FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago deploys salt trucks as safety precaution at protest and Taste of Chicago. Rumors circulating on social media over the weekend suggested the fleet of trucks had been deployed to block off federal immigration activity as the city prepares for a sweeping crackdown.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/07/chicago-salt-trucks-protest-taste/
— After ‘Chipocalypse Now’ post, President Trump says he’s ‘not going to war’ with Chicago but Democrats dubious
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/07/trump-war-chicago-chipocalypse-democrats-dubious/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— No, Chicago salt trucks are not being used to interfere with ICE. The salt trucks were positioned in Grant Park for the Taste of Chicago festival and weekend protests. Several social media posts are erroneously claiming Mayor Brandon Johnson deployed the salt trucks along Chicago’s expressways to create a block ICE operations.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago/2025/09/07/chicago-salt-trucks-ice-protest
DAILY HERALD
— Antioch mayor Scott Gartner mulling GOP run for governor
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250907/illinois-state-politics/antioch-mayor-mulling-gop-run-for-governor/
ABC7
— ‘We’re not going to war’ with Chicago, Trump says, after sharing ominous meme. Aurora hosts Mexican Independence Day Parade; Anti-immigration enforcement protest held in Downers Grove.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/donald-trump-chicago-meme-were-not-going-war-president-says-post-referencing-department/17765102/
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-immigration-raids-could-ramp-saturday-agents-set-naval-station-great-lakes-north-il/17755715/
NBC5
— Trump vows to ‘clean up’ Chicago day after threatening to use Department of War. The president was pressed about a meme he posted Saturday threatening to use the Department of War in Chicago.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/trump-vows-to-clean-up-chicago-day-after-threatening-to-use-department-of-war/3820687/
CBS2
— Trump appears to again threaten sending troops to Chicago for immigration enforcement
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/trump-troops-chicago-immigration-enforcement/
— South Korea says it reached a deal with U.S. to release workers detained by ICE in Georgia Hyundai raid
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/south-korea-reached-deal-us-release-workers-detained-ice/
— Duckworth says Trump “essentially just declared war” on Chicago, but there’s no “indications” of deployment
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/tammy-duckworth-chicago-trump-national-guard/
FOX32
— Trump says sending help to Chicago is ‘common sense,’ not ‘war’
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-sending-help-chicago-common-sense-not-war
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-chicago-war-post-folo
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1703797
LAKE & MCHENRY COUNTY SCANNER
Antioch Mayor Scott Gartner “strongly considering” run for Illinois Governor
https://www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2025/09/07/antioch-mayor-strongly-considering-run-for-illinois-governor/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Chipocalypse Now’: Trump zeroes in on Chicago as part of sanctuary city cleanup
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/7/chipocalypse-trump-zeroes-chicago-part-sanctuary-city-clean/
— Duckworth ever-increasingly protects criminals and illegals
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/3796463/tammy-duckworth-us-strike-venezuelan-boat-american-threat/
— Ed chief seeks to ease concerns over Trump’s call to admit more Chinese students to U.S. colleges
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/7/linda-mcmahon-education-secretary-seeks-ease-concerns-trumps-call/
— Why parents are abandoning public schools — by the millions. Tired of sexual indoctrination, evil.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/7/parents-abandoning-public-schools-millions/
— Fired Federal Trade Commission member asks Supreme Court to keep her on the job. In Diersen v. GAO, the federal judges and justices ruled that federal agencies can force their employees to retire, that is, to fire them, because they are active members in class action lawsuits that charge them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. So far, because of that ruling, GAO has forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $1.9 million in today’s dollars to stop me from coming to work.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/7/rebecca-slaughter-fired-federal-trade-commission-member-asks-supreme/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump goes off on reporter for asking if he’s going to war with Chicago: ‘Darling, that’s fake news’
https://nypost.com/2025/09/07/us-news/trump-goes-off-on-reporter-for-asking-if-hes-going-to-war-with-chicago/
— Hochul claims kids are better off without phones during school shootings, emergencies
https://nypost.com/2025/09/07/us-news/hochul-claims-kids-are-better-off-without-phones-during-school-shootings-emergencies/
DAILY SIGNAL
— How ‘National Conservatism’ Has Changed the Right. Pritzker speaks for liberals in Illinois. Who speaks for conservatives in Illinois?
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/09/07/how-national-conservatism-has-changed-right/
FOX NEWS
— Trump clashes with reporters after Chicago ‘war’ meme: ‘That’s not war, that’s common sense’
https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-clashes-reporters-after-chicago-war-meme-thats-not-war-thats-common-sense
PJ MEDIA
— Pritzker Calls U.S. Troops ‘Invaders’ — and Invading Illegal Aliens ‘Our Neighbors and Friends’
https://pjmedia.com/scott-pinsker/2025/09/07/gov-pritzker-calls-us-troops-invaders-and-invading-illegal-aliens-our-neighbors-and-friends-n4943422
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Pritzker recently signed a bill that would “implement annual mental health screenings” in Illinois public schools beginning in third grade, starting during the 2027-28 school year. Parents can opt out — and they all should.
https://thehill.com/opinion/education/5489333-dont-let-illinois-schools-pathologize-children/
BARRON’S
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly focus on driving Trump’s approval rating down
https://www.barrons.com/livecoverage/sundayshows0907
