FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/illinois-united-states-immigration-customs-enforcement-news-latest-trump-admin-ice-surge-chicago-national-guard-live/18057502/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/northhalsted-chicago-center-halsted-ceo-joli-robinson-among-years-out100-serving-lgbtq-community/18082833/
NBC5
— Trump warns he will send ‘more than National Guard’ to some U.S. cities ‘if we need.’ DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do more to protect their illegals.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/trump-warns-he-will-send-more-than-national-guard-to-some-u-s-cities-if-we-need/3844549/
CBS2
— Texas National Guard troops remain stationed in Elwood, Illinois, costing taxpayers millions. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do more to protect their illegals.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/national-guard-troops-in-elwood/
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Protest held at Palatine police station after officer assisted federal agents with arrest. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly make it clear that they exist to promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251028/news/protest-held-at-palatine-police-station-after-officer-assisted-federal-agents-with-arrest/
— Judge orders Trump administration to restore school mental health grants. DD: According to Democrats, you have mental health problems if you are not a Democrat.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251028/nation-and-world-politics/judge-orders-trump-administration-to-restore-school-mental-health-grants/
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DD: Soon, under the Democrats, everyone in America will be a) handing out welfare and/or receiving welfare. Under the Democrats, America ever-increasingly fails to produce productive members of society.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/local/2025/10/29/closer-look-at-how-halting-of-snap-impacts-springfield-area/86950904007/
WAND TV
— DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/il-democrats-plan-to-pass-bill-protecting-immigrants-from-hostile-ice-tactics/article_68724e4d-aa11-4fc6-91d4-0641cf471ded.html
SHAW LOCAL
— West Suburban Food Pantry turns to DoorDash program for families reluctant to visit pantry. DD: Soon, under the Democrats, everyone in America will be a) handing out welfare and/or receiving welfare. Under the Democrats, America ever-increasingly fails to produce productive members of society.
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/2025/10/28/west-suburban-food-pantry-turns-to-doordash-program-for-families-reluctant-to-visit-pantry/
NPR ILLINOIS
— This furloughed IRS lawyer is living out his dream of being a hot dog vendor. DD: I was an IRS employee for almost 9 years. 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.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-10-29/this-furloughed-irs-lawyer-is-living-out-his-dream-of-being-a-hot-dog-vendor
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrats vote against ‘clean’ GOP bill to end shutdown despite union pressure. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the shutdown to defeat Republican candidates.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/democrats-vote-against-clean-gop-bill-to-end-shutdown-despite-union-pressure/amp/
FOX ILLINOIS
— Tennessee GOP congressman calls on Bondi to investigate Mamdani’s naturalization documents
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/tennessee-gop-congressman-calls-on-bondi-to-investigate-mamdanis-naturalization-documents-andrew-cuomo-curtis-sliwa
DECATUR RADIO
— CANNABIS-IMPAIRED DRIVING DD: Pot is poison.
