FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Medicaid fraud is a problem.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/22/medicaid-one-big-beautiful-bill-trump-fraud-reform/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois lawmakers visit Broadview ICE facility months after they were denied entry. The lawmakers said ICE expects immigration arrests to ramp up in the near future. While the facility only had two detainees on Monday, they said ICE anticipates increasing staffing at the facility with 85 additional agents.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/12/22/broadview-ice-chuy-garcia-delia-ramirez-danny-davis
— These two crooks can still convert millions from their campaign funds into personal use if they want. Because they’re grandfathered in under an old law, former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and ex-Ald. Edward Burke can collectively pocket nearly $4 million and use it for virtually anything they want, so long as they pay income taxes.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/12/22/michael-madigan-edward-burke-illinois-campaign-contributions-convert-to-personal-use-elections-board
DAILY HERALD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for the high cost of healthcare.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251222/business/health-care-among-americans-biggest-priorities-for-2026-according-to-a-new-ap-norc-poll/
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251222/business/how-the-end-of-extra-affordable-care-act-subsidies-could-affect-you/
— DD: Under the DuPage Democrats, more and more and more DuPage residents want/need/demand more welfare.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251222/lifestyle/dupage-foundation-awards-100000-in-emergency-food-response-grants/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The foundation said more than 94,000 DuPage County residents struggle with food insecurity, including 8.4% of the county’s children.)
— After staging a collection drive, Republican state Sen. Darby Hills of Barrington Hills and her staff last week delivered food, toiletries and other items to eight food pantries in her 26th District. More than 2,000 items were collected in the Moms & Meals drive, according to a news release from Hills’ office. Boxed up for delivery, it was enough for five carloads.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251222/local/state-sen-hills-delivers-donated-goods-to-food-pantries/
— DD: Democrat leaders use “medical marijuana” to push pot.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251222/news/schaumburg-family-launches-campaign-to-retain-access-to-daughters-medical-marijuana/
FOX32
— ‘Rails and Roots’ shows how Mexican railroad workers built Chicago. DD: My ancestors on my father’s side immigrated from what is now Germany in 1844 and worked in a Chicago brick factory until 1854 when the homesteaded a farm in southeast Crete Township.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-mexican-worker-railroads
WTTW
— A group of Illinois Congressional representatives on Monday were allowed inside Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s processing center in suburban Broadview, months after they were previously turned away. Illinois U.S. Reps. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia, Delia Ramirez, Jonathan Jackson and Danny Davis toured the controversial west suburban facility Monday as part of a routine congressional inspection, six months after they said they were denied access by ICE agents without authority.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/12/22/accountability-not-optional-illinois-congressional-reps-tour-broadview-ice-facility
SOUTHERN
— Senate Democrats raise concerns about IRS readiness for tax filing season. DD: What does GAO say about that? GAO audits IRS. I worked for IRS 1971-1980 and for GAO 1980-1997. GAO wasted my knowledge of IRS. It kept me off audits of IRS except 1986-1988. Have you ever phoned IRS with a tax question? If you did during the 1974 filing season, the IRS employee who answered your call was one of my subordinates. Back then, as a 25-year-old GS-11 (currently $82,655/year) IRS Revenue Officer, I supervised all of the IRS employees, which included a rotating staff of about 90 IRS Revenue Agent trainees, in IRS’s new downtown Chicago office who answered taxpayer questions using IRS’s new tollfree CentiPhone system. Because of my job performance, the IRS manager who had given me that developmental opportunity and who had promoted me in 1972 and 1973 promoted me to GS-12 (currently $99,069/year) in 1974.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/12/22/senate-democrats-raise-concerns-about-irs-readiness-for-tax-filing-season/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Skyrocketing number of ‘no-shows’ in immigration court
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-12-22/npr-analysis-shows-skyrocketing-number-of-no-shows-in-immigration-court
— A rift in MAGA has top Heritage Foundation officials leaving to join with Mike Pence
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-12-22/a-rift-in-maga-has-top-heritage-foundation-officials-leaving-to-join-with-mike-pence
— Federal judge says U.S. must give due process to deported Venezuelans. DD: The federal justices and judges in Diersen v. GAO denied me my 7th Amendment right to a jury trial. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf They would not have done that if Republicans had been the discriminators and I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-12-22/federal-judge-says-u-s-must-give-due-process-to-deported-venezuelans
FOX ILLINOIS
— DHS offers $3,000 ‘home for the holidays’ incentive to migrants who self-deport
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/dhs-homeland-security-offers-3000-home-for-the-holidays-incentive-to-migrants-who-self-deport-illegal-immigration-crackdown-secretary-kristi-noem-cbp-home-app-customs-and-border-protection
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— U.S. Senate Hopeful Don Tracy Appears Before McHenry County GOP Central Executive Committee
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/22/u-s-senate-hopeful-don-tracy-appears-before-mchenry-county-gop-central-executive-committee/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for the high cost of healthcare.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/22/health-care-poised-key-issue-midterms-republicans-scramble-solutions/
— DHS holiday deal for illegal immigrants: Leave now and get $3,000 — or face arrest
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/22/dhs-tells-illegal-immigrants-go-home-holidays-stay/
— Heritage Foundation loses a dozen scholars to Pence-led group in rift over leadership. Josh Blackman resigns from Heritage, says judges, contributors distancing themselves.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/22/heritage-foundation-loses-dozen-scholars-pence-led-group-rift/
— Trump leading U.S. toward unprecedented economic prosperity. Cleaning up the Democrats’ massive mess takes time.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/22/trump-leading-us-toward-unprecedented-economic-prosperity/
— Ban the Muslim Brotherhood, or witness the West’s demise. We must act now.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/22/ban-muslim-brotherhood-witness-wests-demise/
— Universities, colleges not producing employable adults. DD: Firestone Stores would not have hired me in 1970 and IRS would not have hired me in 1971 if I had not earned a bachelor’s degree in business in 1970. IRS would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 if I had not been taking graduate business evening courses. GAO would not have hired me in 1980 if I had not earned an MBA in 1976 and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. GAO would not have promoted me in 1986 if I had not earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and became a licensed CPA in 1981.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/22/universities-colleges-producing-employable-adults/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: These days, it’s rare for anyone to challenge sacred cows, but Charlie Kirk was the exception. He questioned one of America’s most entrenched assumptions: that everyone needs a college degree. He argued that college has become an overpriced credentialing system that fails to deliver on its age-old promises of rigorous education and better job prospects. Kirk asked tough questions with honest curiosity and respect, and he never backed down from calling out the problems in higher education, even when it made people uncomfortable. Genuine education demands engagement with difficult and often opposing ideas, something Charlie understood, and America’s colleges have largely ceased to provide. While the value has plummeted, the price tag has risen. Charlie Kirk brought this skepticism into mainstream discourse. Now, more than ever, people are questioning whether a college degree is worth it.)
