FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Local restaurants offering free meals to SNAP recipients who’ve lost their benefits
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-snap-benefits-november-wooden-paddle-lemont-la-grange-locations-offering-free-pizza-lost/18101012/
— Obamacare enrollee sees premium spike as sign-ups begin: ‘This will devastate us’
https://abc7chicago.com/post/affordable-care-act-obamacare-enrollee-sees-health-premium-spike-sign-ups-begin-during-government-shutdown-2025/18100578/
CBS2
— With SNAP benefits up in the air, Chicago charities and businesses step in to help
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/snap-benefits-up-in-the-air-chicago-charities-businesses-help/
WGN9
— What salary is considered ‘upper class’ in 2025? It depends on who you ask. DD: I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. Federal employees have always been demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being grossly overpaid and that their benefits are far too generous. In today’s dollars, when I was 49 years old in 1997, my GAO GS-13 Step 10 salary was $153,151/year. But to get that salary, I had passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970. I had worked for GAO for almost 18 years and for IRS for almost 9 years before that. I had earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997. I had earned job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. I had earned a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://wgntv.com/news/what-salary-is-considered-upper-class-in-2025-it-depends-on-who-you-ask/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Boomers, or those born after World War II and through 1964, were most likely to say a salary between $100,001 and $250,000 is considered “upper class.” Thirty-five percent of the boomers surveyed, who are all at or near retirement age, said surpassing six figures was enough. Twenty percent thought you needed far more than that, deeming only a salary above $500,000 an “upper class” wage. Millennials’ answers weren’t too different from boomers’ opinions. About 37 percent of millennials surveyed (or people born between 1981 and 1996) said earning between $100,001 and $250,000 would make for an upper-class household. Meanwhile, the youngest generation surveyed had more modest opinions on what constitutes wealth. More than a third of Generation Z, born between 1997 and 2012, many of whom are just entering the workforce, said earning between $75,001 and $200,000 qualified as “upper class.”)
WBEZ
— In Chicago, a Halloween weekend of immigration arrests and violence
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/02/nx-s1-5594866/chicago-evanston-ice-border-patrol-protest-immigration-illinois
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Border Patrol’s strong-arm tactics are the new norm in Chicago as Trump moves to sideline ICE leadership
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/02/border-patrol-chicago-trump-ice/
— Mayor Brandon Johnson’s budget pitch blames ‘Trump Deficit,’ but Chicago’s money woes found elsewhere
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/02/mayor-brandon-johnson-budget-trump-chicago-money-woes/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/mayor-brandon-johnson-budget-pitch-110000518.html
— Government shutdown threatens to delay home heating aid for millions of low-income families
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/02/government-shutdown-home-heating-aid/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker dropped an F-bomb in his criticism of Trump administration education policies last month before Illinois’ largest teachers union. DD: For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/illinois-governor/2025/11/02/pritzker-trump-f-off-video
DAILY HERALD
— Wheeling board could ban ICE operations on village property
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251102/local-politics/wheeling-board-could-ban-ice-operations-on-village-property/
HERALD
— Will County schools receive 1500 Spanish-language books to promote literacy and inclusion. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly discourage assimilation.
https://www.shawlocal.com/the-herald-news/2025/10/31/will-county-schools-receive-1500-spanish-language-books-to-promote-literacy-and-inclusion/
FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump suggests Rep. Ilhan Omar return to Somalia after her video praising her homeland. DD: What percent come America to turn America into their motherland? What percent come to America to destroy America?
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-suggests-rep-ilhan-omar-return-to-somalia-after-her-video-praising-her-homeland
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— Illinois Dems’ Halloween Trick: Ghoulish Suicide Bill
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2025/10/31/illinois-dems-halloween-trick-ghoulish-suicide-bill
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— ‘No Kings’ protests mock democracy, not defend it. Having lost at the ballot box, Democrats now try to win through noise, lawsuits and street theater.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/2/no-kings-protests-mock-democracy-defend/
— Gerrymandering, migration and political violence set the stage for America’s great unraveling. Political tribes redraw maps, rewrite morals and remove opponents until ballots no longer matter.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/2/gerrymandering-migration-political-violence-set-stage-americas-great/
— Christian colleges betray the faith they once defended. Liberal theology and woke politics have replaced prayer, repentance and fidelity to God.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/2/christian-colleges-betray-faith-defended/
— SNAP benefits in jeopardy as government shutdown drags into fifth week
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/2/snap-benefits-jeopardy-government-shutdown-drags-fifth-week/
NEW YORK POST
— Pervasive social-emotional learning brings Big Brother to the classroom
https://nypost.com/2025/11/02/opinion/pervasive-social-emotional-learning-brings-big-brother-to-the-classroom/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Kirk’s Vision Is Needed In Our Public Schools
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/11/kirk_s_vision_is_needed_in_our_public_schools.html
— How ‘Racist’ Was Pre-Civil-Rights-Era America?
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/11/beyond_the_cotton_field_how_racist_was_pre_civil_rights_era_america_really.html
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Michelle Obama: From Princeton to the White House — and Still No Gratitude. DD: Things that I am grateful for include my being able to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/11/michelle-obama-victim/
PJ MEDIA
— The Twin Problems of Illegal Aliens and Unqualified Truck Drivers. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://pjmedia.com/eric-florack/2025/11/02/the-twin-problems-of-illegal-aliens-and-unqualified-truck-drivers-part-two-n4945513
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
REUTERS
— DD: Chicago Democrat leaders ever increasingly protect their illegals and their criminals.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/were-not-violent-city-chicago-locals-take-ice-block-by-block-2025-11-02/
CBS NEWS
— Trump says ICE raids “haven’t gone far enough”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-says-ice-raids-havent-gone-far-enough-60-minutes/
— Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says airport delays are “going to get worse” as shutdown drags on.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sean-duffy-transportation-secretary-delays-shutdown-air-traffic-controllers/
— Rising concern over government shutdown impact on economy, Americans personally
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cbs-news-poll-shutdown-impact-economy-personal/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Why Companies Are No Longer Hanging On to Employees. The practice of ‘labor hoarding’—holding on to employees for fear of not being able to get them back later—has reached its end. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government wanted to get rid of me because I failed/refused to become a Democrat. They wanted to get rid of me more when I complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. They really wanted to get rid of me when I became an active member in class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://www.wsj.com/economy/jobs/layoffs-labor-market-92a069c6
— Palantir Thinks College Might Be a Waste. So It’s Hiring High-School Grads. Tech company offers 22 teens a chance to skip college for its fellowship, which includes a four-week seminar on Western civilization. DD: If I had not had a bachelor’s degree in business, Firestone Stores would not have hired me in 1970 and IRS in 1971. If I had not had an MBA and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, GAO would not have hired me in 1980.
https://www.wsj.com/business/palantir-thinks-college-might-be-a-waste-so-its-hiring-high-school-grads-aed267d5
— The Growing Divide in the Rainbow Coalition. More gay people are speaking out against the gender ideology of trans and queer activists. DD: My critics/opponents promote LGBTQ.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/the-growing-divide-in-the-rainbow-coalition-1128015b
FORBES
— Trump Immigration Rule Could Make H-1B Visa Holders Too Costly To Hire. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2025/11/02/trump-immigration-rule-could-make-h-1b-visa-holders-too-costly-to-hire/
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October 31, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Illinois Democrats Pass Bill Targeting ICE, but the Supremacy Clause Makes It Unconstitutional
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/opinion-illinois-democrats-pass-bill-targeting-ice-but-the-supremacy-clause-makes-it-unconstitutional.html
— Illinois Democrats Declare War on ICE — New Law Shields Illegal Aliens, Not Citizens
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/illinois-democrats-declare-war-on-ice-new-law-shields-illegal-aliens-not-citizens.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In the early hours of Friday morning, Illinois Democrats pushed through one of the most extreme immigration bills in the country – a sweeping measure designed to block federal immigration enforcement and further cement Illinois’ status as a sanctuary state. The bill, House Bill 1312, passed after hours of emotional speeches according to Politico, from Democratic lawmakers, many of whom compared federal immigration agents to kidnappers and slave catchers. The legislation, which Gov. JB Pritzker is expected to sign, designates “safe zones” around schools, hospitals, and courthouses, and allows individuals to sue immigration officers for alleged violations of their “constitutional rights,” including false imprisonment or unlawful detention. “This bill is a statement on behalf of the legislature to say that what ICE is doing is unacceptable,” declared State Sen. Celina Villanueva (D-Chicago), one of the bill’s lead sponsors. Under the new law, federal immigration officers will face punitive damages if they conceal their identities, fail to wear body cameras, or use unmarked or out-of-state vehicles while conducting enforcement operations. It also prohibits civil immigration arrests inside courthouses or within 1,000 feet of them – effectively creating sanctuary zones where federal law cannot be enforced. Senate President Don Harmon (D-Oak Park) delivered a dramatic speech before the final vote, claiming to be “distraught and frightened” by federal enforcement actions. “I never thought I’d live in a world where masked federal employees, brandishing military-style weapons, would jump out of unmarked vans to kidnap and disappear people — U.S. citizens,” Harmon said. He alleged that federal agents are “targeting residents who look like” several Hispanic senators. House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch (D-Hillside) went even further, comparing the legislation to the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery. “History will judge our actions in this moment, just as it did our predecessors,” he said. While Democrats framed the bill as a moral stand, critics say it is an outrageous attack on federal law enforcement and a dangerous invitation for lawlessness. By turning schools, hospitals, and courthouses into “safe zones” for illegal immigrants, Illinois Democrats have essentially declared that federal immigration law doesn’t apply here. For the last few years, Illinois families have watched as Democrats diverted billions of taxpayer dollars toward programs for illegal aliens – including free health care for noncitizens – while law-abiding residents struggle to pay their bills and access quality care. Under Gov. Pritzker, Illinois became the first state in the nation to offer free health insurance to undocumented immigrants aged 42 and older – a program that has ballooned in cost to more than a billion dollars. Now, with HB 1312, Democrats are doubling down on policies that reward those who break the law and punish those who enforce it. At a time when violent crime and drug trafficking are surging across the state, Illinois lawmakers are focused not on protecting citizens, but on shielding illegal immigrants from federal agents. With this legislation, Illinois Democrats have made their priorities clear: illegal aliens first, law-abiding citizens last. The message to working families could not be clearer – if you play by the rules, you’re on your own. But if you break the law, the state will protect you, fund you, and even help you sue the federal agents trying to uphold justice. As Gov. Pritzker prepares to sign HB 1312, Illinois continues to lead the nation not in economic growth, education, or public safety – but in radical policies that undermine the rule of law and reward illegal behavior. For a party that claims to defend democracy, Democrats in Illinois seem determined to dismantle it, one sanctuary bill at a time.)
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Illinois Senate Passes Suicide Bill at 3 AM
https://illinoisfamily.org/life/illinois-senate-passes-suicide-bill-at-2-am/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Motorists Get the Shaft in Democrats’ Mass Transit Bill
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/31/motorists-get-the-shaft-in-democrats/
— GOP State Reps. Draw Opposition
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/31/gop-state-reps-draw-opposition/
— What Is the Tribune Missing in This Headline about the Middle of the Night Passage of a Mass Transit Bailout?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/31/what-is-the-tribune-missing-in-this-headline-about-the-middle-of-the-night-passage-of-a-mass-transit-bailout/
— Soy Bean Farmers Probably Pleased with Trump’s Deal with China
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/31/soy-bean-farmers-probably-pleased-with-trumps-deal-with-china/
— Sue Ness Reveals Number of Petition Signatures
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/31/sue-ness-reveals-number-of-petition-signatures/
— Cheaper Phone Calls for Prisoners
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/31/cheaper-phone-calls-for-prisoners/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
WGN9
— Evanston mayor Biss’ message to ICE: ‘Get the hell out’
https://wgntv.com/evanston/evanston-leaders-to-address-recent-federal-agent-activity/
FOX32
— Biss tells ICE to ‘get the hell out of our city’
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/ice-border-patrol-activity-evanston-sparks-crash-arrests-outrage-from-city-leaders
— Federal judge rules Trump can’t require citizenship proof on the federal voting form
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/federal-judge-rules-trump-cant-require-citizenship-proof-federal-voting-form
— Lawsuit alleges disturbing conditions at Broadview ICE facility
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/lawsuit-details-disturbing-conditions-at-broadview-ice-facility
— Durbin meets with Little Village students
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/durbin-meets-little-village-students-after-peaceful-protest
ABC7
— Federal agents detain 2 after allegedly causing crash near Evanston elementary school
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-evanston-today-news-cook-county-officials-speak-federal-immigration-agents-reportedly-area-halloween/18095995/
— Federal agents detain multiple people on Northwest Side
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-news-federal-agents-detain-people-irving-park-albany-push-ald-rossana-rodriguez-sanchez-halloween-2025/18096451/
— USPS worker pushed to ground trying to intervene in suburban immigration arrest
https://abc7chicago.com/post/us-postal-service-worker-pushed-ground-trying-intervene-arlington-heights-immigration-arrest-landscaper-video/18096836/
— DD: Soon, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, everyone in America will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) collecting welfare.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-snap-benefits-november-halt-paying-forward-founder-determined-provide-free-food-despite-own-struggles/18096717/
— Federal judge rules Trump can’t require citizenship proof on federal voting form
https://abc7chicago.com/post/president-donald-trump-cant-require-citizenship-proof-federal-voting-form-judge-rules/18096450/
NBC5
— DD: Soon, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, everyone in America will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) collecting welfare.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/where-to-find-food-assistance-amid-pause-in-federal-food-aid-snap-benefits/3846079/
CBS2
— Little Village hosts safe space for trick-or-treaters amid immigration raids in Chicago
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/little-village-halloween-safe-space-trick-or-treating-immigration-raids/
WTTW
— Chicago Must Regulate Intoxicating Hemp to Protect Kids
https://news.wttw.com/2025/10/31/chicago-must-regulate-intoxicating-hemp-protect-kids-city-s-top-doctor
WBEZ
— Immigrants power kitchens, chefs say. So a Chicago group is raising money for their protection. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. I washed dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights 1964-1966. I was the only White male who held that job.
