November 11, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Veterans rally, march through downtown Chicago protesting Trump, immigration enforcement. DD: My Democrat superiors who were veterans blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-protest-veterans-day-2025-served-rally-march-downtown-protesting-ice-border-patrol/18144662/
— Supreme Court extends its order blocking full SNAP payments, with shutdown potentially near an end
https://abc7chicago.com/post/supreme-court-is-expected-say-full-snap-food-payments-can-resume/18142463/
— Fights break out, multiple people arrested as Turning Point USA event sparks protest at UC Berkeley. DD: If I had been involved in Republican politics, the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966 would not have hired me, the Democrats who ran IRS in 1971 would not have hired me, and the Democrats who ran GAO in 1980 would not have hired me.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/turning-point-usa-fights-break-multiple-people-arrested-event-sparks-protest-uc-berkeley-california/18143024/

CBS2
— Trump calls for more troops in Chicago, cites vacant stores on “Miracle Mile” DD: I walked the Miracle Mile to/from my IRS job in the Loop, graduate evening business classes at Loyola, and my Outer Drive East studio condo 1974-1976.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/president-trump-troops-chicago-miracle-mile/
— Vigil held in Chicago’s Little Village amid word of looming departure of Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/vigil-held-chicago-little-village-gregory-bovino/
— Visual investigation shows use-of-force violations against protesters
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/former-federal-agent-ice-use-of-force-against-protesters/
— Flight cancellations continue to pile up under FAA order in government shutdown
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/live-updates/canceled-flights-us-airlines-faa-order/

FOX32
— Chicago alder confronts Gov. JB Pritzker in Little Village over corporate tax
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/gov-pritzker-little-village-vets-day
— Trump’s 50-year mortgage proposal: What would it mean for homebuyers? DD: My priority 1972-1978, and then my and my wife’s priority after 1978 was to pay off mortgage debt ASAP.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trumps-50-year-mortgage-proposal-what-would-mean-homebuyers

WBEZ
— At Veterans Day rally, vets are critical of Trump administration immigration enforcement. Veterans gather at the Vietnam War Memorial, where speakers decry ICE arrests, cuts to veterans benefits and extrajudicial attacks on Venezuelan boats. “The attacks are to divide and conquer working people.” DD: My Democrat superiors who were veterans blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://www.wbez.org/politics/2025/11/11/veterans-day-rally-chicago-ice
— U.S. Border Patrol boss Greg Bovino, fellow agents to soon leave Chicago but could be back four-fold in March. Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin insists “we aren’t leaving Chicago,” but the feds’ immigration campaign is expected to begin winding down. But one DHS source said 1,000 agents could return in the spring, up from 250 now.
https://www.wbez.org/public-safety/2025/11/11/u-s-border-patrol-boss-greg-bovino-agents-expected-leave-chicago-soon

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Supreme Court weighing Mississippi mail-in ballot case that could have major impact on Illinois voting laws. DD: Far too many Republican candidates have lost elections because of ballots counted after election day.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/11/supreme-court-mail-in-voting-illinois/
— ‘This is a Veterans Day like no other’: Hundreds gather to honor veterans, march against Trump administration
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/11/veterans-day-march-against-trump/
— Alderman yells at Gov. JB Pritzker over opposition to Mayor Brandon Johnson’s head tax plan
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/11/alderman-gov-jb-pritzker-opposition-mayor-brandon-johnsons-head-tax/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— At Veterans Day rally, vets are critical of Trump administration immigration enforcement. Veterans gather at the Vietnam War Memorial, where speakers decry ICE arrests, cuts to veterans benefits and extrajudicial attacks on Venezuelan boats. “The attacks are to divide and conquer working people.” DD: My Democrat superiors who were veterans blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago/2025/11/11/veterans-day-rally-chicago-ice
— U.S. Border Patrol boss Greg Bovino, fellow agents to soon leave Chicago but could be back four-fold in March. Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin insists “we aren’t leaving Chicago,” but the feds’ immigration campaign is expected to begin winding down. But one DHS source said 1,000 agents could return in the spring, up from 250 now.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/public-safety/2025/11/11/u-s-border-patrol-boss-greg-bovino-fellow-agents-expected-to-soon-leave-chicago
— Durbin faces backlash for joining GOP in measure to end government shutdown
https://chicago.suntimes.com/us-senate/2025/11/10/sen-dick-durbin-compromise-measure-federal-government-shutdown-end-democrats-backlash
— ‘Days of Rage’ evokes protests of 1960s and resonates today in a big way. Steven Levenson’s play satirizes the grandiosity of Vietnam era rebellion, but the need to “do something” reverberates in the Trump 2.0 era. DD: My Democrat superiors who were veterans blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/11/11/days-of-rage-steven-levenson-play-1960s-donald-trump-no-kings

DAILY HERALD
— Taxes, sanctuary status and electability key issues in GOP gubernatorial joust. DD: If I was still the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and if I was still on the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee, the organizations would still be hosting candidate debates.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251111/illinois-state-politics/taxes-sanctuary-status-and-electability-key-issues-in-gop-gubernatorial-joust/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Buoyed by a raucous Kane County crowd, Republican candidates in the Illinois gubernatorial primary race debated taxes, crime and electability Monday. The governor hopefuls at the Kane County Republican Organization forum in West Dundee comprised Ted Dabrowski and James Mendrick. Also speaking was lieutenant governor candidate Aaron Del Mar, representing his running mate Darren Bailey. Asked what the single most important change they’d make if elected, Mendrick honed in on a campaign theme. “The sanctuary state — that is my No. 1 change,” said Mendrick, who is DuPage County sheriff. “For years, (President) Biden’s open borders policy let people in relentlessly. We have a secondary population being laid on a primary population; there is no way we can afford this.” Del Mar, the Cook County Republican Party Chair, advocated for lowering property taxes and ending cronyism in state government. “We need to get all the patronage jobs out of here,” the Palatine resident said. Dabrowski, a Wilmette resident and former president of media/research company Wirepoints, said the GOP needs more “principled leadership” and criticized Republican lawmakers who voted for tax and gas hikes. “We will never be able to have a proper Republican brand if we’re not consistent,” he said. Talking points. Dabrowski told the suburban audience the biggest thing they have to think about is who can beat Pritzker in 2026. “I supported Darren Bailey last time strongly. But we know in the end, they fell short, largely up here,” he said. Bailey unsuccessfully ran against Pritzker in 2022. Del Mar ran as lieutenant governor on a ticket with Gary Rabine. “Experience matters,” Del Mar said, referring to Bailey’s time as a state lawmaker and local elected official. “Darren has prayed and he’s thought about all the things he did wonderfully (in 2022). But then he went and studied all the things he did wrong.” Meanwhile, Mendrick emphasized “we need to go back to the definition of a minor, which means under 18 years of age and make it illegal to discuss sex with kids. And that means (no) porn in libraries and schools.” “We need to come back to American principles. We need to bring back God and the nuclear family.” Reducing crime. Asked about crime and safety, Del Mar criticized the Illinois TRUST Act, which prohibits law enforcement agencies from assisting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, with some exceptions. “Every time we have a felon that we find out is illegal, after they get arrested and they do their time and they get released, we can’t notify federal law enforcement to take them away,” Del Mar said. Mendrick suggested “let’s start with respecting and treating our law enforcement like the heroes they are.” He also noted his longtime opposition to the state’s SAFE-T Act, which ended cash bail. “How about all felonies stay in jail?” Mendrick said. “How about multiple repeat offenders for misdemeanors stay in jail — you don’t need to worry about money now, that solves it really easily.” Dabrowski called Illinois’ sanctuary state stance “extreme.” “In Florida, if they find a bad guy, an illegal immigrant bad guy, do you know what they do? The local authorities take the guy, put him in handcuffs, and hand him right over to the federal authorities. Problem solved. No chaos. Just done,” he said. Economic concerns Candidates also dug into Illinois’ economy and pension debt. “Property taxes are the biggest complaint everywhere I go,” Dabrowski said. He touted his abilities to make DOGE-like cuts, and singled out the high salaries for school superintendents. “We need to move to 401(k)s for all new government workers,” he added. Mendrick supported giving municipalities a greater share of the state’s Local Government Distributive Fund and advocated for a mobile 401(k) pension system. “If you quit or go somewhere else, you can take your pension with you,” he said. “That may be attractive enough to replace the existing pension system.” Del Mar countered that many firefighters, police officers and downstate teachers are Republicans. “Telling them you’re going to take their pensions away is not a good way of getting them to vote for you,” he said. “We need to look at ways to grow Illinois. We want to expand and grow the economy and lessen the burden of debt and taxes,” Del Mar added. The other Republicans in the race are Broadview resident Gregg Moore; video gambling business owner Rick Heidner of Barrington Hills; Joseph Severino of Lake Forest; and Max Solomon of Hazel Crest.)
— ‘It reminds us why we fight’: Bailey presses on after loss of son, grandkids in crash
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251111/illinois-state-politics/it-reminds-us-why-we-fight-bailey-presses-on-after-loss-of-son-grandkids-in-crash/
— Lawsuit: Downers Grove Park District’s free-speech zone illegal
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251111/news/lawsuit-downers-grove-park-districts-free-speech-zone-illegal/
— New Trump directive could deny more visas based on applicants’ health and finances
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251111/nation-and-world-politics/new-trump-directive-could-deny-more-visas-based-on-applicants-health-and-finances/

RIVER BENDER
— Don Tracy: Democrats’ Attack on Durbin’s Vote to End Shutdown Proves They Answer to Extremists, Not Illinoisans
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/don-tracy-democrats-attack-on-durbins-vote-to-end-shutdown-proves-they-answer-to-extremists-not-illinoisans-88123.cfm
— Duckworth Renews Push to Help Protect Servicemembers and Veterans from Deportation
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/duckworth-renews-push-to-help-protect-servicemembers-and-veterans-from-deportation-88120.cfm

WQAD
— Durbin defends shutdown deal; Illinois Democrats push back over lost leverage and higher health costs
https://www.wqad.com/article/news/politics/illinois-politics/durbin-defends-shutdown-deal-illinois-democrats-push-back-over-lost-leverage-and-higher-health-costs/63-920a829f-4b07-4a0b-bcf3-d3a976d1b259

ELMHURST PATCH
— Elmhurst Official Confronts Conservative At ICE Protest
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/elmhurst-official-confronts-conservative-ice-protest

BLOCK CLIUB CHICAGO
— Officials Gather In Little Village For Show Of ‘Strength’ After Border Chief’s Threat To Return To Area
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/11/officials-gather-in-little-village-for-show-of-strength-after-border-chiefs-threat-to-return-to-neighborhood/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Biss Releases Poll Showing Him Firmly in First Place
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/11/biss-releases-poll-showing-him-firmly-in-first-place/
— Tracy Checks GOP Primary Opponents’ Petitions, Finds Some Deficient, Declines To Challenge Them
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/11/tracy-checks-gop-primary-opponents-petitions-finds-some-deficient-declines-to-challenge-them/
— Two Attacks on Petitions of Only Male Running to Replace DeWitte
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/11/two-attacks-on-petitions-of-only-male-running-to-replace-dewitte/
— Petitions for Two Republicans Challenging Foster for Congress Challenged
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/11/petitions-for-two-republicans-challenging-foster-for-congress-challenged/
— Bailey Posts Video Saying He Is Staying in the Race for Governor
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/11/bailey-posts-video-saying-he-is-staying-in-the-race-for-governor/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Fix immigration policy to rid the U.S. of enemies
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/11/fix-immigration-policy-rid-us-enemies/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— From ‘leverage’ to lies, Democrats were always responsible for shutdown suffering
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3882362/democrats-leverage-government-shutdown-political-agenda/
— Days after his election, Mamdani is already asking ‘the people’ for money. DD: My critics/opponents are furious that I have the money, time, ability, experience, and motivation needed to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and send them out free of charge, with no advertising, and with no donation requests.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3882258/zohran-mamdani-already-asking-people-for-money/

COLLEGE FIX
— University of Illinois to rename DEI office but says mission will be the same
https://www.thecollegefix.com/u-illinois-to-rename-dei-office-but-says-mission-will-be-the-same/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CBS NEWS
— Justice Department says it’s investigating “violent riots” at UC Berkeley Turning Point USA event. DD: If I had been involved in Republican politics, the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966 would not have hired me, the Democrats who ran IRS in 1971 would not have hired me, and the Democrats who ran GAO in 1980 would not have hired me.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/doj-investigating-violent-riots-uc-berkeley-turning-point-usa-event/
— The voters Mamdani added to the Democratic coalition in New York
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cbs-news-analysis-the-voters-mamdani-added-to-the-democratic-coalition-in-new-york/

November 10, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Trump administration asks SCOTUS to affirm lawfulness of National Guard deployment to Illinois
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-admin-asks-supreme-court-affirm-lawfulness-national-guard-deployment-illinois-says-ice-agents-cant-do-work-alone/18140240/
— Supreme Court will decide whether states can count late-arriving mail ballots, a Trump target
https://abc7.com/post/supreme-court-will-decide-states-can-count-late-arriving-mail-ballots-trump-target/18137746/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for flight cancellations.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-flights-canceled-today-more-600-ohare-midway-airports-amid-snow-government-shutdown/18139725/

NBC5
— DD: What do you say to those who want Bailey to withdraw?
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/darren-bailey-staying-in-governors-race-after-tragic-helicopter-crash/3849817/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/on-anniversary-of-kristallnacht-holocaust-survivor-says-she-sees-similarities-to-today/3849892/
— While Trump threatens controllers, U.S. flight cancellations will drag on even after shutdown ends. Some air traffic controllers, unpaid for nearly a month, have stopped showing up, which may cause delays even after the shutdown ends. DD: Air traffic controllers are essential federal employees. I was a demonized, denigrated, and condemned nonessential federal employee.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/trump-us-flight-cancellations-after-shutdown-ends/3849746/

CBS2
— Undocumented Mexican immigrant in custody for firing shots at Border Patrol in Little Village
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/arrest-shots-fired-border-patrol-chicago-little-village-dhs/

WGN9
— DD: What do you say to those who want Bailey to withdraw?
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/darren-bailey-to-remain-in-race-for-illinois-governor/
— DD: All the many women 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) had no professional license like the one I had.
https://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/why-wont-most-working-women-see-equal-pay-before-they-retire/

FOX32
— DD: What do you say to those who want Bailey to withdraw?
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/bailey-stays-in-il-gov-race

WTTW
— While Trump Threatens Controllers, US Flight Cancellations Will Drag on Even After Shutdown Ends. DD: Air traffic controllers are essential federal employees. I was a demonized, denigrated, and condemned nonessential federal employee.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/11/10/while-trump-threatens-controllers-us-flight-cancellations-will-drag-even-after-shutdown

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump administration appeals injunction restricting use of force in Operation Midway Blitz
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/10/trump-administration-appeals-injunction-restricting-use-of-force-in-operation-midway-blitz/
— Little Village double fatal shooting by jewelry store follows Saturday morning of clashes with immigration agents
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/10/little-village-double-murder-by-jewelry-store-follows-saturday-morning-of-clashes-with-immigration-agents/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chicago rapper Adamn Killa tells cops to ‘arrest me, daddy.’ Getting arrested won’t stop him. Adam Kelly, who goes by the stage name Adamn Killa, was handcuffed and briefly held in a squad car after interrupting a traffic stop for one of his social media videos. After he was released, he went right back to making more videos.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/11/10/chicago-rapper-adamn-killa-tells-cops-to-arrest-me-daddy-getting-arrested-wont-stop-him
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/11/10/deportation-immigration-mexico-indiana-parents-fathers-ice-vanessa-lopez

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Trump tells Supreme Court he followed law in calling Guard to Chicago. DD: In Diersen v. GAO, my Democrat GAO superiors told the court that they followed law when they forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 and when they previously a) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, b) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, c) kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and d) forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/trump-says-guard-deployment-chicago-was-lawful

RIVER BENDER
— DD: Duckworth defends federal employees. I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. If I was still a federal employee, she certainly would not defend me. She would replace me a Democrat who was minority, female, younger, disabled, and/or veteran. Air traffic controllers are essential federal employees. I was a demonized, denigrated, and condemned nonessential federal employee.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/duckworth-reacts-to-trump-threatening-hardworking-air-traffic-controllers–encouraging-them-to-quit—88088.cfm?
https://www.duckworth.senate.gov/news/press-releases/duckworth-reacts-to-trump-threatening-hardworking-air-traffic-controllers-and-encouraging-them-to-quit
— Duckworth Calls For Probe Of Fed Officer’s Use Of Force In Chicago. DD: I enforced federal tax laws for IRS as a Revenue Officer for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year. If Duckworth had been a U.S. Senator back then, would she have called for a probe of what I did? To satisfy federal tax debt, I filed federal tax liens. I issued levies to seize assets, including funds in bank accounts, wages, and accounts receivable. I seized and sold business and personal property including real estate and vehicles. She would have objected to enforcement actions that I took against Democrats who were minority, female, younger, disabled, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/duckworth-calls-for-probe-of-fed-agents-use-of-force-in-chicago-88075.cfm?

