FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
DAILY HERALD
— Kane County’s top prosecutor Mosser seeks judicial seat
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251228/news/kane-countys-top-prosecutor-mosser-seeks-judicial-seat/
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Barriers to upward mobility. DD: To get more votes from those who are minority, female, and younger, Democrat and RINO candidates and elected officials paint those who are White, male, and older as being barriers.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/study-education-still-pays-but-barriers-to-upward-mobility-persist-in-illinois/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— Sickness & Hypocrisy in Academia
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2025/12/22/sickness-hypocrisy-in-academia
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— I have started using Stelo by Dexcom to continuously monitor my blood sugar level. If you have type 2 diabetes like I do and use Stelo, please phone me at 630-653-0462. My blood sugar spikes to over 250 after I eat. That means I have high hyperglycemia. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Pence becomes unlikely face of conservative opposition to Trump and populism.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/presidential/4363005/pence-unlikely-face-conservative-opposition-trump-populism/
— With the impending rescheduling of marijuana in the U.S., the transportation industry is searching for answers on whether it still will legally be able to test employees before sending them on the road or in the air. DD: Pot is poison.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/4363202/dot-realizes-road-safety-concern-with-marijuana-rescheduling/
— More Floridians, Californians moving to Texas
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/4363199/more-floridians-californians-moving-to-texas-than-reverse/
— A dangerous Supreme Court decision. In a short three-page decision written with little briefing and no oral argument, a 6-3 majority denied the Justice Department’s request to stay a district court restraining order preventing President Donald Trump from deploying the National Guard in Chicago. The court’s holding is tenuously founded, rushed, and will endanger the lives of federal law enforcement officers.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/4362312/dangerous-supreme-court-decision-national-guard/
NEW YORK POST
— Hating the rich may feel good — and win elections — but it’s self-destructive
https://nypost.com/2025/12/27/opinion/hating-the-rich-may-feel-good-and-win-elections-but-its-self-destructive/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The Pence Mirage: Why the Right Isn’t Leaving Trump. The Heritage Foundation “mutiny” isn’t a conservative realignment so much as the latest anti-Trump mirage, with Mike Pence cast as a moral standard-bearer no one is following.
https://amgreatness.com/2025/12/28/the-pence-mirage-why-the-right-isnt-leaving-trump/
— Let Americans Choose Their Cars—Not the Government. EVs aren’t failing because consumers don’t want them, but because tariffs block affordable competition—leaving Americans stuck with costly choices the rest of the world has outgrown. DD: I bought a 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T EV early this year. If it had been offered with a Hemi V-8, I would have bought that. I have owned a 2013 Charger R/T Max since 2012. I owned a 1968 Charger R/T 1994-2005. I owned a 1969 Charger SE 1968-1971.
https://amgreatness.com/2025/12/26/let-americans-choose-their-cars-not-the-government/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Third World cultures have a corruption problem, and Democrats capitalize on it
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/12/third_world_cultures_have_a_corruption_problem_and_democrats_capitalize_on_it.html
— The dangerous cost of erasing Western wisdom
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/12/victor_davis_hanson_on_the_dangerous_cost_of_erasing_western_wisdom.html
— Blue states surrendering to Somalis, Islam, and diversity
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/12/blue_states_surrendering_to_somalis_islam_diversity.html
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
— Federal workers with a professional degree or doctorate—about 10 percent of the federal workforce—earned about 29 percent less, on average, than their private-sector counterparts. DD: I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS 1971-1980 and I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997. I earned an MBA in 1976. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980. I passed Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981. I became a licensed CPA in 1981. I earned four more job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. I earned a master’s in finance in 1997. In today’s dollars, IRS paid me $112,280/year in 1980 and GAO paid me $153,151/year in 1997.
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60235
BREITBART
— TPUSA Continuing Campus Debates Nationwide
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/12/28/we-are-not-afraid-erika-kirk-says-tpusa-continuing-campus-debates-nationwide/
— Indian Government Protests Rubio’s Visa Curbs That Help Americans
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/12/27/indian-government-protests-rubios-visa-curbs-that-help-americans/
DAILY CALLER
— Minnesota’s Lt Gov Takes Pandering To Somalis To The Next Level
https://dailycaller.com/2025/12/26/minnesota-lt-gov-peggy-flanagan-hijab-somali-migrants/
LIFE NEWS
— New York and Illinois Glorify Suicide in the Name of Compassion
https://www.lifenews.com/2025/12/28/new-york-and-illinois-glorify-suicide-in-the-name-of-compassion/
TOWNHALL
— FBI Teases Denaturalizing, Deporting Eligible Minnesota Fraudsters
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/scott-mcclallen/2025/12/28/fbi-teases-denaturalizing-deporting-minnesota-fraudsters-n2668553
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— You cannot be America first and pro-Russia
https://thehill.com/policy/international/5664765-turner-russia-war-aggression-ukraine/
CNN
— It’s time for Republicans to start thinking about 2028 and the post-Trump era
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/28/politics/2028-presidential-election-republicans-vance-rubio-analysis
NBC NEWS
— Much of the Black middle class was built by federal jobs. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 so that they could give my Black subordinate my job and my preferred corner office. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/black-federal-job-cuts-trump-musk-dei-middle-class-rcna191704
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— GOP coalescing behind Vance as Trump privately dismisses third-term run
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2025-12-28/gop-coalescing-behind-vance-as-trump-privately-dismisses-third-term-run
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Companies Are Outlining Plans for 2026. Hiring Isn’t One of Them. Large employers indicate that they either want to maintain the size of their teams next year or let go of workers; ‘Everybody’s afraid for their jobs’
https://www.wsj.com/economy/jobs/2026-job-hiring-growth-plans-10bc3470
— Pritzker’s Illinois Political Clout Faces Test in Senate Primary. Billionaire governor is backing his lieutenant governor in a Democratic face-off, but she has struggled to outshine two top rivals.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/jb-pritzkers-illinois-political-clout-faces-test-in-senate-primary-4140cfa1
— You Can’t Work Your Way Through College Anymore. DD: Back in the good old days, I worked my way through college. The money came from what I earned washing dishes 1964-1966, cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966, delivering mail 1966-1969, and working on an automotive assemble line in 1970. My parents provided me with room and board in their Crete home 1966-1968, my first semester at NIU in 1969, and the summer of 1969. I graduated debt-free with a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in August of 1970 owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE that I had bought new in 1968.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/you-cant-work-your-way-through-college-anymore-1521239612
FORBES
— OK, Boomer: Are Baby Boomers Preventing The Upward Mobility Of Younger Employees? DD: I am a baby boomer. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 so that they could give my Black subordinate my job and my preferred corner office. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2019/11/08/ok-boomer-are-baby-boomers-preventing-the-upward-mobility-of-younger-employees/
FORTUNE
— These 10 companies offer workers the best chance to advance. DD: Democrats run the federal government. For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats. To advance in the federal government you have to be a Democrat. The more of the following that Democrats are, the faster that they can advance: minority, female, and/or veteran.
https://fortune.com/2022/10/13/american-opportunity-index-best-places-to-work-worker-career-advancement/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 1) AT&T, 2) American Express, 3) Cisco, 4) PG&E, 5) Microsoft, 6) Fiserv, 7) HF Sinclair, 8) Liberty Mutual, 9) International Paper, 10) Southwest Airlines)
HR DAILY ADVISOR
— Steps to Foster Internal Promotions and Career Advancement. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, they focused on making room at the top, that is, they focused on getting rid of their employees who they had not promoted to Senior Executive Service (currently $195,200/year) by age 40 and who were White, male, and/or non-veteran. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my three job-related master’s degrees (1976, 1980, and 1997), my six job-related professional certifications (1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997), and my job-related professional license (1981).
https://hrdailyadvisor.com/2025/04/23/4-steps-to-foster-internal-promotions-and-career-advancement/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Create Room at the Top. A promotion pipeline’s useless if there’s nowhere to go. Stagnant org charts—where tenured folks squat in senior roles—kill mobility. Some firms hoard headcount, afraid to expand; others cling to “we’ve always done it this way” structures. Shake that up. Regularly audit roles: Are they still relevant? Can they split or scale? A bloated middle management layer might need pruning to open slots above. Turnover is not the enemy here—natural attrition (retirements, lateral exits) can unclog the system. Encourage it gracefully—exit packages or sabbaticals for long-timers can free space without bad blood. And don’t fear invention. If a star performer’s outgrowing their role, craft a new one. A tech firm once turned a standout engineer into a “solutions architect” rather than lose her to a rival. Flexibility beats rigidity.)
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT DAILY
— Upward mobility: Unlocking career advancement opportunities. DD: My critics/opponents have always used my having three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license against me. They have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my having the aforesaid and my never having earned more than $153,151/year in today’s dollars and my being forced to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 proves that I am seriously flawed, an abject failure, and even worse things.
https://www.businessmanagementdaily.com/75364/upward-mobility-unlocking-career-advancement-opportunities/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Access to education is a major deciding factor in determining someone’s eligibility for upward mobility. Society members with access to the best schools and universities will find it easier to find higher-paying jobs and qualify for promotions. Lower-income areas in the United States often have subpar educational facilities, making it more difficult for graduates to pursue upward mobility in society.)
HARVARD MAGAZINE
— The Upward Mobility Problem. Most Americans earn less than their parents did. DD: My father often decried his not having a college degree. That motivated me to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.harvardmagazine.com/faculty/features-upward-mobility-problem
WHARTON
— How Social Class Affects the Career Ladder. DD: What class were you born into? Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I had to work my way through college.
https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/podcast/knowledge-at-wharton-podcast/how-social-class-affects-the-career-ladder/
FORDHAM INSTITUTE
— Is military enlistment a pathway to upward mobility? DD: Because my parents lacked money, my plan to earn a college degree was to enlist and use the GI Bill. But because I was able to earn high enough grades taking college preparatory courses, to get an ACT score of 24, and to graduate in the upper 20% of my class, UIC accepted me in 1966. I worked my way through college. I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970. I got student draft deferments 1966-1970 and a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971.
https://fordhaminstitute.org/national/commentary/military-enlistment-pathway-upward-mobility
TUFTS
— Upward mobility is becoming obsolete. DD: Back in the good old days, even though neither of my parents attended college, my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, and my mother never attended high school, I was able to work my way through college and earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. But because of my bad demographics, I doubt that I could do that today.
https://www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2024/10/coffee-table-socioeconomics-upward-mobility-is-becoming-obsolete
BROOKINGS
— The American Dream in crisis: Helping low-wage workers move up to better jobs. DD: Back in the good old days, I was a low-wage worker. 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, 1971, and 1972. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970. To qualify myself for better paying jobs, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree (1970). I earned three job-related master’s degrees (1976, 1980, and 1997). I earned six job-related professional certifications (1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997). I earned a job-related professional license (1981).
