November 29, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

JOURNAL COURIER
— Pritzker’s approval rating up slightly from June in new poll. DD: How does Pritzker poll in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/jb-pritzker-approval-rating-june-new-poll-21208424.php

SHAW LOCAL
— The growing dependency on government. DD: My critics/opponents promote dependency on government, that is, they promote socialism.
https://www.shawlocal.com/daily-journal/opinion/2023/11/25/jackson-the-growing-dependency-on-government/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DD: The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/trump-approval-rating-drops-to-new-low-poll/

CWB CHICAGO
— Auto thieves point guns at firefighters outside Avondale firehouse. DD: While I worked for IRS in Chicago, my 1969 Dodge Charger SE was stolen in 1971 and my 1962 Chevrolet Bel Air was stolen in 1973.
https://cwbchicago.com/2025/11/auto-thieves-point-guns-at-firefighters-outside-avondale-firehouse.html

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

TAZEWELL COUNTY GOP
— Tazewell County Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Forum. DD: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, the organization would still be hosting candidate forums.
https://www.tazewellgop.org/tazewell_county_republican_gubernatorial_candidate_forum

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— White House launches media bias tracker
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/29/white-house-launches-media-bias-tracker/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The White House has launched a new section on its website dedicated to calling out media it considers misleading or having a bias in its coverage of President Trump and his policies. At the top of the site it says, “Misleading. Biased. Exposed.”  It lists the “media offender” of the week, which will seemingly be updated. When users scroll down, it names the outlet, the reporter, the offense, the claim the article makes, what “the truth is” and what the key points of the issue are, among other things. There is an “offender hall of shame” and users can search for a specific headline, or scroll through specific outlets and reporters. It also features a “leaderboard” characterized as a “race to the bottom.” The leaderboard has The Washington Post as first, followed by MSNBC, CBS News, CNN, The New York Times, Politico and The Wall Street Journal.)
— Taking ‘woke’ out of Wall Street. New report shows corporate investors are rejecting radical shareholder activism.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/29/editorial-taking-woke-wall-street/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— White House unveils ‘Media Bias’ website to expose ‘fake news’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/3901687/white-house-unveils-media-bias-website-to-expose-fake-news/
— The growing threat of toxic empathy
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/premium/3888073/growing-threat-toxic-empathy/
— Trump’s immigration crackdown already benefiting American students
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/3899942/trump-immigration-crackdown-already-benefiting-american-students/

NEW YORK POST
— Illegal immigrant students allowed unlimited absences under Chicago Public Schools policy
https://nypost.com/2025/11/29/us-news/illegal-immigrant-students-allowed-unlimited-absences-under-chicago-public-schools-policy/

ARMY
— Is “Up or Out” Holding Us Back? DD: Democrat and RINO leaders use up-or-out to get rid of Republicans. Democrats run the federal government. They get rid of their employees who are Republican employees who are White, male, and/or non-veteran who they do not promote to GS-13 ($117,807) by age 25, GS-14 ($139,211) by age 30, GS-15 ($163,749) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service ($195,200) by age 40. Extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines. I never would have made GS-13 when I was 38 or survived until I was 49 if I had not a) earned a job-related bachelor’s degree (management) when I was 21, b) made GS-12 ($99,069) when I was 25, c) earned three job-related master’s degrees (business, accounting, and finance) when I was 27, 31, and 48, d) earned six job-related professional certifications (accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting) when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and e) earned a job-related professional license (CPA) when I was 32. The Army equivalent of GS-12 is Major. The Army equivalent of GS-13 is Lieutenant Colonel.
https://www.army.mil/article/247749/is_up_or_out_holding_us_back

DAILY WIRE
— Treasury Sec: We’re Cutting Off Benefits To Illegals, They Belong To Americans. “Illegal aliens that use our financial institutions to move their illicitly obtained funds is exploitation.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/treasury-sec-were-cutting-off-benefits-to-illegals-they-belong-to-americans

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Why the U.S. Has a Culture of Dependency. DD: My critics/opponents promote dependency on government, that is, they promote socialism.
https://www.heritage.org/poverty-and-inequality/commentary/why-the-us-has-culture-dependency
— The Rise in Dependency. DD: My critics/opponents promote dependency on government, that is, they promote socialism.
https://www.heritage.org/commentary/the-rise-dependency
— Biden Boosted the Need for Food Stamps—And Calls That a “Success.” DD: My critics/opponents promote dependency on government, that is, they promote socialism.
https://www.heritage.org/welfare/commentary/biden-boosted-the-need-food-stamps-and-calls-success

HOT AIR
— The Erosion of College Readiness
https://hotair.com/headlines/2025/11/29/the-ideological-erosion-of-college-readiness-n3809351

HOUSE WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE
— More Americans Dependent on Welfare Checks, at the Expense of Work. DD: My critics/opponents promote dependency on government, that is, they promote socialism.
https://waysandmeans.house.gov/2025/01/08/new-report-shows-more-americans-dependent-on-welfare-checks-at-the-expense-of-work/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Buying Americans out of poverty is undermining incentives to work, with families living in poverty relying more on taxpayer-funded welfare checks than income from work, according to a newly released report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). Costing well over $1 trillion, America’s social safety net encompasses more than 80 federal programs, and is discouraging beneficiaries from seeking income from work. The report, which was requested by Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08), shows low-income families are becoming increasingly dependent on government transfers. In 1979, families living below the poverty line earned about 60 percent of their income from work. In 2021, that number dropped to an all-time low of around 25 percent. The report also shows how the dramatic increase in dependency on government transfers for low-income families was accelerated by COVID-era benefits.)

NATIONAL CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH
— Showdown Over SNAP Benefits Points to Excessive Government Control and Dependency. DD: My critics/opponents promote dependency on government, that is, they promote socialism.
https://nationalcenter.org/ncppr/2025/10/31/showdown-over-snap-benefits-points-to-excessive-government-control-and-dependency/

TOWNHALL
— Trump Announces Major Move to Prevent Future Terrorist Attacks
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeff-charles/2025/11/28/trump-says-he-will-permanently-pause-immigration-from-third-world-countries-after-dc-shooting-n2667127

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Chicago Police Department Hit with Civil Rights Complaint for Race-Based Hiring Practices Meant to Address ‘Systemic Inequities’
https://www.westernjournal.com/chicago-police-department-hit-civil-rights-complaint-race-based-hiring-practices-meant-address-systemic-inequities/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NEWSWEEK
— Map Shows 19 Countries Impacted as Trump Threatens Migration Halt
https://www.newsweek.com/map-19-countries-impacted-trump-threatens-migration-halt-11127499
—  Map Shows Donald Trump’s Approval Rating in Each State After 10 Months. DD: What is Trump’s approval rating in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.newsweek.com/map-donald-trump-approval-rating-each-state-10-months-11127534
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Conversely, the president is experiencing significant disapproval in historically Democratic states, according to the polling. Hawaii reports a net approval of -55 percent, Vermont sits at -50 percent, Maryland at -44 percent, Massachusetts at -42 percent, California and Rhode Island at -40 percent, and Washington and Oregon at -36 percent. In populous states such as New York (-32 percent) and Illinois (-29 percent), the figures further reinforce national partisan divides.)

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Protesters block ICE from leaving garage to conduct Canal St. sweep as NYPD makes arrests
https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/29/protesters-block-ice-from-leaving-garage-to-conduct-canal-street-sweep-as-nypd-makes-arrests/

BLOOMBERG
— Protesters Disrupt Federal Immigration Action in Lower Manhattan
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-29/protesters-disrupt-federal-immigration-action-in-lower-manhattan

FINANCIAL REVIEW
— More than 50 percent of voters now rely on government for their main income. DD: My critics/opponents promote dependency on government, that is, they promote socialism.
https://www.afr.com/policy/economy/culture-of-dependency-lifts-spending-to-highest-level-since-wwii-20250722-p5mgu0

REASON
— Americans Grow Increasingly Dependent on Government Payments. Many citizens of the land of the free are hooked on government checks. DD: My critics/opponents promote dependency on government, that is, they promote socialism.
https://reason.com/2024/10/04/americans-grow-increasingly-dependent-on-government-payments/

AXIOS
— Trump says he’ll “permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries.” DD: What percent of those who are in America illegally are from third world countries?
https://www.axios.com/2025/11/28/trump-third-world-countries-immigration-pause-permanent

November 29, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Kevin Coyne, Chairman, DuPage GOP: DuPage GOP wants election, vote-by-mail system review
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/28/letters-naperville-data-center-election-mcit-reopen/
(FROM THE LETTER: The DuPage GOP calls for an immediate public hearing on the topic of election integrity, our voter rolls and the process by which vote-by-mail ballots are being distributed, collected and counted. We believe the DuPage County clerk’s office should make itself available to participate and to answer respectful questions about election integrity. We welcome the participation of the League of Women Voters and DuPage County’s Democratic Party in this public hearing should it proceed. Confidence in the integrity of our elections is at an all-time low. It’s abundantly clear there are a great many DuPage voters who do not trust vote-by-mail and who believe games are being played with how these ballots are distributed, collected and counted. General questions about our voter rolls also continue to persist. Let’s talk about these concerns openly, transparently and publicly. We will keep all questions respectful and sincere. We hope this call is accepted by the clerk’s office. We also hope the other mentioned stakeholders participate. We call on this hearing to take place within 90 days and before the 2026 primary.)
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: McHenry County takes on an old client in court: ICE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/29/mchenry-county-court-ice-lawsuit/

CBS2
— Northwestern University to pay $75 million to federal government to settle antisemitism claims, restore frozen funds
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/northwestern-university-trump-administration-settlement-antisemitism-investigation/

WRAL
— Northwestern to pay $75 million in deal with Trump administration to restore federal funding
https://www.wral.com/news/ap/d6465-northwestern-to-pay-75-million-in-deal-with-trump-administration-to-restore-federal-funding/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— If the Pilgrims Had a Lawyer
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/28/if-the-pilgrims-had-a-lawyer/
— Seeing President Truman
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/28/seeing-president-truman/
— Reminding Me of My Favorite Oberlin
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/28/reminding-me-of-my-favorite-oberlin-college-professor/
— Postal Inflation Since 1968
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/27/postal-inflation-since-1968/
— How Bad Is Chicago’s Financial Situation?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/26/how-bad-is-chicagos-financial-situation/
— Schools and Socialism
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/26/14321/
— Dems Authorize More Subsidies for Illegal Aliens
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/26/dems-authorize-more-subsidies-for-illegal-aliens/
— Two More from Illinois Make “Worst of the Worst” List
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/26/two-more-from-illinois-make-worst-of-the-worst-list/
— Hit Your Mom, No Longer Get Arrested, No House or Senate Votes in Opposition
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/26/hit-your-mom-no-longer-get-arrested-no-house-or-senate-votes-in-opposition/
— The End of Lincoln
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/26/the-end-of-lincoln/
— Pritzker’s Polling above 50%
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/26/pritzkers-polling-above-50/
— Rocio Cleveland Gains More Free Publicity in Quest to Win GOP Nomination in Jan Schakowsky’s 9th Congressional District
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/26/rocio-cleveland-gains-more-free-publicity-in-quest-to-win-gop-nomination-in-jan-schakowskys-9th-congressional-district/
— Pritzker’s Star Wars’ Delusion
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/26/pritzkers-star-wars-delusion/
— A Permanent Accomplishment of Governor Dan Walker
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/26/a-permanent-accomplishment-of-governor-dan-walker/
— Mayor Richard J. Daley’s Cary Speeding Ticket
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/26/mayor-richard-j-daleys-cary-speeding-ticket/

