FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Chicago Mayor Johnson defends spending on migrant crisis during Capitol Hill hearings
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-defends-spending-migrant-crisis-during-sanctuary-city-hearings-washington-dc/15981771/
— Mayor Brandon Johnson testifies in DC at sanctuary city hearing
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-set-testify-washington-dc-sanctuary-city-hearing/15979555/
— Trump issues ‘last warning’ to Hamas to release all remaining hostages held in Gaza
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-issues-last-warning-hamas-release-remaining-hostages-held-gaza/15981541/
— Trump administration plans to fire over 70K employees at Department of Veterans Affairs
https://abc7chicago.com/post/president-donald-trumps-administration-planning-fire-70k-employees-us-department-veterans-affairs-memo-shows/15981426/
— ‘Partisan and divisive’: House leadership on Trump’s joint address
https://abc7chicago.com/post/democrats-republicans-react-president-trumps-joint-address-congress/15980125/
— Illinois legislative revenue estimate more than $700M lower than Gov. Pritzker’s proposed budget
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-legislative-revenue-estimate-737-million-lower-governor-jb-pritzkers-proposed-state-budget/15982106/
NBC5
— House Republicans seek to censure Rep. Al Green after interrupting Trump’s speech
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/house-republicans-seek-to-censure-rep-al-green-after-interrupting-trumps-speech/3689903/
— LaHood questions Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson during testimony before Congress
https://www.nbcchicago.com/top-videos-home/il-rep-darin-lahood-questions-chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-during-testimony-before-congress/3689776/
CBS2
— Mayor Brandon Johnson defends Chicago’s immigration policies on Capitol Hill; “Chicago is and always has been a proud city of immigrants.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/after-prep-mayor-johnson-testify-capitol-hill-immigration/
FOX32
— Mayor Brandon Johnson delivers opening statement in sanctuary cities hearing
https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DliSvuXQIHh8
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Mayor Brandon Johnson defends Chicago’s sanctuary laws in GOP-led congressional hearing
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/05/mayor-brandon-johnson-congress-committee-sanctuary-laws/
— Democrat leaders say “Trump uses Democrats as stooges at address to Congress” and ask “When will the party learn some common sense?”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/05/editorial-donald-trump-uses-democrats-as-stooges-at-state-of-the-union-when-will-the-party-learn-some-common-sense/
— City begins rehousing efforts for Gompers Park homeless encampment residents
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/05/chicago-rehousing-efforts-gompers-park-homeless/
— Aurora mayoral candidates Richard Irvin, John Laesch to answer questions at upcoming forum (COMMENT: While I was the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2005 -2012, far too many Republican candidates objected to my asking them after their speeches that if elected, would they defend and advance all the planks in the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/05/aurora-mayoral-candidates-richard-irvin-john-laesch-to-answer-questions-at-upcoming-forum/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Heavily-scripted Mayor Brandon Johnson survives congressional hot seat on Chicago’s sanctuary city policy
https://chicago.suntimes.com/brandonjohnson/2025/03/05/chicago-sanctuary-city-brandon-johnson-testimony-updates-file
DAILY HERALD
— ‘Insulting and disrespectful’: Suburban Democratic lawmakers slam Trump’s address to Congress
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250305/us-congress-politics/insulting-and-disrespectful-suburban-democratic-lawmakers-slam-trumps-address-to-congress/
— Illinois lawmakers boycott, bring pointed guests to Trump speech
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250304/nation-and-world-politics/illinois-lawmakers-boycott-bring-pointed-guests-to-trump-speech/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Brandon Johnson argues sanctuary city law keeps Chicago safer in high-profile House testimony
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/brandon-johnson-defends-chicagos-sanctuary-city-law-dc
SOUTHERN
— Trump, Musk raise questions about whether nation’s gold at Fort Knox has been stolen
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/03/05/trump-musk-raise-questions-about-whether-nations-gold-at-fort-knox-has-been-stolen/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Volunteers help fired federal workers re-enter the job market (COMMENT: No one helped me or my Republican GAO coworkers who were fired because of Republican-led budget cuts during the 1980s and 1990s.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-03-05/volunteers-help-fired-federal-workers-re-enter-the-job-market
NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Republicans push for special master in Illinois redistricting lawsuit
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/republicans-push-for-special-master-in-illinois-redistricting-lawsuit#
KDHL RADIO
— Cannabis Edible Sends Illinois Teen To Emergency Room
https://kdhlradio.com/ixp/722/p/cannabis-edible-illinois/
WHEATON
— Women of Wheaton (COMMENT: What About Men of Wheaton?)
https://www.wheaton.il.us/1069/Women-of-Wheaton
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/03/05/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-261/
— Underutilized CPS schools driving up costs
https://capitolfax.com/2025/03/05/report-underutilized-cps-schools-driving-up-costs/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— It all comes out in the wash. As time goes on, it becomes all the more clear that all my critics/opponents who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican reject many, most, if not virtually all of the planks in the Republican Party platform, most commonly, its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who still have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Antics at speech highlight Democrats’ Trump problem
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/mar/5/antics-speech-highlight-democrats-trump-problem/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Chicago Mayor: Sanctuary Policies Make Cities Safer Because ‘Undocumented Immigrants Come Forward To Report Crimes’
https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/chicago-mayor-sanctuary-policies-make-cities-safer-because-undocumented-immigrants-come-forward-to-report-crimes/
BREITBART
— Biden Quadrupled Unvetted Immigration Through Parole Program Abuse
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/03/05/report-biden-quadrupled-unvetted-immigration-through-parole-program-abuse/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— USDA employees fired en masse by Trump administration reinstated (COMMENT: I was among the more than 3,000 GAO employees who Republicans fired during the 1980s and 1990s. What if we had been reinstated?)
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/05/politics/usda-employees-fired-reinstatement/index.html
NBC NEWS
— Trump grants automakers a 1-month exemption on tariffs; Vance visits southern border
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/live-blog/live-updates-trump-vance-musk-doge-immigration-russia-ukraine-rcna194067
CBS NEWS
— JD Vance touts Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration in Texas
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/jd-vance-touts-trump-administrations-crackdown-on-illegal-immigration-in-texas/
— House Speaker Mike Johnson’s chief of staff arrested for DUI after Trump speech
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mike-johnson-chief-of-staff-hayden-haynes-arrested-dui-trump-speech/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Chicago’s Mayor Pushes Back as Republicans Attack Immigration Policies
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/us/brandon-johnson-chicago-mayor-sanctuary-city-hearing.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Americans don’t love Trump’s methods on Ukraine
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/05/americans-dont-love-trumps-methods-ukraine/
— Trump administration plans 15 percent cut to VA workforce (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO during the 1980s and 1998s, Republicans cut half its workforce.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/05/veterans-affairs-cut-employees-trump-doge/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Tariff Concerns Paralyze Businesses, Raising Uncertainty
https://www.wsj.com/video/trump-tariff-concerns-paralyze-businesses-raising-uncertainty/9883E3CA-F5B0-4DB2-A2FB-0845198B7542
INDEPENDENT
— Speaker Mike Johnson’s chief of staff arrested on DUI charge after Trump’s speech
https://www.yahoo.com/news/speaker-mike-johnson-chief-staff-213942800.html
