FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Illinois Democrats Pass Bill Targeting ICE, but the Supremacy Clause Makes It Unconstitutional
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/opinion-illinois-democrats-pass-bill-targeting-ice-but-the-supremacy-clause-makes-it-unconstitutional.html
— Illinois Democrats Declare War on ICE — New Law Shields Illegal Aliens, Not Citizens
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/illinois-democrats-declare-war-on-ice-new-law-shields-illegal-aliens-not-citizens.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In the early hours of Friday morning, Illinois Democrats pushed through one of the most extreme immigration bills in the country – a sweeping measure designed to block federal immigration enforcement and further cement Illinois’ status as a sanctuary state. The bill, House Bill 1312, passed after hours of emotional speeches according to Politico, from Democratic lawmakers, many of whom compared federal immigration agents to kidnappers and slave catchers. The legislation, which Gov. JB Pritzker is expected to sign, designates “safe zones” around schools, hospitals, and courthouses, and allows individuals to sue immigration officers for alleged violations of their “constitutional rights,” including false imprisonment or unlawful detention. “This bill is a statement on behalf of the legislature to say that what ICE is doing is unacceptable,” declared State Sen. Celina Villanueva (D-Chicago), one of the bill’s lead sponsors. Under the new law, federal immigration officers will face punitive damages if they conceal their identities, fail to wear body cameras, or use unmarked or out-of-state vehicles while conducting enforcement operations. It also prohibits civil immigration arrests inside courthouses or within 1,000 feet of them – effectively creating sanctuary zones where federal law cannot be enforced. Senate President Don Harmon (D-Oak Park) delivered a dramatic speech before the final vote, claiming to be “distraught and frightened” by federal enforcement actions. “I never thought I’d live in a world where masked federal employees, brandishing military-style weapons, would jump out of unmarked vans to kidnap and disappear people — U.S. citizens,” Harmon said. He alleged that federal agents are “targeting residents who look like” several Hispanic senators. House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch (D-Hillside) went even further, comparing the legislation to the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery. “History will judge our actions in this moment, just as it did our predecessors,” he said. While Democrats framed the bill as a moral stand, critics say it is an outrageous attack on federal law enforcement and a dangerous invitation for lawlessness. By turning schools, hospitals, and courthouses into “safe zones” for illegal immigrants, Illinois Democrats have essentially declared that federal immigration law doesn’t apply here. For the last few years, Illinois families have watched as Democrats diverted billions of taxpayer dollars toward programs for illegal aliens – including free health care for noncitizens – while law-abiding residents struggle to pay their bills and access quality care. Under Gov. Pritzker, Illinois became the first state in the nation to offer free health insurance to undocumented immigrants aged 42 and older – a program that has ballooned in cost to more than a billion dollars. Now, with HB 1312, Democrats are doubling down on policies that reward those who break the law and punish those who enforce it. At a time when violent crime and drug trafficking are surging across the state, Illinois lawmakers are focused not on protecting citizens, but on shielding illegal immigrants from federal agents. With this legislation, Illinois Democrats have made their priorities clear: illegal aliens first, law-abiding citizens last. The message to working families could not be clearer – if you play by the rules, you’re on your own. But if you break the law, the state will protect you, fund you, and even help you sue the federal agents trying to uphold justice. As Gov. Pritzker prepares to sign HB 1312, Illinois continues to lead the nation not in economic growth, education, or public safety – but in radical policies that undermine the rule of law and reward illegal behavior. For a party that claims to defend democracy, Democrats in Illinois seem determined to dismantle it, one sanctuary bill at a time.)
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Illinois Senate Passes Suicide Bill at 3 AM
https://illinoisfamily.org/life/illinois-senate-passes-suicide-bill-at-2-am/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Motorists Get the Shaft in Democrats’ Mass Transit Bill
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/31/motorists-get-the-shaft-in-democrats/
— GOP State Reps. Draw Opposition
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/31/gop-state-reps-draw-opposition/
— What Is the Tribune Missing in This Headline about the Middle of the Night Passage of a Mass Transit Bailout?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/31/what-is-the-tribune-missing-in-this-headline-about-the-middle-of-the-night-passage-of-a-mass-transit-bailout/
— Soy Bean Farmers Probably Pleased with Trump’s Deal with China
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/31/soy-bean-farmers-probably-pleased-with-trumps-deal-with-china/
— Sue Ness Reveals Number of Petition Signatures
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/31/sue-ness-reveals-number-of-petition-signatures/
— Cheaper Phone Calls for Prisoners
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/31/cheaper-phone-calls-for-prisoners/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
WGN9
— Evanston mayor Biss’ message to ICE: ‘Get the hell out’
https://wgntv.com/evanston/evanston-leaders-to-address-recent-federal-agent-activity/
FOX32
— Biss tells ICE to ‘get the hell out of our city’
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/ice-border-patrol-activity-evanston-sparks-crash-arrests-outrage-from-city-leaders
— Federal judge rules Trump can’t require citizenship proof on the federal voting form
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/federal-judge-rules-trump-cant-require-citizenship-proof-federal-voting-form
— Lawsuit alleges disturbing conditions at Broadview ICE facility
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/lawsuit-details-disturbing-conditions-at-broadview-ice-facility
— Durbin meets with Little Village students
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/durbin-meets-little-village-students-after-peaceful-protest
ABC7
— Federal agents detain 2 after allegedly causing crash near Evanston elementary school
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-evanston-today-news-cook-county-officials-speak-federal-immigration-agents-reportedly-area-halloween/18095995/
— Federal agents detain multiple people on Northwest Side
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-news-federal-agents-detain-people-irving-park-albany-push-ald-rossana-rodriguez-sanchez-halloween-2025/18096451/
— USPS worker pushed to ground trying to intervene in suburban immigration arrest
https://abc7chicago.com/post/us-postal-service-worker-pushed-ground-trying-intervene-arlington-heights-immigration-arrest-landscaper-video/18096836/
— DD: Soon, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, everyone in America will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) collecting welfare.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-snap-benefits-november-halt-paying-forward-founder-determined-provide-free-food-despite-own-struggles/18096717/
— Federal judge rules Trump can’t require citizenship proof on federal voting form
https://abc7chicago.com/post/president-donald-trump-cant-require-citizenship-proof-federal-voting-form-judge-rules/18096450/
NBC5
— DD: Soon, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, everyone in America will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) collecting welfare.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/where-to-find-food-assistance-amid-pause-in-federal-food-aid-snap-benefits/3846079/
CBS2
— Little Village hosts safe space for trick-or-treaters amid immigration raids in Chicago
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/little-village-halloween-safe-space-trick-or-treating-immigration-raids/
WTTW
— Chicago Must Regulate Intoxicating Hemp to Protect Kids
https://news.wttw.com/2025/10/31/chicago-must-regulate-intoxicating-hemp-protect-kids-city-s-top-doctor
WBEZ
— Immigrants power kitchens, chefs say. So a Chicago group is raising money for their protection. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. I washed dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights 1964-1966. I was the only White male who held that job.
https://www.wbez.org/food-drink/2025/10/31/tiger-moon-market-fundraiser-immigrants-chicago-restaurants-kitchens
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Lakeview resident calls on CPD to investigate federal agents for immigration raid on his property
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/31/lakeview-resident-cpd-arrest-federal-agents-immigration-raid/
— Legislature sets stage for Illinois to become a ‘right-to-die’ state as bill narrowly passes
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/31/illinois-doctor-assisted-death-legislation/
— DD: Democrat leaders always promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/31/new-pentagon-policy-trans-troops-military/
— Air traffic controller shortages lead to broader US flight delays as shutdown nears one-month mark
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/31/air-traffic-controller-shortages-shutdown/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker makes a Halloween stop in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood. The governor passed out candy to children to allay fears trick-or-treating children might have about ICE agents in their neighborhoods.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/illinois-governor/2025/10/31/gov-jb-pritzker-halloween-stop-little-village-ice-operation-midway-blitz
— Bovino’s daily meetings with judge would infringe on separation of powers, appeals court says. The appellate court only undid an order requiring Greg Bovino to appear in court every weeknight. It left intact other orders, including that he obtain a body-worn camera.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/31/bovinos-daily-meetings-with-judge-would-infringe-on-separation-of-powers-appeals-court-says
— Broadview ICE facility a ‘black box’ where immigrants denied access to lawyers, medicine, lawsuit claims. The ACLU of Illinois and others ask a federal judge to intervene against “inhumane” conditions. Federal immigration officials say claims that there are “subprime conditions at the Broadview ICE facility are false.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/31/advocates-allege-inhumane-conditions-at-chicago-area-ice-facility-in-new-lawsuit
— ICE’s powerful facial recognition tech
https://chicago.suntimes.com/morning-edition/2025/10/31/border-patrol-ice-illinois-chicago-trump-johnson-pritzker-bovino
— ICE has powerful facial recognition app Illinois cops are barred from using — with little apparent oversight
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/10/31/ice-trump-facial-recognition-clearview-police-oversight
— DD: Soon, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, everyone in America will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) collecting welfare.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10/30/south-suburban-food-pantry-draws-hundreds-as-snap-cutoff-looms
DAILY HERALD
— Lawmakers approve $1.5 billion transit funding package with 45 cent toll increase
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251031/transportation/lawmakers-approve-1-5-billion-transit-funding-package-with-45-cent-toll-increase/
— DD: Soon, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, everyone in America will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) collecting welfare.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251031/news/overwhelmed-already-food-banks-pantries-carry-on-with-snap-emergency-plans/
STATELINE
— Cannabis use boosts tobacco addiction risk in young Americans
https://www.mystateline.com/news/cannabis-use-may-boost-tobacco-addiction-risk-in-young-americans-study-finds/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Heritage Foundation head defends Tucker Carlson for hosting white nationalist with antisemitic views. DD: While I was the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2005-2012, I invited speakers at 78 of its events during that time. I should list all those who spoke at those events. My critics/opponents have always demonized, denigrated, and condemned those who spoke at those events.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-heritage-foundation-head-defends-tucker-carlson-for-hosting-white-nationalist-with-antisemitic-views/
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— ICE comes to southern Illinois
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/they-are-literally-targeting-people-ice-comes-to-southern-illinois/amp/
ILLINOIS
— Candidate List
https://www.elections.il.gov/ElectionOperations/CandidateList.aspx?ElectionID=Z2J%2fvYpKX8w%3d&Status=P2wRQXkiFoo%3d&BallotGroup=4HJalchPb4g%3d&QueryType=xF443FTCAJbIL3atac%2fUjEg7Y4yklgT1
DUPAGE COUNTY
— DuPage County Prepares SNAP Response. Beginning on Nov. 1, more than 67,000 DuPage County residents who rely on SNAP to buy groceries could be affected.
https://www.dupagecounty.gov/county_board/dupage_county_snap_response_1560.php
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— As ICE Targets Home Depot Stores, Advocates Say Company Is Failing To Protect Day Laborers. Federal agents have frequently detained people around Home Depot stores in the Chicago area. Organizers and neighbors are calling on the company to “keep ICE out” with planned vigils and calls for a boycott.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/31/why-is-ice-targeting-so-many-home-depots-advocates-say-store-is-failing-to-protect-day-laborers/
— ‘Terrified’ Chicagoans Join Illinois Dems In Calling For Probe Into Homeland Security’s Tactics. During a Friday news conference at City Hall, U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley said federal immigration agents have “blatantly violated the rights of Chicagoans since they arrived in our city.”
