August 2, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pritzker signs police and fire pension bill expected to cost Chicago billions
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/illinois-gov-jb-pritzker-signs-005100717.html

CHICAGO SUIN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/lgbtq/2025/08/01/illinois-sues-the-trump-administration-to-protect-access-to-gender-affirming-care
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Epstein against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/07/29/maga-trump-epstein-kash-patel-bondi-mona-charen
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/letters-to-the-editor/2025/08/02/hate-illinois-journalism-job-cuts-immigrants-christianity-maga-summer

DAILY HERALD
— Trump administration requests voter data from Illinois elections
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250802/news/trump-administration-requests-voter-data-from-illinois-elections/
— Kelly leans on experience in Illinois’ Democratic Senate primary. Politics is nasty/vicious. When I ran for the open Milton Township Republican Organization Treasurer position in 2004, I stressed my experience. At that time, I was serving as the Illinois Center Right Coalition Treasurer. I had served as the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter Treasurer for 3 years. I was a licensed CPA. I had passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt. I had a master’s degree in accounting. I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years and for GAO for almost 18 years. But my opponent had his operatives and his dupes demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me. He got 69 votes and I got only 13. He blamed me big time for George Ryan’s problems and for Jim Ryan’s loss to Blagojevich. I should write about the aforesaid.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250802/news/kelly-leans-on-experience-in-illinois-democratic-senate-primary/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against corporations.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/opinion/columns/2025/08/02/new-legislation-would-provide-corporate-accountability-opinion/85442384007/

SOUTHERN
— Democrat leaders drive the stock market down.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/08/01/stocks-tumble-after-trump-unveils-sweeping-new-tariffs/

CHICAGO DEFENDER
— What if you had gotten a student loan? For me, my GPA would have been higher because I spend far too many hours washing dishes and delivering mail instead of studying.
https://chicagodefender.com/trumps-big-beautiful-bill-limits-student-loan-forgiveness-for-millions/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that Trump causes all the problems that Blacks have. What are your demographics? Who causes your problems?
https://chicagodefender.com/black-workers-at-risk-as-trump-slows-equity-focused-job-investments/

SUBURBAN LFE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/2025/07/22/engaged-and-connected-many-protesters-doing-more-than-attending-rallies-protests-to-advocate-for-change/

NAPERVILLE PATCH
— Naperville Hispanic Heritage Festival September 13
https://patch.com/illinois/naperville/save-date-naperville-hispanic-heritage-festival

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Embattled Biden Warns of “Dark Days” Under Trump in Fiery Chicago Speech to National Bar Association
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/08/embattled-biden-warns-of-dark-days-under-trump-in-fiery-chicago-speech-to-national-bar-association.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Fire bad federal employees and reward good ones. According to my critics/opponents, all the many big adverse actions that my Democrat superiors in the federal government took against me were justified because I was a bad employee. In my defense, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job related professional license.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/mar/2/trump-right-fire-bad-federal-employees-reward-good-ones/

NEW YORK POST
— Biden stumbles through speech at Chicago gala as he warns US in ‘dark days’
https://nypost.com/2025/08/01/us-news/biden-takes-aim-at-trump-as-existential-threat-to-black-americans-in-speech-to-lawyers-group/

BREITBART
— U.S.-Bound Illegal Immigration Through Panama’s Darien Gap Drops 99.98%
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/08/01/u-s-bound-illegal-immigration-through-panamas-darien-gap-drops-99-98/

DAILY CALLER
— Liberal Groups Aim To Make Immigration Courts Safe Haven For Illegals
https://www.aol.com/liberal-groups-aim-immigration-courts-152513289.html

FEDERALIST
— Immigration Crackdown Protects Americans From Murderers And Rapists Biden Released Into The Streets
https://thefederalist.com/2025/08/01/immigration-crackdown-protects-americans-from-murderers-and-rapists-biden-released-into-the-streets/

