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot is poison.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/trump-admin-could-reclassify-marijuana-would-that-make-it-legal-nationwide/amp/
25 NEWS NOW
— Police dispose of jars of ‘free weed’ that was left near school as holiday gift
https://www.25newsnow.com/2025/12/17/police-dispose-jars-free-weed-that-was-left-near-school-holiday-gift/
WCIA
— Pritzker, Anti-Defamation League call out rising antisemitism across Illinois. DD: What percent of those who come to America are antisemites?
https://www.wcia.com/news/sangamon-county/pritzker-anti-defamation-league-call-out-rising-antisemitism-across-illinois/
CHALKBEAT CHICAGO
— A college degree is most ‘promising path’ to a good job in Illinois
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/12/16/illinois-research-identifies-most-promising-pathways-to-good-jobs/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Border patrol returns, tensions rise
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/12/17/border-patrol-returns-tensions-rise-00694628
(FROM THE NEWSLETTER: MADIGAN MOVES: Illinois Republican Congress members have written a letter to President Donald Trump urging him to reject former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s request for a presidential pardon. “Granting clemency in this case would not only reward a lifetime of unethical behavior but also embolden other public officials to exploit their offices for personal gain,” wrote Congress members Darin LaHood (IL-16), Mary Miller (IL-15) and Mike Bost (IL-12). Their letter is here.)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/12/17/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-650/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump declares Venezuelan government a ‘terrorist’ organization; orders oil tanker blockade
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/16/trump-orders-blockade-sanctioned-oil-tankers-venezuela-ramping/
— Trump administration urged to review Netflix’s LGBT content for kids as part of merger deal
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/16/concerned-women-america-netflix-childrens-shows-41-lgbtq-content/
— Netflix and the near-complete woke Hollywood takeover. Filmmaking’s future depends on studio independence.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/16/netflix-near-complete-woke-hollywood-takeover/
ALABAMA
— College scholarship in honor of Charlie Kirk created at University of Alabama. DD: Who leads Turning Point USA in Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district? Your attitude toward Kirk and toward his assassination say more about you than anything that you can say about yourself.
https://www.al.com/news/2025/12/college-scholarship-in-honor-of-charlie-kirk-created-at-university-of-alabama.html
AMAC
— Deport Illegal Aliens – Laws Require It
https://amac.us/newsline/national-security/deport-illegal-aliens-laws-require-it/
BLAZE
— ‘Enough white guys already’: The war on white men because of DEI in the working world exposed in damning report. DD: According to Democrat and RINO leaders, if Whites and males do better at something than minorities and females, it is because Whites and males benefitted from discrimination against minorities and females.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/damning-report-highlights-the-systematic-erasure-of-white-men-from-various-industries
BREITBART
— Cotton Introduces Bills Enforcing Strict Asylum Seeker Standards, Ending In-State Tuition for Illegal Migrants
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/12/16/exclusive-sen-tom-cotton-introduces-bills-enforcing-strict-asylum-seeker-standards-ending-in-state-tuition-for-illegal-migrants/amp/
— Private sector job growth has shifted to native-born Americans rather than foreigners, Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer celebrated on Tuesday. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2025/12/16/labor-secretary-lori-chavez-deremer-private-sector-job-growth-going-to-native-born-americans/
CAMPUS REFORM
— 5 times universities gave scholarships and resources to illegal aliens in 2025. Campus Reform uncovered multiple examples of colleges providing scholarships, legal services, and other resources to illegal alien students even as American students faced rising costs.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/5-times-universities-gave-scholarships-resources-illegal-aliens-2025/29082
CHRISTIAN POST
— How critical theory paved the way for Nick Fuentes
https://www.christianpost.com/voices/how-critical-theory-paved-the-way-for-nick-fuentes.html
COLLEGE FIX
— Anti-Turning Point USA professor used class time to plot disruption
https://www.thecollegefix.com/anti-turning-point-usa-professor-used-class-time-to-plot-disruption-report/
CREATORS SYNDICATE
— The Left Hijacked the US Education System. It’s Time to Take It Back.
https://www.creators.com/read/ken-buck/12/25/the-left-hijacked-the-us-education-system-its-time-to-take-it-back
DAILY CALLER
— New York Voters Warm To Mamdani, His Socialist Policies
https://dailycaller.com/2025/12/16/zohran-mamdani-favorability-policies-siena-poll/
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
— Justice Department Sues the Virgin Islands Police Department for Unconstitutional Practices Resulting in Effective Denials of Gun Permits. DD: When will Democrats officially announce that they will abolish the Second Amendment, confiscate all firearms and ammunition from Republicans, and get rid of Republicans once and for all?
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-virgin-islands-police-department-unconstitutional-practices
FOX BUSINESS
— White House AI czar blasts blue states for inserting ‘woke ideology’ into artificial intelligence. David Sacks targets Colorado’s algorithmic discrimination law as Trump administration moves to cut AI regulations. DD: Democrat and RINO employers use AI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/white-house-ai-czar-blasts-blue-states-inserting-woke-ideology-artificial-intelligence
FOX NEWS
— Vance tells blue state they ‘might try hiring Americans before suing over Trump’s visa fee explosion. Oregon leads 18 states challenging Trump’s $100K H-1B visa fee as unlawful. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/vance-tells-blue-state-might-try-hiring-americans-before-suing-over-trumps-visa-fee-explosion
— Border Patrol commander returns to Chicago as agents deploy pepper balls in immigrant neighborhood. Gregory Bovino’s appearance draws protests in Little Village neighborhood as Operation Midway Blitz escalates. DD: Democrat leaders make it ever-increasingly clear that they will never stop a) flooding America with their illegals and b) fighting their deportation. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/border-patrol-commander-returns-chicago-agents-deploy-pepper-balls-immigrant-neighborhood.amp
NEWSMAX
— Democrat Control Leads to Socialism
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/markwayne-mullin-gavin-newsom-democrats/2025/12/16/id/1238618/
— Bill Would Bar In-State Tuition for Noncitizens
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/tom-cotton-immigration-college-tuition/2025/12/16/id/1238584/
NUMBERS USA
— Twenty Years Ago Today: House Passed Bipartisan Immigration Reduction and Enforcement Legislation
https://www.numbersusa.com/blog/twenty-years-ago-today-house-passed-bipartisan-immigration-reduction-and-enforcement-legislation/
TOWNHALL
— The November Jobs Numbers Are Here, and It’s Good News for American Workers. Since September the private sector has gained 121,000 jobs. Meanwhile, the government has lost 168,000 jobs. DD: Ever since I became a government employee when I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that if I had been a private sector employee, I never would have had the career successes that I had. They have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that career advancement in government is much easier than it is in the private sector, but nevertheless, I never earned more than $153, 151/year in today’s dollars notwithstanding the fact that I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. In my defense, my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2025/12/16/jobs-numbers-n2667959
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— Trump condemns antisemitism after Bondi Beach shooting. DD: What percent of those who come to America are antisemites?
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/16/politics/video/donald-trump-bondi-beach-antisemitism-condemn-vrtc-digvid
ABC NEWS
— Maryland to consider slavery reparations after Gov. Wes Moore’s veto is overridden. DD: In my defense, I have always stressed that while all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s, they always lived in northeast Illinois.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/maryland-slavery-reparations-after-gov-wes-moores-veto-128464864
CBS NEWS
— As food insecurity rises in Georgia, a Stone Mountain pet pantry struggles to keep up with growing demand
https://www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news/as-food-insecurity-rises-in-georgia-a-stone-mountain-pet-pantry-struggles-to-keep-up-with-growing-demand/
ABC SAN FRANCISCO
— Dozens of protesters arrested after chaining themselves in front of San Francisco ICE building. SF’s ICE building cancels appointments; 44 protesters arrested after chaining themselves to entrances. DD: Democrat leaders make it ever-increasingly clear that they will never stop a) flooding America with their illegals and b) fighting their deportation. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://abc7news.com/post/dozens-protesters-faith-communities-block-entrances-san-francisco-ice-building/18292234/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Johnson Rules Out House Vote to Extend Health Insurance Subsidies. DD: Are/were your healthcare insurance premiums subsidized? Ever since I became a part-time postal employee when was 18 in 1966, my critics/opponents have been furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my healthcare insurance premiums. They have been even more furious ever since I got married when I was 29 and the federal government started paying 72% of my wife’s healthcare insurance premiums. That 72% subsidy is a major reason why people despise/hate federal employees, federal retirees, and their spouses. That 72% subsidy helped me withstand tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/us/politics/obamacare-subsidies-house.html
— New Yorkers Back Mamdani’s Push for Free Child Care. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors ever-increasingly decried the cost of raising their children. They ever-increasingly punished me for my and my wife giving up trying to have children without trying IVF, our not adopting, and our not becoming foster parents. According to them, if we had children, I would not have been able a) to pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) to earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, c) to pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and d) to become a licensed CPA in 1981.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/nyregion/mamdani-child-care-poll.html
— DD: To give preference to one demographic is to discriminate against another demographic. To get more votes from those who are the following, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly give them more preference: minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are noncitizens. That is, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly discriminate against those who are White, male, older, Protestant, German American, have ancestors who have been in America for a long time, and/or are citizens of America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/opinion/young-white-men-discrimination.html
— Our Kids Are the Least Flourishing Generation We Know Of. DD: What motivated you when you were young? Did you have the American Dream? I did. That motivated me to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. But if I was young today, because of my bad demographics, I would not have that motivation because of ever-increasing discrimination against those who share my demographics.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-jonathan-haidt.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Texas launches plan to open Turning Point USA chapters in every high school. DD: Who leads Turning Point USA in Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district?
