August 30, 2025 Evening Edition

Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Chicago mayor signs executive order in response to possible deployment of National Guard. Democrat leaders exist to protect criminals and illegals.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-sign-executive-order-saturday-reports-say-related-trumps-immigration-crackdown/17694349/
— Texas governor signs new voting maps pushed by Trump to gain five GOP seats in Congress in 2026
https://abc7chicago.com/post/texas-gov-greg-abbott-signs-new-voting-maps-pushed-trump-gain-gop-seats-congress-2026/17685031/

NBC5
— Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signs executive order challenging immigration crackdown. The executive order establishes campaigns to inform people of their rights and utilizes legal action and legislation to prevent attempts to violate citizens’ rights.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-signs-executive-order-challenging-immigration-crackdown/3817471/

CBS2
— Pritzker says sending military troops to Chicago would be an “invasion” by Trump administration
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-gov-pritzker-military-national-guard-chicago-invasion-trump/
— Mayor Johnson signs executive order against possible deployment of federal agents to Chicago
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/mayor-johnson-executive-order-deployment-federal-agents-chicago/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/family-worry-trump-admin-plans-to-ramp-up-immigration-crackdown-chicago/

WGN9
— Mayor Johnson signs executive order demanding President Trump stand down on threats to send troops to Chicago
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/mayor-johnson-signs-executive-order-demanding-president-trump-stand-down-on-threats-to-send-troops-to-chicago/

FOX32
— Chicago mayor signs order to protect residents’ rights amid fears of troop deployment
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-johnson-executive-order-rights
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1699976
— Wealthy enclave’s sewage reveals higher than average cocaine levels in the water
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/wealthy-enclaves-sewage-higher-than-average-cocaine-levels-water

WTTW
— Mayor Brandon Johnson Signs Executive Order Designed to Protect Residents if Trump Sends National Guard, ICE Strike Team to Chicago
https://news.wttw.com/2025/08/30/mayor-brandon-johnson-signs-executive-order-designed-protect-residents-if-trump-sends

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Mayor Brandon Johnson’s executive order urges law enforcement to not wear masks amid impending immigration crackdown
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/30/mayor-brandon-johnson-executive-order-federal-crackdown/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/30/trump-federal-agents-local-policing/
— Happy Labor Day weekend, teetotalers. You’re winning the war against alcohol. Most if not virtually all of the older White men who have taken big adverse actions against me since the 1960s were Democrats who were heavy drinkers.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/29/alcohol-drinking-sober-cocktails-weekend-holiday/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Mayor Johnson signs ‘Protecting Chicago Initiative’ in attempt to safeguard city from federal agents, troops
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/08/30/mayor-johnson-protecting-chicago-initiative-executive-order
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/08/30/national-guard-black-community-racism-trump-dc-chicago-suzanne-goodney-lea-natalie-hopkinson

DAILY HERALD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Republican efforts to fight crime and deport illegals
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250830/news/hundreds-of-police-departments-use-camera-company-accused-of-breaking-state-law/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn tariffs
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250830/business/trumps-tariffs-remain-unpopular-a-warning-sign-for-republicans/

CHICAGO CRUSADER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push minorities to be pot pushers
https://chicagocrusader.com/loan-applications-for-all-cannabis-social-equity-licensees-open-now/

WGLT
— Democrat leaders bring out their hate-filled Trump-hating protestors in Bloomington
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-08-30/only-counter-protestors-show-up-for-march-on-bloomington-after-flyers-with-swastika-like-imagery
— Texas advances bill allowing citizens to sue makers and distributors of abortion pills
https://www.wglt.org/2025-08-30/texas-advances-bill-allowing-citizens-to-sue-makers-and-distributors-of-abortion-pills

WAND TV
— Trump blocks $4.9B in foreign aid
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/trump-blocks-4-9b-in-foreign-aid-congress-okd-using-maneuver-last-seen-nearly-50/article_de5d0daa-7dff-5dc7-abe5-9974743e0fa8.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Bailey asked about ICE agents: ‘As governor of Illinois, there would be no one wearing masks’
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/29/bailey-asked-about-ice-agents-as-governor-of-illinois-there-would-be-no-one-wearing-masks/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CHICAGO CONTRARIAN
— Mayor Brandon ‘Insurrectionist’ Johnson Urges Chicago Residents to Rebel Against Trump
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/mayor-brandon-johnson-chicago-residents-trump

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Bondi fires DOJ employee for flipping off, cussing at National Guard troops
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/30/bondi-fires-doj-employee-flipping-cussing-national-guard-troops/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Chicago mayor signs order resisting Trump crackdown on crime and illegal immigration
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/crime/3788532/chicago-mayor-order-resisting-trump-crackdown-crime-illegal-immigration/

NEW YORK POST
— Wikipedia bias influences how one’s perception of reality is perceived
https://nypost.com/2025/08/29/opinion/wikipedia-bias-influences-how-ones-perception-of-reality-is-perceived/

DAILY WIRE
— Pritzker mandates Illinois State Colleges Provide Controversial Abortion Pills, says the pill will still be allowed in his state, even if the FDA deems it unsafe.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/dem-gov-mandates-all-state-colleges-provide-controversial-abortion-pills

FOX NEWS
— Noem demands Pritzker ‘abandon’ liberal immigration policies
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/noem-demands-pritzker-abandon-immigration-policies-after-alleged-killer-caught
— Pritzker claims Trump administration planning an ‘invasion’ with US troops. Illinois governor also said President Trump has ulterior motives beyond fighting crime
https://www.foxnews.com/media/jb-pritzker-claims-trump-administration-planning-invasion-us-troops
https://www.wccsradio.com/rss/jb-pritzker-claims-trump-administration-planning-an-invasion-with-us-troops/