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Evict Dangerous Illegals Before the Next Attack
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/11/deport-dangerous-illegals-before-the-next-terror-attack/
— Bethany Magee’s Critical Condition Was Preventable
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/11/bethany-magees-critical-condition-was-preventable/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Vallas: Chicago needs education reform to curb youth violence epidemic
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/vallas-chicago-needs-education-reform-to-curb-youth-violence-epidemic/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— New legislation would crack down on hiring illegal immigrant workers and ‘sanctuary unions.’ DD: My critics/opponents despise/hate unions. They have never forgiven me for my being a union member for almost 12 years. According to them, my salary would never had increased from $19.37/hour (GS-4) to $112,280/year (GS-12 Step 5) in today’s dollars if I had not been a union member. But during that time, I earned a bachelor’s degree in management, I earned an MBA, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, and I earned a master’s degree in accounting.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/28/new-legislation-would-crack-hiring-illegal-immigrant-workers/

AMERICAN THINKER
— The Whiteness Pandemic
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/11/the_whiteness_pandemic_is_there_a_mask_for_that.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Disturbing poll shows majority of young voters want ‘Democrat socialist’ in the White House. DD: My critics/opponents want socialism. They focus on promoting dependency on government.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/11/28/disturbing-poll-shows-majority-of-young-voters-want-democrat-socialist-in-the-white-house-1606448/

BLAZE
— If conservatives will not defend capitalism, who will? DD: My critics/opponents want socialism. They focus on promoting dependency on government.
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/if-conservatives-will-not-defend-capitalism-who-will

BUSINESS WIRE
— Citizens Against Government Waste Names Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson November 2025 Porker of the Month
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/citizens-against-government-waste-names-201300831.html

DAILY SIGNAL
— 4 Ways Trump Has Forced DEI Out of Higher Education. DD: Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/11/28/4-ways-trump-has-successfully-pressured-higher-ed-abandon-dei/

FOX BUSINESS
— Middle-income Americans pessimistic about their financial future amid persistent inflation
https://www.aol.com/articles/middle-income-americans-pessimistic-financial-180015299.html

FOX NEWS
— Trump unveils ‘reverse migration’ plan to halt ‘Third World’ immigration, revoke Biden-era entries. DD:  All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. All the colleges that admitted me would have admitted noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://noticias.foxnews.com/politics/trump-unveils-reverse-migration-plan-halt-third-world-immigration-revoke-biden-era-entries.print

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Trump Plans to Suspend Third World Immigration after National Guard Shooting. DD:  All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. All the colleges that admitted me would have admitted noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/trump-suspends-third-world-immigration-after-national-guard-shooting/

PJ MEDIA
— The War Within the Democratic Party Is Over — and AOC and Mamdani Have Won. DD: My critics/opponents want socialism. They focus on promoting dependency on government.
https://pjmedia.com/scott-pinsker/2025/11/28/apocalypse-democrat-the-war-within-the-democratic-party-is-over-and-aoc-and-mamdani-have-won-n4946496
— Socialism Continues Its Beautiful Decline in the Western Hemisphere. DD: My critics/opponents want socialism. They focus on promoting dependency on government.
https://pjmedia.com/sarah-anderson/2025/11/28/socialism-continues-its-western-hemisphere-decline-n4946498

TOWNHALL
— DD: The Democrats who run the College of DuPage ever-increasingly make it clear that they do not want those who are the following to apply: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2025/11/28/il-college-will-punish-students-who-report-illegals-to-ice-n2667103

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Majority of voters say they’ve made sacrifices in past year to make ends meet. DD: Of course, Democrats blame Republicans for that.
https://thehill.com/business/economy/5585832-financial-sacrifices-survey-voters/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DACA recipients are being arrested despite deportation protection
https://www.wane.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-some-daca-recipients-have-been-arrested-in-the-trumps-immigration-crackdown/amp/

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise citizens of foreign countries. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. All the colleges that admitted me would have admitted noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/us/politics/trumps-response-to-shooting-shows-intensified-anti-migrant-stance.html

SEATTLE TIMES
— Workers sue WA’s biggest employers over limits on taking a second job. DD: My IRS superiors approved my working part-time for a Firestone Store in Chicago Heights 1971-1972. The money I earned helped me pay for a) a new 1972 Corvette in 1971, b) graduate evening business courses at Loyola during 1972, and c) a new townhome in University Park in 1972.
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/workers-sue-was-biggest-employers-over-limits-on-taking-a-second-job/

FORTUNE
— Billionaire MacKenzie Scott once needed her college roommate’s help with a $1,000 loan. DD: Where did the money come to pay for your college degrees? DD: To pay for my undergraduate degree and for cars, I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assembly line in 1970. To pay for my graduate degrees, I worked for Firestone Stores 1970-1972, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997.
https://fortune.com/2025/11/28/mackenzie-scott-college-roommate-jeannie-tarkenton-father-loan/
— DD: My critics/opponents despise/hate DINKs. I should write about my critics/opponents. According to them, my wife and I have what we have because we gave up trying to have children, because we did not adopt, and because we did not become foster parents.
https://fortune.com/2025/11/13/are-you-richer-as-a-dink-double-income-no-kids-wealth/

BANKING RATES
— 7 Signs You’re Way Above Average Financially
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/rachel-cruze-7-signs-way-120053445.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: You’re Debt-Free. . .You Have Money Saved. . .You’ve Planned for Retirement. . .You’re a Homeowner. . .You Can Celebrate Other People’s Wins. . .You Earn the Median Income. . .You Practice Generosity)

METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY
— Do You Need a College Degree for Career Advancement? Here Are 5 Reasons You Do. DD: My father often decried his not having a college degree. If I had not had a bachelor’s degree in management, Firestone Stores would not have hired me in 1970 and IRS in 1971. If I had not been taking graduate business courses, IRS would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. If I had not had an MBA, GAO would not have hired me in 1980. If I had not earned master’s degrees in accounting and finance, I would not have survived at GAO until 1997.
https://www.msudenver.edu/do-you-need-a-college-degree-for-career-advancement-here-are-5-reasons-you-do/

ROLLING STONE
— DD: Under the Democrats, soon, everyone will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/snap-recipients-struggle-trump-food-assistance-1235473080/

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

TIMES OF INDIA
— Americans are reconsidering the college ladder: 63% say the climb isn’t worth the price. DD: If I had not earned a bachelor’s degree in management in 1970, Firestone Stores would not have hired me in 1970 and IRS in 1971. If had not been taking graduate evening business courses, IRS would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. If I had not been taking graduate evening accounting courses, I would not have passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. If I had not earned an MBA in 1976 and passed the CPA examination, GAO would not have hired me in 1980. I had not taken undergraduate and graduate internal auditing courses, I would not have passed the Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) examination on my first attempt in 1981. If I had not passed the CPA examination, earned a master’s degree in accounting, and passed the CIA examination, I would not have become a licensed CPA in 1981.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/americans-are-reconsidering-the-college-ladder-63-say-the-climb-isnt-worth-the-price/articleshow/125636272.cms

November 19, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NBC5
— Pritzker holds private meeting with Pope Leo XIV in Rome. “You can feel his humanity,” Pritzker said in an interview with NBC 5. “It was a special moment, even for this Jewish boy.” DD: What complaints do the Pope and Pritzker share against Trump?
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/nbc-5-exclusive-pritzker-holds-private-meeting-with-pope-leo-xiv-in-rome/3853221/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Dabrowski: Illinois Republicans want their party to make arguments, not excuses
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/19/opinion-illinois-republicans-power/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-sun-times/20251119/281711210930928

NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: What percent of illegals want/need/demand public assistance?
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-11-18/trump-administration-rule-could-further-penalize-immigrants-for-using-benefits

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Little Village’s 26th Street Slowly Comes Back To Life After Months Of Immigration Raids. Business owners celebrated a noticeably more lively weekend after Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino and many of his agents left town. “There’s feeling of a brotherhood now, of people coming out to the community to be supportive,” one business manager said. DD: How dependent on their illegals have Democrat and RINO leaders made your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct?
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/18/little-villages-26th-street-slowly-comes-back-to-life-after-months-of-immigration-raids/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Where’s JB: Meeting the Pope
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/11/19/wheres-jb-at-the-vatican-with-the-pope-00658696

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/11/19/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-635/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— Glennon on Chicago’s property tax bills
https://wirepoints.org/wirepoints-mark-glennon-on-chicagos-property-tax-bills-youtube-am560/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— My critics/opponents who have less money than I have want socialism. They blame their problems on capitalism. They hint/imply/argue/shout that if I had spent my career in the private sector instead of government, I never would have earned $153,151/year in today’s dollars when I was 49 years old in 1997. How much would I have been earning in 1997 if I had spent my career in the private sector? I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I became a licensed CPA. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— The Washington Post decries the money that baby boomers have. I am a baby boomer. Are you a baby boomer? If so, where did your money come from? My money came from what I earned doing yard work 1962-1964, delivering newspapers 1962-1966, washing dishes 1964-1966, cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966, delivering mail 1966-1969, working on an automotive assembly line in 1970, selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumping more gasoline 1971-1972, collecting delinquent federal taxes 1971-1980, auditing federal agencies 1980-1997, my Civil Service Retirement System pension since 1997, my Social Security since 2010, and more recently, three inheritances. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What opinions on socialism do your critics/opponents have? My critics/opponents who have less money than I have want socialism. They blame their problems on capitalism. They hint/imply/argue/shout that I benefitted big time by working for the federal government for almost 30 years and that if I had spent my career in the private sector instead of government, I never would earned $153,151/year in today’s dollars when I was 49 years old in 1997. How much would I have been earning in 1997 if I had spent my career in the private sector? I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I became a licensed CPA. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— How has antisemitism impacted you? My Democrat superiors in the federal government forced my many Jewish superiors and supervisors to take many big adverse actions against me. They stressed that I was conservative, Republican, Protestant, German American, and that I lived in Crete 1948-1972 and in Wheaton since 1978. In my defense, I stressed that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI, that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII, and that my father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump administration accuses Illinois officials of inciting ICE protests
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/supreme-court/3890533/trump-administration-accuses-illinois-officials-of-inciting-ice-protests/
— National conservatism isn’t the future of the GOP
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/3890772/national-conservatism-not-gop-future/
— Ocasio-Cortez and Mamdani 2028 ticket: Don’t laugh, socialism rising. DD: My critics/opponents who have less money than I have want socialism. They blame their problems on capitalism. They hint/imply/argue/shout that I benefitted big time by working for the federal government for almost 30 years and that if I had spent my career in the private sector instead of government, I never would earned $153,151/year in today’s dollars when I was 49 years old in 1997. How much would I have been earning in 1997 if I had spent my career in the private sector? I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I became a licensed CPA.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-secrets/3890760/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-zohran-mamdani-2028-ticket-dont-laugh-socialism-rising/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Mamdani Throws Support Behind State Assembly Candidate Who Blamed 9/11 on America. DD: Will Mamdani succeed in uniting non-Christians against Christians?
https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/socialists-unite-mamdani-throws-support-behind-behind-state-assembly-candidate-who-blamed-9-11-on-america/
— Cal State Schools Require Students To Take DEI Classes To Graduate. Options Include ‘Queer Crip Lit’ and ‘Decolonize Your Diet.’
https://freebeacon.com/campus/cal-state-schools-require-students-to-take-dei-classes-to-graduate-options-include-queer-crip-lit-and-decolonize-your-diet/

