December 9, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois educators are applauding weak school achievement
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/09/opinion-illinois-students-achievement-china/
— Lake County immigrants relieved, but wary as arrests subside: ‘They’re still afraid.’ DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/08/lake-county-immigration-enforcement/

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: ICE arrests suspect after standoff between agents, protesters in Elgin
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251208/crime/ice-arrests-suspect-after-standoff-between-agents-protesters-in-elgin/
— Crowded U.S. Senate race could slim down as state board rules on objections
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251208/illinois-state-politics/crowded-senate-race-could-slim-down-as-state-board-rules-on-objections/

NBC5
— Feds threaten to withhold funding after violent incidents on CTA property. The federal government demanded that the CTA take multiple steps to improve safety on its system.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/traffic/transit/feds-threaten-to-withhold-funding-after-violent-incidents-on-cta-property/3860623/

WGN9
— Nativity scenes around Chicagoland opt for political theme during holiday season. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly get religious leaders to a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://wgntv.com/news/north-suburbs/nativity-scenes-around-chicagoland-opt-for-political-theme-during-holiday-season/
— Immigration raids cast shadow over Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly get religious leaders to a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://wgntv.com/western-suburbs/immigration-raids-cast-shadow-over-feast-of-our-lady-of-guadalupe/

FOX32
— Here’s how much your family needs to earn to have a stay-at-home parent. DD: In Illinois, it is $79,102/year. My mother was a stay-at-home parent. The belief was that because she never attended high school, her earning potential was very limited. My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21 and my brother was 16. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/how-much-family-needs-earn-stay-at-home-parent

WTTW
— Johnson Warns Chicago is Headed for Shutdown Amid Budget Deadlock
https://news.wttw.com/2025/12/08/johnson-warns-chicago-headed-shutdown-amid-budget-deadlock
— CPD Should Revise Promotions Policy After Officer Under Investigation Promoted. DD: IRS promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. According to my critics/opponents, that was much too fast. But I earned an MBA in 1976, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, I earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and I became a licensed CPA in 1981.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/12/08/cpd-should-revise-promotions-policy-after-officer-under-investigation-promoted-johnson

STATELINE
— DHS demands Illinois honor ICE detainers for over 4,000 criminal aliens. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/dhs-demands-illinois-honor-ice-detainers-for-over-4000-criminal-aliens/

SHAW LOCAL
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly blame Trump for the cost of living.
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2025/12/08/how-illinois-democratic-us-senate-candidates-plan-to-address-economic-issues/

NPR ILLINOIS
— FBI agents sue after being fired for kneeling during racial justice protest. DD: Trump could cite Diersen v. GAO. The 7th Circuit ruled that my Democrat GAO superiors had the power to force me to retire, that is, that they had the power to fire me, when I was 49 years old in 1997, because I was an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-12-08/fbi-agents-sue-after-being-fired-for-kneeling-during-racial-justice-protest

ILLINOIS CPA SOCIETY
— CPA Endowment Fund of Illinois. DD: My passing the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was a 30-year-old IRS employee in 1979 was one of my greatest successes. But my Democrat IRS superiors ignored/dismissed/belittled it. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran. My passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and becoming a licensed CPA when I was a 32-year-old GAO employee in 1981 was one of my greatest successes. But my Democrat GAO superiors ignored/dismissed/belittled it. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran.
https://www.icpas.org/endowmentfund/gift/donation.aspx
(FROM THE LETTER: Every CPA remembers what it took to get there—long nights, financial strain, moments of doubt, and people who stepped in at just the right time. Today’s aspiring CPAs are facing those same moments when continuing to pursue their dream feels just out of reach. More students than ever before are turning to us for scholarships, guidance, and reassurance that the profession has their back.)

