FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DHS Secretary Kristi Noem accuses Gov. JB Pritzker and media of ‘trying to demonize’ immigration officers
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/20/kristi-noem-pritzker-demonizing-immigration-officers/
— Immigration officials tell federal judge aggressive street tactics were response to agents being in danger
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/20/federal-judge-question-ice-immigration-officials/
— Whistles take over Chicago as the small, inexpensive device becomes popular way to alert of ICE activity
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/20/whistles-chicago-ice/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Some Mexican immigrants are making plans to leave Chicago before ICE deports them. A workshop that helps Chicago-area immigrants navigate the bureaucracy and the stress of returning to Mexico is in high demand.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/20/some-mexican-immigrants-are-making-plans-to-leave-chicago-before-ice-deports-them
DAILY HERALD
— 3 men accused of planning to impersonate police officers at protests
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251020/crime/3-men-accused-of-planning-to-impersonate-police-officers-at-protests/
— Lake County bans use of its properties for staging areas and other immigration enforcement activities
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251020/news/lake-county-bans-use-of-its-properties-for-staging-areas-and-other-immigration-enforcement-activitie/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Former longtime Illinois GOP leader asking near $7M for lakefront New Buffalo home
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-real-estate/new-buffalo-lakefront-home-lee-daniels-hits-market
ABC7
— Chicago restaurants hurting as patrons, workers stay home due to immigration enforcement fears
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-news-fears-agents-raids-impacting-restaurants-like-el-mexico-de-belmont-cragin/18046709/
NBC5
— CTU President Stacy Davis Gates tabbed to lead state teachers union. Davis Gates was unanimously elected as the next leader of the Illinois Federation of Teachers.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/ctu-president-stacy-davis-gates-tabbed-to-lead-state-teachers-union/3841027/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois House Republican Leader Tony McCombie said the leadership change is “bad news for Illinois students.” McCombie released a statement, saying in part: “Gates is a left-wing radical who runs Local 1 like a corrupt political machine instead of a force for student achievement and educational excellence.”)
— Illinois men conspired to impersonate police during ‘No Kings’ protests. The men allegedly planned to attend multiple protests while impersonating peace officers, according to authorities.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-men-conspired-to-impersonate-police-during-no-kings-protests/3840965/
WGN9
— 3 suburban men charged with impersonating police while heading to political protests
https://wgntv.com/news/dupage-county/3-men-charged-with-impersonating-police/
FOX32
— Students claim Northwestern antisemitism training mandate violates civil rights in lawsuit
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/northwestern-antisemitism-training-lawsuit
— Illinois trio conspired to impersonate law enforcement during ‘No Kings’ protests, prosecutors say
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-trio-conspired-impersonate-law-enforcement-no-kings-protests
— Federal workers stay home as shutdown drags on and both sides dig in
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1726838
WGN RADIO
— Should regular users of marijuana be allowed to own a gun?
https://wgnradio.com/john-williams/newsclick/the-john-williams-newsclick-should-regular-users-of-marijuana-be-allowed-to-own-a-gun/#/questions
WBEZ
— Some Mexican immigrants are making plans to leave Chicago before ICE deports them. A workshop that helps Chicago-area immigrants navigate the bureaucracy and the stress of returning to Mexico is in high demand.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/10/20/some-mexican-immigrants-are-making-plans-to-leave-chicago-before-ice-deports-them
— University of Illinois Chicago drops race, gender as factors in financial aid and faculty hiring. Some faculty see the changes as “voluntary capitulation” to the Trump administration. UIC leaders say they align with “current legal standards” and new University of Illinois System policy.
https://www.wbez.org/education/2025/10/20/university-illinois-chicago-drops-race-gender-factors-in-faculty-hiring-financial-aid-scholarships
JOURNAL COURIER
— Arab American history would be required in Illinois schools under proposed bill
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/llinois-arab-american-history-schools-bill-21110023.php
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/20/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-406/
— All heck breaks loose on Illinois’ far right after ‘leaked’ document ignites firestorm
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/20/all-heck-breaks-loose-on-illinois-far-right-after-leaked-document-ignites-firestorm/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
DON TRACY
— Democrats Fear Backlash from Far-Left Groups Instead of Opening Government for Service Members, Farmers, and Working Families
https://mailchi.mp/aa7211ba842d/democrats-fear-backlash-from-far-left-groups-instead-of-opening-government-for-service-members-farmers-and-working-families
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Major Donors Pressure Ted Dabrowski to Fire Jeanne Ives After Leak of Opponent’s Internal 2022 Campaign Document
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/major-donors-pressure-ted-dabrowski-to-fire-jeanne-ives-after-leak-of-opponents-internal-2022-campaign-document.html
ILLINOIS GOP
— Brad Schneider Stands with Protestors Calling for Trump’s Assassination
https://illinois.gop/brad-schneider-stands-with-protestors-calling-for-trumps-assassination/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Far too many of my critics/opponents are not merely RINOs, they are Democrat plants. I should write about them. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout and who had their operatives and their dupes a) destroy the Illinois Center Right Coalition, b) destroy TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, and c) take many big adverse actions against me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— The Chicago Chapter of the Association of Government Accountants is at risk of closure. I spent a lots time serving as it Treasurer 1983-1986 and as its Membership Director 1986-1996. None of its members came to my defense when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Congressional leaders admit shutdown won’t end anytime soon
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/20/congressional-leaders-admit-shutdown-wont-end-anytime-soon/
— Illinois police department failed miserably with hire of illegal Radule Bojovic. The fox has been allowed into the henhouse.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/20/illinois-police-department-failed-miserably-hire-illegal-radule/
— ‘No Kings’ demonstrations expose the left’s ignorance and hypocrisy. With voters rejecting their policies, Democrats turn to street theater instead of offering solutions.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/20/no-kings-demonstrations-expose-lefts-ignorance-hypocrisy/
NEW YORK POST
— Chicago elementary teacher mocks Charlie Kirk’s assassination with vile gun gesture at No Kings protest
https://nypost.com/2025/10/20/us-news/chicago-elementary-teacher-mocks-charlie-kirks-assassination-at-no-kings-protest/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Selective empathy: When women’s rights are only for the privileged
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/10/selective_empathy_when_women_s_rights_are_only_for_the_privileged.html
BREITBART
— Trump’s DHS Arrests More than 480,000 Illegals in 9 Months; 7 in 10 Are Criminally Convicted or Charged
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/20/dhs-arrests-more-than-480000-illegals-9-months-7-in-10-are-criminally-convicted-charged/
DAILY SIGNAL
— DHS Closing in on Half-Million Arrests of Criminal Illegal Aliens
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/10/20/dhs-closing-half-million-arrests-criminal-illegal-aliens/
FEDERALIST
— Western Culture Isn’t Feminized, It’s Transgender
https://thefederalist.com/2025/10/20/western-culture-isnt-feminized-its-transgender/
NEWSMAX
— Newsom Picks New Fight With Trump Over Shutdown
https://www.newsmax.com/us/gov-gavin-newsom-press-releases-trump/2025/10/20/id/1231116/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Whistles Have Become Chicago’s Surprising Act of Protest. Residents angry with immigration crackdown air dissent—and warnings—with devices typically favored by athletic coaches.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/chicago-ice-protests-whistles-14c3968b
— Bible Sales Surged Following Killing of Charlie Kirk. A 36% jump in September, compared with a year earlier, indicates a religious revival for some in the U.S.
https://www.wsj.com/business/media/bible-sales-surged-following-killing-of-charlie-kirk-7da17aec
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October 19, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— George Santos blasts critics in first interview since release from prison
https://abc7chicago.com/post/former-ny-rep-george-santos-blasts-critics-first-interview-release-federal-prison/18039315/
NBC5
— Secret Service discovers hunting stand with direct sight line to Trump’s Air Force One exit in Florida. The FBI is now leading an investigation following the discovery near the Palm Beach International Airport.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/secret-service-discovers-hunting-stand-direct-sight-line-trumps-air-force-one-exit-florida/3840619/
CBS2
— 2 federal immigration agents attacked while making arrest in Bolingbrook, Illinois
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/immigration-agents-attacked-bolingbrook-arrest/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— The Obama Presidential Center promises to be a very un-Chicago building
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/19/column-barack-obama-presidential-center-chicago-keegan/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blast Hegseth.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/19/hegseth-pentagon-press-rules-clarence-page/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blast Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/19/opinion-donald-trump-truth-facts-students/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/17/column-venezuela-argentina-donald-trump-shackelford/
— DD: If you are having trouble getting a good job, Democrat leaders blame Trump. I did the following to get better paying jobs: a) I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) I earned three job-related master’s degrees, c) I earned six job-related professional certification, and d) I earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/19/americans-job-market-ap-norc-poll/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/10/19/no-kings-protest-chicago-politics-donald-trump
DAILY HERALD
— ICE agents search for detainee through Mount Prospect neighborhood
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251019/news/ice-agents-search-for-detainee-through-mount-prospect-neighborhood/
— Shutdown impact: What it means for workers, federal programs and the economy. DD: During the 1980s and 1990s, Gingrich used budget cuts to gut GAO. The agency shrank from more than 6,000 employees to less than 3,000. My Democrat GAO superiors were furious. They took their fury out on me. They forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS. They delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13. They kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. They always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. They forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. They flushed down their toilets what I had learned working for IRS for almost 9 years and earning three job related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251018/nation-and-world-politics/shutdown-impact-what-it-means-for-workers-federal-programs-and-the-economy/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The administration is also trying to fire thousands of federal workers in agencies that don’t align with its priorities. Republican leaders in Congress have said that’s part of the fallout from a shutdown. Past presidents, however, did not use shutdowns to engage in mass firings. The Republican administration has announced one reduction in force affecting 4,100 workers, with the biggest cuts happening at the departments of Treasury, Health and Human Services, Education and Housing and Urban Development. White House budget chief Russ Vought said in an interview on “The Charlie Kirk Show” that many more are planned. “I think we’ll probably end up being north of 10,000,” Vought said. “We want to be very aggressive where we can be in shuttering the bureaucracy,” Vought said. “Not just the funding, but the bureaucracy, that we now have an opportunity to do that.”)