NEWSMAX
— Johnson Orders Chicago to Resist Trump’s Law-and-Order Push
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/chicago-brandon-johnson-national-guard/2025/08/30/id/1224545/
— All of the lawyers assigned to the Justice Department’s Sanctuary Cities Enforcement task force have now resigned, with the final member departing this week, after claiming they were not given substantive legal duties. To get rid of me, my Democrat GAO superiors kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. They purposely wasted what I had learned about IRS working 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. Democrats do not want Republicans to audit IRS.
https://www.wjbc.com/2025/08/30/doj-lawyers-quit-sanctuary-cities-task-force/
https://www.997wpro.com/2025/08/30/doj-lawyers-quit-sanctuary-cities-task-force/

TOWNHALL
— The Left’s Hysteria Over Trump’s Immigration Enforcement Plans in Chicago
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/08/30/the-lefts-hysteria-over-trumps-immigration-enforcement-plans-in-chicago-n2662570

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NBC NEWS
— Chicago mayor signs order with blueprint for fighting a potential Trump crackdown. Mayor Brandon Johnson said the order directs his city to use “every legal mechanism” to combat a potential deployment of troops or federal law enforcement to Chicago.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/chicago-mayor-signs-order-blueprint-fighting-potential-trump-crackdown-rcna228212

NEWSWEEK
— Chicago Mayor Signs Order to Resist Trump Immigration Crackdown
https://www.newsweek.com/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-order-trump-immigration-crackdown-2122164

FORBES
— Chicago Mayor Johnson Claims Trump’s ‘Ultimate Desire’ Is To ‘Break Our City’ Amid Nat Guard Threats
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOmRpX-s4R0

NEW REPUBLIC
— Pritzker Just Set Himself Apart From All Other Democrats. This week, the Illinois governor suggested that he’s ready to take the fight against Trump much further than his party colleagues.
https://newrepublic.com/post/199800/jb-pritzker-trump-opposition-2028

August 30, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Conservative Ted Dabrowski loans his campaign more than $250,000 as he vies for GOP governor nomination
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/29/ted-dabrowski-campaign-as-he-vies-for-gop-governor-nomination/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/29/chicago-mayor-not-want-federal-occupation-naval-base-federal-agents/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/29/as-trump-threatens-more-guard-troops-in-us-cities-heres-what-the-law-allows/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/08/29/chicago-housing-groups-brace-for-possible-sweeps-of-homeless-encampments-by-national-guard
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/08/29/chicago-crime-ice-immigration-national-guard-donald-trump-juliana-stratton-jb-pritzker
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/08/29/business-leaders-pritzker-trump-national-guard-chicago-rich-miller
— Business leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/08/29/business-leaders-pritzker-trump-national-guard-chicago-rich-miller

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250829/news/we-do-not-need-you-here-lake-county-officials-reject-trumps-immigration-push/
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250829/nation-and-world-politics/extremely-unusual-former-illinois-national-guard-chief-on-trump-threat-to-dispatch-troops-to-chic/

ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://abc7chicago.com/post/lake-county-leaders-pushing-back-plans-use-naval-station-great-lakes-host-ice-immigration-agents/17682128/

NBC5
— Mayor Brandon Johnson targets ‘ultra rich’ to help address Chicago’s budget gap
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/mayor-brandon-johnson-targets-ultra-rich-to-help-address-chicagos-budget-gap/3817380/

CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/illinois-gov-pritzker-military-national-guard-chicago-invasion-trump/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/federal-plaza-rally-trump-troops-chicago-immigration-crackdown/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/family-worry-trump-admin-plans-to-ramp-up-immigration-crackdown-chicago/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXmvTSXKXS4
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-violent-crime-prevention-labor-day-weekend/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/labor-day-crime-concerns-in-chicago-amid-trump-threat-to-send-troops/

FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1699664

WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://news.wttw.com/2025/08/29/chicago-trump-administration-s-sights-its-next-immigration-crackdown

WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.wbez.org/housing/2025/08/29/chicago-housing-groups-brace-for-possible-sweeps-of-homeless-encampments-by-national-guard
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/08/29/chicago-crime-ice-immigration-national-guard-donald-trump-juliana-stratton-jb-pritzker

CHAMPAIGN/URBANS NEWS GAZETTE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect illegals
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/what-is-e-verify-which-is-used-to-vet-employment-eligibility-a-look-at-the/article_71cd037f-2f94-5dc4-9d5a-cfb192c74c41.html

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight E-Verify
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-employers-have-used-e-verify-for-years-ices-arrest-of-a-maine-police-officer-raises-new-questions/

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Texas advances bill allowing citizens to sue makers and distributors of abortion pills
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2025-08-30/texas-advances-bill-allowing-citizens-to-sue-makers-and-distributors-of-abortion-pills

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/08/28/armored-vehicles-fleet-of-ice-agents-chicago-bound-for-post-labor-day-crackdown-reports/

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/29/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-372/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Pritzker: “There is no Emergency in Chicago…”
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/08/gov-jb-pritzker-there-is-no-emergency-in-chicago/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— The transgender coverup. Minnesota tragedy is the result of affirming mental illness.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/29/editorial-transgender-coverup/
— The evils of the LGBTQ cult. How many more must suffer before this societal crisis is recognized?
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/28/evils-lgbtq-cult/

WASHINGTON EXAMINAR
— MAGA’s disgusting admiration for Putin
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/3787615/trump-maga-disgusting-admiration-putin/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— China, Not Gerrymandering, Is the Real Threat to Democracy. Plus, assessing Minnesota’s so-called conversion therapy law in the wake of Robin Westman’s horrific shooting.
https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/ccp-subversion-in-new-york-shows?utm_source=post-email-title

