FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Melissa Conyears-Ervin: Chicago will not help fund Donald Trump’s terror
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/17/opinion-chicago-treasurer-boycott-us-treasury-securities/
— Gen Z can’t afford Chicago’s affordable housing mandate. DD: What did you do to afford things before you were 28 years old? Back in the good old days, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and a job-related master’s degree when I was 27. I took bad jobs that my peers would never stoop to take. That enabled me a) to buy new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, and 25, b) to graduate debt-free from college owning a 20-month old car, and c) to buy real estate when I was 24, 25, and 27.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/17/opinion-chicago-gen-z-affordable-housing/
— Thornton Township District 205 giving teachers $5,000 bonuses for good attendance. DD: All during the almost 30 years that I worked for the federal government, I used dramatically fewer sick days than my coworkers.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/17/thornton-township-district-205-teacher-bonuses/
DAILY LINE
— Democratic primary for Illinois Comptroller, Republican primary for governor proving to be most competitive statewide races
https://www.thedailyline.com/forms/shares/new?page_id=37974
WHEATON RECORD
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://thewheatonrecord.com/2025/11/16/the-voices-shouting-no-kings/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Pritzker pumps $25.5M into 2026 bid
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/11/17/pritzker-pumps-25-5m-into-2026-bid-00654117
(FROM THE NEWSLETTER: Americans for Prosperity is out with its Prairie State Policy Champions recognizing state lawmakers who advocate for “reining in” government spending. The honorees, all Republicans, are: House Leader Tony McCombie, Senate Leader John Curran, state Reps. Norine Hammond, Blaine Wilhour, Adam Niemerg and Dan Swanson, state Sens. Chapin Rose and Andrew Chesney, and House Republican spokesperson on education Amy Elik.)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/11/17/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-633/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Fake Bailey Campaign Postcard Could Trigger a Felony Carrying up to 20 Years in Federal Prison
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/11/weaponizing-the-u-s-mail-fake-bailey-campaign-postcard-could-trigger-a-felony-carrying-up-to-20-years-in-federal-prison.html
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/11/a-2022-postcard-becomes-the-center-of-a-political-hoax-targeting-the-bailey-campaign.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump seeks primary challenges against Indiana state lawmakers who defy redistricting demands. DD: In 2000, my Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) critics/opponents succeeded in getting a registered Republican voter in my precinct to challenge me for Republican Precinct Committeeman, but not since then. But they have succeeded in stopping me from becoming a MTRO committee chairman or officer since then. They rudely fired me as MTRO webmaster in 2004 and 2010. They gerrymandered my precinct in 2015. They ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021. They threw me off the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024. My MTRO critics/opponents ever-increasingly blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters a) for all the losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000 and b) for all of MTRO’s other problems. I should write about my MTRO critics/opponents.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/16/trump-seeks-primary-challenges-indiana-state-lawmakers-defy/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— GOP must hold its ground on enhanced subsidies — now more than ever. DD: My critics/opponents ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn the 72% health insurance subsidy a) that I got when I was federal employee, b) that my wife got when she was a federal employee, c) that I will always get as a federal retiree, and d) that my wife has gotten since we got married in 1978 and will always get.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom-self-reliance/3888607/gop-hold-ground-on-enhanced-subsidies/
NEW YORK POST
— Portland’s socialist disaster should be a wake-up call for Mamdani, NYC voters
https://www.aol.com/articles/portland-socialist-disaster-wake-call-120000780.html
— Socialist Mamdani called for abolition of private property. DD: Being able to own cars and real estate has always motived me. I bought my first car when I was 16 and news cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc. I bought real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, etc.
https://www.aol.com/socialist-zohran-mamdani-called-abolition-222326729.html
— Vile antisemitic graffiti scrawled on Mexico’s top court during protests against country’s first Jewish president
https://nypost.com/2025/11/16/world-news/antisemitic-graffiti-scrawled-on-mexicos-top-court-during-protests-against-countrys-first-jewish-president/
— Champagne Socialist Mamdani slammed for hogging $2,300 apartment despite wealthy parents. DD: My critics/opponents had wealthy parents. I should write about the advantages that gave them. My critics/opponents have always used my having to work my way through college against me.
https://www.aol.com/cuomo-bashes-rich-person-zohran-125945960.html
AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUE
— Democrats are galloping to the left. DD: Ever-increasingly, because of Democrat victories, just about everyone around me is moving to the left. What does that say about them?
https://www.aei.org/articles/why-the-democrats-can-move-to-the-left/
BREITBART
— MTG: Trump Calling Me a Traitor Puts ‘My Life in Danger’
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/11/16/mtg-trump-calling-me-a-traitor-puts-my-life-in-danger/amp/
DAILY CALLER
— AOC Screams At Top Of Her Lungs, Panders To As Many Minority Groups As Possible In 38 Seconds. DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been uniting those who are the following in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct against Republicans: liber/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-married, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time?
https://www.aol.com/articles/aoc-screams-top-her-lungs-152613565.html
DAILY SIGNAL
— Midterms Shaping Up to Be a War Over Delivering Affordability for Gen Z. DD: What did you do to afford things before you were 28 years old? Back in the good old days, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and a job-related master’s degree when I was 27. I took bad jobs that my peers would never stoop to take. That enabled me a) to buy new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, and 25, b) to graduate debt-free from college owning a 20-month old car, and c) to buy real estate when I was 24, 25, and 27.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/11/16/midterms-shaping-up-to-be-a-war-over-delivering-affordability-for-gen-z/
DAILY WIRE
— Rooting Out Fraud: Trump Admin To Make Food Stamp Recipients Reapply For Benefits
https://www.dailywire.com/news/rooting-out-fraud-trump-admin-to-make-food-stamp-recipients-reapply-for-benefits
EPOCH TIMES
— Socialism Preferred by One-Third of Churchgoers. DD: Democrats are ever-increasingly taking over and destroying religion.
https://prescottenews.com/2025/11/17/new-study-finds-socialism-preferred-by-one-third-of-churchgoers-the-epoch-times/
FOX NEWS
— Socialist wave reaches West Coast as Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass gets a Mamdani-like challenger
https://www.foxnews.com/media/socialist-wave-reaches-west-coast-los-angeles-mayor-karen-bass-gets-mamdani-like-challenger
— Trump calls on House Republicans to vote to release Epstein files: ‘We have nothing to hide.’ President calls controversy a ‘Democrat hoax perpetrated by radical left lunatics’ in Truth Social post. DD: Ever-increasingly, because of Democrat victories, just about everyone around me is moving to the left. What does that say about them?
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-calls-house-republicans-vote-release-epstein-files-we-have-nothing-hide
NEWSMAX
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Says She Still Supports Trump. DD: I have always supported the Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, including those who blame me for their defeats and/or who have taken big adverse actions against me. I should write about that.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/epstein-files-marjorietaylorgreene/2025/11/16/id/1234766/
POST MILLENNIAL
— Trump urges house Republicans to ‘vote to release the Epstein files’
https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-president-trump-urges-house-republicans-to-vote-to-release-the-epstein-files
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— From CRT to Campus Protest: The Making of a Mamdani Voter. DD: How many Mamdani voters are there in Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct?
https://www.aol.com/articles/crt-campus-protest-making-mamdani-115612569.html
— The Rise of City Leftists: Mamdani, Wilson and the Democrats. DD: Ever-increasingly, because of Democrat victories, just about everyone around me is moving to the left. What does that say about them?
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/11/17/the_rise_of_city_leftists_mamdani_wilson_and_the_democrats.amp.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump on H-1B visas: US lacks enough ‘talented people.’ DD: Are you talented? According to my critics/opponents, I am not. They stress that my ACT score was only 24, that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class, that I got no scholarships, that while I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees, my GPAs were not that great, and that while I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) examinations on my first attempt, my scores could have been better. They stress that I did not earn my master’s degrees until I was 27, 31, and 48, that I did not take the CPA examination until I was 30 and the CIA examination until I was 32, and that while I became a licensed CPA, it was not until I was 32. But more than the aforesaid, they stress the many big adverse actions a) that my Democrat superiors in the federal government took against me and b) that my Republican superiors in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois took against me.
https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-h-1b-visas-us-135445060.html
ABC NEWS
— How Hegseth’s newly proposed military fitness standards compare to existing tests. DD: I was 1-A for the Vietnam War draft. My critics/opponents have always used against me big time my getting student draft deferments 1966-1970 and a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971. Did you try to enlist? I did not. But if I had, would my not being able to run because I had a bone disease, my eyesight not being correctable to 20/20, and my partial red/green color blindness have disqualified me? What if I had stressed the aforesaid when I got my physical examination for the Vietnam War draft when I was 18 in 1966?
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/hegseths-newly-proposed-military-fitness-standards-compare-existing/story?id=126110550
AOL
— US inflation rate climbs to 3% in September; highest this year
https://www.aol.com/finance/us-inflation-rate-climbs-3-124724769.html
— How Does the 2.8% COLA for 2026 Compare Historically? DD: My critics/opponents continue to be furious a) that I got COLAs while I was a federal employee 1966-1969 and 1971-1997 and b) that I have gotten COLAs as federal retiree since 1997. My critics/opponents a) would never stoop to take a federal job or b) failed/refused to qualify themselves for federal jobs. I qualified myself for my Post Office job by passing the postal employment examination and earning a high school diploma. I qualified myself for my IRS job by passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination and earning a bachelor’s degree in business. I qualified myself for my GAO job by earning an MBA and passing the CPA examination on my first attempt.
https://www.aol.com/finance/does-social-securitys-2-8-084400236.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— In Israel, Adams Raises Doubts About Safety of Jews in New York. Mayor Eric Adams painted an alarming picture of his city under his successor, Mamdani, saying, “If I were a Jewish New Yorker, I’d be concerned about my children.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/nyregion/eric-adams-israel-safety-mamdani.html
— Trump, in Reversal, Urges House to Approve Releasing Epstein Files
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11/16/us/trump-news
WASHINGTON POST
— In shift, Trump says House should vote to release Epstein files
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/11/16/house-epstein-discharge-petition-trump/
— Seattle’s coming socialist experiment
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/11/16/seattle-socialist-mayor-katie-wilson-mamdani/
KQED
— DD: As Enforcement Intensifies, Churches Become Sanctuaries for illegals. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that GOD condemns the concepts of countries, borders, and laws. How much success are Democrat leaders having in your church?
https://www.kqed.org/news/12063793/as-enforcement-intensifies-churches-become-sanctuaries-for-immigrants-seeking-peace
KTRH
— Mamdani Win Shows Legal Immigration Is As Harmful As Illegal Immigration
https://ktrh.iheart.com/featured/houston-texas-news/content/2025-11-14-mamdani-win-shows-legal-immigration-is-as-harmful-as-illegal-immigration/
FORTUNE
— Meta is hiring entry-level roles that pay up to $290,000 a year and require little prior experience. DD: What entry-level jobs did you have? I had three. I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU when I was 21 years old in 1970. My first entry-level job was a Retail Sales Manager for a Firestone Store. My salary was about $50,000/year in today’s dollars for a 44-hour workweek. In 1971, my second entry-level job was a GS-7 IRS Revenue Officer. The salary was $55,850/year in today’s dollars. To get that job, I had passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination. My taking graduate evening business courses at Loyola helped me get promoted to GS-9 ($68,315/year) in 1972, to GS-11 ($82,655/year) in 1973, and to GS-12 ($99,069/year) in 1974. I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. In 1980, my third entry-level job was a GS-9 Step 10 GAO Analyst, The salary was $88,808/year in today’s dollars. To get that job, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980.
https://fortune.com/2025/10/17/meta-hiring-200k-dollars-six-figure-entry-level-software-engineer-jobs-gen-z-careers-tech-industry-dwindling-opportunities/
AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
— Hiring Trends: Skills, Credentials and Potential. DD: Meeting and exceeding Affirmative Action and DEI quotas, goals, and targets was always my employers’ top priority. The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. As they came to realize that I was not going to become a Democrat, they ever-increasingly wasted my career and they succeed in forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. They ever-increasingly wasted my work experience and what I had learned earning a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://patimes.org/hr-hiring-trends-skills-credentials-and-potential/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Recruiting and retaining a well-qualified workforce is a critical concern for public administrators. To provide effective, efficient and responsive services, employees must be carefully selected for their roles. There is a long-standing debate about whether hiring should focus on their skills developed through experience, formal credentials or their potential. The Society for Human Resource Management has reported that employers practicing skills-based hiring increased from 56% in 2022 to 81% in 2024. While the short-term trend is clear, public administrators should be cognizant of both the strengths and weaknesses of each approach.)
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— OPM seeks fast-track removal of federal employees for ‘suitability’ reasons in proposed rule. DD: According to Democrats, to be suitable for a federal job, you must be a Democrat who is minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/hiring-retention/2025/06/opm-seeks-fast-track-removal-of-federal-employees-for-suitability-reasons-in-proposed-rule/
NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Why Are IQ Scores Suddenly Falling?
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/american-adult-lower-iq-scores-cognitive-decline-technology-flynn-effect.html
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
SPECTATOR
— Far left is the new face of the Democratic Party. DD: Ever-increasingly, because of Democrat victories, just about everyone around me is moving to the left. What does that say about them?
https://www.spectator.com.au/2025/11/far-left-is-the-new-face-of-the-democratic-party/
INDEPENDENT
— Fox News host Jesse Watters blames single women for Mamdani’s socialist takeover in New York. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly discourage traditional marriage and family. Affirmative Action and DEI discourage traditional marriage and family.
https://www.aol.com/news/fox-news-host-jesse-watters-015034229.html
HINDUSTAN TIMES
— Mamdani slammed after raising $1 million for transition
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/new-york-city-mayor-elect-zohran-mamdani-slammed-after-raising-1-million-for-transition-affordability-is-expensive-101763315207921.html
INDIA TODAY
— Why buying health insurance should be your first move in personal finance. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997, the federal government paid 72% of my health insurance premiums. That helped me endure my Democrat superiors’ tremendous efforts to get rid of me. My critics/opponents ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn the 72% health insurance subsidy a) that I got when I was federal employee, b) that my wife got when she was a federal employee 1968-1970, c) that I will always get as a federal retiree, and d) that my wife has gotten since we got married in 1978 and will always get.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/health/other/why-buying-health-insurance-should-be-your-first-move-in-personal-finance/ar-AA1QzayW
Tag: political
November 16, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Staffer held at knifepoint at state Senate leader’s Oak Park office. Scott Loeffler, 35, allegedly pulled a knife on an employee in state Sen. Don Harmon’s office and stole her phone. He was charged with armed robbery and ordered detained Sunday.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-suburbs/2025/11/16/staffer-held-knifepoint-don-harmon-oak-park-office
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use religious leaders to protect their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/11/16/clergy-arrests-broadview-ice
DAILY HERALD
— DD: Palatine ever-increasingly blasts ICE.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251116/news/palatine-leaders-hope-to-rebuild-trust-in-wake-of-immigration-arrests/
ABC7
— DHS leaves command center at Naval Station Great Lakes in North Chicago
https://abc7chicago.com/post/department-homeland-security-leaves-midway-blitz-command-center-naval-station-great-lakes-north-chicago-city-officials/18162361/
— Many House Republicans will back bill to release Epstein files
https://abc7chicago.com/post/house-republicans-will-back-bill-blow-open-epstein-files-effort-leaders-say-pres-trump-calls-clinton-investigation/18162601/
CBS2
— Border Patrol commander has left Chicago, but some communities remain on edge
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/border-patrol-chief-left-chicago-communities-remain-on-edge/
— Staffer robbed at knifepoint at Illinois Sen. Don Harmon’s Oak Park office; suspect charged
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/staffer-robbed-at-knifepoint-at-don-harmons-oak-park-office-suspect-charged/
FOX32
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/immigration-crackdown-chicago
— 2 out of 5 younger women want to leave US for good
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/2-out-5-younger-women-want-leave-us-good-poll-finds
HERALD REVIEW
— Illinois residents face high health insurance prices, with Obamacare subsidies still in limbo after shutdown
https://herald-review.com/news/state-regional/business/health-care/article_4b261e0b-75c3-5e3f-a1bd-0aa5509730af.html
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE & WSIU & WAND TV
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for inflation.
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/trumps-republican-party-insists-theres-no-affordability-crisis-and-dismisses-election-losses/article_f77d0898-0fd2-58d9-ba45-0b3d3362defe.html
https://www.wsiu.org/2025-11-15/white-house-pivots-to-affordability-as-president-trump-confronts-voter-discontent
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/trumps-republican-party-insists-theres-no-affordability-crisis-and-dismisses-election-losses/article_bb2918e2-14ad-58da-939f-c3e9662f7666.html
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— Malefactor Deathmatch: Socialists vs. Groypers
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2025/11/13/malefactor-deathmatch-socialists-vs-groypers
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump seeks primary challenges against Indiana state lawmakers who defy redistricting demands
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/16/trump-seeks-primary-challenges-indiana-state-lawmakers-defy/
— House Speaker Mike Johnson insists President Trump has ‘clean hands’ in Epstein case
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/16/mike-johnson-house-speaker-insists-president-trump-clean-hands/
— Right-wing antisemitism betrays conservatism. Antithetical to the Judeo-Christian ethic. DD: Many, if not most, if not virtually all of my Chicago office GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were antisemitic. They were furious when I volunteered to work for a GS-15, currently $163,749-$195,200/year, Jewish manager in 1990. They were intimidated/envious of her having an MBA from the University of Chicago and passing the CPA examination on her first attempt.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/16/right-wing-antisemitism-betrays-conservatism/
— California yanks illegal immigrants’ trucker’s licenses; Newsom says migrant status not a factor
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/16/california-yanks-illegal-immigrants-truckers-licenses-newsom-says/
— Where’s the violence? Look to the left. Conservatives aren’t assassinating the opposition.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/16/wheres-violence-look-left/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The woke war on standards is destroying higher education
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/3887586/woke-war-on-standards-destroying-higher-education/
— Trump debuts new ‘Marjorie Taylor Brown’ nickname for MTG after pair fall out. DD: I should write about those who have dumped me. I would focus on Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders who I have done the most to help elect and to help reelect. I would focus on those who blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for their defeats.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/3888374/trump-debuts-new-marjorie-taylor-brown-nickname-for-mtg-after-pair-fall-out/
— Epstein’s resentment toward Trump
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/3888590/jeffrey-epstein-resentment-toward-donald-trump/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump fumes at ‘politically correct’ Indiana state GOP pols over stalled redistricting push
https://nypost.com/2025/11/16/us-news/trump-fumes-at-indiana-state-gop-pols-over-redistricting-push/
— Bigwig on Zohran Mamdani’s transition team railed against Jews
https://nypost.com/2025/11/16/us-news/bigwig-on-zohran-mamdanis-transition-team-railed-against-jews-questioned-gay-rights/
AMERICAN THINKER
— How many illegal aliens are in our country?
