FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from freezing child care funding in Illinois, 4 other states. The temporary ruling comes a day after Illinois and the four other Democrat-led states filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over the federal government’s intention to freeze funding for social services programs in the states.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/01/09/judge-temporarily-blocks-trump-administration-from-freezing-child-care-funding-in-illinois-4-other-states
— Feds agree to halt proposed national youth gender care ban while court weighs motion. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services agreed to hold off on communicating its new regulations regarding gender-affirming care, per documents filed this week in an ongoing suit from officials from 20 states, including Illinois, and Washington, D.C.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/health/2026/01/09/feds-agree-to-halt-proposed-national-youth-gender-care-ban-while-court-weighs-motion
BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRATY
— Trump admin to garnish wages of delinquent student loan borrowers, including IL residents. DD: Did you get a student loan? I did not. I did not try to get one. My critics/opponents would a) hint/imply/argue/shout that I was not college material and b) stress that my ACT score was only 24, that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% percent of my class, and that I displayed no leadership potential.
https://www.bnd.com/news/state/illinois/article314265869.html
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DD: Democrat leaders say fractures are starting to show in Trump’s GOP at the start of this election year.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-fractures-are-starting-to-show-in-trumps-gop-at-the-start-of-this-election-year/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Weaponizing Tragedy: The Left’s War on Law and Order
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2026/01/open-borders-political-stunts-and-the-cost-in-innocent-lives/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Chicago gets lowest employment score since 2009
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-gets-lowest-employment-score-since-2009/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Renee Good is a cautionary tale on the dangers of the Left’s cult of ideology. DD: Will Democrat leaders succeed in making Renee Good George Floyd 2?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/4412656/renee-good-cautionary-tale-dangers-left-cult-ideology/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump admin blocked from freezing $10B in child care, social services funding to NY, 4 other blue states. DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to provide social services to Democrats, that is, to provide welfare to Democrats.
https://nypost.com/2026/01/09/us-news/judge-blocks-trump-admin-from-freezing-10b-in-child-care-social-services-funding-to-five-blue-states/
BREITBART
— Seattle’s Socialist Mayor to Illegals: ‘This Is Your City’
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2026/01/09/seattles-socialist-mayor-to-illegals-this-is-your-city/
DAILY CALLER
— How American Leftist Groups Collaborated With Maduro For Over A Decade
https://dailycaller.com/2026/01/09/maduro-venezuela-trump-black-lives-matter-blm-democratic-socialists-america-dsa-chavez-socialismmaduro-venezuela-trump-black-lives-matter-blm-democratic-socialists-america-dsa-chavez-socialism/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Minnesota Somali Fraud, Illegal Trucking Scandals Share One Thing: DEI
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/01/09/minnesota-somali-fraud-illegal-trucking-scandals-share-one-thing-dei/amp/
EPOCH TIMES
— Behind the Group That Controls Chinese Students in America. ‘Fight with all their might for the motherland.’ Chinese students are pressured into advancing Beijing’s interests in America.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/behind-the-group-that-controls-chinese-students-in-america-5962330
FOX NEWS
— NAACP posts split image comparing ICE agents to KKK members: ‘Different mask, same agenda’ DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly equate their runaway slaves with their illegals.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/naacp-posts-split-image-comparing-ice-agents-kkk-members-different-mask-same-agenda.print
— DD: Will Democrat leaders succeed in making Renee Good George Floyd 2?
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6387438147112
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— School Must Allow Parent to Opt Kindergarten Student Out of LGBTQ+ Lessons, Court Rules. DD: How successful have Democrats been making the students in your school district sexually active LGBTQers?
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/01/school-must-allow-parent-to-opt-kindergarten-student-out-of-lgbtq-lessons-court-rules/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Scenes from Last Night’s Anti-ICE Protest in D.C. DD: Will Democrat leaders succeed in making Renee Good George Floyd 2?
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/scenes-from-last-nights-anti-ice-protest-in-d-c/
NEWSMAX
— Judge Blocks Trump Freeze on Child Care Funds in 5 States. DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to provide social services to Democrats, that is, to provide welfare to Democrats.
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/child-care-funding-freeze/2026/01/09/id/1241549/
TOWNHALL
— Mamdani Voters Shrug at Venezuelan Immigrant’s Warning Against Socialism
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/dmitri-bolt/2026/01/09/venezuelan-immigrants-vs-pro-mamdani-new-yorkers-n2669100
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC NEWS
— Protests against ICE planned across US after shootings in Minneapolis and Portland, Oregon. DD: Will Democrat leaders succeed in making Renee Good George Floyd 2?
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/protests-ice-planned-us-after-shootings-minneapolis-portland-129078604
NBC NEWS
— Protests against ICE planned across US after shootings in Minneapolis and Portland, Oregon. DD: Will Democrat leaders succeed in making Renee Good George Floyd 2?
https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/wireStory/protests-ice-planned-us-after-shootings-minneapolis-portland-129078604
REUTERS
— Fatal ICE shooting of Minneapolis activist sets stage for national protests. DD: Will Democrat leaders succeed in making Renee Good George Floyd 2?
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/fatal-ice-shooting-minneapolis-activist-sets-stage-national-protests-2026-01-10/
MSN
— ‘You’re just an unqualified yes man’: Hegseth sat in silence as Duckworth gave a lengthy speech lambasting him. DD: Who has hinted/implied/argued/shouted that you were unqualified? My Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, workers, and subordinates hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I was unqualified when an IRS manager a) promoted me in when I was 23 and 24, b) gave me a very high-profile developmental assignment when I was 25, and c) promoted me because of my performance on that assignment when I was 25. According to them, those promotions and that assignment should have been given to my Democrat coworkers who were veterans. They all blamed Republicans like me for America losing the Vietnam War. They all stressed that I got student draft deferments when I was 18-21 and a financial hardship draft deferment when I was 21-22. They all hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the real reason why I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU when I was 21 was to avoid the Vietnam War draft. According to them, if I had not avoided the Vietnam War draft, I would not have been a able to a) earn that degree, b) pay for graduate evening business courses at Loyola when I was 23-27 and accounting courses at DePaul when I was 27-31, c) buy new cars when I was 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc., d) buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, 35, etc., and e) get married when I was 29. To punish me, they a) forced my aforesaid IRS manager to transfer to Dallas, b) disallowed my travel vouchers when I was 25, c) disallowed my education deductions when I was 29, and d) made it clear that they would never promote me again. They ignored/dismissed/belittled a) my earning an MBA from Loyola when I was 27, b) my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, c) my earning a master’s degree from DePaul when I was 31, d) etc.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/you-re-just-an-unqualified-yes-man-pete-hegseth-sits-in-silence-as-tammy-duckworth-gives-lengthy-speech-putting-him-in-his-place/vi-AA1TTm4h
NEW YORK TIMES
— Judge Blocks Trump Officials From Freezing Billions in Social Services Funds. DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to provide social services to Democrats, that is, to provide welfare to Democrats.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01/09/us/trump-news
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/us/politics/trump-minnesota-food-stamps-usda.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/us/politics/trump-child-care-funding-freeze.html
— What Happens if Federal Agents and Local Officers Stop Getting Along? DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/us/federal-agents-law-enforcement-trump.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Protests against ICE planned across US after shootings in Minneapolis and Portland, Oregon. DD: Will Democrat leaders succeed in making Renee Good George Floyd 2?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/2026/01/10/ice-protests-shootings-minneapolis-portland/f9fc2cd4-ede6-11f0-91a9-9928b22be817_story.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Fast-food workers make $20 an hour. California’s other low-wage earners ask: What about us? DD: In today’s dollars, I started earning $19.57/hour when I was 18 in 1966 and started working part-time for the Park Forest Post Office. To get that job, I had passed the postal employment examination, earned a high school diploma, passed a physical examination, passed a background investigation, had a driver’s license, and had a car to use to deliver mail.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-05-09/fast-food-workers-now-make-20-an-hour-californias-other-low-wage-earners-ask-what-about-us
USA TODAY
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly side with Venezuela against America.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/01/10/trump-ousted-venezuela-nicolas-maduro-immigrants-safety/88034921007/
FORTUNE
— Did your career get a bad start? My career in the federal government sure did. My Democrat Post Office supervisor a) disapproved of my getting student draft deferments and b) disapproved of my being Protest, German American, and a Crete resident. He was a veteran who blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War. He disallowed my sick leave requests and forced me to resign when I was 20 in 1969. According to him, I got student deferments to avoid the Vietnam War draft. I passed the test to get into a postal management program, but my score was not high enough to get into the program. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors used the aforesaid against me.
https://fortune.com/2015/03/31/four-successful-business-tycoons-first-jobs/
PBS
— Shootings in Minneapolis and Portland spur protests over federal enforcement operations. — DD: Will Democrat leaders succeed in making Renee Good George Floyd 2?
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/shootings-in-minneapolis-and-portland-spur-protests-over-federal-enforcement-operations-after
NEW REPUBLIC
— DD: Will Democrat leaders succeed in making Renee Good George Floyd 2?
https://newrepublic.com/article/205067/renee-good-george-floyd-minneapolis-resistance-violence
NEW YORKER
— DD: Will Democrat leaders succeed in making Renee Good George Floyd 2?
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/an-ice-killing-puts-minneapolis-on-the-brink
CREATORS SYNDICATE
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly side with Venezuela against America.
https://www.creators.com/read/mona-charen
AXIOS
— Liberal media tries to curry favor with Trump. DD: I should write about those Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who since 2000 have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me to curry favor with the Democrat news media.
https://www.axios.com/2024/11/19/liberal-media-trump-favor-effort
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
GUARDIAN
— Six years after George Floyd, we must stand against an ICE killing in Minneapolis. DD: Will Democrat leaders succeed in making Renee Good George Floyd 2?
