FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against ICE
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-agents-spotted-church-rogers-park-chicago-gov-pritzker-speaks-national-guard-ruling-broadview-protests-continue/17994356/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against ICE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/trump-immigration-blitz-chicago-wards/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/12/chicago-marathon-immigration-illinois-pilsen/
— Residents cope with food deserts in Harvey, Chicago Heights, Richton Park and Park Forest. DD: I washed dishes in Chicago Heights 1964-1966. I chipped slag and pumped gasoline in Chicago Heights in 1966. I delivered mail in Park Forest 1966-1969. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances in Chicago Heights 1970-1971. I pumped gasoline in Chicago Heights 1971-1972. I collected delinquent taxes in Harvey 1972-1973. My father worked in Chicago Heights 1941-1969. I was born in Chicago Heights in 1948.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/10/food-deserts-harvey-chicago-heights-richton-park/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against ICE. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly equate their runaway slaves with their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/10/13/chicago-fugitive-slave-act-ice-fuentes-immigration-claudia-fegan-linda-rae-murray
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/13/poll-chicagoans-national-guard-policing-deportation-campaign-norc-university-of-chicago
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Springfield now faces the $2B question: How much to invest in mass transit’s future. DD: I used mass transit in 1971 and then 1973-1997. A major reason why my wife and I bought a home in Wheaton in 1978 and had one built in Wheaton in 1984 was their being in walking distance of Wheaton train stations.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/springfield-weighs-2b-fix-chicago-transit-system
STATELINE
— ‘National Day of Remembrance for Charlie Kirk’ is Tuesday, October 14, 2025
https://www.mystateline.com/news/national-day-of-remembrance-for-charlie-kirk-is-this-week-what-to-know/
WHEATON PATCH
— 12 Wheaton Students Named Semifinalists For National Merit Scholarships. DD: Did you get any scholarships? I did not. My critics/opponents have always used that against me. In my defense, during my junior and senior years at Crete-Monee High School 1964-1966, I spent far too many hours washing dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights instead of studying. Consequently, my ACT score was only 24 and I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/12-wheaton-students-named-semifinalists-for-national-merit-scholarships/ar-AA1NirxA
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Appeals Court rejects Trump administration bid to lift TRO in Illinois’
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_6cec4a79-4cac-42fa-b104-2943ffcddc4b.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Kash Patel severs FBI’s ties with James Comey-backed Anti–Defamation League after group ripped Charlie Kirk’s TPUSA
https://www.aol.com/news/kash-patel-severs-fbi-ties-205327655.html
— Biden admin weaponized DOJ to target Charlie Kirk, Turning Point USA to put movement ‘out of business’
https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-claims-biden-admin-weaponized-104731208.html
BREITBART
— Truckers Gain Wages as ICE Detains Highway Illegals
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/12/truckers-gain-wages-as-ice-detains-highway-illegals/
— DHS Reveals New York City Gave Indian Illegal Alien ‘No Name Given’ Commercial Driver’s License
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/10/12/dhs-reveals-new-york-city-gave-illegal-alien-no-name-given-drivers-license/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Biden DOJ Sought Direction From Leftist Group That Put Turning Point USA on a ‘Hate Map’ Shortly Before Charlie Kirk’s Assassination. However Bad You Think Biden’s DOJ Was, New Documents Show It Was Even Worse
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/10/12/biden-doj-sought-direction-splc-leftist-group-that-put-turning-point-usa-hate-map-shortly-before-charlie-kirks-assassination/
FOX NEWS
— Students are more motivated than ever to continue Charlie Kirk’s mission. DD: Who is leading TPUSA in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district?
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6382659911112
— Harvard charging $13K for DEI certificate on ‘bias’ and ‘privilege’ Classes include ‘Understanding Race and Racism’ and ‘Power and Privilege in Systems’ DD: According to my critics/opponents, I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/harvard-charging-13k-dei-training-bias-privilege
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/harvard-launches-13k-dei-certificate-on-bias-and-privilege-is-it-a-valuable-career-move-or-an-overpriced-ideological-course/articleshow/124508068.cms
— Pope Leo says family based on ‘union between a man and a woman,’ defends dignity of unborn
https://www.foxnews.com/world/pope-leo-says-family-based-union-between-man-woman-defends-dignity-unborn
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Demented Democrats
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/10/demented-democrats-week-at-legal-insurrection/
NEWSMAX
— Tuesday, October 14: National Day of Remembrance for Charlie Kirk
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/charlie-kirk-national-day/2025/10/12/id/1230016/
— Trump Moves to Purge ‘Woke’ Ideology From Colleges. DD: All my critics/opponents are woke. To be woke is to blame your problems on those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.newsmax.com/us/donald-trump-college-dei/2025/10/12/id/1230043/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— ‘National Day of Remembrance for Charlie Kirk’ is Tuesday, October 14, 2025
https://thehill.com/homenews/nexstar_media_wire/5527054-national-day-of-remembrance-for-charlie-kirk-is-this-week-what-to-know/
YAHOO
— Some Texas National Guard troops replaced in Illinois for being overweight
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/texas-national-guard-troops-replaced-153000480.html
AOL
— Harvard Quietly Ends ‘Minority Recruitment Program’ Amid Battle With Trump Admin. DD: UIC accepted me when I was 18 in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, and IIT in 1992 because they could not find a qualified minority, female, and/or veteran to accept.
https://www.aol.com/articles/harvard-quietly-ends-minority-recruitment-175414037.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly blame conservatives for all the problems that those who are the following have: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/business/economy/black-unemployment-federal-layoffs-diversity-initiatives.html
— DD: Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Kirk-hating Kirk-haters will ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Kirk.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/09/27/us/politics/charlie-kirk-debate.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly prefer international students over American students.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/10/06/upshot/us-international-student-travel.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote illegal drugs.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/10/09/world/americas/drug-trafficking-venezuela.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: More People Feel the Strain Of a Shutdown. DD: How dependent on federal spending are those in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/us/politics/government-shutdown-effects.html
USA TODAY
— How To Choose The Right College Major. DD: My biggest career mistake was not majoring in accounting from the beginning. I erroneously believed that because I was not strong in math, I could never pass the CPA examination. I did not start taking graduate evening accounting courses until I was 27 in 1976. I did not take and pass the CPA examination on my first attempt until I was 30. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul until I was 31. I did not take and pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination until I was 32. I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32. By then, the accounting profession viewed me as being much too old. The accounting profession would not have done that if I had been a minority, female, and/or veteran.
https://www.usatoday.com/press-release/story/16252/how-to-choose-the-right-college-major-student-career-decision-guide/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Assessment first: Use personality tests, skills evaluations, and values assessments to understand natural strengths before picking a major. Research reality: Look beyond salary figures to examine job market trends, daily responsibilities, and long-term career satisfaction rates in chosen fields. Timing matters: The 15-25 age window offers optimal decision-making opportunities before life circumstances make career changes more difficult. Avoid pressure: Don’t let parental expectations, peer choices, or social media influence override personal interests and natural abilities. Get expert help: Professional career advice can provide structured guidance to help students make confident decisions within weeks rather than years of trial and error.)
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— What Is the One Trait That Makes for a Great Manager? DD: My Democrat IRS superiors got rid of the IRS manager who promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My Democrat GAO superiors got rid of the GAO manager who arranged my transfer from IRS in 1980 and was finally able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me in 1986.
https://www.wsj.com/business/c-suite/manager-strengths-rellocating-talent-f0add2da
— Giving Career Advice to Kids Has Never Been Harder. DD: Were you viewed as being college material? I was not. Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I could not run because I had a bone disease. My eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20. I had partial red/green color blindness. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/career-advice-children-ai-148983e5
— DD: I owned a 1968 Dodge Charger R/T 1994-2005. I owned a 1969 Dodge Charger SE 1968-1971. I have owned my 2013 Dodge Charger R/T Max since 2012. I have owned my 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T Plus since March of this year.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/cars/the-texan-who-scored-a-1968-cincinnati-bengals-themed-dodge-charger-d1753412
MUST READ ALASKA
— Anchorage Republican Women’s Club Gives $1,000 to Turning Point USA
https://mustreadalaska.com/anchorage-republican-womens-club-gives-1000-to-turning-point-usa-uaa/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Government Accountability Office Issues Scathing Report on Army Readiness
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/government-accountability-office-issues-scathing-report-on-army-readiness/ar-AA1O5tBT
POLITICO
— Inside Uthmeier’s path to a critical Trump endorsement in Florida. DD: Of the candidates on the Republican primary ballot in your county, which ones are seeking Trump’s endorsement?
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/12/uthmeier-florida-trump-endorsement-00603089
— The impending retirement that could rock Capitol Hill. The director of the Government Accountability office will step down in a few short months, leaving a void atop the agency that has found the White House guilty of violating congressional spending law. DD: GAO is just a shell of what it once was. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/17/gao-trump-impoundment-spending-00569967
FROM OTHER SOURCES
GOOGLE AI
— Good old days. DD: When were your good old days? Mine included 1971-1981 when a) I bought new cars in 1971, 1973, and 1978, b) IRS promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, c) I bought real estate in 1972, 1974, 1976, and 1978, c) I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, d) I got married in 1978, e) I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, f) I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, g) I passed the Certified Internal Auditing examination on my first attempt in 1981, and h) I became a licensed CPA in 1981. They include 1986-1988 when a) GAO assigned me to audits of IRS and b) promoted me in 1986.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22good+old+days%22
Tag: poor
October 10, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Chicago federal judge temporarily blocks National Guard deployment in Illinois. Ruling in effect for 14 days.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/national-guard-chicago-area-thursday-federal-court-weigh-trumps-deployment-troops-protect-ice-officers-broadview/17970024/
NBC5
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/ruling-pausing-national-guard-deployment-draws-praise-from-illinois-officials/3836419/
WGN9
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://wgntv.com/news/operation-midway-blitz/uic-students-protest-ice-detentions-after-viral-video-sparks-outrage/
FOX32
— Chicago immigration crackdown forces Argentina, Puerto Rico soccer match to relocate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Em_nCqD86ZI
WTTW
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion
https://news.wttw.com/2025/10/09/planned-parenthood-illinois-ceo-future-reproductive-care-amid-federal-threats
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: What helped you avoid leftist indoctrination? My parents sent me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools. My college majors were business, accounting, and finance.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/10/06/academic-neutrality-critical-thinking-texas-a-m-university-melissa-mccoul-akash-belsare
DAILY HERALD
— Scholarship brunch supports Latinx students at Elgin Community College. DD: My critics/opponents have always used my not getting any scholarships against me. They hint/imply/argue/shout that proves that I am stupid and/or that my parents were filthy rich.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251006/submitted-content/scholarship-brunch-supports-latinx-students-at-elgin-community-college/
WJBC
— Black Chicagoans Welcome ICE, National Guard Presence
https://www.wjbc.com/2025/10/09/report-black-chicagoans-welcome-ice-national-guard-presence/
CHALKBEAT
— DD: Democrat leaders do everything that they can to flood America with citizens of foreign countries.
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/10/09/chicago-mayor-has-not-appointed-noncitizen-advisory-board/
WHEATON PATCH
— DuPage Clerk Seeks Restraining Order; Says Over $230K Owed To Election Vendors. DuPage County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek is seeking a temporary restraining order for DuPage County to pay two election vendors.
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/dupage-clerk-seeks-restraining-order-says-over-230k-owed-election-vendors
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-609/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What do you say to those who harm those who help them. SEE: https://www.google.com/search?q=%22harm+those+who+help+you%22 I should write about those who I have helped the most, but who then have harmed me the most. I would focus on Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000.
