October 24, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Loop businesses uneasy about possible National Guard deployment. ‘It does have a chilling effect on business’
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/24/loop-businesses-national-guard/
— Amid ICE surge, Board of Education urges CPS to offer remote learning
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/23/chicago-school-board-schools-ice/
— Black enrollment is waning at many elite colleges after affirmative action ban. DD: Of course, Democrats blame Republicans for that.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/23/black-enrollment-affirmative-action-ban/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Board members urge CPS to consider ‘emergency’ remote learning amid continued immigration raids. Interim Supt./CEO Macquline King said district leadership has discussed its options, including remote learning, but added that CPS does not have the authority to make that move without an emergency declaration from Gov. JB Pritzker.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/10/23/cps-school-board-remote-learning-immigration-ice-deportation-raids
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote illegal drugs.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/10/23/president-donald-trump-strikes-alleged-drug-boats-executions-colombia-venezuela-jacob-sullum

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage judge refuses to force county to pay two election vendors
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251023/article/dupage-judge-refuses-to-force-county-to-pay-two-election-vendors/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Elgin could allow DACA recipients to be hired as firefighters and paramedics. DD: All my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me if they could have.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251023/local-politics/elgin-could-allow-daca-recipients-to-be-hired-as-firefighters-and-paramedics/
— Midterm map manipulation a dangerous ploy that aims to disenfranchise voters
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251024/opinion/daily-herald-opinion-politics-over-fairness-midterm-map-manipulation-a-dangerous-ploy-that-aims-to/

CBS2
— Border Patrol chief defends tactics as Pritzker calls for accountability. DD: Pritzker ever-increasingly calls for more protests.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/fallout-grows-after-crews-demolish-white-house-east-wing-1/

RIVER BENDER
— Dinner for Federal Furloughed Employees at American Legion 199. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://www.riverbender.com/events/details.cfm?seriesid=51197

NORTHERN STAR
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) promote more LGBTQ and b) blame Trump for problems that LGBTQers have.
https://northernstar.info/129291/opinion/editorial-lgbtq-students-have-a-safe-supportive-home-at-niu/

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/24/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-618/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— Illinois Dems Seek to Erase Biological Sex from Yet Another Law. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2025/10/22/illinois-dems-seek-to-erase-biological-sex-from-yet-another-law

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Polyamory: The next target for sexual liberation?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/community-family/3861701/polyamory-next-target-sexual-liberation/

NEW YORK POST
— Pritzker accuses ICE of ‘racial profiling,’ defends comparing agents to Nazis. DD: What percent of illegals are minorities? What if I had pretended to be Swedish American?
https://nypost.com/2025/10/23/us-news/jb-pritzker-accuses-ice-of-racial-profiling-defends-comparing-agents-to-nazis/
— Harrowing video captures big rig driven by illegal immigrant plowing into vehicles on California freeway, killing three
https://nypost.com/2025/10/23/us-news/harrowing-video-captures-big-rig-driven-by-illegal-immigrant-plowing-into-vehicles-on-california-freeway-killing-three/
— WH Spotlights Illegal Immigrants Who Received Medicaid Benefits
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmaaWSVzIJE
— Illegal immigrant trucker in fatal California crash released by Biden admin after 2022 border crossing
https://nypost.com/2025/10/23/us-news/california-illegal-immigrant-jashanpreet-singh-dui-arrest-in-fatal-semi-truck-crash/

AMERICAN THINKER
— DD: What do you attribute your successes to? I attribute my successes to my parents and my teachers who promoted personal responsibility. That put me on track to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/10/the_dems_say_my_bad_and_keep_the_keys.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Pritzker blasted for ‘flat out’ lie after Bret Baier whips out crime map
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/10/24/pritzker-blasted-for-flat-out-lie-after-bret-baier-whips-out-crime-map-1595083/

BREITBART
— DD: Pritzker ever-increasingly promotes more illegal immigration
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/10/23/pritzker-on-illegal-released-despite-detainer-now-being-murder-suspect-thats-one-immigrant-happens-with-citizens-as-well/

CENTER SQUARE
— Unions sue Trump over immigrant drivers license crackdown
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_cb682ed2-8e83-485e-8dc7-ffbd1f120391.amp.html

COLLEGE FIX
— Lawsuit continues over Illinois ‘minority teachers’ scholarship program. DD: My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me for my not getting any scholarships.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/lawsuit-continues-over-illinois-minority-teachers-scholarship-program/

DAILY CALLER
— Illegal Alien Won Anti-ICE ‘Certificate’ From City Before Ramming Feds With Car
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/23/illegal-alien-awarded-anti-ice-certificate-from-la-council-before-alleged-assault/
— Illegal Trucker Who Killed Three Was Given Commercial Driver’s License By California. DD: This harkens back to George Ryan. My critics/opponents continue to promote George Ryan.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/23/illegal-trucker-california-karoline-leavitt-department-homeland-security-biden-administration/

FOX NEWS
— Pritzker: It seems like I live rent-free in Trump’s head
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6383632113112
— Pritzker accuses ICE of ‘racial profiling,’ defends comparing agents to Nazis. DD: What percent of illegals are minorities? What if I had pretended to be Swedish American?
https://www.foxnews.com/media/jb-pritzker-accuses-ice-racial-profiling-defends-comparing-agents-nazis
— Illegal alien failed CDL test 10 times in 2 months before fatal Florida crash that killed 3. Harjinder Singh crossed southern border illegally in 2018, struggled with English proficiency during traffic stop. DD: This harkens back to George Ryan. My critics/opponents continue to promote George Ryan.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/illegal-alien-failed-cdl-test-10-times-2-months-before-fatal-florida-crash-killed-3

MRC TV
— Fox Highlights Crash Deaths Caused by Illegal Alien Truckers. DD: This harkens back to George Ryan. My critics/opponents continue to promote George Ryan.
https://www.mrctv.org/videos/fox-highlights-car-crash-deaths-caused-illegal-alien-truckers
https://mrctv.org/videos/fox-highlights-large-percentage-truckers-are-illegal-aliens

NEWSMAX
— California Issued Commercial License to Illegal Charged in Fatal Crash. DD: This harkens back to George Ryan. My critics/opponents continue to promote George Ryan.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/illegal-immigrant-fatal-crash-truck-driver/2025/10/23/id/1231637/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NEWSWEEK
— Supreme Court Sets Date to Consider Same-Sex Marriage Case. DD: My critics/opponents reject marriage can only be between a man and a woman. My critics/opponents promote LGBTQ.
https://www.newsweek.com/supreme-court-same-sex-marriage-date-lgbtq-10929289

MSNBC
— Democrats launch efforts to hold ICE agents accountable. DD: My Democrat superiors and supervisors in the federal government always held me accountable for the problems that they had. They used me as a scapegoat. All those who my Democrat GAO superiors assigned me to supervise had major problems.
https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/ice-agents-misconduct-democrats-trump-immigration-rcna239452

NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/us/politics/gregory-bovino-chicago-immigration.html
— Democrats Block Federal Worker Pay Bill as Shutdown Drags On. A Republican measure that would pay essential government employees faltered in the Senate, and the G.O.P. blocked a pair of Democratic bills to pay a broader swath of workers. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/us/politics/democrats-shutdown-federal-employee-pay.html
— How Federal Workers Can Find Financial Assistance as Shutdown Drags On. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/business/federal-employee-financial-resources-government-shutdown.html
— Democrats Block Federal Worker Pay Bill as Shutdown Drags On. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/us/politics/democrats-shutdown-federal-employee-pay.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Black enrollment is waning at many elite colleges after affirmative action ban. DD: Of course, Democrats blame Republicans for that.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2025/10/23/affirmative-action-college-admissions-race-princeton/bbda95f6-b026-11f0-ab72-a5fffa9bf3eb_story.html

DETROIT NEWS
— U.S. Secret Service agents have arrested an Upper Peninsula man and accused the former U.S. Air Force airman of threatening to kill President Donald Trump over the administration’s LGBTQ+ policies.
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2025/10/23/up-man-joshua-young-threatened-to-assassinate-trump-over-lgbtq-policies-feds-say/86857706007/

CINCINNATI ENQUIRER
— DD: What do you attribute your successes to? I attribute my successes to my parents and my teachers who promoted personal responsibility. That put me on track to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license.
https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/2025/10/22/ohio-senate-passes-success-sequence-graduation-requirement-graduate-employment-marriage/86694896007/

CHATTANNUGA TIMES FREE PRESS
— ‘No Kings’ protests show Trump Derangement Syndrome is growing
https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/oct/23/opinion-no-kings-protests-show-trump-derangement/

USA TODAY
— ‘They will be held accountable’: Chicago to create record of ICE Midway Blitz ‘abuses’  DD: My Democrat superiors and supervisors in the federal government always held me accountable for the problems that they had. They used me as a scapegoat. All those who my Democrat GAO superiors assigned me to supervise had major problems.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/10/23/chicago-pritzker-to-document-ice-immigration-abuses/86851971007/
— DD: Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/10/23/dei-backlash-boosts-white-men/86835146007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Pritzker to Build Case Against Trump Immigration Forces. Governor signs executive order to establish Illinois Accountability Commission.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/jb-pritzker-creates-watchdog-for-federal-immigration-actions-in-illinois-174f4ab7
— OMB Can Stop Biden’s Race Counting. Trump’s campaign against DEI has so far spared the Census Bureau’s insidious racial classifications. DD: Those who are the following want to be counted as being the following because Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use government to give those who are the following more preference: minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, veteran, disabled, have less money than others, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are citizens of foreign countries.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/omb-can-stop-bidens-race-counting-a7e22fdc?mod=opinion_lead_pos5

FORBES
— Leavitt Reads Off List Of Illegals Who Received Medicaid Benefits Under President Biden. DD: What percent come to America illegally and/or stay in America illegally for free housing, free food, free clothing, free medical care, free education, free cars, free etc.?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1Jpzn0cgHg

OPM
— OPM Proposes Rule to Hold Federal Workers Accountable. DD: My Democrat superiors and supervisors in the federal government always held me accountable for the problems that they had. They used me as a scapegoat. All those who my Democrat GAO superiors assigned me to supervise had major problems.
https://www.opm.gov/news/opm-proposes-rule-to-hold-federal-workers-accountable-for-misconduct/

METRO WEEKLY
— Gay Man Named Executive Editor of National Catholic Reporter. DD: How strongly have Democrats, that is, LGBTQ-promoters, taken over your church?
https://www.metroweekly.com/2025/10/gay-editor-national-catholic-reporter/