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-american-dream-in-crisis-helping-low-wage-workers-move-up-to-better-jobs/
POLITICO
— The 2028 Race Has Begun. Here’s Who’s Winning. White House hopefuls in both parties are maneuvering for the post-Trump era. Here’s where they stand at the end of 2025.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/12/28/presidential-race-2028-candidates-analysis-00695164
NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Why History Points to Huge 2026 Losses for Trump’s GOP
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/why-history-points-to-huge-2026-losses-for-trumps-gop.html
Tag: political
December 26, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— At least 6 shot, 1 fatally, in Christmas night violence across city
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-shootings-least-6-shot-1-fatally-christmas-gun-violence-police-department-says/18318233/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Illinois Democratic Senate primary race has started slow. But contrasts emerge in bid to replace Dick Durbin.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/26/illinois-us-senate-race-slow-start/
DAILY HERALD
— Stopping a frightening free-for-all: Fair maps amendment, protections needed more than ever
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251226/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-stopping-a-frightening-free-for-all-fair-maps-amendment-protections-needed-m/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251226/syndicated-columnists/a-place-of-moral-leadership-this-is-no-person-for-this-job/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly encourage children to be sexually active LGBTQers.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251226/syndicated-columnists/transgender-teens/
FOX32
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly encourage children to be sexually active LGBTQers.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-r81src9y4xn5130p
KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— DD: Have you wanted to run for a government office? Since I was 49 years old in 1997, my DuPage County critics/opponents have falsely hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I wanted to run for DuPage County Auditor. To discourage me from considering doing that, they have taken many big adverse actions against me. I should write about my DuPage County critics/opponents and the many big adverse actions that they have taken against me. Of course, they ignore/dismiss/belittle/badmouth what did to elect and to reelect Jim Rasins and Bob Grogan as DuPage County Auditors. My critics/opponents base their false accusations against me on my being highly qualified for the office. I became a licensed CPA. I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt. I earned professional certifications in fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I worked for IRS for almost 9 years as a Revenue Officer and for GAO for almost 18 years as an Analyst, the last 11 years of at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year. I have master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance.
https://www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-chronicle/2025/12/25/kane-auditor-penny-wegman-named-auditor-of-the-year/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— “Home Alone” Beyond a Comedy
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/25/home-alone-beyond-a-comedy/
— Skinner 2025 Christmas Letter
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/25/skinner-2025-christmas-letter/
— The Best Legislative Christmas Greeting
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/25/the-best-legislative-christmas-greeting/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Congress should prioritize American graduates, not foreigners who promised to go home. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise citizens of foreign countries and give them preference over citizens of America.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/24/congress-prioritize-american-graduates-foreigners-promised-go-home/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Biden OK’d illegal immigrants ‘Elvis Presley’ and ‘Connie Chung’ into US
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-secrets/3919595/biden-administration-let-illegal-immigrants-elvis-presley-connie-chung-into-us/
— Biden’s DHS let migrants on bogus documents claim asylum
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/16/bidens-dhs-catching-releasing-migrants-bogus-documents-audit/
NEW YORK POST
— Tim Walz’s daughter Hope wishes merry Christmas to illegal migrants that ‘ICE has been terrorizing’ in divisive holiday message
https://nypost.com/2025/12/25/us-news/tim-walzs-daughter-hope-wishes-merry-christmas-to-illegal-migrants-that-ice-has-been-terrorizing-in-divisive-holiday-message/
— We know the reasons for violence against Jews — but refuse to say them aloud. We know the causes. Anemic Western leaders — politicians, college presidents, media grandees and celebrities — fear Muslim terrorism, growing Muslim voters and their own growing antisemitic campus constituencies. So, they never call out antisemitic violence other than with nauseating nothings like, “Such violence has no place here.” Or “We condemn such violence in the utmost terms.” Or “This is not who we are.”
https://nypost.com/2025/12/25/opinion/we-know-why-jews-are-targets-of-violence-but-refuse-to-admit-it/
AMERICAN THINKER
— The Pope’s Christmas statements wrapped leftist political values in religious garb. DD: How strongly have Democrats taken over your church?
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/12/the_pope_s_christmas_statements_wrapped_leftist_political_values_in_religious_garb.html
BRIETBART
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly liken Jesus, Mary, and Joseph to Illegal Migrants on Christmas. How strongly have Democrats taken over your church?
https://www.breitbart.com/faith/2025/12/25/rep-eric-swalwell-likens-jesus-mary-and-joseph-to-illegal-migrants-on-christmas/amp/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Northwestern University releases pro-DEI instructions for educators to ‘anchor equity in strategy’
https://www.campusreform.org/article/northwestern-university-releases-pro-dei-instructions-educators-anchor-equity-strategy/29172
NEWSMAX
— Justices’ Ruling Clears Trump to Invoke Insurrection Act
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/supreme-court-donald-trump-insurrection-act/2025/12/25/id/1239688/
— DD: Democrats Ever-Increasingly Defend Their Illegals
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/art-del-cueto-democrats-illegal-aliens/2025/12/25/id/1239705/
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Santa’s Naughty List Now Includes Illegal Aliens, Says ICE AI Video
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/santa-ice-ai-video-illegal-aliens-deport
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— CA-Based Operation Highway Sentinel Nets 101 Arrests in Crackdown on Illegals With CDLs
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/12/ca-based-operation-highway-sentinel-nets-101-arrests-in-crackdown-on-illegals-with-cdls/
ONE AMERICA NEWS
— Hope Walz praises illegal immigrants while attacking ICE in Christmas message
https://www.oann.com/newsroom/hope-walz-praises-illegal-immigrants-while-attacking-ice-in-christmas-message/
REASON
— DD: Hate filled Trump-hating Trump haters not only hate Trump, but hate America and those who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://reason.com/2025/12/25/christian-nationalism-is-a-threat-to-americas-founding-principles/
TOWNHALL
— Trump’s DHS Pays Illegal Immigrants to Leave — Critics Ignore the Cost of Letting Them Stay
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2025/12/25/david-bier-what-if-biden-rewarded-illegals-n2668443
— Of Course, Politico Says Christmas Is a Right Wing Boogaloo
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/12/25/of-course-politico-says-christmas-is-a-right-wing-boogaloo-n2668468
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump Organization requested record number of foreign workers in 2025. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.aol.com/news/trump-organization-requested-record-number-034837590.html
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— The creation of the Pathways Program came from the simple need to replace the government’s internship program. DD: Democrats run IRS and GAO. GAO audits IRS. Democrats do not want Republicans to audit Democrats. Were you an intern? To stop me from transferring from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors unsuccessfully tried to force me to become an intern, that is, to take a $71,982/year (64%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer, that is, to take a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-4 Step 1. But they successfully forced me to take a $23,472 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer, a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-9 Step 10. Needless-to-say, that ruined my GAO career. My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates viciously hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the downgrade a) proved that what I had learned working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year, was WORTHLESS, b) proved that what I had learned passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 was WORTHLESS, c) that what I had learned earning an MBA in 1976 was WORTHLESS, and d) that what I was learning taking graduate evening accounting courses since 1976 was WORTHLESS. They used the aforesaid to ignore, dismiss, belittle a) my earning a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, b) my passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and c) my becoming a licensed CPA in 1981. They succeed in a) delaying my promotions back to GS-11 Step 10 and GS-12 Step 5, b) keeping me off audits of IRS except 1986-1988, c) delaying my promotion to GS-13 until 1986, d) never promoting me beyond GS-13, e) always ranking me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and f) forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/04/the-pathways-program-transformed-agencies-approach-to-early-career-hiring/
NPR
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.npr.org/2025/12/24/nx-s1-5619298/how-the-clergy-has-rallied-against-the-trump-administrations-immigration-policies
ATLANTA VOICE
— Controlling the Scores. Standardized testing has long been framed as a neutral measure of achievement. Yet, its origins in white supremacy reveal that it was designed to privilege white, middle-class norms while excluding others. DD: My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I passed the following tests because standardized tests are biased in favor of those who share my demographics: a) the postal employment test when I was 17 in 1966, b) the ACT test with a score of 24 in 1966, c) all the tests I needed to pass to graduate in the upper 20% of my high school class in 1966, d) the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970, e) all the tests I needed to pass to earn a bachelor’s degree from NIU in 1970 and master’s degrees from Loyola in 1976, DePaul in 1980, and IIT in 1997, f) the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. and g) the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981. In my defense, neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I had to work my way through college.
https://theatlantavoice.com/testing-bias-black-students/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
GUARDIAN
— US labor unions gear up to fight against Trump’s ‘Billionaire First’ agenda. AFL-CIO president Liz Shuler says union ready to stand up for struggling Americans: ‘Which side are you on?’ DD: If GAO had unionized sooner, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to a) force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO, b) keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, c) delay my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13, d) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and e) force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/25/trump-labor-unions-afl-cio
FEDERAL
— Trump administration ends H-1B visa lottery, shifts to skill-based system. DD: What skills do/did you have? I transferred from IRS to be a GAO Analyst when I was 31 in 1980. GAO audits IRS. The Democrats who ran GAO ignored/dismissed/belittled the analytical skills that I had because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. I acquired those analytical skills a) working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year, b) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) almost completing the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting, and d) earning an MBA in 1976. Much of what I did for IRS was very similar to what I would do for GAO. GAO’s forcing me to take a $23,472 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars ruined my GAO career and proved GAO’s discrimination against those who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.
https://thefederal.com/category/international/trump-administration-ends-h1b-visa-lottery-skill-based-system-222170
FROM OTHER SOURCES
SPORTS ILLUSTRATED
— College football’s highest-paid player takes a pay cut to chase 2026 championship. DD: Who do you know that has taken a pay cut? I took a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO when I was 31 in 1980, a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-9 Step 10. My Democrat IRS superiors had made it clear that they would never promote me to GS-13 because I was a non-veteran Republican who had complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. The GAO Staff Manager (Bill) who arranged the transfer promised me that he that would assign me to audits of IRS and rapidly promote me back to GS-12 Step 5 and then to GS13. But my Democrat GAO superiors almost immediately replaced Bill with Dave. Dave vehemently disapproved of me and my transfer. He gave me bad job assignments. He gave me unfair performance expectations. He gave me unfair performance appraisals. He delayed my promotions back to GS-11 Step 10 and GS-12 Step 5. He kept me off audits of IRS. He ignored/dismissed/belittled my earning an MBA in 1976, my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, my earning a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, my passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and my becoming a licensed CPA in 1981. But in 1985, Dave went on extended sick leave. That enabled Bill to assign me to audits of IRS in 1986 and to promote me to GS-13 in 1986. But Dave came back in 1987. Dave forced Bill to retire in 1987. Dave threw me off audits in 1989. Dave again gave me bad job assignments. Dave again gave me unfair performance expectations. Dave again gave me unfair performance appraisals. Dave ranked me at the bottom of my coworkers for pay-for-performance for 1989. GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had been unionized in 1980, Dave would not have been able to take the adverse actions against me that he did.
https://www.si.com/fannation/college/cfb-hq/college-football-highest-paid-player-takes-pay-cut-to-chase-2026-championship-arch-manning
December 23, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Supreme Court keeps Trump’s National Guard deployment blocked in the Chicago area, for now
https://abc7chicago.com/post/supreme-court-ruling-keeps-donald-trumps-chicago-national-guard-deployment-blocked-now/18309907/
— Pope disappointed over approval of assisted suicide legislation in his home state of Illinois
https://abc7chicago.com/post/pope-leo-xiv-news-catholic-church-leader-disappointed-approval-assisted-suicide-legislation-home-state-illinois/18310097/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Supreme Court deals Trump a defeat on bid to deploy National Guard in Illinois
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/23/supreme-court-trump-national-guard-illinois/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for inflation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/20/november-us-consumer-goods-price-tracker/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pope disappointed by approval of Illinois’ assisted suicide legislation. Pope Leo XIV said he asked Gov. JB Pritzker not to sign legislation allowing assisted suicide in Illinois. “We were very clear about the necessity to respect the sacredness of life from the very beginning to the very end, and unfortunately … he decided to sign that bill.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv/2025/12/23/pope-disappointed-over-approval-of-illinois-assisted-suicide-legislation
DAILY HERALD
— Why three congressional candidates could be booted from the ballot
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251223/us-congress-politics/why-three-congressional-candidates-could-be-booted-from-the-ballot/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Three congressional candidates vying to serve different parts of the Northwest or West suburbs will find out early next month if they’ll appear on March 2026 primary ballots or be booted. On the hot seat are Democrat Mark J. Pasieka Sr., a Chicagoan running in the 3rd District; and two Republicans running in the 11th District, Tedora Brown of Palos Park and Michael Pierce of Naperville.)
