FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— DD: Democrat leaders know that they cannot regain control of the White House, U.S. Senate, or U.S. House unless they gerrymander even more.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/us-house-minority-leader-hakeem-jeffries-brings-redistricting-push-illinois-sources-say-local-democratic-leaders-not-biting/18078389/
NBC5
— DD: Democrat leaders know that they cannot regain control of the White House, U.S. Senate, or U.S. House unless they gerrymander even more.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/video/news/local/why-hakeem-jeffries-wants-illinois-congressional-maps-redrawn/3844198/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-redistricting-why-hakeem-jeffries-wants-congressional-maps-redrawn/3844157/
FOX32
— DD: Democrat leaders know that they cannot regain control of the White House, U.S. Senate, or U.S. House unless they gerrymander even more.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1730889
WBEZ
— DD: Democrat leaders know that they cannot regain control of the White House, U.S. Senate, or U.S. House unless they gerrymander even more.
https://www.wbez.org/politics/2025/10/27/illinois-redistricting-hakeem-jeffries-donald-trump-congress
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/28/editorial-ice-kristi-noem-immigration-enforcement-tear-gas-lakeview-irving-park/
— Dillard: The real consequences of not funding transit in Illinois
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/28/opinion-illinois-transit-funding/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— CPS lunchroom workers say wages are so low they can barely feed their own families. The workers, most earning $18.42 or less an hour, picketed outside CPS headquarters Monday. They’ve been working without a contract for three months. DD: In today’s dollars, the Post Office paid me $19.37-$20.67/hour to deliver mail 1966-1969. According to my critics/opponents, I was grossly overpaid.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/10/27/cps-lunchroom-workers-wages-so-low-they-can-barely-feed-own-families-chicago-public-schools
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE: Primary races emerge for DuPage county clerk, sheriff
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251027/news/primary-races-emerge-for-dupage-county-clerk-sheriff/
— Primary battle for U.S. Senate seat gets real
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251027/nation-and-world-politics/primary-battle-for-u-s-senate-seat-gets-real/
— Palatine police defend officer who assisted federal agents
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251027/news/palatine-police-defend-officer-who-assisted-federal-agents/
KANE COUNTY CLERK
— Candidates List DD: Why hasn’t the DuPage County Clerk posted similar information?
https://clerk.kanecountyil.gov/Elections/Pages/Candidates-List.aspx
SHAW LOCAL
— Everything you need to know for the March 2026 Illinois primary. This Monday candidates will start filing their petitions to appear on the ballot.
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2025/10/22/everything-you-need-to-know-for-the-march-2026-illinois-primary/
ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Illinois U.S. Senate race adds 7 candidates for Dick Durbin’s seat
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/illinois-senate-race-new-candidates-don-tracy-21116208.php
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Indiana governor calls a special session to redraw US House maps as redistricting battle spreads
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-indiana-gov-mike-braun-calls-a-special-session-to-redraw-the-states-congressional-boundaries/
— Heated discussions at PPS board meeting on racist group-chat, board member comments
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/video/heated-discussions-at-pps-board-meeting-on-racist-group-chat-board-member-comments/11208295/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump administration says emergency funds can’t be used to keep SNAP benefits going
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-10-27/trump-administration-says-emergency-funds-cant-be-used-to-keep-snap-benefits-going
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect illegal drug dealers
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-10-27/trump-administrations-strikes-on-boats-off-venezuela-coast-cause-concern-from-lawmakers
— Trump administration relying on unmarked vehicles in immigration enforcement. DD: The Post Office paid me to use my 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, my 1968 Oldsmobile 442, and my 1969 Dodge Charger SE to deliver mail in Park Forest 1966-1969. IRS paid me to use my 1962 Chevrolet Bel Air, my 1974 Dodge Dart, and my 1978 Chevrolet Chevette to collect delinquent taxes in the south suburbs and Chicago 1971-1980.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-10-28/trump-administration-relying-on-unmarked-vehicles-in-immigration-enforcement
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders know that they cannot regain control of the White House, U.S. Senate, or U.S. House unless they gerrymander even more.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/u-s-house-minority-leader-jeffries-accelerates-illinois-redistricting-push/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrats want to gerrymander Illinois even more than it already is.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/10/28/pressure-mounts-for-an-illinois-remap-00624394?nname=illinois-playbook
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Illinois Republican Party cried foul, saying, “JB Pritzker and Illinois Democrats have already gerrymandered Illinois to hell and back, creating one of most partisan maps in history.” The Illinois congressional delegation now has 14 Democrats and three Republicans.)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/28/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-620/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Candidates should know that their opponents will do opposition research on them and that they will put the results of their opposition research in the public realm. I should write about Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 whose opponents have put the results of their opposition research in the public realm. I would focus on those candidates who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me because I included links in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters to articles that they do not like. They believer that because I have been a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, they have every right to tell me what to do and to destroy me if I do not do what they tell me to do. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Do you know any federal employees? Do you know any federal retirees? I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. I have been a federal retiree for more than 28 year. Federal employees have always been demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being grossly overpaid and that their benefits are far too generous. Federal retirees have always been demonized, denigrated, and condemned as having pensions and health insurance subsidies that are far too generous. I should write about my critics/opponents who have demonized, denigrated, and condemned me the most. In my defense of my federal salary, pension, and benefits, I stress that while I was a federal employee, I used my own time and my own money a) to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) to earn three job-related master’s degrees, c) to earn six job-related professional certifications, and d) to earn a job-related professional license. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Precinct Committeepersons Filing on First Day in McHenry County. DD: Why hasn’t the DuPage County Clerk posted similar information?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/28/precinct-committeepersons-filing-on-first-day-in-mchenry-county/
— Only One Challenge So Far to Five Incumbent Republican County Office Holders. DD: Why hasn’t the DuPage County Clerk posted similar information?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/27/only-one-challenge-so-far-to-five-incumbent-republican-county-office-holders/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders know that they cannot regain control of the White House, U.S. Senate, or U.S. House unless they gerrymander even more.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_040d5f10-ffa3-49fa-9196-a4bfaddcf78f.html
— Illinois agency buys incompatible computer system meant to ‘streamline’ diversity efforts
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_1d388202-7dda-4687-a573-d94e12f1554c.html
WIREPOINTS
— New Poll: Big share of Illinois Dems say violence against ICE acceptable; most say Trump and many of his supporters are ‘like Nazis’ DD: Democrat leaders make it ever-increasingly clear that they have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans and that illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://wirepoints.org/new-poll-big-share-of-illinois-dems-say-violence-against-ice-acceptable-most-say-trump-and-many-of-his-supporters-are-like-nazis-wirepoints-quickpoint/
RAY HANANIA
— Saving the Republican Party and Illinois from the failed GOP losers who lead it. The Republican Party had strong roots in Illinois, but in recent years has been falling apart because of selfish leaders who are more concerned with themselves than with serving the public. DD: Should I write about those Illinois Republican Party leaders who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately?
https://hanania.substack.com/p/saving-the-republican-party-and-illinois
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Trump Offers Condolences, Urges Darren Bailey to Stay in the Fight
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/president-trump-offers-condolences-urges-darren-bailey-to-stay-in-the-fight.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— DD: Democrat leaders know that they cannot regain control of the White House, U.S. Senate, or U.S. House unless they gerrymander even more.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/3865632/black-lawmakers-hold-illinois-redistricting-representation-fears/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Obama Bros Described Hegseth Tattoo as ‘Dog Whistle’ Before Helping Maine’s Platner Fend Off Scrutiny for Nazi Tattoo. Platner, a candidate for Maine’s Senate seat, admitted to keeping a Nazi tattoo on his chest for nearly two decades but said he didn’t know the meaning. DD: Candidates should know that their opponents will do opposition research on them and that they will put the results of their opposition research in the public realm.
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/pod-save-platner-obama-bros-described-hegseth-tattoo-as-dog-whistle-before-helping-maines-platner-fend-off-scrutiny-for-nazi-tattoo/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— DD: Democrat leaders know that they cannot regain control of the White House, U.S. Senate, or U.S. House unless they gerrymander even more.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/10/27/republican-redistricting-push-hits-gas-as-indiana-joins-party-1595735/
BREITBART
— DD: Democrat leaders know that they cannot regain control of the White House, U.S. Senate, or U.S. House unless they gerrymander even more.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/27/gov-mike-braun-calls-special-session-indiana-redistricting-tax-code-alignment/amp/
DAILY CALLER
— Democrat Senate Candidate Graham Platner Denies His Uncovered Tattoo Is Nazi Symbol. DD: Candidates should know that their opponents will do opposition research on them and that they will put the results of their opposition research in the public realm.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/21/graham-platner-maine-nazi-symbol-tattoo-susan-collins-reddit/
FEDERALIST
— DD: Democrat leaders know that they cannot regain control of the White House, U.S. Senate, or U.S. House unless they gerrymander even more.
https://thefederalist.com/2025/10/27/indiana-governor-calls-special-session-to-redraw-congressional-maps/
FOX BUSINESS
— Largest federal workers’ union calls for immediate end to shutdown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2k6FZYo2nw
FOX NEWS
— Pritzker says ICE ‘harassing people for not being white’
https://www.aol.com/news/jb-pritzker-says-ice-harassing-082654876.html
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Academics have long tried to have it both ways in claiming to support diversity and robust debate while excluding views that challenge left-wing orthodoxy. Now an influential academic publication is abandoning all pretense.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/10/so-much-for-diversity/
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Richard Porter: The Party of ‘Whatever It Takes’: Illinois Democrats’ Descent Into Defiance
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/10/28/the_party_of_whatever_it_takes_illinois_democrats_descent_into_defiance_153455.html
TEXAS INSIDER
— Democrats Scraping the Bottom of the Barrel for Candidates. DD: Candidates should know that their opponents will do opposition research on them and that they will put the results of their opposition research in the public realm.