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

ECONOMIC TIMES
— $1,000 check or $1,000 fine per day! Trump tightens noose on illegal aliens as DHS issues nearly $10 billion in fines to force deportations
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/1000-check-or-1000-fine-per-day-trump-tightens-noose-on-illegal-aliens-as-dhs-issues-nearly-10-billion-in-fines-to-force-self-deportation/articleshow/124775743.cms

TIMES OF INDIA
— ‘Criminal illegal aliens’: White House flags ‘disturbing pattern’ after Indian trucker crash in California; calls out ‘serious gaps’
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/criminal-illegal-aliens-white-house-flags-disturbing-pattern-after-indian-trucker-crash-in-california-calls-out-serious-gaps/amp_articleshow/124775245.cms

October 21, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Nearly 2 million Illinoisans set to lose SNAP benefits amid congressional stalemate
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-snap-benefits-november-2m-illinoisans-set-lose-food-before-thanksgiving-amid-2025-government-shutdown/18047307/

CBS2
— DHS claims Chicago “No Kings” protester threatened ICE agents, wants criminal charges
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/dhs-chicago-no-kings-protestice-agents-threat/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/21/north-chicago-federal-immigration-enforcement/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/21/ice-arrests-chicago-man-teenage-daughter-cancer/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/21/broadview-arrests-court/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/21/oak-park-leaf-blowers-immigration-enforcement/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Ald. Fuentes seeks $100K in damages after confrontation with ICE agents
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2025/10/21/ald-jessie-fuentes-tort-claim-ice-agents-humboldt-park
— City pursuing the idea of installing slot machines at O’Hare and Midway Airports. DD: I led the successful effort to stop video gambling in Wheaton in 2009.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/casinos-gambling/2025/10/21/slot-machines-ohare-midway-airports-city-council

DAILY HERALD
— Barrington Hills video gambling mogul Rick Heidner to seek GOP gubernatorial nomination. DD: I led the successful effort to stop video gambling in Wheaton in 2009.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251021/illinois-state-politics/barrington-hills-video-gambling-mogul-to-seek-gop-gubernatorial-nomination/
— In Chicago, an immense show of force signals a sharp escalation in White House immigration crackdown
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251021/chicago/in-chicago-an-immense-show-of-force-signals-a-sharp-escalation-in-white-house-immigration-crackdown/
— Elections board deadlocks on $10M fine for Senate President Don Harmon
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251021/illinois/elections-board-deadlocks-on-10m-fine-for-senate-president-don-harmon/

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Illinois representatives respond to arrest of ISU teaching assistant
https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/politics/2025/10/21/isu-teaching-assistant-arrested-disorderly-conduct-derek-lopez-darin-lahood-chris-miller-respond/86816873007/

MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
— Turning Point seeks to regain footing in Wisconsin following Charlie Kirk’s assassination
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2025/10/21/turning-point-weighing-future-in-wisconsin-after-kirk-assassination/86690675007/

WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO
— Wisconsin GOP treasurer resigns, citing ‘dysfunctional leadership’ in state party. Kelly Ruh’s resignation is the latest hint of an internal power struggle in the state GOP.
https://www.wpr.org/news/wisconsin-gop-treasurer-kelly-ruh-resigns-dysfunctional-leadership

EVANSTON ROUNDTABLE
— ICE detains one person near Evanston Home Depot, Biss says he’s ‘committed to warning community’
https://evanstonroundtable.com/2025/10/21/ice-detains-one-person-near-evanston-home-depot/

WTHR
— Indiana’s commission looking at taking counties from Illinois is about to have its first meeting
https://www.wthr.com/article/news/politics/indianas-commission-looking-at-taking-counties-from-illinois-is-about-to-have-its-first-meeting-redraw-maps-isu-agenda-appointments-commissioners/531-1d9a0102-c4f3-40f0-babb-91fda1c3f829

BLOCK CLUB OF CHICAGO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/21/a-chicago-high-schooler-had-just-returned-from-chemotherapy-then-ice-arrested-her-father/

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/21/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-407/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

DON TRACY
— Don Tracy Denounces House Democrats’ Gerrymandering Scheme Targeting Rep. Darin LaHood
https://mailchi.mp/638598d94c3a/don-tracy-denounces-house-democrats-gerrymandering-scheme-targeting-rep-darin-lahood

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Dabrowski’s Campaign Chair Tied to Dodgers – Team That Celebrates Transgenderism, Mocks Faith
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/dabrowskis-campaign-chair-tied-to-dodgers-team-that-celebrates-transgenderism-mocks-faith.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Dodgers have become one of Major League Baseball’s most aggressively left-wing franchises – openly promoting causes that run counter to traditional values. The team made national headlines after honoring the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a radical drag group that mocks Catholic nuns and the Christian faith, during a “Pride Night” event.)
— U.S. House Democrats Target Rep. Darin LaHood in Gerrymander Scheme, While Illinois Democrats Cry “Foul” in Texas
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/u-s-house-democrats-target-rep-darin-lahood-in-gerrymander-scheme-while-illinois-democrats-cry-foul-in-texas.html
— Nine Months In: Trump’s Second Term Is Strong, Fearless and Unapologetic
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/nine-months-in-trumps-second-term-is-strong-fearless-and-unapologetic.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Tax the Whites: Mamdani pitches race-based property tax rates for New York City
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/21/tax-whites-zohran-mamdani-pitches-race-based-property-tax-rates-new/
— New Yorkers not worried about Mamdani’s socialist ideology
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/21/new-yorkers-worried-zohran-mamdanis-socialist-ideology/
— Conservative’s higher birth rates quietly shaping America’s political destiny
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/21/conservatives-higher-birth-rates-quietly-shaping-americas-political/
— Illicit drugs are killing Americans. Trump’s emphasis on counternarcotics operations a step in the right direction.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/21/illicit-drugs-killing-americans/

BREITBART
— Trump’s DHS Issues Nearly $10 Billion in Fines to Illegal Aliens So They Self-Deport from U.S.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/21/exclusive-trumps-dhs-issues-nearly-10-billion-fines-illegals-so-they-self-deport/
— Texas Finds Thousands of Illegal Immigrants Registered on State Voter Rolls
https://www.breitbart.com/pre-viral/2025/10/21/report-texas-finds-thousands-of-illegal-immigrants-registered-on-state-voter-rolls/

FOX NEWS
— Turning Point USA Faith organization sees explosive growth in wake of Charlie Kirk’s death: ‘Wonderful to see’  Organization doubles church network to 8,000 and gains 200,000 new Christians in one month.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/turning-point-usa-faith-organization-explosive-growth-wake-charlie-kirks-death-wonderful-see
— ‘No Kings’ agitators recorded having children bash Trump piñata. Sen. Mike Lee responds, ‘This is how assassination culture takes root’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/no-kings-protesters-filmed-having-children-stab-trump-pinata–

NEWSMAX
— Trump’s Memphis Crackdown on Illegals Nets Gangs, Predators, Drug Dealers
https://www.newsmax.com/us/trump-memphis-national-guard/2025/10/21/id/1231265/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

US CATHOLIC
— DD: According to Democrat and RINO leaders, Jesus rejects the concepts of borders, countries, governments, laws, etc.
https://uscatholic.org/articles/202510/the-catholics-bringing-back-the-tradition-of-sanctuary/

October 21, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/18/to-stand-up-to-ice-agents-some-chicagoans-are-arming-themselves-with-whistles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump/2025/10/20/national-guard-deployment-illinois-billboards-chicago

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/21/elgin-ice-watchdog-activist-immigrants/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/21/editorial-turn-on-the-cameras-ice-whats-taking-you-so-long/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/21/opinion-no-kings-day-protest-donald-trump/
— Newspapers closing, news deserts growing. DD: Ever-increasingly, under the Illinois Democrats and under the Illinois RINOs, there are fewer and fewer and fewer center-right news and commentary sources in Illinois.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/20/newspapers-closing-northwestern-report/

ABC7
— Group faces loss of student status for refusing Northwestern’s mandatory training; judge denies TRO. The anti-bias training includes mentions of Israel.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/group-faces-loss-northwestern-university-student-status-refusing-mandatory-anti-bias-training-mentions-israel/18047406/
— More than 40% of city of Harvey staff placed on unpaid leave amid budget crisis. The mayor says the village is more than $160 million in debt.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/harvey-illinois-furlough-17-fire-department-firefighters-amid-budget-issues-firemens-association-local-471/18046783/

NBC5
— Police, firefighters in suburban Harvey furloughed as city faces ‘severe financial emergency’  At least one of Harvey’s three fire stations will close temporarily as part of the furloughs, the fire department told NBC Chicago.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/police-firefighters-in-suburban-harvey-furloughed-as-city-faces-severe-financial-emergency/3841233/

CBS2
— Broadview village board meeting ends early after disruptions from protesters over limitations
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/broadview-meeting-ends-early-after-disruptions/

WGN9
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/town-hall-educates-chicagoans-on-their-rights-during-ice-encounters/

FOX32
— ISU teacher’s assistant flips Turning Point USA table, tears down flyers: ‘Jesus did it’
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-state-university-charlie-kirk

DAILY HERALD
— DD: Under the Democrats, poverty and crime ever-increasingly increase.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251021/editorials/taking-the-lead-lawmakers-foundations-secure-funding-to-combat-hunger/

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Illinois State University teaching assistant arrested in Turning Point event disruption
https://pantagraph.com/news/local/crime-courts/article_5a38239b-b3ba-4a55-aafd-c184d8e1069e.html

WAND TV
— Supreme Court will consider whether people who regularly smoke pot can legally own guns. DD: Pot drags you down. If I had used pot, I would not have been able to a) earn a bachelor’s degree, b) earn three master’s degrees, c) earn six professional certifications, or d) earn a professional license.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/supreme-court-will-consider-whether-people-who-regularly-smoke-pot-can-legally-own-guns/article_af47369a-ebc8-56a2-826c-b37827301546.html

25 NEWS NOW
— ISU graduate teaching assistant relieved of duties for allegedly vandalizing Turning Point display
https://www.25newsnow.com/2025/10/20/isu-graduate-teaching-assistant-relieved-duties-after-arrest-alleged-criminal-damage-property/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— GOP governor’s race heats up
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/10/21/gop-governors-race-heats-up-00616227
(FROM THE ARTICLE: JOINING THE FRAY: Rick Heidner, a real estate developer and founder of Gold Rush Gaming, is running for governor as a Republican. We hear he just plugged $1 million into his campaign and is gathering petition signatures. Homer Glen Mayor Christina Neitzke-Troike is his lieutenant governor running mate. Heidner, of Barrington Hills, joins a competitive GOP primary contest that includes former state Sen. Darren Bailey, conservative activist Ted Dabrowski and DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick and a few other, lesser-known folks. It’s a contest rife with tension. There’s a feud brewing between the Dabrowski and Bailey camps, and GOP political consultant Jeanne Ives is at the center of the controversy. Ives is endorsing Dabrowski — even though she backed Bailey in 2022. She’s also been accused of trying to discredit Bailey by being part of an effort to leak a confidential human resources document from Bailey’s 2022 campaign about a disagreement with then-campaign staffer Brett Corrigan, who was 17 at the time. The document never amounted to anything, but Tom DeVore, a Republican operative who is staying neutral in 2026, called it “nasty politics,” via social media. Bailey is seen as a front-runner because of his name recognition across the state. Ives denies trying to discredit anyone, and Dabrowski’s camp didn’t comment. Bailey spokesman Jose Durbin, said, “While Darren Bailey and Aaron Del Mar are focused on beating the Democrats, it’s unfortunate Jeannie Ives is once again reprising her role as the Democrats’ favorite ‘Republican,’” according to a statement. And Corrigan, who has since gone on to host three Illinois political events with President Donald Trump’s family members, is now chairing Heidner’s campaign for governor. “Rick is a true outsider — not a career politician — who’s ready to save Illinois, fight for our values and be a trusted ally to President Trump,” Corrigan said.)