NEW YORK POST
— Noem demands J.B. Pritzker ‘scrap’ far-left immigration policies after migrant killer gets nabbed in Illinois murder
https://nypost.com/2025/08/29/us-news/kristi-noem-demands-j-b-pritzker-scrap-far-left-immigration-policies-after-migrant-killer-gets-nabbed-in-illinois-murder/
— After the deadly Minneapolis school shooting, it’s time to stop indulging delusions – and talk truth about transgenderism
https://nypost.com/2025/08/28/opinion/after-the-deadly-minneapolis-school-shooting-its-time-to-stop-indulging-delusions-and-talk-truth-about-transgenderism/
— Federal judge blocks Trump from swiftly deporting illegal migrants from the interior of the country. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://nypost.com/2025/08/29/us-news/federal-judge-blocks-trumps-expanded-deportation-plan-over-due-process-concerns-for-illegal-immigrants/
— RFK Jr.’s HHS slashes $122M across nearly 200 DEI, LGBT-focused research projects
https://nypost.com/2025/08/29/us-news/rfk-jr-s-hhs-slashes-122m-across-nearly-200-dei-lgbt-focused-research-projects/

BREITBART
— Liberals Squirm as Trump Admin Prepares Enforcement Sweeps from Chicago Naval Base. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/08/29/liberals-squirm-as-trump-admin-prepares-enforcement-sweeps-from-chicago-naval-base/

CHRISTIAN POST
— Illinois institutes new law requiring colleges to dispense abortion pills, contraception
https://www.christianpost.com/news/illinois-law-requires-student-access-to-abortion-pills-on-campuses.html

DAILY CALLER
— HUD Secretary Says Illegals May No Longer ‘Live In Taxpayer-Funded Housing’
https://dailycaller.com/2025/08/29/hud-secretary-scott-turner-illegal-immigrants-public-housing-tax-payer-funded/
— Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Says Trump A Serious Threat Who ‘Does Not Want Another Election’  Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://dailycaller.com/2025/08/29/brandon-johnson-donald-trump-threat-election/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Illegal-Alien Poster Boys Confirm Democrats’ Taste for Mayhem
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/08/29/illegal-alien-poster-boys-confirm-democrats-taste-for-mayhem/

EPOCH TIMES
— Chinese Money Launderers Fuel Drug Crisis
https://lists.theepochtimes.com/archive/cxw5NWpc4y/RontmvJPy/1tiNbjq0PdJ

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Trump Administration Plans to Crack Down on Immigration by Islamist Extremists
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2025/08/29/us-immigration-policy-muslim-brotherhood-threat

FOX NEWS
— Trump’s looming Chicago takeover puts violent illegal immigrant crimes in spotlight: ‘Incompetent mayor’  Mayor Brandon Johnson pushes back on potential federal deployment, calling it ‘unlawful’  Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trumps-looming-chicago-takeover-puts-violent-illegal-immigrant-crimes-spotlight-incompetent-mayor
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.foxnews.com/media/white-house-rips-new-neil-young-song-slamming-trumps-dc-crime-crackdown-cringe

NEWSMAX
— WH Skewers Newsom for Stoking Fear of Voter Suppression
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/gavin-newsom-donald-trump-voter-supression/2025/08/29/id/1224494/

PJ MEDIA
— First Deported Illegal Migrants Arrive in Rwanda From the U.S.
https://pjmedia.com/bryan-s-jung/2025/08/29/first-deported-illegal-migrants-arrive-in-rwanda-from-the-us-n4943114

WASHINGTON STAND
— Agendas over Students? Two Largest Teachers’ Unions’ $40M+ Left-Wing Spending Spree
https://washingtonstand.com/article/agendas-over-students-two-largest-teachers-unions-40m-leftwing-spending-spree

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CBS NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/gov-pritzker-fears-trumps-push-for-troops-in-chicago-isnt-just-about-fighting-crime/

CNN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/29/politics/video/illinois-lieutenant-governor-juliana-stratton-ebof-vrtc
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to destroy Republicans
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/29/economy/diversity-federal-reserve-lisa-cook

REUTERS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-judge-halts-trump-effort-expand-fast-track-deportations-2025-08-30/
— US EPA fires some employees who signed letter criticizing Trump administration. The judges and justices in Diersen v. GAO ruled that federal agencies can force to retire, that is, they can fire, their employees like me who became active members in class action lawsuits that charge them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/us-epa-fires-some-employees-who-signed-letter-criticizing-trump-administration-2025-08-29/

MSNBC
— Biden used FEMA to screw Republicans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SypfQYZdFRE

MSN
— Pritzker Net Worth: How The Illinois Governor Became America’s Richest Politician
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Jay Robert ‘JB’ Pritzker, the current governor of Illinois, holds the title of the richest elected official in the United States. Pritzker has an estimated net worth of $3.6 billion, according to Forbes, and comes from one of America’s most prominent billionaire families, the heirs to the Hyatt Hotels empire. A Democrat, Pritzker was elected governor in 2018 after defeating Republican incumbent Bruce Rauner. Before entering politics, he co-managed the Pritzker Group, a private equity firm, alongside his brother Anthony until stepping away in March 2017. Pritzker’s wealth primarily stems from the vast fortune amassed by his family. His uncle Jay Pritzker founded the Hyatt Hotels chain, while his father, Donald Pritzker, played a key role in developing and expanding the brand before he died in 1972. His sister, Penny Pritzker, is also a billionaire and served as US Secretary of Commerce under President Barack Obama from 2013 to 2017.)
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/jb-pritzker-net-worth-how-the-illinois-governor-became-america-s-richest-politician/ar-AA1Lcnyn
— Bill Gates’ answer to ‘compulsory’ interview question: What are your salary expectations for this job. Since 1980, my critics/opponents have used against me big time my having to take a $23,472 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars, a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-9 Step 10, to transfer from IRS to GAO. My Democrat IRS superiors were making it ever-increasingly clear that they would never promote me to GS-13 and that they were going to get rid of me. They had disallowed my travel vouchers and my education deductions. They had ignored/dismissed/belittled my earning an MBA, my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt, and my almost completing the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting. The GAO Chicago office Staff Manager (Bill) who had arranged my transfer assured me that GAO would a) immediately assign me to audits of IRS, b) rapidly promote me back to GS-12 Step 5, and b) rapidly promote me to GS-13. But almost immediately after I transferred, his GAO Chicago office superiors replaced him with a new Staff Manager (Dave) who openly despised me if not hated me. He gave me bad job assignments. He gave me unfair performance expectations and performance appraisals. He kept me off audits of IRS. He delayed my promotions back to GS-12 Step 5. He ignored/dismissed/belittled my earning a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, my passing the Certified Internal Auditor Examination on my first attempt in 1981, and my becoming a licensed CPA in 1981. But then, in 1985, he went on extended sick leave. That allowed Bill to assign me to audits of IRS and promote me to GS-13 in 1986. But then, in 1987, Dave came back. Dave forced Bill to retire in 1987. He threw me off audits of IRS in 1988. He gave me an extremely bad job assignment and unfair performance expectations and performance appraisal. He ranked me at the bottom of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. I should write about the aforesaid. Dave would not have been able to take the aforesaid adverse actions against me that he did if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran. If GAO had been unionized, Dave would not have been able to take the adverse actions against me that he did. But GAO did not unionize until 2007.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/money/topstories/microsoft-founder-bill-gates-answer-to-compulsory-interview-question-what-are-your-salary-expectations-for-this-job/ar-AA1L9250