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/31/terrified-chicagoans-join-illinois-dems-in-calling-for-investigation-into-homeland-securitys-tactics-here/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/31/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-415/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
AMERICAN THINKER
— No Substitute for Defeating Evil
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/10/no_substitute_for_defeating_evil.html
— Today’s Democrats are as dangerous as 1861’s Copperhead Democrats
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/10/today_s_democrats_are_as_dangerous_as_1861_s_copperhead_democrats.html
BREITBART
— FBI Begins Arresting and Charging Violent Anti-ICE Harassers
https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2025/10/30/fbi-begins-arresting-and-charging-violent-anti-ice-harassers/
— Democrats Have Become the Party of the Rich, Elites
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/31/exclusive-realignment-in-depth-analysis-reveals-how-democrats-have-become-the-party-of-the-rich-elites/
— Shutdown Has Already Cost Nearly $10 Billion in Pay for Non-Essential Workers to Stay Home. DD: So far, my Democrat GAO superiors’ success in forcing me to retire has cost the Civil Service Retirement System $1.9 million in today’s dollars.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/10/30/exclusive-ernst-shutdown-has-already-cost-nearly-10-billion-in-pay-for-non-essential-workers-to-stay-home/
FEDERALIST
— California, D.C., Illinois, Washington, Colorado, and Oregon Handed Out $1.4B In Federal Medicaid Funding To Illegals
https://thefederalist.com/2025/10/31/5-states-handed-out-1-4b-in-federal-medicaid-funding-to-illegals/
FOX NEWS
— Former acting ICE director blasts Pritzker’s ‘irresponsible’ move, says Dems’ ‘safe zones’ are a federal felony
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6384374993112
NEWSMAX
— Noem Denies Pritzker: ICE Will Be Out on Halloween
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/kristi-noem-jb-pritzker-ice/2025/10/30/id/1232620/
— Democrats Put Illegals Before Citizens
https://www.newsmax.com/us/joe-gruters-gop-shutdown/2025/10/31/id/1232748/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Pritzker, US lawmakers condemn ‘Broadview 6’ indictment over ICE protest
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5582331-pritzker-johnson-defend-broadview-six/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Advocates allege ‘inhumane’ conditions at Chicago-area ICE facility in new lawsuit
https://apnews.com/article/chicago-ice-immigration-broadview-lawsuit-4d9b14a2ed8e28d7a4b75e42bdd7ca8a
NEW YORK TIMES
— Immigration Agents Clash With Chicago-Area Residents on Halloween. The state’s governor had called for a pause in the federal immigration crackdown over the Halloween weekend, citing concerns for children’s safety.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/us/politics/chicago-ice-immigration-agents.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Advocates Sue Feds Over ‘Dire’ Conditions at Chicago-Area Immigration Facility. Broadview facility is a ‘black hole’ where federal officials act with impunity, advocates allege.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/trump-administration-sued-over-dire-conditions-at-chicago-area-immigration-facility-bfa708d5
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October 29, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/illinois-united-states-immigration-customs-enforcement-news-latest-trump-admin-ice-surge-chicago-national-guard-live/18057502/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/northhalsted-chicago-center-halsted-ceo-joli-robinson-among-years-out100-serving-lgbtq-community/18082833/
NBC5
— Trump warns he will send ‘more than National Guard’ to some U.S. cities ‘if we need.’ DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do more to protect their illegals.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/trump-warns-he-will-send-more-than-national-guard-to-some-u-s-cities-if-we-need/3844549/
CBS2
— Texas National Guard troops remain stationed in Elwood, Illinois, costing taxpayers millions. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do more to protect their illegals.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/national-guard-troops-in-elwood/
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Protest held at Palatine police station after officer assisted federal agents with arrest. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly make it clear that they exist to promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251028/news/protest-held-at-palatine-police-station-after-officer-assisted-federal-agents-with-arrest/
— Judge orders Trump administration to restore school mental health grants. DD: According to Democrats, you have mental health problems if you are not a Democrat.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251028/nation-and-world-politics/judge-orders-trump-administration-to-restore-school-mental-health-grants/
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DD: Soon, under the Democrats, everyone in America will be a) handing out welfare and/or receiving welfare. Under the Democrats, America ever-increasingly fails to produce productive members of society.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/local/2025/10/29/closer-look-at-how-halting-of-snap-impacts-springfield-area/86950904007/
WAND TV
— DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/il-democrats-plan-to-pass-bill-protecting-immigrants-from-hostile-ice-tactics/article_68724e4d-aa11-4fc6-91d4-0641cf471ded.html
SHAW LOCAL
— West Suburban Food Pantry turns to DoorDash program for families reluctant to visit pantry. DD: Soon, under the Democrats, everyone in America will be a) handing out welfare and/or receiving welfare. Under the Democrats, America ever-increasingly fails to produce productive members of society.
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/2025/10/28/west-suburban-food-pantry-turns-to-doordash-program-for-families-reluctant-to-visit-pantry/
NPR ILLINOIS
— This furloughed IRS lawyer is living out his dream of being a hot dog vendor. DD: I was an IRS employee for almost 9 years. I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. Federal employees have always been demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being grossly overpaid and that their benefits are far too generous.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-10-29/this-furloughed-irs-lawyer-is-living-out-his-dream-of-being-a-hot-dog-vendor
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrats vote against ‘clean’ GOP bill to end shutdown despite union pressure. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the shutdown to defeat Republican candidates.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/democrats-vote-against-clean-gop-bill-to-end-shutdown-despite-union-pressure/amp/
FOX ILLINOIS
— Tennessee GOP congressman calls on Bondi to investigate Mamdani’s naturalization documents
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/tennessee-gop-congressman-calls-on-bondi-to-investigate-mamdanis-naturalization-documents-andrew-cuomo-curtis-sliwa
DECATUR RADIO
— CANNABIS-IMPAIRED DRIVING DD: Pot is poison.
https://www.decaturradio.com/2025/10/28/cannabis-impaired-driving/
DUPAGE COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSION
— Candidate filings as of 10/28/25
https://cms5.revize.com/revize/dupage/Election/Documents/Candidate%20Information/WebsiteListingsByElection/2026GPE/2026GPE%20Candidate%20Listing.pdf
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/29/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-621/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
JOHN KASS
— Zohran Mamdani’s New York Infecting America
https://johnkassnews.com/zohran-new-york/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Illinois County Board Member and Wife Killed When Illegal Alien Hits Their Car
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/28/illinois-county-board-member-and-wife-killed-when-illegal-alien-hits-their-car/
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/28/coles-county-board-member-and-wife-killed-by-illegal-alien/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What do you say to Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders in Illinois who send their press releases and their press advisories to Democrat news outlets but refuse to send them to GOPUSA ILLINOIS at diersen@aol.com ? What do you say to the aforesaid who blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems? What do you say to the aforesaid who 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? What do you say to the aforesaid who have had their operatives and their dupes take many big adverse actions against me. I should write about that. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Revenge Politics: Tony McCombie’s War on Her Own Conservative House GOP Caucus
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/revenge-politics-tony-mccombies-war-on-her-own-conservative-house-gop-caucus.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— DHS to end Biden’s automatic renewal of migrants’ work permits; new rule increases vetting
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/29/dhs-end-bidens-automatic-renewal-migrants-work-permits-new-rule/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Illegals vs. the Deserving American Poor
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/10/illegals_vs_the_deserving_american_poor.html
— Texas runs voter file, finds 2,724 possible non-citizens
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/10/texas_runs_voter_file_finds_2_724_possible_non_citizens.html
— Liberal Women are Unhappy
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/10/liberal_women_are_unhappy.html
CAMPUS REFORM
— Only 8% of hiring managers say Gen Z is ready for the workforce. DD: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/analysis-8-hiring-managers-say-gen-z-ready-workforce/28850
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Why Trump Critics’ Hyperbolic Rhetoric on Deportations Denigrates Real Tragedies
https://cis.org/Smith/Why-Trump-Critics-Hyperbolic-Rhetoric-Deportations-Denigrates-Real-Tragedies
DAILY CALLER
— DEI Infecting Biden DOD And Its Suppliers Hurt Readiness On A Global Scale. Democrats use DEI to defeat Republican candidates.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/29/opinion-dei-infecting-biden-dod-and-its-suppliers-hurt-readiness-on-a-global-scale-james-fitzpatrick/
DAILY SIGNAL
— DHS Disputes MSNBC Writer’s Claim ICE Lowered Hiring Standards. DD: To hire, retain, and promote more young minorities and more young females, employers ever-increasingly lower standards. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my a) job-related bachelor’s degree, b) my three job-related master’s degrees, c) my six job-related professional certifications, and d) my job-related professional license.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/10/28/dhs-responds-msnbc-column-claiming-ice-lowered-hiring-standards/
FOX NEWS
— Senate Democrats Reject Bill To Reopen Government For 13th Time
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/schumer-again-blocks-gop-bid-reopen-government-air-traffic-controllers-go-unpaid
— Ohio uncovers over 1,000 noncitizens ‘appearing’ registered to vote, sends cases to DOJ for prosecution
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ohio-uncovers-over-1000-noncitizens-appearing-registered-vote-sends-cases-doj-prosecution
— Pentagon orders managers to fire their underperforming employees with ‘speed and conviction.’ The new guidelines raise concerns about potential misuse to target employees who do not support Trump administration programs. DD: Were you an underperforming employee? According to my critics/opponents, the following shows that I was an underperforming federal employee: a) my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for them, and forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980, b) my Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions, and disallowed my travel vouchers, and c) my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests. According to my critics/opponents, my Democrat superiors taking the aforesaid adverse actions against me notwithstanding the following shows that I was an extremely bad performer: a) I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, b) I earned job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, c) I earned job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and c) I earned a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pentagon-orders-managers-fire-civilian-workers-speed-conviction
NEWSMAX
— Speaker Johnson: DEI Is Part of Dem Shutdown Agenda
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/mike-johnson-democrats-shutdown/2025/10/28/id/1232221/
POST MILLENNIAL
— Newsom tells former NBA stars ‘anti-woke’ is just ‘anti-black’
https://thepostmillennial.com/gavin-newsom-tells-former-nba-stars-anti-woke-is-just-anti-black
TOWNHALL
— Road Carnage Caused by Illegal Aliens
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnandandyschlafly/2025/10/29/road-carnage-caused-by-illegal-aliens-n2665603
TPUSA
— Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Says ‘Illegal Alien’ is a ‘Racist’ Term
https://tpusa.com/live/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-says-illegal-alien-is-a-racist-term/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Pentagon removes key protections for underperforming employees, moves to fire them with ‘speed and conviction.’ DD: Were you an underperforming employee? According to my critics/opponents, the following shows that I was an underperforming federal employee: a) my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for them, and forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980, b) my Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions, and disallowed my travel vouchers, and c) my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests. According to my critics/opponents, my Democrat superiors taking the aforesaid adverse actions against me notwithstanding the following shows that I was an extremely bad performer: a) I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, b) I earned job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, c) I earned job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and c) I earned a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5577739-pentagon-civilian-personnel-rules/
CNN
— Gerrymandering is terrible for the country
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/29/politics/video/rep-kiley-on-gerrymandering-its-terrible-for-the-country-vrtc
MSN
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly destroy those who do not promote more LGBTQ. I do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/celebrity/anti-gay-beauty-queen-anita-bryant-famously-blasted-with-pie-dies-at-84/ar-BB1rc4rN
— DD: Soon, under the Democrats, everyone in America will be a) handing out welfare and/or receiving welfare. Under the Democrats, America ever-increasingly fails to produce productive members of society.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/as-millions-of-americans-prepare-to-lose-snap-benefits-some-states-are-moving-to-bridge-the-gap/ar-AA1Pn6xT
MSNBC
— People are starving’: Why largest federal workers union is speaking out. DD: I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. Federal employees have always been demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being grossly overpaid and that their benefits are far too generous.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cBmtzHhP68
NEW YORK TIMES
— Judge Admonishes Border Patrol Leader for Tactics in Chicago. Gregory Bovino, a Border Patrol official who has become a public face of President Trump’s crackdown, was ordered to give the federal judge a daily report on the actions of his team from now on. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do more to protect their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/us/chicago-bovino-tear-gas.html
— Dozens of States Sue Trump Administration Over Planned Food Stamp Cuts. The states petitioned a federal court days after the Agriculture Dept. said it would not take emergency steps to provide aid during the government shutdown. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the shutdown to defeat Republican candidates.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/us/politics/trump-food-stamps-snap-lawsuit.html
— How the Pentagon Is Blocking Out News Organizations. DD: What do you say to Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders in Illinois who send their press releases and their press advisories to Democrat news outlets but refuse to send them to GOPUSA ILLINOIS at diersen@aol.com ? What do you say to the aforesaid who blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems? What do you say to the aforesaid who 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? What do you say to the aforesaid who have had their operatives and their dupes take many big adverse actions against me. I should write about that.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/10/15/business/media/pentagon-press-rules.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Pentagon moves to fire civilian personnel with ‘speed and conviction.’ A memo from the Defense Department’s top personnel official makes it easier to remove underperforming employees and warns managers that they will be held accountable. DD: Were you an underperforming employee? According to my critics/opponents, the following shows that I was an underperforming federal employee: a) my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for them, and forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980, b) my Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions, and disallowed my travel vouchers, and c) my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests. According to my critics/opponents, my Democrat superiors taking the aforesaid adverse actions against me notwithstanding the following shows that I was an extremely bad performer: a) I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, b) I earned job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, c) I earned job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and c) I earned a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/10/28/pentagon-firings-civilian-employees-memo/
BALTIMORE SUN
— Shutdown Guide: Where Maryland’s federal workers can find food, transit and housing help. DD: I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. Federal employees have always been demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being grossly overpaid and that their benefits are far too generous.
https://www.baltimoresun.com/2025/10/28/support-for-federal-workers/
PUBLIC RADIO TULSA
— Federal credit unions in Oklahoma offer relief for federal workers without jobs, pay. DD: I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. Federal employees have always been demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being grossly overpaid and that their benefits are far too generous.
https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/local-regional/2025-10-28/federal-credit-unions-in-oklahoma-offer-relief-for-federal-workers-without-jobs-pay
BUSINESS WIRE
— Common misconceptions about scholarships persist, discouraging students from applying. Many believe scholarships are only for students with exceptional grades or abilities (46%), applications are only for incoming freshmen (36%), or that their family earns too much money (32%). DD: According to my critics/opponents, my not getting any scholarships proves that I am stupid and that my parents were filthy rich. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents had the most money, who bought them cars, who paid for their college expenses, and/or who got them jobs.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/scholarship-myths-may-costing-families-163300261.html
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
SKY NEWS
— Who does the government think ‘working people’ are? DD: My critics/opponents look down on, despise, if not hate wage earners. They stress that I was a wage earner 1964-1997. They hint, imply, argue, if not shout that I was grossly overpaid and that my benefits were much too generous. In my defense, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970. I earned job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997. I earned job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. I earned a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://news.sky.com/video/who-does-the-government-think-working-people-are-13459291
October 19, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/19/trump-language-opponents-illinois/
— DD: Under the Democrats, sooner or later, everyone will be a) receiving welfare and/or b) handing out welfare.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/18/nearly-2-million-illinois-residents-will-lose-snap-benefits-next-month-if-federal-shutdown-continues-officials-warn/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republican for air pollution.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/18/englewood-air-quality-trump/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their criminals and their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/17/column-what-aurora-area-residents-can-do-to-help-those-impacted-by-federal-immigration-crackdown/
SHAW LOCAL
— DD: Democrat leaders promote their No Kings protests in DuPage County. I watched the protest along with Louis Rathje from the parking lot of his building at Roosevelt and Naperville in Wheaton.