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/21/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-615/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Dombrowski Leads Bailey by Twenty Percentage Points in Cook County GOP Dinner Straw Poll, Tracy Ahead of Goodman by Thirty Points. DD: I organized some big straw polls in the 2000s. I should write about those candidates who did poorly in those straw polls and who continue to blame me for that.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/20/dombrowski-leads-bailey-by-twenty-percentage-points-in-cook-county-gop-dinner-straw-poll-tracy-ahead-of-goodman-by-thirty-points/
— Crystal Lake Park Board Votes to Tax to the Max
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/20/crystal-lake-park-board-votes-to-tax-to-the-max/
— A Critic of No Kings Demonstrations
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/20/a-critic-of-no-kings-demonstration/
— DeWitte Reports on What Dems Are Up To in Springfield Veto Session
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/20/dewitte-reports-on-what-dems-are-up-to-in-springfield-veto-session/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois SNAP errors could cost taxpayers up to $700 million in penalties
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-snap-errors-could-cost-taxpayers-up-to-700-million-in-penalties/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

NEW YORK POST
— Illinois State University graduate student who flipped TPUSA table fired from teaching assistant position
https://nypost.com/2025/10/20/us-news/illinois-state-university-graduate-student-who-flipped-tpusa-table-fired-from-teaching-assistant-position/

AMERIAN THINKER
— Woke ideology splits the Anglican Church
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/10/woke_ideology_splits_the_anglican_church.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— ‘Woke’ Bible storybook for kids touted as: ‘antidote to Christian white supremacy’
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/10/20/woke-bible-storybook-for-kids-touted-as-antidote-to-christian-white-supremacy-1593877/

BLAZE
— Teacher’s assistant arrested in connection with Turning Point USA attack ahead of Alex Stein event at Illinois State University
https://www.theblaze.com/news/illinois-state-university-teachers-assistant-arrested-for-turning-point-usa-attack-ahead-of-alex-stein-event

BREITBART
— Chicago-Area Judge Rules ICE Can Be Arrested at Courthouses
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/10/20/chicago-area-judge-rules-ice-agents-can-be-arrested-at-courthouses/amp/
— Speaker Johnson on Leftists Protests: If Trump Were a King, the Government Would Be Opened Right Now
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/20/speaker-johnson-on-leftists-protests-if-trump-were-a-king-the-government-would-be-opened-right-now/
— Advisory Firm Urges Tesla Shareholders to Reject Elon Musk’s $1 Trillion Pay Package
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2025/10/20/advisory-firm-urges-tesla-shareholders-to-reject-elon-musks-1-trillion-pay-package/
— Number of Illegals Seeking FHA Mortgages Plummets Thanks to Trump Reforms
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/20/number-migrants-seeking-fha-mortgages-plummets-thanks-trump-reforms/amp/

COLLEGE FIX
— Saturday’s ‘No Kings’ rallies: Educators mock Kirk assassination, call for ICE agents to be shot
https://www.thecollegefix.com/saturdays-no-kings-rallies-educators-mock-kirk-assassination-call-for-ice-agents-to-be-shot/
— Outrageous use of worker visas to fill Yale, Dartmouth DEI jobs
https://www.thecollegefix.com/senator-calls-out-outrageous-use-of-worker-visas-to-fill-yale-dartmouth-dei-jobs/
— Illinois State U. faculty member fired after flipping Turning Point table, saying ‘Jesus did it’
https://www.thecollegefix.com/illinois-state-u-faculty-member-fired-after-flipping-turning-point-table-saying-jesus-did-it/

DAILY CALLER
— DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, using Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of their Republican employees was their top priority.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/20/trumps-war-on-illegal-dei-leaves-diversity-industry-in-ruins-data-show/

FEDERALIST
— Criminal Illegal Alien Who Ran Des Moines Schools Registered As Maryland Voter
https://thefederalist.com/2025/10/20/criminal-illegal-alien-who-ran-des-moines-schools-registered-as-maryland-voter/

FOX NEWS
— Chicago ‘No Kings’ protesters bash Trump piñata. “No Kings” protesters were filmed bashing a piñata resembling President Donald Trump outside an ICE facility near Chicago this week.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6383426367112
— University fires Turning Point USA table flipper from teaching assistant role after campus outburst. Derek Lopez faces disorderly conduct and criminal damage charges after flipping Turning Point USA’s table.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/university-fires-turning-point-usa-table-flipper-from-teaching-assistant-role-after-campus-outburst
— Social media erupts over ‘deranged’ teacher mocking Charlie Kirk’s death in ‘No Kings’ viral video. A Chicago teacher faces calls to be fired after a viral video showed her mocking Charlie Kirk’s assassination at an anti-Trump protest over the weekend.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/social-media-erupts-over-deranged-teacher-mocking-charlie-kirks-death-in-no-kings-viral-video
— Trump admin on pace to shatter deportation record by end of first year: ‘Just the beginning’  Since Trump’s return to the Oval Office on Jan 20, the administration has deported over 515,000 illegal aliens.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-admin-on-pace-shatter-deportation-record-end-first-year-just-the-beginning
— Karen Bass ‘ignored’ the Supremacy Clause when she made Los Angeles a sanctuary city
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6383445108112

LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— TikTok Plot Exposed as Illegal Alien Offers $10,000 for Each ICE Agent Killed
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/illegal-alien-from-mexico-arrested-for-soliciting-death-against-ice-agents-in-dallas-authorities-say

NATIONAL REVIEW
— DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, using Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of their Republican employees was their top priority.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/10/as-dei-dies-corporate-america-faces-serious-risk/

NEW AMERICAN
— Another Illegal Alien Arrested for Soliciting Murder of ICE Agents
https://thenewamerican.com/us/immigration/another-illegal-alien-arrested-for-soliciting-murder-of-ice-agents/

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Forget ‘Obama Phones’ – Now Illegals Can Get Their Own Newsom Phone Discounts
https://www.westernjournal.com/forget-obama-phones-now-illegals-can-get-newsom-phone-discounts/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— FAA says air traffic controller staffing issues cause delays amid shutdown
https://www.wcia.com/news/national/faa-says-air-traffic-controller-staffing-issues-cause-delays-amid-shutdown/

NEWSWEEK
— DHS Arrests More Than 480K Illegal Immigrants in 9 Months
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/dhs-arrests-illegals/2025/10/20/id/1231153/

MSNBC
— DD: Trump takes adverse actions against his political critics/opponents. I have never done that. Should I start doing that? My critics/opponents falsely argue that my including a link in a GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter to an article that they do not like is taking an adverse action against them. My critics/opponents destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who f) who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have had their operative and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-doj-comey-james-bolton-indictments-rcna238195

NBC NEWS
— DD: What do you say to those who you have helped, but who have not come to your defense when you have been attacked? Should I write about Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who I have helped elect, but who did not come to my defense when I was attacked? I would focus on those who did not come to my defense when my critics/opponents had their operatives and dupes a) end my membership of the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee, b) end my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks, c) end my chairmanship of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, d) end my service as the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster twice, and e) end my membership on the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/jd-vance/vance-young-republicans-racism-lives-ruined-rcna237838

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: A Squalid Chicago Building, a Tip to the Feds, and Then ‘Straight-Up Chaos’  An immigration raid on an apartment building in Chicago followed years of problems with crime, and neglect by landlords. It swept up dozens of U.S. citizens who were detained in the middle of the night.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/us/chicago-south-shores-border-patrol-raid.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly ridicule Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/opinion/no-kings-protest-chicago-tactical-frivolity.html
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote Chinese students over American students.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/opinion/chinese-students-universities-trump.html

WASHINGTON POST
–DD: Democrat leaders want you to pay for their illegals’ healthcare
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/10/20/undocumented-immigrant-health-care-shutdown/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Trump loyalist, OMB Director Russ Vought, has picked up where Musk left off with slashing federal workforce. DD: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE.
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2025-10-10/russ-vought-trump-budget-director-federal-workforce-cuts
— DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, using Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of their Republican employees was their top priority.
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-10-20/think-landing-a-job-is-hard-try-having-dei-on-your-resume

BOSTON HERALD
— Massachusetts gives $155 million bond to private college, as campus president slams Trump for ‘attacks’ on DEI
https://www.bostonherald.com/2025/10/20/massachusetts-gives-155-million-bond-to-private-college-as-campus-president-slams-trump-for-attacks-on-dei/amp/

USA TODAY
— FDA’s abortion pill approval is reckless decision that will harm women and babies
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2025/10/14/fda-abortion-pill-mifepristone-generic-drug/86565930007/
— US passport weakens to record low as global mobility shifts. DD: I have absolutely no desire to visit a foreign country.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/2025/10/15/us-passport-index-historic-low/86711671007/
— Student loan forgiveness quietly resumes for some Americans. DD: What present of those who took out student loans had no intention of paying those loans off?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2025/10/16/student-loan-forgiveness-quietly-resumes/86729927007/

INDIANA STUDENT DAILY
— Gov. Mike Braun to speak at Turning Point USA event Tuesday at IU Auditorium. The event, headlined by conservative political commentator Tucker Carlson, is slated to begin at 6:30 p.m. DD: What Charlie Kirk events have been held and are scheduled in your county, township, municipality, and school district? If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, the organization would have held a Charlie Kirk event by now.
https://www.idsnews.com/article/2025/10/governor-mike-braun-turning-point-usa-iu-bloomington