SOUTHERN
— Speaker of the House Mike Johnson defended labeling this weekend’s “No Kings” rallies opposing President Donald Trump as “hate America” rallies, arguing that he was not referring to Democrats themselves but the message of the protesters.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/10/19/johnson-defends-calling-anti-trump-protests-hate-america-rallies/
WAND TV
— Trump calls Colombian President Petro an ‘illegal drug dealer’ and announces an end to US aid to the country
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/trump-calls-colombian-president-petro-an-illegal-drug-dealer-and-announces-an-end-to-us/article_5406e3cc-7fd9-5efe-829c-ab26eac0c7c8.html
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— We The People, McHenry County, Urges Contact with County Board Members to Remind Them of the Promise to Cut Property Tax Levy in Exchange for Voting for Mental Health Sales Tax
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/19/we-the-people-mchenry-county-urges-contact-with-county-board-members-to-remind-them-of-the-promise-to-cut-property-tax-levy-in-exchange-for-voting-for-mental-health-sales-tax/
— Good Thing I Wasn’t in Pennsylvania in 1955
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/19/good-think-i-wasnt-in-pennsylvania-in-1955/
— New York Post Covers Couple’s Death on Route 14 in Harvard
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/18/new-york-post-covers-couples-death-on-route-14-in-harvard/
— Don Tracy Reports $2 Million in Bank for U.S. Senate Run
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/18/don-tracy-reports-2-million-in-bank-for-u-s-senate-run/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— If Trump had been elected earlier, how would that have impacted you? Hopefully for me, if Trump had been President: a) in 1968 and 1969, my Democrat Post Office superiors would not have disallowed my sick leave requests or forced me to resign in 1969, b) in 1971, EEOC would not have forced Oldsmobile to stop hiring Whites to settle a complaint, c) in 1974, my Democrat IRS superiors would not have disallowed my travel requests, d) in 1978, my Democrat IRS superiors would not have disallowed my education expenses, e) by in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS, f) starting in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors would always have assigned me to audits of IRS, g) by 1988, my GAO superiors would have promoted me to their Senior Executive Service, h) by 1997, Gingrich would have reformed GAO instead of gutting it, and i) in 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have forced me to retire. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— How has EEOC impacted you? EEOC has always existed to give more preference to Democrat employees who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Ever since I was 22 years old in 1971, EEOC has had a tremendous impact on me. Back then, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted because it had agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. My Firestone Store boss rudely fired me because I had accepted that offer. Because I had to have a job, I accepted a job offer from IRS. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Bolingbrook Police Refuse to Arrest Attackers Who Beat Federal Agents
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/bolingbrook-police-refuse-to-arrest-attackers-who-beat-federal-agents.html
— Norine Hammond Betrays Conservatives – Backed Pritzker’s Law Letting Non-Citizens Serve as Police Officers
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/norine-hammond-betrays-conservatives-backed-pritzkers-law-letting-non-citizens-serve-as-police-officers.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Speaker Johnson rips ‘No Kings’ rallies: if Trump were a king, things would be different
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/19/speaker-johnson-rips-no-kings-rallies-trump-king-things-would/
— House Speaker Mike Johnson on Trump’s commutation of Santos’ sentence: ‘We believe in redemption’
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/19/mike-johnson-house-speaker-trumps-commutation-santos-sentence-believe/
— How Trump rewrote the government shutdown playbook
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/18/trump-rewrote-government-shutdown-playbook/
— Democrats are driven by rage and resentment. It’s no longer about right and left, but adults and children.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/19/democrats-driven-rage-resentment/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— More evidence marijuana liberalization is a mistake. DD: I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton in 2019.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/3854932/more-evidence-marijuana-liberalization-a-mistake/
NEW YORK POST
— Secret Service investigating possible sniper’s nest with sight line to Trump Air Force One arrival near Palm Beach airport
https://nypost.com/2025/10/19/us-news/secret-service-investigating-possible-snipers-nest-with-sight-line-to-trump-air-force-one-arrival-near-palm-beach-airport/
BREITBART
— Illinois State University Teaching Assistant Derek Lopez Arrested for Destroying Turning Point USA Display
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2025/10/19/police-illinois-state-u-teaching-assistant-derek-lopez-arrested-for-destroying-turning-point-usa-display/
DAILY CALLER
— Controversial Left-Wing Chicago Teachers Union President Elected To Higher Position
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/19/chicago-teachers-union-president-stacy-davis-gates-elected-illinois-federation/
FOX NEWS
— Progressive publishers launch children’s Bible stories with social justice, diversity themes. DD: According to Democrat leaders, Jesus is a liberal Democrat who hates those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/progressive-publishers-launch-childrens-bible-stories-social-justice-diversity-themes.amp
— Illinois State University teacher’s assistant flips Turning Point USA table, tears down flyers: ‘Jesus did it’ Derek Lopez, Illinois State University teaching assistant, faces disorderly conduct and criminal damage to property charges after tossing the table.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/illinois-state-university-teachers-assistant-flips-turning-point-usa-table-tears-down-flyers-jesus-did-it
POST MILLENNIAL
— DD: The Democrat Party exists to promote more hatred against Trump and against the 77 million who voted for Trump.
https://thepostmillennial.com/canadian-ag-hopes-people-who-willfully-promote-hatred-on-social-media-will-face-criminal-penalty
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump on protests: ‘I’m not a king’
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5562619-trump-no-kings-protest/
— DD: How has EEOC impacted you? EEOC has always existed to give more preference to Democrat employees who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Ever since I was 22 years old in 1971, EEOC has had a tremendous impact on me. Back then, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted because it had agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. My Firestone Store boss rudely fired me because I had accepted that offer. Because I had to have a job, I accepted a job offer from IRS.
https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/5560748-eeoc-rejects-disparate-impact-claims/amp/
CBS NEWS
— Trump calls Colombia’s president an “illegal drug leader” and orders an end to U.S. aid
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-colombia-president-illegal-drug-leader-end-aid/
— Secret Service found a “suspicious stand” near Florida airport used by Trump
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/secret-service-suspicious-stand-florida-trump-fbi/
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: The Democrat Party exists to promote more hatred against Trump and against the 77 million who voted for Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/us/politics/democratic-campaign-ads-trump.html
— DD: My critics/opponents are woke, that is, they blame those who are following for their problems: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, have more money than they do, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000010453273/the-right-has-gone-woke.html
DALLAS EXPRESS
— Cruz Blasts Chicago Head Tax Proposal As “A Penalty for Creating a Job”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/senator-ted-cruz-blasts-chicago-170026301.html
MERCURY
— Democrat governance is ruining America’s cities
https://www.pottsmerc.com/2025/10/19/jerry-shenk-governance-by-democrat-is-ruining-americas-cities/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Republicans Target Democrats Over Transgender Policies in This Year’s Races. DD: LGBTQ advocates have had their operatives and their dupes take many big adverse actions against me.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/republicans-target-democrats-over-transgender-policies-in-this-years-races-13877b23
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
UNITED NATIONS
— DD: The Democrat Party exists to promote more hatred against Trump and against the 77 million who voted for Trump.
https://www.un.org/en/observances/countering-hate-speech
https://press.un.org/en/2021/sgsm20942.doc.htm
October 19, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/19/trump-language-opponents-illinois/
— DD: Under the Democrats, sooner or later, everyone will be a) receiving welfare and/or b) handing out welfare.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/18/nearly-2-million-illinois-residents-will-lose-snap-benefits-next-month-if-federal-shutdown-continues-officials-warn/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republican for air pollution.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/18/englewood-air-quality-trump/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their criminals and their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/17/column-what-aurora-area-residents-can-do-to-help-those-impacted-by-federal-immigration-crackdown/
SHAW LOCAL
— DD: Democrat leaders promote their No Kings protests in DuPage County. I watched the protest along with Louis Rathje from the parking lot of his building at Roosevelt and Naperville in Wheaton.
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/2025/10/18/thousands-turn-out-for-no-kings-day-protests-across-dupage-county/
CHICAGO CRUSADER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://chicagocrusader.com/dick-durbin-debunks-republican-falsehoods-on-ice/
OUR QUAD CITIES
— DD: Because of Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, because of race and gender based preference giving, that is, because of political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination, Whites and men are ever-increasingly falling behind minorities and females. All my coworkers who were minority and/or female who were promoted over me a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/local-news/qca-group-dedicated-to-uplifting-women-girls-awarded-6500/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
AMERICAN THINKER
— DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. To win, Democrat leaders have brough in many millions of illegals to serve as soldiers in their Democrat Army. Aside from being in America illegally, soldiers in the Democrat Army are minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Many have severe health, financial, and/or other problems. Many lack education and/or job skills. Many want, need, demand massive government assistance.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/10/sorry_democrats_no_civil_war_is_coming.html
DAILY SIGNAL
— Assimilation: The Key to National Multicultural Success. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders reject assimilation.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/10/17/immigrants-should-assimilate-not-change-the-constitution/
EPOCH TIMES
— Antifa’s Communist Roots, Violent Tactics, and Terror Designation
https://lists.theepochtimes.com/archive/icVJ8Yumf/RontmvJPy/1tiNbjq0PdJ
FOX NEWS
— Nationwide ‘No Kings’ protests target Trump as crowds rally in cities from coast to coast
https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/anti-trump-no-kings-protests-october-18-2025
— Why SCOTUS must affirm Trump’s birthright citizenship order. Administration seeks rare review before appellate decisions on executive order signed January 20.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/mike-davis-why-scotus-must-affirm-trumps-birthright-citizenship-order.amp
JONATHAN TURLEY
— “Jesus Did It”: Illinois State University Teacher’s Assistant Arrested After Trashing TPUSA Table
https://jonathanturley.org/2025/10/19/jesus-did-it-illinois-state-university-teachers-assistant-arrested-after-trashing-tpusa-table/
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Academia is a sinking ship, and the Trump administration is actually trying to intervene and rescue it.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/10/academia-is-a-sinking-ship-and-the-trump-administration-is-actually-trying-to-intervene-and-rescue-it/
PJ MEDIA
— Minneapolis School Has Segregated Classes
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/10/18/minneapolis-school-accused-of-having-segregated-classes-n4945005
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNBC
— Most Americans want to be financially independent—here’s how much money it will take
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/01/23/how-much-money-americans-need-to-earn-to-be-financially-independent.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Americans say they’d need to earn about $94,000 a year on average to feel financially independent. That’s about $20,000 more than the median household income of $74,580.)
NEWSWEEK
— Average Marriage Age In Each State. In Illinois, it is 31 for men and it is 29.6 for women. DD: I did not get married until I was 29 in 1978. By then, I had worked for IRS for almost 7 years. My salary was $108,978/year in today’s dollars. I owned a one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building. I rented out a town home in University Park that I had owned since 1972. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. I was taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul. I owned a 1972 Corvette and a 1962 Chevrolet Bel Air. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/documents/
https://www.newsweek.com/map-reveals-average-age-people-get-married-in-each-state-10894436
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Islam.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/opinion/zohran-mamdani-muslim-america-new-york.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their criminals and their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/opinion/mensa-ice-raids-chicago-black-citizens.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in making America dependent on their illegals, that is, they ever-increasingly crow about their success in destroying America..