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/2025/10/18/thousands-turn-out-for-no-kings-day-protests-across-dupage-county/
CHICAGO CRUSADER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://chicagocrusader.com/dick-durbin-debunks-republican-falsehoods-on-ice/
OUR QUAD CITIES
— DD: Because of Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, because of race and gender based preference giving, that is, because of political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination, Whites and men are ever-increasingly falling behind minorities and females. All my coworkers who were minority and/or female who were promoted over me 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.ourquadcities.com/news/local-news/qca-group-dedicated-to-uplifting-women-girls-awarded-6500/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
AMERICAN THINKER
— DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. To win, Democrat leaders have brough in many millions of illegals to serve as soldiers in their Democrat Army. Aside from being in America illegally, soldiers in the Democrat Army are minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Many have severe health, financial, and/or other problems. Many lack education and/or job skills. Many want, need, demand massive government assistance.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/10/sorry_democrats_no_civil_war_is_coming.html
DAILY SIGNAL
— Assimilation: The Key to National Multicultural Success. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders reject assimilation.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/10/17/immigrants-should-assimilate-not-change-the-constitution/
EPOCH TIMES
— Antifa’s Communist Roots, Violent Tactics, and Terror Designation
https://lists.theepochtimes.com/archive/icVJ8Yumf/RontmvJPy/1tiNbjq0PdJ
FOX NEWS
— Nationwide ‘No Kings’ protests target Trump as crowds rally in cities from coast to coast
https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/anti-trump-no-kings-protests-october-18-2025
— Why SCOTUS must affirm Trump’s birthright citizenship order. Administration seeks rare review before appellate decisions on executive order signed January 20.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/mike-davis-why-scotus-must-affirm-trumps-birthright-citizenship-order.amp
JONATHAN TURLEY
— “Jesus Did It”: Illinois State University Teacher’s Assistant Arrested After Trashing TPUSA Table
https://jonathanturley.org/2025/10/19/jesus-did-it-illinois-state-university-teachers-assistant-arrested-after-trashing-tpusa-table/
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Academia is a sinking ship, and the Trump administration is actually trying to intervene and rescue it.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/10/academia-is-a-sinking-ship-and-the-trump-administration-is-actually-trying-to-intervene-and-rescue-it/
PJ MEDIA
— Minneapolis School Has Segregated Classes
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/10/18/minneapolis-school-accused-of-having-segregated-classes-n4945005
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNBC
— Most Americans want to be financially independent—here’s how much money it will take
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/01/23/how-much-money-americans-need-to-earn-to-be-financially-independent.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Americans say they’d need to earn about $94,000 a year on average to feel financially independent. That’s about $20,000 more than the median household income of $74,580.)
NEWSWEEK
— Average Marriage Age In Each State. In Illinois, it is 31 for men and it is 29.6 for women. DD: I did not get married until I was 29 in 1978. By then, I had worked for IRS for almost 7 years. My salary was $108,978/year in today’s dollars. I owned a one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building. I rented out a town home in University Park that I had owned since 1972. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. I was taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul. I owned a 1972 Corvette and a 1962 Chevrolet Bel Air. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/documents/
https://www.newsweek.com/map-reveals-average-age-people-get-married-in-each-state-10894436
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Islam.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/opinion/zohran-mamdani-muslim-america-new-york.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their criminals and their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/opinion/mensa-ice-raids-chicago-black-citizens.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in making America dependent on their illegals, that is, they ever-increasingly crow about their success in destroying America..
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-10-19/trumps-immigration-crackdown-weighs-heavy-on-the-us-labor-market
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being overpaid. When I was 49 years old in 1997, my salary was $153,151/year in today’s dollars. In my defense, I had three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job related professional license.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/job-market-overpaid-salary-9eeabbaa
FORBES
— Asked About ‘Boots,’ The Pentagon Cites Netflix ‘Woke Garbage’
https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2025/10/18/asked-about-boots-the-pentagon-cites-netflix-woke-garbage/
BUSINESS INSIDER
— They were living paycheck to paycheck. Then the checks stopped coming. DD: Federal employees have always been viciously demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being grossly overpaid. My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government complained that they were underpaid. During the almost 30 years that I worked for the federal government, my salary increased from $19.37/hour to $153,151/year in today’s dollars. But it would not have if I had not a) earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) earned three job-related master’s degrees, c) earned six job-related professional licenses, and d) earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.businessinsider.com/federal-workers-wallets-paycheck-to-paycheck-government-shutdown-2025-10
NPR
— DD: Democrat leaders promote their No Kings protests.
https://www.npr.org/2025/10/19/nx-s1-5579042/no-kings-protests-takeaways
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
BUSINESS STANDARD
— DD: Democrat leaders promote their No Kings protests.
https://www.tbsnews.net/worldbiz/usa/whats-driving-massive-no-kings-protests-against-trumps-presidency-1264136
SOCIALIST ALTERNATIVE
— DD: Socialists ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.socialistalternative.org/2025/10/18/defend-trans-rights/
SOCIALIST WORKER
— DD: Socialists ever-increasingly shout at women that men cause all their problems.
https://socialistworker.co.uk/teach-yourself-marxism/do-we-live-in-a-patriarchy/
CATHOLIC NEWS AGENCY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for the problems that people have.
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/267257/pope-leo-xiv-hails-roma-sinti-and-travellers-faith-amid-marginalization
NATIONAL CATHOLIC REPORTER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Tren de Aragua gang members.
https://www.globalsistersreport.org/columns/spirituality/listen-cries-marginalized-and-earth-transform-system
October 17, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their No Kings protests
https://abc7chicago.com/post/no-kings-protest-chicago-demonstrators-preparing-gather-downtown-grant-park-saturday/18028201/
https://abc7chicago.com/post/what-know-no-kings-protests-around-us/18027964/
— Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow National Guard deployment in Chicago area
https://abc7chicago.com/post/president-donald-trump-administration-asks-supreme-court-allow-national-guard-deployment-chicago-area/18027494/
— Chicago healthcare institutions claim large no-show rates due to federal immigration crackdown. Chicago Ald. Jessie Fuentes speaks out after being handcuffed by agents at Humboldt Park Hospital.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-ald-fuentes-speaks-being-handcuffed-hospitals-claim-large-no-show-rates-due-immigration-crackdown/18028540/
— Trump: George Santos’ prison sentence commuted, to be released ‘immediately’
https://abc7chicago.com/post/george-santos-prison-sentence-commuted-released-immediately-trump/18028212/
NBC5
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their No Kings protests
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/where-are-no-kings-protests-planned-in-chicago-area-this-weekend/3839975/
CBS2
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their No Kings protests
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/no-kings-chicago-protest-grant-park-saturday/
WGN9
— 15 arrested as protesters demonstrate outside Broadview ICE facility again
https://wgntv.com/news/operation-midway-blitz/at-least-15-detained-as-protesters-demonstrate-outside-broadview-ice-facility-again/
— 5,500 truckers fail English skills test, lose driving privileges in US. DD: All my employers would have citizens of foreign countries instead of me if they could have.
https://wgntv.com/news/5500-truckers-fail-english-skills-test-lose-driving-privileges-in-us-industry-leader-says/
— Fear of ICE raids devastating Little Village restaurants and small businesses
https://wgntv.com/news/operation-midway-blitz/fear-of-ice-raids-devastating-little-village-restaurants-and-small-businesses/
FOX32
— Chicago ICE Field Director addresses Hanover Park officer’s arrest, Broadview facility access
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/exclusive-chicago-ice-field-director-speaks-out-on-hanover-park-officers-arrest-broadview-facility-access
WBEZ
— From California to Chicago, a Border Patrol boss sparks accusations of race-based arrests. Gregory Bovino led aggressive immigration operations in California, leading to lawsuits questioning his agents’ tactics. The same tactics are being used in his “Operation Midway Blitz” mission in Chicago. DD: What percent of illegals are non-White?
https://www.wbez.org/public-safety/2025/10/17/gregory-bovino-border-customs-enforcement-deportation-trump-california-chicago
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow deployment of National Guard in Chicago area
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/17/trump-supreme-court-national-guard-chicago/
— A timeline of George Santos’ journey from Congress to prison to grant of clemency by Trump
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/17/timeline-george-santos-trump-clemency/
— Congressional candidates loan themselves large sums trying to stand out in competitive Illinois races
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/17/illinois-fundraising-congressional-races/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— 11 arrested at Broadview ICE facility during latest protests. Several people were detained, including a Rogers Park faith leader, at the Broadview ICE facility Friday morning as protests began.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/17/broadview-protests-arrests
— From California to Chicago, a Border Patrol boss sparks accusations of race-based arrests. Gregory Bovino led aggressive immigration operations in California, leading to lawsuits questioning his agents’ tactics. The same tactics are being used in his “Operation Midway Blitz” mission in Chicago. DD: What percent of illegals are non-White?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump/2025/10/17/gregory-bovino-border-customs-enforcement-deportation-trump-california-chicago
— Immigration rights group’s hospital proposal raises concerns of state-run facilities. The bill ensures hospitals are taking steps to protect private spaces and sensitive information at a time when the Trump administration is attempting to bar people accessing care, per the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/10/17/immigration-rights-ice-hospital-privacy-protection-rich-miller
DAILY HERALD
— Border Patrol agents step up enforcement efforts in Lake County with raids at car washes, nurseries
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251017/news/border-patrol-agents-step-up-enforcement-efforts-in-lake-county-with-raids-at-car-washes-nurseries/
— Dabrowski the top fundraiser among GOP gubernatorial candidates
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251017/illinois-state-politics/dabrowski-the-top-fundraiser-among-gop-gubernatorial-candidates/
— U.S. Rep. Bill Foster to donate salary during shutdown
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251017/us-congress-politics/u-s-rep-bill-foster-to-donate-salary-during-shutdown/
— Downers Grove Township residents seek referendum to fund mental health, disability services
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251016/submitted-content/downers-grove-township-residents-seek-referendum-to-fund-mental-health-disability-services/
CRAIN’S CHICAO BUSINESS
— Trump asks Supreme Court to let him deploy National Guard troops to Chicago immediately
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/trump-asks-supreme-court-allow-chicago-troop-deployment
WBEZ
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://www.wbez.org/health-medicine/2025/10/17/snap-benefits-government-shutdown-trump-illinois
RIVER BENDER
— DD: Duckworth ever-increasingly promotes more hatred against Hegseth.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/duckworth-slams-hegseths-unamerican-restrictions-on-freedom-of-speech-attempt-to-silence-the-free-press—87312.cfm?
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/gov-pritzker-demands-trump–congressional-republicans-preserve-snap-benefits-87326.cfm
NPR ILLINOIS
— As tensions rise in Chicago, volunteers patrol neighborhoods to oppose ICE and help migrants escape. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly make it clear that they have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans and that illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/nx-s1-5575533
NORTH COOK NEWS
— Barrington PAC funds Bailey gov campaign launch
https://northcooknews.com/stories/675795501-barrington-pac-funds-bailey-gov-campaign-launch
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Belmont Cragin Business Owners Beg For Support As ICE Fears Devastate Sales And Closures Loom. Despite fear and uncertainty in the area, business owners are trying to stay positive: “One less dinner in Roscoe Village and Wrigley and out in this neighborhood that needs help will make a huge difference.”
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/17/belmont-cragin-business-owners-beg-for-support-as-ice-fears-devastate-sales-and-closures-loom/
— Chicago Cyclists Are Buying Out Tamale Carts To Keep Vendors Home And Safe From ICE. Cycling x Solidarity’s latest mutual aid effort takes cyclists on group rides through Pilsen and other neighborhoods to buy out tamale vendors so they can stay home as ICE agents swarm the city. They pass out the food to people in need.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/17/chicago-cyclists-are-buying-out-tamale-carts-to-keep-vendors-home-and-safe-from-ice/
WHEATON PATCH
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their No Kings protests at Roosevelt Road intersections in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, and Lombard.