NEWSWEEK
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.newsweek.com/ice-record-detainment-convictions-immigration-trump-admin-2121912
— McDonald’s Manager Detained by ICE Agents Before Company Picnic. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.newsweek.com/manager-arrested-ice-immigration-agents-company-picnic-2120819

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/us/politics/judge-fast-track-deportations.html
— Trump Officials Move to Fire Most Voice of America Journalists. The judges and justices in Diersen v. GAO ruled that federal agencies can force to retire, that is, they can fire, their employees like me who became active members in class action lawsuits that charge them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/us/politics/voice-of-america-layoffs-kari-lake-trump.html
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to destroy Republicans
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/nyregion/sharpton-wall-street-march-trump-dei.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Judge considers request to block Trump’s ouster of Federal Reserve board member. The judges and justices in Diersen v. GAO ruled that federal agencies can oust their employees like me who become active members in class action lawsuits that charge them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/08/29/fed-board-member-removal-hearing/
— Trump officials fire EPA employees for signing dissent letter. The judges and justices in Diersen v. GAO ruled that federal agencies can force to retire, that is, they can fire, their employees like me who became active members in class action lawsuits that charge them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/08/29/epa-dissent-letter-employees-fired/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/08/29/trump-deportation-expedited-removal/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/08/29/crime-stats-dc-bowser-trump-investigation/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/08/29/trump-cancels-international-aid/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote dependency on government
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/08/29/education-department-child-care-college/
— Trump administration pauses work on annual federal worker charity drive. The Combined Federal Campaign offers federal employees an opportunity to contribute part of their paycheck to causes they want to support. I should write about the pressure that my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors put on their employees to use CFC to give money to charity.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/29/trump-administration-pauses-charity-campaign/

USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/08/29/keep-it-peaceful-chicago-top-cop-warns-ahead-of-trump-deployment/85869468007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote American flag burning. I have flown an American flag at my Wheaton home 24 hours a day since September 11, 2001.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/08/30/trump-courts-constitution-flag-burning/85854287007/

COURIER JOURNAL
— For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats
https://www.courier-journal.com/story/opinion/contributors/2025/08/28/trump-university-college-professor-education-politics-propaganda/85833769007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Elite College Myth. According to my critics/opponents, degrees from non-Ivy League universities are worthless.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/the-elite-college-myth-268c4371
—  Office Activists. My Democrat GAO superiors replaced me with their leading office activist. They forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 and gave my job and my preferred corner office to their leading Black office activist. 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 professional license while I had one. I should write about the aforesaid.
https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/whats-news/why-bosses-have-had-it-with-office-activists/e02eda3f-cdee-4614-8361-ab4c39807301

FORTUNE & FORBES
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to destroy Republicans
https://fortune.com/2025/08/29/wells-fargo-deleted-dei-page-protests-diversity-equity-inclusion/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/rogertrapp/2025/08/29/why-companies-need-to-reset-dei-rather-than-abandon-it/

NPR
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.npr.org/2025/08/30/g-s1-86452/judge-block-speedy-deportations

NEW REPUBLIC
— Pritzker Just Set Himself Apart From All Other Democrats. This week, the Illinois governor suggested that he’s ready to take the fight against Trump much further than his party colleagues.
https://newrepublic.com/post/199800/jb-pritzker-trump-opposition-2028

NEWS ONE
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to destroy Republicans
https://newsone.com/6420268/rev-al-sharpton-leads-pro-dei-march-down-wall-street/
— Hate-filled America-hating America-hates object to Ashli Babbitt receiving Military Funeral Honors
https://newsone.com/6419912/jan-6-rioter-ashli-babbitt-to-receive-military-funeral-honors/

WORLD SOCIALIST WEB SITE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. How successful have Democrat leaders been making everyone in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct sexually active LGBTQers?
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/08/30/zosc-a30.html

TIMES OF INDIA
— For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/trumps-new-america-redefines-higher-education-heres-how-to-choose-the-right-college/articleshow/123588050.cms
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/trump-turns-his-focus-on-racial-proxies-in-college-admissions-putting-campus-diversity-on-trial/articleshow/123528106.cms
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/when-helping-black-students-becomes-illegal-d-e-i-under-trump-heres-why-schools-are-under-fire/articleshow/123581196.cms
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/international/nyc-clashes-at-anti-trump-protest-over-dei-ice-crackdown-wall-street-march-turns-ugly-watch/videoshow/123585312.cms