https://texasinsider.org/articles/democrats-scraping-the-bottom-of-the-barrel-for-candidates
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Democrats are really reaching into the bottom of the barrel in a desperate search for political candidates these days. The daily headlines have this column almost writing itself. In the Commonwealth of Virginia, we have the recent revelations of Democratic candidate for attorney general, Jay Jones, sending text messages to a colleague in 2022 wishing that someone would put “two bullets” in the head of then-Republican Speaker of the House of Delegates, Todd Gilbert. Jones went on to say that Gilbert and his wife were raising their two toddlers to be “little fascists,” that Gilbert was a “POS” whose grave he wished to “piss on,” and that he wished one of Gilbert’s children would die in his mother’s arms. He could be my state’s next chief law enforcement officer. Then, in the state of New Jersey, we have Democratic gubernatorial candidate Rebecca Michelle “Mikie” Sherrill facing questions over the circumstances of the discipline she received while a Naval Academy midshipman, which reportedly prevented her from walking with her class at graduation. Ms. Sherrill, who serves as a congresswoman from New Jersey, apparently graduated from Annapolis and went on to serve as a Navy helicopter pilot. Her military service was honorable, and perhaps whatever her infraction was — apparently a cheating scandal involving a number of midshipmen on an engineering exam — should not be disqualifying for the governorship. However, the voters of New Jersey are entitled to make that decision based on a full airing of the evidence. To date, Sherrill has refused to release her disciplinary records from the Academy, which would go a long way toward clearing the air. As they say in Washington, it’s not the crime – it’s the cover-up. As long as she refuses to release the records, the issue remains a cancer on her campaign. Ms. Sherrill had to have known that this issue lurking in her background would likely come back to haunt her campaign for governor, given the harsh light of a gubernatorial election in a major state. Perhaps her prior successful campaigns for Congress convinced her the Academy scandal was behind her. The opposition research, however, for the governorship of the Garden State, which has been hotly contested in recent years, is likely much more robust than the one in a less well-funded congressional contest. Another Democratic candidate for a powerful seat is in the glare of the Klieg lights. This time it is Bernie Sanders-endorsed Marine Corps veteran Graham Platner, who is vying for the Democratic nomination to replace the U.S. senator from Maine, Susan Collins, in that state’s 2026 Senate race. Mr. Platner was discovered to have posted a number of things on Reddit that haven’t aged very well. When you’re running in a statewide race to be Maine’s next U.S. senator, for example, it’s probably best not to have posted online that rural Mainers are “actually” racist and stupid, as the Washington Post reported Mr. Platner to have written in 2020. The Post also reported that Mr. Platner had described himself as a “Communist” on the Reddit platform. Now, I know that the Democratic Party’s “New Left” has taken a hard turn toward Karl Marx, but even New York’s radical mayoral candidate, Zohran Mamdani, tries to distance himself from the Communist label. I can’t imagine that the denizens of the Pine Tree State are ready to embrace a self-avowed Communist. But things really veered toward darkness when it was revealed that Mr. Platner had the famed Nazi symbol of a skull-and-bones known as the Totenkopf (Death’s Head) tattooed on his chest. In what had to be one of the most disingenuous political spin jobs ever, Mr. Platner claimed not to have realized it was a Nazi symbol when he was in the Corps and had himself inked while in Croatia with some buddies. Problem is, Mr. Platner reportedly told a friend in D.C. ten years ago, “Oh, this is my Totenkopf.” Even Platner’s former political director, Genevieve MacDonald, who resigned last week over the disaster, said, “He’s not an idiot, he’s a military history buff.” Even worse than the political spin was perhaps the worst tattoo clean-up job ever, in which Mr. Platner had some shlock tattoo artist stick some legs and a dog’s head on the skull, now telling Vanity Fair the tattoo is “a Celtic knot with a dog.” Okaaayyyy… As my brother, Jim, hilariously said to me, it looks like a tick that was irradiated at Chernobyl. Get a lot of popcorn as the Democratic Party scrambles to field candidates over the next year or two. The party is in a bad way and scraping the barrel’s bottom. Several decades ago, I was an investigator for a prominent D.C. investigative firm that was hired by politicians to do opposition research on their opponents. One prominent Democrat considering a run for president had us do a self-due diligence of him in which I was involved. Smart man. Always know what the opposition can find out about you before the opposition does. Our client didn’t run for the presidency.)
TOWNHALL
— The Dem Maine Senate Candidate With Nazi Tattoos Reveals How He ‘Removed’ Them. DD: Candidates should know that their opponents will do opposition research on them and that they will put the results of their opposition research in the public realm.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/10/22/dems-finally-get-their-own-naziand-the-reactions-have-been-a-mess-n2665295
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— DD: Democrats and RINOs have always used Affirmative Action to discriminate against Republicans who were conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://thehill.com/homenews/education/5574902-supreme-court-affirmative-action-colleges-universities-black-enrollment/
CNN
— Democrats not swayed by call to end shutdown from largest federal workers’ union
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/27/politics/democrats-afge-union-shutdown
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republican leaders for the high cost of healthcare. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly increase illegal immigration, and that ever-increasingly increases the cost of healthcare. Since I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have been ever-increasingly furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my healthcare insurance premiums because of my federal employment. Since I was 29 years old in 1978, my critics/opponents have been ever-increasingly furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my and my wife’s healthcare insurance premiums because of my federal employment. My critics/opponents ever-increasingly make it clear a) that they despise/hate past/present/future federal employees and retirees, b) that they would never stoop to take a federal job, and/or c) that they lack qualifications for federal jobs. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have hinted/implied/argued/shouted the most that federal employees are grossly overpaid and that their benefits are far too generous.
https://apnews.com/article/health-care-subsidies-obamacare-shutdown-e94d96a8a837a5f7f681dc6893872d3b
— DD: Democrat leaders know that they cannot regain control of the White House, U.S. Senate, or U.S. House unless they gerrymander even more.
https://apnews.com/article/redistricting-gerrymandering-voting-maps-congress-trump-2ba53ae1f492f8e293f0fa261604e8c6
MSNBC
— GOP blasted for abandoning federal workers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0UAYsXVa-U
— Largest federal workers’ union calls for immediate end to government shutdown. The American Federation of Government Employees, which represents more than 820,000 people, is pressuring lawmakers as its members go without pay.
https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/largest-federal-workers-union-calls-immediate-end-government-shutdown-rcna240047
ABC NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders know that they cannot regain control of the White House, U.S. Senate, or U.S. House unless they gerrymander even more.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/trumps-redistricting-push-hits-roadblocks-indiana-kansas-republican-126874363
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly call Republicans racists. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/opinion/immigration-enforcement-latino-discrimination.html
— Top Federal Workers’ Union Breaks With Democrats on Shutdown. The American Federation of Government Employees, in a shift, called on Congress to immediately reopen the government without the health care measures sought by Democratic lawmakers.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/us/politics/afge-federal-workers-union-government-shutdown.html
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump. How strongly is this playing out in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/us/politics/trump-free-speech.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Largest federal workers union calls for ‘clean’ bill to end shutdown. The American Federation of Government Employees is calling for a stopgap funding measure to bring employees back to work with back pay.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/27/largest-employees-union-end-shutdown/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Union Pressures Democrats to End Government Shutdown. ‘Both political parties have made their point,’ AFGE president says.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/union-pressures-democrats-to-end-government-shutdown-6028b2b1
MONEY
— Few ‘Quality’ Jobs? 60% of Workers Dissatisfied With Pay and Opportunities. DD: Those considering federal jobs who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran should be advised that their careers will be wasted and they will be gotten rid of if they 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. It is called up-or-out, Affirmative Action, DEI, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://money.com/us-job-market-quality-crisis/
HARVARD CRIMSON
— DD: Ever-increasingly since the 1960s, Democrats and RINOs have used Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/10/28/editorial-harvard-admissions-data-socioeconomic/
PBS
— Federal workers union calls for end to shutdown
https://www.pbs.org/video/news-wrap-1761593289/
POLITICO
— DD: Democrat leaders know that they cannot regain control of the White House, U.S. Senate, or U.S. House unless they gerrymander even more.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/27/democrats-get-aggressive-on-remapping-congressional-lines-00624231
HUFFINGTON POST
— Largest Federal Employee Union Calls On Democrats To End Government Shutdown. Nearly four weeks into the shutdown, hundreds of thousands of workers are furloughed and missing paychecks. DD: Do you know any federal employees? Do you know any federal retirees? I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. I have been a federal retiree for more than 28 year. Federal employees have always been demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being grossly overpaid and that their benefits are far too generous. Federal retirees have always been demonized, denigrated, and condemned as having pensions and health insurance subsidies that are far too generous. I should write about my critics/opponents who have demonized, denigrated, and condemned me the most. In my defense of my federal salary, pension, and benefits, I stress that while I was a federal employee, I used my own time and my own money a) to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) to earn three job-related master’s degrees, c) to earn six job-related professional certifications, and d) to earn a job-related professional license.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/government-shutdown-democrats-trump-afge_n_68ff7da8e4b0fb1b951554fa
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October 26, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC5
— Naperville is the second-safest city in the United States for kids going trick-or-treating this Halloween. DD: Yesterday, Iron Gate Motor Condos in Naperville hosted an outstanding major Halloween event for children of its unit owners and their friends. 40 unit owners opened their doors. The event drew more than 400 children.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/pair-of-chicago-suburbs-among-safest-cities-in-u-s-for-trick-or-treating/3843733/
CBS2
— Federal agents break car window, detain 2 people during traffic stop in Addison
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/2-people-detained-by-federal-agents-during-traffic-stop-addison/
— Federal agents deploy tear gas, detain delivery worker in separate operations on Northwest Side
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/federal-agents-deploy-tear-gas-detain-delivery-worker-northwest-side/
— Federal food aid will not go out starting Nov. 1 amid government shutdown. DD: What percent depend on federal food aid in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/federal-food-aid-govenrment-shutdown/
— Demonstrators face off with federal agents at hospital in Aurora
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/demonstrators-face-off-with-federal-agents-at-hospital-in-aurora-illinois/
WGN9
— SNAP funding expiration set to hit 40 million people. DD: What percent depend on federal food aid in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://wgntv.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/snap-funding-expiration-set-to-hit-40-million-people/
FOX32
— Outrage after federal agents use tear gas just before Halloween parade in Old Irving Park
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/outrage-after-federal-agents-use-tear-gas-just-before-halloween-parade-old-irving-park
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump administration posts notice that no federal food aid will go out Nov. 1. DD: What percent depend on federal food aid in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/26/trump-administration-federal-food-aid-nov-1/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump makes the war on drugs a reality
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/26/trump-makes-war-drugs-reality-boat-strikes/
— Senators demand answers as Trump expands campaign against drug cartels
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/26/senators-demand-answers-trump-expands-military-campaign-drug-cartels/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democrats try to keep up with Republicans in national redistricting war
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/congressional/3863824/democrats-try-to-keep-up-with-republicans-in-national-redistricting-war/
NEW YORK POST
— How Democrats threw a government shutdown and no one cared
https://nypost.com/2025/10/26/opinion/how-democrats-threw-a-government-shutdown-and-no-one-cared/
— It’s Cuomo or catastrophe for New York