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-10-19/trumps-immigration-crackdown-weighs-heavy-on-the-us-labor-market
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being overpaid. When I was 49 years old in 1997, my salary was $153,151/year in today’s dollars. In my defense, I had three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job related professional license.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/job-market-overpaid-salary-9eeabbaa
FORBES
— Asked About ‘Boots,’ The Pentagon Cites Netflix ‘Woke Garbage’
https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2025/10/18/asked-about-boots-the-pentagon-cites-netflix-woke-garbage/
BUSINESS INSIDER
— They were living paycheck to paycheck. Then the checks stopped coming. DD: Federal employees have always been viciously demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being grossly overpaid. My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government complained that they were underpaid. During the almost 30 years that I worked for the federal government, my salary increased from $19.37/hour to $153,151/year in today’s dollars. But it would not have if I had not a) earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) earned three job-related master’s degrees, c) earned six job-related professional licenses, and d) earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.businessinsider.com/federal-workers-wallets-paycheck-to-paycheck-government-shutdown-2025-10
NPR
— DD: Democrat leaders promote their No Kings protests.
https://www.npr.org/2025/10/19/nx-s1-5579042/no-kings-protests-takeaways
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
BUSINESS STANDARD
— DD: Democrat leaders promote their No Kings protests.
https://www.tbsnews.net/worldbiz/usa/whats-driving-massive-no-kings-protests-against-trumps-presidency-1264136
SOCIALIST ALTERNATIVE
— DD: Socialists ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.socialistalternative.org/2025/10/18/defend-trans-rights/
SOCIALIST WORKER
— DD: Socialists ever-increasingly shout at women that men cause all their problems.
https://socialistworker.co.uk/teach-yourself-marxism/do-we-live-in-a-patriarchy/
CATHOLIC NEWS AGENCY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for the problems that people have.
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/267257/pope-leo-xiv-hails-roma-sinti-and-travellers-faith-amid-marginalization
NATIONAL CATHOLIC REPORTER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Tren de Aragua gang members.
https://www.globalsistersreport.org/columns/spirituality/listen-cries-marginalized-and-earth-transform-system
October 15, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Trump vows federal ‘surge’ in more American cities to combat crime
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-vows-federal-surge-more-american-cities-combat-crime/18014613/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-community-leaders-condemn-federal-agents-clash-tear-gas-deployed-se-side/18012200/
CBS2
— Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul suing State Farm over homeowners insurance data
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-attorney-general-kwame-raoul-lawsuit-state-farm-homeowners-insurance-data/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/illinois-sues-state-farm-over-home-insurance-data/
WTTW
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/10/15/federal-immigration-agents-targeted-northwest-side-neighborhoods-residents-banded
https://news.wttw.com/2025/10/15/back-pritzker-blames-ice-strike-teams-creating-mayhem-across-chicago
— Trump Administration Continues Crackdown on Press, Critics Following Federal Judge’s Ruling in Illinois
https://news.wttw.com/2025/10/14/trump-administration-continues-crackdown-press-critics-following-federal-judge-s-ruling
WGN RADIO
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://wgnradio.com/bob-sirott/can-chicagos-business-owners-refuse-service-to-ice-agents/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Gov. JB Pritzker and his wife report $10.3 million in taxable income — $1.4 million in gambling winnings
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/15/gov-jb-pritzker-and-his-wife-report-10-3-million-in-taxable-income-1-4-million-in-gambling-winnings/
— Homan lobbies for Indiana bill that allows local law enforcement to act on immigration detainers
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/15/homan-lobbies-for-indiana-bill-that-allows-local-law-enforcement-to-act-on-immigration-detainers/
— Lake County votes to bar federal agents from government-owned property: ‘We are in a time of fascism’
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/15/lake-county-bar-feds-properties/
— Federal workers endure financial strain and fear layoffs as the government shutdown drags on. DD: I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. I have been a federal retiree for more than 28 years. I should write about my critics/opponents who despise/hate federal employees and federal retirees the most.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/15/federal-workers-government-shutdown/
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/15/ice-ohare-rideshare-drivers/
— Aurora looks to expand allowed number of gambling machines. DD: In 2009, I led the successful effort to stop video gambling in Wheaton.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/14/aurora-looks-to-expand-allowed-number-of-gambling-machines/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Gov. JB Pritzker won $1.4 million via gambling, 2024 tax returns show. The governor and first lady MK Pritzker more than tripled their income in 2024 to $10.7 million, according to documents released by his campaign. A good chunk of that came at a casino.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/illinois-governor/2025/10/15/jb-pritzker-tax-returns-gambling-casino
— Pritzker joins Democratic governors’ health coalition to combat Trump’s ‘war on science’ The Governors Public Health Alliance is an effort to protect Democratic states from massive public health changes being enacted by the Trump administration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/health/2025/10/15/gov-jb-pritzker-joins-democratic-governors-health-coalition-to-combat-trump
— ICE activity is stressing Chicago’s building managers, who warn rents could rise. Frightened by federal agents, some tenants can’t pay rent on time after missing work, while maintenance staff aren’t showing up to job sites. Property owners and managers worry continued ICE activity will force them to pass costs to tenants.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/real-estate/2025/10/15/ice-raids-patrol-chicago-building-owners-managers-rents-rise
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/15/southeast-side-organizers-after-feds-ram-suv-and-tear-gas-crowd-leave-our-city-you-are-not-welcome-here
DAILY HERALD
— Wheaton man detained pretrial on gun charges
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251015/crime/wheaton-man-detained-pretrial-on-gun-charges/
— Top Cook County judge bars civil immigration arrests at courthouses
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251015/news/top-cook-county-judge-bars-civil-immigration-arrests-at-courthouses/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DD: Pot users slowly come to realize that pot destroys them. If I had used pot, I would not have been able to earn three job-related master’s degrees, earn six job-related professional certifications, or c) earn a job-related professional license.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/cannabis/cannabis-sales-slump-illinois-september
SOUTHERN
— DD: Fewer and fewer and fewer citizens America will take bad jobs. According to my critics/opponents, all the jobs that I had were bad jobs that they would never have stooped to take. They hint/imply/argue/shout that they did not have to take bad jobs because they are much better than me. To add insult to injury, they hint/imply/argue/shout a) that I have always been grossly overpaid and b) that my pension benefits are much too generous. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately. I would focus on those whose parents had the most money.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/10/15/family-farm-in-idaho-faces-worker-shortage-as-trump-administration-immigration-raids-escalate/
WAND TV
— Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules. Journalists at the Pentagon turned in access badges and cleaned out their workspaces, the price for refusing to agree to new restrictions on their jobs at the seat of U.S. military power
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/journalists-turn-in-access-badges-exit-pentagon-rather-than-agree-to-new-reporting-rules/article_0ef975d5-7abf-59e2-90a6-d3dbf299ef89.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— Many rural schools rely on international teachers. Trump’s visa changes threaten that. DD: One reason why I transferred from UIC to NIU when I was 20 years old in 1969 was my having trouble understanding math instructors whose English was not their first language.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-10-15/many-rural-schools-rely-on-international-teachers-trumps-visa-changes-threaten-that
NORTHERN STAR
— Trump administration pulls funding from Chicago Public Schools
https://northernstar.info/128940/news/trump-administration-pulls-funding-from-chicago-public-schools/
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/15/hundreds-pack-chicago-whistlemania-events-in-effort-to-fight-ice-we-have-to-stand-up-for-one-another/
CHICAGO PATCH
— Border Patrol Arrests 12 Drivers At O’Hare; Rideshare Group, Johnson Respond. The parking lot where the arrests occurred is typically a safe place for rideshare drivers to wait between trips, the drivers alliance said.
https://patch.com/illinois/chicago/border-patrol-arrests-12-drivers-ohare-rideshare-group-johnson-respond
IPM NEWS
— University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign unlikely to join federal higher education compact
https://ipmnewsroom.org/university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign-unlikely-to-join-federal-higher-education-compact/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/15/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-403/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— GOP Leader Norine Hammond Takes $50K from Liberal Groups Backing Transgender Lessons, Mask Mandates, Anti-Trump Agendas
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/gop-leader-norine-hammond-takes-50k-from-liberal-groups-backing-transgender-lessons-mask-mandates-anti-trump-agendas.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois State Representative and Deputy House Republican Leader Norine Hammond (R-Macomb) is drawing sharp criticism from conservatives after campaign finance records revealed she accepted $50,000 from far-left teachers’ unions that have long opposed Republican priorities and the Trump agenda. According to filings with the Illinois State Board of Elections, Hammond received $10,000 from the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) in 2024 and $40,000 from IPACE, the Illinois Political Action Committee for Education, in 2022. Both organizations are deeply connected to progressive causes, including transgender curriculum in schools, abortion expansion, and classroom DEI mandates. The donations are now fueling questions about Hammond’s alignment with the same liberal institutions her conservative constituents overwhelmingly reject. In 2024, roughly 70 percent of voters in her 94th District backed Donald Trump, signaling clear support for conservative and pro-family policies. Yet Hammond’s recent record tells a different story. In 2023, she voted with Democrats to expand “gender-affirming” patient rights legislation – allowing broader access to taxpayer-funded services for transgender individuals, including minors. The bill was celebrated by progressive activists and condemned by conservatives as an overreach that undermines parental rights and faith-based medical freedoms. The AFT, led by Randi Weingarten, was a driving force behind extended school shutdowns, student mask mandates, and the promotion of controversial and pornographic books in classrooms. The $40,000 from IPACE ties Hammond even closer to Springfield’s left-wing education establishment, which routinely funds Democrats pushing transgender policies, abortion rights, and the removal of parental oversight in schools.)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— News organizations, including Hegseth’s former employer Fox, reject new Pentagon reporting rules. DD: I have been the GOPUSA Illinois Reporter since 2000. I should write about how Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have treated me since 2000. I would focus on those who have blamed me the most for their defeats. I would focus on those who destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or e) who refuse to give them money. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/15/news-organizations-including-hegseths-former-employer-fox-reject/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Pentagon has said the rules establish “common sense media procedures” and wants news outlets to sign a statement acknowledging them, even if they don’t agree with them. The news outlets have said that they are concerned, however, that their reporters will be subject to expulsion if they simply try to report news not approved by Hegseth. The Pentagon’s new press policy undermines the First Amendment and AP’s core values as an independent global news organization,” the AP said in its statement. “The restrictions impede the public’s access to information about their government and limit the people’s right to know. AP remains focused on continuing to produce strong independent coverage of the Pentagon in the public interest.”)
