FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote birthright citizenship.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/12/05/supreme-court-decide-trumps-birthright-citizenship-order-violates-the-constitution
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/la-voz/2025/12/05/inmigrantes-tienen-niveles-mas-altos-de-ataques-de-panico-y-ansiedad-y-poca-ayuda
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Hanover Park police officer busted by ICE back to full duty. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say anything like that because they did not have to take bad jobs like I had to. I had to work my way through college. Their parents had lots of money. They bought them cars, paid for their college expenses, and got them good jobs. I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assembly line in 1970. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971. I pumped more gasoline 1971-1972. I collected delinquent federal taxes 1971-1980. I audited federal agencies 1980-1997.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/02/hanover-park-police-immigration-blitz-trump/
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PHOTO: A Republican running to succeed longtime U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky in the largely suburban 9th District was convicted of a sex crime against a juvenile decades ago. DD: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Voters demand more from Republican candidates than from Democrat candidates. They demand even more from Republican candidates who state that they are conservative. Candidates can always run as Independents. Should political parties have the power to stop candidates from seeking offices as a member of their party? If so, what criteria should be used? Far too many candidates have tremendous skeletons in their closets. When those skeletons come out, not only they lose, but the party that they ran under loses. When their skeletons come out, far too many Republican candidates blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. But nothing has ever been in my newsletters that was not already in the public realm and/or was already known by the Democrats. Democrat leaders have always falsely claimed to have first learned of Republican negatives from my newsletters. Far too many who are involved in Republican activities are Democrat plants.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251205/us-congress-politics/9th-district-congressional-candidate-was-convicted-of-sex-crime-against-a-juvenile-records-show/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Friedman’s rivals for the GOP nomination have had varied reactions to his criminal history, as have suburban party leaders. Cleveland surprised Friedman by loudly disclosing his status as a registered sex offender during a candidate meet-and-greet last month in Northbrook. A Cleveland campaign aide then asked Friedman about the case while filming the conversation. That video subsequently was shared with the Daily Herald. When asked about Friedman’s past via email this week, Su said no elected official should have a history of sex offenses. Elleson expressed reluctance to comment on Friedman’s conviction, saying he didn’t know the details. A church pastor, he said everyone deserves a second chance. “I believe in giving everyone the benefit of the doubt,” Elleson said in an email. “None of us know the whole story.” Cook County Republican Party Chair Aaron Del Mar called Friedman’s conviction “entirely disqualifying” and said he should drop out of the race. “Voters have every right to expect basic decency and transparency from anyone asking to serve in Congress,” said Del Mar, who’s campaigning for lieutenant governor as Darren Bailey’s running mate. “Someone with this kind of conviction has no business running for federal office, and it is an insult to the voters of the 9th District to pretend otherwise.” Lake County Republican Party Chair Keith Brin noted that political parties have no control over who runs for office. He encouraged voters to research candidates.)
STATELINE
— Illinois fights federal changes to SNAP eligibility for noncitizens
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/illinois-fights-federal-changes-to-snap-eligibility-for-noncitizens/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump official signals potential rollback of changes to census racial categories
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-12-05/trump-official-signals-potential-rollback-of-changes-to-census-racial-categories
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— The White House, Teenagers and Media Bias
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/12/the-white-house-teenagers-and-media-bias/
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— IVF is Not the Answer to Your Infertility– (There’s a Better One) DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who have used against me the most my and my wife giving up trying to have children without trying IVF, our not adopting, and our not becoming foster parents. According to them, if we had children, I would not have been able a) to pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) to earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, c) to pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and d) to become a licensed CPA in 1981. The aforesaid enabled me to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980 and to get promoted by GAO to GS-13 in 1986. Would Duckworth agree with my critics/opponents, and if so, why? Duckworth stresses what she has accomplished since she successfully used IVF.
https://illinoisfamily.org/life/ivf-is-not-the-answer-to-your-infertility-theres-a-better-one/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Norine Hammond Makes Nearly Twice the Income of Her Own Constituents, While Skipping Local GOP Events Amid Ethics Concerns
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/12/norine-hammond-makes-nearly-twice-the-income-of-her-own-constituents-while-skipping-local-gop-events-amid-ethics-concerns.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Have high school boys really gotten that bad? DD: Do you attend your high school reunions? Were you marriage material when you were in high school? I was not. I could not run because I had a bone disease. My eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20. I had partial red/green color blindness. 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. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class. But worst of all, during my junior and senior years, I spent 28 hours a week washing dishes and 40 hours a week during the summer in between.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/magazine-your-land/3897943/have-high-school-boys-really-gotten-that-bad/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: At a time when marriage and birth rates are rapidly declining, a recent Pew poll finding that 12th graders are far less interested in getting married today than they were 30 years ago is alarming. In 1993, according to Pew, some 80% of all 12th graders said they were likely to get married someday, compared to just 67% of 12th graders who said the same thing today. Meanwhile, those who are not interested in marriage at all have almost doubled, from 5% to 9%. But when you drill down on the numbers, an interesting gender imbalance develops. In 1993, 83% of 12th-grade girls expressed a desire to get married someday, compared to 76% of boys. But today those numbers are reversed, with an almost identical 74% of 12th-grade boys interested in marriage, but only 61% of girls. Responding to the new Pew numbers, feminist author Jill Filipovic posted on X, “Might be worth asking what it is about high school boys that girls don’t find appealing, I have a feeling the list is long and informative.” As someone who was once a high school boy (way back in 1993, actually), I can attest that Filipovic is absolutely correct that it would be easy for any high school girl to make a long list of things they did not find appealing about my fellow male classmates and me. But in our defense, we were teenage boys, and we had lots of growing up to do before we became appealing to women. My question for Filipovic is, have high school boys really gotten so much worse than I was in the 1990s? Or maybe our schools and culture are sending a lot more anti-marriage messages to girls today than they were 30 years ago. Pick any Disney movie from the 1990s. Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King, Pocahontas, Hercules, and Tarzan all have romantic heterosexual relationships at their core. Fast forward to today, and Brave, Moana, Zootopia, Encanto, and Wish are all completely bereft of heterosexual pairing off. The female leads in all these movies are not only unmarried but also completely uninterested in marriage. Brave‘s entire storyline is anti-marriage. And in schools, marriage is never promoted while self-discovery and professional achievement are endlessly encouraged. The little time spent on relationships with boys is all negative. Girls are taught that men are dangerous and to recognize signs of dating violence, coercion, toxic relationships, grooming, and manipulation. But are they ever taught how rewarding a life-long marriage to a spouse can be, or what qualities to look for in a good partner? Nope. Never. That would be far too patriarchal and heteronormative. If we want our civilization to survive, we are going to have to turn our marriage and birth rates around. Maybe it’s time we started teaching our children how absolutely essential marriage is to their happiness and stopped attacking high school boys for being … high school boys.)
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that Jesus was an illegal immigrant and that he rejects the concepts of countries, borders, and laws.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3389517/raphael-warnock-the-view-kilmar-abrego-garcia-immigrant-jesus/
NEW YORK POST
— Somali illegal migrant fraudster photographed with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Rep. Ilhan Omar
https://nypost.com/2025/12/05/us-news/photos-emerge-of-somali-illegal-immigrant-fraudster-with-minnesota-gov-tim-walz-rep-ilhan-omar/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ, that is, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://nypost.com/2025/12/05/us-news/biden-suffers-brutal-gaffe-while-trying-to-pronounce-america-at-lgbtq-conference-in-dc/
WASHINGTON POST
— Supreme Court will hear case on Trump’s ban on birthright citizenship. DD: American citizenship brings with it tremendous benefits and few if any responsibilities. American citizens who are the following get tremendous preference: Democrat, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, poor, disabled, veteran, non-Protestant, and/or non-German American.
The announcement sets up a test of a controversial policy that could redefine who is considered an American.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/12/05/supreme-court-birthright-citizenship-trump/
AMAC
— Trump continues to make progress in the fight against discriminatory “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) policies in American higher education. In the most recent development on this front, Northwestern University signed a $75 million settlement and agreed to the administration’s demands to abolish race-based admissions and hiring policies.
https://amac.us/newsline/politics/trump-notches-another-victory-in-battle-against-higher-ed-discrimination/
BREITBART
— Trump’s National Security Plan: ‘Era of Mass Migration Is Over’ DD: If there had been as many noncitizens in America when I was young as there are now, I would not have been able to earn a bachelor’s degree, three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license. Democrat and RINO leaders would have given the aforesaid to noncitizens.
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2025/12/05/trumps-national-security-plan-era-of-mass-migration-is-over/amp/
CREATORS SYNDICATE
— Affordability: We Need Higher Incomes, Not Lower Prices. DD: What did you do qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.creators.com/read/daily-editorials/12/25/affordability-we-need-higher-incomes-not-lower-prices-4c166
FOX BUSINESS
— Poor people are the only people who pay the price. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders make those who are the following pay the price of Affirmative Action and DEI: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, have ancestors who have been in America for a long time, and/or have less money than others.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/palantir-ceo-says-poor-people-only-people-who-pay-price-being-wrong-this-culture
TOWNHALL
— Democrats Fuel Racial Strife to Get Votes
https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffdavidson/2025/12/06/democrats-racists-who-fuel-racial-strife-to-get-votes-n2667468
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
C-SPAN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ, that is, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.c-span.org/clip/public-affairs-event/former-president-biden-speaks-at-lgbtq-forum/5183176
NBC NEWS
— Europe will be ‘unrecognizable’ in 20 years due to immigration. DD: How soon will America be unrecognizable because of immigration?
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/europe-will-unrecognizable-20-years-due-immigration-white-house-strate-rcna247534
CBS NEWS
— For Gen Zers, finding work after college is often a painful slog. DD: What frustrated your job search? For me, it was potential employers seeing me as being draft bait. They did not believe that my application for a financial hardship draft deferment would be approved. Therefore, I took the only job offer that I got. But it was for a job that did not really require a college degree. After my application was approved, I was offered a job that did require a college degree. I accepted it. But that offer was withdrawn because that employer had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. Because I had to have a job because I was helping support my mother and brother, I accepted a job offer from IRS.
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/gen-z-struggle-get-hired-labor-market/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— White House sets up a hall of shame for news outlets. DD: My critics/opponents blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for all the losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who are/were leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) conservative leaders, and d) religious leaders. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-press-media-bias-hall-of-shame-4571e8bfc924de0d83529b635be0a68c
CNBC
— ‘Trump accounts’ could give your child up to $1,000 for free. Your top questions, answered. DD: What if the federal government had given you a Trump Account when you were born? $1,000 today was worth $74.20 when I was born in 1948. With money I earned doing yard work and delivering newspapers, I bought a 1958 Chevrolet in 1964. With money I earned delivering newspapers and washing dishes, I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966. With money I earned doing summer jobs in 1966 and delivering mail 1966-1969, a) I bought a new Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, b) I bought a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, c) I paid for my college expenses, and d) I graduated debt-free from NIU owning that Charger in 1970.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/05/trump-accounts-free-money.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders crow about their success in driving Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/us/politics/trump-approval-rating.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ, that is, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/us/biden-lgbtq-award.html
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders want everyone in the world to seek asylum in America. Democrat leaders because they vote for Democrats. RINO leaders because they want cheap labor.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/opinion/immigration-lawyer-trump-asylum.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— A President’s Right to Say ‘You’re Fired’ DD: My Democrat GAO superiors fired me, that is, they forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. In federal court, they hinted/implied/argued that was what Congress wanted them to do. I had been an active member in a class action lawsuit since 1988 that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. They wanted to give my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate which what they did. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-v-slaughter-supreme-court-independent-agencies-humphreys-executor-federal-trade-commission-38f08c2d
FED SCOOP
— DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they demanded blind loyalty to the Democrat Party platform and especially to its Affirmative Action plank, that is, to its race and gender preference giving plank, its patronage plank, its political affiliation plank, its reverse discrimination plank, its age discrimination plank, its religious discrimination plank, and its national origin discrimination plank. They wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 year old in 1997 because I refused to become a Democrat, because I complained about their loyalty demand and their discrimination, and because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation when I was 40 years old in 1988.
https://fedscoop.com/federal-agency-jobs-trump-loyalty-question-opm-lawsuit/
WEEK
— DD: Anti-conservatives ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://theweek.com/articles/528746/origins-marriage
BANKING RATES
— 3 College Majors With Declining Starting Salaries. DD: In today’s dollars, a) my starting Firestone Store salary was about $50,000/year in 1970, b) my starting IRS salary was $55,850/year in 1971, and c) my starting GAO salary was $88,808/year in 1980. I had earned an MBA in 1976 and I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979.
https://www.aol.com/3-college-majors-declining-starting-130232761.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Business: 2025 salary projection: $65,276
MOTHER JONES
— DD: What Caste were you born into? Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/03/trump-caste-america-birthright-citizenship/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
HINDU
— Scholarships: December 6, 2025. DD: My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me for my not getting any scholarships.