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/11/wait_a_minute_how_many_illegal_aliens_are_in_our_country_again.html
BREITBART
— Companies Abusing H-1B Program to Save Labor Costs
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/11/15/schweizer-companies-abusing-h-1b-program-to-save-labor-costs/
CENTER SQUARE
— DD: Democrats and RINOs slam Vance’s call for less legal immigration. If there had been as many immigrants when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealth parents who bought them cars, paid for their college education, and got them jobs.
https://www.aol.com/articles/advocates-slam-vances-call-less-165900388.html
DAILY CALLER
— ‘Just Doesn’t Work And Has Never Worked’: Bill Maher Slams Democrats’ Shift Towards Socialism
https://dailycaller.com/2025/11/16/bill-maher-socialism-destroy-democrats-real-time-mamdani-dsa/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Mamdani Is a Warning for Western Civilization
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/11/16/mamdani-is-a-warning-for-western-civilization/
— Midterms Shaping Up to Be a War Over Delivering Affordability for Gen Z
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/11/16/midterms-shaping-up-to-be-a-war-over-delivering-affordability-for-gen-z/
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Bill Maher Rips Democratic Socialism, Warns Dems They’re Going Too Far Left
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/11/bill-maher-rips-democratic-socialism-warns-dems-theyre-going-too-far-left/
NEWSMAX
— Trump Withdraws Support for MTG’s Reelection
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/mtg-marjorie-taylor-greene-donald-trump/2025/11/16/id/1234774/
— Trump’s Healthcare Plan Lowers Premiums, Costs
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/bill-cassidy-trump-healthcare/2025/11/16/id/1234767/
PJ MEDIA
— Charlotte Grocery Store Offers Illegals Free Delivery to Avoid ICE
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/11/16/charlotte-grocery-store-offers-illegals-free-delivery-to-avoid-ice-n4946053
TOWNHALL
— Trump Threatens To Replace RINO Indiana Republicans Who Won’t Redistrict
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/scott-mcclallen/2025/11/16/trump-threatens-to-replace-rino-indiana-republicans-who-wont-redistrict-n2666525
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially name itself the Socialist Party?
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5606186-socialism-gaining-popularity-affordability/
— Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) claimed Sunday that President Trump is “losing his MAGA base” over files related to the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as controversy surrounding the disgraced financier heats up.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5608012-khanna-trump-epstein-files/
— Greene says Trump administration ‘infuriating people’ by ‘gaslighting’ them on affordability
https://www.aol.com/articles/greene-says-trump-administration-infuriating-191429637.html
CNN
— Trump feuds with Marjorie Taylor Greene as House vote on releasing Epstein files looms
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-administration-epstein-files-11-16-25
REUTERS
— US House speaker says ‘nothing to hide’ in Epstein files
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-house-speaker-says-nothing-hide-epstein-files-2025-11-16/
AOL
— While on NYC’s slowest bus, Mamdani says he’d as mayor bike, ride public transit to work
https://www.aol.com/articles/while-nyc-slowest-bus-mamdani-234400932.html
NBC NEWS
— Epstein vote a Democratic attempt to make Trump a ‘lame duck’
https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/sen-barrasso-says-epstein-vote-a-democratic-attempt-to-make-trump-a-lame-duck-full-interview-252146245958
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat Leaders Say Pope Leo Doesn’t Want to Be the Anti-Trump. But He Is.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/opinion/trump-pope-leo-maga-christianity.html
— Marjorie Taylor Greene Extends an Olive Branch to Trump. The Georgia Republican, long a loyal Trump ally, had come under attack by the president after showing independence, notably on the government’s investigation of Jeffrey Epstein.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/us/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-trump-epstein-files.html
— Epstein Emails Reveal a Lost New York
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/style/epstein-emails-reveal-a-lost-new-york.html
WASHINGTON POST
— GOP-led Epstein probe in House creates political friendly fire for Trump. The Republican side of the committee investigating Epstein has kept pushing out troves of emails and documents, and Trump’s name keeps coming up.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/11/16/epstein-emails-republicans-trump/
— Despite Trump’s ire, House gaining support on Epstein files vote. Lawmakers pushing for the release of more files are planning a news conference at the Capitol on Tuesday alongside victims of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/11/16/house-epstein-discharge-petition-trump/
— GOP plans to replace Obamacare have failed. Here’s what lawmakers propose now.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/11/16/gop-healthcare-plans-trump/
USA TODAY
— What Epstein’s emails reveal about the rich and famous who sought his advice. Financial and political intel? Sure. But there was so much more that Bold Face Names sought from the disgraced sex offender and former Trump friend.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/15/jeffrey-epsteins-emails-advice-to-rich-and-famous/87274450007/
DALLAS EXPRESS
— Trump Plans To Bring Foreign Experts To Train American Workers. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://dallasexpress.com/national/treasury-secretary-scott-bessent-says-trump-plans-to-bring-foreign-experts-to-train-american-workers/
STATEN ISLAND ADVANCE
— Catholic leaders across U.S. issue ‘special message’ condemning Trump’s deportations. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly get religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.silive.com/nation/2025/11/catholic-leaders-across-us-issue-special-message-condemning-trumps-deportations.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump’s Affordability Agenda
https://www.wsj.com/video/series/journal-editorial-report/wsj-opinion-trump-affordability-agenda/4BBBC550-1217-497D-AAB8-62CD32E5B7C1
— White House Hunts for Ways to Lower the Cost of Living. Aside from reducing tariffs, Trump has a limited ability to bring down prices. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for inflation.
https://www.wsj.com/economy/consumers/trump-cost-of-living-prices-8e08798d
— He’s Called ‘Little Trump,’ and His Tactics Are Rankling White House Top Brass. Bill Pulte, head of the agency overseeing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, has been making big waves from his low-profile post. DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who have lots of clout, who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican, and who have worked harder against me than me than against any Democrat. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/bill-pulte-profile-d000c844
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Pulte, who heads the Federal Housing Finance Agency, told the president he had identified leakers who were undermining the administration. He was carrying a “Ghostbusters”-style poster that featured pictures of administration officials and outside allies, outlined by red circles with lines through their faces, according to officials familiar with the meeting. For many in the West Wing, it was classic Pulte: an attention-grabbing move to burrow into President Trump’s good graces by attacking the president’s perceived enemies. . .Pulte has routinely made waves from that low-profile post, digging up opposition research on the president’s foes, ousting legal and ethics watchdogs who investigated the FHFA director’s conduct, and lashing out at companies in the housing world.)
— Trump Withdraws Support for Once Staunch Backer Marjorie Taylor Greene. The Georgia Republican has recently criticized the administration on several issues including affordability. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for inflation.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-withdraws-support-for-once-staunch-backer-marjorie-taylor-greene-89798ddf
FORTUNE
— The exact amount of money ($619,178/year) you need to earn to be among New York’s ultra-wealthy club has been revealed—and it’s 7x the average wage ($84,578/year).
https://www.aol.com/finance/exact-amount-money-earn-among-161519963.html
PBS
— As Enforcement Intensifies, Churches Become Sanctuaries for Immigrants. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly get religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.kqed.org/news/12063793/as-enforcement-intensifies-churches-become-sanctuaries-for-immigrants-seeking-peace
AXIOS
— These cities have the highest entry-level wage growth. DD: What entry-level jobs did you have? I had three. I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU when I was 21 years old in 1970. My first entry-level job was a Retail Sales Manager for a Firestone Store. My salary was about $50,000/year in today’s dollars for a 44-hour workweek. In 1971, my second entry-level job was a GS-7 IRS Revenue Officer. The salary was $55,850/year in today’s dollars. To get that job, I had passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination. My taking graduate evening business courses at Loyola helped me get promoted to GS-9 ($68,315/year) in 1972, to GS-11 ($82,655/year) in 1973, and to GS-12 ($99,069/year) in 1974. I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. In 1980, my third entry-level job was a GS-9 Step 10 GAO Analyst, The salary was $88,808/year in today’s dollars. To get that job, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980.
https://www.axios.com/2025/11/16/entry-level-wage-growth-cities
RAW STORY
— Trump rages at GOP ‘friend’ for not following his orders. DD: My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and paise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have lots of clout and had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-friend-gop-power-grab/
COMMON DREAMS
— Mamdani Backers Rally to ‘Tax the Rich’ as Transition Raises $1 Million in 10 Days From 12,000 Donors
https://www.commondreams.org/news/mamdani-tax-the-rich
SALON
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly get religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.salon.com/2025/11/16/faith-under-attack-more-clergy-arrested-at-ice-facility-protest/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
INDEPENDENT
— The Trump Organization looked to bring in nearly 200 foreign workers on visas this year to staff its golf clubs and businesses — the highest total to date, according to figures from the Department of Labor. This year, the company sought to hire 184 foreign workers for temporary positions at the family’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and a winery in Virginia through H-2A and H-2B visas, Forbes first reported. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.aol.com/news/trump-organization-asked-foreign-visas-151152895.html
GUARDIAN
— The banality of evil: how Epstein’s powerful friends normalized him
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/16/jeffrey-epstein-powerful-friends
November 16, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DD: Federal immigration agents accused of racial profiling. What percent of illegals are non-White?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/latino-us-citizens-racially-profiled-immigration-chicago/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Epstein to destroy Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/16/column-jeffrey-epstein-files-maga-page/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for high health insurance rates. DD: My critics/opponents ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn the 72% health insurance subsidy a) that I got when I was federal employee 1966-1997, b) that my wife got when she was a federal employee 1968-1970, c) that I will always get as a federal retiree, and d) that my wife has gotten since we got married in 1978 and will always get. My critics/opponents either a) would never have stooped to take a federal job and/or b) failed/refused to qualify themselves for federal jobs. In my defense, I would not become a postal employee when I was 18 in 1966 if my high school friend had not asked me to take the postal employment test with him. I would not have become an IRS employee in 1971 if my Firestone Store boss had not fired me because I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. But Oldsmobile withdrew that job offer saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/16/health-insurance-obamacare-subsidies-aca/
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251115/local/they-were-just-arresting-people-family-seeks-release-of-longtime-des-plaines-resident-detained-by/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PHOTOS AND GRAPHIC: Why do so many Democratic U.S. House members in the suburbs have primary challengers?
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251115/us-congress-politics/why-do-so-many-democratic-u-s-house-members-in-the-suburbs-have-primary-challengers/
— Families in need line up early for distribution of 1,000 holiday meals in Elgin. DD: Under the Democrats, more and more and more people are “in need.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251115/news/families-in-need-line-up-early-for-distribution-of-1000-holiday-meals-in-elgin/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Advocates celebrate Glen Ellyn affordable housing development
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251115/news/a-fundamental-issue-advocates-celebrate-glen-ellyn-affordable-housing-development/
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: If you cannot afford something, Democrats want you to blame Trump.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-11-15/white-house-pivots-to-affordability-as-president-trump-confronts-voter-discontent
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What do you say to those who demand blind loyalty? My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and paise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— In what ways are you becoming a minority in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your precinct? I am increasingly becoming a minority in the aforesaid because I am conservative, Republican, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in northeast Illinois for a long time. My ancestors have lived in northeast Illinois since 1844. I have lived in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton since 1978. I have lived in my precinct since 1984. Ever-increasingly, those who share my demographics are not moving to where I live, they are moving away from where I live, or they are passing away. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Syverson Interviewed on Chicago Fox about Blasting Dems for Providing Health Care for Illegals
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/15/syverson-interviewed-on-chicago-fox-about-blasting-dems-for-providing-health-care-for-illegals/
— Reick Wonders If AI Excitement Has Overheated the Economy & Resulted in Excessive Taxpayer Subsidies
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/15/reick-wonders-if-ai-excitement-has-overheated-the-economy-resulted-in-excessive-taxpayer-subsidies/
— UPDATE: Dog Sex Arrests in Huntley MAKES ABC, NBC & WGN
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/14/dog-sex-arrests-in-huntley/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Mamdani taps ‘Defund the Police’ champion to head team steering his transition to NYC mayor
https://nypost.com/2025/11/15/us-news/mamdani-taps-defund-the-police-champion-to-head-team-steering-his-transition-to-nyc-mayor/
— Jewish New Yorkers rushing to buy guns for protection after anti-Israel Mamdani’s victory
https://www.aol.com/articles/jewish-yorkers-rushing-buy-guns-134514602.html
— Mamdani setting up NYC for violence with resistance to immigration enforcement
https://nypost.com/2025/11/15/opinion/zohran-mamdani-risking-nyc-violence-with-immigration-enforcement-resistance/
— Trump admin begins massive crackdown on violent illegal migrants in Charlotte
https://nypost.com/2025/11/15/us-news/ice-raids-underway-in-charlotte-in-trumps-latest-immigration-sweep/
— Katie Wilson — a 43-year-old socialist who still lives off parents’ money — wins Seattle mayoral race. DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party? How much money did your parents have? My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. in 1969, he died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. My mother had never worked outside the home before then.
https://www.aol.com/news/katie-wilson-43-old-socialist-180222056.html
— AOC raises ‘impressive’ $11.8M — setting socialist lawmaker up for potential 2028 Senate run. DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.aol.com/articles/aoc-raises-impressive-11-8m-133436890.html
— Champagne Socialist Zohran Mamdani slammed for hogging $2,300 apartment — despite six-figure salary, wealthy family. DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.aol.com/cuomo-bashes-rich-person-zohran-125945960.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Seattle mayor-elect Katie Wilson broadcasts socialist wish list. DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/11/15/utopia-seattle-mayor-elect-katie-wilson-broadcasts-socialist-wish-list-1600562/
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— H-1B – Designed for Cheap Labor. DD: Employers want cheap labor. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://cis.org/Miano/H1B-Designed-Cheap-Labor
DAILY CALLER
— Socialist Katie Wilson Wins Seattle Mayor’s Race Thanks To Ballot Dumps Over A Week After Election Day. DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.aol.com/articles/socialist-katie-wilson-wins-seattle-024312231.html
DAILY SIGNAL
— Socialism Has Failed Everywhere. Mamdani’s NYC Will Be No Different.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/11/12/mayor-mamdanis-socialist-vision-is-setting-nyc-up-for-failure/
EPOCH TIMES
— How Trump Broke GOP Orthodoxy and Built a New Working-Class Party. DD: I was a member of the working class 1964-1997, that is, I was a wage earner 1964-1997. My critics/opponents a) look down on, if not despise, if not hate wage earners, b) have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, and/or c) had wealthy parents who bought them cars, paid for their college expenses, and got them jobs. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://lists.theepochtimes.com/archive/u6lrbCAwEN/RontmvJPy/1tiNbjq0PdJ
FOX NEWS
— Socialist wave goes coast-to-coast as historic wins shake up the 2025 mayoral elections. DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/democratic-socialists-win-mayoral-races-new-york-city-seattle-historic-victories
— Seattle elects socialist Katie Wilson as mayor. DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6385147150112
— Meet the socialist Mamdani-style mayor just elected to run West Coast’s 5th largest city. DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/meet-socialist-mamdani-style-mayor-just-elected-run-west-coasts-5th-largest-city
— Bill Maher tears into socialism and begs Democrats to embrace moderate candidates. DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.foxnews.com/media/bill-maher-tears-socialism-begs-democrats-embrace-moderate-candidates.amp
— Will Election Day 2025 be remembered as the rise of the socialists? DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.aol.com/news/election-day-2025-remembered-rise-150042352.html
— Seattle elects democratic socialist Katie Wilson as mayor. DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6385147150112
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— ICE Busts Duckworth Senate Aide for Bogus Lawyer Ruse to Release Criminal Migrant
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/ice-illinois-fake-lawyer-tammy-duckworth
— America’s Roads Just Got More Dangerous Thanks to Radical Judges. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/rogue-federal-judges-trump-americas-roadways-
NEWSMAX
— Staten Island Leaders Renew Secession Push After Mamdani Election
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/staten-island-new-york-city-mayor/2025/11/15/id/1234693/
POST MILLENNIAL
— Seattle’s new socialist mayor looks forward to ‘coast to coast partnership’ with Mamdani. DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://thepostmillennial.com/seattles-new-socialist-mayor-looks-forward-to-coast-to-coast-partnership-with-nycs-zohran-mamdani
— Staten Island sees renewed NYC secession push after Mamdani victory
https://thepostmillennial.com/staten-island-sees-renewed-nyc-secession-push-after-mamdani-victory
ZERO HEDGE
— The Foreign Worker Scam Exposes Trump’s Economic Achilles Heel
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/foreign-worker-scam-exposes-trumps-economic-achilles-heel
(FROM THE ARTICLE: To bring our nation back to legitimate self reliance would require a total reformation of our society and the removal of the political left (including globalists) from the equation. Part of this long term reformation demands a reversal of open borders ideology and multiculturalism, which has ravaged the west. Migrants view our economy as a “global commons”, a wealth pool they are all entitled to access. They don’t see it is a privilege, they see it as a “right”. This is something that Trump does have the capacity to fix in the three years he has left in office, but he has a tendency to get sidetracked by minutia and bad advice. I have been warning since before Trump was re-elected that the economy was going to be his Achilles Heal. From past examples it seems that Trump delegates a lot of his policy ideas to advisers and among these advisers (he has dozens of them, official and unofficial) there are always people who give him suicidal arguments and terrible talking points. His lack of concrete planning for economic repair is putting conservatives on edge and handing immense social influence over to Democrats and woke activists. All they have to do is point at the lack of a clear strategy and suggest that they can do better (they can’t, but it won’t matter to voters living paycheck to paycheck). Trump has done some things right. His tariff policies are absolutely necessary to counter the wealth gap created by corporate globalism. The US has been turned into a consumer nation that continuously takes on debt in order to create ever depreciating wealth. That wealth is then siphoned from the public by international conglomerates, banks and foreign interests. We are being slowly drained of our lifeblood by a nest of vampires. Tariffs are one of the few measures at Trump’s disposal to unilaterally stop the bleeding and force corporations to bring the wealth and jobs back to the US. This is done through new domestic manufacturing and the end of general outsourcing using third world labor. Globalism is NOT the free market, it is the opposite. It is forced interdependency of nations and economies to the benefit of a tiny handful of ultra-wealthy elites. The tariff fight is direct and Trump’s reasons are evident. The average Joe wants more American jobs with higher salaries for the middle class instead of wallowing in low-wage retail and service sector hell. But Trump can’t say he’s fighting for this end result through tariffs and then turn around and let an army of migrants take middle class jobs. The President stumbled into multiple forehead slapping blunders this past week. He called for 600,000 Chinese students to prop up US colleges. He called for 50-year mortgages to offset plunging home ownership, and he argued that America doesn’t have the talent pool to fill jobs taken by H1B foreigners.)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— How to reverse the dumbing down of American higher ed
https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/education/5606843-how-to-reverse-the-dumbing-down-of-american-higher-ed/amp/
— DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.aol.com/articles/opinion-mamdani-victory-shows-democrats-190000084.html
MSN
— Mamdani says to boycott Starbucks during worker strike
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/mamdani-says-to-boycott-starbucks-during-worker-strike/ar-AA1QuYYS
AOL
— AI may be hurting entry-level jobs. DD: What entry-level jobs did you have? I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU when I was 21 years old in 1970. My first entry-level was Retail Sales Manager for a Firestone Store. My salary was about $50,000/year in today’s dollars for a 44-hour workweek. In 1971, my second entry-level job was a GS-7 IRS Revenue Officer. The salary was $55,850/year in today’s dollars. To get that job, I had passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination. My taking graduate evening business courses at Loyola helped me get promoted to GS-9 ($68,315/year) in 1972, to GS-11 ($82,655/year) in 1973, and to GS-12 ($99,069/year) in 1974. I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976.