— Trump says India agreed to stop buying Russian oil
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/15/donald-trump-says-india-agreed-stop-buying-russian-oil/
— The Supreme Court must end illegal vote counting. Ballot tallying must conclude on Election Day.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/15/supreme-court-must-end-illegal-vote-counting/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Illinois spent more on healthcare for illegal immigrants than roads, foster kids, elderly, and the arts — combined
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign unlikely to join federal higher education compact
NEW YORK POST
— Transportation secretary withholding $40M from California for not enforcing English proficiency in truckers
https://nypost.com/2025/10/15/us-news/transportation-secretary-withholding-40-million-from-california-for-not-enforcing-english-proficiency-in-truckers/
BREITBART
— Election Official Confirms Tim Walz Driver’s License Law Allows Illegals to Vote
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/15/nolte-election-official-confirms-tim-walz-drivers-license-law-allows-illegals-to-vote/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Antifa-linked Northeastern Illinois University professor Elias Cepeda arrested for bringing loaded gun to anti-ICE protest.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/antifa-linked-professor-arrested-bringing-loaded-gun-anti-ice-protest/28774
COLLEGE FIX
— Newsom says colleges should give preference to slave descendants. DD: UIC admitted me in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, and IIT in 1992 because they could not find qualified slave descendants to admit instead of me.
http://www.thecollegefix.com/newsom-says-colleges-should-give-preference-to-slave-descendants/
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Immigration Enforcement Officers Targeted with Gang Bounties in Chicago
https://www.fairus.org/news/executive/immigration-enforcement-officers-targeted-gang-bounties-chicago
NEWSMAX
— LA County Approves Emergency Declaration Over ICE Raids. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/la-county-emergency-ice-raids/2025/10/14/id/1230370/
TOWNHALL
— The Democrats Don’t Want You to Have a Good Life
https://townhall.com/columnists/doug-blair/2025/10/15/the-democrats-dont-want-you-to-have-a-good-life-n2664980
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Pritzker Threatens ICE Agents with Prosecution, Says Dems Will Come for Them When They Regain Power
https://www.westernjournal.com/jb-pritzker-threatens-ice-agents-prosecution-says-dems-will-come-regain-power/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— Senate fails to advance GOP funding bill for 9th time on Day 15 of government shutdown
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/government-shutdown-2025-latest-republicans-democrats-trump/
NEWSWEEK
— Pritzker Compares Trump’s ICE Crackdown to Nazi Germany. DD: Anticipate/expect that Pritzker will ever-increasingly call German-American Republicans Nazis.
https://www.newsweek.com/jb-pritzker-donald-trump-ice-immigration-nazi-germany-10883758
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: How Retirees Are Living Off the Backs of the Young. DD: To get more votes from those who are young, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against those who are old. Further, to get more votes from those who are minority, female, LGBTQ, non-married, non-rich, non-Protestant non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, they ever-increasingly promote more hatred against those who are White, male, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.newsweek.com/social-security-medicare-young-workers-cost-10477619
NEW YORK TIMES
— Supreme Court Questions Role of Race in State Election Maps. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly gerrymander.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10/15/us/supreme-court-voting-rights#supreme-court-affirmative-action
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly protect their criminals and their illegals.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/10/15/judges-trump-rebel-military-insurrection/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Supreme Court Questions Use of Race in Drawing Voting Districts. Justices are re-examining tools for addressing discrimination.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/supreme-court-voting-rights-act-fe7e2f58
— Judge Temporarily Blocks Move to Fire Federal Employees During Shutdown. Decision deals setback to Trump administration’s move to shrink agencies as it pressures Democrats to agree to reopen the government.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/judge-blocks-trump-layoffs-government-shutdown-636cb707
POLITICO
— Judge blocks Trump admin from laying off federal workers during government shutdown. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston ruled that the administration isn’t following legal requirements for conducting reductions in force.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/15/trump-administration-layoffs-order-00609833
ATLANTIC
— DD: Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans discriminate against minorities and against females and that is why minorities and females must always be given big time preference forever.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/10/trump-admissions-compact-diversity/684558/
October 14, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Medal of Freedom ceremony for Charlie Kirk held at White House
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-set-posthumously-award-charlie-kirk-presidential-medal-freedom/18003731/
— ICE has until Tuesday night to remove fence around Broadview facility to meet judge’s deadline
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-news-has-tuesday-night-remove-fence-around-broadview-facility-meet-judges-deadline/18003437/
NBC5
— Armed federal agents reported in Chicago neighborhood as crowd gathers. The footage, taken by NBC Chicago photographers and Sky 5 helicopter around 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, showed the situation near 105th Street and Avenue N.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/heavy-ice-presence-reported-in-chicago-neighborhood-as-crowd-gathers/3838342/
— Chicago airports refuse to air DHS video blaming Democrats for gov’t shutdown. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem released a video blaming Democrats for the shutdown, with numerous airports refusing to show it to travelers.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/chicago-airports-refuse-to-air-dhs-video-blaming-democrats-for-govt-shutdown/3838545/
— Chicago air traffic controllers receive partial paycheck amid government shutdown. Members of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association passed out pamphlets to travelers Tuesday detailing shutdown impact.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/chicago-air-traffic-controllers-receive-partial-paycheck-amid-government-shutdown/3838435/
— DD: Anticipate/expect that under the Democrats, poverty, crime, and demands on food pantries will ever-increasingly increase.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-food-pantries-deal-with-increased-demand-even-as-potential-cuts-loom/3838520/
CBS2
— Federal agents fire tear gas during standoff with crowd in East Side, Chicago, after car crash
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/ice-agents-east-side-chicago-105th-avenue-n/
FOX32
— Illinois lawmakers return to Springfield, discuss tributes to Charlie Kirk, George Floyd. Despite needing to tackle big issues like transit funding during their fall veto session, Illinois state lawmakers return to Springfield this week and started with resolutions to honor Charlie Kirk and George Floyd. DD: Democrats promote George Floyd. Republicans promote Charlie Kirk.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1724065
WBEZ
— Feds ‘ram’ SUV in chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd. The crash happened late Tuesday morning near 105th Street and Avenue N on Chicago’s East Side.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/10/14/feds-ram-suv-in-chase-down-residential-street-in-chicago-then-tear-gas-crowd
— Facebook suspends popular Chicago ICE-sightings group at Trump administration’s request. The group ICE Sighting-Chicagoland has been increasingly used in the last five weeks of President Donald Trump’s intense deportation campaign to warn neighbors that federal agents are nearby.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/10/14/facebook-suspends-popular-chicago-ice-sightings-group-at-trump-administrations-request
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— ‘Everyone is welcome, except I.C.E.’ Cafes, restaurants across Chicago put up signs barring immigration agents.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/14/chicago-restaurants-ice-agents/
— What to do if ICE stops you
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/14/what-to-do-if-ice-stops-you/
— Tear gas used by federal immigration agents following East Side traffic crash, neighborhood uprising
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/14/ice-deploys-tear-gas-after-crash/
— Facebook removes Chicago-area page dedicated to ICE sightings after Justice Department intervenes
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/14/facebook-removes-chicago-ice-watch-page/
— Aurora Mayor John Laesch condemns federal immigration enforcement activity after protest at City Hall
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/11/aurora-mayor-john-laesch-condemns-federal-immigration-enforcement-activity-after-protest-at-city-hall/
— US revokes visas for 6 foreigners over Charlie Kirk-related speech
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/14/us-revokes-visas-charlie-kirk-speech-2/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Feds ram SUV in chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd. The crash happened late Tuesday morning near 105th Street and Avenue N on Chicago’s East Side, resulting in dozens of residents showing up to protest the federal immigration agents.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/14/crash-involving-immigration-agents-in-east-side-leads-to-tear-gas-detentions
DAILY HERALD
— We see the ICE arrests. But what happens next for detainees?
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251014/news/we-see-the-ice-arrests-but-what-happens-next-for-detainees/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— State Farm faces lawsuit from Illinois amid scrutiny over rate increases
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/insurance/illinois-sues-state-farm-blocking-insurance-examination
— Stellantis announces it will make Jeep SUVs again in Belvidere
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/manufacturing-logistics/stellantis-will-make-jeep-suvs-again-belvidere
SHAW LOCAL
— ‘The government came down with a hammer’ – Immigration crackdown fears impacting Illinois restaurant industry. DD: I washed dishes for the minimum wage for the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights 1964-1966. I was the only White male who did that.
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2025/10/14/the-government-came-down-with-a-hammer-immigration-crackdown-fears-impacting-illinois-restaurant-industry/
ILLINOIS PATCH
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their No Kings protests on Saturday, October 18
https://patch.com/illinois/across-il/no-kings-protests-planned-weekend-across-il-what-know
AURORA PATCH
— ‘No Kings’ Protests Planned This Weekend In Aurora. The “No Kings” protest is planned in opposition to the Trump administration.
