June 17, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Waukegan loses another firm to Wisconsin
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/16/column-waukegan-loses-another-firm-to-wisconsin/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight budget cuts. To what extent is your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct dependent on government spending?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/06/16/safe-passage-workers-fear-cuts-as-chicago-public-schools-works-to-close-deficit

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOL:D WITH PHOTOS: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion and illegal immigration.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250616/news/mount-prospect-chief-meeting-with-legislators-amid-license-plate-reader-controversy/

NBC5
— Pritzker glorifies and praises his budget
https://www.nbcchicago.com/top-videos-home/pritzker-celebrates-seventh-straight-balanced-budget-defends-illinoiss-fiscal-strategy/3769587/

WGN9
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://wgntv.com/migrants-in-chicago/amid-increased-deportation-efforts-in-chicago-area-trump-takes-aim-at-pritzker-johnson/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Under the Democrats, sooner or later, everyone will be on Medicaid.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-06-17/medicaid-keeps-getting-more-popular-as-republicans-aim-to-cut-it-by-800-billion

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/06/17/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-535/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— Six questions Gov. Pritzker should have been asked during his testimony on Illinois’ sanctuary status
https://wirepoints.org/six-questions-gov-pritzker-should-have-been-asked-during-his-testimony-on-illinois-sanctuary-status-wirepoints/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 1. How do you justify spending more than $1.5 billion of Illinois taxpayers’ dollars on healthcare for illegal immigrants when Chicago has the highest black poverty rate in the country among the nation’s biggest cities? . . . 2. How do you justify spending hundreds of millions, if not billions, on illegal, non-English-speaking children at Chicago Public Schools when the school district is already junk-rated, faces a billion-dollar deficit and has just 21% of black students able to read at grade level? . . . 3. How can you justify allowing illegals with violent criminal histories to come to our state when Chicago has led the country in total murders for 13 years in a row and had the highest murder rate among the nation’s 20 biggest cities in 2024? . . . 4. How do you justify the billions spent on illegal migrants when Illinoisans already pay the nation’s highest property taxes, the 2nd-highest gas taxes and the highest cell phone taxes. Kiplinger ranks Illinois third in the nation in its list of “least tax-friendly states for middle-class families.” . . . 5. How do you justify burdening Chicagoans with the billions in costs of caring for illegal migrants when the Chicago area is already struggling to grow its economy? The metro area’s real GDP has only grown 4% since you took office, the worst among the nation’s 15 biggest metro areas. . . 6. How do you justify allowing in tens of thousands of illegal migrants who will struggle to find work when Illinois’ unemployment rate was the nation’s 4th-highest in 2024 and Chicago’s black community is struggling with an unemployment rate of 12.3% – the highest among the nation’s 15 biggest cities?)

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly stress that Americans ever-increasingly fail/refuse to take bad jobs. I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970, etc.  My critics/opponents did not have to take bad jobs. Their parents bought them cars, paid for their college expenses, and got them jobs. The bad jobs that I had enabled me to a) buy a 1958 Chevrolet Bel Air in 1964, b) buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966, c) pay for my UIC expenses 1966-1968, d) buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, e) buy new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, f) pay for my NIU expenses 1969-1970, etc. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree from NIU when I was 21 in 1970. I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981. I became a licensed CPA in 1981. I earned four more job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Who did you have to compete against to get hired and promoted? I did not have to compete directly against illegals. But because of political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination, I had to compete directly against Democrats, minorities, females, younger people, veterans, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, and those whose ancestors had not been in America for a long time. All my coworkers who were promoted over me were many, most, if not virtually all of the aforesaid. They had less work experience than I had, less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— How strongly do your critics/opponents despise/hate Trump?  My critics/opponents have always been anti-Trump, if not Trump-haters. Since 2015, they have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being a Trump supporter. They had their operatives and their dupes a) gerrymander my precinct in 2015, b) end my role as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, and c) end my membership on the Illinois Republican Party Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024. They have ever-increasingly discouraged everyone from reading my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Of course, they stress that I share so many demographics with Trump: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, married, non-poor, draft avoider, Protestant, German American, and our ancestors have been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— According to Democrat and RINO leaders, if those 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 do better than those who are not the aforesaid, it is because they have benefitted from discrimination against those who are not the aforesaid. I passed both the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt. Only about 20% who take the examinations can say that. In my defense, those who took the examinations with me shared many if not most of my demographics. That means, to be consistent, that according to Democrat and RINO leaders, I overcame tremendous competition. Further, I became a licensed CPA. Very few CPAs become licensed CPAs. Again, licensed CPAs share many if not most of my demographics. Again, that means, to be consistent, that according to Democrat and RINO leaders, I overcame tremendous competition. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Who wants you to pay more taxes? My critics/opponents have always wanted me to pay more taxes. They stress that I avoided the Vietnam War draft, that I was a federal employee for almost 30 years including almost 9 years working for IRS, that I paid less federal income tax by itemizing, that my wife had good jobs, that we gave up trying to have children, and that we saved lots for our retirement. I should write about my critics/opponents. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