— Democrats thrive on government fraud. A look at Minnesota Somalia, Obamacare, student loans and more.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/22/democrats-thrive-government-fraud/
NEW YORK POST
— Vance smashes AmericaFest 2028 straw poll, tops Trump’s position 2 years ago
https://nypost.com/2025/12/22/us-news/jd-vance-smashes-americafest-2028-straw-poll-tops-trumps-position-2-years-ago/
— Elite colleges admitting Asian students at incredible rates post affirmative action
https://nypost.com/2025/12/22/us-news/elite-colleges-admitting-one-student-minority-group-at-incredible-rates-post-affirmative-action/
— Heritage ousts two staffers as more scholars flee to Mike Pence’s group: ‘Brain drain’
https://nypost.com/2025/12/22/us-news/heritage-ousts-two-staffers-as-more-scholars-flee-to-mike-pences-group-brain-drain/
— It’s time to treat Bill Clinton like Prince Andrew — and banish him from polite society
https://nypost.com/2025/12/22/opinion/its-time-to-banish-bill-clinton-like-prince-andrew/
— DEI hollowed out a generation — and sapped America’s promise. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government used Affirmative Action, DEI, the veterans preference, and up-or-out to waste my career, to take many big adverse actions against me, and to force me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://nypost.com/2025/12/22/opinion/dei-hollowed-out-a-generation-and-sapped-americas-promise/
— Mamdani doesn’t care about ‘upward mobility’, and his charter school snub proves it
https://nypost.com/2025/12/22/opinion/mamdani-doesnt-care-about-upward-mobility-and-his-charter-school-snub-proves-it/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— University of Illinois lecture material is wildly bias, teaches ‘white supremacy and xenophobia brought on by … Trump’
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/12/22/university-of-illinois-lecture-material-is-wildly-bias-teaches-white-supremacy-and-xenophobia-brought-on-by-trump-1611831/
— School bus driver fired for sign directing students to speak English
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/12/22/school-bus-driver-fired-for-sign-directing-students-to-speak-english-1611767/
BREITBART
— Justice Department Ends Clinton Rule Giving Welfare to Migrants
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2025/12/22/justice-department-ends-clinton-rule-giving-welfare-to-migrants/amp/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Of course students must master standard English
https://www.campusreform.org/article/prof-jenkins-course-students-must-master-standard-english/29175
DAILY SIGNAL
— Accreditation Mandates Bring CRT Into Colleges and K-12 Schools
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/12/22/accreditation-mandates-bring-crt-into-colleges-and-k-12-schools/
FOX BUSINESS
— Sanctuary city policies are more interested in keeping illegal aliens in the country than protecting Americans
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6386843095112
NEWSMAX
— Ted Cruz Eyes 2028 Bid, Vance Showdown Looms
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/ted-cruz-2028-gop/2025/12/22/id/1239245/
PJ MEDIA
— DHS Now Offering Big Bucks for Illegals to Self-Deport
https://pjmedia.com/michaelcantrell/2025/12/22/dhs-now-offering-big-bucks-for-illegals-to-self-deport-n4947398
TURNING POINT USA
— FROM ERIKA KIRK: Thousands of students, patriots, and freedom fighters came together in the desert for the biggest conservative gathering of the year…This is what Charlie dreamed of — not just a crowd, but a movement gaining steam: 80% of attendees had never been to a Turning Point event before, More than one-third were students, Over half were young women, All 50 states were represented, And 40 breakout sessions trained students to lead
https://tpusa.com/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest puts conservative rift on display as Vance urges unity
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/turning-point-usa-feuding-jd-vance-ben-shapiro-tucker-carlson/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Playwrights Horizons Is Sued Over Discounts to People of Color. The lawsuit, against the prominent Off Broadway theater, is backed by Edward Blum, who has long challenged race-based policies.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/theater/playwrights-horizons-lawsuit-race-based-discounts.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Migrants Who Self-Deport to Be Paid $3,000 in ‘Exit Bonus’ DD: In 1993, to get rid of GAO employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and who had 25 years of federal service, the Democrats who ran GAO offered a $25,000 buyout if they took early retirement.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-dhs-migrant-self-deportation-payment-e3ea8933
— Top Heritage Officials Flee to Mike Pence’s Nonprofit as Think Tank Fractures. Conservative movement continues to splinter about how to deal with its most controversial voices.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/top-heritage-officials-flee-to-mike-pences-nonprofit-as-think-tank-fractures-28765f2b