https://www.aol.com/articles/powell-says-ai-may-hurting-210440564.html
— Mamdani Wasted No Time In Quoting Socialist Eugene Debs During Victory Speech. DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.aol.com/news/zohran-mamdani-wasted-no-time-144553426.html
— College Graduates Put Socialism Back on the Ballot. DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.aol.com/news/college-graduates-put-socialism-back-195526625.html
ABC NEWS
— Congress reopens government, but leaves healthcare subsidies in limbo. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997, the federal government paid 72% of my health insurance premiums. That helped me endure my Democrat superiors’ tremendous efforts to get rid of me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFXpfhYDBU8
NBC DC
— Unprecedented surge of federal retirement claims. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors used Gingrich budget cuts to make my coworkers like me who had 25 years of federal service eligible to retire when I was 45 year old in 1993, that is, they used Gingrich budget cuts to get rid of my coworkers like me who had 25 years of federal service in 1993. Overwhelmingly, my coworkers who were eligible were White male males like me who had not made GS-15, currently $163,749-$195,200/year.
https://www.nbcwashington.com/investigations/surge-federal-retirement-claims-delays-frustration/4016344/
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Fuentes against Republicans
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-john-ganz.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/opinion/abortion-pills.html
— What Even Is a ‘Good’ Job? DD: According to my critics/opponents, a) all the jobs that I had were bad jobs that they would never have stooped to take and b) I was always grossly overpaid and my employment benefits were always far too generous.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/opinion/good-jobs-policy.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Will Mamdani succeed in uniting Muslims and Jews against Christians?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/11/16/sadiq-khan-london-zohran-mamdani/
— Seasonal hiring weakest since the Great Recession. DD: When I was 18 years old, the Post Office hired me in November of 1966 because it got a budget increase to deal with 1966 Christmas rush.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/11/12/holiday-hiring-slowdown-ai-great-recession/
USA TODAY
— DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/15/zohran-mamdani-victory-nyc-democratic-socialism/87231501007/
FORTUNE
— If you proletarianize the young people, don’t be surprised they end up communist
https://www.aol.com/finance/billionaire-peter-thiel-warns-proletarianize-235603503.html
NATIONAL CATHOLIC REGISTER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly succeed in getting religious leaders to promote illegal immigration.
https://www.ncregister.com/cna/bishops-of-new-york-condemn-deportations-of-migrants-with-refugee-status
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
SOCIALIST WORKER
— Should we condemn violence or embrace it? DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://socialistworker.co.uk/teach-yourself-marxism/should-we-condemn-violence-or-embrace-it/
ECONOMIC TIMES
— ‘No contract, no coffee!’: Mamdani calls for Starbucks boycott as union workers strike nationwide
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYuUtQT647U
NTD NEWS
— DHS Drives Historic Drop in US Foreign-Born Population. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.ntd.com/dhs-drives-historic-drop-in-us-foreign-born-population_1108104.html
TIMES OF INDIA
— JD Vance challenges Donald Trump over H-1B visas. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/jd-vance-challenges-donald-trump-over-h-1b-visas-how-it-happens-and-what-it-reveals-about-policy/articleshow/125349490.cms
NEW INDIAN EXPRESS
— Mamdani’s multitudes and India’s soft power. Mamdani’s unapologetic embrace of his layered identities is soft power as the persuasion of authenticity, not propaganda. He may not represent India formally, yet he reflects some of its finest possibilities—pluralism, intellectual curiosity, and the capacity to juggle contradictions. DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.newindianexpress.com/opinions/2025/Nov/15/zohran-mamdanis-multitudes-and-indias-soft-power
SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
— The forever-renter generation: they’re ones who voted Mamdani. DD: Back in the good old days, that is, back when I was 24 years old in 1972, I was able to buy a new townhome. But I would not have been able to do that if I had not a) passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970, b) earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970, c) worked for IRS for 15 months, and d) worked part-time for a Firestone Store for 18 months and full-time for 7 months before that.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/the-forever-renter-generation-they-re-ones-who-voted-teal-and-mamdani-20251114-p5nfka.html
November 13, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Judge to tour Broadview ICE facility amid ‘inhumane conditions’ allegations
https://abc7chicago.com/post/judge-laura-mcnally-dhs-reps-tour-broadview-ice-facility-amid-inhumane-conditions-allegations-operation-midway-blitz/18150591/
CBS2
— City treasurer says Chicago won’t invest in U.S. Treasury bonds to protest Trump. DD: Is this an act of war?
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/city-treasurer-says-chicago-wont-invest-in-u-s-treasury-bonds-to-protest-trump/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/treasurer-melissa-conyears-ervin-boycott-us-bonds-president-trump/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/city-treasurer-says-chicago-wont-002000473.html
FOX32
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Epstein against Trump.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/gov-jb-pritzker-worries-trump-will-go-extremes-distract-from-epstein-files
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago treasurer vows to not buy US bonds as protest against President Donald Trump. DD: Is this an act of war?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/12/chicago-treasurer-u-s-bonds-anti-trump-protest/
— End of federal shutdown includes nationwide ban on hemp products that get people high
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/12/federal-shutdown-end-hemp-ban/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chicago treasurer will no longer invest any of city’s $10B portfolio in U.S. Treasury bonds to protest Trump. DD: Is this an act of war?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2025/11/12/treasurer-melissa-conyears-ervin-boycott-treasury-bonds-protest-trump-council-fight
— DD: Democrats use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2025/11/12/mayor-brandon-johnson-federal-lawsuit-president-trump-community-policing-grant-dei-policies
— Hemp product ban, tacked onto law to reopen government, stuns Illinois businesses: ‘Unnecessary and cruel’ Federal lawmakers closed the loophole that has allowed for an array of intoxicating cannabinoids that have generated a billion-dollar Illinois market — and is now largely illegal.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/2025/11/12/hemp-ban-federal-spending-bill-illinois-business-reopen-government
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Congress bans intoxicating hemp in deal to end government shutdown
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/cannabis/congress-bans-intoxicating-hemp-deal-end-fed-shutdown
RIVER BENDER
— Don Tracy: Democrats’ Attack on Durbin’s Vote to End Shutdown Proves They Answer to Extremists, Not Illinoisans
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/don-tracy-democrats-attack-on-durbins-vote-to-end-shutdown-proves-they-answer-to-extremists-not-illinoisans-88123.cfm?
WBEZ
— DD: Democrats use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.wbez.org/in-the-loop-with-sasha-ann-simons/2025/11/12/taking-a-closer-look-at-mass-firings-layoffs-of-black-journalists-as-media-orgs-dismantle-dei
JOURNAL & TOPICS
— Ramirez Faces Primary Challenger As Two Candidates Vie For Republican Nomination
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/ramirez-faces-primary-challenger-as-two-candidates-vie-for-republican-nomination/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Two candidates are running for the Republican nomination. Angel Oakley, of Wheaton, previously sat on the board of Children’s Health Defense, an anti-vaccination advocacy group where current U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. served as chairman until March 2023. Hair salon owner Spomenka Vajic, of Chicago’s Irving Park neighborhood, filed to run within hours of the deadline. In October 2024, she led a protest against a homeless encampment at Gompers Park in Chicago, asking the city to remove it. . .Vajic faces two objects: one from Charles R. Smith, of Wheaton, and Jeffery M. Fiedler, of River Grove; and one from Catherine M. Slattery and James P. Roche, both of Chicago.)
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Epstein against Trump.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-11-12/white-house-downplays-new-epstein-emails-that-mention-trump
CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS
— Chicago Public Schools’ ‘Pride Guidance’ encourages teachers to ‘host a Pride Week’ and to display ‘Pride flags, pictures of LGBTQ+ figures, and other supportive materials on school walls/ bulletins;’ includes goal of every school in the district having a Gender and Sexuality Alliance club. DD: How much success have Democrats had making the students in your school district sexually active LGBTQers? That is, how much success have Democrats had destroying traditional marriage and family in your school district?
https://defendinged.org/incidents/chicago-public-schools-pride-guidance-encourages-teachers-to-host-a-pride-week-and-to-display-pride-flags-pictures-of-lgbtq-figures-and-other-supportive-materials-on-school-walls-bulle/
ILLINOIS ANSWERS
— Feds Deployed Tear Gas on the Far South Side Even After Cops Told Them They Had No Gas Masks. Chicago police officials had offered to clear a path for the federal immigration agents so they could leave a tense scene of residents protesting the agents’ shooting of a woman.
https://illinoisanswers.org/2025/11/13/feds-deployed-tear-gas-far-south-side-even-after-cops-told-them-they-had-no-gas-masks-sources-say/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Freedom for detainees as activists face judge. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/11/13/freedom-for-detainees-as-activists-face-judge-00650211
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/11/13/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-631/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— UPDATE: More Free Publicity for Kat
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/13/more-free-publicity-for-kat/
— More State Subsidies for Electric Vehicles, McHenry County Charging Stations
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/13/more-state-subsidies-for-electric-vehicles/
— Schools Set Up Emergency Response Coordination
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/13/schools-set-up-emergency-response-coordination/
— GOP Senate Hopeful Don Tracy Cites Stock Markets Surges, Says Shutdown “100% manufactured by Democrats”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/12/gop-senate-hopeful-don-tracy-cites-stock-markets-surges-says-100-manufactured-by-democrats/
— LaHood Comments on Government’s Reopening
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/12/lahood-comments-on-governments-re-opening/
— Homeland Security Claims Credit for Drop in Chicago Crime Rate under Midway Blitz
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/12/homeland-security-claims-credit-for-drop-in-chicago-crime-rate-under-midway-blitz/
— The Rat Is Back
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/12/the-rat-is-back/
— WBBM-TV Features “The Bridge” Located in Crystal Lake, Provides Free Clothing and Toys
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/12/wbbm-tv-features-the-bridge-located-in-crystal-lake/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Indoctrination is systemic in America’s universities. DD: I avoided that indoctrination while I earned four college degrees because I majored in business, accounting, and finance.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/equality-not-elitism/3884695/indoctrination-systemic-america-universities/
NEW YORK POST
— Rainbow flag-waving vandal defaced NYC churches with ‘anti-Christian statements’
https://nypost.com/2025/11/12/us-news/rainbow-flag-waving-vandal-defaced-nyc-churches-with-anti-christian-statements/
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— The Democrats’ Wage-Suppression Campaign. The blue team wants to keep up the flow of cheap foreign labor for corporate interests. DD: Employers want cheap labor. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. Noncitizens work for less money and are easier to exploit.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/the-democrats-wage-suppression-campaign/
BREITBART
— Trump Celebrates Chicago’s Falling Crime Rates After ‘Midway Blitz’
https://www.breitbart.com/crime/2025/11/12/president-trump-celebrates-chicagos-falling-crime-rates-after-operation-midway-blitz/amp/
— Trump’s DHS Slams The Guardian for ‘Peddling Sob Stories’ About Deported Meth Trafficker
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2025/11/12/trumps-dhs-slams-the-guardian-for-peddling-sob-stories-about-deported-meth-trafficker/amp/
CHARLIE KIRK
— America for Americans? The H-1B Debate.
https://thecharliekirkshow.com/podcasts/the-charlie-kirk-show/america-for-americans-the-h-1b-debate
COLLEGE FIX
— Merit is a ‘myth’ used to ‘justify inequality,’ Yale professor says. DD: According to my critics/opponents, I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who are liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, noncitizens, boozers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, etc.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/merit-is-a-myth-used-to-justify-inequality-yale-professor-says/
EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Signs Bill to Reopen Government, Ending Record-Long Government Shutdown. The bill’s passage marked an end to the 43-day shutdown.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/house-to-vote-on-bill-to-end-government-shutdown-5943511
FOX NEWS
— DHS blasts Chicago mayor for comparing raid leader to segregationists, accusing him of ‘terror’ Johnson said Gregory Bovino was ‘unleashed’ by ‘king’ Trump to ‘provoke terror on people’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dhs-blasts-chicago-mayor-accusing-raid-leader-racist-terror-comparison-segregationist-governors
— Chicago crime drops sharply after federal operation targeting criminal illegal immigrants. The Department of Homeland Security says murders, robberies, and carjackings have plunged in Chicago following a months-long federal crackdown. DD: How has Chicago crime impacted you? While I worked for IRS in Chicago, my 1969 Dodge Charger SE was stolen in Chicago in 1971 and my 1962 Chevrolet Bel Air was stolen in Chicago in 1973. Both thefts had a big negative impact on me.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/dhs-chicago-crime-drops-sharply-after-federal-operation-targeting-criminal-illegal-immigrants
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— University of Illinois Renaming DEI Office but Says Mission Will be the Same. DD: Democrats use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/11/u-illinois-renaming-dei-office-but-says-mission-will-be-the-same/
PJ MEDIA
— Why Are U.S. Students Ignorant? Because Educators Are Even Worse.
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/11/12/why-are-us-students-ignorant-because-universities-are-even-stupider-n4945914
TOWNHALL
— GAME OVER: Dems’ Push for Illegal Alien Health Care Implodes As House Passes Bill to Reopen Government
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/11/12/game-over-house-passes-bill-to-end-shutdown-dashing-dem-hopes-for-cash-for-illegal-alien-health-care-n2666244
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Target requires its employees to smile. DD: I worked for Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years. As they ever-increasingly took more and bigger adverse actions against me, it was ever-increasingly difficult for me to smile.
https://thehill.com/business/5601112-target-smile-policy/amp/
ABC NEWS
— Some MAGA supporters in uproar over Trump’s H-1B visa comments. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. Noncitizens work for less money and are easier to exploit.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-maga-supporters-uproar-trumps-1b-visa-comments/story?id=127458610
— Government funding deal would reverse some of Trump’s mass federal worker firings. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, they used Gingrich budget cuts to waste the careers of and to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, nonveteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/government-funding-deal-reverse-trumps-mass-federal-worker/story?id=127426908
ABC NEW YORK
— Food giveaway for federal employees impacted by government shutdown in Brooklyn. DD: I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. Federal employees have always been viciously demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being grossly overpaid and as having benefits that are far too generous. My critics/opponents stress that while I was a federal employee, my salary increased from $19.37/hour to $153,151/year in today’s dollars. In my defense, during that time, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://abc7ny.com/post/food-giveaway-bank-new-york-city-federal-workers-impacted-government-shutdown-brooklyn/18147834/
AOL
— Every Baby Born in California Gets Free Money for College. DD: Were you viewed as being college material? I was not. Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I could not run because a had a bone disease. My eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20. I had partial red/green color blindness. I spend my junior and senior years and the summer in between washing dishes. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class. Back then, for men, if you were not college material, you were not marriage material. Nevertheless, if my Crete-Monee High School Class of 1966 holds a 60th reunion, I plan on attending.
https://www.aol.com/finance/every-baby-born-california-gets-110618811.html
NEWSWEEK
— DD: Mamdani was featured in New York Magazine article in 2002. I was featured in a 4-page Money Magazine article in 1978. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/documents/ One could compare and contrast.
https://www.newsweek.com/zohran-mamdanis-childhood-wishlist-2002-viral-11032655
WASHINGTON POST
— Longest government shutdown in U.S. history ends after Trump signs funding bill
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/11/12/government-shutdown-vote-end/
USA TODAY
— Mamdani defends DEI alongside Al Sharpton at civil rights event. DD: Democrats use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/12/zohran-mamdani-al-sharpton-defend-dei/87233572007/
— Mamdani’s transition team swarmed with 50,000 job applications. DD: Mamdani promises to give even more preference to Democrats who are minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, noncitizens, etc.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/12/mamdani-resume-portal-50000-job-applicants/87237854007/
— DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to employ Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2025/11/08/black-women-job-cuts-pay-gap/86859572007/
CRONKITE NEWS
— DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrats and RINOs will ever-increasingly blame Republicans for Kirk’s assassination.
https://cronkitenews.azpbs.org/2025/11/12/kelly-kirk-trump-political-violence/
EAST CAROLINIAN
— Is serving in the military a good career path. DD: Initially, because my parents lacked money, my plan to get a college degree was to enlist and to use the GI Bill even though my health problems would severely limit my opportunities in the military. I could not run because a had a bone disease, my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, and I had partial red/green color blindness. But then, I decided that I could get a college degree sooner if I got accepted by UIC and commuted to/from classes there from my parents’ home in Crete. To do that, I bought a 1958 Chevrolet Bel Air in 1964 with money I had earned doing yard work and delivering newspapers. I used that car to get to/from my parents’ home and a dish washing job in Chicago Heights. I used the money I had earned doing that to buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in May of 1966 that I used to get to/from summer jobs in 1966 and then classes at UIC. Then, the Park Forest Post Office hired me. With the money I earned working part-time during the school years and full-time during the summers, I paid for my college expenses, I bought a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, I bought a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, and I graduated debt-free from NIU in 1970 owning that Charger.
https://www.piratemedia1.com/theeastcarolinian/article_1e59ea91-b638-4ca9-9229-c5bc4b98a743.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Serving in the U.S. Military is an option for every American through enlistment and in my opinion is a solid career path. Military service is also possible through the commission process if you have a college degree. This will set you up as an officer with higher pay rates and better leadership opportunities. Commission can be reached through a service academy, ROTC (Reserve Officers’ Training Corps), or an officer training/candidate school (OCS, OTS) with a college degree. People who are uncertain about life after college when enrolling in college or nearing graduation should consider serving in the military. There are many benefits to service, some of which I will not discuss, that can lead to a successful career and even more success in the civilian world. My question is, for people with a college degree is military service a good career path? For those looking for free or reduced education, the military can provide you with that through a service academy or through ROTC programs. If you want to go to graduate school and seek out a master’s degree or a doctorate the military can also help cover that. You can also earn the post-9/11 GI Bill, if you commission through OTS or OCS, by serving on active duty which can be used for yourself or passed onto your children.)