TELEGRAPH HERALD
— Lasting peace requires accepting Israel’s right to exist. DD: According to my critics/opponents, I have no right to exist as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor and I had no right to exist as a) a member of the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee, b) as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks, c) as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, d) as a Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster, e) as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, or f) as a GAO employee.
https://www.telegraphherald.com/news/opinion/article_8a82b4a2-d8cf-4507-b1c2-320586b254e9.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Whistles Have Become Chicago’s Surprising Act of Protest. Residents angry with immigration crackdown air dissent—and warnings—with devices typically favored by athletic coaches. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/chicago-ice-protests-whistles-14c3968b
— Chicago’s Union Boss Gets a Promotion. Stacy Davis Gates will bring her educational failures to Springfield.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/stacy-davis-gates-chicago-teachers-union-illinois-federation-of-teachers-schools-education-73d8f3bb
— Biased Media Needs a Complete Culture Change. Bari Weiss at CBS and Jeff Bezos at the Washington Post are trying, but they’re sure to meet resistance.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/biased-media-needs-a-complete-culture-change-af68fd86
— DD: For Democrat leaders, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trumps-university-compact-would-make-america-mediocre-ec026326
— Mamdani and the Democrats. The socialist insurgency will keep growing unless the party center stops it.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/zohran-mamdani-democratic-party-socialists-new-york-city-mayor-25351711

PUNCHBOWL NEWS
— Dems’ new Illinois redistricting plan targets LaHood
https://punchbowl.news/article/campaigns/dems-target-lahood/

GOOGLE AI
— Help elect candidates. DD: Sadly, there are many reasons to not help elect candidates. I should write about that. I would focus on Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000. I would focus on those who lost elections or won by smaller margins than they expected. I would focus on those who I did the most to help elect. I would focus on those who have blamed me the most for their defeats. I would focus on those who ran as conservatives, who won, but who then failed/refused to defend/advance planks in the Republican Party platform. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.google.com/search?q=help+elect+candidates

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

INDEPENDENT
— Only one news outlet (One America News) has signed on to Hegseth’s media loyalty oath — even Trump-favoring Fox News is boycotting it. DD: My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who f) who refuse to give them money. They have taken many big adverse actions against me. They want to stop me from sending out my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Failing that, they want stop everyone from reading my newsletters. Failing that, they want me to get their specific permission for articles before I include links to those articles in my newsletters. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/newsmax-rejects-pentagon-press-rules-b2844673.html

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 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 13, 2025 Evening Edition

Democrat leaders ever-increasing make it clear that they always have done and that they always will do everything that they can to flood America with their illegals.

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Government shutdown could be the longest ever, Speaker Johnson warns
https://abc7chicago.com/post/vice-president-jd-vance-warns-deeper-cuts-ahead-federal-workers-shutdown-continues/17997267/
— Democrat leaders call for fence around Broadview ICE facility to be torn down
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-fencing-around-broadview-facility-set-removed-live/17997242/
— Columbus Day parade marches through downtown Chicago
https://abc7chicago.com/post/abc7-broadcast-2025-christopher-columbus-day-parade-downtown-chicago-monday-indigenous-peoples/17998220/

NBC5
— Northwestern University ranked 10th and University of Chicago ranked 17th. DD: According to my critics/opponents, degrees from non-Ivy League universities are worthless. That is, my degrees from NIU, Loyola, DePaul, and IIT are worthless.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/2-illinois-universities-make-list-of-best-in-u-s-for-2026/3837894/

CBS2
— Broadview, Illinois shrinks area where protests are allowed outside ICE facility
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/broadview-illinois-shrinks-area-protests-ice-facility/

WGN9
— Suspicious device with anti-ICE message found at Chicago’s Midway Airport
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/suspicious-package-with-anti-ice-message-found-at-chicagos-midway-airport/

FOX32
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their No Kings protests
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/no-kings-protest-returns-chicago-saturday
— Chicagoans celebrate Columbus Day, Indigenous Peoples’ Day
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1723444

WTTW
— Broadview Mayor Shrinks Designated Protest Area Outside ICE Facility
https://news.wttw.com/2025/10/13/broadview-mayor-shrinks-designated-protest-area-outside-ice-facility

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Federal immigration agents step up activity in Lake County.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/lake-county-federal-agents-arrests/
— ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him. Under federal law, registered foreign nationals must carry proof of registration with them at all times. But prior to a second Trump administration, it was rarely enforced.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/ice-fines-chicago-man-for-not-having-papers-on-him/
— Michelle Obama’s Girls Opportunity Alliance pledges $2.5 million for grassroots education for girls.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/michelle-obamas-girls-opportunity-alliance-pledges-2-5-million-for-grassroots-education-for-girls/
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly side with China against America.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/ev-electric-vehicles-china-detroit-automakers-manufacturing/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their criminals and their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/13/poll-chicagoans-national-guard-policing-deportation-campaign-norc-university-of-chicago
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/12/arrival-national-guard-troops-chicago-area-what-readers-say

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage County clerk goes to court to get two election vendors paid
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251013/news/dupage-county-clerk-goes-to-court-to-get-two-election-vendors-paid/
— Glenbard school board president appointed to state House seat
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251013/news/glenbard-school-board-president-appointed-to-state-house-seat/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting religious leaders to promote illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/nonprofits-philanthropy/cardinal-cupich-raps-trumps-immigration-raids-chicago

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— ‘No Kings’ protests return Oct. 18 to ‘fight dictatorship.’
https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/politics/2025/10/13/no-kings-rallies-oct-18-list-of-illinois-protests-times-locations-near-me-chicago/86624492007/

SOUTHERN
— Bailey, Del Mar bring campaign stop to Marion
https://thesouthern.com/news/bailey-del-mar-bring-campaign-stop-to-marion/article_ff61b34b-55a3-57a8-a0e9-15893a3f6b49.html

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

ILLINOIS FREEDOM CAUSUS
— Veto Session This Week In Springfield
https://substack.com/home/post/p-176045108

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Don Tracy Celebrates Historic Gaza Hostage Release and Calls for Continued Peace
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/13/republican-candidate-for-u-s-senate-celebrates-trumps-peace-victory/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Budget gimmicks, pension debt and late financial reports are leaving Illinois taxpayers in the dark, according to Truth in Accounting which gives Illinois another “F” grade.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_1aeb5bba-eeea-4b1e-b745-f8befe9ab6bd.html
— Illinois House Speaker: ‘Mr. Trump, tear down this fence!’  DD: Back then, East Germany stopped its citizens from leaving. Today, foreign countries dump their unwanted citizens on America.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_011592ec-68c1-4e1c-a696-9165b9bab8d5.html

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois checks, balances? Not under Pritzker.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-checks-balances-not-under-pritzker/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Leftists refuse to help ICE and then blame murderous illegals on Trump
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/13/leftists-refuse-help-ice-blame-murderous-illegals-trump/
— Legislation seeks to save Columbus Day from being replaced by Indigenous Peoples’ Day
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/13/legislation-seeks-save-columbus-day-replaced-indigenous-peoples-day/
— Speaker Johnson says no quick fix to Obamacare subsidy ‘boondoggle’
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/13/speaker-mike-johnson-says-no-quick-fix-obamacare-subsidy-boondoggle/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Broadview, Illinois reduces ICE protest zone after ‘chaos,’ 15 arrests
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3848374/broadview-illinois-reduces-ice-protest-zone-after-chaos-arrests/
— Virginia’s proposed abortion ‘right’ would take power from parents
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/equality-not-elitism/3848533/virginia-abortion-fundamental-right-to-protective-freedom-takes-power-from-parents/
— ‘We’re back, Italians,’ Trump proclaims in recognition of ‘hero’ Christopher Columbus
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/3847895/were-back-italians-trump-proclaims-in-recognition-of-hero-christopher-columbus/

BREITBART
— Illinois State Police Arrest Unlawful Anti-ICE Protesters
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/10/12/illinois-state-police-arrest-unlawful-anti-ice-protesters/
— ‘Incompatible Ideology’: Rep. Chip Roy’s Bill Aims to Protect U.S. from Illegals Who Observe Sharia Law
https://www.breitbart.com/faith/2025/10/13/incompatible-ideology-rep-chip-roy-aims-to-protect-u-s-from-illegals-who-observe-sharia-law/

CAMPUS REFORM
— Trinity Washington University hosts event honoring convicted cop killer Assata Shakur
https://www.campusreform.org/article/trinity-washington-university-hosts-event-honoring-convicted-cop-killer-assata-shakur/28757

CHRISTIAN POST
— A day of remembrance for assassinated conservative Christian figure Charlie Kirk is scheduled to be held on Tuesday, which would have been the political activist’s 32nd birthday.
https://www.christianpost.com/news/charlie-kirk-national-day-of-remembrance-to-be-held-this-week.html

DAILY WIRE
— Portland Protesters Stage Nude ‘Die-In’ To Stop Trump’s Deportations
https://www.dailywire.com/news/portland-protesters-stage-nude-die-in-to-stop-trumps-deportations

FOX BUSINESS
— Billionaire Ken Griffin says Citadel’s Chicago exodus was ‘not hard,’ cites crime, taxes. Ken Griffin’s hedge fund relocated global headquarters to Miami in 2022 citing crime and tax concerns
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/billionaire-ken-griffin-says-citadels-chicago-exodus-not-hard-crime-taxes-drove-workers-away

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Evanston Has Doled Out Millions in Housing Reparations
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/this-illinois-town-has-doled-out-millions-in-housing-reparations-but-ownership-remains-out-of-reach/amp/

TPUSA
— Left-Wing University of Minnesota Club to Honor George Floyd in Protest of Charlie Kirk Day of Remembrance. DD: Democrats promote George Floyd. Republicans promote Charlie Kirk.
https://tpusa.com/live/left-wing-university-of-minnesota-club-to-honor-george-floyd-in-protest-of-charlie-kirk-day-of-remembrance/

TOWNHALL
— During the Schumer Shutdown, Democrats Are Using Americans As Pawns
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2025/10/13/schumer-says-trump-and-russell-vought-using-americans-as-pawns-n2664864

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Hegseth touts push to replace heavyset National Guard troops in Illinois
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5553001-hegeseth-emphasizes-military-fitness/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Vance warns of deeper cuts ahead for federal workers
https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-vance-trump-furlough-congress-fired-6179d3359c0d6f547e963822d67c28b4