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-12-16/texas-launches-plan-to-open-turning-point-usa-chapters-in-every-high-school
MIAMI TIMES
— Without affirmative action, elite colleges are prioritizing economic diversity in admissions. DD: Because Black and Hispanic parents have lower incomes than White parents, colleges use income as a proxy for race.
https://www.miamitimesonline.com/education/without-affirmative-action-elite-colleges-are-prioritizing-economic-diversity-in-admissions/article_9e22ccca-396d-4d8d-82e7-2c6d42613a47.html
USA TODAY
— Mamdani’s NYC win sparks secession talk by Staten Island Republicans
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/12/17/mamdani-nyc-staten-island-republicans-secession/87340414007/
— Agents are right to file lawsuit against FBI. DD: Because federal courts ruled that my Democrat GAO superiors had the power to force me to retire, that is, that they had the power to fire me, Trump has the power to fire any federal employee he wants to.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/12/11/fbi-agents-fired-kneeling-first-amendment-lawsuit/87691940007/
FORBES
— DHS Tells Churches To ‘Get A Grip’ As Nativity Scenes Used To Protest ICE. DD: How strongly have Democrats taken over your church?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2025/12/16/dhs-tells-churches-to-get-a-grip-as-nativity-scenes-used-to-protest-ice/
FAST COMPANY
— DD: If you would ask my Democrat GAO superiors what their greatest successes were, they would include their forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 and giving my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate who had less work experience than I had, who had less education than I had, who had one professional certification while I had six, and who had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91460876/how-trumps-anti-dei-policies-are-hurting-black-workers
ENTREPRENEUR
— McDonald’s CEO Warns That His Career Advice May ‘Hurt Your Feelings.’ In a new Instagram video, Kempczinski urged professionals to take full responsibility for their careers instead of waiting for someone else to give them an opportunity. Kempczinski’s message frames career growth as a personal responsibility, not a passive undertaking. DD: None of my Democrat Post Office superiors urged me to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree. None of my Democrat Firestone Store, IRS, and GAO superiors urged me to earn job-related master’s degrees, job-related professional certifications, or a job-related professional license. In fact, they discouraged me from doing the aforesaid big time. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. I should write about that.
https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/mcdonalds-ceo-this-career-advice-may-hurt-your-feelings/500931
PROPLE
— DD: How strongly have Democrats taken over your church?
https://people.com/why-churches-taking-stand-anti-ice-nativity-scenes-11864296
UNITED METHODIST NEWS
— In a Nativity scene at Oak Lawn United Methodist Church in Dallas, Mary, Joseph and the baby Jesus are depicted being held in a detention center, as a protest of how immigrants are being treated in the United States. DD: How strongly have Democrats taken over your church?
https://www.umnews.org/en/news/nativity-scenes-art-spotlight-immigration
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Turning Point USA’s Student Membership Keeps Growing. DD: Who leads Turning Point USA in Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district?
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2025/12/17/turning-points-student-membership-keeps-growing
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
ECONOMIC TIMES
— Vance: “Try hiring Americans as states challenge Trump’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee.” DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/money/topstories/jd-vance-says-try-hiring-americans-as-states-challenge-trump-s-100-000-h-1b-visa-fee/ar-AA1SjoUN
PRESS GAZETTE
— Top 50 news websites in the US in November: Ten newsbrands down by over 40% in a year. DD: The mainstream news media is ever-increasingly nothing more than a mouthpiece for the Democrat Party.
https://pressgazette.co.uk/media-audience-and-business-data/media_metrics/most-popular-websites-news-us-monthly-3/
December 16, 2025 Evening Edition
WHITE HOUSE
— RESTRICTING AND LIMITING THE ENTRY OF FOREIGN NATIONALS TO PROTECT THE SECURITY OF THE UNITED STATES
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/12/restricting-and-limiting-the-entry-of-foreign-nationals-to-protect-the-security-of-the-united-states/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino and agents return to Chicago in show of force across city and suburbs
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/16/border-patrol-activity-cicero-chicago/
— Maryland will consider slavery reparations after Gov. Wes Moore’s veto is overridden. DD: In my defense, I have always stressed that while all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s, they always lived in northeast Illinois.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/16/maryland-will-consider-slavery-reparations-after-gov-wes-moores-veto-is-overridden/
— Illinois could be only 5 years away from electricity shortages, higher bills
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/16/illinois-electricity-report-shortages-bills/
— Napoleon Harris to appear on ballot in Democratic committeeman race after objections struck down
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/16/napoleon-harris-ballot-democratic-committeeman/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Bovino’s back: Border Patrol commander leads fresh round of immigration raids in Chicago area. Gregory Bovino returned to Little Village Tuesday after playing a key role in the early phases of Operation Midway Blitz, the immigration enforcement campaign that has stoked fear among Chicago’s immigrant communities and led to thousands of arrests.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/12/16/greg-bovino-chicago-border-patrol-president-donald-trump-deportation-immigration
ABC7
— Trump to address nation Wednesday night
https://abc7chicago.com/post/president-donald-trump-address-nation-wednesday-night/18292669/
— Church Nativity scenes add zip ties, gas masks and ICE to protest immigration raids
https://abc7chicago.com/post/church-nativity-scenes-add-zip-ties-gas-masks-ice-protest-immigration-raids-evanston-illinois/18292813/
— Multiple immigration arrests caught on camera as Border Patrol Chief Bovino returns to Chicago
https://abc7chicago.com/post/border-patrol-chicago-today-federal-immigration-agents-seen-little-village-cicero-tuesday-video-shows/18292411/
CBS2
— Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino in Chicago as federal agents detain people in Little Village, Cicero and Berwyn
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/border-patrol-gregory-bovino-chicago-little-village-cicero-midway/
FOX32
— Illinois approves $1.5B boost to rescue, revamp Chicago-area transit
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-transit-bill
WTTW
— Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino Back in Chicago as Federal Immigration Operations Ramp Back Up
https://news.wttw.com/2025/12/16/border-patrol-chief-greg-bovino-back-chicago-federal-immigration-operations-ramp-back
WGN RADIO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://wgnradio.com/john-williams/eric-zorn-trump-immigration-policy-is-unpopular/
WBEZ
— Bovino’s back: Border Patrol commander leads fresh round of immigration raids in Chicago area. Gregory Bovino returned to Little Village Tuesday after playing a key role in the early phases of Operation Midway Blitz, the immigration enforcement campaign that has stoked fear among Chicago’s immigrant communities and led to thousands of arrests.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/12/16/greg-bovino-chicago-border-patrol-president-donald-trump-deportation-immigration
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/12/16/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-437/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois Freedom Caucus raises new questions about noncitizen police officer
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_2b70c989-c57f-4e79-a8fe-ea72f04e2625.html
WIREPOINTS
— Chicago Crime, Courts, and Taxes Under Fire as Critics Question City Leadership – Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon Interviewed on Dan Proft’s Morning Answer
https://wirepoints.org/chicago-crime-courts-and-taxes-under-fire-as-critics-question-city-leadership-wirepoints-mark-glennon-interviewed-on-dan-profts-morning-answer/
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— The Hunger Industrial Complex: How America Manufactured a Food Insecurity Crisis
https://illinoisfamily.org/federal/the-hunger-industrial-complex-how-america-manufactured-a-food-insecurity-crisis/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Dabrowski Campaign Starts with Illegal Robocalls — Repeating Rauner’s $1 Million Mistake. Political robocalls to cell phones without prior express consent are illegal under federal law.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/12/dabrowski-campaign-starts-with-illegal-robocalls-repeating-rauners-1-million-mistake.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: That warning makes Dabrowski’s misstep even more striking given who is advising him. Dabrowski’s top campaign advisor is Jeanne Ives, a longtime and outspoken political enemy of Bruce Rauner. Ives built her reputation opposing Rauner’s brand of establishment Republican politics, frequently criticizing his judgment, leadership, and campaign decisions. Yet now, the Dabrowski campaign finds itself ensnared in the very same legal problem that cost Rauner’s campaign $1 million. Illinois law compounds the risk. The state’s Election Code (10 ILCS 5/9-9.5) requires political calls to identify the sponsoring committee and prohibits blocking caller ID. Violations are a Class B misdemeanor, punishable by up to six months in jail and fines up to $1,500. The State Board of Elections may also impose civil penalties and refer cases for prosecution.)
— Return to Innocence: A Generation Caught Between Digital Overload and the Erosion of Boundaries, Imagination and Innocence
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/12/return-to-innocence-a-generation-caught-between-digital-overload-and-the-erosion-of-boundaries-imagination-and-innocence.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— IRS law enforcement expanded reach in 2025: Helped ICE, policed D.C. streets
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/16/irs-law-enforcement-expanded-reach-2025-helped-ice-policed-dc-streets/
— Netflix and the near-complete woke Hollywood takeover. Filmmaking’s future depends on studio independence.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/16/netflix-near-complete-woke-hollywood-takeover/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Never, ever give up your guns
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom-self-reliance/3918225/never-ever-give-up-your-guns/
AMAC
— Deport Illegal Aliens – Laws Require It
https://amac.us/newsline/national-security/deport-illegal-aliens-laws-require-it/
BRETBART
— Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent: Mass Deportations Are Bringing Rents Down for Working-Class Americans
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2025/12/16/treasury-secretary-scott-bessent-mass-deportations-are-bringing-rents-down-working-class-americans/
FOX NEWS
— Chicago ‘lost its mind’ financially under Mayor Brandon Johnson, Washington Post warns. Washington Post criticizes Chicago’s financial ‘gimmicks’ under Johnson.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/chicago-lost-its-mind-financially-under-mayor-brandon-johnson-washington-post-warns
PJ MEDIA
— Newsom Brags About Giving Illegals Healthcare
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/12/16/newsom-brags-about-giving-illegals-healthcare-n4947140
TOWNHALL
— GOP Lawmakers Slam Critics of Airstrikes Against Venezuelan Boats
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeff-charles/2025/12/16/gop-lawmakers-slam-critics-of-airstrikes-against-venezuelan-boats-n2667972
— These RINO Senators Backed a Bill Seeking to Overturn Trump Executive Order on Federal Unions
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/dmitri-bolt/2025/12/16/two-republican-senators-back-bill-seeking-to-overturn-trump-executive-order-n2667997
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Even the Washington Post Agrees: Chicago’s Leftism Has Doomed City
https://www.westernjournal.com/even-wapo-agrees-chicagos-leftism-doomed-city/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Illinois Law Generates $1.5B to Save Public Transit From Fiscal Calamity
https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2025-12-16/illinois-law-generates-1-5b-to-save-public-transit-from-fiscal-calamity
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— GOP Leaders See No Chance of ACA Deal by Deadline. Centrists’ proposals stall in House, while Senate leader Thune says agreement could come next month
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/house-gop-aca-obamacare-subsidies-57add6a6
CFO
— How CPA licensure became a CFO issue in 2025. What started as a professional standards debate became a CFO concern tied to audit quality and hiring. DD: I became a licensed CPA when I was 32 years old in 1981. My critics/opponents have always ignored/dismissed/belittled that.