https://nypost.com/2025/10/26/opinion/its-cuomo-or-catastrophe-for-new-york/
BREITBART
— America Will Have More Zohran Mamdanis if We Do Not Secure Border, Send Illegal Aliens Back
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/26/exclusive-nate-morris-america-will-have-more-zohran-mamdanis-if-we-do-not-secure-border-send-illegal-aliens-back/
DAILY CALLER
— Republican lawmakers are pushing for permanent fixes to address the startling number of illegal migrant truckers wreaking havoc on American highways. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/26/gop-locking-in-on-truck-driver-crackdown/
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Predominance of One Demographic at ‘No Kings’ Protests
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/10/expert-notes-the-predominance-of-one-demographic-at-no-kings-protests-draws-an-amusing-conclusion/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
MSNBC
— Frustrations rise as federal workers miss first full paycheck of government shutdown. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://www.msnbc.com/weekends-with-alex-witt/watch/frustrations-rise-as-federal-workers-miss-first-full-paycheck-of-government-shutdown-250633797991
MSN
— There’s a war on the bachelor’s degree. Can anything replace it? DD: If I had not earned a bachelor’s degree in 1970, I would not have been able to a) earn an MBA in 1976, b) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, d) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, or e) become a licensed CPA in 1981.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/ar-AA1PaQoQ
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Ever since the government began tracking the share of the American population with a bachelor’s degree, that figure has grown. At last count, about 2 million people across the country were receiving one each year. But a loose-knit movement has emerged that wants to dramatically reduce the number of these degrees issued by U.S. colleges and universities. Republican politicians and conservative firebrands have made that goal explicit. Christopher Rufo, whose ideas have been a driving force behind the Trump administration’s assault on higher education, told the Wall Street Journal that he wants to see the number of Americans enrolling in four-year colleges cut in half. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon has said Americans should be rethinking the role of a four-year degree in American life — perhaps reserving it to train people for a small number of professions. The message is also coming from elsewhere. Randi Weingarten, the head of the American Federation of Teachers, which is strongly aligned with Democrats, urged New York Times readers to “stop trying to make everyone go to college.” During her presidential campaign, Democratic nominee Kamala Harris said that if elected, she would get rid of any unnecessary degree requirements for federal jobs. And it’s not just rhetoric. Congress recently opened up more government funding for students who want to pursue very short-term programs. In its settlement with the White House, Brown University agreed to pay $50 million to workforce-development organizations. President Donald Trump has said he’d like an agreement with Harvard University to include funding for trade schools. In a document laying out their workforce strategy, Trump administration officials said “the ‘college for all approach’ has failed” and pledged to use the might of the government and its funds to bolster alternatives. A growing number of colleges and universities are looking to appeal to those who doubt the value of a traditional bachelor’s degree by offering three-year programs. In a perhaps more subtle attack on college-going, changes coming from the Republican megabill passed this summer will, for many people, make student loans harder to repay. The war on the bachelor’s degree is the culmination of a broad skepticism of higher education that has been building for years. Factors like rising student debt and high-profile examples of people becoming successful without a degree have helped fuel questions about the value that colleges and universities deliver. Peter Thiel, the prominent Silicon Valley venture capitalist, has been paying high-achieving kids to skip college through his fellowship program since 2011. There’s reason to be concerned. About half of students who earn a bachelor’s degree from a public or private nonprofit four-year college use debt to finance it, borrowing roughly $30,000 on average, according to the College Board. That’s manageable if you have a job, but the unemployment rate for young college graduates is the highest it’s been in more than a decade, outside of the pandemic, and colleges broadly don’t appear equipped to prepare students for a labor market powered by artificial intelligence. Still, the proponents of tearing down the bachelor degree from its prominent role in American life offer few viable substitutes that can be applied broadly today, experts say. The absence of widely available good alternatives to achieving financial stability means a bachelor’s degree remains the best shot at a decent financial life for many Americans. In the next seven years, the U.S. will need 4.5 million more workers with at least a bachelor’s degree, according to Georgetown University’s Center for Education and the Workforce. Right now, more than 500,000 students from the top half of their high school class don’t go on to complete a college credential every year, the center found. “All else being equal, getting a bachelor’s degree is still going to be the best return on investment for most students,” said Rajeev Darolia, an economist at the University of Kentucky who is studying the returns for alternatives to the bachelor’s degree like shorter-term programs. “It also leads to potentially more flexible and lucrative career paths.” He added: “What worries me is that we could be diverting students away from investments, longer-term degrees that are likely to have higher returns,” noting that he’s particularly concerned about poorer students being pushed toward the cheaper option.)
AOL
— 15 Highest-Paying Jobs with a Bachelor’s Degree DD: I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970. My starting IRS salary in 1971 was $55,850/year in today’s dollars. But my salary was $112,280/year in 1980 in today’s dollars after I earned an MBA in 1976, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980.
https://www.aol.com/15-highest-paying-jobs-bachelor-150000628.html
CBS NEWS
— Continued government shutdown could be “devastating” to federal workers. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/video/continued-government-shutdown-could-be-devastating-to-federal-workers-union-rep-says/
FOX DC
— Federal workers line up for food assistance. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://www.fox5dc.com/video/1730138
BLOOMBERG
— Will Foreign MBAs Win or Lose With Trump’s H-1B Reforms? DD: My Democrat IRS superiors ignored/dismissed/belittled my earning an MBA from Loyola when I was 27 in 1976. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or younger. My Democrat coworkers who they wanted to promote over me were minority, female, and/or younger than me and they had no master’s degree.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-24/trump-s-h-1b-visa-reforms-will-have-mixed-effect-on-mbas
GREELEY TRIBUNE
— Where are you on the wealth ladder?
https://www.greeleytribune.com/2025/10/26/money-matters-where-are-you-on-the-wealth-ladder/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: You begin in the Building the Foundation stage when your net worth is less than your annual salary. . .When your net worth exceeds your annual salary, you reach Early Accumulation. . .At around three times your salary, you enter Rapid Accumulation. . .You reach Financial Independence once your investments equal about seven times your annual spending. . .At 10 times annual spending, you move into Conservation, where work becomes optional depending on age, obligations and access to Social Security or a pension. )
POST GAZETTE
— Is college worth the cost? DD: It certainly was for me. But I spent lots on money for tuition and books to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees.
https://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2025/10/26/is-college-worth-the-cost-universities-work-to-show-the-return-on-investment-of-a-degree/stories/202510260005
NEW REPUBLIC
— DD: What do your critics/opponents use to justify their taking adverse actions against you? My critics/opponents use my refusing to be manipulated or dominated by them, to glorify or paise them, to pander to them, to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, to cover up their wrong doing, and/or to give them money. Consequently, they have their operatives and their dupes take many big adverse actions against me. I should write about that.
https://newrepublic.com/article/202187/trump-republican-party-rise-politics-revenge
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
TIMES OF INDIA
— No dual citizens in US Congress: Republican leader’s new bill in ‘America First’ push
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/no-dual-citizens-in-us-congress-republican-leaders-new-bill-in-america-first-push/articleshow/124829573.cms
October 25, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Federal agents detain worker in Old Irving Park, appear to use tear gas; fear disrupts local parade. Elementary school changes plans for Halloween celebration; protest march held in Little Village.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-immigration-activity-construction-worker-detained-feds-old-irving-park-witnesses-say-fear-disrupts-parade/18071228/
— Immigration enforcement on North Side leads to tense confrontations, soft lockdowns at schools. Video shows feds breaking window, detaining man in West Town; Laugh Factory manager detained; DHS responds to tear gas allegations.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-news-demonstrators-broadview-facility-dhs-defends-apparent-tear-gas-use-little-village-protesters/18066452/
WTTW
— Despite Illinois Sanctuary Laws, More Than a Dozen County Sheriffs Have Contracts to Hold People in ICE Custody
https://news.wttw.com/2025/10/22/despite-illinois-sanctuary-laws-least-17-county-sheriffs-have-contracts-hold-people-ice
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Federal immigration agents deploy tear gas on Northwest Side streets as Chicagoans bellow, ‘Get out of our city!’
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/25/chicago-tear-gas-irving-park/
— Congressmen, community members hold ‘shadow meeting’ on Trump enforcement efforts
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/25/congressmen-community-members-hold-shadow-meeting-on-trump-enforcement-efforts/
— Local clergy, faith leaders decry Trump’s immigration crackdown: ‘Antithetical to the Gospel’
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/25/local-clergy-faith-leaders-decry-trumps-immigration-crackdown/
— ‘People are going to be out here starving’: NWI food advocates react to potential SNAP cuts
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/25/people-are-going-to-be-out-here-starving-nwi-food-advocates-react-to-potential-snap-cuts/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Brighton Park businesses sign on to city’s ‘ICE-free zones’ initiative. Mayor Brandon Johnson and Ald. Julia Ramirez (12th) handed out new signs in Brighton Park as part of an executive order barring federal agents from staging on city-owned and private properties.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/25/brighton-park-ice-free-zone-brandon-johnson
— Dozens march through Little Village at anti-ICE protest: ‘Being here means supporting my people’ Residents gathered beneath the Little Village Arch on Saturday afternoon before marching down 26th Street, chanting for ICE to leave their community.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10/25/dozens-march-through-little-village-at-anti-ice-protest-being-here-means-supporting-my-people
— Health insurance for a family through a job hits $27,000 a year — the cost of a new Toyota Corolla hybrid. The average premium for family coverage is up 26% over the past five years — the first time in two decades the cost of covering a family of four has risen by 6% or more for three straight years.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/health/2025/10/25/health-insurance-family-job-coverage-consumer-costs
— DD: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/10/25/trump-craves-war-under-guise-immigration-enforcement-bovino-ice-homeland-security-natalie-moore
DAILY HERALD
— Clock is ticking in DuPage: With an election approaching, only the courts can break impasse between board and clerk
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251025/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-clock-is-ticking-in-dupage-with-an-election-approaching-only-the-courts-can/
NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— U.S. Chamber of Commerce sues Trump administration over $100,000 H-1B visa fees. DD: All my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries if they could have.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2025-10-25/u-s-chamber-of-commerce-sues-trump-administration-over-100-000-h-1b-visa-fees
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Trump Endorses LaHood for Re-Election, Praises Him as a “Tremendous Champion” for Illinois
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/president-trump-endorses-rep-darin-lahood-for-re-election-praises-him-as-a-tremendous-champion-for-illinois.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Newsom’s illegal immigrant driver’s licenses are getting people killed. DD: This harkens back to George Ran.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/3862248/gavin-newsoms-illegal-immigrant-drivers-licenses-are-getting-people-killed/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Illinois Democrat distributes ICE agents’ car details, plate numbers. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/10/25/absolutely-disgraceful-illinois-dem-distributes-ice-agents-car-details-plate-numbers-1595419/
EPOCH TIMES
— Emails From IL Lawmakers Expose ICE Agents’ Vehicle Data, Locations
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/10/charge-them-alleged-emails-from-il-lawmakers-expose-ice-agents-vehicle-data-locations/
FOX BUSINESS
— National Border Patrol council VP: Pritzker seems ‘detached from reality’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7zh3gjNLuU
NEWS BUSTERS
— Fox’s Bret Baier Presses Pritzker with the Ugly Facts on Chicago’s Murder Rate
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tim-graham/2025/10/25/foxs-bret-baier-presses-pritzker-ugly-facts-chicagos-murder-rate
— Fox News Highlights Car Crash Deaths Caused by Illegal Alien Truckers. DD: This harkens back to George Ryan.
