Not much of any congressional district is in Illinois after the slicing and dicing of Illinois Democrats.

There are two maps below. The first fuzzy one has congressional district numbers. The second shows the boundaries more clearly.

The northeastern part of the county is located in the 10th congressional district.

That congressional district has a newsletter from its Republican State Central Committeeman Keith Brin. McHenry County Blog is reprinting its most recent issue with permission from Marjorie Kubalanza..

I think you will find it interesting.

WRITTEN by Keith Brin

In case you didn’t know, Trump threw a real party at the White House this week. No, I wasn’t invited, either. But unlike most of you, my invitation for sure got lost in the mail.Anyway, the White House was ‘Merica central: UFC Freedom 250 vs. All Those Stiff Presidential Snooze-Fests. While the usual suspects on cable news were busy having tantrums and muttering about “decorum,” President Trump turned the South Lawn into a full-blown octagon. UFC Freedom 250 wasn’t a polite garden party — it was cage fights and raw ‘Merica right there at the People’s House. Military in attendance and trained fighters throwing down for glory, with Dana White and Trump walking out together like old pals. How’s that for the 250th anniversary kickoff and Trump’s 80th? Heck yeah, that’s how you throw a birthday bash. In case you think this little escapade was a first, the White House has hosted plenty of “historic” events over the years. Some were classy. Some were chaotic. Most were…well, about what you’d expect from politicians – all about them and terribly forgettable. But none quite hit like grown men settling things inside a cage while the country watched.

Powdered Wigs to Cheese Wheels George Washington kept things dignified, with fancy dinners and the like. Andrew Jackson? Things were a bit different. That 1,400-pound cheese wheel party got wild. I’m not kidding about the 1,400-pound cheese wheel party. JFK brought the Camelot sparkle: elegant dinners, Hollywood glamour, and an unforgettable Marilyn serenade. Nixon’s daughter had a Rose Garden wedding. Ford’s kid threw a high school prom. Bill Clinton knew how to keep the donor class entertained. Obama rolled out the celebrity chefs and NBA pickup games. Biden? Early to bed with some ice cream, probably. He had enough trouble with bicycles, so forget about everything after 7 pm. All Trump did was upgrade straight to authorized warfare on the lawn. ‘Merica. The Dana White and UFC Underdog Saga What makes this whole thing ring true is the story behind the UFC itself. Dana White didn’t grow up with a silver spoon and a trust fund. This is a guy who came from a regular, blue-collar background, grinding as a fighter manager before he and the Fertitta brothers scraped together $2 million in 2001 to buy a dying business that most people wrote off as a bloody sideshow on the edge of bankruptcy. They turned it into a global juggernaut. Dana bet on himself and a bunch of tough fighters willing to step in the cage, built The Ultimate Fighter, and dragged MMA kicking and screaming into the mainstream. Beating the odds doesn’t even begin to cover it — regulators hated it and critics called it barbaric, while conventional wisdom said it would fail. But they kept swinging, kept innovating, and now it’s one of the biggest sports properties on the planet. It’s a pure American success story: – start with nothing, – outwork everyone, and – refuse to stay down. Watching Dana cage-side next to the President, after all those years of fighting the establishment, felt like full-circle poetry to the swagger that Trump has represented in his Presidency. Real Energy vs. Scripted Optics Trump’s event wasn’t another scripted donor dinner or self-congratulatory gala. It was visceral. Justin Gaethje pulling off that upset against Ilia Topuria in the main event? Pure American heart under the White House lights. All those knockouts. Military flyovers. Real fans, service members, and zero lectures about how you should feel. The hyper-critics and those with TDS called it “surreal” or “undignified.” Meanwhile, the same crowd that loved taxpayer-funded celebrity bashes suddenly clutched their pearls over fighters bleeding for a living. Give me the octagon over another champagne toast to “progress” any day; I’ll take real athletics, training, and perseverance over fake virtue signaling, if given the choice. In the end, UFC Freedom 250 wasn’t just fights on the White House lawn. It was a reminder that the White House belongs to regular Americans who appreciate strength, competition, and a little controlled chaos. Dana White and his crew embodied that grind-to-greatness spirit – the American spirit. Trump just delivered the stage. Other presidents gave us polite footnotes in the history books. This one gave us a main event people will still be talking about decades from now. I think America embodies what Trump is portraying. This is not the time for a long walk in the botanic gardens for the cameras. Lock the cage and crank up the volume. America’s still ready for a fight and isn’t backing down!

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