https://www.cfo.com/news/how-cpa-licensure-accounting-talent-became-a-cfo-issue-in-2025/807987/
NEWSONE
— How Descendants Of Enslavers Are Repairing Ancestral Damage. DD: In my defense, I have always stressed that while all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s, they always lived in northeast Illinois.
https://newsone.com/6689508/how-descendants-enslavers-are-repairing-ancestral-damage/
December 16, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Hundreds of Chicagoans contribute campaign money in hotly contested mayoral election . . . in New York City? The Nov. 4 general election between New York mayoral candidates Mamdani, Cuomo and Sliwa drew interest from across the country, including Illinois, where more than 800 people contributed over $70,000 to candidate campaign funds. Mamdani won the race on a progressive platform that’s drawn comparisons to Brandon. DD: Mamdani is not progressive, he is socialist.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/12/16/illinois-chicago-campaign-contributions-new-york-mayor-candidates-zohran-mamdani-andrew-cuomo-curtis-sliwa
— DePaul University lays off 114 staff members. The Lincoln Park-based school said it’s facing financial headwinds due to a significant drop in enrollment among international graduate students, an increased demand for financial aid and the rising costs of benefits.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/12/15/depaul-university-layoff-cuts-chicago-lincoln-park
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders use vandalism of Evanston Church Nativity scene to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/15/nativity-smashed-mary-evanston-church/
— What the mayor can do to address the rise of anti-Jewish crime in Chicago. DD: Democrats run Chicago. Chicago residents are overwhelmingly Democrat. Enough said.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/16/opinion-antisemitism-chicago-solutions/
DAILY HERALD
— Kane County officials: Police can’t enforce new law banning civil immigration arrests at courthouses
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251215/news/kane-county-officials-police-cant-enforce-new-law-banning-civil-immigration-arrests-at-courthouses/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PHOTOS: The mainstream news media is ever-increasingly nothing more than a mouthpiece for the Democrat Party.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251215/nation-and-world-politics/another-blue-wave-napervilles-lauren-underwood-working-to-make-it-happen-while-republican-fights/
WGN9
— Local ‘Worst of the Worst’ list includes serious crimes, also traffic and weed offenses
https://wgntv.com/news/wgn-investigates/local-worst-of-the-worst-list-includes-serious-crimes-also-traffic-and-weed-offenses/
FOX32
— Illinois invests $2M to strengthen fight against homelessness. DD: The Democrat Party platform promotes homelessness.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1756794
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Illinois Republicans look for SAFE-T Act changes after Governors comment
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/safe-t-act-pre-trial-release-concerns/
FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump again says he is considering reclassifying marijuana as less dangerous drug. ‘So we are looking at that very strongly,’ Trump said. DD: Pot is poison. I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton in 2019.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/trump-again-says-he-considering-reclassifying-marijuana-less-dangerous-drug
WAND TV
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight getting rid of SNAP fraud.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/trump-administration-says-it-needs-to-fight-snap-fraud-but-the-extent-of-the-problem/article_8ec03628-6e2b-5bd1-9050-d73bcc9eeb89.html
WCIA
— IDPH releases first-ever report on alcohol use in Illinois. Nearly 23 percent of Illinois high schoolers reported consuming at least one alcoholic beverage in the past 30 days. DD: If I had been a drinker or a pot smoker, a) S.S. Kresge would not have hired me to wash dishes, b) my ACT score would have been lower, c) I would not have made it into the upper 20% of my class, and d) UIC would not have accepted me.
https://www.wcia.com/news/health-news/idph-releases-first-ever-report-on-alcohol-use-in-illinois/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Springfield receives $2 million to address homelessness. DD: The Democrat Party platform promotes homelessness.
https://www.nprillinois.org/springfield-il/2025-12-15/springfield-receives-2-million-to-address-homelessness
INDIANA STUDENT DAILY
— Indiana University Turning Point USA membership increases significantly after Kirk assassination. DD: Who heads Turning Point USA in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district? If I had been active in Republican politics when I was in high school, the Democrats who ran the Post Office would not have hired me in 1966. If I had been active in Republican politics while I attended UIC and NIU, the Democrats who ran IRS would not have hired me in 1971. If I had been active in Republican politics while I took graduate courses at Loyola and DePaul, the Democrats who ran GAO would not have hired me in 1980.
https://www.idsnews.com/article/2025/12/charlie-kirk-turning-point-indiana-university-iu-news
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Pritzker slams Trump’s rhetoric on Reiner
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/12/16/pritzker-slams-trumps-rhetoric-on-reiner-00692394
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/12/16/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-649/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— QUESTION: What motivates mainstream news media owners, leaders, employees, and advertisers? ANSWER: Electing and reelecting Democrat candidates and defeating Republican candidates. I base that mainly on my serving as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000. Since 2004, GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters have included links to more than 530,000 articles. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Questions Swirl as GOP Candidate Gabby Shanahan Hands Out Policy Awards to GOP Legislators While Taking Party Cash
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/12/questions-swirl-as-gop-candidate-gabby-shanahan-hands-out-policy-awards-to-gop-legislators-while-taking-party-cash.html
— Illinois Republican grassroots activists are voicing growing frustration – not just with State Rep. Norine Hammond’s latest staged photo-op, but now with Aaron Del Mar’s response that many believe let her off the hook.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/12/grassroots-furious-after-del-mar-plays-nice-following-hammond-photo-op-controversy.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Top Zohran Mamdani fundraiser celebrated anti-NYPD slurs, said US should be ‘punished for its sins.’ DD: Immigrants to America ever-increasingly stress that their hands are clean, that is, that their ancestors were not responsible for slavery in America. I have always stressed that while all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s, they have always lived in northeast Illinois.
https://nypost.com/2025/12/15/us-news/top-zohran-mamdani-fundraiser-celebrated-anti-nypd-slurs-said-us-should-be-punished-for-its-sins/
BREITBART
— Machado: “Hundreds Of Thousands” Will Return To Venezuela Once Maduro Goes. DD: If/when Republicans regain control of Illinois, how many Republicans will return to Illinois?
https://www.breitbart.com/latin-america/2025/12/15/maria-corina-machado-says-hundreds-of-thousands-venezuelans-will-return-home-once-maduro-goes/amp/
CAMPUS REFORM
— 5 times higher ed pushed socialism in 2025. DD: While I earned four college degrees, I escaped such pushes by majoring in business, accounting, and finance.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/5-times-higher-ed-pushed-socialism-2025/29080
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— The H-1B Tsunami: Why the U.S. Must Act to Protect American Jobs, Security, and Prosperity. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://cis.org/Siddiqui/H1B-Tsunami-Why-US-Must-Act-Protect-American-Jobs-Security-and-Prosperity
— Were Refugees Resettled under Biden Properly Vetted? A look at the process suggests potential hazards.
https://cis.org/Report/Were-Refugees-Resettled-under-Biden-Properly-Vetted
DAILY CALLER
— Left-Wing Podcaster Jennifer Welch Says With Straight Face Charlie Kirk Justified His Own Murder. DD: Your reaction to Kirk’s assignation says more about you than anything that you can say about yourself.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/12/15/left-wing-podcaster-says-with-straight-face-charlie-kirk-justified-his-own-murder/
DAILY WIRE
— Mamdani And The Expanding Army Of DEI-Trained Social Workers. For the far-left, this is about growing the ranks of credentialed supporters of DEI in public institutions, especially schools.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/mamdani-and-the-expanding-army-of-dei-trained-social-workers
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Chicago Wants Money for Lawbreaking. FAIR shows city has no standing to object to Trump’s funding cutoff.
https://www.fairus.org/press-release/misc/chicago-wants-money-lawbreaking
FOX NEWS
— AOC’s luxury spending binge in Puerto Rico reignites questions about ‘socialist’ brand: ‘Peak hypocrisy.’ DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that under socialism, everyone gets free housing, free food, free clothing, free medical care, free childcare, free transportation, free education, free everything. They ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that under socialism, you do not have to work unless you want to. More and more and more in America are falling for that.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/aocs-luxury-binge-puerto-rico-reignites-questions-about-socialist-brand-peak-hypocrisy.print
— Trump admin launches ‘MerryChristmas.gov’ to roll out 12 days of federal gifts as Christmas comeback ramps up. DD: The Post Office would not have offered me a job when I was 18 years old in 1966 if it had not gotten a budget increase for the 1966 Christmas rush.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-admin-launches-merrychristmas-gov-173246390.html
TOWNHALL
— The Destructive Force Enabling Mayhem. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with those who hate conservatives, hate Republicans, hate Americans, hate Whites, hate males, hate older people, hate heterosexuals, hate married people, hate non-poor people, hate Protestants, hate German Americans, and/or hate those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors have been.
https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffdavidson/2025/12/16/the-destructive-force-enabling-mayhem-n2667942
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In assessing the weekend from hell, as Islamic terrorists grabbed headlines worldwide – with Jews being slaughtered on Bondi Beach in Sydney, Jews being massacred at Brown University in Providence, and U.S. soldiers and a staff member murdered in Palmyra, Syria – what is the enabling force behind such mayhem? Spoiler Alert: It’s Leftists. As demonstrated each and every day, leftists in America – Democrats and the fakestream media which carries their water – are anti-Western civilization.)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Fewer MAGA Republicans ‘strongly’ support Trump. DD: What makes someone a Trump supporter? Their giving money to Trump? Their attending his rallies? Their voting for candidates he endorses?
