September 1, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Chicago shootings: At least 52 shot, 7 fatally, in Labor Day weekend gun violence
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-shootings-labor-day-weekend-least-32-shot-3-fatally-gun-violence-city-police-department-says/17701051/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-immigration-news-prayer-held-naval-station-great-lakes-north-ahead-donald-trumps-crackdown/17704014/

NBC5
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/protesters-denounce-immigration-crackdown-as-trump-sends-more-ice-resources-to-chicago/3817866/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_1JJDFRQto
— Trump faces a hurdle in banning mail-in voting: His own Republican Party. Voter turnout by mail exceeded 30% in at least 14 states and D.C. Trump won half of those states, most of which have Republican governors or secretaries of state overseeing elections. Democrat leaders oversee DuPage County elections.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/trump-faces-hurdle-banning-mail-voting-republican-party/3817690/

CBS2
— Crash-and-grab burglars ransack businesses on Chicago’s South, West sides
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/crash-grab-burglars-ransack-businesses-chicago-south-west-sides/
— 7 people wounded in shooting in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood near CPD Headquarters
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/7-people-wounded-shooting-chicago-bronzeville/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/01/daywatch-strike-over-immigration-protections-in-little-village-continues-this-labor-day/
— As crime ever-increasingly increases under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the Naperville Jaycees impose more safety requirements for their Last Fling. The Naperville Jaycees turned away my wife yesterday, and therefore, the Naperville Jaycees turned away me yesterday, because her purse was too big.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/10/naperville-jaycees-last-fling-security-minors-bags/
— For Democrat leaders, history exists to promote the Democrat Party platform.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/01/opinion-smithsonian-ignoring-slavery-racism/
— Naperville high schools rank in Illinois’ top 50, per U.S. News & World Report
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/31/naperville-high-schools-rank-in-illinois-top-50-per-u-s-news-world-report/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— How much does a college education cost in Chicago? 10 schools broken down by price. Back in the good old days, I was able to earn enough money working for S.S. Kresge, Post Office, IRS, and GAO a) to take courses at attend UIC 1966-1968 and b) to earn a bachelor’s degree from NIU in 1970, an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a master’s degree from DePaul in 1980, and a master’s degree from IIT in 1997.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/08/31/college-university-tuition-costs-fees-illinois-uic-education-northwestern-loyola

DAILY HERALD
— Feds secure Naval Station Great Lakes for Chicago immigration blitz
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250831/nation-and-world-politics/feds-secure-naval-station-great-lakes-for-chicago-immigration-blitz/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: What does inching along in rush-hour traffic cost you? Chicago in top 10 of most expensive commutes. Instead of studying, I spent far too many hours inching along on the Dan Ryan 1966-1968 commuting between my parents’ home in Crete and UIC.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250831/transportation/what-does-inching-along-in-rush-hour-traffic-cost-you-chicago-in-top-10-of-most-expensive-commutes/
— Daley, LaHood leading revived ‘fair maps’ campaign in Illinois
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250831/illinois-state-politics/daley-lahood-leading-revived-fair-maps-campaign-in-illinois/

MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals.
https://www.jsonline.com/story/opinion/2025/09/01/labor-day-celebration-wisconsin-deport/85887524007/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— Important News for Wirepoints Readers on Ted Dabrowski’s Departure
https://wirepoints.org/__trashed-24/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— To get more votes from those who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly shout at those who are the aforesaid that all their problems are caused by those who are conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. For Democrat and RINO leaders, because of Trump’s demographics, Trump is their perfect scapegoat. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— GOP in the Lake in the Hills Labor Day Parade
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/09/01/gop-in-the-lake-in-the-hills-labor-day-parade/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— How Trump’s deportation agenda is being stalled in courts
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/3786556/how-trump-deportation-agenda-stalled-in-courts/