STATELINE
— Ogle County Republicans vote to donate $1.5K to local food pantries
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/ogle-county-republicans-vote-to-donate-1-5k-to-local-food-pantries/

CITIES 92.9
— IL comptroller candidates focus on transparency, timely reporting
https://www.cities929.com/2025/11/10/il-comptroller-candidates-focus-on-transparency-timely-reporting/

NORTHERN STAR
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly force everyone to be against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://northernstar.info/129978/opinion/opinion-not-all-left-people-are-good-and-not-all-right-are-bad/

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/11/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-421/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Illinois State Sen. Terri Bryant, who serves as Assistant Republican Leader in the Illinois Senate, is facing mounting criticism after publicly calling her own constituents “idiots” on Facebook.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/11/state-sen-terri-bryant-calls-voters-idiots-on-facebook-as-gop-leader-earns-100k-as-part-time-legislator.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Supreme Court won’t consider challenge to overturn same-sex marriage ruling
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/10/supreme-court-wont-consider-challenge-overturn-sex-marriage-ruling/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democratic socialists quietly capture city councils across America
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/3880175/democratic-socialists-capture-city-councils-across-usa/
— Venezuela in Manhattan? Mamdani’s vision will be a nightmare
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom-self-reliance/3879657/mamdanis-venezuala-new-york-city-vision-nightmare/

NEW YORK POST
— Mamdani’s win isn’t just New York’s loss — it’s a wake-up call for America
https://nypost.com/2025/11/10/opinion/zohran-mamdanis-win-isnt-just-new-yorks-loss-its-a-wake-up-call-for-america/

BLAZE
— The scariest thing about Zohran Mamdani isn’t his socialism
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/rufo-lomez/the-scariest-thing-about-zohran-mamdani-isnt-his-socialism
— Border Patrol agents dodge bullets and bricks from leftist rioters
https://www.theblaze.com/news/border-patrol-agents-dodge-bullets-and-bricks-from-leftist-rioters-in-sanctuary-city-dhs

BREITBART
— Actress Ellen Barkin Can’t See Any Difference Between ICE and Nazis. DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrats will ever-increasingly call Republicans Nazis, and especially Republicans who share Trump’s demographics. Trump is conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, married, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2025/11/10/nolte-ellen-barkin-cant-see-any-difference-between-ice-and-nazis/amp/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Mamdani’s Far-Left Playbook Will Be Replicated Across the Country
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/11/10/mamdanis-far-left-playbook-will-replicated-across-country/
— Trump Pardons Dozens of MAGA Allies Accused of Attempting to Overturn 2020 Election
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/11/10/trump-pardons-dozens-of-maga-allies-accused-of-attempting-to-overturn-2020-election/

DAILY WIRE
— ‘Beyond The Pale’: JB Pritzker Could Soon Make Illinois A Hub For ‘Suicide Tourism’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/beyond-the-pale-jb-pritzker-could-soon-make-illinois-a-hub-for-suicide-tourism

FEDERALIST
— Mamdani’s Vast Support Among The College-Educated Tells Us All We Need to Know About Higher Ed
https://thefederalist.com/2025/11/10/mamdanis-vast-support-among-the-college-educated-tells-us-all-we-need-to-know-about-higher-ed/

NEWSMAX
— Socialists’ Anti-Israel ‘Demands’ to Mamdani
https://www.newsmax.com/us/memo-democratic-socialists-mamdani/2025/11/10/id/1233929/
— Michele Bachmann Resigns From Heritage Foundation
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/heritage-foundation-michele-bachman-kevin-roberts/2025/11/09/id/1233836/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— In Evanston, whistles and watchful eyes are holding ICE accountable. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/5595387-evanston-handbook-immigration-response/

CBS NEWS
— Johnson urges House members to return “right now” as air delays threaten potential shutdown vote
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/government-shutdown-air-delays-cancellations-house-vote-mike-johnson/

NEWSWEEK
— DD: What have Democrat leaders used to fight deportation of their illegals in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://www.newsweek.com/girl-scouts-food-drive-ice-agents-chicago-illinois-11020583

YAHOO
— Trump is bringing back the Presidential Fitness Test.
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/article/trump-is-bringing-back-the-presidential-fitness-test-we-challenged-a-33-year-old-to-pass-it-130021569.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: New York Times reporter Reid J. Epstein writes that “Age is the issue that Democrats can’t shut down” and that “As eight Democratic-aligned senators with an average age of about 70 voted with Republicans to end the 40-day government shutdown without the health care concessions Democrats had demanded, the party again convulsed with two questions that have long racked its members: How old is too old and how vigorously should they fight Republicans? DD: I am 77 years old. The Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party have long considered me to be too old. In my defense, I stress that my age has not stopped me from putting together and sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.
https://www.nytimes.com/

CRAIN’S NEW YORK BUSINESS
— DD: What are the demographics of those selling and buying New York real estate?
https://www.crainsnewyork.com/real-estate/luxury-residential-sales-streak-continues-after-zohran-mamdani-win

FAST COMPANY
— DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government focused on making their Democrat employees who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-German American, and/or who had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time hate their Republican employees who were White, male, older, non-veteran, German American, and/or who had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91438475/did-women-ruin-the-workplace-maybe-for-the-boys-club

JD SUPRA
— Immediate and Drastic Changes in the DOT’s DBE Program: No More Race- and Sex-Based Presumptions
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/immediate-and-drastic-changes-in-the-6468578/

PEOPLE’S WORLD
— How Harlem Communists paved the way for Mamdani
https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/how-harlem-communists-paved-the-way-for-mamdani/

November 10, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NBC5
— Illinois’ US senators split over tentative deal to end government shutdown. Duckworth voted against the funding bill, saying, “This is the time to keep fighting to bring costs down and protect the American people.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-us-senators-split-over-tentative-deal-to-end-government-shutdown/3849489/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSIBESS
— Federal shutdown nears end as Durbin joins Senate deal
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/shutdown-nears-end-durbin-joins-senate-deal

SOUTHERN
— Trump says he’ll issue $2,000 tariff dividend to all except ‘high-income people’
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/11/09/trump-says-hell-issue-2000-tariff-dividend-to-all-except-high-income-people/
— Trump pardons Rudy Giuliani, other key figures allegedly involved in efforts to overturn the 2020 election
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/11/10/trump-pardons-rudy-giuliani-other-key-figures-allegedly-involved-in-efforts-to-overturn-the-2020-election/

SHAW LOCAL
— DD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, dependency on government and on dependency on charity ever-increasingly increase.
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/state/2025/11/09/northern-illinois-food-pantries-see-spike-in-visits-in-recent-weeks-as-leaders-decry-snap-cuts-devastating/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— ICE tactics worry Republicans, too
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/11/10/ice-tactics-worry-republicans-too-00644207

ILLINOIZE
— Why Are Congressional Dems Still Pushing Redistricting?
https://www.theillinoize.com/articles/why-congressional-dems-still-redistricting

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/11/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-629/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— If Mamdani would be on the March 17, 2026 Democrat primary ballot in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, in your school district, and/or in your precinct, how many votes would he get? One could argue that because of Mamdani’s election, all candidates on March 17, 2026 ballots in Illinois should compare and contrast themselves with Mamdani. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Fifty Years Later, Same Unaccomplished Mass Transit Promise Resurfaces
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/10/fifty-years-later-same-unaccomplished-mass-transit-promise-resurfaces/
— Snow More Powerful Than Senate Democrats
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/10/snow-more-powerful-than-senate-democrats/
— Legislators Makes Sure They and State Employees Can Fly Between Chicago and Springfield
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/10/legislators-makes-sure-they-and-state-employees-can-fly-between-chicago-and-springfield/
— Tax Levy Info To Be Discussed by Lakewood Village Board on Veterans Day Up 3.57% to About $2 Million
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/10/tax-levy-info-to-be-discussed-by-lakewood-village-board-on-veterans-day-up-3-57-to-aboit-2-million/
— LaHood Speaking in Park Ridge, Maybe He’d Be McHenry County’s Lincoln Day Dinner, If Invited
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/09/lahood-speaking-in-park-ridge-maybe-hed-be-mchenry-countys-lincoln-day-dinner-if-invited/
— Bison Now Roam on Conservation District Land, District Could Allow Public Viewing
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/09/bison-now-roam-on-conservation-district-land-district-could-allow-public-viewing/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Red states rush to open doors to New Yorkers fleeing Mamdani’s socialist takeover
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/9/red-states-rush-open-doors-new-yorkers-fleeing-mamdanis-socialist/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Taxpayer Money Flows to Vicious Anti-Israel Nonprofit. Plus, Ohio’s largest county funds black-only medical program that experts say is illegal.
https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/taxpayer-money-flows-to-vicious-anti?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=4715391

NEW YORK POST
— Boca Raton makes serious pitch to NYC businesses to head south after Mamdani win
https://nypost.com/2025/11/09/us-news/boca-raton-makes-serious-pitch-to-nyc-businesses-to-head-south-after-zohran-mamdani-win/
— Top NYC rabbi issues dire warning on Mamdani: ‘Does not believe in coexistence’
https://nypost.com/2025/11/09/us-news/nycs-chief-rabbi-issues-dire-warning-on-mamdani-does-not-believe-in-coexistence/
— Boca Raton aiming to lure more Wall Street companies after Mamdani win
https://nypost.com/2025/11/09/business/boca-raton-aiming-to-lure-more-wall-street-companies/
— Democrats’ premature victory lap, old Leninism in a new suit
https://nypost.com/2025/11/09/opinion/democrats-premature-victory-lap-old-leninism-in-a-new-suit-and-other-commentary/
— Middle school teacher allegedly had sex with underage student, allowed him to sleep at her Wheaton home
https://nypost.com/2025/11/10/us-news/middle-school-teacher-allegedly-had-sex-with-underage-student-allowed-to-sleep-over-at-her-home/

FOX NEWS
— Even some legal immigrants don’t ‘assimilate’ into America. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly discourage assimilation.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6384070789112

PJ MEDIA
— Chicago Gang Orders Hits on Border Patrol
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/11/09/shoot-on-sight-chicago-gang-orders-hits-on-border-patrol-n4945792

PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS
— Who Buried the Investigation of Charlie Kirk’s Murder?
https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2025/10/20/who-buried-the-investigation-of-charlie-kirks-murder/

POST MILLENNIAL
— Mamdani not concerned by police exodus, vows to fix it by replacing cops with social workers
https://thepostmillennial.com/mamdani-not-concerned-by-police-exodus-vows-to-fix-it-by-replacing-cops-with-social-workers

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NBC NEWS
— Some new ICE recruits have shown up to training without full vetting. DD: In my defense, my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors fully vetted me. But they hired me only because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, and/or veteran who would take the job. I qualified myself for my Post Office job by passing the postal employment examination and earning a high school diploma. I qualified myself for my IRS job by passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination and earning a bachelor’s degree in business. I qualified myself for my GAO job by earning an MBA and passing the CPA examination on my first attempt.
https://www.aol.com/articles/ice-recruits-showed-training-without-200053967.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: ICE officials only later discovered that some of the recruits failed drug testing, have disqualifying criminal backgrounds or don’t meet the physical or academic requirements to serve, the sources said. Staff members at ICE’s training academy in Brunswick, Georgia, recently discovered one recruit had previously been charged with strong-arm robbery and battery stemming from a domestic violence incident, the current DHS official said. They’ve also found as recently as this month that some recruits going through the six-week training course hadn’t submitted fingerprints for background checks, as ICE’s hiring process requires, the current and former DHS officials said. Per ICE policy, applicants are required to pass drug tests and undergo security vetting through ICE’s human resources office before they show up for the training course. The former officials said the process was more strictly adhered to before a hiring surge that began this summer. The process was meant to weed out disqualified candidates before they would be sent to training. Since the surge began, ICE has dismissed more than 200 new recruits while they were in training for falling short of its hiring requirements, according to recently collected internal ICE data reviewed by NBC News. The majority of them failed to meet ICE’s physical or academic standards, according to the data. Just under 10 recruits were dismissed for criminal charges, failing to pass drug tests or safety concerns that should have been flagged in background checks before they arrived at training, the data indicated and the current and former DHS officials confirmed. The officials said there is growing concern that in the Trump administration’s race to expand the number of ICE agents to 10,000 by the end of the year, the agency could miss red flags in the backgrounds of some new recruits and inadvertently hire them. “There is absolutely concern that some people are slipping through the cracks,” the current DHS official said. The official said many of the issues that have been flagged during training surface only because the recruits admitted they didn’t submit to fingerprinting or drug testing before they arrived. “What about the ones who don’t admit it?” the official said. The Department of Homeland Security told NBC News in a statement that most of its new recruits are former law enforcement officers and former ICE officers who go through a different process. . .The Atlantic reported this week on the struggle some ICE recruits have had with meeting the agency’s physical fitness requirements. The broader scope of issues and specific data haven’t been previously reported. ICE has been under pressure from the White House to increase hiring with the funding Congress designated in the sweeping tax and spending bill that Trump signed into law on July 4. It has frequently lagged behind the White House’s arrest goal of 3,000 per day, which it has attributed to a lack of staffing. As part of the effort, ICE shortened the training at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Georgia from 13 weeks to eight. The training was later shortened to six weeks, the DHS official said. Recruits also are supposed to attest that they can pass ICE’s physical fitness test, which includes setups, pullups and running 1½ miles in under 14 minutes, 25 seconds. Darius Reeves, who recently left his position as ICE field office director in Baltimore, said he believes the agency’s Aug. 6 decision to waive age limits so older people can join has led to more recruits’ failing the physical test. “These new recruits are dropping like flies,” Reeves said in an interview after having spoken with colleagues seeking to bring new hires into the agency. “And rightly so; it makes sense. We’re going to drop the age requirements, of course this was going to happen.” Nearly half of new recruits who’ve arrived for training at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center over the past three months were later sent home because they couldn’t pass the written exam, according to the data. The academic requirement includes an exam in which officers are allowed to consult their textbooks and notes at the end of a legal course on the Immigration and Nationality Act and the Fourth Amendment, which outlines when officers can and can’t conduct searches and seizures. A slightly smaller group were dismissed because they failed the physical fitness test or had medical challenges; some of those sent home had made it clear on their applications that they couldn’t meet ICE’s physical requirements but were sent to training anyway, the current and former DHS officials said. Fewer than 10 of the new recruits were dismissed because ICE training leaders learned from them during the training program that they had pending criminal charges or failed their drug tests or were otherwise considered safety concerns, the officials said. The three sources said ICE’s human resources office is overwhelmed with more than 150,000 new applicants who have applied since ICE began offering $50,000 signing bonuses in August. The HR office is rushing to clear new recruits, which they believe is leading to mistakes. “They are trying to push everyone through, and the vetting process is not what it should be,” said one of the former DHS officials with knowledge of the agency’s hiring. The current DHS official likened the pressure on ICE’s human resources employees to clear recruits to “asking them to pull a rabbit out of a hat.”)
— Democrats seek GAO investigation into agency messages blaming Democrats for the shutdown
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/democrats-push-investigation-trump-messages-blaming-democrats-shutdown-rcna242591

CBS NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders have their operatives and their dupes boo Trump
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/trump-booed-during-commanders-game-at-northwest-stadium/

MSNBC
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism.
https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/explaining-america-s-housing-affordability-crisis-251643461534

NEW YORK TIMES
— Six Takeaways From the Senate Deal to End the Shutdown. For 40 days, Senator Chuck Schumer kept his caucus unified. But an end approached without Democrats achieving an extension of expiring health insurance subsidies.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/us/politics/takeaways-senate-democrats-shutdown.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy. DD: Since 1972, my critics/opponents have been furious that I paid less federal income tax because I itemized. They have been especially furious that I deducted education expenses, mortgage interest, and real estate taxes. I deducted tuition and books for graduate evening a) business courses at Loyola 1972-1976, b) accounting courses at DePaul 1976-1980, and c) finance courses at IIT 1992-1997. According to my critics/opponents, I was always grossly overpaid, my employee benefits were much too generous, my federal pension is much too generous, and my federal retirement benefits are much too generous.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/business/trump-administration-tax-breaks-wealthy.html