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/09/george-floyd-ice-killing-minneapolis
Tag: second
January 3, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— US strike on Venezuelan: Protesters gather in Chicago, Illinois and Indiana leaders speak out. Democrats condemn ‘illegal’ military operation, Republicans praise Trump for taking action.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-illinois-indiana-leaders-speak-trump-announces-us-captured-venezuelan-president-nicolas-maduro-wife/18347741/
— Why Venezuela? Trump’s shifting explanations about military buildup
https://abc7chicago.com/post/venezuela-trumps-shifting-explanations-military-buildup/18346832/
NBC5
— Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro, wife arrive in New York after capture by US military. Maduro’s government accused the United States of attacking civilian and military installations, calling it an “imperialist attack” and urging citizens to take to the streets.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/watch-live-president-trump-to-address-nation-at-10-a-m-after-venezuelas-nicolas-maduro-captured/3870739/
— Illinois lawmakers react to US strikes in Venezuela, capture of Maduro. Illinois’ Republican members of Congress praised the mission, while Democrats largely condemned the U.S. military’s actions.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-lawmakers-react-to-us-strikes-in-venezuela-capture-of-maduro/3870791/
— Who will run Venezuela? U.S. will, Trump says, and tap its oil reserves. Speaking to reporters hours after Maduro’s capture, Trump revealed his plans to exploit the leadership void to “fix” the country’s oil infrastructure and sell “large amounts” of oil to other countries.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/u-s-plans-to-run-venezuela-and-tap-its-oil-reserves-trump-says/3870857/
CBS2
— Trump says “we’re going to run” Venezuela after Maduro’s capture until peaceful transition takes place
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/trump-venezuela-nicolas-maduro-captured-transition/
— Illinois leaders, Chicago communities react to U.S military operation in Venezuela
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-reactions-military-operation-venezuela/
WGN9
— Rubio sends warning to Cuba’s leaders after Maduro’s removal: ‘I’d be concerned’
https://wgntv.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/rubio-sends-warning-to-cubas-leaders-after-maduros-removal-id-be-concerned/
FOX32
— Can the U.S. ‘run’ Venezuela? What the law says about Maduro’s arrest
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/can-u-s-run-venezuela-what-law-says-about-maduros-arrest
— Illinois politicos criticize Trump for strike in Venezuela: ‘reckless and unconstitutional’ Trump says U.S. will run Venezuela until a new government is in place
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-politicos-criticize-trump-strike-venezuela-reckless-unconstitutional
— Who is Nicolás Maduro? Venezuelan president captured by US forces
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/who-is-nicolas-maduro-venezuelan-president-captured-us-forces
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— US plans to ‘run’ Venezuela and tap its oil reserves, Donald Trump says, after operation to oust Nicolás Maduro
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/03/us-strikes-venezuela-nicolas-maduro/
— Venezuelans wonder who’s in charge as Donald Trump claims contact with Nicolás Maduro’s deputy
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/03/venezuelans-trump-maduros-deputy/
— After ousting Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela, Donald Trump commits himself to another foreign policy project
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/03/maduro-venezuela-trump-foreign-policy-project/
— How the US captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/03/how-the-us-captured-nicols-maduro/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chicago’s Venezuelan community applauds Maduro removal but question Trump’s motives. Illinois political leaders criticized the U.S. government’s attack on Venezuela as unconstitutional because of President Donald Trump’s failure to consult Congress.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/nation-world/2026/01/03/chicago-venezuelans-applaud-maduro-ouster-trump-attack-motives
DAILY HERALD
— With capture of Maduro, Trump claims successful operation as he treads into uncharted territory
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260103/nation-and-world-politics/with-capture-of-maduro-trump-claims-successful-operation-as-he-treads-into-uncharted-territory/
— ‘What comes next?’ Democrats warn U.S. could be walking into a quagmire after Maduro capture
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260103/nation-and-world-politics/what-comes-next-democrats-warn-u-s-could-be-walking-into-a-quagmire-after-maduro-capture/
— Thousands of mail-in ballots could be discounted under new post office policy
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260103/nation-and-world-politics/thousands-of-mail-in-ballots-could-be-discounted-under-new-post-office-policy/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Trump’s Venezuela move sparks sharp divide among area pols
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/trumps-venezuela-move-sparks-sharp-divide-among-area-pols
SUBURBAN LIFE
— Downers Grove Township group working to put 708 Mental Health Board referendum on November ballot
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/2026/01/02/downers-grove-township-group-working-to-put-708-mental-health-board-referendum-on-november-ballot/
SOUTHERN
— Republicans largely back Trump on Venezuela action, Democrats decry it as unjustified
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2026/01/03/republicans-largely-back-trump-on-venezuela-action-democrats-decry-it-as-unjustified/
NPR ILLINOIS
— ‘We are going to run the country,’ Trump says after strike on Venezuela
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-01-03/we-are-going-to-run-the-country-trump-says-after-strike-on-venezuela
25 NEWS NOW
— LaHood praises Trump for removing ‘thug’ while Sorensen worries about US running Venezuela
https://www.25newsnow.com/2026/01/03/gops-lahood-praises-trump-team-removing-thug-while-sorensen-worries-about-us-plans-run-venezuela/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Capture of Maduro and US claim that it will run Venezuela raise new legal questions
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-capture-of-maduro-and-us-claim-it-will-run-venezuela-raise-new-legal-questions/
— Democrats rip Trump administration for strikes on Venezuela: ‘Illegal’
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/democrats-rip-trump-administration-for-strikes-on-venezuela-illegal/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Pritzker: Trump’s military action in Venezuela is ‘unconstitutional’
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_f248d3b9-4a12-48ad-a416-17a640422fa6.html
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Chicago Records Nearly 2,000 Shooting Victims in 2025, Outpacing New York and Los Angeles
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/01/chicago-records-nearly-2000-shooting-victims-in-2025-outpacing-new-york-and-los-angeles.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump’s arrest of Maduro is a victory over corruption, communism and isolationism. It’s time to secure the Western Hemisphere and let the criminal, communist dominoes fall.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/3/trumps-arrest-maduro-victory-corruption-communism-isolationism/
— Trump says U.S. will run Venezuela until a new government is in place
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/3/trump-says-us-run-venezuela-new-government-place/
— Democrats to force war powers vote to prevent escalation in Venezuela without congressional approval
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/3/democrats-force-war-powers-vote-prevent-escalation-venezuela-without/
— Rubio says administration notified Congress after grabbing Maduro
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/3/rubio-says-administration-notified-congress-grabbing-maduro/
— The ‘warmth of collectivism’ is a bloody lie
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/3/warmth-collectivism-bloody-lie/
— Democrats should get blame for health care costs, inflation. If Obamacare, economy decide 2026 midterms, Republicans will win.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/1/democrats-get-blame-health-care-costs-inflation/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— ‘Illinois is worse’ as HHS enforces verification for child care funding: Trump
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/investigations/4400830/illinois-child-care-worse-hhs-funding-trump/
— This wasn’t an arrest in Venezuela. This was an unauthorized regime-change war
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/4400798/this-wasnt-an-arrest-in-venezuela-this-was-an-unauthorized-regime-change-war/
— Mamdani’s collectivist vision for America
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/4399614/mamdani-collectivist-vision-for-america/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Donroe Doctrine: Trump Nabs Maduro in Daring, Middle-of-the-Night Operation. US will run Venezuela until a legitimate government can be installed.
https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/donroe-doctrine-trump-nabs-maduro
NEW YORK POST
— Trump tells Post that US troops won’t be in Venezuela if Maduro VP ‘does what we want’: ‘We have a second wave’
https://nypost.com/2026/01/03/us-news/trump-says-us-troops-wont-be-in-venezuela-if-nicolas-maduro-vp-delcy-rodriguez-does-what-we-want/
— Mamdani, other NY lefties rip Trump over Maduro arrest, condemning it as ‘act of war’
https://nypost.com/2026/01/03/us-news/mamdani-other-ny-lefties-rip-trump-over-maduro-arrest/
— World leaders gripe over US arrest of tyrant Nicolás Maduro, despite legal precedent: ‘Deeply alarmed’
https://nypost.com/2026/01/03/world-news/world-leaders-gripe-over-us-arrest-of-tyrant-nicolas-maduro-despite-legal-precedent-deeply-alarmed/
— Trump issues thinly veiled warning to Mexico, slams Cuba, Colombia after US strikes Venezuela, arrests Maduro
https://nypost.com/2026/01/03/world-news/trump-issues-chilling-warning-to-colombia-cuba-after-us-strikes-venezuela-captures-maduro-he-does-have-to-watch-his-a/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Rubio details why Venezuela strike did not require congressional authorization, says no further action
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/01/03/rubio-details-why-venezuela-strike-did-not-require-congressional-authorization-says-no-further-action-1613609/
BREITBART
— ‘Brewing Discontent’ Among GOP Senators About Trump’s Misbehavior
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2026/01/02/whitehouse-brewing-discontent-among-gop-senators-about-trumps-misbehavior/amp/
DAILY CALLER
— Congressional Democrats Rage At Trump’s Venezuela Operation
https://dailycaller.com/2026/01/03/congressional-democrats-donald-trump-venezuela-nicolas-maduro/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Trump Announces Major Victory in Venezuelan Drug War
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/01/03/trump-celebrates-capture-maduro-venezuela/
EPOCH TIMES
— There is No Such Thing as Being Transgender
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTtBHfiiQZo
FOX NEWS
— Republicans line up behind Trump after US strikes Venezuela, Maduro arrested: ‘Changed the course of history’ Secretary of State Marco Rubio briefed a number of Republican lawmakers on the Venezuela strike Saturday morning.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/republicans-line-up-behind-trump-after-us-strikes-venezuela-maduro-arrested-changed-course-history
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— DePaul University Offers Students Training on How to Run a Pot Dispensary
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/01/depaul-university-offers-students-training-on-how-to-run-a-pot-dispensary/amp/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— Venezuelan officials condemn Maduro’s capture, calling it a “kidnapping”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/venezuelan-officials-condemn-maduro-capture-kidnapping-trump-delcy-rodriguez/
— U.S. seeks to tap Venezuela’s vast oil reserves after military strikes. Here’s what to know.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/venezuela-oil-reserves-us-strike-trump-what-to-know/
— Photos show damage at Fuerte Tiuna, the military base where Maduro was captured
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fuerte-tiuna-satellite-images-after-maduro-captured/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Venezuela Live Updates: Maduro Arrives in N.Y.; Trump Says U.S. Will ‘Run’ Venezuela. Venezuela’s vice president, Delcy Rodríguez, rejected the U.S. intervention and demanded President Nicolás Maduro’s return. Maduro and his wife were being brought to New York City to stand trial on drug and weapons charges.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01/03/world/trump-united-states-strikes-venezuela
MIAMI HERALD
— After Maduro’s capture, Venezuelans in South Florida dream of going home
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article314149807.html
January 2, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/02/federal-employees-trump-administration-ban-gender-affirming-care/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/02/lesbian-couple-makes-history-as-cook-countys-first-marriage-of-2026/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/01/02/ice-detention-conditions-rey-estrada-broadview-michigan-landscapers
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/01/02/first-wedding-cook-county-melissa-nunez-elizabeth-brenske
FOX32 & WGN9
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/cook-county-first-marriage-2026
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/historic-first-female-couple-receives-cook-countys-first-marriage-license-of-2026/
WBEZ
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2026/01/02/operation-midway-blitz-parents-children-immigration-detention-mental-health
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— State keeps more tax revenue, locals get less