IPM NEWSROOM
— Republican Senate Candidate Don Tracy on Israel, ICE, and the future of MAGA and the GOP
https://ipmnewsroom.org/republican-senate-candidate-don-tracy-on-israel-ice-and-the-future-of-maga-and-the-gop/
— Champaign’s only low-barrier shelter is at risk of closing. DD: Chicago Democrat leaders use to send many of their homeless to Wheaton. Big homeless problems in Wheaton diminished after PADS raised its requirements.
https://ipmnewsroom.org/champaigns-only-low-barrier-shelter-is-at-risk-of-closing-some-guests-are-worried/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As the only low-barrier shelter in the area, Strides does not have sobriety or abstinence requirements, and does not conduct criminal background checks before accepting guests.

TRACE
— DD: Democrat leader ever-increasingly paint themselves as being protectors of those who are noncitizens, liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, have health problems, non-rich, LGBTQ, unmarried, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, etc.
https://www.thetrace.org/2025/12/chicago-ice-school-safe-passage-violence/

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/12/09/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-644/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/12/08/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-434/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

TED DABROWSKI
— Statement by Ted Dabrowski on illegals over citizens: Now for college aid
https://mailchi.mp/tedforillinois/student-aid-for-illegals

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— New Data Exposes Illinois GOP Crisis: Millions of Republicans Aren’t Voting, Party Leaders to Blame. DD: Illinois Republicans see how Illinois Republican leaders have treated me and have treated my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters since 2000. I should write about those Illinois Republican leaders who have blamed conservatives like me, that is, who have blamed platform Republicans like me, for Republican losses in Illinois the most since 2000. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform ins conservative. Far too many Illinois Republican leaders fail/refuse to defend and advance far too many planks in that platform.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/12/new-data-exposes-illinois-gop-crisis-millions-of-republicans-arent-voting-party-leaders-to-blame.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: New voter-participation data circulating among Illinois conservatives is highlighting what many now argue is the real and long-running crisis inside the Illinois Republican Party: collapsing enthusiasm, shrinking turnout, and a leadership class that has failed the base for more than two decades. Illinois has 12.5 million residents, with roughly 10 million old enough to vote. About 8 million are registered. Yet only 6 million typically vote in a presidential cycle, and just 4 million show up for midterms. According to attorney Tom DeVore, who has studied the numbers closely, the picture for Republicans is even worse. . .For twenty years, the Illinois GOP establishment has presided over shrinking maps, shrinking turnout, shrinking relevance, and a stunning refusal to engage real voters on real issues. “You can complain about the Democrats all day long, but at the end of the day they just want it more badly than Republicans,” DeVore said. “We have a voter-enthusiasm problem in Illinois Republican politics. The party sucks, so Republicans don’t vote.” He argues the problem is not Democrat strength — it’s Republican failure. “Republicans not voting allows bad Republican leaders to stay in office,” he said. “It’s a vicious circle that only a group of people with real courage and talent can resolve.” And while party insiders often bristle at criticism, DeVore says the truth is simple: “They want to blow smoke and tell you it’s the Democrats’ problem, when in reality it’s Republican leadership’s failures.” Democrats already dominate every level of state government, and without a significant shift in Republican engagement, 2026 would simply reinforce the trend. The emerging data shows a participation gap, not a population gap — and unless those millions of inactive Republican-leaning voters reenter the process, Illinois’ political landscape is likely to remain exactly where it has been for the past two decades.)
— Illinois Republicans Lose Focus as Property Taxes Dominate Their Messaging — Despite Having Little Power to Change Them
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/12/illinois-republicans-lose-focus-as-property-taxes-dominate-their-messaging-despite-having-little-power-to-change-them.html

