September 30, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Trump directs generals to defend US from ‘war from within.’ DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-directs-generals-defend-us-war/17912017/
— Hegseth rails against ‘woke,’ lays out standards in speech to top generals, admirals
https://abc7chicago.com/post/what-know-pentagons-mystery-meeting-top-ranking-generals/17909098/
— Federal agents surround South Shore apartment building as DHS requests military deployment
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-federal-agents-surround-south-shore-apartment-building-dhs-requests-military-deployment-illinois/17908911/
— Food Security for Life initiative seeks to end hunger among City Colleges students. DD: My parents provided me with room and board in their Crete home while I took classes at UIC 1966-1968.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/gov-jb-pritzker-chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-celebrate-launch-food-security-life-initiative-city-colleges/17911862/

WTTW
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/09/30/it-all-has-stop-broadview-officials-call-ice-end-use-chemical-munitions-rubber-bullets

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/30/editorial-donald-trump-military-speech-enemy-within-chicago/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/30/editorial-ice-downtown-immigration-agents-weekend/
— Pritzker likens Trump to Putin for suggesting military use Chicago, other ‘dangerous cities’ as training grounds. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/30/president-donald-trump-pete-hegseth-military-training/
— President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declare an end to ‘politically correct’ leadership in the US military
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/30/trump-hegseth-us-military/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump/2025/09/30/donald-trump-pete-hegseth-chicago-military-training-ground-national-guard-operation-midway-blitz
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/2025/09/29/broadview-businesses-ice-immigration-protest-suburbs
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/09/30/south-shore-immigration-operation-border-patrol-fbi
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/09/29/youth-survey-better-chicago-immigration-mental-health-absenteeism-safe-spaces-beth-swanson
— DD: My critics/opponents blacklist those a) who they cannot manipulate or 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 wrongdoing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents who are still have lots of clout and who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately. Most commonly, they reject the equal opportunity plank in the Republican Party platform. They want more and more and more preference for those who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, citizens of foreign countries, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/09/30/colbert-kimmel-martin-luther-king-jr-1960s-blacklist-era-ben-jealous

DAILY HERALD
— DD: What percent of generals are anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250930/nation-and-world/trump-tells-a-roomful-of-silent-generals-to-join-a-war-from-within/
— DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250929/nation-and-world-politics/pritzker-calls-federal-deployment-an-attack-on-the-constitution/
— A student ‘womb service’ works covertly to deliver contraception at DePaul. DD: Democrat leaders are ever-increasingly destroying religion.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250930/education/a-student-womb-service-works-covertly-to-deliver-contraception-at-depaul/

WBEZ
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/09/29/standing-up-to-ice-in-suburban-chicago-the-peoples-patrol-puts-its-faith-in-resistance

WGN RADIO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/rep-krishnamoorthi-ice-is-acting-with-impunity-right-now/

STATELINE
—  Pritzker’s actions heighten tensions with Chicago law enforcement
https://www.mystateline.com/news/illinois-gop-claims-pritzkers-actions-heighten-tensions-with-chicago-law-enforcement/

GALESBURG REGISTER MAIL
— Illinois reparations hearing set for Oct. 4 in Urbana. DD: Anticipate/expect that the more of the following that you are, the more reparations that Illinois Democrats will make you pay: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.galesburg.com/story/news/local/2025/09/30/illinois-reparations-hearing-set-for-oct-4-in-urbana/86421993007/

OAK PARK
— Welcome to Woke Park, neighbor!
https://www.oakpark.com/2025/09/30/welcome-to-woke-park-neighbor/

X RADIO
— Bailey Says Pritzker “Complete Incompetence, Refusal to Protect Communities” is Why Troops Being Sent to Protect ICE Agents
https://www.thexradio.com/news/local-news/19569-bailey-says-pritzker-complete-incompetence/