AMAC
— Government Shutdown Exposes Massive Illegal Alien Welfare Fraud
https://amac.us/newsline/economy/government-shutdown-exposes-massive-illegal-alien-welfare-fraud/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Why young Americans support democratic socialism. DD: My critics/opponents who have less money than I have want socialism. They blame their problems on capitalism. They hint/imply/argue/shout that if I had spent my career in the private sector instead of government, I never would have earned $153,151/year in today’s dollars when I was 49 years old in 1997. How much would I have been earning in 1997 if I had spent my career in the private sector? I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I became a licensed CPA.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/11/why_young_americans_support_democratic_socialism.html
— The running gag, the leftist lie: ‘Socialism has never been tried before.’  DD: My critics/opponents who have less money than I have want socialism. They blame their problems on capitalism. They hint/imply/argue/shout that if I had spent my career in the private sector instead of government, I never would have earned $153,151/year in today’s dollars when I was 49 years old in 1997. How much would I have been earning in 1997 if I had spent my career in the private sector? I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I became a licensed CPA.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/11/the_running_gag_the_leftist_lie_socialism_has_never_been_tried_before.html

BLAZE
— Charlotte school district attendance plummets after immigration raid, sparking concerns about illegal alien numbers
https://www.theblaze.com/news/charlotte-school-district-attendance-plummets-after-immigration-raid-sparking-concerns-about-illegal-alien-numbers
— Bill Maher warns Democrats the radical left is leading party to ruin. DD: My critics/opponents who have less money than I have want socialism. They blame their problems on capitalism. They hint/imply/argue/shout that if I had spent my career in the private sector instead of government, I never would have earned $153,151/year in today’s dollars when I was 49 years old in 1997. How much would I have been earning in 1997 if I had spent my career in the private sector? I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I became a licensed CPA.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/socialism-will-f-k-you-bill-maher-warns-democrats-the-radical-left-is-leading-party-to-ruin

BREITBART
— States Illegally Issued 194,000 Commercial Driver’s Licenses to Foreign Truckers
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/11/18/sean-duffy-states-illegally-issued-194000-commercial-drivers-licenses-to-foreign-truckers/
— Majority of Democrats Have Favorable View of Socialism. DD: My critics/opponents who have less money than I have want socialism. They blame their problems on capitalism. They hint/imply/argue/shout that if I had spent my career in the private sector instead of government, I never would have earned $153,151/year in today’s dollars when I was 49 years old in 1997. How much would I have been earning in 1997 if I had spent my career in the private sector? I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I became a licensed CPA.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/11/18/poll-majority-of-democrats-have-favorable-view-of-socialism/amp/
— Trump urged GOP-led states to redraw US House districts. Now other states also are gerrymandering.
https://www.breitbart.com/news/trump-urged-gop-led-states-to-redraw-us-house-districts-now-other-states-also-are-gerrymandering/amp/

DAILY CALLER
— How America’s Biggest Socialist Group Could Get A Million Mamdanis Elected. DD: My critics/opponents who have less money than I have want socialism. They blame their problems on capitalism. They hint/imply/argue/shout that if I had spent my career in the private sector instead of government, I never would have earned $153,151/year in today’s dollars when I was 49 years old in 1997. How much would I have been earning in 1997 if I had spent my career in the private sector? I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I became a licensed CPA.
https://www.aol.com/articles/america-biggest-socialist-group-could-215027342.html
— Socialist Mamdani Won’t Stop Asking His Supporters To Redistribute Wealth … To Him
https://dailycaller.com/2025/11/18/zohran-mamdani-supporters-money/

DAILY WIRE
— Millions Of Illegals Are Receiving Food Stamps
https://www.dailywire.com/news/yes-millions-of-illegals-are-receiving-food-stamps

FOX BUSINESS
— Republicans prepare for post-Trump era with a new generation of conservative leaders
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6385262875112

FOX NEWS
— Sanctuary states need crackdown as Americans pay price for illegal immigrant truckers
https://www.foxnews.com/us/sanctuary-states-need-crackdown-americans-pay-price-illegal-immigrant-truckers-gop-lawmaker

NEWSMAX
— Pope Backs US Bishops in Blasting Trump Immigration Crackdown. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly succeed in getting religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.newsmax.com/world/globaltalk/pope-leo-xiv-bishops-donald-trump/2025/11/18/id/1235102/
— DHS Moves to Deny Migrants ‘Primarily Dependent’ on Govt Assistance
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/dhs-green-cards-snap/2025/11/18/id/1235042/

REAL CLEAR MARKETS
— Affordable Housing Fixes Hide Socialist Wish-Lists
https://www.realclearmarkets.com/2025/11/19/affordable_housing_fixes_hide_socialist_wish-lists_1148276.html
— AI-Touting Technocrats Sell Socialism As Solution. DD: When my critics/opponents aren’t blaming their problems on discrimination against those who share their demographics, they blame their problems on capitalism.
https://www.realclearmarkets.com/2025/11/18/ai-touting_technocrats_sell_socialism_as_solution_1147989.html

TOWNHALL
— As Religion Weakens, Socialism Strengthens. DD: My critics/opponents who have less money than I have want socialism. They blame their problems on capitalism. They hint/imply/argue/shout that if I had spent my career in the private sector instead of government, I never would have earned $153,151/year in today’s dollars when I was 49 years old in 1997. How much would I have been earning in 1997 if I had spent my career in the private sector? I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I became a licensed CPA.
https://townhall.com/columnists/starparker/2025/11/19/as-religion-weakens-socialism-strengthens-n2666640

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— The right battles to define the post-Trump GOP, just 1 year into his presidency
https://thehill.com/newsletters/the-movement/5609862-trump-future-republican-party-squabbles/amp/
— Ben Shapiro warns young people to flee New York City, socialism
https://www.aol.com/articles/opinion-ben-shapiro-warns-young-184716819.html

CNN
— Senate unanimously agrees to send Epstein bill to Trump’s desk
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-presidency-epstein-files-house-vote-11-18-25
— DD: Under the Democrats, fewer and fewer and fewer become productive members of society.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/18/business/prices-economy-tariff-small-business

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/us/immigrants-survey-trump.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly get religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/us/catholic-church-immigration-trump.html
— DD: Under the Democrats, fewer and fewer and fewer become productive members of society.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/us/politics/trump-mcdonalds-affordability-inflation.html

WASHINGTON POST
— How baby boomers got so rich and why their kids are unlikely to catch up. DD: I am a baby boomer. Are you a baby boomer? If so, where did your money come from? My money came from what I earned doing yard work 1962-1964, delivering newspapers 1962-1966, washing dishes 1964-1966, cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966, delivering mail 1966-1969, working on an automotive assembly line in 1970, selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumping more gasoline 1971-1972, collecting delinquent federal taxes 1971-1980, auditing federal agencies 1980-1997, my Civil Service Retirement System pension since 1997, my Social Security since 2010, and more recently, three inheritances.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/11/18/baby-boomer-wealth/

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/15/zohran-mamdani-victory-nyc-democratic-socialism/87231501007/
— DD: Under the Democrats, fewer and fewer and fewer become productive members of society.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/11/18/mcdonalds-lower-income-customers/87334177007/

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— The federal takeover of New York City has begun
https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/19/the-federal-takeover-of-new-york-city-has-begun/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: Trump’s Grip on Republicans Shows First Signs of Slipping
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trumps-grip-on-republicans-shows-first-signs-of-slipping-794e3c51
— Gen Z, Socialism and the ‘Memes’ of Production. Students discuss the popularity of the far left among young people. DD: My critics/opponents who have less money than I have want socialism. They blame their problems on capitalism. They hint/imply/argue/shout that if I had spent my career in the private sector instead of government, I never would have earned $153,151/year in today’s dollars when I was 49 years old in 1997. How much would I have been earning in 1997 if I had spent my career in the private sector? I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I became a licensed CPA.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/gen-z-socialism-and-the-memes-of-production-db3af34c
— Antisemitism Betrays America’s Heritage. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government forced my many Jewish superiors and supervisors to take many big adverse actions against me. They stressed that I was conservative, Republican, Protestant, German American, and that I lived in Crete 1948-1972 and in Wheaton since 1978. In my defense, I stressed that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI, that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII, and that my father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/antisemitism-betrays-americas-heritage-3fd6d3d1

BARRON’S
— DD: Under the Democrats, fewer and fewer and fewer become productive members of society.
https://www.barrons.com/articles/trump-economy-prices-consumers-affordability-40464997

FORBES
— Republicans & Dems Spar Over Resolution ‘Denouncing The Horrors Of Socialism’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGo527KDfMM
— DD: Republicans urge Democrats to denounce socialism. DD: My critics/opponents who have less money than I have want socialism. They blame their problems on capitalism. They hint/imply/argue/shout that if I had spent my career in the private sector instead of government, I never would have earned $153,151/year in today’s dollars when I was 49 years old in 1997. How much would I have been earning in 1997 if I had spent my career in the private sector? I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I became a licensed CPA.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20hneB6DbLs

WESTLAW
— Trump is close to implementing a rule that would end long-standing legal protections for whistleblowers among senior federal employees. DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire Democrats, to retain Democrats, and to promote Democrats.
https://today.westlaw.com/Document/I317e0d90c4d811f08e72ef1396201407/View/FullText.html

FED WEKK
— NTEU Sues for Release of Positions Recommended for Schedule Policy/Career. DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire Democrats, to retain Democrats, and to promote Democrats.
https://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/nteu-sues-for-release-of-positions-recommended-for-schedule-policy-career/amp/

HUFFINGTON POST
— Senate Republicans Want To Charge Federal Workers Thousands Of Dollars For Job Security. DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire Democrats, to retain Democrats, and to promote Democrats.
https://www.aol.com/senate-republicans-want-charge-federal-163110256.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Senate Republicans are pursuing a plan through their “big, beautiful bill” that would force new federal employees to pay for traditional job protections, a major reform that unions have decried as “extortion.” The measure put forth late last week by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee mirrors a similar one House Republicans included in their version of the reconciliation bill that passed last month. It would require federal workers to pay thousands of additional dollars into their government retirement plans each year unless they choose to be “at-will” employees who can be fired without cause. The cost to workers is even steeper in the Senate legislation. Whereas the House version would require new hires to pay an additional 5% of their salary to avoid being at-will, the Senate version hikes it to a whopping 10%. Even those who forgo civil service protections would still have to chip in another 5% — a measure not included in the House bill. In other words, a new federal worker on a $50,000 salary would be paying an extra $2,500 into the retirement plan compared to a veteran employee. And if that new worker wanted the same job protections as the veteran, they would have to pay an extra $5,000 instead.)

