FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump’s treatment of colleges
https://abc7chicago.com/post/most-americans-disapprove-trumps-treatment-colleges-new-ap-norc-poll-finds/16368168/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for bad weather
https://abc7chicago.com/post/what-president-donald-trumps-cuts-federal-climate-research-could-mean-illinois/16371824/
NBC5
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use “Two dolls instead of 30” to fight Trump’s tariffs.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/toys-latest-symbol-trumps-trade-war/3742615/
— Pope Leo XIV’s past social media posts shed light onto political leanings
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/pope-leo-xivs-past-social-media-posts-shed-light-onto-political-leanings/3742270/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/trump-administration-looking-at-suspending-habeas-corpus-stephen-miller-says/3742242/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— US to accept white South African refugees while other programs remain paused. White South African refugees should be advised that the next Democrat or RINO US President will send them back.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/09/us-white-south-african-refugees/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ in the military
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/09/military-pete-hegseth-transgender-troops/
— Wheaton church group witnesses Pope Leo XIV in Rome
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/09/afternoon-briefing-wheaton-church-group-witnesses-pope-leo-xiv-in-rome/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/05/09/carmen-rossi-alex-acevedo-bolingbrook-cookies-cannabis-marijuana-weed-jb-pritzker-berner-chicago
— To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect not only for the rule of law, but for that country.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/05/08/kristi-noem-homeland-security-secretary-immigrants-springfield-visit
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/05/09/two-springfield-men-homeland-security-chief-kristi-noem-deported
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE: Supper with the pope: Wheaton Ivy Restaurant hosted the future pontiff.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250509/news/supper-with-the-pope-wheaton-restaurant-hosted-the-future-pontiff/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Stellantis yanks plans for Belvidere battery plant and parts hub
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/manufacturing-logistics/uaw-says-belvidere-battery-plant-parts-hub-table
BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Despite GOP congresswoman’s urging, Illinois sheriffs say they will follow state immigration law. Federal law trumps state law. What is your county sheriff’s position on this?
https://pantagraph.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/article_5a0a4e82-b7f0-419b-bdea-ab215a7c6da3.html
SOUTHERN
— Congressman Mike Bost Announces He’ll Seek Re-election, Receives Endorsement from President Trump. Which Republican candidates on the November 3, 2026 ballot in your precinct want/have Trump’s endorsement?
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/05/09/246899/
NPR ILLINOIS
— How dependent on AmeriCorps is your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-05-09/trumps-gutting-of-americorps-hits-hard-for-both-volunteers-and-communities
CITIES 92.9
— Higher teen alcohol use in Illinois. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more booze.
https://www.cities929.com/2025/05/09/illinois-quick-hits-study-shows-higher-teen-alcohol-use-in-illinois-union-mechanic-launches-gubernatorial-bid/
NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Illinois senators urge Pritzker to drop proposed $6 billion tax hike
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/illinois-senators-urge-governor-to-drop-proposed-6-billion-tax-hike
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Affirmative Action and DEI in the military, that is, they ever-increasingly promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-pentagon-directs-military-to-pull-library-books-that-address-diversity-anti-racism-gender-issues/
LAGRANGE PATCH & WESTERN SPRINGS PATCH
— La Grange To See Anti-Trump Human Chain. The idea is to protest Trump’s “illegal and authoritarian actions.”
https://patch.com/illinois/lagrange/la-grange-see-anti-trump-human-chain
https://patch.com/illinois/westernsprings/western-springs-see-anti-trump-human-chain
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/05/09/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-302/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Ever-increasingly, the mainstream news media is nothing more than a mouthpiece for Democrat leaders. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— The March 17, 2026 Illinois Republican primary will be here before we know it. U.S. Senate, Illinois statewide offices, Illinois House offices, some Illinois Senate offices, and countywide offices will be on all the ballots. What ate the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party and your Republican county and township organizations doing to recruit the best possible candidates? Which candidates will walk in Wheaton’s Independence Day parade? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Pritzker Champions Illegal Aliens at Taxpayers’ Expense
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/05/pritzker-champions-illegal-aliens-at-taxpayers-expense/
— MAGA Doesn’t Need More RINOs
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/05/maga-doesnt-need-more-rinos/
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Evanston-Skokie School District 65 Teaches That ‘Whiteness’ is Associated With the Devil
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/illinois-school-district-teaches-that-whiteness-is-associated-with-the-devil/
JOHN BIVER
— Political Jobs v. the Jobs Americans Should Avoid According to MoneyInc.com
https://johnbiver.com/political-jobs-v-the-jobs-americans-should-avoid-according-to-moneyinc-com/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Kirk Dillard Leads Still Another RTA Tax Hike Effort Spending $125 per Letter in Tax Dollars to Generate 6,000 Missives
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/09/kirk-dillard-leads-still-another-rta-tax-hike-effort-spending-125-per-letter-in-tax-dollars-to-generate-6000-missives/
— Background of the Six Applying for Appointment to the McHenry County Conservation District Board
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/08/background-of-the-six-applying-for-appointment-to-the-mchenry-county-conservation-district-board/
— UPDATE: Measles Vaccination Rates by School Released, McHenry County’s Extracted, Lowest Are Richmond-Burton High School and Riley Grade School
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/08/measles-vaccination-rates-by-school-released-mchenry-countys-extracted-lowest-is-richmond-burton-high-school/
— Homeland Security Reveals More about So-Called Columbia University Pro-Hamas Leader: “I Want to Kill Jews”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/09/homeland-security-reveals-more-about-so-called-columbia-university-pro-hamas-leader-i-want-to-kill-jews/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Coverage of illegal immigration news proves the extreme left controls the media. Reporters adopt roles of advocate and protector for illegal aliens.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/8/coverage-illegal-immigration-news-proves-extreme-left-controls-media/
— Trump launches veteran homelessness initiative with new national center. I should write about my critics/opponents who have used my avoiding the Vietnam War draft the most. I would focus on my Democrat superiors in the federal government.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/9/trump-creates-center-homeless-veterans/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/us/trump-habeas-corpus.html
NEW YORK POST
— Trump offers illegal migrants an ‘exit bonus’ — and ‘free flight out of our country’ — via self-deport executive order
https://nypost.com/2025/05/09/us-news/trump-offers-illegal-migrants-exit-bonus-free-flight-out-of-us-via-self-deport-executive-order/
— Mexico sues Google for changing ‘Gulf of Mexico’ to ‘Gulf of America’ after Trump’s order
https://nypost.com/2025/05/10/us-news/mexico-sues-google-for-changing-gulf-of-mexico-to-gulf-of-america-after-trump-executive-order/
— Hegseth orders service academies to ignore ‘race, ethnicity, or sex’ in admissions
https://nypost.com/2025/05/09/us-news/hegseth-orders-service-academies-to-ignore-race-ethnicity-or-sex-in-admissions/
BLAZE
— LGBTQ bar raided by swarm of cops, and Trump is getting blamed for it
https://www.theblaze.com/news/lgbtq-bar-raided-police-pittsburgh
FOX BUSINESS
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote Newsom
https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/gavin-newsom-takes-aim-trumps-quixotic-trade-agenda-inconsistent-chaotic-approach-tariffs
FOX NEWS
— Trump says tax raises are ‘good politics,’ dismissing GOP critics. My critics/opponents have always wanted me to pay more taxes. According to them, I can and should pay more taxes a) because I avoided the Vietnam War draft, b) because I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, and c) because my wife and I gave up trying to have children. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents were wealthy and who bought them cars, paid for their colleges expenses, and got them jobs. I would focus on those who benefitted the most from Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, who benefitted the most from race and gender based preference giving.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-says-tax-raises-good-politics-dismissing-gop-critics
— Trump to build national center for homeless veterans with funds previously spent on housing for illegal aliens
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-build-national-center-homeless-veterans-funds-previously-spent-illegal-aliens
NEWSMAX
— Democrats’ Playbook: Weaponize Tragedies to Get Trump
https://www.newsmax.com/platinum/george-floyd-democrats-trump-administration/2025/05/05/id/1209696/
— Pentagon Orders Military to Remove All DEI Books
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/pentagon-recruitment-dei/2025/05/09/id/1210348/
PJ MEDIA
— Trump Redirects Funds From Illegals to Homeless Veterans
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/05/09/trump-redirects-funds-from-illegals-to-homeless-veterans-n4939649
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Affirmative Action and DEI in the military, that is, they ever-increasingly promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5293254-pentagon-orders-swift-review-removal-of-library-books-that-address-diversity-anti-racism/
ABC NEWS
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly use the Pope to destroy not only Trump, but to destroy all Republicans who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, White, Male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://abcnews.go.com/International/live-updates/papal-conclave-live-updates-cardinals-gather-vatican-elect?id=121506573&entryId=121614476
NBC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/top-white-house-adviser-stephen-miller-says-actively-looking-suspendin-rcna205942
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly use the Pope to destroy not only Trump, but to destroy all Republicans who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, White, Male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nbcnews.com/world/the-vatican/us-now-two-world-leaders-not-different-rcna205769
CBS NEWS
— What percent are Medicaid in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? How fast are those percentages growing?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AmCRxm6P4o
MSN
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly use the Pope to destroy not only Trump, but to destroy all Republicans who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, White, Male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/other/woke-pope-trump-reckons-with-a-liberal-american-leader-he-can-t-trash-talk/ar-AA1EuHTk
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/maga-goes-into-meltdown-branding-pope-leo-xiv-woke-marxist-and-never-trump-er/ar-AA1Er6jj
https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/world/pope-leo-xiv-s-old-posts-criticising-trump-and-vance-resurface-following-election/ar-AA1Es4aY
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Calls for 20,000 Extra Officers to Help With Deportation Efforts
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/10/us/politics/dhs-deportation-extra-officers.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/donald-trump-approval-rating-polls.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn traditional Catholics.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/us/pope-leo-xiv-american-church.html
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly use the Pope to destroy not only Trump, but to destroy all Republicans who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, White, Male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/us/politics/pope-leo-trump.html (FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/us/politics/jd-vance-pope-leo-xiv.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/opinion/conclave-pope-leo-xiv-catholic-church.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/us/pope-leo-maga-donald-trump-steve-bannon.html
— Virtually all tax exempt organizations exist to promote the Democrat Party platform.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/opinion/trump-harvard-tax.html
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the bleaker that your future is: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/05/04/us/trump-american-dream-voters.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/05/09/trump-immigration-self-deportations-united-nations/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Affirmative Action and DEI in the military, that is, they ever-increasingly promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/05/09/hegseth-affirmative-action-service-academies/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Jeanine Pirro.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/05/08/jeanine-pirro-trump-us-attorney-fox/
— Judge pauses much of Trump administration’s massive downsizing of federal agencies. Republican Gingrich downsized the Democrat-run GAO from more than 6,000 employees to less than 3,000 employees during the almost 18 years that I worked for the agency. My Democrat GAO superiors punished me severely for that. I should write about that.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/09/trump-mass-firings-doge-lawsuit/035dc5e0-2d43-11f0-a724-3bc879c9f843_story.html
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly use the Pope to destroy not only Trump, but to destroy all Republicans who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, White, Male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/05/09/pope-leo-us-catholic-church-trump/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— What Role Does Culture Play in Crime Rates? The prevailing theories of crime causation might need rethinking.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/what-role-does-culture-play-in-crime-rates-riley-economics-cc9c07ec
NEW YORKER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly encourage asylum
https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-the-southwest/is-asylum-still-possible-edgarlys-castaneda-rodriguez
PBS
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly use the Pope to destroy not only Trump, but to destroy all Republicans who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, White, Male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJhYPzZDewA
TIMES OF INDIA
— Trump signs executive order allowing illegal immigrants to book ‘free flights out of US’
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/donald-trump-signs-executive-order-allowing-illegal-immigrants-to-book-free-flights-out-of-us/articleshow/121047054.cms
THE HINDU
— We want you out of America: Trump announces self-deportation plan for ‘illegal aliens’
https://www.thehindu.com/shorts/watch-we-want-you-out-of-america-trump-announces-self-deportation-plan-for-illegal-aliens/article69560100.ece
Category: Uncategorized
May 9, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC5
— Facts to know about Chicago native, newly elected Pope Leo XIV
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/facts-to-know-about-chicago-native-newly-elected-pope-leo-xiv/3741733/
WGN9
— Prevost’s boyhood neighbors predicted he would become Pope
https://wgntv.com/news/robert-prevost-neighbors-predict-pope-leo-xiv/
WTTW
— Democrat and RINO leaders forever promote George Ryan.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/05/08/former-death-row-inmates-complicated-legacy-late-illinois-gov-george-ryan
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders promote Pope Leo XIV criticism of Trump and Vance
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/08/pope-leo-social-media-criticisms/
— Welcome, Pope Leo XIV, Chicago’s Holy Father
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/08/pope-leo-chicago-vatican-francis/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— The rush in Illinois to become a U.S. citizen amid immigration crackdown. As the Trump administration begins “social media vetting for anti-Americanism” among immigrants and other efforts, growing numbers are choosing to become citizens.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/05/09/the-rush-in-illinois-to-become-a-u-s-citizen-amid-immigration-crackdown
— Who will the Democrats nominate for U.S. President in 2028? All the current contenders are anti-heterosexual, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-non-poor people, anti-non-veteran, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those who have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/05/07/democrats-2028-president-elections-trump-biden-mistakes-harris-candidates-pritzker-s-e-cupp
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that Pope Leo XIV is a Democrat. To be a Democrat is to be anti-heterosexual, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-non-poor people, anti-non-veteran, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and anti-those who have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-whats-in-a-name-pope-leo-xivs-choice-signals-a-commitment-to-social-justice/
NPR ILLINOIS
— First Afrikaners granted refugee status due to arrive in U.S. They should fear that the next Democrat or RINO U.S. President will send them back. Needless-to-say, they should avoid Illinois.