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/brad-wilmouth/2025/10/25/fox-news-highlights-car-crash-deaths-caused-illegal-alien
TOWNHALL
— Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Asks Reporter if the Word Illegal Alien is ‘Sci-Fi’ Term
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/scott-mcclallen/2025/10/25/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-asks-reporter-if-the-word-illegal-alien-is-sci-fi-term-n2665476
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
FORBES
— Casten Calls Trump A ‘Child Predator’, Accuses Mike Johnson, GOP Of Protecting Epstein List. DD: Should Trump sue Casten?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ihL3DpXj2A
— ‘I’m Really Proud Of That’: JB Pritzker Praises Chicagoans Protecting Each Other From ICE Agents
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAnKaW6LV0c
October 25, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Immigration enforcement on North Side leads to tense confrontations, soft lockdowns at schools. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UArzAIw14Oc
NBC5
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/judge-rules-in-case-of-chicago-father-detained-amid-daughters-cancer-battle/3843328/
CBS2
— Federal immigration agents target North Side neighborhoods. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/federal-immigration-agents-target-north-side-neighborhoods/
WGN9
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3ze_OQguc4
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion
https://chicago.suntimes.com/health/2025/10/24/pritzker-illinois-will-never-back-down-on-protecting-reproductive-health-care
DAILY HERALD
— Elgin joins communities looking to ban use of their property for ICE activities. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251024/news/elgin-joins-communities-looking-to-ban-use-of-their-property-for-ice-activities/
— Batavia considers ban on ICE using city property. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251024/news/batavia-considers-ban-on-ice-using-city-property/
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DD: Under the Democrats, soon, everyone in America will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare,
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/local/2025/10/24/central-illinois-foodbank-braces-for-potential-halt-of-snap-program/86859388007/
BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— The new leader of the Illinois Federation of Teachers says state lawmakers should consider raising taxes on the wealthy. DD: Ever since I became an IRS Revenue Officer when I was 22 years old in 1971, my critics/opponents have wanted me to pay more taxes. Since 1972, they have been furious that I paid less federal income tax because I itemed and even more furious since 1978 that my wife and I paid less federal income tax because we itemized. Further, they want my wife and I to pay more taxes because we gave up trying to have children. According to them, because we have never had to pay the tremendous cost of raising children, we can and should pay more taxes. Further, according to them, if my wife and I had children, I never would have been able to a) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, c) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, or d) become a licensed CPA in 1981.
https://pantagraph.com/news/state-regional/education/article_e6c39b1a-4822-43aa-b5e7-ee2c0489dc0c.html
FOX ILLINOIS
— Champaign County Board passed $25,000 support for reparations commission. How much in reparations do Democrats want you to pay? Affirmative Action and DEI are reparations.
https://foxillinois.com/newsletter-daily/champaign-county-board-passed-25000-support-for-reparations-commission
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly protect illegal drug dealers
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-10-24/as-strikes-on-alleged-drug-boats-grow-so-do-questions-about-their-legality-and-goal
COUNTRY HERALD
— Downtown Naperville annual Halloween Hop is this Sunday, October 26. DD: Today, Iron Gate Motor Condos in Naperville is hosting a major Halloween event for children of its unit owners and their friends. 40 unit owners will be opening their doors. The event is limited to 400 children.
https://countryherald.com/news/naperville-il-traffic-alert-downtown-roads-closing-for-halloween-hop-sunday/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— A Not-So-Special Report with Governor Pritzker. Excuses, Deflection, and Denial
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/10/a-not-so-special-report-with-jb-pritzker/
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Swim Against the Current. This year’s keynote speaker, as you may have already seen, is Riley (Gaines) Barker – a 12-time All-American swimmer, 2-time Olympic Trial Qualifier, and 5-time SEC Champion.
https://illinoisfamily.org/marriage/swim-against-the-current/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous. Do you agree with my critics/opponents? In today’s dollars, my Post Office salary increased from $19.37/hour in 1966 to $20.67/hour in 1969. In today’s dollars, my IRS salary increased from $55,850/year in 1971 to $112,280/year in 1980. In today’s dollars, my GAO salary increased from $88,808/year in 1980 to $153,151/year in 1997. In my defense, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970. I earned job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997. I earned job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. I earned a job-related professional license in 1981. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Since 1966, my critics/opponents have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that those who are White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time have always benefitted from discrimination against those who are minority, female, younger, non-Protestant non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Do you agree with my critics/opponents? 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. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Pensions take up money that should go to Illinois classrooms. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. That is, so far, my Democrat GAO superiors have forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $1.9 million in today’s dollars to stop me from coming to work.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/pensions-take-up-money-that-should-go-to-illinois-classrooms/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Chicago Activists Accuse Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino of Violating Judge’s Use of Force Ban After He Deploys Tear Gas at Violent Anti-ICE Rioters
https://amgreatness.com/2025/10/24/chicago-activists-accuse-border-patrol-chief-gregory-bovino-of-violating-judges-use-of-force-ban-after-he-deploys-tear-gas-at-violent-anti-ice-rioters/
BREITBART
— Federal Workers Line Up at Food Banks After Dem Whip Calls Them ‘Leverage’ DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/24/federal-workers-line-up-at-food-banks-after-dem-whip-calls-them-leverage/
— AG Pam Bondi Warns Pelosi, Democrats for Threatening ICE Officers
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/24/ag-pam-bondi-warns-pelosi-democrats-as-they-threaten-ice-officers/amp/
FEDERALIST
— New York High Court Blocks Race-Grifters From Using Courts To Indoctrinate Children
https://thefederalist.com/2025/10/24/new-york-high-court-blocks-race-grifters-from-using-courts-to-indoctrinate-children/
FOX NEWS
— Pritzker’s message to Chicago is ICE agents are the bad guys. DD: I was an IRS Revenue Officer for almost 9 years. I should write about how people view/treat IRS Revenue Officers.
https://www.aol.com/news/jb-pritzkers-message-chicago-ice-172229482.html
— DD: Democrats question Border Patrol tactics in Illinois
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6383825294112
— 1.4 million federal employees without a paycheck as shutdown continues. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://www.aol.com/news/1-4-million-federal-employees-221605085.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— Federal workers form line down the block for food pantry as shutdown hits third-week mark. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://www.aol.com/articles/federal-workers-form-line-down-234055064.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders cause the shutdown and then blame it on Republican leaders.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/us/politics/mike-johnson-speaker-congress.html
— Immigration Crackdown Spreads Through Chicago, Including Wealthy Neighborhoods
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/us/trump-immigration-crackdown-chicago-lakeview.html
— Trump Administration Plans a Shake-Up at ICE to Speed Deportations
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/us/politics/trump-deportations-ice.html
NBC NEWS
— Federal workers line up at food banks ahead of first missed check since shutdown. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp-video/mmvo250607173910
— Federal workers flock to D.C. food bank as they miss first full paycheck of shutdown. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/federal-workers-dc-food-bank-miss-first-full-paycheck-shutdown-rcna239698
NBC WASHINGTON
— Furloughed feds miss first full paycheck amid shutdown standoff, surge at food banks. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/government-shutdown/furloughed-feds-miss-first-full-paycheck-amid-shutdown-standoff-surge-at-food-banks/4006398/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Tensions Mount as Agents, Including Gregory Bovino, Clash With Chicagoans
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/us/politics/gregory-bovino-chicago-immigration.html
— Food Banks Offer Groceries for Furloughed Federal Workers. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/us/politics/food-banks-federal-workers-trump.html
WKYC
— Get a job, get married: Ohio Senate passes ‘Success Sequence’ bill focused on poverty prevention in schools. DD: My critics/opponents fail/refuse to promote personal responsibility. From the beginning, because my father had brittle type 1 diabetes, I knew that his days were numbered. That, and the fact he lacked money, put me on track when I was 16 years old in 1964 to work my way through college. To buy a new car to commute to/from classes at UIC, I washed dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights four evenings a week plus Saturdays during my junior and senior years and full-time during the summer in between. In bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in May of 1966. SEE: https://over-drive-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/1965-12-CD-1966-Pontiac-Tempest-Sprint-Test-1-4.pdf My father died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21 in 1969.
https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/ohio/ohio-senate-success-sequence-bill-poverty-prevention-schools/95-73b9bf47-cf6c-4ef0-b2e9-179180fee773
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— What’s the Future of Racial Gerrymandering? The problem lies not with the statute but with Thornburg v. Gingles’s (1986) framework for vote dilution. DD: The Illinois 3rd Congressional District is racially gerrymandered.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/whats-the-future-of-racial-gerrymandering-vra-court-maps-47f3a5f8
FORBES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly call Republicans White supremacists
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkzL4maY3D0
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luZB1TmRPV8
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
— DD: My Democrat superiors in federal government used the extreme subjectivity in their performance evaluation systems a) to favor their Democrat employees who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time and b) to disfavor their Republican employees who were White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. My Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors were furious when I did the following because it frustrated their efforts to disfavor me: I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license.
https://hbr.org/2019/01/why-most-performance-evaluations-are-biased-and-how-to-fix-them
SIRM
— DD: If you are a Republican, anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO employers will not hire you. The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Democrats who ran IRS in 1971 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Democrats who ran GAO 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, veteran, or younger person who would take the job. The Democrats who ran the Post Office, IRS, and GAO wrongly anticipated/expected that I would become a Democrat.
https://www.shrm.org/topics-tools/employment-law-compliance/fired-political-affiliation-activity
ATLANTIC
— DD: Hopefully, my Crete-Monee High School class of 1966 will have its 60th reunion next year. Sadly, my interaction with my classmates was dramatically reduced because I could not run because I had a bone disease and because I washed dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights four evenings a week plus Saturdays during my junior and senior years and full-time during the summer in between. Further, I was not viewed as being college material. But nevertheless, I took college preparatory classes, I got an ACT score of 24, I graduated in the upper 20% of my class, and I got accepted by UIC.