— DuPagePads opens new warming center in Wheaton
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251223/news/dupagepads-opens-new-warming-center-in-wheaton/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Quantifying the Tax Local Officials Did Not Vote To Impose, a “Would Have Been, Could Have Been” Article
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/23/quantifying-the-tax-local-officials-did-not-vote-to-impose-a-would-have-been-could-have-been-article/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Supreme Court rules against Trump on deploying troops to Chicago
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/23/supreme-court-rules-trump-deploying-troops-chicago/
— Medicaid wasted more than $200 million on dead enrollees in single year
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/23/medicaid-paid-200-million-care-deceased-patients-single-year/
— White House rebuffs Catholic bishops’ appeal for a Christmas pause in immigration enforcement
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/23/catholic-bishops-appeal-christmas-pause-immigration-enforcement/
— Military hits best recruiting numbers in 15 years
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/23/military-hits-best-recruiting-numbers-15-years-pentagon-says/
— Islam is still incompatible with America
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/23/december-2025-islam-still-incompatible-america/
— American families deserve real health care relief. There’s a better path than Obamacare.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/10/american-families-deserve-real-health-care-relief/
NEW YORK POST
— Toxic ideas fueling far-left terrorists came straight from our college campuses
https://nypost.com/2025/12/23/opinion/toxic-fuel-for-far-left-terrorists-came-straight-from-our-colleges/
AMERICAN THINKER
— The problem behind ‘affordability’
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/12/the_problem_behind_affordability.html
— NBC criticizes Trump admin for claiming ‘without evidence’ that white civilization is being erased
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/12/more_fake_news_nbc_criticizes_trump_admin_for_claiming_without_evidence_that_white_civilization_is_being_erased.html
— The ‘affordability crisis’ myth
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/11/the_affordability_crisis_myth.html
BREITBART
— SCOTUS Rules Against Trump Sending National Guard to Sanctuary Chicago
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/12/23/scotus-rules-against-trump-sending-national-guard-sanctuary-chicago/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Worst 5 examples of higher ed’s pro-abortion agenda in 2025. Abortion is celebrated and promoted on college campuses.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/worst-5-examples-higher-eds-pro-abortion-agenda-2025/29167
DAILY WIRE
— TPUSA Attendees Rally Around JD Vance At AmFest. “JD Vance represents the greatest conservative movement in over forty years.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/tpusa-attendees-rally-around-jd-vance-at-amfest
EPOCH TIMES
— Federal Judge Strikes Down California’s Policies Hiding Gender Switches From Parents. The permanent injunction includes language that bars any employee in California’s education system from ’misleading the parent.’
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/federal-judge-strikes-down-californias-policies-hiding-gender-switches-from-parents-5961936
FOX NEWS
— Mamdani FIRES BACK after report exposes anti-Zionist appointees
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6386869048112
— 20% of NYC mayor-elect Mamdani transition appointees have anti-Zionist ties
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/20-nyc-mayor-elect-mamdani-transition-appointees-have-anti-zionist-ties-adl.amp
NEWSMAX
— California Auditor Flags Newsom Admin as High Risk, Citing Billions in Exposure
https://www.newsmax.com/us/california-gavin-newsom-audit/2025/12/23/id/1239457/
PATRIOT POST
— Slouching Toward Open Season on Jews. To catalog all the recent violence against Jews in the Western world would fill a book.
https://patriotpost.us/opinion/123805-slouching-toward-open-season-on-jews-2025-12-23
POST MILLENNIAL
— Vance overwhelmingly wins AmFest straw poll for 2028 GOP presidential nominee. The poll found that 84.2 percent of attendees want Vance for the spot, while no other figure in the poll received double-digit support.
https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-jd-vance-overwhelmingly-wins-amfest-straw-poll-for-2028-gop-presidential-nominee
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— The NLRB Can Now Serve the American People, Not the Democratic Party
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/12/22/the_nlrb_can_now_serve_the_american_people_not_the_democratic_party_153661.amp.html
TOWNHALL
— Mamdani Chalks Up His Antisemitic Staff Problem As a ‘Wide Variety of Political Opinion’
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2025/12/23/mamdani-radical-staffers-wide-variety-of-political-opinion-n2668370
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
REUTERS
— US seeks to cancel thousands of asylum cases
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-seeks-cancel-thousands-asylum-cases-cbs-news-reports-2025-12-23/
CNBC
— Entry-level hiring is down 23% from March 2020. DD: What entry-level jobs did you have? I had three. I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU when I was 21 years old in 1970. My first entry-level job was a Retail Sales Manager for a Firestone Store. My salary was about $50,000/year in today’s dollars for a 44-hour workweek. In 1971, my second entry-level job was a GS-7 IRS Revenue Officer. The salary was $55,850/year in today’s dollars. To get that job, I had passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination. My taking graduate evening business courses at Loyola helped me get promoted to GS-9 ($68,315/year) in 1972, to GS-11 ($82,655/year) in 1973, and to GS-12 ($99,069/year) in 1974. I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. In 1980, my third entry-level job was a GS-9 Step 10 GAO Analyst. The salary was $88,808/year in today’s dollars. To get that job, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and almost earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul. My salary was $153,151/year in today’s dollars almost 18 years later in 1997, after I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, after I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, after I became a licensed CPA in 1981, after I earned four more professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and after I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/23/this-is-linkedins-no-1-piece-of-advice-for-entry-level-job-seekers-in-2026.html
USA TODAY
— Turning Point exposes Republican infighting when we need unity. DD: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman and an Illinois Center Right Coalition officer, those organizations would still be hosting candidate debates today.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/12/23/turning-point-republican-infighting-conservative-movement/87855762007/
INC.
— The Top 15 Highest-Paying Jobs for 2026 That Don’t Require a College Degree. DD: Firestone Stores would not have hired me as a Retail Store Manager in 1970 and IRS would not have hired me as a Revenue Officer in 1971 if I had not earned a bachelor’s degree in business in 1970. IRS would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 if I had not been taking graduate business evening courses. GAO would not have hired me as an Analyst in 1980 if I had not earned an MBA in 1976 and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. GAO would not have promoted me in 1986 if I had not earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and became a licensed CPA in 1981.
https://www.inc.com/kit-eaton/the-top-15-highest-paying-jobs-for-2026-that-dont-require-a-degree/91281103
TALKING POINTS MEMO
— GAO Has Been Calling Out Trump’s Illegal Impoundment. That May Soon Change.
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/one-agency-has-been-calling-out-trumps-illegal-impoundment-that-may-soon-change
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Throughout 2025, the Trump administration has, time after time, simply refused to spend funds that Congress appropriated. The obstinacy was without precedent in modern American governance; congressional Democrats suggested it had put the country on track toward a constitutional crisis. Republicans, who controlled both chambers of Congress, largely did nothing. Piping up occasionally to affirm to those who were paying attention that they had not entirely lost their minds was a relatively small watchdog agency housed within the legislative branch: The Government Accountability Office (GAO). . .Following Dodaro’s retirement, Congress will establish a bipartisan panel to recommend a replacement to the president. President Donald Trump will then nominate a candidate subject to Senate confirmation. But experts worry that the ostensibly bipartisan process will not be enough to force Trump to appoint someone who will live up to the agency’s nonpartisan mission, which includes investigating improper, wasteful and fraudulent use of the money Congress allocates. “It is very likely that Gene Dodaro is replaced with a Trump lackey,” Bobby Kogan, senior director of federal budget policy at the Center for American Progress, told TPM. Kogan worries that if Dodaro is replaced by a Trump loyalist, the agency will stop doing the “important part of what they have been doing, which is investigations, public oversight and accountability.” “GAO investigations are extremely important,” Georgetown Law professor David Super told TPM. “In many respects, it provides a better and more independent version of what the inspectors general used to provide,” he said, referencing the watchdogs who sit within many executive branch agencies — and who Trump fired en masse in 2025. “Since Trump has gotten rid of the inspectors general, we don’t have that independent site,” Super continued. “So having an independent GAO looking at things is extremely important. And, certainly, Congress would have a harder time doing its job without GAO.”)
PEW RESEARCH
— The Political Gap in Americans’ News Sources. DD: Since 2000, I have worked hard to fill an ever-increasing political news and commentary gap in Illinois with my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Tragically, there are fewer and fewer and fewer conservative news and commentary sources in Illinois.
https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2025/06/10/the-political-gap-in-americans-news-sources/
December 21, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago Cubs’ Matt Shaw enters a new world with his Turning Point USA appearance
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/21/chicago-cubs-matt-shaw-turning-point-appearance/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/12/21/how-i-reported-on-immigration-as-a-daughter-of-immigrants
SUBURBAN CHICAGOLAND
— U.S. Republican Senate Candidate R. Cary Capparelli argues that the Illinois Republican Party needs new leadership.
https://suburbanchicagoland.com/2025/12/21/republican-party-in-illinois-needs-new-grassroots-candidate-says/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Judge’s conviction in ICE obstruction case vindicates courthouse arrests
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/21/judges-conviction-ice-obstruction-case-vindicates-courthouse-arrests/
— Turning Point’s AmericaFest surprises attendees with phone call from Trump
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/21/nicki-minaj-donald-trump-surprise-guests-turning-points-americafest/
— House investigators probing Jeffrey Epstein case urged to unseal the Clinton impeachment files
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/20/house-investigators-probing-jeffrey-epstein-case-urged-unseal-clinton/
— Our enemy Islam has revealed all. Recent massacres reveal patterns that denial and euphemisms only worsen.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/21/enemy-islam-revealed/
— Seats for sale: Campaign costs skyrocket, fueling elites in politics
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/19/seats-sale-campaign-costs-skyrocket-fueling-elites-politics/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Assessing the Wreckage of Affirmative Action. DD: Up until recently, Affirmative Action (AA) was the “law of the land,’ that is, up until recently, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination was the “law of the land.” My Democrat superiors in the federal government used AA to waste my career and to force me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. My critics/opponents not only have no problem with that, they applaud it.
https://freebeacon.com/culture/assessing-the-wreckage-of-affirmative-action/
NEW YORK POST
— Vance wades into MAGA civil war at AmericaFest, criticizes conservatives for ‘canceling each other’
https://nypost.com/2025/12/21/us-news/jd-vance-wades-into-maga-civil-war-decries-conservatives-canceling-each-other/
— Tucker Carlson named ‘Antisemite of the Year’ by prominent Jewish organization after alarming interviews
https://nypost.com/2025/12/21/us-news/tucker-carlson-named-antisemite-of-the-year-by-jewish-organization/
— Mamdani’s early staff picks confirm NYers’ worst fears for the next four years
https://nypost.com/2025/12/21/opinion/zohs-staffer-picks-are-starting-to-confirm-nyers-worst-fears-for-the-next-four-years/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Wake Up, Parents: American Library Association Is (Still) Grooming Our Kids. DD: How successful have Democrats been making the students in your school district sexually active LGBTQers?
https://amgreatness.com/2025/12/21/wake-up-parents-american-library-association-is-still-grooming-our-kids/
AMERICAN THINKER
— I thought Trump didn’t want any more federal holidays
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/12/i_thought_trump_didn_t_want_any_more_federal_holidays.html
BREITBART
— Vance: ‘Honor’ Charlie Kirk by Not Doing Things ‘That He Himself Refused to Do in Life’
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/12/21/jd-vance-honor-charlie-kirk-by-not-doing-things-that-he-himself-refused-to-do-in-life/
COLLEGE FIX
— U.S. House leader questions Chicago Public Schools’ exclusion of Christian student teachers
https://www.thecollegefix.com/u-s-house-leader-questions-chicago-public-schools-exclusion-of-christian-student-teachers/
— University play ‘A Gay in a Manger’ features Jesus as ‘King of Gays,’ Three Wise Men as drag queens
https://www.thecollegefix.com/university-play-a-gay-in-a-manger-features-jesus-as-king-of-gays-three-wise-men-as-drag-queens/
— ‘Power Rainbow’ by Harvard grad students teaches 3rd graders about systemic oppression
https://www.thecollegefix.com/power-rainbow-by-harvard-grad-students-teaches-3rd-graders-about-systemic-oppression/
DAILY CALLER
— ‘Threatening Western Civilization’: Tulsi Gabbard Slams ‘Islamist Ideology’ As America’s Greatest Threat
https://dailycaller.com/2025/12/21/tulsi-gabbard-islamist-ideology-america-threat-americafest-tpusa/
— WSJ Celebrates Degeneracy Just In Time For Christmas
https://dailycaller.com/2025/12/19/house-vaishnavi-nayel-talawadekar-throuple-wall-street-journal-relationship-gay-marriage/
EPOCH TIMES
— At TPUSA Event, Vance Warns Conservatives to Not Cancel Each Other. Sparks flew between Ben Shapiro, Tucker Carlson, and other speakers at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest 2025.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/at-tpusa-event-vance-warns-conservatives-not-to-cancel-each-other-5961174
— How Chinese Syndicates With Ties to CCP Took Over Marijuana Black Market in US. ‘This stuff is being exported out of the country … It’s an international business for them,’ a drug enforcement expert said.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/how-chinese-syndicates-with-ties-to-ccp-took-over-marijuana-black-market-in-us-5944843
— Safer Roads, More Work: Truckers Welcome Crackdown on Illegal Drivers. A series of fatal accidents in 2025 spurred calls for reforms and better scrutiny of non-resident foreign commercial driver’s license holders and applicants.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/safer-roads-more-work-truckers-welcome-crackdown-on-illegal-drivers-5947753
FOX NEWS
— Progressive churches in Colorado and Washington host drag Nativity, Christmas shows. Congregations in Colorado and Washington host Nativity shows through a ‘queer lens.’
