FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make it clear that they will ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/24/chicago-immigrants-border-patrol-operation-midway-blitz/
— FRONT PAGE: DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly make it clear that they prefer foreign students over American students.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/24/international-student-enrollment-declines-illinois/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make it clear that they will ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/11/24/signs-mark-ice-arrests-immigration-operation-midway-blitz
BLOCK CLUIB CHICAGO
— Boy Killed, 8 Teens Wounded In Downtown Shootings As Mayor Condemns ‘Unauthorized Events.’ The two shootings were tied to a so-called “teen takeover” near the Christmas tree lighting in Millennium Park. A $10,000 reward is being offered for information in the case.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/22/1-teen-killed-8-others-injured-in-downtown-shootings-friday-night/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make it clear that they will ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/11/24/ice-raids-poised-to-shift-latino-voters-00666719
(FROM THE NEWSLETTER: PAGING DR. CASSIDY: Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy was in Oak Brook for a GOP holiday gathering talking about health-care reform. After the event, the Republican senator offered some advice for Illinois Republicans who find themselves at odds within their ranks. “Let me quote a good Illinoisan: ‘United we stand. Divided we fall,’” he said, referring to the biblical quote that Abraham Lincoln espoused. “The question is to find what unites us. I think this whole health care issue should unite us.” Also at the party: Former Congressman Bob Dold, GOP Senate Leader John Curran, GOP House Leader Tony McCombie, State Sens. Sue Rezin and Andrew Chesney, Hinsdale Village President Greg Hart, DuPage County State’s Attorney Bob Berlin, RTA Chair Kirk Dillard, former Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin, businessman Jay Bergman, Lee County Industrial Development Association’s Tom Demmer, attorney and former state Rep. Keith Wheeler, grassroots activist Bill Hogan, Walgreens VP of Government Affairs Joel Baise, political operative David Walsh, fundraiser Lisa Wagner, Illinois RNC National Committeewoman Rhonda Belford and former national committee members Demetra DeMonte and Richard Porter, who was also feted for his birthday.)
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— Gotta Pry Leftists’ Death Grip Loose from Public Education
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2025/11/21/gotta-pry-leftists-death-grip-loose-from-public-education
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— The Most Dangerous Public Service Announcement in American Politics: Democrats Hint at Mutiny Against Trump
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/11/the-most-dangerous-psa-in-american-politics-democrats-hint-at-mutiny-against-trump.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— From loyalist to dissenter: Marjorie Taylor Greene’s exit raises questions about MAGA’s future
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/23/loyalist-dissenter-marjorie-taylor-greenes-exit-raises-questions/
— Mamdani keeps Trump ‘fascist’ label after White House meeting
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/23/zohran-mamdani-nyc-mayor-elect-keeps-trump-fascist-label-white-house/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Mamdani: A socialist scavenger
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom-self-reliance/3896107/zohran-mamdani-a-socialist-scavenger/
NEW YORK POST
— Mamdani vows to keep NYC a sanctuary city just days after rosy 1-on-1 with Trump
https://nypost.com/2025/11/23/us-news/zohran-mamdani-vows-to-keep-nyc-a-sanctuary-city-just-days-after-rosy-1-on-1-with-trump/
— Jasmine Crockett roasts Marjorie Taylor Greene for quitting: ‘You can’t take the heat.’ DD: I continue to take the heat to serve as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor, a role that I have had since 2000. But my critics/opponents ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, a role that I had since 2005. They ended my service as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman in 2012, a role that I had since 2005. They ended my service as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member in 2007, a role that I had since 2003. They ended service as the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster in 2010 and 2004, roles that I had since 2008 and 2000.
https://nypost.com/2025/11/23/us-news/jasmine-crockett-roasts-marjorie-taylor-greene-for-quitting-you-cant-take-the-heat/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Insurrection Chic. Democrats now celebrate the very nullificationist tactics they once decried, embracing a neo-Confederate defiance of federal authority to undermine a president they despise.
https://amgreatness.com/2025/11/24/insurrection-chic/
AMERICAN THINKER
— NYC and Seattle: they’re going to get it good and hard
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/11/nyc_and_seattle_they_re_going_to_get_it_good_and_hard.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Chicago victim who was lit on fire by criminal with 72 priors identified as churchgoing with Bible professor dad
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/11/24/victim-who-was-lit-on-fire-by-criminal-with-72-priors-identified-as-churchgoing-with-bible-professor-dad-1605139/
— Leftist losers clog Home Depot lines by buying and returning ‘ICE scrapers’ in idiotic protest
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/11/24/leftist-losers-clog-home-depot-lines-by-buying-and-returning-ice-scrapers-in-idiotic-protest-1605146/
BLAZE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasing hint/imply/argue/shout that Jesus is a socialist.
https://www.theblaze.com/align/leftist-heresy-this-bible-pitch-sounds-holy-until-you-spot-the-socialist-trick
BREITBART
— When Democrats Get into Power, They Will Pack Supreme Court, Grant Amnesty to Illegal Aliens
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/11/23/nate-morris-moment-democrats-get-into-power-they-will-pack-supreme-court-grant-amnesty-to-illegal-aliens/amp/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Notre Dame professor distributes contraceptives to students in violation of Catholic teaching
https://www.campusreform.org/article/notre-dame-professor-allegedly-distributes-contraceptives-students-violation-catholic-teaching/29006
CATHOLIC VOTE
— EEOC issued new guidance this week warning employers not to favor foreign nationals over American workers in violation of federal law. DD: All my employers would have hire noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://catholicvote.org/feds-release-new-guidelines-aimed-at-curbing-anti-american-hiring-bias/
DAILY CALLER
— The greatest long-term cause of the affordability problem is the cost of health insurance. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997, the federal government paid 72% of my health insurance premiums. That helped me endure my Democrat superiors’ tremendous efforts to get rid of me. My critics/opponents ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn the 72% health insurance subsidy a) that I got when I was federal employee, b) that my wife got when she was a federal employee 1968-1970, c) that I will always get as a federal retiree, and d) that my wife has gotten since we got married in 1978 and will always get.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/11/23/opinion-health-the-biggest-affordability-challenge-newt-gingrich/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Rank-and-File Doctors Oppose ‘Gender-Affirming Care’ for Minors
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/11/24/most-florida-doctors-oppose-trans-treatment-for-minors/amp/
DAILY WIRE
— Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Sunday that the Trump administration’s economic strategy is centered on fixing “the three I’s: immigration, interest rates, and inflation,” adding that Americans are traumatized by Biden-era inflation.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/bessent-trump-admin-targeting-three-is-to-restore-affordability
— Mamdani Insists He Can Work With ‘Fascist’ Trump Even Though He’s ‘Threat To Democracy’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/mamdani-insists-he-can-work-with-fascist-trump-even-though-hes-threat-to-democracy
FOX NEWS
— Chicago public schools blow millions on travel expenses while students can’t read at grade level. Travel expenses jumped 2,467% from 2021 as just 30.5% of students grades 3-8 show reading proficiency.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicago-public-schools-blow-millions-travel-expenses-while-students-cant-read-grade-level
— Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy identifies Chicago train victim as 26-year-old Bethany MaGee while blasting city’s ‘carelessness’ and criticizes city’s crime policies.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/duffy-identifies-chicago-train-victim-26-year-old-bethany-magee-while-blasting-citys-carelessness?lid=tlfrlljfxmia
— Chicago tree lighting takes DEADLY turn as 300+ riot, attack cops. DD: How soon are Democrats going to riot in your downtown?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ygWBelX9ao
— Trump claims GOP has ‘never been so united,’ calls Greene and other Republicans ‘lowlifes’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-claims-gop-has-never-been-so-united-calls-greene-other-republicans-lowlifes.print
— Trump says he’d ‘love to see’ Greene return to politics despite recent attacks
https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-says-hed-love-see-greene-return-politics-despite-recent-attacks.amp
— Trump’s wild Mamdani flip — the insults that came before the love fest
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trumps-wild-mamdani-flip-insults-came-before-love-fest.print
— The dangers of socialism as ‘socialist ideas gain traction’
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6385498384112
— GOP lawmakers sound alarm on socialism as Americans struggle with soaring costs
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6385494007112
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Classroom Indoctrination Is Alive and Well, Unfortunately
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/11/1896200/
PJ MEDIA
— The New Definition of Blackness: When Race Stops Meaning Race
https://pjmedia.com/jamie-wilson/2025/11/23/the-new-definition-of-blackness-when-race-stops-meaning-race-n4946320
POST MILLENNIAL
— Mamdani stands by calling Trump ‘fascist’, says he will work with him anyway
https://thepostmillennial.com/mamdani-stands-by-calling-trump-a-fascist-says-first-meeting-with-trump-was-productive
REAL CLEAR EDUCATION
— Erosion of College Readiness
https://www.realcleareducation.com/articles/2025/11/23/the_ideological_erosion_of_college_readiness_1149189.html
TOWNHALL
— Greene Is Gone
https://townhall.com/columnists/arthurschaper/2025/11/24/greene-is-gone-n2666897
TPUSA
— Purdue University Northwest Professor Interrupts TPUSA Meeting, Calls Students ‘Fascist’
https://tpusa.com/live/purdue-university-northwest-professor-interrupts-tpusa-meeting-calls-students-fascist/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump: ‘Republican Party has never been so united’
https://thehill.com/homenews/5619902-trump-gop-unity-party/amp/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Tucker Carlson to destroy the Republican Party.
https://www.aol.com/articles/tucker-carlson-becomes-litmus-test-110000673.html
NEWSWEEK
— Republican Realignment Matrix: The Fight to Control Post-Trump MAGA.
https://www.newsweek.com/republican-realignment-matrix-the-fight-to-control-post-trump-maga-11089630
NEW YORK TIMES
— Back Home, Voters Stand by Marjorie Taylor Greene After She Stood Up to Trump. Ms. Greene’s resignation blindsided her conservative Georgia district, which had stuck by her through ups and downs, including her split with the president.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/us/georgia-marjorie-taylor-greene-voters.html
— Mamdani’s Meeting With Trump Scrambled the MAGA-Sphere
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/style/mamdani-trump-reactions-fuentes-bannon.html
— DD: Democrat leaders have always shouted at everyone that Republicans are antisemites. My Democrat superiors in the federal government stressed to my many Jewish superiors and supervisors that I was conservative, Republican, Protestant, German American, a Crete resident 1948-1972, and a Wheaton resident since 1978.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/us/politics/republicans-antisemitism-carlson-fuentes-trump.html
— Trump Has Put the Military in an Impossible Situation. DD: In Diersen v. GAO, my Democrat GAO superiors and their Democrat DOJ attorneys argued that all the adverse actions that GAO took against me were legal. They stressed that Democrat/RINO laws required them to give preference to GAO employees who were minority, female, and/or veteran, that is, that they were required to discriminate against GAO employees who were White, male, and/or non-veteran. I should write about the aforesaid.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/opinion/trump-illegal-war.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Soldiers do not have to follow illegal orders. . .Which orders are illegal?)
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote citizens of foreign countries.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/opinion/jobs-report-immigration-trump.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders will ever-increasingly use Greene’s resignation against Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/11/23/trump-maga-congress-greene-gop/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make it clear that they will ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/11/24/sanctuary-cities-new-york-homan-trump-immigration/
USA TODAY
— Top earners are saving more for retirement. Everyone else is saving less. DD: Compared to our peers, my wife and I spent far less of our income for immediate pleasures and saved far more of our income for our retirement. My critics/opponents stress that we would not have been able to save as much for our retirement if we had children.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/11/19/top-earners-saving-more-401k-retirement-income/87340925007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Generation C as in ‘Confused’ Lucidity will come when they figure out that capitalism will solve their problems. DD: Under socialism, to advance, you have to be blindly loyal to your superiors. I have never been blindly loyal to my superiors. Nevertheless, I was able get promoted to GS-12 (currently $99,069/year) when I was 25 in 1974, to GS-13 (currently $117,807/year) when I was 38, and GS-13 Step 10 (currently $153,151/year) when I was 49.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/generation-c-as-in-confused-7d224d24
— The Meaning of Marjorie Taylor Greene. The Georgia isolationist isn’t likely to go quietly, as JD Vance may discover in 2028.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-meaning-of-marjorie-taylor-greene-1face47f?mod=opinion_lead_pos2
— Looking for Something to Do in Retirement. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 and b) made it impossible for me to get a job appropriate for my work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional license. Because of that, I became the GOPUSA Illinois Editor in 2000.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/adventure-racing-new-job-retirement-1b21318f
— 10 Subtle Signs That You Are Ready to Retire. DD: None of these 10 have ever applied to me. My Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. Earlier in 1997, I earned my sixth job-related profession certification and my third job-related master’s degree. In 1996, I earned my fifth job-related professional certification. In 1994, I earned my fourth job-related professional certification. In 1990, I earned my third job-related professional certification.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/retirement-ready-when-signs-d0c99bd3
CATHOLIC NEWS AGENCY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly get religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/267993/priest-walks-from-illinois-to-new-york-against-inhumane-immigration-enforcement
PEW RESEARCH
— DD: To defeat Republican candidates, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly unite voters who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-rich, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are in America illegally.
https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2024/04/09/the-changing-demographic-composition-of-voters-and-party-coalitions/
HRD MAGAZINE
–DD: Democrat and RINO employers use Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.hcamag.com/asia/news/general/have-a-dei-policy-well-report-you/557531
https://www.hcamag.com/ca/news/general/human-decisions-in-recruitment-mirror-ai-bias/557046
KNIGHT KRIER
— What does your future hold? The pressures of choosing future careers in high school. DD: My father often decried his not having a college degree. That put me on track to getting one. I majored in management at UIC, NIU, and Loyola. But in retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, I should have majored in accounting. I did not because I erroneously thought I could never pass the CPA examination. I did not start taking graduate accounting courses until I was 27 in 1976. I did not take and pass the CPA examination on my first attempt until I was 30. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31. I did not take and pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination until I was 32. I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32. By then, the accounting profession viewed me to be too old to have a successful career in accounting. The accounting profession would not have done that if I had been a minority or a female.
https://knightkrier.com/8605/features/what-does-your-future-hold/
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— DD: Because those who have demographics that vote for Republican do better on standardized tests than those who have demographics that vote for Democrats, Democrat leaders want to get rid of standardized tests.
https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2025/11/24/why-sat-poor-fit-public-universities-opinion
PSY POST
— DD: To get more votes from non-Whites, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Whites.
https://www.psypost.org/the-psychological-link-between-whiteness-and-americanness-begins-in-childhood/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
DAILY TELEGRAPH
— ‘Doesn’t exist’: Trump kills off Musk’s DOGE. The Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency has quietly disbanded, ending a controversial initiative that was once headed up by tech billionaire Elon Musk.
https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/
MIRROR
— Boy, 14, dies and 6 other teens shot after riot erupts at Christmas light event. DD: How soon are Democrats going to riot in your downtown?
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/breaking-boy-14-dies-6-36024964
INDEPENDENT
— Trump claims people in Chicago are chanting his name and demanding he send in troops to crush ‘crime and rioting.’ President’s comments come as the Windy City suffers another violent weekend. DD: How soon are Democrats going to riot in your downtown?
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-chicago-crime-national-guard-troops-b2870815.html
INDIA TODAY
— Mamdani repeats Trump is a ‘fascist, despot’ after friendly White House meeting
https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/world/us-news/story/mamdani-repeats-trump-fascist-despot-after-white-house-meeting-glbs-2824836-2025-11-24
TIMES OF INDIA
— Trump To ‘BRING IN’ Troops In Chicago? Drops Bombshell After Teens Run Riot, Kill 1 & Shoot 8. DD: How soon are Democrats going to riot in your downtown?
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/international/trump-to-bring-in-troops-in-chicago-drops-bombshell-after-teens-run-riot-kill-1-shoot-8/videoshow/125524309.cms
— ‘LOWLIFES’: Trump Blasts Marjorie Greene, Rand Paul & Massie In Explosive Attack On GOP ‘Rebels’
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/international/lowlifes-trump-blasts-marjorie-greene-rand-paul-massie-in-explosive-attack-on-gop-rebels/videoshow/125530795.cms
— Caste Discrimination in US. DD: What Caste were you born into? My parents never attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I had to work my way through college.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/caste-discrimination-in-us-dalit-activist-thenmozhi-soundararajans-groundbreaking-survey-and-advocacy/articleshow/125523137.cms
BUSINESS INSIDER
— DD: Democrats run the federal government. When Republicans cut federal budgets, Democrats use those cuts to get rid of their Republican employees starting with those who are White, male, older, or nonveteran. While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, Republicans ever-increasingly cut GAO’s budget. I never would have survived for almost 18 years if I had not earned three job-related master’s degrees, earned six job-related professional certifications, and earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.businessinsider.com/military-spouse-retire-early-doge-trump-regret-vote-2025-4
Tag: male
November 16, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DD: Federal immigration agents accused of racial profiling. What percent of illegals are non-White?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/latino-us-citizens-racially-profiled-immigration-chicago/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Epstein to destroy Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/16/column-jeffrey-epstein-files-maga-page/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for high health insurance rates. DD: My critics/opponents ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn the 72% health insurance subsidy a) that I got when I was federal employee 1966-1997, b) that my wife got when she was a federal employee 1968-1970, c) that I will always get as a federal retiree, and d) that my wife has gotten since we got married in 1978 and will always get. My critics/opponents either a) would never have stooped to take a federal job and/or b) failed/refused to qualify themselves for federal jobs. In my defense, I would not become a postal employee when I was 18 in 1966 if my high school friend had not asked me to take the postal employment test with him. I would not have become an IRS employee in 1971 if my Firestone Store boss had not fired me because I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. But Oldsmobile withdrew that job offer saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/16/health-insurance-obamacare-subsidies-aca/
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251115/local/they-were-just-arresting-people-family-seeks-release-of-longtime-des-plaines-resident-detained-by/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PHOTOS AND GRAPHIC: Why do so many Democratic U.S. House members in the suburbs have primary challengers?