AXIOS
— Pope Leo denounces “extremely disrespectful” treatment of immigrants in U.S. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly succeed in getting religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.axios.com/2025/11/19/pope-leo-trump-immigration-crackdown-us-bishops-message

ACLU
— DD: Democrat leaders crow about their success getting in veterans to protest Trump.
https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/dozens-of-veterans-descend-on-capitol-hill-to-oppose-military-deployments-to-u-s-cities

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

NTD
— ICE to Target Employers Hiring Illegal Immigrant Workers
https://www.ntd.com/ice-to-target-employers-hiring-illegal-immigrant-workers-says-director_1108749.html

TELEGRAPH
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Epstein to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/why-maga-is-obsessed-with-epstein-and-why-the-21195160.php

November 18, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Mayor declares ’emergency order’ amid death threats against Broadview officials
https://abc7chicago.com/post/broadview-illinois-declares-civil-emergency-order-amid-death-threats-mayor-katrina-thompson-fbi-investigating/18165937/
— Coalition of organizations working to help communities rebuild after Chicago-area immigration raids
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-news-coalition-organizations-meets-humboldt-park-works-help-communities-impacted-immigration-raids/18166454/

NBC5
— Reprimand of Rep. ‘Chuy’ García over election withdrawal advances in House
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/reprimand-of-rep-chuy-garcia-over-election-withdrawal-advances-in-house/3852636/

FOX32
— Broadview mayor declares ‘civil emergency’ after out-of-town protesters threaten violence amid anti-ICE unrest. Katrina Thompson cites ‘serious and credible’ threats following protests at ICE facility that led to 21 arrests.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/illinois-mayor-declares-civil-emergency-after-out-of-town-protesters-threaten-violence-amid-anti-ice-unrest

WTTW
— Decision to Send Texas National Guard Home Represents ‘Unconditional Surrender’: Mayor Brandon Johnson
https://news.wttw.com/2025/11/17/decision-send-texas-national-guard-home-represents-unconditional-surrender-mayor-brandon
— Illinois Public Universities See Highest Enrollment Levels in a Decade
https://news.wttw.com/2025/11/17/illinois-public-universities-see-highest-enrollment-levels-decade

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pritzker deposits $25.5M of his own money into campaign fund as he ramps up bid for third term
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/17/pritzker-25-million-2026-campaign/

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PHOTOS: Republican 9th Congressional District candidate Rocio Cleveland confronts Democratic rival Kat Abughazaleh with prison-themed gift bag at event
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251117/us-congress-politics/republican-congressional-candidate-confronts-democratic-rival-with-holy-water-and-prison-themed-gift/
— DD: Democrats push pot in Elburn. In 2019, I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251116/business/cannabis-dispensary-coming-to-elburn/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Dems clash over García rebuke
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/11/17/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-424/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
—  If you have trouble affording things, Democrat and RINO leaders want you to blame Trump. What did you do to help you afford things? I took bad jobs that my critics/opponents would never have stooped to take. 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. My critics/opponents remain furious a) that I could afford the expenses to earn the aforesaid degrees, b) that I could afford to buy a 1958 Chevrolet Bel Air when I was 16 in 1964, a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint when I was 17, a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 when I was 19, a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE when I was 20, a new 1972 Corvette when I was 23, etc., and c) that I could afford to buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, etc. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What stopped you from affording more things? For me, it was my Democrat superiors wasting my career and getting rid of me. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign when I was 20 in 1969. My Democrat Firestone Store boss fired me when I was 22. My Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS12. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer when I was 31. They delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13. They always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. They forced me to retire when I was 49. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Trump says that America does not have plenty of talent. Do you have talent? According to my critics/opponents, I do not. What do you stress that shows your talent? I stress that I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, that I became a licensed CPA, that I earned four other job-related professional certifications, and that I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I stress that despite my Democrat superiors’ tremendous efforts to get rid of me, I survived as a postal employee for almost 3 years, as an IRS employee for almost 9 years, and as a GAO employee for almost 18 years. I stress that my Democrat IRS superiors promoted me to GS-12 Step 5, currently $112,280/year and that my Democrat GAO superiors promoted me to GS-13 Step 10, currently $153,151/year.
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What entry-level jobs did you have? I had three. I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU when I was 21 years old in 1970. My first entry-level job was a Retail Sales Manager for a Firestone Store. My salary was about $50,000/year in today’s dollars for a 44-hour workweek. In 1971, my second entry-level job was a GS-7 IRS Revenue Officer. The salary was $55,850/year in today’s dollars. To get that job, I had passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination. My taking graduate evening business courses at Loyola helped me get promoted to GS-9 ($68,315/year) in 1972, to GS-11 ($82,655/year) in 1973, and to GS-12 ($99,069/year) in 1974. I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. In 1980, my third entry-level job was a GS-9 Step 10 GAO Analyst. The salary was $88,808/year in today’s dollars. To get that job, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and almost earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul. Almost 18 years later, after earning a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, after passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, after becoming a licensed CPA in 1981, after earning four more professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and after earning a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997, my salary was $153,151/year in today’s dollars. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Who do you know who voluntarily took a pay cut? I voluntarily took a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-9 Step 10, that is, a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980. Why did I do that? My Democrat IRS superiors had made it clear that they would never promote me to GS-13 even though I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul. The GS-15 GAO Staff Manager (Bill) who arranged for my transfer assured me that I would be assigned to audits of IRS and soon promoted back up to GS-12 Step 5 and soon to GS-13. But almost immediately, Bill was replaced with a new Staff Manager (Dave) who despised me, if not hated me. Dave kept me off audits of IRS, gave me bad job assignments, gave me unfair performance expectations, and gave me unfair performance appraisals. Dave delayed my promotions back up to GS-11 Step 10 and to GS-12 Step 5. Dave stopped me from being promoted to GS-13. But then, in late 1985, Dave went on extended sick leave. That enabled Bill to assign me to audits of IRS and promote me to GS-13 in 1986. But then, Dave came back. Dave forced Bill to retire in 1987. Dave threw me off audits of IRS, gave me a very bad job assignment, gave me very unfair performance expectations, gave me a very unfair performance appraisal, and ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance in 1989. Dave took the aforesaid adverse actions against me a) even though I had earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and became a licensed CPA in 1981. Dave would not have taken the aforesaid adverse actions against me if had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran. Dave would not have been able to take the aforesaid adverse actions against me if GAO had been unionized. GAO did not unionize until 2007. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Republicans’ message not reaching younger generation enamored with socialism
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/17/republicans-message-reaching-younger-generation-enamored-socialism/
— Illegal immigrant used gun-show loophole to traffic firearms
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/17/illegal-immigrant-used-gun-show-loophole-traffic-firearms-feds/
— DD: If you have trouble affording things, Democrat and RINO leaders want you to blame Trump.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/17/trump-praises-affordability-policies-mcdonalds-impact-summit/
— Judge threatens DHS program that lets states scrub noncitizens from voter lists
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/17/judge-threatens-dhs-program-lets-states-scrub-noncitizens-voter-lists/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Foreign-funded socialist group behind anti-ICE uprising in Charlotte
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/investigations/3889926/foreign-funded-socialist-group-behind-anti-ice-uprising-charlotte/
— DD: If you have trouble affording things, Democrat and RINO leaders want you to blame Trump.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/economy/3890125/trump-affordability-message-mcdonalds-summit/
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/3889645/watch-live-trump-affordability-speech-mcdonalds-impact-summit/

NEW YORK POST
— Massive drop in Latino support for Trump
https://nypost.com/2025/11/17/us-news/massive-drop-in-latino-support-for-trump-stuns-cnns-harry-enten/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— L.A. Mayor Karen Bass faces socialist Mamdani-like-challenger
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/11/17/and-so-it-begins-mayor-karen-bass-faces-socialist-mamdani-like-challenger-1600800/

CENTER SQUARE
— Average cost of family insurance nears $27,000 a year. DD: My critics/opponents ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn the 72% health insurance subsidy a) that I got when I was federal employee, b) that my wife got when she was a federal employee, c) that I will always get as a federal retiree, and d) that my wife has gotten since we got married in 1978 and will always get.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_4d30b633-d1f0-4f95-a085-967734edb4de.html

DAILY CALLER
— Mamdani’s West Coast ‘Sister’ May Spark Cascade Of Socialist Politicians
https://dailycaller.com/2025/11/17/katie-wilson-zohran-mamdani-socialist-analysts/
— Mamdani-Loving Queer Socialist Primaries Hakeem Jeffries
https://dailycaller.com/2025/11/17/chi-osse-hakeem-jeffries-democratic-primary-zohran-mamdani-new-york/

EPOCH TIMES
— Appeals Court Halts DOT Restrictions on Commercial Driver’s Licenses for Immigrants
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/appeals-court-halts-dot-restrictions-on-commercial-drivers-licenses-for-immigrants-5945727

FOX BUSINESS
— Dems ‘embracing socialism’ amid leadership turmoil
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6385212204112
— Congress is looking at every tool to address the affordability crisis. DD:  If you have trouble affording things, Democrat and RINO leaders want you to blame Trump. What did you do to help you afford things? I took bad jobs that my critics/opponents would never have stooped to take. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyJiyXlOfjA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWuSUxCPpzQ
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6385224326112

FOX NEWS
— Sean Hannity: This socialist contagion is ripping through the Democratic Party
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6385230892112
— DD: If you have trouble affording things, Democrat and RINO leaders want you to blame Trump.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6385226053112

NEW AMERICAN
— The Real Affordability Agenda
https://thenewamerican.com/opinion/the-real-affordability-agenda/

NEWSMAX
— We Need to Make America, America Again. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders have no problem with citizens of foreign countries taking over America.
https://www.newsmax.com/michaeldorstewitz/india-roosevelt/2025/11/17/id/1234861/
— Dems to Push Housing Crisis on Trump in ’26
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/democrats-housing-affordability/2025/11/17/id/1234875/
— GOP Presses Abortion Limits in ACA Subsidy Talks
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/gop-abortion-limits-aca-subsidies/2025/11/17/id/1234869/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DD: If you have trouble affording things, Democrat and RINO leaders want you to blame Trump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu7wA8OVR4w

CNN
— DD: If you have trouble affording things, Democrat and RINO leaders want you to blame Trump.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/18/politics/trump-mcdonalds-economy-tariffs-rebate-checks-inflation-analysis

NEWSWEEK
— Trump’s surprising shift on legal immigration — from welcoming 600,000 Chinese students to endorsing more H-1B visa holders — triggered outrage among MAGA supporters who saw it as a betrayal of his “America First” stance. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. All the colleges that admitted me would have admitted noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q42JhZN8zxw
— DD: If you have trouble affording things, Democrat and RINO leaders want you to blame Trump.
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-mcdonalds-affordability-inflation-tariffs-updates-11062285
— Trump Admin Revoking Tens of Thousands of Visas
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-admin-revoking-tens-of-thousands-of-visas-stephen-miller-11063811
— Social Security COLAs To Be Capped for High Earners Under New Proposal
https://www.newsweek.com/social-security-cola-capped-high-earners-11057294

MSN
— ‘We don’t need low-wage servants…’: Vance sparks row amid H-1B visa debate, takes U-turn from Trump’s stance.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/we-don-t-need-low-wage-servants-jd-vance-sparks-row-amid-h-1b-visa-debate-takes-u-turn-from-donald-trump-s-stance/ar-AA1QtOza

AOL
— 12 Remote Entry-Level Jobs That Pay at Least $50,000 a Year. DD: What entry-level jobs did you have? I had three. I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU when I was 21 years old in 1970. My first entry-level job was a Retail Sales Manager for a Firestone Store. My salary was about $50,000/year in today’s dollars for a 44-hour workweek. In 1971, my second entry-level job was a GS-7 IRS Revenue Officer. The salary was $55,850/year in today’s dollars. To get that job, I had passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination. My taking graduate evening business courses at Loyola helped me get promoted to GS-9 ($68,315/year) in 1972, to GS-11 ($82,655/year) in 1973, and to GS-12 ($99,069/year) in 1974. I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. In 1980, my third entry-level job was a GS-9 Step 10 GAO Analyst. The salary was $88,808/year in today’s dollars. To get that job, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and almost earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul. Almost 18 years later, after earning a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, after passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, after becoming a licensed CPA in 1981, after earning four more professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and after earning a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997, my salary was $153,151/year in today’s dollars.
https://www.aol.com/articles/12-remote-entry-level-jobs-110500241.html

MS NOW
— Trump faces blowback from MAGA base over defense of H-1B visas and ‘America First’ agenda
https://www.ms.now/katy-tur/watch/trump-faces-blowback-from-maga-base-over-defense-of-h-1b-visas-and-america-first-agenda-252086853892
— DD: The more planks in the Republican Party platform that my critics/opponent reject, the harder that they work against me.
https://www.ms.now/opinion/msnbc-opinion/republican-party-platform-trump-project-2025-rcna161259

NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: If you have trouble affording things, Democrat and RINO leaders want you to blame Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/nyregion/mamdani-trump-meeting.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/us/politics/trump-mcdonalds-affordability-inflation.html