CBS NEWS
— Newsom signs law banning new Glock sales in California
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/newsom-to-decide-bill-glock-sales-california/
— Pain for federal workers as government shutdown continues. DD: Federal employees have always been demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being grossly overpaid. Since September of 1997 when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire, no one has had any sympathy for my losing 56% of my annual income. In today’s dollars a loss of $86,371/year ($153,151/year salary minus $66,780/year Civil Service Retirement System pension. They have always stressed my wife’s income, our not having any dependents, our being debt-free, our retirement and other savings, the federal government paying 72% of our health insurance, our home in Wheaton, our cars, etc.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/pain-for-federal-workers-as-government-shutdown-continues/

WASHINGTON POST
— Historic wave of retirements is putting huge strains on the government. Tens of thousands of federal employees have taken retirement or other voluntary departures on top of the Trump administration’s latest layoffs.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/13/retirements-buyouts-federal-government-trump/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DD: In Diersen v. GAO, the courts abolished federal Civil Service protections and gave the federal government the power to force its employees to retire, that is, to fire them. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf
https://www.aol.com/news/opinion-trump-wants-supreme-court-110028479.html

BALTIMORE SUN
— Trump to award Charlie Kirk Medal of Freedom on what would’ve been his 32nd birthday
https://www.baltimoresun.com/2025/10/13/trump-to-award-charlie-kirk-medal-of-freedom-on-what-wouldve-been-his-32nd-birthday/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Furloughed Federal Workers Turn to Side Hustles to Survive Shutdown. Gig jobs for Lyft and others are helping employees across the government stay afloat until paychecks resume. DD: Federal employees have always been demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being grossly overpaid. Since September of 1997 when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire, no one has had any sympathy for my losing 56% of my annual income. In today’s dollars a loss of $86,371/year ($153,151/year salary minus $66,780/year Civil Service Retirement System pension. They have always stressed my wife’s income, our not having any dependents, our being debt-free, our retirement and other savings, the federal government paying 72% of our health insurance, our home in Wheaton, our cars, etc.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/federal-worker-side-hustles-government-shutdown-bd55612c

CEO TODAY
— DD: For Democrats, government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats. Virtually all government employees are Democrats. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat who would take the job. I qualified myself for the Post Office job by passing the postal employment examination and earning a high school diploma. I qualified myself for the IRS job by passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination and an earning a job-related bachelor’s degree. I qualified myself for the GAO job by earning a job-related master’s degree and passing the CPA examination on my first attempt.
https://www.ceotodaymagazine.com/2025/10/trump-federal-purge-washington-civil-service-collapse-2025/

FED SMITH
— Going for Broke? This Shutdown is Different, May Last Longer and Reshape the Federal Government.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2025/10/13/shutdown-is-different-may-last-longer-and-reshape-federal-government/

PBS
— Some Indigenous Peoples Day events strike conciliatory tone as Trump focuses on Columbus
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/some-indigenous-peoples-day-events-strike-conciliatory-tone-as-trump-focuses-on-columbus

ATLANTIC
— Trump’s Costly Cuts to the Civil Service. The administration is culling the best and brightest from the federal workforce. DD: Needless-to-say, I have never been viewed as being one of the best and the brightest federal employees. My critics/opponents stress the adverse actions that my Democrat superiors took against me. They stress that my IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12 even though I earned an MBA and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt. They stress that my Democrat GAO superiors never promoted me beyond GS-13 even though I earned a master’s degree in accounting, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, became a licensed CPA, earned four more job-related professional certifications, and earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/10/worst-way-cut-government-spending/684478/

October 9, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Troops arrive at Broadview ICE facility as federal court to weigh Trump’s National Guard deployment
https://abc7chicago.com/post/national-guard-chicago-area-thursday-federal-court-weigh-trumps-deployment-troops-protect-ice-officers-broadview/17970024/
— Hammond city officials shut down ICE staging at police department
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-hammond-indiana-mayor-thomas-mcdermott-jr-says-city-officials-shut-down-staging-police-department-thursday/17971934/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly get the Pope a) to not promote personal responsibility, b) to promote dependency on government and charity, and c) to get people to blame their problems on those who have more money than they have.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/vatican-document-news-pope-leo-xiv-condemns-economies-marginalize-poor-wealthy-live-bubble-luxury/17973300/

NBC5
— Federal officials to buy Chicago buildings in immigration enforcement operations. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says the purchases indicate the resolve of federal agents to continue immigration enforcement actions.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/federal-officials-to-buy-chicago-buildings-in-immigration-enforcement-operations/3836191/
— Judge orders new guidelines for agent encounters with protesters and press. Just Sara Ellis said the order goes into effect immediately and will be in force for 14 days while arguments in the overall complaint continue.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/judge-orders-new-guidelines-for-agent-encounters-with-protesters-and-press/3836141/

CBS2
— U.S. District Court chief judge says National Guard not needed at Dirksen Federal Building in Chicago
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/u-s-district-court-chief-judge-national-guard-dirksen-federal-building/

FOX32
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly urge the Pope to advance the Democrat Party platform.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/pope-meets-chicago-union-leaders-urges-migrant-welcome-crackdown

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Federal judge blocks Trump administration from deploying National Guard troops to Chicago
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/09/trump-national-guard-restraining-order/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly urge the Pope to advance the Democrat Party platform.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/09/pope-leo-chicago-union-migrant/
— Will County puts off immigration resolution vote as leaders seek compromise
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/09/will-county-immigration-resolution-delay/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their criminals and their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/10/09/immigrant-crime-donald-trump-deportation-campaign-chicago-national-guard
— Bally’s warns video gambling in Chicago would cost the city $74M in yearly revenue and up to 1,050 jobs
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2025/10/09/ballys-casino-anthony-beale-video-gambling-proposal-chicago-lost-revenue

DAILY HERALD
— Security increased around National Guard base in Elwood as activity draws public’s attention
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251009/news/security-increased-around-national-guard-base-in-elwood-as-activity-draws-publics-attention/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their illegals.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251009/news/community-leaders-in-speak-out-on-ice-activity-in-will-county/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DD: Trump puts America first even if that harms his personal finances.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/trumps-chicago-crackdown-hurts-business-chipparoni

WGN RADIO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Pat Brady against Trump.
https://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/pat-brady-i-dont-know-what-the-end-game-is/

QUAD CITY TIMES
— Iowa Gov. Reynolds orders E-Verify checks for state hires, licenses
https://qctimes.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/article_954518ec-03a5-42fa-bb04-f00d8074b419.html

RIVER BENDER
— Duckworth, Durbin Join Schatz, Colleagues in Introducing Legislation to Protect Federal Workers and Their Families During Shutdown. New legislation aims to shield federal employees from eviction, defaults amid ongoing government shutdown. DD: So far, in today’s dollars, my Democrat GAO superiors forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 has cost me $86,371/year or $2.9 million. That is, $153,151/year salary minus $66,780/year Civil Service Retirement System pension. To paint my wife and I as being filthy rich, my Democrat GAO superiors stressed my wife’s income, that we had no dependents, that we had no debts, that had retirement savings, that we owned a 13-year-old home in Wheaton, that we owned a 1997 Chevrolet Cavalier, 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX, 1990 Thunderbird LX, 1972 Corvette, 1968 Dodge Charger R/T, and 1962 Chevrolet Impala SS.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/duckworth-durbin-join-schatz-colleagues-in-introducing-legislation-to-protect-federal-workers-and-their-families-during-shutdown-87063.cfm?

WQAD
— Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signs executive order requiring state departments to use E-Verify
https://www.wqad.com/video/news/politics/iowa-politics/kim-reynolds-signs-executive-order-requiring-state-departments-to-use-e-verify/526-b3dbb4fb-2f48-43fa-8aad-5f2630c3005c

NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope to promote more mass/illegal immigration. To promote mass/illegal immigration is to destroy the world.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-10-09/pope-leo-says-faith-and-love-for-migrants-are-connected

AXIOS CHICAGO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly create more poverty and crime.
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2025/10/09/trumps-chicago-jail-pritzker-johnson-illinois-ice-police-agents

CAPITOL FAX
— Mendrick: ‘These ICE raids are JB Pritzker’s raids’
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/09/mendrick-these-ice-raids-are-jb-pritzkers-raids/
— Feds handed third court loss in a row
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/09/feds-handed-third-court-loss-in-a-row/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/09/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-400/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Federal judge grants Illinois restraining order against Trump for Guard deployment
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_f3859f5a-bd8d-4710-8ac2-a49725120b69.html

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Congressman Mike Bost’s Suit against Accepting Ballots after Election Day – Transcript Linked
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/09/supreme-court-hears-arguments-in-congressman-mike-bosts-suit-against-accepting-ballots-after-election-day/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Without reforms, pension insolvency will eat Chicago alive
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/without-reforms-pension-insolvency-will-eat-chicago-alive/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Judiciary chairman says impeachment is ‘on the table’ for anti-Trump judges
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/9/jim-jordan-judiciary-chairman-says-impeachment-table-anti-trump/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— DHS eyeing buildings in Chicago and Portland for immigration operations
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3844754/dhs-eyeing-buildings-chicago-portland-immigration-operations/
— Chicago has no sovereign right to its own immigration policy
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/3842691/chicago-no-sovereign-right-immigration-policy/
— Donald Trump Jr. swears off ‘RINO network’ Fox News
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/entertainment/3841171/donald-trump-jr-rino-network-fox-news/

NEW YORK POST
— Turning Point USA to air its own ‘All American’ Super Bowl LX halftime show to compete with NFL’s Bad Bunny
https://nypost.com/2025/10/09/us-news/turning-point-usa-to-air-its-own-all-american-super-bowl-lx-halftime-show-to-compete-with-nfls-bad-bunny/

AMERICA FIRST POLICY INSTITUTE
— Shutdown Costs Americans Jobs, Services, and Economic Security
https://www.americafirstpolicy.com/issues/shutdown-costs-americans-jobs-services-and-economic-security

BREITBART
— Confederate Mayor Brandon Johnson Won’t Say He’d Deport Someone Who Raped His Wife
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/09/nolte-confederate-mayor-brandon-johnson-wont-say-hed-deport-illegal-if-wife-raped/amp/

FEDERALIST
— Democrats Rebelling Against Trump Resurrect Confederate Talking Points
https://thefederalist.com/2025/10/09/dems-rebelling-against-trump-resurrect-confederate-talking-points/
— Democrats Are Holding The Government Hostage To Get Taxpayer-Funded Health Care For Illegals
https://thefederalist.com/2025/10/09/democrats-are-holding-the-government-hostage-to-get-taxpayer-funded-health-care-for-illegals/