August 29, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump officials say Chicago immigration crackdown coming, top cop hopes to avoid ‘adversarial environment’
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/28/chicago-top-communication-feds-troops-deployed/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at women that Republicans cause all the problems that women have.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/29/letters-naperville-203-equality-contract-imea/
— The National Guard has been activated to Chicago 18 times from 1877-2021. Here’s a breakdown.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/28/chicago-when-national-guard-was-activated/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more crime.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump/2025/08/29/chicago-crime-violence-o-block-oblock-parkway-gardens-donald-trump-national-guard
— What jobs did you have while you were in high school? While I was a high school student, I did yard work during my first 2 years, I delivered newspapers during all 4 years, and I washed dishes during my last 2 years. My critics/opponents have always used my high school jobs against me to paint me as being a loser. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/08/28/chance-the-rapper-gives-100-000-to-five-cps-high-schools
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Nehemiah Narvaez, a senior at Simeon Career Academy in Chatham, is already learning how to run his own business while practicing his barber skills. “It’s been a dream,” Narvaez said. “I see what it can bring. It brings a lot of connections, a lot of opportunities. It’s like everybody gets a chance.” Narvaez, 17, of Englewood, is just one of many students enrolled in the Career & Technical Education program, a Chicago Public Schools initiative that provides students with career-focused experiential learning programs. On Thursday, Chance the Rapper visited the South Side high school to announce that his nonprofit, SocialWorks, would give $100,000 in grants to five Chicago schools to support career-focused programs over the next three years, which will include Simeon Career Academy’s barber and cosmetology program.)

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE: Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their cashless bail.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250829/crime/what-to-make-of-trumps-push-to-end-cashless-bail-in-illinois/

ABC7
— Lake Co. leaders pushing back against plans to use Naval Station Great Lakes Naval to host ICE
https://abc7chicago.com/post/lake-county-leaders-pushing-back-plans-use-naval-station-great-lakes-host-ice-immigration-agents/17682128/
— CPD prepares for possible arrival of National Guard troops, immigration enforcement expected. Border czar says Chicago could be targeted for immigration enforcement next week.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-police-department-preps-deployment-national-guard-troops-orders-president-donald-trump/17674116/
— Evanston, Oak Park end contracts with license plate reader company under investigation in Illinois. Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/evanston-oak-park-end-contracts-flock-safety-license-plate-reader-company-investigation-illinois/17678137/

WTTW
— Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/08/28/trump-administration-plans-big-immigration-enforcement-operation-chicago-soon-next-week
— Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their cashless bail.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/08/28/trump-threatens-illinois-federal-funding-over-elimination-cash-bail-here-s-what-know

CHICAGO CRUSADER
— Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their cashless bail.
https://chicagocrusader.com/illinois-lawmakers-slam-trumps-executive-order-targeting-pretrial-reform/
— Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasing reject federal law.
https://chicagocrusader.com/pritzker-mayor-trump-come-to-chicago-national-guard-chicago/

MILWAUKEE INDEPENDENT
— Democrat leaders blame Republicans for Canadian wildfires.
https://www.milwaukeeindependent.com/newswire/republicans-vent-outrage-canada-wildfires-choking-u-s-cities-denying-climate-change/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Unions fight back as Trump terminates federal workers’ union rights. GAO unionized in 2007. If GAO had been unionized earlier, I might still be a GAO employee. In any event, if GAO had been unionized earlier, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to a) force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, b) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, c) delay my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13, d) keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for them, and e) force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-08-29/unions-fight-back-as-trump-terminates-federal-workers-union-rights

WAND TV
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more crime
https://www.wandtv.com/news/life-insurance-companies-can-no-longer-discriminate-against-people-with-criminal-records-under-illinois-law/article_ccb9d1fa-7507-4a46-8798-b45b9bbebe61.html

CAPITOL FAX
— 70 percent of Chicagoans oppose sending in the Army, 65 percent oppose National Guard intervention
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/29/m3-poll-70-percent-of-chicagoans-oppose-sending-in-the-army-65-percent-oppose-national-guard-intervention/
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/29/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-580/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Pritzker claims Trump plans election interference with troop deployment
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_9e694fb9-3034-4123-84ad-f0377d604378.html

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
—  Commentary on Pitches Made to “Take Back the Republican Party” From a Friend of McHenry County Blog: Another view on Republican precinct committeemen
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/08/29/commentary-on-pitches-made-to-take-back-the-republican-party/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

NEW YORK POST
— Minneapolis school shooter Robin Westman confessed he was ‘tired of being trans’: ‘I wish I never brain-washed myself.’ Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://nypost.com/2025/08/28/us-news/minneapolis-school-shooter-robin-westman-confessed-he-was-tired-of-being-trans/
— Embattled Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook hit with 2nd criminal referral from Trump housing director. All that my Democrat GAO superiors could use to justify their forcing me to retire was the adverse actions that they had taken against me. They had always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay for performance. They had delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13. They had kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for them. They had forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS. All that my Democrat IRS superiors could use to justify their never promoting me beyond GS-12 was the adverse actions that they had taken against me. They had disallowed my travel vouchers and my education deductions. All that my Democrat Post Office superiors could use to justify their forcing me to resign was the adverse actions that they had taken against me. They had disallowed my sick leave requests. They falsely claimed that I was not available to work enough part-time hours.
https://nypost.com/2025/08/29/us-news/federal-reserve-gov-lisa-cook-hit-with-2nd-criminal-referral-from-trump-housing-director/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Air Force reverses Biden-era snub to provide funeral honors to Ashli Babbitt
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/08/28/air-force-reverses-biden-era-snub-to-provide-funeral-honors-to-ashli-babbitt-1580760/

BREITBART
— ABC News, CNN Downplay Minneapolis Shooter’s Trump, Catholic Hatred. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/08/27/abc-news-cnn-downplay-minneapolis-shooters-trump-catholic-hatred/

COLLEGE FIX
— Med schools still accept Black students with lower MCAT scores than rejected Asians, Whites.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/med-schools-still-accept-black-students-with-lower-mcats-than-rejected-asians-whites/

DAILY SIGNAL
— The Left’s Misdefinition of Americanism
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/08/29/lefts-misdefinition-americanism/

FOX BUSINESS
— Chicago leaders reject Trump’s crime aid because they don’t want him to succeed.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6377631882112