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251115/us-congress-politics/why-do-so-many-democratic-u-s-house-members-in-the-suburbs-have-primary-challengers/
— Families in need line up early for distribution of 1,000 holiday meals in Elgin. DD: Under the Democrats, more and more and more people are “in need.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251115/news/families-in-need-line-up-early-for-distribution-of-1000-holiday-meals-in-elgin/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Advocates celebrate Glen Ellyn affordable housing development
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251115/news/a-fundamental-issue-advocates-celebrate-glen-ellyn-affordable-housing-development/
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: If you cannot afford something, Democrats want you to blame Trump.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-11-15/white-house-pivots-to-affordability-as-president-trump-confronts-voter-discontent
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What do you say to those who demand blind loyalty? My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and paise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— In what ways are you becoming a minority in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your precinct? I am increasingly becoming a minority in the aforesaid because I am conservative, Republican, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in northeast Illinois for a long time. My ancestors have lived in northeast Illinois since 1844. I have lived in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton since 1978. I have lived in my precinct since 1984. Ever-increasingly, those who share my demographics are not moving to where I live, they are moving away from where I live, or they are passing away. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Syverson Interviewed on Chicago Fox about Blasting Dems for Providing Health Care for Illegals
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/15/syverson-interviewed-on-chicago-fox-about-blasting-dems-for-providing-health-care-for-illegals/
— Reick Wonders If AI Excitement Has Overheated the Economy & Resulted in Excessive Taxpayer Subsidies
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/15/reick-wonders-if-ai-excitement-has-overheated-the-economy-resulted-in-excessive-taxpayer-subsidies/
— UPDATE: Dog Sex Arrests in Huntley MAKES ABC, NBC & WGN
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/14/dog-sex-arrests-in-huntley/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Mamdani taps ‘Defund the Police’ champion to head team steering his transition to NYC mayor
https://nypost.com/2025/11/15/us-news/mamdani-taps-defund-the-police-champion-to-head-team-steering-his-transition-to-nyc-mayor/
— Jewish New Yorkers rushing to buy guns for protection after anti-Israel Mamdani’s victory
https://www.aol.com/articles/jewish-yorkers-rushing-buy-guns-134514602.html
— Mamdani setting up NYC for violence with resistance to immigration enforcement
https://nypost.com/2025/11/15/opinion/zohran-mamdani-risking-nyc-violence-with-immigration-enforcement-resistance/
— Trump admin begins massive crackdown on violent illegal migrants in Charlotte
https://nypost.com/2025/11/15/us-news/ice-raids-underway-in-charlotte-in-trumps-latest-immigration-sweep/
— Katie Wilson — a 43-year-old socialist who still lives off parents’ money — wins Seattle mayoral race. DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party? How much money did your parents have? My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. in 1969, he died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. My mother had never worked outside the home before then.
https://www.aol.com/news/katie-wilson-43-old-socialist-180222056.html
— AOC raises ‘impressive’ $11.8M — setting socialist lawmaker up for potential 2028 Senate run. DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.aol.com/articles/aoc-raises-impressive-11-8m-133436890.html
— Champagne Socialist Zohran Mamdani slammed for hogging $2,300 apartment — despite six-figure salary, wealthy family. DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.aol.com/cuomo-bashes-rich-person-zohran-125945960.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Seattle mayor-elect Katie Wilson broadcasts socialist wish list. DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/11/15/utopia-seattle-mayor-elect-katie-wilson-broadcasts-socialist-wish-list-1600562/
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— H-1B – Designed for Cheap Labor. DD: Employers want cheap labor. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://cis.org/Miano/H1B-Designed-Cheap-Labor
DAILY CALLER
— Socialist Katie Wilson Wins Seattle Mayor’s Race Thanks To Ballot Dumps Over A Week After Election Day. DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.aol.com/articles/socialist-katie-wilson-wins-seattle-024312231.html
DAILY SIGNAL
— Socialism Has Failed Everywhere. Mamdani’s NYC Will Be No Different.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/11/12/mayor-mamdanis-socialist-vision-is-setting-nyc-up-for-failure/
EPOCH TIMES
— How Trump Broke GOP Orthodoxy and Built a New Working-Class Party. DD: I was a member of the working class 1964-1997, that is, I was a wage earner 1964-1997. My critics/opponents a) look down on, if not despise, if not hate wage earners, b) have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, and/or c) had wealthy parents who bought them cars, paid for their college expenses, and got them jobs. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://lists.theepochtimes.com/archive/u6lrbCAwEN/RontmvJPy/1tiNbjq0PdJ
FOX NEWS
— Socialist wave goes coast-to-coast as historic wins shake up the 2025 mayoral elections. DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/democratic-socialists-win-mayoral-races-new-york-city-seattle-historic-victories
— Seattle elects socialist Katie Wilson as mayor. DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6385147150112
— Meet the socialist Mamdani-style mayor just elected to run West Coast’s 5th largest city. DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/meet-socialist-mamdani-style-mayor-just-elected-run-west-coasts-5th-largest-city
— Bill Maher tears into socialism and begs Democrats to embrace moderate candidates. DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.foxnews.com/media/bill-maher-tears-socialism-begs-democrats-embrace-moderate-candidates.amp
— Will Election Day 2025 be remembered as the rise of the socialists? DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.aol.com/news/election-day-2025-remembered-rise-150042352.html
— Seattle elects democratic socialist Katie Wilson as mayor. DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6385147150112
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— ICE Busts Duckworth Senate Aide for Bogus Lawyer Ruse to Release Criminal Migrant
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/ice-illinois-fake-lawyer-tammy-duckworth
— America’s Roads Just Got More Dangerous Thanks to Radical Judges. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/rogue-federal-judges-trump-americas-roadways-
NEWSMAX
— Staten Island Leaders Renew Secession Push After Mamdani Election
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/staten-island-new-york-city-mayor/2025/11/15/id/1234693/
POST MILLENNIAL
— Seattle’s new socialist mayor looks forward to ‘coast to coast partnership’ with Mamdani. DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://thepostmillennial.com/seattles-new-socialist-mayor-looks-forward-to-coast-to-coast-partnership-with-nycs-zohran-mamdani
— Staten Island sees renewed NYC secession push after Mamdani victory
https://thepostmillennial.com/staten-island-sees-renewed-nyc-secession-push-after-mamdani-victory
ZERO HEDGE
— The Foreign Worker Scam Exposes Trump’s Economic Achilles Heel
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/foreign-worker-scam-exposes-trumps-economic-achilles-heel
(FROM THE ARTICLE: To bring our nation back to legitimate self reliance would require a total reformation of our society and the removal of the political left (including globalists) from the equation. Part of this long term reformation demands a reversal of open borders ideology and multiculturalism, which has ravaged the west. Migrants view our economy as a “global commons”, a wealth pool they are all entitled to access. They don’t see it is a privilege, they see it as a “right”. This is something that Trump does have the capacity to fix in the three years he has left in office, but he has a tendency to get sidetracked by minutia and bad advice. I have been warning since before Trump was re-elected that the economy was going to be his Achilles Heal. From past examples it seems that Trump delegates a lot of his policy ideas to advisers and among these advisers (he has dozens of them, official and unofficial) there are always people who give him suicidal arguments and terrible talking points. His lack of concrete planning for economic repair is putting conservatives on edge and handing immense social influence over to Democrats and woke activists. All they have to do is point at the lack of a clear strategy and suggest that they can do better (they can’t, but it won’t matter to voters living paycheck to paycheck). Trump has done some things right. His tariff policies are absolutely necessary to counter the wealth gap created by corporate globalism. The US has been turned into a consumer nation that continuously takes on debt in order to create ever depreciating wealth. That wealth is then siphoned from the public by international conglomerates, banks and foreign interests. We are being slowly drained of our lifeblood by a nest of vampires. Tariffs are one of the few measures at Trump’s disposal to unilaterally stop the bleeding and force corporations to bring the wealth and jobs back to the US. This is done through new domestic manufacturing and the end of general outsourcing using third world labor. Globalism is NOT the free market, it is the opposite. It is forced interdependency of nations and economies to the benefit of a tiny handful of ultra-wealthy elites. The tariff fight is direct and Trump’s reasons are evident. The average Joe wants more American jobs with higher salaries for the middle class instead of wallowing in low-wage retail and service sector hell. But Trump can’t say he’s fighting for this end result through tariffs and then turn around and let an army of migrants take middle class jobs. The President stumbled into multiple forehead slapping blunders this past week. He called for 600,000 Chinese students to prop up US colleges. He called for 50-year mortgages to offset plunging home ownership, and he argued that America doesn’t have the talent pool to fill jobs taken by H1B foreigners.)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— How to reverse the dumbing down of American higher ed
https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/education/5606843-how-to-reverse-the-dumbing-down-of-american-higher-ed/amp/
— DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.aol.com/articles/opinion-mamdani-victory-shows-democrats-190000084.html
MSN
— Mamdani says to boycott Starbucks during worker strike
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/mamdani-says-to-boycott-starbucks-during-worker-strike/ar-AA1QuYYS
AOL
— AI may be hurting entry-level jobs. DD: What entry-level jobs did you have? I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU when I was 21 years old in 1970. My first entry-level was Retail Sales Manager for a Firestone Store. My salary was about $50,000/year in today’s dollars for a 44-hour workweek. In 1971, my second entry-level job was a GS-7 IRS Revenue Officer. The salary was $55,850/year in today’s dollars. To get that job, I had passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination. My taking graduate evening business courses at Loyola helped me get promoted to GS-9 ($68,315/year) in 1972, to GS-11 ($82,655/year) in 1973, and to GS-12 ($99,069/year) in 1974. I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976.
https://www.aol.com/articles/powell-says-ai-may-hurting-210440564.html
— Mamdani Wasted No Time In Quoting Socialist Eugene Debs During Victory Speech. DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.aol.com/news/zohran-mamdani-wasted-no-time-144553426.html
— College Graduates Put Socialism Back on the Ballot. DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.aol.com/news/college-graduates-put-socialism-back-195526625.html
ABC NEWS
— Congress reopens government, but leaves healthcare subsidies in limbo. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997, the federal government paid 72% of my health insurance premiums. That helped me endure my Democrat superiors’ tremendous efforts to get rid of me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFXpfhYDBU8
NBC DC
— Unprecedented surge of federal retirement claims. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors used Gingrich budget cuts to make my coworkers like me who had 25 years of federal service eligible to retire when I was 45 year old in 1993, that is, they used Gingrich budget cuts to get rid of my coworkers like me who had 25 years of federal service in 1993. Overwhelmingly, my coworkers who were eligible were White male males like me who had not made GS-15, currently $163,749-$195,200/year.
https://www.nbcwashington.com/investigations/surge-federal-retirement-claims-delays-frustration/4016344/
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Fuentes against Republicans
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-john-ganz.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/opinion/abortion-pills.html
— What Even Is a ‘Good’ Job? DD: According to my critics/opponents, a) all the jobs that I had were bad jobs that they would never have stooped to take and b) I was always grossly overpaid and my employment benefits were always far too generous.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/opinion/good-jobs-policy.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Will Mamdani succeed in uniting Muslims and Jews against Christians?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/11/16/sadiq-khan-london-zohran-mamdani/
— Seasonal hiring weakest since the Great Recession. DD: When I was 18 years old, the Post Office hired me in November of 1966 because it got a budget increase to deal with 1966 Christmas rush.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/11/12/holiday-hiring-slowdown-ai-great-recession/
USA TODAY
— DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/15/zohran-mamdani-victory-nyc-democratic-socialism/87231501007/
FORTUNE
— If you proletarianize the young people, don’t be surprised they end up communist
https://www.aol.com/finance/billionaire-peter-thiel-warns-proletarianize-235603503.html
NATIONAL CATHOLIC REGISTER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly succeed in getting religious leaders to promote illegal immigration.
https://www.ncregister.com/cna/bishops-of-new-york-condemn-deportations-of-migrants-with-refugee-status
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
SOCIALIST WORKER
— Should we condemn violence or embrace it? DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://socialistworker.co.uk/teach-yourself-marxism/should-we-condemn-violence-or-embrace-it/
ECONOMIC TIMES
— ‘No contract, no coffee!’: Mamdani calls for Starbucks boycott as union workers strike nationwide
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYuUtQT647U
NTD NEWS
— DHS Drives Historic Drop in US Foreign-Born Population. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.ntd.com/dhs-drives-historic-drop-in-us-foreign-born-population_1108104.html
TIMES OF INDIA
— JD Vance challenges Donald Trump over H-1B visas. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/jd-vance-challenges-donald-trump-over-h-1b-visas-how-it-happens-and-what-it-reveals-about-policy/articleshow/125349490.cms
NEW INDIAN EXPRESS
— Mamdani’s multitudes and India’s soft power. Mamdani’s unapologetic embrace of his layered identities is soft power as the persuasion of authenticity, not propaganda. He may not represent India formally, yet he reflects some of its finest possibilities—pluralism, intellectual curiosity, and the capacity to juggle contradictions. DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.newindianexpress.com/opinions/2025/Nov/15/zohran-mamdanis-multitudes-and-indias-soft-power
SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
— The forever-renter generation: they’re ones who voted Mamdani. DD: Back in the good old days, that is, back when I was 24 years old in 1972, I was able to buy a new townhome. But I would not have been able to do that if I had not a) passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970, b) earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970, c) worked for IRS for 15 months, and d) worked part-time for a Firestone Store for 18 months and full-time for 7 months before that.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/the-forever-renter-generation-they-re-ones-who-voted-teal-and-mamdani-20251114-p5nfka.html
November 13, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Judge to tour Broadview ICE facility amid ‘inhumane conditions’ allegations
https://abc7chicago.com/post/judge-laura-mcnally-dhs-reps-tour-broadview-ice-facility-amid-inhumane-conditions-allegations-operation-midway-blitz/18150591/
CBS2
— City treasurer says Chicago won’t invest in U.S. Treasury bonds to protest Trump. DD: Is this an act of war?
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/city-treasurer-says-chicago-wont-invest-in-u-s-treasury-bonds-to-protest-trump/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/treasurer-melissa-conyears-ervin-boycott-us-bonds-president-trump/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/city-treasurer-says-chicago-wont-002000473.html
FOX32
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Epstein against Trump.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/gov-jb-pritzker-worries-trump-will-go-extremes-distract-from-epstein-files
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago treasurer vows to not buy US bonds as protest against President Donald Trump. DD: Is this an act of war?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/12/chicago-treasurer-u-s-bonds-anti-trump-protest/
— End of federal shutdown includes nationwide ban on hemp products that get people high
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/12/federal-shutdown-end-hemp-ban/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chicago treasurer will no longer invest any of city’s $10B portfolio in U.S. Treasury bonds to protest Trump. DD: Is this an act of war?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2025/11/12/treasurer-melissa-conyears-ervin-boycott-treasury-bonds-protest-trump-council-fight
— DD: Democrats use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2025/11/12/mayor-brandon-johnson-federal-lawsuit-president-trump-community-policing-grant-dei-policies
— Hemp product ban, tacked onto law to reopen government, stuns Illinois businesses: ‘Unnecessary and cruel’ Federal lawmakers closed the loophole that has allowed for an array of intoxicating cannabinoids that have generated a billion-dollar Illinois market — and is now largely illegal.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/2025/11/12/hemp-ban-federal-spending-bill-illinois-business-reopen-government
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Congress bans intoxicating hemp in deal to end government shutdown
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/cannabis/congress-bans-intoxicating-hemp-deal-end-fed-shutdown
RIVER BENDER
— Don Tracy: Democrats’ Attack on Durbin’s Vote to End Shutdown Proves They Answer to Extremists, Not Illinoisans
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/don-tracy-democrats-attack-on-durbins-vote-to-end-shutdown-proves-they-answer-to-extremists-not-illinoisans-88123.cfm?
WBEZ
— DD: Democrats use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.wbez.org/in-the-loop-with-sasha-ann-simons/2025/11/12/taking-a-closer-look-at-mass-firings-layoffs-of-black-journalists-as-media-orgs-dismantle-dei
JOURNAL & TOPICS
— Ramirez Faces Primary Challenger As Two Candidates Vie For Republican Nomination
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/ramirez-faces-primary-challenger-as-two-candidates-vie-for-republican-nomination/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Two candidates are running for the Republican nomination. Angel Oakley, of Wheaton, previously sat on the board of Children’s Health Defense, an anti-vaccination advocacy group where current U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. served as chairman until March 2023. Hair salon owner Spomenka Vajic, of Chicago’s Irving Park neighborhood, filed to run within hours of the deadline. In October 2024, she led a protest against a homeless encampment at Gompers Park in Chicago, asking the city to remove it. . .Vajic faces two objects: one from Charles R. Smith, of Wheaton, and Jeffery M. Fiedler, of River Grove; and one from Catherine M. Slattery and James P. Roche, both of Chicago.)
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Epstein against Trump.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-11-12/white-house-downplays-new-epstein-emails-that-mention-trump
CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS
— Chicago Public Schools’ ‘Pride Guidance’ encourages teachers to ‘host a Pride Week’ and to display ‘Pride flags, pictures of LGBTQ+ figures, and other supportive materials on school walls/ bulletins;’ includes goal of every school in the district having a Gender and Sexuality Alliance club. DD: How much success have Democrats had making the students in your school district sexually active LGBTQers? That is, how much success have Democrats had destroying traditional marriage and family in your school district?
https://defendinged.org/incidents/chicago-public-schools-pride-guidance-encourages-teachers-to-host-a-pride-week-and-to-display-pride-flags-pictures-of-lgbtq-figures-and-other-supportive-materials-on-school-walls-bulle/
ILLINOIS ANSWERS
— Feds Deployed Tear Gas on the Far South Side Even After Cops Told Them They Had No Gas Masks. Chicago police officials had offered to clear a path for the federal immigration agents so they could leave a tense scene of residents protesting the agents’ shooting of a woman.
https://illinoisanswers.org/2025/11/13/feds-deployed-tear-gas-far-south-side-even-after-cops-told-them-they-had-no-gas-masks-sources-say/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Freedom for detainees as activists face judge. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/11/13/freedom-for-detainees-as-activists-face-judge-00650211
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/11/13/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-631/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— UPDATE: More Free Publicity for Kat
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/13/more-free-publicity-for-kat/
— More State Subsidies for Electric Vehicles, McHenry County Charging Stations
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/13/more-state-subsidies-for-electric-vehicles/
— Schools Set Up Emergency Response Coordination
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/13/schools-set-up-emergency-response-coordination/
— GOP Senate Hopeful Don Tracy Cites Stock Markets Surges, Says Shutdown “100% manufactured by Democrats”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/12/gop-senate-hopeful-don-tracy-cites-stock-markets-surges-says-100-manufactured-by-democrats/
— LaHood Comments on Government’s Reopening
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/12/lahood-comments-on-governments-re-opening/
— Homeland Security Claims Credit for Drop in Chicago Crime Rate under Midway Blitz
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/12/homeland-security-claims-credit-for-drop-in-chicago-crime-rate-under-midway-blitz/
— The Rat Is Back
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/12/the-rat-is-back/
— WBBM-TV Features “The Bridge” Located in Crystal Lake, Provides Free Clothing and Toys
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/12/wbbm-tv-features-the-bridge-located-in-crystal-lake/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Indoctrination is systemic in America’s universities. DD: I avoided that indoctrination while I earned four college degrees because I majored in business, accounting, and finance.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/equality-not-elitism/3884695/indoctrination-systemic-america-universities/
NEW YORK POST
— Rainbow flag-waving vandal defaced NYC churches with ‘anti-Christian statements’
https://nypost.com/2025/11/12/us-news/rainbow-flag-waving-vandal-defaced-nyc-churches-with-anti-christian-statements/
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— The Democrats’ Wage-Suppression Campaign. The blue team wants to keep up the flow of cheap foreign labor for corporate interests. DD: Employers want cheap labor. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. Noncitizens work for less money and are easier to exploit.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/the-democrats-wage-suppression-campaign/
BREITBART
— Trump Celebrates Chicago’s Falling Crime Rates After ‘Midway Blitz’
https://www.breitbart.com/crime/2025/11/12/president-trump-celebrates-chicagos-falling-crime-rates-after-operation-midway-blitz/amp/
— Trump’s DHS Slams The Guardian for ‘Peddling Sob Stories’ About Deported Meth Trafficker
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2025/11/12/trumps-dhs-slams-the-guardian-for-peddling-sob-stories-about-deported-meth-trafficker/amp/
CHARLIE KIRK
— America for Americans? The H-1B Debate.
https://thecharliekirkshow.com/podcasts/the-charlie-kirk-show/america-for-americans-the-h-1b-debate
COLLEGE FIX
— Merit is a ‘myth’ used to ‘justify inequality,’ Yale professor says. DD: According to my critics/opponents, I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who are liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, noncitizens, boozers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, etc.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/merit-is-a-myth-used-to-justify-inequality-yale-professor-says/
EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Signs Bill to Reopen Government, Ending Record-Long Government Shutdown. The bill’s passage marked an end to the 43-day shutdown.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/house-to-vote-on-bill-to-end-government-shutdown-5943511
FOX NEWS
— DHS blasts Chicago mayor for comparing raid leader to segregationists, accusing him of ‘terror’ Johnson said Gregory Bovino was ‘unleashed’ by ‘king’ Trump to ‘provoke terror on people’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dhs-blasts-chicago-mayor-accusing-raid-leader-racist-terror-comparison-segregationist-governors
— Chicago crime drops sharply after federal operation targeting criminal illegal immigrants. The Department of Homeland Security says murders, robberies, and carjackings have plunged in Chicago following a months-long federal crackdown. DD: How has Chicago crime impacted you? While I worked for IRS in Chicago, my 1969 Dodge Charger SE was stolen in Chicago in 1971 and my 1962 Chevrolet Bel Air was stolen in Chicago in 1973. Both thefts had a big negative impact on me.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/dhs-chicago-crime-drops-sharply-after-federal-operation-targeting-criminal-illegal-immigrants
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— University of Illinois Renaming DEI Office but Says Mission Will be the Same. DD: Democrats use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/11/u-illinois-renaming-dei-office-but-says-mission-will-be-the-same/
PJ MEDIA
— Why Are U.S. Students Ignorant? Because Educators Are Even Worse.