NEW YORK POST
— Pritzker floats conspiracy theory that Trump has ‘other aims’ for deploying National Guard to blue cities: ‘He would like to stop the elections’  My critics/opponents have always ascribed bad judgement and bad motives to everything that I have said and done.
https://nypost.com/2025/08/31/us-news/pritzker-floats-wild-conspiracy-theory-that-trump-has-other-aims-for-deploying-national-guard-to-blue-cities/
— Lisa Cook standing up for the Federal Reserve over possible mortgage fraud is really a ploy to turn a blind eye from the Fed’s mission creep into wokeness. My critics/opponents have always promoted wokeness/wokeism, that is, they have always promoted Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, they have always promoted race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination, that is, they have always rejected the Rutan decision. SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutan_v._Republican_Party_of_Illinois
https://nypost.com/2025/08/30/business/lisa-cook-standing-up-for-the-federal-reserve-is-a-ploy-to-turn-a-blind-eye-from-her-mortgage-scandal/
— Democrats’ reaction to Trump’s DC crime crackdown puts them at odds with voters
https://nypost.com/2025/08/31/opinion/democrats-head-scratching-reaction-to-trumps-dc-crime-crackdown-puts-them-at-odds-with-voters/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Media Runs Cover for Trans Maniac Who Shot Up Catholic School Children
https://amgreatness.com/2025/08/28/morning-greatness-media-runs-cover-for-trans-maniac-who-shot-up-catholic-school-children/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Vigilant Americans Should Be Armed. I have had an FOID card since I was 20 years old in 1968.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/08/vigilant_americans_should_be_armed.html
— Transitioning and Detransitioning: The Tragic Truth
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/08/transitioning_and_detransitioning_the_tragic_truth.html
— Left-Wing After-School Propaganda. What did you do after school, Saturdays, and summers while you were in high school? I did yard work while I was a freshman and sophomore, I delivered newspapers all 4 years, and I washed dishes while I was a junior and senior.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/08/left_wing_after_school_propaganda_in_texas.html

BLAZE
— Big Tech hiding jobs from US citizens to hire cheaper foreign labor from India and China. Employers, and especially Democrat and RINO employers, want cheap labor. My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being overpaid.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/america-last-is-big-tech-hiding-jobs-from-us-citizens-to-hire-cheaper-foreign-labor-from-india-and-china

BREITBART
— HUD to Remove Illegal Aliens from Section 8 Housing, Require Proof of Citizenship
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/08/30/hud-to-remove-illegal-aliens-from-section-8-housing-require-proof-of-citizenship/

COLLEGE FIX
— Activist calls for Republican lawmakers to permanently end race-based college admissions
https://www.thecollegefix.com/after-trumps-one-two-punch-against-affirmative-action-activist-calls-on-congress-to-make-it-permanent/

DAILY CALLER
— Abortion Coercion Concerns Surrounding Mail-Order Pill Mount With New Reports. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/08/31/abortion-coercion-mail-order-pill-reports/

DAILY SIGNAL
— The Latino Museum Will Be a Woke Abomination and Should Not Be Built. Democrat and RINO leaders shout at Hispanics that Republicans cause all the problems that Hispanics have.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/08/31/the-latino-museum-will-be-a-woke-abomination-and-should-not-be-built/
— The Crisis Is Over. What’s Next at the Southern Border? When the next Democrat or RINO president is elected, that president will immediately tear down the Wall and against flood America with illegals.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/08/31/illegal-crossings-are-down-so-what-happens-now-border/
— Border Crackdown Has Cost Mexican Cartels Over $1 Billion. What percent of illegal drugs in America come into America across its southern border?
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/08/31/border-crackdown-has-cost-cartels-1-billion/
— Conservatives Decry Plans for Smithsonian’s Latino Museum as a ‘Woke Abomination’
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/08/31/the-latino-museum-will-be-a-woke-abomination-and-should-not-be-built/