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Escape From Mamdani’s New York. The Big Apple’s socialist mayor may soon find that other people’s money is running out on him. DD: Socialism destroys everyone.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/escape-from-zohran-mamdanis-new-york-b277bab2
— Trump vs. Vance on Legal Immigration. The President sees the need for foreign workers. The Vice President wants fewer.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/donald-trump-jd-vance-immigration-tpusa-fox-news-ec3a0c0e
— DD: Trump Derangement Syndrome Is Real
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/is-trump-derangement-syndrome-real-a603e4a1
BLOOMBERG
— Chicago’s Banker Wants to Defy Trump by Dropping US Treasuries. DD: Is this an act of war?
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-12/chicago-s-banker-wants-to-defy-trump-by-dropping-us-treasuries
HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL
— Employer-sponsored insurance. DD: My critics/opponents ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn the 72% health insurance subsidy a) that I got when I was federal employee 1966-1997, b) that my wife got when she was a federal employee 1968-1970, c) that I will always get as a federal retiree, and d) that my wife has gotten since we got married in 1978 and will always get. My critics/opponents either a) would never stoop to take a federal job and/or b) failed/refused to qualify themselves for federal jobs.
https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty-research/policy-topics/fairness-justice/employer-sponsored-insurance-often-out-reach
BUSINESS INSIDER
— Loyalty. DD: My Democrat and RINO superiors have always demanded blind loyalty to them personally. They have always destroyed those like me who refuse a) to be manipulated or dominated by them, b) to glorify and praise them, c) to pander to them, d) to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) give them money. I should write about my Democrat a RINO superiors.
https://www.businessinsider.com/white-collar-employees-want-loyalty-more-than-money-2025-10
BANKRATE
— The job hunt feels broken. These 6 charts show it’s not just you. DD: When you graduated from college, what frustrated your job search? For me, it was potential employers viewing me as being draft bait. In addition, potential employers were under tremendous pressure to hire those who did not share my demographics.
https://www.bankrate.com/banking/federal-reserve/why-the-job-market-feels-broken-in-six-charts/
NTEU
— Federal Employees Need Back Pay Immediately. DD: I was a NTEU member while I worked for IRS 1971-1980. During that time, my salary increased from $55,850/year to $112,280/year in today’s dollars. In my defense, during that time, I earned an MBA, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, and I earned a master’s degree in accounting.
https://www.nteu.org/media-center/News%20Releases/2025/11/13/Shutdown%20Ends
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
GLOBE AND MAIL
— DD: Liberals and moderates use DEI to get rid of conservatives.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/careers/leadership/article-dei-principles-are-good-for-business-why-pulling-back-hurts-the-bottom/
November 12, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
FOX32
— Don Tracy, a Republican candidate for Senate in Illinois, joins Paris to talk about the 2026 midterm elections and the ongoing government shutdown.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Sut1ks6gms
https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/illinois-gop-senate-candidate-talks-010917920.html
WTTW
— Chicago-Area Veterans Speak Out Against Trump, Immigration Raids During Veterans Day Events. DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been turning veterans against Trump in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? My Democrat superiors who were veterans blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/11/11/chicago-area-veterans-speak-out-against-trump-immigration-raids-during-veterans-day
— DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been turning veterans against Trump in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? My Democrat superiors who were veterans blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/11/11/veterans-benefits-face-uncertain-future-federal-cuts-take-effect
WBEZ
— Veterans Day feels ‘emptier’ this year, says vet who is protesting ICE and Border Patrol. “I didn’t think they would actually use force against citizens,” says Brad Beaulieu, a Navy veteran who was hit in the leg with a tear gas canister outside of the Broadview processing facility. DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been turning veterans against Trump in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? My Democrat superiors who were veterans blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://www.wbez.org/in-the-loop-with-sasha-ann-simons/2025/11/11/veterans-day-feels-emptier-this-year-says-vet-who-is-protesting-ice-and-border-patrol
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE IN THE NAPERVILLE SUN: Police make gun-related arrest No. 17 near Naperville Topgolf
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/11/police-topgolf-gun-arrests-naperville/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois steps up where feds fall down in making college affordable. DD: I would not have been able to graduate debt-free from NIU with a bachelor’s degree in business and owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE when I was 21 years old in 1970 a) if my parents had not provided me with room and board while I took classes at UIC 1966-1968, weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and the summer of 1969 and b) if I had not worked for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969 part-time during the school years and full-time during the summers.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/11/12/illinois-college-costs-trump-administration-students-color-low-income-denise-forte-juliana-stratton
SOUTHERN
— Veterans Day protest questions government treatment of troops. DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been turning veterans against Trump in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? My Democrat superiors who were veterans blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://thesouthern.com/people/veterans-day-protest-questions-government-treatment-of-troops/article_79ebd24c-b6c1-5476-b7d5-423f07feb075.html
AUSTIN WEEKLY NEWS
— Illinois House Speaker Chris Welch will face an Oak Park resident for the 7th Democratic State Central Committeeman seat next March. DD: State Central Committee (SCC) members run political parties. In Illinois, Democrat SCC members are directly elected, but Republican SCC members are not. Since 2000, I have strongly advocated for direct election of SCC members. Since 2000, because of that, Republican leaders in Illinois who oppose direct election of SCC members have taken many big adverse actions against me. I should write about that.
https://www.austinweeklynews.com/2025/11/11/thomas-challenges-welch-democratic-leadership-spot/
OAK PARK
— Chad Koppie, an 87-year-old Kane County man seeking to run in the March 17 Republican primary for the 7th Congressional district is facing a formal challenge to his nominating petitions.
https://www.oakpark.com/2025/11/11/chad-koppie-petitions-challenged/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DD: Partisan Democrats want the partisan GAO to investigate Trump.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/democrats-press-for-investigation-into-partisan-shutdown-messages-on-agency-websites/amp/
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Veterans Rally Downtown Against ICE ‘Occupation’ And ‘Life-Threatening’ Federal Budget Cuts. National Guard members, activists and elected officials marked Veterans Day by denouncing the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement as an “attack on human rights.” DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been turning veterans against Trump in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? My Democrat superiors who were veterans blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/11/veterans-rally-downtown-against-ice-occupation-and-life-threatening-federal-budget-cuts/
ILLINOIS PUBLIC MEDIA
— Women veterans in Illinois reflect on military experience including some challenges
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPgIBgqm7PM
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Duckworth: Dems need to play ‘hardball’
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/11/12/duckworth-faults-dems-for-rushing-deal-00647443
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/11/12/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-630/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CHICAGO CONTRARIAN
— Chicago Declares War on the Federal Government. DD: How many federal employees and federal retirees do you know? I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for more than 28 years.
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/chicago-declares-war-federal-government
WIREPOINTS
— Glennon interview on AM560: ‘We are playing for all the marbles now’ — Illinois’ Decline, Immigration Politics, and a Crisis of Confidence
https://wirepoints.org/wirepoints-mark-glennon-interview-on-am560-we-are-playing-for-all-the-marbles-now-illinois-decline-immigration-politics-and-a-crisis-of-confidence-audio/
— November 12, 2025
https://us10.campaign-archive.com/?e=19fa91a7b3&u=7f97bb358e660a3d3fb24306a&id=e104bfcb78
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Sheriff James Mendrick Dominates Kane County GOP Governor Candidate Forum as Ted Dabrowski Falls Flat. DD: If I was still the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and if I was still on the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee, the organizations would still be hosting candidate forums.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/11/sheriff-james-mendrick-dominates-kane-county-gop-governor-candidate-forum-as-ted-dabrowski-falls-flat.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Socialist takeover, America in transition, can California get even bluer?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpnsKOro0Go
NEW YORK POST
— Trump says Chicago crime has fallen dramatically despite ‘extraordinary resistance’ from local Democrats
https://nypost.com/2025/11/12/us-news/trump-says-chicago-crime-has-fallen-dramatically-despite-extraordinary-resistance-from-local-democrats/
— Trump’s Cornell University deal leaves a ‘zombie’ DEI agenda ready to rise from the dead
https://nypost.com/2025/11/11/opinion/trumps-cornell-deal-leaves-a-zombie-dei-agenda-ready-to-rise-again/
BREITBART
— Mass Immigration Pushes U.S. Housing Market to ‘Breaking Point.’ DD: How many stash houses to Democrat leaders have in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/11/11/analysis-mass-immigration-pushes-u-s-housing-market-breaking-point/amp/
DAILY CALLER
— Man Named Jihad Crashes Turning Point USA Event, Kicks Off Brawl
https://dailycaller.com/2025/11/11/jihad-dphrepaulezz-charged-tpusa-event/
DAILY WIRE
— ‘Call In The Troops…Before It Is Too Late’: Trump Says Chicago’s Shopping District Is Under Attack. The Miracle Mile Shopping Center in Chicago, once considered our Nation’s BEST, now has a more than 28% vacancy factor, and is ready to call it quits.” DD: I walked the Miracle Mile to/from my IRS job in the Loop, graduate evening business classes at Loyola, and my Outer Drive East studio condo 1974-1976.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/call-in-the-troops-before-it-is-too-late-trump-says-chicagos-shopping-district-is-under-attack
— Texas County Shelled Out $1.3 Million In Taxpayer Funds To Defend Illegal Immigrants
https://www.dailywire.com/news/texas-county-shelled-out-1-3-million-in-taxpayer-funds-to-defend-illegal-immigrants-lawsuit-states
FOX NEWS
— DHS official calls out Pritzker, Chicago mayor for silence on attacks against ICE
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6384970037112
— Trump declares victory in Chicago despite ‘extraordinary resistance’ from sanctuary politicians. ‘As we ramp up more assets, these numbers will continue to drop,’ President Trump said.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-declares-victory-dem-run-city-despite-extraordinary-resistance-from-sanctuary-politicians
MRC TV
— Illegal Alien is Now a Slur? Illinois Speaker Says So.
https://mrctv.org/videos/illegal-alien-now-slur-illinois-speaker-says-so
NEWSMAX
— No Controls Over Mail-In Voting. DD: Far too many Republican candidates have lost elections because of ballots counted after election day.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/joseph-digenova-mail-in-voting/2025/11/11/id/1234154/
— Mamdani Plans to Be ‘Proactive,’ Call Trump Pre-Office
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/zohran-mamdani-donald-trump-nyc/2025/11/11/id/1234157/
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— On Veterans Day, Honor Sacrifice by Restoring the Military’s Warrior Ethos
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/11/11/on_veterans_day_honor_sacrifice_by_restoring_the_militarys_warrior_ethos_153505.html
STARS AND STRIPES
— Hundreds of veterans protest Trump policies at Veterans Day rally in Washington. DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been turning veterans against Trump in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? My Democrat superiors who were veterans blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2025-11-11/veterans-day-rally-protest-trump-19733534.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump’s PAC fundraises off Mamdani’s win
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5601066-trump-allies-target-mumdani/amp/
CBS NEWS
— Sold-out Turning Point USA event at UC Berkeley draws protests
https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/sold-out-turning-point-usa-event-at-uc-berkeley-draws-protests/
— The voters Mamdani added to the Democratic coalition in New York. DD: From what I see, those who voted for Mamdani are anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-capitalism, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, and/or anti-those who have more money than they have.
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/cbs-news-analysis-the-voters-mamdani-added-to-the-democratic-coalition-in-new-york/
CNN
— Popular gay dating apps removed in Mainland China. DD: To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/11/business/video/blued-finka-gay-dating-app-removed-mainland-china-lgbtq-digvid
MSNBC
— DD: Democrat leaders say “Celebrate Veterans Day by demanding Trump get the troops off our streets.” How successful have Democrat leaders been turning veterans against Trump in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? My Democrat superiors who were veterans blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/veterans-day-trump-troops-rcna243121
TIME
— What the End of Obamacare Subsidies Could Mean for Your Health Coverage. DD: My critics/opponents ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn the 72% health insurance subsidy a) that I got when I was federal employee 1966-1997, b) that my wife got when she was a federal employee 1968-1970, c) that I will always get as a federal retiree, and d) that my wife has gotten since we got married in 1978 and will always get. My critics/opponents either a) would never stoop to take a federal job and/or b) failed/refused to qualify themselves for federal jobs.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/end-obamacare-subsidies-could-mean-184051651.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— Justice Department to Investigate Protests at Turning Point Event at Berkeley
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/us/berkeley-protests-turning-point-doj-investigation.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for health costs. My critics/opponents ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn the 72% health insurance subsidy a) that I got when I was federal employee 1966-1997, b) that my wife got when she was a federal employee 1968-1970, c) that I will always get as a federal retiree, and d) that my wife has gotten since we got married in 1978 and will always get. My critics/opponents either a) would never stoop to take a federal job and/or b) failed/refused to qualify themselves for federal jobs.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/us/politics/trump-shutdown-health-care-costs-aca.html
— Redistricting Battles, Set Off by Trump, Have Few Parallels in U.S. History
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/us/elections/gerrymandering-redistricting-democrats-republicans.html
— How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy. DD: My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid, and therefore, I should pay more taxes.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/business/trump-administration-tax-breaks-wealthy.html
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Turning Point USA rally in Berkeley turns bloody, 4 arrested
https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/11/turning-point-usa-rally-berkeley-fight-arrests/
BALTIMORE SUN
— ‘Colorado sober’ movement ditches alcohol for cannabis, psychedelics.
https://www.baltimoresun.com/2025/11/03/colorado-sober-movement-ditches-alcohol-for-cannabis-psychedelics-is-it-for-real/
USA TODAY
— Veterans protest at ‘Remember Your Oath’ rally against Trump administration. DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been turning veterans against Trump in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? My Democrat superiors who were veterans blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/news/nation/2025/11/11/veterans-day-remember-your-oath-rally-trump-protests/87220494007/
— Anti-Trump groups urge holiday boycott of Amazon, Home Depot, Target over DEI backtrack
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/11/10/holiday-shopping-boycott-amazon-target-home-depot/87139543007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— A 50-Year Mortgage Is a Bad Deal. DD: My priority 1972-1978, and then my and my wife’s priority after 1978 was to pay off our mortgage debt ASAP.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/50-year-mortgage-donald-trump-bill-pulte-housing-prices-5ca2417b
— Antidepressants. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, because of ever-increasing Gingrich-led budget cuts, my GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates became ever-increasingly more depressed if not more angry. They ever-increasingly took their anger against Gingrich out on me. I should write about that.
https://www.wsj.com/health/wellness/antidepressants-facts-myths-40a09fc9
NEWSONE
— When A Muslim Democratic Socialist Mayor Has An Africana Studies Degree. If the phrase “Muslim Democratic Socialist” already makes conservative pundits sweat, then “Africana Studies,” like Black Studies, is the accelerant.
https://newsone.com/6601349/zohran-mamdani-muslim-democrat-socialist-mayor-africana-studies-degree/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
DAILY MAIL
— DD: The more that Hegseth does to fight DEI, the more that Democrats and RINOs fight him.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15282169/Hegseth-female-Navy-officer-SEAL.html
SKY NEWS
— Mamdani is the new ‘face’ of the Democratic Party
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjBEoB-L5P0
— Turning Point’s event in California showed a packed out house
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ3Xut5qrVw
— Chaos erupts as Antifa-like thugs turn violent outside Turning Point USA event
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-cSeXR9o00
— Antifa thugs spark violent riot outside Turning Point USA event at UC Berkeley
https://www.skynews.com.au/world-news/united-states/antifa-thugs-spark-violent-riot-outside-turning-point-usa-event-at-uc-berkeley/video/4a7e4ce48576d97ff290344aaef35a21
— ‘Get rid of all of them’: Violent Antifa ‘mob’ clash with police at Turning Point USA event
https://www.skynews.com.au/opinion/get-rid-of-all-of-them-violent-antifa-mob-clash-with-police-at-turning-point-usa-event/video/e097162553d93e6644c4c4b3a0989a2f
INDIA TODAY
— Netanyahu invited to New York. Can Mamdani get him arrested, fulfil promise? Netanyahu is set to arrive in in New York on Mamdani’s first day as mayor. Mamdani had promised to arrest Netanyahu for “war crimes” in Gaza, but can he really get him arrested? The city is bracing for a clash of global politics and local governance. DD: When my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s, they did not bring any political baggage in with them. Ever-increasingly, immigrants bring political baggage in with them.