USA TODAY
— DD: If you have trouble affording things, Democrat and RINO leaders want you to blame Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/17/trump-mcdonalds-affordability-taxes/87329117007/

LAS VEGAS REVIEW JOURNAL
— DD: If you have trouble affording things, Democrat and RINO leaders want you to blame Trump.
https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-the-chutzpah-of-democrats-and-the-affordability-theme-3583011/

WEEK
— DD: If you have trouble affording things, Democrat and RINO leaders want you to blame Trump.
https://theweek.com/politics/affordability-trump-answer

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Affordability Costs a Bundle. Republicans need a free-market answer to Democrats’ turn toward socialism. DD: If you have trouble affording things, Democrat and RINO leaders want you to blame Trump.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/affordability-costs-a-bundle-057bb0ee
— Trump, Affordability and Growth. The economy has rebounded smartly; the end of tariff fights could ignite a boom. DD: If you have trouble affording things, Democrat and RINO leaders want you to blame Trump.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-affordability-and-growth-c8e5a50a
— Identity Politics, Seattle Edition. Mayor-elect Katie Wilson lays out her cabinet priorities.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/seattle-mayor-elect-katie-wilson-progressives-2slgbtquia-cabinet-0eb657c8
— Why Ford Can’t Find Mechanics. Forget about reshoring manufacturing without more skilled workers. DD: What did you do to maintain and improve your job skills? I earned thee job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/ford-motor-ceo-jim-farley-mechanic-shortage-autos-skilled-workers-334ae52d

BLOOMBERG
— DD: If you have trouble affording things, Democrat and RINO leaders want you to blame Trump.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-11-17/tariffs-and-trump-and-affordability
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-18/trump-hails-mcdonald-s-extra-value-meals-in-affordability-pitch

FOIRBES
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote citizens of foreign countries over citizens of America.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2025/11/17/top-us-technology-companies-dominate-h-1b-visa-list-in-2025/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qvhz58D0KYQ

FORTUNE
— DD: If you have trouble affording things, Democrat and RINO leaders want you to blame Trump.
https://fortune.com/2025/11/17/zohran-mamdani-donald-trump-affordability-meeting/
— Work-life balance finally outranks pay as a top motivator for job seekers. DD: Who do you know who voluntarily took a pay cut? I voluntarily took a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-9 Step 10, that is, a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980. Why did I do that? My Democrat IRS superiors had made it clear that they would never promote me to GS-13 even though I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul. The GS-15 GAO Staff Manager (Bill) who arranged for my transfer assured me that I would be assigned to audits of IRS and soon promoted back up to GS-12 Step 5 and soon to GS-13. But almost immediately, Bill was replaced with a new Staff Manager (Dave) who despised me, if not hated me. Dave kept me off audits of IRS, gave me bad job assignments, gave me unfair performance expectations, and gave me unfair performance appraisals. Dave delayed my promotions back up to GS-11 Step 10 and to GS-12 Step 5. Dave stopped me from being promoted to GS-13. But then, in late 1985, Dave went on extended sick leave. That enabled Bill to assign me to audits of IRS and promote me to GS-13 in 1986. But then, Dave came back. Dave forced Bill to retire in 1987. Dave threw me off audits of IRS, gave me a very bad job assignment, gave me very unfair performance expectations, gave me a very unfair performance appraisal, and ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance in 1989. Dave took the aforesaid adverse actions against me a) even though I had earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and became a licensed CPA in 1981. Dave would not have taken the aforesaid adverse actions against me if had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran. Dave would not have been able to take the aforesaid adverse actions against me if GAO had been unionized. GAO did not unionize until 2007.
https://fortune.com/2025/11/17/work-life-balance-outranked-pay-top-perk-peoeple-choosing-a-job/

POLITICO
— DD: If you have trouble affording things, Democrat and RINO leaders want you to blame Trump.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/17/trump-says-americans-are-damn-lucky-hes-in-office-in-first-affordability-pitch-00655751

HARVARD CRIMSON
— Harvard Students Hate Capitalism — Until Recruiting Season. DD: My critics/opponents hint/imply that under socialism, they would have been more successful.
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/11/18/isaac-harvard-hates-capitalism/

BEAST
— DD: If you have trouble affording things, Democrat and RINO leaders want you to blame Trump.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trumps-favorite-food-is-failing-the-affordability-test/

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Democratic Socialism 2028? Most Young Voters Say ‘Yes’ DD: My critics/opponents hint/imply that under socialism, they would have been more successful.
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/partner_surveys/democratic_socialism_2028_most_young_voters_say_yes

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

FINANCIAL EXPRESS
— ‘Have ordinary skills but can be easily controlled’: Indian-origin US professor on H-1B visa workers. According to Hira, it is a “no-brainer” for corporations to opt for H-1B employees because while they have “ordinary skills”, that are widely available in the US job market, they are still favored due to economic advantages, such as legally being underpaid as compared to American workers.
https://www.financialexpress.com/business/investing-abroad-have-ordinary-skills-but-can-be-easily-controlled-indian-origin-us-professor-on-h-1b-visa-workers-4047556/

NDTV
— Indian-Origin Howard Professor Explains Why US Companies Prefer H-1B Workers: “Cheaper And Controllable”  He explained that US companies favor the program because it lets them hire workers at lower wages who are tied to their employers, limiting job mobility.
https://www.ndtv.com/feature/indian-origin-howard-professor-explains-why-us-companies-prefer-h-1b-workers-cheaper-and-controllable-9651274
— H-1B Visa Holders Are Replacing US Workers
https://www.ntd.com/panel-discussion-are-h-1b-visa-holders-replacing-us-workers_1108457.html

INDIA
— Trump: “US doesn’t have plenty of talent.” DD: Do you have talent? According to my critics/opponents, I do not. What do you stress that shows your talent? I stress that I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, that I became a licensed CPA, that I earned four other job-related professional certifications, and that I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I stress that despite my Democrat superiors’ tremendous efforts to get rid of me, I survived as a postal employee for almost 3 years, as an IRS employee for almost 9 years, and as a GAO employee for almost 18 years. I stress that my Democrat IRS superiors promoted me to GS-12 Step 5, currently $112,280/year and that my Democrat GAO superiors promoted me to GS-13 Step 10, currently $153,151/year.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/white-house-issues-clarification-on-h-1b-visa-programme-after-trump-admits-us-doesnt-have-plenty-of-talent/ar-AA1QkxDV

TIMES OF INDIA
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote citizens of foreign countries over citizens of America.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/international-business/busting-myths-donald-trump-h-1b-visa-holders-are-not-cheap-labour-why-foreign-workers-are-important-for-us/articleshow/125403553.cms
— Musk under fire for claiming Americans can’t do challenging physical work amid H-1B row
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/elon-musk-under-fire-for-claiming-americans-cant-do-challenging-physical-work-amid-h-1b-row/articleshow/125387130.cms

DAILY MAIL
— DD: If you have trouble affording things, Democrat and RINO leaders want you to blame Trump.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/trump-returns-to-mcdonald-s-golden-arches-to-sell-affordability/ar-AA1QCRo2?ocid=finance-verthp-feeds

WORLD SOCIALIST WEB SITE
— Chicago workers speak out against ICE neighborhood arrests
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/11/17/kupj-n17.html

November 16, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Staffer held at knifepoint at state Senate leader’s Oak Park office. Scott Loeffler, 35, allegedly pulled a knife on an employee in state Sen. Don Harmon’s office and stole her phone. He was charged with armed robbery and ordered detained Sunday.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-suburbs/2025/11/16/staffer-held-knifepoint-don-harmon-oak-park-office
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use religious leaders to protect their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/11/16/clergy-arrests-broadview-ice

DAILY HERALD
— DD: Palatine ever-increasingly blasts ICE.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251116/news/palatine-leaders-hope-to-rebuild-trust-in-wake-of-immigration-arrests/

ABC7
— DHS leaves command center at Naval Station Great Lakes in North Chicago
https://abc7chicago.com/post/department-homeland-security-leaves-midway-blitz-command-center-naval-station-great-lakes-north-chicago-city-officials/18162361/
— Many House Republicans will back bill to release Epstein files
https://abc7chicago.com/post/house-republicans-will-back-bill-blow-open-epstein-files-effort-leaders-say-pres-trump-calls-clinton-investigation/18162601/

CBS2
— Border Patrol commander has left Chicago, but some communities remain on edge
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/border-patrol-chief-left-chicago-communities-remain-on-edge/
— Staffer robbed at knifepoint at Illinois Sen. Don Harmon’s Oak Park office; suspect charged
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/staffer-robbed-at-knifepoint-at-don-harmons-oak-park-office-suspect-charged/

FOX32
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/immigration-crackdown-chicago
— 2 out of 5 younger women want to leave US for good
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/2-out-5-younger-women-want-leave-us-good-poll-finds

HERALD REVIEW
— Illinois residents face high health insurance prices, with Obamacare subsidies still in limbo after shutdown
https://herald-review.com/news/state-regional/business/health-care/article_4b261e0b-75c3-5e3f-a1bd-0aa5509730af.html

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE & WSIU & WAND TV
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for inflation.
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/trumps-republican-party-insists-theres-no-affordability-crisis-and-dismisses-election-losses/article_f77d0898-0fd2-58d9-ba45-0b3d3362defe.html
https://www.wsiu.org/2025-11-15/white-house-pivots-to-affordability-as-president-trump-confronts-voter-discontent
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/trumps-republican-party-insists-theres-no-affordability-crisis-and-dismisses-election-losses/article_bb2918e2-14ad-58da-939f-c3e9662f7666.html

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— Malefactor Deathmatch: Socialists vs. Groypers
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2025/11/13/malefactor-deathmatch-socialists-vs-groypers

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump seeks primary challenges against Indiana state lawmakers who defy redistricting demands
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/16/trump-seeks-primary-challenges-indiana-state-lawmakers-defy/
— House Speaker Mike Johnson insists President Trump has ‘clean hands’ in Epstein case
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/16/mike-johnson-house-speaker-insists-president-trump-clean-hands/
— Right-wing antisemitism betrays conservatism. Antithetical to the Judeo-Christian ethic. DD: Many, if not most, if not virtually all of my Chicago office GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were antisemitic. They were furious when I volunteered to work for a GS-15, currently $163,749-$195,200/year, Jewish manager in 1990. They were intimidated/envious of her having an MBA from the University of Chicago and passing the CPA examination on her first attempt.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/16/right-wing-antisemitism-betrays-conservatism/
— California yanks illegal immigrants’ trucker’s licenses; Newsom says migrant status not a factor
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/16/california-yanks-illegal-immigrants-truckers-licenses-newsom-says/
— Where’s the violence? Look to the left. Conservatives aren’t assassinating the opposition.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/16/wheres-violence-look-left/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The woke war on standards is destroying higher education
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/3887586/woke-war-on-standards-destroying-higher-education/
— Trump debuts new ‘Marjorie Taylor Brown’ nickname for MTG after pair fall out. DD: I should write about those who have dumped me. I would focus on Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders who I have done the most to help elect and to help reelect. I would focus on those who blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for their defeats.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/3888374/trump-debuts-new-marjorie-taylor-brown-nickname-for-mtg-after-pair-fall-out/
— Epstein’s resentment toward Trump
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/3888590/jeffrey-epstein-resentment-toward-donald-trump/

NEW YORK POST
— Trump fumes at ‘politically correct’ Indiana state GOP pols over stalled redistricting push
https://nypost.com/2025/11/16/us-news/trump-fumes-at-indiana-state-gop-pols-over-redistricting-push/
— Bigwig on Zohran Mamdani’s transition team railed against Jews
https://nypost.com/2025/11/16/us-news/bigwig-on-zohran-mamdanis-transition-team-railed-against-jews-questioned-gay-rights/