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/amp/33091898/no-kings-protests-on-roosevelt-road-10-rallies-planned
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/17/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-405/
— Pritzker has ‘more in common’ with ‘terrorist drug cartels than he does with American citizens’
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/17/chief-us-border-patrol-agent-pritzker-has-more-in-common-with-terrorist-drug-cartels-than-he-does-with-american-citizens/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
DON TRACY
— Democrats Are Betraying Those Who Defend Our Country
https://mailchi.mp/58cbe39fa42a/don-tracy-democrats-are-betraying-those-who-defend-our-country?e=bb81f0fe1e
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Elburn Village Trustee Chris Hansen Withdraws from GOP Race to Replace Don DeWitte
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/17/elburn-village-president-chris-hansen-withdraws-from-gop-race-to-replace-don-dewitte/
— Where the Jan Schakowsky Replacement Hopefuls Stand Financially
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/17/where-the-jan-schakowsky-replacement-hopefuls-stand-financially/
— Can You Identify the Villages and Cities That Did Not Reimpose the Grocery Tax State Legislators Abolished?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/17/12879/
— Homeland Security Reveals Hanover Park Policeman Is Illegal Alien, Another Press Release You Won’t See Anywhere Else
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/16/homeland-security-reveals-hanover-park-policeman-is-illegal-alien-another-press-release-you-wont-see-anywhere-else/
— Republican Party Executive Committee Calls on Republican-Dominated County Board Not to Raise Property Taxes, To Fulfill Last Year’s Promise to Cut Taxes
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/16/republican-party-executive-committee-calls-on-republican-dominated-county-board-not-to-raise-property-taxes-to-fulfill-last-years-promise-to-cut-taxes/
— McHenry County’s 2050 Draft Comprehensive Plan Ignores City and Village Parks in Its Open Space Map
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/16/mchenry-countys-2050-draft-comprehensive-plan-ignore-city-and-village-parks-in-its-open-space-map/
— Indivisible McHenry County Plans Saturday McHenry “No Kings II” Demonstrations
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/16/indivisible-mchenry-county-plans-saturday-mchenry-no-kings-ii-demonstration/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— ‘No Kings’ protests embolden shutdown
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/17/no-kings-protests-embolden-shutdown-republican-leaders-say/
— Botched census count ‘accidentally’ handed Democrats 6 extra House votes
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/17/editorial-botched-census-count-accidentally-handed-democrats-6-extra/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Why Are America’s Teachers Unions Backing the ‘No Kings’ Protests?
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/10/17/why-americas-teachers-unions-backing-no-kings-protests/
FOX NEWS
— Two illegal immigrant police officers busted in just 3 months have one thing in common. Both departments defend hiring practices after officers from Jamaica and Montenegro found to have overstayed visas.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/two-illegal-immigrant-police-officers-busted-just-3-months-have-one-thing-common
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Trump says he has commuted sentence of former US Rep. George Santos in federal fraud case
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-says-commuted-sentence-former-221303406.html
CBS NEWS
— Government shutdown becomes third-longest in history with no end in sight on Day 17
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/government-shutdown-2025-latest-senate-day-17/
USA TODAY
— In Illinois, 40% approve of Trump’s job performance. DD: What is Trump’s approval rating in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/10/16/donald-trump-approval-rating-by-state/86704135007/
MIAMI HERALD
— Female Veterans Slams Hegseth. DD: All my female coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who had less work experience than I did, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.newsbreak.com/miami-herald-1592483/4298056953557-not-qualified-female-veteran-slams-hegseth
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Unemployment Claims Filed by Federal Workers Shoot Higher. DD: What is the attitude toward federal employees and toward federal retirees in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.wsj.com/economy/jobs/unemployment-claims-filed-by-federal-workers-shoot-higher-8d7313c1
October 15, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Crews dismantle fence surrounding Broadview ICE facility to meet judge’s order
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-news-crews-dismantle-fence-surrounding-broadview-facility-meet-judges-order/18010395/
— Agents tackle US citizen after East Side operation leads to crash, spills into Walgreens. Federal agents deployed tear gas into a crowd of people protesting two immigration-related arrests, exposing 13 CPD officers.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-crash-massive-law-enforcement-presence-south-avenue-east-side-live/18005825/
NBC5
— Fencing outside Broadview ICE processing facility removed just before deadline
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/deadline-nears-for-removal-of-fencing-outside-broadview-ice-processing-facility/3838747/
— Tear gas released on Chicago crowd as Border Patrol describes chase, crash and arrests. Chicago police said they were attempting to de-escalate the situation when “individuals then began throwing objects at the federal agents.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/tear-gas-released-on-chicago-crowd-as-border-patrol-describes-chase-crash-and-arrests/3838716/
CBS2
— Former Chicago Ald. Bob Fioretti to run for Illinois Attorney General
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/former-chicago-ald-bob-fioretti-run-illinois-attorney-general/
— Broadview ICE facility fence taken down within hour of deadline
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/broadview-ice-facility-fence-taken-down-within-hour-of-deadline/
— Illinois Drivers Alliance working with Mayor Johnson to keep federal agents away from O’Hare rideshare lot
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-drivers-alliance-brandon-johnson-ohare-rideshare-lot/
WTTW
— Trump Administration Continues Crackdown on Press, Critics Following Federal Judge’s Ruling in Illinois
https://news.wttw.com/2025/10/14/trump-administration-continues-crackdown-press-critics-following-federal-judge-s-ruling
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Controversial security fence around Broadview ICE facility comes down shortly ahead of court-ordered deadline
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/15/broadview-ice-fence-removed/
— Elections board hearing officer recommends Illinois Senate President Don Harmon pay nearly $10 million fine
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/14/don-harmon-10-million-fine-upheld-hearing-officer/
— DD: Hundreds in Waukegan side with illegals against America
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/14/waukegan-peace-march/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ICE facility fence in Broadview has been removed, in compliance with federal judge’s order. U.S. District Judge LaShonda A. Hunt of the Northern District of Illinois had set a deadline for 11:59 p.m. Tuesday for the removal after finding that ICE had placed the fence on city property without permission, exceeding its authority.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/14/ice-facility-fence-in-broadview-removed
— DD: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are solders in the Democrat Army.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/10/15/trump-ice-1968-chicago-protests-judy-gumbo-frank-joyce-abe-peck-don-rose-lee-weiner
— Top Cook County judge bars civil arrests at courthouses, citing chilling effect
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/14/top-cook-county-judge-bars-civil-arrests-at-courthouses-citing-chilling-effect
— Federal immigration agents to continue to use Naval Station Great Lakes until at least December
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/14/federal-immigration-agents-to-continue-to-use-naval-station-great-lakes-until-at-least-december
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their illegals
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-pulse/patients-fear-ice-pressures-chicago-health-centers
ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— DD: Under the Democrats, poverty and crime ever-increasingly increase.
https://www.rrstar.com/story/news/local/2025/10/15/illinois-community-colleges-feed-the-need-campus-food-drive-2025/86581956007/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Thousands of federal employees are getting laid off. Will a judge intervene? DD: No judge intervened when Gingrich gutted GAO during the 1980s and 1990s. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-10-15/thousands-of-federal-employees-are-getting-laid-off-will-a-judge-intervene
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/15/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-611/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— McCombie and Norine Hammond Face Growing Backlash Over Taxpayer Spending and Political Favoritism
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/pillowgate-mccombie-and-norine-hammond-face-growing-backlash-over-taxpayer-spending-and-political-favoritism.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Delay-prone F-35 program was led by DEI advocates, rewarded by Biden for late deliveries
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3849654/delay-prone-f-35-program-led-by-dei-advocates/
NEW YORK POST
— Stubborn Columbia now the last Ivy League holdout to not require SAT or ACT scores — but why? DD: If I had not gotten an ACT score of 24, UIC would not have admitted me in 1966. UIC would have admitted a minority, female, and/or veteran instead of me.
https://nypost.com/2025/10/14/opinion/princeton-reinstates-sat-requirement-making-stubborn-columbia-the-last-test-optional-ivy/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Fired library director wins $700K settlement after dispute over LGBTQ children’s books. DD: How successful have Democrats been making the children in your school district sexually active LGBTQers?
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/10/14/fired-library-director-wins-700k-settlement-after-dispute-over-lgbtq-childrens-books-1592463/
— U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene defended herself against criticism from within her own party, with a direct rebuke of “weak Republican men.”
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/10/14/marjorie-taylor-greene-continues-media-blitz-from-hell-by-bashing-republican-men-1592487/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Oakland student required to attend DEI networking event to graduate. DD: I should write about the Affirmative Action and DEI training that my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors required their employees to take.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/exclusive-oakland-student-required-attend-dei-networking-event-graduate-/28768
— Auburn University promoted DEI grading rubric despite state ban
https://www.campusreform.org/article/auburn-university-promoted-dei-grading-rubric-despite-state-ban/28763
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— ‘Sanctuary’ Policies Are at the Heart of L.A., Chicago, Portland Stand-Offs. If states and localities really believe only a small minority of immigrants are criminals, give ICE access to the criminals and watch the ‘at large’ arrests plummet.
https://cis.org/Arthur/Sanctuary-Policies-Are-Heart-LA-Chicago-Portland-StandOffs
COLLEGE FIX
— 22 states (including Illinois) still offer in-state tuition to illegal immigrant students
https://www.thecollegefix.com/22-states-still-offer-in-state-tuition-to-illegal-immigrant-students/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As part of a string of recent lawsuits seeking to enforce the 1996 law, President Trump’s Department of Justice recently sued the state of Illinois, which offers illegal immigrants comprehensive access to in-state tuition. Illinois Governor JB Pritzker is fighting the lawsuit. “While the Trump Administration strips away federal resources from all Americans, Illinois provides consistent and inclusive educational pathways for all students,” a spokesperson for the governor said, according to Axios.)
DAILY SIGNAL
— Newsom Forces Schools to Promote Radical Trans Group’s LGBTQ ‘Hotline’ on Student IDs. DD: How successful have Democrats been making the children in your school district sexually active LGBTQers?
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/10/14/newsom-forces-schools-to-promote-radical-trans-groups-lgbtq-hotline-on-student-ids/
DAILY WIRE
— Rioters In Chicago Hurl Rocks At Feds After Illegal Immigrant Rams Border Patrol Car. “This incident is not isolated.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/rioters-in-chicago-hurl-rocks-at-feds-after-illegal-immigrant-rams-border-patrol-car
FOX NEWS
— Illegal immigrants arrested after ramming Border Patrol in Chicago amid violent clash with protesters
https://www.foxnews.com/us/illegal-immigrants-arrested-after-ramming-border-patrol-chicago-amid-violent-clash-protesters
NEW AMERICAN
— ICE Data on Oklahoma Busts: 120 Illegals Captured, 91 Had Commercial Driver Licenses
https://thenewamerican.com/us/immigration/ice-data-on-oklahoma-busts-120-illegals-captured-91-had-cdl/
NEWSMAX
— Pritzker Broke Law Threatening ICE
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/markwayne-mullin-jb-pritzker-threats/2025/10/14/id/1230356/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Greene: ‘There’s a lot of weak Republican men’
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5554265-greene-republican-men-criticism/amp/
NEWSWEEK
— Democrats Unveil Plans to Reign in ICE Agents If They Win Midterms
https://www.newsweek.com/democrats-ice-oversight-midterms-10870867
— Los Angeles County Declares State of Emergency Over ICE Raids
https://www.newsweek.com/los-angeles-county-declares-state-of-emergency-over-ice-raids-10880807
ABC NEWS
— Cartels issuing bounties up to $50,000 for hits on ICE, CBP agents
https://abcnews.go.com/US/cartels-issuing-bounties-50000-hits-ice-cbp-agents/story?id=126521867
CBS NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly downplay crime in their Chicago
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/trump-chicago-dangerous-city-data/
NBC NEWS
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/immigrants-detained-denied-bond-ice-self-deportation-rcna237505
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote Pritzker.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/15/pritzker-trump-democrats-national-guard/
USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their criminals and their illegals
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2025/10/15/chicago-war-ice-national-guard-protests/86606913007/
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/10/14/miss-major-transgender-activist-stonewall-death/86570840007/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DD: Since 1965, Democrat leaders have used to Civil Rights Act to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/10/13/supreme-court-voting-rights-act-black-louisiana-redistrict/86659491007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Racial Gerrymandering Is a Bad Idea Whose Time Has Gone
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/racial-gerrymandering-is-a-bad-idea-whose-time-has-gone-05b55106
FORBES
— DD: Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/dougmelville/2025/10/14/with-the-new-eeoc-set-will-an-end-dei-mentality-eliminate-eeo-1-reporting-for-business/
BUSINESS INSIDER
— 10 occupations that are still dominated by men. DD: According to my critics/opponents, all the jobs that I had were bad jobs. Because the federal jobs that I had were bad jobs, my federal superiors had great difficulty hiring and retaining qualified minorities and females to take and keep those jobs. Qualified minorities and females could always get better jobs in the private sector. Consequently, all the many minorities and females who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me 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.businessinsider.com/male-jobs-women-underrepresented-numbers-2019-8
ADVISORY BOARD
— Do you have a ‘good’ job? DD: According to my critics/opponents, all the jobs that I had were bad jobs. Because the federal jobs that I had were bad jobs, my federal superiors had great difficulty hiring and retaining qualified minorities and females to take and keep those jobs. Qualified minorities and females could always get better jobs in the private sector. Consequently, all the many minorities and females who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me 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.advisory.com/daily-briefing/2022/10/06/good-jobs
BRITANNICA
— DD: Since the 1960s, my critics/opponents have ever-increasingly hinted/implied/argued/shouted at women that men who are conservative, Republican, White, older, non-veteran, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time cause all the problems that women have who are liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, younger, veteran, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/feminism/The-second-wave-of-feminism
COUTHOUSE NEWS
— DD: How successful have Democrats been making the children in your school district sexually active LGBTQers?