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Pritzker Continues Unannounced Visits to Crystal Lake
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/09/pritzker-continues-unannounced-visits-to-crystal-lake/
— Homeland Security Reveals 1,700+ Illegal Aliens Released from Prison into Society Instead of Given to ICE for Deportation
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/09/homeland-security-reveals-1700-illegal-aliens-released-from-prison-into-society-instead-of-given-to-ice-for-deportation/
— Senate Republicans Seek to Mirror Federal End to Tax on Tips
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/08/senate-republicans-seek-to-mirror-federal-end-to-tax-on-tips/
— Bruce Leon Gains Support from Orthodox Jewish Leaders for 9th District Democratic Party Nomination
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/08/bruce-leon-gains-support-from-orthodox-jewish-leaders/
— What Homeland Security Says Happened in Elgin
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/08/what-homeland-security-says-happened-in-elgin/
— Pay Gap Between Men and Women Lessens: “Women Earn About 91–93 Cents for Every Dollar Earned by Men in Comparable Roles.” DD: My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors paid all my female coworkers more than they paid me. All those who they promoted over me were Democrats who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like I had.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/08/pay-gap-between-men-and-women-lessens-women-earn-about-91-93-cents-for-every-dollar-earned-by-men-in-comparable-roles/
— Our U.S. Senator Not Doing Her Homework
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/08/our-u-s-senator-not-doing-her-homework/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Mamdani should open his mayor’s mansion to illegal immigrants
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/9/zohran-mamdani-open-mayors-mansion-illegal-immigrants/
— Conservatives outpace liberals in marrying and having children. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly discourage traditional marriage and family.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/8/conservatives-outpace-liberals-marrying-children/
— The new American dream starts with a college search. Choose a school and degree that will make you a success. DD: Choosing the right major is just as important. I should have chosen accounting from the beginning. I didn’t because I erroneously thought I could not pass the CPA examination. I did not start taking graduate evening accounting courses until I was 27. I did not take and pass the CPA examination on my first attempt until I was 30. I did not take and pass the Certified Internal Auditing examination until I was 32. I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32. By then, the accounting profession saw me as being far too old to have a successful career in accounting. The profession would not have done that if I had been a minority or a female.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/7/new-american-dream-starts-college-search/
— How multiculturalism and open borders brought Muslims’ religious war from Nigeria to America. Will Americans celebrate Christmas in 100 years? DD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, Christianity will die in America.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/7/multiculturalism-open-borders-brought-muslims-religious-war-nigeria/
— Jewish Americans must get on right side of immigration debate. The direct link between leftist leaders, arrivals of unvetted foreigners. DD: My Democrat leaders in the federal government used/forced my many Jewish superiors to take many adverse actions against me. They used/forced my Jewish Post Office superiors to disallow my sick leave requests in 1968 and 1969 and to force me to resign in 1969. They used/forced my Jewish IRS superiors to disallow my travel vouchers in 1974, to disallow my education expenses in 1978, and to not promote me beyond GS-12. They used/forced my Jewish GAO superiors to force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer to GAO in 1980, to keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, to delay my promotions and to not promote me beyond GS-13, to always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and to force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/7/jewish-americans-must-get-right-side-immigration-debate/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— ICE puts pressure on Illinois attorney general to honor illegal immigrant detainers
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3910538/ice-pressure-illinois-attorney-general-kwame-raoul-illegal-immigrant-detainers/
— How Democrats treat illegal immigrants better than US citizens
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/3909088/how-democrats-treat-illegal-immigrants-better-than-us-citizens/

NEW YORK POST
— Furious anti-ICE protesters threw snowballs at feds to protect Chicago Tren de Aragua gangbanger
https://nypost.com/2025/12/08/us-news/chicago-anti-ice-protesters-threw-snowballs-at-feds-to-protect-tren-de-argua-gangbanger-dhs-says/
— We’re raising kids who can’t do the math — making them easy to manipulate
https://nypost.com/2025/12/08/opinion/were-raising-kids-who-cant-do-the-math-making-them-easy-to-manipulate/
— Woke Protesters Support Trans Instructor On Leave For Religious Discrimination
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vp9g013RqVQ

BLAZE
— Illinois, Pritzker has released almost 1,800 violent illegal aliens back onto the streets in defiance of ICE
https://www.theblaze.com/news/illinois-gov-pritzker-have-released-almost-1800-violent-illegal-aliens-back-onto-the-streets-in-defiance-of-ice-dhs-says