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— America’s Adversaries are Exploiting U.S. Immigration Policies
https://www.fairus.org/two-new-fair-reports-expose-how-americas-adversaries-are-exploiting-us-immigration-policies

FOX NEWS
— ‘Pritzker is a joke’: Texas Gov. Abbott mocks sanctuary governor for opposing National Guard troops. Texas National Guard troops arrived in Illinois on Tuesday, tasked with protecting federal personnel and property amid anti-immigration protests
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pritzker-joke-texas-gov-abbott-mocks-sanctuary-governor-opposing-national-guard-troops
— ‘Operation Midway Blitz’: Inside DOJ’s push to tackle crime, illegal immigration in Chicago. FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche visit field office during massive immigration operation.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/operation-midway-blitz-inside-dojs-push-tackle-crime-illegal-immigration-chicago
–DD: Trump is fighting big problems that Democrats created.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/sen-tammy-duckworth-trumps-domestic-troop-deployments-betray-military-nation

HOMELAND SECURITY TODAY
— ICE and Oklahoma Highway Patrol Arrests 91 Illegal Aliens Driving 18-Wheelers in I-40 Operation
https://www.hstoday.us/subject-matter-areas/border-security/ice-and-oklahoma-highway-patrol-arrests-91-illegal-aliens-driving-18-wheelers-in-i-40-operation/

ISSUES & INSIGHTS
— Democrats, Call Off Your Animals
https://issuesinsights.com/2025/10/08/democrats-call-off-your-animals/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The GOP Is Letting Democrats Win the Shutdown
https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/the-gop-is-letting-democrats-win-the-shutdown/

NEWSMAX
— Federal Judge: Chicago’s Warrantless ICE Arrests Unlawful
https://www.newsmax.com/us/chicago-ice-dhs/2025/10/09/id/1229686/
— GOP Govs Must Back Trump on Census, Redistricting
https://www.newsmax.com/us/david-bossie-gop-governors/2025/10/08/id/1229536/

ZERO HEDGE
— Democrat Claims Trump Crime Crackdown Is “The Very Same Thing” As The Rise Of Third Reich
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/democrat-claims-trump-crime-crackdown-very-same-thing-rise-third-reich

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— GOP senators urge RFK Jr. to crack down on medication abortion
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5548128-gop-senators-rfk-jr-medication-abortion/

MSN
— The 20 best conservative places to live in the US. DD: Buyer beware. Republicans create prosperity and safety. Democrats create poverty and crime. When Democrats move in, poverty and crime increase.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/realestate/the-20-best-conservative-places-to-live-in-the-us-according-to-data/ss-AA1O6vC4

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— ICE to Expand Footprint in Chicagoland, Homeland Secretary Noem Pledges. Illinois Gov. Pritzker says feds ‘just looking for ways to provoke people.’
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/ice-to-expand-footprint-in-chicagoland-homeland-secretary-noem-pledges-c057b08b

POLITICO
— Illinois judge blocks federal authorities from using force against Chicago journalists
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/09/chicago-journalists-ice-lawsuit-00600209

October 8, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Pritzker says President Trump deploying troops to Chicago due to ‘dementia’ and obsessive fixations
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/gov-jb-pritzker-says-president-233400557.html
— DD: Hate-filled conservative-hating conservative haters dominate Illinois. Anticipate/expect that they will ever-increasingly promote more hatred against conservatives.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/08/opinion-fired-social-media-posts-charlie-kirk-cancel-culture/
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/06/column-charles-selle-banned-booksrevolutionary-act/

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: DD: Lake County Democrats ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251007/news/great-fear-and-uncertainty-lake-county-leaders-speak-out-against-escalating-ice-operations/
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251007/editorials/daily-herald-editorial-a-war-of-words-we-need-leaders-to-tone-down-the-rhetoric-before-things-get/

ABC7
— Insurrection Act explained: How 1807 law could be used as Trump deploys National Guard in Chicago
https://abc7chicago.com/post/what-is-insurrection-act-1807-us-president-donald-trump-threatens-law-heres-how-been-used-could-work-2025/17959363/

FOX32
— Trump says Johnson, Pritzker ‘should be in jail’ for not protecting ICE
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-brandon-johnson-pritzker-ice

GO PRIDE CHICAGO
— Protest planned Oct. 8 downtown Chicago as Texas troops enter Illinois
https://chicago.gopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/139873329

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/08/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-607/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

JOHN KASS
— Confederate Chaos in Chicago
https://johnkassnews.com/confederate-chaos-in-chicago/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

NEW YORK POST
— Cuban-led caravan en route to Mexico City as Trump policies deter migrants from US
https://nypost.com/2025/10/07/world-news/cuban-led-caravan-en-route-to-mexico-city-as-trump-policies-deter-migrants-from-us/
— Parents flex their power with anti-woke ‘Cancel Netflix’ boycott
https://nypost.com/2025/10/07/opinion/parents-flex-their-power-with-anti-woke-cancel-netflix-boycott/

AMAC
— HIJACKED: The Radical Left Takeover of the Democrat Party
https://amac.us/newsline/politics/hijacked-the-radical-left-takeover-of-the-democrat-party-amac-magazine-exclusive/
— Charlie Kirk: America Must Choose: MAGA or Mamdani-ism
https://publication.amac.us/view/864872783/8/
— Netflix in Crisis as Subscribers Flee Over Woke Kids Shows
https://amac.us/newsline/politics/netflix-in-crisis-as-subscribers-flee-over-woke-kids-shows/

BLAZE
— 8 things Chicago has done to put illegal immigrants first
https://www.theblaze.com/news/chicago-helping-illegal-aliens-history

BREITBART
— Speaker Johnson Shows What Democrats Are Demanding in Order to Reopen Government: Taxpayer-Funded Illegal Alien Health Care, $1.5 Trillion in Partisan Spending
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/07/speaker-johnson-shows-what-democrats-are-demanding-to-reopen-government-taxpayer-funded-illegal-alien-health-care-1-5-trillion-partisan-spending/
— Democrat Spending Proposal Funds Woke Programs, Upends Trump Executive Order to End Crime, Fix Homeless Crisis
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/07/democrat-spending-proposal-funds-woke-programs-upends-trump-executive-order-to-end-crime-fix-homeless-crisis/

FOX NEWS
— Trump drives the shutdown coverage, but leaderless Democrats have broken through with healthcare message. White House stays above the fray as congressional leadership dukes it out.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-drives-shutdown-coverage-leaderless-democrats-have-broken-through-healthcare-message
— You never see the left fight this hard for Americans
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6382230908112

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Trump Calls for Chicago Mayor, Illinois Governor to Be Jailed
https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-10-08/trump-calls-for-chicago-mayor-illinois-governor-to-be-jailed

ASSOCIAED PRESS
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly side with their criminals and with their illegals against America.
https://apnews.com/photo-gallery/national-guard-deployment-portland-chicago-084e526027510d3f7501f475f737bc81
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal drugs.
https://apnews.com/article/trinidad-us-military-venezuela-strikes-fishing-fcd24c441f58162b811a24b247334fc5

REUTERS
— Trump’s threat to invoke Insurrection Act escalates showdown with Democratic cities
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trumps-threat-invoke-insurrection-act-escalates-showdown-with-democratic-cities-2025-10-07/

CNN
— Trump compares Democrats to ‘insurrectionists’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twCZMMIp4IQ
— India has a festival where a Hindu goddess slays a demon. This year the demon is Trump. DD: In WWIII, will India side with China and Russia or with America?
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/08/india/india-hindu-festival-demon-trump-intl-hnk-dst

MSNBC
— DD: Democrat leaders say “Neighbors push back as Trump’s ICE army terrorizes Chicago suburbs.” Those who run the mainstream news media are Democrat leaders.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dx266qOOic

NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Chicago Democrats ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/us/fear-ice-chicago.html
— National Guard Troops Assemble in Chicago Area as Trump Officials Make Visits. Troops from Texas arrived in Illinois and are expected to deploy in the Chicago area on Wednesday, a U.S. military official said. Officials there and in Portland, Ore., are trying to block the deployments in court.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10/07/us/trump-national-guard-illinois-texas
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly replace citizens of America with citizens of foreign countries.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/us/politics/trump-h-1b-visa-fee-universities.html
— Supreme Court to Consider Illinois Mail-In Balloting Lawsuit. The case, one of several challenges to mail-in ballot rules lodged by allies of President Trump, involves an effort to exclude votes received after Election Day.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/us/politics/supreme-court-mail-ballots-illinois.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/us/politics/texas-lgbtq-schools.html
— Shutdown Politics Has G.O.P. Singing Government’s Praises. As Republicans try to pin blame for shutdown damage on Democrats, they are hailing a federal bureaucracy they normally bash as wasteful and overreaching. DD: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/us/politics/shutdown-republicans-trump-government.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump declares English the official language
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/08/trump-univision-youtube/

USA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration and abortion
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2025/09/16/trump-immigration-14th-amendment-supreme-court/85977588007/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: $1.5M is a retirement ‘magic number.’ Here’s how long it lasts in every state. DD: My retirement income and savings are dramatically less because my Democrat superiors in the deferral government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/10/06/retirement-savings-social-security-florida-arizona/86550681007/

BOSTON HERALD
— Democrats’ dream, America’s nightmare
https://www.bostonherald.com/2025/10/08/howie-carr-democrats-dream-americas-nightmare/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Oct. 7 Warning for the U.S. on China. Israel got complacent, thinking war would never come. Are we doing the same with Taiwan?
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-oct-7-warning-for-the-u-s-on-china-5a60023a

HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
— 6 Red Flags That Keep Good Candidates from Getting Hired. DD: From what I see, ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the less likely that you will be hired: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or if you have ancestors who had been in America for a lone time. I should write about that.
https://hbr.org/2025/10/6-red-flags-that-keep-good-candidates-from-getting-hired

INC.
— DD: What did you do that your superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates did not do? Mine did not earn job-related master’s degrees, professional certifications, and a professional license like I did. Instead. they focused on helping their superiors get rid of their employees like me who were conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a lone time. I should write about that. I would focus on those who took the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.inc.com/roy-dekel/stop-caring-about-college-degrees-when-youre-hiring/91249033