NEW YORK POST
— Nearly 1 million illegal immigrants have ‘self-deported’ under Trump, which has led to higher wages.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxqRdF4ZH3g

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Trump answers protesters with new order for ICE to deport more faster
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/06/16/trump-answers-protesters-with-new-order-for-ice-to-deport-more-faster-1551547/

COLLEGE FIX
— 101 campus cancel culture incidents during 2024-25 school year. If I had been active in Republican politics, the Democrats who ran the Park Forest Post Office would not have hired me in 1966 and neither would have the Democrats who ran IRS in 1971 and GAO in 1980.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/year-in-review-101-campus-cancel-culture-incidents-during-2024-25-school-year/

DAILY SIGNAL
— 10 YEARS AGO: Media Mocked Trump’s Presidential Run Announcement. My critics/opponents have always been anti-Trump, if not Trump-haters. Since 2015, they have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being a Trump supporter. They had their operatives and their dupes a) gerrymander my precinct in 2015, b) end my role as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, and c) end my membership on the Illinois Republican Party Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024. They have ever-increasingly discouraged everyone from reading my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Of course, they stress that I share so many demographics with Trump: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, married, non-poor, draft avoider, Protestant, German American, and our ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/06/16/10-years-ago-donald-trump-announces-presidential-candidacy/

DAILY WIRE
— Trump Admin Pauses ICE Arrests At Farms, Hotels In Major Shift On Immigration Enforcement. Trump said on Sunday that he is still focused on conducting the “largest Mass Deportation Operation” in U.S. history.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-pauses-ice-arrests-at-farms-hotels-in-major-shift-on-immigration-enforcement

FEDERALIST
— Trump’s Amnesty For Illegal Workers Punishes Employers Who Follow The Law
https://thefederalist.com/2025/06/16/trumps-amnesty-for-illegal-workers-punishes-employers-who-follow-the-law/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Trump’s New Amnesty Would Cover About Two Million Illegal Immigrants. Trump wants to deport illegal immigrants, but, paradoxically, he doesn’t want certain industries to lose illegal immigrant labor. As a result, DHS recently decided it would not conduct worksite investigations or operations on the agriculture, restaurant, and hotel industries.
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/trumps-new-amnesty-would-cover-about-two-million-illegal-immigrants/

NEWSMAX
— Wages Rise Amid 1 Million Self-Deportations Under Trump
https://www.newsmax.com/us/wages-self-deportation-trump/2025/06/16/id/1215194/

PJ MEDIA
— Dems’ Pitch to Win Back Hispanic Voters: ‘We Need Illegals to Mow Our Lawns and Do Our Dishes.’ Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly stress that Americans ever-increasingly fail/refuse to take bad jobs. I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970, etc.
https://pjmedia.com/stephen-kruiser/2025/06/16/dems-pitch-to-win-back-hispanic-voters-we-need-illegals-to-mow-our-lawns-and-do-our-dishes-n4940856

STATES TOP LEADING NEWS
— The Dark Side of Illegal Hiring – Some Employers Exploit. To get hired and promoted, I did not have to compete directly against illegals. But because of political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination, I had to compete directly against Democrats, minorities, females, younger people, veterans, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, and those whose ancestors had not been in America for a long time. All my coworkers who were promoted over me were many, most, if not virtually all of the aforesaid. They had less work experience than I had, less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.stl.news/dark-side-illegal-hiring-some-employers-exploit/

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Trump sends command to ICE agents in Truth Social post: “ICE officers are herewith ordered by notice of this TRUTH, to do all in their power to achieve the very important goal of delivering the single largest Mass Deportation Program in History.”
https://www.westernjournal.com/trump-sends-command-ice-agents-truth-social-post-ice-officers-herewith-ordered/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Trump pushes Republicans to have rich pay more taxes. My critics/opponents have always wanted me to pay more taxes. They stress that I avoided the Vietnam War draft, that I was a federal employee for almost 30 years including almost 9 years working for IRS, that I paid less federal income tax by itemizing, that my wife had good jobs, that we gave up trying to have children, and that we saved lots for our retirement. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5290814-trump-tax-hike-wealthy-gop-bill/

ABC NEWS
— Benjamin Netanyahu: Donald Trump will decide what’s best for America
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etUZieogKlA

CBS NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/president-trump-mass-deportations-order-ice-new-york-city/
— Democrat leaders use the Minnesota shooter against Trump
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/minnesota-shooting-suspects-roommate-boelter-liked-trump-infowars-podcast/