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Chicago anti-ICE chaos only proves why National Guard is needed, Windy City Dem says
https://nypost.com/2025/10/09/us-news/chicago-anti-ice-chaos-proves-national-guard-is-needed-alderman-raymond-lopez/
AMERICAN THINKER
— The Left’s multicultural conquest
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/10/the_left_s_multicultural_conquest.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Black Chicagoans Welcome ICE and Military Protectors
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/10/09/black-chicagoans-welcome-ice-military-protectors/
BLAZE
— Turning Point USA to offer ‘All American Halftime Show’ alternative to NFL’s woke Super Bowl spectacle
https://www.theblaze.com/news/turning-point-usa-to-offer-all-american-halftime-show-as-alternative-to-nfls-deviant-super-bowl-spectacular
CAMPUS REFORM
— Harvard Sells DEI certificate for $14k
https://www.campusreform.org/article/harvard-sells-dei-certificate-14k/28748
COLLEGE FIX
— University of Minnesota hosts ‘Trans and Queer Strength group’ led by ‘certified queer personal trainer’
https://www.thecollegefix.com/uminn-hosts-trans-and-queer-strength-group-led-by-certified-queer-personal-trainer/
DAILY CALLER
— As Pritzker Tees Up Presidential Run, Time For A Look At His Real Record
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/07/opinion-as-pritzker-tees-up-presidential-run-time-for-a-look-at-his-real-record-diana-rickert/
DAILY WIRE
— Social Justice Warriors Shouldn’t Control West Point. The military’s biggest problem isn’t meeting diversity quotas; it’s restoring a warrior ethos to military culture.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/social-justice-warriors-shouldnt-control-west-point
FOX NEWS
— Trump could make non-essential federal workers permanently non-essential. DD: My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as having been a grossly overpaid non-essential federal employee. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6381623165112
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Chicago Mayor Won’t Answer if He’d Want Illegal Alien Who’d Raped, Beaten His Wife Deported
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/10/chicago-mayor-wont-answer-if-hed-want-illegal-alien-whod-raped-beaten-his-wife-deported/
MERCURY
— Tolerance of violence in US cities is stoking insurrection
https://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/the-mercury-south-africa/20251009/281535117187362
NEWSMAX
— Black Chicagoans Welcome ICE, National Guard Presence
https://www.newsmax.com/us/chicago-ice-national-guard/2025/10/09/id/1229739/
— Democrats Should Support Americans, Not Illegals
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/sean-duffy-government-shutdown/2025/10/09/id/1229755/
REAL CLEAR POLICY
— Illegal Immigrants Access Public Health Benefits
https://www.realclearpolicy.com/2025/10/09/of_course_illegal_immigrants_access_public_health_benefits_1139906.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Thursday said he would fire air traffic controllers who are skipping work because of the government shutdown.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5547946-duffy-threatens-fire-air-traffic-controllers-skip-work-shutdown/amp/
NBC NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-pop-culture/newfest-new-york-lgbtq-film-festival-rcna236232
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Blue states ever-increasingly reject federal law.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/us/politics/national-guard-governors.html
— DD: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the less protected that you are: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. That is because Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that those who are aforesaid discriminate against those who are liberal/moderate, non-Republican, non-American, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, poor, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/opinion/anthony-kennedy-supreme-court.html
— How Trump Is Using the Justice Department to Target His Enemies. DD: To get rid of me, my Democrat Post Office superiors disallowed my sick leave requests and forced me to resign. My Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my travel vouchers, disallowed my education deductions, and never promoted me beyond GS-12. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS, delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. They would not have done the aforesaid if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/10/07/us/politics/trump-enemies-justice-department-investigations.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Urban Crime Spike Is Real. A national victimization survey confirms Trump’s claim that U.S. cities have grown more dangerous.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-urban-crime-spike-is-real-555b7410
— Democrats Keep Shoveling Money at ObamaCare. It wasn’t supposed to cost hundreds of billions of tax dollars a year to make healthcare ‘affordable.’
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/democrats-keep-shoveling-money-at-obamacare-936c25f2
— Federal Workers and Troops to Miss Paychecks Soon. Here’s What to Know. Government shutdown means employees won’t get paid until standoff is resolved.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/government-shutdown-federal-employee-military-pay-72a842d1?mod=Searchresults&pos=1&page=1
PBS
— DD: What do your critics/opponents attribute your successes to? Mine attribute my successes to my benefitting from discrimination against minorities, females, younger people, veterans, LGBTQers, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, and those whose ancestors have been not been in America for a long time. In my defense, neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/pope-leo-condemns-economies-that-marginalize-the-poor-while-the-wealthy-live-in-a-bubble-of-luxury
October 9, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Troops arrive at Broadview ICE facility as federal court to weigh Trump’s National Guard deployment
https://abc7chicago.com/post/national-guard-chicago-area-thursday-federal-court-weigh-trumps-deployment-troops-protect-ice-officers-broadview/17970024/
— Hammond city officials shut down ICE staging at police department
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-hammond-indiana-mayor-thomas-mcdermott-jr-says-city-officials-shut-down-staging-police-department-thursday/17971934/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly get the Pope a) to not promote personal responsibility, b) to promote dependency on government and charity, and c) to get people to blame their problems on those who have more money than they have.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/vatican-document-news-pope-leo-xiv-condemns-economies-marginalize-poor-wealthy-live-bubble-luxury/17973300/
NBC5
— Federal officials to buy Chicago buildings in immigration enforcement operations. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says the purchases indicate the resolve of federal agents to continue immigration enforcement actions.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/federal-officials-to-buy-chicago-buildings-in-immigration-enforcement-operations/3836191/
— Judge orders new guidelines for agent encounters with protesters and press. Just Sara Ellis said the order goes into effect immediately and will be in force for 14 days while arguments in the overall complaint continue.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/judge-orders-new-guidelines-for-agent-encounters-with-protesters-and-press/3836141/
CBS2
— U.S. District Court chief judge says National Guard not needed at Dirksen Federal Building in Chicago
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/u-s-district-court-chief-judge-national-guard-dirksen-federal-building/
FOX32
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly urge the Pope to advance the Democrat Party platform.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/pope-meets-chicago-union-leaders-urges-migrant-welcome-crackdown
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Federal judge blocks Trump administration from deploying National Guard troops to Chicago
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/09/trump-national-guard-restraining-order/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly urge the Pope to advance the Democrat Party platform.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/09/pope-leo-chicago-union-migrant/
— Will County puts off immigration resolution vote as leaders seek compromise
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/09/will-county-immigration-resolution-delay/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their criminals and their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/10/09/immigrant-crime-donald-trump-deportation-campaign-chicago-national-guard
— Bally’s warns video gambling in Chicago would cost the city $74M in yearly revenue and up to 1,050 jobs
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2025/10/09/ballys-casino-anthony-beale-video-gambling-proposal-chicago-lost-revenue
DAILY HERALD
— Security increased around National Guard base in Elwood as activity draws public’s attention
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251009/news/security-increased-around-national-guard-base-in-elwood-as-activity-draws-publics-attention/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their illegals.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251009/news/community-leaders-in-speak-out-on-ice-activity-in-will-county/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DD: Trump puts America first even if that harms his personal finances.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/trumps-chicago-crackdown-hurts-business-chipparoni
WGN RADIO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Pat Brady against Trump.
https://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/pat-brady-i-dont-know-what-the-end-game-is/
QUAD CITY TIMES
— Iowa Gov. Reynolds orders E-Verify checks for state hires, licenses
https://qctimes.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/article_954518ec-03a5-42fa-bb04-f00d8074b419.html
RIVER BENDER
— Duckworth, Durbin Join Schatz, Colleagues in Introducing Legislation to Protect Federal Workers and Their Families During Shutdown. New legislation aims to shield federal employees from eviction, defaults amid ongoing government shutdown. DD: So far, in today’s dollars, my Democrat GAO superiors forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 has cost me $86,371/year or $2.9 million. That is, $153,151/year salary minus $66,780/year Civil Service Retirement System pension. To paint my wife and I as being filthy rich, my Democrat GAO superiors stressed my wife’s income, that we had no dependents, that we had no debts, that had retirement savings, that we owned a 13-year-old home in Wheaton, that we owned a 1997 Chevrolet Cavalier, 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX, 1990 Thunderbird LX, 1972 Corvette, 1968 Dodge Charger R/T, and 1962 Chevrolet Impala SS.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/duckworth-durbin-join-schatz-colleagues-in-introducing-legislation-to-protect-federal-workers-and-their-families-during-shutdown-87063.cfm?
WQAD
— Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signs executive order requiring state departments to use E-Verify
https://www.wqad.com/video/news/politics/iowa-politics/kim-reynolds-signs-executive-order-requiring-state-departments-to-use-e-verify/526-b3dbb4fb-2f48-43fa-8aad-5f2630c3005c
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope to promote more mass/illegal immigration. To promote mass/illegal immigration is to destroy the world.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-10-09/pope-leo-says-faith-and-love-for-migrants-are-connected
AXIOS CHICAGO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly create more poverty and crime.
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2025/10/09/trumps-chicago-jail-pritzker-johnson-illinois-ice-police-agents
CAPITOL FAX
— Mendrick: ‘These ICE raids are JB Pritzker’s raids’
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/09/mendrick-these-ice-raids-are-jb-pritzkers-raids/
— Feds handed third court loss in a row
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/09/feds-handed-third-court-loss-in-a-row/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/09/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-400/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Federal judge grants Illinois restraining order against Trump for Guard deployment
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_f3859f5a-bd8d-4710-8ac2-a49725120b69.html
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Congressman Mike Bost’s Suit against Accepting Ballots after Election Day – Transcript Linked
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/09/supreme-court-hears-arguments-in-congressman-mike-bosts-suit-against-accepting-ballots-after-election-day/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Without reforms, pension insolvency will eat Chicago alive
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/without-reforms-pension-insolvency-will-eat-chicago-alive/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Judiciary chairman says impeachment is ‘on the table’ for anti-Trump judges
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/9/jim-jordan-judiciary-chairman-says-impeachment-table-anti-trump/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— DHS eyeing buildings in Chicago and Portland for immigration operations
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3844754/dhs-eyeing-buildings-chicago-portland-immigration-operations/
— Chicago has no sovereign right to its own immigration policy
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/3842691/chicago-no-sovereign-right-immigration-policy/
— Donald Trump Jr. swears off ‘RINO network’ Fox News
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/entertainment/3841171/donald-trump-jr-rino-network-fox-news/
NEW YORK POST
— Turning Point USA to air its own ‘All American’ Super Bowl LX halftime show to compete with NFL’s Bad Bunny
https://nypost.com/2025/10/09/us-news/turning-point-usa-to-air-its-own-all-american-super-bowl-lx-halftime-show-to-compete-with-nfls-bad-bunny/
AMERICA FIRST POLICY INSTITUTE
— Shutdown Costs Americans Jobs, Services, and Economic Security
https://www.americafirstpolicy.com/issues/shutdown-costs-americans-jobs-services-and-economic-security
BREITBART
— Confederate Mayor Brandon Johnson Won’t Say He’d Deport Someone Who Raped His Wife
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/09/nolte-confederate-mayor-brandon-johnson-wont-say-hed-deport-illegal-if-wife-raped/amp/
FEDERALIST
— Democrats Rebelling Against Trump Resurrect Confederate Talking Points
https://thefederalist.com/2025/10/09/dems-rebelling-against-trump-resurrect-confederate-talking-points/
— Democrats Are Holding The Government Hostage To Get Taxpayer-Funded Health Care For Illegals
https://thefederalist.com/2025/10/09/democrats-are-holding-the-government-hostage-to-get-taxpayer-funded-health-care-for-illegals/
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— America’s Adversaries are Exploiting U.S. Immigration Policies
https://www.fairus.org/two-new-fair-reports-expose-how-americas-adversaries-are-exploiting-us-immigration-policies
FOX NEWS
— ‘Pritzker is a joke’: Texas Gov. Abbott mocks sanctuary governor for opposing National Guard troops. Texas National Guard troops arrived in Illinois on Tuesday, tasked with protecting federal personnel and property amid anti-immigration protests
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pritzker-joke-texas-gov-abbott-mocks-sanctuary-governor-opposing-national-guard-troops
— ‘Operation Midway Blitz’: Inside DOJ’s push to tackle crime, illegal immigration in Chicago. FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche visit field office during massive immigration operation.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/operation-midway-blitz-inside-dojs-push-tackle-crime-illegal-immigration-chicago
–DD: Trump is fighting big problems that Democrats created.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/sen-tammy-duckworth-trumps-domestic-troop-deployments-betray-military-nation
HOMELAND SECURITY TODAY
— ICE and Oklahoma Highway Patrol Arrests 91 Illegal Aliens Driving 18-Wheelers in I-40 Operation
https://www.hstoday.us/subject-matter-areas/border-security/ice-and-oklahoma-highway-patrol-arrests-91-illegal-aliens-driving-18-wheelers-in-i-40-operation/
ISSUES & INSIGHTS
— Democrats, Call Off Your Animals
https://issuesinsights.com/2025/10/08/democrats-call-off-your-animals/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— The GOP Is Letting Democrats Win the Shutdown
https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/the-gop-is-letting-democrats-win-the-shutdown/
NEWSMAX
— Federal Judge: Chicago’s Warrantless ICE Arrests Unlawful
https://www.newsmax.com/us/chicago-ice-dhs/2025/10/09/id/1229686/
— GOP Govs Must Back Trump on Census, Redistricting
https://www.newsmax.com/us/david-bossie-gop-governors/2025/10/08/id/1229536/
ZERO HEDGE
— Democrat Claims Trump Crime Crackdown Is “The Very Same Thing” As The Rise Of Third Reich
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/democrat-claims-trump-crime-crackdown-very-same-thing-rise-third-reich
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— GOP senators urge RFK Jr. to crack down on medication abortion
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5548128-gop-senators-rfk-jr-medication-abortion/
MSN
— The 20 best conservative places to live in the US. DD: Buyer beware. Republicans create prosperity and safety. Democrats create poverty and crime. When Democrats move in, poverty and crime increase.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/realestate/the-20-best-conservative-places-to-live-in-the-us-according-to-data/ss-AA1O6vC4
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— ICE to Expand Footprint in Chicagoland, Homeland Secretary Noem Pledges. Illinois Gov. Pritzker says feds ‘just looking for ways to provoke people.’