https://www.wbez.org/food-drink/2025/10/31/tiger-moon-market-fundraiser-immigrants-chicago-restaurants-kitchens
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Lakeview resident calls on CPD to investigate federal agents for immigration raid on his property
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/31/lakeview-resident-cpd-arrest-federal-agents-immigration-raid/
— Legislature sets stage for Illinois to become a ‘right-to-die’ state as bill narrowly passes
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/31/illinois-doctor-assisted-death-legislation/
— DD: Democrat leaders always promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/31/new-pentagon-policy-trans-troops-military/
— Air traffic controller shortages lead to broader US flight delays as shutdown nears one-month mark
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/31/air-traffic-controller-shortages-shutdown/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker makes a Halloween stop in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood. The governor passed out candy to children to allay fears trick-or-treating children might have about ICE agents in their neighborhoods.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/illinois-governor/2025/10/31/gov-jb-pritzker-halloween-stop-little-village-ice-operation-midway-blitz
— Bovino’s daily meetings with judge would infringe on separation of powers, appeals court says. The appellate court only undid an order requiring Greg Bovino to appear in court every weeknight. It left intact other orders, including that he obtain a body-worn camera.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/31/bovinos-daily-meetings-with-judge-would-infringe-on-separation-of-powers-appeals-court-says
— Broadview ICE facility a ‘black box’ where immigrants denied access to lawyers, medicine, lawsuit claims. The ACLU of Illinois and others ask a federal judge to intervene against “inhumane” conditions. Federal immigration officials say claims that there are “subprime conditions at the Broadview ICE facility are false.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/31/advocates-allege-inhumane-conditions-at-chicago-area-ice-facility-in-new-lawsuit
— ICE’s powerful facial recognition tech
https://chicago.suntimes.com/morning-edition/2025/10/31/border-patrol-ice-illinois-chicago-trump-johnson-pritzker-bovino
— ICE has powerful facial recognition app Illinois cops are barred from using — with little apparent oversight
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/10/31/ice-trump-facial-recognition-clearview-police-oversight
— DD: Soon, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, everyone in America will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) collecting welfare.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10/30/south-suburban-food-pantry-draws-hundreds-as-snap-cutoff-looms
DAILY HERALD
— Lawmakers approve $1.5 billion transit funding package with 45 cent toll increase
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251031/transportation/lawmakers-approve-1-5-billion-transit-funding-package-with-45-cent-toll-increase/
— DD: Soon, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, everyone in America will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) collecting welfare.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251031/news/overwhelmed-already-food-banks-pantries-carry-on-with-snap-emergency-plans/
STATELINE
— Cannabis use boosts tobacco addiction risk in young Americans
https://www.mystateline.com/news/cannabis-use-may-boost-tobacco-addiction-risk-in-young-americans-study-finds/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Heritage Foundation head defends Tucker Carlson for hosting white nationalist with antisemitic views. DD: While I was the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2005-2012, I invited speakers at 78 of its events during that time. I should list all those who spoke at those events. My critics/opponents have always demonized, denigrated, and condemned those who spoke at those events.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-heritage-foundation-head-defends-tucker-carlson-for-hosting-white-nationalist-with-antisemitic-views/
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— ICE comes to southern Illinois
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/they-are-literally-targeting-people-ice-comes-to-southern-illinois/amp/
ILLINOIS
— Candidate List
https://www.elections.il.gov/ElectionOperations/CandidateList.aspx?ElectionID=Z2J%2fvYpKX8w%3d&Status=P2wRQXkiFoo%3d&BallotGroup=4HJalchPb4g%3d&QueryType=xF443FTCAJbIL3atac%2fUjEg7Y4yklgT1
DUPAGE COUNTY
— DuPage County Prepares SNAP Response. Beginning on Nov. 1, more than 67,000 DuPage County residents who rely on SNAP to buy groceries could be affected.
https://www.dupagecounty.gov/county_board/dupage_county_snap_response_1560.php
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— As ICE Targets Home Depot Stores, Advocates Say Company Is Failing To Protect Day Laborers. Federal agents have frequently detained people around Home Depot stores in the Chicago area. Organizers and neighbors are calling on the company to “keep ICE out” with planned vigils and calls for a boycott.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/31/why-is-ice-targeting-so-many-home-depots-advocates-say-store-is-failing-to-protect-day-laborers/
— ‘Terrified’ Chicagoans Join Illinois Dems In Calling For Probe Into Homeland Security’s Tactics. During a Friday news conference at City Hall, U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley said federal immigration agents have “blatantly violated the rights of Chicagoans since they arrived in our city.”
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/31/terrified-chicagoans-join-illinois-dems-in-calling-for-investigation-into-homeland-securitys-tactics-here/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/31/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-415/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
AMERICAN THINKER
— No Substitute for Defeating Evil
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/10/no_substitute_for_defeating_evil.html
— Today’s Democrats are as dangerous as 1861’s Copperhead Democrats
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/10/today_s_democrats_are_as_dangerous_as_1861_s_copperhead_democrats.html
BREITBART
— FBI Begins Arresting and Charging Violent Anti-ICE Harassers
https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2025/10/30/fbi-begins-arresting-and-charging-violent-anti-ice-harassers/
— Democrats Have Become the Party of the Rich, Elites
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/31/exclusive-realignment-in-depth-analysis-reveals-how-democrats-have-become-the-party-of-the-rich-elites/
— Shutdown Has Already Cost Nearly $10 Billion in Pay for Non-Essential Workers to Stay Home. DD: So far, my Democrat GAO superiors’ success in forcing me to retire has cost the Civil Service Retirement System $1.9 million in today’s dollars.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/10/30/exclusive-ernst-shutdown-has-already-cost-nearly-10-billion-in-pay-for-non-essential-workers-to-stay-home/
FEDERALIST
— California, D.C., Illinois, Washington, Colorado, and Oregon Handed Out $1.4B In Federal Medicaid Funding To Illegals
https://thefederalist.com/2025/10/31/5-states-handed-out-1-4b-in-federal-medicaid-funding-to-illegals/
FOX NEWS
— Former acting ICE director blasts Pritzker’s ‘irresponsible’ move, says Dems’ ‘safe zones’ are a federal felony
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6384374993112
NEWSMAX
— Noem Denies Pritzker: ICE Will Be Out on Halloween
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/kristi-noem-jb-pritzker-ice/2025/10/30/id/1232620/
— Democrats Put Illegals Before Citizens
https://www.newsmax.com/us/joe-gruters-gop-shutdown/2025/10/31/id/1232748/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Pritzker, US lawmakers condemn ‘Broadview 6’ indictment over ICE protest
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5582331-pritzker-johnson-defend-broadview-six/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Advocates allege ‘inhumane’ conditions at Chicago-area ICE facility in new lawsuit
https://apnews.com/article/chicago-ice-immigration-broadview-lawsuit-4d9b14a2ed8e28d7a4b75e42bdd7ca8a
NEW YORK TIMES
— Immigration Agents Clash With Chicago-Area Residents on Halloween. The state’s governor had called for a pause in the federal immigration crackdown over the Halloween weekend, citing concerns for children’s safety.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/us/politics/chicago-ice-immigration-agents.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Advocates Sue Feds Over ‘Dire’ Conditions at Chicago-Area Immigration Facility. Broadview facility is a ‘black hole’ where federal officials act with impunity, advocates allege.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/trump-administration-sued-over-dire-conditions-at-chicago-area-immigration-facility-bfa708d5
October 30, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— DHS Secretary Noem rejects Gov. Pritzker’s calls for pause in immigration operations over Halloween. Illinois lawmakers pushing ahead with legislation to curb illegal ICE activity. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly call everything that ICE does illegal.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-immigration-operations-dhs-secretary-kristi-noem-speak-gary-indiana-thursday/18089639/
— Pritzker signs order supporting Illinois residents who rely on SNAP benefits. Nearly two million people in Illinois use SNAP benefits. DD: Under the Democrats, more and more and more people will be on SNAP.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/snap-food-aid-shutdown-governor-jb-pritzker-sign-order-supporting-illinois-residents-rely-benefits/18089802/
— DD: The Democrat news media can and does turn Americans against just about everything that Trump does or does not do.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/americans-largely-oppose-trump-tearing-down-white-house-east-wing-ballroom-poll/18090583/
NBC5
— Noem reacts to Pritzker request to pause immigration enforcement for Halloween. Pritzker asked feds to pause enforcement for the weekend, but federal officials have indicated no intention to do so.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/noem-reacts-to-pritzker-request-to-pause-immigration-enforcement-for-halloween/3845735/
— Suburban food pantries step up operations as SNAP benefits paused. Some restaurants are also offering free meals to SNAP holders as those benefits are paused this weekend. DD: Under the Democrats, more and more and more people will be on SNAP.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/suburban-food-pantries-step-up-operations-as-snap-benefits-paused/3845691/
CBS2
— Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino sits for deposition over agency’s actions in Chicago
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/border-patrol-cmdr-gregory-bovino-deposition-chicago/
— Kristi Noem providing update on “Operation Midway Blitz” in Gary, Indiana
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/kristi-noem-midway-blitz-gary-indiana/
FOX32
— Request denied for immigration operations pause during Halloween in Illinois
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/request-denied-immigration-operations-pause-during-halloween-illinois
WTTW
— DD: Democrat leaders use Halloween to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/10/30/chicagoans-come-together-help-kids-feel-safe-celebrating-halloween-amid-immigration
https://news.wttw.com/2025/10/30/pritzker-denounces-ramped-aggressive-immigration-enforcement-raids-calls-federal-agents
WBEZ
— DD: Under the Democrats, more and more and more people will be on SNAP.
https://www.wbez.org/politics/2025/10/30/snap-government-shutdown-november-1-food-pantries-hunger-medicaid-republicans-democrats-trump
— Illinois grad rate hits new high even as ACT scores lag and students continue to miss class. DD: My critics/opponents have always used my low ACT score of 24 against me. I spent far too many hours washing dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights instead of studying. I used the money that I earned to buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, a poor man’s GTO, to get to/from my parents’ home in Crete and classes at UIC.
https://www.wbez.org/education/2025/10/30/illinois-test-scores-state-report-card-graduation-rate-absenteeism-chicago-public-schools
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Chicago Public Schools, where graduation rates have also climbed, had a particularly low average ACT score. It was 15.1 in English Language Arts and 15.8 in math. That was down from a composite score of 18.4 in 2016. Nationally, the average ACT composite score was 19.4 this year.)
— DHS has arrested people filming their agents, and Sens. Duckworth, Durbin say those arrests must stop. In a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, the senators demand that she keep federal agents from arresting people who are simply exercising “a core First Amendment right.” DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote obstruction of justice.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/10/30/dhs-kristi-noem-tammy-duckworth-dick-durbin-ice-agents-filming-arrests
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Kristi Noem, Gov. Mike Braun talk ICE, ISP partnership in Gary
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/30/kristi-noem-gov-mike-braun-talk-ice-isp-partnership-in-gary/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote obstruction of justice.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/30/pepper-spray-immigration-aurora/
— Trump sets 7,500 annual limit for refugees entering US. It’ll be mostly white South Africans. DD: White South Africans should be advised that Democrats will do everything that they can to destroy them.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/30/trump-sets-7500-annual-limit-for-refugees-entering-us-itll-be-mostly-white-south-africans/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Under the Democrats, more and more and more people will be on SNAP.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago/2025/10/29/where-to-find-chicago-area-food-pantries-if-snap-goes-away
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Democrats who are minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/10/30/department-of-labor-donald-trump-memes-social-media
DAILY HERALD
— DuPage County Board members balk at clerk’s request for more funding
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251030/local-politics/dupage-county-board-members-balk-at-clerks-request-for-more-funding/
— Suspects fleeing immigration officials caught entering Warren High School in Gurnee
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251030/crime/suspects-fleeing-immigration-officials-caught-entering-warren-high-school-in-gurnee/
NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Illinois treasurer pledges $50M for loans to unpaid federal workers during shutdown. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. Federal workers have always been demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being grossly overpaid and that their benefits are far too generous.
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/illinois-treasurer-pledges-50m-for-loans-to-unpaid-federal-workers-during-shutdown
WRTV
— DHS announces arrest of 146 truck drivers on northwest Indiana highways
https://www.wrtv.com/news/local-news/dhs-announces-arrest-of-146-truck-drivers-on-northwest-indiana-highways
ST. LOUIS PUBLIC RADIO
— Cost of marketplace health plans to soar in 2026. DD: The federal government paying 72% of my health care insurance premiums since 1966 and paying 72% of my wife’s health care insurance premiums since 1978 helped me endure my Democrat superiors wasting my career, taking many big adverse actions against me, and forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.stlpr.org/health-science-environment/2025-10-30/marketplace-health-plan-costs-soar-2026-illinois-hit-hard
ELMHURST PATCH
— Elmhurst Politico Ducks ICE Resolution Vote. The DuPage County Board majority condemned the federal agency’s actions.
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/elmhurst-politico-ducks-ice-resolution-vote
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Illinois school report card continues to show wide achievement gaps
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/illinois-school-report-card-continues-to-show-wide-achievement-gaps/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The 2025 report card shows more than half of all students (52.4%) scored proficient or better on English language arts exams, but only 38% met grade-level proficiency standards for math.)