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/us-news/story/zohran-mamdani-netanyahu-with-benjamin-netanyahu-nyc-visit-can-mamdani-get-him-arrested-fulfil-promise-un-headquarters-icc-2818022-2025-11-12
— Video: Brawl breaks out during Turning Point USA event on UC Berkeley campus
https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/world/us-news/story/uc-berkeley-tpusa-event-violence-fbi-investigation-antifa-clashes-glbs-2817811-2025-11-12
INDIA EXPRESS
— In Mamdani’s win, some hope for the working class — and sparks of a new politics. DD: I was a member of the working class for 35 years. My critics/opponents were not. They had wealthy parents. They look down on, if not despise, if not hate, the working class.
https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/zohran-mamdani-politics-mayor-new-york-andrew-cuomo-trump-10360843/
TIMES OF INDIA
— ‘Fascists out of Berkeley’: Protests break out at UC campus; Charlie Kirk’s TPUSA event affected
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/fascists-out-of-berkeley-protests-break-out-at-uc-campus-charlie-kirks-tpusa-event-affected/articleshow/125266074.cms
BUSINESS TODAY
— ‘NYC will turn into Mumbai’: Billionaire warns after Mamdani’s victory.
https://www.businesstoday.in/india/story/nyc-will-turn-into-mumbai-billionaire-warns-after-mamdanis-victory-heres-why-501796-2025-11-12
TIMES NOW NEWS
— US Billionaire Thinks New York Will Turn Into Mumbai Under Mamdani
https://www.timesnownews.com/world/us/us-news/us-billionaire-barry-sternlicht-thinks-new-york-will-turn-into-mumbai-under-zohran-mamdani-asks-what-if-neighbours-know-article-153137664
JEWISH INSIDER
— After Mamdani win, socialists look to challenge Democratic incumbents in NYC
https://jewishinsider.com/2025/11/zohran-mamdani-socialists-democratic-incumbents-new-york-city/
WIRE
— DD: Immigrants ever-increasingly crow about their success in taking over America.
https://thewire.in/world/mamdanis-victory-shows-the-american-dream-is-not-over-yet
CDM
— There Is No Meritocracy in the Public Administration – There Never Was. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government ever-increasingly dumped meritocracy to hire, to retain, and to promote Democrats who were minority, female, and/or younger. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license.
https://www.cdm.me/english/there-is-no-meritocracy-in-the-public-administration-there-never-was/
November 11, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Veterans rally, march through downtown Chicago protesting Trump, immigration enforcement. DD: My Democrat superiors who were veterans blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-protest-veterans-day-2025-served-rally-march-downtown-protesting-ice-border-patrol/18144662/
— Supreme Court extends its order blocking full SNAP payments, with shutdown potentially near an end
https://abc7chicago.com/post/supreme-court-is-expected-say-full-snap-food-payments-can-resume/18142463/
— Fights break out, multiple people arrested as Turning Point USA event sparks protest at UC Berkeley. DD: If I had been involved in Republican politics, the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966 would not have hired me, the Democrats who ran IRS in 1971 would not have hired me, and the Democrats who ran GAO in 1980 would not have hired me.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/turning-point-usa-fights-break-multiple-people-arrested-event-sparks-protest-uc-berkeley-california/18143024/
CBS2
— Trump calls for more troops in Chicago, cites vacant stores on “Miracle Mile” DD: I walked the Miracle Mile to/from my IRS job in the Loop, graduate evening business classes at Loyola, and my Outer Drive East studio condo 1974-1976.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/president-trump-troops-chicago-miracle-mile/
— Vigil held in Chicago’s Little Village amid word of looming departure of Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/vigil-held-chicago-little-village-gregory-bovino/
— Visual investigation shows use-of-force violations against protesters
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/former-federal-agent-ice-use-of-force-against-protesters/
— Flight cancellations continue to pile up under FAA order in government shutdown
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/live-updates/canceled-flights-us-airlines-faa-order/
FOX32
— Chicago alder confronts Gov. JB Pritzker in Little Village over corporate tax
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/gov-pritzker-little-village-vets-day
— Trump’s 50-year mortgage proposal: What would it mean for homebuyers? DD: My priority 1972-1978, and then my and my wife’s priority after 1978 was to pay off mortgage debt ASAP.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trumps-50-year-mortgage-proposal-what-would-mean-homebuyers
WBEZ
— At Veterans Day rally, vets are critical of Trump administration immigration enforcement. Veterans gather at the Vietnam War Memorial, where speakers decry ICE arrests, cuts to veterans benefits and extrajudicial attacks on Venezuelan boats. “The attacks are to divide and conquer working people.” DD: My Democrat superiors who were veterans blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://www.wbez.org/politics/2025/11/11/veterans-day-rally-chicago-ice
— U.S. Border Patrol boss Greg Bovino, fellow agents to soon leave Chicago but could be back four-fold in March. Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin insists “we aren’t leaving Chicago,” but the feds’ immigration campaign is expected to begin winding down. But one DHS source said 1,000 agents could return in the spring, up from 250 now.
https://www.wbez.org/public-safety/2025/11/11/u-s-border-patrol-boss-greg-bovino-agents-expected-leave-chicago-soon
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Supreme Court weighing Mississippi mail-in ballot case that could have major impact on Illinois voting laws. DD: Far too many Republican candidates have lost elections because of ballots counted after election day.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/11/supreme-court-mail-in-voting-illinois/
— ‘This is a Veterans Day like no other’: Hundreds gather to honor veterans, march against Trump administration
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/11/veterans-day-march-against-trump/
— Alderman yells at Gov. JB Pritzker over opposition to Mayor Brandon Johnson’s head tax plan
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/11/alderman-gov-jb-pritzker-opposition-mayor-brandon-johnsons-head-tax/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— At Veterans Day rally, vets are critical of Trump administration immigration enforcement. Veterans gather at the Vietnam War Memorial, where speakers decry ICE arrests, cuts to veterans benefits and extrajudicial attacks on Venezuelan boats. “The attacks are to divide and conquer working people.” DD: My Democrat superiors who were veterans blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago/2025/11/11/veterans-day-rally-chicago-ice
— U.S. Border Patrol boss Greg Bovino, fellow agents to soon leave Chicago but could be back four-fold in March. Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin insists “we aren’t leaving Chicago,” but the feds’ immigration campaign is expected to begin winding down. But one DHS source said 1,000 agents could return in the spring, up from 250 now.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/public-safety/2025/11/11/u-s-border-patrol-boss-greg-bovino-fellow-agents-expected-to-soon-leave-chicago
— Durbin faces backlash for joining GOP in measure to end government shutdown
https://chicago.suntimes.com/us-senate/2025/11/10/sen-dick-durbin-compromise-measure-federal-government-shutdown-end-democrats-backlash
— ‘Days of Rage’ evokes protests of 1960s and resonates today in a big way. Steven Levenson’s play satirizes the grandiosity of Vietnam era rebellion, but the need to “do something” reverberates in the Trump 2.0 era. DD: My Democrat superiors who were veterans blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/11/11/days-of-rage-steven-levenson-play-1960s-donald-trump-no-kings
DAILY HERALD
— Taxes, sanctuary status and electability key issues in GOP gubernatorial joust. DD: If I was still the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and if I was still on the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee, the organizations would still be hosting candidate debates.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251111/illinois-state-politics/taxes-sanctuary-status-and-electability-key-issues-in-gop-gubernatorial-joust/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Buoyed by a raucous Kane County crowd, Republican candidates in the Illinois gubernatorial primary race debated taxes, crime and electability Monday. The governor hopefuls at the Kane County Republican Organization forum in West Dundee comprised Ted Dabrowski and James Mendrick. Also speaking was lieutenant governor candidate Aaron Del Mar, representing his running mate Darren Bailey. Asked what the single most important change they’d make if elected, Mendrick honed in on a campaign theme. “The sanctuary state — that is my No. 1 change,” said Mendrick, who is DuPage County sheriff. “For years, (President) Biden’s open borders policy let people in relentlessly. We have a secondary population being laid on a primary population; there is no way we can afford this.” Del Mar, the Cook County Republican Party Chair, advocated for lowering property taxes and ending cronyism in state government. “We need to get all the patronage jobs out of here,” the Palatine resident said. Dabrowski, a Wilmette resident and former president of media/research company Wirepoints, said the GOP needs more “principled leadership” and criticized Republican lawmakers who voted for tax and gas hikes. “We will never be able to have a proper Republican brand if we’re not consistent,” he said. Talking points. Dabrowski told the suburban audience the biggest thing they have to think about is who can beat Pritzker in 2026. “I supported Darren Bailey last time strongly. But we know in the end, they fell short, largely up here,” he said. Bailey unsuccessfully ran against Pritzker in 2022. Del Mar ran as lieutenant governor on a ticket with Gary Rabine. “Experience matters,” Del Mar said, referring to Bailey’s time as a state lawmaker and local elected official. “Darren has prayed and he’s thought about all the things he did wonderfully (in 2022). But then he went and studied all the things he did wrong.” Meanwhile, Mendrick emphasized “we need to go back to the definition of a minor, which means under 18 years of age and make it illegal to discuss sex with kids. And that means (no) porn in libraries and schools.” “We need to come back to American principles. We need to bring back God and the nuclear family.” Reducing crime. Asked about crime and safety, Del Mar criticized the Illinois TRUST Act, which prohibits law enforcement agencies from assisting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, with some exceptions. “Every time we have a felon that we find out is illegal, after they get arrested and they do their time and they get released, we can’t notify federal law enforcement to take them away,” Del Mar said. Mendrick suggested “let’s start with respecting and treating our law enforcement like the heroes they are.” He also noted his longtime opposition to the state’s SAFE-T Act, which ended cash bail. “How about all felonies stay in jail?” Mendrick said. “How about multiple repeat offenders for misdemeanors stay in jail — you don’t need to worry about money now, that solves it really easily.” Dabrowski called Illinois’ sanctuary state stance “extreme.” “In Florida, if they find a bad guy, an illegal immigrant bad guy, do you know what they do? The local authorities take the guy, put him in handcuffs, and hand him right over to the federal authorities. Problem solved. No chaos. Just done,” he said. Economic concerns Candidates also dug into Illinois’ economy and pension debt. “Property taxes are the biggest complaint everywhere I go,” Dabrowski said. He touted his abilities to make DOGE-like cuts, and singled out the high salaries for school superintendents. “We need to move to 401(k)s for all new government workers,” he added. Mendrick supported giving municipalities a greater share of the state’s Local Government Distributive Fund and advocated for a mobile 401(k) pension system. “If you quit or go somewhere else, you can take your pension with you,” he said. “That may be attractive enough to replace the existing pension system.” Del Mar countered that many firefighters, police officers and downstate teachers are Republicans. “Telling them you’re going to take their pensions away is not a good way of getting them to vote for you,” he said. “We need to look at ways to grow Illinois. We want to expand and grow the economy and lessen the burden of debt and taxes,” Del Mar added. The other Republicans in the race are Broadview resident Gregg Moore; video gambling business owner Rick Heidner of Barrington Hills; Joseph Severino of Lake Forest; and Max Solomon of Hazel Crest.)
— ‘It reminds us why we fight’: Bailey presses on after loss of son, grandkids in crash
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251111/illinois-state-politics/it-reminds-us-why-we-fight-bailey-presses-on-after-loss-of-son-grandkids-in-crash/
— Lawsuit: Downers Grove Park District’s free-speech zone illegal
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251111/news/lawsuit-downers-grove-park-districts-free-speech-zone-illegal/
— New Trump directive could deny more visas based on applicants’ health and finances
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251111/nation-and-world-politics/new-trump-directive-could-deny-more-visas-based-on-applicants-health-and-finances/
RIVER BENDER
— Don Tracy: Democrats’ Attack on Durbin’s Vote to End Shutdown Proves They Answer to Extremists, Not Illinoisans
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/don-tracy-democrats-attack-on-durbins-vote-to-end-shutdown-proves-they-answer-to-extremists-not-illinoisans-88123.cfm
— Duckworth Renews Push to Help Protect Servicemembers and Veterans from Deportation
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/duckworth-renews-push-to-help-protect-servicemembers-and-veterans-from-deportation-88120.cfm
WQAD
— Durbin defends shutdown deal; Illinois Democrats push back over lost leverage and higher health costs
https://www.wqad.com/article/news/politics/illinois-politics/durbin-defends-shutdown-deal-illinois-democrats-push-back-over-lost-leverage-and-higher-health-costs/63-920a829f-4b07-4a0b-bcf3-d3a976d1b259
ELMHURST PATCH
— Elmhurst Official Confronts Conservative At ICE Protest
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/elmhurst-official-confronts-conservative-ice-protest
BLOCK CLIUB CHICAGO
— Officials Gather In Little Village For Show Of ‘Strength’ After Border Chief’s Threat To Return To Area
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/11/officials-gather-in-little-village-for-show-of-strength-after-border-chiefs-threat-to-return-to-neighborhood/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Biss Releases Poll Showing Him Firmly in First Place
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/11/biss-releases-poll-showing-him-firmly-in-first-place/
— Tracy Checks GOP Primary Opponents’ Petitions, Finds Some Deficient, Declines To Challenge Them
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/11/tracy-checks-gop-primary-opponents-petitions-finds-some-deficient-declines-to-challenge-them/
— Two Attacks on Petitions of Only Male Running to Replace DeWitte
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/11/two-attacks-on-petitions-of-only-male-running-to-replace-dewitte/
— Petitions for Two Republicans Challenging Foster for Congress Challenged
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/11/petitions-for-two-republicans-challenging-foster-for-congress-challenged/
— Bailey Posts Video Saying He Is Staying in the Race for Governor
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/11/bailey-posts-video-saying-he-is-staying-in-the-race-for-governor/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Fix immigration policy to rid the U.S. of enemies
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/11/fix-immigration-policy-rid-us-enemies/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— From ‘leverage’ to lies, Democrats were always responsible for shutdown suffering
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3882362/democrats-leverage-government-shutdown-political-agenda/
— Days after his election, Mamdani is already asking ‘the people’ for money. DD: My critics/opponents are furious that I have the money, time, ability, experience, and motivation needed to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and send them out free of charge, with no advertising, and with no donation requests.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3882258/zohran-mamdani-already-asking-people-for-money/
COLLEGE FIX
— University of Illinois to rename DEI office but says mission will be the same
https://www.thecollegefix.com/u-illinois-to-rename-dei-office-but-says-mission-will-be-the-same/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— Justice Department says it’s investigating “violent riots” at UC Berkeley Turning Point USA event. DD: If I had been involved in Republican politics, the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966 would not have hired me, the Democrats who ran IRS in 1971 would not have hired me, and the Democrats who ran GAO in 1980 would not have hired me.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/doj-investigating-violent-riots-uc-berkeley-turning-point-usa-event/
— The voters Mamdani added to the Democratic coalition in New York
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cbs-news-analysis-the-voters-mamdani-added-to-the-democratic-coalition-in-new-york/
November 8, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Shots fired at Border Patrol agents during immigration operation in Little Village
https://abc7chicago.com/post/little-village-shooting-today-shots-fired-border-patrol-agents-during-chicago-immigration-op-26th-kedzie-dhs-says/18130724/
— Vance hopes his Hindu wife converts to Christianity, sparking debate on interfaith marriage
https://abc7chicago.com/post/turning-point-usa-event-vice-president-jd-vance-says-he-hopes-hindu-wife-usha-chilukuri-converts-christianity/18130419/
— DD: Democrat leaders signal no shutdown compromise with Republican leaders.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/2025-government-shutdown-update-donald-trump-signals-no-compromise-democrats-aca-subsidies-amid-us-senate-weekend-session/18130662/
— More than 900 flights nationwide canceled Saturday
https://abc7chicago.com/post/flight-cancellations-today-more-700-flights-canceled-saturday-faa-limits-capacity-amid-government-shutdown-2025/18129798/
— Aurora Washington Middle School teacher Jessica Bergmann charged with sexual assault of former student in Wheaton
https://abc7chicago.com/post/aurora-washington-middle-school-teacher-jessica-bergmann-charged-sexual-assault-former-student-wheaton-officials-say/18131091/
— DD: Soon, under the Democrats, everyone in Chicago will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-area-groups-helping-neighbors-need-illinois-snap-benefits-lapse-funding-order-blocked-supreme-court-justice/18131076/
NBC5
— Shots fired at federal agents during immigration enforcement in Little Village
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/shots-fired-at-federal-agents-during-immigration-enforcement-in-little-village-dhs/3849206/
— Ground stop issued at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport due to air traffic control staffing issues
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/ground-stop-issued-at-chicagos-ohare-airport-due-to-air-traffic-control-staffing-issues/3849151/
CBS2
— Shots fired at Border Patrol agents on Chicago’s West Side
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/shots-fired-at-border-patrol-agents-on-chicagos-west-side-dhs-says/
— FAA union workers picketing at O’Hare Airport amid government shutdown, flight reductions
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/faa-union-picketing-ohare-airport-government-shutdown/
FOX32
— Veterans Day 2025 deals: Where Veterans can get free meals and discounts
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/veterans-day-2025-deals-where-veterans-can-get-free-meals-discounts
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DHS reports shots fired at immigration agents in Little Village as residents confront Bovino, Border Patrol
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/08/community-members-confront-bovino/
— Inside Chicago’s growing resistance movement against Operation Midway Blitz: ‘Small acts have huge consequences’
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/08/chicago-immigration-ice-resistance/
— Democrats seize on the Trump administration’s efforts to fight federal food aid payments. DD: My critics/opponents paint themselves as being protectors of those who have less money than others and those who are minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, those who are in America illegally, etc. According to them, those who not the aforesaid cause all the problems that the aforesaid have.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/08/democrats-federal-food-aid-payments/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Report of shots fired at federal agents during immigration enforcement in Little Village under investigation
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/11/08/operation-midway-blitz-little-village-chicago-alleged-shots-fired
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/11/07/after-ice-detained-her-husband-albany-park-mom-juggles-care-for-3-kids-including-son-with-autism-newborn
— DD: Soon, under the Democrats, everyone in Chicago will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago/2025/10/29/where-to-find-chicago-area-food-pantries-if-snap-goes-away
— DD: In defense of my ancestors, they all immigrated legally from what is now Germany during the 1840s and 1850s. They always lived in northeast Illinois. On my father’s side, they worked in a brick factory in Chicago 1844-1854 and then homesteaded a farm in southeast Crete Township. On my mother’s side, they sharecropped a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/11/08/european-immigrants-open-borders-brown-black-trump-maga-ice-alden-loury
DAILY HERALD
— Can suburbs, counties enforce ICE bans on government property? Some say no. DD: I enforced federal tax laws as an IRS Revenue Officer for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year. Key Powers of IRS Revenue Officers include a) issuing levies to legally seize assets, including funds in bank accounts, wages, retirement funds, and accounts receivable and b) seizing and selling personal and business property to satisfy the tax debt. I did all of the aforesaid and I was not required to have a judicial warrant to do it.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251108/news/can-suburbs-counties-enforce-ice-bans-on-government-property-some-say-no/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: But as signs go up warning federal agents, questions remain about the enforceability of measures aimed at keeping U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents off public property. In DuPage County, some board members asked the state’s attorney’s office to weigh in on the enforceability of signs placed at the entrances to the county campus last week. The signs read “DuPage County Property. Immigration Enforcement Only With Judicial Warrant.” “Just to be clear. These signs have no legal binding,” DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick, a Republican candidate for governor, posted on his social media page. “Please don’t let DuPage County theatrics create the expectation that any law enforcement agency will have any legal authority to enforce the message displayed on this sign.” . . . A spokesman for the DuPage County state’s attorney’s office said Friday that the county can declare certain areas private or limited to employee-use only. However, there are no legal consequences the county can impose for disregarding the signs.)
