September 18, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Hate-filled Trump/Kirk-hating Trump/Kirk-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump/Kirk
https://abc7chicago.com/post/charlie-kirk-killing-discourse-sparks-freedom-speech-debate-university-chicago-law-professor-explain-first-amendment-rights/17836614/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-advocates-concerned-tactics-man-allegedly-taken-montclare-home-depot-naperville-roofers-incident/17842434/
https://abc7chicago.com/post/student-taken-ice-custody-parking-lot-main-campus-elgin-community-college-says/17843338/
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/chicago-federal-intervention-latest-president-trumps-immigration-enforcement-possible-national-guard-deployment-live-updates/17758521/

NBC5
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/group-of-chicagoans-say-theyre-working-to-protect-neighbors-from-ice-actions/3826317/
— Kimmel suspension raises First Amendment questions. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal employee for almost 30 years, I ever-increasingly spoke out against their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. When I was 40 in 1988, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. Because of that, they ever-increasingly took more and bigger adverse actions against me.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/kimmel-suspension-raises-first-amendment-questions-legal-scholars-say/3826308/

CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/immigrant-rights-groups-in-chicago-say-ice-agents-now-targeting-home-depot-stores/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/live-updates/trump-operation-midway-blitz-immigration-operations-live-updates/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/elgin-community-college-federal-immigration-agents/

WGN9
—  Pritzker slams ABC’s indefinite suspension of Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show: ‘An attack on free speech’ For Democrats, free speech exists to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/pritzker-slams-abcs-indefinite-suspension-of-jimmy-kimmels-late-night-show-an-attack-on-free-speech/
— Chicago Police Department asked to come up with $98M in cuts amid city budget crisis
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-police-department-superintendent-larry-snelling-asked-come-98-million-cuts-amid-city-budget-crisis/17836121/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/cook-county-commissioners-to-denounce-ice-immigration-raids/
https://wgntv.com/migrants-in-chicago/ice-arrests-met-with-growing-resistance-from-chicagoland-residents/

FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/elgin-community-college-student-taken-custody-federal-immigration-agents
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-ice-raids-northwest-side

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pritzker urges boycott, protest against outlets tied to Jimmy Kimmel suspension, including WGN and ABC
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/18/jb-pritzker-urges-boycott-protest-against-outlets-jimmy-kimmel-wgn-wls/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/17/ice-agents-naperville-menards-arrest-montgomery-detain/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/18/day-laborers-chicago-ice/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/18/mexico-president-claudia-sheinbaum-investigation-ice/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hate speech against conservatives
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/18/editorial-that-was-a-lousy-bit-jimmy-kimmel-but-theres-no-role-here-for-government-intervention/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker likens Trump White House to ‘authoritarian regime,’ urges Americans to protest Kimmel suspension. Appearing on MSNBC’s “The Briefing with Jen Psaki,” the Democratic governor accused President Donald Trump of following an authoritarian playbook by silencing his opponents and urged Americans to “write letters, write e-mails, post online, speak up [and] protest” ABC’s decision.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/illinois-governor/2025/09/18/jb-pritzker-donald-trump-authoritarian-regime-jimmy-kimmel-suspension
— Supreme Court allowed controversial immigration stops in L.A. What does the ruling mean for Chicago?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/us-supreme-court/2025/09/16/chicago-los-angeles-immigration-ice-supreme-court-sotomayor-brett-kavanaugh
— We need grocery stores, pharmacies more than a quantum campus, Southeast Siders say
https://chicago.suntimes.com/real-estate/2025/09/17/south-side-activists-residents-elected-officials-quantum-computing-campus
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hate speech against conservatives
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/09/18/jimmy-kimmel-abc-show-suspension-charlie-kirk-donald-trump
— Pritzker posed for photo with anti-violence worker later charged in fatal Mag Mile smash-and-grab
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/09/18/jb-pritzker-photo-kellen-mcmiller-mag-mile-robbery