WASHINGTON POST
— What’s the best place to raise kids? See how your county ranks. Find where to move based on your priorities. DD: What scores did your county get?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2025/best-places-raise-children-america/

USA TODAY
— The next mayor of New York City is also the son of an acclaimed filmmaker, who has worked with some of the biggest stars in Hollywood. DD: My mother never attended high school.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2025/11/09/mira-nair-director-zohran-mamdani-mom/87182803007/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/11/08/universal-basic-income-affordability-crisis-ai/87129001007/
— DD: To promote affordability is to promote socialism
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/politics/2025/11/09/virginia-voters-urge-democrats-to-prioritize-affordability-and-youth/87155399007/

BOSTON GLOBE
— DD: To promote affordability is to promote socialism
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/09/opinion/letters-mamdani-jews-support/

THE CITY
— Voter Turnout Highest in Half Century as Mamdani Phenomenon Galvanizes Electorate. More than 2 million New York voters cast ballots, the most in a mayoral race since 1969.
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/04/record-voters-ballots-cast-mamdani-cuomo-sliwa/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Grade Inflation Produced Mamdani’s Proletariat. Unemployable college grads blame capitalism, but the real culprit is higher-ed subsidies.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/grade-inflation-produced-mamdanis-proletariat-d2807aea

FORBES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/richardfowler/2025/11/09/affordability-not-ideology-drove-the-2025-elections–and-democrats-listened/

BARRON’S
— More Adult Kids Are Moving Back Home. DD: My father died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. After I graduated from NIU in 1970, I lived with and helped support my mother and brother until September of 1972.
https://www.barrons.com/articles/adult-children-parents-home-retirement-3cb0f041

BLOCKCHAINN NEWS
— US First-Time Homebuyer Share Plunges to Record-Low 21% as Housing Affordability Hits All-Time Worst. DD: I was a first-time home buyer when I was 24 years old in 1978. According to my critics/opponents, I was able to do that only because I avoided the Vietnam War draft and because I was grossly overpaid. In today’s dollars, my IRS salary had increased from $55,850/year to $68,315/year.
https://blockchain.news/flashnews/us-first-time-homebuyer-share-plunges-to-record-low-21-as-housing-affordability-hits-all-time-worst-trading-takeaways

CHALKBEAT
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote illegal immigration.
https://www.chalkbeat.org/2025/11/10/immigration-enforcement-could-hurt-student-test-scores-study-finds/

POLITICO
— Jeffries Confident Democrats Will Retake House In Midterms As Democrats Continue Focus On Affordability Concerns. DD: To promote affordability is to promote socialism.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/09/jeffries-democrats-win-back-house-2026-00643967
— Bill funding Congress would bolster member security, spare GAO from steep cuts. DD: The Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997 used Gingrich budget cuts to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. I never would have survived during that period if I had not a) earned three job-related master’s degrees, b) earned six job-related professional certifications, and c) earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/11/09/congress/bill-text-summary-released-for-legislative-branch-spending-compromise-00644040
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The GAO is the nation’s chief investigator of wrongdoing at federal agencies, but GOP House members and the Trump White House have attempted to undercut its independence and legal conclusions. A court recently determined that the head of the GAO, the U.S. Comptroller General, is the only official who can sue the administration over alleged impoundment, or the illegal withholding of funds appropriated by Congress. The agency is set to enter a new era in the coming months as Comptroller General Gene Dodaro hits the end of his 15-year term in late December and will be forced to vacate the post.)

PBS
— Vance calls for legal immigration reduction during Turning Point event at University of Mississippi. DD: If there had been as many immigrants when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got. My critics/opponents cannot say that because their parents had lots of money.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-vance-calls-for-legal-immigration-reduction-during-turning-point-event-at-university-of-mississippi
— Mamdani tells Trump that New York is ready to fight after president’s threats fail to thwart voters
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/mamdani-tells-trump-that-new-york-is-ready-to-fight-after-presidents-threats-fail-to-thwart-voters

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

NDTV
— Mamdani’s Last Name Reflects Centuries Of Trade, Cultural Exchange. Mamdanis in Uganda belong to the Khoja community, a South Asian Muslim merchant caste, that shaped economic development across western Indian Ocean. DD: Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/new-york-mayor-polls-zohran-mamdanis-last-name-reflects-centuries-of-trade-cultural-exchange-9579690

TELEGRAPH
— Americans can’t afford their cars anymore and Wall Street is worried. DD: Back in the good old days, that is, during the 1960s and 1970s, a) I bought a 1958 Chevrolet Bel Air in 1964 with money I earned delivering newspapers and doing yard work, b) I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Sprint in 1966 with money I earned washing dishes, c) I bought a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967 with money I earned delivering mail, d) I bought a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968 with money I earned delivering mail, and e) I bought a new 1972 Corvette in 1971 with money I earned working for IRS and pumping gasoline.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/10/20/americans-cant-afford-cars-any-more-wall-street-worried/

DAILY MAIL
— America’s top banker Jamie Dimon pledges to help newly-elected socialist Mamdani
https://www.msn.com/en-ae/news/other/america-s-top-banker-jamie-dimon-pledges-to-help-newly-elected-socialist-zohran-mamdani/ar-AA1PTQ87

GUARDIAN
— DD: Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly promote identity politics.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/10/new-york-zohran-mamdani-identity-politics-win-elections

NEW LINES MAGAZINE
— What Mamdani’s Campaign Says About the Quiet Erasure of Caste in US Politics. As temples become key sites for candidates’ visits, New York’s mayoral race has revealed broader tensions between Dalit advocates and the rising Hindu right.
https://newlinesmag.com/argument/what-zohran-mamdanis-campaign-says-about-the-quiet-erasure-of-caste-in-us-politics/

KOREA TIMES
— DD: To promote affordability is to promote socialism
https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/opinion/editorial/20251110/mamdanis-election

ECONOMIC TIMES
— Is Mamdani Muslim, American or Gujarati?
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nri/latest-updates/is-zohran-mamdani-muslim-american-or-gujarati/articleshow/125170685.cms
(FROM THE ARTICLE: With the victory of Zohran Mamdani as mayor of New York City, a man with a Muslim name, an African past and an Indian lineage, the American-Christian establishment suddenly feels threatened. Not because of what Mamdani will do, but because of what his name suggests he should be. His name is Persian for ‘bloom’, his surname is how the medieval Gujarati trade would articulate ‘Muhammadan’. In today’s America, “Christian” has quietly become a code word for “white”.  And white Christianity fears color, migration and complexity-the very things that built America. For them “Muslim” is the great enemy who took Jerusalem away from Christians and Jews. Mamdani’s victory is thus not a municipal event; it is a mythic disruption. What bothers people even more is that Mamdani refuses to fit into neat boxes. He campaigns with gay, lesbian and trans groups. His partner doesn’t wear a hijab. He is comfortable in queer spaces and openly progressive. So, what kind of Muslim is he? A devout one? A cultural one? Or an unbeliever with Muslim heritage? Even his co-religionists are confused. Many left-wing Muslim sympathizers claim to be progressive but remain proudly homophobic “because Allah demanded so”. Yet Mamdani’s life mocks that contradiction. He acts as if faith and freedom can coexist-a thought too heretical for both Islamists and Christian fundamentalists. When asked what he would do after his victory, his rivals said they would visit Israel to thank God. Mamdani said he would stay in New York and do his job. That one sentence separated performative faith from professional integrity. To better understand Mamdani, we must go beyond theology and look at caste and commerce. His surname reveals his roots: Gujarat. Specifically, the Khoja world-mercantile Muslim communities that trace descent from the Prophet through the Shia line but function socially like Hindu caste trade guilds. These groups originated when sea trade was booming around 1000 AD with Fatimid Egypt, and around 1600 AD with Safavid Persia, both Shia empires. These unique trade groups, with a religious head binding them together, make sense if we appreciate how caste groups of Bharat responded to Islam after its rise and spread, 1,400 years ago. This is when Mecca became a major hub of trade connecting the sea from Arabia to Java. India stood in the middle. The monsoon winds favored this trade. Hindus and Jains avoided travelling by sea, for fear of loss of caste. But a few Gujarati trading guilds realized that they could remain community loyal even if they converted provided they were guided by a guru-like figure with connections to the prophet. Thus rose the Khojas and the Bohras. Theoretically, Islam believes all humans are equal. But like all religions there are divisions and boundaries, controlled by who marries whom. Simplistically put, the first split happened shortly after the death of the founder-prophet who did not leave behind a will or sons. So Islam split into the Arab (Sunni) and Persian (Shia) schools-the former claiming consensus should determine leadership of the Islamic world, the latter preferring bloodline, through the prophet’s grandsons born to his daughter. The Shia group is split further. The Twelvers who believe the twelfth Imam remains hidden and will reveal himself at the end of time. The Bohras and Khojas however insist their respective leaders are Imams with a continuous bloodline. But the American media doesn’t care for these details. To them, every Muslim is an “Islamist”. The subtleties of sect, history, or geography vanish. Mamdani thus becomes a cartoon villain: a bearded Muslim who somehow survived liberal America’s tolerance tests. The Khojas and Bohras evolved from old gana-sangha traditions-republican merchant orders from Buddha’s time. They had their own systems of law, credit and charity, independent of kings and clerics. Mobility was their weapon. When trade dried up, they simply migrated: from Gujarat to Zanzibar, from Africa to London, and now to New York. They owed allegiance not to a nation but to a network. Mamdani inherits that legacy of cosmopolitan capitalism-pragmatic, mobile and skeptical of rigid authority. Incidentally, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, came from the same Khoja lineage (both publicly claimed to be Twelver though). Jinnah’s ancestors were Gujarati Hindus, probably from the Lohana caste, who turned to Islam when they were expelled from their guilds for trading in forbid den goods like fish. Even at his death, nobody knew whether Jinnah was Sunni or Shia. Both sects claimed him, each performing its own funeral rites. That ambiguity, born of Gujarati mercantile pragmatism, defines the global Muslim elite-from Karachi to Kampala to Queens.)

TIMES OF INDIA
— Shutdown breakers: Eight Democrats join Republicans to end deadlock and they all have something in common
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/shutdown-breakers-eight-democrats-join-republicans-to-end-deadlock-and-they-all-have-one-thing-in-common/articleshow/125215520.cms
— Republicans seek to revoke Mamdani’s citizenship
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/put-him-on-first-flight-back-to-uganda-republicans-seek-to-revoke-mamdanis-citizenship-is-it-legally-possible/articleshow/125215629.cms
— DD: What do you say to those who equate non-White immigrants with native Americans?
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/the-haunting-legacy-of-native-american-boarding-schools-carlisle-and-the-struggle-for-truth/articleshow/125137312.cms

SKY NEWS
— Mamdani’s election win could have ‘large implications’ on US midterms
https://www.skynews.com.au/world-news/united-states/zohran-mamdanis-election-win-could-have-large-implications-on-us-midterms/video/79eedef0190b7be1f4b942331f6917a6
— Mamdani’s affordability message ‘driving Republicans crazy’ DD: To promote affordability is to promote socialism
https://www.skynews.com.au/world-news/united-states/zohran-mamdanis-affordability-message-driving-republicans-crazy/video/1f05764aed1cba3e397bacb68f2cc320

November 9, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— The Department of Homeland Security released the following full statement Sunday afternoon
https://abc7chicago.com/post/immigration-agents-pepper-spray-1-year-old-girl-cicero-dhs-says-shots-fired-cbp-little-village-father/18135013/

CBS2
— Shots fired at Border Patrol agents on Chicago’s West Side
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/shots-fired-at-border-patrol-agents-on-chicagos-west-side-dhs-says/

WTTW
— Federal Agents Say They Were Shot at in Little Village; Chemical Agents Used to Disperse Crowd
https://news.wttw.com/2025/11/08/federal-agents-say-they-were-shot-little-village-chemical-agents-used-disperse-crowd

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pepper-sprayed Berwyn family rattled after getting caught up in federal blitz
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/cicero-pepper-spray-family-immigration-raids/

FOX ILLINOIS
— President Trump announces $2,000 checks for Americans from tariff revenue
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/president-trump-announces-a-2000-tariff-dividend-check-for-americans-donald-trump-congress-treasury-secretary-scott-bessent-truth-social-republican-senator-josh-hawley-legislation-national-debt

RAY HANANIA
— Lipinski, Serafin and Hanania discuss Mandami win and Dems vs GOP
https://hanania.substack.com/p/lipinski-serafin-and-hanania-discuss

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— Moody Bible Institute Sues Bigoted CPS
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2025/11/07/moody-bible-institute-sues-bigoted-cps

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Senators reach deal to reopen the government through January. Compromise would guarantee Democrats a vote on enhanced Obamacare subsidies in December.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/9/senators-reach-deal-reopen-government-january/
— Pro-lifers urge Republicans to add Hyde amendment abortion guardrails to Obamacare
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/9/pro-lifers-urge-republicans-add-hyde-amendment-abortion-guardrails/

NEW YORK POST
— How progressives engineered voting rules to help Mamdani win
https://nypost.com/2025/11/09/opinion/how-progressives-engineered-voting-rules-to-help-zohran-mamdani-win/
— Mamdani’s people make demands — hate Israel and America, or we will end you
https://nypost.com/2025/11/09/opinion/mamdanis-people-make-demands-hate-israel-and-america-or-we-will-end-you/
— The government shutdown showcases food-stamp fraud and follies
https://nypost.com/2025/11/09/opinion/the-government-shutdown-showcases-food-stamp-fraud-and-follies/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The Socialist Hypothesis Has Been Falsified — Did New York Get the Memo?
https://amgreatness.com/2025/11/09/the-socialist-hypothesis-has-been-falsified-did-new-york-get-the-memo/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Mamdani promises excellence, signals collapse
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/11/mamdani_promises_excellence_signals_collapse.html
— Why Are Things Unaffordable? DD: To qualify myself for better paying jobs, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and a job-related professional license when I was 32.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/11/why_are_things_unaffordable.html

BREITBART
— Minneapolis’s Reelected Democrat Mayor Jacob Frey Delivers Victory Speech in Somali
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/11/09/watch-minneapoliss-reelected-democrat-mayor-jacob-frey-delivers-victory-speech-in-somali/

COLLEGE FIX
— Moody Bible college says Chicago schools discriminate against its student teachers
https://www.thecollegefix.com/moody-bible-college-says-chicago-schools-discriminate-against-its-student-teachers/
— Math teacher says he was called ‘ideologically violent’ for supporting standardized testing
https://www.thecollegefix.com/math-teacher-says-he-was-called-ideologically-violent-for-supporting-standardized-testing/

EPOCH TIMES
— SNAP and the Growth of the American Welfare State. Current spending on all welfare programs, as a percentage of GDP, is 12 times higher than it was in 1962.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/snap-and-the-growth-of-the-american-welfare-state-5941576

FOX BUSINESS
— Socialism’s rise threatens America’s prosperity after Mamdani win. Mamdani’s victory brings the democratic socialist movement into mainstream politics
https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/experts-warn-socialisms-rise-threatens-americas-prosperity-future-nation-stands-crossroads
— Experts, immigrants sound alarm on socialism’s rise as faith in capitalism erodes
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6384871800112
— Mamdani’s victory prompts response from Trump
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CblVnYdcdI

FOX NEWS
— Why Mamdani will serve two terms no matter how bad NYC gets
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/david-marcus-why-mamdani-serve-two-terms-no-matter-how-bad-nyc-gets.amp
— Mamdani victory speech draws concern as NYC mayor-elect vows ‘no problem too large for government to solve’
https://www.aol.com/articles/mamdani-victory-speech-draws-concern-173140071.html
— Democrats started the fire of socialism. Now, they are afraid it will burn them.
https://www.aol.com/articles/democrats-did-start-fire-socialism-100045574.html
— Mamdani is the new face of the Democrat Party
https://www.aol.com/articles/republicans-push-mamdani-face-democratic-173838479.html
— Far-left mayor gives victory speech in foreign language
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/social-media-erupts-after-far-left-mayor-gives-victory-speech-foreign-language
— Escalating attacks on agents after Chicago ambush
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6384876352112