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_998815d3-0067-4fa4-80e4-18c3c8f9a2c2.amp.html
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— State Spending Way Up under Pritzker, But Economic Growth Lags
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/02/state-spending-way-up-under-pritzker-but-economic-growth-lags/
— John Kass Endorses Ted Dombrowski
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/02/john-kass-endorses-ted-dombrowski/
— Richmond Cemetery District Spends $36,300 on “Special Services”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/02/richmond-cemetery-district-spends-36300-on-special-services/
— Hearing Officer Recommends Severino Ticket Be Thrown Off GOP Gubernatorial Ballot
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/02/hearing-officer-recommends-severino-ticket-be-thrown-off-gop-gubernatorial-ballot/
— Here’s a First: GOP Committeeperson Hosting Gubernatorial and Other Candidates Event DD: In 2003, all five of the announced Republican U.S. Senate candidates (John Cox, Chirinjeev Kathuria, Andrew McKenna, Jim Oberweis, and Jack Ryan) attended a picnic that I organized in the Prairie Path Park in my precinct. More than 200 attended. Back then, I was the GOPUSA Illinois Editor, the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster, and an officer of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter. I organized a major MTRO straw poll later in 2003 that Ryan won. The Illinois GOP Establishment wanted McKenna to win that primary and blamed me for Ryan winning it instead. The Illinois GOP Establishment also blames me for Jim Ryan’s loss to Blagojevich. Also, later in 2003, and in 2004, I organized Wheaton’s 9/11 ceremonies.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/02/heres-a-first-gop-committeeperson-hosting-gubernatorial-and-other-candidates-event/
— New McHenry County Administrator Scott Hartman Takes Office
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/02/new-county-administrator-takes-office/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Over 600 Chicago teachers hit Sin City on taxpayers’ dime
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/over-600-chicago-teachers-hit-sin-city-on-taxpayers-dime/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Mamdani’s first moves as NYC mayor: Revoke Eric Adams’ orders, create task forces on housing
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/2/zohran-mamdanis-first-moves-mayor-revoke-eric-adams-orders-create/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Tim Walz has been playing the ‘race card’ in the Somali fraud scandal
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/entertainment/4398065/tim-walz-playing-race-card-somali-fraud-scandal-joe-concha/
NEW YORK POST
— Mamdani, wife Rama Duwaji dressed for inauguration by controversial ‘anti-Israel’ stylist Gabriella Karefa-Johnson
https://nypost.com/2026/01/02/us-news/zohran-mamdani-and-wife-rama-duwaji-dressed-for-inauguration-by-anti-israel-stylist/
BREITBART
— 2,274 Shooting Incidents in Brandon Johnson’s Chicago During 2025
https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2026/01/02/2274-shooting-incidents-in-brandon-johnsons-chicago-during-2025/amp/
— Database Searches Show Somali Fraudsters Funding Democrat Politicians
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/01/02/database-searches-show-somali-fraudsters-funding-democrat-politicians/
DAILY CALLER
— Liberal Media Already Poking Holes In Mamdani’s Socialist Savior Story
https://dailycaller.com/2026/01/02/washington-post-zohran-mamdani-nyc-mayor-socialists/
FOX NEWS
— Harvard alum blasts DEI policies after ‘woke’ values drive longtime professor’s exit. Shabbos Kestenbaum echoes concerns from professor James Hankins who left after 40 years over woke values.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/harvard-alum-blasts-dei-policies-after-woke-values-drive-longtime-professors-exit
NATIONAL REVIEW
— One Man’s ‘Warmth of Collectivism’ Is Another’s Inferno
https://www.nationalreview.com/2026/01/one-mans-warmth-of-collectivism-is-anothers-inferno/
NEWSMAX
— We must stop socialism now, or it will spread across America
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5uCb9IBzEM
TOWNHALL
— The Woke Collapse of Harvard Continues
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/01/02/harvard-prof-torches-school-over-woke-anti-white-policies-n2668759
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
REUTERS
— Mamdani vows to enact democratic socialist agenda
https://www.reuters.com/world/mamdanis-inauguration-new-york-new-year-new-mayor-2025-12-31/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Israeli Government Accuses Mamdani of Antisemitism Over Canceled Orders
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/nyregion/mamdani-israel-executive-orders.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Tesla Falls Behind China’s BYD as Vehicle Sales Drop for Second Year. End of U.S. subsidy for electric vehicles and flagging European demand dented global EV sales.
https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/tesla-sales-drop-for-second-year-in-a-row-958dec20
December 23, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Supreme Court keeps Trump’s National Guard deployment blocked in the Chicago area, for now
https://abc7chicago.com/post/supreme-court-ruling-keeps-donald-trumps-chicago-national-guard-deployment-blocked-now/18309907/
— Pope disappointed over approval of assisted suicide legislation in his home state of Illinois
https://abc7chicago.com/post/pope-leo-xiv-news-catholic-church-leader-disappointed-approval-assisted-suicide-legislation-home-state-illinois/18310097/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Supreme Court deals Trump a defeat on bid to deploy National Guard in Illinois
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/23/supreme-court-trump-national-guard-illinois/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for inflation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/20/november-us-consumer-goods-price-tracker/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pope disappointed by approval of Illinois’ assisted suicide legislation. Pope Leo XIV said he asked Gov. JB Pritzker not to sign legislation allowing assisted suicide in Illinois. “We were very clear about the necessity to respect the sacredness of life from the very beginning to the very end, and unfortunately … he decided to sign that bill.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv/2025/12/23/pope-disappointed-over-approval-of-illinois-assisted-suicide-legislation
DAILY HERALD
— Why three congressional candidates could be booted from the ballot
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251223/us-congress-politics/why-three-congressional-candidates-could-be-booted-from-the-ballot/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Three congressional candidates vying to serve different parts of the Northwest or West suburbs will find out early next month if they’ll appear on March 2026 primary ballots or be booted. On the hot seat are Democrat Mark J. Pasieka Sr., a Chicagoan running in the 3rd District; and two Republicans running in the 11th District, Tedora Brown of Palos Park and Michael Pierce of Naperville.)
— DuPagePads opens new warming center in Wheaton
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251223/news/dupagepads-opens-new-warming-center-in-wheaton/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Quantifying the Tax Local Officials Did Not Vote To Impose, a “Would Have Been, Could Have Been” Article
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/23/quantifying-the-tax-local-officials-did-not-vote-to-impose-a-would-have-been-could-have-been-article/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Supreme Court rules against Trump on deploying troops to Chicago
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/23/supreme-court-rules-trump-deploying-troops-chicago/
— Medicaid wasted more than $200 million on dead enrollees in single year
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/23/medicaid-paid-200-million-care-deceased-patients-single-year/
— White House rebuffs Catholic bishops’ appeal for a Christmas pause in immigration enforcement
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/23/catholic-bishops-appeal-christmas-pause-immigration-enforcement/
— Military hits best recruiting numbers in 15 years
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/23/military-hits-best-recruiting-numbers-15-years-pentagon-says/
— Islam is still incompatible with America
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/23/december-2025-islam-still-incompatible-america/
— American families deserve real health care relief. There’s a better path than Obamacare.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/10/american-families-deserve-real-health-care-relief/
NEW YORK POST
— Toxic ideas fueling far-left terrorists came straight from our college campuses
https://nypost.com/2025/12/23/opinion/toxic-fuel-for-far-left-terrorists-came-straight-from-our-colleges/
AMERICAN THINKER
— The problem behind ‘affordability’
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/12/the_problem_behind_affordability.html
— NBC criticizes Trump admin for claiming ‘without evidence’ that white civilization is being erased
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/12/more_fake_news_nbc_criticizes_trump_admin_for_claiming_without_evidence_that_white_civilization_is_being_erased.html
— The ‘affordability crisis’ myth
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/11/the_affordability_crisis_myth.html
BREITBART
— SCOTUS Rules Against Trump Sending National Guard to Sanctuary Chicago
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/12/23/scotus-rules-against-trump-sending-national-guard-sanctuary-chicago/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Worst 5 examples of higher ed’s pro-abortion agenda in 2025. Abortion is celebrated and promoted on college campuses.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/worst-5-examples-higher-eds-pro-abortion-agenda-2025/29167
DAILY WIRE
— TPUSA Attendees Rally Around JD Vance At AmFest. “JD Vance represents the greatest conservative movement in over forty years.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/tpusa-attendees-rally-around-jd-vance-at-amfest
EPOCH TIMES
— Federal Judge Strikes Down California’s Policies Hiding Gender Switches From Parents. The permanent injunction includes language that bars any employee in California’s education system from ’misleading the parent.’
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/federal-judge-strikes-down-californias-policies-hiding-gender-switches-from-parents-5961936
FOX NEWS
— Mamdani FIRES BACK after report exposes anti-Zionist appointees
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6386869048112
— 20% of NYC mayor-elect Mamdani transition appointees have anti-Zionist ties
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/20-nyc-mayor-elect-mamdani-transition-appointees-have-anti-zionist-ties-adl.amp
NEWSMAX
— California Auditor Flags Newsom Admin as High Risk, Citing Billions in Exposure
https://www.newsmax.com/us/california-gavin-newsom-audit/2025/12/23/id/1239457/
PATRIOT POST
— Slouching Toward Open Season on Jews. To catalog all the recent violence against Jews in the Western world would fill a book.
https://patriotpost.us/opinion/123805-slouching-toward-open-season-on-jews-2025-12-23
POST MILLENNIAL
— Vance overwhelmingly wins AmFest straw poll for 2028 GOP presidential nominee. The poll found that 84.2 percent of attendees want Vance for the spot, while no other figure in the poll received double-digit support.
https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-jd-vance-overwhelmingly-wins-amfest-straw-poll-for-2028-gop-presidential-nominee
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— The NLRB Can Now Serve the American People, Not the Democratic Party
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/12/22/the_nlrb_can_now_serve_the_american_people_not_the_democratic_party_153661.amp.html
TOWNHALL
— Mamdani Chalks Up His Antisemitic Staff Problem As a ‘Wide Variety of Political Opinion’
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2025/12/23/mamdani-radical-staffers-wide-variety-of-political-opinion-n2668370
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
REUTERS
— US seeks to cancel thousands of asylum cases
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-seeks-cancel-thousands-asylum-cases-cbs-news-reports-2025-12-23/
CNBC
— Entry-level hiring is down 23% from March 2020. DD: What entry-level jobs did you have? I had three. I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU when I was 21 years old in 1970. My first entry-level job was a Retail Sales Manager for a Firestone Store. My salary was about $50,000/year in today’s dollars for a 44-hour workweek. In 1971, my second entry-level job was a GS-7 IRS Revenue Officer. The salary was $55,850/year in today’s dollars. To get that job, I had passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination. My taking graduate evening business courses at Loyola helped me get promoted to GS-9 ($68,315/year) in 1972, to GS-11 ($82,655/year) in 1973, and to GS-12 ($99,069/year) in 1974. I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. In 1980, my third entry-level job was a GS-9 Step 10 GAO Analyst. The salary was $88,808/year in today’s dollars. To get that job, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and almost earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul. My salary was $153,151/year in today’s dollars almost 18 years later in 1997, after I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, after I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, after I became a licensed CPA in 1981, after I earned four more professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and after I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/23/this-is-linkedins-no-1-piece-of-advice-for-entry-level-job-seekers-in-2026.html
USA TODAY
— Turning Point exposes Republican infighting when we need unity. DD: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman and an Illinois Center Right Coalition officer, those organizations would still be hosting candidate debates today.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/12/23/turning-point-republican-infighting-conservative-movement/87855762007/
INC.