BREITBART
— Migrant Crime Soared in Obama’s ‘Welcoming Cities’
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/12/08/report-migrant-crime-soared-obama-welcoming-cities/

CHRISTIAN POST
— Chick-Fil-A waffles on wokeness with same-sex marriage post and DEI focus
https://www.christianpost.com/voices/chick-fil-a-waffles-on-wokeness-with-same-sex-marriage-post.html?mobile=false

CRISIS MAGAZINE
— Young Americans Are Turning to Socialism—They Deserve Better
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/young-americans-are-turning-to-socialism-they-deserve-better

DAILY SIGNAL
— Trump Administration Has Found 62,000 Children, Some Victims of Sex Trafficking and Forced Labor
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/12/08/trump-administration-found-62000-children-some-victims-sex-trafficking-forced-labor/
— Illegals Plague Our Highways and Our Health Care
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/12/09/its-road-warrior-out-there/

FEDERALIST
— American Taxpayers Are Paying Somalis Millions To Not Assimilate. DD: All my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany during the 1840s and 1850s. Sadly, they did not assimilate as fast as they could/should have. Consequently, neither of my parents attended college, my father was only the first my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, and my mother never attended high school. All my grandparents spoke German. I had to work my way through college.
https://thefederalist.com/2025/12/08/american-taxpayers-are-paying-somalis-millions-to-not-assimilate/

FOX NEWS
— ICE warns Illinois is releasing violent criminal illegal aliens despite detainers, risking public safety. State has released 1,768 criminal aliens with active detainers since January 2025.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/ice-warns-illinois-releasing-violent-criminal-illegal-aliens-despite-detainers-risking-public-safety
— Inside ‘Little Mogadishu’: Minnesota’s beleaguered Somali community under a cloud of fraud and Trump attacks. Fox News Digital visited ‘Little Mogadishu’ in Minneapolis to hear from Somali residents as national debates over integration and welfare fraud intensify.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/inside-little-mogadishu-minnesotas-somali-community-its-push-belonging

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Harvard Paid Internship For “Students of Color” Challenged by Equal Protection Project
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/12/harvard-paid-internship-for-students-of-color-challenged-by-equal-protection-project/

MRC TV
— Fox News Special Report Is The Only Nightly Newscast To Cover Mamdani’s ‘How To’ ICE Video For Illegals
https://mrctv.org/videos/fox-news-special-report-only-nightly-newscast-cover-mamdanis-how-ice-video-illegals

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— DD: Democrat leaders created affordability problems and now they blame Trump for those problems.
https://thehill.com/newsletters/morning-report/5640001-trump-speech-pennsylvania-economy/

ROLL CALL
— Congress must become a champion guard dog to defend its watchdog. A hostile executive branch could be in charge of the legislative branch’s investigations. DD: My critics/opponents have always ignored/dismissed/belittled/badmouthed my having been a GAO employee for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year. They have also ignored/dismissed/belittled/badmouthed a) my earning master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, b) my earning professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting, and c) my becoming a licensed CPA. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on past and present Republican a) federal candidates and elected officials and b) Illinois, DuPage County, and Milton Township party leaders.
https://rollcall.com/2025/12/08/congress-must-become-a-champion-guard-dog-to-defend-its-watchdog/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On Dec. 29, the 15-year term of Comptroller General Gene L. Dodaro will end, leaving the Government Accountability Office without a Senate-confirmed leader. The Trump administration has made no secret of its hostility toward GAO, and this creates a dangerous opening for the executive branch to undermine or even capture the agency that exists for one purpose: to help Congress do its job. The current president and his allies in Congress have publicly targeted GAO, recognizing that a weakened watchdog means weakened oversight of executive action. GAO support to Congress extends beyond any single administration. If GAO is captured or hollowed out, the damage will outlast the current presidency. Rebuilding independent investigative capacity takes decades. Losing it takes a moment of inattention. At stake is the legislative branch authority and responsibility set forth in Article I of the Constitution to oversee the executive branch. Congress must act immediately to protect GAO during the transition. This means forming a visible, bipartisan, bicameral coalition — backed by constitutional experts—to reject any executive interference with the legislative branch agency.  Any attempt by the current president to appoint, nominate, or direct GAO leadership should be challenged publicly and legally. The message must be unambiguous: GAO belongs to Congress. Most Americans have never heard of GAO. That’s by design. The agency operates as Congress’s nonpartisan, nonpolitical right hand — conducting audits, evaluations, and investigations that give legislators the facts they need to oversee federal programs and hold the executive branch accountable. GAO doesn’t make policy or substitute its judgment for Congress’s. It provides the independent, professional analysis that makes genuine oversight possible.)

