April 4, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-area-food-banks-small-businesses-feel-impact-president-donald-trumps-sweeping-new-tariffs/16123883/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKVkjubiPl4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pZuNfAQjdk

NBC5
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/fact-check-trumps-misleading-tariff-chart/3713631/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/top-videos-home/a-look-at-the-financial-impact-of-president-trumps-tariffs/3713603/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/kelly-evans-the-trump-tariffs-heres-what-we-know/3712805/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/president-trump/trump-administration-tariffs-reactions-april-03-2025-live-updates/3712750/

CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-area-retailers-consumers-concerned-effects-tariffs/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/rep-raja-krishnamoorthi-weighs-in-on-president-trumps-latest-tariffs/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/trump-reciprocal-tariffs-announcement-sends-stock-market-plunging/

FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-car-dealers-trump-tariffs-price-hikes
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1619476
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1619254
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1619138
— Democrat and RINO leaders vehemently oppose home schooling.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1619259

WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that police are racists.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/04/03/chicago-police-continued-target-black-latino-drivers-traffic-stops-2024-advocacy-group

WGN RADIO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://wgnradio.com/news/trump-sued-over-china-tariffs/
https://wgnradio.com/news/political-news/ap-these-are-the-places-affected-by-trumps-tariffs/

WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use low-income students to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.wbez.org/education/2025/04/03/k-12-schools-must-say-no-to-dei-to-receive-federal-money-administration-says
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.wbez.org/health-medicine/2025/04/04/families-turn-to-illinois-attorney-general-to-help-bring-back-surgeries-for-transgender-youth

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Hundreds of Democrats protest at Northbrook Tesla dealership against Elon Musk and DOGE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/03/hundreds-protests-at-northbrook-tesla-dealership-against-musk-doge/
— Partisan politics in Naperville’s nonpartisan election raises questions over how future races will be run
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/03/naperville-election-council/
— Illinois Democrat leaders join Democrat leaders in 18 other states suing to block Trump’s election order
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/03/illinois-states-sue-trump-election-order/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/03/editorial-trumps-foolish-tariffs-take-the-us-economy-back-centuries/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/03/answering-your-questions-about-president-trumps-vast-new-tariffs/
— Sanctuary cities pose an unacceptable risk to public safety
https://www.thedailynewsonline.com/opinion/fabbricatore-sanctuary-cities-pose-an-unacceptable-risk-to-public-safety/article_aa45c31e-f001-11ef-b918-dbbf5c6fa882.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly spin everything that Trump says or does against him.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/03/trumps-changes-federal-government/
— To vote for Democrat candidates is to promote more poverty and crime. To vote for Democrat candidates is to promote more a) dependency on government and charity, b) LGBTQ, c) abortion, d) mass/illegal immigration, e) booze, gambling, pot, prostitution, and other vices, f) diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and g) Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. To vote for Democrat candidates is to get of Americans who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/04/ballot-initiative-illinois-voters/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use low-income students to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/04/03/k-12-schools-must-say-no-to-dei-to-receive-federal-money-administration-says
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more DEI, that is, more race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/04/03/trump-dei-diversity-steinberg
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/04/03/donald-trump-tariffs-global-trade-congress-republicans-mona-charen
https://chicago.suntimes.com/transportation/2025/04/03/trump-tariffs-news-car-prices-chicago

DAILY HERALD
— My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate/dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. 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. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250403/nation-and-world-politics/sources-trump-moves-to-fire-several-national-security-officials-over-concerns-theyre-not-loyal-sou/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/economy/these-chicago-stocks-took-worst-beating-after-trump-tariffs
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/finance-banking/wall-street-reacts-global-tariff-upheaval
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/understanding-trumps-tariff-will-take-time-and-consultants
— Democrat and RINO law firms fight Trump.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/opinion-big-law-must-stop-caving-trumps-demands

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— Reparations Committee discusses DNA ancestry testing
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2025/04/04/city/reparations-committee-discusses-dna-ancestry-testing-updates-from-reparations-business-climate-survey/

SOUTHERN
— Musk still plans a major role in midterm elections despite loss in Wisconsin
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/04/03/musk-still-plans-a-major-role-in-midterm-elections-despite-loss-in-wisconsin-sources/

RIVER BENDER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/gov-pritzker-slams-trumps-tax-on-working-families-following-mexico-trade-mission-81217.cfm

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trump-says-things-are-going-very-well-after-worst-stock-market-drop-in-years-over-tariffs/
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/business/ap-what-to-know-about-the-trump-tariffs-upending-global-trade-and-markets/
— My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate/dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. 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. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trump-moves-to-fire-several-national-security-officials-over-concerns-theyre-not-loyal-ap-sources/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders use troubled veterans to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-04-03/trumps-va-is-ending-a-rescue-program-thats-saved-17-000-military-veterans-homes
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-04-03/brutal-day-for-stocks-dow-plunges-almost-1-700-points-on-new-trump-tariffs

CHALKBEAT
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/04/03/trump-policies-on-gender-mobilize-lgbtq-students-and-school-staff/

AXIOS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2025/04/03/hands-off-anti-trump-protests-saturday-chicago-area

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Election turnout numbers: “Voter turnout for the April 1 election was 286,301 or 16.9 percent. That tops the previous Consolidated election turnout in 2023 which was 57,400 and 2021 which totaled 70,747. Early Voting also exceeded previous years with 97,697 suburban voters casting an early ballot compared with 57,400 in 2023 and 24,311 in 2021,” Cook County Clerk Monica Gordon said in a release.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/04/04/rep-danny-davis-weighing-2026-00271841