https://www.foxnews.com/media/progressive-churches-churches-colorado-washington-host-drag-nativity-christmas-shows
— Vance says ‘America First’ movement rejects ‘purity tests,’ welcomes critical thinkers. Vice president tells AmericaFest crowd Trump built coalition by welcoming supporters regardless of background. DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who had their saboteurs destroy TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois in 2012 and Illinois Center Right Coalition in 2007.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/vance-says-america-first-movement-rejects-purity-tests-welcomes-critical-thinkers
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Ben Shapiro at TPUSA: Conservative movement in danger “from charlatans who … traffic in conspiracism and dishonesty”
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/12/ben-shapiro-at-tpusa-conservative-movement-in-danger-from-charlatans-who-traffic-in-conspiracism-and-dishonesty/
PJ MEDIA
— Trump Solved the Border Crisis Biden Claimed Was Unsolvable
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/12/21/trump-solved-the-border-crisis-biden-claimed-was-unsolvable-n4947344
TOWNHALL
— Vance Calls for GOP Unity, Touts Trump Agenda at AmericaFest 2025
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/scott-mcclallen/2025/12/21/jd-vance-calls-for-gop-unity-touts-trump-agenda-at-americafest-2025-n2668273
— BLM Co-founder Arrested on Domestic Assault Charges
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/josephchalfant/2025/12/21/blm-co-founder-arrested-on-domestic-assault-charges-n2668274
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Photos of Turning Point USA’s annual conservative youth conference
https://apnews.com/photo-gallery/turning-point-usa-conference-photos-d99fb219f6942e16b915208e13c1b37c
CNN
— Endorsement of Vance receives mixed reactions at Turning Point USA conference
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/21/politics/video/turning-point-endorse-jd-vance-president-reaction-vrtc
— Turning Point’s AmericaFest is rife with infighting
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/21/world/video/americafest-chaos-contorno-lkl-fst-122104aseg1-cnni-world-fast
NEWSWEEK
— MAGA Girl Power Riley Gaines Shapes Turning Point USA AmericaFest
https://www.newsweek.com/maga-girl-power-shapes-turning-point-usa-americafest-11250370
NEW YORK TIMES
— $27,000 a Year for Health Insurance. How Can We Afford That? DD: Are/were your healthcare insurance premiums subsidized? Ever since I became a part-time postal employee when was 18 in 1966, my critics/opponents have been furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my healthcare insurance premiums. They have been even more furious ever since I got married when I was 29 and the federal government started paying 72% of my wife’s healthcare insurance premiums. That 72% subsidy is a major reason why people despise/hate federal employees, federal retirees, and their spouses. That 72% subsidy helped me withstand tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/opinion/health-care-aca-cost-insurance.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Turning Point USA showcases the discord that Republicans like Vance will need to navigate in the future. Turning Point has endorsed Vance as the Republican nominee for the next presidential election.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/12/21/turning-point-charlie-kirk-vance-republicans-2028/ae0bac0e-de6f-11f0-9a80-62add4d0e8ef_story.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Charlie Kirk’s Empire Is Lining Up Behind a Vance Presidential Bid. The vice president will speak Sunday at TPUSA’s premier event, days after Erika Kirk endorsed him for 2028 run.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/charlie-kirks-empire-is-lining-up-behind-a-jd-vance-presidential-bid-cedeb9cc
FORTUNE
— What comes after affirmative action? DD: Up until recently, Affirmative Action (AA) was the “law of the land,’ that is, up until recently, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination was the “law of the land.” My Democrat superiors in the federal government used AA to waste my career and to force me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. My critics/opponents not only have no problem with that, they applaud it.
https://fortune.com/2023/06/08/affirmative-action-supreme-court-harvard-unc/
— Five-year career plan. DD: What career advice did you reject? I refused to a) become a Democrat, b) glorify and praise my superiors and supervisors, c) pander to my superiors and supervisors, d) serve as an operative or as a dupe for my superiors and supervisors, and e) help them get rid of their employees because they were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. Consequently, my Democrat superiors wasted my career, took many big adverse actions against me, and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/linkedin-ceo-says-it-s-outdated-to-have-a-five-year-career-plan-it-s-a-little-bit-foolish-considering-the-pace-ai-is-changing-the-workplace/ar-AA1SBIt9
HUFFINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/maga-nativity-immigration-ice-protest-goog_l_6942ebdfe4b045d9788c63f3
AXIOS
— MAGA media mess deepens at Turning Point convention
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/21/maga-media-antisemitism-turning-point-usa
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
FINANCIAL TINES
— Affordability. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout that if you cannot afford something, it is Trump’s fault. There are many things that I could/cannot afford because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.ft.com/content/d5f033e9-f9de-420d-93a1-22f2e38c6d5e
GUARDIAN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that if you vote for Democrats, your health care will be free.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/21/us-healthcare-system-trump
TIMES OF INDIA
— Less than one-third of state teachers clear competency test. DD: Only about 20% of those who take the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations pass them on their first attempt like I did. My critics/opponents have always ignored/dismissed/belittled that. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors would not have done that if I had been a Democrat and a minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/less-than-one-third-of-state-teachers-clear-competency-test/articleshow/126097320.cms
December 18, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Trump signs executive order that would reclassify marijuana as less dangerous drug. DD: Pot is poison. In 2019, I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/reclassification-weed-president-donald-trump-signs-executive-order-today-would-reclassify-marijuana-less-dangerous/18298372/
— Trump administration moves to cut off gender-affirming care for transgender youth
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-administration-moves-cut-off-gender-affirming-care-transgender-youth-new-hhs-restrictions/18298513/
— Trump’s handpicked board votes to rename Washington performing arts center the Trump-Kennedy Center
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trumps-handpicked-board-votes-rename-washington-performing-arts-center-trump-kennedy/18298307/
NBC5
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) bring in more illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/new-illinois-laws-will-impact-thousands-of-students-in-the-new-year/3865125/
FOX32
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/buffalo-grove-volunteers-send-handwritten-support-cards-lgbtq-people-nationwide
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— President Donald Trump signs order that would reclassify marijuana as less dangerous drug. DD: Pot is poison. In 2019, I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/18/trump-executive-order-reclassify-marijuana/
— New Trump administration proposals could further reduce gender-affirming care for minors in Illinois. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make children sexually active LGBTQers.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/18/gender-affirming-care-trump-proposals/
— State commission highlights ‘unjustified’ uses of tear gas, pepper spray by federal immigration agents
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/18/illinois-accountability-commission-pritzker-border-patrol/
— President Donald Trump’s Justice Department sues Illinois over sensitive state voter data
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/18/illinois-voter-data-lawsuit/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Durbin, Duckworth seek criminal probe of Chicago’s immigration blitz — even after Trump leaves office
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/12/18/durbin-duckworth-criminal-investigation-operation-midway-blitz-ice-tactics
— New state panel takes shot at holding Trump immigration blitz to account: ‘We will not forget’ The chairman of the newly formed Illinois Accountability Commission acknowledged their eventual recommendations are likely to “fall on deaf ears” in the Trump administration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/12/18/illinois-accountability-commission-trump-immigration-midway-blitz
DAILY HERALD
— Palatine Township trustees this week approved a $1.65 million tax levy for its community mental health board.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251218/local-politics/a-good-thing-for-people-palatine-township-levies-first-tax-for-community-mental-health-board/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Justice Department sues for access to Illinois voter rolls
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/justice-department-sues-access-illinois-voter-rolls
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot is poison.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/cannabis/trump-signals-marijuana-rescheduling-tax-relief-ahead
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— The head of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has urged white men to report workplace discrimination based on race or sex. DD: In Diersen v. GAO, the courts ruled that discrimination against older White males was not only legal, but that it is what Congress wanted.
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/head-of-workplace-rights-agency-urges-white-men-to-report-discrimination/article_6026fc17-ba43-52f4-98bc-f22f3c675724.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-12-17/with-costs-a-growing-worry-for-americans-trump-seeks-to-defend-his-economic-record
NORTH PARK UNIVERSITY
— North Park University Invites Dreamers to Apply for TheDream.US Scholarship. DD: Did you get any scholarships? I did not. My critics/opponents have always used that against me.
https://www.northpark.edu/stories/north-park-university-invites-dreamers-to-apply-for-thedream-us-scholarship/
DUCKWORTH
— Duckworth-Led Provisions to Protect Rock Island Arsenal. DD: During the first 6 months of 1989, I worked for GAO at the Rock Island Arsenal on an audit of DOD’s 1990 ammunition budget request. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/assets/150/148194.pdf
https://www.duckworth.senate.gov/news/press-releases/duckworth-led-provisions-to-protect-rock-island-arsenal-support-illinois-quantum-technology-research-and-safeguard-care-for-veterans-passes-congress-awaits-presidents-signature
(FROM THE ARTICLE: By Constructing a Child Development Center at Rock Island Arsenal: The bill authorizes $50 million in Major Construction funds for a new addition to the Child Development Center at Rock Island Arsenal and to consolidate the existing facilities and make upgrades to meet DoD guidelines and safety requirements, ensuring that eligible families at Rock Island Arsenal have a safe, modern facility for childcare.)