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/ice-to-expand-footprint-in-chicagoland-homeland-secretary-noem-pledges-c057b08b
POLITICO
— Illinois judge blocks federal authorities from using force against Chicago journalists
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/09/chicago-journalists-ice-lawsuit-00600209
October 8, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Texas National Guard troops expected to deploy to Broadview ICE facility Wednesday evening. Trump says Johnson, Pritzker ‘should be in jail’ for ‘failing to protect’ ICE officers
https://abc7chicago.com/post/texas-national-guard-chicago-area-troops-arrive-elwood-illinois-protests-expected-city-wednesday/17962765/
— Federal workers, local leaders hold rally downtown Chicago as government shutdown continues
https://abc7chicago.com/post/federal-workers-chicago-area-union-political-leaders-hold-rally-downtown-loop-government-shutdown-continues/17966499/
— IRS will furlough nearly half of its workforce as the government shutdown enters a second week
https://abc7chicago.com/post/irs-will-furlough-half-workforce-government-shutdown-enters-second-week/17965825/
— How furloughed government workers plan to weather shutdown. Roughly 750,000 federal workers have been furloughed.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/how-furloughed-government-workers-plan-weather-shutdown/17963562/
CBS2
— 500 National Guard troops arrive in Chicago area amid legal battle over deployment
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/texas-national-guard-members-deploy-chicago-area/
— Furloughed federal workers in Chicago rally against Trump’s threat of no back pay when government shutdown ends
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-furloughed-federal-workers-rally-against-trumps-threat-of-no-back/
— Pope Leo urges U.S. bishops to speak about Trump’s immigration crackdown after being shown migrants’ letters. DD: Those who want to destroy America promote mass/illegal immigration.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/pope-leo-trump-immigration-crackdown-migrant-letters/
— Federal judge further limits ICE ability to arrest without warrants, probable cause
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/consent-decree-ruling-ice-arrest-no-warrant-chicago/
WGN9
— Charges dismissed against 3 arrested during protest at Broadview ICE facility
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/charges-dismissed-against-3-arrested-during-protest-at-broadview-ice-facility/
FOX32
— ‘Come and get me’: Pritzker responds to Trump saying he should be in jail
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1720910
WBEZ
— Federal workers in Chicago ‘emotionally exhausted’ from government shutdown, year of uncertainty
https://www.wbez.org/work/2025/10/08/federal-workers-in-chicago-emotionally-exhausted-from-government-shutdown-year-of-uncertainty
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders seek to limit immigration enforcement in Will County
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/07/will-county-board-immigration-enforcement/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker responds to Trump threat to jail him, mayor over ICE: ‘Come and get me’
https://chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump/2025/10/08/jb-pritzker-brandon-johnson-donald-trump-truth-social-jail-threat
— Texas National Guard expected to be deployed in Chicago area tonight. The troops will be deployed Wednesday evening to the Broadview ICE facility.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/08/texas-national-guard-broadview-illinois
— U.S. Supreme Court hears Rep. Mike Bost’s case tied to Illinois mail voting law. Conservative justices signaled their openness to allowing the downstate congressman’s challenge to proceed against the state’s mail balloting law.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2025/10/08/supreme-court-mail-ballot-illinois-challenge
DAILY HERALD
— It was business as usual Wednesday at O’Hare International Airport, but concerns remain about a repeat of the Federal Aviation Administration’s ground delay issued Tuesday evening. Problems have erupted at a number of airports across the U.S. amid the government shutdown and a slight increase in sick calls from air traffic controllers, authorities said.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251008/transportation/the-situation-appears-to-be-deteriorating-ohare-is-back-to-normal-but-for-how-long-amid-shutdown/
WCIA
— IRS will furlough nearly half of its workforce as the government shutdown enters a second week
https://www.wcia.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-irs-to-furlough-nearly-half-of-its-workforce-as-shutdown-enters-second-week/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/08/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-399/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Trump is conservative. As Trump has more conservative successes, if you are conservative, anticipate/expect that ever-increasingly anti-conservatives will ignore you, dismiss you, belittle you, badmouth you, isolate you, ostracize you, marginalize you, blacklist you, cancel you, demonize you, denigrate you, condemn you, punish you. and get rid of you. It is called displaced aggression. The more demographics that you share with Trump, the faster that anti-conservatives will get rid of you. In addition to being conservative, Trump is Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, non-veteran, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Chicago mayor says businesses must pay, wants progressive revenue from state
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_2c6e4257-6492-49d9-80ad-24aadbbea27e.html
TED DABROWSKI
— Lt. Gov. Candidate Mendoza Calls Pritzker’s False Nazi Comparisons Disqualifying
https://us19.campaign-archive.com/?e=c4ad197eda&u=fa4b4d821c51392600207140c&id=8adbd47aa6
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— McHenry County GOP Rift: Move to Oust MAGA Committeewoman Draws Comparisons to Xi Jinping and Kim Jong-un-Style Censorship. DD: I should write about how the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization have treated me since 1999.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/mchenry-county-gop-rift-move-to-oust-maga-committeewoman-draws-comparisons-to-xi-jinping-and-kim-jong-un-style-censorship.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In McHenry County, a storm is brewing inside the Republican Party – not against Democrats, but against one of its own. Jacqueline Garretson, a proud precinct committeewoman, conservative activist, and unapologetic supporter of President Donald Trump, is under attack from within her own ranks. Garretson has dedicated years of service to expanding the conservative movement in Illinois. She volunteers tirelessly – knocking on doors, organizing events, and raising funds to elect Republicans who actually stand for Republican values. She has become a trusted voice for the grassroots, a leader unafraid to challenge corruption or cowardice — no matter which side of the aisle it comes from. But that honesty has made her a target. Now, RINOs inside the McHenry Township Republican Organization are reportedly moving to remove Garretson from her elected position as precinct committeewoman. Her so-called “offense?” Speaking truth and calling out fake Republicans who use the GOP label but push Democrat-lite policies once in power. This isn’t just an attack on one woman – it’s an attack on the entire grassroots conservative movement. Garretson’s fight mirrors a broader pattern happening across Illinois, where establishment insiders have tried to muzzle anyone who dares to question their grip on power. Illinois Republican leaders have even attempted to silence Illinois Review – the largest conservative news publication in the state, known for exposing corruption, holding politicians accountable, and giving a voice to the forgotten Republican base. Illinois Review has been shared by President Donald Trump himself on Truth Social – a testament to its reach and credibility among real conservatives. Yet instead of embracing this powerful platform, party insiders tried to shut it down, block it from events, and cut off communication – all because it refused to play along with their backroom politics. This type of censorship is something Americans expect from dictators like Vladimir Putin, Nicolas Maduro, Kim Jong-Un, and Xi Jinping – not from Republican leaders in the Land of Lincoln. In those regimes, anyone who challenges authority is silenced, punished, and jailed. Now, that same authoritarian mindset is creeping into the Illinois GOP. The move to remove Garretson – and to silence Illinois Review – is nothing short of an assault on the First Amendment. It sends a chilling message: if you speak out, if you expose hypocrisy, if you stand with President Trump and the MAGA movement, you’ll be targeted. Grassroots conservatives in McHenry County see what’s happening, and they’re not fooled. They know that Garretson’s real “crime” is refusing to bow to establishment pressure. They know she represents a new generation of Republicans – bold, patriotic, and fiercely loyal to America First values. If the McHenry Township Republican Organization follows through with its plan to remove her, it won’t just be ousting a precinct leader – it will be signaling to every patriot in Illinois that free speech and conservative conviction are no longer welcome. But history has shown that attempts to silence the truth only make it louder. Just ask Donald Trump.)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Uncle Sam ends fiscal year 2025 $1.8 trillion in the red
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/8/uncle-sam-ends-fiscal-year-2025-18-trillion-red/
— America’s children are getting dumber
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/8/americas-children-getting-dumber/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democrats’ blue-state failures are becoming a political problem
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/3821729/democrats-blue-state-failures-political-problem/
AMERICA FIRST POLICY INSTITUTE
— The Radical Left’s Shutdown Puts Americans Last, Illegals First
https://www.americafirstpolicy.com/issues/the-radical-lefts-shutdown-puts-americans-last-illegals-first
BREITBART
— 2.2 Million Decline in Foreign Population Thanks to Record Low Illegal Immigration and Migrants Returning Home
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/08/golden-age-2-2-million-decline-foreign-population-thanks-to-record-low-illegal-immigration-migrants-returning-home/
DAILY SIGNAL
— White House Memo Exposes Democrats’ History of Pushing Health Care for Illegals
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/10/08/exclusive-white-house-memo-exposes-democrats-history-expanding-health-care-illegals/
FOX NEWS
— Trump calls Chicago mayor and Illinois governor ‘grossly incompetent’ in new White House video
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-calls-chicago-mayor-illinois-governor-grossly-incompetent-new-white-house-video
— DHS fact-checks Pritzker’s claims about ICE as Texas National Guard troops arrive in Illinois
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6382290226112
— Pritzker hurls ‘dementia’ claim at Trump amid National Guard feud despite defending Biden’s mental fitness. Illinois governor previously defended Biden’s mental fitness after special counsel report.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pritzker-hurls-dementia-claim-trump-amid-national-guard-feud-despite-defending-bidens-mental-fitness
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Ending Affirmative Action Will Take More Than Supreme Court Decisions
https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/ending-affirmative-action-will-take-more-than-supreme-court-decisions/
NEWSMAX
— US Bishops Say Pope Urging Them to Speak Up for Illegals. DD: Those who want to destroy America promote mass/illegal immigration.
https://www.newsmax.com/world/globaltalk/pope-catholic-church/2025/10/08/id/1229449/
— Chicago Mayor Should Be Jailed for Not Protecting ICE Agents
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/rudy-giuliani-chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson/2025/10/07/id/1229431/
PATRIOT POST
— Chicago Mayor Hoping His ICE-Free Zones Work Better Than His Gun-Free Zones
https://patriotpost.us/opinion/121552-chicago-mayor-hoping-his-ice-free-zones-work-better-than-his-gun-free-zones-2025-10-08
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Porter: Illinois is “One Step Short of Insurrection” Simply to Advance Pritzker’s Career
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lo2YenOQZJo
TOWNHALL
— Don’t Believe Google’s Claim That It’s Done Blacklisting Conservatives
https://townhall.com/columnists/terryschilling/2025/10/08/dont-believe-googles-claim-that-its-done-blacklisting-conservatives-n2664599
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEW YORK TIMES
— Pritzker Has Had it With Democrats Who Won’t Stand Up to Trump. The Illinois governor, a potential presidential candidate, is fighting the presence of National Guard troops and the activities of ICE agents in Chicago.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/us/politics/pritzker-trump-national-guard-chicago.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Supreme Court seems ready to revive GOP challenge to Illinois mail-in ballot law
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/08/supreme-court-mail-ballots-republican-elections-trump/c559219c-a47d-11f0-a79e-ccb5b1f59130_story.html
TEXAS TRIBUNE
— Texas GOP to consider blocking lawmakers from 2026 primary ballot in first test of new censure rule
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/10/08/texas-republican-party-censures-rule-44-primary-ballot/
https://myparistexas.com/texas-gop-to-consider-blocking-lawmakers-from-2026-primary-ballot-in-first-test-of-new-censure-rule/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Republican Party of Texas’ governing board is set to meet in the state Capitol on Saturday to consider censuring state representatives who party leaders deem insufficiently conservative to bear the GOP brand, potentially banning them from the 2026 Republican primary ballot. The tribunal will be the first of its kind, a daylong meeting to determine whether 10 Texas House Republicans tried to thwart GOP priorities during the Legislature’s 140-day session earlier this year. Although many Republicans lauded the 2025 session as the most conservative ever, some party activists believe members of House leadership scuttled long-sought GOP priorities and should be barred from the primary ballot under an untested rule adopted at the Texas GOP’s 2024 convention. . .The effort comes after delegates at last year’s convention expanded Rule 44 — the part of the Texas GOP’s rulebook dealing with censures — to bar officials from the primary ballot if they have been censured within the last two years. Lawmakers can be reprimanded for working against the state party’s legislative priorities or the broader principles outlined in the party platform and preamble. For members facing censures Saturday, the transgressions include voting for Burrows as speaker and approving this year’s House rules package, which banned Democrats from serving as committee chairs but left them with other means of influence. Activists in the party initially teased a more sweeping effort to censure the 36 House Republicans who joined with Democrats to elevate Burrows to the speakership in January. But enthusiasm within the party to invoke Rule 44 has waned after the Burrows-led House shepherded numerous conservative bills to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk, and as Abbott and President Donald Trump have thrown their support behind the first-term speaker. Some within the party have argued the infractions don’t merit such a drastic maneuver as denying ballot access, which critics have long framed as an illegal tactic that runs afoul of democratic norms. “Rule 44 is not a campaign strategy, it is not a substitute for the primary,” SREC member Rolando Garcia wrote on social media recently. “It is an extraordinarily penalty intended to be used sparingly on only the most egregious cases.” How Rule 44 came to be In 2023, the divide between the business-oriented establishment and the socially conservative grassroots of the Texas GOP reached a boiling point. However, those tensions had been simmering for years. The Texas GOP first defined Rule 44 at the party’s 2016 convention in Dallas, allowing local party leaders to initiate censures against their elected officials for three violations of the party platform. The language also allowed the state party and local parties to campaign against a censured official.)