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise Mamdani. They hope he will succeed in getting rid of Republicans who are the following once and for all: conservative, White, male, older, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251108/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-the-new-york-mayoral-election-is-historic-yes-but-early-reads-on-its-implica/
— DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrats will ever-increasingly call Republicans fascists
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251108/letters-to-the-editor/proud-of-ancestors-who-were-antifa/
WGN RADIO
— Make your college and career choice with confidence. DD: Choosing your undergraduate major is extremely important. I should have chosen accounting. I erroneously thought that I could never pass the CPA examination. I did not start taking graduate evening accounting courses until I was 27. I did not take and pass the CPA examination on my first attempt until I was 30. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31. I did not take and pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt until I was 32. I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32. By then, it was too late. The accounting profession viewed me as being too old to have a successful career in accounting. On top of that, the profession was under tremendous pressure to hire young minorities and young females.
https://wgnradio.com/jobs/career-vision/make-your-college-and-career-choice-with-confidence/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Pritzker’s People Snag Some SNAP Benefits
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/08/pritzkers-people-snag-some-snap-benefits/
— Hampshire Township Wants 15+%Tax Hike
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/08/hampshire-township-wants-15tax-hike/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump says U.S. won’t attend G20 in South Africa, cites treatment of White farmers. DD: South African refugees should be advised that Democrat and RINO leaders will do everything that they can to destroy them.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/7/trump-says-us-wont-attend-g20-south-africa-cites-treatment-white/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Trump administration has maintained that the South African government has allowed the attacks and persecution of White Afrikaner farmers. He granted refugee status to the minority Afrikaners who fled South Africa earlier this year, with a group arriving in May.)
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Conservatives beware: Socialism isn’t to be mocked, but feared
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/3880209/conservatives-beware-socialism-isnt-to-be-mocked-but-feared/
— Congress demands Columbia University cut ties with China
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3878467/congress-demands-columbia-university-cut-china-ties/
NEW YORK POST
— Mamdani’s wife Rama Duwaji uses her art to rage against US ‘imperialism’ and ‘Israeli war crimes’
https://nypost.com/2025/11/08/us-news/zohran-mamdanis-wife-rama-duwaji-outspoken-against-us-imperialism/
— Mamdani’s agenda to be embraced by increasingly woke City Council as progressive members surge
https://nypost.com/2025/11/08/us-news/dems-tighten-grip-on-nyc-following-mamdanis-mayoral-victory-and-majority-gains-in-city-council/
— Here’s the Democratic Socialists of America’s demands to Zohran Mamdani for how to lead an Israel-hating NYC
https://nypost.com/2025/11/08/us-news/heres-the-democratic-socialists-of-americas-demands-to-mamdani-for-how-to-lead-an-israel-hating-nyc/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Democratic Socialists of America’s Big Apple chapter will push Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani to implement a virulently anti-Israel agenda, leaked documents show. Included in the NYC-DSA’s “Anti-War Working Group” list of a dozen “demands” for the incoming mayor is an end to all city contracts with companies doing business with Israel, and withdrawing all funds from banks lending money to the Jewish state, according to a planning document first exposed by Just The News. The five-page screed was distributed at the group’s Nov. 2 public meeting, and reveals the DSA’s NYC chapter has been plotting since at least late September on how to best to ensure the pro-Palestine, Israel-hating Mamdani fully supports its anti-Israel agenda once he’s sworn in as mayor in January — and doesn’t buckle to political pressure. Other demands include: Divesting city pensions from Israeli bonds and securities. Banning Israeli products from the city-run grocery stores Mamdani wants to open. Investigating real estate agents “hosting illegal sales of stolen lands in the West Bank.” Stripping tax-exempt nonprofit status from entities that raise funds for the Israel Defense Forces. End the NYPD’s training with Israeli Occupation Forces. Arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and active IDF soldiers for “war crimes” if they enter the Big Apple. Dismantle an NYC-Israel Economic Council formed by outgoing Mayor Adams. “Well at least the DSA mask is off,” said state Assemblyman Kalman Yeger, a conservative Brooklyn Democrat and Orthodox Jew. “This was never about affordability, free buses or anything else. This was always about Jew hatred. “With every municipal issue facing New York City’s government, the DSA doesn’t care about the state of our schools, streets, parks, subways, city budget or anything else. They care about Israel — Israel and only Israel. “At least now they can stop trying to deny their antisemitism; most New Yorkers aren’t stupid,” said Yeger. Mamdani — a longtime supporter of the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement whose father Mahmood Mamdani sits on advisory group that routinely accuses the Jewish state of committing “genocide” – condemned antisemitism on the campaign trail while meeting with some Jewish leaders to drum up political support.)
— New Yorkers flock to food banks as government shutdown hits SNAP, causes airport chaos
https://nypost.com/2025/11/08/us-news/trump-urges-republicans-to-end-obamacare-send-funds-straight-to-the-people-as-govt-shutdown-drags-on/
— Democrats betting that Americans won’t wise up to their shutdown games
https://nypost.com/2025/11/08/opinion/democrats-bet-americans-wont-wise-up-to-shutdown-games/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Uncontrolled immigration has pushed America toward third-world status
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/11/uncontrolled_immigration_has_pushed_america_toward_third_world_status.html
BLAZE
— Socialism’s endgame is America itself
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/levintv/from-new-york-to-the-nation-mark-levin-warns-that-socialisms-endgame-is-america-itself
BREITBART
— Shots Fired at Border Patrol in Chicago After Officials Lie About Daycare ‘Abduction’
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2025/11/08/shots-fired-at-border-patrol-in-chicago-after-officials-lie-about-daycare-abduction/amp/
DAILY CALLER
— Democrat Governors Use State Websites To Spread Shutdown Lies
https://www.aol.com/news/democrat-governors-state-websites-spread-161128975.html
DAILY WIRE
— ‘The Violence Must End’: Man Opens Fire On Border Patrol Agents In Chicago, Chaos Erupts. Attacks on immigration authorities have dramatically increased since President Trump took office this term.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-violence-must-end-man-opens-fire-on-border-patrol-agents-in-chicago-chaos-erupts
FOX NEWS
— Jewish New Yorkers raise concerns of antisemitism following Zohran Mamdani’s win
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6384839755112
NEWSMAX
— Dershowitz to Newsmax: Mamdani ‘Enemy of America’
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/mamdani-dershowitz-nyc/2025/11/08/id/1233757/
— Federal Judge: Chicago’s Warrantless ICE Arrests Unlawful. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.newsmax.com/us/chicago-ice-dhs/2025/10/09/id/1229686/
POST MILLENNIAL
— Mamdani’s ‘day 1’ promise: to confiscate privately owned buildings if owners don’t pay big fines, make assessed repairs
https://thepostmillennial.com/mamdanis-day-1-promise-to-confiscate-privately-owned-buildings-if-owners-dont-pay-big-fines-make-assessed-repairs
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— Latino voters swing toward Democrats in 2025 after Trump’s 2024 historic gains
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/latino-voters-swing-toward-democrats-in-2025-after-trumps-2024-historic-gains/
— Backlash erupts at Heritage Foundation after leader defends Tucker Carlson’s interview with white nationalist Nick Fuentes
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/heritage-foundation-kevin-roberts-tucker-carlson-interview-nick-fuentes/
WASHINGTON POST
— Mamdani drops the mask. The mayor-elect divides New Yorkers into two groups: the oppressed and their oppressors. DD: My critics/opponents paint themselves as being oppressed or as being protectors of the oppressed. According to them, those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time oppress those who are liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/11/08/zohran-mamdani-class-warfare-new-york-mayor/
USA TODAY
— DD: Mamdani got elected by shouting at those who are liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time that they are oppressed by those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/07/how-zohran-mamdani-won-nyc-mayor/86580734007/
— DD: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/11/07/trump-affordability-democrats-mamdani-cost-living/87128348007/
POLITICO
— Poll: Here’s who Democrats think is their leader. DD: Who leads conservatives nationwide, in Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district?
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/07/poll-leader-democrats-00633577
(Kamala Harris 16.1%, Chuck Schumer 7.7%, Hakeem Jeffries 7.4%, Barack Obama 7.4%, Gavin Newsom 6.2%, Joe Biden 4.4%)
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
JERUSALEM POST
— There is no moderate form of Islam
https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-873159
TIMES
— Mamdani v Trump: the battle of New York is just beginning. Republicans and Democrats alike may relish a showdown to see if the mayor is a success or a disaster. Either way, the row will keep their core vote happy. DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrats and RINOs will ever-increasingly side with Mamdani against Trump on everything.
https://www.thetimes.com/us/american-politics/article/zohran-mamdani-trump-nyc-mayor-democrats-n92wbxzz8
TIMES OF INDIA
— Mamdani’s wife Rama Duwaji faces fire over her ‘Israeli war crimes’ artwork: ‘Mourns deaths of terrorists’
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/zohran-mamdani-s-wife-rama-duwaji-faces-fire-over-her-israeli-war-crimes-artwork-mourns-deaths-of-terrorists/ar-AA1Q3Trk
GUARDIAN
— DD: Mamdani got elected by shouting at those who are liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time that they are oppressed by those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/commentisfree/2025/nov/08/zohran-mamdani-win-non-voters
November 6, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Gettleman issues temporary restraining order against DHS for Broadview ICE facility conditions. DD: When my lawsuit against GAO was transferred from Washington DC to Chicago in 2000, it was initially assigned to Gettleman. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-ice-news-judge-set-decide-not-issue-tro-broadview-facility/18115674/
— O’Hare, Midway among airports to have capacity reduced by FAA due to government shutdown
https://abc7chicago.com/post/national-airspace-system-status-chicagos-ohare-midway-among-airports-have-flight-capacity-reduced-faa-due-shutdown/18119855/
SOUTHERN
— Dabrowski campaigns in Marion, calls for lower taxes and local control
https://thesouthern.com/news/dabrowski-campaigns-in-marion-calls-for-lower-taxes-and-local-control/article_50c9bd71-4163-5943-bc19-47d83b865551.html
FOX ILLINOIS
— Amid A-list celebrities’ accusations that Israel is committing “genocide and apartheid” in Gaza, Paramount has reportedly created a “blacklist” of actors and actresses, determined to be “overly antisemitic,” “xenophobic,” or “homophobic.”
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/paramount-accused-of-blacklisting-stars-over-israel-comments-as-ellison-takes-charge-david-ellison-skydance
WGLT
— Trump administration announces 16th deadly strike on drug boats
https://www.wglt.org/2025-11-05/trump-administration-announces-16th-deadly-strike-on-an-alleged-drug-boat
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— ICE roils in courtroom — and classroom
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/11/06/ice-roils-in-courtroom-and-classroom-00639464
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— When Culture Overrules Christ: What the Virginia Election Reveals About the Black Church
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/blog/2025/11/05/when-culture-overrules-christ-what-the-virginia-election-reveals-about-the-black-church
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly have their operatives and their dupes glorify and praise their illegals. To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— State Pays $500,000 Apiece for Forty Rental Homes in Madison County
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/06/state-pays-500000-apiece-for-forty-rental-homes-in-madison-county/
— McLaughlin on Explains False Premises of Needing Mass Transit Bailout
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/06/mclaughlin-on-explains-false-premises-of-needing-mass-transit-bailout/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Clocks and soap: Gettleman orders ICE to improve conditions at controversial Chicago-area facility
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/5/judge-orders-ice-improve-conditions-controversial-chicago-area/
— Democrats brace for midterm civil war as ‘old guard’ leaders put on notice. Zohran Mamdani, AOC, Bernie Sanders promise generational and ideological revolution in the Democratic Party.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/6/democrats-brace-midterm-civil-war-old-guard-leaders-put-notice/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— ‘Socialism Is Not a Dirty Word Anymore’: Zohran Mamdani’s Victory Emboldens the Far Left. ‘This is a country that defeated the USSR, unfortunately,’ streamer Hasan Piker said alongside AOC, Jamaal Bowman, and Mehdi Hasan at Mamdani’s victory party. DD: My critics/opponents promote socialism. They blame their problems on capitalism.
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/socialism-is-not-a-dirty-word-anymore-zohran-mamdanis-victory-emboldens-the-far-left/
NEW YORK POST
— NYC Democratic Socialists of America ‘army’ takes credit for Zohran Mamdani’s win, declares it ‘a clear mandate for a Democratic socialist agenda’
https://nypost.com/2025/11/05/us-news/nyc-dsa-army-takes-credit-for-zohran-mamdanis-win-declares-it-a-clear-mandate-for-a-democratic-socialist-agenda/
— Parents began planning to take their kids out of NYC schools minutes after Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral win. DD: My parents sending me Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools put me on track to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license.
https://nypost.com/2025/11/05/us-news/families-are-fleeing-nyc-private-schools-following-mamdani-victory-competing-for-coveted-miami-spots/
— Florida sheriff invites New Yorkers looking to flee city after Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral election win: ‘Beginning of a new life’ DD: What percent of those who flee New York for Florida to escape Democrat socialism will vote for Democrats in Florida? Overwhelmingly, those who fled Chicago for DuPage County to escape Democrat poverty and crime vote for Democrats in DuPage County.
https://nypost.com/2025/11/06/us-news/florida-sheriff-invites-new-yorkers-to-move-after-zohran-mamdani-nyc-mayoral-election/
— Rich New Yorkers freaking out after Zohran Mamdani’s win — but escape options are limited. DD: What percent of those who flee New York for Florida to escape Democrat socialism will vote for Democrats in Florida? Overwhelmingly, those who fled Chicago for DuPage County to escape Democrat poverty and crime vote for Democrats in DuPage County.
https://nypost.com/2025/11/05/business/rich-new-yorkers-freaking-out-after-zohran-mamdanis-win/
— Eric Trump calls Zohran Mamdani ‘crazy,’ says ‘we cannot allow’ socialism to spread countrywide at Turning Point USA event. DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO leaders will ever-increasingly use Mamdani’s election to push more socialism.
https://nypost.com/2025/11/05/us-news/eric-trump-calls-zohran-mamdani-crazy-says-we-cannot-allow-socialism-to-spread-countrywide-at-turning-point-usa-event/
— Kirsten Fleming: No, I’m not leaving NYC because we have a socialist mayor — and neither should you. DD: I should write about all the things that Democrats and RINOs have done to get those who share my demographics to leave Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, my school district, and my precinct. But my ancestors have lived in Illinois since 1854 and I have lived in DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and my school district since 1978 and in my precinct since 1984.
https://nypost.com/2025/11/05/opinion/no-im-not-leaving-nyc-because-we-have-a-socialist-mayor/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: I work here — and for a great New York City publication. Dispatches on subway safety and city life don’t work as well from, say, a couch in West Virginia. (AI told me they have the cheapest housing prices.) The Big Apple is my home. I spent much of my childhood here and have lived in Manhattan for more than two decades. Most of my immediate and extended family are here. Every Sunday we gather in my aunt’s downtown apartment for family dinner. I don’t fly home for Thanksgiving or Christmas. I take the F train to my cousin’s house in Brooklyn. My family has been here for generations. Heck, my paternal grandmother was even stabbed here in 1961. (She survived, thankfully, and moved to a safer neighborhood in The Bronx. But you get the point: This isn’t a causal relationship.) Many tourists might see the city as merely a backdrop to film social media content or catch a Broadway show. But it’s also a place to maintain roots and raise families. And, yes, struggle to survive. I truly worry that, under Mamdani, our city — which is still emerging from its pandemic stupor — will be pulled back into an abyss of chaos and crime. I fret that businesses which no longer need to be here to remain competitive will leave and take loads of tax dollars — and jobs — with them. I also pray that Albany will spoil Mamdani’s plans for grabbing other people’s money. If all the sensible people flee, we are just handing over the keys to Mamdani — the pretty face of an ugly movement. He is a Trojan horse for the Democratic Socialists of America and their pernicious anti-Western agenda. His very dark victory speech, in which he lectured us on Islamophobia and boasted about big government, was chilling. Data shows loads of young, educated transplants voted for Mamdani — because of his pie-in-the-sky promises to freeze rents and deliver them all the trappings of success for a discounted price. If you believe that, I have a bridge to sell. . .But back to New York City: This place has taken beatings from fiscal mismanagement, rampant crime, disorder, feckless politicians, pandemics and Islamic terrorists. Now we have another foe: a smiling socialist. We must proceed boldly, with common sense and grit. And not cede this great city out of fear.)