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/12/18/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-440/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Pritzker disputes Trump claims, says Illinois GOP backs president ‘100%’
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_594bb86c-7336-490e-936f-3e3c69b17fc0.html
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/pritzker-disputes-trump-claims-says-160400287.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Mamdani says free buses means fewer assaults over ‘fare collection’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/crime/3926075/mamdani-free-buses-fewer-assaults-fare-collection/
NEW YORK POST
— Mamdani appointee made vile antisemitic comments in unearthed social media posts
https://nypost.com/2025/12/18/us-news/zohran-mamdani-appointee-catherine-almonte-da-costa-made-vile-antisemitic-comments-in-unearthed-social-media-posts/
— NYC Council pushes bill to create Zohran Mamdani’s $1B ‘safety’ agency that would pull cops off some 911 calls
https://nypost.com/2025/12/18/us-news/nyc-council-pushes-bill-to-create-zohran-mamdanis-1b-safety-agency-that-will-pull-cops-off-some-911-calls/
BREITBART
— ‘It’s Open Season’: Antisemitic Attacks in NYC Highlight Broader Threat, ‘This is Mamdani’s NY’
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/12/18/its-open-season-antisemitic-attacks-in-nyc-highlight-broader-threat-this-is-mamdanis-ny/
— Inflation Unexpectedly Tumbles To 2.7%, Much Better Than Expected, Core Inflation Falls to Lowest Since Early 2021
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2025/12/18/inflation-unexpectedly-tumbles-to-2-7-much-better-than-expected/
DAILY SIGNAL
— EEOC Urges White Males to Report Discrimination—And Promptly. DD: In Diersen v. GAO, the courts ruled that discrimination against older White males was not only legal, but that it is what Congress wanted.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/12/18/eeoc-urges-white-males-report-discrimination-promptly/amp/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: White males who have faced discrimination should file a federal complaint, the head of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says. In a video posted on social media Thursday, EEOC Acting Chairwoman Andrea Lucas advised potential victims of discrimination to file complaints in a timely manner. “Are you a white male who has experienced discrimination at work based on your race or sex?” Lucas said. “You may have a claim to recover money under federal civil rights laws.” The Trump administration has opposed diversity, equity, and inclusion policies in the government, and terminated DEI federal grants. A person has a deadline of 180 days from the alleged discrimination to make a complaint, according to the EEOC. “Contact the EOC as soon as possible. Time limits are typically strict for filing a claim,” Lucas continued. “The EOC is the federal agency charged with enforcing federal antidiscrimination law against businesses and other private sector employers.” “The EOC is committed to identifying, attacking, and eliminating all forms of race and sex discrimination, including against white male applicants, and employees,” Lucas clarified. The EEOC website says the 180-day deadline can be extended up to 300 days if a state or local agency enforces a law that prohibits employment discrimination on the same basis, and would have to first hear the case. Although the EEOC has frequently taken up discrimination cases on behalf of minority groups, earlier this year the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that someone who belongs to a “majority group” can sue for discrimination, in Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services. That case involved a straight woman who alleged she was passed over for employment due to her sexual identity, but the “majority group” principle would likely apply for a white male. During his first term, President Donald Trump appointed Lucas—a former labor and litigation lawyer at the firm of Gibson Dunn—to the EEOC, and the Senate confirmed her in 2020. After Trump returned for a second term in January, he designated her as the acting chair of commission. [Lucas is not related to The Daily Signal reporter who wrote this news story.] Lucas has not been confirmed by the Senate as chair. But, as previously noted in The Daily Signal, as acting chair she forced major law firms to stop using DEI to discriminate based on race. She further ordered the EEOC to be evenhanded in its enforcement priorities. Lucas made it easier for employees to report DEI discrimination and made it a priority to protect Americans from religious discrimination. This is move is a Trump administration “stunt,” said Markus Batchelor, national political director at People For the American Way, a liberal activist group. “Stunts like this demonstrate the lengths Trump is willing to go to dismantle institutions meant to do good and make them tools that once again unbalance the scales in favor of privilege and white supremacy,” Batchelor told The Grio. “A call for ‘color-blind, merit-based’ employment falls flat from a White House that is overwhelmingly white, wealthy, and unqualified to govern.”)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more foreign truck drivers.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/business/trump-immigrants-trucks.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump’s unconvincing argument on affordability. Hyperbole is not a plan. DD: What did you do to help you afford things? To help me afford cars, college expenses, real estate, etc., I took bad jobs that my peers would never stoop to take. I a) did yard work 1962-1964. b) delivered newspapers 1962-1966, c) washed dishes 1964-1966, d) cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, e) delivered mail 1966-1969, f) worked on an automotive assembly line in 1970, g) sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, h) pumped more gasoline 1971-1972, i) collected delinquent federal taxes 1971-1980, and j) audited federal agencies 1980-1997. I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, b) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, c) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and a job-related professional license in 1981. I was able to do the aforesaid even though I was not viewed as being college material. Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I have never been able to run because I have a bone disease. My eyesight has never been correctable to 20/20. I have always had partial red/green color blindness. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class. According to my critics/opponents, I have always been stupid. They stress that I got no scholarships or student loans and that had to work my way through college. One could argue that if I could do the aforesaid with the limitations that I had, just about anyone could do what I did academically and professionally.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/12/18/trump-speech-tariffs-economy-checks/
— How the end of extra Affordable Care Act subsidies could affect you. DD: Are/were your healthcare insurance premiums subsidized? Ever since I became a part-time postal employee when was 18 in 1966, my critics/opponents have been furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my healthcare insurance premiums. They have been even more furious ever since I got married when I was 29 and the federal government started paying 72% of my wife’s healthcare insurance premiums. That 72% subsidy is a major reason why people despise/hate federal employees, federal retirees, and their spouses. That 72% subsidy helped me withstand tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/12/18/affordable-care-act-subsidies-expire/
FORTUNE
— Mamdani gets 74,000 resumes in sign of New York City’s job-market misery
https://fortune.com/2025/12/17/mamdani-gets-74000-resumes-in-sign-of-new-york-citys-job-market-misery/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
GUARDIAN
— FCC chair suggests agency is not independent amid fears of Trump power-grab. Brendan Carr’s declaration raises concerns amid Trump efforts to exert greater control over independent agencies. DD: GAO is not an independent agency. Congress funds it. It works for Congress.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/17/trump-fcc-brendan-carr
December 18, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— DD: Democrat leaders say Trump hits Biden and old grievances, touts ‘our country is back’ in address
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-address-nation-1st-year-office-2026-agenda/18296354/
NBC5
— DD: Democrat leaders say Trump gives partisan address insisting economy is stronger than many voters feel
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/trump-white-house-live-address-agenda/3865053/
FOX 32
— Video gambling costs. DD: I led the successful effort to stop video gambling in Wheaton in 2009.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-phn1jqxq2h0d645s
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH THREE PHOTOS: Senate hopefuls Kelly, Krishnamoorthi, Stratton target Trump, talk affordability at first debate. DD: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman and an Illinois Center Right Coalition officer, those organizations would still be hosting candidate debates. What did you do to help you afford things? To help me afford cars, college expenses, real estate, etc., I took bad jobs that my peers would never stoop to take. I a) did yard work 1962-1964. b) delivered newspapers 1962-1966, c) washed dishes 1964-1966, d) cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, e) delivered mail 1966-1969, f) worked on an automotive assembly line in 1970, g) sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, h) pumped more gasoline 1971-1972, i) collected delinquent federal taxes 1971-1980, and j) audited federal agencies 1980-1997. I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, b) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, c) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and a job-related professional license in 1981. I was able to do the aforesaid even though I was not viewed as being college material. Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I have never been able to run because I have a bone disease. My eyesight has never been correctable to 20/20. I have always had partial red/green color blindness. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class. According to my critics/opponents, I have always been stupid. They stress that I got no scholarships or student loans and that had to work my way through college. One could argue that if I could do the aforesaid with the limitations that I had, just about anyone could do what I did academically and professionally.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251217/nation-and-world-politics/senate-hopefuls-kelly-krishnamoorthi-stratton-target-trump-talk-affordability-at-first-debate/
RIVER BENDER
— DD: Pritzker ever-increasingly demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/gov-pritzker-in-primetime-address-donald-trump-ignores-reality-skyrocketing-costs-89192.cfm?
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Venezuela against America.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-12-17/venezuelas-government-says-trumps-move-to-block-tankers-is-an-outrageous-threat
CHALKBEAT CHICAGO
— Illinois quietly changes scholarship for teachers of color amid lawsuit, threats from federal government. DD: Did you get any scholarships? I did not. My critics/opponents have always that against me.
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/12/17/illinois-teacher-diversity-scholarship-changes/
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois tops nation for public sector union political spending
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_2c1888f3-fb69-4c90-a9db-4ce54dc1804b.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Trump tells America: ‘I’m fixing’ Biden’s mess in chart-filled primetime address
https://nypost.com/2025/12/17/us-news/trump-tells-america-im-fixing-bidens-mess-in-chart-filled-primetime-address/
— House crushes Dems’ attempt to rein in Trump’s military campaign against Venezuela, ‘illegitimate Maduro Regime’
https://nypost.com/2025/12/17/world-news/house-dems-force-vote-to-rein-in-trump-on-venezuela-as-white-house-ramps-up-pressure-on-maduro/
— Chicago-based cash-strapped ‘woke’ Wall Street watchdog braces for Trump administration crackdown on ‘political’ nonprofits
https://nypost.com/2025/12/17/business/woke-private-equity-watchdog-braces-for-trump-administration-crackdown-on-political-nonprofits-sources/
AMAC
— How DEI Is Destroying the American Family
https://amac.us/newsline/politics/how-dei-is-destroying-the-american-family/
BREITBART
— DHS Rips ‘Sanctuary’ Democrats Who Protected Deadly Migrant Trucker
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/12/17/dhs-rips-sanctuary-democrats-who-protected-deadly-migrant-trucker/
CAMPUS REFORM
— 5 public colleges that rebranded DEI offices in 2025. Here are five public colleges that seemingly attempted to pass DEI off of as something else this year.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/5-public-colleges-rebranded-dei-offices-2025/29114
— Six GOP-led states push sweeping bans on public funding for DEI programs
https://www.campusreform.org/article/six-gop-led-states-push-sweeping-bans-public-funding-dei-programs/29155
DAILY SIGNAL
— ‘PROGRESSIVE POLITICAL MACHINE’: America’s 4 Largest Unions Fund Politics Using Members’ Dues
DAILY WIRE
— Renewing The American Merit Ideal. If you want a happier human society, meritocracy is the way. DD: According to my critics/opponents, a) they are successful because of meritocracy and b) I owe my successes to my benefitting from discrimination against those who are minority, female, younger, veteran, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, noncitizen, etc.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/renewing-the-american-merit-ideal
EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Highlights Measures to Drive Down Costs in Prime-Time Address. The president said his administration ‘inherited a mess’ and is fixing the economy with a series of policy decisions.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-highlights-measures-to-drive-down-costs-in-prime-time-address-5959737
— Trump Announces $1,776 ‘Warrior Dividends’ to Military Members. The president said the checks are ‘already on the way’ to members of the military.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-announces-1776-warrior-dividends-to-military-members-5959745
FEDERALIST
— Large School Systems See Plummeting Foreign-Language Students Thanks To Immigration Enforcement. DD: What percent of students in America are noncitizens?
https://thefederalist.com/2025/12/18/large-school-systems-see-plummeting-foreign-language-students-thanks-to-immigration-enforcement/
FOX BUSINESS
— ‘I INHERITED A MESS’: Trump UNLEASHES explosive economic victory speech
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-_3-KBibJw
FOX NEWS
— Trump speech sparks optimism as ‘gangbuster’ economy forecasted for 2026. Newt Gingrich joins commentators in expressing economic confidence after president’s address.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-speech-sparks-optimism-gangbuster-economy-forecasted-2026
— Trump touts bringing country back from ‘brink of ruin.’ Trump unveiled new ‘Warrior Dividend’ checks that will be sent to US troops by Christmas.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-touts-bringing-country-back-from-brink-ruin
— Trump gives service members special Christmas gift: ‘Warrior dividend.’ ‘And the checks are already on the way,’ Trump said.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/military-troops-get-special-christmas-gift-president-says-warrior-dividend
— Netflix cancels gay military series the Pentagon called ‘woke garbage’
https://www.foxnews.com/media/netflix-cancels-gay-military-series-pentagon-called-woke-garbage.print
PJ MEDIA
— Trump’s Speech: Panic Is What the Left Wants to See
https://pjmedia.com/david-manney/2025/12/18/trumps-speech-panic-is-what-the-left-want-to-see-n4947223
— House Passes Act to Screen Unaccompanied Minors Despite Major Dem Opposition
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/12/17/house-passes-act-to-screen-unaccompanied-minors-despite-major-dem-opposition-n4947178
— Want Proof That Dems Love Illegal Alien Criminals? Here Are Three Examples.
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/12/17/want-proof-that-dems-love-illegal-alien-criminals-here-are-three-examples-n4947183
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— DD: Democrats and RINOs had no problem when Biden used his powers.
https://thehill.com/homenews/5654358-most-in-new-poll-say-trump-use-of-presidential-power-goes-too-far/
— Democratic socialism gets a trial run on Broadway with Mamdani
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5651845-democratic-socialism-big-apple/
REUTERS
— US House defeats bids to rein in Trump Venezuela campaign. DD: Democrats and RINOs had no problem when Biden used his powers.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-house-defeats-bids-rein-trump-venezuela-campaign-2025-12-17/
CBS NEWS
— DD: The Democrat Party platform ever-increasingly promotes more and more and more homelessness. Under the Democrats, Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, and school district will house more and more and more homeless.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/washington-dc-homeless-health-care-costs/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Full Transcript of President Trump’s Speech on the Economy. The president sharply attacked his predecessor while insisting that his own record contained nothing but victories.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/us/politics/trump-speech-transcript-economy.html
— Trump Finds That Retribution Isn’t Always So Easy. DD: Of course, according to my critics/opponents, all the adverse actions that they took against me were justified. I should write about my critics/opponents, the adverse actions that they took against me, and why those adverse actions were not justified.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/us/politics/trump-retribution-revenge.html
— Law Schools See a Decline In Students Of Color. DD: My IRS employee handbook encouraged me to take graduate evening courses in business, accounting, and law. While I took graduate evening courses in business 1972-1976 and accounting 1976-1980, a big reason why I did not take courses in law was that the tuition and books would not be tax deductible.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/us/law-school-black-student-enrollment.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Karl Rove: Alarm Bells Ring, Are You Listening? Between his rallies and online ranting, Trump is setting up a nasty midterm loss.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/alarm-bells-ring-are-you-listening-8a1b62f8
— Phil Gramm and John Early: The Biggest Fraud in Welfare. The government gives tens of thousands of dollars in benefits to the poor, which it doesn’t count as income.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-biggest-fraud-in-welfare-c325638d
— The A’s at Yale Are Inevitable. ‘When nearly everyone admitted is excellent, excellence becomes common. That isn’t the end of meritocracy—it is what meritocracy looks like at the top.’ DD: According to my critics/opponents, a) they are successful because of meritocracy and b) I owe my successes to my benefitting from discrimination against those who are minority, female, younger, veteran, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, noncitizen, etc.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-as-at-yale-are-inevitable-grade-inflation-evaluations-6e91beca
CITY JOURNAL
— Does Poverty Cause Crime? DD: What are the demographics of those who commit crimes?
https://www.city-journal.org/article/new-york-city-poverty-violent-crime
APOLLO ACADEMY
— US Demographics Are Changing. Although the US population continues to grow each year, the number of families with children under 18 reached a peak of around 37 million in 2007 and has declined to approximately 33 million in 2024, see chart below. This reflects demographic changes such as lower birth rates and aging of the population, even as overall population growth continues. DD: America is doomed if this trend is not reversed.
https://www.apolloacademy.com/us-demographics-are-changing/
JD SUPRA
— SCOTUS Will Expand President’s Power to Fire Members of Independent Agencies, Setting Stage for Workplace Regulation Shake-Up. DD: Because federal courts ruled that my Democrat GAO superiors had the power to force me to retire, that is, that they had the power to fire me, Trump has the power to fire any federal employee he wants to.