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/09/nx-s1-5391815/first-afrikaners-granted-refugee-status-due-to-arrive-in-u-s
25 NEWS NOW
— Senate bill to allow death penalty for illegal immigrants who kill Americans
https://www.25newsnow.com/2025/05/08/senate-bill-allow-death-penalty-illegal-immigrants-who-kill-americans/
WINDY CITY TIMES
— Democrat teachers ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ.
https://windycitytimes.com/2025/05/06/chicago-teachers-union-codifies-lgbtq-protections-in-new-contract/
CAPITOL FREE BEACON
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/05/09/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-509/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— GOP senators slam the latest push for higher taxes by Illinois Democrats
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_cbe4c9d3-c86d-4d6f-8371-c2ea0bfc0b4b.html
— Lion Electric bankruptcy raises concerns over state’s EV incentives
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_309a4583-df72-4cfe-80fb-db65d07d774c.html
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-hating Democrat leaders hint/imply/argue/shout that Pope Leo XIV was selected because he hates Trump. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do George Ryan and Jim Ryan supporters think of you? They despise, if not hate me. They blame their problems on what I have done as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000 and what I did as a leader of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2000-2012, Illinois Center Right Coalition 2003-2007, and Pat O’Malley’s Milton Township gubernatorial primary campaign 2001-2002. I should write about them. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— My critics/opponent credit meritocracy for their successes, but discredit meritocracy for everyone else’s successes. Democrat and RINO leaders, that is, liberal and moderate leaders, have always used “disparate impact” to get rid of Republicans, that is, to get rid of conservatives. Conservatives do better on tests than liberals and moderates. My critics/opponents continue to be furious that I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and that I passed the Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) examination on my first attempt in 1981. They stress others who passed the examinations on their first attempt and got better scores than I did. Extremely few of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal promoted over me took the CPA examination, let alone passed it, let alone passed it on their first attempt. None passed the CIA examination. I should write about my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me. They all were Democrats a) who had less work experience than I had, b) who had less education than I had, c) who had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) who had no professional license like the one I had. They all were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. According to my critics/opponents, I passed the aforesaid examinations because the tests favored those who share my White male demographics. In my defense, neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother attended high school. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office hired me because they could not find a Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. They gambled and lost that I would cave in and become a Democrat. The RINOs who ran the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) in 2000 let me publish the organization’s first website and serve as its webmaster. They gambled and lost that I would cave in and become a RINO. They rudely fired me as MTRO webmaster in 2004. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— George Ryan, 1934-2025. What do George Ryan and Jim Ryan supporters think of you? They despise, if not hate me. They blame their problems on what I have done as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000 and what I did as a leader of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2000-2012, Illinois Center Right Coalition 2003-2007, and Pat O’Malley’s Milton Township gubernatorial primary campaign 2001-2002. I should write about them. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/magazine-obituary/3405131/george-ryan-life-obit-illinois-death-penalty/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— University of Chicago Stats Professor Cancels Midterm, Pushes Students To Join Anti-Trump Protest Instead. ‘Marching against this dangerous authoritarian administration is of utmost importance!’ Yali Amit says.
https://freebeacon.com/issues/university-of-chicago-stats-professor-cancels-midterm-pushes-students-to-join-anti-trump-protest-instead/
NEW YORK POST
— Pope Leo XIV was an active Republican primary voter and voted in 2024 presidential election
https://nypost.com/2025/05/08/us-news/pope-leo-xiv-was-an-active-republican-primary-voter-and-voted-in-2024-presidential-election/
— Pope Leo XIV in his own words: The pontiff on abortion, climate change, homosexuality, and capital punishment
https://nypost.com/2025/05/08/us-news/pope-leo-xiv-in-his-own-words-the-pontiff-on-abortion-climate-change-homosexuality-and-capital-punishment/
DAILY CALLER
— Trump Makes Judge Jeanine Interim US Attorney For DC
https://dailycaller.com/2025/05/08/trump-makes-judge-jeanine-interim-us-attorney-for-dc/
EPOCH TIMES
— What to Know About Robert Francis Prevost: The First American Pope. The Augustinian from Chicago has spent much of his time in Latin America.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/what-to-know-about-robert-francis-prevost-the-first-american-pope-5854705
FEDERALIST
— Read The New Pope’s Far-Left Takes On Immigration, Climate, Covid, And Race Relations
https://thefederalist.com/2025/05/08/read-the-new-popes-far-left-takes-on-immigration-climate-covid-and-race-relations/
— There’s No ‘Sanctuary’ For Family Of Chicago Woman Killed By Illegal Alien
https://thefederalist.com/2025/05/09/theres-no-sanctuary-for-family-of-woman-allegedly-killed-by-illegal-alien/
https://thefederalist.com/2025/02/06/try-telling-this-dad-whose-daughter-was-killed-by-an-illegal-that-open-borders-are-compassionate/
FREE PRESS
— How Can You Be a Cop in a City (Chicago) That Hates You?
https://www.thefp.com/p/chicago-police-suicides
NEW AMERICAN
— New Pope’s X Feed Reveals Far-left Sympathies, but Traditional Catholics Still Hope for the Best
https://thenewamerican.com/us/culture/new-popes-x-feed-reveals-far-left-sympathies-but-traditional-catholics-still-hope-for-the-best/
ONE AMERICA NEWS
— Pope Leo XIV Previously Criticized Trump’s Deportation Policies
https://www.oann.com/newsroom/pope-leo-xiv-previously-criticized-trumps-deportation-policies-while-damning-allegations-of-abuse-resurface/
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Newly-Elected American Pope Has Taken Multiple Shots at the Trump Administration in Recent Months
https://www.westernjournal.com/newly-elected-american-pope-taken-multiple-shots-trump-administration-recent-months/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— Pope Leo XIV voted in 2024 U.S. general election — here’s which primaries he’s voted in
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pope-leo-robert-prevost-voting-records-republican-democratic-primaries/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-pope-robert-prevost-pope-leo-xiv/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Chicago-born pope — formerly Cardinal Robert F. Prevost — is registered to vote in the Chicago suburb of New Lenox, Ill., and has a mixed voting history of participating in primaries for both parties, according to voting records shared with CBS News and data from the Illinois State Board of Elections. There is no party registration in Illinois, but to vote in a primary you have to choose a party’s ballot to vote on. Prevost has voted in more Republican primaries than Democratic, and the last primary election he voted in was the 2016 Republican presidential primary. . .He voted in the Republican primaries in 2012, 2014 & 2016, including the presidential primaries in 2012 and 2016. L2 Data records show he last voted in a Democratic primary in 2010. He had also voted in the party’s presidential primary in 2008. He has voted in at least nine general elections, including in five presidential election cycles: 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2024. There’s no record of him voting in the 2016 or 2020 general election. Records show he also voted in a “consolidated general election” in April 2001, when local Illinois offices were on the ballot.)
— Here’s what Pope Leo XIV has posted about politics — and the Trump administration — on social media
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pope-leo-xiv-social-media-account-trump-vance-criticism/?intcid=CNI-00-10aaa3a
MSN
— Pope Leo XIV’s attacks on ‘homosexual lifestyle’ spark fears in Catholic LGBTQ+ community
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/pope-leo-xiv-s-attacks-on-homosexual-lifestyle-spark-fears-in-catholic-lgbtq-community/ar-AA1Eqh25
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Catholic Chicagoans Celebrate as Native Son Pope Leo XIV Becomes First American Pope. Catholic Chicagoans gathered in churches, cheered from classrooms and celebrated from their homes as the historic decision was announced that a native son, Cardinal Robert Prevost, had been elected pope.
https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2025-05-08/catholic-chicagoans-celebrate-as-native-son-pope-leo-xiv-becomes-first-american-pope
NEW YORK TIMES & WASHINGTON POST & NEWSWEEK & CNN & REUTERS & MSN & POLITICO & DAILY BEAST & PEOPLE & ADVOCATE & MEDIA MATTERS & RAW STORY & UNHERD & IRISH STAR & REASON & DAILY VOICE & NEW REPUBLIC & POLITICO
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will do everything that they can to paint Pope Leo XIV as being a Democrat, that is, as being anti-heterosexual, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-non-poor people, anti-non-veteran, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and anti-those who have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/nyregion/pope-leo-xiv-lgbtq-gay.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/world/europe/pope-leo-xiv-robert-francis-prevost.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/08/pope-leo-xiv-views-political-robert-prevost/
https://www.newsweek.com/what-pope-leo-said-lgbtq-issues-2069889
https://www.newsweek.com/pope-leo-sparks-maga-criticism-2069864
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/08/politics/video/biden-pope-leo-xiv-election-reaction-bash-vrtc
https://www.reuters.com/world/before-becoming-pontiff-pope-leo-levied-criticism-trump-vance-2025-05-08/
https://www.msn.com/en-za/news/other/new-pope-robert-prevost-s-voting-history-as-his-stance-on-abortion-and-party-registration-revealed/ar-AA1EqsIj
https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/world/trump-welcomes-new-american-born-pope-and-says-he-can-t-wait-to-meet-him-despite-leo-xiv-once-blasting-vance/ar-AA1Eq5aK
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/maga-goes-into-meltdown-branding-pope-leo-xiv-woke-marxist-and-never-trump-er/ar-AA1Er6jj
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/marxist-pope-maga-rages-against-new-pope-for-being-critical-of-trump-s-policies/ar-AA1Eqgqv
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/08/leo-american-pope-worldview-00337247
https://www.thedailybeast.com/new-popes-voting-record-reveals-real-thoughts-on-trump-analyst/
https://people.com/where-does-pope-leo-xiv-stand-lgbtq-issues-what-we-know-11731335
https://www.advocate.com/voices/vatican-message-trump-opinion
https://www.mediamatters.org/jack-posobiec/jack-posobiec-criticizes-pope-leo-xiv-promoting-anti-trump-and-anti-bukele-articles-0
https://www.rawstory.com/jack-posobiec-pope-leo/
https://unherd.com/newsroom/pope-leo-xiv-heralds-a-renewal-of-catholic-social-justice/
https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/irish-catholics-respond-first-american-35196239
https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/presidential-elections-pope-leo-voted-35196053
https://reason.com/volokh/2025/05/08/pope-leo-xiv-and-immigration/
https://dailyvoice.com/virginia/arlington/robert-prevost-pope-leo-xiv-blasted-trump-on-x/
https://newrepublic.com/post/195017/new-pope-robert-prevost-lgbtq-immigration
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/08/pope-leo-tweets-social-media-00337322
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/08/leo-american-pope-worldview-00337247
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/health/migrants-health-care-trump.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Leo XIV’s New Lenox brother recalls feeling of ‘disbelief’ over his sibling becoming pope
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/2025/05/09/pope-leo-xiv-brother-john-prevost/0772f2be-2c93-11f0-a724-3bc879c9f843_story.html
USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/05/07/pride-flag-ban-utah-idaho/83493956007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight to keep their control of their colleges
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/05/08/trump-research-funding-cuts-china/83417543007/
NEW YORK TIMES & BLOOMBERG LAW & ECONOMIST
— My critics/opponent credit meritocracy for their successes, but discredit meritocracy for everyone else’s successes. Democrat and RINO leaders, that is, liberal and moderate leaders, have always used “disparate impact” to get rid of Republicans, that is, to get rid of conservatives. Conservatives do better on tests than liberals and moderates. My critics/opponents continue to be furious that I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and that I passed the Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) examination on my first attempt in 1981. They stress others who passed the examinations on their first attempt and got better scores than I did. Extremely few of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal promoted over me took the CPA examination, let alone passed it, let alone passed it on their first attempt. None passed the CIA examination. I should write about my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me. They all were Democrats a) who had less work experience than I had, b) who had less education than I had, c) who had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) who had no professional license like the one I had. They all were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. According to my critics/opponents, I passed the aforesaid examinations because the tests favored those who share my White male demographics. In my defense, neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother attended high school.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/us/politics/trump-civil-rights.html
https://news.bgov.com/litigation/doj-ends-longstanding-disparate-impact-suit-over-nyc-fire-hiring
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2025/05/08/trump-knocks-down-a-controversial-pillar-of-civil-rights-law
STATE JOURNAL
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.state-journal.com/opinion/guest-columnist-the-new-barbarians-at-the-gates/article_9382434e-bd53-40da-a0a1-e11d989f392f.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— What Does Your Car Model Say About You? My critics/opponents despise/hate cars, and especially American nameplate cars, and even more especially American nameplate muscle cars.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/what-does-your-car-model-say-about-you-55f7faa1
FORTUNE
— Pension fund has voted to block new investments in Tesla: ‘Musk has destroyed the brand’ Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy Tesla to destroy Musk to destroy Trump.
https://fortune.com/2025/05/09/pension-fund-tesla-lehigh-elon-musk/
FAST COMPANY
— You can buy the new pope’s childhood Dolton home for $199,000. Robert Prevost’s former house is about to become a landmark.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91326862/you-can-buy-the-new-popes-childhood-home-for-199000
BUSINESS INSIDER
— The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office hired me because they could not find a Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. They gambled and lost that I would cave in and become a Democrat. The RINOs who ran the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) in 2000 let me publish the organization’s first website and serve as its webmaster. They gambled and lost that I would cave in and become a RINO. They rudely fired me as MTRO webmaster in 2004.
https://www.businessinsider.com/why-i-left-republican-party-register-democrat-2016-10
DAILY MAIL
— How a humble Chicago schoolboy Robert Prevost with a veteran father rose to become America’s first Pope
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14693031/robert-prevost-american-pope-leo-childhood-beginnings.html
INDEPENDENT
— According to Democrat leaders, Pope Leo XIV is anti-Trump.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/pope-leo-xiv-new-robert-prevost-conclave-vatican-live-updates-b2747726.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/maga-woke-american-pope-leo-xiv-b2747600.html
GUARDIAN
— Unearthed comments from new pope alarm LGBTQ+ Catholics. Previous negative remarks by Pope Leo XIV about ‘homosexual lifestyle’ at odds with papacy of Pope Francis.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/09/pope-leo-xiv-lgbtq
May 8, 2025 Evening Edition
FOX NEWS
— Trump Hails ‘Great Honor’ of First American Pope
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fox-news-politics-newsletter-trump-hails-great-honor-first-american-pope
— Pritzker accused of ‘insulting’ ICE with sanctuary policies as Noem, Angel families protest
https://www.foxnews.com/media/illinois-gov-pritzker-accused-insulting-ice-sanctuary-policies-noem-angel-families-protest
ILLINOIS GOP
— ILGOP Celebrates New Pope And Chicago Native, Cardinal Robert Prevost
https://illinois.gop/newsroom/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost elected pope, taking name Leo XIV
https://abc7chicago.com/post/2025-is-new-pope-cardinal-robert-francis-prevost-1st-american-chicago-elected-catholic-church-leader/16358670/
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/2025-papal-conclave-cardinals-gather-elect-pope-vatican-city-rome/16339118/
WLS AM
— New Pope Registered Republican in Illinois; Trump Critic
https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.wlsam.com/2025/05/08/new-pope-registered-republican-in-illinois-trump-critic/
WBEZ
— DePaul president faces off against GOP members of Congress. Conservative lawmakers who questioned DePaul President Robert Manuel were accused of using antisemitism claims to chill free speech.
https://www.wbez.org/education/2025/05/07/depaul-president-faces-off-against-gop-members-of-congress
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago native Robert Prevost becomes the first American pope in history
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/08/robert-prevost-pope/
— Robert Prevost was ‘the pride and joy of every priest and nun’ at St. Mary’s on Chicago’s South Side
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/08/robert-prevost-chicago-pope-xiv/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders accuse Congressional Republicans of political witch hunt in antisemitism hearing involving DePaul president. University president Robert Manuel faced three hours of heated questions.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/05/07/depaul-president-faces-off-against-gop-members-of-congress
DAILY HERALD
— At home in New Lenox, new pope’s brother found out like everyone else
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250508/news/it-was-a-shocking-moment-new-popes-brother-lives-in-new-lenox/
— Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, overcame a taboo against a US pontiff
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250508/religion/prevost-now-pope-leo-xiv-overcame-a-taboo-against-a-us-pontiff/
— Trump says he is naming Fox News host and former judge Jeanine Pirro as top federal prosecutor in DC
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250508/nation-and-world-politics/trump-says-he-is-naming-fox-news-host-and-former-judge-jeanine-pirro-as-top-federal-prosecutor-in-dc/
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— The new pope is from Chicago. Here are some of his ties to Illinois
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/local/2025/05/08/new-pope-is-from-chicago-here-are-some-of-his-ties-to-illinois/83516559007/
BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Central Illinois bishops greet new pope ‘with hearts full of joy and hope’
https://pantagraph.com/life-entertainment/local/faith-values/article_a5c62ee3-422e-42e3-8dd4-23258ad65fdf.html
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Democrat leaders use “social justice” to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/whats-in-a-name-pope-leo-xivs-choice-signals-a-commitment-to-social-justice/article_2ecfa121-cf15-57b1-ad99-3066a475a21e.html
— Wisconsin Republicans kill marijuana legalization
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/wisconsin-republicans-kill-marijuana-legalization-and-tax-increases-for-millionaires/article_a345cc22-1a98-5f33-99aa-3954b9bbcf88.html
RIVER BENDER
— After Sec. Noem’s Springfield Visit, Davidsmeyer Again Calls for End of Illinois’ Failed Sanctuary Policy
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/after-sec-noems-springfield-visit-davidsmeyer-again-calls-for-end-of-illinois-failed-sanctuary-policy-82245.cfm?
— Attorney General Raoul Files Lawsuit To Stop Illegal Termination Of Federal Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Funding
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/attorney-general-raoul-files-lawsuit-to-stop-illegal-termination-of-federal-electric-vehicle-infrastructure-funding-82248.cfm?
— What percent of those in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct are on Medicaid?
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/senator-duckworth-leads-vigil-against-medicaid-cuts-82271.cfm?
WEST SUBURBAN JOURNAL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://westsuburbanjournal.com/welch-house-democrats-rally-in-response-to-trump-officials-rhetoric-during-illinois-visit/
ILLINOIS TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Trump.
https://www.illinoistimes.com/news-opinion/fighting-back-against-trump-20133313
FOX ILLINOIS
— Republicans push college presidents to protect Jewish students
https://foxillinois.com/news/connect-to-congress/house-gop-continues-to-push-colleges-to-do-more-to-combat-antisemitism-on-campus-haverford-college-depaul-university-california-polytechnic-state-university-house-education-committee
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-05-08/americans-are-already-seeing-trumps-tariffs-kick-in-they-sent-in-receipts-to-prove-it
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote segregation.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-trumps-anti-dei-push-doesnt-stop-black-kentucky-grads-from-holding-an-off-campus-celebration/
IPM ILLINOIS
— What percent of those in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct are on Medicaid?
https://ipmnewsroom.org/republicans-have-medicaid-in-their-crosshairs-and-illinois-residents-who-depend-on-it-are-worried/
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
— Illinois Youth Survey finds troubling substance use trends
https://news.illinois.edu/illinois-youth-survey-finds-troubling-substance-use-trends/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Robert Prevost, first American pope in history of the Catholic Church, will take the name Leo XIV
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/8/robert-prevost-1st-american-pope-history-catholic-church-take-name/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The SALT terrorists holding Trump’s agenda hostage need to put up or shut up. SALT ended itemization. By itemizing, my wife and I paid less federal income tax starting in 1978 when we got married and I paid less federal income tax starting in 1972.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3405221/salt-deduction-terrorists-holding-trump-agenda-hostage-put-up-or-shut-up/
BREITBART
— Rep. Hageman Introduces ‘No Student Visas for Sanctuary Cities Act’
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/05/07/exclusive-rep-hageman-introduces-no-student-visas-for-sanctuary-cities-act/
FEDERALIST
— Where Was Democrats’ Outrage When Obama And Biden Deported Illegal Alien Housekeepers And Gardeners?
https://thefederalist.com/2025/05/08/where-was-democrats-outrage-when-obama-and-biden-deported-illegal-alien-housekeepers-and-gardeners/
HUMAN EVENTS
— Jack Posobiec criticizes Pope Leo XIV for “promoting anti-Trump and anti-Bukele articles regarding the deportations of criminal illegals”
https://www.mediamatters.org/jack-posobiec/jack-posobiec-criticizes-pope-leo-xiv-promoting-anti-trump-and-anti-bukele-articles-0
LIVE ACTION
— First American pope in history has strong record of defending sanctity of human life
https://www.liveaction.org/news/first-american-pope-record-sanctity-human-life/
NEWSMAX
— New Pope Registered Republican in Illinois; Trump Critic
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/pope-leox-iv-voter-registration-republican/2025/05/08/id/1210160/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEW YORK TIMES
— Pope Leo XIV Has Voted Often in Illinois, Public Records Show. He voted in November’s presidential election with an absentee ballot, according to records from a suburban Chicago county.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/us/pope-leo-xiv-politics-voting.html
NBC NEWS
— New pope’s social media posts offer some insight into his politics. On social media before he became pope, Robert Prevost expressed support for gun reform and immigration — and showed some disagreement with the Trump administration.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/pope-leo-social-media-posts-vance-rcna205677
NEWSWEEK
— Is Robert Prevost a Republican?
https://www.newsweek.com/robert-prevost-political-afiliation-what-we-know-2069880
CBS NEWS
— Pope Leo XIV grew up in Dolton studied and taught in Chicago area
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/pope-leo-xiv-born-in-chicago-grew-up-dolton-illinois/
WCCS RADIO
— ‘Democracy in crisis?’ DC universities offering Trump-themed class this fall. Democrats and RINOs use democracy to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.wccsradio.com/rss/democracy-in-crisis-dc-universities-offering-trump-themed-class-this-fall/
BLOOMBERG LAW
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters crow that “Trump’s Policies Have Been Stopped by Courts More Than 200 Times.”
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/cannabis/trumps-policies-have-been-stopped-by-courts-more-than-200-times
TPM
— MAGA Melts Down Over First American Pope
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things-stand/maga-melts-down-over-first-american-pope
RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— 71% of Democrats Want Elon Musk in Prison
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/partner_surveys/71_of_democrats_want_elon_musk_in_prison
DODGE GARAGE
— Next-Level Muscle: Why the 2025 Dodge Charger EV Impresses EV Fans
https://www.dodgegarage.com/news/article/owners-clubs/2025/04/next-level-muscle-why-the-2025-dodge-charger-ev-converts-a-loyal-enthusiast.html
TORQUE NEWS
— My Fourth EV Is A 2025 Charger EV, After Owning Model Y, Mustang Mach-E, And F-150 Lightning, This Electric Muscle Car Finally Gets Everything Right
https://www.torquenews.com/17998/my-fourth-ev-2025-charger-ev-after-owning-model-y-mustang-mach-e-and-f-150-lightning-electric/amp
May 8, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— The mainstream news media exists to destroy Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/07/trump-trade-deals/
— Pritzker, if you want to solve problems, lose the contempt
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/08/opinion-jb-pritzker-civil-discourse/
— Harold Washington librarians concerned for their safety with security incidents on the rise
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/07/harold-washington-library-safety-concerns/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— The mainstream news media exists to destroy Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/05/07/elon-musk-trump-spending-cuts-doge-government-accountability-office-jacob-sullum
DAILY HERALD
— The mainstream news media exists to destroy Trump.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250508/columns/the-complicated-unproductive-search-for-the-narrative/
ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/libya-judge-says-deporting-migrants-would-violate-order/16350758/
— Illinois regains access to $77M in federal education funds following judge’s order. Democrats use education funds to create good little Democrats.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-regains-access-77m-federal-education-funds-following-judges-order-blocking-trump-administration-restricting-money/16353598/
NBC5
— Massive signs erected outside Illinois Governor’s Mansion amid Kristi Noem visit. Noem had traveled to Illinois Wednesday for a press conference aimed at Illinois’ “sanctuary” policies.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/massive-signs-erected-outside-illinois-governors-mansion-amid-kristi-noem-visit/3740250/
WTTW
— New Study Suggests Changes to Illinois’ Community College-University Pipeline. According to my critics/opponents, degrees from non-Ivy League universities are worthless, that is, my degrees from NIU, Loyola, DePaul, and IIT are worthless.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/05/07/new-study-suggests-changes-illinois-community-college-university-pipeline
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Emma Shafer’s parents to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/state/2025/05/08/parents-of-2023-homicide-victim-call-out-homeland-security-secretary/83499875007/
WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use “cultural events” to promote the Democrat Party platform.
https://www.wbez.org/wbez-newsletter/2025/05/07/the-rundown-chicago-cultural-events-face-canceled-grants
WTVO
— 50% of Illinois residents would move out of the state if they could. Illinois Democrats led by Pritzker ever-increasingly drive Republicans out of Illinois, and especially Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/poll-50-illinois-residents-move-204254687.html
WGLT
— For Democrats, education exists to create good little Democrats.
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-05-07/its-a-challenge-higher-ed-must-do-everything-everywhere-all-at-once
WJBC
— Illinois regains access to $77M in federal education funds following judge’s order. Democrats use education funds to create good little Democrats.
https://www.wjbc.com/2025/05/07/illinois-regains-access-to-77m-in-federal-education-funds-following-judges-order/
NPR ILLINOIS
— How dependent on federal spending are your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-05-07/what-trump-administration-cuts-mean-for-mental-health-in-one-rural-school-district
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-05-07/trumps-tariffs-are-showing-up-in-americans-receipts
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders use Pritzker, Underwood, and Emma Shafer’s parents to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/05/08/kristi-noem-highlights-immigration-at-springfield-media-event-00335220
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/05/08/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-508/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Offices on the 2026 Republican primary ballot in your precinct include U.S. Senate, all five Illinois statewide offices, and countywide offices. What are the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party and your Republican county and township organizations doing to recruit the best possible candidates to run? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
WIREPOINTS
— They’ve destroyed jobs and opportunity for black Chicagoans. My Democrat GAO superiors can stress that to give my job to my Black Democrat subordinate, they forced me to retire when I was 49 year old in 1997. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no processional license like the one I had.
https://wirepoints.org/theyve-destroyed-jobs-and-opportunity-for-black-chicagoans-wirepoints/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_aacb2da9-2b4c-4b72-8637-eefc2ade43d1.html
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Homeland Security Secretary Baits the Beast in Springfield
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/07/homeland-security-secretary-baits-the-beast-in-springfield/
CHICAGOLAND JOURNAL
— IL Freedom Caucus Joins Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem On Failed Sanctuary State Policies and Immigration
https://thechicagolandjournal.com/il-freedom-caucus-joins-homeland-security-secretary-kristi-noem-on-failed-sanctuary-state-policies-and-immigration/
— Rep. Adam Niemerg joins Sec. Kristi Noem in calling for compliance with federal immigration laws
https://thechicagolandjournal.com/rep-adam-niemerg-joins-sec-kristi-noem-in-calling-for-compliance-with-federal-immigration-laws/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Legal immigration is protecting blue state electoral power
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/3403948/legal-immigration-protecting-blue-state-electoral-power-reapportionment/
NEW YORK POST
— Thousands of migrants still living at NYC’s historic Roosevelt Hotel — despite ticking clock for shelter to close. How many illegals are still living in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://nypost.com/2025/05/07/us-news/nearly-2k-migrants-still-housed-in-nycs-historic-roosevelt-hotel-despite-city-saying-it-will-shutter-the-shelter-next-month/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— ICE checking for illegals at swanky DC eateries, workers in a state of panic
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/05/07/ice-checking-for-illegals-at-swanky-dc-eateries-workers-in-a-state-of-panic-1541715/
BLAZE
— University of Chicago prof canceled midterm test and encouraged students to join protest against ‘authoritarian’ Trump
https://www.theblaze.com/news/univ-chicago-email-protest-trump
BREITBART
— Migrant Nonprofits Seek Donations as Trump Cuts Federal Funds
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/05/07/migrant-nonprofits-seek-donations-as-trump-cuts-federal-funds/
COLLEGE FIX
— UChicago professor cancels exam so students can protest Trump
https://www.thecollegefix.com/inappropriate-uchicago-professor-cancels-exam-so-students-can-protest-trump/
DAILY CALLER
— Companies Sidestep Trump’s DEI Crackdown
https://dailycaller.com/2025/05/07/american-companies-may-sidestep-trump-dei-crackdown/
FOX BUSINESS
— The US must hold China accountable for ripping us off
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6372483675112
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— U. Chicago Prof Cancels Midterm, Tells Students to Join Anti-Trump Protest Instead
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/05/u-chicago-prof-cancels-midterm-tells-students-to-join-anti-trump-protest-instead/
POST MILLENNIAL
— Trump signs order to bring pharmaceutical manufacturing home to the US. What percent of what you buy was made in a foreign country?
https://thepostmillennial.com/trumps-signs-order-to-bring-pharmaceutical-manufacturing-home-to-the-us
— Salt Lake City council votes to make LGBTQ Pride flags official city flags in defiance of state law
https://thepostmillennial.com/salt-lake-city-council-votes-to-make-lgbtq-pride-flags-official-city-flags-in-defiance-of-state-law
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEW YORK TIMES
— The mainstream new media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/donald-trump-approval-rating-polls.html
— Toyota Says Tariffs Will Erase $1.3 Billion in Profits in Just 2 Months. What percent of what you buy was made in a foreign country?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/business/toyota-earnings-trump-tariffs.html
— To those who demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being pro-Trump, I say that I am pro-conservative principles, that I am pro-Republican Party platform.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/us/politics/trump-voice-of-america.html
— West Point Is Supposed to Educate, Not Indoctrinate
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/opinion/west-point-trump-military.html
— What motivated you the most to get a college degree? For me, it was my father decrying that he did not have one.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/opinion/college-technical-vocational-education.html?searchResultPosition=2
WASHINGTON POST
— Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration’s new transit and homelessness grant conditions
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/07/trump-cities-grants-lawsuit/b2e0ce5e-2bb3-11f0-a724-3bc879c9f843_story.html
— Chief justice touts judicial independence, rejects impeaching judges. The judges and justices who have ruled against me have made it clear that they promote the Democrat Party platform, that is, that they promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, that they promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/07/chief-justice-roberts-judicial-independence-buffalo/
USA TODAY
— Whose enemies lists are you on? I should write about those who have me on their enemies lists. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of clout in the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party. I would focus on those who continue to blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2025/05/06/trump-targets-schools-science-federal-funding/83378205007/
— Democrat leaders decry reduced efforts to promote LGBTQ.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/05/06/pride-month-defections-dei-backlash/83376447007/
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use DEI to destroy Republicans.
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/2025/05/07/the-companies-standing-up-to-trump-on-dei/83503855007/
NBC NEWS
— Some brands are doing tariff-related price hikes on May 1 — here’s what to buy now. What percent of what you buy was made in a foreign country?
https://www.nbcnews.com/select/shopping/what-to-buy-tariffs-rcna200485
CNN
— Chief Justice John Roberts stresses judicial independence amid tensions with Trump. The judges and justices who have ruled against me have made it clear that they promote the Democrat Party platform, that is, that they promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, that they promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/07/politics/john-roberts-event-judicial-independence
REUTERS
— States sue Trump administration over $3 billion in blocked EV charging grants. I just bought an EV, but I am extremely reluctant to charge it anywhere other than in my garage.
https://www.dispatch.com/story/money/cars/2025/05/08/states-sue-trump-ev-charging-grants/83507390007/
NEWSWEEK
— Parents Need School Choice. If my parents had not sent me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools, I would not have been able to get an ACT score of 24, graduate in the upper 20% of my high school class, or get accepted by UIC. But because of the tuition they paid, I had to work my way through college and my GPA was lower.
https://www.newsweek.com/parents-need-school-choice-congress-can-help-opinion-2063846
MSN
— What percent of what you buy was made in a foreign country?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/trump-wants-tariffs-on-medicine-here-s-what-it-could-mean-for-you/ar-AA1ElZqA
— Here Are All the Countries Where Your Car Is Actually Made. What percent of what you buy was made in a foreign country?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/here-are-all-the-countries-where-your-car-is-actually-made/ar-AA1DVZzU
MSNBC
— Democrat leaders say “Trump scoffs at rising prices for families while his inner circle cashes in on foreign deals.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXiPr-mW1X8
CITY JOURNAL
— Pritzker’s Progressive Trap. The Illinois governor seems determined to stick with left-wing cultural politics as he eyes a White House bid in 2028.
https://www.city-journal.org/article/illinois-governor-j-b-pritzker-democratic-presidential-nomination-2028
BLOOMBERG
— What percent of what you buy was made in a foreign country?
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-06/phrma-says-trump-drug-price-idea-could-cost-industry-1-trillion
FORBES
— Car Ownership Statistics 2025. The cars that you own say more about you than anything that you can say about yourself. What is the most recent car that you bought? I just bought a new red 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T Plus EV.
https://www.forbes.com/advisor/car-insurance/car-ownership-statistics/
REAL CLEAR MARKETS
— The Many Difficulties In Bringing Manufacturing Back. What percent of what you buy was made in a foreign country?
https://www.realclearmarkets.com/2025/05/02/the_many_difficulties_in_bringing_manufacturing_back_1107669.html
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Five years after India opened the door for American colleges, IIT became the first to accept the invitation. I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT when I was 48 in 1997. I did that a) because my Democrat GAO superiors had made it clear that they would never again assign me to audits of IRS, b) because they had assigned me audits of federal financial institution regulators since 1990, c) because I had previously not taken that many courses in finance, and d) because my supervisor wanted me to earn that degree. But in 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors flushed my IIT degree down their toilet by forcing me to retire.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/global/us-colleges-world/2025/05/08/illinois-tech-establishes-first-us-campus-india
ECONOMICS TIMES
— What percent of what you buy was made in a foreign country?
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/stocks/news/trumps-trade-war-how-tariffs-are-shaping-global-trade/slideshow/120988615.cms
May 7, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem stops in Springfield to criticize state’s immigration policies
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/07/homeland-security-secretary-kristi-noem-stops-in-springfield-to-criticize-states-immigration-policies/
— School board president paves way for interim CEO to lead CPS without required license. While I worked GAO 1981-1997, I was the only licensed CPA in its Chicago office.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/07/cristina-pacione-zayas-interim-cps-ceo/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: But first, board members told the Tribune on Wednesday that Harden is trying to corral a majority vote of 11 members to undo a resolution that passed unanimously at a March board meeting, which requires that both the next CEO and the interim CEO must have a “valid Illinois Professional Educator License, with a Superintendent endorsement.” Pacione-Zayas does not have a superintendent license.)
— Brandon Johnson strong-arms Board of Ed to install his ill-qualified chief of staff
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/07/editorial-chicago-public-schools-pacione-zayas/
CHICAGO SUNTIMES
— In Springfield visit, Homeland Security chief Kristi Noem takes aim at Gov. Pritzker’s sanctuary policies
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/05/07/homeland-security-kristi-noem-pritzkers-sanctuary-policies
ABC7
— DHS Sec. Kristi Noem attacks Pritzker, Illinois sanctuary policies
https://abc7chicago.com/post/kristi-noem-secretary-department-homeland-security-attacks-gov-jb-pritzker-sanctuary-policies-springfield-il/16349267/
NBC5
— Kristi Noem blasts JB Pritzker in Springfield, Illinois governor responds The Homeland Security secretary traveled to Springfield, celebrating Trump’s immigration policies and criticizing Illinois
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/kristi-noem-blasts-pritzker-in-springfield-illinois-governor-responds/3740018/
— ‘Do her damn job’: Illinois Sec. of State criticizes Kristi Noem ahead of Springfield visit. While her visit was not expected to focus on the big change for travelers, Giannoulias issued a statement, saying Noem’s messaging around Real ID sparked “pure panic among residents.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/do-her-damn-job-illinois-sec-of-state-criticizes-kristi-noem-ahead-of-springfield-visit/3739920/
CBS2
— DHS Secretary Noem and Illinois Gov. Pritzker spar over state’s immigration policies: “Performing for Fox News”
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/kristi-noem-springfield-illinois-immigration-sanctuary-laws/
FOX32
— Noem slams Illinois’ sanctuary policies in Springfield, Pritzker fires back
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/clash-springfield-noem-pritzker-spar-over-immigration
— Noem and Pritzker clash over Illinois immigration policies
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1637426
WLS AM
— Sec. Noem: Ill. Gov. Pritzker Protects ‘Illegal Criminals’
https://www.wlsam.com/2025/05/07/sec-noem-ill-gov-pritzker-protects-illegal-criminals/
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Homeland Security Secretary to Pritzker: ‘Change your ways and protect your people’
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/government/2025/05/07/pritzker-calls-out-trump-noem-for-violating-the-us-constitution/83475775007/
JOURNAL TOPICS
— Homeland Security secretary’s visit draws heated reactions from protestors, state officials
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/kristi-noem-criticizes-illinois-immigration-20314919.php
RIVER BENDER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ in the military
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/duckworth-slams-farright-supreme-courts-shameful-decision-to-allow-enforcement-of-trumps-trans-military-service-ban-82210.cfm?
WFIN
— Pritzker in hot seat after parents harmed by sanctuary policies lash out
https://wfin.com/fox-political-news/blue-state-governor-in-hot-seat-after-parents-harmed-by-sanctuary-policies-lash-out-gut-punch/
WJBC & WMBD & WGEM
— Pritzker calls Noem’s Illinois stop on immigration laws a “publicity stunt.”
https://www.wjbc.com/2025/05/07/dhs-secretary-kristi-noems-illinois-stop-on-immigration-laws-called-publicity-stunt/
https://wmbdradio.com/2025/05/07/dhs-secretary-kristi-noems-illinois-stop-on-immigration-laws-called-publicity-stunt/
https://www.wgem.com/2025/05/07/dhs-secretary-kristi-noems-illinois-stop-immigration-laws-called-publicity-stunt/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/05/07/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-300/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Effort Surfaces to Draft Rod Blagojevich for GOP Nomination for United States Senator
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/07/effort-surfaces-to-draft-rod-blagojevich-for-gop-nomination-for-united-states-senator/
— Raja Krishnamoorthi’s U.S. Senate Candidacy Announcement
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/07/raja-krishnamoorthis-u-s-senate-candidacy-announcement/
— Tax Burden in Illinois
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/07/tax-burden-in-illinois/
— Reactions to Pritzker May the 4th Be with You Tweet Just Hilarious
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/07/reactions-to-pritzker-may-the-4th-be-with-you-tweet/
— State Senator Laura Fine Seeks Schakowsky Seat in Congress
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/06/state-senator-seeks-schakowsky-seat-in-congress/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Republicans put California’s EV mandate on the chopping block
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/7/republicans-put-californias-ev-mandate-chopping-block/
— Time to pay back student loans. No more shirking responsibility.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/7/time-pay-back-student-loans/
NEW YORK POST
— It’s up to Congress, not DOGE, to slash runaway spending
https://nypost.com/2025/05/07/opinion/now-elon-tells-us-congress-not-doge-must-slash-spending/
BREITBART
— Raja Krishnamoorthi Eyes a Senate Run; Brags of Standing Up to ‘Bullies’ Like Trump
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/05/07/raja-krishnamoorthi-eyes-a-senate-run-brags-of-standing-up-to-bullies-like-trump/
— Kristi Noem, Angel Families Call on Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker to ‘Abandon Dangerous Sanctuary Policies’
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/05/07/kristi-noem-angel-families-call-on-illinois-gov-j-b-pritzker-abandon-dangerous-sanctuary-policies/
DAILY CALLER
– American Manufacturers Overwhelmed With Orders After Trump’s Tariff Crackdown On China
https://dailycaller.com/2025/05/05/american-business-returns-trump-tariffs-china/
EPOCH TIMES
— Crackdown on Student Loan Defaulters to Begin With Benefit Seizure, Then Wage Garnishment.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/crackdown-on-student-loan-defaulters-to-begin-with-benefit-seizure-then-wage-garnishment-5853392
FOX NEWS & WFIN
— Protesters gather outside Pritzker mansion to disrupt Noem presser, only to find she was never actually there
https://www.aol.com/protesters-gather-outside-pritzker-mansion-204705275.html
https://wfin.com/fox-political-news/protesters-gather-outside-pritzker-mansion-to-disrupt-noem-presser-only-to-find-she-was-never-actually-there/
LIFE NEWS
— Rep. Mary Miller Leads Fight to Defund Planned Parenthood
https://www.lifenews.com/2025/05/07/pro-life-congresswoman-leads-fight-to-defund-planned-parenthood/
NEWSMAX
— Sec. Noem: Ill. Gov. Pritzker Protects ‘Illegal Criminals’
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/dhs-ice-kristi-noem/2025/05/07/id/1209948/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Duckworth announces legislation protecting VA jobs. There was no legislation to protect GAO jobs while Gingrich gutted the agency during the 1980s and 1990s.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5288430-duckworth-bills-va-jobs/
— Pritzker’s office mockingly calls for ‘all pet owners’ to beware ahead of Noem visit
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5288021-pritzker-illinois-noem-trump-immigration-springfield/
NEWSWEEK
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote Pritzker.
https://www.newsweek.com/jb-pritzker-showing-democrats-how-stand-trump-opinion-2068770
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— $70,000/year salaries offered to high school juniors taking shop classes. I earned a bachelor’s degree in management when I was 21 in 1970. In today’s dollars, my IRS starting salary was $55,850/year when I was 22 in 1971. It was $68,315/year when I was 24 in 1972. My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/skilled-trades-high-school-recruitment-fd9f8257
FORTUNE
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://fortune.com/article/corporate-social-responsibility-strategy-dei-backlash/
FORBES
— Workplace Competition: Pros and Cons. My Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted negative competition between their employees big time to get rid of their employees who were conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. They did not want their employees who were the aforesaid to band together. I should write about my Democrat superiors in the federal government who had the most success turning my coworkers who were the aforesaid against me.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/carolinecastrillon/2025/01/26/workplace-competition-pros-cons/
INSIDE EVs
— ‘A Trump Gift To China’: 17 States Sue Over EV Charger Funding Freeze
https://insideevs.com/news/758913/states-sue-trump-nevi-charger/
May 7, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Trump Tower plaza barricades pulled back after months of complaints. The fencing violated the planned development ordinance requiring open access to the 1.2-acre public plaza, according to the city’s Department of Planning and Development.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2025/05/06/trump-tower-plaza-barricades-pulled-back-after-months-of-complaints
— Proposed bill would limit where customers could buy EVs. The stated goal of anti-consumer legislation like Senate Bill 1939 is to protect the viability of franchise dealerships.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/05/07/electric-vehicles-limit-options-illinoisans-anti-consumer-car-dealerships-liam-condon
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/health/2025/05/07/new-study-suggests-insuring-immigrants-in-illinois-gives-hospitals-a-financial-lift
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/07/column-donald-trump-free-trade-tariffs-due-process-chapman/
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders promote Raja Krishnamoorthi big time.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250506/us-congress-politics/u-s-rep-krishnamoorthi-running-for-durbins-senate-seat/
— The Democratic Party of DuPage County announced a unique protest, Hands Across Chicagoland, from noon to 2 p.m. Sunday, May 18. Area Democrats plan to form a human chain along Ogden Avenue stretching from Chicago to Aurora. They promised “we will not block streets or businesses along the route.” How successful have Democrat leaders been driving Republicans out of your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? When Democrats move in, poverty and crime increase.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250506/nation-and-world-politics/political-roundabout-duckworths-senate-pick-gop-on-jbs-future-dems-plan-a-human-chain/
NBC5
— Illinois political scene sees seismic shift with high-profile retirements
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/illinois-political-scene-sees-seismic-shift-with-high-profile-retirements/3739479/
— Democrat leaders promote Raja Krishnamoorthi
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/democrat-raja-krishnamoorthi-launches-illinois-senate-campaign-rcna204834
CBS2
— Snarky back-and-forth ahead of DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s visit to Springfield
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/snarky-back-and-forth-ahead-of-dhs-secretary-kristi-noems-visit-to-springfield/
DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2025/05/07/city/executive-order-against-sanctuary-cities-is-likely-unconstitutional-experts-say/
DAILY EGYPTIAN
— Democrat leaders push DEI initiatives amid Trump cuts. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at those who are the following that Republicans cause all of their problems: liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German America, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, lack education and/or job skills, have financial, health, and/or other problems, boozers, gamblers, stoners, prostitutes, criminals, are in America illegally, etc.
https://dailyegyptian.com/121383/news/siu-students-push-for-dei-initiatives-amid-trump-cuts/
KSDK
— Bill invites Illinois counties to join Indiana
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBUeoLhFOW8
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/05/07/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-507/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— The poorest homeowners are being crushed by Illinois’ property taxes
https://wirepoints.org/the-poorest-homeowners-are-being-crushed-by-illinois-property-taxes-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/
JOHN KASS
— Where’s Columbus? Chicago’s Italians Mocked as Clowns & Chumbolones
https://johnkassnews.com/wheres-columbus-chicagos-italians-mocked-as-clowns-chumbolones/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Trump’s DEI crackdown increasingly makes Democrat and RINO employers worried about lawsuits. Because Democrats have always controlled the courts, my Democrat superiors in the federal government were never concerned about lawsuits against them from their Republican employees. Actually, they welcomed such lawsuits against them, if not encouraged such lawsuits against them. You would see that if you would read the documents in Diersen v. GAO https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf According to them, in that lawsuit, the courts ruled that federal employers can use the following to waste the careers of and to get rid of their Republican employees who are White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, and/or German American: budget cuts, up-or-out, and/or Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. My Democrat superiors crow that they succeeded in destroying a Republican federal employee who had a) three job-related master’s degrees, b) six job-related professional certifications, and c) a job-related professional license. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in destroying Tesla to destroy Musk to destroy Trump. What will Democrat leaders destroy next to destroy Trump? Anticipate/expect that the more demographics that you share with Trump, the more that Democrat leaders will do to destroy you. Trump is conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time. I share all of the aforesaid demographics with Trump. I should write about my critics/opponents and the many big adverse actions that they have had their operatives and their dupes take against me since 2015. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Because my Missouri Synod Lutheran grade school teachers promoted reading, writing, and arithmetic instead of the Democrat Party platform, I was able to get an ACT score of 24, graduate in the upper 20% of my high school class, and get accepted by UIC even though neither of my parents attended college, my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, and my mother never attended high school. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What Caste were you born into? My critics/opponents have always painted me as being lower Caste. They stress a) that neither of my parents attended college, b) that my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, c) that he never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars, d) that my mother never attended high school, e) that I had to work my way through college, f) that none of my degrees are from Ivy League universities, g) that I was a federal employee for almost 30 years, h) that I have been a federal retiree for almost 28 years, i) that I never earned more than $153,151/year in today’s dollars, and j) that I am Protestant and German American. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do the schools that you graduated from think of you? I graduated from NIU in 1970, Loyola in 1976, DePaul in 1980, and IIT in 1997. From what I see, the aforesaid schools have a very low opinion of me because I am conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What did your coworkers do to advance? Extremely few if not virtually none of my Democrat coworkers in the federal government did what I did. I worked for the Democrats who ran the Post Office when I was 18-20, IRS 22-31, and GAO 31-49. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21. I earned job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48. I earned job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48. I earned a job-related professional license when I was 32. To advance, my coworkers glorified and praised their superiors and supervisors, pandered to their superiors and supervisors, and served as operatives or dupes for their superiors and supervisors. They helped their superiors get rid of their Republican coworkers like me who were conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrat leaders push DEI initiatives amid Trump cuts. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at those who are the following that Republicans cause all of their problems: liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German America, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, lack education and/or job skills, have financial, health, and/or other problems, boozers, gamblers, stoners, prostitutes, criminals, are in America illegally, etc. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Rep. Mary Miller (R-IL) calls on Illinois sheriffs to defy Pritzker’s sanctuary law. What is your county sheriff’s position on this?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3403533/mary-miller-illinois-sheriffs-defy-sanctuary-law/
NEW YORK POST
— How black Americans were on the rise before affirmative action, author Jason Riley explains in fascinating new book
https://nypost.com/2025/05/06/opinion/black-americans-on-the-rise-before-affirmative-action-jason-riley-writes-in-new-book/
BREITBART
— Democrat Rep. Jasmine Crockett Fumes Over $1,000 for Illegals to Self-Deport: ‘It’s a Damn Scam’
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/05/06/democrat-rep-jasmine-crockett-fumes-over-1000-illegals-self-deport-its-damn-scam/
— Pro-Immigration Lawyers Whine that Trump Deportations Apply to All Illegals, Including Irish
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/05/06/trumps-deputies-deporting-irish-migrants/
COLLEGE FIX
— How black Americans were on the rise before affirmative action: new book
https://www.thecollegefix.com/bulletin-board/how-black-americans-were-on-the-rise-before-affirmative-action-new-book/
DAILY WIRE
— Trump Admin Cuts Funds For ‘Divisive,’ ‘Woke’ Children’s Programing At PBS. Because my Missouri Synod Lutheran grade school teachers promoted reading, writing, and arithmetic instead of the Democrat Party platform, I was able to get an ACT score of 24, graduate in the upper 20% of my high school class, and get accepted by UIC even though neither of my parents attended college, my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, and my mother never attended high school.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-cuts-funds-for-divisive-woke-childrens-programing-at-pbs
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Chief Diversity Officers Struggling Under New Rules and DEI Bans
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/05/chief-diversity-officers-struggling-under-new-rules-and-dei-bans/
MEGYN KELLY
— How the Trump Admin Is Finally Fighting Back Against Elite Universities and Illegal Discrimination
https://www.megynkelly.com/watch/how-the-trump-admin-is-finally-fighting-back-against-elite-universities-and-illegal-discrimination/
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Richard Porter: Hyperbole, Lies, and Delusions
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/05/06/hyperbole_lies_and_delusions_152752.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Obama’s presidential library
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5286297-obama-foundation-trump-mockery-response/
— Democrat leaders say “The real ‘DEI hire’ was Clarence Thomas.”
https://thehill.com/opinion/5284388-clarence-thomas-dei-hire/
REUTERS
— Biden accuses Trump of appeasement of Russia
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/former-us-president-biden-accuses-trump-appeasement-russia-2025-05-07/
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2025-05-06/800m-in-lgbtq-health-research-funding-nixed-by-trump-administration
MSN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in destroying Tesla to destroy Musk to destroy Trump. What will Democrat leaders destroy next to destroy Trump? Anticipate/expect that the more demographics that you share with Trump, the more that Democrat leaders will do to destroy you. Trump is conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time. I share all of the aforesaid demographics with Trump. I should write about my critics/opponents and the many big adverse actions that they have had their operatives and their dupes take against me since 2015. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/tesla-s-europe-customers-continue-abandoning-brand-in-the-wake-of-musk-s-trump-ties/ar-AA1EhFvO
MSNBC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Buttigieg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gwB6aL_Ubc
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Canada against America
https://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/lawrence-canada-s-pm-humiliated-trump-today-but-not-as-much-as-trump-humiliated-himself-239052357934
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Europe against America
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/business/tariffs-europe-boycott-american-goods.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with China against America
https://www.nytimes.com/article/trump-tariffs-canada-mexico-china.html
— Democrat leaders promote Alcatraz tourists
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/us/alcatraz-trump-tourists.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly drive Trump’s approval rating down
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/donald-trump-approval-rating-polls.html
— Trump Denies Posting Image of Himself as Pope
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/us/politics/trump-pope-photo-ai.html
— Environmentalists “Stunned” After 35 House Dems Vote Against California EV Mandate. How will my critics/opponents use against me my buying a new 2005 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T Plus EV? Will they stress that it is not eligible for a federal rebate because it costs too much, that it weighs 6,000 pounds, and/or that it can do the quarter mile in 12.6 seconds at 135 MPH?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/climate/democrats-california-ban-electric-vehicles.html
— What do the schools that you graduated from think of you? I graduated from NIU in 1970, Loyola in 1976, DePaul in 1980, and IIT in 1997. From what I see, the aforesaid schools have a very low opinion of me because I am conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/opinion/trump-universities-woke.html
— Democrat leaders want Democrat Presidents to have power but not Republican Presidents.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/opinion/trump-obama-biden-presidency.html?searchResultPosition=1
WASHINGTON POST
— Canada’s new leader tries charm after tough talk on Trump
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/06/trump-canada-carney/
— Supreme Court lets Trump ban transgender troops while case continues
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/06/transgender-troops-ban-supreme-court-trump/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Canada against America
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/06/trump-presidency-news/
TWO PARAGRAPHS
— What did your coworkers do to advance? Extremely few if not virtually none of my Democrat coworkers in the federal government did what I did. I worked for the Democrats who ran the Post Office when I was 18-20, IRS 22-31, and GAO 31-49. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21. I earned job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48. I earned job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48. I earned a job-related professional license when I was 32. To advance, my coworkers glorified and praised their superiors and supervisors, pandered to their superiors and supervisors, and served as operatives or dupes for their superiors and supervisors. They helped their superiors get rid of their Republican coworkers like me who were conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.
https://2paragraphs.com/2025/05/trump-offers-obama-help-on-construction-site-i-could-recommend-professionals/
FORTUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with the rest of the world against America
https://fortune.com/2025/05/06/trump-tariffs-exports-plummet-ports/
BUSINESS JOURNAL
— Trump’s DEI crackdown increasingly makes Democrat and RINO employers worried about lawsuits. Because Democrats have always controlled the courts, my Democrat superiors in the federal government were never concerned about lawsuits against them from their Republican employees. Actually, they welcomed such lawsuits against them, if not encouraged such lawsuits against them. You would see that if you would read the documents in Diersen v. GAO https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf According to them, in that lawsuit, the courts ruled that federal employers can use the following to waste the careers of and to get rid of their Republican employees who are White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, and/or German American: budget cuts, up-or-out, and/or Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. My Democrat superiors crow that they succeeded in destroying a Republican federal employee who had a) three job-related master’s degrees, b) six job-related professional certifications, and c) a job-related professional license.
https://www.bizjournals.com/chicago/news/2025/05/07/trump-dei-littler-company-2025-lawsuits-ice.html
INDIAN EXPRESS
— What Caste were you born into? My critics/opponents have always painted me as being lower Caste. They stress a) that neither of my parents attended college, b) that my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, c) that he never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars, d) that my mother never attended high school, e) that I had to work my way through college, f) that none of my degrees are from Ivy League universities, g) that I was a federal employee for almost 30 years, h) that I have been a federal retiree for almost 28 years, i) that I never earned more than $153,151/year in today’s dollars, and j) that I am Protestant and German American.
https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/caste-census-counting-caste-census-savarna-caste-census-2026-9987844/
May 6, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— President Donald Trump criticizes construction progress at Obama Presidential Center in Chicago
https://abc7chicago.com/post/barack-obama-library-update-donald-trump-criticizes-presidential-construction-progress-jackson-park-chicago/16343255/
— Pritzker to testify to Congress on sanctuary policies, House Oversight Committee says. Pres. Donald Trump is threatening to withhold federal funding from sanctuary cities, which could have a huge impact on Chicago.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/govs-jb-pritzker-tim-walz-kathy-hochul-testify-sanctuary-city-immigration-policies-house-oversight-committee-hearing/16341230/
— Chicago’s Michelada Fest 2025 canceled due to uncertainty surrounding artists’ visas
https://abc7chicago.com/post/2025-michelada-fest-chicago-canceled-due-uncertainty-surrounding-artists-visas-organizers-say/16343015/
NBC5
— Trump calls Obama Presidential Center ‘disaster,’ criticizes ‘DEI’ hires
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/trump-calls-obama-presidential-center-disaster-criticizes-dei-hires/3739540/
— Pritzker, other governors to testify before Congress on ‘sanctuary’ policies. Pritzker will be joined by two other governors at the June hearing.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/jb-pritzker-testify-congress-sanctuary-city-policies/3739337/
— Noem visit to Springfield draws sarcastic response from Pritzker’s office
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/noem-visit-to-springfield-draws-sarcastic-response-from-pritzkers-office/3739586/
— Chicago Urban League report reveals stark data on wealth of Black residents
https://www.nbcchicago.com/local-2/chicago-urban-league-report-reveals-stark-data-on-wealth-of-black-residents/3739448/
CBS2
— Trump calls Chicago’s Obama Presidential Center “a disaster,” blames “woke” construction
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/president-trump-obama-presidential-center-disaster-blames-woke-construction/
— Pritzker’s office slams, mocks Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem ahead of visit
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/pritzker-office-slams-mocks-homeland-security-kristi-noem/
WGN9
— White House requests $46.5 billion for border wall construction
https://wgntv.com/news/national/white-house-requests-46-5-billion-for-border-wall-construction/
WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Trump budget cuts.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/05/06/advocates-say-cuts-head-start-could-be-devastating-illinois-families
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pritzker to testify before Congress on Illinois’ ‘sanctuary’ immigration policies
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/06/gov-jb-pritzker-to-testify-before-congress-on-illinois-sanctuary-immigration-policies/
— Pritzker should stop trying to make Juliana Stratton the inevitable successor to Dick Durbin
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/06/editorial-jb-pritzker-juliana-stratton-senate-democrats/
— Mayor Brandon Johnson defends deal on Columbus statues
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/06/mayor-brandon-johnson-deal-columbus-statues/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ‘State of Black Chicago’ report lays out path to building wealth amid stark racial gaps. The Chicago Urban League report highlights one key statistic: The median net worth for a Black family is $0, compared with $210,000 for a white family.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/work/2025/05/06/state-of-black-chicago-report-lays-out-path-to-wealth-building-amid-stark-racial-gaps
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Trump goes off on ‘woke’ Obama Center construction
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/trump-rants-about-woke-obama-center-construction
RIVER BENDER
— Under Pritzker, Illinois is ever-increasingly hostile to those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/gov-pritzker-invites-canadian-travelers-to-enjoy-illinois-600000-visit-state-each-year-82172.cfm?
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/05/06/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-299/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Calling All Masochists – Tax Bills Are Up
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/06/calling-all-masochists-tax-bills-are-up/
— Opposition to Slaughter House Next to Greenwood Cemetery Surfaces
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/06/opposition-to-slaughter-house-next-to-greenwood-cemetery-surfaces/
— State by State Summary of Trump Approval Ratings
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/05/state-by-state-summary-of-trump-approval-ratings/
— Politico Reads McHenry County Blog
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/05/politico-reads-mchenry-county-blog/
— Brush Fire on 100-Acre McHenry County Conservation District Property Near Island Lake
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/05/brush-fire-on-100-acre-mchenry-county-conservation-district-property-near-island-lake/
— Tom DeVore to Aim Negative Mailing against House Republican Leader Tony McCombie
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/05/tom-devore-to-aim-negative-mailing-against-house-republican-leader-tony-mccombie/
— Grafton Township GOP Schedules Fifth Golf Outing
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/05/grafton-township-gop-schedules-fifth-golf-outing/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Tariff troubles highlight Chicago’s precarious pension situation
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/tariff-troubles-highlight-chicagos-precarious-pension-situation/
— Illinois fixing shortage by changing foreign-trained doctor licensing
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-fixing-shortage-by-changing-foreign-trained-doctor-licensing/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— During President Biden’s tenure, the federal workforce grew by nearly 6%, with nearly every major agency adding hires and new departments. In Mr. Biden’s final two years, only 74% of jobs came from the private sector. One out of every four were created by the federal government.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/6/crying-tears-joy-massive-federal-layoffs/
NEW YORK POST
— Left’s ‘Big Bird defense’ won’t work this time as Trump axes funds for biased PBS, NPR
https://nypost.com/2025/05/06/opinion/big-bird-defense-wont-work-this-time-as-trump-axes-pbs-npr-funding/
EPOCH TIMES
— Supreme Court Lets Military Ban Troops Who Identify as Transgender. The ruling is in place as the case against the ban continues.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/supreme-court-lets-trump-admin-ban-troops-who-identify-as-transgender-5853172
FOX NEWS
— Rep. Mary Miller, R-Ill., is calling on sheriffs in her state to defy Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the state’s sanctuary laws and instead uphold federal immigration law.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/blue-state-republican-calls-county-sheriffs-defy-sanctuary-law-dem-governor-rumored-2028-run
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Deportee Nightmare – A Very Questionable Rwanda Is Eyeing America’s Illegals
https://www.westernjournal.com/deportee-nightmare-questionable-rwanda-eyeing-americas-illegals/
May 6, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/05/trump-restrict-abortion-medication/
— Trump has threatened a 100% tariff on movies made outside the US.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/05/trump-tariffs-foreign-made-films/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul joins 19 counterparts in trying to stop Trump election order. A Trump administration executive order issued in March demands states not count mail-in ballots received after Election Day and requires proof of citizenship to register to vote. The attorneys general argue that the power to regulate elections rests with Congress, the states.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2025/05/05/illinois-attorney-general-kwame-raoul-opposes-trump-election-order
— Illinois, other states sue Trump administration for blocking wind energy development. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly sue Trump because of his spending cuts. To what extent are the following dependent on federal spending: your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct? To what extent are you, your neighbors, your friends, and your relatives dependent on federal spending?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/environment/2025/05/05/illinois-states-wind-energy-sue-trump-administration-executive-order
DAILY HERALD
— The mainstream news media is an arm of the Democrat Party. It glorified and praised Biden’s executive orders as much as it demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump’s executive orders.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250506/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-imbalance-of-power-policy-is-worthy-of-debate-and-subject-to-change-but-we-c/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Tariff impact on Chicago companies: $1B and counting
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/economy/tariff-impact-chicago-companies-1-billion-and-counting
ABC7
— Pritzker wooing Canadian tourists to visit Illinois. Under Pritzker, Illinois is ever-increasingly more unfriendly to those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/governor-jb-pritzker-wooing-canadian-tourists-visit-illinois/16338163/
NBC5
— Trump’s Hollywood tariffs announcement is met with confusion and fear. Democrats control entertainment in America.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/trump-hollywood-tariffs-confusion-fear/3738587/
— Why 21 empty school buildings are costing Chicagoans millions
https://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/nbc-5-investigates-why-21-empty-school-buildings-are-costing-chicagoans-millions/3738226/
WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlKnlXoMRys
STATELINE
— GOP lawmakers seek to ban Pride flags, stirring tensions with liberal cities. Bills in more than a dozen states would prohibit the flags at city halls, schools and state buildings.
https://stateline.org/2025/05/05/gop-lawmakers-seek-to-ban-pride-flags-stirring-tensions-with-liberal-cities/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-05-05/democrat-led-states-sue-trump-administration-over-dei
WIFR
— The more demographics that people have that vote for Republicans, the more that Pritzker discourages them a) from coming to Illinois and b) from staying in Illinois.
https://www.wifr.com/2025/05/05/illinois-tourism-officials-say-industry-is-trending-down-this-year/
WQAD
— State program helping Illinois students save thousands on grad school. Age discrimination is real, and especially for those who are White, male, and/or non-veteran. It is called up-or-out. I did not earn an MBA until I was 27. By then, it was too late. Why didn’t I earn an MBA sooner? My father died suddenly when I was a senior at NIU in 1969. My mother had never worked outside of the home. My brother was having troubles. I applied for a financial hardship draft deferment to help support them. I needed a job. Potential employers saw me as being draft bait. I accepted the only job offer that I got. It was a job that did not really require a college degree. I started taking graduate evening business courses, but only one at a time. Because of that, I did not earn an MBA from Loyola until I was 27. By then, it was too late. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul until I was 31. By then, again, it was too late. It took me 4 years because again, I took only one graduate evening accounting course at a time. I did not pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination and become a licensed CPA until I was 32. By then, again, it was too late. I did not earn a master’s degree in finance from IIT until I was 48. By then, again, it was too late. It took me 5 years because again, I took only one graduate evening finance course at a time. Why did I take only one graduate evening course at a time? Because that was all that I could afford in terms of time, attention, and money. Age discrimination is real, and especially for those who are White, male, and/or non-veteran. It is called up-or-out. I should write about that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zimLqEXF_XE
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/05/06/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-506/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Illinois is an island on both gas taxes and school choice
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-is-an-island-on-both-gas-taxes-and-school-choice-wirepoints-on-with-wjols-scott-slocum/
CHICAGO CONTRARIAN
— Illinois’ Great Exodus
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/chicago-great-exodus
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ‘Homeschool Act’ is about limiting school choice
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/homeschool-act-is-about-limiting-school-choice/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
AMAC
— Trump “Skinny Budget” Boosts Border Security, Armed Forces
https://amac.us/newsline/economy/trump-skinny-budget-boosts-border-security-armed-forces/
BREITBART
— Trump’s DOJ Pressuring Sanctuary Cities and States to Stop Blocking Immigration Enforcement
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/05/05/trumps-doj-appears-to-launch-anti-sanctuary-city-campaign/
— Trump on Self-Deportations: ‘Maybe Someday, with Little Work, They Can Come Back In
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/05/05/trump-on-self-deportations-maybe-someday-with-little-work-they-can-come-back-in/
— Trump Promises Illegals ‘Beautiful Flight’ Out of U.S. If They Self-Deport
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/05/05/trump-promises-illegals-beautiful-flight-out-u-s-if-they-self-deport/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Harvard rebrands DEI office as Office of Community and Campus Life
https://www.campusreform.org/article/harvard-rebrands-dei-office-office-community-campus-life/27898
DAILY WIRE
— Trump Makes Move To Super-Charge Deportations Using Local Cops. The agreements could prove to be a valuable force multiplier for the DHS, potentially enabling the agency to boost deportation numbers.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-trump-dhs-partners-with-100s-of-police-departments-to-supercharge-deportation-campaign
MRC TV
— ‘12 Reasons Why NPR And PBS Deserved To Be Defunded’
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/craig-bannister/12-reasons-why-npr-and-pbs-deserved-be-defunded
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCITED PRESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://apnews.com/article/transgender-hud-fair-housing-trump-lgbtq-turner-915634741f56f3d5ea265e316cd396bb
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for inflation and for everything else that is bad. What do your critics/opponents blame you for? My critics/opponents blame me for 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 those who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and who have had their operatives and their dupes take the biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://apnews.com/article/cost-coalition-group-bipartisan-trump-harris-inflation-e9c8b000ff751458d49b3089672cb570
— Child care in the Capitol: As more women run for office, some are bringing their kids
https://www.shorelinemedia.net/ludington_daily_news/videos/child-care-in-the-capitol-as-more-women-run-for-office-some-are-bringing-their/video_d45f0797-5a3a-5920-8e21-34133f3759a6.html
MSNBC
— Massive ‘No Kings’ protest expected to rain on Donald Trump’s (military) parade. What if Republican leaders had organized protests against Obama and against Biden?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vwhKYDuOsw
MSN
— Pence criticizes Trump’s tariffs, stance on Russia in CNN interview
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/pence-criticizes-trump-s-tariffs-stance-on-russia-in-cnn-interview/ar-AA1Eey0m
— “Americans are going to see consequences”: Pence breaks with Trump on tariffs, deportations
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/americans-are-going-to-see-consequences-pence-breaks-with-trump-on-tariffs-deportations/ar-AA1EdGea
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly sue Trump because of his spending cuts. To what extent are the following dependent on federal spending: your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct? To what extent are you, your neighbors, your friends, and your relatives dependent on federal spending?
https://www.msn.com/en-my/news/us/unions-cities-nonprofits-sue-to-block-trump-workforce-cuts/ar-AA1DQyVF
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Battles Academia, but Especially the Ivy League. According to my critics/opponents, degrees from non-Ivy League universities are worthless, that is, my degrees from NIU, Loyola, DePaul, and IIT are worthless..
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/us/politics/trump-ivy-league.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly crow about their success in making foreign countries hate America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/business/tariffs-europe-boycott-american-goods.html?searchResultPosition=1
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/world/canada/global-elections-trump.html
USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2025/05/05/connie-britton-the-motherhood-single-moms-hallmark/83324634007/
— Seriously delinquent student loan borrowers hit record high and climbing
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2025/05/05/delinquent-student-loans-credit-scores-collections-resume/83412433007/
— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG PICTURE: Jockeying for a new pope already has started. Democrat leaders want a Pope who will promote the anti-Catholic Democrat Party platform.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/05/02/cardinals-jockey-for-pope-before-conclave/83355920007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: Trump Administration Threatens Schools With Student-Loan Restrictions. Nearly 10 million borrowers could soon be in default, and the Education Department wants to hold schools responsible.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/trump-administration-threatens-schools-with-student-loan-restrictions-864f244f
FED SMITH
— Total Federal Compensation 5% Higher Than Private Sector at All Education Levels But Lags at Higher Levels. Federal employees with a professional degree or doctorate earned 24 percent less, on average, than their private-sector counterparts. To demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as having been grossly overpaid, my critics/opponents have always ignored/dismissed/belittled that I had three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2024/04/29/cbo-report-total-federal-employee-compensation-higher-than-private-sector/
https://www.fedsmith.com/2022/10/28/average-federal-employee-salaries-with-benefits/
THE NATION
— The Case for Meritocracy. How have your critics/opponents used meritocracy against you? My critics/opponents stress a) that my ACT score was only 24, b) that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class, c) that I got no scholarships, d) that it took me 4 years to earn an MBA and my GPA was not that great, e) that while I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, my scores on its four parts were not that great, f) that it took me 4 years to earn a master’s degree in accounting and my GPA was not that great, g) that while I became a licensed CPA, it was not until I was 32, h) that it took me 5 years to earn a master’s degree in finance and my GPA was not that great, i) that none of degrees were from Ivy League universities, j) that notwithstanding my degrees, certifications, and license, my superiors in the federal government took many big adverse actions against me, never promoted me beyond GS-13, and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, and k) my superiors in the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, etc. took many big adverse actions against me.
https://www.nation.com.pk/06-May-2025/the-case-for-meritocracy
May 5, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Trump rules out another presidential run, floats Rubio and Vance as potential successors
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-third-term-president-rules-another-presidential-run-floats-rubio-vance-potential-successors/16329961/
— New DePaul policy would require those wearing face coverings to remove them upon request
https://abc7chicago.com/post/depaul-university-policy-would-require-wearing-masks-face-coverings-remove-request-jewish-student-attack/16331702/
CBS2
— Cinco de Mayo Parade is canceled, but there are other celebrations and deals in Chicago
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/cinco-de-mayo-parade-little-village-canceled/
FOX32
— 16-year-old becomes youngest to receive Ph.D. in the US. I did not earn an MBA until I was 27, a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31, and a master’s degree in finance until I was 48. By then, it was too late. I did not pass the CPA examination until I was 30 and pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination until I was 32. By then, it was too late. I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32. By then, it was too late. I did not earn additional job-related professional certifications until I was 41, 45, 47, and 48. By then, it was too late.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/16-year-old-becomes-youngest-receive-ph-d-us-university-claims
WBEZ
— Trump Administration takes renewed aim at Illinois, other sanctuary states and cities
https://www.wbez.org/reset-with-sasha-ann-simons/2025/05/05/trump-administration-takes-renewed-aim-at-illinois-other-sanctuary-states-and-cities
WGN RADIO
— Should immigrants who self-deport be paid $1000? Any money paid to illegals to deport should come from those who invited them.
https://wgnradio.com/john-williams/newsclick/the-john-williams-newsclick-should-immigrants-who-self-deport-be-paid-1000/#/questions
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump administration says it will pay immigrants in the United States illegally $1,000 to go home. Any money paid to illegals to deport should come from those who invited them.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/05/trump-immigrants-pay-home/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Deportation fears mute Cinco de Mayo in Little Village: ‘It’s so sad and a little scary’ Little Village, which markets itself as the “Mexican Capital of the Midwest” was to have held its annual Cinco de Mayo parade Monday, but it was canceled over fears of deportations.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/05/05/cinco-de-mayo-little-village-chicago-immigration-deportation
DAILY EGYPTIAN
— Conservative watchdog group recruits SIU students to investigate ‘liberal bias’ on campus
https://dailyegyptian.com/121370/news/conservative-watchdog-group-recruits-siu-students-to-investigate-liberal-bias-on-campus/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Cinco de Mayo parades canceled in some cities amid fears of immigration crackdown
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/cinco-de-mayo-parades-canceled-in-some-cities-amid-fears-of-immigration-crackdown/
KSDK
— Water in over 20 Illinois communities is contaminated, state EPA warns
https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/health/illinois-water-contamination-pfas-forever-chemicals-epa-metro-east/63-7056b8a1-33b1-43fc-a2cb-1a7e64b20fa7
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/05/05/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-298/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Conservative U.S. Catholics hope next pope won’t echo Francis
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/5/conservative-us-catholics-hope-next-pope-wont-echo-francis-observers/
— Trump has booted 11,000 IRS employees so far, and counting. If I was still working for the Democrats who run IRS, they would have killed me by now figuratively, if not literally.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/5/donald-trump-booted-11000-irs-employees-far-counting/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Assimilation isn’t a dirty word
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/patriotism-unity/3399769/legal-immigration-assimilation-not-a-dirty-word/
— America has more foreign residents than ever
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/patriotism-unity/3399780/america-foreign-born-residents-immigrant-population/
NEW YORK POST
— Migrant Tren de Aragua punks brawl with NYPD cops in wild Times Square melee
https://nypost.com/2025/05/05/us-news/migrant-tren-de-aragua-punks-brawl-with-nypd-cops-in-wild-times-square-melee/
BREITBART
— Trump Administration to Pay for Migrant Flights of Illegals Who Self-Deport. Any money paid to illegals to deport should come from those who invited them.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/05/05/trump-administration-to-pay-for-migrant-flights-of-illegals-who-self-deport/
CENTER SQUARE
— Republicans mull federal cuts to FBI, IRS, abortion services and more
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_544fb228-cde5-4b8e-a4b9-3bcfc25a343c.html
FOX NEWS
— The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has launched an investigation into an Illinois school district based on a teacher’s allegations of racial segregation practices. The complaint, filed by the Southeastern Legal Foundation (SLF) on behalf of teacher Dr. Stacy Deemar, alleges Evanston-Skokie School District 65 is acting in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by using “privilege walks” and other racial practices at school. “The policies and practices to which the District allegedly subjects students and teachers shocks the conscience. Amid a dismal academic achievement record, the District appears to focus on unlawfully segregating students by race, instructing students to step forward and others to step back on the basis of race, and associating ‘Whiteness’ with the devil. If true, how is this conceivable in America today?” Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Craig Trainor said in a press release on May 1 by the Trump Education Department.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-administration-investigates-school-district-near-chicago-amid-reports-antiracist-training
NEWSMAX
— Rwanda Talking With US to Take Deported Illegals
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/rwanda-trump-administration-deportations/2025/05/05/id/1209643/
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Cinco De Mayo Celebrations Canceled Across America: “People Are Very Scared,” “Thinking About Going Back To Mexico”
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/05/05/cnn_cinco_de_mayo_celebrations_canceled_over_fear_of_deportation.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEW YORK TIMES
— Rwanda in Early Talks With U.S. to Take Expelled Migrants
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/world/africa/rwanda-trump-deportees.html
WEVV
— Marijuana is extremely dangerous to the fetus in the womb
https://www.wevv.com/news/health/forget-common-folklore-about-the-safety-of-weed-marijuana-harms-babies-research-shows/article_79c5e7de-625f-5a22-9086-ee3f0c67f86f.html
May 5, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC5
— When does Illinois’ gas tax increase, and what decides how much it goes up?
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/when-does-illinois-gas-tax-increase-and-what-decides-how-much-it-goes-up/3737450/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for everything that is bad.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/trump-takes-credit-for-good-parts-of-economy-blames-bad-parts-on-biden/3737382/
CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/protesters-hold-may-the-4th-resistance-event-in-daley-plaza/
— Trump says he’ll reopen Alcatraz, order 100% tariff on foreign movies
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/president-trump-says-hell-reopen-alcatraz-order-100-tariff-on-foreign-movies/
— 3 dead, 6 hurt in Chicago weekend shootings
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-weekend-shootings-may-2-to-5/
CBS2 & CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE & NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders want due process, but only for past, present, and future Democrat voters. My Democrat GAO superiors denied me due process when they forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. Democrat judges and justices denied me due process in Diersen v. GAO by granting GAO summary judgement, that is, by denying me my 7th Amendment rights.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/president-trump-says-hes-unsure-whether-citizens-non-citizens-in-u-s-deserve-due-process/
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/trump-in-a-new-interview-says-he-doesnt-know-if-he-backs-due-process-rights/article_d49d3224-ce57-59ad-9811-4c578803127c.html
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-05-04/during-tv-interview-president-trump-questions-due-process-rights-of-u-s-residents
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/04/walk-from-aurora-to-elgin-puts-focus-on-experience-of-immigrants/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use “arts” to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/05/editorial-national-endowment-arts-grants-trump/
— Illinois is Uncle Sam’s piggy bank again. But Pritzker must follow the law.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/05/editorial-illinois-is-uncle-sams-piggy-bank-again-but-gov-jb-pritzker-must-follow-the-law/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) promote their foreign students and b) promote more hatred against Jews.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/05/05/trump-pro-palestinian-activists-jailing-deporting-immigrants-chinese-asian-american-rick-baldoz
WAND TV
— Trump says he will reopen Alcatraz prison
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/trump-says-he-will-reopen-alcatraz-prison/article_21657477-4cc7-588f-9e25-d9a7d9e2b4a0.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use their judicial branch against Trump.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/america-s-long-history-of-checks-and-balances-is-being-tested-by-trump-like-rarely/article_2b84824d-f4b4-5579-b0a9-611436295987.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrats run education in America. Under them, college students ever-increasingly take college courses a) that are not job-related and/or b) that depend on government spending. What were your majors? Mine were business (1966-1976), accounting (1976-1980), and finance (1992-1997). If I could do it over again, I would have majored in accounting first because I was able to pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-05-04/how-the-trump-administration-has-impacted-these-college-seniors-career-plans
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly give more and more and more preference to their foreign students.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-05-04/trump-administration-confirms-targeting-international-students-with-minor-offenses
WIFR
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://www.wifr.com/2025/05/04/rockford-protesters-search-unified-message-against-trump-administration/
LOCAL 4 NEWS
— Pritzker ever-increasingly discourages those who are the following from visiting Illinois: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94rgnLz9B84
EFFINGHAM RADIO
— To what extent are your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct dependent on foreign countries and on their citizens?
https://www.effinghamradio.com/2025/05/05/illinois-celebrates-world-trade-month/
CHICAGO MAROON
— College Republicans Reflect on Trump’s First 100 Days in Office. If I had been active in Republican politics, a) the Post Office would not have hired me in 1966, b) IRS would not have hired me in 1971, and c) GAO would not have hired me in 1980.
https://chicagomaroon.com/47308/news/ucdems-and-college-republicans-reflect-on-trumps-first-100-days-in-office/
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning edition
https://capitolfax.com/2025/05/05/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-505/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— The Real Scandal in Bally’s Chicago Deal: Exploiting Minorities While Pretending to Help
https://wirepoints.org/the-real-scandal-in-ballys-chicago-deal-exploiting-minorities-while-pretending-to-help-wirepoints/
— Illinois increasingly surrounded by school choice states. Gov. Abbott signs universal school choice into Texas law.
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-increasingly-surrounded-by-school-choice-states-gov-abbott-signs-universal-school-choice-into-texas-law-wirepoints/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Libs of TikTok Pick Up Craig Wilcox Brandon Johnson Critique
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/04/libs-of-tiktok-pick-up-craig-wilcox-brandon-johnson-critique/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
AMERICAN THINKER
— The NYT bemoans that Trump has cut over $800 million in spending on LGBTQ+ health issues
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/05/the_nyt_bemoans_that_trump_has_cut_over_800_million_in_spending_on_lgbtq_health_issues.html
BLAZE
— Trump and Musk tag-team to deflate the woke power structure
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/trump-and-musk-tag-team-to-deflate-the-woke-power-structure
CAMPUS REFORM
— These colleges received $300M+ in donations for DEI
https://www.campusreform.org/article/colleges-received-300m-donations-dei-/27888
COLLEGE FIX
— Trump DOE investigates Chicago-area district over ‘privilege walks,’ racist lessons
https://www.thecollegefix.com/trump-doe-investigates-chicago-area-district-over-privilege-walks-racist-lessons/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Asylum Seekers Primarily Responsible for Large Spike in Homelessness
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/05/05/study-asylum-seekers-primarily-responsible-for-large-spike-in-homelessness/
FOX NEWS
— ICE leader scolds sanctuary cities resisting Trump’s deportation laws
https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DUvGOyZNNRrA
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Americans are looking at these campuses, like Harvard, and saying, why are we paying for this?
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/05/americans-are-looking-at-these-campuses-like-harvard-and-saying-why-are-we-paying-for-this/amp/
PJ MEDIA
— Dear Democrats, We the People Have Had Enough of Your Illegal Immigrants’ Violence
https://pjmedia.com/kevindowneyjr/2025/05/05/the-morning-briefing-dear-democrats-we-the-people-have-had-enough-of-your-illegal-immigrants-violence-n4939467
POST MILLENNIAL
— Trump admin slashes NIH research funding for LGBTQ health issues
https://thepostmillennial.com/trump-admin-slashes-nih-research-funding-for-lgbtq-health-issues
TOWNHALL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly get Whites to hate their own ancestors and to revile their accomplishments as being ill-gotten. This self-hatred has been the root of the modern decline of the West, and could very well ultimately lead to the end of Western civilization as we know it.
https://townhall.com/columnists/scottmorefield/2025/05/05/race-and-the-biggest-mass-psyop-in-human-history-n2656525
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump confirms he offered to send troops into Mexico, but says Sheinbaum ‘so scared of the cartels she can’t walk’
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5282312-trump-tariffs-us-troops-mexico-sheinbaum-cartels/
ABC NEWS
— Trump threatens tariff on all movies produced abroad
https://abcnews.go.com/US/live-updates/trump-admin-live-updates-trump-threatens-100-tariff/?id=121461146
NEWSWEEK
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) fight deportation of their illegals and b) do not want sheriffs to work with ICE.
https://www.newsweek.com/sheriff-trump-admin-intimidating-police-ice-collaboration-2067799
— Which US Cities Canceled Cinco de Mayo Parades Amid Immigration Crackdown
https://www.newsweek.com/cinco-de-mayo-parades-canceled-immigration-chicago-2067809
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— A former bartender emerges as a Trump resistance leader. Are you in politics? If so, what did you do before that? I audited federal agencies for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year. I collected delinquent taxes for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step-1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year. I earned a CPA license. I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance.
https://apnews.com/article/pritzker-trump-ocasio-cortez-democrats-resistance-message-9d4f7868892629e34df7ea1e29dc0b34
MSN
— Lara Trump confronts Elon Musk over allegiance to her father-in-law, Donald. My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to coverup their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/lara-trump-confronts-elon-musk-over-allegiance-to-her-father-in-law-donald/ar-AA1E7wHI
REUTERS
— Those who have benefitted the most from Biden’s giving them the most preference are consider moving to Europe.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/fearful-trump-some-americans-look-make-life-europe-2025-05-04/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Administration Slashes Research Into L.G.B.T.Q. Health
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/health/trump-administration-slashes-research-into-lgbtq-health.html
https://www.nytimes.com/video/science/100000010122048/how-trumps-cuts-are-stifling-lgbtq-health-research.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use “democracy” to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/05/trump-pro-democracy-global-cuts/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/05/transgender-hud-fair-housing-trump-lgbtq-turner/48a02a2e-2971-11f0-a724-3bc879c9f843_story.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/trumps-wants-judges-who-will-skip-trials-before-deportation/2025/05/05/6143206b-cff5-4a71-b9b2-19b443d87464_video.html
— The U.S. welcomed Indian students. Under Trump, they fear for their future. U.S. colleges host more than 300,000 students from India. As the Trump administrations targets foreign students for deportation, many are rethinking their plans.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/05/india-student-visas-revoked-trump/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/05/05/pritzker-president-trump-resistance/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/05/05/american-democracy-under-trump/
USA TODAY
— Trump’s national parks proposal: Cut $1 billion, transfer many sites to states
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/05/04/trump-budget-proposal-cuts-to-parks/83428514007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly discredit Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/05/04/trump-interview-abc-time-mental-decline/83391080007/
— Average Americans struggle with savings. Many continue to live paycheck to paycheck. According to my critics/opponents, I have always been grossly overpaid. In my defense, a) I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees, b) I earned six job-related professional certifications, and c) I earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/05/01/americans-one-crisis-away-from-homelessness/83388068007/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders want the next Pope to be anti-heterosexual, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-non-poor people, anti-non-veteran, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and anti-those who have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2025/05/03/conclave-smoke-signals-chimney-stoves/83429402007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2025/05/05/the-next-pope-odds-rise-parolin-tangle/83415163007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Is Harvard Complying With the Tax Code? Section 501(c)(3) bars campaigning and makes clear propaganda isn’t the same as education.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/is-harvard-complying-with-the-tax-code-exemption-political-educational-speech-b4a24ed4
— Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will cause a recession, and even worse things, to destroy Trump.
https://www.wsj.com/video/trump-says-hes-not-worried-about-a-recession/DB83B00E-5E69-42DE-A0DE-82A2D6898BB5
— The Politics of EVs Have Changed. Thirty-five Democrats joined the GOP to repeal California’s EV mandate. I recently bought a new 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T Plus EV. What is your attitude toward EVs and toward those who buy them?
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-politics-of-evs-has-changed-house-vote-california-waiver-1f951a68
— Democrat leaders want the next Pope to be anti-heterosexual, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-non-poor people, anti-non-veteran, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and anti-those who have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-world-needs-a-second-john-paul-ii-venezuela-cuba-nicaragua-human-rights-9f3c08a4
— Government Should Fund Religious Schools. The Establishment Clause was a barrier, but recent decisions have changed that. My parents had a lot less money because they a) sent a me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod and b) sent my brother to Trinity 1958-1961 and then to Hope 1962-1968. Because of that, I had to work my way through college 1966-1970.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/government-should-fund-religious-schools-f50922dc
— New AI tools give users insight on how skills in one field can transfer to a different one. When I was 31 years old in 1980, I transferred from IRS to GAO. My Democrat and IRS and GAO superiors outrageously, disgustingly, and unethically ignored, dismissed, and belittled the many skills that I had gained working for IRS for almost 9 years that would transfer directly to what I would do for GAO. In addition, they ignored, dismissed, and belittled a) my earning a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, b) my passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) my earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, and d) the fact that GAO audits IRS. They outrageously, disgustingly, and unethically used the aforesaid to force me to take $23,472/year pay cut to transfer. I should write about the aforesaid.
https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/your-money-matters/not-sure-whats-next-for-your-career-ask-ai/2e83d12c-6538-4272-81c2-ec2362e39d16
BUSINESS INSIDER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do everything that they can to get more votes from their five million student loan deadbeats.
https://www.businessinsider.com/five-years-student-debt-relief-suddenly-over-trump-default-collections-2025-5
BUZZFEED
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Constitution to destroy Republicans.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/michaelabramwell/donald-trumps-comment-about-upholding-the-constitution
THE AGE
— ‘The reckoning is here’: Have the Democrats found a billionaire of their own (Pritzker) to take down Trump?
https://www.theage.com.au/world/north-america/when-you-see-a-danger-you-yell-top-democrat-unleashes-call-to-arms-against-trump-20250429-p5luxp.html
GUARDIAN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Trump’s attacks on the Democrat news media. I should write about those who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican and who have attacked me and attacked my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and who have had their operatives and dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/05/patsy-widakuswara-voice-of-america-lawsuit-trump-administration-press-freedom