ILLINOIS
— Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs Announces $50 Million Loan Program to Help Federal Workers During Shutdown. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. Federal workers have always been demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being grossly overpaid and that their benefits are far too generous.
https://www.illinois.gov/news/release.html?releaseid=31861
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/30/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-414/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— How the Crystal Lake Park District Intends to Spend the Four Cent Tax Rate the Legislature Did Not Put Under the Property Tax Cap
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/30/how-the-crystal-lake-park-district-intends-to-spend-the-four-cent-tax-rate-the-legislature-did-not-put-under-the-property-tax-cap/
— McLaughlin Slams Dem’s Energy Bill
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/30/mclaughlin-slams-dems-energy-bill/
— State Treasurer Offers Low/No Interest Loans to Federal Employees
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/30/state-treasurer-offers-low-no-interest-loans-to-federal-employees/
— Denial of Federal Disaster Aid Could Be Appealed, If Those Who Didn’t Report Damage Do So
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/30/denial-of-federal-disaster-aid-could-be-appealed-if-those-who-didnt-report-damage-do-so/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— An Illinois wealth tax would be a legal disaster.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/an-illinois-wealth-tax-would-be-a-legal-disaster/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Staffing shortage at Reagan National affects senators trying to fly home amid shutdown impasse. DD: While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, I often used the Reagan for job meetings and training in DC.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/30/staffing-shortage-reagan-national-affects-senators-trying-fly-home/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Liberals are all mean girls now
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom-self-reliance/3869731/liberals-are-all-mean-girls-now/
NEW YORK POST
— DHS will no longer automatically renew work permits for migrants
https://nypost.com/2025/10/30/us-news/dhs-will-no-longer-automatically-renew-work-permits-for-immigrants/
BREITBART
— Ignored Officers in Democrat Cities Fed Up with Illegals Getting Billions in Funds
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/30/police-group-ignored-officers-democrat-cities-fed-up-illegals-getting-billions-funds/
DAILY CALLER
— Ed Dept To End Loan Forgiveness For Orgs Who Want To Trans Kids, Aid Illegals
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/30/ed-dept-to-end-loan-forgiveness-for-orgs-who-want-to-trans-kids-aid-illegals/
FOX NEWS
— ‘Gen Z’ Dem candidate charged with interfering with ICE posted video of herself in mob blocking unmarked SUV. Kat Abughazaleh faces federal charges of conspiracy and impeding federal officers during September protest.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/gen-z-dem-candidate-charged-interfering-ice-posted-video-herself-mob-blocking-unmarked-suv
HOMELAND SECURITY
— Secretary Noem Highlights More than 140 Illegal Alien Truck Drivers Arrested During Operation Midway Blitz. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens if they could have.
https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/10/30/secretary-noem-highlights-more-140-illegal-alien-truck-drivers-arrested-during
NEWSMAX
— Drastically Shrink Govt, or Keep it Shutdown
https://www.newsmax.com/ericgolub/butler-democrats-scalise/2025/10/30/id/1232521/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— DD: Democrat leaders blame Trump for their shutdown
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-government-shutdown-news-10-30-25
MSNBC
— DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens if they could have.
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/jd-vance-makes-clear-conservative-event-s-legal-immigration-rcna240763
NEW YORK TIMES
— After Charlie Kirk’s Death, Brilyn Hollyhand Steps Into the Ring
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/style/brilyn-hollyhand-charlie-kirk-young-republicans.html
— DD: Democrat leaders blame Trump for their shutdown
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/us/politics/democrats-republicans-shutdown-impasse.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat leaders blame Trump for their shutdown
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/30/trump-shutdown-blame-poll/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Federal Reserve to Reduce Bank Supervision Staff by 30%. DD: I worked on audits of bank supervision for 10 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO.
https://www.wsj.com/economy/central-banking/federal-reserve-to-reduce-bank-supervision-staff-by-30-84fcd65f
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— DD: Democrat leaders blame Trump for their shutdown
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/10/shutdown-double-whammy-snap-food-benefits-ending-and-federal-workers-go-unpaid/409160/?oref=ge-featured-river-secondary
BUZZFEED
— 14 Jobs That Are Shockingly Underpaid, And 7 Jobs That Are Very, Very Overpaid. DD: I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. Federal employees have always been demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being grossly overpaid and that their benefits are far too generous. In today’s dollars, when I was 49 years old in 1997, my GAO GS-13 Step 10 salary was $153,151/year. But to get that salary, I had passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970. I had worked for GAO for almost 18 years and for IRS for almost 9 years before that. I had earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997. I had earned job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. I had earned a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/lizmrichardson/most-overpaid-jobs-underpaid-jobs
(FROM THE ARTICLE: OVERPAID: “Government employees. I live in the DC area. The Government offices here are very top-heavy (over GS-13 and GS-14), and so many staff members make over six figures for very little responsibility. In many offices, people get into work anytime between 8 a.m. and 9:30 a.m., but they all leave between 2:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. On Fridays, they sometimes just all leave after lunch.”)
PBS
— DD: Democrat leaders blame Trump for their shutdown
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/medicare-patients-go-without-needed-treatment-as-government-shutdown-disrupts-telehealth
AXIOS
— DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. Federal workers have always been demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being grossly overpaid and that their benefits are far too generous.
https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2025/10/30/government-shutdown-free-food-federal-workers-snap
October 29, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— House candidate Kat Abughazaleh accused of conspiring to injure officers during anti-ICE protests in Broadview. A federal grand jury has indicted six people for allegedly assaulting and conspiring to injure law enforcement during a protest last month at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility near Chicago. House candidate Kat Abughazaleh and five others were charged with felony offenses for their alleged involvement in a series of skirmishes with officers that later went viral on social media outside of the facility in Broadview, Illinois.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/congressional-candidate-kat-abughazaleh-indicted-conspiring-injure-officers-during-anti-ice-protests-broadview-illinois/18086593/
— Court blocks order requiring CBP Chief Bovino to meet with judge every day on immigration operations
https://abc7chicago.com/post/border-patrol-ice-chicago-doj-appeals-judge-order-cbp-chief-greg-bovino-meet-every-day-immigration-operations/18087074/
— Ex-IL deputy found guilty of murder in shooting of Sonya Massey, a Black woman who called 911
https://abc7chicago.com/post/sonya-massey-death-jury-deliberations-will-continue-weds-attempt-reach-verdict-ex-il-deputy-sean-graysons-trial/18084767/
— DD: Under the Democrats, poverty and crime ever-increasingly increase.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/dupage-county-food-pantries-like-glen-house-northern-illinois-bank-worry-cant-meet-need-snap-benefits-end/18087689/
NBC5
— Appeals court blocks order requiring Bovino to brief judge on Chicago immigration sweeps. The court intervened on Wednesday before Greg Bovino’s first late afternoon meeting with U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/appeals-court-blocks-order-requiring-bovino-to-brief-judge-on-chicago-immigration-sweeps/3845216/
— Pritzker declares agricultural export crisis in Illinois, signs executive order. The state says it is facing significant impacts due to the tariffs, with farmers from Illinois selling more than $1 billion in soybeans to China last year.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/gov-pritzker-declares-agricultural-export-crisis-in-illinois-signs-executive-order/3845135/
CBS2
— Appeals court grants Justice Department request to pause daily meetings between Gregory Bovino, Judge Sara Ellis
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/justice-department-appeals-court-gregory-bovino-judge-sara-ellis/
— Little Village leaders urge Mayor Brandon Johnson to do more to stop ICE agents from using city property
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/little-village-mayor-brandon-johnson-executive-order-ice-agents-city-property/
— Border Patrol takes lead role in Trump administration’s Chicago crackdown, carrying out more arrests than ICE
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/border-patrol-trump-administrations-chicago-crackdown-more-arrests-than-ice/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Immigration enforcement officers arrest at least 7 people in Crete, Chicago Heights. DD: While my brother lived at 1286 Wood Street in Crete, he told me about a major ICE raid on an illegal alien stash house across the street.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/29/ice-arrests-crete-chicago-heights/
FROM THE ARTICLE: The Crete Police Department said multiple individuals from a construction crew near Berkshire and Stafford were detained Monday by federal immigration enforcement officers. RLM Underground construction manager Shawn Davis said Wednesday about four to five people were detained between 10:30 and 11 a.m. from his construction crew, which he subcontracted from another company. The crew was drilling conduit to install surf internet, but construction was halted after the workers were arrested. Davis said his company, along with another company on the job, Evolve Telecom, brought in additional workers from their company’s Midwest branches to continue the work on Tuesday. Some workers lived locally and others had to travel into town, he said. Crete police said in a statement information was received and verified from workers that several members of the crew were taken into custody by ICE agents. Officials also said the Police Department was contacted by several residents Monday regarding ICE sightings and activity within the village. Police said officers contacted witnesses and gathered information related to these reports and found several of the reported sightings were either untrue or couldn’t be substantiated. Crete officials also said the Police Department was never contacted by ICE and did not have notice of or assist in this operation. They noted Illinois law enforcement agencies are prohibited by the Illinois Trust Act from conducting or assisting in immigration only enforcement. Crete police also said Illinois law enforcement can only assist ICE if a valid warrant exists, probable cause of a criminal act (other than immigration status) was committed or protection of ICE agents who are victims of crime. “The Crete Police Department understands the sensitive nature of these matters and wants to assure the public that we are committed to being transparent in our role and the information we have regarding these encounters,” reads the statement. “The Crete Police Department is dedicated to communicating and sharing information with all residents, organizations, and businesses within our community.”
— Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino’s daily report in federal court canceled by appeals court — for now
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/29/bovino-daily-report-federal-court-canceled/
— Kristi Noem, Gov. Mike Braun to visit Gary for ICE-related news conference
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/29/noem-braun-visit-gary/
— DD: Democrat leaders prolong the shutdown.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/29/snap-benefits-funding-fails/
— Children don’t invent hate — they have be to carefully taught. DD: Democrats run Illinois. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/29/jewish-attack-skokie-october-7-hate-crime/
— A left-leaning voters’ rights group that has pushed for President Donald Trump’s removal from office over alleged constitutional abuses is now asking Illinois officials to investigate and prosecute alleged violations of state law by federal immigration enforcement agents deployed in “Operation Midway Blitz.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/29/group-urges-state-investigations-of-federal-immigration-violations/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever increasingly protect their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/10/29/trump-administration-voting-rights-act-supreme-court-ice-curtis-lawrence
— Pritzker executive orders to help Illinois farmers, direct $20 million to plug SNAP funding gap. Wednesday’s order declares an agricultural crisis in Illinois and offers support for farmers and their families. His order Thursday will direct the state to work with food banks and pantries, grocers, universities and other organizations to mitigate cuts to the federal food assistance program.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/illinois-governor/2025/10/29/pritzker-executive-order-illinois-farmers-snap-cuts
DAILY HERALD
— DuPage County Board criticizes ICE, but won’t ban agents from county property. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasing protect their illegals.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251029/local-politics/dupage-county-board-criticizes-ice-but-doesnt-enact-ban-on-county-property/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republicans board members said they support due process or fair treatment, but described the resolution as “political theater,” noting that the county has no jurisdiction over immigration. “It’s sad that we have to waste our time today on this resolution that has no bearing to change anything or make any difference in the everyday lives of our residents,” said board member Jim Zay, a Republican from Carol Stream. Zay left Tuesday’s board meeting with fellow Republicans Cindy Cronin Cahill and Kari Galassi, just as a vote was being called on the resolution. Board member Brian Krajewski, also a Republican, left the meeting shortly after commenting on the resolution, saying he had an appointment to get to. The measure ultimately passed 12-1, with Republican Sam Tornatore joining Democrats in supporting the resolution. Grant Eckhoff, a Wheaton Republican, cast the only dissenting vote. Before Tuesday’s meeting, Eckhoff had suggested changes to the resolution to include statements related to crime and undocumented immigrants, noting that entering the country without permission is illegal and suggesting that if people do not like immigration laws that they work to change them. Eckhoff, who did not present his proposed suggestions at Tuesday’s meeting, said adopting the resolution steps into federal issues that are out of the county’s authority.)
— Abughazaleh, candidate for 9th District seat, indicted over ICE protest
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251029/crime/abughazaleh-candidate-for-9th-district-seat-indicted-over-ice-protest/
— Residents want Mount Prospect to restrict ICE from village-owned properties. DD: Who leads the efforts to protect illegals in your municipality?