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/predictions-scotus-will-expand-4998321/
LEGAL DEFENSE FUND
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for all problems that those who are the following have: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are citizens of foreign countries.
https://www.naacpldf.org/case-issue/college-admissions-and-equity-research-brief/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
DAILY MAIL
— Bovino gets in VERY public spat with city mayor as he gives him rude awakening
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15393519/Trump-border-patrol-boss-public-spat.html
SOCIALIST PARTY
— The system is rigged for the rich – Fight for socialist change! DD: My critics/opponents promote socialism. According to them, I owe all my income and all my assets to my benefitting from a) working for the socialist federal government and b) capitalist discrimination against those who have less money than I have and are minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America as long as mine have, and/or are citizens of foreign countries.
https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/146385/17-12-2025/the-system-is-rigged-for-the-rich-fight-for-socialist-change/
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
— DD: Non-Whites ever-increasingly blame Whites for the problems that non-Whites have.
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2025/12/why-systematic-racism-has-a-lot-to-do-with-migration-and-asylum-systems/
December 17, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Apparent arrest made by federal agents in Chicago area amid concerns of Bovino’s return
https://abc7chicago.com/post/border-patrol-chicago-today-little-village-business-concerned-amid-immigration-arrests-greg-bovino-returns-area/18295179/
— Communities on edge amid apparent immigration-related arrests, Bovino’s return to Chicago area
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7dtqITqHlY
— Trump writes partisan plaques for predecessors in his newly installed Presidential Walk of Fame
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-writes-partisan-plaques-predecessors-newly-installed-presidential-walk-fame/18295678/
NBC5
— Judge blocks ICE from requiring members of Congress to provide prior notice before detention center visits
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-blocks-ice-congress-prior-notice-detention-center-visits/
— House passes GOP health care bill without ACA extension
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/house-health-care-vote-republicans-congress/
CBS2
— Bovino and agents return to Chicago area
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/border-patrol-cmdr-gregory-bovino-and-agents-return-to-chicago-area/
WGN9
— Border Patrol Commander Bovino back in Chicago
https://wgntv.com/news/operation-midway-blitz/border-patrol-commander-greg-bovino-back-in-chicago/
FOX32
— Evanston mayor Biss confronts Border Patrol chief amid rising immigration fears
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/evanston-mayor-confronts-border-patrol-chief-amid-rising-immigration-fears
— Bovino ramps up immigration raids in Chicago
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-j23iafl6hbu6nunz
— Chicago groups vow resistance as Border Patrol chief, agents return to area
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-groups-vow-resistance-border-patrol-chief-agents-return
— Chicago vote-by-mail applications open for 2026 primary election
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-vote-by-mail-applications-open-2026-primary-election
WTTW
— Biss Confronts Bovino as Immigration Enforcement Continues
https://news.wttw.com/2025/12/17/evanston-mayor-daniel-biss-confronts-border-patrol-chief-greg-bovino-immigration
— 4 Republicans Defy Speaker Johnson to Force House Vote on Extending ACA Subsidies
https://news.wttw.com/2025/12/17/4-republicans-defy-speaker-johnson-force-house-vote-extending-aca-subsidies
WBEZ
— Bovino’s Border Patrol caravan hits Chicago area for second day, making arrests in Evanston. Bovino had a tense standoff with Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss after federal agents arrested a man at a gas station Wednesday. Later, agents broke out the window of a pickup truck to detain two men outside of a Home Depot.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/12/17/chicago-immigration-ice-border-patrol-bovino-president-donald-trump-deport-midway-blitz
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Bovino praises police assistance in immigration enforcement as CPD denies support
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/17/bovino-praises-local-police-assistance-in-immigration-enforcement-argues-with-evanston-mayor-daniel-biss/
— Bovino in Evanston
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_lQWyqU0Xs
— Trump keeping 300 Illinois National Guard troops federalized until April despite no missions
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/17/illinois-national-guard-federalized-april/
— Illinois Republicans in Congress urge President Donald Trump not to pardon ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/17/gop-illinois-congress-madigan-pardon-trump/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Bovino’s Border Patrol caravan hits Chicago area for second day, making arrests in Evanston. Bovino had a tense standoff with Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss after federal agents arrested a man at a gas station on Wednesday. Later, agents broke out the window of a pickup truck to detain two men outside of a Home Depot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/12/17/chicago-immigration-ice-border-patrol-bovino-president-donald-trump-deport-midway-blitz
— Illinois Republicans tell President Trump to reject Michael Madigan pardon request. U.S. Reps. Darin LaHood, Mary Miller and Mike Bost, staunch Trump allies, penned the request on Tuesday.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/michael-madigan/2025/12/17/illinois-republican-congress-members-president-trump-michael-madigan-pardon-request
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/border-patrol-returns-haunt-chicago-economy-holidays
EVANSTON NOW
— Immigration raids return to Evanston
https://evanstonnow.com/immigration-raids-return-to-evanston/
ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Trump writes partisan plaques for predecessors in his newly installed Presidential Walk of Fame
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/trump-s-white-house-adds-partisan-plaques-to-21248405.php
WAND TV
— Sen. Mark Kelly calls Pentagon investigation into his remarks a move to chill military dissent. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government chilled my dissent big time. I ever-increasingly dissented their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. They ever-increasingly wasted my career, took more and bigger adverse actions against me, and then forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/sen-mark-kelly-calls-pentagon-investigation-into-his-remarks-a-move-to-chill-military-dissent/article_dbddfc77-3bfc-5fa7-834f-9f52554bf9b4.html
WIFR
— Trump will sign executive order to reclassify marijuana, loosen federal restrictions. DD: Pot is poison. I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton in 2019.
https://www.wifr.com/2025/12/17/trump-will-sign-executive-order-reclassify-marijuana-loosen-federal-restrictions/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Woman sues IRS to have pets classified as dependents
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/woman-sues-irs-to-have-pets-classified-as-dependents/amp/
CITIES 92.9
— Amid continued enforcement, Pritzker tells ICE protesters: ‘Do as you have’
https://www.cities929.com/2025/12/17/watch-amid-continued-enforcement-pritzker-tells-ice-protesters-do-as-you-have/
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Bovino Leads Caravan Through Chicago Before Clashing With Evanston Mayor. Wednesday marked Bovino’s second day back on the job in the Chicago area after he left in November.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/12/17/bovino-leads-caravan-through-chicago-and-suburbs-clashes-with-evanston-mayor/
DURBIN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly charge Trump with abusing his powers. The courts in Diersen v. GAO ruled that my Democrat GAO superiors had the power to force me to retire, that is, to fire me, when I was 49 years old in 1997 because I had been an active member in a class action lawsuit since I was 40 in 1988 that charged them with reversed discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/durbin-highlights-the-senates-responsibility-to-hold-the-executive-branch-accountable-amid-president-trumps-abuses-of-powers
CHALKBEAT
— Illinois quietly changes scholarship for teachers of color amid lawsuit, threats from federal government
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/12/17/illinois-teacher-diversity-scholarship-changes/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/12/17/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-438/
— Bovino: ‘We’re here for the taxpayer’
https://capitolfax.com/2025/12/17/bovino-were-here-for-the-taxpayer/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Biss Calls for Repeal of Second Amendment
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/17/biss-calls-for-repeal-of-second-amendment/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump owes America — and the Reiner family — an apology
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/17/donald-trump-owes-america-reiner-family-apology/
— Trump wounds MAGA brand with inhuman rant on Rob Reiner. Polls show once-fierce supporters are bailing in droves.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/17/trump-wounds-maga-brand-inhuman-rant-rob-reiner/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump rips predecessors Biden, Obama and Bush with new plaques on ‘Presidential Walk of Fame’
https://nypost.com/2025/12/17/us-news/trump-rips-predecessors-biden-obama-and-bush-with-new-plaques-on-presidential-walk-of-fame/
COLLEGE FIX
— Illinois amends ‘minority teachers’ scholarship to end federal lawsuit
https://www.thecollegefix.com/illinois-amends-minority-teachers-scholarship-to-end-federal-lawsuit/
FOX NEWS
— Protesters CONFRONT federal immigration agents in Chicago. Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino details street arrests of illegal immigrants in Chicago as residents protest immigration agents.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6386612177112
— ICE chief fires back at ‘100% false’ sanctuary city ‘harassment’ claims. Todd Lyons says sanctuary cities force agents into communities by releasing convicted criminals.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/ice-chief-fires-back-sanctuary-city-harassment-claims-100-false
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
PBS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for everything that is bad.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/americans-are-more-dissatisfied-with-trumps-handling-of-the-economy-than-ever-poll-shows
WORKERS WORLD
— Young workers reject capitalism’s dead-end future. DD: Under socialism, everyone is a government employee. Ever since I became a government employee when I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that if I had been a private sector employee, I never would have had the career successes that I had. They have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that career advancement in government is much easier than it is in the private sector, but nevertheless, I never earned more than $153, 151/year in today’s dollars notwithstanding the fact that I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. In my defense, my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran. How successful in the private sector would someone with my qualifications have been?