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2025/09/high-school-reunion-attendance/684097/
PBS
— As federal workers miss paychecks, many turn to food banks. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://www.pbs.org/video/shutdown-impact-1761339544/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ECONOMIC TIMES
— Furloughed federal employees seek help at food banks amid govt shutdown. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://m.economictimes.com/news/international/world-news/its-a-challenge-furloughed-federal-employees-seek-help-at-dc-food-bank-amid-govt-shutdown/amp_podcast/124797922.cms
I PAPER
— I’m scared the state pension age could rise to 70 – both my parents died younger. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. That is, so far, my Democrat GAO superiors have forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $1.9 million in today’s dollars to stop me from coming to work.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/i-m-scared-the-state-pension-age-could-rise-to-70-both-my-parents-died-younger/ar-AA1P9Jd8?ocid=finance-verthp-feeds
October 24, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— DOJ appealing dismissal of sanctuary city policy lawsuit against Illinois, Cook County, Chicago
https://abc7chicago.com/post/united-states-department-justice-appealing-dismissal-sanctuary-city-policy-lawsuit-illinois-cook-county-chicago/18066785/
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-news-demonstrators-broadview-facility-dhs-defends-apparent-tear-gas-use-little-village-protesters/18066452/
— Federal workers are bearing the brunt of the government shutdown, with more than 1 million of them going unpaid while Democrats and Republicans in Congress argue over funding federal agencies for the current fiscal year. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/heres-getting-paid-isnt-during-federal-government-shutdown/18065522/
— US House subcommittee hosts ‘shadow hearing’ in Chicago on immigration enforcement tactics
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-democrats-us-house-subcommittee-hosts-shadow-hearing-chicago-immigration-enforcement-tactics/18067828/
NBC5
— Elementary school in Chicago on soft lockdown amid reports of ICE agents in area. “Together, we will look out for one another and make sure everyone is protected.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/elementary-school-in-chicago-on-soft-lockdown-amid-reports-of-ice-agents-in-area/3843138/
CBS2
— Federal agents on North, Northwest Sides prompt soft lockdowns at schools; tear gas fired in Lakeview
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-ice-lakeview-tear-gas-wicker-park-school-lockdown/
WGN9
— Federal agents reported in multiple North Side neighborhoods as Chicago schools tighten safety protocols
https://wgntv.com/news/operation-midway-blitz/federal-agents-reported-in-multiple-north-side-neighborhoods-as-chicago-schools-tighten-safety-protocols/
FOX32
— Federal agents targeted during violent ICE raids across Chicago
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/federal-agents-targeted-ice-raids-chicago-officials-say
WTTW
— State Senator Terri Bryant said she gave a list of undocumented individuals currently being held in Illinois state prisons to Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/10/24/illinois-lawmaker-wants-help-federal-immigration-officials-id-undocumented-people-state
WBEZ
— Cicero, Berwyn students demand more school district support as immigration enforcement escalates. They are sitting out this week’s homecoming events and protesting after they say their concerns have been dismissed. The leader of the heavily Latino Morton High School District says they are there to support every student.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/10/24/cicero-berwyn-students-demand-more-morton-school-district-201-support-ice-immigration-enforcement-escalates
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Federal immigration agents tear-gas Lakeview, raid Lincoln Park as feds focus on city’s affluent North Side
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/24/federal-immigration-agents-chicago-north-side/
— DD: To keep up with political and government news and commentary of interest to Illinois Republicans from a conservative perspective, read GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/24/opinion-news-cycle-information-mental-health/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Feds make arrests across North and Near West sides, deploy tear gas on residential street in Lake View. “It was terrifying,” said one woman, who witnessed the arrest of a soon-to-be father outside the Erie Family Health Center in West Town.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/24/immigration-agents-arrest-lake-view-protest-tear-gas
— Federal judge orders Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino into her courtroom. The order came one day after Bovino was accused of tossing tear gas into a crowd in Little Village without justification.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/24/federal-judge-orders-border-patrol-commander-greg-bovino-into-her-courtroom
— Durbin and Duckworth blast Trump for playing ‘political games’ in denying Illinois disaster assistance. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government always played political games with their Republican employees. That is, they gave them bad job assignments, unfair performance expectations, and unfair performance appraisals. They ranked them in the bottom half of their coworkers for pay-for-performance. They delayed their promotions and rarely if ever promoted them beyond GS-12. They forced them to retire as soon as they were eligible. I never would have made GS-13 and survived until I was 49 years old in 1997, which was 4 years after I became eligible for early retirement, if I had not a) earned three job-related master’s degrees, earned six job-related professional certifications, and earned a job-related professional license.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump/2025/10/24/dick-durbin-tammy-duckworth-donald-trump-denial-illinois-disaster-assistance
— CPS investigator claims in lawsuit she was fired for digging into politically and racially charged cases. The CPS law department investigator says she refused to bow to pressure to change her reports. The principals association’s former leader criticized her work as subpar. DD: To hint/imply/argue/shout that my work was subpar, my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire, delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay for performance, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for them, and forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS. My Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions, and disallowed my travel vouchers. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign and disallowed my sick leave requests. In my defense, I earned three job-related master’s degrees, I earned six job-related professional certifications, and I earned a job-related professional license.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/10/23/cps-investigator-claims-fired-politically-racially-charged-cases-lawsuit-racist-dunbar-lindblom
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Former Illinois GOP leader Lee Daniels’ $7 million New Buffalo home sells in under a week
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-real-estate/illinois-gop-leader-lee-daniels-new-buffalo-home-sells-fast
SOUTHWEST REGIONAL PUBLISHING
— Ray Hanania: Can Conforti overcome GOP problems to unseat Casten?
https://southwestregionalpublishing.com/2025/10/24/ray-hanania-can-conforti-overcome-gop-problems-to-unseat-casten/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/24/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-410/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
TED DABROWSKI
— Dabrowski Calls for Audit of CDL Licenses Issued in Illinois and All Sanctuary States After Crash in CA That Killed Three.. DD: This harkens back to George Ryan.
https://mailchi.mp/tedforillinois/dabrowski-calls-for-audit-of-cdl-licenses-issued-in-il-and-all-sanctuary-states-after-crash-in-ca-that-killed-three?e=c4ad197eda
DON TRACY
— Krishnamoorthi Doubles Down on Dems’ Position: Shutdown is “Our Leverage”
https://dontracyforil.com/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Does the McHenry County Republican Party Have a Death Wish?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/24/does-the-mchenry-county-republican-party-have-a-death-wish/
— Bruce Johnson Proposes County Efficiency Task Force Committee for McHenry County To Avoid 13% Tax Levy Hike
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/24/bruce-johnson-proposes-county-efficiency-task-force-committee-for-mchenry-county-to-avoid-13-tax-levy-hike/
— Fundraising Results in Democrat’s Bradley Schneider’s 10th Congressional District
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/24/fundraising-results-in-democrats-bradley-schneiders-10th-congressional-district/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Pensions make homeownership unaffordable in Illinois. DD: I began earning credits toward a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension when I was 18 years old in 1966. I have been getting a CSRS pension since 1997. My critics/opponents use that against me. According to them, CSRS pensions are much too generous. In my defense, I paid 7% of my federal salary into the CSRS and I might still be paying into the CSRS if my Democrat superiors had not forced me to retire.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/pensions-make-homeownership-unaffordable-in-illinois/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Dabrowski Changes Campaign Plans After Mendrick Pauses to Honor Bailey Family
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/dabrowski-changes-campaign-plans-after-mendrick-pauses-to-honor-bailey-family.html
— As Bailey Mourns, Dabrowski Moves Into His Southern Illinois Backyard
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/as-bailey-mourns-dabrowski-moves-into-his-southern-illinois-backyard.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— U.S. conducts its 10th strike on drug boat, killing six
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/24/us-conducts-10th-strike-alleged-drug-boat-killing-six/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The ick of immigration law enforcement
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3859636/charleroi-pennsylvania-mass-migration-immigration-law-enforcement/
CAMPUS REFORM
— University of Washington still requires ‘diversity statements’ for wide range of positions. DD: Democrats run the federal government. They waste the careers of their Republican employees and get rid of them, and especially those who are White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/-university-washington-still-requires-diversity-statements-wide-range-positions/28838
COLLEGE FIX
— University of Illinois won’t accept any more race, sex-based scholarships under new policy. DD: My critics/opponents have always used my not getting any scholarships against me.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/u-illinois-wont-accept-any-more-race-sex-based-scholarships-under-new-policy/
FEDERALIST
— Radical Dogma Being Taught At The No. 1 Elementary Teaching School
https://thefederalist.com/2025/10/24/heres-an-inside-look-at-the-radical-dogma-being-taught-at-the-no-1-elementary-teaching-school/
— NBC Is Helping Run Anti-ICE Ops For Dems
https://thefederalist.com/2025/10/24/nbc-is-helping-run-anti-ice-ops-for-dems/
FOX NEWS
— Dems urged to ‘stop siding with illegal aliens’ after activist rams agents in sanctuary city
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dems-urged-stop-siding-illegal-aliens-after-activist-rams-agents-sanctuary-city
NEWSMAX
— Trump Ended Immigration Caravans, Democrats Can’t Handle It
https://www.newsmax.com/kenbuck/biden-newsom-sanctuary/2025/10/23/id/1231635/
PATRIOT POST
— DD: It Is Racist to Draw Congressional Districts Based Upon Race
https://patriotpost.us/opinion/122046-is-it-racist-to-draw-congressional-districts-based-upon-race-2025-10-24
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Administration Asserts Authority to House Migrants at All Overseas U.S. Bases
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/us/politics/dhs-ice-guantanamo.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Asylum seekers face deportation over failure to pay new fees
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2025-10-24/new-fees-for-asylum-seekers-leave-many-panicked-over-when-how-to-pay
AMERICAN REFORMER
— Baby Boomer Generation. DD: I am a Baby Boomer. My Democrat superiors in the federal government blamed Baby Boomer Republicans like me for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://americanreformer.org/2025/10/the-boomers-world/
(GOOGLE AI: The Vietnam War profoundly impacted the Baby Boomer generation, leading to widespread military service, draft evasion, and a massive counter-culture movement that challenged the establishment. Over 10 million baby boomers served in the military, with many facing the draft, while others changed their life trajectories to avoid it, creating deep societal divisions. The conflict also fostered a lasting distrust in government, a critical reassessment of patriotism, and the emotional and psychological trauma for returning veterans who sometimes faced public hostility.)
HUFFINGTON POST
— Pritzker Says Trump Will 100% Try To ‘Steal’ 2026 Election
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jb-pritzker-trump-steal-2026-election_n_68fa9b16e4b071f32a279d37
October 23, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Darren Bailey’s son, daughter-in-law and 2 grandchildren killed in Montana helicopter accident
https://abc7chicago.com/amp/post/illinois-republican-governor-candidate-darren-baileys-son-daughter-law-2-grandchildren-killed-montana-helicopter-crash/18060844/
FOX32
— Darren Bailey’s son, daughter-in-law and 2 grandchildren killed in helicopter crash
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/darren-bailey-family-killed
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republican gubernatorial candidate and former Republican State Sen. Darren Bailey and his wife are mourning the loss of their son, daughter-in-law and two grandchildren who were killed in a helicopter crash in Montana. Their 10-year-old grandson was not on board and is safe, according to the family. The Baileys are asking for privacy as they grieve.)