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/11/12/why-are-us-students-ignorant-because-universities-are-even-stupider-n4945914
TOWNHALL
— GAME OVER: Dems’ Push for Illegal Alien Health Care Implodes As House Passes Bill to Reopen Government
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/11/12/game-over-house-passes-bill-to-end-shutdown-dashing-dem-hopes-for-cash-for-illegal-alien-health-care-n2666244
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Target requires its employees to smile. DD: I worked for Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years. As they ever-increasingly took more and bigger adverse actions against me, it was ever-increasingly difficult for me to smile.
https://thehill.com/business/5601112-target-smile-policy/amp/
ABC NEWS
— Some MAGA supporters in uproar over Trump’s H-1B visa comments. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. Noncitizens work for less money and are easier to exploit.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-maga-supporters-uproar-trumps-1b-visa-comments/story?id=127458610
— Government funding deal would reverse some of Trump’s mass federal worker firings. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, they used Gingrich budget cuts to waste the careers of and to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, nonveteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/government-funding-deal-reverse-trumps-mass-federal-worker/story?id=127426908
ABC NEW YORK
— Food giveaway for federal employees impacted by government shutdown in Brooklyn. DD: I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. Federal employees have always been viciously demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being grossly overpaid and as having benefits that are far too generous. My critics/opponents stress that while I was a federal employee, my salary increased from $19.37/hour to $153,151/year in today’s dollars. In my defense, during that time, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://abc7ny.com/post/food-giveaway-bank-new-york-city-federal-workers-impacted-government-shutdown-brooklyn/18147834/
AOL
— Every Baby Born in California Gets Free Money for College. DD: Were you viewed as being college material? I was not. Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I could not run because a had a bone disease. My eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20. I had partial red/green color blindness. I spend my junior and senior years and the summer in between washing dishes. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class. Back then, for men, if you were not college material, you were not marriage material. Nevertheless, if my Crete-Monee High School Class of 1966 holds a 60th reunion, I plan on attending.
https://www.aol.com/finance/every-baby-born-california-gets-110618811.html
NEWSWEEK
— DD: Mamdani was featured in New York Magazine article in 2002. I was featured in a 4-page Money Magazine article in 1978. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/documents/ One could compare and contrast.
https://www.newsweek.com/zohran-mamdanis-childhood-wishlist-2002-viral-11032655
WASHINGTON POST
— Longest government shutdown in U.S. history ends after Trump signs funding bill
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/11/12/government-shutdown-vote-end/
USA TODAY
— Mamdani defends DEI alongside Al Sharpton at civil rights event. DD: Democrats use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/12/zohran-mamdani-al-sharpton-defend-dei/87233572007/
— Mamdani’s transition team swarmed with 50,000 job applications. DD: Mamdani promises to give even more preference to Democrats who are minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, noncitizens, etc.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/12/mamdani-resume-portal-50000-job-applicants/87237854007/
— DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to employ Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2025/11/08/black-women-job-cuts-pay-gap/86859572007/
CRONKITE NEWS
— DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrats and RINOs will ever-increasingly blame Republicans for Kirk’s assassination.
https://cronkitenews.azpbs.org/2025/11/12/kelly-kirk-trump-political-violence/
EAST CAROLINIAN
— Is serving in the military a good career path. DD: Initially, because my parents lacked money, my plan to get a college degree was to enlist and to use the GI Bill even though my health problems would severely limit my opportunities in the military. I could not run because a had a bone disease, my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, and I had partial red/green color blindness. But then, I decided that I could get a college degree sooner if I got accepted by UIC and commuted to/from classes there from my parents’ home in Crete. To do that, I bought a 1958 Chevrolet Bel Air in 1964 with money I had earned doing yard work and delivering newspapers. I used that car to get to/from my parents’ home and a dish washing job in Chicago Heights. I used the money I had earned doing that to buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in May of 1966 that I used to get to/from summer jobs in 1966 and then classes at UIC. Then, the Park Forest Post Office hired me. With the money I earned working part-time during the school years and full-time during the summers, I paid for my college expenses, I bought a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, I bought a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, and I graduated debt-free from NIU in 1970 owning that Charger.
https://www.piratemedia1.com/theeastcarolinian/article_1e59ea91-b638-4ca9-9229-c5bc4b98a743.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Serving in the U.S. Military is an option for every American through enlistment and in my opinion is a solid career path. Military service is also possible through the commission process if you have a college degree. This will set you up as an officer with higher pay rates and better leadership opportunities. Commission can be reached through a service academy, ROTC (Reserve Officers’ Training Corps), or an officer training/candidate school (OCS, OTS) with a college degree. People who are uncertain about life after college when enrolling in college or nearing graduation should consider serving in the military. There are many benefits to service, some of which I will not discuss, that can lead to a successful career and even more success in the civilian world. My question is, for people with a college degree is military service a good career path? For those looking for free or reduced education, the military can provide you with that through a service academy or through ROTC programs. If you want to go to graduate school and seek out a master’s degree or a doctorate the military can also help cover that. You can also earn the post-9/11 GI Bill, if you commission through OTS or OCS, by serving on active duty which can be used for yourself or passed onto your children.)
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Escape From Mamdani’s New York. The Big Apple’s socialist mayor may soon find that other people’s money is running out on him. DD: Socialism destroys everyone.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/escape-from-zohran-mamdanis-new-york-b277bab2
— Trump vs. Vance on Legal Immigration. The President sees the need for foreign workers. The Vice President wants fewer.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/donald-trump-jd-vance-immigration-tpusa-fox-news-ec3a0c0e
— DD: Trump Derangement Syndrome Is Real
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/is-trump-derangement-syndrome-real-a603e4a1
BLOOMBERG
— Chicago’s Banker Wants to Defy Trump by Dropping US Treasuries. DD: Is this an act of war?
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-12/chicago-s-banker-wants-to-defy-trump-by-dropping-us-treasuries
HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL
— Employer-sponsored insurance. DD: My critics/opponents ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn the 72% health insurance subsidy a) that I got when I was federal employee 1966-1997, b) that my wife got when she was a federal employee 1968-1970, c) that I will always get as a federal retiree, and d) that my wife has gotten since we got married in 1978 and will always get. My critics/opponents either a) would never stoop to take a federal job and/or b) failed/refused to qualify themselves for federal jobs.
https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty-research/policy-topics/fairness-justice/employer-sponsored-insurance-often-out-reach
BUSINESS INSIDER
— Loyalty. DD: My Democrat and RINO superiors have always demanded blind loyalty to them personally. They have always destroyed those like me who refuse a) to be manipulated or dominated by them, b) to glorify and praise them, c) to pander to them, d) to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) give them money. I should write about my Democrat a RINO superiors.
https://www.businessinsider.com/white-collar-employees-want-loyalty-more-than-money-2025-10
BANKRATE
— The job hunt feels broken. These 6 charts show it’s not just you. DD: When you graduated from college, what frustrated your job search? For me, it was potential employers viewing me as being draft bait. In addition, potential employers were under tremendous pressure to hire those who did not share my demographics.
https://www.bankrate.com/banking/federal-reserve/why-the-job-market-feels-broken-in-six-charts/
NTEU
— Federal Employees Need Back Pay Immediately. DD: I was a NTEU member while I worked for IRS 1971-1980. During that time, my salary increased from $55,850/year to $112,280/year in today’s dollars. In my defense, during that time, I earned an MBA, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, and I earned a master’s degree in accounting.
https://www.nteu.org/media-center/News%20Releases/2025/11/13/Shutdown%20Ends
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
GLOBE AND MAIL
— DD: Liberals and moderates use DEI to get rid of conservatives.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/careers/leadership/article-dei-principles-are-good-for-business-why-pulling-back-hurts-the-bottom/
November 12, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
FOX32
— Don Tracy, a Republican candidate for Senate in Illinois, joins Paris to talk about the 2026 midterm elections and the ongoing government shutdown.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Sut1ks6gms
https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/illinois-gop-senate-candidate-talks-010917920.html
WTTW
— Chicago-Area Veterans Speak Out Against Trump, Immigration Raids During Veterans Day Events. DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been turning veterans against Trump in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? My Democrat superiors who were veterans blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/11/11/chicago-area-veterans-speak-out-against-trump-immigration-raids-during-veterans-day
— DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been turning veterans against Trump in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? My Democrat superiors who were veterans blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/11/11/veterans-benefits-face-uncertain-future-federal-cuts-take-effect
WBEZ
— Veterans Day feels ‘emptier’ this year, says vet who is protesting ICE and Border Patrol. “I didn’t think they would actually use force against citizens,” says Brad Beaulieu, a Navy veteran who was hit in the leg with a tear gas canister outside of the Broadview processing facility. DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been turning veterans against Trump in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? My Democrat superiors who were veterans blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://www.wbez.org/in-the-loop-with-sasha-ann-simons/2025/11/11/veterans-day-feels-emptier-this-year-says-vet-who-is-protesting-ice-and-border-patrol
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE IN THE NAPERVILLE SUN: Police make gun-related arrest No. 17 near Naperville Topgolf
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/11/police-topgolf-gun-arrests-naperville/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois steps up where feds fall down in making college affordable. DD: I would not have been able to graduate debt-free from NIU with a bachelor’s degree in business and owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE when I was 21 years old in 1970 a) if my parents had not provided me with room and board while I took classes at UIC 1966-1968, weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and the summer of 1969 and b) if I had not worked for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969 part-time during the school years and full-time during the summers.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/11/12/illinois-college-costs-trump-administration-students-color-low-income-denise-forte-juliana-stratton
SOUTHERN
— Veterans Day protest questions government treatment of troops. DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been turning veterans against Trump in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? My Democrat superiors who were veterans blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://thesouthern.com/people/veterans-day-protest-questions-government-treatment-of-troops/article_79ebd24c-b6c1-5476-b7d5-423f07feb075.html
AUSTIN WEEKLY NEWS
— Illinois House Speaker Chris Welch will face an Oak Park resident for the 7th Democratic State Central Committeeman seat next March. DD: State Central Committee (SCC) members run political parties. In Illinois, Democrat SCC members are directly elected, but Republican SCC members are not. Since 2000, I have strongly advocated for direct election of SCC members. Since 2000, because of that, Republican leaders in Illinois who oppose direct election of SCC members have taken many big adverse actions against me. I should write about that.
https://www.austinweeklynews.com/2025/11/11/thomas-challenges-welch-democratic-leadership-spot/
OAK PARK
— Chad Koppie, an 87-year-old Kane County man seeking to run in the March 17 Republican primary for the 7th Congressional district is facing a formal challenge to his nominating petitions.
https://www.oakpark.com/2025/11/11/chad-koppie-petitions-challenged/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DD: Partisan Democrats want the partisan GAO to investigate Trump.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/democrats-press-for-investigation-into-partisan-shutdown-messages-on-agency-websites/amp/
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Veterans Rally Downtown Against ICE ‘Occupation’ And ‘Life-Threatening’ Federal Budget Cuts. National Guard members, activists and elected officials marked Veterans Day by denouncing the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement as an “attack on human rights.” DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been turning veterans against Trump in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? My Democrat superiors who were veterans blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/11/veterans-rally-downtown-against-ice-occupation-and-life-threatening-federal-budget-cuts/
ILLINOIS PUBLIC MEDIA
— Women veterans in Illinois reflect on military experience including some challenges
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPgIBgqm7PM
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Duckworth: Dems need to play ‘hardball’
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/11/12/duckworth-faults-dems-for-rushing-deal-00647443
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/11/12/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-630/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CHICAGO CONTRARIAN
— Chicago Declares War on the Federal Government. DD: How many federal employees and federal retirees do you know? I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for more than 28 years.
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/chicago-declares-war-federal-government
WIREPOINTS
— Glennon interview on AM560: ‘We are playing for all the marbles now’ — Illinois’ Decline, Immigration Politics, and a Crisis of Confidence
https://wirepoints.org/wirepoints-mark-glennon-interview-on-am560-we-are-playing-for-all-the-marbles-now-illinois-decline-immigration-politics-and-a-crisis-of-confidence-audio/
— November 12, 2025
https://us10.campaign-archive.com/?e=19fa91a7b3&u=7f97bb358e660a3d3fb24306a&id=e104bfcb78
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Sheriff James Mendrick Dominates Kane County GOP Governor Candidate Forum as Ted Dabrowski Falls Flat. DD: If I was still the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and if I was still on the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee, the organizations would still be hosting candidate forums.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/11/sheriff-james-mendrick-dominates-kane-county-gop-governor-candidate-forum-as-ted-dabrowski-falls-flat.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Socialist takeover, America in transition, can California get even bluer?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpnsKOro0Go
NEW YORK POST
— Trump says Chicago crime has fallen dramatically despite ‘extraordinary resistance’ from local Democrats
https://nypost.com/2025/11/12/us-news/trump-says-chicago-crime-has-fallen-dramatically-despite-extraordinary-resistance-from-local-democrats/
— Trump’s Cornell University deal leaves a ‘zombie’ DEI agenda ready to rise from the dead
https://nypost.com/2025/11/11/opinion/trumps-cornell-deal-leaves-a-zombie-dei-agenda-ready-to-rise-again/
BREITBART
— Mass Immigration Pushes U.S. Housing Market to ‘Breaking Point.’ DD: How many stash houses to Democrat leaders have in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/11/11/analysis-mass-immigration-pushes-u-s-housing-market-breaking-point/amp/
DAILY CALLER
— Man Named Jihad Crashes Turning Point USA Event, Kicks Off Brawl
https://dailycaller.com/2025/11/11/jihad-dphrepaulezz-charged-tpusa-event/
DAILY WIRE
— ‘Call In The Troops…Before It Is Too Late’: Trump Says Chicago’s Shopping District Is Under Attack. The Miracle Mile Shopping Center in Chicago, once considered our Nation’s BEST, now has a more than 28% vacancy factor, and is ready to call it quits.” DD: I walked the Miracle Mile to/from my IRS job in the Loop, graduate evening business classes at Loyola, and my Outer Drive East studio condo 1974-1976.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/call-in-the-troops-before-it-is-too-late-trump-says-chicagos-shopping-district-is-under-attack
— Texas County Shelled Out $1.3 Million In Taxpayer Funds To Defend Illegal Immigrants
https://www.dailywire.com/news/texas-county-shelled-out-1-3-million-in-taxpayer-funds-to-defend-illegal-immigrants-lawsuit-states
FOX NEWS
— DHS official calls out Pritzker, Chicago mayor for silence on attacks against ICE
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6384970037112
— Trump declares victory in Chicago despite ‘extraordinary resistance’ from sanctuary politicians. ‘As we ramp up more assets, these numbers will continue to drop,’ President Trump said.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-declares-victory-dem-run-city-despite-extraordinary-resistance-from-sanctuary-politicians
MRC TV
— Illegal Alien is Now a Slur? Illinois Speaker Says So.
https://mrctv.org/videos/illegal-alien-now-slur-illinois-speaker-says-so
NEWSMAX
— No Controls Over Mail-In Voting. DD: Far too many Republican candidates have lost elections because of ballots counted after election day.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/joseph-digenova-mail-in-voting/2025/11/11/id/1234154/
— Mamdani Plans to Be ‘Proactive,’ Call Trump Pre-Office
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/zohran-mamdani-donald-trump-nyc/2025/11/11/id/1234157/
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— On Veterans Day, Honor Sacrifice by Restoring the Military’s Warrior Ethos
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/11/11/on_veterans_day_honor_sacrifice_by_restoring_the_militarys_warrior_ethos_153505.html
STARS AND STRIPES
— Hundreds of veterans protest Trump policies at Veterans Day rally in Washington. DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been turning veterans against Trump in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? My Democrat superiors who were veterans blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2025-11-11/veterans-day-rally-protest-trump-19733534.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump’s PAC fundraises off Mamdani’s win
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5601066-trump-allies-target-mumdani/amp/
CBS NEWS
— Sold-out Turning Point USA event at UC Berkeley draws protests
https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/sold-out-turning-point-usa-event-at-uc-berkeley-draws-protests/
— The voters Mamdani added to the Democratic coalition in New York. DD: From what I see, those who voted for Mamdani are anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-capitalism, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, and/or anti-those who have more money than they have.
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/cbs-news-analysis-the-voters-mamdani-added-to-the-democratic-coalition-in-new-york/
CNN
— Popular gay dating apps removed in Mainland China. DD: To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/11/business/video/blued-finka-gay-dating-app-removed-mainland-china-lgbtq-digvid
MSNBC
— DD: Democrat leaders say “Celebrate Veterans Day by demanding Trump get the troops off our streets.” How successful have Democrat leaders been turning veterans against Trump in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? My Democrat superiors who were veterans blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/veterans-day-trump-troops-rcna243121
TIME
— What the End of Obamacare Subsidies Could Mean for Your Health Coverage. DD: My critics/opponents ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn the 72% health insurance subsidy a) that I got when I was federal employee 1966-1997, b) that my wife got when she was a federal employee 1968-1970, c) that I will always get as a federal retiree, and d) that my wife has gotten since we got married in 1978 and will always get. My critics/opponents either a) would never stoop to take a federal job and/or b) failed/refused to qualify themselves for federal jobs.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/end-obamacare-subsidies-could-mean-184051651.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— Justice Department to Investigate Protests at Turning Point Event at Berkeley
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/us/berkeley-protests-turning-point-doj-investigation.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for health costs. My critics/opponents ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn the 72% health insurance subsidy a) that I got when I was federal employee 1966-1997, b) that my wife got when she was a federal employee 1968-1970, c) that I will always get as a federal retiree, and d) that my wife has gotten since we got married in 1978 and will always get. My critics/opponents either a) would never stoop to take a federal job and/or b) failed/refused to qualify themselves for federal jobs.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/us/politics/trump-shutdown-health-care-costs-aca.html
— Redistricting Battles, Set Off by Trump, Have Few Parallels in U.S. History
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/us/elections/gerrymandering-redistricting-democrats-republicans.html
— How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy. DD: My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid, and therefore, I should pay more taxes.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/business/trump-administration-tax-breaks-wealthy.html
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Turning Point USA rally in Berkeley turns bloody, 4 arrested
https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/11/turning-point-usa-rally-berkeley-fight-arrests/
BALTIMORE SUN
— ‘Colorado sober’ movement ditches alcohol for cannabis, psychedelics.
https://www.baltimoresun.com/2025/11/03/colorado-sober-movement-ditches-alcohol-for-cannabis-psychedelics-is-it-for-real/
USA TODAY
— Veterans protest at ‘Remember Your Oath’ rally against Trump administration. DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been turning veterans against Trump in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? My Democrat superiors who were veterans blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/news/nation/2025/11/11/veterans-day-remember-your-oath-rally-trump-protests/87220494007/
— Anti-Trump groups urge holiday boycott of Amazon, Home Depot, Target over DEI backtrack
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/11/10/holiday-shopping-boycott-amazon-target-home-depot/87139543007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— A 50-Year Mortgage Is a Bad Deal. DD: My priority 1972-1978, and then my and my wife’s priority after 1978 was to pay off our mortgage debt ASAP.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/50-year-mortgage-donald-trump-bill-pulte-housing-prices-5ca2417b
— Antidepressants. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, because of ever-increasing Gingrich-led budget cuts, my GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates became ever-increasingly more depressed if not more angry. They ever-increasingly took their anger against Gingrich out on me. I should write about that.
https://www.wsj.com/health/wellness/antidepressants-facts-myths-40a09fc9
NEWSONE
— When A Muslim Democratic Socialist Mayor Has An Africana Studies Degree. If the phrase “Muslim Democratic Socialist” already makes conservative pundits sweat, then “Africana Studies,” like Black Studies, is the accelerant.
https://newsone.com/6601349/zohran-mamdani-muslim-democrat-socialist-mayor-africana-studies-degree/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
DAILY MAIL
— DD: The more that Hegseth does to fight DEI, the more that Democrats and RINOs fight him.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15282169/Hegseth-female-Navy-officer-SEAL.html
SKY NEWS
— Mamdani is the new ‘face’ of the Democratic Party
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjBEoB-L5P0
— Turning Point’s event in California showed a packed out house
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ3Xut5qrVw
— Chaos erupts as Antifa-like thugs turn violent outside Turning Point USA event
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-cSeXR9o00
— Antifa thugs spark violent riot outside Turning Point USA event at UC Berkeley
https://www.skynews.com.au/world-news/united-states/antifa-thugs-spark-violent-riot-outside-turning-point-usa-event-at-uc-berkeley/video/4a7e4ce48576d97ff290344aaef35a21
— ‘Get rid of all of them’: Violent Antifa ‘mob’ clash with police at Turning Point USA event
https://www.skynews.com.au/opinion/get-rid-of-all-of-them-violent-antifa-mob-clash-with-police-at-turning-point-usa-event/video/e097162553d93e6644c4c4b3a0989a2f
INDIA TODAY
— Netanyahu invited to New York. Can Mamdani get him arrested, fulfil promise? Netanyahu is set to arrive in in New York on Mamdani’s first day as mayor. Mamdani had promised to arrest Netanyahu for “war crimes” in Gaza, but can he really get him arrested? The city is bracing for a clash of global politics and local governance. DD: When my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s, they did not bring any political baggage in with them. Ever-increasingly, immigrants bring political baggage in with them.