CNN
— Democrat leaders badmouth the parade.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/17/business/video/jon-stewart-daily-show-us-army-parade-trump-protests-digvid

NEWSWEEK
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting religious leaders to promote the anti-religious Democrat Party platform. To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.
https://www.newsweek.com/cardinal-pope-leo-chicago-event-us-immigration-policy-donald-trump-2086130

MSNBC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trumps-mass-deportation-policy-becomes-meandering-moving-target-rcna213247

MSN
— Nevada hit with huge influx of MILLIONAIRES fleeing woke, crime-ridden California
https://www.msn.com/en-za/news/other/red-state-hit-with-huge-influx-of-millionaires-fleeing-woke-crime-ridden-california/ar-AA1GGu3K

NEW YORK TIMES
— The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/donald-trump-approval-rating-polls.html
— Democrat leaders badmouth the parade.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/arts/television/late-night-trump-parade-washington.html
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump. What will they do next?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/opinion/trump-has-reawakened-the-resistance.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/us/immigration-raids-school-absences-deportation-fears.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump officials reverse guidance exempting farms, hotels from immigration raids. ICE agents have been told to continue conducting enforcement operations at agricultural businesses despite concerns about negative effects on the food industry.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/06/16/trump-farms-hotels-immigration-raids/
— NAACP won’t invite Trump to convention, breaking a 116-year tradition. The civil rights group condemned what it said was President Donald Trump’s attempt to undermine democracy. It has invited sitting presidents since 1909. I should write about the successes and failures that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had getting my Black superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates to hate Republicans.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/17/naacp-trump-invite-president/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/16/nih-research-trump-cuts-dei-rfk/f36daf64-4afd-11f0-8fff-262d6ec54ab9_story.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.latimes.com/california/live/los-angeles-parade-no-kings-protests-immigration-raid-live-updates

NEW YORK SUN
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly stress that Americans ever-increasingly fail/refuse to take bad jobs.  I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970, etc.
https://www.nysun.com/article/america-first-crowd-calls-on-agriculture-secretary-to-resign-after-trump-slow-rolls-deportations-of-farm-hotel-workers
— According to Democrat and RINO leaders, if those 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 do better than those who are not the aforesaid, it is because they have benefitted from discrimination against those who are not the aforesaid. I passed both the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt. Only about 20% who take the examinations can say that. In my defense, those who took the examinations with me shared many if not most my demographics. That means, to be consistent, that according to Democrat and RINO leaders, I overcame tremendous competition. Further, I became a licensed CPA. Very few CPAs become licensed CPAs. Again, licensed CPAs share many if not most of my demographics. Again, that means, to be consistent, that according to Democrat and RINO leaders, I overcame tremendous competition.
https://www.nysun.com/article/as-diversity-debate-roils-higher-education-universities-need-to-come-clean-about-the-real-meaning-of-meritocracy

FRESNO BEE
— To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.
https://www.fresnobee.com/opinion/article308761035.html

USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/books/2025/06/07/lgbtq-new-books-pride-month/84078199007/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: What motivated you the most to get a college degree? For me, it was my father who often decried his not having a college degree.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2025/06/15/kids-ditch-traditional-college-after-high-school/84027992007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/deportations-raids-business-farms-630a917e
— FRONT PAGE: Young Graduates Are Facing an Employment Crisis. What frustrated your job search? Potential employers saw me as being draft bait. I was 1-A. They did not believe that my application for a financial hardship draft deferment would be approved. What if I had tried to enlist? I could not run because I had a bone disease. My eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20. I had partial red/green color blindness.
https://www.wsj.com/economy/jobs/jobs-unemployment-rise-young-people-ce4704d8

LINKED IN
— Why Employees Leave. What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree from NIU when I was 21 in 1970. I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981. I became a licensed CPA in 1981. I earned four more job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997.
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/scott-schroeder-b15ab816_why-employees-leaveand-how-to-keep-them-activity-7340361940709326849-BOth
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Young folks entering the workforce today want more than a paycheck. They’re looking for: Job security and stability, Growth, opportunities, Work-life harmony, Creativity and ownership, Meaningful work, Competitive pay, Career advancement)

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/trump-orders-ice-punish-democratic-cities.html

DAILY KOS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/6/16/2328354/-There-s-only-so-much-damage-Trump-can-do-in-a-sanctuary-city
https://www.dailykos.com/story/2025/6/16/2328358/-Republicans-love-Trump-s-plan-to-attack-Democratic-cities
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/6/16/2328426/-New-York-Times-proclaims-The-Age-of-Trump-as-nation-goes-to-hell

GOOGLE AI
— Contributing member of society. What shows that you are a contributing member of society? For me, overwhelmingly it is my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. But my critics/opponents vehemently disagree. According to them, my newsletters have caused all the losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, and d) conservative leaders.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22contributing+member+of+society%22

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.