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Pritzker and GOP House leader McCombie bickered in texts after conservative influencer filmed Pritzker’s home
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/23/jb-pritzker-texts-gop-house-leader-influencer/
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: DD: The ever-increasing demand for free food in Illinois proves the ever-increasing failure of Democrat leadership in Illinois. Soon, under the Democrats, everyone in Illinois will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251022/nation-and-world-politics/less-food-for-more-people-thousands-could-lose-snap-benefits-amid-shutdown-advocates-warn/
STATELINE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do everything that they can a) to flood America with their illegals and b) to keep their illegals in America.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/pritzker-i-dont-support-open-borders-but-slams-trumps-immigration-tactics/
MOKENA PATCH
— The Will County Republican Central Committee will be hosting a “Freedom Day Dinner.”
https://patch.com/illinois/mokena/calendar/event/20251024/b0cca7c9-21da-4322-9435-6bad4a579968/fellow-republicans-join-us-for-an-evening-of-patriotism
ILLINOIZE
— Harmon and Welch Say “No Plans” to Redraw Congressional Map
https://www.theillinoize.com/articles/harmon-welch-no-plans-redraw
WINDY CITY TIMES
— Illinois State Treasurer celebrates LGBTQ+ History Month with awards
https://windycitytimes.com/2025/10/22/illinois-state-treasurer-celebrates-lgbtq-history-month-with-awards/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— DD: Will Illinois Democrat gerrymandering succeed in defeating all Republican candidates in Illinois?
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/10/23/black-caucus-briefed-on-a-remap-00619532
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/23/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-617/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
TED DABROWSKI
— Pritzker gambling winnings show how divorced he is from everyday Illinoisans
https://mailchi.mp/9fed811d3020/pritzkers-gambling-winnings-342?e=0db6d48fb8
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois House backs controversial ‘Equality for Every Family’ bill after Pritzker changes
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_38e3827b-9b24-43ef-8ec3-e6df25e797a1.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: David Smith, executive director of the Illinois Family Institute, is an opponent of the bill. “Lawmakers have once again chosen left-wing ideology over integrity,” Smith said. “It redefines what it means to be a mother, father and family. It doesn’t promote equality, it erases the natural and moral distinctions that God Himself ordained.”)
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Pritzker compares Trump’s ICE raids to Nazi Germany. Anticipate/expect that Pritzker will ever-increasingly use Illinois government to get rid of Republicans in Illinois who are share Trump’s demographics. Trump is conservative, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— 70% of Democrats Want Amnesty for Illegal Immigrants. Democrat leaders have decided that the only way that they can regain control of the federal government is a) to flood America with their illegals, b) to keep their illegals in America, and c) give their illegals the right to vote. Illegals vote for Democrats because they want/need/demand massive government assistance. To promote diversity is to get rid of those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. My critics/opponents promote diversity. I should write about my critics/opponents. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Who did you compete against for promotions? While I worked the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, all my coworkers who I competed against for promotions were Democrats who were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. All of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were most, virtually all, if not all of the aforesaid. According to my critics/opponents, the aforesaid proves that I am an unmitigated loser if not worse things. They use against me my having been passed over so many times for promotions even though I had three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. According to them, that further proves that I am an unmitigated loser, if not worse things. Further, they use against me the fact that those 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. According to my critics/opponents, my Democrat superiors a) never gave any preference to my Democrat coworkers and b) never discriminated against me. Further, according to them, IRS should not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974 and GAO should not have promoted me in 1986. I should write about my critics/opponents. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Picking the right college major is extremely important. I should have majored in accounting from the beginning. I did not start taking graduate evening accounting courses until I was 27. I did not take the CPA examination and pass it on my first attempt until I was 30. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31. I did not take the Certified Internal Auditor examination and pass it on my first attempt until I was 32. I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32. By then, the accounting profession was not interested me because I was too old. That would not have been the case if I had been a minority or female. I erroneously did not major in accounting from the beginning because I erroneously believed that I could not pass the CPA examination. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— “PillowGate” Scandal Deepens: New Evidence Ties GOP Leader Norine Hammond Directly to Her Husband’s Taxpayer-Funded Decorating Firm
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/pillowgate-scandal-deepens-new-evidence-ties-gop-leader-norine-hammond-directly-to-her-husbands-taxpayer-funded-decorating-firm.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democrats escalate anti-ICE efforts, devise strategies to ‘blow the whistle’ on officers. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/22/democratic-leaders-escalate-anti-ice-efforts-online-ice-tracker/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Federal agents deploy to San Francisco area in latest illegal immigration crackdown
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3860951/federal-agents-deploy-to-san-francisco-area-in-latest-illegal-immigration-crackdown/
NEW YORK POST
— ICE nabs crew of illegal migrants with disturbing rap sheets during raid of NYC’s Chinatown
https://nypost.com/2025/10/22/us-news/ice-nabs-crew-of-illegal-migrants-with-disturbing-rap-sheets-in-nyc-raid/
AMAC
— Media Unwittingly Aids Trump’s Deportation Agenda
https://amac.us/newsline/politics/media-unwittingly-aids-trumps-deportation-agenda/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Pritzker makes ‘shameless’ Holocaust comparison to illegals being deported HOME
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/10/23/j-b-pritzker-makes-shameless-holocaust-comparison-to-illegals-being-deported-home-1594802/
BLAZE
— DHS reveals ‘violent rap sheets’ of illegal aliens arrested on NYC’s Canal Street
https://www.theblaze.com/news/dhs-reveals-violent-rap-sheets-of-illegal-aliens-arrested-on-nyc-s-canal-street
BREITBART
— ICE Arrests 9 Illegal Aliens with ‘Violent Rap Sheets’ in NYC Operation
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/10/22/dhs-ice-arrests-9-illegal-aliens-violent-rap-sheets-including-robbery-domestic-violence-canal-street-operation/amp/
— Illegal Alien Child Rapist Received Thousands in Taxpayer-Funded Medicaid Benefits
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/22/hhs-illegal-alien-child-rapist-received-thousands-in-taxpayer-funded-medicaid-benefits/
COLLEGE FIX
— MIT, Georgia Tech and Caltech deeply embedded with DEI
https://www.thecollegefix.com/mit-georgia-tech-and-caltech-deeply-embedded-with-dei-research-finds/
FOX BUSINESS
— The safest way to pick up criminal illegal immigrants is straight out of jail
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6383539801112
FOX NEWS
— Chicago schools silent on punishment or public condemnation of teacher who mocked Charlie Kirk’s death. The Chicago-area teacher went viral mocking Kirk’s death on Saturday.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/chicago-schools-silent-on-punishment-or-public-condemnation-of-teacher-who-mocked-charlie-kirks-death
— Schumer blocks 12th GOP bid to reopen government
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/schumer-blocks-12th-gop-bid-reopen-government-trump-says-democrats-lost-negotiation
NEW AMERICAN
— Texas Finds Thousands of Potential Illegals on Voter Rolls
https://thenewamerican.com/us/texas-finds-thousands-of-potential-illegals-on-voter-rolls/
NEWSMAX
— ICE Agents Storm NYC Counterfeit Goods Market, Arrest 9 Illegals
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/ice-agents-storm-nyc-counterfeit-goods-market/2025/10/22/id/1231425/
WESTERN JOURNAL
— NYC Agitators Pay a Price of Their Own After Trying (and Failing) to Block ICE from Arresting Illegals
https://www.westernjournal.com/nyc-agitators-pay-price-trying-failing-block-ice-arresting-illegals/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— Cruz says government shutdown inflicting pain on federal workers “for no point whatsoever”
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/ted-cruz-government-shutdown-federal-workers/
NEWSWEEK
— DD: Democrat leaders use an Illinois mom to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.newsweek.com/katie-abraham-mom-rejects-operation-midway-blitz-chicago-10923287
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/nyregion/nyc-canal-street-fear-anger.html
— DD: Democrat leaders try to get Black Chicagoans to hate Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/us/politics/trump-black-chicago.html
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly discourage White males from getting college degrees. Firestone Stores would not have hired me in 1970 and IRS would not have hired in 1971 if I had not earned a bachelor’s degree in business. GAO would not have hired me in 1980 if I had not earned an MBA.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/us/value-of-higher-education-attainment-rates-graduation.html
— Harvard Records an Increase in Asian Students and a Drop in Black Students
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/us/harvard-admissions-data-black-asian-latino-students.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Black, Latino and international student enrollment drops at Harvard
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/10/23/harvard-diversity-enrollment/
USA TODAY
— Saving money for retirement helps you live longer. DD: My wife and I saved much more for retirement than our peers. My critics/opponents stress that our giving up trying to have children helped us do that.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2025/10/18/money-wealth-live-longer-study/86677603007/
BUSINESS
— Workplace competition. DD: Who did you compete against for promotions? While I worked the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, all my coworkers who I competed against for promotions were Democrats who were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. All of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were most, virtually all, if not all of the aforesaid. According to my critics/opponents, the aforesaid proves that I am an unmitigated loser if not worse things. They use against me my having been passed over so many times for promotions even though I had three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. According to them, that further proves that I am an unmitigated loser, if not worse things. Further, they use against me the fact that those 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. According to my critics/opponents, my Democrat superiors a) never gave any preference to my Democrat coworkers and b) never discriminated against me. Further, according to them, IRS should not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974 and GAO should not have promoted me in 1986. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.business.com/articles/gal-rimon-workplace-competition/
GALLUP
— DD: To promote diversity is to get rid of those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. My critics/opponents promote diversity. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://news.gallup.com/poll/696221/fewer-americans-diversity-business-priority.aspx
CPA JOURNAL
— One of the more significant crises currently facing the accounting field is the large and long-term year-over-year decline in the number of college students majoring in accounting. DD: I should have majored in accounting from the beginning. I did not start taking graduate evening accounting courses until I was 27. I did not take the CPA examination and pass it on my first attempt until I was 30. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31. I did not take the Certified Internal Auditor examination and pass it on my first attempt until I was 32. I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32. By then, the accounting profession was not interested me because I was too old. That would not have been the case if I had been a minority or female.
https://www.cpajournal.com/2025/10/22/the-disproportionate-effects-of-declining-interest-within-different-accounting-fields/
RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— 70% of Democrats Want Amnesty for Illegal Immigrants. DD: Democrat leaders have decided that the only way that they can regain control of the federal government is a) to flood America with their illegals, b) to keep their illegals in America, and c) give their illegals the right to vote. Illegals vote for Democrats because they want/need/demand massive government assistance.