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251029/news/residents-want-mount-prospect-to-restrict-ice-from-village-owned-properties/
— The Illinois House on Tuesday approved legislation aimed at protecting public officials from threats and harassment by allowing them to shield certain information — such as home addresses — from public disclosure while sanctioning the use of campaign funds for personal security services. The legislation, sponsored by state Rep. Katie Stuart, D-Edwardsville, would allow state lawmakers, constitutional officers, state’s attorneys, public defenders, county clerks and other elections officials to request that government agencies, businesses and individuals redact or refrain from posting their personal information on public websites. It would also allow a public official to use their campaign fund to pay for personal security and security upgrades to their home, including security systems, cameras, walls, fences and other physical improvements.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251029/illinois-state-politics/lawmakers-advance-bill-allowing-public-officials-to-conceal-personal-information/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Teens who use weed before age 15 have more trouble later. DD: Pot is poison.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-10-29/teens-who-use-weed-before-age-15-have-more-trouble-later-a-study-finds
WGLT
— ISU teaching assistant on leave faces federal charges over alleged threats to President Trump
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-10-29/isu-teaching-assistant-on-leave-faces-federal-charges-over-alleged-threats-to-president-trump
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Illinois Lawmakers Propose Bills That Would Protect Immigrants At Schools, Hospitals And Courthouses. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasing protect their illegals.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/29/illinois-lawmakers-propose-bills-that-would-protect-immigrants-at-schools-hospitals-and-courthouses/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/29/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-413/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/29/senate-dems-file-comprehensive-civil-rights-legislation-in-response-to-ice-activities/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Pritzker declares agricultural trade ‘crisis’ while Trump touts new deals
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_bdde8a70-7c88-494a-9bdb-15cae47725e4.html
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— UPDATE: Kat Gets More Free Publicity by Getting Arrested for Pounding on ICE Vehicle, Tribune and NORTHWEST HERALD
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/29/kat-gets-more-free-publicity-by-getting-arrested-for-pounding-on-ice-vehicle/
— What Springfield Democrats May Be Looking at (Two Maps) To Get Rid of One of Illinois’ Republican Members of Congress
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/29/what-springfield-democrats-may-be-looking-at-to-get-rid-of-one-of-illinois-republican-members-of-congress/
— Crystal Lake Park District Advised Public of Tax Hike Far Higher Than Increase in the Cost of Living
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/29/crystal-lake-park-district-advised-public-of/
— Former McHenry County Board Member John Hammerand, R.I.P.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/29/john-hammerand-r-i-p/
— Coles County Board Member and Wife Killed in Crash by Illegal Alien, Rep. Adam Niemerg Reacts
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/28/coles-county-board-member-and-wife-killed-by-illegal-alien/
— County Board Proposing Referendum to Put Pressure on Pritzker to Opt Into Federal School Choice Plan
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/28/county-board-proposing-referendum-to-put-pressure-on-pritzker-to-opt-into-federal-school-choice-plan/
— County Board Candidates Begin Filing
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/27/county-board-candidates-begin-filing/
— Only One Challenge So Far to Five Incumbent Republican County Office Holders
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/27/only-one-challenge-so-far-to-five-incumbent-republican-county-office-holders/
— Chris Lauzen Files for Re-Election as Kane County Treasurer
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/27/chris-lauzen-files-for-re-election-as-kane-county-treasurer/
— Republican Jennifer Davis Files Petitions to Replace Raja Krishnamoorthi
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/27/jennifer-davis-files-petitions-to-replace-raja-krishnamoorthi/
— Jessica Breugelmans Files Petitions to Replace Retiring Don DeWitte
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/27/jessica-breugelmans-files-petitions-to-replace-retiring-don-dewitte/
— Last Week of the Veto Session Appropriately Just Before Halloween
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/27/last-week-of-the-veto-session-appropriately-just-before-halloween/
— Refuge for Women (Helping Women Escape Sex Work) Holds Successful Fundraiser, Hears “Victory” Testimony
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/27/refuge-for-women-holds-successful-fundraiser-hears-testimony/
— Darby Hills Warns of Democrats’ Attempt to Increase Taxes to Bail Out CTA
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/27/darby-hills-warns-of-democrats-attempt-to-increase-taxes-to-bail-out-cta/
— Taxpayers Urged to Contact County Board Members in Opposition to 13% Tax Levy Hike Placed on Review
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/26/taxpayers-urged-to-contact-county-board-members-in-opposition-to-13-tax-levy-hike-place-on-review/
— Bruce Johnson Presents Plan (County Doge) to Avoid McHenry County’s Having a 13% Budget Hike
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/25/bruce-johnson-comes-through-on-his-county-board-promise-to-present-13-budget-hike-cutting-plan/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— The One Big Beautiful Battery Bailout: How Springfield Democrats Are Handing Wall Street a 20-Year Windfall
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/the-one-big-beautiful-battery-bailout-how-springfield-democrats-are-handing-wall-street-a-20-year-windfall.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— IL state rep: Reckless immigration policies led to fatal crash
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3866805/il-state-rep-reckless-immigration-policies-led-fatal-crash/
— Democrats want open borders, most Americans don’t
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/3868405/democrats-want-open-borders-most-americans-dont/
— Democrats can’t fake moderation on immigration
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3868206/bernie-sanders-illegal-immigration-trump-border-security/
NEW YORK POST
— Newsom is part of a disgusting new trend: Privileged people inventing ‘poorigin’ stories
https://nypost.com/2025/10/29/opinion/gavin-newsom-is-part-of-a-new-trend-inventing-poorigin-stories/
— Vance holding Q&A alongside Erika Kirk at Ole Miss Turning Point USA event
https://nypost.com/2025/10/29/media/jd-vance-holding-qampa-alongside-erika-kirk-at-ole-miss-turning-point-usa-event/
BREITBART
— ICE Buses 100 Illegal Aliens from Indiana to Texas for Deportation Processing
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2025/10/29/ice-buses-100-illegal-aliens-from-indiana-to-texas-for-deportation-processing/
FOX NEWS
— Turning Point table flipper threatened Trump, arrested by feds after firing from teaching assistant job. Derek Lopez was fired from Illinois State University after viral video showed him flipping conservative group’s table.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/turning-point-table-flipper-threatened-trump-arrested-feds-after-firing-from-teaching-assistant-job-fbi
MRC TV
— Pritzker and MSNBC Deny Dems Ever Called Trump ‘Hitler’
https://www.mrctv.org/videos/jb-pritzker-and-msnbc-deny-dems-ever-called-trump-hitler
POST MILLENNIAL
— Pritzker claims no Dems compared Trump to Hitler—he’s among the many who have
https://thepostmillennial.com/pritzker-claims-no-dems-compared-trump-to-hitler-hes-among-the-many-who-have
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Obama-Appointed Judge Is Trying to Take Over Border Patrol Operations in Chicago
https://www.westernjournal.com/obama-appointed-judge-trying-take-control-border-patrol-chicago/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC NEWS
— DOJ indicts Democratic Illinois congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh over ICE protests. Abughazaleh called the charges “yet another attempt by the Trump administration to criminalize protest and punish those who dare to speak up.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/doj-indicts-democratic-congressional-candidate-kat-abughazaleh-ice-pro-rcna240584
NEW YORK TIMES
— Protesters of Immigration Crackdown, Including House Candidate, Indicted. Six people, including the congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh, were indicted by a grand jury in Chicago. Ten others were arrested on charges stemming from California protests.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/us/chicago-immigration-protest-indictments.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Former Illinois sheriff’s deputy convicted in killing of Sonya Massey
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/10/29/sonya-massey-killing-verdict/
— One agency (GAO) can push back on Trump — but probably not for long. The Government Accountability Office is Congress’s watchdog. In two months, the president gets to nominate its new leader. DD: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/10/27/trump-shutdown-gao/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Donald Trump has used the federal shutdown to seize control of spending from Congress and mold much of the government to his liking. Now the lone agency with the power to push back on those moves might be running out of time to try it. The agency’s leader, Comptroller General Gene Dodaro, has about two months left in his term, and Trump will nominate his replacement, potentially scuttling some of the Government Accountability Office’s most forceful attempts at oversight — including by taking the White House to court if necessary. The agency retained a law firm to evaluate whether the White House was breaking federal laws governing spending and to prepare for a potential legal challenge — though officials have not decided whether to pursue a case, according to two people familiar with Dodaro’s thinking, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to share details from private conversations. “They are looking at everything,” said one of the people. Now the White House is poised to defang the agency in the middle of the shutdown and the fight over constitutional powers, simply by appointing an ally as its new boss. When Dodaro’s term ends Dec. 29, congressional leaders will suggest to Trump a list of successors, though Trump can disregard the recommendation and send up his own choice for Senate confirmation. The Trump administration has claimed much of GAO’s work — and the agency itself — is illegitimate. Russell Vought, the White House budget director and architect of much of the administration’s shutdown strategy, said it “shouldn’t exist.” Congressional Republicans tried to slash GAO’s funding in this round of government spending negotiations and attempted to block the agency from suing the Trump administration on behalf of Congress. But the agency has taken on more prominence in recent months. A federal appeals court in August held that only GAO had the standing to sue over violations of spending laws, cutting out the groups that claimed harm from Trump’s decisions. Other federal courts that have considered related cases have not made similar determinations. “If Trump nominates the next comptroller general — I don’t want to make a political thing out of it, but his track record about caring about oversight and independent evaluations is not terribly strong,” said Henry Wray, a former associate general counsel and ethics counselor for GAO. “GAO is really the only truly fully independent source of executive branch oversight in government.” The government shutdown, well into its fourth week, presented a novel window for Trump to remake much of the federal government. He called the closure of many federal agencies an “opportunity” delivered to him on a “silver platter” to rid the government of “Democrat agencies” and lay off thousands of federal employees, though courts have blocked some of the dismissals he has attempted. And while congressional Democrats’ main demand in the shutdown talks is to preserve pandemic-era Affordable Care Act subsidies, they’ve also insisted that Trump drop attempts to impound funds, or that GOP lawmakers agree to strengthen provisions written into bill text that mandate the White House spend what Congress tells it to. Shutdowns are unique tests for the balance of power between the branches. With no spending laws in effect, the president has broader latitude than usual to redirect funds that preserve vital government functions, though such power is not unlimited. Long before the shutdown, the Trump administration had attempted to assert even greater authority. GAO determined this year that Trump and Vought blocked funds from going to programs that Congress had required by law, a concept called impoundment that is banned under a 1974 law. The agency investigated 13 spending maneuvers by the administration and found six violations. “Once enacted,” GAO wrote in its investigation of an impoundment of Department of Homeland Security funds in September, “an appropriation is a law like any other, and the President must implement it by ensuring that appropriated funds are obligated and expended prudently during their period of availability unless and until Congress enacts another law providing otherwise.” Trump and key advisers like Vought say that the funding levels Congress sets are a ceiling, not a floor, and that the president can choose not to spend as much as lawmakers have ordered. Republican leaders in Congress have generally gone along with that interpretation. But Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), chairwoman of the powerful Appropriations Committee, last month encouraged GAO to sue the White House. No decisions have been made. “GAO’s role in the [Impoundment Control Act] is to support Congress by providing information on the status of funds, issuing legal decisions and considering options for release of funds Congress has appropriated,” GAO General Counsel Edda Emmanuelli Perez said in a statement. “In considering whether to file a lawsuit, GAO would communicate with Congress on the available options and provide a 25 day formal notification as required by the ICA.” The tussle between the executive and legislative branches does not inherently require GAO’s intervention — if Congress stands up more aggressively for its powers, experts say. Lawmakers could publicly push back on the administration to pressure it to stop impoundments or to strictly adhere to Congress’s intent when making spending decisions during the shutdown. “If on a bipartisan basis, Congress would come together, at least a majority of members of Congress come together, and say, ‘The power of the purse is ours and here’s what that means,’ I think that would go a long way toward preventing the White House from continuing to give Congress a runaround when it comes to appropriated funding,” said Faith Williams, a program director at the Project on Government Oversight, a nonpartisan open-government organization.)
LAW DAILY REPORT
— Supreme Court Says Defending Congress’s Power of the Purse Is the Comptroller General’s Job. He Should Do It. Congress’s watchdog now faces an impossible choice, writes an Emory Law professor who worked for OMB during the first Trump administration. DD: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE.
https://www.law.com/dailyreportonline/2025/10/28/commentary-supreme-court-says-defending-congresss-power-of-the-purse-is-the-comptroller-generals-job-he-should-do-it/
NEWSBREAK
— Trump wants House Republican ‘thrown out’ of Congress. DD: Since 1999, my critics/opponents have wanted me to be thrown out of the Milton Township Republican Organization. In 2007, they succeeded in throwing me off the Illinois Center Right Coalition leadership team. In 2012, they succeeded in throwing me off the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois leadership team.
https://www.newsbreak.com/knewz-1594593/4320995406730-trump-wants-house-republican-thrown-out-of-congress
POLITICO
— Kat Abughazaleh, a progressive Democrat running for an open House seat in Illinois, faces federal charges after attending a protest at a U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement processing center outside Chicago. Abughazaleh, a social media influencer who recently moved to the state, was charged with conspiracy to impede or injure a federal officer and assaulting or impeding an officer as they engaged in official duties at the Broadview ICE detention center.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/29/illinois-house-candidate-ice-protest-arrest-00627914
NEW REPUBLIC
— DD: Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders in Illinois have had their operatives and their dupes take many big adverse actions against me. I should write about them, their adverse actions, and what they have used as justifications.