FOX NEWS
— Obama slams Trump’s use of National Guard to help cities fight crime as ‘dangerous trend’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/obama-slams-trumps-use-national-guard-help-cities-fight-crime-dangerous-trend
— Vance accuses Newsom of being a ‘cheap imitation’ of Trump
https://www.foxnews.com/media/vance-accuses-newsom-being-cheap-imitation-trump
— Trump floats holding Republican National Convention before midterm elections. President announces consideration of pre-midterm gathering while touting party fundraising success.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-floats-holding-republican-national-convention-before-midterm-elections
— Families devastated as shooter’s disturbing motive emerges
https://www.foxnews.com/us/grieving-father-calls-minneapolis-shooter-coward-took-life-8-year-old-son-fletcher-mass

LIFE NEWS
— Pope Leo Tells Catholic Politicians: You Can’t be Catholic and Pro-Abortion. I should write about Catholic Republican politicians in Illinois who promote abortion. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.lifenews.com/2025/08/28/pope-leo-tells-catholic-politicians-you-cant-be-catholic-and-pro-abortion/

REAL CLEAR EDUCATION
— China’s Elite Students Are Gaming the System and American Students Are Paying the Price
https://www.realcleareducation.com/articles/2025/08/29/chinas_elite_students_are_gaming_the_system_and_american_students_are_paying_the_price_1131741.html

WASHINGTON STAND
— New Illinois Law Turning College Campuses into Abortion Pill Distribution Centers.
https://washingtonstand.com/article/new-illinois-law-turns-college-campuses-into-abortion-distribution-centers

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CNN
— Journal details warning signs, violent obsessions of Minneapolis shooter
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/28/us/journal-minneapolis-shooter-robin-westman-invs

ABC NEW YORK
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at everyone that Republicans cause everyone’s problems.
https://abc7ny.com/post/rev-al-sharpton-holds-march-economic-justice-wall-street-manhattan/17670804/

NBC NEWS
— Democrat leaders say no red flags were raised before Minneapolis church shooter amassed an arsenal of guns.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/investigators-say-no-red-flags-raised-minneapolis-church-shooter-rcna227856

CBS NEWS
— To get rid of me, my Democrat GAO superiors did not attack me publicly. They took adverse actions against me. They a) forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, b) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay for performance, c) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, d) kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for them, and e) forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kilmar-abrego-garcia-noem-bondi-trump-administration-baseless-public-attacks/

MSN
— I should write about the successes and failures that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had getting my many Black superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates to hate me.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/censorship-of-black-history-is-fascist/ar-AA1L74eG

MSNBC
— Ramirez: I represent part of Chicago in Congress. Trump wants us scared and silent. We don’t need the president’s troops on our streets.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-chicago-national-guard-delia-ramirez-rcna227833

NEW YORK TIMES
— 2 Weeks, 1,000 Arrests: How a Surge of Feds Changed D.C. Policing. Crime has fallen since federal agents started policing the streets of Washington in large numbers. Court records show that they have been involved in about a third of arrests that resulted in prosecution, many of them for minor offenses.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/us/federal-crackdown-washington-dc-arrest-data.html
— Trump Moves to Strip More Federal Workers of Union Protections. GAO unionized in 2007. If GAO had been unionized earlier, I might still be a GAO employee. In any event, if GAO had been unionized earlier, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to a) force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, b) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, c) delay my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13, d) keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for them, and e) force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/us/politics/trump-federal-workers-union-protections.html
— Trump Fires Officials. Democrats ever-increasingly run GAO. In 1980, I was one of the last Republicans GAO hired. While I worked for them 1980-1997, they ever-increasingly got rid of GAO’s remaining Republican employees. I should write about that.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/opinion/trump-facts-statistics-data.html
— Mamdani Widens Fund-Raising Lead
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/nyregion/mamdani-adams-cuomo-money.html
— FRONT PAGE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more crime.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/us/black-parents-washington-dc-crackdown-federal-law-enforcement.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/opinion/dc-trump-washington.html
— Trump has fired another official without giving a reason. GAO works for Congress. Officially, my Democrat GAO superiors gave no reason why they forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. However, they hinted/implied that they forced me to retire because that was what Congress wanted them to do. They also hinted/implied it was a) because of Gingrich-led budget cuts, c) because they always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, d) because they delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, e) because they kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for them, and e) because they forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS. The aforesaid is very significant because I had earned a) three job-related master’s degrees, b) six job-related professional certifications, and c) a job-related professional license.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/business/trump-robert-primus-stb-board-fired.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump floats an unusual Republican National Convention before the midterms. Democrats are also considering holding such a gathering before the November 2026 elections.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/28/trump-republican-convention-midterm-elections/
— RISE Dispensary, a medical marijuana shop, said in a statement that Westman had worked at a Minnesota store for several months this year, but was not employed at the time of the shooting.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/08/27/robin-westman-minneapolis-school-shooting/
—  Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/08/29/trump-immigration-detention-europe-reform-uk/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more crime.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/2025/08/29/trump-national-guard-crime-stats/befd8050-848d-11f0-a8f4-28ba053d904b_story.html
— D.C. mayor praises federal surge, angering residents and pleasing Trump
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/08/28/federal-police-surge-mayor-bowser-crime-decrease/

USA TODAY
— Lisa Cook files federal lawsuit to fight Trump firing her from Fed. I filed Diersen v. GAO ( https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf ) in 1998 knowing full-well that that the deck was stacked against me. The lawsuit enabled me to put my evidence in the record.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/28/lisa-cook-lawsuit-fed-trump/85864406007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Wants to Fight Chicago Crime. JB Pritzker Says Stay Out
https://www.wsj.com/video/wsj-opinion-trump-wants-to-fight-chicago-crime-jb-pritzker-says-stay-out/98C35770-8349-4C83-901A-3DCEB3C12C3D
— Another Mass Shooting in a ‘Gun-Free Zone’  The Minneapolis killer made the point in his manifesto. The media insist on ignoring it.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/another-mass-shooting-in-a-gun-free-zone-55e29255

HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have.
https://www.hks.harvard.edu/publications/play-game-change-game-leave-game-pathways-black-empowerment-prosperity-and-joy

CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION
— For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.chronicle.com/article/tracking-trumps-higher-ed-agenda

SPLC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Emmett Till to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.splcenter.org/resources/stories/emmett-till-70th-anniversary-murder/

NDTV
— India Uses US Dollars To Buy Russian Crude Oil.
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/india-using-us-dollars-to-buy-russian-oil-trump-adviser-peter-navarros-new-tariff-rant-9179270

TIMES OF INDIA
— Did Robin Westman’s ‘transition’ drugs fuel Minneapolis shooting? RFK Jr. blames antidepressants; probe underway.  Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/did-robin-westmans-transition-drugs-fuel-minneapolis-shooting-rfk-jr-blames-antidepressants-probe-under-way/articleshow/123578561.cms

August 28, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Minneapolis Catholic school shooter ‘wanted to watch children suffer’  Shooter fired 116 rounds from a rifle into a Minneapolis church, police chief says.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/minneapolis-catholic-school-shooting-multiple-victims-released-hospital-police-chief-says/17671285/
— Pilsen Mexican Independence Day parade announced despite immigration crackdown
https://abc7chicago.com/post/date-chicago-mexican-independence-day-parade-announced-despite-immigration-crackdown-september-6-pilsen-18th-street/17674252/
— Tempers flare in Mexico senate as disagreeing politicians push and shove each other
https://abc7chicago.com/post/tempers-flare-mexico-senate-disagreeing-politicians-alejandro-alito-moreno-gerardo-fernndez-noroa-fight/17676180/
— Democrat leaders continue to use Emmett Till to promote more hatred against Republicans
https://abc7chicago.com/post/emmett-till-70-years-chicago-teenagers-brutal-death-mississippi-reverend-wheeler-parker-honors-cousin/17674735/
— Police recruit says Gary PD fired him because of his hair, after being sworn-in. Chance Johnson, who practices the Rastafari faith, wants his job back.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/recruit-rastafarian-man-says-gary-police-department-fired-because-hair-being-sworn/17668652/

NBC5
— Chicago Public Schools sends letter to parents amid increased ICE activity. ICE and other federal agencies could step up enforcement actions in Chicago as soon as next week.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/chicago-public-schools-sends-letter-to-parents-amid-increased-ice-activity/3816889/
— Trump border czar shares new info about crime crackdown coming to Chicago. Homan confirmed immigration operations will ramp up after Labor Day in Chicago.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/trump-border-czar-shares-new-info-about-crime-crackdown-coming-to-chicago/3816763/
— Chicago’s top cop explains how CPD will respond if National Guard deploys
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicagos-top-cop-explains-how-cpd-will-respond-if-national-guard-deploys/3816607/

CBS2
— Mexican Independence Parade to step off Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood despite worries about ICE, federal troops
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/mexican-independence-parade-chicago-pilsen-neighborhood/
— Democrat leaders continue to use Emmett Till to promote more hatred against Republicans
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/emmett-till-death-anniversary-train-chicago-mississippi/
— Aurora becomes latest Illinois municipality to keep grocery tax despite state eliminating it
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/aurora-latest-illinois-municipality-keep-grocery-tax/

WGN9
— Chicago Democrat leaders ever-increasingly downplay crime in Chicago
https://wgntv.com/news/chicagocrime/context-on-white-house-claims-on-chicago-crime/

FOX32
— Pilsen’s Mexican Independence Day Parade will continue amid ICE concerns
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/pilsens-mexican-independence-day-parade-continue-ice-concerns
— Democrat leaders continue to use Emmett Till to promote more hatred against Republicans
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/70-years-after-his-murder-emmett-tills-legacy-lives-bronzeville

WTTW
— CDC Staff Gather to Honor ‘the People Who Protect America’ After Leaders Who Resigned Were Escorted Out. I should write about how my GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates treated me after my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/08/28/cdc-staff-gather-honor-people-who-protect-america-after-leaders-who-resigned-were

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pilsen Mexican Independence Day parade to go on despite President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown: ‘We are not going to be stopped’
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/28/pilsen-mexican-independence-day-parade-to-go-on-despite-president-donald-trumps-immigration-crackdown-we-are-not-going-to-be-stopped/
— Fed official sues President Trump over attempt to fire her, challenging his power over the independent agency
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/28/fed-official-sues-trump/
— CDC gets new acting director as leadership turmoil leaves agency reeling
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/28/cdc-officials-removed/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump administration threatens state funding unless ‘gender ideology’ content yanked from sex ed curricula
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/08/28/donald-trump-sex-education-funds-illinois-gender-ideology
— Chicago activists decry Trump threats to send National Guard, call on O’Neill Burke to refuse to cooperate
https://chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump/2025/08/28/chicago-activists-decry-trump-threats-to-send-national-guard-call-on-oneill-burke-to-refuse-to-cooperate
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say that dousing flag burning is a step toward drowning freedom of speech. I have flown an American flag off my poach 24 hours a day since September 11, 2001.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/08/28/donald-trump-executive-order-flag-burning-ban-freedom-of-speech
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/08/20/cash-assistance-gender-domestic-violence-net-ameya-pawar-amanda-pyron

DAILY HERALD
— Trump administration asks military base outside Chicago for support on immigration operations
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250828/chicago/trump-administration-asks-military-base-outside-chicago-for-support-on-immigration-operations/

WBEZ
— Trump administration threatens state funding unless ‘gender ideology’ content yanked from sex ed curricula
https://www.wbez.org/education/2025/08/28/donald-trump-sex-education-funds-illinois-gender-ideology
— Lead pipe problem worst in Chicago’s majority Black and Latino neighborhoods. There was lots lead in the buildings my parents and I lived in.
https://www.wbez.org/environment/2025/08/28/find-chicago-lead-pipes-home-apartment