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5649278-maga-republicans-donald-trump-approval-drop/
REUTERS
— Ford takes $19.5bn hit amid electric vehicle retreat as Trump policies bite. Company to scrap several electric models and focus on gas and hybrid as US president pulls support for EVs.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/dec/15/ford-electric-vehicles-trump
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Confronts a Backlash of the Reasonable
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/opinion/trump-swing-voters-approval-rating.html
— Rob Reiner Fought for Democrats, and They Loved Him Back. The Hollywood star was an unusually hands-on activist and donor, whose deep understanding of politics set him apart from other celebrities.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/us/politics/rob-reiner-democrats-politics.html
WASHINGTON POST
— MAGA leaders warn Trump the base is checking out. Will he listen? Trump’s advisers say he is preparing to hold near-weekly rallies to spend more time with the base, but he has faced criticism from within MAGA in the meantime. DD: What makes someone a member of Trump’s base? Their giving money to Trump? Their attending his rallies? Their voting for candidates he endorses?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/12/15/trump-base-maga-midterm-voters/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism. They ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that under socialism, everyone gets free housing, free food, free clothing, free medical care, free childcare, free transportation, free education, free everything. They ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that under socialism, you do not have to work unless you want to. More and more and more in America are falling for that.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/12/15/reckoning-over-capitalism/
NEW YORK SUN
— New ‘Animal Farm’ Adaptation Sparks Backlash Over ‘Woke’ Retelling
https://www.nysun.com/article/new-animal-farm-adaptation-sparks-backlash-over-woke-retelling
USA TODAY
— DD: The mainstream news media ever-increasingly exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/12/14/trump-economy-inflation-affordability-hoax/87725036007/
— DD: Gun laws do reduce gun violence. The fewer people that have guns, the more emboldened that criminals are.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2025/12/15/australia-gun-laws-bondi-beach-shooting/87771943007/
ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION
— Effort to overhaul ‘woke’ college accreditation system raises questions about politics and power. DD: For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.ajc.com/education/2025/12/effort-to-overhaul-woke-college-accreditation-system-raises-questions-about-politics-and-power/
WEEK
— Trump signs executive order classifying fentanyl as a ‘weapon of mass destruction’
https://www.25newsnow.com/2025/12/15/trump-signs-executive-order-classifying-fentanyl-weapon-mass-destruction/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Orwell Gets an Orwellian Rewrite. What is ‘Animal Farm’ without a focus on communist tyranny?
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/orwell-gets-an-orwellian-rewrite-83635dcf
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly force EVs on everyone.
https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/can-u-s-automakers-compete-with-chinese-evs-while-focusing-on-gas-guzzlers-1b10c881
— A New Journal Opinion Offering. Free Expression writers will focus on life, culture and politics. DD: Will the WSJ invite me to be one of their Free Expression writers? I am completely independent. No one pulls my strings. I have been the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/a-new-journal-opinion-offering-free-expression-97c5c341
— Trump Criticizes Rob Reiner After His Death. Democrats and some Republicans said the president went too far in his social-media post.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-rob-reiner-death-comments-4ab536d1
FORBES
— DD: Democrat and RINO employers use disparate impact a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees. According to them, when Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, nonpoor, nonveteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time succeed, it is because they have benefitted from discrimination against those who are not aforesaid. According to my critics/opponents, because I am all of the aforesaid, a) I owe all of my successes in life to my benefitted from discrimination against those who are not the aforesaid and b) I should pay the price of Affirmative Action and DEI big time.
https://theweek.com/politics/doj-civil-rights-disparate-impact-discrimination-bondi
— Alarming Update On Student Loan Forgiveness Posted By The Education Department. DD: My critics/opponents have always stressed that I could not have gotten a student loan. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class. I could not run because I had a bone disease. My eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20. I was 1-A for the Vietnam War draft. I had not demonstrated any leadership potential. Further, I was not a minority or a female.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamminsky/2025/12/15/alarming-update-on-student-loan-forgiveness-posted-by-the-education-department/
FAST COMPANY
— ICE is spending millions on ads to recruit new agents. DD: I was rudely fired by my Firestone Store boss when I was 22 years old in 1971 because I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. But Oldsmobile withdrew that offer saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. Because I had to have a job to help support my mother and brother, I accepted a job offer from IRS. What if the only job offer I had gotten was from ICE?
https://www.fastcompany.com/91460777/ice-is-spending-millions-on-ads-to-recruit-new-agents
MIT MANAGEMENT
— DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO employers will ever-increasingly use AI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-to-matter/ai-reinventing-hiring-same-old-biases-heres-how-to-avoid-trap
HR GRAPEVINE
— DD: Democrat and RINO employers use budget cuts a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.hrgrapevine.com/us/content/article/2025-12-15-journalists-of-color-question-recent-media-layoffs-amid-dei-purge
NPR
— DD: What is your attitude toward federal employees and federal retirees? I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for more than 28 years. My critics/opponents have always despised/hated federal employee and federal retirees. I should write about that. They believe that federal employees are grossly overpaid, that federal pensions are much too generous, and that their benefits are much too generous. In my defense, I would not have become a postal employee when I was 18 in 1966 if my high school friend had not asked me to join him in taking the postal employment test. I would not have become an IRS employee when I was 22 in 1971 if my Firestone Store boss had not fired me because I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile, an offer that Oldsmobile withdrew because it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.
https://www.npr.org/2025/12/15/nx-s1-5620842/how-a-va-social-workers-life-has-changed-since-leaving-the-job
THOMAS REDICK
— “Time for Trump’s Patriotic Reparations” is an Urgent Call for Trump to Finally Enact Reparations for Black Americans. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders promote Affirmative Action (AA) to get votes from Blacks. Since the 1960s, AA has been reparations. Since the 1960s, Democrat and RINO leaders have forced those who are the following to pay the price of AA: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Because I am all of the aforesaid, my Democrat superiors in the federal government forced me to pay the price of AA big time. It all culminated when I was 49 years old in 1997 when they forced me to retire and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate who had less work experience than I had, who had less education than I had, who had one professional certification while I had six, and who had no professional license like I had.
https://www.pr.com/press-release/955740
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
DAILY MAIL
— Fury over family-friendly film adaptation of George Orwell’s Animal Farm that blames capitalism and has a happy ending
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tv/article-15384471/Fury-family-friendly-film-adaptation-George-Orwells-Animal-Farm-blames-capitalism-happy-ending.html
FROM OTHER SOURCES
WORLD ATLAS
— 12 Best Places to Live in Illinois. DD: Wheaton is not one of the 12. Why is that?
https://www.worldatlas.com/cities/12-best-places-to-live-in-illinois-2025.html
AUTO GUIDE
— These 11 Classic Cars Are A Good Investment. DD: If I had more money back in 2005, I would not have sold my 1968 Dodge Charger R/T to buy a 2005 Corvette. I had far less money in 2005 because my Democrat superiors wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.autoguide.com/auto/featured-articles/s-10-photos-of-bmw-s-futuristic-vision-neue-klasse-x-concept-44610355
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 1968–1970 Dodge Charger — $91,450 With roughly 40,000 R/Ts built and available Hemi power up to 425 hp, the second-gen Charger remains muscle-car royalty. More than half its owners today are Gen X or younger.)
HOT CARS
— America’s Oldest Surviving Car That Makes The Country’s Most Reliable Cars In 2025. DD: If I was in the market for a SUV, I would consider Buick.
https://www.hotcars.com/americas-oldest-surviving-car-brand-makes-most-reliable-cars/
December 15, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Nearly 23% of Illinois high school students say they drink. DD: If I had been a drinker, a) S.S. Kresge would not have hired me to wash dishes, b) my ACT score would have been lower, c) I would not have made it into the upper 20% of my class, and d) UIC would not have accepted me.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/15/alcohol-report-illinois-department-of-health/
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DD: Anticipate/expect that under Pritzker, homelessness will ever-increasingly increase in Illinois.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/local/2025/12/15/gov-pritzker-announces-2m-in-state-funding-to-help-with-unhoused/87774489007/
WSIL TV
— Illinois’ first report on alcohol use reveals concerning trends
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/illinois/illinois-first-report-on-alcohol-use-reveals-concerning-trends/article_87bae20e-07b9-4e2e-8eea-86410235228b.html?
CITIES 92.9
— Illinois Freedom Caucus raises new questions about noncitizen police officer
https://www.cities929.com/2025/12/15/watch-illinois-freedom-caucus-raises-new-questions-about-noncitizen-police-officer/
CWB CHICAGO
— Man wearing ankle monitor attacked 3 women days after judge refused to detain him
https://cwbchicago.com/2025/12/man-wearing-ankle-monitor-attacked-3-women-days-after-judge-refused-to-detain-him-documents-show.html
DAILY ILLINI
— Trump administration moves to end student loan forgiveness program. DD: I could not have gotten a student loan. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class. I could not run because I had a bone disease. My eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20. I was 1-A for the Vietnam War draft. I was not a minority or a female.
https://dailyillini.com/news-stories/university-news/2025/12/15/trump-student-loan-forgiveness/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/12/15/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-436/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
FREEDOMS JOURNAL
— Symbolism Is Not Salvation: A Black Conservative Response to Chicago’s Reparations Push
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/blog/2025/12/15/symbolism-is-not-salvation-a-black-conservative-response-to-chicago-s-reparations-push
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Reclassifying Marijuana Ignores Science and Endangers Families
https://illinoisfamily.org/marijuana-2/reclassifying-marijuana-ignores-science-and-endangers-families/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Conservatives line up against Trump’s marijuana downgrade. DD: Pot is poison. I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton in 2019.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/15/conservatives-line-trumps-marijuana-downgrade/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Reclassifying marijuana will not make America great again. DD: Pot is poison. I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton in 2019.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3917642/reclassifying-marijuana-will-not-make-america-great-again/
— Democrats blame guns, not evil, for Bondi Beach and Brown University shootings
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3917487/democrats-blame-guns-not-evil-bondi-beach-brown-shootings/
BLAZE
— ‘Rents will come down’ — but not in sanctuary cities
https://www.theblaze.com/news/rents-come-down-sanctuary-cities
CAMPUS REFORM
— 5 times higher ed pushed socialism in 2025
https://www.campusreform.org/article/5-times-higher-ed-pushed-socialism-in-2025/29080
FOX BUSINESS
— Sanctuary cities accused of shielding dangerous offenders from ICE enforcement
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6386509733112
FOX NEWS
— Leaked lessons from first-year University of Illinois education course show extreme left bias: ‘Just so wrong.’ Student whistleblower shares PowerPoints from first semester education class riddled with far-left messaging.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/leaked-lessons-from-first-year-university-illinois-education-course-show-extreme-left-bias-just-so-wrong
FOX SPORTS
— Chicago radio host rips Cubs player for Turning Point event attendance, likens it to ‘Nazi-adjacent pep rally.’ Matt Shaw attended Kirk’s funeral during the season. DD: People’s attitudes toward Kirk and toward his assassination say a lot about them.