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/us-news/story/zohran-mamdani-netanyahu-with-benjamin-netanyahu-nyc-visit-can-mamdani-get-him-arrested-fulfil-promise-un-headquarters-icc-2818022-2025-11-12
— Video: Brawl breaks out during Turning Point USA event on UC Berkeley campus
https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/world/us-news/story/uc-berkeley-tpusa-event-violence-fbi-investigation-antifa-clashes-glbs-2817811-2025-11-12
INDIA EXPRESS
— In Mamdani’s win, some hope for the working class — and sparks of a new politics. DD: I was a member of the working class for 35 years. My critics/opponents were not. They had wealthy parents. They look down on, if not despise, if not hate, the working class.
https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/zohran-mamdani-politics-mayor-new-york-andrew-cuomo-trump-10360843/
TIMES OF INDIA
— ‘Fascists out of Berkeley’: Protests break out at UC campus; Charlie Kirk’s TPUSA event affected
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/fascists-out-of-berkeley-protests-break-out-at-uc-campus-charlie-kirks-tpusa-event-affected/articleshow/125266074.cms
BUSINESS TODAY
— ‘NYC will turn into Mumbai’: Billionaire warns after Mamdani’s victory.
https://www.businesstoday.in/india/story/nyc-will-turn-into-mumbai-billionaire-warns-after-mamdanis-victory-heres-why-501796-2025-11-12
TIMES NOW NEWS
— US Billionaire Thinks New York Will Turn Into Mumbai Under Mamdani
https://www.timesnownews.com/world/us/us-news/us-billionaire-barry-sternlicht-thinks-new-york-will-turn-into-mumbai-under-zohran-mamdani-asks-what-if-neighbours-know-article-153137664
JEWISH INSIDER
— After Mamdani win, socialists look to challenge Democratic incumbents in NYC
https://jewishinsider.com/2025/11/zohran-mamdani-socialists-democratic-incumbents-new-york-city/
WIRE
— DD: Immigrants ever-increasingly crow about their success in taking over America.
https://thewire.in/world/mamdanis-victory-shows-the-american-dream-is-not-over-yet
CDM
— There Is No Meritocracy in the Public Administration – There Never Was. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government ever-increasingly dumped meritocracy to hire, to retain, and to promote Democrats who were minority, female, and/or younger. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license.
https://www.cdm.me/english/there-is-no-meritocracy-in-the-public-administration-there-never-was/
November 11, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Veterans rally, march through downtown Chicago protesting Trump, immigration enforcement. DD: My Democrat superiors who were veterans blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-protest-veterans-day-2025-served-rally-march-downtown-protesting-ice-border-patrol/18144662/
— Supreme Court extends its order blocking full SNAP payments, with shutdown potentially near an end
https://abc7chicago.com/post/supreme-court-is-expected-say-full-snap-food-payments-can-resume/18142463/
— Fights break out, multiple people arrested as Turning Point USA event sparks protest at UC Berkeley. DD: If I had been involved in Republican politics, the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966 would not have hired me, the Democrats who ran IRS in 1971 would not have hired me, and the Democrats who ran GAO in 1980 would not have hired me.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/turning-point-usa-fights-break-multiple-people-arrested-event-sparks-protest-uc-berkeley-california/18143024/
CBS2
— Trump calls for more troops in Chicago, cites vacant stores on “Miracle Mile” DD: I walked the Miracle Mile to/from my IRS job in the Loop, graduate evening business classes at Loyola, and my Outer Drive East studio condo 1974-1976.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/president-trump-troops-chicago-miracle-mile/
— Vigil held in Chicago’s Little Village amid word of looming departure of Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/vigil-held-chicago-little-village-gregory-bovino/
— Visual investigation shows use-of-force violations against protesters
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/former-federal-agent-ice-use-of-force-against-protesters/
— Flight cancellations continue to pile up under FAA order in government shutdown
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/live-updates/canceled-flights-us-airlines-faa-order/
FOX32
— Chicago alder confronts Gov. JB Pritzker in Little Village over corporate tax
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/gov-pritzker-little-village-vets-day
— Trump’s 50-year mortgage proposal: What would it mean for homebuyers? DD: My priority 1972-1978, and then my and my wife’s priority after 1978 was to pay off mortgage debt ASAP.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trumps-50-year-mortgage-proposal-what-would-mean-homebuyers
WBEZ
— At Veterans Day rally, vets are critical of Trump administration immigration enforcement. Veterans gather at the Vietnam War Memorial, where speakers decry ICE arrests, cuts to veterans benefits and extrajudicial attacks on Venezuelan boats. “The attacks are to divide and conquer working people.” DD: My Democrat superiors who were veterans blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://www.wbez.org/politics/2025/11/11/veterans-day-rally-chicago-ice
— U.S. Border Patrol boss Greg Bovino, fellow agents to soon leave Chicago but could be back four-fold in March. Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin insists “we aren’t leaving Chicago,” but the feds’ immigration campaign is expected to begin winding down. But one DHS source said 1,000 agents could return in the spring, up from 250 now.
https://www.wbez.org/public-safety/2025/11/11/u-s-border-patrol-boss-greg-bovino-agents-expected-leave-chicago-soon
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Supreme Court weighing Mississippi mail-in ballot case that could have major impact on Illinois voting laws. DD: Far too many Republican candidates have lost elections because of ballots counted after election day.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/11/supreme-court-mail-in-voting-illinois/
— ‘This is a Veterans Day like no other’: Hundreds gather to honor veterans, march against Trump administration
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/11/veterans-day-march-against-trump/
— Alderman yells at Gov. JB Pritzker over opposition to Mayor Brandon Johnson’s head tax plan
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/11/alderman-gov-jb-pritzker-opposition-mayor-brandon-johnsons-head-tax/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— At Veterans Day rally, vets are critical of Trump administration immigration enforcement. Veterans gather at the Vietnam War Memorial, where speakers decry ICE arrests, cuts to veterans benefits and extrajudicial attacks on Venezuelan boats. “The attacks are to divide and conquer working people.” DD: My Democrat superiors who were veterans blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago/2025/11/11/veterans-day-rally-chicago-ice
— U.S. Border Patrol boss Greg Bovino, fellow agents to soon leave Chicago but could be back four-fold in March. Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin insists “we aren’t leaving Chicago,” but the feds’ immigration campaign is expected to begin winding down. But one DHS source said 1,000 agents could return in the spring, up from 250 now.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/public-safety/2025/11/11/u-s-border-patrol-boss-greg-bovino-fellow-agents-expected-to-soon-leave-chicago
— Durbin faces backlash for joining GOP in measure to end government shutdown
https://chicago.suntimes.com/us-senate/2025/11/10/sen-dick-durbin-compromise-measure-federal-government-shutdown-end-democrats-backlash
— ‘Days of Rage’ evokes protests of 1960s and resonates today in a big way. Steven Levenson’s play satirizes the grandiosity of Vietnam era rebellion, but the need to “do something” reverberates in the Trump 2.0 era. DD: My Democrat superiors who were veterans blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/11/11/days-of-rage-steven-levenson-play-1960s-donald-trump-no-kings
DAILY HERALD
— Taxes, sanctuary status and electability key issues in GOP gubernatorial joust. DD: If I was still the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and if I was still on the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee, the organizations would still be hosting candidate debates.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251111/illinois-state-politics/taxes-sanctuary-status-and-electability-key-issues-in-gop-gubernatorial-joust/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Buoyed by a raucous Kane County crowd, Republican candidates in the Illinois gubernatorial primary race debated taxes, crime and electability Monday. The governor hopefuls at the Kane County Republican Organization forum in West Dundee comprised Ted Dabrowski and James Mendrick. Also speaking was lieutenant governor candidate Aaron Del Mar, representing his running mate Darren Bailey. Asked what the single most important change they’d make if elected, Mendrick honed in on a campaign theme. “The sanctuary state — that is my No. 1 change,” said Mendrick, who is DuPage County sheriff. “For years, (President) Biden’s open borders policy let people in relentlessly. We have a secondary population being laid on a primary population; there is no way we can afford this.” Del Mar, the Cook County Republican Party Chair, advocated for lowering property taxes and ending cronyism in state government. “We need to get all the patronage jobs out of here,” the Palatine resident said. Dabrowski, a Wilmette resident and former president of media/research company Wirepoints, said the GOP needs more “principled leadership” and criticized Republican lawmakers who voted for tax and gas hikes. “We will never be able to have a proper Republican brand if we’re not consistent,” he said. Talking points. Dabrowski told the suburban audience the biggest thing they have to think about is who can beat Pritzker in 2026. “I supported Darren Bailey last time strongly. But we know in the end, they fell short, largely up here,” he said. Bailey unsuccessfully ran against Pritzker in 2022. Del Mar ran as lieutenant governor on a ticket with Gary Rabine. “Experience matters,” Del Mar said, referring to Bailey’s time as a state lawmaker and local elected official. “Darren has prayed and he’s thought about all the things he did wonderfully (in 2022). But then he went and studied all the things he did wrong.” Meanwhile, Mendrick emphasized “we need to go back to the definition of a minor, which means under 18 years of age and make it illegal to discuss sex with kids. And that means (no) porn in libraries and schools.” “We need to come back to American principles. We need to bring back God and the nuclear family.” Reducing crime. Asked about crime and safety, Del Mar criticized the Illinois TRUST Act, which prohibits law enforcement agencies from assisting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, with some exceptions. “Every time we have a felon that we find out is illegal, after they get arrested and they do their time and they get released, we can’t notify federal law enforcement to take them away,” Del Mar said. Mendrick suggested “let’s start with respecting and treating our law enforcement like the heroes they are.” He also noted his longtime opposition to the state’s SAFE-T Act, which ended cash bail. “How about all felonies stay in jail?” Mendrick said. “How about multiple repeat offenders for misdemeanors stay in jail — you don’t need to worry about money now, that solves it really easily.” Dabrowski called Illinois’ sanctuary state stance “extreme.” “In Florida, if they find a bad guy, an illegal immigrant bad guy, do you know what they do? The local authorities take the guy, put him in handcuffs, and hand him right over to the federal authorities. Problem solved. No chaos. Just done,” he said. Economic concerns Candidates also dug into Illinois’ economy and pension debt. “Property taxes are the biggest complaint everywhere I go,” Dabrowski said. He touted his abilities to make DOGE-like cuts, and singled out the high salaries for school superintendents. “We need to move to 401(k)s for all new government workers,” he added. Mendrick supported giving municipalities a greater share of the state’s Local Government Distributive Fund and advocated for a mobile 401(k) pension system. “If you quit or go somewhere else, you can take your pension with you,” he said. “That may be attractive enough to replace the existing pension system.” Del Mar countered that many firefighters, police officers and downstate teachers are Republicans. “Telling them you’re going to take their pensions away is not a good way of getting them to vote for you,” he said. “We need to look at ways to grow Illinois. We want to expand and grow the economy and lessen the burden of debt and taxes,” Del Mar added. The other Republicans in the race are Broadview resident Gregg Moore; video gambling business owner Rick Heidner of Barrington Hills; Joseph Severino of Lake Forest; and Max Solomon of Hazel Crest.)
— ‘It reminds us why we fight’: Bailey presses on after loss of son, grandkids in crash
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251111/illinois-state-politics/it-reminds-us-why-we-fight-bailey-presses-on-after-loss-of-son-grandkids-in-crash/
— Lawsuit: Downers Grove Park District’s free-speech zone illegal
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251111/news/lawsuit-downers-grove-park-districts-free-speech-zone-illegal/
— New Trump directive could deny more visas based on applicants’ health and finances
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251111/nation-and-world-politics/new-trump-directive-could-deny-more-visas-based-on-applicants-health-and-finances/
RIVER BENDER
— Don Tracy: Democrats’ Attack on Durbin’s Vote to End Shutdown Proves They Answer to Extremists, Not Illinoisans
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/don-tracy-democrats-attack-on-durbins-vote-to-end-shutdown-proves-they-answer-to-extremists-not-illinoisans-88123.cfm
— Duckworth Renews Push to Help Protect Servicemembers and Veterans from Deportation
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/duckworth-renews-push-to-help-protect-servicemembers-and-veterans-from-deportation-88120.cfm
WQAD
— Durbin defends shutdown deal; Illinois Democrats push back over lost leverage and higher health costs
https://www.wqad.com/article/news/politics/illinois-politics/durbin-defends-shutdown-deal-illinois-democrats-push-back-over-lost-leverage-and-higher-health-costs/63-920a829f-4b07-4a0b-bcf3-d3a976d1b259
ELMHURST PATCH
— Elmhurst Official Confronts Conservative At ICE Protest
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/elmhurst-official-confronts-conservative-ice-protest
BLOCK CLIUB CHICAGO
— Officials Gather In Little Village For Show Of ‘Strength’ After Border Chief’s Threat To Return To Area
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/11/officials-gather-in-little-village-for-show-of-strength-after-border-chiefs-threat-to-return-to-neighborhood/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Biss Releases Poll Showing Him Firmly in First Place
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/11/biss-releases-poll-showing-him-firmly-in-first-place/
— Tracy Checks GOP Primary Opponents’ Petitions, Finds Some Deficient, Declines To Challenge Them
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/11/tracy-checks-gop-primary-opponents-petitions-finds-some-deficient-declines-to-challenge-them/
— Two Attacks on Petitions of Only Male Running to Replace DeWitte
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/11/two-attacks-on-petitions-of-only-male-running-to-replace-dewitte/
— Petitions for Two Republicans Challenging Foster for Congress Challenged
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/11/petitions-for-two-republicans-challenging-foster-for-congress-challenged/
— Bailey Posts Video Saying He Is Staying in the Race for Governor
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/11/bailey-posts-video-saying-he-is-staying-in-the-race-for-governor/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Fix immigration policy to rid the U.S. of enemies
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/11/fix-immigration-policy-rid-us-enemies/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— From ‘leverage’ to lies, Democrats were always responsible for shutdown suffering
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3882362/democrats-leverage-government-shutdown-political-agenda/
— Days after his election, Mamdani is already asking ‘the people’ for money. DD: My critics/opponents are furious that I have the money, time, ability, experience, and motivation needed to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and send them out free of charge, with no advertising, and with no donation requests.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3882258/zohran-mamdani-already-asking-people-for-money/
COLLEGE FIX
— University of Illinois to rename DEI office but says mission will be the same
https://www.thecollegefix.com/u-illinois-to-rename-dei-office-but-says-mission-will-be-the-same/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— Justice Department says it’s investigating “violent riots” at UC Berkeley Turning Point USA event. DD: If I had been involved in Republican politics, the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966 would not have hired me, the Democrats who ran IRS in 1971 would not have hired me, and the Democrats who ran GAO in 1980 would not have hired me.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/doj-investigating-violent-riots-uc-berkeley-turning-point-usa-event/
— The voters Mamdani added to the Democratic coalition in New York
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cbs-news-analysis-the-voters-mamdani-added-to-the-democratic-coalition-in-new-york/
November 11, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Trump admin. asks court to pause Chicago-area use of force injunction while it considers appeal. DD: I was an IRS Revenue Officer for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280//year. Duckworth would object to the extensive powers that I had to enforce federal tax laws.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-admin-asks-appeals-court-pause-chicago-area-federal-immigration-agents-use-force-injunction-considers-appeal/18139928/
CBS2
— Hanover Park police officer arrested by ICE released on $2,500 immigration bond
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/hanover-park-police-officer-arrested-by-ice-released-on-2500-immigration-bond/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Federal workforce cuts are failing America’s veterans. DD: I should write about those who have punished me the most for my avoiding the Vietnam War draft. I would focus on my Democrat superiors who were veterans. I would focus on those who blamed Republicans the most for America losing the war.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/elevate/federal-workforce-cuts-are-failing-americas-veterans-opinion
EVANSTON ROUNDTABLE
— Former Republican candidate challenges Abughazaleh’s petitions for Congress. Objection claims voters’ signatures have incorrect or out of district addresses, were collected by underage circulators. DD: I have been a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999. I used to always collect 30 petition signatures from registered Republican voters in my precinct for all the candidates who wanted to be on Republican primary ballots in my precinct. That took a lot of time and lots of effort. But I stopped doing that because ever-increasingly, Republican candidates om ballots in my precinct who lost elections blamed me for their loses. They blame what I have done as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000. They blame what I did as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007. They blame what I did as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012. They blame what I did as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks 2005-2019.
https://evanstonroundtable.com/2025/11/10/kat-abughazaleh-paperwork-objection/
WIFR
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.wifr.com/2025/11/11/rockford-budget-keeping-property-taxes-flat-with-cannabis-revenue-clears-first-hurdle
ELMHURST PATCH
— DuPage Official’s Wearing Of Pin Draws Complaint. The member, whose district includes Elmhurst, has been silent on the issue.
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/dupage-officials-wearing-pin-draws-complaint
DUCKWORTH
— DD: What does Duckworth think of you? She had one of her thugs throw me out of her press conference with Michael J. Fox in Wheaton in 2006. Of course, she vehemently disapproves of a) my avoiding the Vietnam War draft and b) my fighting race and gender based preference giving, that is, my fighting patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.duckworth.senate.gov/news/press-releases/duckworth-renews-push-to-help-protect-servicemembers-and-veterans-from-deportation-ahead-of-veterans-day-and-amid-trumps-continued-attacks-against-our-heroes
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Will Durbin endorsement lose luster?