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration_second_term/70_of_democrats_want_amnesty_for_illegal_immigrants
MEDIATE
— Pritzker Compares Trump’s ICE Raids to Nazi Germany. DD: Anticipate/expect that Pritzker will ever-increasingly use Illinois government to get rid of Republicans in Illinois who are share Trump’s demographics. Trump is conservative, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/jb-pritzker-compares-trumps-ice-raids-to-nazi-germany-this-is-how-authoritarian-regimes-do-it/amp/
October 22, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE OF DABROWSKI: Republican race for Illinois governor already spiraling downward over questionable campaign tactics. DD: The Chicago Tribune ever-increasingly does everything that it can a) to determine which candidates win Republican primaries in Illinois and b) to defeat those candidates in general elections.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/21/illinois-gop-governor-race-infighting/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/republican-race-illinois-governor-already-024200832.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The devolution of Illinois’ Republican Party continued Tuesday as a candidate for governor refused to denounce two political operatives tied to a right-wing fake newspaper website that published a story containing an internet link detailing salacious allegations against a rival, while a new candidate emerged with a controversial background as a gambling mogul. At a brief news conference, GOP governor candidate Ted Dabrowski refused to discuss the public disclosure of a years-old draft harassment complaint involving rival Darren Bailey and his 2022 campaign. The allegations, stemming from Bailey’s failed 2022 bid for governor, were never formally filed in court and have not been verified, but were linked to a politically motivated news article shared online. Dabrowski, former president of the conservative research and advocacy group Wirepoints, also would not answer questions about Jeanne Ives and right-wing radio talk show host Dan Proft, both of whom supported Bailey in 2022 but are now backing Dabrowski. Ives is an acolyte of Proft, and Proft has been a business partner of Brian Timpone, who oversees one of many so-called “pink-slime” publications — fake newspapers used as a political tool — that included a link to the unverified claims. Ives, who has lost previous bids for governor and Congress, also posted the article with the link on her Facebook page. “Ordinary Illinoisans, Chicagoans, Illinoisans, don’t care about political infighting between campaigns. And I’m not going to get into that,” Dabrowski said during the news conference, which lasted less than 10 minutes. The GOP race for governor in the March 17 primary and the right to take on billionaire second-term Democrat JB Pritzker began spiraling late last week when a Timpone-run publication posted the link to a 37-page confidential draft lawsuit within an online article about a political action committee called the Save Illinois PAC. That PAC, which spent over $39,500 to help launch Bailey’s second bid for the Republican nomination for governor, is run by Brett Corrigan, a former political worker for Bailey who made the allegations during Bailey’s first run for governor in 2022, when he was 17 years old. The Tribune is not detailing the allegations contained in the draft lawsuit because it was never filed in court and not verified, and the legal dispute apparently ended in a closed-door resolution between Corrigan and Bailey. The Chicago Tribune first reported on the dispute between Corrigan and the Bailey campaign days before the November 2022 general election. At the time of the 2022 campaign, Proft was supportive of Bailey and used his People Who Play By The Rules PAC to back the Republican former state lawmaker from downstate. Proft, of Naples, Florida, also has been the conduit of tens of millions of dollars in contributions to Illinois candidates from conservative megadonor Richard Uihlein of Lake Forest, who founded the Uline office supply distribution firm. Uihlein, in 2022, overwhelmingly funded the People Who Play By The Rules PAC, but this year has given $250,000 to Dabrowski’s campaign. In 2022, Proft sought to inject himself into the potential litigation between Corrigan and Bailey. By law, the PAC was not supposed to coordinate its spending activities with Bailey’s campaign but text messages show efforts by Proft to try to intercede in the legal matter, raising questions over whether Proft was closer to the campaign than previously acknowledged. After Corrigan retained Orland Park attorney Scott Kaspar to pursue a proposed confidential settlement agreement, Proft weighed in, apparently in an effort to quash the filing of a possible lawsuit that could become public ahead of the 2022 general election. Pritzker ended up defeating Bailey by about 13 percentage points. The Democratic Party of Illinois filed a complaint with the Illinois State Board of Elections the day after the Tribune story was published, alleging Proft and Bailey’s campaign illegally coordinated their efforts to oppose Pritzker’s reelection bid. But the board rejected the complaint last year, in part, because Illinois law does not specifically define what activities constitute “coordination” that would render the actions of an independent expenditure PAC and the candidate it supports illegal. “While Darren Bailey and (his lieutenant governor running mate) Aaron Del Mar are focused on defeating Democrats and fixing Illinois, it’s unfortunate that Jeanne Ives is once again reprising her role as the Democrats’ favorite ‘Republican,’” Bailey campaign spokesman Jose Durbin said in a statement. “Jeanne Ives is a sore loser who’s been bitter ever since she couldn’t even beat (former one-term GOP Gov.) Bruce Rauner in a Republican primary. She’s made a career out of attacking fellow conservatives instead of fighting Democrats. At this point, she’s nothing more than a political grifter looking for attention.” Besides sharing the faux-news article and link on her Facebook page, Ives also commented on it by writing, “The Bailey Clown Show and Grift.” Appearing at Dabrowski’s news conference Tuesday, she denied being the source of the draft complaint. “I have no idea who leaked it. Zero idea,” Ives said. “I was concerned about the ‘Save Illinois PAC.’ They raise monies for reasons that they never told the donors at all. And then they gave $40,000 to the Bailey campaign. I mean, that was the bigger concern for me.” Despite hosting a Bailey kickoff event earlier this year in Oak Brook, Corrigan has now left Bailey’s 2026 campaign, signing up as chair for a new contender, Rick Heidner of Barrington Hills, a real estate developer and founder of Gold Rush Gaming. Heidner filed campaign finance paperwork Tuesday to run for the GOP governor nomination with Homer Glen Mayor Christina Neitzke-Troike as his running mate. He also disclosed that he had seeded his campaign with $1 million. In October 2019, a Chicago Tribune investigation revealed that for nearly two decades, Heidner owned numerous commercial properties via shell companies in several states with Rocco Suspenzi, the longtime chairman and part owner of Parkway Bank and Trust in Harwood Heights. In 2003, the Illinois Gaming Board and the FBI exposed Suspenzi and son Jeffrey for concealing their own ownership stake, as well as that of a reputed mob figure, in the infamous Emerald casino project. Suspenzi and his son invoked their Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination in 2005 when the Gaming Board sought to question them about their role in concealing the ownership stakes of reputed Outfit-linked investors Vito Salamone and Nick Boscarino. At the same time, Heidner had a similar real estate partnership with convicted bookmaker Dominic Buttitta. Together, they owned a building in Elgin that was leased to a bar licensed for video gambling that used Heidner’s Gold Rush machines. In 2012, Buttitta pleaded guilty to federal charges of running an illegal sportsbook from the South Elgin strip club he controlled. The revelations led in part to Pritzker’s decision to cancel the sale of the former Tinley Park Mental Health Center property, which Heidner had sought to purchase for a horse racing and casino facility. In April 2021, Heidner and state gaming regulators reached a settlement after the state withdrew allegations that he had offered an illegal $5 million inducement to purchase a rival video gambling chain. Heidner has been a frequent political donor, in February giving $25,000 to the conservative Republican group McHenry GOPAC and in 2022 he gave $25,000 to Richard Irvin, the former mayor of Aurora, who unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for governor that year. But Heidner has also contributed to Democratic candidates, including $25,000 to Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and $5,000 to Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle in 2023, as well as $5,000 to Don Harmon, now the president of the Illinois Senate, in 2017. Corrigan confirmed that he’s supporting Heidner, stating that he and Heidner have been good friends for a long time. But Corrigan said he still considers Bailey a friend, though there are people who could take their previous falling out “to make a mess of politics.” “It seems like Republicans attack each other harder than the opposition does,” Corrigan said. Kaspar echoed that sentiment, saying the infighting is “a sad testament of the state of the Illinois Republican Party.” “It’s a very fractured party,” said Kaspar, the general counsel for the Illinois Review, a conservative website that published an article about the draft complaint saga this week.)
— DD: Democrat leaders crow about their success in promoting hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/20/column-selle-column-lake-county-no-kings/
— DD: Democrat leaders want to suppress why Katie Abraham was killed.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/21/opinion-katie-abraham-operation-midway-blitz/
(DHS: DHS is launching Operation Midway Blitz in honor of Katie Abraham who was killed in Illinois by a criminal illegal alien who should have never been in our country. This operation will target the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens in Chicago.)
— City of Harvey declares itself effectively bankrupt. Look for more Cook County municipalities to do the same. DD: Under the Democrats, every city will be like Harvey.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/22/editorial-harvey-insolvency-property-taxes-pensions/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/22/letters-102225-immigrants/
— Naperville D203 board member Kelley Black censured again for ‘unprofessional’ actions. DD: In 2006, my critics/opponents had their operatives and their dupes do everything that they could to get the Illinois Center Right Coalition to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. They failed. I should write about my critics/opponents from back then who continue to do everything that they can to destroy me.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/21/black-kelley-censured-again-naperville-d203/
DAILY HERALD
— Democratic incumbents dominating fundraising in suburban congressional races. DD: To discredit me, my critics/opponents stress that no one gives me money to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and to send them out. In my defense, I have never asked for money for that and I never will. I value my independence. He who pays the piper calls the tunes. Further, I have enough money, time, experience, ability, and motivation to put the newsletters together and to send them out. I have more time because my critics/opponents had their operatives and their dupes end my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship and end my Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251021/article/democratic-incumbents-dominating-fundraising-in-suburban-congressional-races/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In Illinois’ 3rd District, which encompasses parts of suburban Cook and DuPage counties and some Chicago neighborhoods, Democratic U.S. Rep. Delia Ramirez of Chicago is the only one of four candidates who filed a quarterly financial report by the deadline. Ramirez’s campaign has raised $990,874 this election cycle and spent $408,995, the latest records show. It started the quarter with $976,477 and finished September with about $1 million in the bank. Also running are Democrat Kip Knutson and Republican Angel Oakley, both of Wheaton, and Republican Spomenka Vajic of Chicago.)
— DD: My Democrat and RINO superiors in government and in politics have had their operatives and their dupes take many big adverse actions against me. Should name my Democrat and RINO superiors and write about the big adverse actions that they had their operatives and their dupes take against me?
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251022/syndicated-columnists/trumps-political-enemies-list-and-vindictive-prosecutions/
ABC7
— A U.S. congressional candidate and current state representative said Customs and Border Patrol agents surrounded and harassed him in his vehicle Tuesday on Chicago’s Northwest Side. State Rep. Hoan Huynh, a Democrat from Chicago who is running to represent the 9th District, was in his vehicle about 11:30 a.m. near Montrose and Kimball avenues in Albany Park, a news release from his campaign said.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-rep-hoan-huynh-says-customs-border-patrol-agent-pulled-gun-montrose-kimball-albany-park-chicago/18053996/
SOUTHERN
— Illinois video gambling mogul Rick Heidner to seek GOP gubernatorial nomination. Heidner owns the third-largest video gaming terminal operator in Illinois. DD: In 2009, I led the successful effort to stop video gambling in Wheaton.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/22/letters-102225-immigrants/
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— DD: To get more votes from Blacks, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote reparations.