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/chicago-radio-host-rips-cubs-player-turning-point-event-attendance-nazi-adjacent-pep-rally
TOWNHALL
— NBC News Stirs the ‘Systemic Racism’ Pot
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2025/12/15/nbc-news-systemic-racism-in-certain-activities-n2667899
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Chick-fil-A Doubles Down on Wokeness After Getting Backlash for Gay ‘Marriage’ Stunt
https://www.westernjournal.com/chick-fil-doubles-wokeness-getting-backlash-gay-marriage-stunt/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
WASHINGTON POST
— Chicago has lost its mind. The city’s fiscal situation is dire, and Mayor Brandon Johnson is determined to make things worse.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/12/15/chicago-budget-brandon-johnson-taxes/
FORBES
— DD: Anticipate/expect that under Pritzker, homelessness will ever-increasingly increase in Illinois.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQiCy48UMhQ
BANKING RATES
— 5 Expensive Items Everyone Should Sell Before Retiring. DD: When my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, I owned two collector cars, a 1962 Chevrolet Impala SS and 1968 Dodge Charger R/T. I held on to them until 2005. I wish I still owned them.
https://www.aol.com/finance/5-expensive-items-everyone-sell-000608065.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “One of the first things I suggest to clients is to take a hard look at their vehicles,” said Kevin Marshall, CPA and personal finance professional at Amortization Calculator. That dream car in the garage or the second SUV might have been exciting at one point, but it also carries weight — insurance premiums, maintenance costs, and repairs that never come cheap. “Retirement often brings fewer commutes and a slower pace, so why keep paying for something that spends most of its time sitting still?” He’s seen people sell an extra car and use the money to fund an entire year of travel or home improvements. “It’s not about downsizing — it’s about reallocating your resources to what actually brings you joy now.”)
JD SUPRA
— DOJ Promulgates Final Rule Removing Disparate Impact Regulations Under Title VI. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders use disparate impact to get rid of Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, nonpoor, nonveteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. According to Democrat and RINO leaders, when those who are the aforesaid succeed, it is because they benefit from discrimination against those who are not aforesaid. According to my critics/opponents, because I am all of the aforesaid, a) I owe all of my successes in life to my benefitted from discrimination against those who are not the aforesaid and b) I should pay the price of Affirmative Action and DEI.
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/doj-promulgates-final-rule-removing-7150551/
PEW RESEARCH
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/12/15/growing-shares-say-the-trump-administration-is-doing-too-much-to-deport-immigrants-in-the-us-illegally/
MOTHER JONES
— Trump Is Hellbent on Crushing Federal Unions, But They’re Still Kicking. DD: My critics/opponents despise/hate past, present, and future federal employees, and especially those who are, were, or might be union members. I was a union member while I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969 and for IRS 1971-1980.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/12/trump-doge-layoffs-federal-unions-busting-resistance-strike-protest-collective-bargaining-rights/
December 13, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— DD: Illinois Democrat leaders gerrymandered the 3rd Congressional District to elect Ramirez
https://abc7chicago.com/post/2022-election-results-delia-ramirez-illinois-3rd-congressional-district/12434540/
WGN9
— New law protects public officials’ personal info from disclosure
https://wgntv.com/news/wgn-investigates/new-law-protects-public-officials-personal-info-from-disclosure/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: How strongly have Democrat leaders taken over your church?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/12/12/nativity-displays-deportation-lake-street-urban-village-church
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251212/lifestyle/letter-writing-campaign-spreads-pride-and-holiday-cheer/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: DD: Under Pritzker, soon, everyone in Illinois will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251113/news/we-need-to-act-now-dupage-county-to-shift-funds-to-help-food-pantries-amid-snap-crisis/
NORTHWEST HERALD
— As Pritzker opens door to SAFE-T Act revisions, McHenry County sheriff, state’s attorney want input
https://www.shawlocal.com/northwest-herald/2025/12/12/as-pritzker-opens-door-to-safe-t-act-revisions-mchenry-county-sheriff-states-attorney-want-input/
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrats always want to do more to promote abortion.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-12-13/fewer-characters-on-tv-had-abortions-this-year-and-more-stories-reinforced-shame
ELMHURST COLLEGE
— Four Career Benefits to Completing Your Degree. DD: If I had not earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, Firestone Stores would not have hired me in 1970 and IRS would not have hired me in 1971. If I had not earned a job-related master’s degree, GAO would not have hired me in 1980. Further, if I had not been taking job-related graduate evening courses, IRS would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. Further, if I had not earned a second job-related master’s degree, two job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license, GAO would not have promoted me in 1986.
https://www.elmhurst.edu/blog/four-career-benefits-to-completing-your-degree/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Unlocking Higher Earning Potential. . .Access to Specialized Roles. . .Staying Competitive in a Changing Job Market. . .Expanding Your Professional Network)
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Narco-Ranching Fuels Disease, Corruption, and Border Instability — And President Trump Is the Only Leader Treating It as a National Security Crisis
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/12/narco-ranching-fuels-disease-corruption-and-border-instability-and-president-trump-is-the-only-leader-treating-it-as-a-national-security-crisis.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BRETBART
— Musk Slams Newsom, Says Transgenderism Is ‘Evil Woke Mind Virus’
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/12/12/elon-musk-gavin-newsom-transgenderism-evil-woke-mind-virus/amp/
DAILY WIRE
— Here Are The Illegals Arrested As Anti-ICE Protesters Disrupted Noem’s Testimony
https://www.dailywire.com/news/here-are-the-illegals-arrested-as-anti-ice-protesters-disrupted-noems-testimony
FEDERALIST
— Deportation Is The Only ‘Due Process’ Illegal Aliens Deserve
https://thefederalist.com/2025/12/12/deportation-is-the-only-due-process-illegal-aliens-deserve/
FOX NEWS
— DD: How strongly have Democrat leaders taken over your church?
https://www.aol.com/articles/illinois-church-nativity-shows-baby-131613906.html
— Kentucky lawmaker sparks firestorm for saying she doesn’t ‘feel good about being White’
https://www.aol.com/news/kentucky-lawmaker-sparks-firestorm-saying-180016752.html
NEWSMAX
— Journalists Can NOT Locate a ‘Far Left’ Anywhere. DD: To get rid of me, my critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being not only far right, but as being too far right. My critics/opponents reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all conservative principles and planks in the Republican Party platform. They most commonly reject the platform’s personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race of gender based preference giving) planks. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who are/were a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) conservative leaders, and d) religious leaders.
https://newsbusters.org/node/293164/print
— Trump Allies Put Ind. GOP on Primary Radar After Map Loss. DD: In 2000, my critics/opponents succeeded in getting a registered Republican voter in my precinct to run against me for Republican Precinct Committeeman, but not since then. In 2015, they drew me into the same precinct with Ives, but that redrawing was rescinded.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/indiana-senate-redistricting-2026-elections/2025/12/12/id/1238162/
PJ MEDIA
— Pritzker Signs Bill to Legalize Assisted Suicide
https://pjmedia.com/tim-o-brien/2025/12/12/pope-fan-boy-gov-jb-pritzker-signs-bill-legalize-assisted-suicide-n4947003
— Another Illegal Alien Truck Driver Causes Deadly Crash
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/12/12/another-illegal-alien-truck-driver-causes-deadly-crash-n4947005
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump’s Indiana primary threats risk fracturing GOP
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5647183-trump-primaries-indiana-republicans/
— GOP unveils health bill without ACA subsidies. DD: Is/was your healthcare insurance premiums subsidized? Ever since I became a part-time postal employee when was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have been furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my healthcare insurance premiums. They have been even more furious ever since I got married I was 29 years old and the federal government started paying 72% of my wife’s healthcare insurance premiums. That 72% subsidy is a major reason why people despise/hate federal employees, federal retirees, and their spouses. That 72% subsidy helped me withstand tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://thehill.com/newsletters/health-care/5647134-gop-unveils-health-bill-without-aca-subsidies/amp/
REUTERS
— Trump’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee draws legal challenge from US states. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/trumps-100000-h-1b-visa-fee-draws-legal-challenge-california-other-states-2025-12-12/
NEW YORK TIMES
— 20 States Sue to Block $100,000 Fee for H-1B Visas. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/us/politics/states-lawsuit-h1b-visas.html
— $27,000 a Year for Health Insurance. How Can We Afford That? DD: Is/was your healthcare insurance premiums subsidized? Ever since I became a part-time postal employee when was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have been furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my healthcare insurance premiums. They have been even more furious ever since I got married I was 29 years old and the federal government started paying 72% of my wife’s healthcare insurance premiums. That 72% subsidy is a major reason why people despise/hate federal employees, federal retirees, and their spouses. That 72% subsidy helped me withstand tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/opinion/health-care-aca-cost-insurance.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Pot is poison. If I had been a pot user, I would not have been able a) to earn a bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees, b) to earn six professional certifications, c) to earn a professional license, d) to buy news cars, e) to buy real estate, f) to get married, g) to etc.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/12/12/cannabis-marijuana-rescheduling-trump-administration/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DD: How strongly have Democrat leaders taken over your church?
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-12-12/church-nativity-scenes-add-zip-ties-gas-masks-ice-to-protest-immigration-raids
— Is $140,000 really a poverty income? Clearly not, but the viral debate underscores the ‘affordability’ issue. DD: I never earned more than $153,151/year in today’s dollars. According to my critics/opponents, that proves both a) that I was grossly overpaid and b) that was a career failure because I had three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/personalfinance/hiltzik-is-140000-really-a-poverty-income-clearly-not-but-the-viral-debate-underscores-the-affordability-issue/ar-AA1S4nOJ
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On the Sunday before Thanksgiving, a wealth manager named Michael Green published a Substack post arguing that a $140,000 income is the new poverty level for a family of four in America, where the official poverty line is $32,150. The post promptly went viral. One would hope that economic commentators coast-to-coast mentioned Green as their “person I’m most thankful for” at their family gatherings that week, because he gave them something to masticate ever since. On the spectrum from left to right, countless pundits have rerun Green’s numbers to deride or validate his argument.)