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Trump Officials Reportedly Discussing Selling Off Student Loans. DD: If you got a student loan, a) you did not work your way through college, b) your GPA should have been higher, c) you should have gotten a job that required a college degree faster, and d) your pay should have been higher. I did not get a student loan. My GPA was lower because I spent far too many hours washing dishes and delivering mail instead of studying. I did not get a job that required a college degree until 10 months after I graduated and my salary was only $55,850/year in today’s dollars.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2025/10/08/trump-officials-reportedly-discussing-selling-student-loans
— DD: For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats. My parents sent me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools. That  put me on track to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree (management), b) three job related master’s degrees (business, accounting, and finance), c) six job-related professional certifications (accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting), and d) a job-related professional license (CPA).
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/governance/executive-leadership/2025/10/08/how-trumps-compact-threatens-higher-ed-funding

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— House Republicans advance plan to undermine civil service protections. DD: If you are a federal employee, the more of the following that you are, the fewer protections that you have: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-veteran, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. The Democrats who run the federal government get rid of federal employees who are the aforesaid because they vote for Republicans.
https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2025/04/house-republicans-advance-plan-cut-federal-worker-benefits-and-undermine-civil-service-protections/404969/

DAILY KOS
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that conservatives cause all the problems that Blacks have.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/10/7/2347210/-Black-Kos-It-doesn-t-have-to-be-Black-History-month-to-learn-and-celebrate-Black-History

AXIOS
— DD: Do you know any past or present federal employees or retirees? I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. I have been a federal retiree for 28 years. I should write about the attitude that people have toward federal employees and retirees. Overwhelmingly, they believe that federal employees are overpaid, their benefits are too generous, and that federal pensions are too generous. In my defense, while I was a federal employee, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. In today’s dollars, my federal salary increased from $19.37/hour to $153,151/year. My Civil Service Retirement System Pension is $66,780/year.
https://www.axios.com/2025/10/07/government-shutdown-federal-workers

October 7, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Mayor Johnson says ‘Trump declared war on Chicago’ as Texas National Guard troops arrive in suburbs. Questions surround what the National Guard’s role will be in the Chicago area.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-national-guard-patrol-chicago-area-troops-depart-texas-trump-threatens-use-insurrection-act/17956187/
— Chicago anarchist website is targeting ICE agents, facilities
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-anarchist-website-targeting-agents-facilities-law-enforcement-security-bulletins-say/17953253/
— Air traffic staffing shortage hits O’Hare amid government shutdown; delays possible
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-ohare-delays-possible-amid-air-traffic-controller-shortage-government-shutdown-continues/17959136/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/north-suburban-residents-congressman-brad-schneider-speak-escalating-immigration-enforcement-lake-county/17958114/

NBC5
— Ground delay issued at O’Hare Airport due to staffing shortages. A shortage of air traffic controllers also led to delays at airports in Boston, Philadelphia, Nashville, Houston, Chicago and Las Vegas, the FAA said.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/ground-delay-issued-at-ohare-airport-due-to-staffing-issues/3835020/
— White House looks for a loophole in the law that ensures federal workers get paid after a shutdown. The memo suggests furloughed workers are not entitled to back pay, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/white-house-looks-for-loophole-in-law-ensuring-federal-workers-get-paid-after-a-shutdown/3834851/
— National Guard troops appear to arrive in a Chicago suburb. A spokesperson for an Illinois congresswoman with knowledge of the situation confirmed troops had arrived at the Elwood U.S. Army Reserve, located about 50 miles outside of Chicago.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/national-guard-troops-have-arrived-in-a-chicago-suburb-officials-say/3834871/

CBS2
— Texas National Guard members arrive in Illinois, troops could begin assignments Wednesday
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/texas-national-guard-deploying-not-clear-illinois/
— Broadview mayor signs order limiting protest times outside ICE facility
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/broadview-mayor-executive-order-protest-times-ice-facility/

WGN9
— White House memo argues furloughed workers not guaranteed back pay
https://wgntv.com/news/white-house-memo-argues-furloughed-workers-not-guaranteed-backpay/

FOX32
— University of Chicago professor charged with felonies after ICE protests in Broadview
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/university-chicago-professor-charged-felonies-ice-protests-broadview

WBEZ
— Texas National Guard members arrive at Chicago area military training facility. Military troops arrived at an Elwood training center after weeks of threats from President Donald Trump’s administration, over the objections of local leaders.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/10/07/national-guard-chicago-texas-jb-pritzker-donald-trump-elwood-will-county

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Texas National Guard arrives in the Chicago area
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/07/national-guard-arrives-chicago-illinois/
— Mayor Brandon Johnson says federal agents who break city law should be charged with crime. DD: Federal law trumps state and local law.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/07/mayor-brandon-johnson-federal-agents-break-city-law-charged-crime/
— Oak Park elected officials stand against ICE after township trustee Juan Munoz detained in Broadview
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/07/oak-park-officials-stand-against-ice/
— Back of the Yards activists call on shopping plaza to block ICE operations on their property
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/07/back-of-the-yards-ice-immigration/
— Oak Park vote to protect gender affirming care generates community debate
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/07/oak-park-gender-affirming-care-discussion/
— Waukegan mayor intercedes in Border Patrol arrest
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/07/waukegan-mayor-ice-arrest/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Texas National Guard members arrive at Chicago area military training facility. Military troops arrived at an Elwood training center after weeks of threats from President Donald Trump’s administration, over the objections of local leaders.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/07/national-guard-chicago-texas-jb-pritzker-donald-trump-elwood-will-county
— Federal workers in Chicago feeling ‘emotionally exhausted’ from government shutdown. Three workers who spoke with the Sun-Times said they haven’t been furloughed, but they’ve dealt with uncertainties and fragmented coordination since the federal government shut down Oct. 1.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/10/07/federal-workers-in-chicago-feeling-emotionally-exhausted-from-government-shutdown
— Broadview mayor signs executive order setting fixed protest hours outside ICE facility. Broadview mayor signs executive order setting fixed protest hours outside ICE facility. The new protest hours are from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily, citing public safety concerns, according to the executive order. Protests have popped up almost daily outside the ICE facility since President Donald Trump’s deportation campaign ramped up last month. DD: Protesters do not pop up, they do what their Democrat leaders tell them to do.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/06/broadview-mayor-signs-executive-order-setting-fixed-protest-hours-outside-ice-facility
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their criminals and their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2025/10/07/expert-says-threats-of-militarization-and-immigration-enforcement-fuel-anxieties

DAILY HERALD
— Texas National Guard troops mobilize in Chicago region
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251007/nation-and-world-politics/texas-national-guard-troops-mobilize-in-chicago-region/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— U.S. shutdown creates air traffic delays at O’Hare
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/airlines-airports/us-shutdown-creates-air-traffic-delays-chicago
— Trump weighs Insurrection Act as National Guard arrives near Chicago
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/trump-weighs-insurrection-act-troops-reach-chicago
— DD: Chicago business groups (Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce, Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and Civic Federation) ever-increasingly fight to protect their criminals and their illegals.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/chicago-biz-groups-push-back-trump-national-guard-plan
— Meet Crain’s 40 Under 40 class of 2025. DD: The list includes Greg Hart. What did you accomplish by the time you were 40? By the time I was 33 in 1982, I had become a licensed CPA, passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, earned an MBA from Loyola, and earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/awards/meet-crains-40-under-40-class-2025
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/abortion-will-continue-be-legal-illinois-feigenholtz-op-ed

SOUTHEN
— Air traffic controllers working without pay begin to call out sick, leading to flight cancellations and delays nationwide
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/10/07/air-traffic-controllers-working-without-pay-begin-to-call-out-sick-leading-to-flight-cancellations-and-delays-nationwide/

HERALD WHIG
— Dabrowski encouraged by response of area Republicans to his candidacy
https://www.whig.com/news/elections/dabrowski-encouraged-by-response-of-area-republicans-to-his-candidacy/article_4ba2da5d-7666-4ec4-a9dd-95457da61746.html

COD COURIER
— Political Post Sparks Local Controversy for Glen Ellyn Pizzeria Owner. The owner of Pie Life Pizzeria, Joe Smith, has faced backlash after he made a post following Charlie Kirk’s death, and a Republican organization has called attention to it.
https://codcourier.org/political-post-sparks-local-controversy-for-glen-ellyn-pizzeria-owner/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In the post, shared on Smith’s personal Facebook account within 24 hours of Kirk’s death, he wrote, “Play Nazi games, win Nazi prizes.” The comment quickly spread through social media after the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) reposted it. A community member notified the Republican organization of this post, so they reposted a photo of Smith and his original post and wrote, “Everyone meet Joe. Joe owns ‘Pie Life Pizzeria’ on Roosevelt Rd. in Glen Ellyn. Joe has a lot of opinions and loves airing them on social media. Well, we want to make sure Joe gets his message out to the folks of Glen Ellyn so they know what he stands for. The post received dozens of reactions and comments from community members. Some called for others to stop supporting the restaurant, with one user writing, “Making this viral so all can boycott this guy,” and another asking, “So are there any other East Coast-style pizza places near Wheaton that at the very least keep their political opinions to themselves and make good pizza?” Smith has also stated that he has received voicemails leaving fake pizza orders followed by threatening messages. The Republican organization chairman, Jeff Castle, later described Smith’s comment as “extremely inappropriate and disgusting,” saying that any language which appears to justify, excuse or minimize political violence is wholly unacceptable in civil society.  “The MTRO believes that community leaders and business owners have a responsibility to uphold higher standards, as their public remarks carry significant influence and reflect upon the values of the communities they serve,” Castle said.  However, the group emphasized that it did not call for a boycott of Pie Life Pizzeria but rather wanted to inform.)