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Bad Blood Between Trump and Pritzker Goes Back Decades. The president and Illinois governor have had a tense relationship their entire political careers.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-pritzker-illinois-governor-relationship-9db5ab09
DAILY KOS
— DD: To get more votes from minorities, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for all the problems that minorities have.
https://www.dailykos.com/story/2025/10/8/2347596/-This-Is-White-Privilege-at-Its-Most-Dangerous
October 8, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Pritzker says President Trump deploying troops to Chicago due to ‘dementia’ and obsessive fixations
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/gov-jb-pritzker-says-president-233400557.html
— DD: Hate-filled conservative-hating conservative haters dominate Illinois. Anticipate/expect that they will ever-increasingly promote more hatred against conservatives.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/08/opinion-fired-social-media-posts-charlie-kirk-cancel-culture/
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/06/column-charles-selle-banned-booksrevolutionary-act/
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: DD: Lake County Democrats ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251007/news/great-fear-and-uncertainty-lake-county-leaders-speak-out-against-escalating-ice-operations/
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251007/editorials/daily-herald-editorial-a-war-of-words-we-need-leaders-to-tone-down-the-rhetoric-before-things-get/
ABC7
— Insurrection Act explained: How 1807 law could be used as Trump deploys National Guard in Chicago
https://abc7chicago.com/post/what-is-insurrection-act-1807-us-president-donald-trump-threatens-law-heres-how-been-used-could-work-2025/17959363/
FOX32
— Trump says Johnson, Pritzker ‘should be in jail’ for not protecting ICE
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-brandon-johnson-pritzker-ice
GO PRIDE CHICAGO
— Protest planned Oct. 8 downtown Chicago as Texas troops enter Illinois
https://chicago.gopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/139873329
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/08/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-607/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
JOHN KASS
— Confederate Chaos in Chicago
https://johnkassnews.com/confederate-chaos-in-chicago/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Cuban-led caravan en route to Mexico City as Trump policies deter migrants from US
https://nypost.com/2025/10/07/world-news/cuban-led-caravan-en-route-to-mexico-city-as-trump-policies-deter-migrants-from-us/
— Parents flex their power with anti-woke ‘Cancel Netflix’ boycott
https://nypost.com/2025/10/07/opinion/parents-flex-their-power-with-anti-woke-cancel-netflix-boycott/
AMAC
— HIJACKED: The Radical Left Takeover of the Democrat Party
https://amac.us/newsline/politics/hijacked-the-radical-left-takeover-of-the-democrat-party-amac-magazine-exclusive/
— Charlie Kirk: America Must Choose: MAGA or Mamdani-ism
https://publication.amac.us/view/864872783/8/
— Netflix in Crisis as Subscribers Flee Over Woke Kids Shows
https://amac.us/newsline/politics/netflix-in-crisis-as-subscribers-flee-over-woke-kids-shows/
BLAZE
— 8 things Chicago has done to put illegal immigrants first
https://www.theblaze.com/news/chicago-helping-illegal-aliens-history
BREITBART
— Speaker Johnson Shows What Democrats Are Demanding in Order to Reopen Government: Taxpayer-Funded Illegal Alien Health Care, $1.5 Trillion in Partisan Spending
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/07/speaker-johnson-shows-what-democrats-are-demanding-to-reopen-government-taxpayer-funded-illegal-alien-health-care-1-5-trillion-partisan-spending/
— Democrat Spending Proposal Funds Woke Programs, Upends Trump Executive Order to End Crime, Fix Homeless Crisis
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/07/democrat-spending-proposal-funds-woke-programs-upends-trump-executive-order-to-end-crime-fix-homeless-crisis/
FOX NEWS
— Trump drives the shutdown coverage, but leaderless Democrats have broken through with healthcare message. White House stays above the fray as congressional leadership dukes it out.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-drives-shutdown-coverage-leaderless-democrats-have-broken-through-healthcare-message
— You never see the left fight this hard for Americans
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6382230908112
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Trump Calls for Chicago Mayor, Illinois Governor to Be Jailed
https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-10-08/trump-calls-for-chicago-mayor-illinois-governor-to-be-jailed
ASSOCIAED PRESS
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly side with their criminals and with their illegals against America.
https://apnews.com/photo-gallery/national-guard-deployment-portland-chicago-084e526027510d3f7501f475f737bc81
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal drugs.
https://apnews.com/article/trinidad-us-military-venezuela-strikes-fishing-fcd24c441f58162b811a24b247334fc5
REUTERS
— Trump’s threat to invoke Insurrection Act escalates showdown with Democratic cities
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trumps-threat-invoke-insurrection-act-escalates-showdown-with-democratic-cities-2025-10-07/
CNN
— Trump compares Democrats to ‘insurrectionists’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twCZMMIp4IQ
— India has a festival where a Hindu goddess slays a demon. This year the demon is Trump. DD: In WWIII, will India side with China and Russia or with America?
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/08/india/india-hindu-festival-demon-trump-intl-hnk-dst
MSNBC
— DD: Democrat leaders say “Neighbors push back as Trump’s ICE army terrorizes Chicago suburbs.” Those who run the mainstream news media are Democrat leaders.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dx266qOOic
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Chicago Democrats ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/us/fear-ice-chicago.html
— National Guard Troops Assemble in Chicago Area as Trump Officials Make Visits. Troops from Texas arrived in Illinois and are expected to deploy in the Chicago area on Wednesday, a U.S. military official said. Officials there and in Portland, Ore., are trying to block the deployments in court.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10/07/us/trump-national-guard-illinois-texas
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly replace citizens of America with citizens of foreign countries.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/us/politics/trump-h-1b-visa-fee-universities.html
— Supreme Court to Consider Illinois Mail-In Balloting Lawsuit. The case, one of several challenges to mail-in ballot rules lodged by allies of President Trump, involves an effort to exclude votes received after Election Day.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/us/politics/supreme-court-mail-ballots-illinois.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/us/politics/texas-lgbtq-schools.html
— Shutdown Politics Has G.O.P. Singing Government’s Praises. As Republicans try to pin blame for shutdown damage on Democrats, they are hailing a federal bureaucracy they normally bash as wasteful and overreaching. DD: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/us/politics/shutdown-republicans-trump-government.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump declares English the official language
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/08/trump-univision-youtube/
USA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration and abortion
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2025/09/16/trump-immigration-14th-amendment-supreme-court/85977588007/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: $1.5M is a retirement ‘magic number.’ Here’s how long it lasts in every state. DD: My retirement income and savings are dramatically less because my Democrat superiors in the deferral government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/10/06/retirement-savings-social-security-florida-arizona/86550681007/
BOSTON HERALD
— Democrats’ dream, America’s nightmare
https://www.bostonherald.com/2025/10/08/howie-carr-democrats-dream-americas-nightmare/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Oct. 7 Warning for the U.S. on China. Israel got complacent, thinking war would never come. Are we doing the same with Taiwan?
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-oct-7-warning-for-the-u-s-on-china-5a60023a
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
— 6 Red Flags That Keep Good Candidates from Getting Hired. DD: From what I see, ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the less likely that you will be hired: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or if you have ancestors who had been in America for a lone time. I should write about that.
https://hbr.org/2025/10/6-red-flags-that-keep-good-candidates-from-getting-hired
INC.
— DD: What did you do that your superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates did not do? Mine did not earn job-related master’s degrees, professional certifications, and a professional license like I did. Instead. they focused on helping their superiors get rid of their employees like me who were conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a lone time. I should write about that. I would focus on those who took the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.inc.com/roy-dekel/stop-caring-about-college-degrees-when-youre-hiring/91249033
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Trump Officials Reportedly Discussing Selling Off Student Loans. DD: If you got a student loan, a) you did not work your way through college, b) your GPA should have been higher, c) you should have gotten a job that required a college degree faster, and d) your pay should have been higher. I did not get a student loan. My GPA was lower because I spent far too many hours washing dishes and delivering mail instead of studying. I did not get a job that required a college degree until 10 months after I graduated and my salary was only $55,850/year in today’s dollars.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2025/10/08/trump-officials-reportedly-discussing-selling-student-loans
— DD: For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats. My parents sent me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools. That put me on track to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree (management), b) three job related master’s degrees (business, accounting, and finance), c) six job-related professional certifications (accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting), and d) a job-related professional license (CPA).
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/governance/executive-leadership/2025/10/08/how-trumps-compact-threatens-higher-ed-funding
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— House Republicans advance plan to undermine civil service protections. DD: If you are a federal employee, the more of the following that you are, the fewer protections that you have: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-veteran, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. The Democrats who run the federal government get rid of federal employees who are the aforesaid because they vote for Republicans.
https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2025/04/house-republicans-advance-plan-cut-federal-worker-benefits-and-undermine-civil-service-protections/404969/
DAILY KOS
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that conservatives cause all the problems that Blacks have.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/10/7/2347210/-Black-Kos-It-doesn-t-have-to-be-Black-History-month-to-learn-and-celebrate-Black-History
AXIOS
— DD: Do you know any past or present federal employees or retirees? I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. I have been a federal retiree for 28 years. I should write about the attitude that people have toward federal employees and retirees. Overwhelmingly, they believe that federal employees are overpaid, their benefits are too generous, and that federal pensions are too generous. In my defense, while I was a federal employee, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. In today’s dollars, my federal salary increased from $19.37/hour to $153,151/year. My Civil Service Retirement System Pension is $66,780/year.
https://www.axios.com/2025/10/07/government-shutdown-federal-workers
October 7, 2025
WHITE HOUSE
— Chicago Mayor’s “ICE-Free Zones” Shield Violent Criminal Illegals, Abandon Citizens
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/10/chicago-mayors-ice-free-zones-shield-violent-criminal-illegals-abandon-citizens/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Illinois National Guard to patrol Chicago area, as troops depart from Texas
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-national-guard-patrol-chicago-area-troops-depart-texas-trump-threatens-use-insurrection-act/17956187/
— Tracking surge in immigration enforcement operations
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/chicago-federal-intervention-latest-president-trumps-immigration-enforcement-possible-national-guard-deployment-live-updates/17758521/
— Trump threatens use of Insurrection Act
https://abc7chicago.com/post/gov-jb-pritzker-address-trumps-effort-deploy-national-guard-illinois-pentagon-authorizes-chicago-mission/17949147/
WGN9
— Federal troops headed to Illinois as lawsuit against Trump administration seeks to halt deployment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmZOxBw6k7g
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago gang member solicited murder of Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/06/chicago-gang-member-solicited-murder-bovino/
— ‘Our people hire our people’: Long before DOJ probe into Mayor Brandon Johnson, racial politics coursed through City Hall hiring. DD: The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/25/mayor-brandon-johnson-racial-politics-city-hall-hiring/
— Chicago can’t shrug off the unease random attacks create
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/07/editorial-chicago-random-attacks-women-mental-health/
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight assimilation. All my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany during the 1840s and 1850s. Their slow assimilation held them back. All my grandparents spoke German. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/06/cps-hispanic-heritage-month/
DAILY HERALD
— DD: For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats. I never became a Democrat even though I earned a bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees. Democrat efforts to make me a Democrat were frustrated my majoring in management, business, accounting, and finance.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251007/syndicated-columnists/trumps-latest-invitation-to-universities/
— DD: The Democrat Party platform ever-increasingly promotes more poverty and crime.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251006/news/cold-comfort-new-cooler-freezer-help-palatine-food-pantry-fight-food-insecurity/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Illinois diversity commission’s budget ballooning but results lag. DD: Democrats and RINOs use diversity to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_05a70ee4-5c31-4ac2-a881-96f4f779be65.html
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— 27 Police Officers Among Those Injured By Tear Gas During Weekend Protest, Chicago’s Top Cop Says. Police Supt. Larry Snelling also disputed the claim pushed by federal officials that Chicago police ignored calls for help during a chaotic scene Saturday afternoon in Brighton Park.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/06/27-police-officers-among-those-injured-by-tear-gas-during-weekend-protest-chicagos-top-cop-says/
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/07/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-606/
— Selected press releases. DD: It would be great if Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders in Illinois would include diersen@aol.com on their press release lists and their press advisory lists.