https://www.thehindu.com/education/scholarships-december-6-2025/article70332229.ece
TIMES OF INDIA
— Microsoft quietly make big changes to its employee performance reviews. DD: Democrat and RINO employers use performance reviews to get rid of their Republican employees. They paint their Democrat and RINO employees as positively as they can and they paint their Republican employees as negatively as they can. In Diersen v. GAO, I entered into the court record all the many performance reviews that my Democrat superiors gave me 1980-1997. None of them came close to justifying the many adverse actions that they took against me. They forced me to take a $23,472 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. They kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. They delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13. They always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. They forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/microsoft-quietly-make-big-changes-to-its-employee-performance-reviews-company-has-removed/articleshow/125800354.cms
Tag: marriage
December 5, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Durbin ever-increasingly does more to promote illegal immigration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/12/04/durbin-reintroduces-dream-act
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/12/04/donald-trump-maga-approval-rating-low-economy-truth-social-s-e-cupp
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/12/05/homeland-defenders-citizenship-immigration-services-uscis-ice-border-patrol-midway-blitz
— DD: The Democrat Party platform ever-increasingly promotes more poverty and crime.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/public-safety/2025/12/04/thousands-leaving-illinois-prisons-face-high-risk-of-housing-instability-new-study
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Ugaste: Illinois is not doomed to property taxes rising every year — if we end one-party control
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/05/letters-120525/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly get religious leaders to do their bidding. According to Democrat leaders, GOD rejects the concepts of countries, borders, and laws.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/03/evanston-nativity-baby-jesus-zip-tied-ice-agents/
DAILY HERALD
— DD: Under the Democrats, anticipate/expect that celebrating America’s 250th birthday will be all 1619.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251205/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-celebrating-the-democratic-project-illinois-kicks-off-impressive-plan-for-a/
ABC7
— Supreme Court allows Texas to use a congressional map favorable to Republicans in 2026
https://abc7chicago.com/post/supreme-court-allows-texas-use-congressional-map-favorable-republicans-2026/18251573/
FOX32
— DD: Durbin ever-increasingly does more to promote illegal immigration.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1751474
WBEZ
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/12/04/panic-attacks-anxiety-high-immigrants-federal-deportation-campaign-operation-midway-blitz-trump-ice-border-patrol
FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump orders flags to be flown at half-staff to honor Sarah Beckstrom
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/national-guard-shooting-sarah-beckstrom-president-trump-orders-flags-flown-half-staf-honor-memory-washington-dc-shooting-west-virginia-army-specialist-white-house-flag-united-states-district-of-columbia-farragut-metro-shots-fired
WTVO
— Northern Illinois sheriffs demand changes to SAFE-T Act
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyssmUydPEA
BLOCK CUB CHICAGO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/12/04/how-the-feds-used-propaganda-to-frame-their-war-on-chicago-theyre-lying-constantly/
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/12/04/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-432/
(FROM THE ROUNDUP: Illinois Bankers Association CEO Randy Hultgren is retiring … Illinois Bankers Association CEO Randy Hultgren has informed his board of directors he will be retiring from the helm of the statewide business group at the end of the 2026 Spring legislative session. “The IBA is in strong financial shape. We’ve had record participation in recent conferences and we’re coming off legislative and legal wins to protect our members and their customers,” Hultgren said. “We’ve united as an industry to battle the ill-conceived Interchange Fee Prohibition Act that would cause financial losses to Illinois small businesses, hurt consumers and make Illinois banks an outlier in the nation’s banking system. We’ve invested in programs to build talented future leaders for the banking industry; and our organization helped draft the “Access to Credit in Rural Economies Act” which made it into federal law this year and will make it easier for farmers and rural homeowners to access low-cost credit. […] The Board of Directors says a search will begin immediately to succeed Hultgren. “While we would have preferred Randy stay, we respect his decision to step down next year and we’re thankful for his accomplishments on behalf of Illinois bankers. He has led the IBA through a period of unprecedented success and his legislative expertise as a former state and federal lawmaker made us the most effective voice for banks in Springfield, Washington, D.C. and Chicago,” said IBA Board Chair T.J. Burge, president and CEO of the Community Partners Savings Bank in Salem, Illinois. “We’re grateful for the time Randy is committing to our search process, participating in the spring legislative session in Springfield and helping the next leader transition into office. Randy’s successor will have big shoes to fill.”)
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COIUNTY BLOG
— Some Dems Propose Another Reason for Seniors to Leave Illinois
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/04/some-dems-propose-another-reason-for-seniors-to-leave-illinois/
— Dells Making Capitalists Out of McHenry County Kids Who Don’t Live in Cary, Ringwood or Barrington Hills
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/04/making-capitalists-out-of-mchenry-county-kids-who-dont-live-in-car-ringwood-or-barrington-hills/
— Some Chicago Restaurants Allowed to Accept SNAP (Food Stamps)
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/03/some-chicago-restaurants-allowed-to-accept-snap-food-stamps/
— Dems Forcing Motorists to Subsidize Those Fortunate Enough to Take Mass Transit to Work. DD: My wife and I have paid lots more to live in walking distance of a commuter train station.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/05/dems-forcing-motorists-to-subsidize-those-fortunate-enough-to-take-mass-transit-to-work/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Illinois House Republican Deputy Minority Leader Norine “No Show” Hammond didn’t just skip a Republican event Tuesday night – she skipped her own hometown. Hammond was expected to appear at a GOP State Central Committee candidate forum hosted right in her backyard. Local Republicans, activists, and taxpayers filled the room, ready to hear from the leaders asking for their trust. Instead, they got an empty chair. DD: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, the organization would still be hosting candidate forums. If I was still an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, the organization would still be hosting candidate forums.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/12/no-show-norine-hammond-gop-leader-skips-her-own-hometown-gop-forum-to-party-with-comed-allies-of-pritzker-brandon-johnson.html
— From ‘Trust the CDC’ to ‘Ignore the CDC’: Pritzker Rewrites the Rules to Expand State Control Over Vaccines
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/12/from-trust-the-cdc-to-ignore-the-cdc-pritzker-rewrites-the-rules-to-expand-state-control-over-vaccines.html
— How the War on the Cartels Is Saving Kane County Families From Further Death and Tragedy
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/12/opinion-how-the-war-on-the-cartels-is-saving-kane-county-families-from-further-death-and-tragedy.html
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, the organization would still be hosting candidate forums. If I was still an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, the organization would still be hosting candidate forums. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Are you in line to get a pension? Are you getting a pension? Ever since I was 49 years old in 1997, my critics/opponents have been furious that I have gotten a $66,780/year in today’s dollars Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension and that the federal government has paid 72% of my and my wife’s healthcare insurance. In my defense, I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years. I paid 7% of my federal salary into the CSRS. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Are you in a traditional marriage? My critics/opponents stress, and rightly so, that my being in a traditional marriage since 1978 helped me a) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, c) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, d) become a licensed CPA in 1981, e) etc. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What leave policies do/did your employers have? Ever since I became a federal employee in 1966, my critics/opponents have been furious that I benefitted from federal employee leave policies. SEE: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/leave-administration/fact-sheets/annual-leave/ and https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/leave-administration/fact-sheets/sick-leave-general-information/ – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Did you get any scholarships? I did not. My critics/opponents have always used that against me. According to them, I did not get any scholarships a) because I am stupid and/or b) because my parents were filthy rich. In my defense, my high school GPA and my ACT score were lower because I spent far too many hours washing dishes in the basement of the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights instead of studying. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— My critics/opponents cannot say the following because they had wealthy parents who bought them cars, paid for their college expenses, and got them good jobs: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assembly line in 1970. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971. I pumped more gasoline 1971-1972. I collected delinquent federal taxes 1971-1980. I audited federal agencies 1980-1997. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Under the Democrats, fewer and fewer and fewer men seek college degrees. Why is that? Under the Democrats, the future for men is ever-increasingly bleak. Democrats ever-increasingly demand that more and more and more preference be given to women, and especially to women who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, minority, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are citizens of foreign countries. If I was young today, because of my bad demographics, I question if I could find the motivation to do what I did. 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. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— According to Democrats and to RINOs, when those who are the following advance, it is because of meritocracy: liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are citizens of foreign countries. According to Democrats and to RINOs, when those who are not the aforesaid advance, it is because they benefit from discrimination against those who are the aforesaid. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— To hire, retain, and promote more young minorities and more young females, Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly lower standards. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, young person, or veteran who would take the job. I qualified myself for the postal job by passing the postal employment test and earning a high school diploma. I qualified myself for the IRS job by passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination and earning a bachelor’s degree in business. I qualified myself for the GAO job by earning an MBA and passing the CPA examination on my first attempt. To hire, retain, and promote more young minorities and more young females, Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly lower standards. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Ever since I became a part-time postal employee when I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being non-essential. My critics/opponents despise/hate past, present, and future federal employees. I should write about that. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— When Trump says or does something that Democrat leaders and/or RINO leaders do not like, they punish all Republicans, and especially Republicans who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
— Where did the money come from for your first down payment? For me, back in the good old days, it came from what I earned a) working for IRS for 15 months and b) working for a Firestone Store part-time for 18 months and full-time for 7 months before that. I bought a new townhome in University Park ( https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/ ) when I was 24 years old in 1972. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopilinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— White House website rightly focuses on media malfeasance. Difference in Trump, Biden coverage exposed bias like never before. DD: The mainstream news media exists a) to elect Democrats and b) to defeat Republicans.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/4/white-house-website-rightly-focuses-media-malfeasance/
— Conservatives cried ‘woke’ and Ken Burns made a correction in his new documentary
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/4/conservatives-cried-woke-ken-burns-made-correction-new-documentary/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Meet the IT Firms Discriminating Against Americans
https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/no-us-citizens-meet-the-it-firms
NEW YORK POST
— Evanston church faces criticism for Nativity scene showing baby Jesus zip-tied by ICE agents
https://nypost.com/2025/12/05/us-news/illinois-lake-street-church-of-evanston-displays-nativity-showing-jesus-zip-tied-by-ice-agents/
BLAZE
— AT&T says it’s ditching DEI — but is the new policy just a woke smoke screen?
https://www.theblaze.com/news/major-telecom-giant-says-it-s-ditching-dei-but-is-the-new-policy-just-a-woke-smoke-screen
BREITBART
— Consensus: Vast Majority Say Illegals Who Have Committed Violent Crimes Should Be Deported. DD: To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally demonstrates gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/12/04/consensus-vast-majority-say-illegals-who-have-committed-violent-crimes-should-be-deported/
— Elderly Veteran Forced to Work Full-Time as Cashier Will Receive $1.5 Million for Retirement. DD: Ever since I was 49 years old in 1997, my critics/opponents have been furious that I have gotten a $66,780/year in today’s dollars Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension and that the federal government has paid 72% of my and my wife’s healthcare insurance. In my defense, I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years. I paid 7% of my federal salary into the CSRS. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.breitbart.com/local/2025/12/04/video-elderly-veteran-forced-work-full-time-cashier-will-receive-1-5-million-retirement/
— Shops empty in a Hispanic neighborhood as immigration crackdown comes to Louisiana
https://www.breitbart.com/news/shops-empty-in-a-hispanic-neighborhood-as-immigration-crackdown-comes-to-louisiana/
DAILY CALLER
— Harvard Hires Drag Queen ‘LaWhore Vagistan’ As Visiting Prof For Class About ‘Sexual Dissidents’
https://www.aol.com/news/harvard-hires-drag-queen-lawhore-194557216.html
FOX NEWS
— Largest public-sector unions spent eye-popping amount on left-wing politics — 86% funded by member dues. During the 2022 election, about $710 million went to progressive politics, but that jumped to $915 million in 2024.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/largest-public-sector-unions-spent-eye-popping-amount-left-wing-politics-86-funded-member-dues.amp
LEGAL NEWSLINE
— Electronic monitoring vendor enabled Chicago woman’s murder
https://www.legalnewsline.com/cook-county-record/electronic-monitoring-systems-failure-leads-to-murder/article_13fee083-b8e7-49fe-829e-e21ace80d43a.html
HOMELAND SECURITY
— ICE Arrests Criminal Illegal Aliens from Afghanistan Released Into Our Country by the Biden Administration
https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/12/04/ice-arrests-criminal-illegal-aliens-afghanistan-released-our-country-biden
NATIONAL CATHOLIC REPORTER
— Vatican issues sweeping defense of traditional marriage, DD: My critics/opponents stress, and rightly so, that my being in a traditional marriage since 1978 helped me a) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, c) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, d) become a licensed CPA in 1981, e) etc.
https://www.ncronline.org/vatican/vatican-issues-sweeping-defense-traditional-marriage-pushing-back-polygamy
NEWSMAX
— Trump Admin Orders Enhanced Vetting for H-1B Visa Applicants. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assembly line in 1970. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971. I pumped more gasoline 1971-1972. I collected delinquent federal taxes 1971-1980. I audited federal agencies 1980-1997.
https://www.newsmax.com/us/trump-admin-enhanced-vetting-h1b-visas/2025/12/04/id/1237033/
— Walz Unveils Paid Leave Plan That Includes Illegals. DD: Ever since I became a federal employee in 1966, my critics/opponents have been furious that I benefitted from federal employee leave policies. SEE: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/leave-administration/fact-sheets/annual-leave/ and https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/leave-administration/fact-sheets/sick-leave-general-information/
https://www.newsmax.com/us/walz-minnesota-plan/2025/12/04/id/1237089/
WESTERN JOURNAL
— ICE Descends on Lowe’s, Home Depot and Leaves with Trucks Full of Illegals in New Orleans. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assembly line in 1970.