https://newrepublic.com/article/202187/trump-republican-party-rise-politics-revenge
October 26, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC5
— Naperville is the second-safest city in the United States for kids going trick-or-treating this Halloween. DD: Yesterday, Iron Gate Motor Condos in Naperville hosted an outstanding major Halloween event for children of its unit owners and their friends. 40 unit owners opened their doors. The event drew more than 400 children.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/pair-of-chicago-suburbs-among-safest-cities-in-u-s-for-trick-or-treating/3843733/
CBS2
— Federal agents break car window, detain 2 people during traffic stop in Addison
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/2-people-detained-by-federal-agents-during-traffic-stop-addison/
— Federal agents deploy tear gas, detain delivery worker in separate operations on Northwest Side
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/federal-agents-deploy-tear-gas-detain-delivery-worker-northwest-side/
— Federal food aid will not go out starting Nov. 1 amid government shutdown. DD: What percent depend on federal food aid in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/federal-food-aid-govenrment-shutdown/
— Demonstrators face off with federal agents at hospital in Aurora
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/demonstrators-face-off-with-federal-agents-at-hospital-in-aurora-illinois/
WGN9
— SNAP funding expiration set to hit 40 million people. DD: What percent depend on federal food aid in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://wgntv.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/snap-funding-expiration-set-to-hit-40-million-people/
FOX32
— Outrage after federal agents use tear gas just before Halloween parade in Old Irving Park
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/outrage-after-federal-agents-use-tear-gas-just-before-halloween-parade-old-irving-park
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump administration posts notice that no federal food aid will go out Nov. 1. DD: What percent depend on federal food aid in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/26/trump-administration-federal-food-aid-nov-1/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump makes the war on drugs a reality
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/26/trump-makes-war-drugs-reality-boat-strikes/
— Senators demand answers as Trump expands campaign against drug cartels
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/26/senators-demand-answers-trump-expands-military-campaign-drug-cartels/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democrats try to keep up with Republicans in national redistricting war
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/congressional/3863824/democrats-try-to-keep-up-with-republicans-in-national-redistricting-war/
NEW YORK POST
— How Democrats threw a government shutdown and no one cared
https://nypost.com/2025/10/26/opinion/how-democrats-threw-a-government-shutdown-and-no-one-cared/
— It’s Cuomo or catastrophe for New York
https://nypost.com/2025/10/26/opinion/its-cuomo-or-catastrophe-for-new-york/
BREITBART
— America Will Have More Zohran Mamdanis if We Do Not Secure Border, Send Illegal Aliens Back
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/26/exclusive-nate-morris-america-will-have-more-zohran-mamdanis-if-we-do-not-secure-border-send-illegal-aliens-back/
DAILY CALLER
— Republican lawmakers are pushing for permanent fixes to address the startling number of illegal migrant truckers wreaking havoc on American highways. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/26/gop-locking-in-on-truck-driver-crackdown/
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Predominance of One Demographic at ‘No Kings’ Protests
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/10/expert-notes-the-predominance-of-one-demographic-at-no-kings-protests-draws-an-amusing-conclusion/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
MSNBC
— Frustrations rise as federal workers miss first full paycheck of government shutdown. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://www.msnbc.com/weekends-with-alex-witt/watch/frustrations-rise-as-federal-workers-miss-first-full-paycheck-of-government-shutdown-250633797991
MSN
— There’s a war on the bachelor’s degree. Can anything replace it? DD: If I had not earned a bachelor’s degree in 1970, I would not have been able to a) earn an MBA in 1976, b) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, d) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, or e) become a licensed CPA in 1981.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/ar-AA1PaQoQ
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Ever since the government began tracking the share of the American population with a bachelor’s degree, that figure has grown. At last count, about 2 million people across the country were receiving one each year. But a loose-knit movement has emerged that wants to dramatically reduce the number of these degrees issued by U.S. colleges and universities. Republican politicians and conservative firebrands have made that goal explicit. Christopher Rufo, whose ideas have been a driving force behind the Trump administration’s assault on higher education, told the Wall Street Journal that he wants to see the number of Americans enrolling in four-year colleges cut in half. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon has said Americans should be rethinking the role of a four-year degree in American life — perhaps reserving it to train people for a small number of professions. The message is also coming from elsewhere. Randi Weingarten, the head of the American Federation of Teachers, which is strongly aligned with Democrats, urged New York Times readers to “stop trying to make everyone go to college.” During her presidential campaign, Democratic nominee Kamala Harris said that if elected, she would get rid of any unnecessary degree requirements for federal jobs. And it’s not just rhetoric. Congress recently opened up more government funding for students who want to pursue very short-term programs. In its settlement with the White House, Brown University agreed to pay $50 million to workforce-development organizations. President Donald Trump has said he’d like an agreement with Harvard University to include funding for trade schools. In a document laying out their workforce strategy, Trump administration officials said “the ‘college for all approach’ has failed” and pledged to use the might of the government and its funds to bolster alternatives. A growing number of colleges and universities are looking to appeal to those who doubt the value of a traditional bachelor’s degree by offering three-year programs. In a perhaps more subtle attack on college-going, changes coming from the Republican megabill passed this summer will, for many people, make student loans harder to repay. The war on the bachelor’s degree is the culmination of a broad skepticism of higher education that has been building for years. Factors like rising student debt and high-profile examples of people becoming successful without a degree have helped fuel questions about the value that colleges and universities deliver. Peter Thiel, the prominent Silicon Valley venture capitalist, has been paying high-achieving kids to skip college through his fellowship program since 2011. There’s reason to be concerned. About half of students who earn a bachelor’s degree from a public or private nonprofit four-year college use debt to finance it, borrowing roughly $30,000 on average, according to the College Board. That’s manageable if you have a job, but the unemployment rate for young college graduates is the highest it’s been in more than a decade, outside of the pandemic, and colleges broadly don’t appear equipped to prepare students for a labor market powered by artificial intelligence. Still, the proponents of tearing down the bachelor degree from its prominent role in American life offer few viable substitutes that can be applied broadly today, experts say. The absence of widely available good alternatives to achieving financial stability means a bachelor’s degree remains the best shot at a decent financial life for many Americans. In the next seven years, the U.S. will need 4.5 million more workers with at least a bachelor’s degree, according to Georgetown University’s Center for Education and the Workforce. Right now, more than 500,000 students from the top half of their high school class don’t go on to complete a college credential every year, the center found. “All else being equal, getting a bachelor’s degree is still going to be the best return on investment for most students,” said Rajeev Darolia, an economist at the University of Kentucky who is studying the returns for alternatives to the bachelor’s degree like shorter-term programs. “It also leads to potentially more flexible and lucrative career paths.” He added: “What worries me is that we could be diverting students away from investments, longer-term degrees that are likely to have higher returns,” noting that he’s particularly concerned about poorer students being pushed toward the cheaper option.)
AOL
— 15 Highest-Paying Jobs with a Bachelor’s Degree DD: I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970. My starting IRS salary in 1971 was $55,850/year in today’s dollars. But my salary was $112,280/year in 1980 in today’s dollars after I earned an MBA in 1976, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980.
https://www.aol.com/15-highest-paying-jobs-bachelor-150000628.html
CBS NEWS
— Continued government shutdown could be “devastating” to federal workers. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/video/continued-government-shutdown-could-be-devastating-to-federal-workers-union-rep-says/
FOX DC
— Federal workers line up for food assistance. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://www.fox5dc.com/video/1730138
BLOOMBERG
— Will Foreign MBAs Win or Lose With Trump’s H-1B Reforms? DD: My Democrat IRS superiors ignored/dismissed/belittled my earning an MBA from Loyola when I was 27 in 1976. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or younger. My Democrat coworkers who they wanted to promote over me were minority, female, and/or younger than me and they had no master’s degree.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-24/trump-s-h-1b-visa-reforms-will-have-mixed-effect-on-mbas
GREELEY TRIBUNE
— Where are you on the wealth ladder?
https://www.greeleytribune.com/2025/10/26/money-matters-where-are-you-on-the-wealth-ladder/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: You begin in the Building the Foundation stage when your net worth is less than your annual salary. . .When your net worth exceeds your annual salary, you reach Early Accumulation. . .At around three times your salary, you enter Rapid Accumulation. . .You reach Financial Independence once your investments equal about seven times your annual spending. . .At 10 times annual spending, you move into Conservation, where work becomes optional depending on age, obligations and access to Social Security or a pension. )
POST GAZETTE
— Is college worth the cost? DD: It certainly was for me. But I spent lots on money for tuition and books to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees.
https://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2025/10/26/is-college-worth-the-cost-universities-work-to-show-the-return-on-investment-of-a-degree/stories/202510260005
NEW REPUBLIC
— DD: What do your critics/opponents use to justify their taking adverse actions against you? My critics/opponents use my refusing to be manipulated or dominated by them, to glorify or paise them, to pander to them, to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, to cover up their wrong doing, and/or to give them money. Consequently, they have their operatives and their dupes take many big adverse actions against me. I should write about that.
https://newrepublic.com/article/202187/trump-republican-party-rise-politics-revenge
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
TIMES OF INDIA
— No dual citizens in US Congress: Republican leader’s new bill in ‘America First’ push
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/no-dual-citizens-in-us-congress-republican-leaders-new-bill-in-america-first-push/articleshow/124829573.cms
October 24, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— DOJ appealing dismissal of sanctuary city policy lawsuit against Illinois, Cook County, Chicago
https://abc7chicago.com/post/united-states-department-justice-appealing-dismissal-sanctuary-city-policy-lawsuit-illinois-cook-county-chicago/18066785/
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-news-demonstrators-broadview-facility-dhs-defends-apparent-tear-gas-use-little-village-protesters/18066452/
— Federal workers are bearing the brunt of the government shutdown, with more than 1 million of them going unpaid while Democrats and Republicans in Congress argue over funding federal agencies for the current fiscal year. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/heres-getting-paid-isnt-during-federal-government-shutdown/18065522/
— US House subcommittee hosts ‘shadow hearing’ in Chicago on immigration enforcement tactics
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-democrats-us-house-subcommittee-hosts-shadow-hearing-chicago-immigration-enforcement-tactics/18067828/
NBC5
— Elementary school in Chicago on soft lockdown amid reports of ICE agents in area. “Together, we will look out for one another and make sure everyone is protected.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/elementary-school-in-chicago-on-soft-lockdown-amid-reports-of-ice-agents-in-area/3843138/
CBS2
— Federal agents on North, Northwest Sides prompt soft lockdowns at schools; tear gas fired in Lakeview
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-ice-lakeview-tear-gas-wicker-park-school-lockdown/
WGN9
— Federal agents reported in multiple North Side neighborhoods as Chicago schools tighten safety protocols
https://wgntv.com/news/operation-midway-blitz/federal-agents-reported-in-multiple-north-side-neighborhoods-as-chicago-schools-tighten-safety-protocols/
FOX32
— Federal agents targeted during violent ICE raids across Chicago
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/federal-agents-targeted-ice-raids-chicago-officials-say
WTTW
— State Senator Terri Bryant said she gave a list of undocumented individuals currently being held in Illinois state prisons to Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/10/24/illinois-lawmaker-wants-help-federal-immigration-officials-id-undocumented-people-state
WBEZ
— Cicero, Berwyn students demand more school district support as immigration enforcement escalates. They are sitting out this week’s homecoming events and protesting after they say their concerns have been dismissed. The leader of the heavily Latino Morton High School District says they are there to support every student.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/10/24/cicero-berwyn-students-demand-more-morton-school-district-201-support-ice-immigration-enforcement-escalates
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Federal immigration agents tear-gas Lakeview, raid Lincoln Park as feds focus on city’s affluent North Side
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/24/federal-immigration-agents-chicago-north-side/
— DD: To keep up with political and government news and commentary of interest to Illinois Republicans from a conservative perspective, read GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/24/opinion-news-cycle-information-mental-health/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Feds make arrests across North and Near West sides, deploy tear gas on residential street in Lake View. “It was terrifying,” said one woman, who witnessed the arrest of a soon-to-be father outside the Erie Family Health Center in West Town.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/24/immigration-agents-arrest-lake-view-protest-tear-gas
— Federal judge orders Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino into her courtroom. The order came one day after Bovino was accused of tossing tear gas into a crowd in Little Village without justification.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/24/federal-judge-orders-border-patrol-commander-greg-bovino-into-her-courtroom
— Durbin and Duckworth blast Trump for playing ‘political games’ in denying Illinois disaster assistance. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government always played political games with their Republican employees. That is, they gave them bad job assignments, unfair performance expectations, and unfair performance appraisals. They ranked them in the bottom half of their coworkers for pay-for-performance. They delayed their promotions and rarely if ever promoted them beyond GS-12. They forced them to retire as soon as they were eligible. I never would have made GS-13 and survived until I was 49 years old in 1997, which was 4 years after I became eligible for early retirement, if I had not a) earned three job-related master’s degrees, earned six job-related professional certifications, and earned a job-related professional license.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump/2025/10/24/dick-durbin-tammy-duckworth-donald-trump-denial-illinois-disaster-assistance
— CPS investigator claims in lawsuit she was fired for digging into politically and racially charged cases. The CPS law department investigator says she refused to bow to pressure to change her reports. The principals association’s former leader criticized her work as subpar. DD: To hint/imply/argue/shout that my work was subpar, my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire, delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay for performance, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for them, and forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS. My Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions, and disallowed my travel vouchers. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign and disallowed my sick leave requests. In my defense, I earned three job-related master’s degrees, I earned six job-related professional certifications, and I earned a job-related professional license.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/10/23/cps-investigator-claims-fired-politically-racially-charged-cases-lawsuit-racist-dunbar-lindblom
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Former Illinois GOP leader Lee Daniels’ $7 million New Buffalo home sells in under a week
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-real-estate/illinois-gop-leader-lee-daniels-new-buffalo-home-sells-fast
SOUTHWEST REGIONAL PUBLISHING
— Ray Hanania: Can Conforti overcome GOP problems to unseat Casten?
https://southwestregionalpublishing.com/2025/10/24/ray-hanania-can-conforti-overcome-gop-problems-to-unseat-casten/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/24/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-410/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
TED DABROWSKI
— Dabrowski Calls for Audit of CDL Licenses Issued in Illinois and All Sanctuary States After Crash in CA That Killed Three.. DD: This harkens back to George Ryan.