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/07/selected-press-releases-live-updates-308/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Ugaste Previews Fall Veto Session
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/07/ugaste-previews-fall-veto-session/
— Press Release about Chicago ICE Arrests
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/06/press-release-about-chicago-ice-arrests/
— Can One Believe One’s Lying Eyes, Officers under Attack? Did or Didn’t Chicago Police Refuse to Assist Ice
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/06/can-one-believe-ones-lying-eyes/
— Fox River Grove Planning To Cut Electric Tax
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/06/fox-river-grove-planning-to-cut-electric-tax/
— Homeland Security Claims Pritzker Is Lying
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/06/homeland-security-claims-pritzker-is-lying/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Illinois Democrats escalate confrontation with Trump’s ICE sweeps, National Guard deployments
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/6/illinois-sues-stop-trump-sending-national-guard/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Campuses Brace for Pro-Hamas Protests on Anniversary of Oct. 7
https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/campuses-brace-for-pro-hamas-protests
AMAC
— Rotten Core of Public Education on Full Display With Illegal Alien Superintendent
https://amac.us/newsline/politics/rotten-core-of-public-education-on-full-display-with-illegal-alien-superintendent/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— ‘Woke’ Pope digs at Trump in call for open borders: ‘New missionary age.’ DD: Mass/illegal immigration will destroy America.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/10/06/woke-pope-digs-at-trump-in-call-for-open-borders-new-missionary-age-1590407/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Pope Leo XIV did not mention President Trump by name, but it was clear to many who heard his address to Catholics on Sunday that he was taking a shot at U.S. immigration policies. Conservative Catholics, hopeful that the new pope, who was elected in May, would not be as far-left as his predecessor, the late Pope Francis, were sorely disappointed as Sunday’s Mass in St. Peter’s Square took on political overtones. Days after criticizing the Trump administration’s immigration policies, Leo urged the thousands gathered for the service – and Catholics around the globe – to open their “arms and hearts” to migrants, not distinguishing between legal and illegal immigration. The first pope to have been born in the United States, Leo said migrants must not be treated with “the coldness of indifference or the stigma of discrimination.” He urged Catholics to “open our arms and hearts to them, welcoming them as brothers and sisters, and being for them a presence of consolation and hope.” “On Sunday, the pope said the global Church was experiencing ‘a new missionary age’ in which it was tasked with offering ‘hospitality and welcome, compassion and solidarity’ to migrants fleeing violence or searching for a safe place to live,” Reuters reported. “In the communities of ancient Christian tradition, such as those of the West, the presence of many brothers and sisters from the world’s South should be welcomed as an opportunity, through an exchange that renews the face of the Church,” he said, speaking from a prepared text. The Pope’s official account on X has also made his thoughts quite clear on the issue. Last week, the Pope appeared to take a jab at Trump when speaking with reporters. “Someone who says I am against abortion but I am in agreement with the inhuman treatment of immigrants in the United States, I don’t know if that’s pro-life,” Leo said. “I would reject that there is inhumane treatment of illegal immigrants in the United States under this administration,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt fired back. “There was, however, significant, inhumane treatment of illegal immigrants in the previous administration as they were being trafficked and raped and beaten, in many cases killed over our United States southern border.” The Pope’s latest swipe against US immigration policy earned heated criticism on social media.
BREITBART
— Abbott Defies Pritzker, Greenlights Trump’s Texas National Guard Deployment to Sanctuary States
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/06/abbott-defies-pritzker-greenlights-trumps-texas-national-guard-deployment-to-sanctuary-states/
— White House Highlights ‘Predators’ Taken Off Chicago Streets Thanks to ICE
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/06/white-house-highlights-predators-taken-off-chicago-streets-thanks-ice/amp/
CATHOLIC NEWS AGENCY
— California law allowing anonymous abortion pill prescriptions endangers women
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/266975/california-law-allowing-anonymous-abortion-pill-prescriptions-endangers-women-experts-say
COLLEGE FIX
— Colorado State U. renamed DEI programs to give ‘illusion’ of compliance
https://www.thecollegefix.com/colorado-state-u-renamed-dei-programs-to-give-illusion-of-compliance-complaint/
— Trump admin ends taxpayer-funded education scholarships, loans for illegal immigrants
https://www.thecollegefix.com/trump-admin-ends-taxpayer-funded-education-scholarships-loans-for-illegal-immigrants/
DAILY CALLER
— America’s Defense Giants Are Fueling Wokeness – And Undermining Our Military Readiness
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/07/opinion-americas-defense-giants-are-fueling-wokeness-and-undermining-our-military-readiness-dustin-devito/
FOX NEWS
— Chicago’s ‘ICE-free zones’ endanger operations, embolden protesters. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order barring ICE from using city parking lots and garages for operations.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/federal-agent-says-chicagos-ice-free-zones-endanger-operations-embolden-protesters
— DHS chief slams ‘violent anarchists,’ pledges full support for federal agents
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/first-fox-dhs-chief-slams-violent-anarchists-pledges-full-support-federal-agents.amp
— Pope Leo says family based on ‘union between a man and a woman,’ defends dignity of unborn.
https://www.foxnews.com/world/pope-leo-says-family-based-union-between-man-woman-defends-dignity-unborn
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Colleges Boost Illegal Immigrant Students
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/10/ny-post-op-ed-colleges-boost-illegal-immigrant-students/
NEW AMERICAN
— Border Patrol Agents Attacked in Chicago; City Declares Rebellion Against Feds to Protect Illegals
https://thenewamerican.com/us/immigration/border-patrol-agents-attacked-in-chicago-city-declares-rebellion-against-feds-to-protect-illegals/
NEWSMAX
— White House Slams Chicago Mayor for Creating ‘ICE-Free Zones’
https://www.newsmax.com/amp/newsfront/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-jb-pritzker/2025/10/06/id/1229235/
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Porter: Pritzker’s Gambit
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/10/06/pritzkers_gambit_153370.html
REAL CLEAR POLICY
— Democrats Want Medicaid for Illegals. Pretend They Don’t
https://www.realclearpolicy.com/2025/10/06/dems_want_medicaid_for_illegals_pretend_they_dont_1139150.html
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Pritzker Livid: Says Trump Ordered National Guard to Illinois Amid Anti-ICE Violence, Likens Troops to Invaders
https://www.westernjournal.com/pritzker-livid-says-trump-ordered-national-guard-to-illinois-amid-anti-ice-violence-likens-troops-to-invaders/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
REUTERS
— Illinois sues to stop National Guard deployment as Trump escalates clash with states
https://www.reuters.com/world/illinois-sues-block-trump-deploying-national-guard-troops-chicago-2025-10-06/
MSN
— 3 Best First Jobs To Get Promoted Fast. DD: My critics/opponents have always been furious that IRS promoted me when I was 23, 24, and 25. During that time, my salary increased from $55,850/year to $99,069/year in today’s dollars. My taking job-related graduate evening courses at Loyola during that time helped me get promoted. Extremely few of my coworkers took IRS-encouraged job-related graduate evening courses like I did. My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my taking those courses gave me an unfair advantage. They stressed that I could afford those courses because I avoided the Vietnam War draft and because did not have a wife or children to support. In my defense, I helped support my mother and brother when I was 21, 22, and 23 and I worked part-time for the Chicago Heights Firestone store while I was 22, 23, and 24.
https://www.msn.com/en-ph/money/personalfinance/3-best-first-jobs-to-get-promoted-fast/ar-AA1zabGZ
NEW YORK TIMES
— National Guard Troops Are Set to Arrive in Illinois. The mobilization includes some 200 Guard troops from Texas. President Trump said he would consider invoking emergency powers to “get around” legal obstacles.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10/07/us/trump-national-guard-illinois-texas
— DD: Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000010441484/dei-helps-everyone-white-men-included.html
— DD: I had part-time jobs while I was in high school and college during the school years and full-time during the summers. That enabled me to buy new cars when I was 17, 19, and 20, pay for my college expenses, and graduate debt-free from NIU when I was 21 in 1970 and owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE. But my GPA suffered.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/30/opinion/jobs-teenagers.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/us/politics/stonewall-national-museum-trump-funding-cuts.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump presses sanctuary cities to work with ICE, but few are budging. Cities like Boston, Chicago and Portland are facing the threat of lawsuits and federal troop takeovers. But leaders in most “sanctuary cities” are not compromising on their promise to protect (their illegals).
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/10/07/trump-portland-chicago-sanctuary-lawsuits-immigrants/
USA TODAY
— DD: Americans ever-increasingly refuse to take bad food industry jobs. What should be done? I washed dishes for the minimum wage 1964-1966. I was the only White male who washed dishes for the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2025/10/02/us-immigration-border-policy-farm/86168928007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Trump Rules for Radical Schools
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/donald-trump-compact-higher-education-universities-7579714b
— America’s Debt to Israel. The Jewish state has taken on many U.S. enemies since Oct. 7, 2023, even as the left turned against it.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/americas-debt-to-israel-65d09527
— Discrimination Persists at the Coast Guard. It bases eligibility for scholarships on the racial demographics of applicants’ schools.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/discrimination-persists-at-the-coast-guard-efbf4414
— DD: I should write a book about a) my critics/opponents who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican and b) the many big anti-religious, anti-conservative, and anti-Republican things that they have done.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/relationships/how-to-spot-when-youre-a-hypocrite-e2c3ecfc
BLOOMBERG
— DD: Virtually all federal employees are Democrats. Ever-increasingly, they do everything that they can to destroy Trump.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-18/trump-puts-more-federal-civil-servants-under-president-s-control
POLITICO
— Newsom, Pritzker threaten to pull out of National Governors Association over Trump’s troop deployments
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/06/newsom-pritzker-threaten-to-pull-out-of-national-governors-association-over-trumps-troop-deployments-00595741
ATLANTIC
— DD: Democrats run the federal government. They get rid of their employees who do not give tremendous preference their employees who are minority and/or female, that is, they get rid of their employees who do not discriminate against their employees who are White and/or male.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/employee-firing-first-amendment/681702/
AXIOS
— Which federal workers could lose protections under Trump order. DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats. If you are a federal employee, the more of the following that you are, the fewer protections that you have: 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. The Democrats who run the federal government get rid of federal employees who are the aforesaid because they vote for Republicans.
https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2025/01/28/trump-executive-order-federal-workforce
October 6, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— National Guard troops traveling from Texas to Illinois Monday, DOJ lawyers confirm. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an ‘ICE free zone’ executive order.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/gov-jb-pritzker-address-trumps-effort-deploy-national-guard-illinois-pentagon-authorizes-chicago-mission/17949147/
NBC5
— ICE ad blitz aims to recruit local law enforcement officers to join deportation efforts. The campaign is part of ICE’s $30 billion initiative to hire 10,000 more deportation officers by the end of the year to supercharge deportations. DD: When I was 22 years old in 1971, I had to have a job. I was helping support my mother and brother. Oldsmobile had withdrawn a job offer that I had accepted saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. My Firestone Store boss had rudely fired me because I had accepted that offer. Because of that, I accepted a job offer from IRS. What if IRS had mot offered me a job, but instead, ICE had offered me a job?