https://www.westernjournal.com/ice-descends-lowes-home-depot-leaves-trucks-full-illegals-new-orleans/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— DD: Did you get any scholarships? I did not. My critics/opponents have always used that against me. According to them, I did not get any scholarships a) because I am stupid and/or b) because my parents were filthy rich. In my defense, my high school GPA and my ACT score were lower because I spent far too many hours washing dishes in the basement of the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights instead of studying.
https://thehill.com/homenews/education/5634820-lawsuit-hispanic-scholarship-fund/amp/
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders exist not only to destroy Trump, but to destroy America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/opinion/ilhan-omar-somalia-trump.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/upshot/election-tennessee-republicans-democrats.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) stop them from being deported.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/opinion/immigration-lawyer-trump-asylum.html
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/12/04/us/ice-arrests-criminal-records-data.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/nyregion/chinese-father-son-migrants-separated.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Immigration crackdown in New Orleans has a target of 5,000 arrests.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/2025/12/04/new-orleans-immigration-arrest-target/754bec54-d153-11f0-92cb-561ee4e6a771_story.html
— DD: Under the Democrats, fewer and fewer and fewer men seek college degrees. Why is that? Under the Democrats, the future for men is ever-increasingly bleak. Democrats ever-increasingly demand that more and more and more preference be given to women, and especially to women who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, minority, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are citizens of foreign countries. If I was young today, because of my bad demographics, I question if I could find the motivation to do what I did. 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.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/12/04/trump-dei-ban-college-men/
— DD: According to Democrats and to RINOs, when those who are the following advance, it is because of meritocracy: liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are citizens of foreign countries. According to Democrats and to RINOs, when those who are not the aforesaid advance, it is because they benefit from discrimination against those who are the aforesaid.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/12/05/trump-plutocrat-meritocracy-experts/
USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Waste, fraud cost U.S. 29.2B Afghanistan occupation was doomed.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/12/03/us-afghanistan-occupation-waste-corruption-report/87585321007/
WOAI
— Ending Teacher Wokeness Starts With Higher Education Standards. DD: To hire, retain, and promote more young minorities and more young females, Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly lower standards. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license.
https://woai.iheart.com/featured/san-antonios-first-news/content/2025-12-03-ending-teacher-wokeness-starts-with-higher-education-standards/
HOUSTON PUBLIC MEDIA
— Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick proposes giving Texas newborns $1,000 each. Patrick’s proposal would be in addition to a federal program that is set to give American babies $1,000 each to invest in the stock market. DD: What did you do when you were young? I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assembly line in 1970.
https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/12/04/537684/dan-patrick-donald-trump-baby-savings-accounts/?amp=1
WASHINGTON REPORTER
— Congressman Pete Sessions: How House Republicans are restoring the American Dream of homeownership. Sessions explains how House Republicans are addressing the affordability crisis hitting too many Americans. DD: Where did the money come from for your first down payment? For me, back in the good old days, it came from what I earned a) working for IRS for 15 months and b) working for a Firestone Store part-time for 18 months and full-time for 7 months before that. I bought a new townhome in University Park ( https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/ ) when I was 24 years old in 1972.
https://washingtonreporter.news/p/rep-pete-sessions-how-house-republicans
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Tightens Work Permits for Migrants, Expanding Crackdown on Legal Immigration. Quicker expiration dates primarily will affect immigrants seeking asylum or other forms of humanitarian protections. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assembly line in 1970.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-tightens-work-permits-for-migrants-expanding-crackdown-on-legal-immigration-b2e90372
TIME
— Immigration Isn’t an ‘Invasion’—It’s the Answer to an Invitation. DD: Democrat leaders invite illegals into America because illegals vote for Democrats. RINOs invite illegals into America because RINOs want cheap labor.
https://time.com/7334455/immigrant-recruitment-mexico-bracero-ice/
REASON
— DD: When Trump says or does something that Democrat leaders and/or RINO leaders do not like, they punish all Republicans, and especially Republicans who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://reason.com/2025/12/04/a-deadly-attack-sparks-broad-punishment-for-innocent-afghans/
NATIONAL DESK
— Do illegal migrants commit more crime than American citizens? DD: What are the demographics of those who commit crimes?
https://thenationaldesk.com/news/fact-check-team/fact-check-team-do-illegal-migrants-commit-more-crime-than-american-citizens-dhs
FED SMITH
— Are You a Non-Essential Federal Employee? How did the “essential” and “non-essential” labels begin, why did they spread during shutdowns, and why are they still in use? DD: Ever since I became a part-time postal employee when I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being non-essential. My critics/opponents despise/hate past, present, and future federal employees. I should write about that.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2025/12/02/are-you-non-essential-federal-employee/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: If so, what does the non-essential label mean? Your job is not important? Does it mean the federal government does not think your job is important? Does it impact your pay during a government shutdown? Is it a derogatory term? How and when did essential and non-essential terms come into being to describe federal employee jobs?. . .Stigma and morale: The public label “non-essential” can harm morale and public perceptions of federal employees, even if it is technically shorthand for “work that cannot legally continue during a lapse.” The use of the term non-essential (e.g., Time magazine’s phraseology noted above) amplifies and shapes public conversation about the necessity or usefulness of particular government services.)
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
TIMES OF ISRAEL
— Woke Suicide: How the West Arms Its Enemies
https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/woke-suicide-how-the-west-arms-its-enemies/
MEAWW
— DHS arrests dozens of ‘violent’ illegal immigrants within 24 hours of New Orleans crackdown
https://news.meaww.com/dhs-arrests-dozens-of-violent-illegal-immigrants-within-24-hours-of-new-orleans-crackdown
NTD
— AT&T Scraps DEI Amid Broader Corporate Shift Toward Merit-Based Policies. DD: The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, young person, or veteran who would take the job. I qualified myself for the postal job by passing the postal employment test and earning a high school diploma. I qualified myself for the IRS job by passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination and earning a bachelor’s degree in business. I qualified myself for the GAO job by earning an MBA and passing the CPA examination on my first attempt.
https://www.ntd.com/att-scraps-dei-amid-broader-corporate-shift-toward-merit-based-policies_1111883.html
December 4, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH FOUR PHOTOS: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/02/immigrant-murder-detainer-warrant-hunt-politics/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/04/operation-midway-bliss-gift-drive/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/04/ohare-airport-raids-rideshare-drivers/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/04/opinion-snap-benefits-immigrants-refugees/
— Illinois to celebrate United States’ 250th birthday. DD: By the time I was 48 years old in 1997, I was able to do the following in Illinois even though 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, and I had to work my way through college: a) earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) earn three job-related master’s degrees, c) earn six job-related professional certifications, and d) earn a job-related professional license. But I doubt that I would have been able to have done the following if I was 48 today in Illinois. Why? Because under the Democrats, Illinois has ever-increasingly become anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-married people, anti-non-poor people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/03/illinois-america-250-announcement/
DAILY HERALD
— DD: Democrat leaders want Illinois to be more and more and more dependent on federal spending.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251203/business/federal-funding-cuts-policy-changes-will-be-job-killers-for-illinois/
NBC5
— Veteran working full-time at grocery store goes viral as social media rallies to help him. In a now-viral post, Ed Bambas explained that he retired from General Motors in 1999 but later lost his pension and now works at a Michigan grocery store “to re-establish myself.” DD: What is your position on a) employees who are in line to get pensions and b) retirees who get pensions? My being in line for a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension helped me endure tremendous efforts by my Democrat federal superiors to waste my career and to get rid of me. My critics/opponents started using against me my being in line for a CSRS pension since I started working part-time for the Post Office when I was 18 years old in 1966. They have further used against me my becoming eligible to take early retirement when I was 45 in 1993. They have further used against me my getting a CSRS pension since I was 49 in 1997. In my defense, I paid 7% of my federal salary into the CSRS. Further, if my Democrat GAO superiors had not forced me to retire when I as 49 in 1997, I might still be paying into the CSRS. Further, if my Democrat Post Office superiors had not forced me to resign when I was 20 in 1969, I would have 21 more months of federal seniority than I have and my CSRS pension would be much greater. Further, my CSRS pension is dramatically less because my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors wasted my career and forced to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/veteran-working-full-time-at-grocery-store-goes-viral-as-social-media-rallies-to-help-him/3858273/
WGN RADIO
— DD: The mainstream news media ever-increasingly treats Pat Brady as being the leader of the Illinois Republican Party.
https://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/pat-brady-pete-hegseth-will-not-survive-this/amp/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly blame Republicans for healthcare costs.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-affordable-care-act-premiums-are-set-to-spike-a-new-poll-shows-enrollees-are-already-struggling/amp/
ILLINOIZE
— How to Get the GOP Back in Contention. DD: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Unlike the Illinois Democrat Party, the Illinois Republican Party elects leaders who reject some, many, most, if not virtually all the planks in its platform. They most commonly reject its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks.
https://www.theillinoize.com/articles/how-get-gop-back-contention
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Much has been made of the struggle for Illinois Republicans in Illinois. Shut out of statewide elections since 2014. No U.S. Senate victory since 2010. Super minorities in the House and Senate. Three out of 17 seats in the congressional delegation. t’s been tough sledding, and many politicians, pundits, activists, and insiders have been quick to point out why Republicans are struggling, but what will it actually take to dig out of the hole? In multiple conversations with Republican activists, officials, and strategists, three appear to be three specific targets for improving GOP campaigns: messaging, fundraising, and courting suburban voters.)
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— December 4, 2025
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
TED DABROWSKI
— Cook County’s no-strings-attached guaranteed income program: Recklessly misguided welfare
https://mailchi.mp/fe308960d74d/noguaranteedincome?e=0db6d48fb8
WIRE POINTS
— Will Trump Cuts Really Shrink Illinois’ Economy by $10 Billion?
https://wirepoints.org/will-trump-cuts-really-shrink-illinois-economy-by-10-billion-wirepoints-mark-glennon-pans-new-study-ray-stevens-show-wls/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Liberal media disguised politics of Charlie Kirk’s alleged assassin. DD: What positions do the voters in your precinct have on Charlie Kirk, Erika Kirk, and Turning Point USA? On what do they base their positions?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-secrets/3905682/liberal-media-disguised-politics-charlie-kirk-alleged-assassin-tyler-robinson/
— Facing appeals loss, activists withdraw suit that had frozen ICE
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3906244/activists-withdraw-suit-frozen-ice/
— GAO signed up for fraudulent Obamacare plans with ease. DD: I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years. But they wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 even though I had a) master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, b) professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting, and c) a CPA license.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/healthcare/3905618/watchdog-signed-up-fraudulent-obamacare-plans-easily/
NEW YORK POST
— GAO: Obamacare subsidies granted without documentation to 90% of fake accounts. DD: I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years. But they wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 even though I had a) master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, b) professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting, and c) a CPA license.
https://nypost.com/2025/12/03/us-news/obamacare-subsidies-granted-without-documentation-to-90-of-fake-accounts-set-up-by-government-watchdog/
BREITBART
— House Chairmen: GAO Report Reveals Rampant Obamacare Subsidy Fraud. DD: I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years. But they wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 even though I had a) master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, b) professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting, and c) a CPA license.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/12/03/house-chairmen-gao-report-reveals-rampant-obamacare-subsidy-fraud/
CENTER SQUARE
— GAO confirms large-scale, systemic fraud risk in expanded Obamacare subsidies. DD: I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years. But they wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 even though I had a) master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, b) professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting, and c) a CPA license.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_b65bbb5a-10fa-457a-bd79-fa917068c6c4.html
DAILY CALLER
— GAO: Fake People And Phony SSNs Had 100% Success In Getting Obamacare Subsidy. DD: I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years. But they wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 even though I had a) master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, b) professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting, and c) a CPA license.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/12/03/fake-people-and-phony-ssns-had-100-success-in-getting-obamacare-subsidy-fraud-investigation-finds/
FOX BUSINESS
— AT&T eliminates DEI programs, says hiring and advancement will now be merit-based. DD: Hiring, retention, and promotion decisions made by Democrat and RIMO employers have never been merit-based. The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. Because I was not any of the aforesaid and because I complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, my Democrat Post office, IRS, and GAO superiors wasted my career and got rid of me.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/att-eliminates-dei-programs-says-hiring-advancement-now-merit-based
REASON
— Republican Socialism: Trump Is Taking Federal Stakes in Private Companies. The Trump administration’s pivot toward socialism did not come without warning.
https://reason.com/2025/12/02/republican-socialism/
— GAO Auditors Submitted 24 Fake Applications for Subsidized Health Insurance. Only 1 Was Denied. A new GAO report suggests the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance exchanges are rife with fraud. DD: I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years. But they wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 even though I had a) master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, b) professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting, and c) a CPA license.
https://reason.com/2025/12/03/auditors-submitted-24-fake-applications-for-subsidized-health-insurance-only-1-was-denied/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ROLL CALL
— GAO: Affordable Care Act marketplace allowed fake enrollees, possible fraud. GAO report could buttress Republican arguments that major changes are needed. DD: I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years. But they wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 even though I had a) master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, b) professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting, and c) a CPA license.