https://courthousenews.com/parents-who-claim-school-lgbtq-club-turned-their-kids-trans-denied-supreme-court-redo/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
WORLD SOCIALIST WEB SITE
— DD: Socialists ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Kirk.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/10/15/grls-o15.html
SOCIALIST ALTERNATIVE
— DD: Socialists ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.socialistalternative.org/2025/10/14/shut-down-trumps-invasion-of-chicago/
October 9, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Troops arrive at Broadview ICE facility as federal court to weigh Trump’s National Guard deployment
https://abc7chicago.com/post/national-guard-chicago-area-thursday-federal-court-weigh-trumps-deployment-troops-protect-ice-officers-broadview/17970024/
— Hammond city officials shut down ICE staging at police department
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-hammond-indiana-mayor-thomas-mcdermott-jr-says-city-officials-shut-down-staging-police-department-thursday/17971934/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly get the Pope a) to not promote personal responsibility, b) to promote dependency on government and charity, and c) to get people to blame their problems on those who have more money than they have.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/vatican-document-news-pope-leo-xiv-condemns-economies-marginalize-poor-wealthy-live-bubble-luxury/17973300/
NBC5
— Federal officials to buy Chicago buildings in immigration enforcement operations. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says the purchases indicate the resolve of federal agents to continue immigration enforcement actions.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/federal-officials-to-buy-chicago-buildings-in-immigration-enforcement-operations/3836191/
— Judge orders new guidelines for agent encounters with protesters and press. Just Sara Ellis said the order goes into effect immediately and will be in force for 14 days while arguments in the overall complaint continue.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/judge-orders-new-guidelines-for-agent-encounters-with-protesters-and-press/3836141/
CBS2
— U.S. District Court chief judge says National Guard not needed at Dirksen Federal Building in Chicago
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/u-s-district-court-chief-judge-national-guard-dirksen-federal-building/
FOX32
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly urge the Pope to advance the Democrat Party platform.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/pope-meets-chicago-union-leaders-urges-migrant-welcome-crackdown
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Federal judge blocks Trump administration from deploying National Guard troops to Chicago
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/09/trump-national-guard-restraining-order/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly urge the Pope to advance the Democrat Party platform.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/09/pope-leo-chicago-union-migrant/
— Will County puts off immigration resolution vote as leaders seek compromise
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/09/will-county-immigration-resolution-delay/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their criminals and their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/10/09/immigrant-crime-donald-trump-deportation-campaign-chicago-national-guard
— Bally’s warns video gambling in Chicago would cost the city $74M in yearly revenue and up to 1,050 jobs
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2025/10/09/ballys-casino-anthony-beale-video-gambling-proposal-chicago-lost-revenue
DAILY HERALD
— Security increased around National Guard base in Elwood as activity draws public’s attention
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251009/news/security-increased-around-national-guard-base-in-elwood-as-activity-draws-publics-attention/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their illegals.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251009/news/community-leaders-in-speak-out-on-ice-activity-in-will-county/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DD: Trump puts America first even if that harms his personal finances.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/trumps-chicago-crackdown-hurts-business-chipparoni
WGN RADIO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Pat Brady against Trump.
https://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/pat-brady-i-dont-know-what-the-end-game-is/
QUAD CITY TIMES
— Iowa Gov. Reynolds orders E-Verify checks for state hires, licenses
https://qctimes.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/article_954518ec-03a5-42fa-bb04-f00d8074b419.html
RIVER BENDER
— Duckworth, Durbin Join Schatz, Colleagues in Introducing Legislation to Protect Federal Workers and Their Families During Shutdown. New legislation aims to shield federal employees from eviction, defaults amid ongoing government shutdown. DD: So far, in today’s dollars, my Democrat GAO superiors forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 has cost me $86,371/year or $2.9 million. That is, $153,151/year salary minus $66,780/year Civil Service Retirement System pension. To paint my wife and I as being filthy rich, my Democrat GAO superiors stressed my wife’s income, that we had no dependents, that we had no debts, that had retirement savings, that we owned a 13-year-old home in Wheaton, that we owned a 1997 Chevrolet Cavalier, 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX, 1990 Thunderbird LX, 1972 Corvette, 1968 Dodge Charger R/T, and 1962 Chevrolet Impala SS.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/duckworth-durbin-join-schatz-colleagues-in-introducing-legislation-to-protect-federal-workers-and-their-families-during-shutdown-87063.cfm?
WQAD
— Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signs executive order requiring state departments to use E-Verify
https://www.wqad.com/video/news/politics/iowa-politics/kim-reynolds-signs-executive-order-requiring-state-departments-to-use-e-verify/526-b3dbb4fb-2f48-43fa-8aad-5f2630c3005c
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope to promote more mass/illegal immigration. To promote mass/illegal immigration is to destroy the world.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-10-09/pope-leo-says-faith-and-love-for-migrants-are-connected
AXIOS CHICAGO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly create more poverty and crime.
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2025/10/09/trumps-chicago-jail-pritzker-johnson-illinois-ice-police-agents
CAPITOL FAX
— Mendrick: ‘These ICE raids are JB Pritzker’s raids’
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/09/mendrick-these-ice-raids-are-jb-pritzkers-raids/
— Feds handed third court loss in a row
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/09/feds-handed-third-court-loss-in-a-row/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/09/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-400/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Federal judge grants Illinois restraining order against Trump for Guard deployment
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_f3859f5a-bd8d-4710-8ac2-a49725120b69.html
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Congressman Mike Bost’s Suit against Accepting Ballots after Election Day – Transcript Linked
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/09/supreme-court-hears-arguments-in-congressman-mike-bosts-suit-against-accepting-ballots-after-election-day/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Without reforms, pension insolvency will eat Chicago alive
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/without-reforms-pension-insolvency-will-eat-chicago-alive/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Judiciary chairman says impeachment is ‘on the table’ for anti-Trump judges
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/9/jim-jordan-judiciary-chairman-says-impeachment-table-anti-trump/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— DHS eyeing buildings in Chicago and Portland for immigration operations
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3844754/dhs-eyeing-buildings-chicago-portland-immigration-operations/
— Chicago has no sovereign right to its own immigration policy
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/3842691/chicago-no-sovereign-right-immigration-policy/
— Donald Trump Jr. swears off ‘RINO network’ Fox News
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/entertainment/3841171/donald-trump-jr-rino-network-fox-news/
NEW YORK POST
— Turning Point USA to air its own ‘All American’ Super Bowl LX halftime show to compete with NFL’s Bad Bunny
https://nypost.com/2025/10/09/us-news/turning-point-usa-to-air-its-own-all-american-super-bowl-lx-halftime-show-to-compete-with-nfls-bad-bunny/
AMERICA FIRST POLICY INSTITUTE
— Shutdown Costs Americans Jobs, Services, and Economic Security
https://www.americafirstpolicy.com/issues/shutdown-costs-americans-jobs-services-and-economic-security
BREITBART
— Confederate Mayor Brandon Johnson Won’t Say He’d Deport Someone Who Raped His Wife
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/09/nolte-confederate-mayor-brandon-johnson-wont-say-hed-deport-illegal-if-wife-raped/amp/
FEDERALIST
— Democrats Rebelling Against Trump Resurrect Confederate Talking Points
https://thefederalist.com/2025/10/09/dems-rebelling-against-trump-resurrect-confederate-talking-points/
— Democrats Are Holding The Government Hostage To Get Taxpayer-Funded Health Care For Illegals
https://thefederalist.com/2025/10/09/democrats-are-holding-the-government-hostage-to-get-taxpayer-funded-health-care-for-illegals/
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— America’s Adversaries are Exploiting U.S. Immigration Policies
https://www.fairus.org/two-new-fair-reports-expose-how-americas-adversaries-are-exploiting-us-immigration-policies
FOX NEWS
— ‘Pritzker is a joke’: Texas Gov. Abbott mocks sanctuary governor for opposing National Guard troops. Texas National Guard troops arrived in Illinois on Tuesday, tasked with protecting federal personnel and property amid anti-immigration protests
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pritzker-joke-texas-gov-abbott-mocks-sanctuary-governor-opposing-national-guard-troops
— ‘Operation Midway Blitz’: Inside DOJ’s push to tackle crime, illegal immigration in Chicago. FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche visit field office during massive immigration operation.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/operation-midway-blitz-inside-dojs-push-tackle-crime-illegal-immigration-chicago
–DD: Trump is fighting big problems that Democrats created.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/sen-tammy-duckworth-trumps-domestic-troop-deployments-betray-military-nation
HOMELAND SECURITY TODAY
— ICE and Oklahoma Highway Patrol Arrests 91 Illegal Aliens Driving 18-Wheelers in I-40 Operation
https://www.hstoday.us/subject-matter-areas/border-security/ice-and-oklahoma-highway-patrol-arrests-91-illegal-aliens-driving-18-wheelers-in-i-40-operation/
ISSUES & INSIGHTS
— Democrats, Call Off Your Animals
https://issuesinsights.com/2025/10/08/democrats-call-off-your-animals/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— The GOP Is Letting Democrats Win the Shutdown
https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/the-gop-is-letting-democrats-win-the-shutdown/
NEWSMAX
— Federal Judge: Chicago’s Warrantless ICE Arrests Unlawful
https://www.newsmax.com/us/chicago-ice-dhs/2025/10/09/id/1229686/
— GOP Govs Must Back Trump on Census, Redistricting
https://www.newsmax.com/us/david-bossie-gop-governors/2025/10/08/id/1229536/
ZERO HEDGE
— Democrat Claims Trump Crime Crackdown Is “The Very Same Thing” As The Rise Of Third Reich
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/democrat-claims-trump-crime-crackdown-very-same-thing-rise-third-reich
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— GOP senators urge RFK Jr. to crack down on medication abortion
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5548128-gop-senators-rfk-jr-medication-abortion/
MSN
— The 20 best conservative places to live in the US. DD: Buyer beware. Republicans create prosperity and safety. Democrats create poverty and crime. When Democrats move in, poverty and crime increase.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/realestate/the-20-best-conservative-places-to-live-in-the-us-according-to-data/ss-AA1O6vC4
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— ICE to Expand Footprint in Chicagoland, Homeland Secretary Noem Pledges. Illinois Gov. Pritzker says feds ‘just looking for ways to provoke people.’
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/ice-to-expand-footprint-in-chicagoland-homeland-secretary-noem-pledges-c057b08b
POLITICO
— Illinois judge blocks federal authorities from using force against Chicago journalists
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/09/chicago-journalists-ice-lawsuit-00600209
September 16, 2025
Your reaction to the Kirk assignation defines not only what you think of conservatives, it defines who you really are.
What do you say to people who paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican and who hint/imply/argue/shout that Kirk brought in on himself by being too conservative? I should write about the aforesaid people. They destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money.