ABC NEWS
— Mamdani tells immigrant New Yorkers about their right not to comply with ICE. The New York City mayor-elect posted a video explaining immigrants’ rights.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/zohran-mamdani-tells-immigrant-new-yorkers-comply-ice-128194280

CBS NEWS
— DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-h1-b-visa-fees-rural-health-care-hospitals/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Three Years After Dobbs, the State Divide Over Abortion Deepens. DD: My critics/opponents reject the right to life plank in the Republican Party platform.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/us/states-new-abortion-laws.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Because minorities overwhelmingly vote for Democrats, gerrymandering is by definition racial gerrymandering. The Democrats’ 3rd Congressional District in Illinois is a prime example.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/is-this-electoral-map-based-on-race-or-partisanship/2025/12/08/6e43e5bd-7be2-4983-bed5-8e4bcdb01ec5_video.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly get religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/12/09/young-adults-religion-campuses-kirk/

USA TODAY
— College students less comfortable expressing beliefs after Kirk death
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/12/08/charlie-kirk-assassination-students-free-speech-poll/87623920007/

LAW AND THE WORPKPLACE
— EEOC Issues Updated Guidance on National Origin Discrimination DD: I am 100% German national origin and a Missouri Synod Lutheran. All my employers would have hired noncitizens and/or non-German Americans instead of me if they could have. There are many negative German stereotypes. SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereotypes_of_Germans  I lived in Crete 1948-1972 when it was overwhelmingly German American and Lutheran. While I was a Firestone Store employee for more than 2 years and a federal employee for almost 30 years, many, most, and at times virtually all of my supervisors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates had loved ones who were killed by Germans. In my defense, I stressed that while all my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany, they all immigrated way back in 1840s and 1850s. I stressed that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI. I stressed that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII. I stressed that my father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.
https://www.lawandtheworkplace.com/2025/12/eeoc-issues-updated-guidance-on-national-origin-discrimination/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The EEOC has issued a one-page technical assistance document, “Discrimination Against American Workers Is Against the Law” and updated its national origin discrimination landing page, reinforcing national origin discrimination protections with a focus on immigration-related issues.  The latest guidance follows the EEOC’s previous 2016 Enforcement Guidance on National Origin Discrimination, which remains in effect. Title VII, which is enforced by the EEOC, prohibits employment discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, and applies to most private employers with 15 or more employees. Under Title VII, discrimination based on national origin with respect to compensation and other terms and conditions of employment is unlawful, and employers are prohibited from limiting, segregating or classifying employees in a way that could deprive them of opportunities based on their national origin. The new technical assistance document defines national origin discrimination as “treating employees or applicants unfavorably or favorably because they are from a particular country or part of the world, because of ethnicity or accent, or because they appear to be of a certain ethnic background.” The landing page emphasizes that Title VII protects all workers, “including Americans,” and explains that national origin discrimination can include preferring foreign workers, including workers with certain visa statuses, over American workers.  It further highlights that discrimination can occur when the victim and the person engaging in the discrimination are of the same national origin.)