https://mailchi.mp/tedforillinois/dabrowski-calls-for-audit-of-cdl-licenses-issued-in-il-and-all-sanctuary-states-after-crash-in-ca-that-killed-three?e=c4ad197eda
DON TRACY
— Krishnamoorthi Doubles Down on Dems’ Position: Shutdown is “Our Leverage”
https://dontracyforil.com/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Does the McHenry County Republican Party Have a Death Wish?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/24/does-the-mchenry-county-republican-party-have-a-death-wish/
— Bruce Johnson Proposes County Efficiency Task Force Committee for McHenry County To Avoid 13% Tax Levy Hike
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/24/bruce-johnson-proposes-county-efficiency-task-force-committee-for-mchenry-county-to-avoid-13-tax-levy-hike/
— Fundraising Results in Democrat’s Bradley Schneider’s 10th Congressional District
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/24/fundraising-results-in-democrats-bradley-schneiders-10th-congressional-district/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Pensions make homeownership unaffordable in Illinois. DD: I began earning credits toward a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension when I was 18 years old in 1966. I have been getting a CSRS pension since 1997. My critics/opponents use that against me. According to them, CSRS pensions are much too generous. In my defense, I paid 7% of my federal salary into the CSRS and I might still be paying into the CSRS if my Democrat superiors had not forced me to retire.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/pensions-make-homeownership-unaffordable-in-illinois/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Dabrowski Changes Campaign Plans After Mendrick Pauses to Honor Bailey Family
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/dabrowski-changes-campaign-plans-after-mendrick-pauses-to-honor-bailey-family.html
— As Bailey Mourns, Dabrowski Moves Into His Southern Illinois Backyard
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/as-bailey-mourns-dabrowski-moves-into-his-southern-illinois-backyard.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— U.S. conducts its 10th strike on drug boat, killing six
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/24/us-conducts-10th-strike-alleged-drug-boat-killing-six/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The ick of immigration law enforcement
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3859636/charleroi-pennsylvania-mass-migration-immigration-law-enforcement/
CAMPUS REFORM
— University of Washington still requires ‘diversity statements’ for wide range of positions. DD: Democrats run the federal government. They waste the careers of their Republican employees and get rid of them, and especially those who are White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/-university-washington-still-requires-diversity-statements-wide-range-positions/28838
COLLEGE FIX
— University of Illinois won’t accept any more race, sex-based scholarships under new policy. DD: My critics/opponents have always used my not getting any scholarships against me.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/u-illinois-wont-accept-any-more-race-sex-based-scholarships-under-new-policy/
FEDERALIST
— Radical Dogma Being Taught At The No. 1 Elementary Teaching School
https://thefederalist.com/2025/10/24/heres-an-inside-look-at-the-radical-dogma-being-taught-at-the-no-1-elementary-teaching-school/
— NBC Is Helping Run Anti-ICE Ops For Dems
https://thefederalist.com/2025/10/24/nbc-is-helping-run-anti-ice-ops-for-dems/
FOX NEWS
— Dems urged to ‘stop siding with illegal aliens’ after activist rams agents in sanctuary city
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dems-urged-stop-siding-illegal-aliens-after-activist-rams-agents-sanctuary-city
NEWSMAX
— Trump Ended Immigration Caravans, Democrats Can’t Handle It
https://www.newsmax.com/kenbuck/biden-newsom-sanctuary/2025/10/23/id/1231635/
PATRIOT POST
— DD: It Is Racist to Draw Congressional Districts Based Upon Race
https://patriotpost.us/opinion/122046-is-it-racist-to-draw-congressional-districts-based-upon-race-2025-10-24
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Administration Asserts Authority to House Migrants at All Overseas U.S. Bases
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/us/politics/dhs-ice-guantanamo.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Asylum seekers face deportation over failure to pay new fees
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2025-10-24/new-fees-for-asylum-seekers-leave-many-panicked-over-when-how-to-pay
AMERICAN REFORMER
— Baby Boomer Generation. DD: I am a Baby Boomer. My Democrat superiors in the federal government blamed Baby Boomer Republicans like me for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://americanreformer.org/2025/10/the-boomers-world/
(GOOGLE AI: The Vietnam War profoundly impacted the Baby Boomer generation, leading to widespread military service, draft evasion, and a massive counter-culture movement that challenged the establishment. Over 10 million baby boomers served in the military, with many facing the draft, while others changed their life trajectories to avoid it, creating deep societal divisions. The conflict also fostered a lasting distrust in government, a critical reassessment of patriotism, and the emotional and psychological trauma for returning veterans who sometimes faced public hostility.)
HUFFINGTON POST
— Pritzker Says Trump Will 100% Try To ‘Steal’ 2026 Election
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jb-pritzker-trump-steal-2026-election_n_68fa9b16e4b071f32a279d37
October 23, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— 1 arrested for battery of CPD officer amid clash with feds in Little Village; students detained. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-little-village-activity-today-1-arrested-battery-cpd-officer-26th-whipple-amid-clash-federal-agents/18062368/
— Pritzker creates IL accountability commission amid federal deployments in executive order. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mB_ZV18hldg
— Senate rejects bills to pay federal workers during government shutdown. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/government-shutdown-health-care-compromise-appears-far-off-stalemate-persists/18061113/
NBC5
— DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/heavy-presence-of-masked-federal-agents-leads-to-chaotic-scene-in-little-village-for-2nd-day-in-a-row/3842559/
— Pritzker signs executive order on ‘accountability’ amid federal deployments in Illinois. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/pritzker-to-sign-executive-order-on-accountability-amid-federal-deployments-in-illinois/3842460/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_yh-y_-ds0
CBS2
— U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Thursday raised concerns about air traffic controllers taking on second jobs to pay their bills during the government shutdown. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/shutdown-travel-duffy-air-traffic-controllers-uber/
— Government shutdown live updates as Senate fails to advance GOP bill to pay essential federal workers. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being a non-essential federal worker.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/live-updates/government-shutdown-latest-day-23-senate-federal-workers/
— Pritzker signs executive order aimed at addressing federal enforcement. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/governor-pritzker-executive-federal-enforcement/
WGN9
— Family of former Gov. George Ryan holding estate sale
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/family-of-former-gov-george-ryan-holding-estate-sale/
— Pritzker forms commission to track actions of federal law enforcement. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2-wpsOEKlU
FOX32
— Person arrested after Chicago cop hit during confrontation between crowd, federal immigration agents. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/person-arrested-chicago-cop-hit-confrontation-federal-immigration-agents
— Former Mayor Lightfoot announces project to ‘unmask’ federal immigration agents. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/former-mayor-lightfoot-announces-project-unmask-federal-immigration-agents
— Pritzker launches Illinois Accountability Commission to prob federal immigration actions. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1728949
WTTW
— DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/10/23/border-patrol-agents-fired-tear-gas-little-village-crowd-no-warning-ald-sigcho-lopez
— Pritzker Forms Commission to Document ‘Abuses’ by Federal Agents During Immigration Raids. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/10/23/pritzker-forms-commission-document-abuses-federal-agents-during-immigration-raids
WBEZ
— DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/10/23/clergy-say-religious-rights-are-under-attack-inside-and-outside-the-broadview-ice-facility
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/23/illinois-accountability-commission-immigration-raids/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/23/federal-immigration-agents-deploy-tear-gas-discount-mall-little-village/
— Indiana-Illinois boundary commission holds first meeting without any Illinois members
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/23/indiana-illinois-boundary-commission-holds-first-meeting-without-any-illinois-members/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/23/feds-make-arrests-deploy-tear-gas-during-face-off-with-protesters-near-little-village-discount-mall
— Pritzker forms commission to document alleged abuses by federal agents during Operation Midway Blitz. The Illinois Accountability Commission will be chaired by former chief judge Ruben Castillo and will collect testimony, hold hearings, and gather information from individuals, community members, subject matter experts, local officials, journalists, faith leaders, and organizations. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10/23/governor-jb-pritzker-commission-harassment-intimidation-abuse-federal-agents-operation-midway-blitz
DAILY HERALD
— A suburban congressional candidate is awaiting trial in a federal fraud case alleging she misused COVID-19 relief funds. Tedora M. Brown, a Palos Park resident who’s seeking the Republican nomination for Illinois’ 11th Congressional District seat, maintained her innocence during a lengthy telephone interview Thursday.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251023/crime/gop-congressional-candidate-facing-wire-fraud-charges-vows-to-fight-case-at-trial/
— Pritzker forms commission to document ‘harassment, intimidation’ during immigration raids. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251023/illinois-state-politics/pritzker-forms-commission-to-document-harassment-intimidation-during-immigration-raids/
— DD: White male Americans are ever-increasingly discouraged from getting college degrees. If had not earned a bachelor’s degree in business in 1970, Firestone Stores would not have hired me in 1970 and IRS would not have hired me in 1971. If had not earned an MBA in 1976, GAO would not have hired me in 1980. Further, if I had not passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970, IRS would not have hired me in 1971. Further, if I had not passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, GAO would not have hired me in 1980.
https://www.dailyherald.com/sponsored/?prx_t=CxsKAFuR0A46sQA
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251022/nation-and-world-politics/as-red-states-target-abortion-pills-this-group-aims-to-boost-protections/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Pritzker sets up commission to gather evidence of federal misconduct. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/pritzker-forms-commission-gather-evidence-ice-misconduct
SOUTHERN
— Senate to vote on paying some federal workers as shutdown hits Day 23. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/10/23/senate-to-vote-on-paying-some-federal-workers-as-shutdown-hits-day-23/
— 3 federal officers injured after man rams car to evade arrest in San Diego
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/10/23/3-federal-officers-injured-after-man-rams-car-to-evade-arrest-in-san-diego-ice/
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Supreme Court case illustrates drawbacks of legalized weed. DD: Pot is poison.
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-supreme-court-case-illustrates-drawbacks-of-legalized-weed/article_12018357-80c7-4e33-b641-0f6035983951.html
RIVER BENDER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/durbin-meets-with-american-business-immigration-coalition-to-discuss-dreamers-daca-and-essential-workers-87506.cfm?
STATELINE
— State vs. Federal: Illinois launches commission to probe civil rights violations by Trump-era enforcement. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/state-vs-federal-illinois-launches-commission-to-probe-civil-rights-violations-by-trump-era-enforcement/
INDIANA CAPITAL CHRONICLE
— Illinois absorption commission holds first meeting. The panel discussed a longshot effort to have Indiana absorb several — maybe dozens — of Illinois counties.
https://indianacapitalchronicle.com/2025/10/23/illinois-absorption-commission-holds-first-meeting/
ADVANTAGE NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.advantagenews.com/news/local/pritzker-wants-immigration-enforcement-just-not-trump-s-way/article_4ac2ebcd-b7d5-49ea-b4fd-620dbbcd1b26.html
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/23/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-409/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— GOP leader calls Pritzker’s accountability commission a ‘political stunt.’ DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.aol.com/articles/watch-gop-leader-calls-pritzker-214500701.html
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Former State Rep. Jill Zwick, R.I.P.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/23/jill-zwick-r-i-p/
— Who Has Raised How Much in Bill Foster’s Congressional District
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/23/who-has-raised-how-much-in-bill-fosters-congressional-district/
— Johnsburg’s Kirk Donald Pleads with County Board Not to Hike Taxes
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/23/johnsburgs-kirk-donald-pleads-with-county-board-not-to-hike-taxes/
— Biss Leading Kat in Race to Replace Jan Schakowski
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/22/biss-leading-kat-in-race-to-replace-jan-schakowski/
— County Issues Press Release on Proposed Tax Levy & Budget (with Related Articles)
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/22/county-issues-press-release-on-proposed-tax-levy-budget-with-related-articles/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Every Illinois metro has fewer homes for sale than in 2018
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/every-illinois-metro-has-fewer-homes-for-sale-than-in-2018/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Pritzker’s war on the rule of law hurts the very people he claims to help. Illinois governor’s incitement of violence for illegals’ sake is about power. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/23/pritzkers-war-rule-law-hurts-people-claims-help/
— ICE says it doesn’t need to give Congress access to its facilities during government shutdown
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/23/ice-says-doesnt-need-give-congress-access-facilities-government/
— America’s promise of upward mobility and economic opportunity is rapidly disintegrating. DD: This is especially true for Americans who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/22/todays-american-workforce-isnt-sustainable/
— Spiritual rot hides in midst of Christian revival
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/23/spiritual-rot-hides-midst-christian-revival/
— All the ‘No Kings’ rallies proved is that we really don’t have a monarch. Protests are nothing more than prolonged tantrums over 2024 election results.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/23/no-kings-rallies-proved-really-dont-monarch/
NEW YORK POST
— Zohran Mamdani threatens Jews’ safety — yet their votes could make him mayor
https://nypost.com/2025/10/23/opinion/mamdani-threatens-jewish-safety-yet-they-could-make-him-mayor/
DAILY CALLER
— Chicago Violence Has ‘Been Incredibly Alarming’
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/23/stephen-a-smith-jb-pritzker-to-his-face-chicago-violence-incredibly-alarming/
FOX NEWS
— Dems silent on progressive candidate’s Nazi-style tattoo after knocking Hegseth for Christian symbol
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dems-silent-progressive-candidates-nazi-tattoo-after-knocking-hegseth-christian-symbol
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Pritzker: “My Theory” Is Trump Wants National Guard In Cities To “Seize Ballot Boxes” And “Steal The Election” DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/10/23/gov_jb_pritzker_my_theory_is_trump_wants_national_guard_in_cities_to_seize_ballot_boxes_and_steal_the_election.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— San Francisco mayor: Federal agents meant to incite ‘chaos and violence’ DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5569177-daniel-lurie-trump-immigration-enforcement-san-franscisco-chaos/
— Harvard sees drop in Black, Hispanic student admissions, rise in Asian Americans
https://thehill.com/homenews/education/5569455-harvard-admissions-black-hispanic-students/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Pritzker forms commission to look at federal immigration raid tactics, impacts. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://apnews.com/video/illinois-gov-pritzker-forms-commission-to-look-at-federal-immigration-raid-tactics- impacts-26aaa2faf4cc48dca7eefbddd24ed3bf
— As federal agents ramp up Chicago immigration crackdown, more elected officials caught in crosshairs. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://wtop.com/national/2025/10/as-federal-agents-ramp-up-chicago-immigration-crackdown-more-elected-officials-caught-in-crosshairs/
NEW YORK TIMES
— How Federal Workers Can Find Financial Assistance as Shutdown Drags On. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/business/federal-employee-financial-resources-government-shutdown.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump allies, undeterred by setbacks in courts and Congress, push anew for citizenship proof to vote. President Donald Trump’s attempts to impose a proof-of-citizenship requirement to vote in the U.S. have stalled in Congress and been blocked by the courts.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/23/trump-voting-citizenship-proof-election-commission/eb241d7c-b009-11f0-ab72-a5fffa9bf3eb_story.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use mom of slain Illinois woman against Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/10/23/katie-abraham-chicago-trump-immigration/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— JB Pritzker Creates Watchdog for Federal Immigration Actions in Illinois. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/jb-pritzker-creates-watchdog-for-federal-immigration-actions-in-illinois-174f4ab7
FORBES
— Pritzker Announces New Public System To Monitor Agents Deployed To Illinois. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvzaeGoTkAU
PBS
— Pritzker creates commission to ‘pursue accountability’ for Chicago against feds sent by Trump. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfILK_qjvkk
NPR
— DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.npr.org/2025/10/23/nx-s1-5581553/national-guard-supreme-court-legal-cases
POLITICO
— Andrew Cuomo is still behind — and he’s blaming Curtis Sliwa. The Republican nominee, polling a distant third in the New York City mayoral race, is becoming a scapegoat for the former governor and his deep-pocketed allies. DD: I should write about those Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who have blamed me the most for their defeats.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/17/andrew-cuomo-is-still-behind-and-hes-blaming-curtis-sliwa-00614002
October 21, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Nearly 2 million Illinoisans set to lose SNAP benefits amid congressional stalemate
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-snap-benefits-november-2m-illinoisans-set-lose-food-before-thanksgiving-amid-2025-government-shutdown/18047307/
CBS2
— DHS claims Chicago “No Kings” protester threatened ICE agents, wants criminal charges
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/dhs-chicago-no-kings-protestice-agents-threat/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/21/north-chicago-federal-immigration-enforcement/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/21/ice-arrests-chicago-man-teenage-daughter-cancer/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/21/broadview-arrests-court/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/21/oak-park-leaf-blowers-immigration-enforcement/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Ald. Fuentes seeks $100K in damages after confrontation with ICE agents
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2025/10/21/ald-jessie-fuentes-tort-claim-ice-agents-humboldt-park
— City pursuing the idea of installing slot machines at O’Hare and Midway Airports. DD: I led the successful effort to stop video gambling in Wheaton in 2009.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/casinos-gambling/2025/10/21/slot-machines-ohare-midway-airports-city-council
DAILY HERALD
— Barrington Hills video gambling mogul Rick Heidner to seek GOP gubernatorial nomination. DD: I led the successful effort to stop video gambling in Wheaton in 2009.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251021/illinois-state-politics/barrington-hills-video-gambling-mogul-to-seek-gop-gubernatorial-nomination/
— In Chicago, an immense show of force signals a sharp escalation in White House immigration crackdown
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251021/chicago/in-chicago-an-immense-show-of-force-signals-a-sharp-escalation-in-white-house-immigration-crackdown/
— Elections board deadlocks on $10M fine for Senate President Don Harmon
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251021/illinois/elections-board-deadlocks-on-10m-fine-for-senate-president-don-harmon/
PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Illinois representatives respond to arrest of ISU teaching assistant
https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/politics/2025/10/21/isu-teaching-assistant-arrested-disorderly-conduct-derek-lopez-darin-lahood-chris-miller-respond/86816873007/
MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
— Turning Point seeks to regain footing in Wisconsin following Charlie Kirk’s assassination
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2025/10/21/turning-point-weighing-future-in-wisconsin-after-kirk-assassination/86690675007/
WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO
— Wisconsin GOP treasurer resigns, citing ‘dysfunctional leadership’ in state party. Kelly Ruh’s resignation is the latest hint of an internal power struggle in the state GOP.