https://www.decaturradio.com/2025/10/28/cannabis-impaired-driving/
DUPAGE COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSION
— Candidate filings as of 10/28/25
https://cms5.revize.com/revize/dupage/Election/Documents/Candidate%20Information/WebsiteListingsByElection/2026GPE/2026GPE%20Candidate%20Listing.pdf
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/29/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-621/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
JOHN KASS
— Zohran Mamdani’s New York Infecting America
https://johnkassnews.com/zohran-new-york/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Illinois County Board Member and Wife Killed When Illegal Alien Hits Their Car
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/28/illinois-county-board-member-and-wife-killed-when-illegal-alien-hits-their-car/
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/28/coles-county-board-member-and-wife-killed-by-illegal-alien/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What do you say to Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders in Illinois who send their press releases and their press advisories to Democrat news outlets but refuse to send them to GOPUSA ILLINOIS at diersen@aol.com ? What do you say to the aforesaid who blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems? What do you say to the aforesaid who destroy those like me who refuse to be manipulated or dominated by them, who refuse to glorify or paise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money? What do you say to the aforesaid who have had their operatives and their dupes take many big adverse actions against me. I should write about that. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Revenge Politics: Tony McCombie’s War on Her Own Conservative House GOP Caucus
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/revenge-politics-tony-mccombies-war-on-her-own-conservative-house-gop-caucus.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— DHS to end Biden’s automatic renewal of migrants’ work permits; new rule increases vetting
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/29/dhs-end-bidens-automatic-renewal-migrants-work-permits-new-rule/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Illegals vs. the Deserving American Poor
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/10/illegals_vs_the_deserving_american_poor.html
— Texas runs voter file, finds 2,724 possible non-citizens
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/10/texas_runs_voter_file_finds_2_724_possible_non_citizens.html
— Liberal Women are Unhappy
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/10/liberal_women_are_unhappy.html
CAMPUS REFORM
— Only 8% of hiring managers say Gen Z is ready for the workforce. DD: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/analysis-8-hiring-managers-say-gen-z-ready-workforce/28850
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Why Trump Critics’ Hyperbolic Rhetoric on Deportations Denigrates Real Tragedies
https://cis.org/Smith/Why-Trump-Critics-Hyperbolic-Rhetoric-Deportations-Denigrates-Real-Tragedies
DAILY CALLER
— DEI Infecting Biden DOD And Its Suppliers Hurt Readiness On A Global Scale. Democrats use DEI to defeat Republican candidates.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/29/opinion-dei-infecting-biden-dod-and-its-suppliers-hurt-readiness-on-a-global-scale-james-fitzpatrick/
DAILY SIGNAL
— DHS Disputes MSNBC Writer’s Claim ICE Lowered Hiring Standards. DD: To hire, retain, and promote more young minorities and more young females, employers ever-increasingly lower standards. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my a) job-related bachelor’s degree, b) my three job-related master’s degrees, c) my six job-related professional certifications, and d) my job-related professional license.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/10/28/dhs-responds-msnbc-column-claiming-ice-lowered-hiring-standards/
FOX NEWS
— Senate Democrats Reject Bill To Reopen Government For 13th Time
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/schumer-again-blocks-gop-bid-reopen-government-air-traffic-controllers-go-unpaid
— Ohio uncovers over 1,000 noncitizens ‘appearing’ registered to vote, sends cases to DOJ for prosecution
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ohio-uncovers-over-1000-noncitizens-appearing-registered-vote-sends-cases-doj-prosecution
— Pentagon orders managers to fire their underperforming employees with ‘speed and conviction.’ The new guidelines raise concerns about potential misuse to target employees who do not support Trump administration programs. DD: Were you an underperforming employee? According to my critics/opponents, the following shows that I was an underperforming federal employee: a) my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, 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 in 1980, b) my Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions, and disallowed my travel vouchers, and c) my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests. According to my critics/opponents, my Democrat superiors taking the aforesaid adverse actions against me notwithstanding the following shows that I was an extremely bad performer: a) I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, b) I earned job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, c) I earned job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and c) I earned a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pentagon-orders-managers-fire-civilian-workers-speed-conviction
NEWSMAX
— Speaker Johnson: DEI Is Part of Dem Shutdown Agenda
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/mike-johnson-democrats-shutdown/2025/10/28/id/1232221/
POST MILLENNIAL
— Newsom tells former NBA stars ‘anti-woke’ is just ‘anti-black’
https://thepostmillennial.com/gavin-newsom-tells-former-nba-stars-anti-woke-is-just-anti-black
TOWNHALL
— Road Carnage Caused by Illegal Aliens
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnandandyschlafly/2025/10/29/road-carnage-caused-by-illegal-aliens-n2665603
TPUSA
— Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Says ‘Illegal Alien’ is a ‘Racist’ Term