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/ice-ads-local-law-enforcement-trump-mass-deportation-efforts/3834043/
CBS2
— Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signs order prohibiting use of city property for immigration enforcement
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-mayor-executive-order-immigration-enforcement/
FOX32
— Federal workers brace for missed paychecks as government shutdown drags on. With federal workers unpaid and key projects on hold, senators return to vote on a temporary spending bill—amid rising tensions, stalled negotiations, and no clear end in sight.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1719713
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago police will respond to federal calls for help, Larry Snelling says, and denies cops were ordered to stand down
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/06/chicago-police-ice-border-patrol/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: For Democrat leaders, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/10/06/academic-neutrality-critical-thinking-texas-a-m-university-melissa-mccoul-akash-belsare
CHICAGO READER
— DHS shops local. In mid-September, the federal government paid a Lake Forest–based company $1 million for launchers to shoot pepper balls like the ones now showering protesters. DD: What will you use to defend your home when Democrat mobs attack?
https://chicagoreader.com/news/pepperball-ice-immigration-protest-broadview/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicagoreader.com/performing-arts/rhinestone-digest/rhinestone-digest-october-2025-drag-families/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/06/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-397/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— DD: To promote diversity is to get rid of those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Democrats get rid of those who are the aforesaid because they vote for Republicans.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_05a70ee4-5c31-4ac2-a881-96f4f779be65.html
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Former State Rep. DeLoris Doederlein 100 Today, Passed Driver’s Test at 99
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/06/former-state-rep-deloris-doederlein-100-today/
— Two GOP Gubernatorial Candidates Coming to Wednesday, October 14th Petition Party in Fox River Grove
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/06/two-gop-gubernatorial-candidates-coming-to-wednesday-petition-party-in-fox-river-grove/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Chicago declares ‘ICE-free’ zones as city escalates feud with Trump
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/6/chicago-declares-ice-free-zones-city-escalates-feud-trump/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Pritzker vows to boot Noem’s ICE ‘thugs’ from Chicago
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3839552/jb-pritzker-kristi-noem-ice-thugs-chicago/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Dems and their minions open new front against Hegseth
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/10/06/dems-and-their-minions-open-new-front-against-hegseth-1590314/
BREITBART
— Insurrectionist Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Claims Trump Supporters Want ‘Rematch of Civil War.’ Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/06/nolte-insurrectionist-chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-claims-trump-supporters-want-rematch-of-civil-war/
— ICE Under Siege: Second Chicago Vehicle Attack in One Day
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2025/10/06/ice-under-siege-second-chicago-vehicle-attack-in-one-day/amp/
— At Least 30 Shot During Weekend In Democrat-Run Chicago
https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2025/10/06/at-least-30-shot-during-weekend-in-democrat-run-chicago/
HOT AIR
— Bad Bunny: If You Want to Understand the Halftime Show, ‘Learn Spanish’
https://hotair.com/headlines/2025/10/06/bad-bunny-if-you-want-to-understand-the-halftime-show-learn-spanish-n3807513
NEWS BUSTERS
— Duckworth Smears ICE as ‘Gestapo’
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/jorge-bonilla/2025/10/05/cbss-margaret-brennan-enables-sen-duckworth-smear-ice-gestapo
PJ MEDIA
— ICE Is Real America
https://pjmedia.com/stephen-kruiser/2025/10/06/the-morning-briefing-ice-is-real-america-n4944508
PATRIOT JOURNAL
— Pope Leo XIV Blesses Ice Block for ‘Climate Justice’ Drawing Conservative Backlash
https://pjnewsletter.com/pope-climate-justice-woke/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: When American Catholics learned there would finally be an American pope, many hoped for a return to traditional faith and spiritual leadership (you know, actual theology and moral guidance). Instead, Vatican watchers witnessed yet another bizarre spectacle this week that has conservative Catholics questioning what exactly their church leadership stands for anymore. The latest episode perfectly encapsulates why so many faithful feel abandoned by Rome—and boy, did they get a doozy. While Christians face persecution across the globe—from Islamic terror groups burning churches to believers being martyred for their faith—Pope Leo XIV found time for what he apparently considers more pressing matters.)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC NEWS
— Trump floats invoking the Insurrection Act
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-floats-invoking-insurrection-act-rcna236030
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Threatens to Use Emergency Powers to Bypass Courts and Deploy Troops. The president said he was considering invoking the Insurrection Act to send National Guard units to Chicago and Portland, Ore., over local objections. Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois called the mobilization “an unconstitutional invasion.”
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10/06/us/national-guard-trump-oregon-chicago
HISTORY
— DD: To promote diversity is to get rid of those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Democrats get rid of those who are the aforesaid because they vote for Republicans.
https://history.howstuffworks.com/american-history/least-diverse-states.htm
October 3, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— DHS secretary at Broadview ICE facility as protesters clash with agents; village files lawsuit
https://abc7chicago.com/post/broadview-ice-facility-protest-kristi-noem-gregory-bovino-demonstrators-speak-chicago-raids/17929942/
— Chicago alderperson says federal agents handcuffed her at Humboldt Park medical facility. Local leaders speak out on ‘militarized’ immigration enforcement in Humboldt Park area.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-immigration-news-aldermen-speak-militarized-enforcement-humboldt-park-area/17931599/
— At least 5 arrested as protesters and federal agents clash outside Broadview ICE facility. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino were seen on the ICE facility’s roof just before 8 a.m.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/broadview-ice-facility-protest-kristi-noem-gregory-bovino-demonstrators-speak-chicago-raids/17929942/
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-immigration-news-aldermen-speak-militarized-enforcement-humboldt-park-area/17931599/
— Supreme Court lets Trump strip protections from more than 300,000 Venezuelan migrants
https://abc7chicago.com/post/tps-supreme-court-lets-trump-strip-protections-more-300000-venezuelan-migrants/17932606/
— Trump pauses $2.1B for Chicago infrastructure projects, affecting CTA Red Line extension. CTA Red, Purple Modernization Project on North Side also on hold.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/president-donald-trump-pauses-21b-chicago-infrastructure-projects-leveraging-shutdown-pressure-democrats/17929713/
NBC5
— Kristi Noem denied entry to Broadview building
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/kristi-noem-denied-entry-to-broadview-building-in-video-city-says-thats-not-the-full-story/3833371/
— Tear gas deployed by federal agent in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/tear-gas-deployed-by-federal-agent-in-chicagos-logan-square-neighborhood/3833507/
— Chicago alderperson says she was handcuffed by federal agents at hospital
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-alderperson-says-she-was-handcuffed-by-federal-agents-at-hospital/3833439/
CBS2
–DD: Pritzker ever-increasingly rejects the federal government
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/pritzker-noem-illinois-accountability-friday-visit-reports/
— Broadview ICE facility protest draws hundreds, several arrested
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/protest-broadview-ice-facility-police-noem/
— Federal agent throws tear gas canister from SUV on busy Chicago street
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/federal-immigration-agent-throws-tear-gas-canister-logan-square-street/
— Chicago alderwoman arrested by ICE agents while checking on detainee at hospital in Humboldt Park
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/ald-jessie-fuentes-arrested-ice-agents-humboldt-park-hospital/
WGN9
— Video shows ICE agents handcuffing Chicago alderwoman inside Humboldt Park hospital
https://wgntv.com/news/operation-midway-blitz/chicago-alderwoman-handcuffed-ice/
FOX32
— Rep. Davis voices support for Broadview mayor
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1718021
WTTW
— Local, State Police Set Up Designated Protest Areas Outside Broadview ICE Facility as Demonstrations Continue
https://news.wttw.com/2025/10/03/local-state-police-set-designated-protest-areas-outside-broadview-ice-facility
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Drone use restricted over Chicago after ‘credible threat’ to aircraft involved in immigration crackdown
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/03/drones-chicago-customs-border-patrol/
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly promote mote abortion
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/03/juliana-stratton-abortion-rights-group-backing/
— Chicagoans say ICE agents responded to heckling with tear gas near school on busy Northwest Side street
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/03/ice-agents-tear-gas-school-street/
— US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says ‘we’re here to stay,’ indicating ICE may expand in Broadview
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/03/kristi-noem-broadview-says-were-here-to-stay/
— DePaul University to cut spending after 30% drop in international students
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/03/depaul-university-spending-cuts-international-students/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— As Kristi Noem visits Broadview, protesters arrested but not teargassed as Illinois takes over crowd control. Dozens of law enforcement officers from multiple agencies were on the scene in Broadview, with ICE agents largely in the background, to quell protests that had gotten extremely intense in recent weeks.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/03/clashes-erupt-between-state-police-protesters-at-broadview-ice-facility
— Are Illinois State Police helping ICE in Broadview? Top Illinois Democrats have said for months that local police won’t participate in immigration investigations, but they also won’t stand in the way.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/public-safety/2025/10/03/are-illinois-state-police-helping-ice-in-broadview
— Masked federal agent throws chemical irritants outside Logan Square grocery store: ‘My eyes are burning’ Video taken by several witnesses captured the moments where the agent can be seen dropping a canister from a white SUV.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10/03/federal-agent-chemical-irritants-rico-fresh-logan-square
— How we photographed ICE agents arresting people in the Loop and River North. And 30 other great photos from this week in news.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/photography/2025/10/03/how-we-photographed-ice-agents-arresting-people-loop-river-north
— Ald. Jessie Fuentes handcuffed by ICE while asking agents for patient’s warrant at Humboldt Park hospital. Video shows two ICE agents detaining Fuentes Friday afternoon inside Humboldt Park Health as she repeatedly asked them if they had a warrant for a man they detained. The man broke his leg while being chased by ICE agents, who brought him to the hospital.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/03/ald-jessie-fuentes-detention-ice-agents-humboldt-park-hospital
DAILY HERALD
— Protesters at ICE facility object to barricades, agents detain multiple people
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251003/nation-and-world-politics/protesters-at-ice-facility-object-to-barricades-agents-detain-multiple-people/
— Trump pauses $2.1 billion for Chicago infrastructure projects, leveraging shutdown to pressure Democrats
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251003/chicago/trump-pauses-2-1b-for-chicago-infrastructure-projects-leveraging-shutdown-to-pressure-democrats/
— ‘Unconstitutional’: Congressmen, Pritzker call out White House freeze on CTA projects
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251003/transportation/unconstitutional-congressmen-pritzker-call-out-white-house-freeze-on-cta-projects/
WGN RADIO
— Noem visits Chicago area ICE facility as agents detain multiple protesters outside
https://wgnradio.com/news/ap-protesters-at-ice-facility-object-to-barricades-agents-detain-multiple-people/
SOUTHERN
— Democrat leaders say “Trump uses shutdown to troll Democrats with deepfake memes, threatening targeted cuts.”
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/10/03/trump-uses-shutdown-to-troll-democrats-with-deepfake-memes-threatening-targeted-cuts/
FOX ILLINOIS
— White House defends FDA’s approval of second generic abortion pill amid GOP criticism
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/white-house-defends-fdas-approval-of-second-generic-abortion-pill-amid-gop-criticism
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— IRS is stepping up enforcement against gig workers and self-employed individuals who fail to make required quarterly tax payments. I worked for IRS’s Collection Division 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.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/business/press-releases/accesswire/1073995/irs-targets-gig-workers-who-skip-quarterly-payments-clear-start-tax-shares-how-to-stay-compliant/
WMOI
— Illinois County Clerk Delegation in Washington DC to Talk Election Infrastructure
https://977wmoi.com/2025/10/illinois-county-clerk-delegation-in-washington-dc-to-talk-election-infrastructure/
CWB CHICAGO
— Chief judge warns of random Loop attacks as accused man walks free under cashless bail system he supports
https://cwbchicago.com/2025/10/chief-judge-warns-of-random-loop-attacks-as-accused-man-walks-free-under-cashless-bail-system-he-supports.html
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/03/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-396/
— Pritzker defends using state troopers in Broadview
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/03/pritzker-defends-using-state-troopers-in-broadview/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— District 300 Board President Nancy Zettler, Active Democrat, Ousted from Top Spot
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/03/district-300-board-president-nancy-zettler-ousted-from-top-spot/
— Food Stamp (SNAP) Fraud Resulting from Poor Pritzker Will Cost Big Bucks
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/03/food-stamp-snapfraud-warning/
— Health Insurance Language Democrats Want Repealed
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/02/health-insurance-language-democrats-want-repealed/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trillion-dollar search giant Google admits it secretly censored conservatives for years
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/3/editorial-trillion-dollar-search-giant-google-admits-secretly/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Illegal immigrants arrested for trying to ram ICE officers in Illinois
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3835625/illegal-immigrants-arrested-for-allegedly-trying-to-ram-ice-officers-in-illinois/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Media Outlets Cut Coverage of Speaker Johnson’s G&A on Healthcare for Illegals
https://amgreatness.com/2025/10/03/media-outlets-cut-coverage-of-speaker-johnsons-ga-on-healthcare-for-illegals/
BREITBART
— Judge Rules Against Sanctuary Cities, Will Not Stop Trump from Cutting Off Federal Funds
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/10/03/judge-rules-against-sanctuary-cities-will-not-stop-trump-cutting-federal-funds/
— Newsom Threatens to Cut Funds from Universities that Sign Trump ‘Compact’ for ‘Civil Discourse,’ Fighting Antisemitism
https://www.breitbart.com/education/2025/10/03/newsom-threatens-to-cut-funds-from-universities-that-sign-trump-compact-for-civil-discourse-fighting-antisemitism/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Trump Hits Illinois Democrats With $2.1 Billion in Cuts to Chicago Infrastructure Projects
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/10/03/trump-hits-illinois-democrats-2-1-billion-cuts-chicago-infrastructure-projects/
DAILY WIRE
— Over 1,000 Illegal Immigrants Arrested In Trump’s ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ ‘Our patriotic law enforcement officers are making these arrests despite working [without] pay because of the Democrats’ shutdown.’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/over-1000-illegal-immigrants-arrested-in-trumps-operation-midway-blitz
FOX NEWS
— ICE officers in Illinois targeted by illegal immigrants who used ‘vehicles as weapons.” Illegal aliens Miguel Escareno De Loera and Widman Osberto Lopez-Funes accused of ramming vehicles at ICE.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/ice-officers-illinois-targeted-illegal-immigrants-who-used-vehicles-weapons-officials-say
— DHS Secretary Noem ‘blocked’ from bathroom at Broadview Municipal Building as Pritzker feud heats up. Incident occurred as federal agents fired pepper balls at protesters outside Broadview ICE facility. DD: Will Broadview change its name to Fort Sumter?
