FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago Cubs’ Matt Shaw enters a new world with his Turning Point USA appearance
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/21/chicago-cubs-matt-shaw-turning-point-appearance/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/12/21/how-i-reported-on-immigration-as-a-daughter-of-immigrants
SUBURBAN CHICAGOLAND
— U.S. Republican Senate Candidate R. Cary Capparelli argues that the Illinois Republican Party needs new leadership.
https://suburbanchicagoland.com/2025/12/21/republican-party-in-illinois-needs-new-grassroots-candidate-says/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Judge’s conviction in ICE obstruction case vindicates courthouse arrests
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/21/judges-conviction-ice-obstruction-case-vindicates-courthouse-arrests/
— Turning Point’s AmericaFest surprises attendees with phone call from Trump
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/21/nicki-minaj-donald-trump-surprise-guests-turning-points-americafest/
— House investigators probing Jeffrey Epstein case urged to unseal the Clinton impeachment files
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/20/house-investigators-probing-jeffrey-epstein-case-urged-unseal-clinton/
— Our enemy Islam has revealed all. Recent massacres reveal patterns that denial and euphemisms only worsen.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/21/enemy-islam-revealed/
— Seats for sale: Campaign costs skyrocket, fueling elites in politics
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/19/seats-sale-campaign-costs-skyrocket-fueling-elites-politics/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Assessing the Wreckage of Affirmative Action. DD: Up until recently, Affirmative Action (AA) was the “law of the land,’ that is, up until recently, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination was the “law of the land.” My Democrat superiors in the federal government used AA to waste my career and to force me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. My critics/opponents not only have no problem with that, they applaud it.
https://freebeacon.com/culture/assessing-the-wreckage-of-affirmative-action/
NEW YORK POST
— Vance wades into MAGA civil war at AmericaFest, criticizes conservatives for ‘canceling each other’
https://nypost.com/2025/12/21/us-news/jd-vance-wades-into-maga-civil-war-decries-conservatives-canceling-each-other/
— Tucker Carlson named ‘Antisemite of the Year’ by prominent Jewish organization after alarming interviews
https://nypost.com/2025/12/21/us-news/tucker-carlson-named-antisemite-of-the-year-by-jewish-organization/
— Mamdani’s early staff picks confirm NYers’ worst fears for the next four years
https://nypost.com/2025/12/21/opinion/zohs-staffer-picks-are-starting-to-confirm-nyers-worst-fears-for-the-next-four-years/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Wake Up, Parents: American Library Association Is (Still) Grooming Our Kids. DD: How successful have Democrats been making the students in your school district sexually active LGBTQers?
https://amgreatness.com/2025/12/21/wake-up-parents-american-library-association-is-still-grooming-our-kids/
AMERICAN THINKER
— I thought Trump didn’t want any more federal holidays
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/12/i_thought_trump_didn_t_want_any_more_federal_holidays.html
BREITBART
— Vance: ‘Honor’ Charlie Kirk by Not Doing Things ‘That He Himself Refused to Do in Life’
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/12/21/jd-vance-honor-charlie-kirk-by-not-doing-things-that-he-himself-refused-to-do-in-life/
COLLEGE FIX
— U.S. House leader questions Chicago Public Schools’ exclusion of Christian student teachers
https://www.thecollegefix.com/u-s-house-leader-questions-chicago-public-schools-exclusion-of-christian-student-teachers/
— University play ‘A Gay in a Manger’ features Jesus as ‘King of Gays,’ Three Wise Men as drag queens
https://www.thecollegefix.com/university-play-a-gay-in-a-manger-features-jesus-as-king-of-gays-three-wise-men-as-drag-queens/
— ‘Power Rainbow’ by Harvard grad students teaches 3rd graders about systemic oppression
https://www.thecollegefix.com/power-rainbow-by-harvard-grad-students-teaches-3rd-graders-about-systemic-oppression/
DAILY CALLER
— ‘Threatening Western Civilization’: Tulsi Gabbard Slams ‘Islamist Ideology’ As America’s Greatest Threat
https://dailycaller.com/2025/12/21/tulsi-gabbard-islamist-ideology-america-threat-americafest-tpusa/
— WSJ Celebrates Degeneracy Just In Time For Christmas
https://dailycaller.com/2025/12/19/house-vaishnavi-nayel-talawadekar-throuple-wall-street-journal-relationship-gay-marriage/
EPOCH TIMES
— At TPUSA Event, Vance Warns Conservatives to Not Cancel Each Other. Sparks flew between Ben Shapiro, Tucker Carlson, and other speakers at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest 2025.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/at-tpusa-event-vance-warns-conservatives-not-to-cancel-each-other-5961174
— How Chinese Syndicates With Ties to CCP Took Over Marijuana Black Market in US. ‘This stuff is being exported out of the country … It’s an international business for them,’ a drug enforcement expert said.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/how-chinese-syndicates-with-ties-to-ccp-took-over-marijuana-black-market-in-us-5944843
— Safer Roads, More Work: Truckers Welcome Crackdown on Illegal Drivers. A series of fatal accidents in 2025 spurred calls for reforms and better scrutiny of non-resident foreign commercial driver’s license holders and applicants.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/safer-roads-more-work-truckers-welcome-crackdown-on-illegal-drivers-5947753
FOX NEWS
— Progressive churches in Colorado and Washington host drag Nativity, Christmas shows. Congregations in Colorado and Washington host Nativity shows through a ‘queer lens.’