— The Top 15 Highest-Paying Jobs for 2026 That Don’t Require a College Degree. DD: Firestone Stores would not have hired me as a Retail Store Manager in 1970 and IRS would not have hired me as a Revenue Officer in 1971 if I had not earned a bachelor’s degree in business in 1970. IRS would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 if I had not been taking graduate business evening courses. GAO would not have hired me as an Analyst in 1980 if I had not earned an MBA in 1976 and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. GAO would not have promoted me in 1986 if I had not earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and became a licensed CPA in 1981.
https://www.inc.com/kit-eaton/the-top-15-highest-paying-jobs-for-2026-that-dont-require-a-degree/91281103
TALKING POINTS MEMO
— GAO Has Been Calling Out Trump’s Illegal Impoundment. That May Soon Change.
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/one-agency-has-been-calling-out-trumps-illegal-impoundment-that-may-soon-change
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Throughout 2025, the Trump administration has, time after time, simply refused to spend funds that Congress appropriated. The obstinacy was without precedent in modern American governance; congressional Democrats suggested it had put the country on track toward a constitutional crisis. Republicans, who controlled both chambers of Congress, largely did nothing. Piping up occasionally to affirm to those who were paying attention that they had not entirely lost their minds was a relatively small watchdog agency housed within the legislative branch: The Government Accountability Office (GAO). . .Following Dodaro’s retirement, Congress will establish a bipartisan panel to recommend a replacement to the president. President Donald Trump will then nominate a candidate subject to Senate confirmation. But experts worry that the ostensibly bipartisan process will not be enough to force Trump to appoint someone who will live up to the agency’s nonpartisan mission, which includes investigating improper, wasteful and fraudulent use of the money Congress allocates. “It is very likely that Gene Dodaro is replaced with a Trump lackey,” Bobby Kogan, senior director of federal budget policy at the Center for American Progress, told TPM. Kogan worries that if Dodaro is replaced by a Trump loyalist, the agency will stop doing the “important part of what they have been doing, which is investigations, public oversight and accountability.” “GAO investigations are extremely important,” Georgetown Law professor David Super told TPM. “In many respects, it provides a better and more independent version of what the inspectors general used to provide,” he said, referencing the watchdogs who sit within many executive branch agencies — and who Trump fired en masse in 2025. “Since Trump has gotten rid of the inspectors general, we don’t have that independent site,” Super continued. “So having an independent GAO looking at things is extremely important. And, certainly, Congress would have a harder time doing its job without GAO.”)
PEW RESEARCH
— The Political Gap in Americans’ News Sources. DD: Since 2000, I have worked hard to fill an ever-increasing political news and commentary gap in Illinois with my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Tragically, there are fewer and fewer and fewer conservative news and commentary sources in Illinois.
https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2025/06/10/the-political-gap-in-americans-news-sources/
December 18, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Trump signs executive order that would reclassify marijuana as less dangerous drug. DD: Pot is poison. In 2019, I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/reclassification-weed-president-donald-trump-signs-executive-order-today-would-reclassify-marijuana-less-dangerous/18298372/
— Trump administration moves to cut off gender-affirming care for transgender youth
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-administration-moves-cut-off-gender-affirming-care-transgender-youth-new-hhs-restrictions/18298513/
— Trump’s handpicked board votes to rename Washington performing arts center the Trump-Kennedy Center
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trumps-handpicked-board-votes-rename-washington-performing-arts-center-trump-kennedy/18298307/
NBC5
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) bring in more illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/new-illinois-laws-will-impact-thousands-of-students-in-the-new-year/3865125/
FOX32
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/buffalo-grove-volunteers-send-handwritten-support-cards-lgbtq-people-nationwide
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— President Donald Trump signs order that would reclassify marijuana as less dangerous drug. DD: Pot is poison. In 2019, I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/18/trump-executive-order-reclassify-marijuana/
— New Trump administration proposals could further reduce gender-affirming care for minors in Illinois. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make children sexually active LGBTQers.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/18/gender-affirming-care-trump-proposals/
— State commission highlights ‘unjustified’ uses of tear gas, pepper spray by federal immigration agents
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/18/illinois-accountability-commission-pritzker-border-patrol/
— President Donald Trump’s Justice Department sues Illinois over sensitive state voter data
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/18/illinois-voter-data-lawsuit/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Durbin, Duckworth seek criminal probe of Chicago’s immigration blitz — even after Trump leaves office
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/12/18/durbin-duckworth-criminal-investigation-operation-midway-blitz-ice-tactics
— New state panel takes shot at holding Trump immigration blitz to account: ‘We will not forget’ The chairman of the newly formed Illinois Accountability Commission acknowledged their eventual recommendations are likely to “fall on deaf ears” in the Trump administration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/12/18/illinois-accountability-commission-trump-immigration-midway-blitz
DAILY HERALD
— Palatine Township trustees this week approved a $1.65 million tax levy for its community mental health board.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251218/local-politics/a-good-thing-for-people-palatine-township-levies-first-tax-for-community-mental-health-board/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Justice Department sues for access to Illinois voter rolls
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/justice-department-sues-access-illinois-voter-rolls
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot is poison.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/cannabis/trump-signals-marijuana-rescheduling-tax-relief-ahead
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— The head of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has urged white men to report workplace discrimination based on race or sex. DD: In Diersen v. GAO, the courts ruled that discrimination against older White males was not only legal, but that it is what Congress wanted.
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/head-of-workplace-rights-agency-urges-white-men-to-report-discrimination/article_6026fc17-ba43-52f4-98bc-f22f3c675724.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-12-17/with-costs-a-growing-worry-for-americans-trump-seeks-to-defend-his-economic-record
NORTH PARK UNIVERSITY
— North Park University Invites Dreamers to Apply for TheDream.US Scholarship. DD: Did you get any scholarships? I did not. My critics/opponents have always used that against me.
https://www.northpark.edu/stories/north-park-university-invites-dreamers-to-apply-for-thedream-us-scholarship/
DUCKWORTH
— Duckworth-Led Provisions to Protect Rock Island Arsenal. DD: During the first 6 months of 1989, I worked for GAO at the Rock Island Arsenal on an audit of DOD’s 1990 ammunition budget request. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/assets/150/148194.pdf
https://www.duckworth.senate.gov/news/press-releases/duckworth-led-provisions-to-protect-rock-island-arsenal-support-illinois-quantum-technology-research-and-safeguard-care-for-veterans-passes-congress-awaits-presidents-signature
(FROM THE ARTICLE: By Constructing a Child Development Center at Rock Island Arsenal: The bill authorizes $50 million in Major Construction funds for a new addition to the Child Development Center at Rock Island Arsenal and to consolidate the existing facilities and make upgrades to meet DoD guidelines and safety requirements, ensuring that eligible families at Rock Island Arsenal have a safe, modern facility for childcare.)