https://patch.com/illinois/aurora/no-kings-protests-planned-weekend-auroraORA PATCHPATC
DAILY ILLINI
— Federal activation of National Guard in Chicago includes UI students
https://dailyillini.com/news-stories/world-news/state-news/2025/10/14/federal-guard-chicago-ui-students/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/14/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-402/
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/14/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-610/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Pritzker Overspends by $547 Million on Free Health Care for Illegal Aliens – Total Cost to Taxpayers Tops $2.5 Billion
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/pritzker-overspends-by-547-million-on-free-health-care-for-illegal-aliens-total-cost-to-taxpayers-tops-2-5-billion.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Senate vote fails for the eighth time to break Democrats’ filibuster of stopgap spending bill
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/14/senate-vote-fails-eighth-time-break-democrats-filibuster-stopgap/
— Trump to release list of ‘socialist’ government programs he’s canceling because of shutdown
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/14/trump-release-list-socialist-government-programs-hes-canceling/
— Abortion is not health care and never will be. Instead, it’s a recipe for lifelong trauma.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/14/abortion-health-care-never/
BREITBART
— Pritzker Suggests Democrats May Try to Prosecute ICE Agents. DD: While my Democrat superiors in the federal government never prosecuted me, they took many big adverse actions against me.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/14/illinois-gov-j-b-pritzker-suggests-democrats-may-try-to-prosecute-ice-agents-dhs-officials/amp/
— Dem-Led Oregon on Track to Spend $500 Million More for Healthcare Program that Includes Illegals than for State Police. https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/14/report-dem-led-oregon-on-track-to-spend-500-million-more-for-health-care-program-includes-illegals-than-for-state-police/
DAILY WIRE
— Mexican Cartels Place Bounties On Federal Agents In Chicago
https://www.dailywire.com/news/mexican-cartels-place-bounties-on-federal-agents-in-chicago
FOX NEWS
— Texas National Guard members removed from 60-day Illinois deployment for failing ‘mission requirements’ 7 service members failed to meet mission requirements during pre-deployment validation process.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/texas-national-guard-members-removed-from-60-day-illinois-deployment-failing-mission-requirements
— Democratic lawmakers celebrate order to remove fence at Illinois ICE facility
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6382737125112
— Trump floats using Insurrection Act to combat Chicago crime, says Pritzker should ‘beg’ for his help. Trump wants to curb crime in big cities by deploying the National Guard.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-floats-using-insurrection-act-combat-chicago-crime-says-pritzker-should-beg-his-help
NEWSMAX
— Left-Wing Group Instructs How to Fight ICE in Chicago
https://www.newsmax.com/us/chicago-ice-dhs/2025/10/14/id/1230254/
PJ MEDIA
— Oregon Will Spend $700M+ More on Illegals’ Healthcare Than Police
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/10/14/oregon-will-spend-700m-more-on-illegals-healthcare-than-police-n4944833
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump awards Charlie Kirk with posthumous Medal of Freedom
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5554911-trump-presents-medal-charlie-kirk/
CBS NEWS
— Trump awards Charlie Kirk with the Presidential Medal of Freedom
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-awards-charlie-kirk-presidential-medal-of-freedom/
— Trump says U.S. struck 5th boat accused of carrying drugs off coast of Venezuela, killing 6
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-venezuela-boat-drugs/
— CBS News, other media outlets, won’t sign on to new Pentagon press restrictions
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cbs-news-media-outlets-pentagon-press-restrictions/
NEWSWEEK
— Pritzker Looking at Prosecuting ICE Agents in Chicago. DD: While my Democrat superiors in the federal government never prosecuted me, they took many big adverse actions against me.
https://www.newsweek.com/jb-pritzker-looking-at-prosecuting-ice-agents-in-chicago-10877062
CATO
— Federal Government Wastes 59 Cents on the Dollar. 89 Percent Favor Auditing All Government Spending to Root Out Waste, Fraud, and Abuse. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. My Democrat Post Office superiors wasted what I learned delivering mail for almost 3 years while I completed courses in management at UIC and NIU. They forced me to resign falsely arguing that I was not available to work enough part-time hours. My Democrat IRS superiors wasted what I learned collecting delinquent taxes for almost 9 years while I completed graduate evening business and accounting courses at Loyola and DePaul and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt. They refused to promote me beyond GS-12. My Democrat GAO superiors wasted what I learned auditing federal agencies for almost 18 years while I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, became a licensed CPA, and completed graduate evening finance courses. They kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. They refused to promote me beyond GS-13 and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. So far, they have forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $1.9 million in today’s dollars to stop me from coming to work. They would not have done the aforesaid if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.
https://www.cato.org/blog/americans-say-federal-govt-wastes-59-cents-dollar
October 13, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against ICE
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-agents-spotted-church-rogers-park-chicago-gov-pritzker-speaks-national-guard-ruling-broadview-protests-continue/17994356/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against ICE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/trump-immigration-blitz-chicago-wards/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/12/chicago-marathon-immigration-illinois-pilsen/
— Residents cope with food deserts in Harvey, Chicago Heights, Richton Park and Park Forest. DD: I washed dishes in Chicago Heights 1964-1966. I chipped slag and pumped gasoline in Chicago Heights in 1966. I delivered mail in Park Forest 1966-1969. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances in Chicago Heights 1970-1971. I pumped gasoline in Chicago Heights 1971-1972. I collected delinquent taxes in Harvey 1972-1973. My father worked in Chicago Heights 1941-1969. I was born in Chicago Heights in 1948.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/10/food-deserts-harvey-chicago-heights-richton-park/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against ICE. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly equate their runaway slaves with their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/10/13/chicago-fugitive-slave-act-ice-fuentes-immigration-claudia-fegan-linda-rae-murray
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/13/poll-chicagoans-national-guard-policing-deportation-campaign-norc-university-of-chicago
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Springfield now faces the $2B question: How much to invest in mass transit’s future. DD: I used mass transit in 1971 and then 1973-1997. A major reason why my wife and I bought a home in Wheaton in 1978 and had one built in Wheaton in 1984 was their being in walking distance of Wheaton train stations.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/springfield-weighs-2b-fix-chicago-transit-system
STATELINE
— ‘National Day of Remembrance for Charlie Kirk’ is Tuesday, October 14, 2025
https://www.mystateline.com/news/national-day-of-remembrance-for-charlie-kirk-is-this-week-what-to-know/
WHEATON PATCH
— 12 Wheaton Students Named Semifinalists For National Merit Scholarships. DD: Did you get any scholarships? I did not. My critics/opponents have always used that against me. In my defense, during my junior and senior years at Crete-Monee High School 1964-1966, I spent far too many hours washing dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights instead of studying. Consequently, my ACT score was only 24 and I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/12-wheaton-students-named-semifinalists-for-national-merit-scholarships/ar-AA1NirxA
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Appeals Court rejects Trump administration bid to lift TRO in Illinois’
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_6cec4a79-4cac-42fa-b104-2943ffcddc4b.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Kash Patel severs FBI’s ties with James Comey-backed Anti–Defamation League after group ripped Charlie Kirk’s TPUSA
https://www.aol.com/news/kash-patel-severs-fbi-ties-205327655.html
— Biden admin weaponized DOJ to target Charlie Kirk, Turning Point USA to put movement ‘out of business’
https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-claims-biden-admin-weaponized-104731208.html
BREITBART
— Truckers Gain Wages as ICE Detains Highway Illegals
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/12/truckers-gain-wages-as-ice-detains-highway-illegals/
— DHS Reveals New York City Gave Indian Illegal Alien ‘No Name Given’ Commercial Driver’s License
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/10/12/dhs-reveals-new-york-city-gave-illegal-alien-no-name-given-drivers-license/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Biden DOJ Sought Direction From Leftist Group That Put Turning Point USA on a ‘Hate Map’ Shortly Before Charlie Kirk’s Assassination. However Bad You Think Biden’s DOJ Was, New Documents Show It Was Even Worse
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/10/12/biden-doj-sought-direction-splc-leftist-group-that-put-turning-point-usa-hate-map-shortly-before-charlie-kirks-assassination/
FOX NEWS
— Students are more motivated than ever to continue Charlie Kirk’s mission. DD: Who is leading TPUSA in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district?
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6382659911112
— Harvard charging $13K for DEI certificate on ‘bias’ and ‘privilege’ Classes include ‘Understanding Race and Racism’ and ‘Power and Privilege in Systems’ DD: According to my critics/opponents, I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/harvard-charging-13k-dei-training-bias-privilege
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/harvard-launches-13k-dei-certificate-on-bias-and-privilege-is-it-a-valuable-career-move-or-an-overpriced-ideological-course/articleshow/124508068.cms
— Pope Leo says family based on ‘union between a man and a woman,’ defends dignity of unborn
https://www.foxnews.com/world/pope-leo-says-family-based-union-between-man-woman-defends-dignity-unborn
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Demented Democrats
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/10/demented-democrats-week-at-legal-insurrection/
NEWSMAX
— Tuesday, October 14: National Day of Remembrance for Charlie Kirk
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/charlie-kirk-national-day/2025/10/12/id/1230016/
— Trump Moves to Purge ‘Woke’ Ideology From Colleges. DD: All my critics/opponents are woke. To be woke is to blame your problems on those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.newsmax.com/us/donald-trump-college-dei/2025/10/12/id/1230043/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— ‘National Day of Remembrance for Charlie Kirk’ is Tuesday, October 14, 2025
https://thehill.com/homenews/nexstar_media_wire/5527054-national-day-of-remembrance-for-charlie-kirk-is-this-week-what-to-know/
YAHOO
— Some Texas National Guard troops replaced in Illinois for being overweight
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/texas-national-guard-troops-replaced-153000480.html
AOL
— Harvard Quietly Ends ‘Minority Recruitment Program’ Amid Battle With Trump Admin. DD: UIC accepted me when I was 18 in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, and IIT in 1992 because they could not find a qualified minority, female, and/or veteran to accept.
https://www.aol.com/articles/harvard-quietly-ends-minority-recruitment-175414037.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly blame conservatives for all the problems that those who are the following have: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/business/economy/black-unemployment-federal-layoffs-diversity-initiatives.html
— DD: Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Kirk-hating Kirk-haters will ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Kirk.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/09/27/us/politics/charlie-kirk-debate.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly prefer international students over American students.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/10/06/upshot/us-international-student-travel.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote illegal drugs.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/10/09/world/americas/drug-trafficking-venezuela.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: More People Feel the Strain Of a Shutdown. DD: How dependent on federal spending are those in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/us/politics/government-shutdown-effects.html
USA TODAY
— How To Choose The Right College Major. DD: My biggest career mistake was not majoring in accounting from the beginning. I erroneously believed that because I was not strong in math, I could never pass the CPA examination. I did not start taking graduate evening accounting courses until I was 27 in 1976. I did not take and pass the CPA examination on my first attempt until I was 30. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul until I was 31. I did not take and pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination until I was 32. I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32. By then, the accounting profession viewed me as being much too old. The accounting profession would not have done that if I had been a minority, female, and/or veteran.
https://www.usatoday.com/press-release/story/16252/how-to-choose-the-right-college-major-student-career-decision-guide/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Assessment first: Use personality tests, skills evaluations, and values assessments to understand natural strengths before picking a major. Research reality: Look beyond salary figures to examine job market trends, daily responsibilities, and long-term career satisfaction rates in chosen fields. Timing matters: The 15-25 age window offers optimal decision-making opportunities before life circumstances make career changes more difficult. Avoid pressure: Don’t let parental expectations, peer choices, or social media influence override personal interests and natural abilities. Get expert help: Professional career advice can provide structured guidance to help students make confident decisions within weeks rather than years of trial and error.)