https://www.foxnews.com/media/progressive-churches-churches-colorado-washington-host-drag-nativity-christmas-shows
— Vance says ‘America First’ movement rejects ‘purity tests,’ welcomes critical thinkers. Vice president tells AmericaFest crowd Trump built coalition by welcoming supporters regardless of background. DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who had their saboteurs destroy TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois in 2012 and Illinois Center Right Coalition in 2007.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/vance-says-america-first-movement-rejects-purity-tests-welcomes-critical-thinkers
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Ben Shapiro at TPUSA: Conservative movement in danger “from charlatans who … traffic in conspiracism and dishonesty”
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/12/ben-shapiro-at-tpusa-conservative-movement-in-danger-from-charlatans-who-traffic-in-conspiracism-and-dishonesty/
PJ MEDIA
— Trump Solved the Border Crisis Biden Claimed Was Unsolvable
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/12/21/trump-solved-the-border-crisis-biden-claimed-was-unsolvable-n4947344
TOWNHALL
— Vance Calls for GOP Unity, Touts Trump Agenda at AmericaFest 2025
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/scott-mcclallen/2025/12/21/jd-vance-calls-for-gop-unity-touts-trump-agenda-at-americafest-2025-n2668273
— BLM Co-founder Arrested on Domestic Assault Charges
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/josephchalfant/2025/12/21/blm-co-founder-arrested-on-domestic-assault-charges-n2668274
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Photos of Turning Point USA’s annual conservative youth conference
https://apnews.com/photo-gallery/turning-point-usa-conference-photos-d99fb219f6942e16b915208e13c1b37c
CNN
— Endorsement of Vance receives mixed reactions at Turning Point USA conference
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/21/politics/video/turning-point-endorse-jd-vance-president-reaction-vrtc
— Turning Point’s AmericaFest is rife with infighting
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/21/world/video/americafest-chaos-contorno-lkl-fst-122104aseg1-cnni-world-fast
NEWSWEEK
— MAGA Girl Power Riley Gaines Shapes Turning Point USA AmericaFest
https://www.newsweek.com/maga-girl-power-shapes-turning-point-usa-americafest-11250370
NEW YORK TIMES
— $27,000 a Year for Health Insurance. How Can We Afford That? DD: Are/were your healthcare insurance premiums subsidized? Ever since I became a part-time postal employee when was 18 in 1966, my critics/opponents have been furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my healthcare insurance premiums. They have been even more furious ever since I got married when I was 29 and the federal government started paying 72% of my wife’s healthcare insurance premiums. That 72% subsidy is a major reason why people despise/hate federal employees, federal retirees, and their spouses. That 72% subsidy helped me withstand tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/opinion/health-care-aca-cost-insurance.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Turning Point USA showcases the discord that Republicans like Vance will need to navigate in the future. Turning Point has endorsed Vance as the Republican nominee for the next presidential election.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/12/21/turning-point-charlie-kirk-vance-republicans-2028/ae0bac0e-de6f-11f0-9a80-62add4d0e8ef_story.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Charlie Kirk’s Empire Is Lining Up Behind a Vance Presidential Bid. The vice president will speak Sunday at TPUSA’s premier event, days after Erika Kirk endorsed him for 2028 run.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/charlie-kirks-empire-is-lining-up-behind-a-jd-vance-presidential-bid-cedeb9cc
FORTUNE
— What comes after affirmative action? DD: Up until recently, Affirmative Action (AA) was the “law of the land,’ that is, up until recently, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination was the “law of the land.” My Democrat superiors in the federal government used AA to waste my career and to force me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. My critics/opponents not only have no problem with that, they applaud it.
https://fortune.com/2023/06/08/affirmative-action-supreme-court-harvard-unc/
— Five-year career plan. DD: What career advice did you reject? I refused to a) become a Democrat, b) glorify and praise my superiors and supervisors, c) pander to my superiors and supervisors, d) serve as an operative or as a dupe for my superiors and supervisors, and e) help them get rid of their employees because they were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. Consequently, my Democrat superiors wasted my career, took many big adverse actions against me, and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/linkedin-ceo-says-it-s-outdated-to-have-a-five-year-career-plan-it-s-a-little-bit-foolish-considering-the-pace-ai-is-changing-the-workplace/ar-AA1SBIt9
HUFFINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/maga-nativity-immigration-ice-protest-goog_l_6942ebdfe4b045d9788c63f3
AXIOS
— MAGA media mess deepens at Turning Point convention
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/21/maga-media-antisemitism-turning-point-usa
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
FINANCIAL TINES
— Affordability. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout that if you cannot afford something, it is Trump’s fault. There are many things that I could/cannot afford because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.ft.com/content/d5f033e9-f9de-420d-93a1-22f2e38c6d5e
GUARDIAN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that if you vote for Democrats, your health care will be free.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/21/us-healthcare-system-trump
TIMES OF INDIA
— Less than one-third of state teachers clear competency test. DD: Only about 20% of those who take the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations pass them on their first attempt like I did. My critics/opponents have always ignored/dismissed/belittled that. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors would not have done that if I had been a Democrat and a minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/less-than-one-third-of-state-teachers-clear-competency-test/articleshow/126097320.cms