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/12/18/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-440/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Pritzker disputes Trump claims, says Illinois GOP backs president ‘100%’
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_594bb86c-7336-490e-936f-3e3c69b17fc0.html
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/pritzker-disputes-trump-claims-says-160400287.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Mamdani says free buses means fewer assaults over ‘fare collection’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/crime/3926075/mamdani-free-buses-fewer-assaults-fare-collection/
NEW YORK POST
— Mamdani appointee made vile antisemitic comments in unearthed social media posts
https://nypost.com/2025/12/18/us-news/zohran-mamdani-appointee-catherine-almonte-da-costa-made-vile-antisemitic-comments-in-unearthed-social-media-posts/
— NYC Council pushes bill to create Zohran Mamdani’s $1B ‘safety’ agency that would pull cops off some 911 calls
https://nypost.com/2025/12/18/us-news/nyc-council-pushes-bill-to-create-zohran-mamdanis-1b-safety-agency-that-will-pull-cops-off-some-911-calls/
BREITBART
— ‘It’s Open Season’: Antisemitic Attacks in NYC Highlight Broader Threat, ‘This is Mamdani’s NY’
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/12/18/its-open-season-antisemitic-attacks-in-nyc-highlight-broader-threat-this-is-mamdanis-ny/
— Inflation Unexpectedly Tumbles To 2.7%, Much Better Than Expected, Core Inflation Falls to Lowest Since Early 2021
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2025/12/18/inflation-unexpectedly-tumbles-to-2-7-much-better-than-expected/
DAILY SIGNAL
— EEOC Urges White Males to Report Discrimination—And Promptly. DD: In Diersen v. GAO, the courts ruled that discrimination against older White males was not only legal, but that it is what Congress wanted.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/12/18/eeoc-urges-white-males-report-discrimination-promptly/amp/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: White males who have faced discrimination should file a federal complaint, the head of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says. In a video posted on social media Thursday, EEOC Acting Chairwoman Andrea Lucas advised potential victims of discrimination to file complaints in a timely manner. “Are you a white male who has experienced discrimination at work based on your race or sex?” Lucas said. “You may have a claim to recover money under federal civil rights laws.” The Trump administration has opposed diversity, equity, and inclusion policies in the government, and terminated DEI federal grants. A person has a deadline of 180 days from the alleged discrimination to make a complaint, according to the EEOC. “Contact the EOC as soon as possible. Time limits are typically strict for filing a claim,” Lucas continued. “The EOC is the federal agency charged with enforcing federal antidiscrimination law against businesses and other private sector employers.” “The EOC is committed to identifying, attacking, and eliminating all forms of race and sex discrimination, including against white male applicants, and employees,” Lucas clarified. The EEOC website says the 180-day deadline can be extended up to 300 days if a state or local agency enforces a law that prohibits employment discrimination on the same basis, and would have to first hear the case. Although the EEOC has frequently taken up discrimination cases on behalf of minority groups, earlier this year the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that someone who belongs to a “majority group” can sue for discrimination, in Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services. That case involved a straight woman who alleged she was passed over for employment due to her sexual identity, but the “majority group” principle would likely apply for a white male. During his first term, President Donald Trump appointed Lucas—a former labor and litigation lawyer at the firm of Gibson Dunn—to the EEOC, and the Senate confirmed her in 2020. After Trump returned for a second term in January, he designated her as the acting chair of commission. [Lucas is not related to The Daily Signal reporter who wrote this news story.] Lucas has not been confirmed by the Senate as chair. But, as previously noted in The Daily Signal, as acting chair she forced major law firms to stop using DEI to discriminate based on race. She further ordered the EEOC to be evenhanded in its enforcement priorities. Lucas made it easier for employees to report DEI discrimination and made it a priority to protect Americans from religious discrimination. This is move is a Trump administration “stunt,” said Markus Batchelor, national political director at People For the American Way, a liberal activist group. “Stunts like this demonstrate the lengths Trump is willing to go to dismantle institutions meant to do good and make them tools that once again unbalance the scales in favor of privilege and white supremacy,” Batchelor told The Grio. “A call for ‘color-blind, merit-based’ employment falls flat from a White House that is overwhelmingly white, wealthy, and unqualified to govern.”)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more foreign truck drivers.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/business/trump-immigrants-trucks.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump’s unconvincing argument on affordability. Hyperbole is not a plan. DD: What did you do to help you afford things? To help me afford cars, college expenses, real estate, etc., I took bad jobs that my peers would never stoop to take. I a) did yard work 1962-1964. b) delivered newspapers 1962-1966, c) washed dishes 1964-1966, d) cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, e) delivered mail 1966-1969, f) worked on an automotive assembly line in 1970, g) sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, h) pumped more gasoline 1971-1972, i) collected delinquent federal taxes 1971-1980, and j) audited federal agencies 1980-1997. I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, b) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, c) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and a job-related professional license in 1981. I was able to do the aforesaid even though I was not viewed as being college material. 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 have never been able to run because I have a bone disease. My eyesight has never been correctable to 20/20. I have always had partial red/green color blindness. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class. According to my critics/opponents, I have always been stupid. They stress that I got no scholarships or student loans and that had to work my way through college. One could argue that if I could do the aforesaid with the limitations that I had, just about anyone could do what I did academically and professionally.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/12/18/trump-speech-tariffs-economy-checks/
— How the end of extra Affordable Care Act subsidies could affect you. DD: Are/were your healthcare insurance premiums subsidized? Ever since I became a part-time postal employee when was 18 in 1966, my critics/opponents have been furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my healthcare insurance premiums. They have been even more furious ever since I got married when I was 29 and the federal government started paying 72% of my wife’s healthcare insurance premiums. That 72% subsidy is a major reason why people despise/hate federal employees, federal retirees, and their spouses. That 72% subsidy helped me withstand tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/12/18/affordable-care-act-subsidies-expire/
FORTUNE
— Mamdani gets 74,000 resumes in sign of New York City’s job-market misery
https://fortune.com/2025/12/17/mamdani-gets-74000-resumes-in-sign-of-new-york-citys-job-market-misery/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
GUARDIAN
— FCC chair suggests agency is not independent amid fears of Trump power-grab. Brendan Carr’s declaration raises concerns amid Trump efforts to exert greater control over independent agencies. DD: GAO is not an independent agency. Congress funds it. It works for Congress.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/17/trump-fcc-brendan-carr
December 15, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Nearly 23% of Illinois high school students say they drink. DD: If I had been a drinker, a) S.S. Kresge would not have hired me to wash dishes, b) my ACT score would have been lower, c) I would not have made it into the upper 20% of my class, and d) UIC would not have accepted me.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/15/alcohol-report-illinois-department-of-health/
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DD: Anticipate/expect that under Pritzker, homelessness will ever-increasingly increase in Illinois.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/local/2025/12/15/gov-pritzker-announces-2m-in-state-funding-to-help-with-unhoused/87774489007/
WSIL TV
— Illinois’ first report on alcohol use reveals concerning trends
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/illinois/illinois-first-report-on-alcohol-use-reveals-concerning-trends/article_87bae20e-07b9-4e2e-8eea-86410235228b.html?
CITIES 92.9
— Illinois Freedom Caucus raises new questions about noncitizen police officer
https://www.cities929.com/2025/12/15/watch-illinois-freedom-caucus-raises-new-questions-about-noncitizen-police-officer/
CWB CHICAGO
— Man wearing ankle monitor attacked 3 women days after judge refused to detain him
https://cwbchicago.com/2025/12/man-wearing-ankle-monitor-attacked-3-women-days-after-judge-refused-to-detain-him-documents-show.html
DAILY ILLINI
— Trump administration moves to end student loan forgiveness program. DD: I could not have gotten a student loan. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class. I could not run because I had a bone disease. My eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20. I was 1-A for the Vietnam War draft. I was not a minority or a female.
https://dailyillini.com/news-stories/university-news/2025/12/15/trump-student-loan-forgiveness/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/12/15/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-436/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
FREEDOMS JOURNAL
— Symbolism Is Not Salvation: A Black Conservative Response to Chicago’s Reparations Push
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/blog/2025/12/15/symbolism-is-not-salvation-a-black-conservative-response-to-chicago-s-reparations-push
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Reclassifying Marijuana Ignores Science and Endangers Families
https://illinoisfamily.org/marijuana-2/reclassifying-marijuana-ignores-science-and-endangers-families/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Conservatives line up against Trump’s marijuana downgrade. DD: Pot is poison. I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton in 2019.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/15/conservatives-line-trumps-marijuana-downgrade/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Reclassifying marijuana will not make America great again. DD: Pot is poison. I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton in 2019.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3917642/reclassifying-marijuana-will-not-make-america-great-again/
— Democrats blame guns, not evil, for Bondi Beach and Brown University shootings
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3917487/democrats-blame-guns-not-evil-bondi-beach-brown-shootings/
BLAZE
— ‘Rents will come down’ — but not in sanctuary cities
https://www.theblaze.com/news/rents-come-down-sanctuary-cities
CAMPUS REFORM
— 5 times higher ed pushed socialism in 2025
https://www.campusreform.org/article/5-times-higher-ed-pushed-socialism-in-2025/29080
FOX BUSINESS
— Sanctuary cities accused of shielding dangerous offenders from ICE enforcement
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6386509733112
FOX NEWS
— Leaked lessons from first-year University of Illinois education course show extreme left bias: ‘Just so wrong.’ Student whistleblower shares PowerPoints from first semester education class riddled with far-left messaging.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/leaked-lessons-from-first-year-university-illinois-education-course-show-extreme-left-bias-just-so-wrong
FOX SPORTS
— Chicago radio host rips Cubs player for Turning Point event attendance, likens it to ‘Nazi-adjacent pep rally.’ Matt Shaw attended Kirk’s funeral during the season. DD: People’s attitudes toward Kirk and toward his assassination say a lot about them.
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/chicago-radio-host-rips-cubs-player-turning-point-event-attendance-nazi-adjacent-pep-rally
TOWNHALL
— NBC News Stirs the ‘Systemic Racism’ Pot
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2025/12/15/nbc-news-systemic-racism-in-certain-activities-n2667899
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Chick-fil-A Doubles Down on Wokeness After Getting Backlash for Gay ‘Marriage’ Stunt
https://www.westernjournal.com/chick-fil-doubles-wokeness-getting-backlash-gay-marriage-stunt/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
WASHINGTON POST
— Chicago has lost its mind. The city’s fiscal situation is dire, and Mayor Brandon Johnson is determined to make things worse.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/12/15/chicago-budget-brandon-johnson-taxes/
FORBES
— DD: Anticipate/expect that under Pritzker, homelessness will ever-increasingly increase in Illinois.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQiCy48UMhQ
BANKING RATES
— 5 Expensive Items Everyone Should Sell Before Retiring. DD: When my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, I owned two collector cars, a 1962 Chevrolet Impala SS and 1968 Dodge Charger R/T. I held on to them until 2005. I wish I still owned them.
https://www.aol.com/finance/5-expensive-items-everyone-sell-000608065.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “One of the first things I suggest to clients is to take a hard look at their vehicles,” said Kevin Marshall, CPA and personal finance professional at Amortization Calculator. That dream car in the garage or the second SUV might have been exciting at one point, but it also carries weight — insurance premiums, maintenance costs, and repairs that never come cheap. “Retirement often brings fewer commutes and a slower pace, so why keep paying for something that spends most of its time sitting still?” He’s seen people sell an extra car and use the money to fund an entire year of travel or home improvements. “It’s not about downsizing — it’s about reallocating your resources to what actually brings you joy now.”)
JD SUPRA
— DOJ Promulgates Final Rule Removing Disparate Impact Regulations Under Title VI. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders use disparate impact to get rid of Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, nonpoor, nonveteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. According to Democrat and RINO leaders, when those who are the aforesaid succeed, it is because they benefit from discrimination against those who are not aforesaid. According to my critics/opponents, because I am all of the aforesaid, a) I owe all of my successes in life to my benefitted from discrimination against those who are not the aforesaid and b) I should pay the price of Affirmative Action and DEI.