https://rollcall.com/2025/12/03/aca-marketplace-allowed-fake-enrollees-possible-fraud-gao-says/
CNN
— Trump Stands By Hegseth. DD: Who has stood by you? Very few, if not virtually no one, if not no one stood by me when my critics/opponents had their operatives and their dupes take adverse actions against me. Those adverse actions include a) when I was rudely removed from the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024, b) when my role as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks was rudely ended in 2021, c) when my precinct was rudely gerrymandered in 2015, d) when my chairmanship of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois was rudely ended in 2012, e) when my service as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster was rudely ended in 2010 and 2004, f) when my membership on the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee was rudely ended in 2007, g) when there was a rude attempt to get ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, h) when I was rudely defeated when I ran for MTRO Treasurer in 2004, i) when my Democrat GAO superiors rudely forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, j) etc.
https://www.cnn.com/audio/podcasts/laura-coates-live/episodes/bc95b868-2cc4-11ef-b69b-ffb41901908b
NEW YORK TIMES
— Erika Kirk Takes on the Mantle of Leading Turning Point USA. The widow of Charlie Kirk promoted conciliation and portrayed her late husband as a seeker of dialogue. DD: What positions do the voters in your precinct have on Charlie Kirk, Erika Kirk, and Turning Point USA? On what do they base their positions?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/business/dealbook/erika-kirk-turning-point-usa-trump-republicans.html
— Netanyahu Would Visit N.Y.C. Despite Mamdani’s Arrest Threat
https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000010563468/benjamin-netanyahu-mamdani.html
— Lawsuit Challenges a Nonprofit’s Scholarships for Hispanic Students. DD: Did you get any scholarships? I did not. My critics/opponents have always used that to hint/imply/argue/shout that was a) because I am stupid and/or b) because my parents were filthy rich.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/us/hispanic-scholarship-fund-lawsuit-discrimination.html
USA TODAY
— Employers rarely face charges for hiring undocumented workers. Why? “It’s all consequences for workers, very little consequences for employers,” one expert said, describing an imbalance in immigration enforcement. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/11/28/employers-hiring-undocumented-workers-charged-trump/87485236007/
— Almost anyone can be an ICE agent now. That’s a problem. Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement hiring push lowers the bar for recruits, including reduced training, slower background checks and lower physical abilities. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they ever-increasingly lowered standards to hire, retain, and promote more young Democrat minorities and females. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2025/12/03/ice-hiring-border-patrol-jobs-immigration-agents/87483770007/
— Is college worthwhile? Two-thirds of Americans say no, new poll finds. Americans’ changing outlook on higher education comes amid rising tuition costs and growing concerns about artificial intelligence. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they ever-increasingly lowered standards to hire, retain, and promote more young Democrat minorities and females. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/12/02/college-degree-worth-cost-poll/87567664007/
— DD: History shows that non-Christians do not tolerate Christians, that non-Christians get rid of Christians.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/12/03/zohran-mamdani-first-amendment-religious-freedom/87464991007/
— Gen Z is ‘financial flexing.’ Why they’re going broke to look successful.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2025/12/03/gen-z-is-going-broke-to-look-rich-on-tiktok-and-instagram/87372477007/
— Even millionaires don’t feel wealthy these days
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/12/03/millionaires-dont-feel-wealthy-inheritance-investing-salary/87512023007/
FLORIDA TODAY
— Turning Point USA chapter at Eastern Florida State College gets the OK. DD: Who is heading Turning Point USA in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district?
https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/education/2025/12/04/turning-point-usa-club-launches-at-eastern-florida-state-college/86630513007/
CITY JOURNAL
— Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson: “I Have Inherited a White-Supremacist System.” The city’s mayor headlined a conference where activists celebrated armed resistance in Gaza, the Philippines, and the United States.
https://www.city-journal.org/article/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-national-alliance-against-racist-political-repression
SCRIPPS NEWS
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government spending.
https://www.aol.com/proposed-snap-changes-could-impact-193718257.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— I Want a Democratic Party That Believes Jewish Lives Matter. My party’s response to the attacks of Oct. 7 left me politically homeless. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government forced my Jewish superiors and supervisors do their dirty work.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/i-want-a-democratic-party-that-believes-jewish-lives-matter-18ba1edf
FORBES
— DD: Pritzker ever-increasingly takes the lead in promoting hatred against Trump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Iy9_0Vq-SY
BUSINESS INSIDER
— Promotions at big four accounting firms (Deloitte, PwC, KPMG, and EY) depend more on politics and your boss having your back than your performance. DD: I did not start taking graduate accounting courses when 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 on my first attempt until I was 32. I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32. But by then, the accounting profession considered me to be much too old to have a successful career in accounting. The profession would not have done that if I had been a minority or a female.
https://www.businessinsider.com/big-four-promotions-hinge-on-politics-not-merit-researchers-say-2025-12
(FROM TRHE ARTICLE: A study found Big Four promotions are shaped more by internal politics than auditors’ performance. Researchers from three universities say managers’ reputations influence promotions as much as evaluations. Even strong performers can be overruled unless influential managers defend them in committees.
NATIONAL CATHOLIC REPORTER
— DD: According to Democrat leaders, GOD rejects the concepts of countries, borders, and laws. Further, according to them, GOD is a liberal Democrat, socialist, and communist who hates those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, married, heterosexual, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.ncronline.org/opinion/guest-voices/catholics-mass-deportations-are-immoral
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Financial aid administrators are upset that the Education Department has not scheduled its annual training for them. DD: Did you get any student financial aid? I did not. My critics/opponents have always used that to hint/imply/argue/shout that was a) because I am stupid and/or b) because my parents were filthy rich.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/government/student-aid-policy/2025/12/03/federal-aid-conference-delayed-university-employees
RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Disparate Impact. Disparate impact rules say any policy or test in which some races or sexes do better than others is illegal discrimination, even if the policy has nothing to do with race or sex. DD: Disparate impact is equal outcome. Equal outcome is the opposite of equal opportunity. To get more votes from minorities and from women, Democrat and RINO leaders fight for equal outcome instead of for equal opportunity. To fight for equal outcome is to fight against equal opportunity. According to Democrat and RINO leaders, if Whites and men do better at something, it is because they benefitted from discrimination against minorities and against females. I became a licensed CPA. I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt. I earned four other job-related professional certifications. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. Because few minorities and few females have done that, Democrat and RINO leaders have especially shouted at minorities and at females that I was able to do the aforesaid because I benefitted from discrimination against minorities and against females. In my defense, I stress that neither of my parents attended college. That my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. That my mother never attended high school. That I had to work my way through college.
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/political_commentary/commentary_by_john_stossel/disparate_impact
HR DRIVE
— Lawsuit alleges Trump administration illegally fired workers for real or perceived DEI roles. DD: In Diersen v. GAO, the 7th Circuit ruled that my Democrat GAO superiors had the power to force me to retire, that is, that they had the power to fire me, when I was 49 years old in 1997, because I was an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://www.hrdive.com/news/trump-administration-illegally-fired-workers-for-perceived-political-affiliations/806938/
AMERICA MAGAZINE
— DD: According to Democrat leaders, GOD rejects the concepts of countries, borders, and laws. Further, according to them, GOD is a liberal Democrat, socialist, and communist who hates those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, married, heterosexual, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.americamagazine.org/short-take/2025/12/03/trumps-war-on-d-e-i-is-an-attack-on-three-christian-virtues/
ATLANTIC
— DD: To get more votes from women, Democrat candidates, Democrat elected officials, and Democrat Party leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout at women that Republican men cause all the problems that women have.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/12/heritage-foundation-women-voting/685112/
PEOPLE
— DD: To get more votes from women, Democrat candidates, Democrat elected officials, and Democrat Party leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout at women that Republican men cause all the problems that women have.
https://people.com/erika-kirk-says-career-driven-women-look-to-the-government-as-a-replacement-for-certain-things-relationship-wise-11861802
POLITICO
— Obamacare fraud report has Republicans crying foul. GAO report is solidifying GOP opposition to extending expiring subsidies that help people pay for health insurance. DD: I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years. But they wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 even though I had a) master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, b) professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting, and c) a CPA license.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/03/watchdog-fraudulent-obamacare-subsidies-00675085
FROIM FOREIGN SOURCES
TIMES OF ISRAEL
— Netanyahu doubles down on assertion he’ll visit NYC once Mamdani becomes mayor
https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-doubles-down-on-assertion-that-hell-visit-a-mamdani-led-new-york-city/
December 3, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— DD: Under the Illinois Democrats, more and more and more Illinois residents are on SNAP
https://abc7chicago.com/post/abc7-chicago-kicks-off-annual-feed-love-campaign-snap-benefits-limbo-millions-how-donate/18113025/
WGN9
— Chicago tops US cities in vehicle congestion
https://wgntv.com/news/traffic/chicago-worst-vehicle-congestion/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/12/03/group-sues-trump-administration-for-south-shore-raid-footage-that-fed-propaganda-videos-apartment-ice-border-patrol-bovino
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/12/02/federal-appeals-judge-questions-validity-order-free-hundreds-ice-custody
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for healthcare costs.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/12/03/affordable-care-act-aca-premium-tax-credits-prostate-cancer-la-shawn-ford
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for homelessness.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/real-estate/2025/12/03/chicago-homelessness-trump-housing-policies
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG POCTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/01/operation-midway-blitz-criminal-record/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/02/first-ice-raided-their-chicago-apartment-building-now-theyre-being-forced-to-vacate-it/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/02/attorneys-dismiss-lawsuit-restricting-use-of-force-immigration/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/02/im-shocked-chicago-appeals-judge-rips-lower-courts-ruling-to-release-immigration-arrestees/
— Ray LaHood, former GOP congressman and Obama’s transportation secretary, named head of Edgar Fellows program
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/03/ray-lahood-head-edgar-fellows/
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Hanover Park police officer detained by ICE returns to active duty
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251202/news/hanover-park-police-officer-detained-by-ice-returns-to-active-duty/
— DuPagePads receives historic $5 million grant from Jeff Bezos, Lauren Sánchez Bezos. DD: Of course, this will attract homeless people to DuPage County.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251202/news/dupagepads-receives-historic-5-million-grant-from-jeff-bezos-lauren-sanchez-bezos/
WTVO
— Illinois extends financial aid to undocumented students starting January 1st, 2026. DD: Under its Democrat leaders, Illinois ever-increasingly reject federal law. That is what the Confederate states did.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/illinois-extends-financial-aid-undocumented-110200612.html
WAND TV
— Giving Tuesday – A lifeline for non-profits. DD: What do you give to others? Since 2000, I have given my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters to anyone who wants to read them free of charge, without any advertising, and without any donation requests. Since 2004, they have included links to almost 530,000 articles.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/giving-tuesday—a-lifeline-for-non-profits/article_7d1d7292-368e-42d9-a40b-f562a0957ba2.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump says he doesn’t want Somalis in the U.S., urges them to go back to their homeland and fix it
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-12-02/trump-says-he-doesnt-want-somalis-in-the-u-s-urges-them-to-go-back-to-their-homeland-and-fix-it
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-12-03/the-use-and-misuse-of-the-word-ideology
NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY TV
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government and charity.
https://www.nctv17.org/spotlight/bridge-communities-helps-families-break-the-cycle-of-homelessness/amp/
DURBIN
— DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army. Durbin ever-increasingly leads the Democrat Army.
https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/videos/view/durbin-to-republican-colleagues-what-if-operation-midway-blitz-comes-to-your-state-or-hometown
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/12/03/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-640/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon reacts to plans for permanent guaranteed income
https://wirepoints.org/wirepoints-mark-glennon-reacts-to-plans-for-permanent-guaranteed-income-am560/
DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Riley Gaines to headline Concerned Parents of Illinois annual gala on Jan. 31, 2026
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/676601776-riley-gaines-to-headline-concerned-parents-of-illinois-annual-gala-on-jan-31-2026
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Concerned Parents of Illinois is proud to announce that Riley Gaines, a nationally recognized women’s rights advocate and former NCAA athlete, will serve as the keynote speaker at this year’s Annual Gala, to be held on January 31, 2026, at Gibsons Oak Brook.)