TOWNHALL
— Chicago Declares War on Faith
https://townhall.com/columnists/kevinmccullough/2025/11/09/chicago-declares-war-on-faith-n2666171

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Mamdani is a Democratic Party leader
https://www.aol.com/articles/sanders-course-mamdani-democratic-party-201602887.html

CNN
— Democrats are emulating Mamdani’s style online
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/09/politics/zohran-mamdani-democrats-online-videos
— ICE is recruiting NYPD officers after Mamdani’s victory
https://www.aol.com/articles/ice-recruiting-nypd-officers-zohran-191156775.html

REUTERS
— Mamdani’s New York victory exposes fault lines in Jewish Democratic politics. Two-thirds of New York City’s Jewish vote went to Cuomo. Mamdani’s Jewish supporters back his stance on Gaza.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/mamdanis-new-york-victory-exposes-fault-lines-jewish-democratic-politics-2025-11-09/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Mamdani understands that New York is obsessed with itself. Much of his campaign’s aesthetic lay in showcasing the city.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/opinion/zohran-mamdani-aesthetic-new-york.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— This week’s election results should terrify Republicans
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-11-09/midterm-elections-republicans-worried

USA TODAY
— Trump threatens to punish NYC over Mamdani. Will he arrest new mayor and block funds? Mamdani, the 34-year-old democratic socialist, hasn’t taken office yet. But he’s already looking to “Trump-proof” New York City.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/08/trump-threat-nyc-mayor-mamdani/87133111007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Mamdani’s Win and the Democratic Divide
https://www.wsj.com/video/series/journal-editorial-report/wsj-opinion-mamdani-win-and-the-democratic-divide/681B6CA0-4DD5-48FA-9D39-956656C76A68

FORBES
— 3 Marketing Lessons From Mamdani’s Campaign
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kianbakhtiari/2025/11/09/3-marketing-lessons-from-zohran-mamdanis-campaign/

RACISM
— DD: To get more votes for Democrat candidates, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at everyone that Republicans cause all the problems that non-Whites have.
https://racism.org/articles/defining-racism/143-colorblind-racism/12826-inequity-hurdles

HUFFINGTOM POST
— Mamdani Has Advice For Woman
https://www.aol.com/articles/zohran-mamdani-1-simple-piece-223545065.html

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

INDEPENDENT
— Mamdani has paved the way for AOC to run for president
https://www.the-independent.com/voices/zohran-mamdani-aoc-president-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-democrats-b2859837.html

NATIONAL HERALD
— Mamdani Takes NY, Dems Show Signs of Life Across U.S.
https://www.thenationalherald.com/mamdani-takes-ny-dems-show-signs-of-life-across-u-s/

TIMES OF INDIA
— NYC public schools lose 22,000 students as Mamdani prepares to phase out gifted programs
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/nyc-public-schools-lose-22000-students-as-mamdani-prepares-to-phase-out-gifted-programs/articleshow/125196852.cms

INDIA TODAY
— Indian-Origin Mayor’s NYC Win: Zoran Mamdani Takes On Trump, Modi
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/video/indian-origin-mayors-nyc-win-zoran-mamdani-takes-on-trump-modi-ytvd-2816224-2025-11-09

TELEGRAPH
— Escape from New York: Bankers flee Mamdani for Texas
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/11/09/wall-street-turns-to-texas-to-escape-mamdanis-new-york/

GUARDIAN
— How Mamdani is defying immigrant expectations by embracing his identity: ‘His boldness resonates.’  Mamdani refused to ‘be in the shadows’ in the face of Islamophobic attacks during his campaign. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight assimilation.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/09/zohran-mamdani-politics-immigrant-identity

DAILY MAIL
— ‘NYC will become Mumbai’, billionaire property magnate Barry Sternlicht rages as his firm plans to leave the city after Mamdani mayoral win
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/real-estate/article-15266245/new-york-mumbai-barry-sternlicht-zohran-mamdani.html

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES
— Trump Threatens to Punish NYC and ‘Arrest’ Mamdani Over Immigration Policies. Trump warns of funding cuts and possible arrest of Mamdani amid immigration policy clashes.
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/trump-threatens-punish-nyc-arrest-mayor-elect-zohran-mamdani-over-immigration-policies-1753480

ECONOMIC TIMES
— Republicans push to revoke Mamdani’s US citizenship – can they really do it?
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/republicans-push-to-revoke-zohran-mamdanis-us-citizenship-can-they-really-do-it/articleshow/125204307.cms

AL JAZEERA
— Mamdani cites Malcolm X during first Friday prayers after NYC mayoral win
https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2025/11/9/mamdani-cites-malcolm-x-during-first-friday-prayers-after-nyc-mayoral-win

MUSLIM MATTERS
— Mamdani Made Khilafa Great Again
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlIj3wGqFok
— Welcome to the Islamic Republic of New Yorkistan!
https://muslimmatters.org/2025/11/09/podcast-welcome-to-the-islamic-republic-of-new-yorkistan/

November 8, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Shots fired at Border Patrol agents during immigration operation in Little Village
https://abc7chicago.com/post/little-village-shooting-today-shots-fired-border-patrol-agents-during-chicago-immigration-op-26th-kedzie-dhs-says/18130724/
— Vance hopes his Hindu wife converts to Christianity, sparking debate on interfaith marriage
https://abc7chicago.com/post/turning-point-usa-event-vice-president-jd-vance-says-he-hopes-hindu-wife-usha-chilukuri-converts-christianity/18130419/
— DD: Democrat leaders signal no shutdown compromise with Republican leaders.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/2025-government-shutdown-update-donald-trump-signals-no-compromise-democrats-aca-subsidies-amid-us-senate-weekend-session/18130662/
— More than 900 flights nationwide canceled Saturday
https://abc7chicago.com/post/flight-cancellations-today-more-700-flights-canceled-saturday-faa-limits-capacity-amid-government-shutdown-2025/18129798/
— Aurora Washington Middle School teacher Jessica Bergmann charged with sexual assault of former student in Wheaton
https://abc7chicago.com/post/aurora-washington-middle-school-teacher-jessica-bergmann-charged-sexual-assault-former-student-wheaton-officials-say/18131091/
— DD: Soon, under the Democrats, everyone in Chicago will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-area-groups-helping-neighbors-need-illinois-snap-benefits-lapse-funding-order-blocked-supreme-court-justice/18131076/

NBC5
— Shots fired at federal agents during immigration enforcement in Little Village
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/shots-fired-at-federal-agents-during-immigration-enforcement-in-little-village-dhs/3849206/
— Ground stop issued at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport due to air traffic control staffing issues
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/ground-stop-issued-at-chicagos-ohare-airport-due-to-air-traffic-control-staffing-issues/3849151/

CBS2
— Shots fired at Border Patrol agents on Chicago’s West Side
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/shots-fired-at-border-patrol-agents-on-chicagos-west-side-dhs-says/
— FAA union workers picketing at O’Hare Airport amid government shutdown, flight reductions
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/faa-union-picketing-ohare-airport-government-shutdown/

FOX32
— Veterans Day 2025 deals: Where Veterans can get free meals and discounts
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/veterans-day-2025-deals-where-veterans-can-get-free-meals-discounts

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DHS reports shots fired at immigration agents in Little Village as residents confront Bovino, Border Patrol
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/08/community-members-confront-bovino/
— Inside Chicago’s growing resistance movement against Operation Midway Blitz: ‘Small acts have huge consequences’
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/08/chicago-immigration-ice-resistance/
— Democrats seize on the Trump administration’s efforts to fight federal food aid payments. DD: My critics/opponents paint themselves as being protectors of those who have less money than others and those who are minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, those who are in America illegally, etc. According to them, those who not the aforesaid cause all the problems that the aforesaid have.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/08/democrats-federal-food-aid-payments/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Report of shots fired at federal agents during immigration enforcement in Little Village under investigation
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/11/08/operation-midway-blitz-little-village-chicago-alleged-shots-fired
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/11/07/after-ice-detained-her-husband-albany-park-mom-juggles-care-for-3-kids-including-son-with-autism-newborn
— DD: Soon, under the Democrats, everyone in Chicago will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago/2025/10/29/where-to-find-chicago-area-food-pantries-if-snap-goes-away
— DD: In defense of my ancestors, they all immigrated legally from what is now Germany during the 1840s and 1850s. They always lived in northeast Illinois. On my father’s side, they worked in a brick factory in Chicago 1844-1854 and then homesteaded a farm in southeast Crete Township. On my mother’s side, they sharecropped a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/11/08/european-immigrants-open-borders-brown-black-trump-maga-ice-alden-loury

DAILY HERALD
— Can suburbs, counties enforce ICE bans on government property? Some say no. DD: I enforced federal tax laws as an IRS Revenue Officer for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year. Key Powers of IRS Revenue Officers include a) issuing levies to legally seize assets, including funds in bank accounts, wages, retirement funds, and accounts receivable and b) seizing and selling personal and business property to satisfy the tax debt. I did all of the aforesaid and I was not required to have a judicial warrant to do it.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251108/news/can-suburbs-counties-enforce-ice-bans-on-government-property-some-say-no/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: But as signs go up warning federal agents, questions remain about the enforceability of measures aimed at keeping U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents off public property. In DuPage County, some board members asked the state’s attorney’s office to weigh in on the enforceability of signs placed at the entrances to the county campus last week. The signs read “DuPage County Property. Immigration Enforcement Only With Judicial Warrant.” “Just to be clear. These signs have no legal binding,” DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick, a Republican candidate for governor, posted on his social media page. “Please don’t let DuPage County theatrics create the expectation that any law enforcement agency will have any legal authority to enforce the message displayed on this sign.” . . . A spokesman for the DuPage County state’s attorney’s office said Friday that the county can declare certain areas private or limited to employee-use only. However, there are no legal consequences the county can impose for disregarding the signs.)
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise Mamdani. They hope he will succeed in getting rid of Republicans who are the following once and for all: conservative, White, male, older, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251108/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-the-new-york-mayoral-election-is-historic-yes-but-early-reads-on-its-implica/
— DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrats will ever-increasingly call Republicans fascists
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251108/letters-to-the-editor/proud-of-ancestors-who-were-antifa/

WGN RADIO
— Make your college and career choice with confidence. DD: Choosing your undergraduate major is extremely important.  I should have chosen accounting. I erroneously thought that I could never pass the CPA examination. I did not start taking graduate evening accounting courses until I was 27. I did not take and pass the CPA examination on my first attempt until I was 30. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31. I did not take and pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt until I was 32. I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32. By then, it was too late. The accounting profession viewed me as being too old to have a successful career in accounting. On top of that, the profession was under tremendous pressure to hire young minorities and young females.
https://wgnradio.com/jobs/career-vision/make-your-college-and-career-choice-with-confidence/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Pritzker’s People Snag Some SNAP Benefits
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/08/pritzkers-people-snag-some-snap-benefits/
— Hampshire Township Wants 15+%Tax Hike
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/08/hampshire-township-wants-15tax-hike/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump says U.S. won’t attend G20 in South Africa, cites treatment of White farmers. DD: South African refugees should be advised that Democrat and RINO leaders will do everything that they can to destroy them.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/7/trump-says-us-wont-attend-g20-south-africa-cites-treatment-white/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Trump administration has maintained that the South African government has allowed the attacks and persecution of White Afrikaner farmers. He granted refugee status to the minority Afrikaners who fled South Africa earlier this year, with a group arriving in May.)

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Conservatives beware: Socialism isn’t to be mocked, but feared
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/3880209/conservatives-beware-socialism-isnt-to-be-mocked-but-feared/
— Congress demands Columbia University cut ties with China
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3878467/congress-demands-columbia-university-cut-china-ties/

NEW YORK POST
— Mamdani’s wife Rama Duwaji uses her art to rage against US ‘imperialism’ and ‘Israeli war crimes’
https://nypost.com/2025/11/08/us-news/zohran-mamdanis-wife-rama-duwaji-outspoken-against-us-imperialism/
— Mamdani’s agenda to be embraced by increasingly woke City Council as progressive members surge
https://nypost.com/2025/11/08/us-news/dems-tighten-grip-on-nyc-following-mamdanis-mayoral-victory-and-majority-gains-in-city-council/
— Here’s the Democratic Socialists of America’s demands to Zohran Mamdani for how to lead an Israel-hating NYC
https://nypost.com/2025/11/08/us-news/heres-the-democratic-socialists-of-americas-demands-to-mamdani-for-how-to-lead-an-israel-hating-nyc/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Democratic Socialists of America’s Big Apple chapter will push Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani to implement a virulently anti-Israel agenda, leaked documents show. Included in the NYC-DSA’s “Anti-War Working Group” list of a dozen “demands” for the incoming mayor is an end to all city contracts with companies doing business with Israel, and withdrawing all funds from banks lending money to the Jewish state, according to a planning document first exposed by Just The News. The five-page screed was distributed at the group’s Nov. 2 public meeting, and reveals the DSA’s NYC chapter has been plotting since at least late September on how to best to ensure the pro-Palestine, Israel-hating Mamdani fully supports its anti-Israel agenda once he’s sworn in as mayor in January — and doesn’t buckle to political pressure. Other demands include: Divesting city pensions from Israeli bonds and securities. Banning Israeli products from the city-run grocery stores Mamdani wants to open. Investigating real estate agents “hosting illegal sales of stolen lands in the West Bank.” Stripping tax-exempt nonprofit status from entities that raise funds for the Israel Defense Forces. End the NYPD’s training with Israeli Occupation Forces.  Arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and active IDF soldiers for “war crimes” if they enter the Big Apple. Dismantle an NYC-Israel Economic Council formed by outgoing Mayor Adams. “Well at least the DSA mask is off,” said state Assemblyman Kalman Yeger, a conservative Brooklyn Democrat and Orthodox Jew. “This was never about affordability, free buses or anything else. This was always about Jew hatred. “With every municipal issue facing New York City’s government, the DSA doesn’t care about the state of our schools, streets, parks, subways, city budget or anything else. They care about Israel — Israel and only Israel. “At least now they can stop trying to deny their antisemitism; most New Yorkers aren’t stupid,” said Yeger. Mamdani — a longtime supporter of the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement whose father Mahmood Mamdani sits on advisory group that routinely accuses the Jewish state of committing “genocide” – condemned antisemitism on the campaign trail while meeting with some Jewish leaders to drum up political support.)
— New Yorkers flock to food banks as government shutdown hits SNAP, causes airport chaos
https://nypost.com/2025/11/08/us-news/trump-urges-republicans-to-end-obamacare-send-funds-straight-to-the-people-as-govt-shutdown-drags-on/
— Democrats betting that Americans won’t wise up to their shutdown games
https://nypost.com/2025/11/08/opinion/democrats-bet-americans-wont-wise-up-to-shutdown-games/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Uncontrolled immigration has pushed America toward third-world status
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/11/uncontrolled_immigration_has_pushed_america_toward_third_world_status.html

BLAZE
— Socialism’s endgame is America itself
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/levintv/from-new-york-to-the-nation-mark-levin-warns-that-socialisms-endgame-is-america-itself

BREITBART
— Shots Fired at Border Patrol in Chicago After Officials Lie About Daycare ‘Abduction’
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2025/11/08/shots-fired-at-border-patrol-in-chicago-after-officials-lie-about-daycare-abduction/amp/

DAILY CALLER
— Democrat Governors Use State Websites To Spread Shutdown Lies
https://www.aol.com/news/democrat-governors-state-websites-spread-161128975.html

DAILY WIRE
— ‘The Violence Must End’: Man Opens Fire On Border Patrol Agents In Chicago, Chaos Erupts. Attacks on immigration authorities have dramatically increased since President Trump took office this term.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-violence-must-end-man-opens-fire-on-border-patrol-agents-in-chicago-chaos-erupts

FOX NEWS
— Jewish New Yorkers raise concerns of antisemitism following Zohran Mamdani’s win
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6384839755112

NEWSMAX
— Dershowitz to Newsmax: Mamdani ‘Enemy of America’
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/mamdani-dershowitz-nyc/2025/11/08/id/1233757/
— Federal Judge: Chicago’s Warrantless ICE Arrests Unlawful. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.newsmax.com/us/chicago-ice-dhs/2025/10/09/id/1229686/

POST MILLENNIAL
— Mamdani’s ‘day 1’ promise: to confiscate privately owned buildings if owners don’t pay big fines, make assessed repairs
https://thepostmillennial.com/mamdanis-day-1-promise-to-confiscate-privately-owned-buildings-if-owners-dont-pay-big-fines-make-assessed-repairs