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/doj-promulgates-final-rule-removing-7150551/
PEW RESEARCH
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/12/15/growing-shares-say-the-trump-administration-is-doing-too-much-to-deport-immigrants-in-the-us-illegally/
MOTHER JONES
— Trump Is Hellbent on Crushing Federal Unions, But They’re Still Kicking. DD: My critics/opponents despise/hate past, present, and future federal employees, and especially those who are, were, or might be union members. I was a union member while I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969 and for IRS 1971-1980.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/12/trump-doge-layoffs-federal-unions-busting-resistance-strike-protest-collective-bargaining-rights/
December 11, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Indiana Republicans block Trump’s redistricting push in rare break with president
https://abc7chicago.com/post/indiana-redistricting-news-proposed-2025-map-final-vote-state-senate-thursday-amid-pressure-president-donald-trump/18275092/
— New policies cause worry among refugees, asylum seekers in Chicago area
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-immigration-news-president-donald-trumps-new-policies-cause-worry-among-refugees-asylum-seekers-city-suburbs/18276909/
NBC5
— Indiana GOP blocks Trump’s redistricting push in a rare break with the president
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/indiana-gop-blocks-trumps-redistricting-push-in-a-rare-break-with-the-president/3861947/
— Senate rejects extension of health care subsidies as costs are set to rise for millions of Americans
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/senate-health-care-vote-aca-subsidies/3861640/
CBS2
— Hopkins introduced revamped teen curfew measure
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/hopkins-introduced-revamped-teen-curfew-measure/
WTTW
— Senators Clash Over Trump’s National Guard Deployments During Hearing Pushed by Duckworth
https://news.wttw.com/2025/12/11/senators-clash-over-trump-s-national-guard-deployments-during-hearing-urged-duckworth
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— In dueling DC hearings, Ramirez calls Noem a liar and Duckworth questions Trump troop deployments. Ramirez also penned a letter on Wednesday that asked House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan “to conduct a complete investigation into Noem’s “unlawful and potentially impeachable actions.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/12/11/kristi-noem-testimony-congress-delia-ramirez-tammy-duckworth-trump-troop-deployments
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Indiana GOP blocks Trump redistricting push, easing pressure on Illinois
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/indiana-gop-rejects-trump-redistricting-easing-illinois-pressure
— Duckworth confronts defense officials over Guard deployment in Chicago
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/tammy-duckworth-confronts-dod-officials-over-national-guard
AM870
— Young Voters Want Socialism
https://am870theanswer.com/columnists/larry-elder/video/693a04b03d0f1ebab8af1d95
ALTON TELEGRAPH
— How the IRS’ crime-fighting force took on immigration. IRS Criminal Investigations Chief Guy Ficco spoke with The Associated Press about how the agency is juggling its work on new Trump administration priorities with its core mission of tax enforcement. The little-known agency has been doing more with fewer staff, according to its annual report, released on Thursday. DD: I worked for GAO for 3 years on audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division.
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/politics/article/how-the-irs-crime-fighting-force-took-on-21237763.php
FOX ILLINOIS
— Thirteen House Republicans joined Democrats in advancing a bill that would reverse Trump’s executive order to crack down harder on federal worker unions. DD: When I started working for the Post Office in 1966, I felt I had no choice but to join the union. When I started working for IRS in 1971, I felt I had no choice but to join the union.
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/13-house-republicans-join-democrats-to-advance-bill-reversing-trumps-union-crackdown
— HUD Secretary blames illegal migration for ruining the housing market for Americans
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/hud-secretary-turner-blames-illegal-migration-for-ruining-the-housing-market-for-americans-biden-administration-immigration-families
CITIES 92.9
— Your kids now belong to the Chicago Teachers Union
https://www.cities929.com/2025/12/11/op-ed-your-kids-now-belong-to-the-chicago-teachers-union/
DURBIN
— Durbin Condemns Trump’s Racist Comments Towards Immigrants In Senate Judiciary Committee Executive Meeting. During his opening remarks, Durbin again called on Noem to testify in front of the Committee, urged Grassley to consider a subpoena if she refuses to appear.
https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/durbin-condemns-president-trumps-racist-comments-towards-immigrants-in-senate-judiciary-committee-executive-meeting
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Indiana Republicans defy Trump, block redistricting push
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/11/indiana-republicans-defy-trump-block-redistricting-push/
— America’s unsustainable fertility crisis. A demographic earthquake is coming, unless we change.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/11/americas-unsustainable-fertility-crisis/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democratic socialist breaks DC campaign filing system with massive fundraising haul
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/3914740/janeese-lewis-george-breaks-dc-campaign-filing-system-massive-fundraising-haul/
NEW YORK POST
— Tyler Robinson, accused in Charlie Kirk killing, smirks and chuckles during first in-person court appearance, with family in tow
https://nypost.com/2025/12/11/us-news/tyler-robinson-accused-in-charlie-kirk-killing-looks-calm-chuckles-with-lawyers-during-first-in-person-court-appearance-with-family-in-tow/
— Erika Kirk tormented by vile trolls since Charlie’s assassination
https://nypost.com/2025/12/10/opinion/miranda-devine-erika-kirk-tormented-by-vile-trolls-since-charlies-assassination/
— Nikki Haley’s son says ‘this isn’t the country for you’ if you can’t choose your loyalty. DD: My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They have their operatives and their dupes take adverse actions against me. They destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and paise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money. They reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all conservative principles and planks in the Republican Party platform. Most commonly, they reject its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of clout and have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://nypost.com/2025/12/11/media/nikki-haleys-son-says-this-isnt-the-country-for-you-if-you-cant-choose-your-loyalty/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Pritzker and the Act of Choosing Sides
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/12/j_b_pritzker_and_the_act_of_choosing_sides.html
BREITBART
— Mamdani on NYPD Arresting ICE Agents
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/12/11/mamdani-on-nypd-arresting-ice-agents-focus-is-on-sanctuary-law-but-has-to-be-accountability-for-all-of-us-for-law-to-be-meaningful/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— DHS buying six 737s to speed up getting illegal aliens OUT
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/12/11/dhs-buying-six-737s-to-speed-up-getting-illegal-aliens-out-1609593/
DAILY WIRE
— Ending The Woke Monopoly: White House Takes Aim At Higher Ed’s Ideological Capture. University leaders would be wise to get out of the business of indoctrination and discrimination and return to open inquiry.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/ending-the-woke-monopoly-white-house-takes-aim-at-higher-eds-ideological-capture
FOX NEWS
— Noem confronts Democrats over NYC crime, asylum abuses as members hurl accusations. Noem fought off a wave of Democrat attacks and calls to resign during Thursday’s hearing.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/noem-confronts-democrats-over-nyc-crime-asylum-abuses-members-hurl-accusations
— Top Republican rebukes notions to arrest DHS agents with plan to pull funding from problem cities. House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington’s SHIELD Act could target San Francisco, Chicago.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/top-republican-rebukes-notions-arrest-ice-agents-plan-pull-fed-funding-from-problem-cities
— Musk accuses Ilhan Omar of treason
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/elon-musk-accuses-ilhan-omar-treason-over-somalia-comments-viral-social-media-post
— In wake of Charlie Kirk’s murder, Elon Musk says security issues keep him from spending much time in public
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/wake-charlie-kirk-murder-elon-183853711.html
HOT AIR
— Homan: You Better Believe We’re Looking Into Omar’s Alleged Marriage to Brother as Immigration Fraud
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2025/12/11/homan-you-better-believe-were-looking-into-omars-marriage-to-brother-as-immigration-fraud-n3809763
NATIONAL REVIEW
— On the Brink of Suicide: New York and Illinois
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/on-the-brink-of-suicide-new-york-and-illinois/
NEWS BUSTERS
— Pritzker ‘Violated the Supremacy Clause’ of Constitution, DHS Warns
https://newsbusters.org/blogs/cnsnews/craig-bannister/2025/12/10/illinois-gov-pritzker-violated-supremacy-clause
NEWSMAX
— HUD Links Migration to Higher Housing Costs
https://www.newsmax.com/us/hud-jd-vance-scott-turner/2025/12/11/id/1237974/
PJ MEDIA
— 2.5M Illegal Aliens Out of U.S. Since January
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/12/11/25m-illegals-out-of-us-since-january-n4946939
— DOJ Sues Minneapolis Schools for Race Discrimination in Hiring
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/12/11/doj-sues-minneapolis-schools-for-race-discrimination-n4946944
— Is American Urban Culture Beyond Repair?
https://pjmedia.com/benbartee/2025/12/11/is-american-urban-culture-beyond-repair-retail-reparations-pt-iv-n4946937
— Biden Admin Let at Least 18,000 Terrorists Into America
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/12/11/biden-admin-let-at-least-18000-terrorists-into-america-n4946947
POST MILLENNIAL
— ‘Not all cultures are equal’: Rep Randy Fine defends Trump admin’s crackdown on Somali migrants after billion dollar fraud scheme in Minnesota. “There are some people who come to this country to add value, and there are some that come to this country to take value.”
https://thepostmillennial.com/not-all-cultures-are-equal-rep-randy-fine-defends-trump-admins-crackdown-on-somali-migrants-after-billion-dollar-fraud-scheme-in-minnesota
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Mamdani: “I’m Prepared For Any Consequence” For Standing Up To ICE For New Yorkers
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/12/10/mamdani_im_prepared_for_any_consequence_for_standing_up_to_ice_for_new_yorkers.html
TOWNHALL
— The Somali Experiment Failed, It’s Time to Change Course
https://townhall.com/columnists/dustin-grage/2025/12/11/the-somali-experiment-failed-its-time-to-change-course-n2667661
— Thank You, Indiana RINOS…for Being Totally Worthless
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/12/11/indianas-push-to-redraw-its-congressional-maps-torpedoed-by-republicans-n2667769
TURNING POINT USA
— Another College Student Government Votes Against a TPUSA Chapter Becoming a Recognized Student Organization
https://tpusa.com/live/another-college-student-government-votes-against-a-tpusa-chapter-becoming-a-recognized-student-organization/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders drive up grocery prices and then blame on Trump.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-speech-affordability-fact-check-inflation-data/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Noem Faces Questions From House Panel Amid Immigration Crackdown
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/us/politics/noem-house-hearing-immigration-crackdown.html
— ICE Says It Has No Videos to Release of Chicago Deportation Operations
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/us/politics/ice-bodycam-video-chicago.html
— What Is a Trump Gold Card? Applications Open for Million-Dollar Visas.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/us/politics/trump-gold-card.html
WASHINGTON POST
— House votes to repeal Trump order ending union rights at federal agencies. DD: GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had unionized sooner, I might still be a GAO employee. But if not that, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to take the adverse actions against me that they did.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/12/11/house-repeal-trump-union-order/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DD: To illegally bring a child illegally into a country illegally demonstrates gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-12-11/trump-administration-separates-thousands-of-migrant-families-in-u-s
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Socialism Still Not That Popular. But capitalism wins only a plurality in a new survey.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/socialism-still-not-that-popular-00686d77
— Miami, a Power Center for Trump, Delivers a Rebuke of the President. Voters sent clear messages on issues in race that became a referendum on the president.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/miami-a-power-center-for-trump-delivers-a-rebuke-of-the-president-03fcebe6?mod=djemwhatsnews
MONEY WIZE
— Everything about retirement changes if you’re one of the lucky few who have a pension in America. DD: I got in line for a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension when I was 18 years old in 1966. I have begetting a CSRS pension since I was 49 years old in 1997. My critics/opponents have always been furious about that.
https://www.aol.com/finance/everything-retirement-changes-one-lucky-114500050.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: If you’re one of the few American workers with a traditional pension, your retirement strategy likely looks different from that of your peers. As of March, 2025, only 14% of U.S. workers were covered by a defined benefit pension plan, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. These plans are far more common among government employees and retirees. In fact, nearly 86% of state and local public sector workers have access to such a pension, according to Congress. And in 2024, 56% of retirees reported receiving pension income, according to the Federal Reserve. Depending on your age and your employer, a defined benefit pension could significantly shape your retirement outlook. The guaranteed monthly income offers stability, but it brings unique considerations for tax strategy and estate planning.)