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— What Is the One Trait That Makes for a Great Manager? DD: My Democrat IRS superiors got rid of the IRS manager who promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My Democrat GAO superiors got rid of the GAO manager who arranged my transfer from IRS in 1980 and was finally able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me in 1986.
https://www.wsj.com/business/c-suite/manager-strengths-rellocating-talent-f0add2da
— Giving Career Advice to Kids Has Never Been Harder. 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 I had a bone disease. My eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20. I had partial red/green color blindness. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/career-advice-children-ai-148983e5
— DD: I owned a 1968 Dodge Charger R/T 1994-2005. I owned a 1969 Dodge Charger SE 1968-1971. I have owned my 2013 Dodge Charger R/T Max since 2012. I have owned my 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T Plus since March of this year.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/cars/the-texan-who-scored-a-1968-cincinnati-bengals-themed-dodge-charger-d1753412
MUST READ ALASKA
— Anchorage Republican Women’s Club Gives $1,000 to Turning Point USA
https://mustreadalaska.com/anchorage-republican-womens-club-gives-1000-to-turning-point-usa-uaa/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Government Accountability Office Issues Scathing Report on Army Readiness
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/government-accountability-office-issues-scathing-report-on-army-readiness/ar-AA1O5tBT
POLITICO
— Inside Uthmeier’s path to a critical Trump endorsement in Florida. DD: Of the candidates on the Republican primary ballot in your county, which ones are seeking Trump’s endorsement?
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/12/uthmeier-florida-trump-endorsement-00603089
— The impending retirement that could rock Capitol Hill. The director of the Government Accountability office will step down in a few short months, leaving a void atop the agency that has found the White House guilty of violating congressional spending law. DD: GAO is just a shell of what it once was. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/17/gao-trump-impoundment-spending-00569967
FROM OTHER SOURCES
GOOGLE AI
— Good old days. DD: When were your good old days? Mine included 1971-1981 when a) I bought new cars in 1971, 1973, and 1978, b) IRS promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, c) I bought real estate in 1972, 1974, 1976, and 1978, c) I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, d) I got married in 1978, e) I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, f) I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, g) I passed the Certified Internal Auditing examination on my first attempt in 1981, and h) I became a licensed CPA in 1981. They include 1986-1988 when a) GAO assigned me to audits of IRS and b) promoted me in 1986.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22good+old+days%22
October 12, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/12/gov-jb-pritzker-national-guard-trump-levers-of-power/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/12/silverio-villegas-children-foster-care-idaho/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/12/ice-fears-chicago-school-districts/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/12/opinion-donald-trump-national-guard-chicago-free-speech/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/12/editorial-april-perry-ice-national-guard-justice-department/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ in Oak Park.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/07/oak-park-gender-affirming-care-discussion/
— Lapel pins awarded to honor area Vietnam era veterans. DD: I should write about those who have used against me my avoiding the Vietnam War draft the most. I would focus on my Democrat superiors in the federal government who were veterans. They blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/08/vietnam-war-brad-schneider-pins/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Duckworth, Durbin demand feds not use Chicago Harbor Lock on river as backdrop for social media videos
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/10/duckworth-durbin-demand-feds-not-use-chicago-harbor-lock-on-river-as-backdrop-for-social-media-videos
DAILY HERALD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly coverup their poverty and their crime in Chicago.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251011/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-a-celebration-of-chicago-the-disparagement-in-our-national-politics-of-our-ci/
EDWARDSVILLE INTELLIGENCER
— DD: Fundraising success indicates electability
https://www.theintelligencer.com/opinion/article/money-shouldnt-decide-illinois-senate-race-21090956.php
MILWAUKEE COURIER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly paint Derek Chauvin as being a typical conservative White male Republican.
https://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2025/10/11/remembering-george-floyd-we-are-the-stewards-of-his-story/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump issues a Columbus Day proclamation to ‘reclaim’ the explorer’s legacy
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-10-11/trump-issues-a-columbus-day-proclamation-to-reclaim-the-explorers-legacy
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Newsom approves agency to administer slavery reparations. DD: Affirmative Action is reparations. To get even more votes from Blacks, Democrat leaders promise Blacks even more reparations.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/3846786/newsom-approves-agency-administer-slavery-reparations/
NEW YORK POST
— Cornell MBA council warns ‘non-marginalized’ students to avoid minority recruiting events. DD: All my critics/opponents attribute all my successes in my life to my benefitting from marginalization of minorities, females, younger people, LGBTQers, veterans, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://nypost.com/2025/09/18/us-news/cornell-mba-council-warns-non-marginalized-students-to-avoid-minority-recruiting-events-report/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Renowned chef who catered for George W Bush deported, stuns Texas town. DD: I have always helped elect in general elections candidates who won Republican primary elections. Far too often, those candidates were the lesser of two evils.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/10/10/renowned-chef-who-catered-for-george-w-bush-deported-stuns-texas-town-1591643/
BREITBART
— Gavin Newsom Signs Bill to Build Reparations Bureaucracy. DD: Affirmative Action is reparations. To get even more votes from Blacks, Democrat leaders promise Blacks even more reparations.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/11/gavin-newsom-signs-bill-to-build-reparations-bureaucracy/amp/
COLLEGE FIX
— Michigan State University opens $38 million ‘sanctuary’ for ‘minorities’ DD: Since I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have attributed my successes in my life to my benefitting from oppression of minorities and females. 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. All the many minorities and females who were promoted over me a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/michigan-state-u-opens-38-million-sanctuary-for-minorities/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “The MSU Multicultural Center (MCC), guided by a student-developed mission, aims to provide a supportive space for students from historically oppressed backgrounds to learn, grow, and access the resources necessary to succeed and graduate from a predominantly white institution,” the room reservation page for the center states.)
FOX NEWS
— Atlantic article likens Charlie Kirk to George Floyd, sparking online fury
https://www.aol.com/news/atlantic-article-likens-charlie-kirk-151941835.html
NEWSMAX
— Trump Admin’s Immigration Raids Blamed for Potential Food Supply Crisis. DD: What percent of food industry workers are illegals? What percent of food industry jobs are bad jobs?
https://www.newsmax.com/us/immigration-migrants-farm-workers/2025/10/11/id/1229953/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Gingrich on Trump’s shutdown layoffs: ‘He’s willing to take the heat’ DD: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE and I might still be a GAO employee.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5551386-trump-gingrich-federal-layoffs/
AOL
— NFL Removing ‘End Racism’ Message From End Zones. DD: Since I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have attributed my successes in my life to my benefitting from discrimination against minorities and against females. 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. All the many minorities and females who were promoted over me a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.aol.com/entertainment/nfl-removing-end-racism-message-120600237.html
NBC NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-life-and-style/gay-harlem-renaissance-exhibit-new-york-historical-rcna236671
CBS NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/boston-roslindale-restaurant-pride-flag-ripped-down/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders say “We’re in a Worse Place Than We Were Under Nixon.” DD: My Democrat Post Office superiors, my Democrat Firestone Store boss, and my Democrat IRS superiors who were veterans hated Nixon. They blamed Nixon for America losing the Vietnam War. They took their hatred against Nixon out against me. My Democrat Post Office superiors denied my sick leave requests and forced me to resign. My Democrat Firestone Store boss rudely fired me when I gave him my 2-week notice. My Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my travel vouchers and my education deductions and never promoted me beyond GS-12. They were furious that I was a Republican and that I avoided the Vietnam War draft.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/opinion/letitia-james-donald-trump-nixon.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders say “Trump Fires Black Officials From an Overwhelmingly White Administration.” DD: All my Black coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had. The aforesaid was true for my Black subordinate who my Democrat GAO superiors replaced me with when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/us/politics/black-leaders-trump.html
— 1 in 5 millennials, Gen Zers gifted down payment for home from their parents. DD: Where did the down payment for your first home come from? For me, back in the good old days when I was 24 in 1972, it came from what I had earned and saved a) working for IRS for 15 months and b) working part-time for Firestone Stores for 18 months and full-time for 7 months before that. The money I earned and saved during that time also enabled me a) to buy a new 1972 Corvette in October of 1971 and b) pay for tuition and books for graduate evening business courses at Loyola in 1972.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/realestate/parents-money-down-payment-home-buying.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump escalates his use of federal power to target Democratic states. Democrats see a pattern of inflicting pain on places that are politically unfriendly, while Trump has declared his intent to hurt liberal areas and policies.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/12/trump-blue-states-target-red-states/
— DD: What percent of food industry workers are illegals? What percent of food industry jobs are bad jobs?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/10/11/immigration-crackdown-food-prices/
— DD:: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/10/10/ice-immigrants-protest-signs-dc/
— Trump is in ‘excellent’ health, White House says, amid questions about second exam. Outside physicians asked why the president was making a return trip to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, six months after undergoing medical tests.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/11/trump-physical-doctor/
USA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/10/11/lgbtq-queer-youtubers-national-coming-out-day/86569357007/
MIAMI HERALD
— Vance Responds to Joy Reid Calling Him ‘Mediocre’ DD: My critics/opponents have always stressed a) that my ACT score was only 24, b) that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class, c) that I never got any scholarships, d) that GPAs at UIC, NIU, Loyola, DePaul, and IIT were not that great, and d) that while I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, my scores were not that great.
https://www.newsbreak.com/miami-herald-1592483/4287110141419-vance-responds-to-joy-reid-calling-him-mediocre
WSBTV
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ in Atlanta
https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/thousands-attend-atlanta-pride-festival-piedmont-park-this-weekend/PZEZBVOW7VDHRA4C52KCZSJERE/
BUSINESS INSIDER
— DD: What decisions did you make that were career limiting? I spent far too many hours washing dishes while I was in high school instead of studying. I avoided the Vietnam War draft. I spent far too many hours delivering mail while I was earning my bachelor’s degree instead of studying. I should have majored in accounting. I did not become a Democrat. I complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-recover-after-mistake-bad-decision-at-work-2021-9
INC.