CITY JOURNAL
— Chicago Transit Doesn’t Need Another Bailout. Declining ridership shouldn’t be rewarded with more taxpayer dollars.
https://www.city-journal.org/article/chicago-transit-authority-bailout
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Democrats Trying to Out-Left-Flank Each Other in 9th Congressional District, Which Covers All of Algonquin Township
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/03/democrats-trying-to-out-left-flank-each-other-in-9th-congressional-district-which-covers-all-of-algonquin-township/
— Woman Set Afire on CTA Makes London Paper
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/02/woman-set-afire-on-cta-makes-london-paper/
— In 9th, Only Justin Ford Favors Stopping Unlimited Immigration
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/02/in-9th-only-justin-ford-favors-stoppage-of-rampant-immigration/
— Illinois Dems Decide to Tax Tips
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/01/illinois-dems-decide-to-tax-tips/
— Dem Mass Transit Tax Hikers Repeat 51-Year Old RTA Promise
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/01/dem-mass-transit-tax-hikers-repeat-51-year-old-rta-promise/
— County Board Set to Approve 3% Automatic Annual Raises Starting in 2030, End of Free Family Health Insurance for Those Elected in 2028
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/29/county-board-set-to-approve-3-automatic-annual-raises-starting-in-2030-end-of-free-family-health-insurance-for-those-elected-in-2028/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Left-wing group pushes Mamdani-style minimum wage hike to boost Democrats in 2026
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/2/left-wing-group-pushes-mamdani-style-minimum-wage-hike-boost/
— Judge orders ICE to stop most warrantless immigration arrests in D.C.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/2/judge-orders-ice-stop-warrantless-immigration-arrests-dc/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democratic socialist candidate for DC mayor beats record to meet donation requirements. DD: What percent of Democrats who are the following are socialists: liberal, moderate, minority, female, younger, non-rich, unmarried, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/state/3903922/janeese-lewis-george-candidate-dc-mayor-beats-record-donation-requirements/
NEW YORK POST
— Mamdani stokes Italian American outrage after resurfaced tweet shows socialist giving the finger to Christopher Columbus statue: ‘Take it down’
https://www.aol.com/mamdani-stokes-italian-american-outrage-014926956.html
— Michael Goodwin: How NY followed Biden’s, Dems’ charge in harboring illegal immigrant criminals
https://nypost.com/2025/12/02/opinion/michael-goodwin-how-ny-followed-bidens-dems-charge-in-harboring-illegal-immigrant-criminals/
— Chilling new details emerge about ‘killer’ illegal migrants sprung from NY jails instead of being handed off to ICE
https://nypost.com/2025/12/03/us-news/chilling-new-details-emerge-about-killer-illegal-migrants-sprung-from-ny-jails-instead-of-being-handed-off-to-ice/
— Trump freezes immigration applications from 19 countries — and blacklist could expand to more than 30
https://nypost.com/2025/12/03/us-news/trump-freezes-immigration-applications-from-19-countries-and-blacklist-could-expand-to-more-than-30/
AMAC
— Liberals Side with Bloodthirsty Narcoterrorists in Crusade to “Get Trump”
https://amac.us/newsline/politics/liberals-side-with-bloodthirsty-narcoterrorists-in-crusade-to-get-trump/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Illegal alien remittances: Bessent says ‘follow the money’
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/12/illegal_alien_remittances_bessent_says_follow_the_money.html
FOX NEWS
— Vance, Trump unleash on Democrats’ affordability ‘scam’: ‘Fixing what [they’ve] broken’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/vance-trump-unleash-democrats-affordability-scam-fixing-theyve-broken.print
LEGAL INSURRECTIOIN
— Discrimination Against American-Born Students In Three California University Systems Challenged By Equal Protection Project. Our Complaint to DOJ: DACA/“Undocumented” programs operating at 138 colleges and universities in the University of California, California State University, and California Community College systems systemically discriminate against American-born students on the basis of national origin.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/12/discrimination-against-american-born-students-in-three-california-university-systems-challenged-by-equal-protection-project/
NEWSMAX
— ICE-Busted Illinois Cop in US Illegally Back on Duty
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/illegal-cop-illinois/2025/12/02/id/1236826/
— D.C. Socialist Mayoral Candidate Sets Fundraising Record. DD: What percent of Democrats who are the following are socialists: liberal, moderate, minority, female, younger, non-rich, unmarried, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time?
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/zohran-mamdani-janeese-lewis-george-washington-d-c/2025/12/02/id/1236810/
— Mamdani’s Big Government Ideas Have No Place in GOP
https://www.newsmax.com/traviskorson/durbin-hawley-sanders/2025/12/02/id/1236756/
PJ MEDIA
— Disparate Impact. Disparate impact rules say any policy or test in which some races or sexes do better than others is illegal discrimination, even if the policy or test has nothing to do with race or sex.
https://pjmedia.com/john-stossel/2025/12/02/disparate-impact-n4946648
WHITE HOUSE
— A CALL TO ACTION: Submit “Media Bias” Tips. DD: My critics/opponents despise/hate my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. They have their operatives and their dupes monitor my newsletters closely for anything that the following do not like: a) Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders, b) conservative leaders, and c) religious leaders. To turn the aforesaid against me, they bring what they find to the attention of the aforesaid.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/12/a-call-to-action-submit-media-bias-tips/
(FROM THE POSTING: The White House recently launched a Media Bias Portal as a service to truth and transparency. Its purpose is to combat the baseless lies, purposely omitted context, and outright left-wing lunacy of the Fake News Media — a tall task that demands the help of everyone who believes in facts and accuracy over Fake News. That’s why the White House is calling on everyday Americans to support the truth and hold the Fake News accountable. By visiting whitehouse.gov/biastips , anyone can submit biased or undeniably false articles, and valid submissions will be used to keep the Media Bias Portal updated. So-called “journalists” have made it impossible to identify every false or misleading story, which is why help from the American people is essential. The days of the Fake News Media controlling the narrative with lies, fake anonymous sources, and willful bias are over. If the legacy media won’t honor their responsibility to accurately inform the public, we know the American people will.)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC NEWS
— Illinois officials warn rental car companies that it is illegal for immigration agents to swap license plates. The secretary of state sent a cease and desist letter to ICE head Todd Lyons, citing “multiple reports of federal ICE agents illegally swapping out the license plates displayed on vehicles.” DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army. Durbin ever-increasingly leads the Democrat Army.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/illinois-rental-car-license-plates-immigration-agents-illegal-rcna246115
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Starbucks to pay $35M to NYC workers in settlement as ongoing strike draws Mamdani and Sanders to picket line. DD: GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had been unionized earlier, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to a) force me to take a $23,472 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, b) keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, c) delay my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13, d) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and e) force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/economy/starbucks-to-pay-35m-to-nyc-workers-in-settlement-as-ongoing-strike-draws-mamdani-and-sanders-to-picket-line
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Calls Affordability a ‘Con Job’
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/us/politics/trump-affordability-economy-messaging.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump calls Minnesota’s Somali community ‘garbage’
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/trump-calls-minnesotas-somali-community-garbage/2025/12/02/e7d1d0c1-4d64-4358-9cc0-dbd9e02ede4e_video.html
USA TODAY
— DD: Where did the money come from for your first down payment? For me, it came from what I earned a) working for IRS for 15 months and b) working for a Firestone Store part-time for 18 months and full-time for 7 months before that. I bought a new townhome in University Park when I was 24 years old in 1972.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/11/28/trump-50-year-mortgage-home-ownership-gen-z/87352889007/
INDIANA GAZETTE
— The case for a pause on all immigration
https://www.indianagazette.com/opinion/cal-thomas-the-case-for-a-pause-on-all-immigration/article_290c0787-35a7-477c-8eb5-7461ae23afcd.html
BOSTON GLOBE
— The dreaded performance review is, well, under review. DD: Democrat and RINO employers use performance reviews to get rid of their Republican employees. They paint their Democrat employees as positively as they can and they paint their Republican employees as negatively as they can. In Diersen v. GAO, I entered into the court record all the many performance reviews that my Democrat superiors gave me 1980-1997. None of them came close to justifying the many adverse actions that they took against me. They forced me to take a $23,472 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. They kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. They delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13. They always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. They forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/02/magazine/transforming-performance-reviews-workplace/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Great American Baby Shortage. With marriage on the decline, U.S. fertility has slipped well below the replacement rate.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-great-american-baby-shortage-9d2efa16
BUZZFEED
— DD: According to Democrat leaders, the Pope is woke. To be woke is to be anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-married people, anti-non-poor people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/bellaarnold/conservative-backlash-to-pope
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/honey-people-mad-pope-being-000549348.html
CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS
— The Trump Administration’s Dangerous Embrace of Cancel Culture
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-trump-administrations-dangerous-embrace-of-cancel-culture/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
FEDERAL
— Illegal Indian immigrant involved in fatal US crash, 4th case in as many months
https://thefederal.com/category/news/illegal-indian-immigrant-involved-in-fatal-us-crash-4th-case-in-as-many-months-218934
MEAWWW
— Trump slams reporter, says Americans getting ‘fake news from guys like you’ on affordability crisis. Donald Trump argued that affordability concerns were a ‘hoax’ started by Democrats, who he said were responsible for rising prices and inflation.
https://news.meaww.com/trump-slams-reporter-says-americans-getting-fake-news-from-guys-like-you-on-affordability-crisis
December 1, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Trump says he would ‘absolutely’ denaturalize some citizens if he had the power
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-says-he-would-absolutely-denaturalize-citizens-had-power/18233913/
WTTW
— Chicago Spent $212M on Police Overtime So Far This Year, 6% More Than New Limit Set for 2026
https://news.wttw.com/2025/11/28/chicago-spent-212m-police-overtime-so-far-year-6-more-new-limit-set-2026
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— ‘Stop the steal’: Hundreds rally against redistricting as Indiana GOP unveils map
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/01/stop-the-steal-hundreds-rally-against-redistricting-as-indiana-gop-unveils-map/
— What do Illinois’ woes tell us about the future of higher education in America?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/01/opinion-columbia-college-university-of-chicago-enrollment-decline/
— Wheaton-based ETF firm Innovator sells to Goldman Sachs for $2 billion
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/01/goldman-sachs-innovator-capital-management/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Occupying an office building emblazoned with its name on Front Street in Wheaton, Innovator has quietly been doing big business in the quaint county seat of DuPage County, perhaps best known as the academic launching pad for evangelist Billy Graham, who attended Wheaton College.)
SPRINGFIUELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Executive Ethics Commissioner Patricia “Patty” Ann Schuh cited for driving under the influence
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/accident/2025/12/01/the-ethics-commissioner-was-cited-for-an-incident-at-veterans-parkway/87455278007/
SHAW LOCAL
— DD: Soon, under the Democrats, everyone in Illinois will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2025/11/27/northern-illinois-food-bank-sees-25-increase-in-need-higher-than-pandemic-times-this-holiday-season/
KFVS
— Medical Aid in Dying bill worries Illinois coroners
https://www.kfvs12.com/2025/11/22/medical-aid-dying-bill-worries-illinois-coroners/
IPM NEWSROOM
— DD: How dependent on federal spending is your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://ipmnewsroom.org/trump-cuts-could-shrink-illinois-economy-by-10b-report/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/12/01/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-429/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— EV sales take a dive without taxpayer subsidies
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/1/ev-sales-take-dive-without-taxpayer-subsidies/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Democrat ‘leaders’ everywhere are running businesses and residents out of their states—why would anyone want them for president?
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/12/democrat_leaders_everywhere_are_running_businesses_and_residents_out_of_their_states_why_would_anyone_want_them_for_president.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Elected officials among those obstructing ICE in NYC
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/12/01/well-do-it-every-single-time-elected-officials-among-those-obstructing-ice-in-nyc-1607269/
BLAZE
— Chicago school district lets children ditch class over ICE fears
https://www.theblaze.com/news/chicago-school-district-lets-children-ditch-class-over-ice-fears-report
DAILY WIRE
— Here Are Some Illegals Americans Can Be Thankful Are Off The Streets. Over 70% of ICE arrests have been of those with criminal histories.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/thanksgiving-arrests-here-are-some-illegals-americans-can-be-thankful-are-off-the-streets
— Mark Kelly Encourages Active Military To Question Orders In Real Time. Troops “may find out down the road that they did something that is illegal,” he claimed. DD: I always followed all my Democrat superiors’ many orders to give preference to my subordinates who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, veteran, disabled, etc. But that was not enough for them.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/mark-kelly-encourages-active-military-to-question-orders-in-real-time
NEWS BUSTERS
— DD: Democrat Leaders Promote Their Mob of Anti-ICE Activists Obstructing Enforcement in New York
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/brad-wilmouth/2025/12/01/ms-now-promotes-mob-anti-ice-activists-obstructing-enforcement
PJ MEDIA
— Over 7,000 Criminal Illegals in New York Jails
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/12/01/over-7k-criminal-illegals-in-new-york-jails-n4946588
— History of Jihad and Crusade
https://pjmedia.com/raymond-ibrahim/2025/12/01/the-history-of-jihad-and-crusade-with-victor-davis-hanson-n4946592
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Federal review finds 44% of US trucking schools don’t comply with government rules
https://apnews.com/article/commercial-drivers-license-trucking-california-pennsylvania-96fee86df4f9bfb0ef65af20da878a57
NEW YORK TIMES
— A Councilwoman Intervened During an ICE Arrest. Then She Faced the Voters. Months before the election, Etel Haxhiaj, a councilwoman in Worcester, Mass., was charged with assaulting an officer when she stood between the police and an immigrant family.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/us/etel-haxhiaj-ice-immigration-election-massachusetts.html
— Fine-Tune Your Feed and Get News You Can Use. Apps from Google, Apple and other companies let you customize your content so you’re always up to date on the matters you care about most. DD: I have been a news aggregator since 2000. Since 2005, my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters have contained links to almost 530,000 political and government news and commentary articles of interest to Illinois Republicans. My critics/opponents have always demonized, denigrated, and condemned a) the aforesaid articles and b) my comments on those articles. I should write about my critics/opponents. They destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and paise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money. They reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all conservative principles and planks in the Republican Party platform. Most commonly, they reject its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of clout and have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/technology/personaltech/apple-google-news-customize.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly make America more dependent on illegal labor.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/12/01/trump-chicago-immigration-economy/
BARRON’S
— The great majority of wealthy parents are giving their adult children financial support. DD: I had to work my way through college. After my father died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21, I helped support my mother and brother.