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal drug use.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/15/narcan-vending-machines-cta/
— Black leaders concerned about ‘unwelcome’ climate in East Aurora School District
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/14/column-black-leaders-concerned-about-unwelcome-climate-in-east-aurora-school-district/
SOUTHERN
— As many remember Charlie Kirk, others debate his legacy. Your reaction to the Kirk assignation defines not only what you think of conservatives, it defines who you really are.
https://thesouthern.com/life-entertainment/faith/as-many-remember-charlie-kirk-others-debate-his-legacy/article_cc5e2179-89d1-5b8b-a435-43fc852b75c5.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump files $15 billion defamation lawsuit against The New York Times
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-09-16/donald-trump-files-15-billion-defamation-lawsuit-against-the-new-york-times
NAPERVILLE PATCH
— Man Released After Being Charged In Connection With 6 Burglaries In Naperville. Prudencio Ugaban, 54, was charged in connection with a string of retail burglaries that took place between July 24 and Sept. 7.
https://patch.com/illinois/naperville/man-charged-connection-6-burglaries-naperville
CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— As Republican leaders in Illinois have ever-increasingly dumped more planks in the Republican Party platform, Republican candidates in Illinois have lost more elections.
https://www.chicagomag.com/news/the-trump-trap-has-doomed-illinois-republicans/
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/09/16/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-591/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Buffalo Grove Teacher Tries to Block Kirk Tribute; Nancy Mace Calls to Defund Schools Lacking Accountability
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/09/buffalo-grove-teacher-tries-to-block-kirk-tribute-nancy-mace-calls-to-defund-schools-lacking-accountability.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— WICS-ABC20 Springfield TV anchor Beni Rae Harmony resigns after being suspended for airing ‘non-partisan tribute’ to Charlie Kirk. Harmony worked as a producer and administrator for Turning Point USA in the Washington, DC- Baltimore area from Aug. 2021 to Feb. 2022, according to her LinkedIn.
https://nypost.com/2025/09/16/us-news/illinois-tv-anchor-beni-rae-harmony-resigns-after-being-suspended-for-airing-non-partisan-tribute-to-charlie-kirk-following-his-assassination/
— FBI Director Kash Patel reveals details about Kirk assassin’s texts
https://nypost.com/2025/09/16/us-news/fbi-director-kash-patel-reveals-details-about-alleged-kirk-assassins-texts/
— Visa revocations already underway for foreigners who celebrate Charlie Kirk’s assassination, Marco Rubio says: ‘Prepare to be deported’
https://nypost.com/2025/09/16/us-news/visa-revocations-already-underway-for-foreigners-who-celebrate-charlie-kirks-assassination-marco-rubio-says-prepare-to-be-deported/
— Old man who falsely claimed he shot Charlie Kirk is known ‘gadfly’ who told cops he did it to ‘draw attention real shooter’
https://nypost.com/2025/09/16/us-news/old-man-who-falsely-claimed-he-shot-charlie-kirk-told-cops-he-did-it-to-draw-attention-real-shooter-report/
— Robinson’s ominous texts before Kirk assassination reveal his motive
https://nypost.com/2025/09/15/us-news/tyler-robinsons-ominous-texts-before-charlie-kirk-assassination-could-reveal-his-alleged-motive/
— Vance says if it weren’t for Charlie Kirk, he wouldn’t be VP
https://nypost.com/2025/09/15/us-news/jd-vance-makes-surprising-admission-in-wake-of-charlie-kirks-death/
AMERICAN THINKER
— What infuriated the left was that Democrats couldn’t compete with him or his ideas. So they killed him.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/09/how_many_times_can_you_say_these_awful_things.html
BREITBART
— ABC Affiliate Reporter in Illinois Resigns After Being Suspended for Charlie Kirk Tribute
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/09/16/abc-affiliate-reporter-resigns-after-being-suspended-for-charlie-kirk-tribute/
— Oxford Union President Faces No Confidence Vote over Celebrating Charlie Kirk’s Killing
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2025/09/15/oxford-union-president-faces-no-confidence-vote-over-celebrating-charlie-kirks-killing/
CREATORS SYNDICATE
— Why the Left Celebrated Kirk’s Death and What To Do About It. Your reaction to the Kirk assignation defines not only what you think of conservatives, it defines who you really are.
https://www.creators.com/read/victor-joecks/09/25/why-the-left-celebrated-kirks-death-and-what-to-do-about-it
FOX NEWS
— Charlie Kirk’s suspected assassin confessed in Discord chat
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/charlie-kirk-s-suspected-assassin-confessed-in-discord-chat-report-says/vi-AA1MBg3N
— Vance hosts ‘The Charlie Kirk Show’ as memorial for conservative icon nears
https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/vp-vance-host-charlie-kirk-show-memorial-arizona-9-15-2025
— Why blaming ‘the left’ is easier than deterring violence after Charlie Kirk’s murder. President makes comments following Charlie Kirk murder as he rejects suggestions about right-wing violence. If you condone, promote, or engage in violence, by definition, you are not right-wing.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/why-blaming-the-left-easier-than-deterring-violence-after-charlie-kirks-murder
— Young people restore Charlie Kirk memorial mural with Bible verses after vandals deface tribute. Vandals wrote ‘a good Nazi is a dead Nazi’ and ‘Free Palestine’ across Kirk memorial at Pensacola’s Graffiti Bridge
https://www.foxnews.com/us/young-people-restore-charlie-kirk-memorial-mural-bible-verses-after-vandals-deface-tribute
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Washington Post Columnist Says She Was Fired over Race-Baiting Charlie Kirk Rant
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/washington-post-columnist-says-she-was-fired-over-race-baiting-charlie-kirk-rant/
POST MILLENNIAL
— Vance’s emotional tribute to his murdered friend Charlie Kirk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tB9Up9B4bz0
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
MSNBC
— ‘Horrific moment’: Kirk killing reveals deep divides in U.S. Your reaction to the Kirk assignation defines not only what you think of conservatives, it defines who you really are.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXoYQaNRaV0
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly prefer foreign students over American students.
https://apnews.com/article/travel-ban-trump-college-international-students-2b23373c85cafbdcfc7a2498d66cb83d
ABC NEWS
— Robinson tracked Kirk’s schedule for days
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=graQgIk2NOM
CBS NEWS
— Many Hispanic Heritage Month celebrations scrapped due to ICE raid fears, changed political climate
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hispanic-heritage-month-very-different-ice-raids-changed-political-climate/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Republicans Honor Charlie Kirk at Vigil in the Capitol. Only a handful of Democrats and none of the party’s top leaders attended the ceremony, an outpouring of praise and mourning for the right-wing activist, who was assassinated last week. Because I did not know Kirk, I do not have standing to organize an event in Wheaton for Kirk. But what if someone in Wheaton who knew Kirk arranged an event for Kirk? How many would attend? Who would attend? Who would boycott the event?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/us/politics/republicans-charlie-kirk-vigil-capitol.html
https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000010401038/republicans-charlie-kirk-vigil-capitol.html
— Trump Announces New Deadly Strike on Boat From Venezuela
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09/15/us/trump-news
— Affirmative Action Is Dead. What Should Universities Do Now? UIC accepted me in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, and IIT in 1992 because they could find a qualified minority or female.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/books/review/the-fall-of-affirmative-action-justin-driver.html
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/opinion/trump-charlie-kirk.html
— Democrats Cannot Just Buy Back the Working Class.. My critics/opponents despise if not hate the working class. I was a member of the working class for 33 years.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/opinion/democrats-working-class-hardhat-riot.html
— Voucher Push Is Reshaping Private School Education. My parents had a lot less money because they paid to send my brother and I to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools. Because of that, I had to work my way through college. Because of that, my GPA suffered.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/us/voucher-study-private-school-tuition.html
— Chicago Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their criminals and their illegals
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/us/chicago-trump-ice-mexican-immigrants.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Trump is ever-increasingly cracking down on criminals and illegals. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their criminals and their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/us/politics/jd-vance-charlie-kirk-show.html
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/us/charlie-kirk-college-campuses-american-political-battles.html?searchResultPosition=2
WASHINGTON POST
— Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasing promote more hatred against Kirk.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/09/15/texas-tech-charlie-kirk-camryn-booker/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/09/15/vance-charlie-kirk-podcast-episode/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasing promote more hatred against Kirk.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-09-15/director-of-dei-at-ucla-on-leave-after-charlie-kirk-posts
USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: To destroy traditional marriage and family, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy men.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/09/09/christian-manosphere-ideology-male-primacy-politics-women/84423882007/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: My father never made more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. My mother never attended high school and never worked outside of the home until after he died. But nevertheless, they sent my brother and I to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools. My critics/opponents have always used that to demonize, denigrate, and condemn my parents, and therefore me, as being filthy rich.
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/health/2025/09/08/high-child-care-return-to-office-women/85975262007/
— Democrat GAO
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/09/07/what-makes-company-reputation-happy-employees/85666449007/
12 NEWS
— Turning Point USA’s Tyler Bowyer speaks at Charlie Kirk vigil
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FuV2h_S2c8
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Charlie Kirk’s Assassination Unleashes the Antisocial Media. Our newly democratized digital discourse seems on track to turn into a French Revolution-style terror.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/charlie-kirks-assassination-unleashes-the-antisocial-media-a469c85d
— Your reaction to the Kirk assignation defines not only what you think of conservatives, it defines who you really are.
https://www.wsj.com/business/charlie-kirk-death-social-media-post-jobs-0773a8ac
FORBES
— ‘They Are Being Radicalized’: Trump, Bondi Warn Of Youth Radicalization After Kirk Assassination.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggJEvIALIJQ
FAST COMPANY
— Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasing promote more hatred against Kirk.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91404996/far-right-groups-are-doxxing-people-who-criticize-charlie-kirks-death
NEW STATEMAN
— Your reaction to the Kirk assignation defines not only what you think of conservatives, it defines who you really are.
https://www.newstatesman.com/world/2025/09/why-charlie-kirk-was-killed
HUFFINGTON POST
— Trump Gets Royal U.K. Welcome As Right Rages Over Charlie Kirk Killing. King Charles III hosts the president this week with a lavish, multiday ceremony aimed at diplomacy. The right, meanwhile, is grappling with Kirk’s murder. Your reaction to the Kirk assignation defines not only what you think of conservatives, it defines who you really are.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-king-charles-live-updates_n_68c80c2be4b0642964ce9b92
AXIOS
— Rubio says U.S. is deporting visa holders who celebrated Kirk’s killing
https://www.axios.com/2025/09/16/kirk-death-us-revoking-visas-rubio-deportations
— Why Arizona is the epicenter of Charlie Kirk memorials
https://www.axios.com/local/phoenix/2025/09/16/arizona-charlie-kirk-memorials-funeral
FOREIGN SOURCES
TIMES OF INDIA
— Illinois reporter Beni Rae Harmony suspended for on-air comments on Charlie Kirk’s death; resigns
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/video-illinois-reporter-beni-rae-harmony-suspended-for-on-air-comments-on-charlie-kirks-death-resigns-later/articleshow/123911496.cms
SKY NEWS
— Leftist media ‘spewing lies’ in desperate attempt to smear Charlie Kirk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiWfJWsfCII
— Leftie influencers ‘hypocrisy’ exposed in celebration of Charlie Kirk’s murder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Z5i88eVjHw
— Gen Z will mourn Charlie Kirk as man who could connect with youth like ‘no one else could’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Itl192EidHE
— Vance honors Charlie Kirk’s critical role in the election of the Trump administration
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pP8O_I3WM2k
— Vance says ‘left-wing extremism’ contributed to killing – as ‘confession message’ revealed
https://news.sky.com/story/jd-vance-hosts-charlie-kirk-show-in-tribute-to-influencer-and-claims-left-wing-extremism-a-factor-in-assassination-13431822
HINDUSTAN TIMES
— Who is Beni Rae Harmony? Illinois’ ABC-affiliate anchor resigns over Charlie Kirk tribute.
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/who-is-beni-rae-harmony-illinois-abc-affiliate-anchor-resigns-over-charlie-kirk-tribute-row-101757983676934.html
— Tyler Robinson’s chilling texts before Charlie Kirk shooting reveal his motive
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/could-tyler-robinsons-chilling-texts-before-charlie-kirk-shooting-reveal-his-motive-what-we-know-101758002120713.html
— Tyler Robinson confession: What the alleged Charlie Kirk killer said on Discord
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/tyler-robinson-confession-what-the-alleged-charlie-kirk-killer-said-on-discord-101757997726470.html
— How Charlie Kirk Changed American Politics
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/how-charlie-kirk-changed-american-politics-101758005243818.html
ECONOMIC TIMES
— Vance says national unity is impossible with those who celebrate Kirk’s killing
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/global-trends/jd-vance-says-national-unity-is-impossible-with-those-celebrating-charlie-kirks-killing/articleshow/123916660.cms
FEDERAL
— Rubio says visa revocations underway for those celebrating Charlie Kirk’s murder
https://thefederal.com/category/international/rubio-visa-revocations-charlie-kirk-assassination-206949
— Trump sues New York Times for USD 15 bn, calls it ‘most degenerate’ newspaper The lawsuit alleges a ‘decades-long campaign of lies’ by the newspaper against the US president, his family, business and the ‘nation as a whole.’
https://thefederal.com/category/international/trump-sues-nyt-15-billion-dollars-democratic-mouthpiece-206944
August 27, 2025
WHITE HOUSE
— Today, President Donald J. Trump held the seventh Cabinet meeting of his second term — gathering members of the Trump Administration together ahead of Labor Day to celebrate the victories American workers have experienced over the past eight months. My critics/opponents look down on wage earners if not despise wage earners. I was a wage earner 1964-1997 while I washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, delivered mail, worked on an automobile assembly line, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances, pumped more gasoline, collected delinquent taxes, and audited federal agencies.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/08/trump-administration-celebrates-successes-for-americas-workers/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Union leaders plan for ‘Workers over billionaires’ Chicago Labor Day march. I was a union member for almost 12 years. My critics/opponents have always used that against me.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-labor-day-march-2025-union-leaders-plan-rally-accuse-trump-ripping-federal-contracts/17654003/
NBC5
— Chicago Democrat leaders get former Chicago top cop to say Trump’s deployment threat is a PR stunt
https://www.nbcchicago.com/video/top-videos-home/president-trumps-deployment-threat-a-pr-stunt-former-chicago-top-cop-says/3815734/
FOX32
— Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson wants ‘ultra rich’ to help close $1.1B budget gap
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-johnson-tax-rich-budget
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FROMT PAGE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/08/27/donald-trump-chicago-downtown-ice-immigration-national-guard-brandon-johnson-jb-pritzker
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Republican efforts to fight crime.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump/2025/08/27/experts-say-theres-no-actual-good-reason-to-send-the-guard-into-illinois-as-trump-mulls-troop-deployment
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Republican efforts to fight crime.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/27/national-guard-chicago-crime/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/27/opinion-local-police-control-chicago-washington-dc/
— To promote diversity is to get rid of those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Democrat and RINO leaders promote diversity.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/26/lincoln-avenue-international-flag-display/
DAILY HERALD
Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Republican efforts to fight crime.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250827/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-beyond-the-grandstanding-a-serious-strategy-against-urban-crime-would-involv/
ILLINOIS PATCH
— These Are Illinois’ Most Liberal And Conservative Colleges. Loyola and DePaul are on the most liberal list. Wheaton College is on the most conservative list. Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, all Illinois colleges have moved to the left. I earned degrees from NIU (1970), Loyola (1976), DePaul (1980), and IIT (1997).
https://patch.com/illinois/chicago/these-are-ils-most-liberal-conservative-colleges
CHALKBEAT CHICAGO
— Chicago Public Schools’ debt has hit over $28,000 per student.