https://www.workers.org/2025/12/89607/
December 16, 2025 Evening Edition
WHITE HOUSE
— RESTRICTING AND LIMITING THE ENTRY OF FOREIGN NATIONALS TO PROTECT THE SECURITY OF THE UNITED STATES
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/12/restricting-and-limiting-the-entry-of-foreign-nationals-to-protect-the-security-of-the-united-states/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino and agents return to Chicago in show of force across city and suburbs
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/16/border-patrol-activity-cicero-chicago/
— Maryland will consider slavery reparations after Gov. Wes Moore’s veto is overridden. DD: In my defense, I have always stressed that while all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s, they always lived in northeast Illinois.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/16/maryland-will-consider-slavery-reparations-after-gov-wes-moores-veto-is-overridden/
— Illinois could be only 5 years away from electricity shortages, higher bills
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/16/illinois-electricity-report-shortages-bills/
— Napoleon Harris to appear on ballot in Democratic committeeman race after objections struck down
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/16/napoleon-harris-ballot-democratic-committeeman/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Bovino’s back: Border Patrol commander leads fresh round of immigration raids in Chicago area. Gregory Bovino returned to Little Village Tuesday after playing a key role in the early phases of Operation Midway Blitz, the immigration enforcement campaign that has stoked fear among Chicago’s immigrant communities and led to thousands of arrests.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/12/16/greg-bovino-chicago-border-patrol-president-donald-trump-deportation-immigration
ABC7
— Trump to address nation Wednesday night
https://abc7chicago.com/post/president-donald-trump-address-nation-wednesday-night/18292669/
— Church Nativity scenes add zip ties, gas masks and ICE to protest immigration raids
https://abc7chicago.com/post/church-nativity-scenes-add-zip-ties-gas-masks-ice-protest-immigration-raids-evanston-illinois/18292813/
— Multiple immigration arrests caught on camera as Border Patrol Chief Bovino returns to Chicago
https://abc7chicago.com/post/border-patrol-chicago-today-federal-immigration-agents-seen-little-village-cicero-tuesday-video-shows/18292411/
CBS2
— Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino in Chicago as federal agents detain people in Little Village, Cicero and Berwyn
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/border-patrol-gregory-bovino-chicago-little-village-cicero-midway/
FOX32
— Illinois approves $1.5B boost to rescue, revamp Chicago-area transit
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-transit-bill
WTTW
— Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino Back in Chicago as Federal Immigration Operations Ramp Back Up
https://news.wttw.com/2025/12/16/border-patrol-chief-greg-bovino-back-chicago-federal-immigration-operations-ramp-back
WGN RADIO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://wgnradio.com/john-williams/eric-zorn-trump-immigration-policy-is-unpopular/
WBEZ
— Bovino’s back: Border Patrol commander leads fresh round of immigration raids in Chicago area. Gregory Bovino returned to Little Village Tuesday after playing a key role in the early phases of Operation Midway Blitz, the immigration enforcement campaign that has stoked fear among Chicago’s immigrant communities and led to thousands of arrests.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/12/16/greg-bovino-chicago-border-patrol-president-donald-trump-deportation-immigration
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/12/16/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-437/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois Freedom Caucus raises new questions about noncitizen police officer
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_2b70c989-c57f-4e79-a8fe-ea72f04e2625.html
WIREPOINTS
— Chicago Crime, Courts, and Taxes Under Fire as Critics Question City Leadership – Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon Interviewed on Dan Proft’s Morning Answer
https://wirepoints.org/chicago-crime-courts-and-taxes-under-fire-as-critics-question-city-leadership-wirepoints-mark-glennon-interviewed-on-dan-profts-morning-answer/
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— The Hunger Industrial Complex: How America Manufactured a Food Insecurity Crisis
https://illinoisfamily.org/federal/the-hunger-industrial-complex-how-america-manufactured-a-food-insecurity-crisis/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Dabrowski Campaign Starts with Illegal Robocalls — Repeating Rauner’s $1 Million Mistake. Political robocalls to cell phones without prior express consent are illegal under federal law.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/12/dabrowski-campaign-starts-with-illegal-robocalls-repeating-rauners-1-million-mistake.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: That warning makes Dabrowski’s misstep even more striking given who is advising him. Dabrowski’s top campaign advisor is Jeanne Ives, a longtime and outspoken political enemy of Bruce Rauner. Ives built her reputation opposing Rauner’s brand of establishment Republican politics, frequently criticizing his judgment, leadership, and campaign decisions. Yet now, the Dabrowski campaign finds itself ensnared in the very same legal problem that cost Rauner’s campaign $1 million. Illinois law compounds the risk. The state’s Election Code (10 ILCS 5/9-9.5) requires political calls to identify the sponsoring committee and prohibits blocking caller ID. Violations are a Class B misdemeanor, punishable by up to six months in jail and fines up to $1,500. The State Board of Elections may also impose civil penalties and refer cases for prosecution.)
— Return to Innocence: A Generation Caught Between Digital Overload and the Erosion of Boundaries, Imagination and Innocence
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/12/return-to-innocence-a-generation-caught-between-digital-overload-and-the-erosion-of-boundaries-imagination-and-innocence.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— IRS law enforcement expanded reach in 2025: Helped ICE, policed D.C. streets
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/16/irs-law-enforcement-expanded-reach-2025-helped-ice-policed-dc-streets/
— Netflix and the near-complete woke Hollywood takeover. Filmmaking’s future depends on studio independence.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/16/netflix-near-complete-woke-hollywood-takeover/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Never, ever give up your guns
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom-self-reliance/3918225/never-ever-give-up-your-guns/
AMAC
— Deport Illegal Aliens – Laws Require It
https://amac.us/newsline/national-security/deport-illegal-aliens-laws-require-it/
BRETBART
— Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent: Mass Deportations Are Bringing Rents Down for Working-Class Americans
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2025/12/16/treasury-secretary-scott-bessent-mass-deportations-are-bringing-rents-down-working-class-americans/
FOX NEWS
— Chicago ‘lost its mind’ financially under Mayor Brandon Johnson, Washington Post warns. Washington Post criticizes Chicago’s financial ‘gimmicks’ under Johnson.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/chicago-lost-its-mind-financially-under-mayor-brandon-johnson-washington-post-warns
PJ MEDIA
— Newsom Brags About Giving Illegals Healthcare
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/12/16/newsom-brags-about-giving-illegals-healthcare-n4947140
TOWNHALL
— GOP Lawmakers Slam Critics of Airstrikes Against Venezuelan Boats
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeff-charles/2025/12/16/gop-lawmakers-slam-critics-of-airstrikes-against-venezuelan-boats-n2667972
— These RINO Senators Backed a Bill Seeking to Overturn Trump Executive Order on Federal Unions
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/dmitri-bolt/2025/12/16/two-republican-senators-back-bill-seeking-to-overturn-trump-executive-order-n2667997
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Even the Washington Post Agrees: Chicago’s Leftism Has Doomed City
https://www.westernjournal.com/even-wapo-agrees-chicagos-leftism-doomed-city/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Illinois Law Generates $1.5B to Save Public Transit From Fiscal Calamity
https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2025-12-16/illinois-law-generates-1-5b-to-save-public-transit-from-fiscal-calamity
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— GOP Leaders See No Chance of ACA Deal by Deadline. Centrists’ proposals stall in House, while Senate leader Thune says agreement could come next month
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/house-gop-aca-obamacare-subsidies-57add6a6
CFO
— How CPA licensure became a CFO issue in 2025. What started as a professional standards debate became a CFO concern tied to audit quality and hiring. DD: I became a licensed CPA when I was 32 years old in 1981. My critics/opponents have always ignored/dismissed/belittled that.
https://www.cfo.com/news/how-cpa-licensure-accounting-talent-became-a-cfo-issue-in-2025/807987/
NEWSONE
— How Descendants Of Enslavers Are Repairing Ancestral Damage. DD: In my defense, I have always stressed that while all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s, they always lived in northeast Illinois.
https://newsone.com/6689508/how-descendants-enslavers-are-repairing-ancestral-damage/
December 14, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— House GOP unveils health care measure that does not extend ACA subsidies
https://abc7chicago.com/post/house-gop-health-care-plan-led-speaker-mike-johnson-unveiled-does-not-extend-aca-subsidies/18284008/
WGN9
— Health insurance premiums rose nearly 3x the rate of worker earnings over the past 25 years
https://wgntv.com/news/health-insurance-premiums-rose-nearly-3x-the-rate-of-worker-earnings-over-the-past-25-years/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: 2 Illinois election board Democrats who blocked Senate President Don Harmon fines have ties to his donors
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/14/illinois-elections-board-conflicts-harmon/
DAILY HERALD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for healthcare costs. Is/was your healthcare insurance premiums subsidized? Ever since I became a part-time postal employee when was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have been furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my healthcare insurance premiums. They have been even more furious ever since I got married I was 29 years old and the federal government started paying 72% of my wife’s healthcare insurance premiums. That 72% subsidy is a major reason why people despise/hate federal employees, federal retirees, and their spouses. That 72% subsidy helped me withstand tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251213/nation-and-world-politics/somethings-got-to-give-sticker-shock-hits-suburban-affordable-care-act-enrollees/
WHMI
— Leaked lessons from first-year University of Illinois education course show extreme left bias: ‘just so wrong’
https://www.whmi.com/news/fox/leaked-lessons-from-first-year-university-illinois-education-course-show-extreme-left-bias-just-so-wrong
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Kathy Salvi Attends Party Building Meeting with the President
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/13/kathy-salvi-attends-party-building-meeting-with-the-president/
JOHN KASS
— Little Mogadishu the Chicago Way
https://johnkassnews.com/the-little-mogadishu-way-the-chicago-way/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Bold and Blunt: Feminist wokeness is destroying masculinity
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/13/watch-bold-blunt-feminist-wokeness-destroying-masculinity/
— San Diego schools accused of woke ‘lunacy’ with lessons on 9 genders, 28 sexual orientations
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/12/san-diego-schools-accused-woke-lunacy-lessons-9-genders-28-sexual/
— Appeals court allows Planned Parenthood defunding in ‘huge’ win for Trump administration
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/13/appeals-court-allows-planned-parenthood-defunding-huge-win-trump/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— IL Dem touts ‘great job’ on transit, GOP candidate Ajay Gupta laments ‘bailout’ for Chicago
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/infrastructure/3917122/illinois-transit-gop-candidate-laments-bailout-chicago/
— New York to spend $2 million providing mental health services to Afghan refugees
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/investigations/3916163/new-york-2-million-dollars-mental-health-services-afghan-refugees/
NEW YORK POST
— Erika Kirk speaks out against antisemitism, political violence, during CBS town hall with Bari Weiss
https://nypost.com/2025/12/13/media/erika-kirk-speaks-out-against-antisemitism-political-violence-during-cbs-town-hall-with-bari-weiss/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Big Brother Is Holding Conservative Media Back
https://amgreatness.com/2025/12/12/big-brother-is-holding-conservative-media-back/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Duffy removes dangerous illegal alien CDLs; Democrats resist
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/12/duffy_removes_dangerous_illegal_alien_cdls_democrats_resist.html
— The imperial media and its enablers
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/12/the_imperial_media_and_its_enablers.html
BREITBART
— Trump Receives Hero’s Welcome at Army-Navy Game, Participates in Coin Toss
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/12/13/watch-trump-receives-heros-welcome-at-army-navy-game-participates-in-coin-toss/
— Cannabis Stocks Surge as Trump Weighs Marijuana Rescheduling. DD: Pot is poison.
https://www.breitbart.com/health/2025/12/12/cannabis-stocks-surge-as-trump-weighs-marijuana-rescheduling/amp/
— Casten: Fraud Protections for ACA Might Hurt People Who Can’t Get Paperwork
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/12/13/dem-rep-casten-fraud-protections-for-aca-might-hurt-people-who-cant-get-paperwork/
— Ramirez Initiates Impeachment Push Against Noem
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/12/13/dem-rep-delia-ramirez-initiates-impeachment-push-against-dhs-secretary-kristi-noem/
— Newsom’s California Exposed: #1 Hub for Illegal CDL Licensing — Safety Crisis Ignites Federal Fury
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/12/13/newsoms-california-exposed-1-hub-for-illegal-cdl-licensing-safety-crisis-ignites-federal-fury/amp/
COLLEGE FIX
— TPUSA denied, while Democrats Club approved, at Catholic Seton Hall University
https://www.thecollegefix.com/tpusa-denied-while-democrats-club-approved-at-catholic-seton-hall-university/
DAILY CALLER
— Gene Dodaro Stepping Down For New GAO Leader As Trump Admin Faces Probes For Withholding Funding. DD: Dodaro and Brown know full-well that GAO a) wasted my career, b) forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, and c) replaced me with my Black subordinate who had less work experience than I had, who had less education than I had, who had one professional certification while I had six, and who had no professional license like the one I had.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/12/11/gene-dodaro-orice-williams-brown-government-accountability-office-replaced-trump-federal-fudning-probes/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The new comptroller’s leadership may be temporary, as a bipartisan group of senators are set to compile a list of potential candidates for a permanent comptroller for Trump to nominate. The acting official Orice Williams Brown is permitted to be on that list, Politico noted, as that is how Dorado wound up working as the top bureaucrat for GAO. Brown has worked there for 30 years, according to Politico. Before her current role at the GAO, she handled congressional relations for the agency. Brown will be the first Black woman to lead GAO.)