https://www.foxnews.com/us/dhs-secretary-noem-blocked-bathroom-illinois-government-building-pritzker-feud-heats
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— FBI cuts ties with Southern Poverty Law Center DD: SPLC exists to promote more hatred against Republicans
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5537453-fbi-kash-patel-splc-cuts-ties/
REUTERS
— Police scuffle with protesters outside Chicago ICE facility, arrest several
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/scuffles-arrests-outside-chicago-ice-facility-that-has-been-protest-focus-2025-10-03/
NBC NEWS
— Supreme Court allows Trump to revoke protected immigration status for thousands of Venezuelans
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-allows-trump-revoke-tps-immigration-venezuelans-rcna234537
CBS NEWS
— U.S. to offer migrant teens $2,500 if they agree to voluntarily leave the country
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-immigration-migrant-teens-2500-self-deportation/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Those who are the following are ever-increasingly negatively profiled: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, Protestant, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/us/politics/supreme-court-immigration-racial-profiling.html
POLITICO
— Trump targets Chicago transit money in latest shutdown fight salvo
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/03/trump-targets-chicago-transit-money-shutdown-00592722
October 2, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do more to protect their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/01/ice-courthouses-petition/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/02/editorial-broadview-ice-immigration-protests-pritzker-katrina-thompson/
— FRONT PAGE: Northwestern students boycotting antibias training. DD: I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS 1971-1980 and GAO 1980-1997. They forced all their employees, including me, to take such “training.” All that training was designed to promote more hatred against Republicans, and especially against Republicans like me who were conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/01/northwestern-university-students-boycott-bias-training/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Micol Bez has three weeks to make a choice. The Northwestern University graduate student has spent years studying political epistemology and abolitionism. Now, she is prepared to risk everything — her Ph.D. dissertation, her student status and her visa — in an act of protest she calls “a question of moral clarity.” Bez is part of a group of students boycotting Northwestern’s controversial antibias training video, which critics say conflates criticism of Israel with antisemitism. Those who refuse to complete the online training will be unable to enroll in fall classes, the university said, which could jeopardize their academic standing if they miss the final course registration deadline. “I’m in a profound moral crisis,” said Bez, who is a member of the student group Northwestern Graduate Workers for Palestine. Her refusal to engage in the training, which makes it “impossible to structurally critique Israel, its policies, the apartheid and the ongoing genocide,” she said, is her taking a stand against Northwestern serving “misinformation to thousands of students.”)
— What a federal government shutdown means for Illinois. . .while government offices continue to stay open for their most important operations, so-called nonessential work is suspended, paychecks are not issued and many workers are furloughed until Congress approves a new funding plan. President Donald Trump has amped up the threats this time around, saying he plans to fire employees, rather than just furlough them, a move he says will hurt Democrats. DD: I was a federal worker in Chicago in 1971 and then 1973-1997. In 1971, I was one of the last Republicans who IRS hired. In 1980, I was one of the last Republicans who GAO hired. If I was still a federal worker, to punish Trump, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates would have killed me by now, figuratively, if not literally.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/01/what-a-federal-government-shutdown-means-for-illinois/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois federal workers heavily stressed as government shutdown yanks paychecks. For federal workers living paycheck to paycheck, the shutdown could mean choosing between paying for groceries or prescriptions, says National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) National President Doreen Greenwald. DD: My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid. While I was a NTEU member 1971-1980, my IRS salary increased from $55,850/year to $112,280/year in today’s dollars. In my defense, during that time, I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and I almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/10/01/government-shutdown-impact-illinois-chicago-federal-workers
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/01/broadview-immigration-processing-center-detention-ice-dhs
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/01/massive-immigration-raid-on-chicago-apartment-building-leaves-residents-reeling-i-feel-defeated
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote citizens of foreign countries over citizens of America.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/10/01/raoul-student-visa-rule
NBC5
— Chicago’s federal workers face uncertainty amid government shutdown. The City of Chicago has more than 33,000 federal workers. DD: I was a federal worker in Chicago in 1971 and then 1973-1997. In 1971, I was one of the last Republicans who IRS hired. In 1980, I was one of the last Republicans who GAO hired. If I was still a federal employee, to punish Trump, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates would have killed me by now, figuratively, if not literally.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicagos-federal-workers-face-uncertainty-amid-government-shutdown/3832531/
WGN RADIO
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly treat Pat Brady as being the spokesman for all Republicans in Illinois. I should write about the many anti-conservative actions he has taken.
https://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/pat-brady-trumps-military-meeting-government-shutdown-and-more/
KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— In a posting Wednesday on the Kane GOP Facebook page, party chairman Andro Lerario and Aurora Township Republican Danny Souri announced their candidacy for Illinois governor and lieutenant governor. DD: Facebook is a Democrat website. Credible Republican candidates in Illinois a) have websites, b) issue press releases and media advisories, and c) include diersen@aol.com on their press release and media advisory email lists.
https://www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-chronicle/2025/10/02/kane-gop-chairman-says-hell-run-for-illinois-governor-in-2026/
LINCOLN COURIER
— New program looks to address lawyer shortage in Illinois
https://www.lincolncourier.com/story/news/state/2025/10/02/new-program-would-address-lawyer-shortage-in-illinois/86345520007/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrats voted for a shutdown. Now they have to find a way out
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-democrats-voted-for-a-shutdown-now-they-have-to-find-a-way-out/amp/
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders get the Pope to equate illegals with unborn babies.
https://www.npr.org/2025/10/01/nx-s1-5560169/pope-leo-xiv-says-inhuman-treatment-of-immigrants-in-the-u-s-isnt-pro-life
IPM NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do more to protect their illegals.
https://ipmnewsroom.org/standing-up-to-ice-in-the-suburbs-the-peoples-patrol-puts-its-faith-in-resistance/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— According to state estimates, more than 153,000 federal workers in Illinois will be affected by the shutdown, with as many as 45,000 potentially furloughed. While essential services like Social Security and mail delivery will continue, other programs — including some supporting public health, housing and a veterans hotline — face disruption.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/10/02/shutdown-showdown-pritzker-blames-trump-00591582
ILLINOIZE
— Why Darren Bailey is Running Again
https://www.theillinoize.com/articles/why-darren-bailey-running-again
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/02/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-603/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— $725,000 in Democrat Cash Fuels Ted Dabrowski’s GOP Governor Run
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/725000-in-democrat-cash-fuels-ted-dabrowskis-gop-governor-run.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democrats go all in on health care, betting it’s still a winning message for their flailing party
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/1/democrats-go-health-care-betting-still-winning-message-flailing-party/
NEW YORK POST
— Kash Patel severs FBI’s ties with James Comey-backed Anti–Defamation League after group ripped Charlie Kirk’s TPUSA
https://nypost.com/2025/10/01/us-news/kash-patel-cuts-fbis-ties-with-the-anti-defamation-league-after-group-called-charlie-kirks-turning-point-usa-extremist/
AMAC
— New Poll Shows Big Problems for Democrats
https://amac.us/newsline/politics/new-poll-shows-big-problems-for-democrats/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Red states rising
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/10/red_states_rising.html
BLAZE
— Did the FBI SHADOW BAN Charlie Kirk? Censorship EXPOSED
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/the-coverup/did-the-fbi-shadow-ban-charlie-kirk-censorship-exposed
BREITBART
— Musk: ‘Cancel Netflix for the Health of Your Kids’
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2025/10/01/elon-musk-cancel-netflix-for-the-health-of-your-kids/
— ADL Drops ‘Glossary of Extremism’ over One-Sided Criticism of Charlie Kirk. DD: My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being an extremist. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/01/adl-drops-glossay-of-extremism-over-one-sided-criticism-of-charlie-kirk/amp/
FOX NEWS
— Musk joins Netflix exodus over pro-trans cartoon, whose creator was accused of condemning Charlie Kirk
https://www.foxnews.com/media/musk-joins-netflix-exodus-over-pro-trans-cartoon-whose-creator-accused-condemning-charlie-kirk
— Here’s what Trump wants to do to reshape the federal government during the shutdown. President says shutdown allows administration to cut ‘vast numbers of people’ and programs.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/heres-what-trump-wants-do-reshape-federal-government-during-shutdown?lid=vhfrpzikofy0
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Descendants of Former Slaves Given College Admissions Preferences Under California Legislation. DD: In my defense, I have always stressed that while all my ancestors immigrated during 1840s and 1850s, they have always lived in northeast Illinois.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/10/descendents-of-former-slaves-given-college-admissions-preferences-under-california-legislation/
NEW AMERICAN
— What Killed Charlie Kirk? “Trans” Ideology Did — and It’s Killing America, Too. DD: My critics/opponents promote LGBTQ.
https://thenewamerican.com/us/culture/what-killed-charlie-kirk-trans-ideology-did-and-its-killing-america-too/
NEWSMAX
— Musk Calls SPLC ‘Evil,’ Says Group Should Be Shut Down
https://www.newsmax.com/us/elon-musk-splc-propaganda/2025/10/02/id/1228730/
PJ MEDIA
— Creator of Netflix Transgender Cartoon Gets Shredded for Smearing Charlie Kirk As a ‘Nazi’
https://pjmedia.com/michaelcantrell/2025/10/01/creator-of-netflix-transgender-cartoon-gets-shredded-for-smearing-charlie-kirk-as-a-nazi-n4944356
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
REUTERS
— Musk becomes first person to hit $500 billion net worth
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/musk-becomes-first-person-hit-net-worth-500-billion-2025-10-01/
NEWSWEEK
— DD: Democrat leaders get to Pope to equate innocent unborn with guilty killers
https://www.newsweek.com/pope-leos-abortion-comment-sparks-backlash-10812905
MSN
— Musk Doubles Down On ‘Cancel Netflix’ Calls Over Trans Character And Director’s Charlie Kirk Post
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/musk-doubles-down-on-cancel-netflix-calls-over-trans-character-and-director-s-charlie-kirk-post/ar-AA1NFpvw
YAHOO
— LGBTQ-promoters say “MAGA Rages at Netflix Thanks to Triggered Elon Musk Post.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/maga-rages-netflix-thanks-triggered-084853769.html
REUTERS
— US Supreme Court to hear arguments in Trump bid to fire Fed’s Cook; leaves her in job for now. DD: I succumbed to my Democrat GAO superiors’ threats and took their early retirement “offer” when I was 49 in 1997. What if I had stayed on the job? Who had standing to come to my defense? It would have been my Republican U.S. Senators and U.S. Representatives. It would have been Speaker Hastert. It would have been Bush.