NFFE
— NFFE Applauds House Passage of the Protect America’s Workforce Act to Restore Collective Bargaining Rights for Federal Employees. DD: GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had unionized sooner, I might still be a GAO employee. But if not that, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to take the adverse actions against me that they did.
https://nffe.org/nffe_news/nffe-applauds-house-passage-of-the-protect-americas-workforce-act-to-restore-collective-bargaining-rights-for-federal-employees/
POLITICO
— Indiana GOP rejects Trump’s map in major blow to his gerrymandering push
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/11/indiana-republicans-redistricting-vote-trump-00687714
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
DEMOCRACY NOW
— Trump Launches “Trump Gold Card” Visa Program for Wealthy Noncitizens
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/11/headlines/trump_launches_trump_gold_card_visa_program_for_wealthy_noncitizens
TIMES OF INDIA
— Charlie Kirk’s Widow Delivers Emotional Message To People Mocking His Death
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/entertainment/english/charlie-kirks-widow-delivers-emotional-message-to-people-mocking-his-death/videoshow/125920713.cms
— Elite US colleges see record surge in low-income enrolments as new financial aid strategies take hold. DD: Overwhelmingly, low-income students are minorities.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/elite-us-colleges-see-record-surge-in-low-income-enrolments-as-new-financial-aid-strategies-take-hold/articleshow/125913704.cms
WESTERN STANDARD
— Not all ideas are equal. Neither are all cultures.
https://www.westernstandard.news/opinion/albers-not-all-ideas-are-equal-neither-are-all-cultures/69690
November 30, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Nonpartisan think tank identifies Illinois’ most effective state legislators
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/11/30/kelly-cassidy-sue-rezin-jb-pritzker-transgender-nuclear-nonpartisan-think-tank-identifies-illinois-most-effective-state-legislators
FOX32
— Slight majority of Illinoisans approve of Pritzker as he seeks third term. DD: Who approves of Pritzker? Those who are anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-married people, anti-non-poor people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-jb-pritzker-poll-nov-25
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for health care costs.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/for-republicans-its-crunch-time-on-health-care/
— Lawmakers voice support for congressional reviews of Trump’s military strikes on boats
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-lawmakers-voice-support-for-congressional-reviews-of-trumps-military-strikes-on-boats/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Sen. Mark Kelly calls Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ‘unqualified’ amid video probe. DD: My Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates hinted/implied that was not qualified to be promoted to GS-9 (currently $68,315/year) when I was 23 years old in 1972, to GS-11 (currently $82,655/year) when I was 24, and to GS-12 (currently $99,069/year) when I was 25. But most of my Democrat coworkers were also promoted that fast. Further, unlike my coworkers, I was taking graduate evening business courses at Loyola. Further, they were furious that I had been selected for a high-profile developmental assignment instead of a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran. My Democrat superiors soon got rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me those three times and had given me that assignment. They disallowed my travel vouchers and education expenses and made it clear that they would never promote me to GS-13.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/30/mark-kelly-arizona-senator-calls-defense-secretary-pete-hegseth/
— Democrats’ crime policies are suicidal
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/30/democrats-crime-policies-suicidal/
NEW YORK POST
— White House names and shames ‘biased’ news outlets and reporters with new website
https://nypost.com/2025/11/30/us-news/white-house-names-and-shames-biased-news-outlets-and-reporters-with-new-website/
— Over 5K Afghan migrants flagged on ‘national security’ grounds since 2021
https://nypost.com/2025/11/29/us-news/more-than-5000-afghan-migrants-flagged-on-national-security-grounds-since-2021-document-reveals/
— Mamdani-linked PAC offered Hispanic business leader job, seat on transition team if he raised $1M in 3 days
https://nypost.com/2025/11/29/us-news/mamdani-linked-pac-allegedly-offered-hispanic-business-leader-job-seat-on-transition-team-if-he-raised-1m-in-3-days/
— Americans are rightly waking up — much of higher education is now a scam
https://nypost.com/2025/11/30/opinion/more-americans-are-realizing-a-four-year-degree-is-an-expensive-scam/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Ken Burns Rejects Factual Revolutionary History In Favor Of The 1619 Project
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/11/ken_burns_rejects_factual_revolutionary_history_in_favor_of_the_1619_project_comments.html
BREITBART
— Critical Race Theorists Sneak Back into Red States Through ‘Media Literacy’ Campaign
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2025/11/30/report-critical-race-theorists-sneak-back-into-red-states-through-media-literacy-campaign/
DAILY SIGNAL
— The Left Goes Neo-Confederate on Immigration
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/10/31/the-left-goes-neo-confederate-on-immigration/
LAW ENFOREMENT TODAY
— Connecticut Teachers’ Union Teams Up With Anti-ICE Activists While Test Scores Plummet
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/connecticut-teachers-union-teams-up-with-anti-ice-activists-while-test-scores-plummet
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Indiana Reignites Redistricting Battle After Trump Lights a Fire Under Republican Leadership
https://www.westernjournal.com/red-state-reignites-redistricting-battle-trump-lights-fire-republican-leadership/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC NEWS
— Noem says National Guard shooting suspect was ‘radicalized’ in the U.S.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/kristi-noem-radicalized-dc-national-guard-asylum-shooting-rcna246477
— Noem says all asylum claims in U.S. to be reviewed
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/shorts/sec-kristi-noem-says-all-asylum-claims-in-u-s-will-be-reviewed-253308485914
CBS NEWS
— Immigration advocates hold another rally in NYC, criticize NYPD
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/video/immigration-advocates-hold-another-rally-in-nyc-criticize-nypd/
CNN
— Musk spotlights cost of federal entitlements amid fear of cuts to programs
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/11/politics/musk-federal-entitlements-costs
NEW YORK TIMES
— Protesters Arrested After Trying to Block a Possible ICE Raid
https://www.nytimes.com/video/nyregion/100000010555061/protesters-arrested-after-trying-to-block-a-possible-ice-raid.html
USA TODAY
— Trump’s approval rating hits second-term low as Republican support dips. DD: My critics/opponents have always focused on driving my approval rating down. Since 1999, they have focused on Republican voters, precinct committeemen, candidates, elected officials, and party leaders in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. Since 2000, they have focused on GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter readers and potential readers.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/29/trump-approval-rating-low-gallup/87524482007/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Trump calls Democrats ‘traitors’ for urging military to ‘refuse illegal orders.’ DD: All those who my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors assigned me to supervise were Democrat, minority, female, younger, veteran, disabled, non-Protestant, non-German American, had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, and/or had performance problems. I never refused orders to give them preference. I gave them lots of preference. But that was not enough for my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors.
https://www.aol.com/news/trump-calls-democrats-traitors-urging-214915264.html
PHILADELPHIA TRIBUNE
— Refusing illegal orders is a dilemma for U.S. troops. DD: All those who my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors assigned me to supervise were Democrat, minority, female, younger, veteran, disabled, non-Protestant, non-German American, had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, and/or had performance problems. I never refused orders to give them preference. I gave them lots of preference. But that was not enough for my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors.
https://www.phillytrib.com/commentary/refusing-illegal-orders-is-a-dilemma-for-u-s-troops/article_5d126839-c765-4bb7-b9af-c7d6ea73994b.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— About That Trump-Mamdani Love-In
https://www.wsj.com/video/series/journal-editorial-report/wsj-opinion-about-that-trump-mamdani-love-in/67E92381-F2C4-4A7F-A7DC-DE73985CCEBC
BEST COLLEGES
— 58 Companies That Pay for College With Tuition Reimbursement. DD: I paid lots of my money 1966-1997 to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree (management), three job-related masters (business, accounting, and finance), six job-related professional certifications (accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic Accounting), and a job-related professional license (CPA). Except for some small token amounts, none of it was reimbursed. I worked for the Democrats who ran the Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997. Worse yet, to get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my graduate business and accounting courses even though the employee manual they gave me strongly encouraged me to take those courses. They falsely arguing that the courses were not job-related, did not maintain or improve my job skills, qualified me for a new trade or business, and were taken by me to get a job in the private sector. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.
https://www.bestcolleges.com/news/analysis/2021/09/16/top-companies-offering-tuition-reimbursement/
TIME
— New Yorkers Foil Large-Scale ICE Raid
https://time.com/7337578/ice-raid-new-york-mamdani/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
JAPAN TIMES
— Protesters disrupt federal immigration operation in Manhattan
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/30/world/protesters-disrupt-federal-immigration/
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 24, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— $10K reward being offered for information in teen’s Loop shooting death; concerns over violence. Some Chicago leaders worry downtown violence could deter holiday tourists. DD: How soon will Democrat teens takeover your downtown?
https://abc7chicago.com/post/cook-county-crime-stoppers-offering-10k-reward-information-armani-floyd-downtown-chicago-shooting-concerns-violence/18202512/
— Pentagon launches review into Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly over video to troops.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/pentagon-says-launching-review-democratic-sen-mark-kelly/18202243/
— Local advocates concerned over Trump admin. omission of nursing as professional degree program. The policy change limits access to federal loans for graduate students pursuing advanced nursing degrees.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/did-trump-sign-bill-reclassifying-nursing-chicago-area-advocates-concerned-omission-professional-degree/18204718/
FOX32
— Underwood tours Broadview ICE facility, finds ‘unacceptable’ conditions
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/underwood-broadview-ice-facility
WGN RADIO
— Could a curfew have prevented past weekend’s teen takeover in the Loop? DD: How soon will Democrat teens takeover your downtown?
https://wgnradio.com/bob-sirott/could-a-curfew-have-prevented-past-weekends-teen-takeover-in-the-loop/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Investigation continues into pair of downtown shootings, including one that took the life of ‘vibrant’ teen Friday night. DD: How soon will Democrat teens takeover your downtown?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/24/investigation-downtown-shootings-armani-floyd/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for the high cost of healthcare.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/24/plan-extend-obamacare-subsidies/
— Pentagon says it’s investigating Sen. Mark Kelly over video urging troops to defy ‘illegal orders.’ DD: Have you defied orders? While I worked for IRS 1971-1980 and for GAO 1980-1997, virtually all my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Democrats. All of my subordinates were minority, female, younger, veteran, disabled, and/or had major performance problems. I never defied orders to give them preference. But that was not enough for my Democrat superiors. Because I complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, they ever-increasingly wasted my career, ever-increasingly took more and bigger adverse actions against me, and ultimately forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/24/pentagon-mark-kelly-video/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Underwood tours Broadview ICE facility and warns deportation blitz isn’t over. The Democratic congresswoman said staffing for Chicago area ICE facilities is expected to triple in coming months.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/11/24/lauren-underwood-broadview-ice-facility-tour-operation-midway-blitz
— Fatal Loop ‘teen takeover’ leaves families, peers reeling. After 14-year-old Armani Floyd’s death Friday, his peers at a South Shore after-school basketball group were left struggling. DD: How soon will Democrat teens takeover your downtown?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2025/11/24/armani-floyd-teen-takeover-project-swish
SUBURBAN LIFE
— ‘Robbing Peter to pay Paul’. Poverty tough to overcome for some DuPage County residents. DD: The cost of living in DuPage County is very high. I bought a new townhome in University Park when I was 24 years old in 1972 and my salary had just increased from $55,850/year to $68,315/year in today’s dollars. But if that townhome had been built in DuPage County, I could not have afforded it.