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/11/11/will-durbin-endorsement-lose-luster-00646192
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
TED DABROWSKI
— Unaffordable Illinois. DD: I have lived in Illinois since 1948. What has helped you afford things in Illinois? For me, it was my following conservative principles. For me, it was my taking bad jobs that my peers would not take. For me, it was my working my way through college. For me, me it was my earning a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://mailchi.mp/e5da8c70c1b8/unaffordable-illinois?e=0db6d48fb8
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Illegal Illinois Immigrants Making Homeland Security’s National Press Release
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/10/illegal-immigrants-making-homeland-securitys-national-press-release/
— The Crystal Lake Park Board Debate on Rejoining the Intergovernmental Agreement with Crystal Lake and Lakewood
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/10/the-crystal-lake-park-board-debate-on-rejoining-the-intergovernmental-agreement-with-crystal-lake-and-lakewood/
— DeWitte possible successor Cody Holt faces objection
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/10/dewitte-possible-successor-cody-holt-faces-objection/
— Ness Endorses Biss
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/10/ness-endorses-biss/
— Illinois Democrats About to Enlarge Death Tourism Appeal
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/11/illinois-democrats-about-to-enlarge-death-tourism-appeal/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Paxton sues ‘radical activist organization’ for registering illegal immigrants to vote in Texas
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3881604/paxton-sues-activist-organization-registering-illegal-immigrants-vote-texas/
NEW YORK POST
— GOP senators fume that lawmakers got paid throughout record-breaking shutdown: ‘Pure hypocrisy’
https://nypost.com/2025/11/10/us-news/gop-senators-fume-that-lawmakers-got-paid-during-shutdown/
— Rudy Giuliani offers brutal 6-word ‘advice’ to Zohran Mamdani after NYC mayoral win
https://nypost.com/2025/11/10/us-news/rudy-giuliani-offers-brutal-6-word-advice-to-zohran-mamdani-after-nyc-mayoral-win/
AMERICA FIRST LEGAL
— Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Poured Over $30 Million Into Unlawful DEI Initiatives, Anti-Police Projects In One Year
https://aflegal.org/press-release/documents-show-bill-and-melinda-gates-foundation-poured-over-30-million-into-unlawful-dei-initiatives-anti-police-projects-in-one-year/
AMERICAN THINKER
— The socialist elephant is in the room — and it’s getting bigger. DD: My critics/opponents have no problem with socialism if not promote it.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/11/the_socialist_elephant_is_in_the_room_and_it_s_getting_bigger.html
CHRISTIAN POST
— Why Mamdani won and New York will pay a terrible price
https://www.christianpost.com/voices/why-zohran-mamdani-won-and-new-york-will-pay-a-terrible-price.html
CREATORS SYNDICATE
— Mamdani Wants Big Government to Solve Government’s Failures. DD: To promote Mamdani is to destroy personal responsibility. My parents and my teachers promoted personal responsibility. That put me on track to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.creators.com/read/victor-joecks/11/25/mamdani-wants-big-government-to-solve-governments-failures
DAILY SIGNAL
— Military Violates Trump’s DEI Executive Order
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/11/10/us-army-air-force-marines-sponsored-school-counselor-association-supports-dei/
— No Illegals Getting Government-Funded Health Care, Sen. Warren? ‘Go to Any Emergency Room in California’
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/11/11/victor-davis-hanson-no-illegals-getting-government-funded-health-care-senator-warren-go-to-any-emergency-room-in-california/
— Mamdani Era: The Democrat Party Is Changing Rapidly
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/11/11/mamdani-era-the-democrat-party-is-changing-rapidly/
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Suspect in Chicago Border Patrol Drive-by Shooting Is Now in Custody
https://www.westernjournal.com/breaking-suspect-chicago-border-patrol-drive-shooting-now-custody-new-details-emerging/
— Realtors Say They’re Already Seeing the ‘Mamdani Effect’ in Action: ‘It’s Not Good’
https://www.westernjournal.com/realtors-say-already-seeing-mamdani-effect-action-not-good/
WHITE HOUSE
— Follow the Law. DD: In Diersen v. GAO, my Democrat GAO superiors told the court that they followed law when they forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 and when they previously a) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, b) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, c) kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and d) forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/02/trump-administration-follow-the-law/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
YAHOO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote insurrection.
https://www.aol.com/news/insurrection-act-why-trump-says-200759314.html
MSNBC
— The obscure federal employees footing the bill during the shutdown. DD: Federal employees have always been viciously demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being grossly overpaid and that their benefits are far too generous. I should write about that.
https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/obscure-federal-employees-footing-bill-shutdown-rcna242563
ABC NEWS
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly blame Trump for everything that is bad. I should write about the biggest hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, and in Wheaton. I focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me since 2015.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/americans-increasingly-concerned-government-shutdown-blame-republicans-trump/story?id=127019678
NBC NEWS
— Trump dismisses financial concerns of air traffic controllers working without pay for more than 40 days. The president, whose staff explored ways to skirt a law requiring backpay for federal workers after the shutdown ends, insisted “they all knew the money is coming.” DD: Federal employees have always been viciously demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being grossly overpaid and that their benefits are far too generous. I should write about that.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-dismisses-financial-concerns-air-traffic-controllers-shutdown-rcna243131
NEW YORK TIMES
— The Demographic Trends That Shaped Mamdani’s Win. Moderate Black voters and young progressives favored Mamdani for mayor, while Andrew Cuomo won many wealthy New Yorkers and those who voted for Donald Trump. DD: What are the demographics of those who are moving into Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct? As those who have demographics that vote for Democrats move in, poverty and crime increase. I should write about Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Warrenville School district 200, and my precinct. Limousine liberal Democrats move in first, but when they move on, everything crashes.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/us/mamdani-nyc-voters-election-demographics.html
— DD: To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/us/supreme-court-same-sex-marriage-reactions.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly blame Trump for inflation and for everything else that is bad.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/11/04/trump-inflation-prices-poll/
USA TODAY
— Trump orders all air traffic controllers back to work after shutdown deal. Trump scolded controllers who were absent when they weren’t paid during the shutdown. But he proposed $10,000 bonuses for those who kept showing up as essential personnel. DD: Federal employees have always been viciously demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being grossly overpaid and that their benefits are far too generous. I should write about that.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/10/trump-orders-air-traffic-controllers-to-work/87195200007/
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly blame Trump for inflation and for everything else that is bad.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/11/10/walmart-thanksgiving-dinner-2025-trump-affordability/87145361007/
— Teens who use weed before 15 are more likely to seek medical care. Researchers found that about 20% of nearly 1,600 surveyed young adults consumed marijuana before the age of 15. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. To push pot is to push destruction. I led the successful effort in 2019 to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2025/10/31/teen-marijuana-weed-use-medical-care-study/86985412007/
— DD: How soon will the Democrat Party officially rename itself the Socialist Party?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/11/10/trump-mamdani-populism-republicans-socialism-democrats/87118244007/
BOSTON HERALD
— Mamdani has the left giddy
https://www.bostonherald.com/2025/11/11/tim-graham-zohran-mamdani-has-the-left-giddy/
WNYC
— How Democratic Socialism Won in New York City
https://www.wnyc.org/story/how-democratic-socialism-won-in-new-york-city/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Bidding War for New York Refugees. DD: Anticipate/expect that far too many New York refugees will continue to vote for Democrats.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/new-york-city-zohran-mamdani-taxes-business-bill-lee-tennessee-83d6374d?mod=opinion_lead_pos2
— Higher Ed Needs Receivership, Not Reform. DD: My earning four college degrees did not turn me into a Democrat. The degrees were in business, accounting, and finance.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/higher-ed-needs-receivership-not-reform-6f527dbb
— The Thunderbird of His Dad’s Dreams Is From Yesterday’s ‘Tomorrowland’ DD: My father did not buy a new car until he was 45 years old in 1967. It was a bottom of the line 2-door Chevrolet with a 6-cylinder engine and no air conditioning. That was his choice. But his providing me with room and board enabled me to earn enough money buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint when I was 17 in 1966, a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 when I was 19 in 1967, and a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE when I was 20 in 1968.
https://www.wsj.com/lifesthyle/cars/the-thunderbird-of-his-dads-dreams-is-from-yesterdays-tomorrowland-1376c63a
— It’s Getting Harder to Figure Out Whether You Live in a Flood Zone or Not. DD: The storm water drainage plan that the Wheaton City Council approved for my subdivision was grossly inadequate.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/lood-zone-risk-maps-15da3709
BLOOMBERG
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy America.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-11-11/supreme-court-s-silence-on-gay-marriage-speaks-volumes?embedded-checkout=true
FORBES
— Gold Funds See Record Inflows As Socialism Comes To New York
https://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2025/11/10/gold-funds-see-record-inflows-as-socialism-comes-to-new-york/
FORTUNE
— New York City business leaders are split on whether to relocate their firms to avoid Mamdani’s policies
https://fortune.com/2025/11/11/new-york-city-business-leaders-relocate-zohran-mamdani-socialist-mayor/
ANDREW B. HALL
— How Divisive Primaries Hurt Parties. DD: I should write about the most divisive Republican primaries on ballots in my precinct since 2000. I would focus on those in which the candidates punished me the most for including links in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters that they did not like. I would focus on those candidate who lost elections and who then blamed me the most for their defeats.
https://www.andrewbenjaminhall.com/Fouirnaies_Hall_Divisive_Primaries.pdf
WESLEYAN ARGUS
— DD: What put you on track to earn a college degree? For me, more than anything else, it was my father’s decrying that he did not have a college degree.
https://wesleyanargus.com/2025/11/11/make-america-skilled-again-in-a-new-campaign-the-department-of-labor-makes-it-clear-theyre-aiming-at-white-america/
EDGE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.edgemedianetwork.com/story/160016
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
GREAT BRITAIN NEWS
— New York will become like Mumbai under Mamdani
https://www.gbnews.com/politics/us/zohran-mamdani-new-york-city-mumbai
SKY NEWS
— ‘Mamdani migration’: Wealthy New Yorkers plan their escape after Zohran’s victory
https://www.skynews.com.au/opinion/mamdani-migration-wealthy-new-yorkers-plan-their-escape-after-zohrans-victory/video/7fc19d2fe2ce7740569365e00dc15693
— ‘Clear migration of businesses’: Millionaires ‘flee’ NYC following Mamdani’s election victory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXoHyuPwzEg
— Mamdani’s ‘radical’ rhetoric and views on Israel lead to New York City’s ‘exodus’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKgSEweIcdI
INDIA TODAY
— NYC’s youngest mayor taps septuagenarian expert to deliver on socialist promises
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/us-news/story/new-york-mayor-elect-zohran-mamdani-budget-policy-veteran-dean-fuleihan-elle-bisgaard-church-deliver-socialist-promises-2817475-2025-11-11
OUTLOOK INDIA
— Mamdani Redraws The Power Map Of New York. With a senior all-women team to help him transition into the role of mayor of NYC, Mamdani has hit the ground running from day one.
https://www.outlookindia.com/international/mamdani-redraws-the-power-map-of-new-york
HINDU
— Why socialist Zohran Mamdani won in New York the capital of capitalism
https://www.thehindu.com/data/why-zohran-mamdanis-socialist-stance-won-in-the-worlds-financial-capital/article70262629.ece
— Chinese officials ordered LGBT dating apps to be pulled from stores. DD: China understands that to promote LGBTQ in a country is to destroy that country.
https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/chinese-officials-ordered-lgbt-dating-apps-to-be-pulled-from-stores-says-apple/article70265846.ece/amp/
HINDUSTAN TIMES
— ‘I can tell you in English’: Zohran Mamdani avoids speaking Hindi in viral street interview
https://www.hindustantimes.com/trending/us/i-can-tell-you-in-english-zohran-mamdani-avoids-speaking-hindi-in-viral-street-interview-101762828034997.html
DAILY MAIL
— Millennial socialist who still lives off parents’ money is set to become next Seattle mayor.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15277339/Seattle-Mayor-Election-Katie-Wilson.html
JERUSALEM POST
— Immigrant New Yorkers beloved by Mamdani all feel warmth for their homes. Why can’t Jews? NYC was built on “cultural pluralism,” but the author feels new political rhetoric ignores the unique history of Jewish New Yorkers, especially their profound, hard-won connection to Israel.
https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-873437
TIMES
— Too old to hire? DD: The Democrats who run the federal government waste the careers of and they get rid of their employees a) who they do not promote to GS-13 ($117,807/year) by age 25 and b) who are Republican, White, male, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotion deadline. I finally made GS-13 when I was 38, but that was not until after I earned an MBA when I was 27, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32, and became a licensed CPA when I was 32. The following delayed my promotion to GS-13: Affirmative Action, DEI, and up-or-out, that is, race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/companies/article/over-50s-facing-job-hunt-agony-g7xtlnw26
November 10, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Trump administration asks SCOTUS to affirm lawfulness of National Guard deployment to Illinois
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-admin-asks-supreme-court-affirm-lawfulness-national-guard-deployment-illinois-says-ice-agents-cant-do-work-alone/18140240/
— Supreme Court will decide whether states can count late-arriving mail ballots, a Trump target
https://abc7.com/post/supreme-court-will-decide-states-can-count-late-arriving-mail-ballots-trump-target/18137746/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for flight cancellations.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-flights-canceled-today-more-600-ohare-midway-airports-amid-snow-government-shutdown/18139725/
NBC5
— DD: What do you say to those who want Bailey to withdraw?
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/darren-bailey-staying-in-governors-race-after-tragic-helicopter-crash/3849817/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/on-anniversary-of-kristallnacht-holocaust-survivor-says-she-sees-similarities-to-today/3849892/
— While Trump threatens controllers, U.S. flight cancellations will drag on even after shutdown ends. Some air traffic controllers, unpaid for nearly a month, have stopped showing up, which may cause delays even after the shutdown ends. DD: Air traffic controllers are essential federal employees. I was a demonized, denigrated, and condemned nonessential federal employee.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/trump-us-flight-cancellations-after-shutdown-ends/3849746/
CBS2
— Undocumented Mexican immigrant in custody for firing shots at Border Patrol in Little Village
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/arrest-shots-fired-border-patrol-chicago-little-village-dhs/
WGN9
— DD: What do you say to those who want Bailey to withdraw?
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/darren-bailey-to-remain-in-race-for-illinois-governor/
— DD: All the many women who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had.
https://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/why-wont-most-working-women-see-equal-pay-before-they-retire/
FOX32
— DD: What do you say to those who want Bailey to withdraw?
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/bailey-stays-in-il-gov-race
WTTW
— While Trump Threatens Controllers, US Flight Cancellations Will Drag on Even After Shutdown Ends. DD: Air traffic controllers are essential federal employees. I was a demonized, denigrated, and condemned nonessential federal employee.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/11/10/while-trump-threatens-controllers-us-flight-cancellations-will-drag-even-after-shutdown
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump administration appeals injunction restricting use of force in Operation Midway Blitz
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/10/trump-administration-appeals-injunction-restricting-use-of-force-in-operation-midway-blitz/
— Little Village double fatal shooting by jewelry store follows Saturday morning of clashes with immigration agents
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/10/little-village-double-murder-by-jewelry-store-follows-saturday-morning-of-clashes-with-immigration-agents/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chicago rapper Adamn Killa tells cops to ‘arrest me, daddy.’ Getting arrested won’t stop him. Adam Kelly, who goes by the stage name Adamn Killa, was handcuffed and briefly held in a squad car after interrupting a traffic stop for one of his social media videos. After he was released, he went right back to making more videos.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/11/10/chicago-rapper-adamn-killa-tells-cops-to-arrest-me-daddy-getting-arrested-wont-stop-him
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/11/10/deportation-immigration-mexico-indiana-parents-fathers-ice-vanessa-lopez
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Trump tells Supreme Court he followed law in calling Guard to Chicago. DD: In Diersen v. GAO, my Democrat GAO superiors told the court that they followed law when they forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 and when they previously a) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, b) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, c) kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and d) forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/trump-says-guard-deployment-chicago-was-lawful
RIVER BENDER
— DD: Duckworth defends federal employees. I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. If I was still a federal employee, she certainly would not defend me. She would replace me a Democrat who was minority, female, younger, disabled, and/or veteran. Air traffic controllers are essential federal employees. I was a demonized, denigrated, and condemned nonessential federal employee.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/duckworth-reacts-to-trump-threatening-hardworking-air-traffic-controllers–encouraging-them-to-quit—88088.cfm?
https://www.duckworth.senate.gov/news/press-releases/duckworth-reacts-to-trump-threatening-hardworking-air-traffic-controllers-and-encouraging-them-to-quit
— Duckworth Calls For Probe Of Fed Officer’s Use Of Force In Chicago. DD: I enforced federal tax laws for IRS as a Revenue Officer for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year. If Duckworth had been a U.S. Senator back then, would she have called for a probe of what I did? To satisfy federal tax debt, I filed federal tax liens. I issued levies to seize assets, including funds in bank accounts, wages, and accounts receivable. I seized and sold business and personal property including real estate and vehicles. She would have objected to enforcement actions that I took against Democrats who were minority, female, younger, disabled, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/duckworth-calls-for-probe-of-fed-agents-use-of-force-in-chicago-88075.cfm?
STATELINE
— Ogle County Republicans vote to donate $1.5K to local food pantries
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/ogle-county-republicans-vote-to-donate-1-5k-to-local-food-pantries/
CITIES 92.9
— IL comptroller candidates focus on transparency, timely reporting
https://www.cities929.com/2025/11/10/il-comptroller-candidates-focus-on-transparency-timely-reporting/
NORTHERN STAR
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly force everyone to be against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://northernstar.info/129978/opinion/opinion-not-all-left-people-are-good-and-not-all-right-are-bad/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/11/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-421/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Illinois State Sen. Terri Bryant, who serves as Assistant Republican Leader in the Illinois Senate, is facing mounting criticism after publicly calling her own constituents “idiots” on Facebook.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/11/state-sen-terri-bryant-calls-voters-idiots-on-facebook-as-gop-leader-earns-100k-as-part-time-legislator.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Supreme Court won’t consider challenge to overturn same-sex marriage ruling
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/10/supreme-court-wont-consider-challenge-overturn-sex-marriage-ruling/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democratic socialists quietly capture city councils across America
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/3880175/democratic-socialists-capture-city-councils-across-usa/
— Venezuela in Manhattan? Mamdani’s vision will be a nightmare
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom-self-reliance/3879657/mamdanis-venezuala-new-york-city-vision-nightmare/
NEW YORK POST
— Mamdani’s win isn’t just New York’s loss — it’s a wake-up call for America
https://nypost.com/2025/11/10/opinion/zohran-mamdanis-win-isnt-just-new-yorks-loss-its-a-wake-up-call-for-america/
BLAZE
— The scariest thing about Zohran Mamdani isn’t his socialism
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/rufo-lomez/the-scariest-thing-about-zohran-mamdani-isnt-his-socialism
— Border Patrol agents dodge bullets and bricks from leftist rioters
https://www.theblaze.com/news/border-patrol-agents-dodge-bullets-and-bricks-from-leftist-rioters-in-sanctuary-city-dhs
BREITBART
— Actress Ellen Barkin Can’t See Any Difference Between ICE and Nazis. DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrats will ever-increasingly call Republicans Nazis, and especially Republicans who share Trump’s demographics. Trump is conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, married, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2025/11/10/nolte-ellen-barkin-cant-see-any-difference-between-ice-and-nazis/amp/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Mamdani’s Far-Left Playbook Will Be Replicated Across the Country
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/11/10/mamdanis-far-left-playbook-will-replicated-across-country/
— Trump Pardons Dozens of MAGA Allies Accused of Attempting to Overturn 2020 Election
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/11/10/trump-pardons-dozens-of-maga-allies-accused-of-attempting-to-overturn-2020-election/
DAILY WIRE
— ‘Beyond The Pale’: JB Pritzker Could Soon Make Illinois A Hub For ‘Suicide Tourism’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/beyond-the-pale-jb-pritzker-could-soon-make-illinois-a-hub-for-suicide-tourism
FEDERALIST
— Mamdani’s Vast Support Among The College-Educated Tells Us All We Need to Know About Higher Ed
https://thefederalist.com/2025/11/10/mamdanis-vast-support-among-the-college-educated-tells-us-all-we-need-to-know-about-higher-ed/
NEWSMAX
— Socialists’ Anti-Israel ‘Demands’ to Mamdani
https://www.newsmax.com/us/memo-democratic-socialists-mamdani/2025/11/10/id/1233929/
— Michele Bachmann Resigns From Heritage Foundation
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/heritage-foundation-michele-bachman-kevin-roberts/2025/11/09/id/1233836/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— In Evanston, whistles and watchful eyes are holding ICE accountable. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/5595387-evanston-handbook-immigration-response/
CBS NEWS
— Johnson urges House members to return “right now” as air delays threaten potential shutdown vote
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/government-shutdown-air-delays-cancellations-house-vote-mike-johnson/
NEWSWEEK
— DD: What have Democrat leaders used to fight deportation of their illegals in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://www.newsweek.com/girl-scouts-food-drive-ice-agents-chicago-illinois-11020583
YAHOO
— Trump is bringing back the Presidential Fitness Test.