AMERICAN THINKER
— How many illegal aliens are in our country?
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/11/wait_a_minute_how_many_illegal_aliens_are_in_our_country_again.html

BREITBART
— Companies Abusing H-1B Program to Save Labor Costs
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/11/15/schweizer-companies-abusing-h-1b-program-to-save-labor-costs/

CENTER SQUARE
— DD: Democrats and RINOs slam Vance’s call for less legal immigration. If there had been as many immigrants when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealth parents who bought them cars, paid for their college education, and got them jobs.
https://www.aol.com/articles/advocates-slam-vances-call-less-165900388.html

DAILY CALLER
— ‘Just Doesn’t Work And Has Never Worked’: Bill Maher Slams Democrats’ Shift Towards Socialism
https://dailycaller.com/2025/11/16/bill-maher-socialism-destroy-democrats-real-time-mamdani-dsa/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Mamdani Is a Warning for Western Civilization
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/11/16/mamdani-is-a-warning-for-western-civilization/
— Midterms Shaping Up to Be a War Over Delivering Affordability for Gen Z
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/11/16/midterms-shaping-up-to-be-a-war-over-delivering-affordability-for-gen-z/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Bill Maher Rips Democratic Socialism, Warns Dems They’re Going Too Far Left
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/11/bill-maher-rips-democratic-socialism-warns-dems-theyre-going-too-far-left/

NEWSMAX
— Trump Withdraws Support for MTG’s Reelection
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/mtg-marjorie-taylor-greene-donald-trump/2025/11/16/id/1234774/
— Trump’s Healthcare Plan Lowers Premiums, Costs
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/bill-cassidy-trump-healthcare/2025/11/16/id/1234767/

PJ MEDIA
— Charlotte Grocery Store Offers Illegals Free Delivery to Avoid ICE
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/11/16/charlotte-grocery-store-offers-illegals-free-delivery-to-avoid-ice-n4946053

TOWNHALL
— Trump Threatens To Replace RINO Indiana Republicans Who Won’t Redistrict
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/scott-mcclallen/2025/11/16/trump-threatens-to-replace-rino-indiana-republicans-who-wont-redistrict-n2666525

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially name itself the Socialist Party?
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5606186-socialism-gaining-popularity-affordability/
— Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) claimed Sunday that President Trump is “losing his MAGA base” over files related to the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as controversy surrounding the disgraced financier heats up.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5608012-khanna-trump-epstein-files/
— Greene says Trump administration ‘infuriating people’ by ‘gaslighting’ them on affordability
https://www.aol.com/articles/greene-says-trump-administration-infuriating-191429637.html

CNN
— Trump feuds with Marjorie Taylor Greene as House vote on releasing Epstein files looms
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-administration-epstein-files-11-16-25

REUTERS
— US House speaker says ‘nothing to hide’ in Epstein files
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-house-speaker-says-nothing-hide-epstein-files-2025-11-16/

AOL
— While on NYC’s slowest bus, Mamdani says he’d as mayor bike, ride public transit to work
https://www.aol.com/articles/while-nyc-slowest-bus-mamdani-234400932.html

NBC NEWS
— Epstein vote a Democratic attempt to make Trump a ‘lame duck’
https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/sen-barrasso-says-epstein-vote-a-democratic-attempt-to-make-trump-a-lame-duck-full-interview-252146245958

NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat Leaders Say Pope Leo Doesn’t Want to Be the Anti-Trump. But He Is.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/opinion/trump-pope-leo-maga-christianity.html
— Marjorie Taylor Greene Extends an Olive Branch to Trump. The Georgia Republican, long a loyal Trump ally, had come under attack by the president after showing independence, notably on the government’s investigation of Jeffrey Epstein.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/us/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-trump-epstein-files.html
— Epstein Emails Reveal a Lost New York
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/style/epstein-emails-reveal-a-lost-new-york.html

WASHINGTON POST
— GOP-led Epstein probe in House creates political friendly fire for Trump. The Republican side of the committee investigating Epstein has kept pushing out troves of emails and documents, and Trump’s name keeps coming up.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/11/16/epstein-emails-republicans-trump/
— Despite Trump’s ire, House gaining support on Epstein files vote. Lawmakers pushing for the release of more files are planning a news conference at the Capitol on Tuesday alongside victims of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/11/16/house-epstein-discharge-petition-trump/
— GOP plans to replace Obamacare have failed. Here’s what lawmakers propose now.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/11/16/gop-healthcare-plans-trump/

USA TODAY
— What Epstein’s emails reveal about the rich and famous who sought his advice. Financial and political intel? Sure. But there was so much more that Bold Face Names sought from the disgraced sex offender and former Trump friend.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/15/jeffrey-epsteins-emails-advice-to-rich-and-famous/87274450007/

DALLAS EXPRESS
— Trump Plans To Bring Foreign Experts To Train American Workers. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://dallasexpress.com/national/treasury-secretary-scott-bessent-says-trump-plans-to-bring-foreign-experts-to-train-american-workers/

STATEN ISLAND ADVANCE
— Catholic leaders across U.S. issue ‘special message’ condemning Trump’s deportations. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly get religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.silive.com/nation/2025/11/catholic-leaders-across-us-issue-special-message-condemning-trumps-deportations.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump’s Affordability Agenda
https://www.wsj.com/video/series/journal-editorial-report/wsj-opinion-trump-affordability-agenda/4BBBC550-1217-497D-AAB8-62CD32E5B7C1
— White House Hunts for Ways to Lower the Cost of Living. Aside from reducing tariffs, Trump has a limited ability to bring down prices. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for inflation.
https://www.wsj.com/economy/consumers/trump-cost-of-living-prices-8e08798d
— He’s Called ‘Little Trump,’ and His Tactics Are Rankling White House Top Brass. Bill Pulte, head of the agency overseeing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, has been making big waves from his low-profile post. DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who have lots of clout, who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican, and who have worked harder against me than me than against any Democrat. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/bill-pulte-profile-d000c844
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Pulte, who heads the Federal Housing Finance Agency, told the president he had identified leakers who were undermining the administration. He was carrying a “Ghostbusters”-style poster that featured pictures of administration officials and outside allies, outlined by red circles with lines through their faces, according to officials familiar with the meeting. For many in the West Wing, it was classic Pulte: an attention-grabbing move to burrow into President Trump’s good graces by attacking the president’s perceived enemies. . .Pulte has routinely made waves from that low-profile post, digging up opposition research on the president’s foes, ousting legal and ethics watchdogs who investigated the FHFA director’s conduct, and lashing out at companies in the housing world.)
— Trump Withdraws Support for Once Staunch Backer Marjorie Taylor Greene. The Georgia Republican has recently criticized the administration on several issues including affordability. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for inflation.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-withdraws-support-for-once-staunch-backer-marjorie-taylor-greene-89798ddf

FORTUNE
— The exact amount of money ($619,178/year) you need to earn to be among New York’s ultra-wealthy club has been revealed—and it’s 7x the average wage ($84,578/year).
https://www.aol.com/finance/exact-amount-money-earn-among-161519963.html

PBS
— As Enforcement Intensifies, Churches Become Sanctuaries for Immigrants. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly get religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.kqed.org/news/12063793/as-enforcement-intensifies-churches-become-sanctuaries-for-immigrants-seeking-peace

AXIOS
— These cities have the highest entry-level wage growth. DD: What entry-level jobs did you have? I had three. I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU when I was 21 years old in 1970. My first entry-level job was a Retail Sales Manager for a Firestone Store. My salary was about $50,000/year in today’s dollars for a 44-hour workweek. In 1971, my second entry-level job was a GS-7 IRS Revenue Officer. The salary was $55,850/year in today’s dollars. To get that job, I had passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination. My taking graduate evening business courses at Loyola helped me get promoted to GS-9 ($68,315/year) in 1972, to GS-11 ($82,655/year) in 1973, and to GS-12 ($99,069/year) in 1974. I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. In 1980, my third entry-level job was a GS-9 Step 10 GAO Analyst, The salary was $88,808/year in today’s dollars. To get that job, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980.
https://www.axios.com/2025/11/16/entry-level-wage-growth-cities

RAW STORY
— Trump rages at GOP ‘friend’ for not following his orders. DD: My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and paise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have lots of clout and had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-friend-gop-power-grab/

COMMON DREAMS
— Mamdani Backers Rally to ‘Tax the Rich’ as Transition Raises $1 Million in 10 Days From 12,000 Donors
https://www.commondreams.org/news/mamdani-tax-the-rich

SALON
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly get religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.salon.com/2025/11/16/faith-under-attack-more-clergy-arrested-at-ice-facility-protest/

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

INDEPENDENT
— The Trump Organization looked to bring in nearly 200 foreign workers on visas this year to staff its golf clubs and businesses — the highest total to date, according to figures from the Department of Labor. This year, the company sought to hire 184 foreign workers for temporary positions at the family’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and a winery in Virginia through H-2A and H-2B visas, Forbes first reported. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.aol.com/news/trump-organization-asked-foreign-visas-151152895.html

GUARDIAN
— The banality of evil: how Epstein’s powerful friends normalized him
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/16/jeffrey-epstein-powerful-friends

November 12, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Hundreds detained as part of immigration ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ ordered released on bond
https://abc7chicago.com/post/hundreds-detained-part-federal-immigration-operation-midway-blitz-ordered-released-bond-judge-says/18148124/
— DD: Democrat employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/city-chicago-sues-us-department-justice-dei-restrictions-community-policing-hiring-grant-mayor-brandon-johnson-says/18148498/

WLS
— Judge orders release of hundreds arrested in Illinois immigration crackdown
https://www.wpsdlocal6.com/news/wls-judge-orders-release-of-hundreds-arrested-in-illinois-immigration-crackdown/article_6e83bab3-06f8-5136-93e5-50b4ea730813.html

WTTW
— Chicago Will Stop Investing in US Treasury Securities to Protest ‘Authoritarian’ Trump, Treasurer Announces
https://news.wttw.com/2025/11/12/chicago-will-stop-investing-us-treasury-securities-protest-authoritarian-trump-treasurer

WGN RADIO
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote Pat Brady.
https://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/pat-brady-rahm-emanuel-epstein-files/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Federal judge says he’ll order release of hundreds of ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ arrestees on bond
https://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/pat-brady-rahm-emanuel-epstein-files/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois steps up where feds fall down in making college affordable. DD: What made college affordable for you? Way back when I was young, way back in the 1960s, many of my high school classmates did not try to earn a college degree because their parents could not afford it. My parents could not afford it. My father often decried his not having a college degree. So I bought a 1958 Chevrolet Bel Air in 1964 with money I had earned doing yard work and delivering newspapers. I used that car to get to/from my parents’ home in Crete and my minimum wage dishwashing job in the basement of the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights. I took college preparatory courses. I got an ACT score of 24. I graduated in the upper 20% of my Crete-Monee High School class. UIC accepted me. I used the money I had earned washing dishes to but a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in May of 1966. I used that car to get to/from summer jobs during 1966 and then classes at UIC. The Park Forest Post Office hired me in November of 1966. I used the money I earned delivering mail to pay not only for my college expenses but a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967 and a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968. I transferred from UIC to NIU in January of 1969. I graduated debt-free from NIU with a bachelor’s degree in business in August of 1970.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/11/12/illinois-college-costs-trump-administration-students-color-low-income-denise-forte-juliana-stratton

FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump faces criticism from MAGA base over comments on American workers. DD: Employers want cheap labor.  Noncitizens work for less money and are easier to exploit.
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/president-trump-faces-criticism-from-maga-base-over-comments-american-workers-laura-ingraham-h1b-scott-bessent
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Donald Trump’s recent defense of the H-1B visa program has stirred controversy, even among his staunchest supporters. During an interview with Laura Ingraham, Trump had a back-and-forth with the Fox News host over the H-1B visa program. “You also do have to bring in talent,” Trump said. “We have plenty of talented people here,” replied Ingraham. “No, you don’t, no you don’t,” Trump replied, causing Ingraham to press him on whether or not we have talented American workers domestically. “You don’t have certain talents and people have to learn. You can’t take people off an unemployment line and say I’m going to put you into a factory and you’re going to make missiles,” Trump said. These remarks contrast sharply with an executive order he signed in September, which increased H-1B visa application fees to $100,000, up from the previous $2,000 to $5,000 range. The comments have been perceived as a slight against American workers, drawing criticism from figures like Steve Bannon. “All the visa programs…I think we’ve got enough folks, until everyone has a high-paying, high-value job,” he said on his “Bannon’s War Room” show Wednesday. Pro MAGA voices on social media expressed outrage, with some labeling the comments as “insanity” and predicting electoral losses. However, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent defended the president’s stance Wednesday morning, citing the lack of domestic production in industries like shipbuilding and semiconductors. “An American can’t have that job because we haven’t built ships in the US for years, we haven’t built semiconductors, so this idea of overseas partners coming in, teaching American workers, then returning home, it’s a home run,” he told Fox News. The H-1B visa issue has been a contentious topic within the MAGA movement since late 2024, when figures like Elon Musk and Vivek Ramswamy faced criticism for supporting the program to attract tech workers.)