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/2025/11/24/robbing-peter-to-pay-paul-poverty-tough-to-overcome-for-many-dupage-county-residents/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “There is a broad misconception that there is no poverty in DuPage County,” said Kara Murphy, president of the DuPage Health Coalition, a nonprofit that connects essential healthcare services to low-income individuals. It is true that “on balance” DuPage County is a more affluent community, “but it is also a populous community with just under one million residents,” she said at the Nov. 20 event. “There are more low-income families living in DuPage County than the entire population of 89 of the 100 counties in Illinois,” Murphy said. Murphy added that DuPage County communities must support “individuals at every income level.” “The strongest and most thriving communities create space and opportunities for people who are low-wage, medium-wage and high-wage earners. Communities that are only accessible to individuals at the highest income levels will experience incredible deficits in their ability to provide all the services that all the community needs. We need a diversity of opportunities for people in different places in their life cycles.” To determine income eligibility for assistance programs, many organizations in DuPage County utilize income levels that are 250% or even 300% of the federal poverty level. “Because the reality is the federal poverty level is dramatically inadequate to be able to meet basic needs,” Murphy said. Based 2023 data, using the 200% mark of the federal poverty level, there are 142,000 individuals living in poverty and that number is dramatically increasing, said Amy Van Polen, CEO of Bridge Communities, a nonprofit that provides transitional housing to families facing homelessness. “Those are the fastest growing numbers of our community,” Van Polen said. “Forty-four percent of renters in this county are rent burdened, meaning that they pay more than 30% of their income toward rent. That is not sustainable.” Many college educated individuals who are “20 something or 30 something” are finding it difficult to find affordable housing, she said. “Lots of $3,000-a-month, one-bedroom apartments are being built.”)
FOX ILLINOIS
— Vance is backing up Trump who called for the arrest and trial of Democratic lawmakers featured in a video calling for intelligence and military service members to defy the president’s “illegal orders.”
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/vance-supports-trump-calling-for-arrest-slotkin-video-stirs-rand-paul-llegal-orders-seditious-behavior
WMBD
— Illinois U.S. Senate candidate runs to end military support for Israel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7z5I16vV_I
BOLINGBROOK PATCH
— Will County Board Candidates File Dueling Election Objections, 1 Removed From Ballot. The two candidates also filed objections against each other in the precinct committeeperson race, and the other was removed from the ballot.
https://patch.com/illinois/bolingbrook/will-county-board-candidates-file-dueling-election-objections-1-removed-ballot
WHEATON RECORD
— CACE Lecture Examines Christian Nationalism and Trump’s Second Term
https://thewheatonrecord.com/2025/11/24/cace-lecture-examines-christian-nationalism-and-trumps-second-term/
— Student-Planned Panel Discusses Immigration Crackdown and Christian Response
https://thewheatonrecord.com/2025/11/24/student-planned-panel-discusses-immigration-crackdown-and-christian-response/
— “Let’s talk about Chemical Abortion”
https://thewheatonrecord.com/2025/11/24/lets-talk-about-chemical-abortion/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Amid GOP governor candidates, Dabrowski says he knows how to fix Illinois
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_788d6262-c266-4311-af6c-bc96cd216bf0.html
— State reps: Pritzker turns ‘blind eye’ to Chicago’s public safety crisis
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_cfbde8b3-4965-4d7a-a0a6-d8bf61bbfc60.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Pentagon says Sen. Kelly could be recalled to active duty, face court martial for video to troops
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/24/pentagon-says-sen-kelly-could-recalled-active-duty-face-court-martial/
— Decentralized DOGE is still buzz-sawing through government waste. DD: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/24/decentralized-doge-still-buzz-sawing-government-waste/
— Associated Press asks court to restore its special access to Trump’s White House
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/24/associated-press-asks-court-restore-special-access-trumps-white-house/
— Blagojevich: From big shoulders to big exodus: Chicago’s collapse under leftist leadership. Once the heart of American innovation and industry, the Second City now bleeds jobs, residents and hope
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/24/big-shoulders-big-exodus-chicagos-collapse-leftist-leadership/
— Mamdani’s catastrophic socialist vision may herald in America’s freedom rebirth
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/24/mamdanis-catastrophic-socialist-vision-may-herald-americas-freedom/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— DD: Noncitizens steal American jobs. All my employers would hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they did not have to take the bad jobs that I had to take. Their parents bought them cars, paid for their college expenses, and got them good jobs.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/investigations/3895435/where-illegal-immigrants-find-work-in-the-us/
— Restoring the American dream of homeownership.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom-self-reliance/3897283/restoring-american-dream-homeownership/
NEW YORK POST
— Assaults on immigration agents skyrocket 1,150% since Trump took office as sanctuary city rhetoric fuels disturbing rise
https://nypost.com/2025/11/24/us-news/assaults-on-ice-agents-skyrocket-1150-since-trump-took-office/
— NYPD needs to quash violent car-meetup ‘street takeovers’ IMMEDIATELY
https://nypost.com/2025/11/24/opinion/nypd-needs-to-quash-violent-car-meetup-street-takeovers-immediately/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Cornell grad student union backs ‘armed resistance by any means necessary’
https://www.campusreform.org/article/cornell-grad-student-union-backs-armed-resistance-means-necessary/29019
FOX NEWS
— Trump’s fight with Marjorie Taylor Greene is a warning sign for Republicans. DD: My Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party leaders vehemently disagreed with my supporting Pat O’Malley instead of Jim Ryan in the Republican gubernatorial primary in 2002. I led O’Malley’s campaign in Milton Township. Even though I did everything that I could to help Ryan win the general election, they not only have never forgiven me, they continue to punish me big time. They blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for Ryan’s defeat. I should write about that.
https://foxillinois.com/news/armstrong-army-strong/donald-trumps-fight-with-marjorie-taylor-greene-is-a-warning-sign-for-republicans
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Republican Party under Trump has always been a coalition held together by energy, grievance, and a sense of shared purpose. But coalitions — even fearsome ones — require space for internal disagreement. They require room for ideological variance, strategic differences, and the occasional intra-party critique. Without that space, a movement begins to cannibalize its own allies, mistaking loyalty for uniformity and criticism for betrayal. . .There is also a deeper strategic issue. Disagreement, when handled well, strengthens a movement. It forces reflection. It sharpens arguments. It prevents blind spots. In a party that is trying to build a durable America First agenda with real policy depth, suppressing dissent is a recipe for stagnation. Trump’s greatest strength has always been his ability to break political orthodoxies; he should not now create a new orthodoxy that is just as brittle as the one he once shattered. Republicans need a healthy internal dialogue, not a chorus line. If Trump wants a party that will govern successfully — not merely idolize him — he must recognize that even loyal supporters will occasionally challenge him. And sometimes, they should. A strong leader does not see disagreement as betrayal. A strong leader sees it as proof that the movement he built is maturing, thinking, and preparing for the responsibilities of lasting power. . .If the GOP becomes a party where dissent is punished and loyalty is the only ideology, it will implode not because of Democrats — but because of its own refusal to let its members say, “We support you, but here’s where we disagree.”
HOT AIR
— Illegal Alien Stole a Man’s Identity and Made His Life Hell; New York Times Calls The Illegal a Victim
https://hotair.com/david-strom/2025/11/24/illegal-alien-stole-a-mans-identity-and-made-his-life-hell-new-york-times-calls-the-illegal-a-victim-n3809207
NEWSMAX
— States Need to Join Trump, Feds, to Destroy Islamic Militants
https://www.newsmax.com/michaeldorstewitz/islamic-militants/2025/11/24/id/1235831/
POST MILLENNIAL
— Women set ablaze on Chicago train identified as Bethany MaGee—suspect has 72 prior arrests. 50-year-old Lawrence Reed has been arrested at least 72 times over the last 30 years.
https://thepostmillennial.com/chicago-man-charged-with-setting-woman-on-fire-has-72-prior-arrests#google_vignette
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEWSWEEK
— Trump Hit With Negative Polling in Utah
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-hit-with-negative-polling-in-staunch-republican-state-11097581
— Trump Orders Broad Vetting Review of 200,000 Refugees Admitted Under Biden
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-administration-orders-review-biden-era-refugees-11102147
JD SUPRA
— EEOC Releases Materials on National Origin Discrimination. DD: My critics/opponents have aways stressed that I am 100% German national origin. In my defense, I have always 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 WWI if he had not been 4-F. FROM WIKIPEDIA: “For Germany perpetrating the Holocaust and starting World War II, Germans are often stereotyped as Nazis. This stereotype, while now rare, persists to this day. After the war, the German people were often viewed with contempt because they were blamed by other Europeans for Nazi crimes. Germans visiting abroad, particularly in the 1950s and 1960s, attracted insults from locals, and from foreigners who may have lost their families or friends in the atrocities. Today in Europe and worldwide (particularly in countries that fought against the Axis), Germans may be scorned by elderly people who were alive to experience the atrocities committed by Nazi Germans or by veterans who had fought against the Nazis during World War II.)
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/eeoc-releases-materials-on-national-6164621/