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CBS NEWS
— Latino voters swing toward Democrats in 2025 after Trump’s 2024 historic gains
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/latino-voters-swing-toward-democrats-in-2025-after-trumps-2024-historic-gains/
— Backlash erupts at Heritage Foundation after leader defends Tucker Carlson’s interview with white nationalist Nick Fuentes
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/heritage-foundation-kevin-roberts-tucker-carlson-interview-nick-fuentes/

WASHINGTON POST
— Mamdani drops the mask. The mayor-elect divides New Yorkers into two groups: the oppressed and their oppressors. DD: My critics/opponents paint themselves as being oppressed or as being protectors of the oppressed. According to them, those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time oppress those who are liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/11/08/zohran-mamdani-class-warfare-new-york-mayor/

USA TODAY
— DD: Mamdani got elected by shouting at those who are liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time that they are oppressed by those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/07/how-zohran-mamdani-won-nyc-mayor/86580734007/
— DD: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/11/07/trump-affordability-democrats-mamdani-cost-living/87128348007/

POLITICO
— Poll: Here’s who Democrats think is their leader. DD: Who leads conservatives nationwide, in Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district?
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/07/poll-leader-democrats-00633577
(Kamala Harris 16.1%, Chuck Schumer 7.7%, Hakeem Jeffries 7.4%, Barack Obama 7.4%, Gavin Newsom 6.2%, Joe Biden 4.4%)

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

JERUSALEM POST
— There is no moderate form of Islam
https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-873159

TIMES
— Mamdani v Trump: the battle of New York is just beginning. Republicans and Democrats alike may relish a showdown to see if the mayor is a success or a disaster. Either way, the row will keep their core vote happy. DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrats and RINOs will ever-increasingly side with Mamdani against Trump on everything.
https://www.thetimes.com/us/american-politics/article/zohran-mamdani-trump-nyc-mayor-democrats-n92wbxzz8

TIMES OF INDIA
— Mamdani’s wife Rama Duwaji faces fire over her ‘Israeli war crimes’ artwork: ‘Mourns deaths of terrorists’
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/zohran-mamdani-s-wife-rama-duwaji-faces-fire-over-her-israeli-war-crimes-artwork-mourns-deaths-of-terrorists/ar-AA1Q3Trk

GUARDIAN
— DD: Mamdani got elected by shouting at those who are liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time that they are oppressed by those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/commentisfree/2025/nov/08/zohran-mamdani-win-non-voters

November 5, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Day care worker arrested by ICE in front of children on North Side
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-daycare-worker-rayito-de-sol-arrested-ice-front-children-witnesses-say/18116866/
— ICE plans to establish a “National Call Center” in Nashville, Tennessee, to help law enforcement track unaccompanied migrant children for potential removal, according to an agency contracting document.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-open-call-center-help-track-migrant-children-removal/18118204/
— FAA says it will cut thousands of flights a day starting Friday due to shutdown
https://abc7chicago.com/post/flight-capacity-will-reduced-10-40-major-airports-faa/18117745/

NBC5
— Teacher pulled out of Chicago daycare by armed ICE agents, alderman says. City officials and parents told NBC Chicago the federal agents took a teacher from Rayito de Sol daycare out of the building soon after it opened at 7 a.m.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/teacher-pulled-out-of-chicago-daycare-by-armed-ice-agents/3847934/
— Border Patrol Chief: All agents’ uses of force in Chicago ‘more than exemplary’
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/border-patrol-chief-all-agents-uses-of-force-in-chicago-more-than-exemplary/3848113/

CBS2
— ICE agents detain teacher at Chicago daycare Rayito del Sol in North Center
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/federal-agents-chicago-daycare-preschool-teacher-detained/

FOX32
— Judge orders feds to improve conditions at Broadview ICE facility
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/judge-orders-feds-to-improve-conditions-at-broadview-ice-facility

WTTW
— Federal Judge Orders Broadview ICE Detention Center to Improve Conditions, Access to Food and Water
https://news.wttw.com/2025/11/05/federal-judge-orders-broadview-ice-detention-center-improve-conditions-access-food-and

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pope Leo XIV calls on Trump administration to allow detainees in Broadview to receive communion
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/05/pope-leo-migrants/
— Immigration agents take day care worker from inside North Center facility
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/05/daycare-worker-taken-federal-agents/
— Federal judge issues temporary restraining order, finding substandard conditions at Broadview immigration facility
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/05/broadview-restraining-order-ruling/
— ICE agent charged with drunken driving after shift at Broadview detention center
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/05/ice-agent-chicago-drunk-driving-charge/
— Pritzker says an Indiana remap might force Illinois to act as he celebrates Democratic wins Tuesday. DD: If you are a Republican, you should ever-increasingly take steps to protect yourself from Pritzker. Anticipate/expect that Republicans will ever-increasingly leave Illinois.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/05/gov-jb-pritzker-says-an-indiana-remap-might-force-illinois-to-act-as-he-celebrates-democratic-wins-tuesday/
— Pritzker says an Indiana remap might force Illinois to act as he celebrates Democratic wins Tuesday
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/05/gov-jb-pritzker-says-an-indiana-remap-might-force-illinois-to-act-as-he-celebrates-democratic-wins-tuesday/
— ‘The use of force was against me’: Border Patrol chief’s deposition highlights marathon hearing over use of force by immigration agents
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/05/immigration-blitz-evidence-expected-in-hearing/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Federal judge issues temporary restraining order governing conditions at Broadview ICE facility. U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman is requiring officials at the de facto detention center run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement to provide detainees with sufficient hygiene and access to lawyers and a phone, among other requirements. DD: How many have stood before Gettleman? I did in 2000 in Diersen v. GAO.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/11/05/federal-judge-issues-temporary-restraining-order-governing-conditions-at-broadview-ice-facility

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage County pays up on two overdue election-related bills
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251105/news/dupage-county-pays-up-on-two-overdue-election-related-bills/
— California Republicans sue over new US House map approved by voters
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251105/nation-and-world-politics/california-republicans-sue-over-new-us-house-map-approved-by-voters/

WMBD
— Central Illinois Congressmen receive primary challenges, state legislators do not. DD: Since 2002, my critics/opponents have unsuccessfully tried to get registered Republican voters in my precinct to challenge me.
https://wmbdradio.com/2025/11/04/central-illinois-congressmen-receive-primary-challenges-state-legislators-do-not/

OVERDRIVE
— Non-domiciled CDLs: Illinois paused all issuance/renewal in September
https://www.overdriveonline.com/regulations/article/15771040/illinois-paused-all-nondomiciled-cdl-issuancerenewal-in-september

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/11/05/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-418/
— Pritzker says if Indiana redraws its congressional districts, Illinois may follow suit
https://capitolfax.com/2025/11/05/pritzker-says-if-indiana-redraws-its-congressional-districts-illinois-may-follow-suit/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— The mainstream news media exists to elect and to reelect Democrat candidates and to defeat Republican candidates. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— As Democrats have more victories, anticipate/expect that RINOs will ever-increasingly dump Republicans. I should write about the RINOs who have dumped me. I would focus on those who I did the most to help elect and to help reelect. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Chicago Reporters Do Not Cover Themselves with Glory in False Reporting on Day Care Center Arrests
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/05/chicago-reporters-do-not-cover-themselves-with-glory-in-false-reporting-on-day-care-center-arrests/
— ICE at McHenry County Courthouse
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/05/ice-at-mchenry-county-courthouse/
— Moving to Florida. DD: What percent of those who flee New York for Florida to escape Democrat socialism will vote for Democrats in Florida? Overwhelmingly, those who fled Chicago for DuPage County to escape Democrat poverty and crime vote for Democrats in DuPage County.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/05/moving-to-florida/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Déjà Vu for Illinois Republicans: Ted Dabrowski’s Campaign Mirrors Richard Irvin’s Doomed Bid for Governor
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/11/deja-vu-for-illinois-republicans-ted-dabrowskis-campaign-mirrors-richard-irvins-doomed-bid-for-governor.html

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Schumer’s nightmare scenario: Mamdani’s win rekindles rumblings of AOC primary showdown
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/5/schumers-nightmare-scenario-mamdanis-win-rekindles-rumblings-aoc/
— Those who “like” socialism don’t know what it is. DD: Democrat leaders shout at those who have less money that they have less money because of capitalism.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/5/letter-editor-like-socialism-dont-know/
— Trump admin notches fewest border encounters with unauthorized migrants in record October. DD: The stronger that Democrat and RINO leaders had invited illegals, the more that have come. But then, America elected Trump.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/5/six-straight-months-no-catch-release-border/
— With Mamdani’s win in NYC, socialists scored a win. What do Democrats do now: Go hard left or hunt the middle?
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/5/mamdanis-win-nyc-socialists-scored-win/
— Put SNAP recipients under a microscope
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/5/put-snap-recipients-microscope/
— People are voting with their feet. New Yorkers who hate bad governance have already flocked to Texas, Florida. DD: What percent of those who flee New York for Florida and Texas to escape Democrat socialism will vote for Democrats in Florida and Texas? Overwhelmingly, those who fled Chicago for DuPage County to escape Democrat poverty and crime vote for Democrats in DuPage County.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/5/people-voting-feet/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democrats are the unquestioned party of political violence
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3876429/democrats-unquestioned-party-political-violence/
— Bad news for Republicans, warnings for both parties
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3876245/bad-news-for-republicans-warnings-for-both-parties/
— Maryland schools force gender ideology on seventh graders
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3876543/maryland-schools-force-gender-ideology-on-seventh-graders/

NEW YORK POST
— New Jersey Hispanic, Latino voters swung sharply to Mikie Sherrill –wiping out 2024 GOP gains
https://nypost.com/2025/11/05/us-news/nj-hispanic-latino-voters-swung-sharply-to-mikie-sherrill-wiping-out-2024-gop-gains-data-shows/
— Mamdani’s DSA allies are flexing power in Albany — and no corner of the state is safe
https://nypost.com/2025/11/05/opinion/mamdanis-dsa-allies-are-flexing-power-in-albany-and-no-corner-of-ny-is-safe/

AMERICAN THINKER
— The University of Chicago: Epicenter of Trump hatred
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/11/the_university_of_chicago_epicenter_of_trump_hatred.html
— Requiem For Gotham.  DD: The more of the following that New Yorkers are, the faster that Mamdani will drive them out of New York: American, non-Muslim, White, male, older, non-poor, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/11/requiem_for_gotham.html

BREITBART
— What Mamdani’s Victory Reveals About America’s New Class Politics
https://link.breitbart.com/view/5d13d86afc942d626ccc80b7p80mr.1518/eb7aa52e

DAILY SIGNAL
— With Mamdani’s Win in NYC, Class Warfare Politics Have Arrived. DD: Democrat leaders shout at those who have less money that they have less money because of capitalism.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/11/05/with-mamdanis-victory-nyc-class-warfare-politics-has-arrived/
— Mamdani Win Could Make Dems the Next Whig Party
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/11/05/mayor-mamdani-and-wedge-socialism/

FOX BUSINESS
— Socialism’s deadly history is being ignored by America’s young voters. DD: Democrat leaders shout at those who have less money that they have less money because of capitalism.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6384558407112

FOX NEWS
— David Hogg calls on Dems to reignite ‘American Dream’ after Mamdani win. DD: When I was young, I had the American Dream. That motivated me to take college preparatory courses in high school, get an ACT score of 24, graduate in the upper 20% of my class, work my way through college, earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, earn three job-related master’s degrees, earn six job-related professional certifications, and earn a job-related professional license. But if I was young today, because of my demographics, I doubt that I would have the American Dream. I doubt that I could find the motivation to do what I did. Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who share my demographics.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fox-news-politics-newsletter-david-hogg-calls-dems-reignite-american-dream-after-mamdani-win

HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
— America’s welfare state has “waged a war on marriage,” trapped low-income individuals in poverty, and fostered long-term dependence on government assistance. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do everything that they can to destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://oversight.house.gov/release/hearing-wrap-up-americas-welfare-state-needs-immediate-reform/

NEWSMAX
— Newsom Wins Prop 50, Boosting Profile for 2028 Run. DD: Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering.
https://www.newsmax.com/us/gavin-newsom-california-president/2025/11/05/id/1233277/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CBS NEWS
— Mamdani’s election as New York City mayor draws global reactions ranging from celebrations and pride to anger
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/zohran-mamdani-election-mayor-new-york-global-reaction/

NEWSWEEK
— Mamdani Issues Warning to Trump Admin’s ICE Agents After NYC Mayoral Win. DD: The more of the following that New Yorkers are, the faster that Mamdani will drive them out of New York: American, non-Muslim, White, male, older, non-poor, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.newsweek.com/zohran-mamdani-ice-warning-donald-trump-new-york-10998303

NEW YORK TIMES
— Mamdani’s Top 5 Priorities as Mayor. DD: The more of the following that New Yorkers are, the faster that Mamdani will drive them out of New York: American, non-Muslim, White, male, older, non-poor, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/nyregion/zohran-mamdani-nyc-mayor-priorities-agenda.html

WSJ
— U.S. to Reduce Flight Traffic by 10% at 40 Airports Due to Shutdown. Transportation secretary says move is to relieve unpaid air-traffic controllers.
https://www.wsj.com/business/airlines/u-s-to-reduce-flight-traffic-by-10-in-40-markets-due-to-shutdown-2ce4fc4f

BEAST
— MAGA Blame Game Erupts After Republicans Suffer Nationwide Losses
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/maga-blame-game-erupts-after-republicans-suffer-nationwide-losses/ar-AA1PPoOQ

FROM OTHER SOURCES

REALTOR
—  Hannity joined forces with DeSantis to urge a mass exodus from New York City to the “free state of Florida” in the wake of Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral election win. DD: What percent of those who flee New York for Florida to escape Democrat socialism will vote for Democrats in Florida? Overwhelmingly, those who fled Chicago for DuPage County to escape Democrat poverty and crime vote for Democrats in DuPage County.
https://www.realtor.com/news/trends/sean-hannity-ron-desantis-zohran-mamdani-florida-move-new-york/

November 4, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Witnesses testify to alleged unsanitary, squalid conditions inside Broadview ICE facility. Judge Robert Gettleman compared conditions at Broadview to those of a concentration camp, saying, ‘One is reminded of Auschwitz.’ DD: When my lawsuit against GAO was transferred from Washington DC to Chicago in 2000, it was initially assigned to Gettleman. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-news-lawsuit-filed-aclu-illinois-conditions-inside-broadview-facility-court-tuesday/18111176/
— Food banks see surge in demand; Trump says SNAP benefits won’t be given until after shutdown
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-says-no-snap-benefits-will-go-shutdown-ends-food-banks-pantries-see-surge-demand/18113085/
— Dolton food pantry sees surge in visitors, could run out of groceries Wednesday
https://abc7chicago.com/post/dolton-illinois-feed-deed-market-food-pantry-could-run-groceries-wednesday-government-shutdown-impacts-snap-benefits/18113727/

CBS2
— Border Patrol commander Bovino defends tactics in Chicago immigration crackdown as Trump cheers
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/border-patrol-commander-gregory-bovino-defends-migration-crackdown-tactics/

WGN9
— 2026 election to reshape Illinois congressional delegation
https://wgntv.com/news/politics/illinois-political-landscape-2026/

FOX32
— Aurora joins growing list of cities barring feds from using public property
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1735338
— Live election results in key 2025 races
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/live-election-results-key-2025-races

WTTW
— Broadview ICE Facility Lacks Beds, Showers, Adequate Food as Federal Judge Indicates Temporary Restraining Order Likely
https://news.wttw.com/2025/11/03/federal-judge-hear-evidence-after-claims-inhumane-and-unlawful-conditions-broadview-ice
— Border Patrol Official Behind Chicago Immigration Crackdown Defends Tactics as Trump Cheers
https://news.wttw.com/2025/11/04/border-patrol-official-behind-chicago-immigration-crackdown-defends-tactics-trump-cheers