DAILY WIRE
— Spin Cycle: Blue State Governors Draw Battle Lines. The mainstream news media exists to destroy Trump and to destroy all of the 77,302,580 who voted for Trump in 2024.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/spin-cycle-blue-state-governors-draw-battle-lines

FEDERALIST
— The Left Doesn’t Care About Gun Violence — Only Exploiting It. Democrat and RINO leaders use gun violence to diminish Second Amendment rights and eventually to abolish the Second Amendment.
https://thefederalist.com/2025/08/29/the-left-doesnt-care-about-gun-violence-only-exploiting-it-1/
— The Media Dismissing The Transgender Factor In This School Shooting Are Enabling Another One. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://thefederalist.com/2025/08/29/the-media-dismissing-the-transgender-factor-in-this-school-shooting-are-enabling-another-one/

FOX NEWS
— Chicago sees 5 killed, 35 wounded over Labor Day weekend as Trump warns of Guard intervention. Mayor Johnson and Governor Pritzker reject federal military deployment as ‘unconstitutional power grab’ despite the city being gripped by violence.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicago-sees-5-killed-35-wounded-over-labor-day-weekend-trump-warns-guard-intervention-report
— HUD launches crackdown on illegal immigration in public housing
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hud-launches-crackdown-illegal-immigration-public-housing-riding-coattails
— From Teddy Roosevelt to Reagan to Trump, presidents have warned of power-hungry public-sector unions. For over a century, clashes over public-sector unions have fueled a fight over government power and the future of American democracy. GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had unionized earlier, I might still be a GAO employee.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/from-teddy-roosevelt-reagan-trump-presidents-have-warned-power-hungry-public-sector-unions
— DOJ calls for tips on employers favoring foreign workers in hiring practices. Employers, and especially Democrat and RINO employers, want cheap labor. My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being overpaid.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/doj-calls-tips-employers-favoring-foreign-workers-hiring-practices
— Labor Day celebration: How President Trump is creating a brighter future for American workers. Labor Department announces 63 deregulatory actions and $30M in workforce training grants.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/labor-day-celebration-how-president-trump-creating-brighter-future-american-workers
— What DC’s mayor ‘recognizes’ about Trump’s crime crackdown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qv4GHb4Bl2w
— Chicago’s bail policy lets professional bad guys terrorize community with ‘no constraints.’ Former Chicago Police chief detective says criminals are ‘gaming the system’ under Illinois SAFE-T Act.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/blue-citys-bail-policy-lets-professional-bad-guys-terrorize-community-with-no-constraints-police-veteran

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Why the Left Loves Criminals
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/08/why-the-left-loves-criminals/
— Campus Intifada Returns – Frustrated Activists Likely To Lash Out This Fall
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/08/campus-intifada-returns-frustrated-activists-likely-to-lash-out-this-fall/
— ‘Destroy the Idea of America’: Shocking Rhetoric at Pro-Palestine Conference
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/08/destroy-the-idea-of-america-shocking-rhetoric-at-pro-palestine-conference/

PJ MEDIA
— The Dark Truth Behind Mass Shootings the Left Refuses To See – The Ever-Increasing Mental Health Crisis.
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/08/31/the-dark-truth-behind-mass-shootings-the-left-refuses-to-see-n4943206

TOWNHALL
— Trump Blasts Pritzker Over Violent Weekend in Chicago. Democrats run Chicago.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/scott-mcclallen/2025/08/31/trump-slams-pritzker-n2662592
— Chicago Mayor Signs Order to Shield Criminal Illegal Aliens, Undermine Federal Immigration Enforcement. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/08/31/chicago-mayor-signs-order-to-shield-criminal-illegal-aliens-undermine-federal-immigration-enforcement-n2662590