BLAZE
— NYC’s socialist mayor will trigger a mass exodus of wealth
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/the-glenn-beck-program/mamdani-exodus
BREITBART
— Chicago Activists Cry Victim as They Harass Immigration Officers
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/11/05/watch-chicago-activists-cry-victim-as-they-harass-immigration-officers/amp/
— DeSantis Jokes If Florida Should Impose Tariffs on Fleeing New Yorkers or Build a Wall
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/11/05/gov-desantis-asks-if-florida-should-impose-tariffs-fleeing-new-yorkers-or-build-wall/amp/
— Muslim Socialist Zohran Mamdani Lies in Post-Election Interview, Says Trump Is Cutting SNAP Benefits
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/11/05/muslim-socialist-zohran-mamdani-lies-in-post-election-interview-says-trump-is-cutting-snap-benefits/amp/
— Gettleman orders better conditions at ICE detention site near Chicago
https://www.breitbart.com/news/judge-orders-better-conditions-at-ice-detention-site-near-chicago/amp/
— Trump Warns Socialist Mamdani Off to ‘Bad Start’ After Challenging Him in Victory Speech
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/11/05/trump-warn-mamdani-off-bad-start/
— Quigley Lies About Arrest of Illegal Alien at Chicago-Area Pre-School
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2025/11/05/ice-illinois-rep-lies-about-arrest-of-illegal-alien-at-chicago-area-pre-school/
CENTER SQUARE
— ICE, OK officers arrest 70 foreign nationals, half illegally driving semi-trucks. Those arrested from 15 countries, can’t read English. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. Noncitizens work for less money and are easier to exploit.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/oklahoma/article_18283fdc-c965-45d2-ba5b-dd2345010e4f.html
DAILY CALLER
— ICE’s Newest Illegal Trucker Crackdown Nets Wide Cast Of Characters From Across The World. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. Noncitizens work for less money and are easier to exploit.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/11/05/ice-busts-illegal-truckers-in-oklahoma/
— ‘Angry Mamdani’: Socialist Mayor-To-Be Braces For Harsh Reality Check
https://dailycaller.com/2025/11/06/zohran-mamdani-mayor-victory-speech-andrew-cuomo-analysts/
FOX BUSINESS
— Trump calls Miami a ‘refuge’ for those fleeing NYC ‘communism’ under new Mamdani leadership. President warns of ‘economic nightmare’ as 34-year-old democratic socialist wins Big Apple mayoral contest. DD: What percent of those who flee New York for Miami to escape Democrat socialism will vote for Democrats in Florida? Overwhelmingly, those who fled Chicago for DuPage County to escape Democrat poverty and crime vote for Democrats in DuPage County.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/trump-calls-miami-refuge-those-fleeing-nyc-communism-under-new-mamdani-leadership
— NYC election fears drive $100M+ Florida real estate surge as ‘nervous’ New Yorkers flee south. Miami developer reports twice last year’s volume from New York buyers concerned about Mamdani’s platform. DD: What percent of those who flee New York for Florida to escape Democrat socialism will vote for Democrats in Florida? Overwhelmingly, those who fled Chicago for DuPage County to escape Democrat poverty and crime vote for Democrats in DuPage County.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/nyc-election-fears-drive-100m-florida-real-estate-surge-nervous-new-yorkers-flee-south.amp
FOX NEWS
— Trump cites 2 reasons for GOP losses as Mamdani, Sherrill and Spanberger soar to victory
https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/2025-election-day-results
— Princeton hit with scathing federal complaint calling for probe into ‘unsafe’ and ‘unlawful’ DEI agenda
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/top-university-hit-with-scathing-federal-complaint-calling-for-probe-into-unsafe-and-unlawful-dei-agenda.amp
FOX NEWS RADIO
— Democrats Are Now the Party of Socialists and Would-Be Assassins
https://radio.foxnews.com/2025/11/05/democrats-are-now-the-party-of-socialists-and-would-be-assassins/
JUDICIAL WATCH
— Judicial Watch Sues Illinois Gov. Pritzker for Records on ‘Safe Haven’ for Texas Democrat Lawmakers
https://www.judicialwatch.org/judicial-watch-sues-illinois-gov-pritzker-for-records/
NEW AMERICAN
— Mamdani: NYC Will Arrest ICE Agents. City in Danger of Trespassing Multiple Federal Laws.
https://thenewamerican.com/us/immigration/mamdani-nyc-will-arrest-ice-agents-city-in-danger-of-trespassing-multiple-federal-laws/
— Stopping the Bleeding: Time for a Moratorium on Immigration?
https://thenewamerican.com/us/immigration/stopping-the-bleeding-time-for-a-moratorium-on-immigration/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Morris, an America-first candidate running for the Senate in Kentucky, begins by mentioning Joe Biden’s open-border policy. This policy was calculated and has resulted perhaps 20 million illegals (maybe more) squatting in the United States today. Morris points out, too, that these people are unvetted — unknown quantities. Despite this, he writes, now: “Americans are forced to compete even more with illegal immigrants for jobs and housing, to have their children share our classrooms, to wait longer at the hospital, and to even have their lawfully earned, government-funded benefits depleted because of them.” Why is this happening? Because, Morris states, our politicians have ignored the problem or, worse still, he suspects, are “insidiously” cheering it on. Actually, he doesn’t have to wonder.)
NEWSMAX
— Gettleman Orders Chicago ICE Facility to Improve Detainee Conditions
https://www.newsmax.com/us/immigration-detainees-ice/2025/11/05/id/1233410/
— 70 Illegal Aliens Arrested in Special Operation on Oklahoma Highways. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. Noncitizens work for less money and are easier to exploit.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/ice-illegal-aliens-oklahoma-highways/2025/11/05/id/1233353/
— DeSantis Asks Floridians How to Handle Fleeing New Yorkers. DD: What percent of those who flee New York for Florida to escape Democrat socialism will vote for Democrats in Florida? Overwhelmingly, those who fled Chicago for DuPage County to escape Democrat poverty and crime vote for Democrats in DuPage County.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/florida-ron-desantis-zohran-mamdani/2025/11/05/id/1233380/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— House Republicans launch battleground ad blitz tying Democrats to Mamdani
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5591149-republican-blitz-democrats-mamdani/amp/
CBS NEWS
— Democrats sweep key races in 2025 elections in early referendum on Trump
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/election-day-2025-voting-results/
— Gettleman Judge issues temporary restraining order dictating conditions inside Broadview ICE facility
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/judge-temporary-restraining-order-issued-broadview-ice-facility/
— Pope Leo calls for “deep reflection” on treatment of migrants. Amid hearings about the conditions at the Broadview ICE facility, Pope Leo called for “deep reflection” on the treatment of migrants.
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/news/pope-leo-deep-reflection-migrants-broadview-ice-facility-communion/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/pope-leo-calls-for-deep-reflection-on-treatment-of-migrants/
AOL
— Here’s How Each Generation Defines the American Dream in 2025: Can They Afford It? DD: When I was young, I had the American Dream. That motivated me to take college preparatory courses in high school, get an ACT score of 24, graduate in the upper 20% of my class, work my way through college, earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, earn three job-related master’s degrees, earn six job-related professional certifications, and earn a job-related professional license. But if I was young today, because of my demographics, I doubt that I would have the American Dream. I doubt that I could find the motivation to do what I did. Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who share my demographics.
https://www.aol.com/generation-defines-american-dream-2025-150114141.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— Gettleman Imposes Restrictions on ICE Facility at Center of Illinois Protests. After detainees described squalid conditions at the detention site, a judge ordered the government to provide showers, water, clean toilets and access to lawyers.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/us/judge-chicago-ice-facility-conditions.html
— Republicans Swiftly File Lawsuit in Bid to Block California’s New House Maps. Republicans asked a federal court to block newly approved maps in California that were designed to flip as many as five House seats for Democrats.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/us/republicans-lawsuit-california-redistricting-maps.html
— Mamdani Won. South Florida Expects a Real Estate Bump. Some brokers and developers in the region are waiting eagerly to see if the election of a democratic socialist will drive more wealthy New Yorkers south. DD: What percent of those who flee New York for Florida to escape Democrat socialism will vote for Democrats in Florida? Overwhelmingly, those who fled Chicago for DuPage County to escape Democrat poverty and crime vote for Democrats in DuPage County.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/us/south-florida-real-estate-mamdani.html
— DD: To get more votes from those who are minority, female, and/or younger, Democrats and RINOs blame their problems on those who are Republican, White, male, and/or older.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/opinion/women-workplace-feminism-conservative.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Republicans file lawsuit to block Prop. 50 districts. DD: How gerrymandered is your congressional district? My Illinois 3rd congressional district is horribly gerrymandered. I should write about that.
https://www.latimes.com/california/live/prop-50-california-redistricting-election-day
USA TODAY
— Mamdani shows Democrats how to win. DD: How strongly will Democrat and RINO candidates follow Mamdani’s lead nationwide, in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district?
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/usa-today-us-edition/20251106/281629606526007
— Democrats would be unwise to follow Zohran Mamdani down this socialist path
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/11/05/mamdani-political-views-democrats-election/87099018007/
— Mamdani’s historic victory will have a big impact on Democrats
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/politics/2025/11/04/mamdanis-historic-victory-will-have-a-big-impact-on-democrats/87093858007/
— Celebrating diversity, Mamdani’s election night party showcases a new coalition
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/05/zohran-mamdani-election-victory-party-showcases-new-coalition/87094744007/
— Losing a job doesn’t have to wreck your finances. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. That cut my income by 56%. In today’s dollars, my GAO salary was $153,151/year and my Civil Service Retirement System pension is $66,780/year. That is, my income is $86,371/year (56%) less. No one has ever had any sympathy for me for that loss of income for the following reasons. They believe that I was grossly overpaid and that my employee benefits were far too generous. They believe that my pension and my retirement benefits are far too generous. They despise/hate federal employees and federal retirees. They disapprove of/despise/hate my demographics, my conservatism, my fighting patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination, my suing people who they pander to, and/or my avoiding the Vietnam War draft. They envy my having three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license. They envy my wife’s income, our having no dependents, our having no debts, our having substantial retirement and other savings, the real estate we own, the vehicles we own, etc.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2025/10/31/survive-financially-lay-off/86985596007/
DESERET NEWS
— Trump celebrates capitalism following democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani’s win in NYC. ‘I’ve been fighting to turn around the catastrophe we’ve inherited to make America the best place on the planet to do business,’ Trump said.
https://www.deseret.com/u-s-world/2025/11/05/trump-american-business-forum-speech/
DAILY PENNSYLVANIAN
— DD: My critics/opponents attribute their successes to meritocracy, but attribute everyone else’s successes to their benefitting from discrimination against others.
https://www.thedp.com/article/2025/11/problem-with-meritocracy-american-exception
FLORIDA’S VOICE
— Mamdani is the new face of the Democratic Party
https://flvoicenews.com/florida-republicans-zohran-mamdani-is-the-new-face-of-the-democratic-party/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Really Was on the Ballot. The magnitude of the GOP rout is a bad sign for holding Congress in the midterms.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/2025-elections-donald-trump-gop-democrats-mikie-sherrill-abigail-spanberger-f9729d9d
— Trump Has the Legal Power to Bomb Drug Boats. But Congress can stop it by constitutional means—namely by employing the power of the purse.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-has-the-legal-power-to-bomb-drug-boats-ca93541e?mod=opinion_lead_pos8
FORBES
— ‘It Leads To The Decay Of Society’: Mike Johnson Slams Socialism And Dems Supporting Zohran Mamdani
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyEEyqOTUSI
OVERDRIVE
— ICE arrests 34 ‘illegal alien’ truck drivers in a second raid on I-40 in Oklahoma. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. Noncitizens work for less money and are easier to exploit.
https://www.overdriveonline.com/regulations/article/15771097/ice-arrests-34-illegal-alien-drivers-in-a-second-raid-on-i40-in-oklahoma
CDL LIFE
— DD: Trucking company owner defends hiring noncitizens. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. Noncitizens work for less money and are easier to exploit.
https://cdllife.com/2025/cdl-pause-for-noncitizens-is-more-about-immigration-than-actual-safety-says-bay-area-trucking-company-owner/?amp
WSJ
— Gettleman Orders ICE to Clean Up Chicago Detention Conditions. Immigrants are housed in ‘disgusting’ facility that doesn’t pass constitutional muster, judge says.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/court-orders-ice-to-clean-up-chicago-detention-conditions-4b74b1ab
FINANCIAL POST
— Forget merit — good looks will still get you ahead every time. Until legislatures expand protections to include ‘appearance,’ pretty privilege will remain alive, well and entirely lawful.
https://financialpost.com/fp-work/howard-levitt-good-looks-still-get-you-ahead
NPR
— Mamdani’s youth support goes beyond New York. For many, he’s now a national leader. DD: Mamdani is 34. He has a bachelor’s degree in African Studies. What did you accomplish by the time you were 34? My critics/opponents have always painted me as being a loser and a failure. In my defense, by the time I was 34, I had a) earned master’s degrees in business and accounting, b) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, c) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, and d) became a licensed CPA.
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/02/nx-s1-5531004/zohran-mamdani-new-york-young-voters
ATLANTIC
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly gerrymander. DD: How gerrymandered is your congressional district? My Illinois 3rd congressional district is horribly gerrymandered. I should write about that.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2025/11/trumps-gerrymandering-war-stalled/684833/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
DAILY MAIL
— America’s top banker Jamie Dimon pledges to help newly-elected socialist Zohran Mamdani
https://www.msn.com/en-ae/news/other/america-s-top-banker-jamie-dimon-pledges-to-help-newly-elected-socialist-zohran-mamdani/ar-AA1PTQ87
TELEGRAPH
— New York elites flock to Florida after Mamdani victory. Companies concerned about city’s ‘anti-business direction’ move to Miami, described as one of the ‘new Wall Streets’ DD: What percent of those who flee New York for Florida to escape Democrat socialism will vote for Democrats in Florida? Overwhelmingly, those who fled Chicago for DuPage County to escape Democrat poverty and crime vote for Democrats in DuPage County.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/2025/11/05/new-york-elites-florida-mamdani-win/
HINDUSTAN TIMES
— Mamdani’s educational background
https://www.hindustantimes.com/trending/us/zohran-mamdanis-educational-background-where-did-nyc-mayor-elect-go-to-college-101762328133696.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As per the New York Assembly website, Mamdani attended the Bronx High School of Science. He graduated from Bowdoin College with a Bachelor’s degree in African Studies. Interestingly, both his parents are Harvard graduates. CNN reported that Mamdani was politically active in his college years. While at Bowdoin College, he founded the institution’s chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine. He also joined Change Corps, which was a year-long training program for becoming a community organizer. However, he did not finish his term, quitting after six months. The reason for this move was his creation of a union within this organization, which, he thought, would have led to his being fired. Mamdani became a naturalized citizen in 2018, paving the way for his active involvement in politics. This has now culminated in him becoming New York’s first Muslim mayor, and one of the youngest to take that office.)
November 5, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Day care worker arrested by ICE in front of children on North Side
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-daycare-worker-rayito-de-sol-arrested-ice-front-children-witnesses-say/18116866/
— ICE plans to establish a “National Call Center” in Nashville, Tennessee, to help law enforcement track unaccompanied migrant children for potential removal, according to an agency contracting document.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-open-call-center-help-track-migrant-children-removal/18118204/
— FAA says it will cut thousands of flights a day starting Friday due to shutdown
https://abc7chicago.com/post/flight-capacity-will-reduced-10-40-major-airports-faa/18117745/
NBC5
— Teacher pulled out of Chicago daycare by armed ICE agents, alderman says. City officials and parents told NBC Chicago the federal agents took a teacher from Rayito de Sol daycare out of the building soon after it opened at 7 a.m.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/teacher-pulled-out-of-chicago-daycare-by-armed-ice-agents/3847934/
— Border Patrol Chief: All agents’ uses of force in Chicago ‘more than exemplary’
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/border-patrol-chief-all-agents-uses-of-force-in-chicago-more-than-exemplary/3848113/
CBS2
— ICE agents detain teacher at Chicago daycare Rayito del Sol in North Center
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/federal-agents-chicago-daycare-preschool-teacher-detained/
FOX32
— Judge orders feds to improve conditions at Broadview ICE facility
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/judge-orders-feds-to-improve-conditions-at-broadview-ice-facility
WTTW
— Federal Judge Orders Broadview ICE Detention Center to Improve Conditions, Access to Food and Water
https://news.wttw.com/2025/11/05/federal-judge-orders-broadview-ice-detention-center-improve-conditions-access-food-and
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pope Leo XIV calls on Trump administration to allow detainees in Broadview to receive communion
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/05/pope-leo-migrants/
— Immigration agents take day care worker from inside North Center facility
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/05/daycare-worker-taken-federal-agents/
— Federal judge issues temporary restraining order, finding substandard conditions at Broadview immigration facility
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/05/broadview-restraining-order-ruling/
— ICE agent charged with drunken driving after shift at Broadview detention center
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/05/ice-agent-chicago-drunk-driving-charge/
— Pritzker says an Indiana remap might force Illinois to act as he celebrates Democratic wins Tuesday. DD: If you are a Republican, you should ever-increasingly take steps to protect yourself from Pritzker. Anticipate/expect that Republicans will ever-increasingly leave Illinois.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/05/gov-jb-pritzker-says-an-indiana-remap-might-force-illinois-to-act-as-he-celebrates-democratic-wins-tuesday/
— Pritzker says an Indiana remap might force Illinois to act as he celebrates Democratic wins Tuesday
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/05/gov-jb-pritzker-says-an-indiana-remap-might-force-illinois-to-act-as-he-celebrates-democratic-wins-tuesday/
— ‘The use of force was against me’: Border Patrol chief’s deposition highlights marathon hearing over use of force by immigration agents
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/05/immigration-blitz-evidence-expected-in-hearing/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Federal judge issues temporary restraining order governing conditions at Broadview ICE facility. U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman is requiring officials at the de facto detention center run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement to provide detainees with sufficient hygiene and access to lawyers and a phone, among other requirements. DD: How many have stood before Gettleman? I did in 2000 in Diersen v. GAO.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/11/05/federal-judge-issues-temporary-restraining-order-governing-conditions-at-broadview-ice-facility
DAILY HERALD
— DuPage County pays up on two overdue election-related bills
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251105/news/dupage-county-pays-up-on-two-overdue-election-related-bills/
— California Republicans sue over new US House map approved by voters
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251105/nation-and-world-politics/california-republicans-sue-over-new-us-house-map-approved-by-voters/
WMBD
— Central Illinois Congressmen receive primary challenges, state legislators do not. DD: Since 2002, my critics/opponents have unsuccessfully tried to get registered Republican voters in my precinct to challenge me.