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— ‘It has really become a prison’: Broadview detainees detail dirty, overcrowded facility in court
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/04/broadview-lawsuit-hearing/
— Testimony from Bovino, body-cam footage among evidence expected in hearing over use of force by immigration agents
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/04/immigration-blitz-evidence-expected-in-hearing/
— Pritzker should veto ‘right to die’ bill passed in the veto session
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/04/euthanasia-medically-assisted-suicide-right-to-die-illinois-death/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Plaintiffs’ lawyers: Bovino views protesters as ‘violent rioters,’ tells officers to ‘go hard’ against them. The allegation came in a late-night court filing Monday as attorneys representing media organizations seek to restrict the feds’ use of force during Chicago-area deportation campaign.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/public-safety/2025/11/04/plaintiffs-lawyers-bovino-views-protesters-as-violent-rioters-tells-officers-to-go-hard-against-them
— Pritzker says what the Sun-Times can’t
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/11/04/jb-pritzker-donald-trump-obscenity-cursing

DAILY HERALD
— 22 — yes, 22 — candidates running for Durbin’s Senate seat; 7 seek GOP governor nomination
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251104/illinois-state-politics/22-yes-22-candidates-running-for-durbins-senate-seat-7-seek-gop-governor-nomination/
— Bolingbrook blocks release of body camera video of ICE agents claiming they were battered
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251104/crime/bolingbrook-blocks-release-of-body-camera-video-of-ice-agents-claiming-they-were-battered/
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more hatred against ICE, that is, against Republicans.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251104/local-politics/how-are-you-protecting-us-palatine-residents-share-concerns-about-ice-with-council/
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251104/local/wheeling-prohibits-agents-from-using-village-property-to-prepare-for-immigration-enforcement-activit/
— Illinois treasurer faces no GOP challenger as 2026 primary ballots take shape
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251104/news/illinois-treasurer-faces-no-gop-challenger-as-2026-primary-ballots-take-shape/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Illinois treasurer faces no GOP challenger as 2026 primary ballots take shape
https://www.nprillinois.org/government-politics/2025-11-04/illinois-treasurer-faces-no-gop-challenger-as-2026-primary-ballots-take-shape

ILLINOIS PUBLIC MEDIA
— Republican Senate Candidate Don Tracy on Israel, ICE, and the future of MAGA and the GOP
https://will.illinois.edu/21stshow/story/u.s-senate-hopeful-don-tracy-on-israel-immigration-and-getting-support-from-gop-independent-voters

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/11/04/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-417/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CHICAGO CONTRARIAN
— Vallas: The Great Displacement
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/chicagos-great-displacement

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— McHenry County Democratic Party Precinct Committee Candidates Vastly Outnumber Republican’s, 90-67
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/04/mchenry-county-democratic-party-precinct-committee-candidates-vastly-outnumber-republicans-90-67/
— Does the McHenry County Republican Party Have a Death Wish?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/24/does-the-mchenry-county-republican-party-have-a-death-wish/
— Two Illinois Illegal Aliens Make Homeland Security’s Worse of the Worst” List
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/04/two-illinois-illegal-aliens-make-homeland-securitys-worse-of-the-worst-list/
— The Role of Pot in Automobile Deaths at Over 40%
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/04/the-role-of-pot-in-automobile-deaths-at-over-40/
— Algonquin GOP Chairman Calls for Taxpayers to Urge County Board Members Not to Increase Their Real Estate Tax Levy
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/04/algonquin-gop-chairman-calls-for-taxpayers-to-urge-county-board-members-not-to-increase-their-real-estate-tax-levy/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Dabrowski Campaign Sends Southern Illinois Media Advisory During Bailey Family Burial
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/11/tone-deaf-dabrowski-campaign-sends-media-advisory-during-bailey-family-burial.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Israel to give Charlie Kirk the Pillars of Jerusalem award
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3873619/israel-give-charlie-kirk-pillars-of-jerusalem-award/

NEW YORK POST
— Conspiracy kook Tucker Carlson is no conservative and no friend to Charlie Kirk and JD Vance
https://nypost.com/2025/11/03/opinion/conspiracy-kook-tucker-carlson-is-no-patriot-no-conservative-and-no-friend-to-charlie-kirk-and-jd-vance/
— The reasons behind Gen Z’s love of Luigi Mangione should scare everyone who cares about the future of America
https://nypost.com/2025/11/04/opinion/whats-really-fueling-gen-zs-love-of-luigi-mangione/

AMERICAN THINKER
— A Deep Philosophical Analysis of Fuentes and Mamdani
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/11/a_deep_philosophical_analysis_of_fuentes_and_mamdani.html

BREITBART
— Half of Migrant Households Get Welfare Via US-Born Children
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/11/04/report-half-migrant-households-get-welfare-via-us-born-children/amp/
— Democrat-Run California to Spend Billions on Illegals’ Healthcare While Undercutting Police
https://www.breitbart.com/health/2025/11/04/report-democrat-run-california-to-spend-billions-on-illegals-healthcare-while-undercutting-police/

DAILY CALLER
— California Will Spend 28x More On Healthcare For Illegals Than State Law Enforcement
https://dailycaller.com/2025/11/04/california-will-spend-28x-more-health-benefits-for-illegals-than-state-law-enforcement/

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
== Without Borders, There Is No Nation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d__p6SDBQZk

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC NEWS
— Dick Cheney became a vocal critic of Donald Trump after Jan. 6. He joined daughter Liz Cheney in criticizing Trump as “threat” to the country.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/dick-cheney-vocal-critic-donald-trump-after-jan/story?id=127168273

CBS NEWS
— Election Day 2025 live updates
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/election-day-2025-voting-results/

NEWSWEEK
— What Dick Cheney Said About Donald Trump
https://www.newsweek.com/what-dick-cheney-said-about-donald-trump-10988139
— Who Did Biden Blame for Election Defeat? DD: What do you say to Republican candidates who blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their defeats?
https://www.newsweek.com/biden-blame-election-defeat-pelosi-obama-trump-2037976

ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTANTS
— 75 years of Excellence in Serving the Public and Building the Government Accountability Profession  DD: I have been an AGA member since 1979. I served on the AGA Chicago Chapter Executive Committee 1983-1996. AGA never came to my defense when my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors took adverse actions against me.
https://www.flipsnack.com/FCAA7CF569B/aga-journal-of-government-financial-management-fall-2025/full-view.html
— The CGFM is Over 30 and There Is Much to Celebrate! DD: I became a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994.
https://www.flipsnack.com/FCAA7CF569B/aga-journal-of-government-financial-management-fall-2025/full-view.html
— David Walker: Transforming the Federal Government  DD: Walker headed GAO 1998-2008.
https://www.flipsnack.com/FCAA7CF569B/aga-journal-of-government-financial-management-fall-2025/full-view.html
— How AGA Membership Has Helped My Career  DD: I have been an AGA member since 1979. I served on the AGA Chicago Chapter Executive Committee 1983-1996. AGA never came to my defense when my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors took adverse actions against me.
https://www.flipsnack.com/FCAA7CF569B/aga-journal-of-government-financial-management-fall-2025/full-view.html

WIRED
— The GOP Civil War Over Nick Fuentes Has Just Begun. Tucker Carlson’s friendly interview with white nationalist Nick Fuentes has led to a major reckoning.
https://www.wired.com/story/gop-civil-war-over-nick-fuentes-antisemitism/

November 3, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Manny’s Deli among those offering free meals to SNAP recipients affected by government shutdown
https://abc7chicago.com/post/mannys-deli-offering-free-family-meals-chicagos-south-loop-snap-recipients-affected-government-shutdown/18108105/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly decry Trump’s deportation of their illegals.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-news-donald-trump-60-minutes-says-immigration-raids-havent-gone-far-enough-communities-brace-whats/18106031/
— Celebration of life held for Darren Bailey’s son, family killed in helicopter crash
https://abc7chicago.com/post/funeral-illinois-republican-gubernatorial-candidate-darren-baileys-son-family-killed-helicopter-crash-montana/18108766/

CBS2
— Chicago restaurants and organizations step in with SNAP benefits in limbo
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/as-deadline-snap-benefits-chicago-restaurants-organizations/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Deposition of Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino nearly ground to halt last week
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/border-patrol-gregory-bovino-deposition/
— Naperville’s nonprofit community television station NCTV17 is poised to receive an additional $200,000 from the city next year, bringing its total city funding to $915,000 as the station fights to stay afloat. DD: Should I spend more of my money to boost readership of my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters? I am spending very little now. My target audience is Illinois Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/30/nctv17-funding-naperville-revenue-cable/
— Hundreds gather in rural Illinois to remember lives of Darren Bailey’s son, family killed in helicopter crash
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/hundreds-gather-in-rural-illinois-to-remember-lives-of-darren-baileys-son-family-killed-in-helicopter-crash/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Bickering over Bovino: Lawyers swap complaints of obstruction, ‘sandbagging’ during deposition. A court transcript reveals that questions were posed to U.S. Border Patrol boss Gregory Bovino about his communications with Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/11/03/bickering-over-bovino-lawyers-complain-to-judge-of-obstruction-sandbagging-during-deposition

DAILY HERALD
— NIU welcomes Illinois Senate minority leader John Curran for ‘Rebuilding Democracy’ lecture
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251103/submitted-content/niu-welcomes-illinois-senate-minority-leader-for-rebuilding-democracy-lecture/

WAND TV
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame their shutdown on Trump.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/the-latest-trump-administration-must-tell-judges-whether-it-will-feed-the-poor/article_1f256515-14cf-5e23-b9da-3aa13a8104f9.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame their shutdown on Trump.
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/government-shutdown-on-brink-of-historic-record-as-trump-blames-democrats-for-standoff-republicans-affordable-care-act-snap-benefits-day-34-washington-dc-capitol-hill-congress-senate

GLEN ELLYN PATCH
— Glen Ellyn Shares Statement Regarding ICE Activity
https://patch.com/illinois/glenellyn/glen-ellyn-shares-statement-regarding-ice-activity

DUPAGE COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSION
— Candidate Listing
https://cms5.revize.com/revize/dupage/Election/Documents/Candidate%20Information/WebsiteListingsByElection/2026GPE/2026GPE%20Candidate%20Listing.pdf

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/11/03/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-416/
— Trump on Chicago, Pritzker
https://capitolfax.com/2025/11/03/trump-on-chicago-pritzker/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Election integrity advocates urge reform after Illinois scores low in global survey. DD: Democrats run elections in Illinois.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_80cdacf2-45e9-4a9b-a547-adc5930c8e74.html
— Amid criticism, Pritzker defends using expletive to tell Trump where to go
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_5a51f77c-a91d-43f6-8d67-c365992b24e9.html

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Know What “Tailing” Is?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/02/know-what-tailing-is/
— Tribune Echoes 1974 Argument That Driving People Out of Cars Is a Good Idea
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/02/tribune-echoes-1974-argument-that-driving-people-out-of-cars-is-a-good-idea/
— UPDATE WITH MORE PHOTOS: Robb Tadelman Holds Petition Party at McHenry Golf Club
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/02/robb-tadelman-holds-petition-party-at-mchenry-golf-club/
— Spending MUCH More, Getting MUCH Less for Minority, Female State Purchases
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/03/13447/
— Opportunity for Public To Comment on Natural Disaster Plan
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/03/opportunity-for-public-to-comment-on-natural-disaster-plan/
— Possible Reasons the State’s Attorney Dropped the Lakemoor Hemp Case
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/202

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Mamdani releases Arabic-language campaign ad
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/3/zohran-mamdani-releases-arabic-language-campaign-ad/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Nick Fuentes can’t be canceled, he must be conquered by debate
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3872877/nick-fuentes-must-be-conquered-by-debate/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Attempt to Hijack Conservative Institutions. DD: Democrats and RINOs did not attempt to hijack Illinois Center Right Coalition and TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, they succeeded in destroying those organizations.
https://freebeacon.com/media/its-time-we-once-again-took-out-the-trash-scott-jennings-on-the-attempt-to-hijack-conservative-institutions/

NEW YORK POST
— How a foreign political machine tips the scales for Mamdani
https://nypost.com/2025/11/03/us-news/how-a-foreign-political-machine-tips-the-scales-for-mamdani/

AMERICA FIRST LEGAL
— America First Legal Calls for Federal Investigation into Illinois’ State-Mandated Mental Health Screenings of Students. DD: According to Democrats, if you are not a Democrat, you have mental problems.
https://aflegal.org/press-release/america-first-legal-calls-for-federal-investigation-into-illinois-state-mandated-mental-health-screenings-of-students/

BREITBART
— White House to Launch Website Exposing Criminal Illegal Aliens Who Have Received Medicaid
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/11/03/exclusive-white-house-to-launch-website-exposing-criminal-illegal-aliens-who-have-received-medicaid/

CAMPUS REFORM
— Fired ISU teaching assistant who flipped TPUSA table arrested again for alleged threats against Trump
https://www.campusreform.org/article/fired-isu-teaching-assistant-flipped-tpusa-table-arrested-alleged-threats-trump/28887

DAILY WIRE
— Tucker Carlson Sabotages America
https://www.dailywire.com/episode/bss-ep-2309
— Mamdani makes his final voter pitch in Arabic, CNN admits the Democrat brand is garbage, and a federal judge wants illegals to vote.
https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ep-1848-is-this-america-mamdani-releases-an-entire-campaign-ad-in-arabic
— How The Southern Poverty Law Center Poisoned Corporate America
https://www.dailywire.com/news/how-the-southern-poverty-law-center-poisoned-corporate-america
— Mamdani Effect: Abbott Says He’ll Impose 100% Tariff On New Yorkers Moving To Texas After Election
https://www.dailywire.com/news/mamdani-effect-abbott-says-hell-impose-100-tariff-on-new-yorkers-moving-to-texas-after-election

NEW AMERICAN
— Illinois Law Would Shield Illegals From Arrest, Allow Them to Sue Agents Who Arrest Them
https://thenewamerican.com/us/illinois-law-would-shield-illegals-from-arrest-allow-them-to-sue-agents-who-arrest-them/

NEWSMAX
— Pritzker ‘Dehumanizes, Vilifies’ ICE Agents
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/tricia-mclaughlin-dhs-ice/2025/11/03/id/1232991/
— Outrage as Heritage’s Roberts Backs Tucker, Fuentes in Anti-Israel Attacks
https://www.newsmax.com/us/heritage-foundation-kevin-roberts-tucker-carlson/2025/11/02/id/1232913/
— GOP Must Reject Fringe Wing. DD: My critics/opponents always painted Illinois Center Right Coalition and TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois as being fringe wing.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/rosenbaum-kestenbaum-newsmax/2025/11/03/id/1232992/
— Key to Restoring American Greatness: Evil’s Wholesale Defeat
https://www.newsmax.com/scottpowell/cartels-gangs-pornography/2025/11/03/id/1232999/

TOWNHALL
— Illinois Is Requiring Mental Health Screenings for Students Without Parental Consent. DD: According to Democrats, if you are not a Democrat, you have mental problems.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeff-charles/2025/11/03/this-state-is-requiring-mental-health-screenings-for-students-without-parental-consent-n2665865

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NBC NEWS
— SNAP contingency fund ‘isn’t enough,’ says Pritzker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWglrsDtit8
— As millions of Americans prepare to lose SNAP benefits, some states are moving to bridge the gap
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/millions-americans-prepare-lose-snap-benefits-states-are-moving-bridge-rcna239159

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: DD: A Democrat take on America.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/11/03/america-250-birthday-democracy-history/86629143007/

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Illinois Launches Effort to Re-Enroll Some College, No Degree Cohort. DD: What helped you get a bachelor’s degree? For me, it included my parent’s providing me with room and board while I took classes at UIC 1966-1968, weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and the summer of 1969. It included my working for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969, part-rime during the school years and full-time during the summers. That enabled me graduate debt-free from NIU in August of 1970 owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2025/10/30/illinois-launches-effort-re-enroll-adult-learners

SPLC
— DD: Hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters ever-increasingly use their assignation of Kirk to promote more hatred against conservatives.
https://www.splcenter.org/resources/hatewatch/charlie-kirk-attack-public-education-free-speech-educators/

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

NEWS INDIA
— States and Cities across the U.S. Declare October 2025 as Hindu Heritage Month
https://newsindiatimes.com/states-and-cities-across-the-u-s-declare-october-2025-as-hindu-heritage-month/

FROM OTHER SOURSES

AUTO EVOLUTION
— 1962 Chevrolet Impala SS 409 Z11 Factory Lightweight Sells for $220,000. DD: I owned a 1962 Chevrolet Impala SS 1989-2005.
https://www.autoevolution.com/news/1962-chevrolet-impala-ss-409-z11-factory-lightweight-sells-for-record-price-260329.html