— DD: Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly prefer foreign employees over American employees.
https://www.inc.com/entrepreneurs-organization/why-your-workforce-strategy-must-go-global/91248906
U.S. CENSUS
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for all the problems that those who are the following have: minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2020/09/poverty-rates-for-blacks-and-hispanics-reached-historic-lows-in-2019.html
EQUITABLE GROWTH
— America’s job-quality crisis and how to revive workers’ pay, dignity, job advancement, and economic well-being. DD: According to my critics/opponents, a) all the jobs that I had were bad jobs that they would never stoop to take and b) I was always grossly overpaid. In my defense, to qualify myself for better paying jobs, a) I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree (management), b) I earned three job-related master’s degrees (business, accounting, and finance), c) I earned six job-related professional certifications (accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting), and d) I earned a job-related professional license (CPA). Nevertheless, I never earned more than $153,151/year in today’s dollars. The fact that few qualified minorities and women wanted the federal jobs that I had proves that they were bad jobs. Qualified minorities and females could always get better jobs in the private sector.
https://equitablegrowth.org/americas-job-quality-crisis-and-how-to-revive-workers-pay-dignity-job-advancement-and-economic-well-being/
HUFFINGTON POST
— Don Lemon Flames Hegseth As ‘Not Qualified’ To Be Defense Secretary. DD: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree (management) when I was 21. I earned three job-related master’s degrees (business, accounting, and finance) when I was 27, 31, and 48. I earned six job-related professional certifications (accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting) when I was 30 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48. I earned a job-related professional license (CPA) when I was 32. But by the time I earned the aforesaid, it was too late, I was views as being too old to have a successful career. That would not have been the case if I had been a minority, female, and/or veteran.
https://www.aol.com/articles/ex-cnn-host-flames-hegseth-214110998.html
October 11, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump asks appeals court to intervene after judge blocks National Guard deployment to Illinois. Justice Department lawyers say U.S. District Judge April Perry “impermissibly second-guessed the Commander in Chief.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump/2025/10/10/trump-asks-appeals-court-to-intervene-after-judge-blocks-national-guard-deployment-to-illinois
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— The Transgender Movement is Not Just About Men in Girls’ Sports.
https://illinoisfamily.org/marriage/child-exploitation/the-transgender-movement-is-not-just-about-men-in-girls-sports/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Who do your critics/opponents call losers? SEE: https://www.google.com/search?q=losers My critics/opponents call federal employees losers who are White, male, and/or nonveteran and who do not make GS-13 ($117,807) by age 25, GS-14 ($139,211) by age 30, GS-15 ($163,749) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service ($195,200) by age 40. Extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines. My critics/opponents stress that I did not make GS-13 until I was 38 in 1986 and that I never made GS-14. In my defense, I stress that Democrats run the federal government and I never became a Democrat and a) that I did not earn job-related master’s degrees until I was 27, 31, and 48, b) that I did not earn job-related professional certifications until I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) that I did not earn a job-related professional license until I was 32. Further, my critics/opponents call Republican Precinct Committeemen (RPC) losers who are White, male, and/or nonveteran and who not become township party leaders, county party leaders, and Illinois Republican Party leaders. Extremely few RPCs become party leaders. My critics/opponents stress that while I have been a RPC since 1999, I have never been a party leader. In my defense, I stress that I am a conservative, that is, that I am a platform Republican. – Dave Diersen
https://www.google.com/search?q=losers
— What do your critics/opponent do? My critics/opponents increasingly make it clear that they are anti-conservative, if not conservative-haters. They ever-increasingly blame conservatives for their problems, for your problems, and for everyone’s problems. They ever-increasingly dismiss, belittle, badmouth, isolate, ostracize, marginalize, blacklist, cancel, demonize, denigrate, and condemn conservatives. They ever-increasingly take adverse actions against conservatives. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who are/were a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— QUESTION: What has motivated anti-conservatives and conservative-haters to promote more hatred against conservatives recently? ANSWER: Trump’s successes and Kirk’s assignation. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Enough of Chuck Schumer’s shutdown scam. Democrats are willing to harm Americans to safeguard illegals’ benefits.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/10/enough-chuck-schumers-shutdown-scam/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Newsom approves agency to administer slavery reparations. DD: Affirmative Action is slavery reparations.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/3846786/newsom-approves-agency-administer-slavery-reparations/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Trump Administration Lays Off Last of Minority Business Development Agency. The move effectively shutters the agency, which had already faced dramatic cuts. DD: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, a) there would be no need for DOGE and b) I might still be a GAO employee.
https://freebeacon.com/trump-administration/trump-administration-lays-off-last-of-minority-business-development-agency/
— DD: Democrats and RINOs will never stop using Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/why-democrats-are-finally-giving-up-on-dei/
NEW YORK POST
— Illegal migrant trucker with ‘No Name Given’ on NY driver’s license ID’d, arrested in Oklahoma
https://nypost.com/2025/10/11/us-news/illegal-migrant-trucker-with-no-name-given-on-ny-drivers-license-idd-arrested-in-oklahoma/
BREITBART
— Robert De Niro Pushes Nationwide ‘No Kings’ Anti-Trump October 18 Protest Campaign
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2025/10/10/watch-robert-de-niro-pushes-nationwide-no-kings-anti-trump-protest-campaign/amp/
COLLEGE FIX
— Academics continue hypocritical whining about ‘freedom’ and ‘democracy’
https://www.thecollegefix.com/academics-continue-hypocritical-whining-about-freedom-and-democracy/
DAILY CALLER
— ICE Nabs Illegal Migrant Truck Driver With ‘No Name’ Listed On Driver’s License
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/10/ice-nabs-migrant-trucker-with-no-name/
— Migrant ‘Invaders’ Under Biden Led To Government Shutdown
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/10/c-span-caller-says-migrant-invaders-under-biden-led-to-government-shutdown/
— The Politics Of The Shutdown, Obamacare, Crime And Deportations
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/11/opinion-the-politics-of-the-shutdown-obamacare-crime-and-deportations-larry-elder/
FOX NEWS
— Biden-era ‘unvetted’ immigrants nabbed after Virginia highway gunfire as border debate hits governor’s race
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-era-unvetted-immigrants-nabbed-after-virginia-highway-gunfire-border-debate-hits-governors-race
— New York in the hot seat after ICE busts Illegal immigrant with ‘NO NAME GIVEN’ on license. ICE arrested 91 illegals who were operating commercial motor vehicles with driver’s licenses granted by sanctuary states.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/blue-state-hot-seat-after-ice-busts-illegal-immigrant-with-no-name-given-license
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Harvard Cashing in on DEI With $13,760 Certificate Program. “You will gain critical knowledge and skills to address bias and marginalization and to foster an inclusive corporate culture.” DD: Democrats and RINOs will never stop using Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/10/harvard-cashing-in-on-dei-with-13760-certificate-program/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Teacher Training and Licensure Are Serious Problems; Oklahoma Has an Unserious Solution
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/teacher-training-and-licensure-are-serious-problems-one-red-state-has-an-unserious-solution/
NEW AMERICAN
— Media’s Illegal-alien Sob Stories Are Meant to Deceive
https://thenewamerican.com/us/immigration/manipulation-medias-illegal-alien-sob-stories-are-meant-to-deceive/
NEWSMAX
— ICE Arrests Illegal Driving Rig With N.Y. License for ‘No Name Given’
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/ice-semitruck-illegal-alien/2025/10/10/id/1229893/
— Use Shutdown for Cuts in ‘Bloated’ Washington. DD: To justify gutting GAO, Gingrich charged GAO with being bloated. My Democrat GAO superiors used that charge to deem its employees like me who they had not promoted to GS-15, currently $163,749/year and were the following as being bloat: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/marlin-stutzman-washington-shutdown/2025/10/10/id/1229790/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news/lonesome-cowboys-movie-theater-police-raid-atlanta-lgbtq-movement-pride/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Blocking Chicago Guard Deployment, Judge Questions Government’s Veracity. The Trump administration’s “perceptions are not reliable,” a federal judge wrote, explaining why she has temporarily blocked the deployment of troops to the Chicago area.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/us/politics/ice-national-guard.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Federal Layoffs Have Begun During Government Shutdown. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, Republicans shrank the agency from over 6,000 employees to less than 3,000 employees. My Democrat GAO superiors punished me for that by wasting my career, by taking adverse actions against me, and by forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/us/politics/federal-layoffs-government-shutdown.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: The Democrat Party exists to get rid of Trump and everyone who voted for Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/11/trump-war-military-domestic-national-guard/
BALTIMORE SUN
— Chef who used to cater events for President George W. Bush gets deported
https://www.baltimoresun.com/2025/10/10/chef-who-used-to-cater-events-for-president-george-w-bush-gets-deported/
EL PASO TIMES
— Abbott warns against road markings seen as ‘social, political or ideological messages’
https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/texasregion/2025/10/09/gov-abbott-directive-on-removing-political-street-markings/86599004007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders side with MIT against Trump
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-merit-and-mit-aaf4ac58
FORTUNE
— Billionaire MacKenzie Scott doubles down on DEI with $42 million donation. DD: Democrats and RINOs will never stop using Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://fortune.com/2025/10/10/billionaire-mackenzie-scott-doubles-down-on-dei-with-42-million-donation/
October 10, 2015 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— 4 arrested during protests at Broadview ICE facility; DOJ to appeal to National Guard ruling. A judge has ordered the removal of a fence surrounding the Broadview ICE facility by Tuesday night.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/broadview-ice-facility-protest-expected-donald-trump-administration-appeals-judge-april-perrys-chicago-national-guard-ruling/17977464/
— New federal changes to commercial driver’s licenses already impacting CA truck drivers
https://abc7news.com/post/new-us-department-transportation-changes-commercial-drivers-licenses-already-impacting-california-truck/17981185/
— Chicago alderman asks Trump to consider amnesty for undocumented immigrants with clean records. Republican President Reagan in 1986 gave millions opportunity of a lifetime: United States citizenship.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-alderman-ray-lopez-asks-president-donald-trump-consider-amnesty-undocumented-immigrants-clean-records/17980847/
— WGN-TV employee detained by federal agents in Lincoln Square
https://abc7chicago.com/post/wgn-tv-employee-debbie-brockman-detained-border-patrol-agents-lincoln-foster-avenues-square-chicago-video/17980398/
NBC5
— ICE agents detain several people at O’Hare Airport rideshare parking lot
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/ice-agents-detain-several-people-at-ohare-airport-rideshare-lot/3836759/
— Trump administration appeals, releases statement on National Guard ruling in Chicago
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/trump-administration-appeals-releases-statement-on-national-guard-ruling-in-chicago/3836585/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their criminals and their illegals
https://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/trump-fanning-the-flames-of-unrest-says-chicago-judge-in-ruling-against-deployment/3836366/
— Sens. Durbin and Duckworth visit Broadview ICE processing facility. Durbin said this was the fourth time they’ve requested to tour the facility with no response from ICE officials.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/sens-durbin-and-duckworth-visit-broadview-ice-processing-facility/3836809/
CBS2
— WGN-TV employee arrested by ICE agents in Lincoln Square
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/wgn-tv-employee-arrested-by-ice-agents-in-lincoln-square/