https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/us-supreme-court-hear-arguments-over-trump-bid-fire-feds-cook-2025-10-01/
CBS NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders get to Pope to equate innocent unborn with guilty killers
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pope-leo-abortion-pro-life-death-penalty/
NEW YORK TIMES
— After Kirk’s Death, Turning Point Vows to Go On. That May Be Easier Said Than Done. Despite a surge in new campus chapters, there is a void left by Charlie Kirk’s murder that has implications for the entire MAGA movement. DD: Will hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-hates assassinate the next Turning Point leader too?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/us/politics/charlie-kirk.html
— Spam and Scams Proliferate in Facebook’s Political Ads. A new analysis of political advertisers found that the platform profits from ads that include deepfakes and other content prohibited by its own policies. DD: Facebook is a Democrat website. Credible Republican candidates in Illinois a) have websites, b) issue press releases and media advisories, and c) include diersen@aol.com on their press release and media advisory email lists.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/technology/facebooks-political-ads-deepfakes-scams.html
— Trump is seeking to deprive millions of Americans of their health insurance. DD: Knowing that the federal government would pay 72% of my and my wife’s health insurance premiums for life if I could survive until retirement helped me endure my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors’ tremendous efforts to get rid of me.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/opinion/government-shutdown-health-care-democrats.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump administration seeks to exert control over government shutdown. Officials canceled projects in Democratic states, posted partisan messages on government websites and warned that federal layoffs will begin soon.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/10/01/government-shutdown-deadline-congress-funding/
USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/09/30/citizens-seek-damages-after-violent-ice-arrests/86419733007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing promote more hatred against Trump and Hegseth.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/09/30/trump-training-grounds-us-cities-military/86438472007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/10/02/government-shutdown-trump-republicans/86459131007/
MIAMI TIMES ONLINE
— DD: All the many minorities and females that were promoted over me were Democrats or RINOs a) who had less experience than I had, b) who had less education than I had, c) who had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, d) who had no professional license like the one I had, and/or e) who were younger than me, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.miamitimesonline.com/opinion/charlie-kirk-vs-elite-black-women-a-case-of-insecurity-or-racism/article_6ac5020b-3d89-4a78-a710-01e2397897b8.amp.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Can the Democrat Party Break Free from the Left? DD: Can the Republican Party break free from RINOs?
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/can-democrats-break-free-of-the-left-dc202c58
— FRONT PAGE: America’s Most Dog-Friendly City Has Had Enough. In San Francisco, pets put their paws on cafe counters, roam sports bars and lick gym-goers during sit-ups.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/americas-most-dog-friendly-city-has-had-enough-6c0ec18b
AUDACY
— DD: America should focus on meritocracy. If my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors had focused on meritocracy instead of Affirmative Action and DEI, I might still be a federal employee. In my opinion, they would have promoted me into their Senior Executive Service, currently $195,200/year, before I was 40. But instead, they wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. They flushed down their toilets what I had learned a) working for GAO for almost 18 years and for IRS for almost 9 years, b) earning three job-related master’s degrees, c) earning six job-related professional certifications, and d) earning a job-related professional license.
https://www.audacy.com/wwl/news/local/why-shouldnt-our-military-return-to-a-focus-on-meritocracy
HUFFINGTON POST
— DD: Hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters hate Kirk.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/charlie-kirk-fired-lawsuits_n_68dc38f1e4b0f3800bccf07e
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
ECONOMIC TIMES
— Hundreds of federal agents flood Chicago to dismantle Tren de Aragua gang
https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DF22rN0Df4ZE
— Trump to bar funding of entities that do diversity work abroad. DD: To promote diversity is to promote more hatred against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://m.economictimes.com/news/international/global-trends/trump-to-bar-funding-of-entities-that-do-diversity-work-abroad-report/amp_articleshow/124268586.cms
— White House sets hiring, foreign enrolment terms for colleges to get funding advantage
https://m.economictimes.com/news/international/global-trends/white-house-sets-hiring-foreign-enrolment-terms-for-colleges-to-get-funding-advantage-report/amp_articleshow/124268312.cms
— ‘Serve Americans, not illegal aliens’: VP Vance slams Democrats
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/serve-americans-not-illegal-aliens-vp-vance-slams-democrats-calls-it-a-democratic-shutdown/videoshow/124264700.cms?from=mdr
INDIA TIMES
— Netflix allegedly loses $15.1 billion after Elon Musk calls out ‘transgender woke agenda’; streamer faces mass subscription cancellations
https://www.indiatimes.com/trending/netflix-allegedly-loses-15-1-billion-after-elon-musk-calls-out-transgender-woke-agenda-streamer-faces-mass-subscription-cancellations/articleshow/124271627.html
HINDUSTAN TIMES
— Damning report on Tyler Robinson’s roommate, Lance Twiggs’s troubled past
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/charlie-kirk-shooting-damning-report-on-tyler-robinsons-roommate-lance-twiggss-troubled-past-101759354868809.html
— Why Musk wants you to cancel Netflix subscription
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/why-elon-musk-wants-you-to-cancel-netflix-subscription-charlie-kirk-shooting-hamish-steele-101759381964593.html
September 30, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Trump directs generals to defend US from ‘war from within.’ DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-directs-generals-defend-us-war/17912017/
— Hegseth rails against ‘woke,’ lays out standards in speech to top generals, admirals
https://abc7chicago.com/post/what-know-pentagons-mystery-meeting-top-ranking-generals/17909098/
— Federal agents surround South Shore apartment building as DHS requests military deployment
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-federal-agents-surround-south-shore-apartment-building-dhs-requests-military-deployment-illinois/17908911/
— Food Security for Life initiative seeks to end hunger among City Colleges students. DD: My parents provided me with room and board in their Crete home while I took classes at UIC 1966-1968.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/gov-jb-pritzker-chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-celebrate-launch-food-security-life-initiative-city-colleges/17911862/
WTTW
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/09/30/it-all-has-stop-broadview-officials-call-ice-end-use-chemical-munitions-rubber-bullets
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/30/editorial-donald-trump-military-speech-enemy-within-chicago/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/30/editorial-ice-downtown-immigration-agents-weekend/
— Pritzker likens Trump to Putin for suggesting military use Chicago, other ‘dangerous cities’ as training grounds. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/30/president-donald-trump-pete-hegseth-military-training/
— President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declare an end to ‘politically correct’ leadership in the US military
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/30/trump-hegseth-us-military/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump/2025/09/30/donald-trump-pete-hegseth-chicago-military-training-ground-national-guard-operation-midway-blitz
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/2025/09/29/broadview-businesses-ice-immigration-protest-suburbs
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/09/30/south-shore-immigration-operation-border-patrol-fbi
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/09/29/youth-survey-better-chicago-immigration-mental-health-absenteeism-safe-spaces-beth-swanson
— DD: My critics/opponents blacklist those a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents who are still have lots of clout and who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately. Most commonly, they reject the equal opportunity plank in the Republican Party platform. They want more and more and more preference for those who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, citizens of foreign countries, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/09/30/colbert-kimmel-martin-luther-king-jr-1960s-blacklist-era-ben-jealous
DAILY HERALD
— DD: What percent of generals are anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250930/nation-and-world/trump-tells-a-roomful-of-silent-generals-to-join-a-war-from-within/
— DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250929/nation-and-world-politics/pritzker-calls-federal-deployment-an-attack-on-the-constitution/
— A student ‘womb service’ works covertly to deliver contraception at DePaul. DD: Democrat leaders are ever-increasingly destroying religion.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250930/education/a-student-womb-service-works-covertly-to-deliver-contraception-at-depaul/
WBEZ
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/09/29/standing-up-to-ice-in-suburban-chicago-the-peoples-patrol-puts-its-faith-in-resistance
WGN RADIO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/rep-krishnamoorthi-ice-is-acting-with-impunity-right-now/
STATELINE
— Pritzker’s actions heighten tensions with Chicago law enforcement
https://www.mystateline.com/news/illinois-gop-claims-pritzkers-actions-heighten-tensions-with-chicago-law-enforcement/
GALESBURG REGISTER MAIL
— Illinois reparations hearing set for Oct. 4 in Urbana. DD: Anticipate/expect that the more of the following that you are, the more reparations that Illinois Democrats will make you pay: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.galesburg.com/story/news/local/2025/09/30/illinois-reparations-hearing-set-for-oct-4-in-urbana/86421993007/
OAK PARK
— Welcome to Woke Park, neighbor!
https://www.oakpark.com/2025/09/30/welcome-to-woke-park-neighbor/
X RADIO
— Bailey Says Pritzker “Complete Incompetence, Refusal to Protect Communities” is Why Troops Being Sent to Protect ICE Agents
https://www.thexradio.com/news/local-news/19569-bailey-says-pritzker-complete-incompetence/
WSPY
— During visit to Yorkville, Bailey and Del Mar talk taxes, power shifts as they begin campaign for governor’s race
https://www.wspynews.com/news/local/during-visit-to-yorkville-bailey-and-del-mar-talk-taxes-power-shifts-as-they-begin/article_3b4143b6-bce9-46a8-8131-5db50b80bd5b.html
CITIES 92.9
— Illinois students struggle with academic proficiency. DD: For Democrat leaders, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.cities929.com/2025/09/30/watch-illinois-student-struggles-continue-as-enrollments-decline/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump floats using Chicago, other Democrat-led cities as military training ground, troops coming ‘very soon’
https://www.nprillinois.org/chicago-il/2025-09-30/trump-floats-using-chicago-other-democrat-led-cities-as-military-training-ground-troops-coming-very-soon
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/09/30/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-393/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
AM 870 THE ANSWER
— Illegal Des Moines Superintendent Proves ‘Replacement Theory’
https://am870theanswer.com/columnists/charlie-kirk/video/68dc1a08b389e81a75fe3087
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Dabrowski’s Campaign Bankrolled by Democrat Donors Tied to Johnson and Pritzker Allies
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/09/dabrowskis-campaign-bankrolled-by-democrat-donors-tied-to-johnson-and-pritzker-allies.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump, Hegseth present troops with new marching orders: Shape up
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/30/pete-hegseth-slams-fat-generals-admirals-racial-quotas-announces-new/
— Feds to probe Des Moines schools on diversity hiring in wake of illegal immigrant schools chief
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/30/feds-probe-des-moines-schools-diversity-hiring-wake-illegal-immigrant/
— Judge calls for public to ‘stand up’ to Trump, compares ICE to KKK
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/30/judge-calls-public-stand-trump-compares-ice-kkk/
— Trump says he’ll lay off ‘a lot’ of federal workers in a government shutdown. DD: In 1966, I was one of the last Republicans who the Democrats who ran the Post Office hired. In 1971, I was one of the last Republicans who the Democrats who ran IRS hired. In 1980, I was one of the last Republicans who the Democrats who ran GAO hired.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/30/trump-says-hell-lay-lot-federal-workers-government-shuts/
— How the U.S. military went woke: DEI offices, women in combat and drag shows.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/30/us-military-went-woke/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Portland has refused to enforce the law for five years
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3831005/portland-refused-enforce-law-five-years/
NEW YORK POST
— Hegseth demands troops meet ‘male-level’ physical standards, rails against ‘fat troops’ in military
https://nypost.com/2025/09/30/us-news/pete-hegseth-demands-troops-meet-male-level-physical-standards-rails-against-woke-garbage-and-fat-troops-in-military/
BREITBART
— Trump Vows to ‘Straighten Out’ Dangerous Sanctuary Cities ‘One by One’
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/09/30/trump-vows-to-straighten-out-dangerous-sanctuary-cities-one-by-one/
CHRISTIAN POST
— Trump warns Mamdani: No federal funds for a ‘communist’ mayor |
https://www.christianpost.com/news/trump-warns-mamdani-no-federal-funds-for-a-communist-mayor.html
EPOCH TIMES
— Bondi Directs FBI, DEA, Other DOJ Agencies to Guard ICE Facilities. The attorney general also announced the formation of a task force to protect ICE agents.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/bondi-directs-fbi-dea-other-doj-agencies-to-guard-ice-facilities-5922385
FOX NEWS
— Hegseth tells troops to resign if they oppose his plan to scrap ‘woke’ policies and restore warrior ethos. War secretary announced new personnel standards during Quantico speech.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hegseth-tells-troops-resign-oppose-his-plan-scrap-woke-policies-restore-warrior-ethos?lid=q6jfds3fnzv5
NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Hyde Amendment Turns 49
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/the-hyde-amendment-turns-49/
NEWSMAX
— Pritzker Asks Illinois Residents to Post Photos of ICE Agents
https://www.newsmax.com/us/jb-pritzker-chicago-ice/2025/09/30/id/1228420/