November 3, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-channyn-lynne-parker-new-ceo-equality-illinois/18100582/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/chicago-woman-collision-ice-accountability/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/chicago-ice-restaurants/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/opinion-chicago-immigration-crackdown-college-students/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/01/aurora-food-pantries-immigration-fears-snap-lapse/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/02/street-vendors-little-village/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/01/franklin-park-day-of-dead-celebration/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/opinion-snap-benefits-illinois-food-pantry-government-shutdown/
— Illinois pats itself on the back for better student performance — after lowering education standards
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/isbe-education-illinois-proficiency-test-scores/
— Operation Midway Blitz linked to dip in 911 calls, especially in Little Village
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/911-calls-midway-blitz-little-village/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/11/03/ice-raids-immigrants-businesses-economy-mary-beth-canty-nicolle-grasse-nabeela-syed
— DD: Under the Democrats, soon, everyone in America will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/11/02/chicago-snap-evanston-food-drive

JOURNAL COURIER
— ICE making push into downstate Illinois, including Macoupin, as lawmakers try to block courthouses
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/as-ice-pushes-downstate-lawmakers-try-block-21133280.php

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— What’s on the ballot in the first general election since Donald Trump became president. DD: Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly a) demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump and b) shout that to punish Trump, vote for all the Democrat candidates on your ballot.
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/whats-on-the-ballot-in-the-first-general-election-since-donald-trump-became-president/article_5a3fad85-7168-54a0-a0b3-092d1a43f87d.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Who are the conservative leaders in Illinois? It would be great if each of them would write at least one article a week that promotes the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, equal opportunity (no race of gender based preference giving), and/or other planks in the Republican Party platform and post it on their website and email the link to me at diersen@aol.com . It would be great if they would show in their articles how the aforesaid planks promote prosperity, safety, and fairness. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Step aside, Wikipedia; it’s Grok to the future. The site finally has a rival programmed for accuracy, not wokeness. DD: My critics/opponents are woke. They promote wokeness/wokeism to destroy those like me who refuse to be manipulated or dominated by them, who refuse to glorify or 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 wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/2/step-aside-wikipedia-grok-future/

NEW YORK POST
— Trump defends ICE raids, declares ‘they haven’t gone far enough’
https://nypost.com/2025/11/02/us-news/trump-defends-ice-raids-declares-they-havent-gone-far-enough-in-first-60-minutes-interview-since-suing-cbs/
— Champagne Socialist Zohran Mamdani slammed for hogging $2,300 apartment — despite six-figure salary, wealthy family. DD: My critic/opponents have always used against me my not getting a scholarships and my having to work my way through college. According to them, that proves at I am stupid and my parents were filthy rich. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents had the most money.
https://www.aol.com/cuomo-bashes-rich-person-zohran-125945960.html

AMAC
— Mamdani’s Rise Proves that Demographics Are Destiny. DD: To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country. If Democrats and RINOs continue to illegally flood America with citizens of foreign countries, America is doomed. Far too many come to America a) to take advantage of all the preferences that Democrat and RINO leaders give them, b) to turn America into a socialist country and then into a communist country, c) to turn America into their motherland, d) to convert everyone in America to their religion, e) to take over America and to conquer America, and/or f) to destroy America.
https://amac.us/newsline/politics/mamdanis-rise-proves-that-demographics-are-destiny/

AMERICAN THINKER
— True DEI versus leftist DEI. DD: Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/11/true_dei_versus_leftist_dei.html

DAILY CALLER
— Musk: The Democratic Party Wants To Destroy Democracy. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly reject Trump’s election. What if Republicans had rejected Biden’s election?
https://www.aol.com/articles/elon-musk-tells-joe-rogan-202122656.html
— USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins Says SNAP Will Be Drastically Reformed After Thousands Of Illegals Removed
https://dailycaller.com/2025/11/02/agriculture-department-brooke-rollins-illegal-immigrants-snap-food-benefits-reform-fox-friends-weekend/

FOX NEWS
— Video shows hostile crowd surround Border Patrol agents as arrest turns violent in suburban Chicago. Federal immigration agent was caught on camera delivering ‘defensive strikes’ against suspect during Chicago suburb arrest.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/video-shows-hostile-crowd-surround-border-patrol-agents-arrest-turns-violent-suburban-chicago
— Trump ignores elections as Democrats stumble on the way to likely victories
https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-ignores-elections-democrats-stumble-way-likely-victories
— UC Berkeley class focuses on how ‘racial superiority’ shapes immigration law, anti-ICE rhetoric
https://www.aol.com/articles/uc-berkeley-class-focuses-racial-172030222.html

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— America’s Complicated Demographic Destiny. DD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the future is ever-increasing bleak for those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.heritage.org/civil-society/commentary/americas-complicated-demographic-destiny

TOWNHALL
— USDA Secretary Rollins To Reform SNAP Program
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/scott-mcclallen/2025/11/02/usda-secretary-brooke-rollins-says-there-is-n2665828

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Trump defends ICE: ‘I think they haven’t gone far enough’
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5585838-trump-defends-ice-raids/amp/
— Democrats’ hard 2024 lesson: Demographic change and identity politics aren’t enough
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5012659-democratic-party-alienating-minorities/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Government shutdown threatens to delay home heating aid for millions of low-income families
https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-heating-assistance-liheap-winter-7bcec80a167bd01f442d6dabe1149b71
— The end of federal food aid could hit Black Americans hardest
https://apnews.com/article/shutdown-snap-benefits-food-assistance-stigma-race-4bf5074c920e601e80e931cb5a22a784

NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Anticipate expect that Latinos who want illegal immigration will vote for Democrats and Latinos who oppose illegal immigration will vote for Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/us/politics/elections-latino-turnout-ice-raids.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Since the 1960s, employers have ever-increasingly hired and promoted people because they are minority and/or female. That ever- increasingly rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license. I should write about that.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1991/08/04/employer-puts-pluralism-first/99939391-b33b-4cf8-8bdd-2f604f34a7e5/

USA TODAY
— DD: The Democrat Party ever-increasingly promotes Islam
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/10/24/cuomo-mamdani-islamophobia-new-york-mayor-election/86859925007/
— DD: Under the Democrats, soon, everyone in America will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/11/01/food-banks-expect-new-users-snap-shutdown/86972423007/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/10/26/faith-leaders-trump-ice-tactics-immoral/86817168007/

MENDOCINO VOICE
— Half a million young Californians aren’t in school or work. Most are men. DD: I was in both school and work 1962-1980 and 1992-1997. Between 1981 and 1991, I was just at work.
https://mendovoice.com/2025/11/half-a-million-young-californians-arent-in-school-or-work-most-are-men/

INC.
— DD: My critics/opponents negatively stereotype those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who negatively stereotype those who share their own demographics to curry favor with those who do not share their demographics.
https://www.inc.com/marcel-schwantes/unlock-your-teams-potential-grow-your-business-leadership/91252442

HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION
— Overqualified candidates. DD: As I earned job-related college degrees when I was 21, 27, 31, and 48, professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and a professional license when I was 32, my critics/opponents did not paint me as being overqualified. They used that to paint me as being a failure because in today’s dollars I was earning only $55,850/year when I was 22, only $68,315/year when I was 23, only $82,655/year when I was 24, only $99,069/year when I was 25, only $112,280/year when I 31, only $88,808/year when I was 31, only $117,807/year when I was 38, and only $153,151 when I was 49. Since I was 31 years old in 1980, my critics/opponents have stressed that I had to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO.
https://www.hcamag.com/us/specialization/recruitment/overqualified-candidates-are-they-worth-the-risk/552571

AMERICAN IMMIGRATION COUNCIL
— DD: Why do citizens of foreign countries come to America? To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country. What percent come to America a) to take advantage of all the preferences that Democrat and RINO leaders give them, b) to turn America into a socialist country and then into a communist country, c) to turn America into their motherland, d) to convert everyone in America to their religion, e) to take over America and to conquer America, and/or f) to destroy America? All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. They all want cheap labor.
https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/report/mass-deportation-trump-democracy/

REASON
— DD: Why do citizens of foreign countries come to America? To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country. What percent come to America a) to take advantage of all the preferences that Democrat and RINO leaders give them, b) to turn America into a socialist country and then into a communist country, c) to turn America into their motherland, d) to convert everyone in America to their religion, e) to take over America and to conquer America, and/or f) to destroy America? All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. They all want cheap labor.
https://reason.org/event/reason-versus-mass-immigration-is-good-for-america/
https://reason.com/2025/10/01/the-formula-for-making-immigration-popular-with-american-voters/

PEW RESEARCH
— DD: Why do citizens of foreign countries come to America? To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country. What percent come to America a) to take advantage of all the preferences that Democrat and RINO leaders give them, b) to turn America into a socialist country and then into a communist country, c)  to turn America into their motherland, d) to convert everyone in America to their religion, e) to take over America and to conquer America, and/or f) to destroy America? All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. They all want cheap labor.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/08/21/key-findings-about-us-immigrants/
— What the data says about federal workers. DD: While I was a federal employee for almost 30 years, all my coworkers who I had to compete against for promotions were Democrats who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. All those who were promoted over me were the aforesaid and a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/01/07/what-the-data-says-about-federal-workers/

PBS
— Amazon to lay off 14,000 corporate employees as spending on artificial intelligence accelerates. DD: I did not have to compete against AI for jobs, promotions, and retention, but I did have to compete against Democrats who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/amazon-to-lay-off-14000-corporate-employees-as-spending-on-artificial-intelligence-accelerates

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

TIMES OF INDIA
— The American dream said college was the way: Here’s why Gen Z isn’t buying it anymore. DD: If I had not had a bachelor’s degree in business in 1970, Firestone Stores would not have hired me in 1970 and IRS would not have hired me in 1971. Further, if I had not had not earned an MBA in 1976 and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, GAO would not have hired me in 1980. Further, if had not taken graduate evening business courses starting in 1972, IRS would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. Further, if I had not a) earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, became a licensed CPA in 1981, became a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, became a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, became a Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, became a Forensic Accountant in 1997, and earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading in 1997, GAO would not have promoted me in 1986 or have let me work until 1997.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/the-american-dream-said-college-was-the-way-heres-why-gen-z-isnt-buying-it-anymore/articleshow/125044701.cms

BORDERLESS
— DD: Why do citizens of foreign countries come to America? To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country. What percent come to America a) to take advantage of all the preferences that Democrat and RINO leaders give them, b) to turn America into a socialist country and then into a communist country, c) to turn America into their motherland, d) to convert everyone in America to their religion, e) to take over America and to conquer America, and/or f) to destroy America? All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. They all want cheap labor.
https://www.boundless.com/blog/work-is-the-top-reason-people-immigrate-to-the-us-new-data-shows

WORLD TRIBUNE
— Musk: Panicked Democrats refuse to stop funding illegals
https://worldtribune.com/elon-musk-on-shutdown-panicked-democrats-refuse-to-stop-funding-illegals/

DAILY EXPRESS
— Britain: Anti-white bias must end. DD: I should write about opportunities in America that constructively, if not literally, have not been open to those who are: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I would focus on opportunities not open to federal employees who are the aforesaid.
https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-express/20251103/281724095798866

WORLD ATLAS
— DD: Why do citizens of foreign countries come to America? To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country. What percent come to America a) to take advantage of all the preferences that Democrat and RINO leaders give them, b) to turn America into a socialist country and then into a communist country, c) to turn America into their motherland, d) to convert everyone in America to their religion, e) to take over America and to conquer America, and/or f) to destroy America? All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. They all want cheap labor.
https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/what-brings-immigrants-to-the-united-states.html

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR IMMIGRATION
— DD: Why do citizens of foreign countries come to America? To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country. What percent come to America a) to take advantage of all the preferences that Democrat and RINO leaders give them, b) to turn America into a socialist country and then into a communist country, c) to turn America into their motherland, d) to convert everyone in America to their religion, e) to take over America and to conquer America, and/or f) to destroy America? All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. They all want cheap labor.
https://lac.iom.int/en/blogs/why-migrants-risk-it-all

JAGRAN JOSH
— Harvard’s Record Class: 90% of Foreign Students Enroll, With Half Receiving Free Tuition. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.jagranjosh.com/colleges/harvards-record-class-90-of-foreign-students-enroll-with-half-receiving-free-tuition-clga-1870000459-1

October 29, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— House candidate Kat Abughazaleh accused of conspiring to injure officers during anti-ICE protests in Broadview. A federal grand jury has indicted six people for allegedly assaulting and conspiring to injure law enforcement during a protest last month at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility near Chicago. House candidate Kat Abughazaleh and five others were charged with felony offenses for their alleged involvement in a series of skirmishes with officers that later went viral on social media outside of the facility in Broadview, Illinois.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/congressional-candidate-kat-abughazaleh-indicted-conspiring-injure-officers-during-anti-ice-protests-broadview-illinois/18086593/
— Court blocks order requiring CBP Chief Bovino to meet with judge every day on immigration operations
https://abc7chicago.com/post/border-patrol-ice-chicago-doj-appeals-judge-order-cbp-chief-greg-bovino-meet-every-day-immigration-operations/18087074/
— Ex-IL deputy found guilty of murder in shooting of Sonya Massey, a Black woman who called 911
https://abc7chicago.com/post/sonya-massey-death-jury-deliberations-will-continue-weds-attempt-reach-verdict-ex-il-deputy-sean-graysons-trial/18084767/
— DD: Under the Democrats, poverty and crime ever-increasingly increase.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/dupage-county-food-pantries-like-glen-house-northern-illinois-bank-worry-cant-meet-need-snap-benefits-end/18087689/

NBC5
— Appeals court blocks order requiring Bovino to brief judge on Chicago immigration sweeps. The court intervened on Wednesday before Greg Bovino’s first late afternoon meeting with U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/appeals-court-blocks-order-requiring-bovino-to-brief-judge-on-chicago-immigration-sweeps/3845216/
— Pritzker declares agricultural export crisis in Illinois, signs executive order. The state says it is facing significant impacts due to the tariffs, with farmers from Illinois selling more than $1 billion in soybeans to China last year.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/gov-pritzker-declares-agricultural-export-crisis-in-illinois-signs-executive-order/3845135/

CBS2
— Appeals court grants Justice Department request to pause daily meetings between Gregory Bovino, Judge Sara Ellis
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/justice-department-appeals-court-gregory-bovino-judge-sara-ellis/
— Little Village leaders urge Mayor Brandon Johnson to do more to stop ICE agents from using city property
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/little-village-mayor-brandon-johnson-executive-order-ice-agents-city-property/
— Border Patrol takes lead role in Trump administration’s Chicago crackdown, carrying out more arrests than ICE
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/border-patrol-trump-administrations-chicago-crackdown-more-arrests-than-ice/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Immigration enforcement officers arrest at least 7 people in Crete, Chicago Heights. DD: While my brother lived at 1286 Wood Street in Crete, he told me about a major ICE raid on an illegal alien stash house across the street.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/29/ice-arrests-crete-chicago-heights/
FROM THE ARTICLE: The Crete Police Department said multiple individuals from a construction crew near Berkshire and Stafford were detained Monday by federal immigration enforcement officers. RLM Underground construction manager Shawn Davis said Wednesday about four to five people were detained between 10:30 and 11 a.m. from his construction crew, which he subcontracted from another company. The crew was drilling conduit to install surf internet, but construction was halted after the workers were arrested. Davis said his company, along with another company on the job, Evolve Telecom, brought in additional workers from their company’s Midwest branches to continue the work on Tuesday. Some workers lived locally and others had to travel into town, he said. Crete police said in a statement information was received and verified from workers that several members of the crew were taken into custody by ICE agents. Officials also said the Police Department was contacted by several residents Monday regarding ICE sightings and activity within the village. Police said officers contacted witnesses and gathered information related to these reports and found several of the reported sightings were either untrue or couldn’t be substantiated. Crete officials also said the Police Department was never contacted by ICE and did not have notice of or assist in this operation. They noted Illinois law enforcement agencies are prohibited by the Illinois Trust Act from conducting or assisting in immigration only enforcement. Crete police also said Illinois law enforcement can only assist ICE if a valid warrant exists, probable cause of a criminal act (other than immigration status) was committed or protection of ICE agents who are victims of crime. “The Crete Police Department understands the sensitive nature of these matters and wants to assure the public that we are committed to being transparent in our role and the information we have regarding these encounters,” reads the statement. “The Crete Police Department is dedicated to communicating and sharing information with all residents, organizations, and businesses within our community.”
— Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino’s daily report in federal court canceled by appeals court — for now
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/29/bovino-daily-report-federal-court-canceled/
— Kristi Noem, Gov. Mike Braun to visit Gary for ICE-related news conference
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/29/noem-braun-visit-gary/
— DD: Democrat leaders prolong the shutdown.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/29/snap-benefits-funding-fails/
— Children don’t invent hate — they have be to carefully taught. DD: Democrats run Illinois. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/29/jewish-attack-skokie-october-7-hate-crime/
— A left-leaning voters’ rights group that has pushed for President Donald Trump’s removal from office over alleged constitutional abuses is now asking Illinois officials to investigate and prosecute alleged violations of state law by federal immigration enforcement agents deployed in “Operation Midway Blitz.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/29/group-urges-state-investigations-of-federal-immigration-violations/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever increasingly protect their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/10/29/trump-administration-voting-rights-act-supreme-court-ice-curtis-lawrence
— Pritzker executive orders to help Illinois farmers, direct $20 million to plug SNAP funding gap. Wednesday’s order declares an agricultural crisis in Illinois and offers support for farmers and their families. His order Thursday will direct the state to work with food banks and pantries, grocers, universities and other organizations to mitigate cuts to the federal food assistance program.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/illinois-governor/2025/10/29/pritzker-executive-order-illinois-farmers-snap-cuts