USA TODAY
— House narrowly voted against formally reprimanding a Democrat. DD: Censures and attempts to censure are always big news. I should write about the unsuccessful attempt by my critics/opponents to get the Illinois Center Right Coalition to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006. I would focus on my critics/opponents who continue to have their operatives and their dupes take adverse actions against me.
https://www.aol.com/articles/democrat-texted-epstein-avoids-censure-164814919.html
CNBC
— Affordability is the ‘beating heart’ of the ACA enhanced subsidy debate. DD: Is/was your healthcare insurance premiums subsidized? Ever since I became a part-time postal employee when was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have been furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my healthcare insurance premiums. They have been even more furious ever since I got married I was 29 years old and the federal government started paying 72% of my wife’s healthcare insurance premiums. That 72% subsidy is a major reason why people despise/hate federal employees, federal retirees, and their spouses. That 72% subsidy helped me withstand tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/12/aca-enhanced-subsidies-democrats-republicans-health-care-plan.html
EL PASO TIMES
— Push to exclude noncitizens from redistricting could have big effect in Texas. DD: How many illegals are in the political jurisdictions that you live in?
https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/texasregion/2025/12/12/how-texas-could-fare-if-redistricting-excludes-noncitizens/87731753007/
DESERT NEWS
— Why are Americans growing indifferent to marriage? DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasing destroy traditional marriage and family. Under the Democrats, fewer and fewer and fewer people are marriage material. What helped make you marriage material? By the time I got married when I was 29 in 1978, I had worked for IRS for almost 7 years and my salary was $108,978/year in today’s dollars. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and I was taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul. I lived in a one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building that I had bought in 1976. I was renting out a town home in University Park that I had bought new in 1972. I owned a 1972 Corvette that I had bought new in 1971.
https://www.deseret.com/special-series/2025/11/14/american-family-survey-marriage-indifference-needed-family/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The New College Unemployment Line. DD: If I had not earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, Firestone Stores would not have hired me in 1970 and IRS would not have hired me in 1971. If I had not earned a job-related master’s degree, GAO would not have hired me in 1980. Further, if I had not been taking job-related graduate evening courses, IRS would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. Further, if I had not earned a second job-related master’s degree, two job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license, GAO would not have promoted me in 1986.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-new-college-unemployment-line-2556ad81
BUSINESS INSIDER
— Prioritizing work-life balance is not a recipe for success — it’s a red flag. DD: While I worked for Firestone Stores in 1971, IRS 1972-1979, and GAO in 1981 and 1992-1997, I took only one graduate business, accounting, internal auditing, or finance course at a time. In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, that was a BIG mistake. By the time I earned an MBA in 1976, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, became a licensed CPA in 1981, earned four more professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and earned a master’s degree in finance in 1997, IT WAS TOO LATE.
https://www.businessinsider.com/skims-cofounder-emma-grede-work-life-balance-your-problem-2025-5
BLOOMBERG LAW
— ICE Detainees Successfully ‘Swarm’ Courts Seeking Due Process. DD: Illegals are not entitled to due process.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/class-action/ice-detainees-successfully-swarm-courts-seeking-due-process
AXIOS
— DD: The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/12/trump-economy-inflation-affordability
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
HRD AMERICA
— Starbucks sued for alleged racial quotas in hiring. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they always had Affirmative Action quotas, goals, and targets to meet. They used those quotas, goals, and targets to waste the careers of and to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.
https://www.hcamag.com/nz/news/general/starbucks-sued-for-alleged-racial-quotas-in-hiring/560027
GAUARDIAN
— DD: How strongly have Democrat leaders taken over your church?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/12/church-jesus-nativity-scenes-mock-ice-trump
December 12, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
FOX32
— Duckworth slams troop deployment. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1755268
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Illinois Democrats applaud as GOP-led Indiana Senate rebuffs President Trump’s push for new redistricting map. DD: Will Indiana be the next red state to turn blue and crash and burn?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/11/illinois-democrats-applaud-as-gop-led-indiana-senate-rebuffs-president-trumps-push-for-new-redistricting-map/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting religious leaders to do their bidding. The Democrat Party platform is extremely anti-religious.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/09/jesus-zip-ties-taken-evanston-church-updates-nativity/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Greg Bovino’s the star of Trump’s deportation show. We trace his roots. As a boy, the Hollywood movie “The Border” set the course for his life. He couldn’t believe the Border Patrol agents in the movie were the bad guys. Now that he’s in charge of deportation efforts causing turmoil in Chicago and elsewhere, he sees himself as the good guy. Not everyone agrees.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/12/12/gregory-bovino-border-patrol-deportation-elcentro-california-blowing-rock-boone-north-carolina-migrants-immigration
DAILY HERALD
— Pritzker Military Foundation helps carry on Chicago’s historic tradition of holiday giving. DD: Soon, under Pritzker, everyone in Illinois will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251211/submitted-content/pritzker-military-foundation-helps-carry-on-chicagos-historic-tradition-of-holiday-giving/
— DD: FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251211/news/elgin-police-refute-dhs-account-of-violence-during-immigration-enforcement/
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251211/news/he-doesnt-deserve-to-be-treated-like-a-criminal-effort-underway-on-behalf-of-man-detained-by-ice/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Trump aims to cut curbs on marijuana via exec order: report. DD: Pot is poison. I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton in 2019.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/cannabis/trump-aims-cut-curbs-marijuana-exec-order-report
JOURNAL COURIER
— Illinois bill would let state inmates work remote jobs for pay
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/illinois-incarcerated-remote-jobs-21236922.php
NPR ILLINOIS
— Foreign-born population shrinks as Trump administration pressures immigrants to go. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have,
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-12-11/foreign-born-population-shrinks-as-trump-administration-pressures-immigrants-to-go
— DD: The mainstream news media exists to destroy Trump.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-12-12/trump-struggles-to-find-his-economic-messaging-amid-voter-skepticism
DURBIN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/durbin-condemns-president-trumps-racist-comments-towards-immigrants-in-senate-judiciary-committee-executive-meeting
DAILY LINE
— Two candidates running in open Republican primary in Illinois’ 33rd Senate District
https://www.thedailyline.com/two-candidates-running-republican-primary-illinois-33rd-senate-district
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Illinois pauses after Indiana rejects map
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/12/12/illinois-pauses-as-indiana-rejects-map-00688582
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Pritzker Threatens Mid-Decade Power Grab to Wipe Out GOP Seats After Indiana Redistricting Move. DD: When will the last Republican leave Illinois?
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/12/pritzker-threatens-mid-decade-power-grab-to-wipe-out-gop-seats-after-indiana-redistricting-move.html
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— $1B, unneeded tax hike coming to a tollway near you?
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/1b-unneeded-tax-hike-coming-to-a-tollway-near-you/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— GOP Gubernatorial Hopeful Ted Dabrowski at Marengo Library Today 2-4
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/12/gop-gubernatorial-hopeful-ted-dabrowski-at-marengo-library-today-2-4/
— A Democratic Party Governor Favoring School Choice Financed by Private Donations
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/12/a-democratic-party-governor-favoring-school-choice-financed-by-private-donations/
— Court Seeks New Public Defender as Mark Cook Retires
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/11/court-seeks-new-public-defender-as-mark-cook-retires/
— McHenry County’s Top Law Enforcement Officials Willing To Offer Pritzker Input on Revising SAFE-T Act
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/11/mchenry-countys-top-law-enforcement-officials-willing-to-offer-pritzker-input-on-revising-safe-t-act/
— Ugaste Reminds Pritzker That He Already Gerrymandered Illinois
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/11/ugaste-reminds-pritzker-that-he-already-gerrymandered-illinois/
— Porch Thefts in Chicago and Locally
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/11/porch-thefts-in-chicago-and-locally/
— Suggestions for Making Illinois’ No Cash Bail Law Work Better
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/10/suggestions-for-making-illinois-no-cash-bail-law-work-better/
— Crooked Suburban Police Chief Goes Down
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/10/crooked-suburban-police-chief-goes-down/
— Sheriff Hiring Bailiffs, Retired Police Sought for Full and Part-Time Work
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/10/sheriff-hiring-bailiffs-retired-police-sought-for-full-and-part-time-work/
— CORRECTION: Riley Grade School District Announces 103% Tax Increase AFTER MAJOR TAX CUT LAST YEAR TO SPEND DOWN SURPLUS
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/10/riley-grade-school-district-announces-3-tax-increase/
— State Rep. Candidate Bailey Templeton Quantifies Blagojevich Era Allowance of Illegal Alien Kids on Medicaid
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/10/state-rep-candidate-bailey-templeton-quantifies-blagojevich-era-allowance-of-illegal-alien-kids-on-medicaid/
— Dems Forget Federal Supremacy
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/10/dems-forget-federal-supremacy/
— Tax Sale Law Ruled Unconstitutional in Federal Cook County Suit, Logic Will Affect All Counties
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/10/tax-sale-law-ruled-unconstitutional-in-federal-cook-county-suit-logic-will-affect-all-counties/
— UPDATE: Pritzker Continues Unannounced Visits to Crystal Lake, Refers to Excessive SNAP (Food Stamp) Fraud
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/09/pritzker-continues-unannounced-visits-to-crystal-lake/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump advocates for primary against Indiana GOP leader who rejected redrawn congressional map
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/11/trump-calls-primary-indiana-gop-leader-rodric-bray-rejected-redrawn/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Yes, Ilhan Omar Married Her Brother.
https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/yes-ilhan-omar-married-her-brother
NEW YORK POST
— Trump: Biden administration weaponized DOJ to target Charlie Kirk to put the Turning Point USA movement ‘out of business.’ DD: Who leads Turning Point USA in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district?
https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-claims-biden-admin-weaponized-104731208.html
BLAZE
— Mamdani dares ICE to come get him — and throws the Constitution in the trash
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/mamdani-dares-ice-to-come-get-him-and-throws-the-constitution-in-the-trash
COLLEGE FIX
— Turning Point USA leaders forced off campus at Olivet Nazarene university after death threats. DD: Who leads Turning Point USA in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district?
https://www.thecollegefix.com/turning-point-usa-leaders-forced-off-campus-at-illinois-university-after-death-threats/
DAILY SIGNAL
— LGBTQ Activists Hound Debate Venue to Cancel Christian Leader. DD: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman and an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, the organizations would still be hosting conservative speakers.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/12/11/were-not-canceling-ohio-venue-stands-for-christian-leaders-free-speech/
FOX NEWS
— GOP accuses Democrats of manufacturing affordability crisis as Obamacare subsidy fight nears deadline. Senate Republicans say Democrats manufactured affordability crisis to score political points in 2026 midterms.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-accuses-democrats-manufacturing-affordability-crisis-obamacare-subsidy-fight-nears-deadline
— Bovino urges Pritzker to follow the example of Louisiana when it comes to ICE. Bovino comments on the consequences of the Biden administration border crisis and threats against ICE agents on ‘Hannity.’