https://www.wpr.org/news/wisconsin-gop-treasurer-kelly-ruh-resigns-dysfunctional-leadership
EVANSTON ROUNDTABLE
— ICE detains one person near Evanston Home Depot, Biss says he’s ‘committed to warning community’
https://evanstonroundtable.com/2025/10/21/ice-detains-one-person-near-evanston-home-depot/
WTHR
— Indiana’s commission looking at taking counties from Illinois is about to have its first meeting
https://www.wthr.com/article/news/politics/indianas-commission-looking-at-taking-counties-from-illinois-is-about-to-have-its-first-meeting-redraw-maps-isu-agenda-appointments-commissioners/531-1d9a0102-c4f3-40f0-babb-91fda1c3f829
BLOCK CLUB OF CHICAGO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/21/a-chicago-high-schooler-had-just-returned-from-chemotherapy-then-ice-arrested-her-father/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/21/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-407/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
DON TRACY
— Don Tracy Denounces House Democrats’ Gerrymandering Scheme Targeting Rep. Darin LaHood
https://mailchi.mp/638598d94c3a/don-tracy-denounces-house-democrats-gerrymandering-scheme-targeting-rep-darin-lahood
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Dabrowski’s Campaign Chair Tied to Dodgers – Team That Celebrates Transgenderism, Mocks Faith
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/dabrowskis-campaign-chair-tied-to-dodgers-team-that-celebrates-transgenderism-mocks-faith.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Dodgers have become one of Major League Baseball’s most aggressively left-wing franchises – openly promoting causes that run counter to traditional values. The team made national headlines after honoring the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a radical drag group that mocks Catholic nuns and the Christian faith, during a “Pride Night” event.)
— U.S. House Democrats Target Rep. Darin LaHood in Gerrymander Scheme, While Illinois Democrats Cry “Foul” in Texas
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/u-s-house-democrats-target-rep-darin-lahood-in-gerrymander-scheme-while-illinois-democrats-cry-foul-in-texas.html
— Nine Months In: Trump’s Second Term Is Strong, Fearless and Unapologetic
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/nine-months-in-trumps-second-term-is-strong-fearless-and-unapologetic.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Tax the Whites: Mamdani pitches race-based property tax rates for New York City
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/21/tax-whites-zohran-mamdani-pitches-race-based-property-tax-rates-new/
— New Yorkers not worried about Mamdani’s socialist ideology
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/21/new-yorkers-worried-zohran-mamdanis-socialist-ideology/
— Conservative’s higher birth rates quietly shaping America’s political destiny
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/21/conservatives-higher-birth-rates-quietly-shaping-americas-political/
— Illicit drugs are killing Americans. Trump’s emphasis on counternarcotics operations a step in the right direction.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/21/illicit-drugs-killing-americans/
BREITBART
— Trump’s DHS Issues Nearly $10 Billion in Fines to Illegal Aliens So They Self-Deport from U.S.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/21/exclusive-trumps-dhs-issues-nearly-10-billion-fines-illegals-so-they-self-deport/
— Texas Finds Thousands of Illegal Immigrants Registered on State Voter Rolls
https://www.breitbart.com/pre-viral/2025/10/21/report-texas-finds-thousands-of-illegal-immigrants-registered-on-state-voter-rolls/
FOX NEWS
— Turning Point USA Faith organization sees explosive growth in wake of Charlie Kirk’s death: ‘Wonderful to see’ Organization doubles church network to 8,000 and gains 200,000 new Christians in one month.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/turning-point-usa-faith-organization-explosive-growth-wake-charlie-kirks-death-wonderful-see
— ‘No Kings’ agitators recorded having children bash Trump piñata. Sen. Mike Lee responds, ‘This is how assassination culture takes root’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/no-kings-protesters-filmed-having-children-stab-trump-pinata–
NEWSMAX
— Trump’s Memphis Crackdown on Illegals Nets Gangs, Predators, Drug Dealers
https://www.newsmax.com/us/trump-memphis-national-guard/2025/10/21/id/1231265/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
US CATHOLIC
— DD: According to Democrat and RINO leaders, Jesus rejects the concepts of borders, countries, governments, laws, etc.
https://uscatholic.org/articles/202510/the-catholics-bringing-back-the-tradition-of-sanctuary/
October 17, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their No Kings protests
https://abc7chicago.com/post/no-kings-protest-chicago-demonstrators-preparing-gather-downtown-grant-park-saturday/18028201/
https://abc7chicago.com/post/what-know-no-kings-protests-around-us/18027964/
— Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow National Guard deployment in Chicago area
https://abc7chicago.com/post/president-donald-trump-administration-asks-supreme-court-allow-national-guard-deployment-chicago-area/18027494/
— Chicago healthcare institutions claim large no-show rates due to federal immigration crackdown. Chicago Ald. Jessie Fuentes speaks out after being handcuffed by agents at Humboldt Park Hospital.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-ald-fuentes-speaks-being-handcuffed-hospitals-claim-large-no-show-rates-due-immigration-crackdown/18028540/
— Trump: George Santos’ prison sentence commuted, to be released ‘immediately’
https://abc7chicago.com/post/george-santos-prison-sentence-commuted-released-immediately-trump/18028212/
NBC5
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their No Kings protests
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/where-are-no-kings-protests-planned-in-chicago-area-this-weekend/3839975/
CBS2
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their No Kings protests
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/no-kings-chicago-protest-grant-park-saturday/
WGN9
— 15 arrested as protesters demonstrate outside Broadview ICE facility again
https://wgntv.com/news/operation-midway-blitz/at-least-15-detained-as-protesters-demonstrate-outside-broadview-ice-facility-again/
— 5,500 truckers fail English skills test, lose driving privileges in US. DD: All my employers would have citizens of foreign countries instead of me if they could have.
https://wgntv.com/news/5500-truckers-fail-english-skills-test-lose-driving-privileges-in-us-industry-leader-says/
— Fear of ICE raids devastating Little Village restaurants and small businesses
https://wgntv.com/news/operation-midway-blitz/fear-of-ice-raids-devastating-little-village-restaurants-and-small-businesses/
FOX32
— Chicago ICE Field Director addresses Hanover Park officer’s arrest, Broadview facility access
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/exclusive-chicago-ice-field-director-speaks-out-on-hanover-park-officers-arrest-broadview-facility-access
WBEZ
— From California to Chicago, a Border Patrol boss sparks accusations of race-based arrests. Gregory Bovino led aggressive immigration operations in California, leading to lawsuits questioning his agents’ tactics. The same tactics are being used in his “Operation Midway Blitz” mission in Chicago. DD: What percent of illegals are non-White?
https://www.wbez.org/public-safety/2025/10/17/gregory-bovino-border-customs-enforcement-deportation-trump-california-chicago
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow deployment of National Guard in Chicago area
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/17/trump-supreme-court-national-guard-chicago/
— A timeline of George Santos’ journey from Congress to prison to grant of clemency by Trump
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/17/timeline-george-santos-trump-clemency/
— Congressional candidates loan themselves large sums trying to stand out in competitive Illinois races
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/17/illinois-fundraising-congressional-races/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— 11 arrested at Broadview ICE facility during latest protests. Several people were detained, including a Rogers Park faith leader, at the Broadview ICE facility Friday morning as protests began.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/17/broadview-protests-arrests
— From California to Chicago, a Border Patrol boss sparks accusations of race-based arrests. Gregory Bovino led aggressive immigration operations in California, leading to lawsuits questioning his agents’ tactics. The same tactics are being used in his “Operation Midway Blitz” mission in Chicago. DD: What percent of illegals are non-White?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump/2025/10/17/gregory-bovino-border-customs-enforcement-deportation-trump-california-chicago
— Immigration rights group’s hospital proposal raises concerns of state-run facilities. The bill ensures hospitals are taking steps to protect private spaces and sensitive information at a time when the Trump administration is attempting to bar people accessing care, per the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/10/17/immigration-rights-ice-hospital-privacy-protection-rich-miller
DAILY HERALD
— Border Patrol agents step up enforcement efforts in Lake County with raids at car washes, nurseries
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251017/news/border-patrol-agents-step-up-enforcement-efforts-in-lake-county-with-raids-at-car-washes-nurseries/
— Dabrowski the top fundraiser among GOP gubernatorial candidates
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251017/illinois-state-politics/dabrowski-the-top-fundraiser-among-gop-gubernatorial-candidates/
— U.S. Rep. Bill Foster to donate salary during shutdown
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251017/us-congress-politics/u-s-rep-bill-foster-to-donate-salary-during-shutdown/
— Downers Grove Township residents seek referendum to fund mental health, disability services
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251016/submitted-content/downers-grove-township-residents-seek-referendum-to-fund-mental-health-disability-services/
CRAIN’S CHICAO BUSINESS
— Trump asks Supreme Court to let him deploy National Guard troops to Chicago immediately
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/trump-asks-supreme-court-allow-chicago-troop-deployment
WBEZ
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://www.wbez.org/health-medicine/2025/10/17/snap-benefits-government-shutdown-trump-illinois
RIVER BENDER
— DD: Duckworth ever-increasingly promotes more hatred against Hegseth.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/duckworth-slams-hegseths-unamerican-restrictions-on-freedom-of-speech-attempt-to-silence-the-free-press—87312.cfm?
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/gov-pritzker-demands-trump–congressional-republicans-preserve-snap-benefits-87326.cfm
NPR ILLINOIS
— As tensions rise in Chicago, volunteers patrol neighborhoods to oppose ICE and help migrants escape. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly make it clear that they have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans and that illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/nx-s1-5575533
NORTH COOK NEWS
— Barrington PAC funds Bailey gov campaign launch
https://northcooknews.com/stories/675795501-barrington-pac-funds-bailey-gov-campaign-launch
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Belmont Cragin Business Owners Beg For Support As ICE Fears Devastate Sales And Closures Loom. Despite fear and uncertainty in the area, business owners are trying to stay positive: “One less dinner in Roscoe Village and Wrigley and out in this neighborhood that needs help will make a huge difference.”