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/04/03/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-282/
— DuPage Democrats say they flipped 38 offices. If those in DuPage County who voted for Democrats were asked why they did that, what would they say?
https://capitolfax.com/2025/04/03/roundup-dupage-dems-say-they-flipped-38-offices-rock-island-elects-black-mayor-after-police-shooting-meyerhoffman-over-gregorykern-in-belleville/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois townships vote to fix pensions, gerrymandering and unfunded mandates
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-townships-vote-to-fix-pensions-gerrymandering-and-unfunded-mandates/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump tariffs to hit autos, iPhones, food and more
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/apr/3/trump-tariffs-hit-autos-iphones-food/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum says ‘good relationship’ with US spared country from reciprocal tariffs
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/foreign-policy/3369760/mexico-claudia-sheinbaum-good-relationship-us-trump-spared-reciprocal-tariffs/
— Education Department threatens K-12 funding unless schools adhere to Trump’s anti-DEI orders
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/education/3369969/education-department-threatens-k-12-funding-schools-adhere-trump-anti-dei-orders/

AMERICAN FAMILY RADIO
— Media Malfeasance
https://www.afa.net/the-stand/culture/2025/04/media-malfeasance/

AMERICAN THINKER
— With the border secure, Trump cleans up Biden’s excesses on parole, TPS
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/04/with_the_border_secure_trump_cleans_up_biden_s_excesses_on_parole_tps.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— DNC, Schumer, Jeffries sue Trump over preventing illegals from voting
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/04/03/dnc-schumer-jeffries-sue-trump-over-preventing-illegals-from-voting-1533793/
— Mexico-born judge orders Trump admin. to restore legal aid to unaccompanied illegal alien children
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/04/03/mexico-born-judge-orders-trump-admin-to-restore-legal-aid-to-unaccompanied-illegal-alien-children-1533692/

DAILY SIGNAL
— We Were Paying for What? Trump HHS Slashes Hundreds of Millions in Woke LGBTQ Grants.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/04/03/we-were-paying-what-trump-hhs-cuts-woke-lgbtq-grants/

DAILY WIRE
— ‘We Do Not Ask Permission From Far-Left Democrats’: Vance Scorches Dems Over Deportations
https://www.dailywire.com/news/we-do-not-ask-permission-from-far-left-democrats-vance-scorches-dems-over-deportations

EPOCH TIMES
— US Markets Down Upon Global Tariff Announcement. Energy, technology, and consumer discretionary sectors took the hardest hits, with losses around 7 percent. Industrials and financials fell by about 5 percent.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/business/us-markets-down-upon-global-tariff-announcement-5836531

FOX NEWS
— Illinois homeschool bill would create a ‘pipeline to the criminal justice system for parents’: Dem lawmaker. IL’s Homeschool Act, slammed by critics as ‘government overreach’
https://www.foxnews.com/us/illinois-homeschool-bill-would-create-pipeline-criminal-justice-system-parents-dem-lawmaker

JUDICIAL WATCH
— HUD, DHS Team up to End Subsidized Public Housing for Illegal Immigrants
https://www.judicialwatch.org/subsidized-housing-illegal-immigrants/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Lays Off 900, Kept Chief DEI Officer. Neela Rajendra has been rebranded as “Chief of the Office of Team Excellence and Employee Success.” The move is a clear attempt to bypass the restrictions against DEI now being implemented.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/04/nasas-jet-propulsion-laboratory-lays-off-900-kept-chief-dei-officer/

NEWSMAX
— House Democrats Demand Answers on IRS Staff Cuts. During the 1980s and 1990s, Democrat and Republican leaders let Gingrich gut GAO. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/house-dems-irs/2025/04/03/id/1205601/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CNN
— China imposes 34% reciprocal tariffs on imports of US goods in retaliation for Trump’s trade war
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/04/business/china-us-tariffs-retaliation-hnk-intl/index.html

CBS NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/countries-worldwide-weigh-in-on-trumps-tariffs-announcement/

NEW YORK TIMES
— More Americans Can’t Afford Medical Care. The Democrat Party platform promotes dependency on government and charity, poverty, and crime.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/health/health-care-costs-gallup.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/04/04/india-trump-tariffs-modi-trade/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/republicans-who-were-against-tariffs-now-downplay-trumps/2025/04/03/3f76184e-de3a-4b43-8988-72ed7ae6f365_video.html

USA TODAY
— Trump’s tariffs on cars will create good jobs and increase wages in America. No longer does America fully manufacture its own automobiles. We largely assemble high-value parts made overseas. I worked part-time on the Chrysler assembly line in Belvidere in early 1970.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2025/04/02/trump-tariffs-auto-imports-ford-toyota-honda/82754296007/

UNION LEADER
— ACLU fights for the rights of criminals and illegals
https://www.unionleader.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/letter-aclu-fights-for-the-rights-of-criminals-and-illegals/article_79619792-cd55-4ef9-ad0d-67f1c7d15eff.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— What the Illinois Home Schooling Bill Reveals About Democrats. The lack of school choice in the state is fueling the left’s broader assault on educational freedom.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/what-the-illinois-home-schooling-bill-reveals-about-democrats-c683be85
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/trump-tariffs-trade-war-stock-market-04-03-2025
— The Census Defines the Poverty Rate Up. Its flawed income measure leads to the overpayment of welfare, including Medicaid, to recipients.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-census-defines-poverty-down-measure-poor-welfare-transfer-payments-f09be540

BLOOMBERG
— GOP Considering New Tax Bracket Of Up To 40% For Millionaires
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-03/republicans-debate-hiking-top-tax-rate-to-40-for-millionaires

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.