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6386360430112
— House Dem to force Trump impeachment vote on 2 articles. Rep Al Green, D-Texas, has forced House vote on impeachment articles within two legislative days.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-dem-force-trump-impeachment-vote-2-articles
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— New California Law Puts ICE Agents at Risk While Violent Protesters Stay Hidden
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/california-law-newsom-police-unmasked
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Turning Point USA Leaders at Olivet Nazarene U. Forced Off Campus Due to Death Threats. “At no time is this sort of behavior acceptable in our society and certainly not at Olivet, and it will be handled accordingly.” DD: Who leads Turning Point USA in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district?
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/12/turning-point-usa-leaders-at-olivet-nazarene-u-forced-off-campus-due-to-death-threats/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC NEWS
— Trump’s $1 million ‘Gold Card’ immigration application plan launches. The program will fast-track residency and citizenship for wealthy immigrants. DD: When your ancestors immigrated, how much money did they have? On my father’s side, they immigrated in 1844. They worked in brick factory in Chicago for 10 years to be eligible to homestead a farm in southeast Crete Township in 1854. On my mother’s side they immigrated in the 1850s and sharecropped a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/trumps-1-million-gold-card-immigration-application-plan/story?id=128320787
— Without affirmative action, elite colleges are prioritizing economic diversity in admissions. Some of the nation’s most prestigious colleges have been enrolling record numbers of low-income students as campuses prioritize economic diversity in the wake of a ban on affirmative action. DD: Because the parents of Black and Hispanic students have less income than the parents of White students, colleges use income as a proxy to give preference to Black and Hispanic students. My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. I had to work my way through college.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/affirmative-action-elite-colleges-prioritizing-economic-diversity-admissions-128303327
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In legal memos, the White House has alleged that prioritizing students based on earnings or geography amounts to a “racial proxy” in violation of the Supreme Court’s 2023 decision against affirmative action. In a June letter, Trump officials accused the University of California-Los Angeles of “race-based admissions in all but name.” It criticized UCLA for considering factors like applicants’ family income, ZIP code and high school profile. Colleges often weigh that kind of information in admissions decisions. Yet the Trump administration has declared that the Supreme Court decision outlaws a wide range of long-accepted education practices, including scholarships targeting students in underserved areas.)
ABC NEW YORK
— Mamdani answers questions on his universal child care plan. DD: Ever since I was born in 1948, my critics/opponents have falsely unethically used my mother staying home to raise me and my brother to paint my mother and father as being filthy rich. Because my mother never attended high school, the belief was that her earning potential was very limited. She never worked outside of the home until after my father died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21. My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. I had to work my way through college.
https://abc7ny.com/post/nyc-mayor-elect-zohran-mamdani-answers-questions-universal-child-care-plan/18276590/
CBS NEWS
— Abbott announces statewide push to expand Turning Point USA chapters in Texas high schools. DD: Who leads Turning Point USA in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district?
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/gov-abbott-announces-statewide-push-to-expand-turning-point-usa-chapters-in-texas-high-schools/
NBC NEWS
— Republican-led House votes to overturn Trump executive order on federal employee bargaining rights. The rare bipartisan vote, 231-195, marks the first time the House has voted to overturn an executive order from President Donald Trump this term. DD: GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had unionized sooner, I might still be a GAO employee. But if not that, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to take the many adverse actions against me that they did including forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/republican-led-house-votes-overturn-trump-executive-order-bargaining-r-rcna248767
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats Press Noem on Harsh Immigration Tactics. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000010582298/noem-house-hearing-immigration-crackdown.html
— DD: The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/opinion/trump-approval-rating-affordability.html
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly shout at everyone that if you cannot afford something, it is because of Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/us/politics/trump-affordability-democrats.html
WASHINGTON POST
— A Democratic upset in Miami’s mayoral runoff this week is a wakeup call for Trump heading into the midterms. DD: What is the likelihood that the Republican candidates on the November 3, 2026 ballot in your precinct will win?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/12/11/miami-election-mayor-higgins-democrats/
— DD: Democrat leaders promote IVF to give themselves cover to promote abortion. I should write about how my Democrat GAO superiors to get rid of me used against me my and my wife giving up trying to have children without trying IVF. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I lied about our efforts to have children. In 1989, to punish me, they rudely threw me off audits of IRS, rudely gave me a bad 6-month audit assignment in Iowa, rudely gave unfair performance expectations, rudely gave me an unfair performance appraisal, and rudely ranked me at the bottom of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. I should write about the aforesaid. Of course, Duckworth would applaud the aforesaid.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/12/10/ndaa-ivf-coverage-military-families/
USA TODAY
— DD: Democrats fight for criminals. Republicans fight for the victims of criminals.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2025/11/20/sepsis-deaths-lawsuits-prisons-jails-infection-investigation/85755243007/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for inflation.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/12/11/trump-affordability-poll-news/87623654007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Rise of the Mamdani Clones. After the 2024 humiliation, the left is back. It could hurt the party in 2026.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/rise-of-the-mamdani-clones-28d0db8b
FORBES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3bRTO00IcI
AMERICAN IMMIGRATION COUNCIL
— Immigrant Workers and the Childcare Crisis. DD: What percent of childcare workers are illegals?
https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/report/immigrant-workers-childcare-crisis/
NATIONAL JURIST
— Northwestern Pritzker Law scholarship fund reaches $1 million to support public service careers. DD: I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years. They always stressed that I wanted a career in the automotive industry and that none of my four degrees are in public service. In my defense, I would not have become a postal employee when I was 18 in 1966 if my high school friend had not asked me to join him in taking the postal employment test. I would not have become an IRS employee when I was 22 in 1971 if my Firestone Store boss had not fired me because I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile, an offer that Oldsmobile withdrew because it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.
https://nationaljurist.com/northwestern-law-scholarship-fund-reaches-1-million-to-support-public-service-careers/
EDUCATION WEEK
— DD: To get more votes from minorities, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly give minorities more preference.
https://www.edweek.org/leadership/trump-admin-accuses-minneapolis-schools-of-racism-in-protecting-minority-teachers/2025/12
PBS
— DD: To illegally bring a child into a country illegally and/or to illegally keep a child in a country illegally is child abuse.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/trump-administration-separates-thousands-of-migrant-families-in-the-u-s
AXIOS
— Ramirez is pressing the House Judiciary Committee to begin impeachment hearings against Noem.
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/11/kristi-noem-impeachment-democrat-dhs-rfk-trump
December 11, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Indiana Republicans block Trump’s redistricting push in rare break with president
https://abc7chicago.com/post/indiana-redistricting-news-proposed-2025-map-final-vote-state-senate-thursday-amid-pressure-president-donald-trump/18275092/
— New policies cause worry among refugees, asylum seekers in Chicago area
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-immigration-news-president-donald-trumps-new-policies-cause-worry-among-refugees-asylum-seekers-city-suburbs/18276909/
NBC5
— Indiana GOP blocks Trump’s redistricting push in a rare break with the president
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/indiana-gop-blocks-trumps-redistricting-push-in-a-rare-break-with-the-president/3861947/
— Senate rejects extension of health care subsidies as costs are set to rise for millions of Americans
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/senate-health-care-vote-aca-subsidies/3861640/
CBS2
— Hopkins introduced revamped teen curfew measure
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/hopkins-introduced-revamped-teen-curfew-measure/
WTTW
— Senators Clash Over Trump’s National Guard Deployments During Hearing Pushed by Duckworth
https://news.wttw.com/2025/12/11/senators-clash-over-trump-s-national-guard-deployments-during-hearing-urged-duckworth
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— In dueling DC hearings, Ramirez calls Noem a liar and Duckworth questions Trump troop deployments. Ramirez also penned a letter on Wednesday that asked House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan “to conduct a complete investigation into Noem’s “unlawful and potentially impeachable actions.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/12/11/kristi-noem-testimony-congress-delia-ramirez-tammy-duckworth-trump-troop-deployments
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Indiana GOP blocks Trump redistricting push, easing pressure on Illinois
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/indiana-gop-rejects-trump-redistricting-easing-illinois-pressure
— Duckworth confronts defense officials over Guard deployment in Chicago
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/tammy-duckworth-confronts-dod-officials-over-national-guard
AM870
— Young Voters Want Socialism
https://am870theanswer.com/columnists/larry-elder/video/693a04b03d0f1ebab8af1d95
ALTON TELEGRAPH
— How the IRS’ crime-fighting force took on immigration. IRS Criminal Investigations Chief Guy Ficco spoke with The Associated Press about how the agency is juggling its work on new Trump administration priorities with its core mission of tax enforcement. The little-known agency has been doing more with fewer staff, according to its annual report, released on Thursday. DD: I worked for GAO for 3 years on audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division.
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/politics/article/how-the-irs-crime-fighting-force-took-on-21237763.php
FOX ILLINOIS
— Thirteen House Republicans joined Democrats in advancing a bill that would reverse Trump’s executive order to crack down harder on federal worker unions. DD: When I started working for the Post Office in 1966, I felt I had no choice but to join the union. When I started working for IRS in 1971, I felt I had no choice but to join the union.