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/article/trump-is-bringing-back-the-presidential-fitness-test-we-challenged-a-33-year-old-to-pass-it-130021569.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: New York Times reporter Reid J. Epstein writes that “Age is the issue that Democrats can’t shut down” and that “As eight Democratic-aligned senators with an average age of about 70 voted with Republicans to end the 40-day government shutdown without the health care concessions Democrats had demanded, the party again convulsed with two questions that have long racked its members: How old is too old and how vigorously should they fight Republicans? DD: I am 77 years old. The Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party have long considered me to be too old. In my defense, I stress that my age has not stopped me from putting together and sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.
https://www.nytimes.com/
CRAIN’S NEW YORK BUSINESS
— DD: What are the demographics of those selling and buying New York real estate?
https://www.crainsnewyork.com/real-estate/luxury-residential-sales-streak-continues-after-zohran-mamdani-win
FAST COMPANY
— DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government focused on making their Democrat employees who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-German American, and/or who had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time hate their Republican employees who were White, male, older, non-veteran, German American, and/or who had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91438475/did-women-ruin-the-workplace-maybe-for-the-boys-club
JD SUPRA
— Immediate and Drastic Changes in the DOT’s DBE Program: No More Race- and Sex-Based Presumptions
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/immediate-and-drastic-changes-in-the-6468578/
PEOPLE’S WORLD
— How Harlem Communists paved the way for Mamdani
https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/how-harlem-communists-paved-the-way-for-mamdani/
November 10, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC5
— Illinois’ US senators split over tentative deal to end government shutdown. Duckworth voted against the funding bill, saying, “This is the time to keep fighting to bring costs down and protect the American people.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-us-senators-split-over-tentative-deal-to-end-government-shutdown/3849489/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSIBESS
— Federal shutdown nears end as Durbin joins Senate deal
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/shutdown-nears-end-durbin-joins-senate-deal
SOUTHERN
— Trump says he’ll issue $2,000 tariff dividend to all except ‘high-income people’
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/11/09/trump-says-hell-issue-2000-tariff-dividend-to-all-except-high-income-people/
— Trump pardons Rudy Giuliani, other key figures allegedly involved in efforts to overturn the 2020 election
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/11/10/trump-pardons-rudy-giuliani-other-key-figures-allegedly-involved-in-efforts-to-overturn-the-2020-election/
SHAW LOCAL
— DD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, dependency on government and on dependency on charity ever-increasingly increase.
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/state/2025/11/09/northern-illinois-food-pantries-see-spike-in-visits-in-recent-weeks-as-leaders-decry-snap-cuts-devastating/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— ICE tactics worry Republicans, too
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/11/10/ice-tactics-worry-republicans-too-00644207
ILLINOIZE
— Why Are Congressional Dems Still Pushing Redistricting?
https://www.theillinoize.com/articles/why-congressional-dems-still-redistricting
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/11/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-629/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— If Mamdani would be on the March 17, 2026 Democrat primary ballot in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, in your school district, and/or in your precinct, how many votes would he get? One could argue that because of Mamdani’s election, all candidates on March 17, 2026 ballots in Illinois should compare and contrast themselves with Mamdani. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Fifty Years Later, Same Unaccomplished Mass Transit Promise Resurfaces
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/10/fifty-years-later-same-unaccomplished-mass-transit-promise-resurfaces/
— Snow More Powerful Than Senate Democrats
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/10/snow-more-powerful-than-senate-democrats/
— Legislators Makes Sure They and State Employees Can Fly Between Chicago and Springfield
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/10/legislators-makes-sure-they-and-state-employees-can-fly-between-chicago-and-springfield/
— Tax Levy Info To Be Discussed by Lakewood Village Board on Veterans Day Up 3.57% to About $2 Million
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/10/tax-levy-info-to-be-discussed-by-lakewood-village-board-on-veterans-day-up-3-57-to-aboit-2-million/
— LaHood Speaking in Park Ridge, Maybe He’d Be McHenry County’s Lincoln Day Dinner, If Invited
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/09/lahood-speaking-in-park-ridge-maybe-hed-be-mchenry-countys-lincoln-day-dinner-if-invited/
— Bison Now Roam on Conservation District Land, District Could Allow Public Viewing
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/09/bison-now-roam-on-conservation-district-land-district-could-allow-public-viewing/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Red states rush to open doors to New Yorkers fleeing Mamdani’s socialist takeover
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/9/red-states-rush-open-doors-new-yorkers-fleeing-mamdanis-socialist/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Taxpayer Money Flows to Vicious Anti-Israel Nonprofit. Plus, Ohio’s largest county funds black-only medical program that experts say is illegal.
https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/taxpayer-money-flows-to-vicious-anti?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=4715391
NEW YORK POST
— Boca Raton makes serious pitch to NYC businesses to head south after Mamdani win
https://nypost.com/2025/11/09/us-news/boca-raton-makes-serious-pitch-to-nyc-businesses-to-head-south-after-zohran-mamdani-win/
— Top NYC rabbi issues dire warning on Mamdani: ‘Does not believe in coexistence’
https://nypost.com/2025/11/09/us-news/nycs-chief-rabbi-issues-dire-warning-on-mamdani-does-not-believe-in-coexistence/
— Boca Raton aiming to lure more Wall Street companies after Mamdani win
https://nypost.com/2025/11/09/business/boca-raton-aiming-to-lure-more-wall-street-companies/
— Democrats’ premature victory lap, old Leninism in a new suit
https://nypost.com/2025/11/09/opinion/democrats-premature-victory-lap-old-leninism-in-a-new-suit-and-other-commentary/
— Middle school teacher allegedly had sex with underage student, allowed him to sleep at her Wheaton home
https://nypost.com/2025/11/10/us-news/middle-school-teacher-allegedly-had-sex-with-underage-student-allowed-to-sleep-over-at-her-home/
FOX NEWS
— Even some legal immigrants don’t ‘assimilate’ into America. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly discourage assimilation.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6384070789112
PJ MEDIA
— Chicago Gang Orders Hits on Border Patrol
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/11/09/shoot-on-sight-chicago-gang-orders-hits-on-border-patrol-n4945792
PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS
— Who Buried the Investigation of Charlie Kirk’s Murder?
https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2025/10/20/who-buried-the-investigation-of-charlie-kirks-murder/
POST MILLENNIAL
— Mamdani not concerned by police exodus, vows to fix it by replacing cops with social workers
https://thepostmillennial.com/mamdani-not-concerned-by-police-exodus-vows-to-fix-it-by-replacing-cops-with-social-workers
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC NEWS
— Some new ICE recruits have shown up to training without full vetting. DD: In my defense, my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors fully vetted me. But they hired me only because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, and/or veteran who would take the job. I qualified myself for my Post Office job by passing the postal employment examination and earning a high school diploma. I qualified myself for my IRS job by passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination and earning a bachelor’s degree in business. I qualified myself for my GAO job by earning an MBA and passing the CPA examination on my first attempt.
https://www.aol.com/articles/ice-recruits-showed-training-without-200053967.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: ICE officials only later discovered that some of the recruits failed drug testing, have disqualifying criminal backgrounds or don’t meet the physical or academic requirements to serve, the sources said. Staff members at ICE’s training academy in Brunswick, Georgia, recently discovered one recruit had previously been charged with strong-arm robbery and battery stemming from a domestic violence incident, the current DHS official said. They’ve also found as recently as this month that some recruits going through the six-week training course hadn’t submitted fingerprints for background checks, as ICE’s hiring process requires, the current and former DHS officials said. Per ICE policy, applicants are required to pass drug tests and undergo security vetting through ICE’s human resources office before they show up for the training course. The former officials said the process was more strictly adhered to before a hiring surge that began this summer. The process was meant to weed out disqualified candidates before they would be sent to training. Since the surge began, ICE has dismissed more than 200 new recruits while they were in training for falling short of its hiring requirements, according to recently collected internal ICE data reviewed by NBC News. The majority of them failed to meet ICE’s physical or academic standards, according to the data. Just under 10 recruits were dismissed for criminal charges, failing to pass drug tests or safety concerns that should have been flagged in background checks before they arrived at training, the data indicated and the current and former DHS officials confirmed. The officials said there is growing concern that in the Trump administration’s race to expand the number of ICE agents to 10,000 by the end of the year, the agency could miss red flags in the backgrounds of some new recruits and inadvertently hire them. “There is absolutely concern that some people are slipping through the cracks,” the current DHS official said. The official said many of the issues that have been flagged during training surface only because the recruits admitted they didn’t submit to fingerprinting or drug testing before they arrived. “What about the ones who don’t admit it?” the official said. The Department of Homeland Security told NBC News in a statement that most of its new recruits are former law enforcement officers and former ICE officers who go through a different process. . .The Atlantic reported this week on the struggle some ICE recruits have had with meeting the agency’s physical fitness requirements. The broader scope of issues and specific data haven’t been previously reported. ICE has been under pressure from the White House to increase hiring with the funding Congress designated in the sweeping tax and spending bill that Trump signed into law on July 4. It has frequently lagged behind the White House’s arrest goal of 3,000 per day, which it has attributed to a lack of staffing. As part of the effort, ICE shortened the training at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Georgia from 13 weeks to eight. The training was later shortened to six weeks, the DHS official said. Recruits also are supposed to attest that they can pass ICE’s physical fitness test, which includes setups, pullups and running 1½ miles in under 14 minutes, 25 seconds. Darius Reeves, who recently left his position as ICE field office director in Baltimore, said he believes the agency’s Aug. 6 decision to waive age limits so older people can join has led to more recruits’ failing the physical test. “These new recruits are dropping like flies,” Reeves said in an interview after having spoken with colleagues seeking to bring new hires into the agency. “And rightly so; it makes sense. We’re going to drop the age requirements, of course this was going to happen.” Nearly half of new recruits who’ve arrived for training at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center over the past three months were later sent home because they couldn’t pass the written exam, according to the data. The academic requirement includes an exam in which officers are allowed to consult their textbooks and notes at the end of a legal course on the Immigration and Nationality Act and the Fourth Amendment, which outlines when officers can and can’t conduct searches and seizures. A slightly smaller group were dismissed because they failed the physical fitness test or had medical challenges; some of those sent home had made it clear on their applications that they couldn’t meet ICE’s physical requirements but were sent to training anyway, the current and former DHS officials said. Fewer than 10 of the new recruits were dismissed because ICE training leaders learned from them during the training program that they had pending criminal charges or failed their drug tests or were otherwise considered safety concerns, the officials said. The three sources said ICE’s human resources office is overwhelmed with more than 150,000 new applicants who have applied since ICE began offering $50,000 signing bonuses in August. The HR office is rushing to clear new recruits, which they believe is leading to mistakes. “They are trying to push everyone through, and the vetting process is not what it should be,” said one of the former DHS officials with knowledge of the agency’s hiring. The current DHS official likened the pressure on ICE’s human resources employees to clear recruits to “asking them to pull a rabbit out of a hat.”)
— Democrats seek GAO investigation into agency messages blaming Democrats for the shutdown
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/democrats-push-investigation-trump-messages-blaming-democrats-shutdown-rcna242591
CBS NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders have their operatives and their dupes boo Trump
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/trump-booed-during-commanders-game-at-northwest-stadium/
MSNBC
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism.
https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/explaining-america-s-housing-affordability-crisis-251643461534
NEW YORK TIMES
— Six Takeaways From the Senate Deal to End the Shutdown. For 40 days, Senator Chuck Schumer kept his caucus unified. But an end approached without Democrats achieving an extension of expiring health insurance subsidies.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/us/politics/takeaways-senate-democrats-shutdown.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy. DD: Since 1972, my critics/opponents have been furious that I paid less federal income tax because I itemized. They have been especially furious that I deducted education expenses, mortgage interest, and real estate taxes. I deducted tuition and books for graduate evening a) business courses at Loyola 1972-1976, b) accounting courses at DePaul 1976-1980, and c) finance courses at IIT 1992-1997. According to my critics/opponents, I was always grossly overpaid, my employee benefits were much too generous, my federal pension is much too generous, and my federal retirement benefits are much too generous.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/business/trump-administration-tax-breaks-wealthy.html
WASHINGTON POST
— What’s the best place to raise kids? See how your county ranks. Find where to move based on your priorities. DD: What scores did your county get?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2025/best-places-raise-children-america/
USA TODAY
— The next mayor of New York City is also the son of an acclaimed filmmaker, who has worked with some of the biggest stars in Hollywood. DD: My mother never attended high school.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2025/11/09/mira-nair-director-zohran-mamdani-mom/87182803007/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/11/08/universal-basic-income-affordability-crisis-ai/87129001007/
— DD: To promote affordability is to promote socialism
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/politics/2025/11/09/virginia-voters-urge-democrats-to-prioritize-affordability-and-youth/87155399007/
BOSTON GLOBE
— DD: To promote affordability is to promote socialism
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/09/opinion/letters-mamdani-jews-support/
THE CITY
— Voter Turnout Highest in Half Century as Mamdani Phenomenon Galvanizes Electorate. More than 2 million New York voters cast ballots, the most in a mayoral race since 1969.
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/04/record-voters-ballots-cast-mamdani-cuomo-sliwa/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Grade Inflation Produced Mamdani’s Proletariat. Unemployable college grads blame capitalism, but the real culprit is higher-ed subsidies.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/grade-inflation-produced-mamdanis-proletariat-d2807aea
FORBES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/richardfowler/2025/11/09/affordability-not-ideology-drove-the-2025-elections–and-democrats-listened/
BARRON’S
— More Adult Kids Are Moving Back Home. DD: My father died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. After I graduated from NIU in 1970, I lived with and helped support my mother and brother until September of 1972.
https://www.barrons.com/articles/adult-children-parents-home-retirement-3cb0f041
BLOCKCHAINN NEWS
— US First-Time Homebuyer Share Plunges to Record-Low 21% as Housing Affordability Hits All-Time Worst. DD: I was a first-time home buyer when I was 24 years old in 1978. According to my critics/opponents, I was able to do that only because I avoided the Vietnam War draft and because I was grossly overpaid. In today’s dollars, my IRS salary had increased from $55,850/year to $68,315/year.
https://blockchain.news/flashnews/us-first-time-homebuyer-share-plunges-to-record-low-21-as-housing-affordability-hits-all-time-worst-trading-takeaways
CHALKBEAT
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote illegal immigration.
https://www.chalkbeat.org/2025/11/10/immigration-enforcement-could-hurt-student-test-scores-study-finds/
POLITICO
— Jeffries Confident Democrats Will Retake House In Midterms As Democrats Continue Focus On Affordability Concerns. DD: To promote affordability is to promote socialism.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/09/jeffries-democrats-win-back-house-2026-00643967
— Bill funding Congress would bolster member security, spare GAO from steep cuts. DD: The Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997 used Gingrich budget cuts to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. I never would have survived during that period if I had not a) earned three job-related master’s degrees, b) earned six job-related professional certifications, and c) earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/11/09/congress/bill-text-summary-released-for-legislative-branch-spending-compromise-00644040
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The GAO is the nation’s chief investigator of wrongdoing at federal agencies, but GOP House members and the Trump White House have attempted to undercut its independence and legal conclusions. A court recently determined that the head of the GAO, the U.S. Comptroller General, is the only official who can sue the administration over alleged impoundment, or the illegal withholding of funds appropriated by Congress. The agency is set to enter a new era in the coming months as Comptroller General Gene Dodaro hits the end of his 15-year term in late December and will be forced to vacate the post.)
PBS
— Vance calls for legal immigration reduction during Turning Point event at University of Mississippi. DD: If there had been as many immigrants when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got. My critics/opponents cannot say that because their parents had lots of money.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-vance-calls-for-legal-immigration-reduction-during-turning-point-event-at-university-of-mississippi
— Mamdani tells Trump that New York is ready to fight after president’s threats fail to thwart voters
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/mamdani-tells-trump-that-new-york-is-ready-to-fight-after-presidents-threats-fail-to-thwart-voters
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
NDTV
— Mamdani’s Last Name Reflects Centuries Of Trade, Cultural Exchange. Mamdanis in Uganda belong to the Khoja community, a South Asian Muslim merchant caste, that shaped economic development across western Indian Ocean. DD: Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/new-york-mayor-polls-zohran-mamdanis-last-name-reflects-centuries-of-trade-cultural-exchange-9579690
TELEGRAPH
— Americans can’t afford their cars anymore and Wall Street is worried. DD: Back in the good old days, that is, during the 1960s and 1970s, a) I bought a 1958 Chevrolet Bel Air in 1964 with money I earned delivering newspapers and doing yard work, b) I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Sprint in 1966 with money I earned washing dishes, c) I bought a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967 with money I earned delivering mail, d) I bought a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968 with money I earned delivering mail, and e) I bought a new 1972 Corvette in 1971 with money I earned working for IRS and pumping gasoline.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/10/20/americans-cant-afford-cars-any-more-wall-street-worried/
DAILY MAIL
— America’s top banker Jamie Dimon pledges to help newly-elected socialist Mamdani
https://www.msn.com/en-ae/news/other/america-s-top-banker-jamie-dimon-pledges-to-help-newly-elected-socialist-zohran-mamdani/ar-AA1PTQ87
GUARDIAN
— DD: Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly promote identity politics.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/10/new-york-zohran-mamdani-identity-politics-win-elections
NEW LINES MAGAZINE
— What Mamdani’s Campaign Says About the Quiet Erasure of Caste in US Politics. As temples become key sites for candidates’ visits, New York’s mayoral race has revealed broader tensions between Dalit advocates and the rising Hindu right.
https://newlinesmag.com/argument/what-zohran-mamdanis-campaign-says-about-the-quiet-erasure-of-caste-in-us-politics/
KOREA TIMES
— DD: To promote affordability is to promote socialism
https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/opinion/editorial/20251110/mamdanis-election
ECONOMIC TIMES
— Is Mamdani Muslim, American or Gujarati?