DAILY HERALD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250918/education/ice-arrests-student-at-elgin-community-college/
— Under the Democrats, poverty and crime ever-increasingly increase
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250918/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-pads-sites-are-a-lifeline-and-everyone-has-a-role-to-play/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Pritzker urges boycotts, protests after Jimmy Kimmel suspension
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/pritzker-calls-protests-over-jimmy-kimmels-suspension

WGN RADIO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://wgnradio.com/news/national/ap-as-immigration-arrests-spike-in-chicago-activists-escalate-tactics-to-fight-back/

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Pritzker likens Trump White House to ‘authoritarian regime,’ urges Americans to protest Kimmel suspension
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/illinois/2025-09-18/pritzker-likens-trump-white-house-to-authoritarian-regime-urges-americans-to-protest-kimmel-suspension

DURBIN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more crime and more illegal immigration
https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/durbin-calls-out-trump-administrations-misguided-partisan-approach-to-immigration

BLOOK CLUB CHICAGO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/17/in-little-village-residents-are-blowing-actual-whistles-to-warn-neighbors-about-ice/

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/09/18/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-385/
— Poll shows why people flee Democrat-run Chicago
https://capitolfax.com/2025/09/18/poll-shows-broad-chicago-opposition-to-ice-national-guard/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Charlie Kim Holds Event in Woodstock Wednesday
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/09/18/charlie-kim-holds-event-in-woodstock-wednesday/
— Petition Party
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/09/18/petition-party/
— Critiquing Crystal Lake Grade School Board Member Lea Grover’s Electronic Comments about Charlie Kirk- Part 1
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/09/18/critiquing-crystal-lake-grade-school-board-member-lea-grovers-electronic-comments-part-1/
— $50,000 Statue Planned for Congress Parkway Roundabout in Crystal Lake
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/09/18/50000-statue-planned-for-congress-parkway-roundabout/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois U.S. Rep. Mary Miller OK withholding federal tax funds to change state policy
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_17305584-bd77-4f67-ae15-6f04b8c9d2d6.html

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Who Controls What School Children Are Taught? The Battle Begins. What my Missouri Synod Lutheran teachers taught me put me on track to earn a bachelor’s degree, three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license.
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/who-controls-what-school-children-are-taught-the-battle-begins/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Nuclear energy gives Illinois economic power, if it will allow new plants
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/nuclear-energy-gives-illinois-economic-power-if-it-will-allow-new-plants/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Children’s gaming site Roblox under scrutiny over disturbing Kirk ‘assassination simulator’
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/18/childrens-gaming-site-roblox-scrutiny-disturbing-kirk-assassination/
— The tragedies of Charlie Kirk
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/18/tragedies-charlie-kirk/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— After Charlie Kirk’s murder, the Left’s hateful rhetoric must stop
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/community-family/3812586/after-charlie-kirks-murder-the-lefts-hateful-rhetoric-must-stop/

ANGELUS NEWS
— Charlie Kirk to a California bishop: ‘I’m this close’ to becoming Catholic
https://angelusnews.com/voices/kirk-conversion/

FOX NEWS
— Operation Midway Blitz commander rebuts Pritzker’s ‘crazy rhetoric,’ warns it could lead to violence. Gregory Bovino hits back at Illinois governor, says Chicago-area operations targeting criminals.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/operation-midway-blitz-commander-rebuts-pritzkers-crazy-rhetoric-warns-could-lead-violence

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Trump on critical TV coverage: ‘maybe’ licenses should be revoked
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5510784-trump-jimmy-kimmel-criticism/

CBS NEWS
— Erika Kirk, Charlie Kirk’s widow, named new CEO of Turning Point USA
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/erika-kirk-charlie-kirk-widow-turning-point-usa-ceo/

SALON
— Democrats defend Kimmel
https://www.salon.com/2025/09/18/democrats-defend-kimmel-say-fcc-chair-disgraced-his-office/

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.