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/08/26/chicago-public-schools-debt-census-data/
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/27/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-577/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Police officer, legislator: Seize opportunity to reform Illinois’ cashless bail
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_18ca8709-7b15-4da7-87b2-a3516af95d1c.html
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— The more demographics that you share with elected officials, the more likely that you voted for them. Trump is conservative, Republican, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time. Democrat and RINO leaders in Illinois, your county, your township, and your municipality hate Trump. Anticipate/expect that the more of the aforesaid demographics that you share with Trump, the more that Democrat and RINO leaders will do to get rid of you. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The Latino Museum will be a woke abomination and should not be built
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/3781331/latino-museum-woke-abomination-should-not-be-built/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump needs to deploy the National Guard to Chicago immediately!
https://nypost.com/2025/08/26/opinion/trump-needs-to-deploy-the-national-guard-to-chicago-immediately/
AMAC
— Reviving the American Dream. Back in the good old days, I was able to a) buy new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc., b) graduate debt-free from college with a bachelor’s degree when was 21, c) buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, and 35, d) pay for tuition and books to earn master’s degrees when I was 27 and 31, e) get married when I was 29, f) etc. I was able to do the aforesaid with the money that I earned washing dishes, cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, pumping gasoline, delivering mail, working on an automobile assembly line, selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances, pumping more gasoline, collecting delinquent taxes, and auditing federal agencies.
https://amac.us/newsline/politics/reviving-the-american-dream-amac-magazine-exclusive/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Terminated Federal Reserve governor lawyers up, Left goes mad after Trump fires her for fraud. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire because I fought against their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/08/26/terminated-federal-reserve-governor-lawyers-up-left-goes-mad-after-trump-fires-her-for-fraud-1580008/
BREITBART
— Why Lisa Cook’s Lawsuit to Keep Her Job Is Likely to Lose. If you strip away the noise and look at how courts actually handle “for-cause” removals, Cook’s case is uphill on every material point. My Democrat GAO superiors hinted/implied that they forced me to retire “for-cause.” My critics/opponents have used that against me big time ever since. They hint/imply/argue/shout that because my Democrat GAO superiors rudely flushed down their toilets my almost 18 years of GAO work experience, my almost 9 years of IRS work experience, my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license, I must be an extremely bad person.
https://link.breitbart.com/view/5d13d86afc942d626ccc80b7ola87.1j8y/a411b0b5
— Trump Admin Sues Walz’s Minnesota over Tuition Cash for Illegal Aliens
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/08/26/trump-admin-sues-walz-minnesota-tuition-cash-illegal-aliens/
DAILY WIRE
— DHS Arrests 5,000th Illegal Alien In Los Angeles — And Noem Promises More. Noem: “If you are here illegally, we will find you, arrest you, and send you back. This is just the beginning.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/milestone-dhs-arrests-5000th-illegal-alien-in-los-angeles-and-noem-promises-more
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Trump Sues Walz over Tuition Break for Illegals
https://www.fairus.org/press-release/trump-sues-walz-over-tuition-break-illegals
FOX NEWS
— Trump says ‘incompetent’ Illinois governor, ‘no better’ Chicago mayor should call him for help with crime
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-says-incompetent-illinois-governor-no-better-chicago-mayor-should-call-him-help-crime
— Trump escalates fight with ‘slob of a governor’ Pritzker, Chicago mayor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l0s2f_GCRo
— Democrats are losing voters because of their terrible policies
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6377474529112
— Sanctuary city policies will blow up in Democrats’ faces
https://www.aol.com/news/karl-rove-warns-sanctuary-city-162455241.html
— Democrats outraged that gang members could be sent to Uganda
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/democrats-outraged-alleged-gang-member-could-sent-uganda
HOMELAND SECURITY
— Secretary Noem Announces DHS Arrest of 5,000th Illegal Alien in Los Angeles Since Operations Began in the Sanctuary City in June
https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/08/26/secretary-noem-announces-dhs-arrest-5000th-illegal-alien-los-angeles-operations
NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Cure for Racial Discrimination in Medical Education. If colleges and universities want the American taxpayer’s support, they should be forced to focus on merit alone.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/08/the-cure-for-racial-discrimination-in-medical-education/
NEWSMAX
— Sanctuary States’ Love Affair With Illegals is Lethal
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/james-uthmeier-florida-attorney-general/2025/08/26/id/1224064/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— Should the US be worried? India’s Modi set for rare China trip after Trump’s tariff sting. In WWIII, which countries will side with Russia and China and which will side with America?
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/26/india/india-china-relations-sco-summit-intl-hnk
NBC NEWS
— Biden weaponized the federal government against Trump
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/new-fbi-deputy-director-will-help-trump-weaponize-bureau-top-democrat-rcna222474
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook will sue Trump administration to keep her job. I sued the Democrats who run GAO. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf Cook’s demographics will help her immensely. My demographics harmed me immensely.
https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-8-26-2025
— Pennsylvania must stop throwing out mail ballots over date errors, court rules
https://apnews.com/article/pennsylvania-election-mail-ballots-voting-envelope-dates-dab83b55ad456f5d049cb751f6584739
REUTERS
— Trump administration asks US Supreme Court to halt foreign aid payments. In WWIII, which countries will side with Russia and China and which will side with America?
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-asks-us-supreme-court-halt-foreign-aid-payments-2025-08-26/
— Inside ICE, Trump’s migrant crackdown is taking a toll on officers. I should write about the tremendous toll that Gingrich budget cuts took on GAO. I was one of the last Republicans that GAO hired. I would focus on the how my Democrat GAO superiors ever-increasingly took their anger against Gingrich out on me. They forced me to take a $23,472 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. They delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13. They kept me off audits for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. They always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. They forced me to retire when I was 49 years old.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/inside-ice-trumps-migrant-crackdown-is-taking-toll-officers-2025-08-27/
NBC NEWS
— Trump’s tariffs on India rise to 50% in punishment for buying Russian oil. The levy could be a sharp blow to half of India’s exports to the U.S. and force affected merchants to diversify to other markets, such as Latin America and the Middle East.
https://www.nbcnews.com/world/india/trumps-tariffs-india-rise-50-punishment-buying-russian-oil-rcna227426
NEW YORK TIMES
— Fed Defends Independence as Board Member Plans Challenge to ‘Illegal’ Firing. None of my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates came to my defense as my Democrat GAO superiors ever-increasingly took more and bigger adverse actions against me. Those who were White, male, older, and/or non-veteran like me cut deals under the table to save their jobs from Gingrich budget cuts.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08/26/us/trump-news
— Trump Says He Welcomes Chinese Students, as His Administration Blocks Them. Democrat and RINO leaders glorify and praise Chinese students.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/us/politics/trump-chinese-students.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/us/immigration-detention-center-nickname-alligator-cornhusker-slammer.html
— Democratic Party Scraps Resolutions on Israel and Gaza After Fraught Debate
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/us/politics/dnc-israel-gaza-war-resolution.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders never asked my Democrat GAO superiors “Where’s Your Evidence” when they forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/opinion/politics/trump-fed-independence-lisa-cook.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat Chicago educators ever-increasingly give more preference to Blacks
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/us/black-student-achievement-diversity-trump.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly jeer federal agents in D.C.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/us/politics/washington-dc-trump.html
WASINGTON POST
— FEMA employees put on leave after criticizing Trump administration in open letter. I did far more at GAO. When I was 40 years old in 1988, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. I was the only GAO Chicago office employee to do that. My Democrat GAO Chicago office superiors immediately threw me off audits of IRS for the rest of my GAO career. They gave me a very bad job assignment. They gave me very unfair performance expectations. They gave me a very unfair performance appraisal. They ranked me at the bottom of my coworkers for pay-for-performance and then always ranked me in the bottom half. They forced me to retire when I was 49. I should write about the aforesaid. The more of the following that federal employees are, the fewer Civil Service protections that they have: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and if their ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/08/26/fema-employees-leave-trump-administration-letter/
— Trump administration is investing in US rare earths in a push to break China’s grip. More than any other major country, China acts like it wants to destroy America and conquer the world. Russia acts more like it just wants to conquer Europe.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/08/27/rare-earths-critical-minerals-trump-china-tariffs/bcafabdc-82fa-11f0-a8f4-28ba053d904b_story.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders side with the Fed against Trump
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/08/26/federal-reserve-trump-lisa-cook/
USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/08/17/deportation-influencers-monetize-misfortune-online/85516504007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/08/27/immigrants-more-likely-to-report-crimes/85821245007/
— Best cars for first-time buyers. In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, if I could do it over again, instead of buying a new Pontiac Tempest Sprint, a poor man’s GTO, in 1996, I would have earned and saved more money and bought a loaded GTO in 1966.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/cars/shopping/new-cars/2025/08/19/best-cars-first-time-buyers/83883531007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrat and RINO leaders side with the Fed against Trump
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trumps-fed-aggression-poses-new-test-on-limits-of-presidential-power-19085baf
FORBES
— Pfleger ever-increasingly promotes more hatred against Trump
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPD32LqR3xM
— Trump Celebrates Supreme Court’s Ruling On Affirmative Action. Since the 1960s, my critics/opponents have ever-increasingly used Affirmative Action against me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fATN4FOoTgA
AXIOS
— Modi issues buy India-made call as Trump’s 50% tariffs take effect
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/27/trump-tariffs-india-russian-oil-purchase-modi
— Fed Says it will follow any court ruling on Cook’s status after Trump’s firing. The court ruling in Diersen v. GAO gave the Democrats who run GAO total power to waste the careers of and to get rid of their employees because they are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/26/fed-trump-cook
GUARDIAN
— After a summer of submission to Trump, Europe knows it must defend Ukraine – and itself – alone. For Putin, Ukraine is first and the rest of Europe is next.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/27/summer-submission-trump-europe-defence-ukraine
— Newsome fights for those who hate Trump. Pritzker fights for those who hate Trump. Those who hate Trump are anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-non-non-poor people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/26/gavin-newsom-democrats-fight-trump
August 1, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Naperville Halal Fest expects to bring about 20,000 attendees to Frontier Park this weekend
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/30/chicagoland-halal-fest-naperville-diversity/
— Democrat leaders promote Biden.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/31/joe-biden-national-bar-association/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders promote Biden.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/07/31/biden-trump-president-chicago-speech-national-bar-association-gala-immigrants
— For Democrat leaders, education exists to create good little Democrats.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/07/31/trump-deal-northwestern-univeristy-dei-antisemitism-funding-frozen
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump and against those who share Trump’s demographics. How successful have Democrat leaders been doing that in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/07/31/zohran-mamdani-young-democrats-progressives-s-e-cupp
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Mexican Independence Day Festival to return to West Chicago after hiatus
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250731/festivals-and-fairs/mexican-independence-day-festival-to-return-to-west-chicago-after-hiatus/
— ‘Building bridges’: Naperville Halal Fest connects businesses with burgeoning market
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250731/business/building-bridges-halal-fest-connects-businesses-with-burgeoning-market/
ABC7
— Chicago Mayor Johnson implementing hiring freeze for city through end of 2025 amid budget crisis. While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years, the agency was almost always under hiring and/or promotion freezes because of Gingrich budget cuts. GAO is just a shell of what it once was.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-implementing-hiring-freeze-city-end-2025-amid-budget-crisis/17379048/
NBC5
— Giannoulias pushes for changes in how Illinois auto insurance rates are calculated. Of course, according to Democrat leaders, those who have demographics that vote for Democrats are paying too much for auto insurance. Those demographics are liberal, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-married, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, citizens of foreign countries, etc.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7f-CXhraao
— Illinois becomes first state to require mental health screenings for students. Democrat leaders hint/imply/argue/shout that if you are not a Democrat, you have mental problems.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-becomes-first-state-to-require-mental-health-screenings-for-students/3802933/
WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/07/31/fiesta-del-sol-kicks-pilsen-organizers-say-they-plan-protect-attendees-ice-activity
WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.wbez.org/reset-with-sasha-ann-simons/2025/07/31/living-and-working-in-america-the-new-reality-for-refugees-and-asylum-seekers
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote foreign students.
https://www.wbez.org/reset-with-sasha-ann-simons/2025/07/30/student-visa-changes-creating-fear-chaos-among-people-hoping-to-study-in-america
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/government/2025/07/31/illinois-senators-call-for-release-of-the-epstein-files/85458840007/
NPR ILLINOIS
— For Democrat leaders, education exists to create good little Democrats.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/illinois/2025-07-31/trumps-big-beautiful-bill-heightens-uncertainty-for-colleges-and-universities
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/protestors-rally-against-lahood/
— Democrat leaders shout at Democrats that Republicans discriminate against Democrats.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-how-americans-views-of-racial-discrimination-have-shifted-since-2021-according-to-ap-norc-polling/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Biden.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/08/01/biden-sounds-the-alarm-in-chicago-00488175
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Illinois ranks in the top 5 worst or bottom 5 best in every metric. It’s time to change that.