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The GOP Can’t Agree on a Healthcare Plan. Some Republicans Are Panicking. Senate is expected to vote this week on Democratic-backed measure to extend enhanced healthcare subsidies. DD: Ever since I became a part-time postal employee when was 18 years old 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 I was 29 years old 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.wsj.com/politics/policy/the-gop-cant-agree-on-a-healthcare-plan-some-republicans-are-panicking-76b6d89e
— China Is Gearing Up for a Potential Invasion of Taiwan
https://www.wsj.com/world/china/how-china-chinese-invasion-taiwan-ba7e3916

FORBES
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise citizens of foreign countries.
https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbesbusinesscouncil/2025/12/08/a-diverse-hire-not-a-diversity-hire/

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, disabled, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.  I should write about the aforesaid.
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/11/final-schedule-f-regulations-describe-civil-service-protections-unconstitutional-overcorrections/409616/

POLITICO
— Supreme Court seems likely to let Trump fire independent agency heads. DD: Trump could cite Diersen v. GAO. The 7th Circuit ruled that my Democrat GAO superiors had the power to force me to retire, that is, that they had the power to fire me, when I was 49 years old in 1997, because I was an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/08/supreme-court-slaughter-trump-firings-00681078

NPR
— DD: The Democrat Party platform ever-increasingly creates more homelessness by destroying traditional marriage and family.
https://www.npr.org/2025/12/08/nx-s1-5637407/homelessness-in-the-new-gilded-age
https://www.npr.org/2025/12/08/nx-s1-5637259/placeless-author-traces-the-roots-and-realities-of-mass-homelessness-in-america
— Americans facing unaffordable healthcare costs if ACA subsidies end share concerns. DD: Ever since I became a part-time postal employee when was 18 years old 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 I was 29 years old 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.npr.org/2025/12/08/nx-s1-5634778/americans-facing-unaffordable-healthcare-costs-if-aca-subsidies-end-share-concerns

HR ZONE
— DD: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government made it clear that they believed that the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, disabled, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.  I should write about the aforesaid.
https://hrzone.com/2025-12-are-staff-surveys-making-employees-too-entitled/

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

DAILY MAIL
— Disturbing truth about Somalis in America that no Democrat will ever confront
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15356833/somali-americans-usa-stats-expert.html
— Woke school gives kids as young as 11 tips on how to ‘come out as trans.’ DD: How successful have Democrats been making the students in your school district sexually active LGBTQers?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15364609/maryland-westland-middle-school-transgender-binding-lessons.html

HINDUSTAN TIMES
— US tech co-founder says he’ll pay $100,000 per day for H-1B talent: ‘Will set up recurring payment.’  DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.hindustantimes.com/trending/us/us-tech-co-founder-says-hell-pay-100-000-per-day-for-h-1b-talent-will-set-up-recurring-payment-101765206308941.html

ZOOM BANGLA
— Caste Discrimination a Major Drag on India’s Economy. DD: What Caste were you born into? Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school.
https://inews.zoombangla.com/caste-discrimination-a-major-drag-on-indias-economy-argues-prominent-economist/

ECONOMIC TIMES
— H-1B visa appointments cancelled for many applicants as US expands social media vetting. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nri/work/h1b-visa-appointments-cancelled-for-many-applicants-as-us-expands-social-media-vetting/articleshow/125865253.cms

Author: David Diersen

The opinions that I express in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are based on experience that I have gained doing many things since 1948. I base my opinions on what I learned a) working for the federal government for almost 30 years -- Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997, serving on the Executive Committee of the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter 1983-1996, and being a union member while I worked for the Post Office and IRS; b) earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a masters degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and a masters degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997; c) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981; c) serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois Chairman 2005-2012, a member of the 2008 Illinois Republican Party (IRP) Platform and Resolutions Committee, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004; d) attending the 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016 IRP State Conventions as a delegate; e) being the subject of a nasty 4-page article in the February 1978 issue of Money Magazine; f) pursing litigation including Diersen v. GAO and Diersen v. Chicago Car Exchange; g) being married since 1978; h) living in Crete 1948-1972, in University Park 1972-1976, in Chicago 1976-1978, and in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton since 1978; and i) being baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran.