FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Supreme Court keeps Trump’s National Guard deployment blocked in the Chicago area, for now
https://abc7chicago.com/post/supreme-court-ruling-keeps-donald-trumps-chicago-national-guard-deployment-blocked-now/18309907/
— Pope disappointed over approval of assisted suicide legislation in his home state of Illinois
https://abc7chicago.com/post/pope-leo-xiv-news-catholic-church-leader-disappointed-approval-assisted-suicide-legislation-home-state-illinois/18310097/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Supreme Court deals Trump a defeat on bid to deploy National Guard in Illinois
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/23/supreme-court-trump-national-guard-illinois/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for inflation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/20/november-us-consumer-goods-price-tracker/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pope disappointed by approval of Illinois’ assisted suicide legislation. Pope Leo XIV said he asked Gov. JB Pritzker not to sign legislation allowing assisted suicide in Illinois. “We were very clear about the necessity to respect the sacredness of life from the very beginning to the very end, and unfortunately … he decided to sign that bill.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv/2025/12/23/pope-disappointed-over-approval-of-illinois-assisted-suicide-legislation
DAILY HERALD
— Why three congressional candidates could be booted from the ballot
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251223/us-congress-politics/why-three-congressional-candidates-could-be-booted-from-the-ballot/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Three congressional candidates vying to serve different parts of the Northwest or West suburbs will find out early next month if they’ll appear on March 2026 primary ballots or be booted. On the hot seat are Democrat Mark J. Pasieka Sr., a Chicagoan running in the 3rd District; and two Republicans running in the 11th District, Tedora Brown of Palos Park and Michael Pierce of Naperville.)
— DuPagePads opens new warming center in Wheaton
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251223/news/dupagepads-opens-new-warming-center-in-wheaton/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Quantifying the Tax Local Officials Did Not Vote To Impose, a “Would Have Been, Could Have Been” Article
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/23/quantifying-the-tax-local-officials-did-not-vote-to-impose-a-would-have-been-could-have-been-article/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Supreme Court rules against Trump on deploying troops to Chicago
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/23/supreme-court-rules-trump-deploying-troops-chicago/
— Medicaid wasted more than $200 million on dead enrollees in single year
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/23/medicaid-paid-200-million-care-deceased-patients-single-year/
— White House rebuffs Catholic bishops’ appeal for a Christmas pause in immigration enforcement
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/23/catholic-bishops-appeal-christmas-pause-immigration-enforcement/
— Military hits best recruiting numbers in 15 years
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/23/military-hits-best-recruiting-numbers-15-years-pentagon-says/
— Islam is still incompatible with America
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/23/december-2025-islam-still-incompatible-america/
— American families deserve real health care relief. There’s a better path than Obamacare.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/10/american-families-deserve-real-health-care-relief/
NEW YORK POST
— Toxic ideas fueling far-left terrorists came straight from our college campuses
https://nypost.com/2025/12/23/opinion/toxic-fuel-for-far-left-terrorists-came-straight-from-our-colleges/
AMERICAN THINKER
— The problem behind ‘affordability’
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/12/the_problem_behind_affordability.html
— NBC criticizes Trump admin for claiming ‘without evidence’ that white civilization is being erased
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/12/more_fake_news_nbc_criticizes_trump_admin_for_claiming_without_evidence_that_white_civilization_is_being_erased.html
— The ‘affordability crisis’ myth
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/11/the_affordability_crisis_myth.html
BREITBART
— SCOTUS Rules Against Trump Sending National Guard to Sanctuary Chicago
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/12/23/scotus-rules-against-trump-sending-national-guard-sanctuary-chicago/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Worst 5 examples of higher ed’s pro-abortion agenda in 2025. Abortion is celebrated and promoted on college campuses.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/worst-5-examples-higher-eds-pro-abortion-agenda-2025/29167
DAILY WIRE
— TPUSA Attendees Rally Around JD Vance At AmFest. “JD Vance represents the greatest conservative movement in over forty years.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/tpusa-attendees-rally-around-jd-vance-at-amfest
EPOCH TIMES
— Federal Judge Strikes Down California’s Policies Hiding Gender Switches From Parents. The permanent injunction includes language that bars any employee in California’s education system from ’misleading the parent.’
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/federal-judge-strikes-down-californias-policies-hiding-gender-switches-from-parents-5961936
FOX NEWS
— Mamdani FIRES BACK after report exposes anti-Zionist appointees
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6386869048112
— 20% of NYC mayor-elect Mamdani transition appointees have anti-Zionist ties
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/20-nyc-mayor-elect-mamdani-transition-appointees-have-anti-zionist-ties-adl.amp
NEWSMAX
— California Auditor Flags Newsom Admin as High Risk, Citing Billions in Exposure
https://www.newsmax.com/us/california-gavin-newsom-audit/2025/12/23/id/1239457/
PATRIOT POST
— Slouching Toward Open Season on Jews. To catalog all the recent violence against Jews in the Western world would fill a book.
https://patriotpost.us/opinion/123805-slouching-toward-open-season-on-jews-2025-12-23
POST MILLENNIAL
— Vance overwhelmingly wins AmFest straw poll for 2028 GOP presidential nominee. The poll found that 84.2 percent of attendees want Vance for the spot, while no other figure in the poll received double-digit support.
https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-jd-vance-overwhelmingly-wins-amfest-straw-poll-for-2028-gop-presidential-nominee
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— The NLRB Can Now Serve the American People, Not the Democratic Party
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/12/22/the_nlrb_can_now_serve_the_american_people_not_the_democratic_party_153661.amp.html
TOWNHALL
— Mamdani Chalks Up His Antisemitic Staff Problem As a ‘Wide Variety of Political Opinion’
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2025/12/23/mamdani-radical-staffers-wide-variety-of-political-opinion-n2668370
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
REUTERS
— US seeks to cancel thousands of asylum cases
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-seeks-cancel-thousands-asylum-cases-cbs-news-reports-2025-12-23/
CNBC
— Entry-level hiring is down 23% from March 2020. DD: What entry-level jobs did you have? I had three. I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU when I was 21 years old in 1970. My first entry-level job was a Retail Sales Manager for a Firestone Store. My salary was about $50,000/year in today’s dollars for a 44-hour workweek. In 1971, my second entry-level job was a GS-7 IRS Revenue Officer. The salary was $55,850/year in today’s dollars. To get that job, I had passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination. My taking graduate evening business courses at Loyola helped me get promoted to GS-9 ($68,315/year) in 1972, to GS-11 ($82,655/year) in 1973, and to GS-12 ($99,069/year) in 1974. I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. In 1980, my third entry-level job was a GS-9 Step 10 GAO Analyst. The salary was $88,808/year in today’s dollars. To get that job, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and almost earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul. My salary was $153,151/year in today’s dollars almost 18 years later in 1997, after I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, after I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, after I became a licensed CPA in 1981, after I earned four more professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and after I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/23/this-is-linkedins-no-1-piece-of-advice-for-entry-level-job-seekers-in-2026.html
USA TODAY
— Turning Point exposes Republican infighting when we need unity. DD: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman and an Illinois Center Right Coalition officer, those organizations would still be hosting candidate debates today.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/12/23/turning-point-republican-infighting-conservative-movement/87855762007/
INC.
— The Top 15 Highest-Paying Jobs for 2026 That Don’t Require a College Degree. DD: Firestone Stores would not have hired me as a Retail Store Manager in 1970 and IRS would not have hired me as a Revenue Officer in 1971 if I had not earned a bachelor’s degree in business in 1970. IRS would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 if I had not been taking graduate business evening courses. GAO would not have hired me as an Analyst in 1980 if I had not earned an MBA in 1976 and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. GAO would not have promoted me in 1986 if I had not earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and became a licensed CPA in 1981.
https://www.inc.com/kit-eaton/the-top-15-highest-paying-jobs-for-2026-that-dont-require-a-degree/91281103
TALKING POINTS MEMO
— GAO Has Been Calling Out Trump’s Illegal Impoundment. That May Soon Change.
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/one-agency-has-been-calling-out-trumps-illegal-impoundment-that-may-soon-change
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Throughout 2025, the Trump administration has, time after time, simply refused to spend funds that Congress appropriated. The obstinacy was without precedent in modern American governance; congressional Democrats suggested it had put the country on track toward a constitutional crisis. Republicans, who controlled both chambers of Congress, largely did nothing. Piping up occasionally to affirm to those who were paying attention that they had not entirely lost their minds was a relatively small watchdog agency housed within the legislative branch: The Government Accountability Office (GAO). . .Following Dodaro’s retirement, Congress will establish a bipartisan panel to recommend a replacement to the president. President Donald Trump will then nominate a candidate subject to Senate confirmation. But experts worry that the ostensibly bipartisan process will not be enough to force Trump to appoint someone who will live up to the agency’s nonpartisan mission, which includes investigating improper, wasteful and fraudulent use of the money Congress allocates. “It is very likely that Gene Dodaro is replaced with a Trump lackey,” Bobby Kogan, senior director of federal budget policy at the Center for American Progress, told TPM. Kogan worries that if Dodaro is replaced by a Trump loyalist, the agency will stop doing the “important part of what they have been doing, which is investigations, public oversight and accountability.” “GAO investigations are extremely important,” Georgetown Law professor David Super told TPM. “In many respects, it provides a better and more independent version of what the inspectors general used to provide,” he said, referencing the watchdogs who sit within many executive branch agencies — and who Trump fired en masse in 2025. “Since Trump has gotten rid of the inspectors general, we don’t have that independent site,” Super continued. “So having an independent GAO looking at things is extremely important. And, certainly, Congress would have a harder time doing its job without GAO.”)
PEW RESEARCH
— The Political Gap in Americans’ News Sources. DD: Since 2000, I have worked hard to fill an ever-increasing political news and commentary gap in Illinois with my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Tragically, there are fewer and fewer and fewer conservative news and commentary sources in Illinois.
https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2025/06/10/the-political-gap-in-americans-news-sources/
Tag: Republican
December 21, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago Cubs’ Matt Shaw enters a new world with his Turning Point USA appearance
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/21/chicago-cubs-matt-shaw-turning-point-appearance/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/12/21/how-i-reported-on-immigration-as-a-daughter-of-immigrants
SUBURBAN CHICAGOLAND
— U.S. Republican Senate Candidate R. Cary Capparelli argues that the Illinois Republican Party needs new leadership.
https://suburbanchicagoland.com/2025/12/21/republican-party-in-illinois-needs-new-grassroots-candidate-says/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Judge’s conviction in ICE obstruction case vindicates courthouse arrests
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/21/judges-conviction-ice-obstruction-case-vindicates-courthouse-arrests/
— Turning Point’s AmericaFest surprises attendees with phone call from Trump
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/21/nicki-minaj-donald-trump-surprise-guests-turning-points-americafest/
— House investigators probing Jeffrey Epstein case urged to unseal the Clinton impeachment files
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/20/house-investigators-probing-jeffrey-epstein-case-urged-unseal-clinton/
— Our enemy Islam has revealed all. Recent massacres reveal patterns that denial and euphemisms only worsen.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/21/enemy-islam-revealed/
— Seats for sale: Campaign costs skyrocket, fueling elites in politics
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/19/seats-sale-campaign-costs-skyrocket-fueling-elites-politics/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Assessing the Wreckage of Affirmative Action. DD: Up until recently, Affirmative Action (AA) was the “law of the land,’ that is, up until recently, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination was the “law of the land.” My Democrat superiors in the federal government used AA to waste my career and to force me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. My critics/opponents not only have no problem with that, they applaud it.
https://freebeacon.com/culture/assessing-the-wreckage-of-affirmative-action/
NEW YORK POST
— Vance wades into MAGA civil war at AmericaFest, criticizes conservatives for ‘canceling each other’
https://nypost.com/2025/12/21/us-news/jd-vance-wades-into-maga-civil-war-decries-conservatives-canceling-each-other/
— Tucker Carlson named ‘Antisemite of the Year’ by prominent Jewish organization after alarming interviews
https://nypost.com/2025/12/21/us-news/tucker-carlson-named-antisemite-of-the-year-by-jewish-organization/
— Mamdani’s early staff picks confirm NYers’ worst fears for the next four years
https://nypost.com/2025/12/21/opinion/zohs-staffer-picks-are-starting-to-confirm-nyers-worst-fears-for-the-next-four-years/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Wake Up, Parents: American Library Association Is (Still) Grooming Our Kids. DD: How successful have Democrats been making the students in your school district sexually active LGBTQers?