WSPY
— During visit to Yorkville, Bailey and Del Mar talk taxes, power shifts as they begin campaign for governor’s race
https://www.wspynews.com/news/local/during-visit-to-yorkville-bailey-and-del-mar-talk-taxes-power-shifts-as-they-begin/article_3b4143b6-bce9-46a8-8131-5db50b80bd5b.html

CITIES 92.9
— Illinois students struggle with academic proficiency. DD: For Democrat leaders, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.cities929.com/2025/09/30/watch-illinois-student-struggles-continue-as-enrollments-decline/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump floats using Chicago, other Democrat-led cities as military training ground, troops coming ‘very soon’
https://www.nprillinois.org/chicago-il/2025-09-30/trump-floats-using-chicago-other-democrat-led-cities-as-military-training-ground-troops-coming-very-soon

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/09/30/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-393/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

AM 870 THE ANSWER
— Illegal Des Moines Superintendent Proves ‘Replacement Theory’
https://am870theanswer.com/columnists/charlie-kirk/video/68dc1a08b389e81a75fe3087

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Dabrowski’s Campaign Bankrolled by Democrat Donors Tied to Johnson and Pritzker Allies
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/09/dabrowskis-campaign-bankrolled-by-democrat-donors-tied-to-johnson-and-pritzker-allies.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump, Hegseth present troops with new marching orders: Shape up
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/30/pete-hegseth-slams-fat-generals-admirals-racial-quotas-announces-new/
— Feds to probe Des Moines schools on diversity hiring in wake of illegal immigrant schools chief
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/30/feds-probe-des-moines-schools-diversity-hiring-wake-illegal-immigrant/
— Judge calls for public to ‘stand up’ to Trump, compares ICE to KKK
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/30/judge-calls-public-stand-trump-compares-ice-kkk/
— Trump says he’ll lay off ‘a lot’ of federal workers in a government shutdown. DD: In 1966, I was one of the last Republicans who the Democrats who ran the Post Office hired. In 1971, I was one of the last Republicans who the Democrats who ran IRS hired.  In 1980, I was one of the last Republicans who the Democrats who ran GAO hired.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/30/trump-says-hell-lay-lot-federal-workers-government-shuts/
— How the U.S. military went woke: DEI offices, women in combat and drag shows.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/30/us-military-went-woke/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Portland has refused to enforce the law for five years
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3831005/portland-refused-enforce-law-five-years/

NEW YORK POST
— Hegseth demands troops meet ‘male-level’ physical standards, rails against ‘fat troops’ in military
https://nypost.com/2025/09/30/us-news/pete-hegseth-demands-troops-meet-male-level-physical-standards-rails-against-woke-garbage-and-fat-troops-in-military/

BREITBART
— Trump Vows to ‘Straighten Out’ Dangerous Sanctuary Cities ‘One by One’
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/09/30/trump-vows-to-straighten-out-dangerous-sanctuary-cities-one-by-one/

CHRISTIAN POST
— Trump warns Mamdani: No federal funds for a ‘communist’ mayor |
https://www.christianpost.com/news/trump-warns-mamdani-no-federal-funds-for-a-communist-mayor.html

EPOCH TIMES
— Bondi Directs FBI, DEA, Other DOJ Agencies to Guard ICE Facilities. The attorney general also announced the formation of a task force to protect ICE agents.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/bondi-directs-fbi-dea-other-doj-agencies-to-guard-ice-facilities-5922385

FOX NEWS
— Hegseth tells troops to resign if they oppose his plan to scrap ‘woke’ policies and restore warrior ethos. War secretary announced new personnel standards during Quantico speech.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hegseth-tells-troops-resign-oppose-his-plan-scrap-woke-policies-restore-warrior-ethos?lid=q6jfds3fnzv5

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Hyde Amendment Turns 49
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/the-hyde-amendment-turns-49/

NEWSMAX
— Pritzker Asks Illinois Residents to Post Photos of ICE Agents
https://www.newsmax.com/us/jb-pritzker-chicago-ice/2025/09/30/id/1228420/

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.