https://wmbdradio.com/2025/11/04/central-illinois-congressmen-receive-primary-challenges-state-legislators-do-not/
OVERDRIVE
— Non-domiciled CDLs: Illinois paused all issuance/renewal in September
https://www.overdriveonline.com/regulations/article/15771040/illinois-paused-all-nondomiciled-cdl-issuancerenewal-in-september
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/11/05/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-418/
— Pritzker says if Indiana redraws its congressional districts, Illinois may follow suit
https://capitolfax.com/2025/11/05/pritzker-says-if-indiana-redraws-its-congressional-districts-illinois-may-follow-suit/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— The mainstream news media exists to elect and to reelect Democrat candidates and to defeat Republican candidates. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— As Democrats have more victories, anticipate/expect that RINOs will ever-increasingly dump Republicans. I should write about the RINOs who have dumped me. I would focus on those who I did the most to help elect and to help reelect. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Chicago Reporters Do Not Cover Themselves with Glory in False Reporting on Day Care Center Arrests
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/05/chicago-reporters-do-not-cover-themselves-with-glory-in-false-reporting-on-day-care-center-arrests/
— ICE at McHenry County Courthouse
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/05/ice-at-mchenry-county-courthouse/
— Moving to Florida. DD: What percent of those who flee New York for Florida to escape Democrat socialism will vote for Democrats in Florida? Overwhelmingly, those who fled Chicago for DuPage County to escape Democrat poverty and crime vote for Democrats in DuPage County.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/05/moving-to-florida/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Déjà Vu for Illinois Republicans: Ted Dabrowski’s Campaign Mirrors Richard Irvin’s Doomed Bid for Governor
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/11/deja-vu-for-illinois-republicans-ted-dabrowskis-campaign-mirrors-richard-irvins-doomed-bid-for-governor.html
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Schumer’s nightmare scenario: Mamdani’s win rekindles rumblings of AOC primary showdown
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/5/schumers-nightmare-scenario-mamdanis-win-rekindles-rumblings-aoc/
— Those who “like” socialism don’t know what it is. DD: Democrat leaders shout at those who have less money that they have less money because of capitalism.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/5/letter-editor-like-socialism-dont-know/
— Trump admin notches fewest border encounters with unauthorized migrants in record October. DD: The stronger that Democrat and RINO leaders had invited illegals, the more that have come. But then, America elected Trump.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/5/six-straight-months-no-catch-release-border/
— With Mamdani’s win in NYC, socialists scored a win. What do Democrats do now: Go hard left or hunt the middle?
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/5/mamdanis-win-nyc-socialists-scored-win/
— Put SNAP recipients under a microscope
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/5/put-snap-recipients-microscope/
— People are voting with their feet. New Yorkers who hate bad governance have already flocked to Texas, Florida. DD: What percent of those who flee New York for Florida and Texas to escape Democrat socialism will vote for Democrats in Florida and Texas? Overwhelmingly, those who fled Chicago for DuPage County to escape Democrat poverty and crime vote for Democrats in DuPage County.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/5/people-voting-feet/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democrats are the unquestioned party of political violence
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3876429/democrats-unquestioned-party-political-violence/
— Bad news for Republicans, warnings for both parties
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3876245/bad-news-for-republicans-warnings-for-both-parties/
— Maryland schools force gender ideology on seventh graders
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3876543/maryland-schools-force-gender-ideology-on-seventh-graders/
NEW YORK POST
— New Jersey Hispanic, Latino voters swung sharply to Mikie Sherrill –wiping out 2024 GOP gains
https://nypost.com/2025/11/05/us-news/nj-hispanic-latino-voters-swung-sharply-to-mikie-sherrill-wiping-out-2024-gop-gains-data-shows/
— Mamdani’s DSA allies are flexing power in Albany — and no corner of the state is safe
https://nypost.com/2025/11/05/opinion/mamdanis-dsa-allies-are-flexing-power-in-albany-and-no-corner-of-ny-is-safe/
AMERICAN THINKER
— The University of Chicago: Epicenter of Trump hatred
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/11/the_university_of_chicago_epicenter_of_trump_hatred.html
— Requiem For Gotham. DD: The more of the following that New Yorkers are, the faster that Mamdani will drive them out of New York: American, non-Muslim, White, male, older, non-poor, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/11/requiem_for_gotham.html
BREITBART
— What Mamdani’s Victory Reveals About America’s New Class Politics
https://link.breitbart.com/view/5d13d86afc942d626ccc80b7p80mr.1518/eb7aa52e
DAILY SIGNAL
— With Mamdani’s Win in NYC, Class Warfare Politics Have Arrived. DD: Democrat leaders shout at those who have less money that they have less money because of capitalism.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/11/05/with-mamdanis-victory-nyc-class-warfare-politics-has-arrived/
— Mamdani Win Could Make Dems the Next Whig Party
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/11/05/mayor-mamdani-and-wedge-socialism/
FOX BUSINESS
— Socialism’s deadly history is being ignored by America’s young voters. DD: Democrat leaders shout at those who have less money that they have less money because of capitalism.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6384558407112
FOX NEWS
— David Hogg calls on Dems to reignite ‘American Dream’ after Mamdani win. DD: When I was young, I had the American Dream. That motivated me to take college preparatory courses in high school, get an ACT score of 24, graduate in the upper 20% of my class, work my way through college, earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, earn three job-related master’s degrees, earn six job-related professional certifications, and earn a job-related professional license. But if I was young today, because of my demographics, I doubt that I would have the American Dream. I doubt that I could find the motivation to do what I did. Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who share my demographics.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fox-news-politics-newsletter-david-hogg-calls-dems-reignite-american-dream-after-mamdani-win
HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
— America’s welfare state has “waged a war on marriage,” trapped low-income individuals in poverty, and fostered long-term dependence on government assistance. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do everything that they can to destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://oversight.house.gov/release/hearing-wrap-up-americas-welfare-state-needs-immediate-reform/
NEWSMAX
— Newsom Wins Prop 50, Boosting Profile for 2028 Run. DD: Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering.
https://www.newsmax.com/us/gavin-newsom-california-president/2025/11/05/id/1233277/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— Mamdani’s election as New York City mayor draws global reactions ranging from celebrations and pride to anger
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/zohran-mamdani-election-mayor-new-york-global-reaction/
NEWSWEEK
— Mamdani Issues Warning to Trump Admin’s ICE Agents After NYC Mayoral Win. DD: The more of the following that New Yorkers are, the faster that Mamdani will drive them out of New York: American, non-Muslim, White, male, older, non-poor, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.newsweek.com/zohran-mamdani-ice-warning-donald-trump-new-york-10998303
NEW YORK TIMES
— Mamdani’s Top 5 Priorities as Mayor. DD: The more of the following that New Yorkers are, the faster that Mamdani will drive them out of New York: American, non-Muslim, White, male, older, non-poor, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/nyregion/zohran-mamdani-nyc-mayor-priorities-agenda.html
WSJ
— U.S. to Reduce Flight Traffic by 10% at 40 Airports Due to Shutdown. Transportation secretary says move is to relieve unpaid air-traffic controllers.
https://www.wsj.com/business/airlines/u-s-to-reduce-flight-traffic-by-10-in-40-markets-due-to-shutdown-2ce4fc4f
BEAST
— MAGA Blame Game Erupts After Republicans Suffer Nationwide Losses
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/maga-blame-game-erupts-after-republicans-suffer-nationwide-losses/ar-AA1PPoOQ
FROM OTHER SOURCES
REALTOR
— Hannity joined forces with DeSantis to urge a mass exodus from New York City to the “free state of Florida” in the wake of Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral election win. DD: What percent of those who flee New York for Florida to escape Democrat socialism will vote for Democrats in Florida? Overwhelmingly, those who fled Chicago for DuPage County to escape Democrat poverty and crime vote for Democrats in DuPage County.
https://www.realtor.com/news/trends/sean-hannity-ron-desantis-zohran-mamdani-florida-move-new-york/
November 4, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Witnesses testify to alleged unsanitary, squalid conditions inside Broadview ICE facility. Judge Robert Gettleman compared conditions at Broadview to those of a concentration camp, saying, ‘One is reminded of Auschwitz.’ DD: When my lawsuit against GAO was transferred from Washington DC to Chicago in 2000, it was initially assigned to Gettleman. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-news-lawsuit-filed-aclu-illinois-conditions-inside-broadview-facility-court-tuesday/18111176/
— Food banks see surge in demand; Trump says SNAP benefits won’t be given until after shutdown
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-says-no-snap-benefits-will-go-shutdown-ends-food-banks-pantries-see-surge-demand/18113085/
— Dolton food pantry sees surge in visitors, could run out of groceries Wednesday
https://abc7chicago.com/post/dolton-illinois-feed-deed-market-food-pantry-could-run-groceries-wednesday-government-shutdown-impacts-snap-benefits/18113727/
CBS2
— Border Patrol commander Bovino defends tactics in Chicago immigration crackdown as Trump cheers
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/border-patrol-commander-gregory-bovino-defends-migration-crackdown-tactics/
WGN9
— 2026 election to reshape Illinois congressional delegation
https://wgntv.com/news/politics/illinois-political-landscape-2026/
FOX32
— Aurora joins growing list of cities barring feds from using public property
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1735338
— Live election results in key 2025 races
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/live-election-results-key-2025-races
WTTW
— Broadview ICE Facility Lacks Beds, Showers, Adequate Food as Federal Judge Indicates Temporary Restraining Order Likely
https://news.wttw.com/2025/11/03/federal-judge-hear-evidence-after-claims-inhumane-and-unlawful-conditions-broadview-ice
— Border Patrol Official Behind Chicago Immigration Crackdown Defends Tactics as Trump Cheers
https://news.wttw.com/2025/11/04/border-patrol-official-behind-chicago-immigration-crackdown-defends-tactics-trump-cheers
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— ‘It has really become a prison’: Broadview detainees detail dirty, overcrowded facility in court
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/04/broadview-lawsuit-hearing/
— Testimony from Bovino, body-cam footage among evidence expected in hearing over use of force by immigration agents
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/04/immigration-blitz-evidence-expected-in-hearing/
— Pritzker should veto ‘right to die’ bill passed in the veto session
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/04/euthanasia-medically-assisted-suicide-right-to-die-illinois-death/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Plaintiffs’ lawyers: Bovino views protesters as ‘violent rioters,’ tells officers to ‘go hard’ against them. The allegation came in a late-night court filing Monday as attorneys representing media organizations seek to restrict the feds’ use of force during Chicago-area deportation campaign.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/public-safety/2025/11/04/plaintiffs-lawyers-bovino-views-protesters-as-violent-rioters-tells-officers-to-go-hard-against-them
— Pritzker says what the Sun-Times can’t
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/11/04/jb-pritzker-donald-trump-obscenity-cursing
DAILY HERALD
— 22 — yes, 22 — candidates running for Durbin’s Senate seat; 7 seek GOP governor nomination
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251104/illinois-state-politics/22-yes-22-candidates-running-for-durbins-senate-seat-7-seek-gop-governor-nomination/
— Bolingbrook blocks release of body camera video of ICE agents claiming they were battered
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251104/crime/bolingbrook-blocks-release-of-body-camera-video-of-ice-agents-claiming-they-were-battered/
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more hatred against ICE, that is, against Republicans.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251104/local-politics/how-are-you-protecting-us-palatine-residents-share-concerns-about-ice-with-council/
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251104/local/wheeling-prohibits-agents-from-using-village-property-to-prepare-for-immigration-enforcement-activit/
— Illinois treasurer faces no GOP challenger as 2026 primary ballots take shape
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251104/news/illinois-treasurer-faces-no-gop-challenger-as-2026-primary-ballots-take-shape/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Illinois treasurer faces no GOP challenger as 2026 primary ballots take shape
https://www.nprillinois.org/government-politics/2025-11-04/illinois-treasurer-faces-no-gop-challenger-as-2026-primary-ballots-take-shape
ILLINOIS PUBLIC MEDIA
— Republican Senate Candidate Don Tracy on Israel, ICE, and the future of MAGA and the GOP
https://will.illinois.edu/21stshow/story/u.s-senate-hopeful-don-tracy-on-israel-immigration-and-getting-support-from-gop-independent-voters
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/11/04/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-417/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CHICAGO CONTRARIAN
— Vallas: The Great Displacement
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/chicagos-great-displacement
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— McHenry County Democratic Party Precinct Committee Candidates Vastly Outnumber Republican’s, 90-67
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/04/mchenry-county-democratic-party-precinct-committee-candidates-vastly-outnumber-republicans-90-67/
— Does the McHenry County Republican Party Have a Death Wish?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/24/does-the-mchenry-county-republican-party-have-a-death-wish/
— Two Illinois Illegal Aliens Make Homeland Security’s Worse of the Worst” List
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/04/two-illinois-illegal-aliens-make-homeland-securitys-worse-of-the-worst-list/
— The Role of Pot in Automobile Deaths at Over 40%
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/04/the-role-of-pot-in-automobile-deaths-at-over-40/
— Algonquin GOP Chairman Calls for Taxpayers to Urge County Board Members Not to Increase Their Real Estate Tax Levy
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/04/algonquin-gop-chairman-calls-for-taxpayers-to-urge-county-board-members-not-to-increase-their-real-estate-tax-levy/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Dabrowski Campaign Sends Southern Illinois Media Advisory During Bailey Family Burial
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/11/tone-deaf-dabrowski-campaign-sends-media-advisory-during-bailey-family-burial.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Israel to give Charlie Kirk the Pillars of Jerusalem award
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3873619/israel-give-charlie-kirk-pillars-of-jerusalem-award/
NEW YORK POST
— Conspiracy kook Tucker Carlson is no conservative and no friend to Charlie Kirk and JD Vance
https://nypost.com/2025/11/03/opinion/conspiracy-kook-tucker-carlson-is-no-patriot-no-conservative-and-no-friend-to-charlie-kirk-and-jd-vance/
— The reasons behind Gen Z’s love of Luigi Mangione should scare everyone who cares about the future of America
https://nypost.com/2025/11/04/opinion/whats-really-fueling-gen-zs-love-of-luigi-mangione/
AMERICAN THINKER
— A Deep Philosophical Analysis of Fuentes and Mamdani
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/11/a_deep_philosophical_analysis_of_fuentes_and_mamdani.html
BREITBART
— Half of Migrant Households Get Welfare Via US-Born Children
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/11/04/report-half-migrant-households-get-welfare-via-us-born-children/amp/
— Democrat-Run California to Spend Billions on Illegals’ Healthcare While Undercutting Police
https://www.breitbart.com/health/2025/11/04/report-democrat-run-california-to-spend-billions-on-illegals-healthcare-while-undercutting-police/
DAILY CALLER
— California Will Spend 28x More On Healthcare For Illegals Than State Law Enforcement
https://dailycaller.com/2025/11/04/california-will-spend-28x-more-health-benefits-for-illegals-than-state-law-enforcement/
HERITAGE FOUNDATION
== Without Borders, There Is No Nation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d__p6SDBQZk
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC NEWS
— Dick Cheney became a vocal critic of Donald Trump after Jan. 6. He joined daughter Liz Cheney in criticizing Trump as “threat” to the country.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/dick-cheney-vocal-critic-donald-trump-after-jan/story?id=127168273
CBS NEWS
— Election Day 2025 live updates
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/election-day-2025-voting-results/
NEWSWEEK
— What Dick Cheney Said About Donald Trump
https://www.newsweek.com/what-dick-cheney-said-about-donald-trump-10988139
— Who Did Biden Blame for Election Defeat? DD: What do you say to Republican candidates who blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their defeats?
https://www.newsweek.com/biden-blame-election-defeat-pelosi-obama-trump-2037976
ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTANTS
— 75 years of Excellence in Serving the Public and Building the Government Accountability Profession DD: I have been an AGA member since 1979. I served on the AGA Chicago Chapter Executive Committee 1983-1996. AGA never came to my defense when my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors took adverse actions against me.
https://www.flipsnack.com/FCAA7CF569B/aga-journal-of-government-financial-management-fall-2025/full-view.html
— The CGFM is Over 30 and There Is Much to Celebrate! DD: I became a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994.
https://www.flipsnack.com/FCAA7CF569B/aga-journal-of-government-financial-management-fall-2025/full-view.html
— David Walker: Transforming the Federal Government DD: Walker headed GAO 1998-2008.
https://www.flipsnack.com/FCAA7CF569B/aga-journal-of-government-financial-management-fall-2025/full-view.html
— How AGA Membership Has Helped My Career DD: I have been an AGA member since 1979. I served on the AGA Chicago Chapter Executive Committee 1983-1996. AGA never came to my defense when my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors took adverse actions against me.
https://www.flipsnack.com/FCAA7CF569B/aga-journal-of-government-financial-management-fall-2025/full-view.html
WIRED
— The GOP Civil War Over Nick Fuentes Has Just Begun. Tucker Carlson’s friendly interview with white nationalist Nick Fuentes has led to a major reckoning.
https://www.wired.com/story/gop-civil-war-over-nick-fuentes-antisemitism/