https://amgreatness.com/2025/12/21/wake-up-parents-american-library-association-is-still-grooming-our-kids/
AMERICAN THINKER
— I thought Trump didn’t want any more federal holidays
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/12/i_thought_trump_didn_t_want_any_more_federal_holidays.html
BREITBART
— Vance: ‘Honor’ Charlie Kirk by Not Doing Things ‘That He Himself Refused to Do in Life’
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/12/21/jd-vance-honor-charlie-kirk-by-not-doing-things-that-he-himself-refused-to-do-in-life/
COLLEGE FIX
— U.S. House leader questions Chicago Public Schools’ exclusion of Christian student teachers
https://www.thecollegefix.com/u-s-house-leader-questions-chicago-public-schools-exclusion-of-christian-student-teachers/
— University play ‘A Gay in a Manger’ features Jesus as ‘King of Gays,’ Three Wise Men as drag queens
https://www.thecollegefix.com/university-play-a-gay-in-a-manger-features-jesus-as-king-of-gays-three-wise-men-as-drag-queens/
— ‘Power Rainbow’ by Harvard grad students teaches 3rd graders about systemic oppression
https://www.thecollegefix.com/power-rainbow-by-harvard-grad-students-teaches-3rd-graders-about-systemic-oppression/
DAILY CALLER
— ‘Threatening Western Civilization’: Tulsi Gabbard Slams ‘Islamist Ideology’ As America’s Greatest Threat
https://dailycaller.com/2025/12/21/tulsi-gabbard-islamist-ideology-america-threat-americafest-tpusa/
— WSJ Celebrates Degeneracy Just In Time For Christmas
https://dailycaller.com/2025/12/19/house-vaishnavi-nayel-talawadekar-throuple-wall-street-journal-relationship-gay-marriage/
EPOCH TIMES
— At TPUSA Event, Vance Warns Conservatives to Not Cancel Each Other. Sparks flew between Ben Shapiro, Tucker Carlson, and other speakers at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest 2025.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/at-tpusa-event-vance-warns-conservatives-not-to-cancel-each-other-5961174
— How Chinese Syndicates With Ties to CCP Took Over Marijuana Black Market in US. ‘This stuff is being exported out of the country … It’s an international business for them,’ a drug enforcement expert said.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/how-chinese-syndicates-with-ties-to-ccp-took-over-marijuana-black-market-in-us-5944843
— Safer Roads, More Work: Truckers Welcome Crackdown on Illegal Drivers. A series of fatal accidents in 2025 spurred calls for reforms and better scrutiny of non-resident foreign commercial driver’s license holders and applicants.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/safer-roads-more-work-truckers-welcome-crackdown-on-illegal-drivers-5947753
FOX NEWS
— Progressive churches in Colorado and Washington host drag Nativity, Christmas shows. Congregations in Colorado and Washington host Nativity shows through a ‘queer lens.’
https://www.foxnews.com/media/progressive-churches-churches-colorado-washington-host-drag-nativity-christmas-shows
— Vance says ‘America First’ movement rejects ‘purity tests,’ welcomes critical thinkers. Vice president tells AmericaFest crowd Trump built coalition by welcoming supporters regardless of background. DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who had their saboteurs destroy TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois in 2012 and Illinois Center Right Coalition in 2007.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/vance-says-america-first-movement-rejects-purity-tests-welcomes-critical-thinkers
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Ben Shapiro at TPUSA: Conservative movement in danger “from charlatans who … traffic in conspiracism and dishonesty”
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/12/ben-shapiro-at-tpusa-conservative-movement-in-danger-from-charlatans-who-traffic-in-conspiracism-and-dishonesty/
PJ MEDIA
— Trump Solved the Border Crisis Biden Claimed Was Unsolvable
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/12/21/trump-solved-the-border-crisis-biden-claimed-was-unsolvable-n4947344
TOWNHALL
— Vance Calls for GOP Unity, Touts Trump Agenda at AmericaFest 2025
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/scott-mcclallen/2025/12/21/jd-vance-calls-for-gop-unity-touts-trump-agenda-at-americafest-2025-n2668273
— BLM Co-founder Arrested on Domestic Assault Charges
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/josephchalfant/2025/12/21/blm-co-founder-arrested-on-domestic-assault-charges-n2668274
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Photos of Turning Point USA’s annual conservative youth conference
https://apnews.com/photo-gallery/turning-point-usa-conference-photos-d99fb219f6942e16b915208e13c1b37c
CNN
— Endorsement of Vance receives mixed reactions at Turning Point USA conference
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/21/politics/video/turning-point-endorse-jd-vance-president-reaction-vrtc
— Turning Point’s AmericaFest is rife with infighting
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/21/world/video/americafest-chaos-contorno-lkl-fst-122104aseg1-cnni-world-fast
NEWSWEEK
— MAGA Girl Power Riley Gaines Shapes Turning Point USA AmericaFest
https://www.newsweek.com/maga-girl-power-shapes-turning-point-usa-americafest-11250370
NEW YORK TIMES
— $27,000 a Year for Health Insurance. How Can We Afford That? DD: Are/were your healthcare insurance premiums subsidized? Ever since I became a part-time postal employee when was 18 in 1966, my critics/opponents have been furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my healthcare insurance premiums. They have been even more furious ever since I got married when I was 29 and the federal government started paying 72% of my wife’s healthcare insurance premiums. That 72% subsidy is a major reason why people despise/hate federal employees, federal retirees, and their spouses. That 72% subsidy helped me withstand tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/opinion/health-care-aca-cost-insurance.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Turning Point USA showcases the discord that Republicans like Vance will need to navigate in the future. Turning Point has endorsed Vance as the Republican nominee for the next presidential election.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/12/21/turning-point-charlie-kirk-vance-republicans-2028/ae0bac0e-de6f-11f0-9a80-62add4d0e8ef_story.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Charlie Kirk’s Empire Is Lining Up Behind a Vance Presidential Bid. The vice president will speak Sunday at TPUSA’s premier event, days after Erika Kirk endorsed him for 2028 run.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/charlie-kirks-empire-is-lining-up-behind-a-jd-vance-presidential-bid-cedeb9cc
FORTUNE
— What comes after affirmative action? DD: Up until recently, Affirmative Action (AA) was the “law of the land,’ that is, up until recently, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination was the “law of the land.” My Democrat superiors in the federal government used AA to waste my career and to force me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. My critics/opponents not only have no problem with that, they applaud it.
https://fortune.com/2023/06/08/affirmative-action-supreme-court-harvard-unc/
— Five-year career plan. DD: What career advice did you reject? I refused to a) become a Democrat, b) glorify and praise my superiors and supervisors, c) pander to my superiors and supervisors, d) serve as an operative or as a dupe for my superiors and supervisors, and e) help them get rid of their employees because they were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. Consequently, my Democrat superiors wasted my career, took many big adverse actions against me, and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/linkedin-ceo-says-it-s-outdated-to-have-a-five-year-career-plan-it-s-a-little-bit-foolish-considering-the-pace-ai-is-changing-the-workplace/ar-AA1SBIt9
HUFFINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/maga-nativity-immigration-ice-protest-goog_l_6942ebdfe4b045d9788c63f3
AXIOS
— MAGA media mess deepens at Turning Point convention
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/21/maga-media-antisemitism-turning-point-usa
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
FINANCIAL TINES
— Affordability. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout that if you cannot afford something, it is Trump’s fault. There are many things that I could/cannot afford because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.ft.com/content/d5f033e9-f9de-420d-93a1-22f2e38c6d5e
GUARDIAN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that if you vote for Democrats, your health care will be free.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/21/us-healthcare-system-trump
TIMES OF INDIA
— Less than one-third of state teachers clear competency test. DD: Only about 20% of those who take the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations pass them on their first attempt like I did. My critics/opponents have always ignored/dismissed/belittled that. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors would not have done that if I had been a Democrat and a minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/less-than-one-third-of-state-teachers-clear-competency-test/articleshow/126097320.cms
December 17, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Apparent arrest made by federal agents in Chicago area amid concerns of Bovino’s return
https://abc7chicago.com/post/border-patrol-chicago-today-little-village-business-concerned-amid-immigration-arrests-greg-bovino-returns-area/18295179/
— Communities on edge amid apparent immigration-related arrests, Bovino’s return to Chicago area
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7dtqITqHlY
— Trump writes partisan plaques for predecessors in his newly installed Presidential Walk of Fame
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-writes-partisan-plaques-predecessors-newly-installed-presidential-walk-fame/18295678/
NBC5
— Judge blocks ICE from requiring members of Congress to provide prior notice before detention center visits
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-blocks-ice-congress-prior-notice-detention-center-visits/
— House passes GOP health care bill without ACA extension
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/house-health-care-vote-republicans-congress/
CBS2
— Bovino and agents return to Chicago area
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/border-patrol-cmdr-gregory-bovino-and-agents-return-to-chicago-area/
WGN9
— Border Patrol Commander Bovino back in Chicago
https://wgntv.com/news/operation-midway-blitz/border-patrol-commander-greg-bovino-back-in-chicago/
FOX32
— Evanston mayor Biss confronts Border Patrol chief amid rising immigration fears
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/evanston-mayor-confronts-border-patrol-chief-amid-rising-immigration-fears
— Bovino ramps up immigration raids in Chicago
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-j23iafl6hbu6nunz
— Chicago groups vow resistance as Border Patrol chief, agents return to area
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-groups-vow-resistance-border-patrol-chief-agents-return
— Chicago vote-by-mail applications open for 2026 primary election
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-vote-by-mail-applications-open-2026-primary-election
WTTW
— Biss Confronts Bovino as Immigration Enforcement Continues
https://news.wttw.com/2025/12/17/evanston-mayor-daniel-biss-confronts-border-patrol-chief-greg-bovino-immigration
— 4 Republicans Defy Speaker Johnson to Force House Vote on Extending ACA Subsidies
https://news.wttw.com/2025/12/17/4-republicans-defy-speaker-johnson-force-house-vote-extending-aca-subsidies
WBEZ
— Bovino’s Border Patrol caravan hits Chicago area for second day, making arrests in Evanston. Bovino had a tense standoff with Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss after federal agents arrested a man at a gas station Wednesday. Later, agents broke out the window of a pickup truck to detain two men outside of a Home Depot.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/12/17/chicago-immigration-ice-border-patrol-bovino-president-donald-trump-deport-midway-blitz
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Bovino praises police assistance in immigration enforcement as CPD denies support
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/17/bovino-praises-local-police-assistance-in-immigration-enforcement-argues-with-evanston-mayor-daniel-biss/
— Bovino in Evanston
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_lQWyqU0Xs
— Trump keeping 300 Illinois National Guard troops federalized until April despite no missions
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/17/illinois-national-guard-federalized-april/
— Illinois Republicans in Congress urge President Donald Trump not to pardon ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/17/gop-illinois-congress-madigan-pardon-trump/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Bovino’s Border Patrol caravan hits Chicago area for second day, making arrests in Evanston. Bovino had a tense standoff with Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss after federal agents arrested a man at a gas station on Wednesday. Later, agents broke out the window of a pickup truck to detain two men outside of a Home Depot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/12/17/chicago-immigration-ice-border-patrol-bovino-president-donald-trump-deport-midway-blitz
— Illinois Republicans tell President Trump to reject Michael Madigan pardon request. U.S. Reps. Darin LaHood, Mary Miller and Mike Bost, staunch Trump allies, penned the request on Tuesday.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/michael-madigan/2025/12/17/illinois-republican-congress-members-president-trump-michael-madigan-pardon-request
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/border-patrol-returns-haunt-chicago-economy-holidays
EVANSTON NOW
— Immigration raids return to Evanston
https://evanstonnow.com/immigration-raids-return-to-evanston/
ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Trump writes partisan plaques for predecessors in his newly installed Presidential Walk of Fame
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/trump-s-white-house-adds-partisan-plaques-to-21248405.php
WAND TV
— Sen. Mark Kelly calls Pentagon investigation into his remarks a move to chill military dissent. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government chilled my dissent big time. I ever-increasingly dissented their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. They ever-increasingly wasted my career, took more and bigger adverse actions against me, and then forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/sen-mark-kelly-calls-pentagon-investigation-into-his-remarks-a-move-to-chill-military-dissent/article_dbddfc77-3bfc-5fa7-834f-9f52554bf9b4.html
WIFR
— Trump will sign executive order to reclassify marijuana, loosen federal restrictions. DD: Pot is poison. I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton in 2019.