https://www.barrons.com/articles/wealthy-parents-have-turned-into-banks-for-their-children-why-thats-a-problem-f6f1878b
BUSINESS INSIDER
— 5 ways rich parents can stop their kids from wasting the family fortune. DD: I had to work my way through college. After my father died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21, I helped support my mother and brother.
https://www.businessinsider.com/kathleen-grace-family-fortune-generational-wealth-children-money-lessons-advice-2025-10
CAMPUS TIMES
— The problem with standardized testing. DD: What do you attribute your test taking success/failure to? Many if not most if not virtually all of those who failed the tests that I passed did not share my demographics. Because of that, according to my critics/opponents, the tests that I passed were biased against those who did not share my demographics. In my defense, neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I had to work my way through college. I passed all the tests needed to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees. I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt. What should my test taking success be attributed too?
https://www.campustimes.org/2025/09/15/the-problem-with-standardized-testing/
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Congress faces a packed December agenda and big decisions including the search for a new Comptroller General as Gene Dodaro retires. DD: Comptroller Generals a) work for Congress and b) run GAO. GAO audits the federal government. Democrats do not want Republicans to audit Democrats. I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997. They wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. They forced me to take a $23,472 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. They kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. They delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13. They always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/congress/2025/12/congress-faces-a-packed-december-agenda-and-big-decisions-on-healthcare-subsidies/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Gerton: One thing that’s got to be on lawmakers’ minds in December is the retirement of the comptroller general, the head of the government accountability office. Gene Dodaro’s term ends at the end of the month. What are you hearing in terms of the maneuvering and the nomination for his replacement? Miller: Well, I think there’s actually a lot of nervousness right now about what is going to happen with him. He has been a steady hand on the rudder, as you know, for close to fifteen years now, and there’s really a lot of discussion about how they’re going to get a successor to him. And frankly, it’s not really clear what’s going to happen. You have this panel of lawmakers that are supposed to nominate the next person, but they’re also looking for some guidance from the White House because that will have a big role in the type of person that replaces him. And the fact that this is, you know, one of the most prominent unelected positions in the federal government, the fact that this person is really responsible for rooting out waste, which Republicans have said they want to do and that they tried to do with DOGE, how much of a leash is the new head of GAO going to have? Will the White House go along with Republicans? We’ve seen Republicans starting to assert their own voice a little bit more, saying that they want some independence here, or will the White House crush that and say, you know, President Trump says I want this person and we’re gonna put them in? So I think we’re going to see a lot of maneuvering here in the next few weeks because he will be gone, as you know, later in the month. Gerton: Do you think it’s an opportunity for Congress to push back or take back some of its authority? GAO is their oversight body. Miller: Right, exactly. I think there is because whether they’re Republican or Democrat, I think the institutionalists, at least, believe that this type of leadership is necessary. And there’s no question about it, whatever political stripe you’re from, this office does root out a substantial amount of waste. I mean, they talk about something along the lines of a $160 billion in the past year. And so also these lawmakers, let’s not forget, when they’re leading various committees or subcommittees, they rely on the GAO for investigations to try to find out what do we need to fix. Everybody’s talking about what needs to be done to make federal government better. Well, this is perfectly an example of where you find the areas where there are problems that the GAO identifies and then Congress can act and react and create legislation.)
REASON
— To the Socialists of All Parties. DD: My critics/opponents promote dependency on government, that is, they promote socialism.
https://reason.com/2025/12/01/to-the-socialists-of-all-parties/
NIEMAN LAB
— Why people choose not to share news. DD: I should write about a) my critics/opponents, b) the articles they do not want anyone to read, and c) why they do not want anyone to read them. I would focus on those who continue to punish me for my including links in my newsletters to articles that they do not like.
https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/why-people-choose-not-to-share-news/
BAIN & COMPANY
— Degrees are not destiny—nearly half of college graduates earn less than a living wage. DD: In today’s dollars, while I only had a bachelor’s degree in management, my salary increased from about $50,000/year to about $100,000/year. After I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, earned master’s degree in accounting, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, became a licensed CPA, earned four more job-related professional certifications, and earned a master’s degree in finance, my salary increased to about $153,000year.
https://www.bain.com/insights/educated-but-underprepared-closing-the-career-readiness-gap/
POLITICO
— Indiana House releases draft congressional map that could net Republicans 2 seats
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/01/indiana-house-proposed-redistricting-map-00671228
November 22, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make it clear that they have determined that they cannot retake the federal government unless they illegally bring more illegals into America and illegally keep them in America illegally.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/22/chicago-border-patrol-resistance/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/21/senator-ruben-gallego-chicago-immigration/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/22/illinois-national-guard-housed-at-state-site-as-questions-about-trump-deployment-costs-grow/
— How do we support young people’s desire to serve society? DD: I wanted a career in the automotive industry. 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. I would not have become a GAO employee in 1980 if my Democrat superiors had not made it clear that they would never promote me to GS-13.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/21/opinion-idealism-human-service-job-training/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: I never imagined that after graduating from college and working in the offices of a respected consulting firm in the Midwest, one day I would walk away from what looked like a secure and enviable path. But after months spent helping companies squeeze out higher profits, I began to wonder, like Leo Tolstoy, whether a life devoted entirely to success could ever feel meaningful. So I left. I traded corporate perks for the uncertainty of a spiritual vocation and committed myself to religious leadership, social entrepreneurship, adult education, academia and activism. In the years since, I have founded nonprofits, launched incubators, taught thousands of students and worked alongside people confronting some of the most pressing injustices of our time. Such decisions are rare, exposing an unsettling moral decline in American life. The issue isn’t talent but moral guidance. Many capable youths chase high pay, influenced by peers, families and looming debt. Fields such as tech, finance and medicine are vital, but fewer opt for work that benefits the human spirit, such as teaching, supporting vulnerable populations or advocating for justice.)
CITIES 92.9
— Pritzker suggests he’s open to tweaking SAFE-T Act after train passenger fire
https://www.cities929.com/2025/11/21/pritzker-suggests-hes-open-to-tweaking-safe-t-act-after-train-passenger-fire/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Epstein Scandal Rocks Pritzker Orbit – IL GOP Leaders, Campaigns Remain Quiet
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/11/epstein-scandal-rocks-pritzker-orbit-il-gop-leaders-campaigns-remain-quiet.html
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Pritzker Facing Federal Criminal Probe on Thornley Matter: We Have All the Background.
https://wirepoints.org/pritzker-facing-federal-probe-on-thornley-matter-we-have-all-the-background-wirepoints/
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— The Destructive Myth of Gender Affirming Care
https://illinoisfamily.org/marriage/child-exploitation/the-destructive-myth-of-gender-affirming-care/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BREITBART
— Republicans Call Out ‘Despicable’ Democrats After Majority Refuse to Condemn Socialism
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/11/21/gop-calls-out-despicable-democrats-after-majority-refuse-to-condemn-socialism/amp/
COLLEGE FIX
— Why Americans are fleeing public schools
https://www.thecollegefix.com/why-americans-are-fleeing-public-schools-a-case-study/
DAILY CALLER
— DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly equate Mamdani’s socialist beliefs with the teachings of Jesus.
https://www.aol.com/articles/cnn-panelist-compares-zohran-mamdani-163023099.html
— Liberal Women Role Play As Illegal Immigrants And Teach Volunteers How To Resist ICE
https://dailycaller.com/2025/11/21/charlotte-role-play-dilworth-united-methodist-church/
DAILY CITIZEN
— Clarence Thomas Becomes Nation’s Fifth Longest-Serving Supreme Court Justice
https://dailycitizen.focusonthefamily.com/clarence-thomas-becomes-nations-fifth-longest-serving-supreme-court-justice/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Investor Arrested After Bringing Up Epstein, Ratchets Up Lawsuit Against Berkshire Hathaway
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/11/21/investor-arrested-after-bringing-up-epstein-ratchets-up-lawsuit-against-berkshire-hathaway/
EPOCH TIMES
— DD: Hate-filled America-hating America-haters are overjoyed with and emboldened by the Trump-Mamdani meeting.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/5-key-takeaways-from-trumps-white-house-meeting-with-mamdani-5948367
FEDERALIST
— Illegal Aliens Are A Major Constituency Of The Democrat Party
https://thefederalist.com/videos/hemingway-illegal-aliens-are-a-major-constituency-of-the-democrat-party/
FOX NEWS
— Federal probe demands Chicago Teachers Union explain missing financial audits since 2020
https://www.foxnews.com/media/education-committee-demands-chicago-teachers-union-explain-missing-financial-audits-since-2020
— DD: Hate-filled America-hating America-haters are overjoyed with and emboldened by the Trump-Mamdani meeting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myzhwe7hQKk
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6385430766112
NEWSMAX
— DD: Hate-filled America-hating America-haters are overjoyed with and emboldened by the Trump-Mamdani meeting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtdPOaQvRZE
PJ MEDIA
— DOJ Takes on California’s Loans, Scholarships for Illegal Aliens. DD: My critics/opponents have always used against me my not getting any scholarships or student loans.
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/11/21/doj-takes-on-californias-loans-scholarships-for-illegal-aliens-n4946258
— California Gave Illegals Goodies While Abandoning Palisades Fire Victims
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/11/21/california-gave-illegals-goodies-while-abandoning-palisades-fire-victims-n4946270
TOWNHALL
— Republicans Cannot Prevail by Offering a ‘Soft’ Version of Socialism
https://townhall.com/columnists/juliorivera/2025/11/22/republicans-cannot-prevail-by-offering-a-soft-version-of-socialism-n2666867
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC NEWS
— DD: Hate-filled America-hating America-haters are overjoyed with and emboldened by the Trump-Mamdani meeting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV8OIajrctc
— Trump defends sedition accusation over video by Democrats
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5XMuAWplq8
CBS NEWS
— DD: Hate-filled America-hating America-haters are overjoyed with and emboldened by the Trump-Mamdani meeting.
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/video/first-meeting-between-trump-mamdani-is-cordial-complimentary/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DD: Hate-filled America-hating America-haters are overjoyed with and emboldened by the Trump-Mamdani meeting.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-zohran-mamdani-mayor-meeting-1770204af103afa00ee9b5d97cd401c7
CNN
— DD: Hate-filled America-hating America-haters are overjoyed with and emboldened by the Trump-Mamdani meeting.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/21/politics/trump-mamdani-oval-office-meeting
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-mamdani-epstein-news-11-21-25
MSN
— DD: Hate-filled America-hating America-haters are overjoyed with and emboldened by the Trump-Mamdani meeting.
https://www.msn.com/en-za/news/other/trump-expresses-great-confidence-in-mamdani-in-oval-office-lovefest/ar-AA1QUQUg
https://www.msn.com/en-sg/news/other/donald-trump-congratulates-democratic-socialist-zohran-mamdani-on-his-election-victory/vi-AA1QUMUl
NEWSWEEK
— Nursing Is No Longer Counted as a ‘Professional Degree’ by Trump Admin
https://www.newsweek.com/nursing-not-professional-degree-trump-admin-11079650
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Calls Democrats’ Video to Military ‘Punishable by Death’
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11/20/us/trump-news-epstein-cheney
— Marjorie Taylor Greene Says She Plans to Resign in January. DD: Who wants you to resign? Ever since I became a Republican Precinct Committeeman in 1999, my critics/opponents who dominate the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) have tried very hard to get me to resign. I should write about them. My Democrat Post Office superiors rudely got me to resign when I was 20 years old in 1969. My Democrat Firestone Store manager rudely fired me in 1971 because I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. My Democrat IRS superiors rudely got me to transfer to GAO in 1980. My Democrat GAO superiors rudely got me to retire in 1997. MTRO rudely fired me as its webmaster in 2004 and 2010. The Illinois Center Right Coalition rudely tried to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006 and in rudely ended my membership on its Steering Committee in 2007. TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois rudely got me to not run again for chairman in 2012. Wheaton rudely ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for its Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021. The Illinois Republican Party rudely ended my membership on its State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/us/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-resigns.html
— Most Immigrants Support Border Enforcement, but Not Mass Deportations
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/us/politics/immigrants-poll-enforcement.html
— Trump’s All-but-Forgotten Border Wall Reaches an Angry Laredo, Texas. Once the symbol of the president’s immigration policies, the wall has been eclipsed by his deportation efforts, but with $46.5 billion from Congress, construction is ramping up on the Rio Grande.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/us/politics/trump-border-wall-laredo-texas.html
— A fertility agenda that can unite left and right. DD: In 1988, my Democrat GAO superiors adopted a fertility agenda to get rid of me. Duckworth would have loved that agenda. They used my and my wife giving up trying to have children without trying IVF, our not adopting, and our not becoming foster parents to hint/imply/argue/shout that I lied about our trying to have children. Since 1980, I had requested to be assigned to in-town audits to help our trying to have children. In 1989, to punish me, they threw me off in-town audits, assigned me to a bad 6-month out-of-town audit, gave me unfair performance expectations, gave me an unfair performance appraisal, and ranked me at the bottom of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.