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-ranks-in-the-top-5-worst-or-bottom-5-best-in-every-metric-its-time-to-change-that-wirepoints-on-with-wjols-scott-slocum/
JOHN KASS
— The Faustian Bargain of Rock and Roll. Do drugs make musicians more creative?
https://johnkassnews.com/the-faustian-bargain-of-rock-and-roll/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— No more diversity statements: DOJ guidance draws line on ‘unlawful DEI’. Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/31/justice-department-releases-guidance-explaining-unlawful-dei/
AMERICAN THINKER
— The many problems with driver’s licenses for illegal aliens
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/07/the_many_problems_with_driver_s_licenses_for_illegal_aliens.html
BLAZE
— MAGA’s biggest threat isn’t Democrats — it’s internal sabotage
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/blaze-news-tonight/magas-biggest-threat-isnt-democrats-its-internal-sabotage
BREITBART
— Windmill Delusions and Nuclear Solutions: Trump’s Energy Agenda and How to Learn from Europe’s Mistakes
https://web.breitbart.com/videos/windmill-delusions-and-nuclear-solutions-trump-s-energy-agenda-and-how-to-learn-from-europe-s-mistakes
CAMPUS REFORM
— ICE offers $110k incentives to college recruits under Trump expansion
https://www.campusreform.org/article/ice-offers-110k-incentives-college-recruits-trump-expansion/28368
CENTER SQUARE
— Bill would require transparency of foreign influence in K-12 schools. There were no foreign influences on me while I attended grade school and high school.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_f979ebde-3fc9-49b5-a30e-5efbd665c692.html
DAILY SIGNAL
— The Left’s Hitler Derangement Syndrome
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/07/30/stop-dishonoring-my-murdered-relatives-by-comparing-trump-to-hitler/
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— DHS Launches $600 Million Grant Program for State Detention Centers
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2025/07/31/dhs-600-million-dollar-grant-state-detention-centers
FOX NEWS
— Mamdani reveals in resurfaced video how one of his ‘greatest victories’ benefitted illegal immigrants. Zohran Mamdani has pledged to fight for illegal immigrants if he is elected mayor.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mamdani-reveals-resurfaced-video-how-greatest-victories-benefitted-illegal-immigrants
— Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is ‘in over his head’ running the city, Blagojevich lodges
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6376416811112
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Trump Is Right to Point the Finger at Hamas for Gaza Woes
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/07/trump-is-right-to-point-finger-at-hamas-for-gaza-woes/
PJ MEDIA
— Leftist Squeamishness on Admitting the Crimes of Illegals and Jihadis
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/07/31/leftist-squeamishness-on-admitting-illegals-jihadis-crimes-n4942278
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Trump Gets Backlash Over RNC Chair Endorsement: An LGBT ‘Ally’ Who ‘Just Tried to Pass Amnesty’
https://www.westernjournal.com/trump-gets-backlash-rnc-chair-endorsement-lgbt-ally-just-tried-pass-amnesty/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— ICE says it has made tentative job offers to more than 1,000 as hiring ramps up
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/politics/article/ice-says-it-has-made-tentative-job-offers-to-more-20796627.php
MSN
— DEI rollbacks are having an impact on hiring practices. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat who was minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/smallbusiness/dei-rollbacks-are-having-an-impact-on-hiring-practices/ar-AA1JFRks
https://www.bizjournals.com/albany/news/2025/07/31/dei-diversity-equity-inclusion-trump-hiring-jobs.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— How has EEOC impacted you? EEOC ended my career in the automotive industry. Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted when I was 22 years old in 1971 because Oldsmobile agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. My Firestone Stores boss fired me because I had accepted that offer. Because I had to have a job, I accepted a job offer from IRS.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/us/politics/andrea-lucas-equal-employment-opportunity-commission.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump brings back presidential physical fitness test canceled by Obama. By the time I got to eight grade, I could not run because I had a bone disease. My eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20. I had partial red/green colorblindness.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/31/trump-physical-fitness-test-returns/
USA TODAY
— To get more votes, Democrat and RINO candidates promise more government handouts.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/07/31/hawley-rebate-checks-trump-tariffs/85430292007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government and charities.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2025/07/30/trump-cuts-legal-services-rural-america/85340070007/
HEARTFORD COURANT
— Trump plans to revive the Presidential Fitness Test for American schoolchildren. By the time I got to eight grade, I could not run because I had a bone disease. My eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20. I had partial red/green colorblindness.
https://www.courant.com/2025/07/31/trump-presidential-fitness-test/
FAST COMPANY
— Ever-increasingly, the Democrat Party exists to promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91377373/trumps-ftc-spreading-lies-about-trans-people-kosa
HIGHER ED DRIVE
— For Democrat leaders, education exists to create good little Democrats.
https://www.highereddive.com/news/justice-department-threatens-federal-funding-colleges-dei-policies/756510/
BROOKINGS
— Democrat and RINO leaders use AI to get rid of Republicans
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/trumps-executive-orders-politicize-ai/
July 16, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC5
— Trump lashes out at Republicans over Jeffrey Epstein file demands
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/trump-lashes-out-at-republicans-over-jeffrey-epstein-file-demands/3790673/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— A second chance for school choice in Illinois. My patents had far less money because they paid to send me and my brother to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools. Ironically, the public grade school was across the street from our home. My father almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/16/school-choice-illinois-pritzker-ecca/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Trump budget cuts
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/07/16/china-illinois-soybean-production-research-trumps-usaid-cuts-dick-durbin
SOUTHERN
— Churches, now allowed to endorse candidates, could transform campaign finances. The Democrat Party platform is extremely anti-religious.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/07/16/churches-now-allowed-to-endorse-candidates-could-transform-campaign-finances/
RIVER BENDER
— Duckworth Stresses Urgent Need to Modernize Our Air Traffic Control Systems. I worked for GAO on an audit of FAA Air Traffic Control Systems in the early 1980s.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/duckworth-stresses-urgent-need-to-modernize-our-air-traffic-control-systems-at-summit-84378.cfm?
ILLINOIS TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.illinoistimes.com/arts-culture/teaching-antiracism-is-a-practice-of-freedom-20449933
RUSS STEWART
— TRUMP’S SUCCESS INFURTIATES DEMOCRATS, LEFTISTS WITH TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME
http://www.russstewart.com/russ-analysis.html
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/16/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-346/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— School choice is one of those 80/20 issues Illinois leaders are out-of-step on. My patents had far less money because they sent me and my brother to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools. Ironically, the public grade school was across the street from our home. My father almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. I had to work my way through college.
https://wirepoints.org/school-choice-is-one-of-those-80-20-issues-illinois-leaders-are-out-of-step-on-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democrats repeat their despicable history of encouraging defiance of federal laws
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/16/democrats-repeat-despicable-history-encouraging-defiance-federal-laws/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Effort to end freebies for illegal immigrants gets a big thumbs up
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-secrets/3473245/effort-to-end-freebies-for-illegal-immigrants-gets-a-big-thumbs-up/
— Secret Service compliant with nearly half of congressional reform requests. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/3470826/secret-service-reforms-congressional-requests-butler-anniversary/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3471194/women-dont-need-men-to-have-children-birth-rate-marriage/
NEW YORK POST
— New GAO Butler shooting report exposes the Secret Service’s shocking culture of incompetence. All my coworkers who my Democrat GAO superiors promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less work experience than I had, who had less education than I had, who had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, and/or younger.
https://nypost.com/2025/07/16/opinion/butler-shooting-details-expose-the-secret-services-shocking-culture-of-incompetence/
BREITBART
— Trump Cuts Biden’s Parole Scheme by 100%
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/07/16/trump-cuts-bidens-parole-scheme-by-100-percent-as-zero-migrants-freed-into-us-last-month/
— Trump: ‘Jeffrey Epstein Hoax’ Is Left’s Latest Media Scam to Distract from My Success
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/07/16/trump-jeffrey-epstein-hoax-is-lefts-latest-media-scam-to-distract-from-my-success/
— General Motors Announces Plan to Expand Production of Gas-Powered Vehicles
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/07/15/general-motors-announces-plan-to-expand-production-of-gas-powered-vehicles-in-michigan/
— Promises Made, Promises Kept: Egg Prices Fell 19.8% in June, Down 61% Since February
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/07/16/promises-made-promises-kept-egg-prices-fell-19-8-in-june-down-61-since-february/
DAILY CALLER
— Here’s All The Nauseatingly Sexual Books The Left Wants Military Kids Reading
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/16/books-banned-dod-schools-sexual-topics-leftist-platitudes-military-kids/
FOX NEWS
— Trump’s controversial plan to fire federal workers finds favor with Supreme Court. Trump’s executive order for federal workforce reduction advances as Supreme Court permits mass layoffs at Education Department despite legal challenges.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trumps-controversial-plan-fire-federal-workers-finds-favor-supreme-court
TOWNHALL
— Bills Introduced Requiring Sanctuary Cities to Repay Feds for Sending in Troops
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeremyfrankel/2025/07/16/bills-introduced-requiring-sanctuary-cities-to-repay-feds-for-sending-in-troops-n2660470
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— Trump calls Epstein controversy a “Hoax” and “bulls***,” denouncing “weaklings” in GOP
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-jeffrey-epstein-hoax-republicans/
WASHINGTON POST
— The White House’s plan to downsize the federal government, in charts
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2025/white-house-budget-federal-government/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Some Republicans Push to Protect Unauthorized Immigrants. Lawmakers say agricultural industry will be devastated if workers are deported. My critics/opponents reject the immigration plank in the Republican Party platform. If there had been as many illegals 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.wsj.com/politics/policy/immigration-law-agriculture-deportations-6d090129
FORBES
— Returning To A Past Where Only The Privileged Are Protected. According to my critics/opponents, I have always been privileged. But I had to work my way through college. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents had the most money.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNSE83dgpcI
WTOP
— Montgomery Co. steps up to help laid-off federal workers. No help was given to GAO employees like me who lost their jobs because of Gingrich budget cuts.
https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2025/07/montgomery-county-steps-up-to-help-laid-off-federal-workers/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In response, the county council voted unanimously on Tuesday to approve a bill that will give displaced federal workers preferential treatment for county job openings. Only qualified veterans and people with disabilities will receive higher priority.)
PENN STATE
— Internships open up a multitude of options for hard-working student. I had to work my way through college. My critics/opponents have always used that against me. They stress a) that I did not get any scholarships, b) that my ACT score was only 24, c) that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class, and d) that I did not get any internships. In my defense, I stress that instead of studying, I worked far too many hours washing dishes and delivering mail.
https://www.psu.edu/news/bellisario-college-communications/story/internships-open-multitude-options-hard-working-student
SI LIVE
— These 19 companies will help pay for your college degree. I had to work my way through college. My critics/opponents have always used that against me. They stress a) that I did not get any scholarships, b) that my ACT score was only 24, c) that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class, and d) that I did not get any internships. In my defense, I stress that instead of studying, I worked far too many hours washing dishes and delivering mail.
https://www.silive.com/business/2025/07/these-19-companies-will-help-pay-for-your-college-degree-report-says.html
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— State Dept layoffs necessary for ‘higher quality’ workforce, deputy secretary tells lawmakers. My Black subordinate who my Democrat GAO superiors replaced me with was a Democrat who a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had one professional certification while I had six, and d) had no professional license like the one I had.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/07/state-dept-layoffs-necessary-for-higher-quality-workforce-deputy-secretary-tells-lawmakers/
ECONOMIST
— Having rich parents trumps hard work. Because my parents had enough money to send me to Missouri Lutheran Synod grade schools, my critics/opponents have always demonized them and me as being filthy rich. But my father never made more than $50,000 a year in today’s dollars. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.economist.com/podcasts/2025/05/01/why-having-rich-parents-may-trump-hard-work
CONVERSATION
— Why it’s important to get a good job. According to my critics/opponents, all the jobs that I got were bad jobs that they would never stoop to take. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents had the most money.
https://theconversation.com/why-its-important-young-unemployed-australians-get-a-good-job-instead-of-just-any-job-260817