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/17/belmont-cragin-business-owners-beg-for-support-as-ice-fears-devastate-sales-and-closures-loom/
— Chicago Cyclists Are Buying Out Tamale Carts To Keep Vendors Home And Safe From ICE. Cycling x Solidarity’s latest mutual aid effort takes cyclists on group rides through Pilsen and other neighborhoods to buy out tamale vendors so they can stay home as ICE agents swarm the city. They pass out the food to people in need.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/17/chicago-cyclists-are-buying-out-tamale-carts-to-keep-vendors-home-and-safe-from-ice/
WHEATON PATCH
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their No Kings protests at Roosevelt Road intersections in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, and Lombard.
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/amp/33091898/no-kings-protests-on-roosevelt-road-10-rallies-planned
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/17/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-405/
— Pritzker has ‘more in common’ with ‘terrorist drug cartels than he does with American citizens’
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/17/chief-us-border-patrol-agent-pritzker-has-more-in-common-with-terrorist-drug-cartels-than-he-does-with-american-citizens/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
DON TRACY
— Democrats Are Betraying Those Who Defend Our Country
https://mailchi.mp/58cbe39fa42a/don-tracy-democrats-are-betraying-those-who-defend-our-country?e=bb81f0fe1e
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Elburn Village Trustee Chris Hansen Withdraws from GOP Race to Replace Don DeWitte
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/17/elburn-village-president-chris-hansen-withdraws-from-gop-race-to-replace-don-dewitte/
— Where the Jan Schakowsky Replacement Hopefuls Stand Financially
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/17/where-the-jan-schakowsky-replacement-hopefuls-stand-financially/
— Can You Identify the Villages and Cities That Did Not Reimpose the Grocery Tax State Legislators Abolished?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/17/12879/
— Homeland Security Reveals Hanover Park Policeman Is Illegal Alien, Another Press Release You Won’t See Anywhere Else
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/16/homeland-security-reveals-hanover-park-policeman-is-illegal-alien-another-press-release-you-wont-see-anywhere-else/
— Republican Party Executive Committee Calls on Republican-Dominated County Board Not to Raise Property Taxes, To Fulfill Last Year’s Promise to Cut Taxes
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/16/republican-party-executive-committee-calls-on-republican-dominated-county-board-not-to-raise-property-taxes-to-fulfill-last-years-promise-to-cut-taxes/
— McHenry County’s 2050 Draft Comprehensive Plan Ignores City and Village Parks in Its Open Space Map
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/16/mchenry-countys-2050-draft-comprehensive-plan-ignore-city-and-village-parks-in-its-open-space-map/
— Indivisible McHenry County Plans Saturday McHenry “No Kings II” Demonstrations
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/16/indivisible-mchenry-county-plans-saturday-mchenry-no-kings-ii-demonstration/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— ‘No Kings’ protests embolden shutdown
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/17/no-kings-protests-embolden-shutdown-republican-leaders-say/
— Botched census count ‘accidentally’ handed Democrats 6 extra House votes
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/17/editorial-botched-census-count-accidentally-handed-democrats-6-extra/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Why Are America’s Teachers Unions Backing the ‘No Kings’ Protests?
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/10/17/why-americas-teachers-unions-backing-no-kings-protests/
FOX NEWS
— Two illegal immigrant police officers busted in just 3 months have one thing in common. Both departments defend hiring practices after officers from Jamaica and Montenegro found to have overstayed visas.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/two-illegal-immigrant-police-officers-busted-just-3-months-have-one-thing-common
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Trump says he has commuted sentence of former US Rep. George Santos in federal fraud case
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-says-commuted-sentence-former-221303406.html
CBS NEWS
— Government shutdown becomes third-longest in history with no end in sight on Day 17
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/government-shutdown-2025-latest-senate-day-17/
USA TODAY
— In Illinois, 40% approve of Trump’s job performance. DD: What is Trump’s approval rating in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/10/16/donald-trump-approval-rating-by-state/86704135007/
MIAMI HERALD
— Female Veterans Slams Hegseth. DD: All my female coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who had less work experience than I did, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.newsbreak.com/miami-herald-1592483/4298056953557-not-qualified-female-veteran-slams-hegseth
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Unemployment Claims Filed by Federal Workers Shoot Higher. DD: What is the attitude toward federal employees and toward federal retirees in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.wsj.com/economy/jobs/unemployment-claims-filed-by-federal-workers-shoot-higher-8d7313c1
October 14, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Medal of Freedom ceremony for Charlie Kirk held at White House
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-set-posthumously-award-charlie-kirk-presidential-medal-freedom/18003731/
— ICE has until Tuesday night to remove fence around Broadview facility to meet judge’s deadline
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-news-has-tuesday-night-remove-fence-around-broadview-facility-meet-judges-deadline/18003437/
NBC5
— Armed federal agents reported in Chicago neighborhood as crowd gathers. The footage, taken by NBC Chicago photographers and Sky 5 helicopter around 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, showed the situation near 105th Street and Avenue N.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/heavy-ice-presence-reported-in-chicago-neighborhood-as-crowd-gathers/3838342/
— Chicago airports refuse to air DHS video blaming Democrats for gov’t shutdown. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem released a video blaming Democrats for the shutdown, with numerous airports refusing to show it to travelers.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/chicago-airports-refuse-to-air-dhs-video-blaming-democrats-for-govt-shutdown/3838545/
— Chicago air traffic controllers receive partial paycheck amid government shutdown. Members of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association passed out pamphlets to travelers Tuesday detailing shutdown impact.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/chicago-air-traffic-controllers-receive-partial-paycheck-amid-government-shutdown/3838435/
— DD: Anticipate/expect that under the Democrats, poverty, crime, and demands on food pantries will ever-increasingly increase.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-food-pantries-deal-with-increased-demand-even-as-potential-cuts-loom/3838520/
CBS2
— Federal agents fire tear gas during standoff with crowd in East Side, Chicago, after car crash
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/ice-agents-east-side-chicago-105th-avenue-n/
FOX32
— Illinois lawmakers return to Springfield, discuss tributes to Charlie Kirk, George Floyd. Despite needing to tackle big issues like transit funding during their fall veto session, Illinois state lawmakers return to Springfield this week and started with resolutions to honor Charlie Kirk and George Floyd. DD: Democrats promote George Floyd. Republicans promote Charlie Kirk.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1724065
WBEZ
— Feds ‘ram’ SUV in chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd. The crash happened late Tuesday morning near 105th Street and Avenue N on Chicago’s East Side.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/10/14/feds-ram-suv-in-chase-down-residential-street-in-chicago-then-tear-gas-crowd
— Facebook suspends popular Chicago ICE-sightings group at Trump administration’s request. The group ICE Sighting-Chicagoland has been increasingly used in the last five weeks of President Donald Trump’s intense deportation campaign to warn neighbors that federal agents are nearby.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/10/14/facebook-suspends-popular-chicago-ice-sightings-group-at-trump-administrations-request
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— ‘Everyone is welcome, except I.C.E.’ Cafes, restaurants across Chicago put up signs barring immigration agents.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/14/chicago-restaurants-ice-agents/
— What to do if ICE stops you
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/14/what-to-do-if-ice-stops-you/
— Tear gas used by federal immigration agents following East Side traffic crash, neighborhood uprising
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/14/ice-deploys-tear-gas-after-crash/
— Facebook removes Chicago-area page dedicated to ICE sightings after Justice Department intervenes
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/14/facebook-removes-chicago-ice-watch-page/
— Aurora Mayor John Laesch condemns federal immigration enforcement activity after protest at City Hall
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/11/aurora-mayor-john-laesch-condemns-federal-immigration-enforcement-activity-after-protest-at-city-hall/
— US revokes visas for 6 foreigners over Charlie Kirk-related speech
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/14/us-revokes-visas-charlie-kirk-speech-2/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Feds ram SUV in chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd. The crash happened late Tuesday morning near 105th Street and Avenue N on Chicago’s East Side, resulting in dozens of residents showing up to protest the federal immigration agents.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/14/crash-involving-immigration-agents-in-east-side-leads-to-tear-gas-detentions
DAILY HERALD
— We see the ICE arrests. But what happens next for detainees?
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251014/news/we-see-the-ice-arrests-but-what-happens-next-for-detainees/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— State Farm faces lawsuit from Illinois amid scrutiny over rate increases
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/insurance/illinois-sues-state-farm-blocking-insurance-examination
— Stellantis announces it will make Jeep SUVs again in Belvidere
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/manufacturing-logistics/stellantis-will-make-jeep-suvs-again-belvidere
SHAW LOCAL
— ‘The government came down with a hammer’ – Immigration crackdown fears impacting Illinois restaurant industry. DD: I washed dishes for the minimum wage for the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights 1964-1966. I was the only White male who did that.
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2025/10/14/the-government-came-down-with-a-hammer-immigration-crackdown-fears-impacting-illinois-restaurant-industry/
ILLINOIS PATCH
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their No Kings protests on Saturday, October 18
https://patch.com/illinois/across-il/no-kings-protests-planned-weekend-across-il-what-know
AURORA PATCH
— ‘No Kings’ Protests Planned This Weekend In Aurora. The “No Kings” protest is planned in opposition to the Trump administration.
https://patch.com/illinois/aurora/no-kings-protests-planned-weekend-auroraORA PATCHPATC
DAILY ILLINI
— Federal activation of National Guard in Chicago includes UI students
https://dailyillini.com/news-stories/world-news/state-news/2025/10/14/federal-guard-chicago-ui-students/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/14/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-402/
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/14/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-610/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Pritzker Overspends by $547 Million on Free Health Care for Illegal Aliens – Total Cost to Taxpayers Tops $2.5 Billion
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/pritzker-overspends-by-547-million-on-free-health-care-for-illegal-aliens-total-cost-to-taxpayers-tops-2-5-billion.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Senate vote fails for the eighth time to break Democrats’ filibuster of stopgap spending bill
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/14/senate-vote-fails-eighth-time-break-democrats-filibuster-stopgap/
— Trump to release list of ‘socialist’ government programs he’s canceling because of shutdown
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/14/trump-release-list-socialist-government-programs-hes-canceling/
— Abortion is not health care and never will be. Instead, it’s a recipe for lifelong trauma.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/14/abortion-health-care-never/
BREITBART
— Pritzker Suggests Democrats May Try to Prosecute ICE Agents. DD: While my Democrat superiors in the federal government never prosecuted me, they took many big adverse actions against me.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/14/illinois-gov-j-b-pritzker-suggests-democrats-may-try-to-prosecute-ice-agents-dhs-officials/amp/
— Dem-Led Oregon on Track to Spend $500 Million More for Healthcare Program that Includes Illegals than for State Police. https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/14/report-dem-led-oregon-on-track-to-spend-500-million-more-for-health-care-program-includes-illegals-than-for-state-police/
DAILY WIRE
— Mexican Cartels Place Bounties On Federal Agents In Chicago
https://www.dailywire.com/news/mexican-cartels-place-bounties-on-federal-agents-in-chicago
FOX NEWS
— Texas National Guard members removed from 60-day Illinois deployment for failing ‘mission requirements’ 7 service members failed to meet mission requirements during pre-deployment validation process.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/texas-national-guard-members-removed-from-60-day-illinois-deployment-failing-mission-requirements
— Democratic lawmakers celebrate order to remove fence at Illinois ICE facility
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6382737125112
— Trump floats using Insurrection Act to combat Chicago crime, says Pritzker should ‘beg’ for his help. Trump wants to curb crime in big cities by deploying the National Guard.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-floats-using-insurrection-act-combat-chicago-crime-says-pritzker-should-beg-his-help
NEWSMAX
— Left-Wing Group Instructs How to Fight ICE in Chicago
https://www.newsmax.com/us/chicago-ice-dhs/2025/10/14/id/1230254/
PJ MEDIA
— Oregon Will Spend $700M+ More on Illegals’ Healthcare Than Police
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/10/14/oregon-will-spend-700m-more-on-illegals-healthcare-than-police-n4944833
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump awards Charlie Kirk with posthumous Medal of Freedom
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5554911-trump-presents-medal-charlie-kirk/
CBS NEWS
— Trump awards Charlie Kirk with the Presidential Medal of Freedom
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-awards-charlie-kirk-presidential-medal-of-freedom/
— Trump says U.S. struck 5th boat accused of carrying drugs off coast of Venezuela, killing 6
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-venezuela-boat-drugs/
— CBS News, other media outlets, won’t sign on to new Pentagon press restrictions
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cbs-news-media-outlets-pentagon-press-restrictions/
NEWSWEEK
— Pritzker Looking at Prosecuting ICE Agents in Chicago. DD: While my Democrat superiors in the federal government never prosecuted me, they took many big adverse actions against me.
https://www.newsweek.com/jb-pritzker-looking-at-prosecuting-ice-agents-in-chicago-10877062
CATO
— Federal Government Wastes 59 Cents on the Dollar. 89 Percent Favor Auditing All Government Spending to Root Out Waste, Fraud, and Abuse. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. My Democrat Post Office superiors wasted what I learned delivering mail for almost 3 years while I completed courses in management at UIC and NIU. They forced me to resign falsely arguing that I was not available to work enough part-time hours. My Democrat IRS superiors wasted what I learned collecting delinquent taxes for almost 9 years while I completed graduate evening business and accounting courses at Loyola and DePaul and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt. They refused to promote me beyond GS-12. My Democrat GAO superiors wasted what I learned auditing federal agencies for almost 18 years while I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, became a licensed CPA, and completed graduate evening finance courses. They kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. They refused to promote me beyond GS-13 and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. So far, they have forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $1.9 million in today’s dollars to stop me from coming to work. They would not have done the aforesaid if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.
https://www.cato.org/blog/americans-say-federal-govt-wastes-59-cents-dollar