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/13-house-republicans-join-democrats-to-advance-bill-reversing-trumps-union-crackdown
— HUD Secretary blames illegal migration for ruining the housing market for Americans
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/hud-secretary-turner-blames-illegal-migration-for-ruining-the-housing-market-for-americans-biden-administration-immigration-families
CITIES 92.9
— Your kids now belong to the Chicago Teachers Union
https://www.cities929.com/2025/12/11/op-ed-your-kids-now-belong-to-the-chicago-teachers-union/
DURBIN
— Durbin Condemns Trump’s Racist Comments Towards Immigrants In Senate Judiciary Committee Executive Meeting. During his opening remarks, Durbin again called on Noem to testify in front of the Committee, urged Grassley to consider a subpoena if she refuses to appear.
https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/durbin-condemns-president-trumps-racist-comments-towards-immigrants-in-senate-judiciary-committee-executive-meeting
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Indiana Republicans defy Trump, block redistricting push
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/11/indiana-republicans-defy-trump-block-redistricting-push/
— America’s unsustainable fertility crisis. A demographic earthquake is coming, unless we change.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/11/americas-unsustainable-fertility-crisis/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democratic socialist breaks DC campaign filing system with massive fundraising haul
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/3914740/janeese-lewis-george-breaks-dc-campaign-filing-system-massive-fundraising-haul/
NEW YORK POST
— Tyler Robinson, accused in Charlie Kirk killing, smirks and chuckles during first in-person court appearance, with family in tow
https://nypost.com/2025/12/11/us-news/tyler-robinson-accused-in-charlie-kirk-killing-looks-calm-chuckles-with-lawyers-during-first-in-person-court-appearance-with-family-in-tow/
— Erika Kirk tormented by vile trolls since Charlie’s assassination
https://nypost.com/2025/12/10/opinion/miranda-devine-erika-kirk-tormented-by-vile-trolls-since-charlies-assassination/
— Nikki Haley’s son says ‘this isn’t the country for you’ if you can’t choose your loyalty. DD: My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They have their operatives and their dupes take adverse actions against me. They destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and paise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money. They reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all conservative principles and planks in the Republican Party platform. Most commonly, they reject its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of clout and have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://nypost.com/2025/12/11/media/nikki-haleys-son-says-this-isnt-the-country-for-you-if-you-cant-choose-your-loyalty/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Pritzker and the Act of Choosing Sides
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/12/j_b_pritzker_and_the_act_of_choosing_sides.html
BREITBART
— Mamdani on NYPD Arresting ICE Agents
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/12/11/mamdani-on-nypd-arresting-ice-agents-focus-is-on-sanctuary-law-but-has-to-be-accountability-for-all-of-us-for-law-to-be-meaningful/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— DHS buying six 737s to speed up getting illegal aliens OUT
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/12/11/dhs-buying-six-737s-to-speed-up-getting-illegal-aliens-out-1609593/
DAILY WIRE
— Ending The Woke Monopoly: White House Takes Aim At Higher Ed’s Ideological Capture. University leaders would be wise to get out of the business of indoctrination and discrimination and return to open inquiry.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/ending-the-woke-monopoly-white-house-takes-aim-at-higher-eds-ideological-capture
FOX NEWS
— Noem confronts Democrats over NYC crime, asylum abuses as members hurl accusations. Noem fought off a wave of Democrat attacks and calls to resign during Thursday’s hearing.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/noem-confronts-democrats-over-nyc-crime-asylum-abuses-members-hurl-accusations
— Top Republican rebukes notions to arrest DHS agents with plan to pull funding from problem cities. House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington’s SHIELD Act could target San Francisco, Chicago.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/top-republican-rebukes-notions-arrest-ice-agents-plan-pull-fed-funding-from-problem-cities
— Musk accuses Ilhan Omar of treason
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/elon-musk-accuses-ilhan-omar-treason-over-somalia-comments-viral-social-media-post
— In wake of Charlie Kirk’s murder, Elon Musk says security issues keep him from spending much time in public
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/wake-charlie-kirk-murder-elon-183853711.html
HOT AIR
— Homan: You Better Believe We’re Looking Into Omar’s Alleged Marriage to Brother as Immigration Fraud
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2025/12/11/homan-you-better-believe-were-looking-into-omars-marriage-to-brother-as-immigration-fraud-n3809763
NATIONAL REVIEW
— On the Brink of Suicide: New York and Illinois
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/on-the-brink-of-suicide-new-york-and-illinois/
NEWS BUSTERS
— Pritzker ‘Violated the Supremacy Clause’ of Constitution, DHS Warns
https://newsbusters.org/blogs/cnsnews/craig-bannister/2025/12/10/illinois-gov-pritzker-violated-supremacy-clause
NEWSMAX
— HUD Links Migration to Higher Housing Costs
https://www.newsmax.com/us/hud-jd-vance-scott-turner/2025/12/11/id/1237974/
PJ MEDIA
— 2.5M Illegal Aliens Out of U.S. Since January
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/12/11/25m-illegals-out-of-us-since-january-n4946939
— DOJ Sues Minneapolis Schools for Race Discrimination in Hiring
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/12/11/doj-sues-minneapolis-schools-for-race-discrimination-n4946944
— Is American Urban Culture Beyond Repair?
https://pjmedia.com/benbartee/2025/12/11/is-american-urban-culture-beyond-repair-retail-reparations-pt-iv-n4946937
— Biden Admin Let at Least 18,000 Terrorists Into America
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/12/11/biden-admin-let-at-least-18000-terrorists-into-america-n4946947
POST MILLENNIAL
— ‘Not all cultures are equal’: Rep Randy Fine defends Trump admin’s crackdown on Somali migrants after billion dollar fraud scheme in Minnesota. “There are some people who come to this country to add value, and there are some that come to this country to take value.”
https://thepostmillennial.com/not-all-cultures-are-equal-rep-randy-fine-defends-trump-admins-crackdown-on-somali-migrants-after-billion-dollar-fraud-scheme-in-minnesota
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Mamdani: “I’m Prepared For Any Consequence” For Standing Up To ICE For New Yorkers
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/12/10/mamdani_im_prepared_for_any_consequence_for_standing_up_to_ice_for_new_yorkers.html
TOWNHALL
— The Somali Experiment Failed, It’s Time to Change Course
https://townhall.com/columnists/dustin-grage/2025/12/11/the-somali-experiment-failed-its-time-to-change-course-n2667661
— Thank You, Indiana RINOS…for Being Totally Worthless
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/12/11/indianas-push-to-redraw-its-congressional-maps-torpedoed-by-republicans-n2667769
TURNING POINT USA
— Another College Student Government Votes Against a TPUSA Chapter Becoming a Recognized Student Organization
https://tpusa.com/live/another-college-student-government-votes-against-a-tpusa-chapter-becoming-a-recognized-student-organization/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders drive up grocery prices and then blame on Trump.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-speech-affordability-fact-check-inflation-data/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Noem Faces Questions From House Panel Amid Immigration Crackdown
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/us/politics/noem-house-hearing-immigration-crackdown.html
— ICE Says It Has No Videos to Release of Chicago Deportation Operations
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/us/politics/ice-bodycam-video-chicago.html
— What Is a Trump Gold Card? Applications Open for Million-Dollar Visas.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/us/politics/trump-gold-card.html
WASHINGTON POST
— House votes to repeal Trump order ending union rights at federal agencies. DD: GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had unionized sooner, I might still be a GAO employee. But if not that, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to take the adverse actions against me that they did.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/12/11/house-repeal-trump-union-order/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DD: To illegally bring a child illegally into a country illegally demonstrates gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-12-11/trump-administration-separates-thousands-of-migrant-families-in-u-s
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Socialism Still Not That Popular. But capitalism wins only a plurality in a new survey.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/socialism-still-not-that-popular-00686d77
— Miami, a Power Center for Trump, Delivers a Rebuke of the President. Voters sent clear messages on issues in race that became a referendum on the president.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/miami-a-power-center-for-trump-delivers-a-rebuke-of-the-president-03fcebe6?mod=djemwhatsnews
MONEY WIZE
— Everything about retirement changes if you’re one of the lucky few who have a pension in America. DD: I got in line for a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension when I was 18 years old in 1966. I have begetting a CSRS pension since I was 49 years old in 1997. My critics/opponents have always been furious about that.
https://www.aol.com/finance/everything-retirement-changes-one-lucky-114500050.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: If you’re one of the few American workers with a traditional pension, your retirement strategy likely looks different from that of your peers. As of March, 2025, only 14% of U.S. workers were covered by a defined benefit pension plan, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. These plans are far more common among government employees and retirees. In fact, nearly 86% of state and local public sector workers have access to such a pension, according to Congress. And in 2024, 56% of retirees reported receiving pension income, according to the Federal Reserve. Depending on your age and your employer, a defined benefit pension could significantly shape your retirement outlook. The guaranteed monthly income offers stability, but it brings unique considerations for tax strategy and estate planning.)
NFFE
— NFFE Applauds House Passage of the Protect America’s Workforce Act to Restore Collective Bargaining Rights for Federal Employees. DD: GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had unionized sooner, I might still be a GAO employee. But if not that, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to take the adverse actions against me that they did.
https://nffe.org/nffe_news/nffe-applauds-house-passage-of-the-protect-americas-workforce-act-to-restore-collective-bargaining-rights-for-federal-employees/
POLITICO
— Indiana GOP rejects Trump’s map in major blow to his gerrymandering push
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/11/indiana-republicans-redistricting-vote-trump-00687714
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
DEMOCRACY NOW
— Trump Launches “Trump Gold Card” Visa Program for Wealthy Noncitizens
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/11/headlines/trump_launches_trump_gold_card_visa_program_for_wealthy_noncitizens
TIMES OF INDIA
— Charlie Kirk’s Widow Delivers Emotional Message To People Mocking His Death
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/entertainment/english/charlie-kirks-widow-delivers-emotional-message-to-people-mocking-his-death/videoshow/125920713.cms
— Elite US colleges see record surge in low-income enrolments as new financial aid strategies take hold. DD: Overwhelmingly, low-income students are minorities.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/elite-us-colleges-see-record-surge-in-low-income-enrolments-as-new-financial-aid-strategies-take-hold/articleshow/125913704.cms
WESTERN STANDARD
— Not all ideas are equal. Neither are all cultures.
https://www.westernstandard.news/opinion/albers-not-all-ideas-are-equal-neither-are-all-cultures/69690