FOX NEWS
— Illegals being deported have no one to blame but themselves. Illegals will argue that Democrat and RINO leaders invited them in.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6376474118112
— Democratic states sue Trump admin over ending sex change surgeries for minors
https://www.foxnews.com/us/democratic-states-sue-trump-admin-ending-sex-change-surgeries-minors

NEWSMAX
— Illegals Reduce US Workers’ Wages. When I was young, if there had been as many illegals as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got, but if not that, my wages would have been lower.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/illegal-immigrants-workers-tom-homan/2025/08/01/id/1221021/
— 2M Illegal Immigrants Ordered Deported Remain in US
https://www.newsmax.com/us/illegal-migrants-donald-trump-ice/2025/08/01/id/1220979/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Trump administration revokes Biden era abortion rule for veterans. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at women that getting fast free abortions should be their top priority.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5433244-trump-administration-revokes-biden-era-abortion-rule-for-veterans/

MSNBC
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly give Blacks more preference. To give one group preference is to discriminate against other groups.  My critics/opponents brag that they give preference not only to Blacks, but to all minorities, females, young people, LGBTQers, veterans, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, citizens of foreign countries, etc.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/discrimination-black-people-ap-poll-rcna222306

AOL
— Hunter Biden Says He Would Invade Sovereign Nations To Bring Illegals Back To US
https://www.aol.com/hunter-biden-says-f-ing-204936412.html

YAHOO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly encourage federal employees to be LGBTQers.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-administration-greenlighting-discrimination-against-220258175.html

CBS NEWS
— Everyone has always know that Biden’s parole program was illegal.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-expedited-deportations-of-those-who-entered-u-s-legally-possibly-curtailing-ice-courthouse-arrests/

ABC LOS ANGELES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://abc7.com/post/socal-ice-raids-appeals-court-keeps-order-blocking-trump-administration-indiscriminate-immigration-sweeps/17400025/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for bad weather.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/climate/trump-climate-skeptics-science-report.html
— Democrat leaders defend a job data report showing surprisingly weak hiring in July and large downward revisions to job growth in the previous two months.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/business/economy/trump-bls-firing-jobs-report.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Mamdani.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/opinion/zohran-mamdani-progressives-left-black-voters.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders come to Erika McEntarfer’s defense. I should write about those who could have and should have come to my defense, but did not. I would focus on Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who I did the most to help elect and to help reelect.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/01/who-is-erika-mcentarfer-bls-fired-by-trump/1f94b186-6f2b-11f0-aab6-8141d7095676_story.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals. Everyone has always know that Biden’s parole program was illegal.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/08/01/trump-parole-expedited-removals-chnv-deportations/

WPRO
— Illegals Reduce US Workers’ Wages. When I was young, if there had been as many illegals as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got, but if not that, my wages would have been lower.
https://www.997wpro.com/2025/08/01/homan-to-newsmax-illegals-reduce-us-workers-wages/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/stop-the-ice-workplace-raids-immigration-trump-illegal-5e09b05f
— Democrat leaders drive the stock market down.
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/jobs-report-today-stock-market-08-01-2025
— Trump Orders Firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics Chief. GAO works for Congress. In 1997, when I was 49 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors acted like the Democrat U.S. Senators and Congressmen who represented Illinois ordered them to fire me, that is, to force me to retire. The Senators were Carol Moseley Braun and Paul Simon. The ten Democrat Congressmen included Bobby Rush, Dick Durbin, and Jesse Jackson Jr. The ten Republican Congressmen included Henry Hyde, Dennis Hastert, Ray LaHood, Harris Fawell, and Phil Crane. At that time, I was one of the very few remaining Republican employees in GAO’s Chicago Office and I was the only one who was an active member of a class action lawsuit that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-orders-firing-of-bureau-of-labor-statistics-chief-d8eaa272

AXIOS
— Trump admin rescinds Carter‑era DEI mandates for federal hiring. For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job.
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/01/trump-doj-dei-federal-hiring-carter

INDEPENDENT
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that Trump causes all the problems that Blacks have. What are your demographics? Who causes your problems?
https://www.aol.com/more-70-black-voters-disapprove-205101322.html

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.