FEDERALIST
— If Time Magazine Weren’t So Corrupt, It Would Have Made Charlie Kirk Person Of The Year
https://thefederalist.com/2025/12/12/if-time-magazine-werent-so-corrupt-it-would-have-made-charlie-kirk-person-of-the-year/
— It’s Morally Righteous, Not Bigotry To Notice All Cultures Are Not Equally Good
https://thefederalist.com/2025/12/11/its-morally-righteous-not-bigotry-to-notice-all-cultures-are-not-equally-good/
— ‘Birthright Citizenship’ Is A Feudal Relic That Has No Place In America
https://thefederalist.com/2025/12/11/birthright-citizenship-is-a-feudal-relic-that-has-no-place-in-america/
FOX NEWS
— Prosecuting Charlie Kirk’s alleged killer in the social media age. Case shows how online speculation replaces traditional courthouse reporting.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/andrew-mccarthy-prosecuting-charlie-kirks-alleged-killer-social-media-age
— BROADCAST BIAS: Networks would rather slam Trump than report on massive Somali fraud. ABC, NBC and CBS dedicate majority of Somali coverage to typical attacks on Trump.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/broadcast-bias-networks-would-rather-slam-trump-than-report-massive-somali-fraud
— Minnesota’s Somali fraud scandal exposes the hidden cost of immigration. State officials cut Housing Stabilization Services after costs exploded from $3 million to $100 million.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/minnesotas-somali-fraud-scandal-exposes-hidden-cost-immigration
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Somali Welfare Use Would Be High Even Without Fraud
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/somali-welfare-use-would-be-high-even-without-fraud/
PJ MEDIA
— Half the Licenses for Truckers in New York Were Issued to Illegal Aliens
https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2025/12/13/half-the-licenses-for-truckers-in-new-york-were-issued-to-illegal-aliens-n4947019
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— 7 highlights from Erika Kirk’s CBS News town hall
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/erika-kirk-cbs-news-town-hall-highlights/
— Erika Kirk talks faith and grief, fields question from last person to speak to Charlie: How to watch the CBS News town hall
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cbs-news-town-hall-erika-kirk-how-to-watch/
NBC NEWS
— ‘We can’t be bullied’: How Trump and the GOP’s redistricting push in Indiana backfired. Aggressive tactics employed by Trump and his allies did not sit well with state lawmakers, who delivered a major political blow to national Republicans ahead of the midterms.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/trump-gop-redistricting-push-indiana-backfired-rcna247832
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Omar.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/12/13/illhan-omar-donald-trump/
— Efforts to require Asian American history in schools after anti-Asian hate starting to pay off. Since pandemic-fueled anti-Asian hate surged in 2020, Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander advocates have mobilized to make AAPI history mandatory learning.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/2025/12/12/aapi-asian-american-history-public-school-education/ccd5c852-d755-11f0-a93c-a869cf73ebd6_story.html
POLITICO
— Orice Williams Brown is queued up to lead GAO. Brown will take over as acting head of GAO in a few weeks. DD: Dodaro and Brown know full-well that GAO a) wasted my career, b) forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, and c) replaced me with my Black subordinate who had less work experience than I had, who had less education than I had, who had one professional certification while I had six, and who had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/12/10/congress/the-federal-governments-next-top-watchdog-is-queued-up-00685439
(FROM THE ARTICLE: When Comptroller General Gene Dodaro steps down later this month as head of the Government Accountability Office, he plans to pick the agency’s chief operating officer as his acting successor. Orice Williams Brown will replace Dodaro beginning Dec. 30, the day after his 15-year term ends at the helm of GAO, the agency confirmed Wednesday. She will be the first woman to serve in that role. The acting comptroller general will take over amid the agency’s ongoing investigations into President Donald Trump’s withholding of billions of dollars in federal cash. GAO is also under increased pressure to sue the Trump administration for impoundment and has been publicly derided this year by some top Republicans who accuse the agency of being unobjective. After Brown replaces Dodaro, a bipartisan group of lawmakers is supposed to put together a list of candidates for Trump to consider nominating for Senate confirmation to the role. The acting GAO head is allowed to be included on the roster, as Dodaro was when he served in an acting capacity prior to being confirmed in 2010. Brown has worked at GAO for more than 30 years and currently runs day-to-day management of the agency’s work helping Congress carry out its constitutional responsibilities. Before serving in her current role, she headed congressional relations for the agency.)
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Exit interview: GAO’s Gene Dodaro talks impoundments, tenure and retirement priorities. The outgoing comptroller general reflects on leading the agency through national crises, building a skilled workforce and guiding federal oversight before his term ends Dec. 29. DD: Dodaro knows full-well that GAO a) wasted my career, b) forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, and c) replaced me with my Black subordinate who had less work experience than I had, who had less education than I had, who had one professional certification while I had six, and who had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.govexec.com/oversight/2025/12/exit-interview-gaos-gene-dodaro-talks-impoundments-tenure-and-retirement-priorities/410114/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In this exit interview, Dodaro discusses what it’s like to lead a workforce of “trained critics,” how to build relationships with an array of political figures and GAO’s future, particularly as it runs into conflict with the Trump administration over impoundments, which is when the executive branch delays or withholds congressionally approved funding. . .I’ve prioritized making sure we have a very robust internship program here at GAO. We usually bring in about 200 interns every year. It’s one of our main pipelines for future development of the GAO workforce. . .We have over 3,000 highly trained professionals of virtually all disciplines. Financial auditing is only about 10% of what we do. The rest of it is performance audits. We need economists. We need subject area experts in defense, healthcare, transportation, etc. We have actuaries. We have scientists. We have computer security experts, acquisition experts, so we have a wide range of subject area technical experts. . .We do work that supports over 90% of the standing committees of the Congress. There’s a wide footprint, so you have to have somebody who can manage a multidisciplinary workforce on a portfolio of work that transcends across the federal government’s activities. They have to be a person that can work with these highly trained people at GAO. . .I leave behind me a very strong workforce. The GAO workforce is among the best in the world. I have total confidence in them, but you need somebody who can come in and understand how they carry out their activities to make continuous improvement, as I’ve tried to do over my time.
HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL
— DD: According to Democrat and RINO leaders, if Whites and males do better at something than minorities and females, it is because Whites and males benefitted from discrimination against minorities and females.
https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/wappp/spring-2026-seminar-fairness-and-meritocracy-work
POLITICO
— Trump’s plans to shatter the bureaucracy have a green light at the Supreme Court. Incremental wins at the court give the White House confidence to go further. DD: Democrats run the federal government. Only those federal employees who are the following have Civil Service protections: Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, disabled, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/07/supreme-court-trump-firings-humphreys-executor-00679728
December 12, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker signs ‘right-to-die’ legislation for terminally ill people to end their lives in Illinois. The new law, which takes effect next September, opens the door for people 18 or older with a terminal diagnosis to be prescribed a fatal drug.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/12/12/illinois-right-to-die-pritzker-signs-law
— Illinois’ political tensions nothing compared to failed redistricting push in Indiana. Indiana Republicans’ arguments against the bill were sound, not only because they were under so much pressure from D.C., but because it just wasn’t the right thing to do. DD: What about the gerrymandered Illinois 3rd Congressional District?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/12/12/illinois-redistricting-push-indiana-republicans-trump-rich-miller
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump downplays Indiana redistricting loss, but funds could be in doubt
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/12/trump-downplays-indiana-redistricting-loss-but-funds-could-be-in-doubt/
— Speaker Mike Johnson scrambles to find a health care plan as Republicans remain divided
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/12/speaker-johnson-health-care-plan/
DAILY HERALD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251212/nation-and-world/immigration-crackdown-leaves-teens-to-care-for-siblings-after-parents-get-detained/
— DD: Censures and attempts to censure are always big news. I should write about the unsuccessful attempt by my critics/opponents to get the Illinois Center Right Coalition to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006. I would focus on my critics/opponents who continue to have their operatives and their dupes take adverse actions against me.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251212/news/district-211-board-censures-member-for-sharing-closed-session-discussion-of-fired-teachers/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Illinois cannabis industry poised for major tax relief if Trump reclassifies marijuana. DD: Pot is poison.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/cannabis/trump-cannabis-rescheduling-could-ease-industrys-tax-burden
— Illinois among states suing Trump over $100,000 H-1B visa fee. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/illinois-among-states-suing-trump-over-h-1b-visa-fee
ABC7
— Republican state Sen. Niemeyer explains his vote against Indiana redistricting plan backed by Trump. DD: What about the gerrymandered Illinois 3rd Congressional District?
https://abc7chicago.com/post/gop-state-sen-rick-niemeyer-explains-indiana-redistricting-vote-rejecting-plan-backed-donald-trump-ahead-2026-midterms/18280892/
WTTW
— Evanston Church Nativity Scene Adds Zip Ties, Gas Masks and ICE to Protest Immigration Raids. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly get religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/12/12/evanston-church-nativity-scene-adds-zip-ties-gas-masks-and-ice-protest-immigration-raids
— Illinois Agriculture Director Says Trump Trade Policies Are ‘Crushing’ Farmers
https://news.wttw.com/2025/12/12/illinois-agriculture-director-says-trump-trade-policies-are-crushing-farmers
WSIU
— Illinois H-1B workers earn median $110K as visa fees and wage rules shift. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.wsiu.org/diversity/2025-12-12/illinois-h-1b-workers-earn-median-110k-as-visa-fees-and-wage-rules-shift
CAPITOL FAX
— Illinois very near its 15-year goal of 60 percent of adults holding ‘postsecondary credentials.’ DD: None of my peers hold anywhere near as many credentials as I have. I have a) three master’s degrees (business-1976, accounting-1980, and finance-1997), b) six professional certifications (accounting-1979, internal auditing-1981, fraud examination-1990, government financial management-1994, financial services auditing-1996, and forensic accounting-1997, and c) a professional license (CPA-1981). Since I was 27 years old in 1976, my critics/opponents have ever-increasingly ignored/dismissed/belittled my credentials. But worse than that, they have ever-increasingly used them against me. They ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that anyone with as many credentials I have should have had a far more successful career than I had. They stress that my ending federal salary in 1997 was only $153,151/year in today’s dollars. They stress the many adverse actions that my superiors in the federal government took against me. They stress that Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton continue to ignore/dismiss/belittle my credentials. They ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that my lack of career success and Republican ignoring/dismissing/belittling of my credentials is because I am an extremely bad person.
https://capitolfax.com/2025/12/12/report-illinois-very-near-its-15-year-goal-of-60-percent-of-adults-holding-postsecondary-credentials/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— When the State Decides Your Life Isn’t Worth Living
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/12/i-was-offered-death-when-i-needed-care-when-the-state-decides-your-life-isnt-worth-living.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Seized oil tanker was hiding its location to evade sanctions, law enforcement
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/12/seized-oil-tanker-hiding-location-evade-sanctions-law-enforcement/
— New York gave illegal driver’s licenses to foreign truck drivers
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/12/new-york-gave-illegal-drivers-licenses-foreign-truck-drivers-feds/
— Killing narco-terrorists, saving American lives. Critics of the president’s drone policy would perpetuate deadly overdoses.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/10/killing-narco-terrorists-saving-american-lives/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The dangers of Trump’s venture socialism
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3916547/dangers-trump-venture-socialism/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Trump and Team MAGA are coming for turncoat Indiana Republicans
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/12/12/trump-and-team-maga-are-coming-for-turncoat-indiana-republicans-1609751/
BREITBART
— Poll: Majority of Catholics Support President Trump’s Mass Deportation of Illegal Aliens
https://www.breitbart.com/faith/2025/12/12/poll-majority-of-catholics-support-president-trumps-mass-deportation-of-illegals/amp/
DAILY CALLER
— Trump: Blue States That Let Illegals Drive ‘Lethal Weapons’ Will Miss Out On Millions Of Tax Money
https://dailycaller.com/2025/12/12/sean-duffy-illegal-truckers-cdls-new-york/
FOX BUSINESS
— University calls ‘Standard American English’ a tool of white supremacy
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6386398348112
FOX NEWS
— Omar accused by GOP opponent of opening up the door to massive Minneapolis fraud: ‘Deep, deep ties.’ Republican challenger John Nagel alleges that Omar has ties to individuals involved in fraud scandal.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/omar-accused-gop-opponent-opening-up-door-massive-minneapolis-fraud-deep-deep-ties
NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE
— National Right to Life Condemns Actions of Pritzker’s Signing of Illinois Assisted Suicide Law
https://nrlc.org/communications/nrl-condemns-actions-of-illinois-governor-pritzkers-signing-of-illinois-assisted-suicide-law/
NEWSMAX
— Blue States Flouting Federal Laws
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/illinois-crash-cdl/2025/12/12/id/1238101/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Cannabis Stocks Soar on Reports White House Plans to Reclassify Pot. DD: Pot is poison.
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-dow-sp-500-nasdaq-12-12-2025/card/cannabis-stocks-soar-on-reports-of-white-house-plan-to-reclassify-pot-PvFT19TMWSoL6bTntJEz
INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— Trump: Blue States That Let Illegals Drive ‘Lethal Weapons’ Will Miss Out On Millions Of Tax Money
https://ijr.com/trump-admin-says-blue-states-that-let-illegals-drive-lethal-weapons-will-miss-out-on-millions-of-tax-money/