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/politics/champaign-county-board-weighs-supporting-proposed-reparations-commission/article_a0525375-0814-423c-872a-8a6a9b52cd8c.html
INDIANAPOLIS STAR
— Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson debated attendees on a variety of hot-button issues for hours at a sold-out Turning Point USA event at Indiana University on Oct. 21.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/tucker-carlson-spars-audience-trump-025129767.html
ILLINOIS STATE BAR ASSOCIATION
— Celebrate Pro Bono Across Illinois. DD: What percent of pro bono is done to defend and advance the Democrat Party platform?
https://www.isba.org/barnews/2025/10/spotlightonprobonocelebrateprobonoacrossillinoison
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Illinois video gambling mogul to seek GOP gubernatorial nomination. Rick Heidner owns the third-largest video gaming terminal operator in Illinois. DD: In 2009, I led the successful effort to stop video gambling in Wheaton.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/illinois-video-gambling-mogul-to-seek-gop-gubernatorial-nomination/
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois families struggle while Pritzker wins in Las Vegas. DD: In 2009, I led the successful effort to stop video gambling in Wheaton.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_f93f4ac2-0917-44d6-9ad4-9d910f1d07e5.html
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— County Board Proposes 13% Tax Levy Increase
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/21/county-board-proposes-13-tax-levy-increase/
— Dems Threaten to Eliminate Darin LaHood’s District Through New Gerrymandering
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/21/dems-threaten-to-eliminate-darin-lahoods-district-through-new-gerrymandering/
— DeWitte Summarizes Pritzker Budget Shortfall
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/21/dewitte-summarizes-pritzker-budget-shortfall/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Johnson’s “Protecting Chicago” budget proposes nearly $500M in tax hikes
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/johnsons-protecting-chicago-budget-proposes-nearly-500m-in-tax-hikes/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ICE to Pursue Federal Charges After Bolingbrook Police Fail to Arrest Attackers—Officials Now Under Investigation for Stand-Down Order
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/ice-to-pursue-federal-charges-after-bolingbrook-police-fail-to-arrest-attackers-officials-now-under-investigation-for-stand-down-order.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— DHS blames left-wing rhetoric after illegal immigrant rams ICE officer with car
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3858667/dhs-left-wing-rhetoric-illegal-immigrant-rams-ice-officer-with-car/
NEW YORK POST
— How Donald Trump can show his support for immigrants who do it right. DD: What about offering more work permits for citizens of foreign countries who will take bad jobs that citizens of America ever-increasingly refuse to take? But wait, citizens of foreign countries can get bad jobs in their motherlands. How many citizens of foreign countries would take the bad jobs that I took? I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assembly line in 1970. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1971-1972. I pumped more gasoline 1971-1972. I collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980. I audited federal agencies 1980-1997. According to my critics/opponents, a) all the jobs that I had were bad jobs that they would never have stooped to take and b) I was grossly overpaid for those jobs and my pension and retirement benefits are much too generous.
https://nypost.com/2025/10/21/opinion/trump-show-your-support-for-legal-immigrants-at-citizenship-ceremonies/
BLAZE
— Thousands of illegal aliens found on Texas voter rolls
https://www.theblaze.com/news/thousands-texas-illegal-aliens-vote
BREITBART
— ICE Nabs Illegal Alien Cabbies, Rideshare Drivers at O’Hare Airport
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/10/21/ice-nabs-illegal-migrant-cabbies-rideshare-drivers-at-ohare-airport/amp/
— ‘No Kings’ Rallies Pressure Moderate Democrats to Prolong Government Shutdown
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2025/10/21/nolte-no-kings-rallies-pressure-moderate-democrats-to-prolong-government-shutdown/amp/
— ICE Arrests 100 Illegal Aliens in Idaho at Horse Race Event
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/21/ice-arrests-100-illegal-aliens-idaho-horse-race/
CENTER SQUARE
— Majority of Americans do not support National Guard to deter crime. But half of voters support deploying the National Guard to their city or state.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_9742fb2f-c11d-40cd-87a0-c66807b12eed.amp.html
CHRISTIAN POST
— Woke isn’t dead, dying, hospitalized or even hiding
https://www.christianpost.com/voices/woke-public-schools-are-brainwashing-your-kids.html
FOX NEWS
— US Marshal, illegal alien shot in Los Angeles immigration operation. Federal agents opened fire after suspect allegedly rammed vehicles in escape attempt, both hospitalized.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/us-marshal-illegal-alien-shot-los-angeles-immigration-operation
— Schools simply rebrand DEI
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/undercover-video-reveals-red-state-university-employee-suggesting-dei-simply-being-rebranded.amp
NEWSMAX
— 40 Percent Back Deporting Illegals With No Criminal Record. DD: To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is criminal. Everyone has always known that Biden’s parole programs were always illegal.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/yougov-poll-immigrants-ice/2025/10/21/id/1231331/
PJ MEDIA
— Texas Let HOW MANY Illegals Register to Vote?
https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2025/10/21/texas-let-how-many-illegals-register-to-vote-n4945085
POST MILLENNIAL
— ICE arrests 51 criminal illegal immigrants in Portland amid ongoing Antifa-linked protests. The operation targeted illegal migrants with extensive criminal histories, such as sexual assault, child abuse, domestic violence, drug trafficking, and manslaughter.
https://thepostmillennial.com/ice-arrests-51-criminal-illegal-immigrants-in-portland-amid-antifa-linked-protests
TOWNHALL
— Democrats have sworn up and down for years that we didn’t need legislation like the SAVE Act to clean up our voter rolls. “It’s already against the law for illegal immigrants to vote,” they argued. They also insisted illegal immigrants weren’t voting in elections. But that thing that never happens happened again.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2025/10/21/texas-illegals-on-voter-rolls-n2665270
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Trump pick to lead the Office of Special Counsel (OSC) withdraws after offensive text messages revealed. DD: To get rid of me, my Democrat superiors in the federal government took many prohibited personnel actions against me. OSC did not come to my defense when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take a $23,472/year pay cut to transfer from IRS. OSC did not come to my defense when my Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education expenses, and disallowed my travel vouchers. OSC did not come to my defense when my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign and disallowed my sick leave requests.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-10-21/trump-pick-to-lead-watchdog-agency-withdraws-after-offensive-text-messages-revealed
(OSC: The U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) is an independent federal investigative and prosecutorial agency. OSC’s statutory authority comes from four federal laws: the Civil Service Reform Act, the Whistleblower Protection Act, the Hatch Act, and the Uniformed Services Employment & Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA). OSC’s primary mission is to safeguard the merit system by protecting federal employees and applicants from prohibited personnel practices (PPPs), especially reprisal for whistleblowing. For a description of the 14 PPPs, click here. OSC also operates as a secure channel for federal employees to blow the whistle by disclosing wrongdoing. Federal law establishes a unique process for disclosures made to OSC, intended to protect the confidentiality of the whistleblower and ensure that the alleged wrongdoing is investigated and, where necessary, corrected. For a description of the six types of covered wrongdoing, click here. In addition, OSC enforces the Hatch Act, which puts certain restrictions on partisan political activity by government employees (learn more). It also protects the civilian employment and reemployment rights of military service members under USERRA (learn more).)
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/opinion/trump-degredation-maga.html
USA TODAY
— What car does Mark Zuckerberg drive every day? One of the richest people on Earth drives an American luxury car instead of a foreign supercar. DD: The American nameplate muscle cars at Iron Gate Motor Condos in Naperville are ever-increasingly being replaced by expensive foreign supercars. But my unit there has a 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona Plus, a 2013 Dodge Charger R/t Max, and a 2005 Corvette.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/cars/news/2025/10/17/mark-zuckerberg-drive-drive-car/85270401007/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: What would you drive if you had millions of dollars in the bank? Last summer, Forbes published a list of the richest people in every state. Unsurprisingly, Mark Zuckerberg, cofounder of Facebook and CEO of Meta Platforms, is listed as the richest person in California as of July 2025. Zuckerberg’s current net worth is over $242 billion dollars according to Forbes, making him the third-richest person on the planet at time of publication. So, what does a multibillionaire drive? Furthermore, is it a vehicle average Americans can afford? Mark Zuckerberg daily drives a Cadillac CT5 V-Blackwing, according to an article by automotive publication AutoEvolution.)
MIAMI HERALD
— Cubans with criminal records in the U.S. are being quietly deported to Mexico
Read more at: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article312432237.html
HOUSTON PUBLIC MEDIA
— Houston residents, officials push back against rainbow crosswalk removal. DD: How soon, if not already, will Democrat and RINO leaders paint rainbow crosswalks in your county, township, municipality, school district, precinct, and neighborhood?
https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/lgbtq/2025/10/21/533919/rainbow-crosswalk-houston-chalk-art-protest-heights-montrose-lgbtq/
KABC
— 40% Back Deporting Illegals With No Criminal Record. DD: To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is criminal. Everyone has always known that Biden’s parole programs were always illegal.
https://www.kabc.com/2025/10/21/yougov-poll-40-back-deporting-illegals-with-no-criminal-record/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— A Mamdani Mayoralty Threatens New York’s Jews. DD: Virtually all of my Democrat GS-14 GAO Chicago office superiors were antisemites. They were furious when GAO promoted a Democrat Jewish woman instead of them to GS-15, currently $163,749-$195,200/year, to lead the office’s group that would to audit federal financial industry regulators in 1990. They wanted her to fail. Virtually none of my GS-13 coworkers volunteered to work for her. The GS-14s were furious that I volunteered to work for her. I volunteered to work for her because they would not assign me to the group that would audit IRS and auditing federal financial industry regulators was my best alternative. But beyond that, I was impressed by the fact that she had earned an MBA from the University of Chicago and she had passed the CPA examination on her first attempt. The GS-14s were intimidated by that; but I was not. While the GS-14s did everything that they could to make her fail, I did everything that I could to help her succeed. But nevertheless, in when I was 49 years old in September of 1997, she took the lead in forcing me to retire.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/a-mamdani-mayoralty-threatens-new-yorks-jews-cbee614d
— DD: RINOs promote hatred against Trump.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/no-kings-was-peacefuland-even-patriotic-59d9f2be
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
— DD: Needless-to-say, if you are Republican, you should limit your job searches to Republican-run employers. If Democrat employers do hire you, they will waste your career and get rid of you if you do not become a Democrat.
https://hbr.org/2016/07/almost-all-managers-have-at-least-one-career-limiting-habit
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they always bragged about their success in hiring, retaining, and promoting young minorities and young females, that is, their success in getting rid of older Whites and older males.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/admissions/traditional-age/2025/10/22/fewer-colleges-publicized-racial-demographic-data-year
NEWS ONE
— The Trump Admin’s Focus On Fertility Is All About Social Control. The Trump administration has passed policies this year that represent a concerning trend toward pronatalism. Making IVF more affordable alone isn’t an issue. People should be able to have families on their own terms and of their own design. But it’s yet another false crisis created by the administration to justify its racist, anti-immigration, white nationalist agenda. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors used my wife and I giving up trying to have children without trying IVF against me big time. I should write about my Democrat GAO superiors and what they did to punish me. Of course, Duckworth would approve of what they did to punish me.
https://newsone.com/6551199/trump-admin-focus-fertility-about-social-control/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
DAILY MAIL
— Woke teens erupt after conservative students at Portland’s most diverse school sets up Charlie Kirk club. DD: Who leads the opposition to Turning Point USA clubs in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15212745/Teenagers-Turning-Point-USA-Portland-protest.html
October 20, 2025 Evening Edition
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
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