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage County Board criticizes ICE, but won’t ban agents from county property. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasing protect their illegals.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251029/local-politics/dupage-county-board-criticizes-ice-but-doesnt-enact-ban-on-county-property/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republicans board members said they support due process or fair treatment, but described the resolution as “political theater,” noting that the county has no jurisdiction over immigration. “It’s sad that we have to waste our time today on this resolution that has no bearing to change anything or make any difference in the everyday lives of our residents,” said board member Jim Zay, a Republican from Carol Stream. Zay left Tuesday’s board meeting with fellow Republicans Cindy Cronin Cahill and Kari Galassi, just as a vote was being called on the resolution. Board member Brian Krajewski, also a Republican, left the meeting shortly after commenting on the resolution, saying he had an appointment to get to. The measure ultimately passed 12-1, with Republican Sam Tornatore joining Democrats in supporting the resolution. Grant Eckhoff, a Wheaton Republican, cast the only dissenting vote. Before Tuesday’s meeting, Eckhoff had suggested changes to the resolution to include statements related to crime and undocumented immigrants, noting that entering the country without permission is illegal and suggesting that if people do not like immigration laws that they work to change them. Eckhoff, who did not present his proposed suggestions at Tuesday’s meeting, said adopting the resolution steps into federal issues that are out of the county’s authority.)
— Abughazaleh, candidate for 9th District seat, indicted over ICE protest
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251029/crime/abughazaleh-candidate-for-9th-district-seat-indicted-over-ice-protest/
— Residents want Mount Prospect to restrict ICE from village-owned properties. DD: Who leads the efforts to protect illegals in your municipality?
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251029/news/residents-want-mount-prospect-to-restrict-ice-from-village-owned-properties/
— The Illinois House on Tuesday approved legislation aimed at protecting public officials from threats and harassment by allowing them to shield certain information — such as home addresses — from public disclosure while sanctioning the use of campaign funds for personal security services. The legislation, sponsored by state Rep. Katie Stuart, D-Edwardsville, would allow state lawmakers, constitutional officers, state’s attorneys, public defenders, county clerks and other elections officials to request that government agencies, businesses and individuals redact or refrain from posting their personal information on public websites. It would also allow a public official to use their campaign fund to pay for personal security and security upgrades to their home, including security systems, cameras, walls, fences and other physical improvements.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251029/illinois-state-politics/lawmakers-advance-bill-allowing-public-officials-to-conceal-personal-information/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Teens who use weed before age 15 have more trouble later. DD: Pot is poison.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-10-29/teens-who-use-weed-before-age-15-have-more-trouble-later-a-study-finds

WGLT
— ISU teaching assistant on leave faces federal charges over alleged threats to President Trump
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-10-29/isu-teaching-assistant-on-leave-faces-federal-charges-over-alleged-threats-to-president-trump

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Illinois Lawmakers Propose Bills That Would Protect Immigrants At Schools, Hospitals And Courthouses. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasing protect their illegals.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/29/illinois-lawmakers-propose-bills-that-would-protect-immigrants-at-schools-hospitals-and-courthouses/

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/29/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-413/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/29/senate-dems-file-comprehensive-civil-rights-legislation-in-response-to-ice-activities/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Pritzker declares agricultural trade ‘crisis’ while Trump touts new deals
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_bdde8a70-7c88-494a-9bdb-15cae47725e4.html

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— UPDATE: Kat Gets More Free Publicity by Getting Arrested for Pounding on ICE Vehicle, Tribune and NORTHWEST HERALD
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/29/kat-gets-more-free-publicity-by-getting-arrested-for-pounding-on-ice-vehicle/
— What Springfield Democrats May Be Looking at (Two Maps) To Get Rid of One of Illinois’ Republican Members of Congress
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/29/what-springfield-democrats-may-be-looking-at-to-get-rid-of-one-of-illinois-republican-members-of-congress/
— Crystal Lake Park District Advised Public of Tax Hike Far Higher Than Increase in the Cost of Living
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/29/crystal-lake-park-district-advised-public-of/
— Former McHenry County Board Member John Hammerand, R.I.P.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/29/john-hammerand-r-i-p/
— Coles County Board Member and Wife Killed in Crash by Illegal Alien, Rep. Adam Niemerg Reacts
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/28/coles-county-board-member-and-wife-killed-by-illegal-alien/
— County Board Proposing Referendum to Put Pressure on Pritzker to Opt Into Federal School Choice Plan
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/28/county-board-proposing-referendum-to-put-pressure-on-pritzker-to-opt-into-federal-school-choice-plan/
— County Board Candidates Begin Filing
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/27/county-board-candidates-begin-filing/
— Only One Challenge So Far to Five Incumbent Republican County Office Holders
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/27/only-one-challenge-so-far-to-five-incumbent-republican-county-office-holders/
— Chris Lauzen Files for Re-Election as Kane County Treasurer
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/27/chris-lauzen-files-for-re-election-as-kane-county-treasurer/
— Republican Jennifer Davis Files Petitions to Replace Raja Krishnamoorthi
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/27/jennifer-davis-files-petitions-to-replace-raja-krishnamoorthi/
— Jessica Breugelmans Files Petitions to Replace Retiring Don DeWitte
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/27/jessica-breugelmans-files-petitions-to-replace-retiring-don-dewitte/
— Last Week of the Veto Session Appropriately Just Before Halloween
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/27/last-week-of-the-veto-session-appropriately-just-before-halloween/
— Refuge for Women (Helping Women Escape Sex Work) Holds Successful Fundraiser, Hears “Victory” Testimony
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/27/refuge-for-women-holds-successful-fundraiser-hears-testimony/
— Darby Hills Warns of Democrats’ Attempt to Increase Taxes to Bail Out CTA
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/27/darby-hills-warns-of-democrats-attempt-to-increase-taxes-to-bail-out-cta/
— Taxpayers Urged to Contact County Board Members in Opposition to 13% Tax Levy Hike Placed on Review
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/26/taxpayers-urged-to-contact-county-board-members-in-opposition-to-13-tax-levy-hike-place-on-review/
— Bruce Johnson Presents Plan (County Doge) to Avoid McHenry County’s Having a 13% Budget Hike
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/25/bruce-johnson-comes-through-on-his-county-board-promise-to-present-13-budget-hike-cutting-plan/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— The One Big Beautiful Battery Bailout: How Springfield Democrats Are Handing Wall Street a 20-Year Windfall
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/the-one-big-beautiful-battery-bailout-how-springfield-democrats-are-handing-wall-street-a-20-year-windfall.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— IL state rep: Reckless immigration policies led to fatal crash
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3866805/il-state-rep-reckless-immigration-policies-led-fatal-crash/
— Democrats want open borders, most Americans don’t
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/3868405/democrats-want-open-borders-most-americans-dont/
— Democrats can’t fake moderation on immigration
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3868206/bernie-sanders-illegal-immigration-trump-border-security/

NEW YORK POST
— Newsom is part of a disgusting new trend: Privileged people inventing ‘poorigin’ stories
https://nypost.com/2025/10/29/opinion/gavin-newsom-is-part-of-a-new-trend-inventing-poorigin-stories/
— Vance holding Q&A alongside Erika Kirk at Ole Miss Turning Point USA event
https://nypost.com/2025/10/29/media/jd-vance-holding-qampa-alongside-erika-kirk-at-ole-miss-turning-point-usa-event/

BREITBART
— ICE Buses 100 Illegal Aliens from Indiana to Texas for Deportation Processing
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2025/10/29/ice-buses-100-illegal-aliens-from-indiana-to-texas-for-deportation-processing/

FOX NEWS
— Turning Point table flipper threatened Trump, arrested by feds after firing from teaching assistant job. Derek Lopez was fired from Illinois State University after viral video showed him flipping conservative group’s table.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/turning-point-table-flipper-threatened-trump-arrested-feds-after-firing-from-teaching-assistant-job-fbi

MRC TV
— Pritzker and MSNBC Deny Dems Ever Called Trump ‘Hitler’
https://www.mrctv.org/videos/jb-pritzker-and-msnbc-deny-dems-ever-called-trump-hitler

POST MILLENNIAL
— Pritzker claims no Dems compared Trump to Hitler—he’s among the many who have
https://thepostmillennial.com/pritzker-claims-no-dems-compared-trump-to-hitler-hes-among-the-many-who-have

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Obama-Appointed Judge Is Trying to Take Over Border Patrol Operations in Chicago
https://www.westernjournal.com/obama-appointed-judge-trying-take-control-border-patrol-chicago/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NBC NEWS
— DOJ indicts Democratic Illinois congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh over ICE protests. Abughazaleh called the charges “yet another attempt by the Trump administration to criminalize protest and punish those who dare to speak up.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/doj-indicts-democratic-congressional-candidate-kat-abughazaleh-ice-pro-rcna240584

NEW YORK TIMES
— Protesters of Immigration Crackdown, Including House Candidate, Indicted. Six people, including the congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh, were indicted by a grand jury in Chicago. Ten others were arrested on charges stemming from California protests.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/us/chicago-immigration-protest-indictments.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Former Illinois sheriff’s deputy convicted in killing of Sonya Massey
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/10/29/sonya-massey-killing-verdict/
— One agency (GAO) can push back on Trump — but probably not for long. The Government Accountability Office is Congress’s watchdog. In two months, the president gets to nominate its new leader. DD: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/10/27/trump-shutdown-gao/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Donald Trump has used the federal shutdown to seize control of spending from Congress and mold much of the government to his liking. Now the lone agency with the power to push back on those moves might be running out of time to try it. The agency’s leader, Comptroller General Gene Dodaro, has about two months left in his term, and Trump will nominate his replacement, potentially scuttling some of the Government Accountability Office’s most forceful attempts at oversight — including by taking the White House to court if necessary. The agency retained a law firm to evaluate whether the White House was breaking federal laws governing spending and to prepare for a potential legal challenge — though officials have not decided whether to pursue a case, according to two people familiar with Dodaro’s thinking, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to share details from private conversations. “They are looking at everything,” said one of the people. Now the White House is poised to defang the agency in the middle of the shutdown and the fight over constitutional powers, simply by appointing an ally as its new boss. When Dodaro’s term ends Dec. 29, congressional leaders will suggest to Trump a list of successors, though Trump can disregard the recommendation and send up his own choice for Senate confirmation. The Trump administration has claimed much of GAO’s work — and the agency itself — is illegitimate. Russell Vought, the White House budget director and architect of much of the administration’s shutdown strategy, said it “shouldn’t exist.” Congressional Republicans tried to slash GAO’s funding in this round of government spending negotiations and attempted to block the agency from suing the Trump administration on behalf of Congress. But the agency has taken on more prominence in recent months. A federal appeals court in August held that only GAO had the standing to sue over violations of spending laws, cutting out the groups that claimed harm from Trump’s decisions. Other federal courts that have considered related cases have not made similar determinations. “If Trump nominates the next comptroller general — I don’t want to make a political thing out of it, but his track record about caring about oversight and independent evaluations is not terribly strong,” said Henry Wray, a former associate general counsel and ethics counselor for GAO. “GAO is really the only truly fully independent source of executive branch oversight in government.” The government shutdown, well into its fourth week, presented a novel window for Trump to remake much of the federal government. He called the closure of many federal agencies an “opportunity” delivered to him on a “silver platter” to rid the government of “Democrat agencies” and lay off thousands of federal employees, though courts have blocked some of the dismissals he has attempted. And while congressional Democrats’ main demand in the shutdown talks is to preserve pandemic-era Affordable Care Act subsidies, they’ve also insisted that Trump drop attempts to impound funds, or that GOP lawmakers agree to strengthen provisions written into bill text that mandate the White House spend what Congress tells it to. Shutdowns are unique tests for the balance of power between the branches. With no spending laws in effect, the president has broader latitude than usual to redirect funds that preserve vital government functions, though such power is not unlimited. Long before the shutdown, the Trump administration had attempted to assert even greater authority. GAO determined this year that Trump and Vought blocked funds from going to programs that Congress had required by law, a concept called impoundment that is banned under a 1974 law.  The agency investigated 13 spending maneuvers by the administration and found six violations. “Once enacted,” GAO wrote in its investigation of an impoundment of Department of Homeland Security funds in September, “an appropriation is a law like any other, and the President must implement it by ensuring that appropriated funds are obligated and expended prudently during their period of availability unless and until Congress enacts another law providing otherwise.” Trump and key advisers like Vought say that the funding levels Congress sets are a ceiling, not a floor, and that the president can choose not to spend as much as lawmakers have ordered. Republican leaders in Congress have generally gone along with that interpretation. But Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), chairwoman of the powerful Appropriations Committee, last month encouraged GAO to sue the White House. No decisions have been made. “GAO’s role in the [Impoundment Control Act] is to support Congress by providing information on the status of funds, issuing legal decisions and considering options for release of funds Congress has appropriated,” GAO General Counsel Edda Emmanuelli Perez said in a statement. “In considering whether to file a lawsuit, GAO would communicate with Congress on the available options and provide a 25 day formal notification as required by the ICA.” The tussle between the executive and legislative branches does not inherently require GAO’s intervention — if Congress stands up more aggressively for its powers, experts say. Lawmakers could publicly push back on the administration to pressure it to stop impoundments or to strictly adhere to Congress’s intent when making spending decisions during the shutdown. “If on a bipartisan basis, Congress would come together, at least a majority of members of Congress come together, and say, ‘The power of the purse is ours and here’s what that means,’ I think that would go a long way toward preventing the White House from continuing to give Congress a runaround when it comes to appropriated funding,” said Faith Williams, a program director at the Project on Government Oversight, a nonpartisan open-government organization.)

LAW DAILY REPORT
— Supreme Court Says Defending Congress’s Power of the Purse Is the Comptroller General’s Job. He Should Do It. Congress’s watchdog now faces an impossible choice, writes an Emory Law professor who worked for OMB during the first Trump administration.  DD: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE.
https://www.law.com/dailyreportonline/2025/10/28/commentary-supreme-court-says-defending-congresss-power-of-the-purse-is-the-comptroller-generals-job-he-should-do-it/

NEWSBREAK
— Trump wants House Republican ‘thrown out’ of Congress. DD: Since 1999, my critics/opponents have wanted me to be thrown out of the Milton Township Republican Organization. In 2007, they succeeded in throwing me off the Illinois Center Right Coalition leadership team.  In 2012, they succeeded in throwing me off the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois leadership team.
https://www.newsbreak.com/knewz-1594593/4320995406730-trump-wants-house-republican-thrown-out-of-congress

POLITICO
— Kat Abughazaleh, a progressive Democrat running for an open House seat in Illinois, faces federal charges after attending a protest at a U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement processing center outside Chicago. Abughazaleh, a social media influencer who recently moved to the state, was charged with conspiracy to impede or injure a federal officer and assaulting or impeding an officer as they engaged in official duties at the Broadview ICE detention center.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/29/illinois-house-candidate-ice-protest-arrest-00627914

NEW REPUBLIC
— DD: Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders in Illinois have had their operatives and their dupes take many big adverse actions against me. I should write about them, their adverse actions, and what they have used as justifications.
https://newrepublic.com/article/202187/trump-republican-party-rise-politics-revenge