NPR ILLINOIS
— Who is Laura Loomer, President Trump’s self-described chief ‘loyalty enforcer’?
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-11-12/who-is-laura-loomer-president-trumps-self-described-chief-loyalty-enforcer

NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY TV
— DuPage County Trade Apprenticeship Expo sees record attendance
https://www.nctv17.org/news/dupage-county-trade-apprenticeship-expo-sees-record-attendance/

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/11/12/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-422/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

ILLINOIS FREEDOM CAUCUS
— It’s The Holiday Season…and the Democrats Dumped More Coal In Your Stocking. Veto Session 2025 Looked Like Something The GRINCH Would Have Planned For Christmas… tax increases, legal suicide, restricting law enforcement and more.
https://illinoisfreedomcaucus.substack.com/p/its-the-holiday-seasonand-the-democrats

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

NEW YORK POST
— Epstein emails: The Dems and their lapdogs with laptops cry Wolff again
https://nypost.com/2025/11/12/opinion/epstein-emails-the-dems-and-their-lapdogs-with-laptops-cry-wolff-again/

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— MAGA’s ‘Multiracial Coalition’ Was a Mirage. DD: To get more votes from those who are the following, Democrat candidates ever-increasingly promise to use government to give them more preference: minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, have less money than others, are noncitizens, etc.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/magas-multiracial-coalition-was-a-mirage/

BLAZE
— Trump celebrates historic crime drop in hostile sanctuary city after federal ‘blitz’
https://www.theblaze.com/news/trump-celebrates-historic-crime-drop-in-hostile-sanctuary-city-after-federal-blitz-dhs

DAILY SIGNAL
— Noem Pledges ‘Surge’ of Resources to Chicago After Pritzker Calls Bovino a ‘Snowflake’
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/11/12/noem-pledges-surge-resource-chicago-after-gov-jb-pritzker-calls-top-immigration-official-snowflake/

CAMPUS REFORM
— Northwestern helps illegal alien students access employment, health care, scholarships, and more. As ICE increases enforcement operations near Chicago, Northwestern continues programs that shield illegal alien students from the law. The university provides illegal aliens with wellness workshops, scholarships, hotlines, travel guides, free health care, career series, graduate school opportunities and more. DD: All the universities that admitted me would admitted noncitizens instead of me if they could have. All the employers that hired me would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.  My critics/opponents have no problem with that.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/northwestern-helps-illegal-alien-students-access-employment-health-care-scholarships-/28936

DAILY WIRE
— Border Agents Head To Charlotte After Illegal Immigration Sweep In Chicago. Border Patrol chief for California’s El Centro sector, Gregory Bovino, will also head to Charlotte, sources said.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/border-agents-head-to-charlotte-after-illegal-immigration-sweep-in-chicago

EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Defends Plan To Offer 600,000 Chinese Student Visas. DD: All the universities that admitted me would admitted noncitizens instead of me if they could have. All the employers that hired me would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.  My critics/opponents have no problem with that.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-defends-plan-to-offer-600000-chinese-student-visas-5943597

FOX NEWS
— A member of Sen. Tammy Duckworth’s office allegedly signs forms while misrepresenting himself as the attorney of an illegal immigrant. ICE said person’s purported client had already been deported four times and convicted of a DUI.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6385005028112

HOMELAND SECRITY
— Operation Midway Blitz Brings Historic Drop in Crime to J.B. Pritzker and Brandon Johnson’s Chicago
https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/11/12/operation-midway-blitz-brings-historic-drop-crime-jb-pritzker-and-brandon-johnsons

NEWSMAX
— Trump’s ‘Midway Blitz’ Slashes Chicago Crime: Carjackings Plunge 48%
https://www.newsmax.com/us/trump-dhs-chicago/2025/11/12/id/1234241/

PJ MEDIA
— California Issued 17,000 CDLs to ‘Dangerous Foreign Drivers’
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/11/12/california-issued-17k-cdls-to-dangerous-foreign-drivers-n4945903

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

WMAL
— Trump Endorses Abbott for Fourth Term in Texas. DD: Which candidates on the March 17, 2025 Republican primary ballot in your precinct a) have sought Trump’s endorsement and/or b) have received Trump’s endorsement?
https://www.wmal.com/2025/11/12/trump-endorses-abbott-for-fourth-term-in-texas/

USA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Carlson and Fuentes to paint Republicans as being antisemites. My Democrat superiors in the federal government used their Jewish superiors and supervisors to take many big adverse actions against me. They stressed to them that I was conservative, Republican, Protestant, and 100% German American. They stressed that I lived in Crete 1948-1972 and in Wheaton since 1978.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/12/carlson-fuentes-interview-maga-rift/87210363007/

BLOOMBERG
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Carlson and Fuentes to paint Republicans as being antisemites. My Democrat superiors in the federal government used their Jewish superiors and supervisors to take many big adverse actions against me. They stressed to them that I was conservative, Republican, Protestant, and 100% German American. They stressed that I lived in Crete 1948-1972 and in Wheaton since 1978.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-11-12/tucker-carlson-nick-fuentes-will-force-gop-to-confront-antisemitism

SPLC
— DD: Democrat leaders use Kirk’s assignation against Republicans.
https://www.splcenter.org/resources/hatewatch/charlie-kirk-trans-shooter-myth/

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

INDEPENDENT
— ICE recruits are showing up for training with disqualifying criminal backgrounds. DD: In my defense, my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors fully vetted me. But they hired me only because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, and/or veteran who would take the job. I qualified myself for my Post Office job by passing the postal employment examination and earning a high school diploma. I qualified myself for my IRS job by passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination and earning a bachelor’s degree in business. I qualified myself for my GAO job by earning an MBA and passing the CPA examination on my first attempt.
https://www.aol.com/news/ice-recruits-showing-training-disqualifying-160752475.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Immigration and Customs Enforcement is flush with cash for an aggressive recruiting campaign to fulfill Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda. But new recruits are reportedly failing physical fitness requirements and entering training programs before the agency performed background checks or finished a screening process. ICE officials have discovered that some recruits failed drug testing or had disqualifying criminal backgrounds while they were already enrolled in training, according to NBC News. Since the beginning of a summer hiring surge after the president approved $178 billion to expand the agency into one of the most expensive police agencies in the world, ICE has dismissed more than 200 new recruits while they were in training for falling short of requirements, according to agency data reviewed by NBC. Most did not meet physical and academic standards — including failing open-book tests — while several were dismissed for their criminal backgrounds or over safety concerns that were flagged in background checks, the outlet reported. At least one recruit at the agency’s training academy in Brunswick, Georgia, had been previously charged with strong-arm robbery and battery stemming from a domestic violence incident, according to a Homeland Security official speaking to NBC. Several recruits also had not submitted fingerprints or gone through any background checks at all before entering the six-week training course, officials said. Homeland Security deputy secretary Tricia McLaughlin claimed that a majority of new recruits are former law enforcement officers who go through a different hiring process; per ICE policy, applicants are required to pass drug tests and undergo a security check before they enter training. McLaughlin said the figures in NBC’s report are “not accurate” and “reflect a subset of candidates in initial basic academy classes.” “The vast majority of new officers brought on during the hiring surge are experienced law enforcement officers who have already successfully completed a law enforcement academy,” she said. “This population is expected to account for greater than 85 percent of new hires. Prior-service hires follow streamlined validation but remain subject to medical, fitness, and background requirements.” The Trump administration has aimed for hiring 10,000 ICE agents by next year, or roughly doubling its footprint, with a major boost to the agency’s Enforcement and Removal Operations division. Critics have warned that hitting that 10,000 target — without adequate guardrails to screen future agents and know exactly who is filling those roles — the government could open the door to repeat past mistakes, as ICE faces intense legal scrutiny over allegations of abuse and illegal use of force as Trump surges federal officers into cities across the country. “The loosening of hiring standards and training requirements is unacceptable and will likely result in increased officer misconduct — similar to or worse than what occurred during a small surge in hiring U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in the early 2000s,” Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin wrote to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem this week. “Exacerbating our concerns, DHS has gutted offices responsible for overseeing ICE officers and ensuring accountability for use-of-force incidents,” he added. “Given these developments, greater congressional oversight of ICE’s hiring is essential.” To boost recruitment, Homeland Security offered a “maximum $50,000 signing bonus” and student loan forgiveness. DHS also dropped age limit requirements, allowing people as young as 18 years old to apply and opening ICE to recruits older than 40 years old. The training period at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Georgia shrunk from 13 weeks to eight — and then six. Recruits must also pass a physical fitness test, including running 1.5 miles under 14 minutes and 25 seconds. But dozens of new recruits were sent packing because they couldn’t pass a legal exam, in which officers are allowed to use their books and notes for a test on the Immigration and Nationality Act and the Fourth Amendment. Another group of recruits was dismissed after medical issues or failing the physical fitness requirements. “It’s pathetic,” one career ICE official told The Atlantic. The federal government has been struggling to enroll physically fit personnel to join the ranks since even before Trump, with military branches also regularly failing to meet recruiting goals. One Pentagon study found that more than three-quarters of Americans between the ages of 17 and 24 were ineligible for service because they were overweight, unable to pass an aptitude test, afflicted by physical or mental health issues, or ruled out by a criminal record.)