https://tpusa.com/live/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-says-illegal-alien-is-a-racist-term/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Pentagon removes key protections for underperforming employees, moves to fire them with ‘speed and conviction.’ DD: Were you an underperforming employee? According to my critics/opponents, the following shows that I was an underperforming federal employee: a) my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, 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 in 1980, b) my Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions, and disallowed my travel vouchers, and c) my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests. According to my critics/opponents, my Democrat superiors taking the aforesaid adverse actions against me notwithstanding the following shows that I was an extremely bad performer: a) I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, b) I earned job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, c) I earned job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and c) I earned a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5577739-pentagon-civilian-personnel-rules/
CNN
— Gerrymandering is terrible for the country
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/29/politics/video/rep-kiley-on-gerrymandering-its-terrible-for-the-country-vrtc
MSN
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly destroy those who do not promote more LGBTQ. I do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/celebrity/anti-gay-beauty-queen-anita-bryant-famously-blasted-with-pie-dies-at-84/ar-BB1rc4rN
— DD: Soon, under the Democrats, everyone in America will be a) handing out welfare and/or receiving welfare. Under the Democrats, America ever-increasingly fails to produce productive members of society.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/as-millions-of-americans-prepare-to-lose-snap-benefits-some-states-are-moving-to-bridge-the-gap/ar-AA1Pn6xT
MSNBC
— People are starving’: Why largest federal workers union is speaking out. 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.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cBmtzHhP68
NEW YORK TIMES
— Judge Admonishes Border Patrol Leader for Tactics in Chicago. Gregory Bovino, a Border Patrol official who has become a public face of President Trump’s crackdown, was ordered to give the federal judge a daily report on the actions of his team from now on. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do more to protect their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/us/chicago-bovino-tear-gas.html
— Dozens of States Sue Trump Administration Over Planned Food Stamp Cuts. The states petitioned a federal court days after the Agriculture Dept. said it would not take emergency steps to provide aid during the government shutdown. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the shutdown to defeat Republican candidates.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/us/politics/trump-food-stamps-snap-lawsuit.html
— How the Pentagon Is Blocking Out News Organizations. DD: What do you say to Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders in Illinois who send their press releases and their press advisories to Democrat news outlets but refuse to send them to GOPUSA ILLINOIS at diersen@aol.com ? What do you say to the aforesaid who blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems? What do you say to the aforesaid who destroy those like me who refuse to be manipulated or dominated by them, who refuse to glorify or paise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money? What do you say to the aforesaid who have had their operatives and their dupes take many big adverse actions against me. I should write about that.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/10/15/business/media/pentagon-press-rules.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Pentagon moves to fire civilian personnel with ‘speed and conviction.’ A memo from the Defense Department’s top personnel official makes it easier to remove underperforming employees and warns managers that they will be held accountable. DD: Were you an underperforming employee? According to my critics/opponents, the following shows that I was an underperforming federal employee: a) my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, 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 in 1980, b) my Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions, and disallowed my travel vouchers, and c) my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests. According to my critics/opponents, my Democrat superiors taking the aforesaid adverse actions against me notwithstanding the following shows that I was an extremely bad performer: a) I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, b) I earned job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, c) I earned job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and c) I earned a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/10/28/pentagon-firings-civilian-employees-memo/
BALTIMORE SUN
— Shutdown Guide: Where Maryland’s federal workers can find food, transit and housing help. 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.
https://www.baltimoresun.com/2025/10/28/support-for-federal-workers/
PUBLIC RADIO TULSA
— Federal credit unions in Oklahoma offer relief for federal workers without jobs, pay. 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.
https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/local-regional/2025-10-28/federal-credit-unions-in-oklahoma-offer-relief-for-federal-workers-without-jobs-pay
BUSINESS WIRE
— Common misconceptions about scholarships persist, discouraging students from applying. Many believe scholarships are only for students with exceptional grades or abilities (46%), applications are only for incoming freshmen (36%), or that their family earns too much money (32%). DD: According to my critics/opponents, my not getting any scholarships proves that I am stupid and that my parents were filthy rich. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents had the most money, who bought them cars, who paid for their college expenses, and/or who got them jobs.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/scholarship-myths-may-costing-families-163300261.html
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
SKY NEWS
— Who does the government think ‘working people’ are? DD: My critics/opponents look down on, despise, if not hate wage earners. They stress that I was a wage earner 1964-1997. They hint, imply, argue, if not shout that I was grossly overpaid and that my benefits were much too generous. In my defense, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970. I earned job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997. I earned job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. I earned a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://news.sky.com/video/who-does-the-government-think-working-people-are-13459291