https://www.wifr.com/2025/12/17/trump-will-sign-executive-order-reclassify-marijuana-loosen-federal-restrictions/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Woman sues IRS to have pets classified as dependents
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/woman-sues-irs-to-have-pets-classified-as-dependents/amp/
CITIES 92.9
— Amid continued enforcement, Pritzker tells ICE protesters: ‘Do as you have’
https://www.cities929.com/2025/12/17/watch-amid-continued-enforcement-pritzker-tells-ice-protesters-do-as-you-have/
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Bovino Leads Caravan Through Chicago Before Clashing With Evanston Mayor. Wednesday marked Bovino’s second day back on the job in the Chicago area after he left in November.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/12/17/bovino-leads-caravan-through-chicago-and-suburbs-clashes-with-evanston-mayor/
DURBIN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly charge Trump with abusing his powers. The courts in Diersen v. GAO ruled that my Democrat GAO superiors had the power to force me to retire, that is, to fire me, when I was 49 years old in 1997 because I had been an active member in a class action lawsuit since I was 40 in 1988 that charged them with reversed discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/durbin-highlights-the-senates-responsibility-to-hold-the-executive-branch-accountable-amid-president-trumps-abuses-of-powers
CHALKBEAT
— Illinois quietly changes scholarship for teachers of color amid lawsuit, threats from federal government
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/12/17/illinois-teacher-diversity-scholarship-changes/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/12/17/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-438/
— Bovino: ‘We’re here for the taxpayer’
https://capitolfax.com/2025/12/17/bovino-were-here-for-the-taxpayer/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Biss Calls for Repeal of Second Amendment
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/17/biss-calls-for-repeal-of-second-amendment/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump owes America — and the Reiner family — an apology
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/17/donald-trump-owes-america-reiner-family-apology/
— Trump wounds MAGA brand with inhuman rant on Rob Reiner. Polls show once-fierce supporters are bailing in droves.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/17/trump-wounds-maga-brand-inhuman-rant-rob-reiner/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump rips predecessors Biden, Obama and Bush with new plaques on ‘Presidential Walk of Fame’
https://nypost.com/2025/12/17/us-news/trump-rips-predecessors-biden-obama-and-bush-with-new-plaques-on-presidential-walk-of-fame/
COLLEGE FIX
— Illinois amends ‘minority teachers’ scholarship to end federal lawsuit
https://www.thecollegefix.com/illinois-amends-minority-teachers-scholarship-to-end-federal-lawsuit/
FOX NEWS
— Protesters CONFRONT federal immigration agents in Chicago. Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino details street arrests of illegal immigrants in Chicago as residents protest immigration agents.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6386612177112
— ICE chief fires back at ‘100% false’ sanctuary city ‘harassment’ claims. Todd Lyons says sanctuary cities force agents into communities by releasing convicted criminals.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/ice-chief-fires-back-sanctuary-city-harassment-claims-100-false
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
PBS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for everything that is bad.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/americans-are-more-dissatisfied-with-trumps-handling-of-the-economy-than-ever-poll-shows
WORKERS WORLD
— Young workers reject capitalism’s dead-end future. DD: Under socialism, everyone is a government employee. Ever since I became a government employee when I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that if I had been a private sector employee, I never would have had the career successes that I had. They have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that career advancement in government is much easier than it is in the private sector, but nevertheless, I never earned more than $153, 151/year in today’s dollars notwithstanding the fact that I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. In my defense, my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran. How successful in the private sector would someone with my qualifications have been?
https://www.workers.org/2025/12/89607/
December 16, 2025 Evening Edition
WHITE HOUSE
— RESTRICTING AND LIMITING THE ENTRY OF FOREIGN NATIONALS TO PROTECT THE SECURITY OF THE UNITED STATES
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/12/restricting-and-limiting-the-entry-of-foreign-nationals-to-protect-the-security-of-the-united-states/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino and agents return to Chicago in show of force across city and suburbs
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/16/border-patrol-activity-cicero-chicago/
— Maryland will consider slavery reparations after Gov. Wes Moore’s veto is overridden. DD: In my defense, I have always stressed that while all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s, they always lived in northeast Illinois.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/16/maryland-will-consider-slavery-reparations-after-gov-wes-moores-veto-is-overridden/
— Illinois could be only 5 years away from electricity shortages, higher bills
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/16/illinois-electricity-report-shortages-bills/
— Napoleon Harris to appear on ballot in Democratic committeeman race after objections struck down
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/16/napoleon-harris-ballot-democratic-committeeman/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Bovino’s back: Border Patrol commander leads fresh round of immigration raids in Chicago area. Gregory Bovino returned to Little Village Tuesday after playing a key role in the early phases of Operation Midway Blitz, the immigration enforcement campaign that has stoked fear among Chicago’s immigrant communities and led to thousands of arrests.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/12/16/greg-bovino-chicago-border-patrol-president-donald-trump-deportation-immigration
ABC7
— Trump to address nation Wednesday night
https://abc7chicago.com/post/president-donald-trump-address-nation-wednesday-night/18292669/
— Church Nativity scenes add zip ties, gas masks and ICE to protest immigration raids
https://abc7chicago.com/post/church-nativity-scenes-add-zip-ties-gas-masks-ice-protest-immigration-raids-evanston-illinois/18292813/
— Multiple immigration arrests caught on camera as Border Patrol Chief Bovino returns to Chicago
https://abc7chicago.com/post/border-patrol-chicago-today-federal-immigration-agents-seen-little-village-cicero-tuesday-video-shows/18292411/
CBS2
— Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino in Chicago as federal agents detain people in Little Village, Cicero and Berwyn
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/border-patrol-gregory-bovino-chicago-little-village-cicero-midway/
FOX32
— Illinois approves $1.5B boost to rescue, revamp Chicago-area transit
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-transit-bill
WTTW
— Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino Back in Chicago as Federal Immigration Operations Ramp Back Up
https://news.wttw.com/2025/12/16/border-patrol-chief-greg-bovino-back-chicago-federal-immigration-operations-ramp-back
WGN RADIO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://wgnradio.com/john-williams/eric-zorn-trump-immigration-policy-is-unpopular/
WBEZ
— Bovino’s back: Border Patrol commander leads fresh round of immigration raids in Chicago area. Gregory Bovino returned to Little Village Tuesday after playing a key role in the early phases of Operation Midway Blitz, the immigration enforcement campaign that has stoked fear among Chicago’s immigrant communities and led to thousands of arrests.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/12/16/greg-bovino-chicago-border-patrol-president-donald-trump-deportation-immigration
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/12/16/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-437/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois Freedom Caucus raises new questions about noncitizen police officer
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_2b70c989-c57f-4e79-a8fe-ea72f04e2625.html
WIREPOINTS
— Chicago Crime, Courts, and Taxes Under Fire as Critics Question City Leadership – Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon Interviewed on Dan Proft’s Morning Answer
https://wirepoints.org/chicago-crime-courts-and-taxes-under-fire-as-critics-question-city-leadership-wirepoints-mark-glennon-interviewed-on-dan-profts-morning-answer/
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— The Hunger Industrial Complex: How America Manufactured a Food Insecurity Crisis
https://illinoisfamily.org/federal/the-hunger-industrial-complex-how-america-manufactured-a-food-insecurity-crisis/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Dabrowski Campaign Starts with Illegal Robocalls — Repeating Rauner’s $1 Million Mistake. Political robocalls to cell phones without prior express consent are illegal under federal law.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/12/dabrowski-campaign-starts-with-illegal-robocalls-repeating-rauners-1-million-mistake.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: That warning makes Dabrowski’s misstep even more striking given who is advising him. Dabrowski’s top campaign advisor is Jeanne Ives, a longtime and outspoken political enemy of Bruce Rauner. Ives built her reputation opposing Rauner’s brand of establishment Republican politics, frequently criticizing his judgment, leadership, and campaign decisions. Yet now, the Dabrowski campaign finds itself ensnared in the very same legal problem that cost Rauner’s campaign $1 million. Illinois law compounds the risk. The state’s Election Code (10 ILCS 5/9-9.5) requires political calls to identify the sponsoring committee and prohibits blocking caller ID. Violations are a Class B misdemeanor, punishable by up to six months in jail and fines up to $1,500. The State Board of Elections may also impose civil penalties and refer cases for prosecution.)
— Return to Innocence: A Generation Caught Between Digital Overload and the Erosion of Boundaries, Imagination and Innocence
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/12/return-to-innocence-a-generation-caught-between-digital-overload-and-the-erosion-of-boundaries-imagination-and-innocence.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— IRS law enforcement expanded reach in 2025: Helped ICE, policed D.C. streets
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/16/irs-law-enforcement-expanded-reach-2025-helped-ice-policed-dc-streets/
— Netflix and the near-complete woke Hollywood takeover. Filmmaking’s future depends on studio independence.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/16/netflix-near-complete-woke-hollywood-takeover/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Never, ever give up your guns
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom-self-reliance/3918225/never-ever-give-up-your-guns/
AMAC
— Deport Illegal Aliens – Laws Require It
https://amac.us/newsline/national-security/deport-illegal-aliens-laws-require-it/
BRETBART
— Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent: Mass Deportations Are Bringing Rents Down for Working-Class Americans
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2025/12/16/treasury-secretary-scott-bessent-mass-deportations-are-bringing-rents-down-working-class-americans/
FOX NEWS
— Chicago ‘lost its mind’ financially under Mayor Brandon Johnson, Washington Post warns. Washington Post criticizes Chicago’s financial ‘gimmicks’ under Johnson.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/chicago-lost-its-mind-financially-under-mayor-brandon-johnson-washington-post-warns
PJ MEDIA
— Newsom Brags About Giving Illegals Healthcare
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/12/16/newsom-brags-about-giving-illegals-healthcare-n4947140
TOWNHALL
— GOP Lawmakers Slam Critics of Airstrikes Against Venezuelan Boats
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeff-charles/2025/12/16/gop-lawmakers-slam-critics-of-airstrikes-against-venezuelan-boats-n2667972
— These RINO Senators Backed a Bill Seeking to Overturn Trump Executive Order on Federal Unions
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/dmitri-bolt/2025/12/16/two-republican-senators-back-bill-seeking-to-overturn-trump-executive-order-n2667997
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Even the Washington Post Agrees: Chicago’s Leftism Has Doomed City
https://www.westernjournal.com/even-wapo-agrees-chicagos-leftism-doomed-city/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Illinois Law Generates $1.5B to Save Public Transit From Fiscal Calamity
https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2025-12-16/illinois-law-generates-1-5b-to-save-public-transit-from-fiscal-calamity
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— GOP Leaders See No Chance of ACA Deal by Deadline. Centrists’ proposals stall in House, while Senate leader Thune says agreement could come next month
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/house-gop-aca-obamacare-subsidies-57add6a6
CFO
— How CPA licensure became a CFO issue in 2025. What started as a professional standards debate became a CFO concern tied to audit quality and hiring. DD: I became a licensed CPA when I was 32 years old in 1981. My critics/opponents have always ignored/dismissed/belittled that.
https://www.cfo.com/news/how-cpa-licensure-accounting-talent-became-a-cfo-issue-in-2025/807987/
NEWSONE
— How Descendants Of Enslavers Are Repairing Ancestral Damage. DD: In my defense, I have always stressed that while all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s, they always lived in northeast Illinois.
https://newsone.com/6689508/how-descendants-enslavers-are-repairing-ancestral-damage/
December 12, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker signs ‘right-to-die’ legislation for terminally ill people to end their lives in Illinois. The new law, which takes effect next September, opens the door for people 18 or older with a terminal diagnosis to be prescribed a fatal drug.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/12/12/illinois-right-to-die-pritzker-signs-law
— Illinois’ political tensions nothing compared to failed redistricting push in Indiana. Indiana Republicans’ arguments against the bill were sound, not only because they were under so much pressure from D.C., but because it just wasn’t the right thing to do. DD: What about the gerrymandered Illinois 3rd Congressional District?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/12/12/illinois-redistricting-push-indiana-republicans-trump-rich-miller
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump downplays Indiana redistricting loss, but funds could be in doubt
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/12/trump-downplays-indiana-redistricting-loss-but-funds-could-be-in-doubt/
— Speaker Mike Johnson scrambles to find a health care plan as Republicans remain divided
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/12/speaker-johnson-health-care-plan/
DAILY HERALD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251212/nation-and-world/immigration-crackdown-leaves-teens-to-care-for-siblings-after-parents-get-detained/
— DD: Censures and attempts to censure are always big news. I should write about the unsuccessful attempt by my critics/opponents to get the Illinois Center Right Coalition to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006. I would focus on my critics/opponents who continue to have their operatives and their dupes take adverse actions against me.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251212/news/district-211-board-censures-member-for-sharing-closed-session-discussion-of-fired-teachers/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Illinois cannabis industry poised for major tax relief if Trump reclassifies marijuana. DD: Pot is poison.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/cannabis/trump-cannabis-rescheduling-could-ease-industrys-tax-burden
— Illinois among states suing Trump over $100,000 H-1B visa fee. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/illinois-among-states-suing-trump-over-h-1b-visa-fee
ABC7
— Republican state Sen. Niemeyer explains his vote against Indiana redistricting plan backed by Trump. DD: What about the gerrymandered Illinois 3rd Congressional District?
https://abc7chicago.com/post/gop-state-sen-rick-niemeyer-explains-indiana-redistricting-vote-rejecting-plan-backed-donald-trump-ahead-2026-midterms/18280892/
WTTW
— Evanston Church Nativity Scene Adds Zip Ties, Gas Masks and ICE to Protest Immigration Raids. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly get religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/12/12/evanston-church-nativity-scene-adds-zip-ties-gas-masks-and-ice-protest-immigration-raids
— Illinois Agriculture Director Says Trump Trade Policies Are ‘Crushing’ Farmers
https://news.wttw.com/2025/12/12/illinois-agriculture-director-says-trump-trade-policies-are-crushing-farmers
WSIU
— Illinois H-1B workers earn median $110K as visa fees and wage rules shift. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.wsiu.org/diversity/2025-12-12/illinois-h-1b-workers-earn-median-110k-as-visa-fees-and-wage-rules-shift
CAPITOL FAX
— Illinois very near its 15-year goal of 60 percent of adults holding ‘postsecondary credentials.’ DD: None of my peers hold anywhere near as many credentials as I have. I have a) three master’s degrees (business-1976, accounting-1980, and finance-1997), b) six professional certifications (accounting-1979, internal auditing-1981, fraud examination-1990, government financial management-1994, financial services auditing-1996, and forensic accounting-1997, and c) a professional license (CPA-1981). Since I was 27 years old in 1976, my critics/opponents have ever-increasingly ignored/dismissed/belittled my credentials. But worse than that, they have ever-increasingly used them against me. They ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that anyone with as many credentials I have should have had a far more successful career than I had. They stress that my ending federal salary in 1997 was only $153,151/year in today’s dollars. They stress the many adverse actions that my superiors in the federal government took against me. They stress that Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton continue to ignore/dismiss/belittle my credentials. They ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that my lack of career success and Republican ignoring/dismissing/belittling of my credentials is because I am an extremely bad person.
https://capitolfax.com/2025/12/12/report-illinois-very-near-its-15-year-goal-of-60-percent-of-adults-holding-postsecondary-credentials/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— When the State Decides Your Life Isn’t Worth Living
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/12/i-was-offered-death-when-i-needed-care-when-the-state-decides-your-life-isnt-worth-living.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Seized oil tanker was hiding its location to evade sanctions, law enforcement
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/12/seized-oil-tanker-hiding-location-evade-sanctions-law-enforcement/
— New York gave illegal driver’s licenses to foreign truck drivers
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/12/new-york-gave-illegal-drivers-licenses-foreign-truck-drivers-feds/
— Killing narco-terrorists, saving American lives. Critics of the president’s drone policy would perpetuate deadly overdoses.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/10/killing-narco-terrorists-saving-american-lives/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The dangers of Trump’s venture socialism
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3916547/dangers-trump-venture-socialism/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Trump and Team MAGA are coming for turncoat Indiana Republicans
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/12/12/trump-and-team-maga-are-coming-for-turncoat-indiana-republicans-1609751/
BREITBART
— Poll: Majority of Catholics Support President Trump’s Mass Deportation of Illegal Aliens
https://www.breitbart.com/faith/2025/12/12/poll-majority-of-catholics-support-president-trumps-mass-deportation-of-illegals/amp/
DAILY CALLER
— Trump: Blue States That Let Illegals Drive ‘Lethal Weapons’ Will Miss Out On Millions Of Tax Money
https://dailycaller.com/2025/12/12/sean-duffy-illegal-truckers-cdls-new-york/
FOX BUSINESS
— University calls ‘Standard American English’ a tool of white supremacy
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6386398348112
FOX NEWS
— Omar accused by GOP opponent of opening up the door to massive Minneapolis fraud: ‘Deep, deep ties.’ Republican challenger John Nagel alleges that Omar has ties to individuals involved in fraud scandal.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/omar-accused-gop-opponent-opening-up-door-massive-minneapolis-fraud-deep-deep-ties
NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE
— National Right to Life Condemns Actions of Pritzker’s Signing of Illinois Assisted Suicide Law
https://nrlc.org/communications/nrl-condemns-actions-of-illinois-governor-pritzkers-signing-of-illinois-assisted-suicide-law/
NEWSMAX
— Blue States Flouting Federal Laws
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/illinois-crash-cdl/2025/12/12/id/1238101/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Cannabis Stocks Soar on Reports White House Plans to Reclassify Pot. DD: Pot is poison.
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-dow-sp-500-nasdaq-12-12-2025/card/cannabis-stocks-soar-on-reports-of-white-house-plan-to-reclassify-pot-PvFT19TMWSoL6bTntJEz
INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— Trump: Blue States That Let Illegals Drive ‘Lethal Weapons’ Will Miss Out On Millions Of Tax Money
https://ijr.com/trump-admin-says-blue-states-that-let-illegals-drive-lethal-weapons-will-miss-out-on-millions-of-tax-money/
December 12, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
FOX32
— Duckworth slams troop deployment. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1755268
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Illinois Democrats applaud as GOP-led Indiana Senate rebuffs President Trump’s push for new redistricting map. DD: Will Indiana be the next red state to turn blue and crash and burn?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/11/illinois-democrats-applaud-as-gop-led-indiana-senate-rebuffs-president-trumps-push-for-new-redistricting-map/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting religious leaders to do their bidding. The Democrat Party platform is extremely anti-religious.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/09/jesus-zip-ties-taken-evanston-church-updates-nativity/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Greg Bovino’s the star of Trump’s deportation show. We trace his roots. As a boy, the Hollywood movie “The Border” set the course for his life. He couldn’t believe the Border Patrol agents in the movie were the bad guys. Now that he’s in charge of deportation efforts causing turmoil in Chicago and elsewhere, he sees himself as the good guy. Not everyone agrees.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/12/12/gregory-bovino-border-patrol-deportation-elcentro-california-blowing-rock-boone-north-carolina-migrants-immigration
DAILY HERALD
— Pritzker Military Foundation helps carry on Chicago’s historic tradition of holiday giving. DD: Soon, under Pritzker, everyone in Illinois will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251211/submitted-content/pritzker-military-foundation-helps-carry-on-chicagos-historic-tradition-of-holiday-giving/
— DD: FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251211/news/elgin-police-refute-dhs-account-of-violence-during-immigration-enforcement/
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251211/news/he-doesnt-deserve-to-be-treated-like-a-criminal-effort-underway-on-behalf-of-man-detained-by-ice/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Trump aims to cut curbs on marijuana via exec order: report. DD: Pot is poison. I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton in 2019.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/cannabis/trump-aims-cut-curbs-marijuana-exec-order-report
JOURNAL COURIER
— Illinois bill would let state inmates work remote jobs for pay
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/illinois-incarcerated-remote-jobs-21236922.php
NPR ILLINOIS
— Foreign-born population shrinks as Trump administration pressures immigrants to go. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have,
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-12-11/foreign-born-population-shrinks-as-trump-administration-pressures-immigrants-to-go
— DD: The mainstream news media exists to destroy Trump.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-12-12/trump-struggles-to-find-his-economic-messaging-amid-voter-skepticism
DURBIN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/durbin-condemns-president-trumps-racist-comments-towards-immigrants-in-senate-judiciary-committee-executive-meeting
DAILY LINE
— Two candidates running in open Republican primary in Illinois’ 33rd Senate District
https://www.thedailyline.com/two-candidates-running-republican-primary-illinois-33rd-senate-district
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Illinois pauses after Indiana rejects map
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/12/12/illinois-pauses-as-indiana-rejects-map-00688582
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Pritzker Threatens Mid-Decade Power Grab to Wipe Out GOP Seats After Indiana Redistricting Move. DD: When will the last Republican leave Illinois?
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/12/pritzker-threatens-mid-decade-power-grab-to-wipe-out-gop-seats-after-indiana-redistricting-move.html
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— $1B, unneeded tax hike coming to a tollway near you?
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/1b-unneeded-tax-hike-coming-to-a-tollway-near-you/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— GOP Gubernatorial Hopeful Ted Dabrowski at Marengo Library Today 2-4
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/12/gop-gubernatorial-hopeful-ted-dabrowski-at-marengo-library-today-2-4/
— A Democratic Party Governor Favoring School Choice Financed by Private Donations
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/12/a-democratic-party-governor-favoring-school-choice-financed-by-private-donations/
— Court Seeks New Public Defender as Mark Cook Retires
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/11/court-seeks-new-public-defender-as-mark-cook-retires/
— McHenry County’s Top Law Enforcement Officials Willing To Offer Pritzker Input on Revising SAFE-T Act
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/11/mchenry-countys-top-law-enforcement-officials-willing-to-offer-pritzker-input-on-revising-safe-t-act/
— Ugaste Reminds Pritzker That He Already Gerrymandered Illinois
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/11/ugaste-reminds-pritzker-that-he-already-gerrymandered-illinois/
— Porch Thefts in Chicago and Locally
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/11/porch-thefts-in-chicago-and-locally/
— Suggestions for Making Illinois’ No Cash Bail Law Work Better
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/10/suggestions-for-making-illinois-no-cash-bail-law-work-better/
— Crooked Suburban Police Chief Goes Down
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/10/crooked-suburban-police-chief-goes-down/
— Sheriff Hiring Bailiffs, Retired Police Sought for Full and Part-Time Work
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/10/sheriff-hiring-bailiffs-retired-police-sought-for-full-and-part-time-work/
— CORRECTION: Riley Grade School District Announces 103% Tax Increase AFTER MAJOR TAX CUT LAST YEAR TO SPEND DOWN SURPLUS
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/10/riley-grade-school-district-announces-3-tax-increase/
— State Rep. Candidate Bailey Templeton Quantifies Blagojevich Era Allowance of Illegal Alien Kids on Medicaid
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/10/state-rep-candidate-bailey-templeton-quantifies-blagojevich-era-allowance-of-illegal-alien-kids-on-medicaid/
— Dems Forget Federal Supremacy
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/10/dems-forget-federal-supremacy/
— Tax Sale Law Ruled Unconstitutional in Federal Cook County Suit, Logic Will Affect All Counties
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/10/tax-sale-law-ruled-unconstitutional-in-federal-cook-county-suit-logic-will-affect-all-counties/
— UPDATE: Pritzker Continues Unannounced Visits to Crystal Lake, Refers to Excessive SNAP (Food Stamp) Fraud
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/09/pritzker-continues-unannounced-visits-to-crystal-lake/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump advocates for primary against Indiana GOP leader who rejected redrawn congressional map
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/11/trump-calls-primary-indiana-gop-leader-rodric-bray-rejected-redrawn/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Yes, Ilhan Omar Married Her Brother.
https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/yes-ilhan-omar-married-her-brother
NEW YORK POST
— Trump: Biden administration weaponized DOJ to target Charlie Kirk to put the Turning Point USA movement ‘out of business.’ DD: Who leads Turning Point USA in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district?
https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-claims-biden-admin-weaponized-104731208.html
BLAZE
— Mamdani dares ICE to come get him — and throws the Constitution in the trash
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/mamdani-dares-ice-to-come-get-him-and-throws-the-constitution-in-the-trash
COLLEGE FIX
— Turning Point USA leaders forced off campus at Olivet Nazarene university after death threats. DD: Who leads Turning Point USA in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district?
https://www.thecollegefix.com/turning-point-usa-leaders-forced-off-campus-at-illinois-university-after-death-threats/
DAILY SIGNAL
— LGBTQ Activists Hound Debate Venue to Cancel Christian Leader. DD: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman and an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, the organizations would still be hosting conservative speakers.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/12/11/were-not-canceling-ohio-venue-stands-for-christian-leaders-free-speech/
FOX NEWS
— GOP accuses Democrats of manufacturing affordability crisis as Obamacare subsidy fight nears deadline. Senate Republicans say Democrats manufactured affordability crisis to score political points in 2026 midterms.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-accuses-democrats-manufacturing-affordability-crisis-obamacare-subsidy-fight-nears-deadline
— Bovino urges Pritzker to follow the example of Louisiana when it comes to ICE. Bovino comments on the consequences of the Biden administration border crisis and threats against ICE agents on ‘Hannity.’
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6386360430112
— House Dem to force Trump impeachment vote on 2 articles. Rep Al Green, D-Texas, has forced House vote on impeachment articles within two legislative days.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-dem-force-trump-impeachment-vote-2-articles
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— New California Law Puts ICE Agents at Risk While Violent Protesters Stay Hidden
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/california-law-newsom-police-unmasked
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Turning Point USA Leaders at Olivet Nazarene U. Forced Off Campus Due to Death Threats. “At no time is this sort of behavior acceptable in our society and certainly not at Olivet, and it will be handled accordingly.” DD: Who leads Turning Point USA in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district?
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/12/turning-point-usa-leaders-at-olivet-nazarene-u-forced-off-campus-due-to-death-threats/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC NEWS
— Trump’s $1 million ‘Gold Card’ immigration application plan launches. The program will fast-track residency and citizenship for wealthy immigrants. DD: When your ancestors immigrated, how much money did they have? On my father’s side, they immigrated in 1844. They worked in brick factory in Chicago for 10 years to be eligible to homestead a farm in southeast Crete Township in 1854. On my mother’s side they immigrated in the 1850s and sharecropped a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/trumps-1-million-gold-card-immigration-application-plan/story?id=128320787
— Without affirmative action, elite colleges are prioritizing economic diversity in admissions. Some of the nation’s most prestigious colleges have been enrolling record numbers of low-income students as campuses prioritize economic diversity in the wake of a ban on affirmative action. DD: Because the parents of Black and Hispanic students have less income than the parents of White students, colleges use income as a proxy to give preference to Black and Hispanic students. My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. I had to work my way through college.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/affirmative-action-elite-colleges-prioritizing-economic-diversity-admissions-128303327
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In legal memos, the White House has alleged that prioritizing students based on earnings or geography amounts to a “racial proxy” in violation of the Supreme Court’s 2023 decision against affirmative action. In a June letter, Trump officials accused the University of California-Los Angeles of “race-based admissions in all but name.” It criticized UCLA for considering factors like applicants’ family income, ZIP code and high school profile. Colleges often weigh that kind of information in admissions decisions. Yet the Trump administration has declared that the Supreme Court decision outlaws a wide range of long-accepted education practices, including scholarships targeting students in underserved areas.)
ABC NEW YORK
— Mamdani answers questions on his universal child care plan. DD: Ever since I was born in 1948, my critics/opponents have falsely unethically used my mother staying home to raise me and my brother to paint my mother and father as being filthy rich. Because my mother never attended high school, the belief was that her earning potential was very limited. She never worked outside of the home until after my father died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21. My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. I had to work my way through college.
https://abc7ny.com/post/nyc-mayor-elect-zohran-mamdani-answers-questions-universal-child-care-plan/18276590/
CBS NEWS
— Abbott announces statewide push to expand Turning Point USA chapters in Texas high schools. DD: Who leads Turning Point USA in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district?
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/gov-abbott-announces-statewide-push-to-expand-turning-point-usa-chapters-in-texas-high-schools/
NBC NEWS
— Republican-led House votes to overturn Trump executive order on federal employee bargaining rights. The rare bipartisan vote, 231-195, marks the first time the House has voted to overturn an executive order from President Donald Trump this term. DD: GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had unionized sooner, I might still be a GAO employee. But if not that, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to take the many adverse actions against me that they did including forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/republican-led-house-votes-overturn-trump-executive-order-bargaining-r-rcna248767
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats Press Noem on Harsh Immigration Tactics. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000010582298/noem-house-hearing-immigration-crackdown.html
— DD: The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/opinion/trump-approval-rating-affordability.html
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly shout at everyone that if you cannot afford something, it is because of Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/us/politics/trump-affordability-democrats.html
WASHINGTON POST
— A Democratic upset in Miami’s mayoral runoff this week is a wakeup call for Trump heading into the midterms. DD: What is the likelihood that the Republican candidates on the November 3, 2026 ballot in your precinct will win?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/12/11/miami-election-mayor-higgins-democrats/
— DD: Democrat leaders promote IVF to give themselves cover to promote abortion. I should write about how my Democrat GAO superiors to get rid of me used against me my and my wife giving up trying to have children without trying IVF. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I lied about our efforts to have children. In 1989, to punish me, they rudely threw me off audits of IRS, rudely gave me a bad 6-month audit assignment in Iowa, rudely gave unfair performance expectations, rudely gave me an unfair performance appraisal, and rudely ranked me at the bottom of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. I should write about the aforesaid. Of course, Duckworth would applaud the aforesaid.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/12/10/ndaa-ivf-coverage-military-families/
USA TODAY
— DD: Democrats fight for criminals. Republicans fight for the victims of criminals.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2025/11/20/sepsis-deaths-lawsuits-prisons-jails-infection-investigation/85755243007/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for inflation.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/12/11/trump-affordability-poll-news/87623654007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Rise of the Mamdani Clones. After the 2024 humiliation, the left is back. It could hurt the party in 2026.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/rise-of-the-mamdani-clones-28d0db8b
FORBES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3bRTO00IcI
AMERICAN IMMIGRATION COUNCIL
— Immigrant Workers and the Childcare Crisis. DD: What percent of childcare workers are illegals?
https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/report/immigrant-workers-childcare-crisis/
NATIONAL JURIST
— Northwestern Pritzker Law scholarship fund reaches $1 million to support public service careers. DD: I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years. They always stressed that I wanted a career in the automotive industry and that none of my four degrees are in public service. In my defense, I would not have become a postal employee when I was 18 in 1966 if my high school friend had not asked me to join him in taking the postal employment test. I would not have become an IRS employee when I was 22 in 1971 if my Firestone Store boss had not fired me because I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile, an offer that Oldsmobile withdrew because it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.
https://nationaljurist.com/northwestern-law-scholarship-fund-reaches-1-million-to-support-public-service-careers/
EDUCATION WEEK
— DD: To get more votes from minorities, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly give minorities more preference.
https://www.edweek.org/leadership/trump-admin-accuses-minneapolis-schools-of-racism-in-protecting-minority-teachers/2025/12
PBS
— DD: To illegally bring a child into a country illegally and/or to illegally keep a child in a country illegally is child abuse.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/trump-administration-separates-thousands-of-migrant-families-in-the-u-s
AXIOS
— Ramirez is pressing the House Judiciary Committee to begin impeachment hearings against Noem.
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/11/kristi-noem-impeachment-democrat-dhs-rfk-trump
December 11, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Indiana Republicans block Trump’s redistricting push in rare break with president
https://abc7chicago.com/post/indiana-redistricting-news-proposed-2025-map-final-vote-state-senate-thursday-amid-pressure-president-donald-trump/18275092/
— New policies cause worry among refugees, asylum seekers in Chicago area
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-immigration-news-president-donald-trumps-new-policies-cause-worry-among-refugees-asylum-seekers-city-suburbs/18276909/
NBC5
— Indiana GOP blocks Trump’s redistricting push in a rare break with the president
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/indiana-gop-blocks-trumps-redistricting-push-in-a-rare-break-with-the-president/3861947/
— Senate rejects extension of health care subsidies as costs are set to rise for millions of Americans
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/senate-health-care-vote-aca-subsidies/3861640/
CBS2
— Hopkins introduced revamped teen curfew measure
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/hopkins-introduced-revamped-teen-curfew-measure/
WTTW
— Senators Clash Over Trump’s National Guard Deployments During Hearing Pushed by Duckworth
https://news.wttw.com/2025/12/11/senators-clash-over-trump-s-national-guard-deployments-during-hearing-urged-duckworth
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— In dueling DC hearings, Ramirez calls Noem a liar and Duckworth questions Trump troop deployments. Ramirez also penned a letter on Wednesday that asked House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan “to conduct a complete investigation into Noem’s “unlawful and potentially impeachable actions.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/12/11/kristi-noem-testimony-congress-delia-ramirez-tammy-duckworth-trump-troop-deployments
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Indiana GOP blocks Trump redistricting push, easing pressure on Illinois
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/indiana-gop-rejects-trump-redistricting-easing-illinois-pressure
— Duckworth confronts defense officials over Guard deployment in Chicago
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/tammy-duckworth-confronts-dod-officials-over-national-guard
AM870
— Young Voters Want Socialism
https://am870theanswer.com/columnists/larry-elder/video/693a04b03d0f1ebab8af1d95
ALTON TELEGRAPH
— How the IRS’ crime-fighting force took on immigration. IRS Criminal Investigations Chief Guy Ficco spoke with The Associated Press about how the agency is juggling its work on new Trump administration priorities with its core mission of tax enforcement. The little-known agency has been doing more with fewer staff, according to its annual report, released on Thursday. DD: I worked for GAO for 3 years on audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division.
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/politics/article/how-the-irs-crime-fighting-force-took-on-21237763.php
FOX ILLINOIS
— Thirteen House Republicans joined Democrats in advancing a bill that would reverse Trump’s executive order to crack down harder on federal worker unions. DD: When I started working for the Post Office in 1966, I felt I had no choice but to join the union. When I started working for IRS in 1971, I felt I had no choice but to join the union.
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/13-house-republicans-join-democrats-to-advance-bill-reversing-trumps-union-crackdown
— HUD Secretary blames illegal migration for ruining the housing market for Americans
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/hud-secretary-turner-blames-illegal-migration-for-ruining-the-housing-market-for-americans-biden-administration-immigration-families
CITIES 92.9
— Your kids now belong to the Chicago Teachers Union
https://www.cities929.com/2025/12/11/op-ed-your-kids-now-belong-to-the-chicago-teachers-union/
DURBIN
— Durbin Condemns Trump’s Racist Comments Towards Immigrants In Senate Judiciary Committee Executive Meeting. During his opening remarks, Durbin again called on Noem to testify in front of the Committee, urged Grassley to consider a subpoena if she refuses to appear.
https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/durbin-condemns-president-trumps-racist-comments-towards-immigrants-in-senate-judiciary-committee-executive-meeting
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Indiana Republicans defy Trump, block redistricting push
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/11/indiana-republicans-defy-trump-block-redistricting-push/
— America’s unsustainable fertility crisis. A demographic earthquake is coming, unless we change.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/11/americas-unsustainable-fertility-crisis/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democratic socialist breaks DC campaign filing system with massive fundraising haul
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/3914740/janeese-lewis-george-breaks-dc-campaign-filing-system-massive-fundraising-haul/
NEW YORK POST
— Tyler Robinson, accused in Charlie Kirk killing, smirks and chuckles during first in-person court appearance, with family in tow
https://nypost.com/2025/12/11/us-news/tyler-robinson-accused-in-charlie-kirk-killing-looks-calm-chuckles-with-lawyers-during-first-in-person-court-appearance-with-family-in-tow/
— Erika Kirk tormented by vile trolls since Charlie’s assassination
https://nypost.com/2025/12/10/opinion/miranda-devine-erika-kirk-tormented-by-vile-trolls-since-charlies-assassination/
— Nikki Haley’s son says ‘this isn’t the country for you’ if you can’t choose your loyalty. DD: My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They have their operatives and their dupes take adverse actions against me. They destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and paise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money. They reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all conservative principles and planks in the Republican Party platform. Most commonly, they reject its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of clout and have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://nypost.com/2025/12/11/media/nikki-haleys-son-says-this-isnt-the-country-for-you-if-you-cant-choose-your-loyalty/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Pritzker and the Act of Choosing Sides
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/12/j_b_pritzker_and_the_act_of_choosing_sides.html
BREITBART
— Mamdani on NYPD Arresting ICE Agents
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/12/11/mamdani-on-nypd-arresting-ice-agents-focus-is-on-sanctuary-law-but-has-to-be-accountability-for-all-of-us-for-law-to-be-meaningful/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— DHS buying six 737s to speed up getting illegal aliens OUT
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/12/11/dhs-buying-six-737s-to-speed-up-getting-illegal-aliens-out-1609593/
DAILY WIRE
— Ending The Woke Monopoly: White House Takes Aim At Higher Ed’s Ideological Capture. University leaders would be wise to get out of the business of indoctrination and discrimination and return to open inquiry.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/ending-the-woke-monopoly-white-house-takes-aim-at-higher-eds-ideological-capture
FOX NEWS
— Noem confronts Democrats over NYC crime, asylum abuses as members hurl accusations. Noem fought off a wave of Democrat attacks and calls to resign during Thursday’s hearing.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/noem-confronts-democrats-over-nyc-crime-asylum-abuses-members-hurl-accusations
— Top Republican rebukes notions to arrest DHS agents with plan to pull funding from problem cities. House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington’s SHIELD Act could target San Francisco, Chicago.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/top-republican-rebukes-notions-arrest-ice-agents-plan-pull-fed-funding-from-problem-cities
— Musk accuses Ilhan Omar of treason
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/elon-musk-accuses-ilhan-omar-treason-over-somalia-comments-viral-social-media-post
— In wake of Charlie Kirk’s murder, Elon Musk says security issues keep him from spending much time in public
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/wake-charlie-kirk-murder-elon-183853711.html
HOT AIR
— Homan: You Better Believe We’re Looking Into Omar’s Alleged Marriage to Brother as Immigration Fraud
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2025/12/11/homan-you-better-believe-were-looking-into-omars-marriage-to-brother-as-immigration-fraud-n3809763
NATIONAL REVIEW
— On the Brink of Suicide: New York and Illinois
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/on-the-brink-of-suicide-new-york-and-illinois/
NEWS BUSTERS
— Pritzker ‘Violated the Supremacy Clause’ of Constitution, DHS Warns
https://newsbusters.org/blogs/cnsnews/craig-bannister/2025/12/10/illinois-gov-pritzker-violated-supremacy-clause
NEWSMAX
— HUD Links Migration to Higher Housing Costs
https://www.newsmax.com/us/hud-jd-vance-scott-turner/2025/12/11/id/1237974/
PJ MEDIA
— 2.5M Illegal Aliens Out of U.S. Since January
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/12/11/25m-illegals-out-of-us-since-january-n4946939
— DOJ Sues Minneapolis Schools for Race Discrimination in Hiring
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/12/11/doj-sues-minneapolis-schools-for-race-discrimination-n4946944
— Is American Urban Culture Beyond Repair?
https://pjmedia.com/benbartee/2025/12/11/is-american-urban-culture-beyond-repair-retail-reparations-pt-iv-n4946937
— Biden Admin Let at Least 18,000 Terrorists Into America
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/12/11/biden-admin-let-at-least-18000-terrorists-into-america-n4946947
POST MILLENNIAL
— ‘Not all cultures are equal’: Rep Randy Fine defends Trump admin’s crackdown on Somali migrants after billion dollar fraud scheme in Minnesota. “There are some people who come to this country to add value, and there are some that come to this country to take value.”
https://thepostmillennial.com/not-all-cultures-are-equal-rep-randy-fine-defends-trump-admins-crackdown-on-somali-migrants-after-billion-dollar-fraud-scheme-in-minnesota
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Mamdani: “I’m Prepared For Any Consequence” For Standing Up To ICE For New Yorkers
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/12/10/mamdani_im_prepared_for_any_consequence_for_standing_up_to_ice_for_new_yorkers.html
TOWNHALL
— The Somali Experiment Failed, It’s Time to Change Course
https://townhall.com/columnists/dustin-grage/2025/12/11/the-somali-experiment-failed-its-time-to-change-course-n2667661
— Thank You, Indiana RINOS…for Being Totally Worthless
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/12/11/indianas-push-to-redraw-its-congressional-maps-torpedoed-by-republicans-n2667769
TURNING POINT USA
— Another College Student Government Votes Against a TPUSA Chapter Becoming a Recognized Student Organization
https://tpusa.com/live/another-college-student-government-votes-against-a-tpusa-chapter-becoming-a-recognized-student-organization/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders drive up grocery prices and then blame on Trump.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-speech-affordability-fact-check-inflation-data/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Noem Faces Questions From House Panel Amid Immigration Crackdown
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/us/politics/noem-house-hearing-immigration-crackdown.html
— ICE Says It Has No Videos to Release of Chicago Deportation Operations
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/us/politics/ice-bodycam-video-chicago.html
— What Is a Trump Gold Card? Applications Open for Million-Dollar Visas.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/us/politics/trump-gold-card.html
WASHINGTON POST
— House votes to repeal Trump order ending union rights at federal agencies. DD: GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had unionized sooner, I might still be a GAO employee. But if not that, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to take the adverse actions against me that they did.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/12/11/house-repeal-trump-union-order/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DD: To illegally bring a child illegally into a country illegally demonstrates gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-12-11/trump-administration-separates-thousands-of-migrant-families-in-u-s
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Socialism Still Not That Popular. But capitalism wins only a plurality in a new survey.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/socialism-still-not-that-popular-00686d77
— Miami, a Power Center for Trump, Delivers a Rebuke of the President. Voters sent clear messages on issues in race that became a referendum on the president.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/miami-a-power-center-for-trump-delivers-a-rebuke-of-the-president-03fcebe6?mod=djemwhatsnews
MONEY WIZE
— Everything about retirement changes if you’re one of the lucky few who have a pension in America. DD: I got in line for a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension when I was 18 years old in 1966. I have begetting a CSRS pension since I was 49 years old in 1997. My critics/opponents have always been furious about that.
https://www.aol.com/finance/everything-retirement-changes-one-lucky-114500050.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: If you’re one of the few American workers with a traditional pension, your retirement strategy likely looks different from that of your peers. As of March, 2025, only 14% of U.S. workers were covered by a defined benefit pension plan, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. These plans are far more common among government employees and retirees. In fact, nearly 86% of state and local public sector workers have access to such a pension, according to Congress. And in 2024, 56% of retirees reported receiving pension income, according to the Federal Reserve. Depending on your age and your employer, a defined benefit pension could significantly shape your retirement outlook. The guaranteed monthly income offers stability, but it brings unique considerations for tax strategy and estate planning.)
NFFE
— NFFE Applauds House Passage of the Protect America’s Workforce Act to Restore Collective Bargaining Rights for Federal Employees. DD: GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had unionized sooner, I might still be a GAO employee. But if not that, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to take the adverse actions against me that they did.
https://nffe.org/nffe_news/nffe-applauds-house-passage-of-the-protect-americas-workforce-act-to-restore-collective-bargaining-rights-for-federal-employees/
POLITICO
— Indiana GOP rejects Trump’s map in major blow to his gerrymandering push
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/11/indiana-republicans-redistricting-vote-trump-00687714
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
DEMOCRACY NOW
— Trump Launches “Trump Gold Card” Visa Program for Wealthy Noncitizens
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/11/headlines/trump_launches_trump_gold_card_visa_program_for_wealthy_noncitizens
TIMES OF INDIA
— Charlie Kirk’s Widow Delivers Emotional Message To People Mocking His Death
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/entertainment/english/charlie-kirks-widow-delivers-emotional-message-to-people-mocking-his-death/videoshow/125920713.cms
— Elite US colleges see record surge in low-income enrolments as new financial aid strategies take hold. DD: Overwhelmingly, low-income students are minorities.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/elite-us-colleges-see-record-surge-in-low-income-enrolments-as-new-financial-aid-strategies-take-hold/articleshow/125913704.cms
WESTERN STANDARD
— Not all ideas are equal. Neither are all cultures.
https://www.westernstandard.news/opinion/albers-not-all-ideas-are-equal-neither-are-all-cultures/69690
December 9, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Pritzker signs bill increasing immigrant protections at Illinois courthouses, hospitals and more. DD: Anticipate/expect that Pritzker will ever-increasing fill the courthouses, hospitals, university campuses, and day cares near you with his illegals.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/gov-jb-pritzker-sign-bill-creating-more-protections-immigrants-illinois-la-villita-community-church-chicago/18267491/
NBC5
— Pritzker signs law seeking to limit immigration enforcement at schools, daycares. The bill also curtails enforcement actions at courthouses, hospitals and more. DD: Anticipate/expect that Pritzker will ever-increasing fill the courthouses, hospitals, university campuses, and day cares near you with his illegals.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/pritzker-signs-law-seeking-to-limit-immigration-enforcement-at-schools-daycares/3860805/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pritzker signs Illinois immigration law that curbs courthouse arrests and expands right to sue agents
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/09/jb-pritzker-illinois-immigration-law/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Bleak stats on white men not shocking. Economy, class and education now do as much work as race in deciding whether a man will be seen as “marriageable,” employable and likely to climb beyond the station of his birth. DD: Under the Democrats, the future for White men in America is ever-increasingly bleak. Fewer and fewer and fewer White men in America seek college degrees. Why is that? Under the Democrats, non-Whites and females ever-increasingly get more and more and more preference, and especially those who are Democrat, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are citizens of foreign countries. If I was young today, because of my bad demographics, I question if I could find the motivation to do what I did. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/12/09/white-men-working-class-college-education-dei-ben-jealous
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The headlines this month about white men, college admissions and the fallout from ending affirmative action startled a lot of people. Stories of declining enrollment and shrinking opportunity for young white men were treated as if they had materialized out of nowhere. Many found it surprising. I didn’t. . .For years now, researchers have documented serious headwinds facing working-class American men: wages that stagnate or fall, especially for men without college degrees; fewer men in college even as women’s enrollment rises; more men detached from the labor force; rising suicide and overdose deaths in many hard-hit communities; and marriage becoming less common and less stable for men with the weakest economic prospects. White working-class men feel this acutely. But they are not alone. White men may have made the headlines, but similar trends are affecting Black, Latino, Native and Asian men —especially those from poor and working-class backgrounds. In today’s economy, class and education now do as much work as race in deciding whether a man will be seen as “marriageable,” employable and likely to climb beyond the station of his birth. So if you’re wondering why a Black civil rights leader cares about the struggles of white men, the answer is simple: In a democracy, you cannot fix poverty for anyone unless you fix it for everyone. Every major leap forward in opportunity in this country has depended on multiracial coalitions. Progress comes when we face the full truth — not when we ignore parts of it. Which brings us to the conversation we are actually having. Or rather, not having. It’s time to readjust our thinking about white men, college admissions and diversity, equity and inclusion. The left and the right have both turned this into a culture war when what we really need is a reality check. On the right, the headlines became a grievance weapon — proof, some claim, that diversity efforts were out to “replace” white men. On the left, the reaction was defensive, as if acknowledging hardship among white families would somehow undermine the fight for racial justice. Neither response had much to do with the truth. And if we’re wondering why we can’t seem to have a real conversation about opportunity, we should start where political scientist Martin Gilens warned us decades ago. By portraying poverty disproportionately with Black faces, American media helped make the white poor — and much of the working class —invisible. That distortion robbed us of the ability to see the full picture of suffering and the full map of shared struggle. When entire communities are invisible, their pain doesn’t get counted. Their boys don’t get counted. Their decline doesn’t make the front page until it shows up as a political shock. That invisibility hurts everyone. It hurts white families like Bill’s. It hurts Black and Brown families navigating the same broken ladders. It hurts the communities trying to build stable futures for their children. Before we talk solutions, we need full visibility — a willingness to see all who are struggling, not just the ones who fit our old narratives. And yes, part of that conversation may involve something like affirmative action for working-class families, including white men. Not the caricatured version people argue about on cable news, but the real kind colleges have long used: giving a boost to students from low-income families, high-poverty neighborhoods, under-resourced schools and overlooked rural counties — from Appalachia to the Mississippi Delta to remote parts of Alaska. Race-based affirmative action sat alongside these class- and place-based efforts; it never replaced them. And even after the Supreme Court’s decision, colleges can still use class-based affirmative action because it recognizes a basic truth: A child’s chances in life are shaped powerfully by ZIP code, wealth and opportunity. The headlines surprised many because they showed only one part of the story. It’s time we tell the whole one. Only then can we rebuild opportunity — for Bill, for the boys in his family and for every family fighting for a fair shot.)
DAILY HERALD
— Chicagoan Spomenka Vajic, a would-be Republican candidate in Illinois’ 3rd Congressional District shouldn’t be on the 2026 primary ballot because she didn’t gather enough petition signatures, state election officials ruled Tuesday.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251209/us-congress-politics/gop-candidate-knocked-off-ballot-in-3rd-congressional-district/
— Cody Holt, who is seeking the Republican nomination for the 33rd state Senate seat, was removed Tuesday from the March primary ballot.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251209/illinois-state-politics/33rd-state-senate-candidate-removed-from-ballot/
— Pritzker signs bill enacting immigrant protections at courthouses and on campus
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251209/illinois-state-politics/pritzker-signs-bill-enacting-immigrant-protections-at-courthouses-and-on-campus/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Illinois sees decline in rate of residents moving out of state. DD: What keeps you in Illinois? My ancestors have lived in northeast Illinois since 1844. I have lived in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton since 1978. I have lived in my precinct since 1984. All four of my degrees are from Illinois Universities.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/economy/illinois-sees-decline-rate-residents-moving-out-state
ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— State Sen. Andrew Chesney stunned a legislative luncheon audience Dec. 9 when he said that his solution to a housing crisis would be the deportation of all undocumented immigrants.
https://www.rrstar.com/story/news/local/2025/12/09/freeport-republican-says-deportation-could-solve-housing-crisis/87691471007/
HERALD
— Will County opens vote-by-mail applications this month for March primary
https://www.shawlocal.com/the-herald-news/2025/12/09/will-county-opens-vote-by-mail-applications-this-month-for-march-primary/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Sen. Chris Van Hollen, a Democrat representing Maryland, says his party must do more to regain public confidence and counter what he calls a “lawless president.”
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-12-09/sen-van-hollen-urges-democrats-to-stand-for-something-not-just-be-anti-trump
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/12/09/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-435/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois’ SAFE-T Act ’emboldens’ anti-police attackers
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_e2a7dffa-9620-4ade-ba2f-bf8212a1282d.html
— Chicago minority, low-income students struggling to make testing grade. DD; How much money did your parents have. My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. My mother never worked outside of the home until he died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21. 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.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_bf6f7a92-0808-459c-a6c3-ea24955f012e.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois state Rep. La Shawn Ford said it’s not hard to comprehend why Chicago Public Schools system low-income and minority students are reading and performing math at much lower levels than their state peers. Even after state officials inflated the number of students meeting proficiency levels by lowering reading and math benchmarks, new Illinois Report Card data shows struggling students still posted achievement gaps as low as 22 points below state average, including Black and Hispanic students scoring as low as 28 points below standards. . .Overall, data shows more than half of CPS students are reading below grade level and roughly 75% are falling short of the mark in math. As for 3rd through 8th-graders, only 35% read at grade level and just 19% are proficient in math. At the high school level, just 32% of low-income 11th graders read at grade level and 17% proved to be competent in math. Noting that wide discrepancies also exist among Black and Hispanic 3rd through 8th graders, Ford pointed out that similar achievement gaps between minorities and other students across the city are also prevalent at the high school level, with Black 11th graders testing 26% below the state average in reading and 28% below in math and Hispanics 12 and 17 points below standards.)
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— UPDATE: Pritzker Continues Unannounced Visits to Crystal Lake, Refers to Excessive SNAP (Food Stamp) Fraud
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/09/pritzker-continues-unannounced-visits-to-crystal-lake/
— Rockford YMCA Follows Marengo Park District Example Opening Fitness Center 24 Hours
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/09/rockford-ymca-follows-marengo-park-district-example/
— Pritzker Meets with McHenry County Leaders, Public, Reporters Not Invited
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/09/pritzker-meets-with-mchenry-county-leaders-public-reporters-not-invited/
— Cody Holt Ruled Off the Ballot in 33rd Senate Republican Contest
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/09/cody-holt-ruled-off-the-ballot-in-33rd-senate-republican-contest/
— Tribune Gives Biss Free Publicity
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/09/tribune-gives-biss-free-publicity/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— America’s vanishing middle class. Crisis demands urgent action.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/9/americas-vanishing-middle-class/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Pritzker signs Illinois bill allowing lawsuits against law enforcement officers
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3911956/jb-pritzker-illinois-bill-allows-lawsuits-against-law-enforcement-officers/
— Pritzker unchallenged on Democrat primary ballot after Tillman removed by board
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/state/3912752/pritzker-unchallenged-democrat-primary-after-opponent-removed/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Illinois Reps Outraged Over ICE-Arrested Cop Back on Duty
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/12/09/illinois-reps-outraged-over-ice-arrested-cop-back-on-duty/
FOX NEWS
— Pritzker signs bill to further shield illegal immigrants in Illinois from deportations. Bill goes into effect as Trump administration expands deportation efforts.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pritzker-signs-bill-further-shield-illegal-immigrants-illinois-deportations
PJ MEDIA
— Pritzker, Resisting Trump Means Releasing Murderers and Pedophiles
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/12/08/for-jb-pritzker-resisting-trump-means-releasing-murderers-and-pedophiles-n4946825
— Pritzker Should Think About Resisting Sandwiches Rather Than Trump
https://pjmedia.com/stephen-kruiser/2025/12/09/the-morning-briefing-jb-pritzker-should-think-about-resisting-sandwiches-rather-than-trump-n4946836
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Noem claims Mamdani could be violating Constitution with advice to migrants
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/5640509-noem-mamdani-migrants-advice/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Pritzker Signs Bill Imposing New Limits on Immigration Enforcement
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/us/illinois-immigration-legislation-pritzker.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Illinois law protects immigrants from arrest near courthouses, hospitals or colleges. Illinois has a new law shielding immigrants from federal enforcement near courthouses, hospitals, university campuses, and day cares. DD: Anticipate/expect that Pritzker will ever-increasing fill the courthouses, hospitals, university campuses, and day cares near you with his illegals.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/2025/12/09/immigration-chicago-pritzker-courthouse-ice-arrests/6ff39d24-d527-11f0-a93c-a869cf73ebd6_story.html
USA TODAY
— Is it illegal to hire someone based on race? DD: All my employers were always under tremendous pressure to hire minorities and females. They hired me because they could not find qualified minorities and females who would take the jobs.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/2025/12/09/is-race-based-hiring-illegal/87604243007/
FORBES
— DD: Democrat leaders created affordability problems and now they blame Trump for those problems.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/martinacastellanos/2025/12/09/20-signs-theres-an-affordability-crisis-in-america/
December 6, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Kristi Noem draws protesters at Chicago Christmas tree charity event. Trump’s deportation chief presided over the “Christmas Tree Ship” ceremony at Navy Pier Saturday. She led one of the early aggressive immigration raids near Chicago.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/12/06/homeland-security-kristi-noem-christmas-trees-chicago-coast-guard-navy-pier
— Feds deploy tear gas in Elgin as hourslong standoff ends in man’s arrest. ICE agents fire tear gas and residents toss snow and water bottles back during a confrontation that ended with a man in custody. State Sen. Cristina Castro was on scene and decried agents for “striking fear” in the community.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/12/06/tear-gas-deployed-in-elgin-as-feds-detain-man-after-hours-long-standoff
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— On day of Kristi Noem visit to Chicago, federal immigration agents use tear gas on Elgin crowd
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/06/immigration-agents-use-tear-gas-on-crowd-in-elgin/
DAILY HERALD
— Threats pile up as Indiana Republicans confront pressure from Trump on redistricting
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251206/nation-and-world-politics/threats-pile-up-as-indiana-republicans-confront-pressure-from-trump-on-redistricting/
ABC7
— Federal agent involved in crash, ‘chemical irritants’ deployed in Elgin
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-elgin-federal-immigration-agent-involved-crash-highland-ave-7-exposed-chemical-irritants-maple-lane-police/18258436/
–DD: The Democrat Party platform promotes homelessness.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/new-hud-housing-program-rules-donald-trump-administration-could-put-formerly-unhoused-people-back-streets/18251645/
CBS2
— Federal agent involved in crash, chemical agents dispersed in Elgin
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/federal-agent-involved-in-crash-chemical-agents-dispersed-elgin-illinois/
WGLT
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Somalia.
https://www.wglt.org/2025-12-05/trumps-garbage-comment-met-with-disappointment-in-somalia
FOX ILLINOIS
— ‘They’re really cute’: Trump says he approved ‘tiny cars’ for US production. DD: A 1978 Chevrolet Chevette was my daily driver 1978-1994.
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/theyre-really-cute-trump-says-he-approved-tiny-cars-for-us-production-automakers-manufactured-united-states-japan-kei-smaller-vehicles-driving-gas-fuel-economy-mileage-transportation-environment
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump to affordability critics: ‘I’M FIXING IT’
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/6/trump-affordability-critics-im-fixing/
— Universities defy Trump’s diversity essay ban despite federal threats. DD: UIC admitted me when I was 18 in 1966, NIU when I was 20, Loyola when I was 23, DePaul when I was 27, and IIT when I was 43. But because I oppose race and gender based preference giving, if I was 18, 20, 23, or 43 today, they would not admit me today.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/5/trump-admin-threatens-universities-diversity-essay-policies-schools/
— Young people will lead America into tyranny if not stopped
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/5/young-people-lead-america-tyranny-stopped/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democrats are choosing cartels over Americans
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/courage-strength-optimism/3908558/democrats-choose-cartels-over-americans/
— Trump administration announces audit of contractors benefiting from ‘disadvantaged’ business program. DD: All my critics/opponents a) hint/imply/argue/shout that they are disadvantaged and/or b) that they fight for the disadvantaged. They all demonize, denigrate, and condemn me as being advantaged.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/business/3909429/trump-administration-announces-audit-of-contractors-benefiting-from-disadvantaged-business-program/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump administration will expand travel ban to over 30 countries
https://nypost.com/2025/12/06/us-news/trump-administration-expanding-travel-ban-to-more-than-30-countries/
— America needs to restore high standards before our schools become completely worthless
https://nypost.com/2025/12/06/opinion/alarming-signs-kids-are-paying-a-steep-price-for-low-standards-and-less-testing-in-schools/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— 260K dead found on voter rolls, thousands more ‘non-citizens’
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/12/06/harmeet-dhillon-reveals-260k-dead-found-on-voter-rolls-thousands-more-non-citizens-1608495/
CENTER SQUARE
— Obama-era ‘Welcoming Cities’ program overlaps with illegal border crosser crimes
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_6e09665c-9366-45a5-b950-838e21ca57da.html
FOX NEWS
— Sanctuary cities have ‘absolutely no say’ on immigration crackdowns
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6386124149112
— Photos emerge of Somali illegal’s ties to top Minnesota Dems after ICE arrest. Ibrahim has been photographed with several high-profile Minnesota Democrats, including Gov. Tim Walz and ‘Squad’ Rep. Ilhan Omar
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/photos-emerge-somali-illegals-ties-top-minnesota-dems-after-ice-arrest
— Ilhan Omar says there are few undocumented Somali migrants in the country
https://noticias.foxnews.com/media/ilhan-omar-says-few-undocumented-somali-migrants-country.print
— Trump takes his affordability agenda on the road. DD: What did you do to afford things? I took bad jobs that my peers would not stoop to take. I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assembly line in 1970. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971. I pumped more gasoline 1971-1972. I collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980. I audited federal agencies 1980-1997. According to my critics/opponents, I was grossly overpaid for those jobs and my pension and retirement benefits are much too generous. To qualify myself for better paying jobs, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6386127745112
— The Alarming Gaps in America’s Immigration Vetting System
https://radio.foxnews.com/2025/12/06/extra-the-alarming-gaps-in-americas-immigration-vetting-system/
NEWSMAX
— Zero Tolerance for Those Who Impede ICE
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/immigration-ice-dhs/2025/12/06/id/1237327/
— Another Stabbing by Illegal Migrant in Charlotte
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/crime-violence-illegals/2025/12/06/id/1237353/
PJ MEDIA
— Woke Priest Uses His Church’s Nativity Scene to Mock and Defy ICE
https://pjmedia.com/robert-spencer/2025/12/06/woke-priest-finds-a-way-to-mock-ice-in-his-churchs-nativity-scene-n4946773
— When Sanctuary Politics Put a Knife to an Innocent American
https://pjmedia.com/david-manney/2025/12/06/when-sanctuary-politics-put-a-knife-to-an-innocent-american-n4946772
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEWSWEEK
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ, that is, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.newsweek.com/joe-biden-stumbles-america-lgbtq-forum-speech-11167745
AOL
— Ageism in the Job Market Is Real. DD: I have been fighting ageism since I was 25 years old in 1974 when my Democrat IRS superiors deemed me to be too old to be promoted to GS-13. I ultimately did make GS-13, but not until I was 38 and had a) earned an MBA when I was 27, b) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, c) transferred to GAO and earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, and d) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA when I was 32.
https://www.aol.com/lifestyle/too-old-too-young-retire-133059851.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— Here’s How Trump Has Made It Harder for Migrants Seeking Asylum and Citizenship
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/us/politics/trump-immigration-changes.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Skeletons in your closet? No problem, you can be a GOP candidate. DD: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Voters demand more from Republican candidates than from Democrat candidates. They demand even more from Republican candidates who state that they are conservative. Candidates can always run as Independents. Should political parties have the power to stop candidates from seeking offices as a member of their party? If so, what criteria should be used? Far too many candidates have tremendous skeletons in their closets. When those skeletons come out, not only do they lose, but the party that they ran under loses. When their skeletons come out, far too many Republican candidates blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. But nothing has ever been in my newsletters that was not already in the public realm and/or was already known by the Democrats. Democrat leaders have always falsely claimed to have first learned of Republican negatives from my newsletters. Far too many who are involved in Republican activities are Democrat plants.
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-01-22/republicans-solomon-pena-george-santos-vetting-candidates-democrats
DESERET NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasing destroy traditional marriage and family. Under the Democrats, fewer and fewer and fewer people are marriage material. What helped make you marriage material? By the time I got married when I was 29 in 1978, I had worked for IRS for almost 7 years and my salary was $108,978/year in today’s dollars. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and I was taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul. I lived in a one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building that I had bought in 1976. I was renting out a town home in University Park that I had bought new in 1972. I owned a 1972 Corvette that I had bought new in 1971. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/documents/
https://www.deseret.com/special-series/2025/11/14/american-family-survey-marriage-indifference-needed-family/
WKBW
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that Jesus was an illegal immigrant and that he rejects the concepts of countries, borders, and laws.
https://www.wkbw.com/news/local-news/jesus-himself-was-an-immigrant-buffalo-catholic-diocese-calls-for-compassion-for-immigrants
HEALTH INSURANCE
— Does health insurance cover IVF and other fertility treatments? DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who have used against me the most my and my wife giving up trying to have children without trying IVF, our not adopting, and our not becoming foster parents. According to them, if we had children, I would not have been able a) to pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) to earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, c) to pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and d) to become a licensed CPA in 1981. The aforesaid enabled me to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980 and to get promoted by GAO to GS-13 in 1986. Would Duckworth agree with my critics/opponents, and if so, why? Duckworth stresses what she has accomplished since she successfully used IVF.
https://www.healthinsurance.org/faqs/does-health-insurance-cover-ivf-and-other-fertility-treatments/
POLITICO
— Immigration courts thrown into chaos as Trump administration purges dozens of judges. The president has ousted about one-seventh of the DOJ judges weighing whether to deport noncitizens.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/06/trump-immigration-court-judge-purges-00679376
SALON
— American workers are refusing to take bad jobs. DD: What bad jobs did you take? I took bad jobs that my peers would not stoop to take. I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped lag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assembly line in 1970. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971. I pumped more gasoline 1971-1972. I collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980. I audited federal agencies 1980-1997. According to my critics/opponents, I was grossly overpaid for those jobs and my pension and retirement benefits are much too generous. To qualify myself for better paying jobs, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.salon.com/2021/06/19/american-workers-are-refusing-to-take-bad-jobs-and-thats-good-for-everyone-economists-say/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
TELEGRAPH
— US Supreme Court agrees to hear Trump’s appeal challenging birthright citizenship for children of noncitizens
https://www.telegraphindia.com/amp/world/us-supreme-court-agrees-to-hear-trumps-appeal-challenging-birthright-citizenship-for-children-of-noncitizens/cid/2136503
December 5, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Ahead of Kristi Noem’s visit to Chicago Saturday, immigration agents make show of force in west suburbs
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/05/kristi-noem-chicago-immigration-arrests/
— Democrat leaders badmouth Trump Accounts
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/05/donald-trump-baby-bonds-trump-accounts-savings-1000/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders defend the SAFE-T Act.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/12/05/safe-t-act-criticism-pre-trial-detention-cta-burning-lawrence-reed-rich-miller
DAILY HERALD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more mass/illegal immigration.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251205/nation-and-world-politics/around-the-world-refugees-are-shut-out-of-the-us-by-trumps-new-policies/
ABC7
— Mayor Johnson’s pick for Chicago Housing Authority CEO had ‘lack of operational experience.’ DD: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) no professional license like the one I had.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/mayor-brandon-johnsons-chicago-housing-authority-ceo-pick-former-alderman-walter-burnett-had-lack-experience-letter/18255257/
CBS2
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly get religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/priest-walks-dolton-pope-leo-home-new-york-statue-of-liberty-immigration/
— Indiana House GOP advances 9-0 congressional map, sending contentious plan to state Senate
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/indiana-redistricting-vote/
— Durbin trying to pass DREAM Act one more time before retirement
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/dick-durbin-dream-act-retirement/
WGN RADIO
— Why college sophomores panic. DD: In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, if I could do it over again, I would have majored in accounting. I erroneously thought I could never pass the CPA examination. But I passed it on my first attempt when I finally took it when I was 30 years old. But by then, the accounting profession viewed as being too old.
https://wgnradio.com/jobs/career-vision/why-college-sophomores-panic-2/
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Homeless shelter for families with children opens in downtown Champaign
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/housing/homeless-shelter-for-families-with-children-opens-in-downtown-champaign/article_e1a29a84-4491-44eb-a46c-0b6b9c3dfbae.html
WAND TV
— Another line of attack: White House sets up a hall of shame for news outlets. President Donald Trump’s White House has established a hall of shame for journalists it finds guilty of media bias as it looks for new avenues of attack against legacy news outlets.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/another-line-of-attack-white-house-sets-up-a-hall-of-shame-for-news-outlets/article_4059594e-71ae-579b-8530-4a6f95156f0d.html
WREX
— Realtors say immigration fear is influencing Rockford housing market
https://www.wrex.com/news/realtors-say-immigration-fear-is-influencing-rockford-housing-market/article_7640023e-471a-40cb-965f-4aa531ad4995.html
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Illinois educators hope to tackle thorny issue of math competence. State board developing ‘numeracy plan’ to boost math competency statewide.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/illinois-educators-hope-to-tackle-thorny-issue-of-math-competence/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/12/05/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-433/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Forced Charity: ComEd Shifting Electric Burden to Middle Class under Pritzker Administration Order
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/05/forced-charity-com-ed-shifting-electric-burden-to-middle-class-under-pritzker-administration-order/
— Former Republican Congressman Randy Hultgren Retiring as Head of Illinois Bankers Association
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/05/former-republican-congressman-randy-hultgren-retiring-as-head-of-illinois-bankers-association/
— 9th District Democratic Party Congressional Hopeful Bushra Amiwala Marshals Volunteers
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/05/9th-district-democratic-party-congressional-hopeful-bushra-amiwala-marshals-volunteers/
— Prairie Grove School District Seeks 16.6% Tax Hike
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/04/prairie-grove-school-district-seeks16-6-tax-hike/
— Crystal Lake High School District Asking for Almost 5% More in Real Estate Taxes
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/04/crystal-lake-high-school-district-asking-for-almost-5-more-in-real-estate-taxes/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTINGTON TIMES
— Most universities ignore Trump administration’s ban on diversity-themed admission essays
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/5/universities-ignore-trump-administrations-ban-diversity-themed/
— ‘Ticking time bomb’: How dangers lurked in Afghan evacuee population
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/5/ticking-time-bomb-dangers-lurked-afghan-evacuee-population/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The one-income, middle-class household is a historical myth. DD: I was raised in a one-income household. My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/business/3899251/one-income-middle-class-household-historical-myth/
— Dell teaches an anti-socialist lesson
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/magazine/magazine-letter-from-the-editor/3906428/dell-teaches-anti-socialist-lesson/
— The college degree was a signal. Now it’s just noise. DD: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less education than I had, b) had less work experience than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom-self-reliance/3907523/college-degree-was-signal-now-noise/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As college students across the country prepare for their final exams, many assume they’re entering a job market eager to receive them. But the latest data tell a harsher truth: Americans with bachelor’s degrees now make up a record 25% of the unemployed, up from under 10% three decades ago. And for those ages 20 to 24 — the very students heading toward commencement — unemployment has climbed to 9.2%, a year-over-year spike not seen outside recessions. For many parents, these statistics land like a betrayal. They followed the script they were handed, and they urged their children to do the same: work hard, pad the résumé, secure admission, earn the degree. They were assured the payoff would be waiting on the other side. Instead, the very credential that students were promised would open doors for them is now failing even to keep those doors from closing in their faces.)
NEW YORK POST
— Trump to tour nation with economic pitch as Dems hone ‘affordability’ attack
https://nypost.com/2025/12/05/us-news/trump-to-tour-nation-with-economic-pitch-as-dems-hone-maaa-affordability-attack/
— Trump’s Mr. Fix it: Scott Bessent set to tackle affordability crisis. DD: What stopped you from earning more money during your career? For me, it was my Democrat superiors in the federal government who wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. They wasted what I had learned a) earning a job-related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees, b) earning six job-related professional certifications, c) earning a job-related professional license, d) working for the Post Office for almost 3 years, e) working for IRS for almost 9 years, and f) working for GAO for almost 18 years.
https://nypost.com/2025/12/05/business/trumps-mr-fix-it-scott-bessent-set-to-tackle-affordability-crisis/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Over 260,000 Dead People and Thousands of Illegals Found in Voter Roll Review Thus Far
https://amgreatness.com/2025/12/05/assist-ag-harmeet-dhillon-over-260000-dead-people-and-thousands-of-illegals-found-in-voter-roll-review-thus-far/
BREITBART
— Minneapolis: ICE Arrests Illegals from Somalia During ‘Operation Metro Surge’
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/12/05/minneapolis-ice-arrests-illegals-from-somalia-during-operation-metro-surge/amp/
FEDERALIST
— Normal Americans Are The Ones Who Pay The Price For Biden’s Disastrous Immigration Policies
https://thefederalist.com/2025/12/05/normal-americans-are-the-ones-who-pay-the-price-for-bidens-disastrous-immigration-policies/
— Raking In Hundreds Of Millions For Trafficking Kids Destroys U.S. Catholic Bishops’ Credibility On Immigration
https://thefederalist.com/2025/12/05/raking-in-hundreds-of-millions-for-trafficking-kids-destroys-u-s-catholic-bishops-credibility-on-immigration/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— U.S. mission in Afghanistan was “two-decade long effort fraught with waste,” watchdog finds
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/u-s-mission-afghanistan-fraught-with-waste-sigar-report/
PACIFIC LEGAL
— Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker recently signed legislation rewriting the state’s scholarship rules—and abruptly ending a decades-old race-exclusive program. The change will moot a lawsuit led by a student member of the American Alliance for Equal Rights and represented by the Pacific Legal Foundation at no cost. The law, House Bill 3065, which took effect November 21, struck racial classifications from scholarship eligibility in Illinois.
https://pacificlegal.org/following-plfs-discrimination-suit-pritzker-signs-bill-ending-illinois-race-exclusive-scholarship/
CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION
— DD: If Democrat and RINO leaders had their way, only those who are the following would be allowed to earn college degrees: Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are citizens of foreign countries. I am none of the aforesaid. After I got married when I was 29, I earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31 and a master’s degree in financial markets and trading when I was 48.
https://www.chronicle.com/newsletter/daily-briefing/2025-12-05