https://nytimes.pressreader.com/the-new-york-times
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Hate-filled America-hating America-haters are overjoyed with and emboldened by the Trump-Mamdani meeting.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/11/21/zohran-mamdani-donald-trump-oval-office/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/11/21/trump-mamdani-oval-office/
WCNC
— Questions raised over Charlotte landscaper’s arrest by CBP. DD: The son of one of my GAO superiors started a landscaping business. But he was driven out of business by his competitors who used cheap illegal labor.
https://www.wcnc.com/video/news/local/questions-raised-over-charlotte-landscapers-arrest-by-cbp/275-4bdd5b4e-3e62-4dbe-836c-51d28f38c0c1
FORBES
— Socialism: The Antithesis Of The American Dream
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axGRJ_TmDz4
BLOOMBERG
— DD: Hate-filled America-hating America-haters are overjoyed with and emboldened by the Trump-Mamdani meeting.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-11-21/trump-and-mamdani-find-common-ground-in-their-goals-for-nyc
POLITICO
— Marjorie Taylor Greene resigns from Congress after clash with Trump. The former Trump loyalist said she will step down Jan. 5. DD: Ever since I became a Republican Precinct Committeeman in 1999, my critics/opponents who dominate the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) have tried very hard to get me to resign. I should write about them. My Democrat Post Office superiors rudely got me to resign when I was 20 years old in 1969. My Democrat Firestone Store manager rudely fired me in 1971 because I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. My Democrat IRS superiors rudely got me to transfer to GAO in 1980. My Democrat GAO superiors rudely got me to retire in 1997. MTRO rudely fired me as its webmaster in 2004 and 2010. The Illinois Center Right Coalition rudely tried to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006 and in rudely ended my membership on its Steering Committee in 2007. TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois rudely got me to not run again for chairman in 2012. Wheaton rudely ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for its Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021. The Illinois Republican Party rudely ended my membership on its State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/21/marjorie-taylor-greene-resigns-from-congress-after-clash-with-trump-00665972
NATION
— DD: Hate-filled America-hating America-haters are overjoyed with and emboldened by the Trump-Mamdani meeting.
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/mamdani-trump-white-house-meeting-analysis/
ATLANTIC
— DD: Hate-filled America-hating America-haters are overjoyed with and emboldened by the Trump-Mamdani meeting.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2025/11/trump-mamdani-white-house-meeting/685028/
DAILY BEAST
— DD: Hate-filled America-hating America-haters are overjoyed with and emboldened by the Trump-Mamdani meeting.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/karoline-leavitt-runs-to-fox-news-to-salvage-donald-trumps-mamdani-humiliation/
https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-news-anchor-brian-kilmeade-gobsmacked-by-donald-trumps-mamdani-meeting/
AXIOS
— House members want to make it harder to censure each other. DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who almost succeeded in getting their operatives and dupes to get the Illinois Center Right Coalition to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006. I would focus on my critics/opponents who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.
https://www.axios.com/2025/11/20/house-censure-mills-plaskett-mike-johnson
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
GLOBE AND MAIL
— To get more votes from minorities and from women, Democrat leaders fight for equal outcome instead of equal opportunity. To fight for equal outcome is to fight against equal opportunity. According to Democrats, if Whites and men do better at something, it is because they benefitted from discrimination against minorities and against females. I became a licensed CPA. I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt. I earned four other job-related professional certifications. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. Because few minorities and females have done that, Democrats have especially shouted at minorities and at females that I was able to do the aforesaid because I benefitted from discrimination against minorities and against females. In my defense, I stress that neither of my parents attended college. That my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.pressreader.com/canada/the-globe-and-mail-alberta-edition/20251122/282424175508626
BBC
— DD: Hate-filled America-hating America-haters are overjoyed with and emboldened by the Trump-Mamdani meeting.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgqd42gl0qo
CBC
— DD: Hate-filled America-hating America-haters are overjoyed with and emboldened by the Trump-Mamdani meeting.
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6988856
DAILY MAIL
— DD: Hate-filled America-hating America-haters are overjoyed with and emboldened by the Trump-Mamdani meeting.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15315513/Insider-Trump-soft-Mamdani-socialist-Oval-Office.html
INDEPENDENT
— DD: Hate-filled America-hating America-haters are overjoyed with and emboldened by the Trump-Mamdani meeting.
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-mamdani-meeting-white-house-new-york-b2870222.html
INDIA TODAY
— DD: Hate-filled America-hating America-haters are overjoyed with and emboldened by the Trump-Mamdani meeting.
https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/trending-news/story/plot-twist-of-2025-the-trump-mamdani-collab-internet-was-not-expecting-2824206-2025-11-22
TIMES OF INDIA
— DD: Hate-filled America-hating America-haters are overjoyed with and emboldened by the Trump-Mamdani meeting.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/fascist-jihadist-next-to-each-other-trump-mamdani-grilled-at-wh-meet-watch-viral-moment/amp_articleshow/125497916.cms
INDIAN EXPRESS
— DD: Hate-filled America-hating America-haters are overjoyed with and emboldened by the Trump-Mamdani meeting.
https://indianexpress.com/article/world/trump-mamdani-oval-office-meeting-defence-communist-lunatic-to-very-rational-10379584/
HINDUSTAN TIMES
— DD: Hate-filled America-hating America-haters are overjoyed with and emboldened by the Trump-Mamdani meeting.
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/fascist-vs-jihadist-old-remarks-brought-up-in-cordial-trump-mamdani-meet-key-moments-101763780241501.html
SKY NEWS
— DD: Hate-filled America-hating America-haters are overjoyed with and emboldened by the Trump-Mamdani meeting.
https://news.sky.com/story/trump-epstein-files-vote-release-saudi-crown-prince-mbs-khashoggi-latest-live-us-politics-13471576
https://news.sky.com/story/anyone-expecting-a-showdown-when-trump-met-mamdani-got-a-pretty-big-surprise-13473803
JERUSALEM POST
— DD: Hate-filled America-hating America-haters are overjoyed with and emboldened by the Trump-Mamdani meeting.
https://www.jpost.com/american-politics/article-874761
ONE NEWS PAGE
— DD: Hate-filled America-hating America-haters are overjoyed with and emboldened by the Trump-Mamdani meeting.
https://www.onenewspage.com/video/20251122/17586736/He-Is-Different-Trump-Promises-MASSIVE-Support.htm
https://www.onenewspage.com/n/India/1zs8c647hx/Did-peace-deals-Trump-repeats-role.htm
AL JAZEERA
— Hate-filled America-hating America-haters are overjoyed with and emboldened by the Trump-Mamdani meeting.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/22/great-meeting-key-takeaways-from-trump-mamdani-white-house-meeting
November 20, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Appeals court temporarily blocks release of hundreds arrested in ‘Midway Blitz’
https://abc7chicago.com/post/court-temporarily-blocks-release-hundreds-arrested-operation-midway-blitz-trump-administration-appeal/18181042/
NBC5
— Trump says Democrats’ video message to military is ‘seditious behavior’ punishable by death
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/president-trump/trump-democrats-video-message-to-military-seditious-punishable-by-death/3853922/
CBS2
— Trump condemned by Democrats after he accuses 6 lawmakers of “seditious behavior”
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/trump-democrats-seditious-behavior/
FOX32
— DD: The Democrat Party platform promotes homelessness because it destroys traditional marriage and family.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/volunteers-sleep-outside-chicago-support-homeless-youth
WBEZ
— DD: The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty because it destroys traditional marriage and family.
https://www.wbez.org/money/2025/11/19/chicago-food-pantries-unprecedented-demand-holiday-season
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Dick Cheney’s funeral brings bipartisan tributes, but Trump was not invited
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/20/dick-cheney-funeral/
— Injunction ruling provides new look at ‘Operation Midway Blitz,’ from tear gas to agent using ChatGPT to help write report
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/20/injunction-scathing-ruling-midway-blitz/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Cook County Commissioner Sean Morrison says he won’t seek reelection. Morrison stepped down as the chair of the Cook County GOP in April, saying it was “time for new energy” in the party. This time, he said he believed public office should be “a season of contribution, not a lifetime occupation, and it is important that I lead by example.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/11/20/cook-commissioner-sean-morrison-reelection
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump says Democrats’ video message to military is ‘seditious behavior’ punishable by death
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trump-says-democrats-video-message-to-military-is-seditious-behavior-punishable-by-death/
FOX ILLINOIS
— ‘Quiet, piggy’: Trump appears to hiss insult at reporter who asks him about Epstein files
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/quiet-piggy-trump-appears-to-hiss-insult-at-reporter-who-asks-him-about-epstein-files-classified-documents-emails-financial-records-flight-information-island-president-donald-trump-bill-clinton-larry-summers
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/11/20/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-427/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUE
— Chicago Teachers Union radicalism is officially statewide
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-teachers-union-radicalism-is-officially-statewide-2/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Democrats Caught in ‘Election Manipulation’ Scandal as Chuy García Faces Bipartisan Rebuke for Blocking Voters’ Choice
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/11/democrats-caught-in-election-manipulation-scandal-as-chuy-garcia-faces-bipartisan-rebuke-for-blocking-voters-choice.html
— After Family Tragedy, Trump Sends Heartfelt Letter as Darren Bailey Vows to Stay in Race and ‘Fight, Fight, Fight’
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/11/after-family-tragedy-trump-sends-heartfelt-letter-as-darren-bailey-vows-to-stay-in-race-and-fight-fight-fight.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Scott Walker: End racial discrimination in the federal government
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/20/end-racial-discrimination-federal-government/
— White House ready to welcome ‘communist’ Mamdani
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/20/white-house-ready-welcome-communist-zohran-mamdani/
— Judge rules Trump’s deployment of National Guard in D.C. was illegal
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/20/judge-rules-trumps-deployment-national-guard-dc-illegal/
— Dick Cheney eulogized at Washington funeral without Trump but with prominent Democrats in the pews
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/20/dick-cheney-eulogized-washington-funeral-without-trump-prominent/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump and Vance excluded from Cheney’s funeral
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3893436/trump-and-vance-excluded-from-dick-cheney-funeral/
NEW YORK POST
— Dick Cheney funeral draws big Dem names Biden, Harris, Maddow — while Trump and Vance get benched
https://nypost.com/2025/11/20/us-news/dick-cheney-funeral-draws-big-dem-names-biden-harris-maddow-while-trump-and-vance-get-benched/
— Ad campaign tells seniors to call out ageism — as life expectancy rises in NYC
https://nypost.com/2025/11/20/us-news/ad-campaign-tells-seniors-to-call-out-ageism-as-life-expectancy-rises-in-nyc/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Mamdani admits he committed a federal crime by having illegals participate in his campaign
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/11/20/mamdani-admits-he-committed-a-federal-crime-by-having-illegals-participate-in-his-campaign-1601697/
BREITBART
— Pope Leo XIV politely rebuked the many pro-migration advocates who portray him and the Catholic Church as supporters of mass migration and as opponents of deportations.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/11/19/pope-leo-rebukes-pro-migration-advocates/amp/
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— ‘Industrialized’ Fraud in the H-1B Visa Program
https://cis.org/Parsing-Immigration-Policy/Industrialized-Fraud-H1B-Visa-Program
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEW YORK TIMES
— Appeals Court Blocks Release of Hundreds of Chicago-Area Immigration Detainees
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/us/chicago-immigration-seventh-circuit.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Calls for Arrest of Democrats Who Urged Troops to Disobey Illegal Orders. ‘You must refuse illegal orders,’ Democratic lawmakers said in video released this week.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-calls-for-arrest-of-democrats-who-urged-troops-to-disobey-illegal-orders-92a081eb
November 17, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Melissa Conyears-Ervin: Chicago will not help fund Donald Trump’s terror
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/17/opinion-chicago-treasurer-boycott-us-treasury-securities/
— Gen Z can’t afford Chicago’s affordable housing mandate. DD: What did you do to afford things before you were 28 years old? Back in the good old days, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and a job-related master’s degree when I was 27. I took bad jobs that my peers would never stoop to take. That enabled me a) to buy new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, and 25, b) to graduate debt-free from college owning a 20-month old car, and c) to buy real estate when I was 24, 25, and 27.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/17/opinion-chicago-gen-z-affordable-housing/
— Thornton Township District 205 giving teachers $5,000 bonuses for good attendance. DD: All during the almost 30 years that I worked for the federal government, I used dramatically fewer sick days than my coworkers.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/17/thornton-township-district-205-teacher-bonuses/
DAILY LINE
— Democratic primary for Illinois Comptroller, Republican primary for governor proving to be most competitive statewide races
https://www.thedailyline.com/forms/shares/new?page_id=37974
WHEATON RECORD
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://thewheatonrecord.com/2025/11/16/the-voices-shouting-no-kings/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Pritzker pumps $25.5M into 2026 bid
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/11/17/pritzker-pumps-25-5m-into-2026-bid-00654117
(FROM THE NEWSLETTER: Americans for Prosperity is out with its Prairie State Policy Champions recognizing state lawmakers who advocate for “reining in” government spending. The honorees, all Republicans, are: House Leader Tony McCombie, Senate Leader John Curran, state Reps. Norine Hammond, Blaine Wilhour, Adam Niemerg and Dan Swanson, state Sens. Chapin Rose and Andrew Chesney, and House Republican spokesperson on education Amy Elik.)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/11/17/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-633/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Fake Bailey Campaign Postcard Could Trigger a Felony Carrying up to 20 Years in Federal Prison
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/11/weaponizing-the-u-s-mail-fake-bailey-campaign-postcard-could-trigger-a-felony-carrying-up-to-20-years-in-federal-prison.html
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/11/a-2022-postcard-becomes-the-center-of-a-political-hoax-targeting-the-bailey-campaign.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump seeks primary challenges against Indiana state lawmakers who defy redistricting demands. DD: In 2000, my Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) critics/opponents succeeded in getting a registered Republican voter in my precinct to challenge me for Republican Precinct Committeeman, but not since then. But they have succeeded in stopping me from becoming a MTRO committee chairman or officer since then. They rudely fired me as MTRO webmaster in 2004 and 2010. They gerrymandered my precinct in 2015. They ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021. They threw me off the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024. My MTRO critics/opponents ever-increasingly blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters a) for all the losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000 and b) for all of MTRO’s other problems. I should write about my MTRO critics/opponents.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/16/trump-seeks-primary-challenges-indiana-state-lawmakers-defy/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— GOP must hold its ground on enhanced subsidies — now more than ever. DD: My critics/opponents ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn the 72% health insurance subsidy a) that I got when I was federal employee, b) that my wife got when she was a federal employee, c) that I will always get as a federal retiree, and d) that my wife has gotten since we got married in 1978 and will always get.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom-self-reliance/3888607/gop-hold-ground-on-enhanced-subsidies/
NEW YORK POST
— Portland’s socialist disaster should be a wake-up call for Mamdani, NYC voters
https://www.aol.com/articles/portland-socialist-disaster-wake-call-120000780.html
— Socialist Mamdani called for abolition of private property. DD: Being able to own cars and real estate has always motived me. I bought my first car when I was 16 and news cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc. I bought real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, etc.