November 10, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

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

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

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

November 5, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

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

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

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

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

FROM OTHER SOURCES

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

October 29, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/illinois-united-states-immigration-customs-enforcement-news-latest-trump-admin-ice-surge-chicago-national-guard-live/18057502/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/northhalsted-chicago-center-halsted-ceo-joli-robinson-among-years-out100-serving-lgbtq-community/18082833/

NBC5
— Trump warns he will send ‘more than National Guard’ to some U.S. cities ‘if we need.’ DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do more to protect their illegals.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/trump-warns-he-will-send-more-than-national-guard-to-some-u-s-cities-if-we-need/3844549/

CBS2
— Texas National Guard troops remain stationed in Elwood, Illinois, costing taxpayers millions. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do more to protect their illegals.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/national-guard-troops-in-elwood/

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Protest held at Palatine police station after officer assisted federal agents with arrest.  DD: Democrats ever-increasingly make it clear that they exist to promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251028/news/protest-held-at-palatine-police-station-after-officer-assisted-federal-agents-with-arrest/
— Judge orders Trump administration to restore school mental health grants. DD: According to Democrats, you have mental health problems if you are not a Democrat.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251028/nation-and-world-politics/judge-orders-trump-administration-to-restore-school-mental-health-grants/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DD: Soon, under the Democrats, everyone in America will be a) handing out welfare and/or receiving welfare. Under the Democrats, America ever-increasingly fails to produce productive members of society.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/local/2025/10/29/closer-look-at-how-halting-of-snap-impacts-springfield-area/86950904007/

WAND TV
— DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/il-democrats-plan-to-pass-bill-protecting-immigrants-from-hostile-ice-tactics/article_68724e4d-aa11-4fc6-91d4-0641cf471ded.html

SHAW LOCAL
— West Suburban Food Pantry turns to DoorDash program for families reluctant to visit pantry. DD: Soon, under the Democrats, everyone in America will be a) handing out welfare and/or receiving welfare. Under the Democrats, America ever-increasingly fails to produce productive members of society.
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/2025/10/28/west-suburban-food-pantry-turns-to-doordash-program-for-families-reluctant-to-visit-pantry/

NPR ILLINOIS
— This furloughed IRS lawyer is living out his dream of being a hot dog vendor. DD: I was an IRS employee for almost 9 years. I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. Federal employees have always been demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being grossly overpaid and that their benefits are far too generous.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-10-29/this-furloughed-irs-lawyer-is-living-out-his-dream-of-being-a-hot-dog-vendor

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrats vote against ‘clean’ GOP bill to end shutdown despite union pressure. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the shutdown to defeat Republican candidates.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/democrats-vote-against-clean-gop-bill-to-end-shutdown-despite-union-pressure/amp/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Tennessee GOP congressman calls on Bondi to investigate Mamdani’s naturalization documents
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/tennessee-gop-congressman-calls-on-bondi-to-investigate-mamdanis-naturalization-documents-andrew-cuomo-curtis-sliwa

DECATUR RADIO
— CANNABIS-IMPAIRED DRIVING  DD: Pot is poison.
https://www.decaturradio.com/2025/10/28/cannabis-impaired-driving/

DUPAGE COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSION
— Candidate filings as of 10/28/25
https://cms5.revize.com/revize/dupage/Election/Documents/Candidate%20Information/WebsiteListingsByElection/2026GPE/2026GPE%20Candidate%20Listing.pdf

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/29/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-621/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

JOHN KASS
— Zohran Mamdani’s New York Infecting America
https://johnkassnews.com/zohran-new-york/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Illinois County Board Member and Wife Killed When Illegal Alien Hits Their Car
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/28/illinois-county-board-member-and-wife-killed-when-illegal-alien-hits-their-car/
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/28/coles-county-board-member-and-wife-killed-by-illegal-alien/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What do you say to Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders in Illinois who send their press releases and their press advisories to Democrat news outlets but refuse to send them to GOPUSA ILLINOIS at diersen@aol.com ? What do you say to the aforesaid who blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems? What do you say to the aforesaid who destroy those like me who refuse to be manipulated or dominated by them, who refuse to glorify or paise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money? What do you say to the aforesaid who have had their operatives and their dupes take many big adverse actions against me. I should write about that. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Revenge Politics: Tony McCombie’s War on Her Own Conservative House GOP Caucus
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/revenge-politics-tony-mccombies-war-on-her-own-conservative-house-gop-caucus.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— DHS to end Biden’s automatic renewal of migrants’ work permits; new rule increases vetting
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/29/dhs-end-bidens-automatic-renewal-migrants-work-permits-new-rule/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Illegals vs. the Deserving American Poor
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/10/illegals_vs_the_deserving_american_poor.html
— Texas runs voter file, finds 2,724 possible non-citizens
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/10/texas_runs_voter_file_finds_2_724_possible_non_citizens.html
— Liberal Women are Unhappy
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/10/liberal_women_are_unhappy.html

CAMPUS REFORM
— Only 8% of hiring managers say Gen Z is ready for the workforce. DD: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/analysis-8-hiring-managers-say-gen-z-ready-workforce/28850

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Why Trump Critics’ Hyperbolic Rhetoric on Deportations Denigrates Real Tragedies
https://cis.org/Smith/Why-Trump-Critics-Hyperbolic-Rhetoric-Deportations-Denigrates-Real-Tragedies

DAILY CALLER
— DEI Infecting Biden DOD And Its Suppliers Hurt Readiness On A Global Scale. Democrats use DEI to defeat Republican candidates.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/29/opinion-dei-infecting-biden-dod-and-its-suppliers-hurt-readiness-on-a-global-scale-james-fitzpatrick/

DAILY SIGNAL
— DHS Disputes MSNBC Writer’s Claim ICE Lowered Hiring Standards. DD: To hire, retain, and promote more young minorities and more young females, employers ever-increasingly lower standards. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my a) job-related bachelor’s degree, b) my three job-related master’s degrees, c) my six job-related professional certifications, and d) my job-related professional license.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/10/28/dhs-responds-msnbc-column-claiming-ice-lowered-hiring-standards/

FOX NEWS
— Senate Democrats Reject Bill To Reopen Government For 13th Time
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/schumer-again-blocks-gop-bid-reopen-government-air-traffic-controllers-go-unpaid
— Ohio uncovers over 1,000 noncitizens ‘appearing’ registered to vote, sends cases to DOJ for prosecution
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ohio-uncovers-over-1000-noncitizens-appearing-registered-vote-sends-cases-doj-prosecution
— Pentagon orders managers to fire their underperforming employees with ‘speed and conviction.’ The new guidelines raise concerns about potential misuse to target employees who do not support Trump administration programs. DD: Were you an underperforming employee? According to my critics/opponents, the following shows that I was an underperforming federal employee: a) my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for them, and forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980, b) my Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions, and disallowed my travel vouchers, and c) my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests. According to my critics/opponents, my Democrat superiors taking the aforesaid adverse actions against me notwithstanding the following shows that I was an extremely bad performer: a) I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, b) I earned job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, c) I earned job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and c) I earned a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pentagon-orders-managers-fire-civilian-workers-speed-conviction

NEWSMAX
— Speaker Johnson: DEI Is Part of Dem Shutdown Agenda
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/mike-johnson-democrats-shutdown/2025/10/28/id/1232221/

POST MILLENNIAL
— Newsom tells former NBA stars ‘anti-woke’ is just ‘anti-black’
https://thepostmillennial.com/gavin-newsom-tells-former-nba-stars-anti-woke-is-just-anti-black

TOWNHALL
— Road Carnage Caused by Illegal Aliens
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnandandyschlafly/2025/10/29/road-carnage-caused-by-illegal-aliens-n2665603

TPUSA
— Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Says ‘Illegal Alien’ is a ‘Racist’ Term
https://tpusa.com/live/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-says-illegal-alien-is-a-racist-term/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Pentagon removes key protections for underperforming employees, moves to fire them with ‘speed and conviction.’ DD: Were you an underperforming employee? According to my critics/opponents, the following shows that I was an underperforming federal employee: a) my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for them, and forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980, b) my Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions, and disallowed my travel vouchers, and c) my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests. According to my critics/opponents, my Democrat superiors taking the aforesaid adverse actions against me notwithstanding the following shows that I was an extremely bad performer: a) I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, b) I earned job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, c) I earned job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and c) I earned a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5577739-pentagon-civilian-personnel-rules/

CNN
— Gerrymandering is terrible for the country
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/29/politics/video/rep-kiley-on-gerrymandering-its-terrible-for-the-country-vrtc

MSN
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly destroy those who do not promote more LGBTQ. I do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/celebrity/anti-gay-beauty-queen-anita-bryant-famously-blasted-with-pie-dies-at-84/ar-BB1rc4rN
— DD: Soon, under the Democrats, everyone in America will be a) handing out welfare and/or receiving welfare. Under the Democrats, America ever-increasingly fails to produce productive members of society.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/as-millions-of-americans-prepare-to-lose-snap-benefits-some-states-are-moving-to-bridge-the-gap/ar-AA1Pn6xT

MSNBC
— People are starving’: Why largest federal workers union is speaking out. DD: I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. Federal employees have always been demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being grossly overpaid and that their benefits are far too generous.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cBmtzHhP68

NEW YORK TIMES
— Judge Admonishes Border Patrol Leader for Tactics in Chicago. Gregory Bovino, a Border Patrol official who has become a public face of President Trump’s crackdown, was ordered to give the federal judge a daily report on the actions of his team from now on. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do more to protect their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/us/chicago-bovino-tear-gas.html
— Dozens of States Sue Trump Administration Over Planned Food Stamp Cuts. The states petitioned a federal court days after the Agriculture Dept. said it would not take emergency steps to provide aid during the government shutdown. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the shutdown to defeat Republican candidates.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/us/politics/trump-food-stamps-snap-lawsuit.html
— How the Pentagon Is Blocking Out News Organizations. DD: What do you say to Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders in Illinois who send their press releases and their press advisories to Democrat news outlets but refuse to send them to GOPUSA ILLINOIS at diersen@aol.com ? What do you say to the aforesaid who blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems? What do you say to the aforesaid who destroy those like me who refuse to be manipulated or dominated by them, who refuse to glorify or paise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money? What do you say to the aforesaid who have had their operatives and their dupes take many big adverse actions against me. I should write about that.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/10/15/business/media/pentagon-press-rules.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Pentagon moves to fire civilian personnel with ‘speed and conviction.’ A memo from the Defense Department’s top personnel official makes it easier to remove underperforming employees and warns managers that they will be held accountable. DD: Were you an underperforming employee? According to my critics/opponents, the following shows that I was an underperforming federal employee: a) my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for them, and forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980, b) my Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions, and disallowed my travel vouchers, and c) my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests. According to my critics/opponents, my Democrat superiors taking the aforesaid adverse actions against me notwithstanding the following shows that I was an extremely bad performer: a) I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, b) I earned job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, c) I earned job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and c) I earned a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/10/28/pentagon-firings-civilian-employees-memo/

BALTIMORE SUN
— Shutdown Guide: Where Maryland’s federal workers can find food, transit and housing help. DD: I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. Federal employees have always been demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being grossly overpaid and that their benefits are far too generous.
https://www.baltimoresun.com/2025/10/28/support-for-federal-workers/

PUBLIC RADIO TULSA
— Federal credit unions in Oklahoma offer relief for federal workers without jobs, pay. DD: I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. Federal employees have always been demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being grossly overpaid and that their benefits are far too generous.
https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/local-regional/2025-10-28/federal-credit-unions-in-oklahoma-offer-relief-for-federal-workers-without-jobs-pay

BUSINESS WIRE
— Common misconceptions about scholarships persist, discouraging students from applying. Many believe scholarships are only for students with exceptional grades or abilities (46%), applications are only for incoming freshmen (36%), or that their family earns too much money (32%). DD: According to my critics/opponents, my not getting any scholarships proves that I am stupid and that my parents were filthy rich. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents had the most money, who bought them cars, who paid for their college expenses, and/or who got them jobs.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/scholarship-myths-may-costing-families-163300261.html

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

SKY NEWS
— Who does the government think ‘working people’ are? DD: My critics/opponents look down on, despise, if not hate wage earners. They stress that I was a wage earner 1964-1997. They hint, imply, argue, if not shout that I was grossly overpaid and that my benefits were much too generous. In my defense, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970. I earned job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997. I earned job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. I earned a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://news.sky.com/video/who-does-the-government-think-working-people-are-13459291

October 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