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/07/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-398/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

TED DABROWSKI
— Dabrowski/Mendoza Campaign Recognizes October 7th as Jewish Day of Remembrance
https://tedforillinois.com/#news

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Diane Harris Announces Candidacy for Republican Nomination for Secretary of State
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/07/diane-harris-announces-candidacy-for-republican-nomination-for-secretary-of-state/
— Fifteen-Minute Video of the Weekend Protests in Chicago, Complete with Illinois State Police in Action
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/07/fifteen-minute-video-of-the-weekend-protests-in-chicago-complete-with-illinois-state-police-in-action/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Republicans label Democrats ‘liars’ amid public safety, shutdown debate
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_92375672-7c91-4ea0-9347-36a56426a5b4.html

CHICAGO CONTRARIAN
— Political Pandering Won’t Heal Chicago’s Black Community DD: To get more votes from Blacks, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that conservatives cause all the problems that Blacks have.
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/political-pandering-chicago-black-community

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Attorney General Bondi challenges Democrats to let go of ‘hate’ for Trump
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/7/attorney-general-bondi-challenges-democrats-let-go-hate-trump/
— Trump blasts ‘absolutely ridiculous’ Bad Bunny pick for Super Bowl
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/7/trump-blasts-absolutely-ridiculous-bad-bunny-pick-super-bowl/
— Americans, tragically, immorally, are turning against Israel
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/7/americans-tragically-immorally-turning-israel/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Brandon Johnson’s Civil War rhetoric is deranged
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3840918/brandon-johnson-civil-war-rhetoric-deranged/
— Trump pushes back decision on federal employee mass firings by ‘four or five days’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3840751/trump-federal-employee-mass-firings-decision-delayed-four-or-five-days/
— The 1619 Project’s fingerprints are all over the Smithsonian’s African American museum
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/3839578/1619-project-fingerprints-smithsonian-african-american-museum/

NEW YORK POST
— ICE on track to deport 600K migrants in 2025, 2 million have left: ‘Just the beginning’
https://nypost.com/2025/10/07/us-news/trumps-ice-on-track-to-deport-600k-migrants-in-2025-2-million-have-left-the-country-dhs-says/
— Charlie Kirk and George Floyd’s shared day exposes America’s fault lines
https://nypost.com/2025/10/07/opinion/charlie-kirk-george-floyds-shared-day-exposes-americas-fault-lines/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Whoopi doles out bizarre tip to help illegals avoid ICE at the Super Bowl
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/10/07/whoopi-doles-out-bizarre-tip-to-help-illegals-avoid-ice-at-the-super-bowl-1590714/

BREITBART
— Democrats Want ICE Investigated After Agents Arrest Illegal Aliens in Chicago
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/07/democrats-want-ice-investigated-after-agents-arrest-illegal-aliens-in-chicago/

COLLEGE FIX
— Black student alliance hosts day-long celebration for cop killer Assata Shakur
https://www.thecollegefix.com/black-student-alliance-hosts-day-long-celebration-for-cop-killer-assata-shakur/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Bondi Clashes With Illinois’ Durbin Over Sending National Guard Troops to Chicago
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/10/07/bondi-dunks-durbin-discusses-law-enforcement/

EPOCH TIMES
— Link Between Transgenderism and Violence in Spotlight. Shootings by transgender individuals raise concern over convergence of mental illness, medication, and radicalization.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/link-between-transgenderism-and-violence-in-spotlight-5921088

FOX NEWS
— Bondi clashes with Durbin on National Guard deployment: ‘Love Chicago as much as you hate President Trump.’  Illinois’ governor and Chicago’s mayor have sued to block federal troops from being sent to the city.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bondi-clashes-durbin-national-guard-deployment-love-chicago-much-you-hate-president-trump
— Far-left University of Chicago professor charged with violent felonies during anti-ICE riots in Broadview. Eman Abdelhadi faces two counts of aggravated battery to government employee and resisting arrest charges.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/far-left-university-chicago-professor-charged-violent-felonies-during-anti-ice-riots-broadview
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly equate their illegals with their slaves.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/former-msnbc-host-joy-reid-claims-illegals-new-n-word-republicans

NEWSMAX
— Portland Unrest Is ‘Pure Insurrection’
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/donald-trump-portland-insurrection/2025/10/06/id/1229288/

PJ MEDIA
— Yes, They Are Trying to Replace Us. Let Me Show You Their Plan.
https://pjmedia.com/kevindowneyjr/2025/10/07/yes-they-are-trying-to-replace-us-let-me-show-you-their-plan-n4944590

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— AG Pam Bondi vs. Illinois Sen. Durbin: “If You’re Not Going To Protect Your Citizens, President Trump Will”
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/10/07/ag_pam_bondi_vs_illinois_sen_durbin_.html
— What Would You Call An Organized Campaign Of Violence To Disable A Law Enforcement Agency, Other Than Domestic Terrorism?
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/10/07/stephen_miller_what_would_you_call_an_organized_campaign_of_violence_to_disable_a_law_enforcement_agency_other_than_domestic_terrorism.html

REAL CLEAR WIRE
— The Progressive Flight From Reality
https://realclearwire.com/articles/2025/10/03/the_progressive_flight_from_reality_153363.html

TOWNHALL
— Trump Sent in the Troops – Now the State Is Suing
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeff-charles/2025/10/06/illinois-chicago-sue-trump-administration-over-national-guard-deployment-n2664527

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Pritzker: Some Republicans talking about ‘breaking away’ from Trump
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5542794-pritzker-republicans-breaking-trump/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Pritzker is about as qualified to talk about Republican Party thinking as he is to give fitness advice,” White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson said.)

October 4, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Protests continue at Broadview ICE facility in day of tense standoffs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt1-qppOjq8
— Chicago federal intervention: Tracking surge in immigration enforcement operations
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/chicago-federal-intervention-latest-president-trumps-immigration-enforcement-possible-national-guard-deployment-live-updates/17758521/

NBC5
— 5 arrested during protests outside Broadview ICE Processing Center
https://www.nbcchicago.com/video/top-videos-home/5-arrested-during-protests-outside-broadview-ice-processing-center/3833553/

WGN9
— Noem visits Broadview ICE facility as protestors pushed into new ‘free speech zone’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u74_Wdu4kug

WBEZ
— Are Illinois State Police helping ICE in Broadview?  Top Illinois Democrats have said for months that local police won’t participate in immigration investigations, but they also won’t stand in the way.
https://www.wbez.org/public-safety/2025/10/03/are-illinois-state-police-helping-ice-in-broadview

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Arrests made at ICE facility in Broadview as feds put on show of strength
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/03/broadview-ice-facility-protest/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: I have always stressed that while all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s, they always lived in northeast Illinois.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/10/04/america-racial-inequity-spirit-76-confederate-union-petersburg-ben-jealous

CWB CHICAGO
— TikToks show South Shore building in ruin long before ICE raided it this week
https://cwbchicago.com/2025/10/exclusive-tiktoks-show-south-shore-building-in-ruin-long-before-ice-raided-it-this-week.html

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— DHS blames ‘sanctuary’ politicians for ICE violence
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_7529613f-71b7-4667-9175-46d26956fb96.amp.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

BREITBART
— Woke Broadview Police Chief Threatens to Demolish Fence Protecting  ICE Facility
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/10/03/woke-suburban-chicago-police-chief-threatens-demolish-fence-protecting-ice-facility/amp/
— Antifa Scuffles with Police at Illinois ICE Facility
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/03/watch-you-nazis-antifa-scuffle-with-police-at-broadview-ice-facility/
— Dems’ Plan Funds More for Illegal Aliens Emergency Care via Medicaid than for America’s Most Vulnerable
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/03/leavitt-dems-plan-funds-more-for-illegal-aliens-emergency-care-via-medicaid-than-for-americas-most-vulnerable/

CHRISTIAN POST
— Hyde Amendment’s impact affected by state Medicaid programs, abortion law changes
https://www.christianpost.com/news/hyde-amendment-impact-affected-by-state-medicaid-programs.html

COLLEGE FIX
— Harvard student paper argues – again – that lack of right-leaning professors is no big deal
https://www.thecollegefix.com/harvard-student-paper-argues-again-that-lack-of-right-leaning-professors-is-no-big-deal/

LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— ICE Says Violence in Broadview Is Fueled by Local Rioters
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/ice-responds-to-broadview-mayor-who-claims-agency-is-at-war-with-community

WESTERN JOURNAL
— ICE Will Patrol Super Bowl Halftime Show Featuring Woke Puerto Rican Singer to Arrest Illegals
https://www.westernjournal.com/ice-will-patrol-super-bowl-halftime-show-featuring-woke-puerto-rican-singer-arrest-illegals/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CNN
— Lawmakers have left Washington with no end to government shutdown in sight
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/government-shutdown-news-10-04-25

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Administration to Cut Refugee Admissions to a Record Low
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/us/politics/trump-refugee-admissions-south-africa.html
— Trump Seizes On Shutdown to Punish Political Foes. The White House has cut or paused billions in funding to Democratic-run cities and states since the federal government came to a halt.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/us/politics/trump-shutdown-punish-foes.html
— DD: Hate-filled Hegseth-hating Hegseth-haters promote hatred against Hegseth. All the women who Democrats and RINOs advanced over me were minorities, younger than me, had less experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or e) had no professional license like the one I have.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/us/politics/women-military-hegseth-physical-standards.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats’ defiance on shutdown shows a new, tougher approach to Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/04/democrats-trump-shutdown-obamacare/
— Trump sees shutdown as tool to shrink government, target foes
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/04/trump-shutdown-strategy/
— Trump pushes definition of national security to expand tariffs on goods. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders want America to be dependent on foreign countries for everything.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/10/04/trump-tariffs-national-security/
— For beleaguered federal workers, shutdown is last straw. Staffers are working without pay or on furlough — all after months of job cuts, and amid the president’s vows to slash more agencies. DD: Ever-increasingly, while I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years, the agency shrank because of Gingrich budget cuts. My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates took their ever-increasing anger against Gingrich out on me.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/10/04/government-shutdown-federal-workers/

FOX UTAH
— Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson’s defense could cost Utah taxpayers ‘eight figures’
https://www.fox8tv.com/alleged-charlie-kirk-assassin-tyler-robinsons-defense-could-cost-utah-taxpayers-eight-figures-experts/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DD: A hate-filled Hegseth-hating Hegseth-hater promotes hatred against Hegseth
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-embarrassing-pete-hegseth-e8e1e910

FORBES
— Democrat and RINO employer use Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees
https://www.forbes.com/sites/nadiaedwards-dashti/2025/10/03/what-businesses-lose-without-diversity-equity-and-inclusion/

SHRM
— 4th Circuit Reversal Says Job Reassignment Can Be Adverse Action. DD: Adverse actions that my Democrat GAO superiors said that they would take against me if I did not retire included adverse job transfers, adverse job assignments, and demotions. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf
https://www.shrm.org/topics-tools/employment-law-compliance/4th-circuit-reversal-says-job-reassignment-can-be-adverse

NEWS BREAK
— Illinois Shines in U.S. News Rankings With Four Elite Colleges DD: According to my critics/opponents, degrees from Ivy League colleges are worthless, that is, my degrees from NIU, Loyola, DePaul, and IIT are worthless.
https://www.newsbreak.com/century-homes-america-322339187/4271522330593-illinois-shines-in-u-s-news-rankings-with-four-elite-colleges

OTHER SOURCES

CLASSIC CARS JOURNAL
— It’s Been 20 Years Since the C6 Corvette Debuted. A look back at how America’s Sports Car has evolved and stayed traditional. DD: I have owned my 2005 Corvette since I bought it new 2005.
https://journal.classiccars.com/2025/01/11/its-been-20-years-since-the-c6-corvette-came-out/