https://www.aol.com/socialist-zohran-mamdani-called-abolition-222326729.html
— Vile antisemitic graffiti scrawled on Mexico’s top court during protests against country’s first Jewish president
https://nypost.com/2025/11/16/world-news/antisemitic-graffiti-scrawled-on-mexicos-top-court-during-protests-against-countrys-first-jewish-president/
— Champagne Socialist Mamdani slammed for hogging $2,300 apartment despite wealthy parents. DD: My critics/opponents had wealthy parents. I should write about the advantages that gave them. My critics/opponents have always used my having to work my way through college against me.
https://www.aol.com/cuomo-bashes-rich-person-zohran-125945960.html
AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUE
— Democrats are galloping to the left. DD: Ever-increasingly, because of Democrat victories, just about everyone around me is moving to the left. What does that say about them?
https://www.aei.org/articles/why-the-democrats-can-move-to-the-left/
BREITBART
— MTG: Trump Calling Me a Traitor Puts ‘My Life in Danger’
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/11/16/mtg-trump-calling-me-a-traitor-puts-my-life-in-danger/amp/
DAILY CALLER
— AOC Screams At Top Of Her Lungs, Panders To As Many Minority Groups As Possible In 38 Seconds. DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been uniting those who are the following in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct against Republicans: liber/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-married, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time?
https://www.aol.com/articles/aoc-screams-top-her-lungs-152613565.html
DAILY SIGNAL
— Midterms Shaping Up to Be a War Over Delivering Affordability for Gen Z. DD: What did you do to afford things before you were 28 years old? Back in the good old days, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and a job-related master’s degree when I was 27. I took bad jobs that my peers would never stoop to take. That enabled me a) to buy new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, and 25, b) to graduate debt-free from college owning a 20-month old car, and c) to buy real estate when I was 24, 25, and 27.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/11/16/midterms-shaping-up-to-be-a-war-over-delivering-affordability-for-gen-z/
DAILY WIRE
— Rooting Out Fraud: Trump Admin To Make Food Stamp Recipients Reapply For Benefits
https://www.dailywire.com/news/rooting-out-fraud-trump-admin-to-make-food-stamp-recipients-reapply-for-benefits
EPOCH TIMES
— Socialism Preferred by One-Third of Churchgoers. DD: Democrats are ever-increasingly taking over and destroying religion.
https://prescottenews.com/2025/11/17/new-study-finds-socialism-preferred-by-one-third-of-churchgoers-the-epoch-times/
FOX NEWS
— Socialist wave reaches West Coast as Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass gets a Mamdani-like challenger
https://www.foxnews.com/media/socialist-wave-reaches-west-coast-los-angeles-mayor-karen-bass-gets-mamdani-like-challenger
— Trump calls on House Republicans to vote to release Epstein files: ‘We have nothing to hide.’ President calls controversy a ‘Democrat hoax perpetrated by radical left lunatics’ in Truth Social post. DD: Ever-increasingly, because of Democrat victories, just about everyone around me is moving to the left. What does that say about them?
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-calls-house-republicans-vote-release-epstein-files-we-have-nothing-hide
NEWSMAX
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Says She Still Supports Trump. DD: I have always supported the Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, including those who blame me for their defeats and/or who have taken big adverse actions against me. I should write about that.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/epstein-files-marjorietaylorgreene/2025/11/16/id/1234766/
POST MILLENNIAL
— Trump urges house Republicans to ‘vote to release the Epstein files’
https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-president-trump-urges-house-republicans-to-vote-to-release-the-epstein-files
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— From CRT to Campus Protest: The Making of a Mamdani Voter. DD: How many Mamdani voters are there in Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct?
https://www.aol.com/articles/crt-campus-protest-making-mamdani-115612569.html
— The Rise of City Leftists: Mamdani, Wilson and the Democrats. DD: Ever-increasingly, because of Democrat victories, just about everyone around me is moving to the left. What does that say about them?
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/11/17/the_rise_of_city_leftists_mamdani_wilson_and_the_democrats.amp.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump on H-1B visas: US lacks enough ‘talented people.’ DD: Are you talented? According to my critics/opponents, I am not. They stress that my ACT score was only 24, that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class, that I got no scholarships, that while I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees, my GPAs were not that great, and that while I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) examinations on my first attempt, my scores could have been better. They stress that I did not earn my master’s degrees until I was 27, 31, and 48, that I did not take the CPA examination until I was 30 and the CIA examination until I was 32, and that while I became a licensed CPA, it was not until I was 32. But more than the aforesaid, they stress the many big adverse actions a) that my Democrat superiors in the federal government took against me and b) that my Republican superiors in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois took against me.
https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-h-1b-visas-us-135445060.html
ABC NEWS
— How Hegseth’s newly proposed military fitness standards compare to existing tests. DD: I was 1-A for the Vietnam War draft. My critics/opponents have always used against me big time my getting student draft deferments 1966-1970 and a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971. Did you try to enlist? I did not. But if I had, would my not being able to run because I had a bone disease, my eyesight not being correctable to 20/20, and my partial red/green color blindness have disqualified me? What if I had stressed the aforesaid when I got my physical examination for the Vietnam War draft when I was 18 in 1966?
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/hegseths-newly-proposed-military-fitness-standards-compare-existing/story?id=126110550
AOL
— US inflation rate climbs to 3% in September; highest this year
https://www.aol.com/finance/us-inflation-rate-climbs-3-124724769.html
— How Does the 2.8% COLA for 2026 Compare Historically? DD: My critics/opponents continue to be furious a) that I got COLAs while I was a federal employee 1966-1969 and 1971-1997 and b) that I have gotten COLAs as federal retiree since 1997. My critics/opponents a) would never stoop to take a federal job or b) failed/refused to qualify themselves for federal jobs. I qualified myself for my Post Office job by passing the postal employment examination and earning a high school diploma. I qualified myself for my IRS job by passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination and earning a bachelor’s degree in business. I qualified myself for my GAO job by earning an MBA and passing the CPA examination on my first attempt.
https://www.aol.com/finance/does-social-securitys-2-8-084400236.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— In Israel, Adams Raises Doubts About Safety of Jews in New York. Mayor Eric Adams painted an alarming picture of his city under his successor, Mamdani, saying, “If I were a Jewish New Yorker, I’d be concerned about my children.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/nyregion/eric-adams-israel-safety-mamdani.html
— Trump, in Reversal, Urges House to Approve Releasing Epstein Files
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11/16/us/trump-news
WASHINGTON POST
— In shift, Trump says House should vote to release Epstein files
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/11/16/house-epstein-discharge-petition-trump/
— Seattle’s coming socialist experiment
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/11/16/seattle-socialist-mayor-katie-wilson-mamdani/
KQED
— DD: As Enforcement Intensifies, Churches Become Sanctuaries for illegals. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that GOD condemns the concepts of countries, borders, and laws. How much success are Democrat leaders having in your church?
https://www.kqed.org/news/12063793/as-enforcement-intensifies-churches-become-sanctuaries-for-immigrants-seeking-peace
KTRH
— Mamdani Win Shows Legal Immigration Is As Harmful As Illegal Immigration
https://ktrh.iheart.com/featured/houston-texas-news/content/2025-11-14-mamdani-win-shows-legal-immigration-is-as-harmful-as-illegal-immigration/
FORTUNE
— Meta is hiring entry-level roles that pay up to $290,000 a year and require little prior experience. DD: What entry-level jobs did you have? I had three. I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU when I was 21 years old in 1970. My first entry-level job was a Retail Sales Manager for a Firestone Store. My salary was about $50,000/year in today’s dollars for a 44-hour workweek. In 1971, my second entry-level job was a GS-7 IRS Revenue Officer. The salary was $55,850/year in today’s dollars. To get that job, I had passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination. My taking graduate evening business courses at Loyola helped me get promoted to GS-9 ($68,315/year) in 1972, to GS-11 ($82,655/year) in 1973, and to GS-12 ($99,069/year) in 1974. I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. In 1980, my third entry-level job was a GS-9 Step 10 GAO Analyst, The salary was $88,808/year in today’s dollars. To get that job, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980.
https://fortune.com/2025/10/17/meta-hiring-200k-dollars-six-figure-entry-level-software-engineer-jobs-gen-z-careers-tech-industry-dwindling-opportunities/
AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
— Hiring Trends: Skills, Credentials and Potential. DD: Meeting and exceeding Affirmative Action and DEI quotas, goals, and targets was always my employers’ top priority. The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. As they came to realize that I was not going to become a Democrat, they ever-increasingly wasted my career and they succeed in forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. They ever-increasingly wasted my work experience and what I had learned earning a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://patimes.org/hr-hiring-trends-skills-credentials-and-potential/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Recruiting and retaining a well-qualified workforce is a critical concern for public administrators. To provide effective, efficient and responsive services, employees must be carefully selected for their roles. There is a long-standing debate about whether hiring should focus on their skills developed through experience, formal credentials or their potential. The Society for Human Resource Management has reported that employers practicing skills-based hiring increased from 56% in 2022 to 81% in 2024. While the short-term trend is clear, public administrators should be cognizant of both the strengths and weaknesses of each approach.)
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— OPM seeks fast-track removal of federal employees for ‘suitability’ reasons in proposed rule. DD: According to Democrats, to be suitable for a federal job, you must be a Democrat who is minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/hiring-retention/2025/06/opm-seeks-fast-track-removal-of-federal-employees-for-suitability-reasons-in-proposed-rule/
NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Why Are IQ Scores Suddenly Falling?
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/american-adult-lower-iq-scores-cognitive-decline-technology-flynn-effect.html
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
SPECTATOR
— Far left is the new face of the Democratic Party. DD: Ever-increasingly, because of Democrat victories, just about everyone around me is moving to the left. What does that say about them?
https://www.spectator.com.au/2025/11/far-left-is-the-new-face-of-the-democratic-party/
INDEPENDENT
— Fox News host Jesse Watters blames single women for Mamdani’s socialist takeover in New York. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly discourage traditional marriage and family. Affirmative Action and DEI discourage traditional marriage and family.
https://www.aol.com/news/fox-news-host-jesse-watters-015034229.html
HINDUSTAN TIMES
— Mamdani slammed after raising $1 million for transition
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/new-york-city-mayor-elect-zohran-mamdani-slammed-after-raising-1-million-for-transition-affordability-is-expensive-101763315207921.html
INDIA TODAY
— Why buying health insurance should be your first move in personal finance. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997, the federal government paid 72% of my health insurance premiums. That helped me endure my Democrat superiors’ tremendous efforts to get rid of me. My critics/opponents ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn the 72% health insurance subsidy a) that I got when I was federal employee, b) that my wife got when she was a federal employee 1968-1970, c) that I will always get as a federal retiree, and d) that my wife has gotten since we got married in 1978 and will always get.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/health/other/why-buying-health-insurance-should-be-your-first-move-in-personal-finance/ar-AA1QzayW
November 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/