— Women arrested by ICE in front of Chicago elementary school, accused of stalking agents
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/women-arrested-ice-agents-west-side/
FOX32
— Durbin, Duckworth denied access to Broadview ICE facility amid legal disputes
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/durbin-duckworth-denied-access-broadview-ice-facility-amid-legal-disputes
— Trump administration appeals ruling blocking National Guard deployment in Chicago area
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-appeals-ruling-blocking-national-guard-deployment-chicago
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Protesters return to Broadview on Friday after judge temporarily blocks National Guard
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/10/ice-national-guard-chicago-1011/
— Firings of federal workers begin as White House seeks to pressure Democrats in government shutdown
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/10/firings-federal-workers-government-shutdown/
DAILY HERALD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their criminals and their illegals
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251010/dining/the-deployments-create-fear-immigration-crackdown-hurting-restaurant-staffing-reservations/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Feds conduct immigration raid at rideshare lot near O’Hare
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/feds-conduct-immigration-operation-rideshare-lot-near-ohare
DECATUR RADIO
— Teen Alcohol Use Rising To Alarming Rate In Illinois
https://www.decaturradio.com/2025/10/10/teen-alcohol-use-rising-to-alarming-rate-in-illinois/
WTHI TV
— Firings of federal workers underway as shutdown drags on, White House budget chief announces
https://www.wthitv.com/news/firings-of-federal-workers-underway-as-shutdown-drags-on-white-house-budget-chief-announces/article_5b604fd0-2e9d-58ea-8684-4a462de3709f.html
CHICAGO READER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://chicagoreader.com/news/make-it-make-sense/ice-arrests-protests-cook-county/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-401/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
DON TRACY
— Statement from Don Tracy on Pritzker-Trump Administration Legal Dispute
https://mailchi.mp/667e0fc2f8ed/statement-from-don-tracy-on-pritzker-trump-administration-legal-dispute?e=bb81f0fe1e
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Biden-Appointed Judge With Soros Ties Blocks National Guard From Chicago as City Remains a Warzone
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/biden-appointed-judge-with-soros-ties-blocks-national-guard-from-chicago-as-city-remains-a-warzone.html
— The World Owes Trump an Apology — and the Media Owes America the Truth
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/the-world-owes-trump-an-apology-and-the-media-owes-america-the-truth.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Trump’s doctor touts president’s ‘exceptional health’ after undergoing ‘semiannual physical’
https://nypost.com/2025/10/10/us-news/trumps-doctor-touts-presidents-exceptional-health-after-undergoing-physical/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Party like it’s 1859
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/10/party_like_it_s_1859.html
— The new asylums
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/10/the_new_asylums.html
BIZPAC REVIEW
— Chicago mayor predictably goes right to the race card after Trump calls for his arrest
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/10/09/chicago-mayor-predictably-goes-right-to-the-race-card-after-trump-calls-for-his-arrest-1591297/
BREITBART
— Chicago Residents Welcome Border Patrol in Contrast to Leftist Anti-ICE Radicals
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2025/10/10/watch-chicago-residents-welcome-border-patrol-in-contrast-to-leftist-anti-ice-radicals/amp/
— Illinois Teacher Arrested for Grooming, Sharing Explicit Content with Student
https://www.breitbart.com/education/2025/10/09/illinois-teacher-arrested-for-grooming-sharing-explicit-content-with-student/
FOX NEWS
— Trump declared in ‘excellent overall health’ by doctor after Walter Reed visit
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-declared-excellent-overall-health-doctor-after-walter-reed-visit
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Here’s How Chicago Has Been Putting Illegal Aliens Above American Citizens
https://www.westernjournal.com/chicago-putting-illegal-aliens-american-citizens/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
REUTERS
— Trump, 79, has “cardiac age” of 65-year-old, doctor says
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-79-get-second-medical-check-up-this-year-2025-10-10/
WPSD
— National Guard stands down in Illinois while troops patrol in Memphis with local police
https://www.wpsdlocal6.com/news/national-guard-stands-down-in-illinois-while-troops-patrol-in-memphis-with-local-police/article_e64452dd-d66e-4756-8bfb-5b5d68b98d6d.html
FORBES
— Tammy Duckworth And Dick Durbin Hand Out Water To Protesters Outside ICE Facility In Broadview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=um-D0rwfQus
October 10, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Chicago federal judge temporarily blocks National Guard deployment in Illinois. Ruling in effect for 14 days.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/national-guard-chicago-area-thursday-federal-court-weigh-trumps-deployment-troops-protect-ice-officers-broadview/17970024/
NBC5
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/ruling-pausing-national-guard-deployment-draws-praise-from-illinois-officials/3836419/
WGN9
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://wgntv.com/news/operation-midway-blitz/uic-students-protest-ice-detentions-after-viral-video-sparks-outrage/
FOX32
— Chicago immigration crackdown forces Argentina, Puerto Rico soccer match to relocate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Em_nCqD86ZI
WTTW
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion
https://news.wttw.com/2025/10/09/planned-parenthood-illinois-ceo-future-reproductive-care-amid-federal-threats
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: What helped you avoid leftist indoctrination? My parents sent me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools. My college majors were business, accounting, and finance.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/10/06/academic-neutrality-critical-thinking-texas-a-m-university-melissa-mccoul-akash-belsare
DAILY HERALD
— Scholarship brunch supports Latinx students at Elgin Community College. DD: My critics/opponents have always used my not getting any scholarships against me. They hint/imply/argue/shout that proves that I am stupid and/or that my parents were filthy rich.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251006/submitted-content/scholarship-brunch-supports-latinx-students-at-elgin-community-college/
WJBC
— Black Chicagoans Welcome ICE, National Guard Presence
https://www.wjbc.com/2025/10/09/report-black-chicagoans-welcome-ice-national-guard-presence/
CHALKBEAT
— DD: Democrat leaders do everything that they can to flood America with citizens of foreign countries.
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/10/09/chicago-mayor-has-not-appointed-noncitizen-advisory-board/
WHEATON PATCH
— DuPage Clerk Seeks Restraining Order; Says Over $230K Owed To Election Vendors. DuPage County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek is seeking a temporary restraining order for DuPage County to pay two election vendors.
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/dupage-clerk-seeks-restraining-order-says-over-230k-owed-election-vendors
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-609/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What do you say to those who harm those who help them. SEE: https://www.google.com/search?q=%22harm+those+who+help+you%22 I should write about those who I have helped the most, but who then have harmed me the most. I would focus on Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000.
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Chicago anti-ICE chaos only proves why National Guard is needed, Windy City Dem says
https://nypost.com/2025/10/09/us-news/chicago-anti-ice-chaos-proves-national-guard-is-needed-alderman-raymond-lopez/
AMERICAN THINKER
— The Left’s multicultural conquest
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/10/the_left_s_multicultural_conquest.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Black Chicagoans Welcome ICE and Military Protectors
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/10/09/black-chicagoans-welcome-ice-military-protectors/
BLAZE
— Turning Point USA to offer ‘All American Halftime Show’ alternative to NFL’s woke Super Bowl spectacle
https://www.theblaze.com/news/turning-point-usa-to-offer-all-american-halftime-show-as-alternative-to-nfls-deviant-super-bowl-spectacular
CAMPUS REFORM
— Harvard Sells DEI certificate for $14k
https://www.campusreform.org/article/harvard-sells-dei-certificate-14k/28748
COLLEGE FIX
— University of Minnesota hosts ‘Trans and Queer Strength group’ led by ‘certified queer personal trainer’
https://www.thecollegefix.com/uminn-hosts-trans-and-queer-strength-group-led-by-certified-queer-personal-trainer/
DAILY CALLER
— As Pritzker Tees Up Presidential Run, Time For A Look At His Real Record
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/07/opinion-as-pritzker-tees-up-presidential-run-time-for-a-look-at-his-real-record-diana-rickert/
DAILY WIRE
— Social Justice Warriors Shouldn’t Control West Point. The military’s biggest problem isn’t meeting diversity quotas; it’s restoring a warrior ethos to military culture.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/social-justice-warriors-shouldnt-control-west-point
FOX NEWS
— Trump could make non-essential federal workers permanently non-essential. DD: My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as having been a grossly overpaid non-essential federal employee. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6381623165112
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Chicago Mayor Won’t Answer if He’d Want Illegal Alien Who’d Raped, Beaten His Wife Deported
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/10/chicago-mayor-wont-answer-if-hed-want-illegal-alien-whod-raped-beaten-his-wife-deported/
MERCURY
— Tolerance of violence in US cities is stoking insurrection
https://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/the-mercury-south-africa/20251009/281535117187362
NEWSMAX
— Black Chicagoans Welcome ICE, National Guard Presence
https://www.newsmax.com/us/chicago-ice-national-guard/2025/10/09/id/1229739/
— Democrats Should Support Americans, Not Illegals
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/sean-duffy-government-shutdown/2025/10/09/id/1229755/
REAL CLEAR POLICY
— Illegal Immigrants Access Public Health Benefits
https://www.realclearpolicy.com/2025/10/09/of_course_illegal_immigrants_access_public_health_benefits_1139906.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Thursday said he would fire air traffic controllers who are skipping work because of the government shutdown.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5547946-duffy-threatens-fire-air-traffic-controllers-skip-work-shutdown/amp/
NBC NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-pop-culture/newfest-new-york-lgbtq-film-festival-rcna236232
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Blue states ever-increasingly reject federal law.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/us/politics/national-guard-governors.html
— DD: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the less protected that you are: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. That is because Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that those who are aforesaid discriminate against those who are liberal/moderate, non-Republican, non-American, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, poor, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/opinion/anthony-kennedy-supreme-court.html
— How Trump Is Using the Justice Department to Target His Enemies. DD: To get rid of me, my Democrat Post Office superiors disallowed my sick leave requests and forced me to resign. My Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my travel vouchers, disallowed my education deductions, and never promoted me beyond GS-12. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS, delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. They would not have done the aforesaid if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/10/07/us/politics/trump-enemies-justice-department-investigations.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Urban Crime Spike Is Real. A national victimization survey confirms Trump’s claim that U.S. cities have grown more dangerous.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-urban-crime-spike-is-real-555b7410
— Democrats Keep Shoveling Money at ObamaCare. It wasn’t supposed to cost hundreds of billions of tax dollars a year to make healthcare ‘affordable.’
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/democrats-keep-shoveling-money-at-obamacare-936c25f2
— Federal Workers and Troops to Miss Paychecks Soon. Here’s What to Know. Government shutdown means employees won’t get paid until standoff is resolved.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/government-shutdown-federal-employee-military-pay-72a842d1?mod=Searchresults&pos=1&page=1
PBS
— DD: What do your critics/opponents attribute your successes to? Mine attribute my successes to my benefitting from discrimination against minorities, females, younger people, veterans, LGBTQers, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, and those whose ancestors have been not been in America for a long time. In my defense, neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/pope-leo-condemns-economies-that-marginalize-the-poor-while-the-wealthy-live-in-a-bubble-of-luxury