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Pritzker Orders State Colleges to Provide Abortion Pills. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.westernjournal.com/far-left-dem-governor-orders-state-colleges-provide-abortion-pills/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC NEWS
— 35 shot over weekend in Chicago as Pritzker rejects Trump’s threat to send in National Guard. The violence came as Trump criticized Pritzker’s handling of crime.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/35-shot-weekend-chicago-governor-rejects-trumps-threat/story?id=125134744
— Democrats run the federal government. To get promoted by them, the higher GS grade that you want to be promoted to, the more planks in the Democrat Party platform you have to push.
https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/work-national-weather-service-ready-explain-agree-trump-125099344

CBS NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/video/illinois-governor-condemns-trump-administrations-plan-to-bring-national-guard-to-chicago/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjrqjvUK6I0

REUTERS
— Political standoff intensifies over Trump’s plans for Chicago crackdown
https://wmbdradio.com/2025/09/01/political-standoff-intensifies-over-trumps-plans-for-chicago-crackdown-2/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— West Point shuts down clubs for women and students of color in response to Trump’s DEI policies
https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/west-point-shuts-down-clubs-for-women-and-students-of-color-in-response-to-trump-s-dei-policies/ar-AA1yui9q

MSN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against ICE employees. I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997. I should with about the hatred promoted against Post Office, IRS, and GAO employees.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/amid-trump-s-anti-immigrant-crackdown-72-republicans-only-13-democrats-view-ice-favourably-pew/ar-AA1LALPM

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders promote American flag burning to protest Trump. I have flown an American flag at my home 24 hours a day since September 11, 2001.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/us/politics/flag-burning-trump-johnson-supreme-court.html
— Democrat leaders say it’s Labor Day and Trump Is the most anti-union president in decades. My critics/opponents are vehemently anti-union. They will never forgive me for my being a union member for almost 12 years.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/opinion/trump-unions-labor.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, they ever-increasingly promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/opinion/college-essay-post-affirmative-action.html
— Workers Who Lost Jobs to Trade Needed Help. Washington Cut the Funding. I lost my GS-13 Step 10 GAO job, currently $153151/year, when I was 49 in 1997 a) to Gingrich’s GAO budget cuts, b) to Affirmative Action quotas, goals, and targets, c) to my being an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, d) to my Black subordinate wanting/demanding my job and my preferred corner office, e) to GAO not being unionized, and f) to my not being a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/business/trade-layoffs-job-assistance.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/us/trump-crime-strategy-solutions.html

WASHINGTON POST
— China tries to use Trump turmoil to unite leaders against U.S.-led order. Twenty leaders — including from Russia, Iran and India — gather for a forum, part of Beijing’s efforts to be seen as a reliable counterweight to the U.S. In WWIII, which countries will side with China and Russia against America?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/08/31/china-xi-jinping-hosts-sco-meeting/

USA TODAY
— Trump wants to eliminate mail-in voting. But 1 in 3 voters use it.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2025/09/01/trump-mail-in-voting-trump-putin/85764398007/

BLOOMBERG
— Modi Shores Up Ties With China, Russia in Defiance of Trump. In WWIII, which countries will side with China and Russia against America?
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-09-01/modi-shores-up-ties-with-china-russia-in-defiance-of-trump

FED SMITH
— Trump Defies Expectations, Grants 1% 2026 Federal Pay Raise
https://www.fedsmith.com/2025/09/01/trump-defies-expectations-grants-2026-federal-pay-raise/

PBS
— Noem confirms more ICE resources are heading to Chicago for immigration crackdown
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/noem-confirms-more-ice-resources-are-heading-to-chicago-for-immigration-crackdown

NPR
— How Trump is decimating federal employee unions one step at a time. My critics/opponents are vehemently anti-union. They will never forgive me for my being a union member for almost 12 years.
https://www.npr.org/2025/09/01/nx-s1-5515633/trump-federal-workers-labor-unions-va

INQUIRER
— Democrat leaders say that Trump’s ruinous labor policies mirror his scorn for America’s workers. I was an American worker for almost 30 years, and for almost 12 of those years, I was a union member.
https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/editorials/trump-american-workers-labor-day-20250901.html