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nri/latest-updates/is-zohran-mamdani-muslim-american-or-gujarati/articleshow/125170685.cms
(FROM THE ARTICLE: With the victory of Zohran Mamdani as mayor of New York City, a man with a Muslim name, an African past and an Indian lineage, the American-Christian establishment suddenly feels threatened. Not because of what Mamdani will do, but because of what his name suggests he should be. His name is Persian for ‘bloom’, his surname is how the medieval Gujarati trade would articulate ‘Muhammadan’. In today’s America, “Christian” has quietly become a code word for “white”. And white Christianity fears color, migration and complexity-the very things that built America. For them “Muslim” is the great enemy who took Jerusalem away from Christians and Jews. Mamdani’s victory is thus not a municipal event; it is a mythic disruption. What bothers people even more is that Mamdani refuses to fit into neat boxes. He campaigns with gay, lesbian and trans groups. His partner doesn’t wear a hijab. He is comfortable in queer spaces and openly progressive. So, what kind of Muslim is he? A devout one? A cultural one? Or an unbeliever with Muslim heritage? Even his co-religionists are confused. Many left-wing Muslim sympathizers claim to be progressive but remain proudly homophobic “because Allah demanded so”. Yet Mamdani’s life mocks that contradiction. He acts as if faith and freedom can coexist-a thought too heretical for both Islamists and Christian fundamentalists. When asked what he would do after his victory, his rivals said they would visit Israel to thank God. Mamdani said he would stay in New York and do his job. That one sentence separated performative faith from professional integrity. To better understand Mamdani, we must go beyond theology and look at caste and commerce. His surname reveals his roots: Gujarat. Specifically, the Khoja world-mercantile Muslim communities that trace descent from the Prophet through the Shia line but function socially like Hindu caste trade guilds. These groups originated when sea trade was booming around 1000 AD with Fatimid Egypt, and around 1600 AD with Safavid Persia, both Shia empires. These unique trade groups, with a religious head binding them together, make sense if we appreciate how caste groups of Bharat responded to Islam after its rise and spread, 1,400 years ago. This is when Mecca became a major hub of trade connecting the sea from Arabia to Java. India stood in the middle. The monsoon winds favored this trade. Hindus and Jains avoided travelling by sea, for fear of loss of caste. But a few Gujarati trading guilds realized that they could remain community loyal even if they converted provided they were guided by a guru-like figure with connections to the prophet. Thus rose the Khojas and the Bohras. Theoretically, Islam believes all humans are equal. But like all religions there are divisions and boundaries, controlled by who marries whom. Simplistically put, the first split happened shortly after the death of the founder-prophet who did not leave behind a will or sons. So Islam split into the Arab (Sunni) and Persian (Shia) schools-the former claiming consensus should determine leadership of the Islamic world, the latter preferring bloodline, through the prophet’s grandsons born to his daughter. The Shia group is split further. The Twelvers who believe the twelfth Imam remains hidden and will reveal himself at the end of time. The Bohras and Khojas however insist their respective leaders are Imams with a continuous bloodline. But the American media doesn’t care for these details. To them, every Muslim is an “Islamist”. The subtleties of sect, history, or geography vanish. Mamdani thus becomes a cartoon villain: a bearded Muslim who somehow survived liberal America’s tolerance tests. The Khojas and Bohras evolved from old gana-sangha traditions-republican merchant orders from Buddha’s time. They had their own systems of law, credit and charity, independent of kings and clerics. Mobility was their weapon. When trade dried up, they simply migrated: from Gujarat to Zanzibar, from Africa to London, and now to New York. They owed allegiance not to a nation but to a network. Mamdani inherits that legacy of cosmopolitan capitalism-pragmatic, mobile and skeptical of rigid authority. Incidentally, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, came from the same Khoja lineage (both publicly claimed to be Twelver though). Jinnah’s ancestors were Gujarati Hindus, probably from the Lohana caste, who turned to Islam when they were expelled from their guilds for trading in forbid den goods like fish. Even at his death, nobody knew whether Jinnah was Sunni or Shia. Both sects claimed him, each performing its own funeral rites. That ambiguity, born of Gujarati mercantile pragmatism, defines the global Muslim elite-from Karachi to Kampala to Queens.)
TIMES OF INDIA
— Shutdown breakers: Eight Democrats join Republicans to end deadlock and they all have something in common
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/shutdown-breakers-eight-democrats-join-republicans-to-end-deadlock-and-they-all-have-one-thing-in-common/articleshow/125215520.cms
— Republicans seek to revoke Mamdani’s citizenship
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/put-him-on-first-flight-back-to-uganda-republicans-seek-to-revoke-mamdanis-citizenship-is-it-legally-possible/articleshow/125215629.cms
— DD: What do you say to those who equate non-White immigrants with native Americans?
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/the-haunting-legacy-of-native-american-boarding-schools-carlisle-and-the-struggle-for-truth/articleshow/125137312.cms
SKY NEWS
— Mamdani’s election win could have ‘large implications’ on US midterms
https://www.skynews.com.au/world-news/united-states/zohran-mamdanis-election-win-could-have-large-implications-on-us-midterms/video/79eedef0190b7be1f4b942331f6917a6
— Mamdani’s affordability message ‘driving Republicans crazy’ DD: To promote affordability is to promote socialism
https://www.skynews.com.au/world-news/united-states/zohran-mamdanis-affordability-message-driving-republicans-crazy/video/1f05764aed1cba3e397bacb68f2cc320
November 9, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— What’s the point of Illinois Republicans? We asked them. DD: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Illinois Republican Party platform is conservative.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/illinois-gop-republicans-illinois-statehouse/
— Students say New Trier pausing their volunteerism with immigrants due to ICE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/04/students-new-trier-halting-volunteerism-immigrants/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton in 2019.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/chicago-history-november-9/
DAILY HERALD
— ‘No hire’ job market leaves unemployed in limbo as threats to economy multiply. DD: What frustrated your job search? For me, in 1970, it was potential employers viewing me as being draft bait. I was 1-A. They did not believe that my financial hardship draft deferment application would be approved. So I took the only job offer that I got. It was for a job that did really require a college degree working for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights. Early in 1971, Oldsmobile offered me a job and I accepted it. But Oldsmobile withdrew that job offer saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. Because my Firestone Store boss fired me because I had accepted that offer, and because I needed a job because I was helping support my mother and brother, I accepted a job offer from IRS. I had wanted a career in the automotive industry.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251108/business/no-hire-job-market-leaves-unemployed-in-limbo-as-threats-to-economy-multiply/
CBS2
— SNAP recipients in Chicago turn to food giveaways. DD: Soon, everyone in Chicago will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/snap-recipients-in-chicago-turn-to-food-giveaways/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/snap-recipients-chicago-food-giveaways/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly push more pot and more hemp.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/business/press-releases/accesswire/1099166/watch-the-marijuana-federal-action-not-the-speak-president-trumps-cannabis-decision-soon/
FOX ILLINOIS
— ICE receives more than 200,000 job applications. DD: What if I had become an ICE employee? When I was 22 years old in 1971, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. Because my Firestone Store boss fired me because I had accepted that offer and because I needed a job because I was helping support my mother and brother, I accepted a job offer from IRS. IRS offered me a job because I had a bachelor’s degree in business and I had passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination. I had wanted a career in the automotive industry. What if the only federal job offer that I had gotten was from ICE?
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/ice-receives-more-than-200000-job-applications-noem-says-department-of-homeland-security-dhs-immigration-and-customs-enforcement-death-threats-violence
ADVANTAGE NEWS
— IL public schools show low academic proficiency, higher taxpayer funding
https://www.advantagenews.com/news/local/report-il-public-schools-show-low-academic-proficiency-higher-taxpayer-funding/article_f84f2ae9-8074-4355-866c-ac185e324b63.html
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
JOHN KASS
— Reflections on the Democrat Embrace of Mamdani
https://johnkassnews.com/reflections-on-the-democrat-embrace-of-mamdani-and-the-jacobin-reign-of-terror/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: How did you prepare the big news of the week? There was much news. But let’s narrow it down to a few. The Jacobin leftist Zohran Mamdani’s political victory over the ashes of what had been the Democrat Party, propelled by the Angry White Women vote. The Angry White Women Leftists, often referred to as AWFLS, have appetite and a well developed sense of entitlement. Though they and their male partners are well educated in obscure subjects, they don’t have real financially marketable skills. They know DEI bureaucracy and DEI slogans, but they can’t fix a leaky toilet or repair an electric socket. They can’t earn an honest dollar so they reach for politics to take what they want. My friend the astute writer Michael Ledwith is also fascinated by these AWFLS, who provide anger, backbone and the necessary cruelty to what we are now experiencing as American Communism. They are what we call Karens. He sent me this passage from George Orwell’s “1984.” “It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies and nosers-out of unorthodoxy.” It explains a lot, Ledwith said. And I think of AOC and her posse of AWFLS, searching for heretics, sharpening her knife, and I hope she doesn’t find them. Because they don’t have the money to live in New York at the standard they expect to live, they demand that Zohran give them “free stuff” and call it “affordability.” They feel betrayed by the establishment because they can no longer pay for what they desire. They want to live large as befits what they think is their station. And he’s promised to use other people’s money until that’s gone and the roof caves in, as it always does. And the other big news (to me, at least) are the revelations that Democrat Deep State prosecutorial zealot Jack Smith–the javert of the new left–had hoped to prosecute “the entire Republican political apparatus” for the crime of being conservative. How did we get here? As always the dried bones of political failure have lined this road over the decades: The failure of the political establishment is the foundation of the Mamdani rise. And what did the Democrat establishment offer in New York? A tired cynical Cuomo known for feeding grandmothers in nursing homes to the pandemic, and slapping fannies and otherwise sexually harassing young women. Democrats were as exhausted as he was. And they offered a charismatic figure in Mamdani, and if he orders them to the killing fields at some future date, he wasn’t a tired Democrat hack like Cuomo. The leftist Democrats who bowed to the radical communists like Mandami enjoy talking of diversity up until the moment they hang you for speaking your mind. I’m conservative. I really don’t think a trip to prison would change my mind about the leftists who have destroyed my hometown of Chicago and have now ruined New York. You might have watched panel discussion shows—those panels of experts and witty pundits with perfect teeth–selected to reflect your politics like so many of those bobble head dogs that people place in their cars. It is amusing to watch them cast about for consensus if one hasn’t yet been formed. But bobble heads—even pretty ones—don’t quite get you there. So how did I prepare for Mamdani, especially as Democrats worried about the angry left and the political guillotine of the leftists express no desire to end their shut-down of the federal government? Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) said that Democrat fear of their own won’t allow them to reopen the government. “Because they’re afraid of facing the guillotine of the radical left. And who are the radical left? They are the people who would prefer to use taxpayer dollars to pay for health care for illegal immigrants than to pay for the men and women who keep us safe.” Guillotine, fear of the unleashed mob? I looked for my old copy of Edmund Burke’s “Reflections on the Revolution in France” It’s old. It’s affordable in paperback. It was written by a conservative. And I like it. But it has one serious drawback: It is a book. A book on paper, and this, by definition, takes effort to digest. It is not like sitting with the bobbleheads. But it does involve the Reign of Terror propelled by the Jacobin revolutionary Maximilien Robespierre. France spilled its own blood from September 1793 and into July 1794. In the Reign of Terror, some 17,000 French citizens were executed at the guillotine. Another 10,000 died in prison without trial. Among them were thousands of executed priests caught up in the Jacobin De-Christianization of France, as churches were shuttered and winemakers, shopkeepers, supporters of the king and queen were executed. Everyone and anyone could be suspected, and sent to the guillotine to the jeers of the filthy mob. It wasn’t Portland or Chicago, it was Paris. Family members accused each other as not being supportive enough of the revolution, terrified they would themselves be accused. And they were killed. And the guillotine kept falling again and again and again. For those who are afraid of reading, I leave this short video, narrated by a man with an English accent. Why? There’s nothing like an English accent to perpetuate a sense of historical authority. Fittingly, it even claimed Robespierre. Who reminds us of Robespierre today? I think of the Jacobin Democrats Adam Schiff, John Brennan of the CIA, or perhaps the imperious James Comey who destroyed the credibility of the FBI. You can see how frightened they are. Brennan is snarling the way a frightened dog snarls at the approach of a predator. At any event, the executions in France continued until finally, Napoleon became dictator of all of France and personally controlled the media and told the newspapers what to print. Now it’s New York Mayor Elect Zorhan Mamdani’s turn to play the Jacobin with his billionaire friends. His voters don’t read history. They have “feelings.” They are sentimental, emotional and thus easily manipulated, demanding “free stuff” and this leads to disaster. Soros has his meat puppet. He doesn’t need the clumsy barbarian in Chicago, Mayor Brandon Johnson. He’s already got Chicago, and much of the media. It’s not only Chicago and New York. The left is ascendant, full of confidence and oh so violent. The Democrat embrace of the assassination culture continued after the assassination of Christian activist Charlie Kirk. They marched in lock step in support of their candidate in Virginia who fantasized about murdering his opponents and killing the opponent’s children. It was Virginia Democrats who revenged themselves on Republican delegate Carrie Coyner, the Virginia Republican who revealed violent texts sent to her by Jay Jones. He expresses fantasies of murdering children and now is the chief law enforcement officer of the commonwealth that produced George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. Senior Virginia Democrats like Sen. Tim Kaine supported and embraced Jay Jones. The media, which has for decades protected leftist outrage, did its job. So how did we get here? As always, the establishment failed, and legitimate concerns about cost of living were ignored. And the Bolsheviks offered a charismatic leader with plenty of charm. And now they bathe in their feelings, and think about the great future ahead of them, as they reach for power over the rest of us. And you’re surprised that I would compare today’s American Democrats to the murderous Jacobins of 18th Century France? I don’t take guillotines to protests in American cities, but they do. In Chicago, New York, Portland, Los Angeles, every place where the Democrats feel strong. The rest of us? We pray for their reign of terror to end.)
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Mamdani got elected by shouting at those who are liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time that they are oppressed by those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— To get elected, Mamdani focused on affordability. What has helped you afford things? Mamdani attended Bowdoin College in Maine where he cofounded his college’s Students for Justice in Palestine chapter. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Africana Studies when he was 23. He got married when he was 34. To qualify myself for better paying jobs, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and a job-related professional license when I was 32. Because I worked, a) I could afford to buy new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc., b) I could afford to pay for my aforesaid degrees, c) I could afford to buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, 35, etc., and d) I could afford to get married when I was 29. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— How did you meet your wife? Mamdani met his wife on Hinge ( https://hinge.co/ ). I met my wife at a Presbyterian singles group meeting in Chicago in 1977. She is Catholic. I am Missouri Synod Lutheran. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— ICE officers enforce federal immigration laws. I enforced federal tax laws as an IRS Revenue Officer for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year. Key powers of IRS Revenue Officers include a) issuing levies to legally seize assets, including funds in bank accounts, wages, retirement funds, and accounts receivable and b) seizing and selling personal and business property to satisfy the tax debt. I did all of the aforesaid and I was not required to have a judicial warrant to do it. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What if I had become an ICE employee? When I was 22 years old in 1971, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. Because my Firestone Store boss fired me because I had accepted that offer and because I needed a job because I was helping support my mother and brother, I accepted a job offer from IRS. IRS offered me a job because I had a bachelor’s degree in business and I had passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination. I had wanted a career in the automotive industry. What if the only federal job offer that I had gotten was from ICE? – Dave Diersen
— Virtually all federal employees are Democrats who are blindly loyal to the Democrat Party platform. I was one of the last Republicans who the Democrats who ran the Post Office hired in 1966, who IRS hired in 1971, and who GAO hired in 1980. As it became more clear to them that I would never become a Democrat, they took ever-increasing more and bigger adverse actions against me. I should write about that. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do your critics/opponents say about your ancestors? In defense of my ancestors, they all immigrated legally from what is now Germany during the 1840s and 1850s. They always lived in northeast Illinois. On my father’s side, they worked in a brick factory in Chicago 1844-1854 and then homesteaded a farm in southeast Crete Township. On my mother’s side, they sharecropped a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Ever-increasingly, Americans abandon conservative principles a) because Democrat and RINO leaders attack them and b) because Republican and RINO leaders fail/refuse to defend/advance them. I should write about that. Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) and TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois no longer exist because of the aforesaid. I served on the ICRC Steering Committee 2003-2007 and as the TAPROOT chairman 2005-2012. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Mamdani won an election, not a revolution. DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO leaders will ever-increasingly shout that Mamdani’s election ends conservatism, ends Republicanism, ends Christianity, ends Trump, ends etc.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom-self-reliance/3879333/mamdani-won-election-not-revolution/
— Chicago downtown office space vacancy rate jumps to record high levels. DD: I worked in downtown Chicago in 1971 and then 1973-1997. I lived in downtown Chicago part-time 1974-1976 and then full-time 1976-1978. I took undergraduate classes in downtown Chicago 1966-1968 and then graduate evening classes in downtown Chicago 1971-1981 and 1992-1997.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3880329/chicago-downtown-office-space-vacancy-rate-jumps-record-high/
NEW YORK POST
— Mayor-elect Mamdani reeks of Lenin
https://nypost.com/2025/11/08/business/the-fiscal-budget-remaining-intact-remains-on-the-communist-leninist-policies-of-mayor-elect-mamdani/
— Stefanik says her gubernatorial bid is ‘existential battle’ to save ‘Western Civilization’ from socialism
https://nypost.com/2025/11/08/us-news/q-amp-a-stefanik-says-her-2026-gubernatorial-bid-to-unseat-hochul-is-an-existential-battle-to-save-ny-western-civilization-from-socialism/
— Mamdani-backing Hochul insists she doesn’t ‘support’ DSA, fends off relentless criticism over NYC mayor-elect endorsement
https://nypost.com/2025/11/08/us-news/mamdani-backing-hochul-i-dont-support-the-democratic-socialists-of-america/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Zohran Mamdani and the Ghost of Eugene Debs
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/11/zohran_mamdani_and_the_ghost_of_eugene_debs.html
BREITART
— Democrats Attacking Federal Law Enforcement Have Become the New Confederacy
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/11/08/exclusive-rep-brad-knott-democrats-attacking-federal-law-enforcement-have-become-the-new-confederacy/amp/
COLLEGE FIX
— Newsom says colleges should give preference to slave descendants. DD: In defense of my ancestors, they all immigrated legally from what is now Germany during the 1840s and 1850s. They always lived in northeast Illinois. On my father’s side, they worked in a brick factory in Chicago 1844-1854 and then homesteaded a farm in southeast Crete Township. On my mother’s side, they sharecropped a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/newsom-says-colleges-should-give-preference-to-slave-descendants/
DAILY SIGNAL
— America Fought a Civil War So Trump Could Enforce Federal Law
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/11/07/america-fought-a-civil-war-so-trump-could-enforce-federal-law/
FOX NEWS
— Rep Stefanik predicts antisemitism will ‘skyrocket’ following Mamdani mayoral win
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6384858936112
HOMELAND SECURITY
— ICE Receives More than 200,000 Applications to Join ICE Law Enforcement. DD: I enforced federal tax laws as an IRS Revenue Officer for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year. Key powers of IRS Revenue Officers include a) issuing levies to legally seize assets, including funds in bank accounts, wages, retirement funds, and accounts receivable and b) seizing and selling personal and business property to satisfy the tax debt. I did all of the aforesaid and I was not required to have a judicial warrant to do it.
https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/11/07/ice-receives-more-200000-applications-join-ice-law-enforcement-help-remove-worst
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Indiana Democrat Leaders Protest Immigration Law That Orders Police to Report Illegal Aliens
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/indiana-democrat-leaders-protest-immigration-law-that-orders-police-to-report-illegal-aliens
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Gavin Newsom’s Divisive Racial Pandering
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/11/04/gavin_newsoms_divisive_racial_pandering_153485.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— DD: Mamdani got elected by shouting at those who are liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time that they are oppressed by those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/how-zohran-mamdani-struck-chord-new-york-city-voters/
CNN
— Can Democrats sell socialism to America? DD: My critics/opponents have no problem with socialism if not promote socialism.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/can-democrats-sell-socialism-to-america/vi-AA1Q3CBB?ocid=finance-verthp-feeds
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— States are pushing for more scrutiny of antisemitism in schools. DD: Democrats run schools in America.
https://wtop.com/education/2025/11/states-are-pushing-for-more-scrutiny-of-antisemitism-in-schools/
AOL
— Musk warns Mamdani policies and ‘low’ universal income would trigger ‘catastrophic decline’ in US living standards
https://www.aol.com/finance/elon-musk-warns-mamdani-policies-115500436.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— Gay Russians Find a Haven on the Other Side of the World. Argentina has emerged as a surprisingly prominent destination for L.G.B.T.Q. Russians escaping President Vladimir V. Putin’s escalating anti-gay repression. DD: LGBTQers ever-increasingly dominate America. They ever-increasingly get rid of those who do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/world/americas/argentina-lgbtq-russia-putin-escape.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Taking inspiration from Mamdani, democratic socialists look to expand their power in L.A.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-11-08/mamdani-democratic-socialists-los-angeles
USA TODAY
— DD: To get elected, Mamdani focused on affordability. What has helped you afford things? Mamdani attended Bowdoin College in Maine where he cofounded his college’s Students for Justice in Palestine chapter. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Africana Studies when he was 23. He got married when he was 34. To qualify myself for better paying jobs, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and a job-related professional license when I was 32. Because I worked, I could a) afford to buy new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc., b) afford to pay for my aforesaid degrees, c) afford to buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, 35, etc., and I could afford to get married when I was 29.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/07/how-zohran-mamdani-won-nyc-mayor/86580734007/
FORTUNE
— If you proletarianize young people, don’t be surprised they end up communist
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/billionaire-peter-thiel-warns-proletarianize-235603611.html
BANKRATE
— How old do you have to be to buy a house? DD: Back in the good old days, back in 1972, I was able to buy a new townhome when I was 24. The down payment came from what I had earned a) working for IRS for 15 months and b) working part-time for a Firestone Store for 18 months and full-time for 7 months before that. In addition, during that time, I bought a new 1972 Corvette and paid for three graduate evening courses at Loyola.
https://www.bankrate.com/real-estate/what-age-to-buy-a-house/
FED WEEK
— Is Job Application Question is Loyalty Test? Unions Seek Ruling. DD: Virtually all federal employees are Democrats who are blindly loyal to the Democrat Party platform. I was one of the last Republicans who the Democrats who ran the Post Office hired in 1966, who IRS hired in 1971, and who GAO hired in 1980. As it became more clear to them that I would never become a Democrat, they took ever-increasing more and bigger adverse actions against me. I should write about that.
https://www.fedweek.com/federal-managers-daily-report/suit-filed-over-federal-job-applicant-loyalty-question-on-trump-policies/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A coalition of federal employee unions and other organizations has filed a suit against the new essay question used in hiring asking applicants to identify several Trump administration executive orders that “are significant to you and explain how you would help implement them if hired.” “For more than a century, the civil service in the United States has been nonpartisan and not focused on political loyalty. Yet, the Trump-Vance administration is now directing the inclusion of an open-ended essay question that asks potential civil servants about their political agreement with the Trump-Vance administration’s political agenda,” said the AFGE union, one of the sponsors of the suit. “Plaintiffs allege that OPM has violated the First Amendment rights of applicants by conditioning employment on particular political viewpoints, compelling applicants to praise President Trump’s orders and policies, chilling the protected speech of other applicants who fear retaliation, and enabling and facilitating viewpoint discrimination,” it said. That question was part of a wide-ranging set of hiring policy changes—some of them routine–announced in June that among other things placed an emphasis on selecting candidates in both external and internal hiring who meet the administration’s definition of “patriotic.” In addition to the question regarding Trump executive orders, it included essay questions about what inspired the candidate to apply for the job, how they would make the government more efficient and effective, and how a strong work ethic has contributed to their career success. Unions and some Democrats on Capitol Hill immediately decried the questions—particularly the one on executive orders—as a loyalty test to Trump. OPM in later guidance said that the “must not be used to impose an ideological litmus test on candidates” although they are to be considered by hiring managers and other agency officials involved in a hiring decision. More recent guidance from OPM and OMB stresses the political makeup of “strategic hiring committees” that agencies are to establish under a later executive order with authority to approve the creation or filling of jobs. Those committees are to “ensure that agency hiring is consistent with the national interest, agency needs, and administration priorities,” it said.)
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
TIMES OF INDIA
— Mamdani: Win of global socialism’s new face has lessons for India
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/voices/mamdani-win-of-global-socialisms-new-face-has-lessons-for-india/
HINDU
— There is no non-Hindu in India, as everyone is a descendant of same ancestors. DD: In defense of my ancestors, they all immigrated legally from what is now Germany during the 1840s and 1850s. They always lived in northeast Illinois. On my father’s side, they worked in a brick factory in Chicago 1844-1854 and then homesteaded a farm in southeast Crete Township. On my mother’s side, they sharecropped a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border.
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/there-is-no-ahindu-in-india-as-everyone-is-a-descendant-of-same-ancestors-mohan-bhagwat/article70257438.ece
DAILY MAIL
— Divided Dems fear rise of New York’s socialist mayor will split voters across America and play into Trump’s hands
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15261793/divided-democrats-zohran-mamdani-trump-new-york.html
OUTLOOK
— Mamdani’s Victory Signals Youth-Led Progressive Shift In New York Politics
https://www.outlookindia.com/international/zohran-mamdanis-victory-signals-youth-led-progressive-shift-in-new-york-politics
JERUSALEM POST
— Jewish New York died on November 4. The election of Mamdani has extinguished the long-time flavor of New York as a distinctly culturally Jewish city.
https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-873139
FROM OTHER SOURCES
GOOGLE AI
— Abandon conservative principles. DD: Ever-increasingly, Americans abandon conservative principles a) because Democrat and RINO leaders attack them and b) because Republican and RINO leaders fail/refuse to defend/advance them. I should write about that. Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) and TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois no longer exist because of the aforesaid. I served on the ICRC Steering Committee 2003-2007 and as the TAPROOT chairman 2005-2012.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22abandon+conservative+principles%22
November 8, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Shots fired at Border Patrol agents during immigration operation in Little Village
https://abc7chicago.com/post/little-village-shooting-today-shots-fired-border-patrol-agents-during-chicago-immigration-op-26th-kedzie-dhs-says/18130724/
— Vance hopes his Hindu wife converts to Christianity, sparking debate on interfaith marriage
https://abc7chicago.com/post/turning-point-usa-event-vice-president-jd-vance-says-he-hopes-hindu-wife-usha-chilukuri-converts-christianity/18130419/
— DD: Democrat leaders signal no shutdown compromise with Republican leaders.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/2025-government-shutdown-update-donald-trump-signals-no-compromise-democrats-aca-subsidies-amid-us-senate-weekend-session/18130662/
— More than 900 flights nationwide canceled Saturday
https://abc7chicago.com/post/flight-cancellations-today-more-700-flights-canceled-saturday-faa-limits-capacity-amid-government-shutdown-2025/18129798/
— Aurora Washington Middle School teacher Jessica Bergmann charged with sexual assault of former student in Wheaton
https://abc7chicago.com/post/aurora-washington-middle-school-teacher-jessica-bergmann-charged-sexual-assault-former-student-wheaton-officials-say/18131091/
— DD: Soon, under the Democrats, everyone in Chicago will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-area-groups-helping-neighbors-need-illinois-snap-benefits-lapse-funding-order-blocked-supreme-court-justice/18131076/
NBC5
— Shots fired at federal agents during immigration enforcement in Little Village
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/shots-fired-at-federal-agents-during-immigration-enforcement-in-little-village-dhs/3849206/
— Ground stop issued at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport due to air traffic control staffing issues
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/ground-stop-issued-at-chicagos-ohare-airport-due-to-air-traffic-control-staffing-issues/3849151/
CBS2
— Shots fired at Border Patrol agents on Chicago’s West Side
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/shots-fired-at-border-patrol-agents-on-chicagos-west-side-dhs-says/
— FAA union workers picketing at O’Hare Airport amid government shutdown, flight reductions
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/faa-union-picketing-ohare-airport-government-shutdown/
FOX32
— Veterans Day 2025 deals: Where Veterans can get free meals and discounts
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/veterans-day-2025-deals-where-veterans-can-get-free-meals-discounts
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DHS reports shots fired at immigration agents in Little Village as residents confront Bovino, Border Patrol
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/08/community-members-confront-bovino/
— Inside Chicago’s growing resistance movement against Operation Midway Blitz: ‘Small acts have huge consequences’
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/08/chicago-immigration-ice-resistance/
— Democrats seize on the Trump administration’s efforts to fight federal food aid payments. DD: My critics/opponents paint themselves as being protectors of those who have less money than others and those who are minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, those who are in America illegally, etc. According to them, those who not the aforesaid cause all the problems that the aforesaid have.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/08/democrats-federal-food-aid-payments/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Report of shots fired at federal agents during immigration enforcement in Little Village under investigation
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/11/08/operation-midway-blitz-little-village-chicago-alleged-shots-fired
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/11/07/after-ice-detained-her-husband-albany-park-mom-juggles-care-for-3-kids-including-son-with-autism-newborn
— DD: Soon, under the Democrats, everyone in Chicago will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago/2025/10/29/where-to-find-chicago-area-food-pantries-if-snap-goes-away
— DD: In defense of my ancestors, they all immigrated legally from what is now Germany during the 1840s and 1850s. They always lived in northeast Illinois. On my father’s side, they worked in a brick factory in Chicago 1844-1854 and then homesteaded a farm in southeast Crete Township. On my mother’s side, they sharecropped a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/11/08/european-immigrants-open-borders-brown-black-trump-maga-ice-alden-loury
DAILY HERALD
— Can suburbs, counties enforce ICE bans on government property? Some say no. DD: I enforced federal tax laws as an IRS Revenue Officer for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year. Key Powers of IRS Revenue Officers include a) issuing levies to legally seize assets, including funds in bank accounts, wages, retirement funds, and accounts receivable and b) seizing and selling personal and business property to satisfy the tax debt. I did all of the aforesaid and I was not required to have a judicial warrant to do it.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251108/news/can-suburbs-counties-enforce-ice-bans-on-government-property-some-say-no/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: But as signs go up warning federal agents, questions remain about the enforceability of measures aimed at keeping U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents off public property. In DuPage County, some board members asked the state’s attorney’s office to weigh in on the enforceability of signs placed at the entrances to the county campus last week. The signs read “DuPage County Property. Immigration Enforcement Only With Judicial Warrant.” “Just to be clear. These signs have no legal binding,” DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick, a Republican candidate for governor, posted on his social media page. “Please don’t let DuPage County theatrics create the expectation that any law enforcement agency will have any legal authority to enforce the message displayed on this sign.” . . . A spokesman for the DuPage County state’s attorney’s office said Friday that the county can declare certain areas private or limited to employee-use only. However, there are no legal consequences the county can impose for disregarding the signs.)
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise Mamdani. They hope he will succeed in getting rid of Republicans who are the following once and for all: conservative, White, male, older, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251108/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-the-new-york-mayoral-election-is-historic-yes-but-early-reads-on-its-implica/
— DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrats will ever-increasingly call Republicans fascists
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251108/letters-to-the-editor/proud-of-ancestors-who-were-antifa/
WGN RADIO
— Make your college and career choice with confidence. DD: Choosing your undergraduate major is extremely important. I should have chosen accounting. I erroneously thought that I could never pass the CPA examination. I did not start taking graduate evening accounting courses until I was 27. I did not take and pass the CPA examination on my first attempt until I was 30. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31. I did not take and pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt until I was 32. I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32. By then, it was too late. The accounting profession viewed me as being too old to have a successful career in accounting. On top of that, the profession was under tremendous pressure to hire young minorities and young females.
https://wgnradio.com/jobs/career-vision/make-your-college-and-career-choice-with-confidence/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Pritzker’s People Snag Some SNAP Benefits
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/08/pritzkers-people-snag-some-snap-benefits/
— Hampshire Township Wants 15+%Tax Hike
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/08/hampshire-township-wants-15tax-hike/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump says U.S. won’t attend G20 in South Africa, cites treatment of White farmers. DD: South African refugees should be advised that Democrat and RINO leaders will do everything that they can to destroy them.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/7/trump-says-us-wont-attend-g20-south-africa-cites-treatment-white/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Trump administration has maintained that the South African government has allowed the attacks and persecution of White Afrikaner farmers. He granted refugee status to the minority Afrikaners who fled South Africa earlier this year, with a group arriving in May.)
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Conservatives beware: Socialism isn’t to be mocked, but feared
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/3880209/conservatives-beware-socialism-isnt-to-be-mocked-but-feared/
— Congress demands Columbia University cut ties with China
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3878467/congress-demands-columbia-university-cut-china-ties/
NEW YORK POST
— Mamdani’s wife Rama Duwaji uses her art to rage against US ‘imperialism’ and ‘Israeli war crimes’
https://nypost.com/2025/11/08/us-news/zohran-mamdanis-wife-rama-duwaji-outspoken-against-us-imperialism/
— Mamdani’s agenda to be embraced by increasingly woke City Council as progressive members surge
https://nypost.com/2025/11/08/us-news/dems-tighten-grip-on-nyc-following-mamdanis-mayoral-victory-and-majority-gains-in-city-council/
— Here’s the Democratic Socialists of America’s demands to Zohran Mamdani for how to lead an Israel-hating NYC
https://nypost.com/2025/11/08/us-news/heres-the-democratic-socialists-of-americas-demands-to-mamdani-for-how-to-lead-an-israel-hating-nyc/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Democratic Socialists of America’s Big Apple chapter will push Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani to implement a virulently anti-Israel agenda, leaked documents show. Included in the NYC-DSA’s “Anti-War Working Group” list of a dozen “demands” for the incoming mayor is an end to all city contracts with companies doing business with Israel, and withdrawing all funds from banks lending money to the Jewish state, according to a planning document first exposed by Just The News. The five-page screed was distributed at the group’s Nov. 2 public meeting, and reveals the DSA’s NYC chapter has been plotting since at least late September on how to best to ensure the pro-Palestine, Israel-hating Mamdani fully supports its anti-Israel agenda once he’s sworn in as mayor in January — and doesn’t buckle to political pressure. Other demands include: Divesting city pensions from Israeli bonds and securities. Banning Israeli products from the city-run grocery stores Mamdani wants to open. Investigating real estate agents “hosting illegal sales of stolen lands in the West Bank.” Stripping tax-exempt nonprofit status from entities that raise funds for the Israel Defense Forces. End the NYPD’s training with Israeli Occupation Forces. Arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and active IDF soldiers for “war crimes” if they enter the Big Apple. Dismantle an NYC-Israel Economic Council formed by outgoing Mayor Adams. “Well at least the DSA mask is off,” said state Assemblyman Kalman Yeger, a conservative Brooklyn Democrat and Orthodox Jew. “This was never about affordability, free buses or anything else. This was always about Jew hatred. “With every municipal issue facing New York City’s government, the DSA doesn’t care about the state of our schools, streets, parks, subways, city budget or anything else. They care about Israel — Israel and only Israel. “At least now they can stop trying to deny their antisemitism; most New Yorkers aren’t stupid,” said Yeger. Mamdani — a longtime supporter of the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement whose father Mahmood Mamdani sits on advisory group that routinely accuses the Jewish state of committing “genocide” – condemned antisemitism on the campaign trail while meeting with some Jewish leaders to drum up political support.)
— New Yorkers flock to food banks as government shutdown hits SNAP, causes airport chaos
https://nypost.com/2025/11/08/us-news/trump-urges-republicans-to-end-obamacare-send-funds-straight-to-the-people-as-govt-shutdown-drags-on/
— Democrats betting that Americans won’t wise up to their shutdown games
https://nypost.com/2025/11/08/opinion/democrats-bet-americans-wont-wise-up-to-shutdown-games/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Uncontrolled immigration has pushed America toward third-world status
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/11/uncontrolled_immigration_has_pushed_america_toward_third_world_status.html
BLAZE
— Socialism’s endgame is America itself
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/levintv/from-new-york-to-the-nation-mark-levin-warns-that-socialisms-endgame-is-america-itself
BREITBART
— Shots Fired at Border Patrol in Chicago After Officials Lie About Daycare ‘Abduction’
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2025/11/08/shots-fired-at-border-patrol-in-chicago-after-officials-lie-about-daycare-abduction/amp/
DAILY CALLER
— Democrat Governors Use State Websites To Spread Shutdown Lies
https://www.aol.com/news/democrat-governors-state-websites-spread-161128975.html
DAILY WIRE
— ‘The Violence Must End’: Man Opens Fire On Border Patrol Agents In Chicago, Chaos Erupts. Attacks on immigration authorities have dramatically increased since President Trump took office this term.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-violence-must-end-man-opens-fire-on-border-patrol-agents-in-chicago-chaos-erupts
FOX NEWS
— Jewish New Yorkers raise concerns of antisemitism following Zohran Mamdani’s win
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6384839755112
NEWSMAX
— Dershowitz to Newsmax: Mamdani ‘Enemy of America’
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/mamdani-dershowitz-nyc/2025/11/08/id/1233757/
— Federal Judge: Chicago’s Warrantless ICE Arrests Unlawful. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.newsmax.com/us/chicago-ice-dhs/2025/10/09/id/1229686/
POST MILLENNIAL
— Mamdani’s ‘day 1’ promise: to confiscate privately owned buildings if owners don’t pay big fines, make assessed repairs
https://thepostmillennial.com/mamdanis-day-1-promise-to-confiscate-privately-owned-buildings-if-owners-dont-pay-big-fines-make-assessed-repairs
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— Latino voters swing toward Democrats in 2025 after Trump’s 2024 historic gains
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/latino-voters-swing-toward-democrats-in-2025-after-trumps-2024-historic-gains/
— Backlash erupts at Heritage Foundation after leader defends Tucker Carlson’s interview with white nationalist Nick Fuentes
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/heritage-foundation-kevin-roberts-tucker-carlson-interview-nick-fuentes/
WASHINGTON POST
— Mamdani drops the mask. The mayor-elect divides New Yorkers into two groups: the oppressed and their oppressors. DD: My critics/opponents paint themselves as being oppressed or as being protectors of the oppressed. According to them, those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time oppress those who are liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/11/08/zohran-mamdani-class-warfare-new-york-mayor/
USA TODAY
— DD: Mamdani got elected by shouting at those who are liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time that they are oppressed by those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/07/how-zohran-mamdani-won-nyc-mayor/86580734007/
— DD: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/11/07/trump-affordability-democrats-mamdani-cost-living/87128348007/
POLITICO
— Poll: Here’s who Democrats think is their leader. DD: Who leads conservatives nationwide, in Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district?
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/07/poll-leader-democrats-00633577
(Kamala Harris 16.1%, Chuck Schumer 7.7%, Hakeem Jeffries 7.4%, Barack Obama 7.4%, Gavin Newsom 6.2%, Joe Biden 4.4%)
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
JERUSALEM POST
— There is no moderate form of Islam
https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-873159
TIMES
— Mamdani v Trump: the battle of New York is just beginning. Republicans and Democrats alike may relish a showdown to see if the mayor is a success or a disaster. Either way, the row will keep their core vote happy. DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrats and RINOs will ever-increasingly side with Mamdani against Trump on everything.
https://www.thetimes.com/us/american-politics/article/zohran-mamdani-trump-nyc-mayor-democrats-n92wbxzz8
TIMES OF INDIA
— Mamdani’s wife Rama Duwaji faces fire over her ‘Israeli war crimes’ artwork: ‘Mourns deaths of terrorists’
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/zohran-mamdani-s-wife-rama-duwaji-faces-fire-over-her-israeli-war-crimes-artwork-mourns-deaths-of-terrorists/ar-AA1Q3Trk
GUARDIAN
— DD: Mamdani got elected by shouting at those who are liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time that they are oppressed by those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/commentisfree/2025/nov/08/zohran-mamdani-win-non-voters