SOUTHERN
— Minneapolis shooter ‘expressed hate towards almost every group imaginable’
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/08/28/minneapolis-shooting-suspect-attended-annunciation-catholic-school-motive-under-investigation/

CWB CHICAGO
— Mayor’s latest hire, a defund advocate, says police ‘harm Black and brown communities with impunity’
https://cwbchicago.com/2025/08/mayors-latest-hire-a-defund-advocate-says-police-harm-black-and-brown-communities-with-impunity.html

AXIOS CHICAGO
— Illinois hosts 550,000 unauthorized immigrants. If there had been as many illegals when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got, and if not that, my wages would have been lower.
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2025/08/25/illinois-hosts-some-of-the-most-unauthorized-immigrants

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/28/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-579/
— Armored vehicles, surge in federal agents expected in Chicago as two-pronged strategy takes shape
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/28/report-armored-vehicles-surge-in-federal-agents-expected-in-chicago-as-two-pronged-strategy-takes-shape/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Early Bird Banquet Special Expires on Monday! IFI is honored to welcome Riley Gaines to our November 7 fall banquet.
https://illinoisfamily.org/ifi_news/early-bird-banquet-special-expires-on-monday/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

AMAC
— Illegal Aliens Inflict Damage
https://amac.us/newsline/politics/illegal-aliens-inflict-damage/

BREITBART
— Pritzker Signs Law Requiring Public Universities to Provide Abortion Pills to Students
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/08/28/illinois-governor-j-b-pritzker-signs-law-requiring-public-universities-to-provide-abortion-pills-to-students/
— Attacker Who Opened Fire During Catholic School Mass Said He Was ‘Tired of Being Trans’
https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2025/08/28/report-attacker-who-opened-fire-during-catholic-school-mass-said-he-was-tired-of-being-trans/

NEWSMAX
— Ky. Transportation Cabinet Sold Licenses to Illegals
https://www.newsmax.com/platinum/whistleblower-kentucky-andy-beshear/2025/08/15/id/1222619/

TOWNHALL
— Top CDC Official Quits in Protest, Defends ‘Pregnant People’ and Woke Politics
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/dmitri-bolt/2025/08/28/cdc-director-resigns-n2662468

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NEW YORK TIMES
— 19 Democratic Governors Warn Trump Not to Send Troops to Their States. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with their illegals and with their criminals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/us/politics/democratic-governors-trump-troops.html

KATV & WSBT
— Chicago has most murders of any US city for 13 consecutive years
https://katv.com/news/nation-world/chicago-has-most-murders-of-any-us-city-for-13-consecutive-years-leavitt-white-house-press-secretary-president-donald-trump-illinois-governor-jb-pritzker-washington-dc-crime-crackdown-statistics-murder-homicide-deaths-carjacking-theft-assaults-weapons
https://wsbt.com/news/nation-world/chicago-has-most-murders-of-any-us-city-for-13-consecutive-years-leavitt-white-house-press-secretary-president-donald-trump-illinois-governor-jb-pritzker-washington-dc-crime-crackdown-statistics-murder-homicide-deaths-carjacking-theft-assaults-weapons

NPR
— Federal judge says Kari Lake can’t fire Voice of America director. The judges and justices in Diersen v. GAO ( https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf ) let my Democrat GAO superiors force me to retire, that is, to fire me.
https://www.npr.org/2025/08/28/nx-s1-5521328/judge-kari-lake-voice-of-america-firing-judge-ruling

August 28, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Willie Wilson: Democrats’ failure to protect vulnerable communities leaves door open for National Guard
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/28/opinion-democratic-leaders-chicago-violence-national-guard/
— Democrat leaders blame police for problems that minorities have.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/28/opinion-national-guard-chicago-history/

EVANSTON ROUNDTABLE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://evanstonroundtable.com/2025/08/26/new-illinois-law-protecting-students-is-relief-in-evanston-immigrant-community/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Democrats seek immigration platform plank to counter Trump, Republicans. The current Democrat Party platform plank is to flood America with citizens of foreign countries that have demographics that vote for Democrats. Those demographics include a) need/want/demand massive government assistance, b) minority, c) female, d) younger, e) non-Protestant, and f) non-German American.
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/democrats-seek-immigration-platform-to-counter-trump-republicans-deportations-border-security-dhs-immigration-enforcement#

ILLINOIZE
— Tracy Puts $2 Million Into Senate Campaign
https://www.theillinoize.com/articles/tracy-puts-2million-senate-campaign

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Democrat and RINO leaders reject the Rutan decision ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutan_v._Republican_Party_of_Illinois ), that is, they want government employers to make employment decisions based on party affiliation. That is why RINO leaders did not come to my defense when my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire because I was a Republican. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Trump: Illinois’ ‘slob of a governor’ should call for help with public safety. What if Trump sets his sights on Illinois?
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_9337cd1a-ef31-494d-9e91-0ae6fc109de2.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— HUD threatens funding for public housing authorities shielding illegal immigrants
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/3784818/hud-threatens-funding-public-housing-authorities-illegal-immigrants/
—  Why Trump has reversed course on IRS cuts
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3782589/why-trump-irs-cuts-reversed-course/

NEW YORK POST
— Trump admin fines illegal migrants $6.1B for refusing deportation orders
https://nypost.com/2025/08/27/us-news/trump-admin-fines-illegal-migrants-6-1b-for-refusing-deportation-orders-report/
— Mom of Minneapolis mass shooter Robin Westman worked at Catholic school where he opened fire, killing 2 kids
https://nypost.com/2025/08/27/us-news/mom-of-minneapolis-mass-shooter-robin-westman-worked-at-catholic-school-where-he-opened-fire-killing-2-kids-police/
— Minneapolis mayor uses Catholic school shooting presser to speak out about transgender rights — as gunman ID’d as trans
https://nypost.com/2025/08/27/us-news/minneapolis-mayor-uses-catholic-school-shooting-presser-to-speak-out-about-transgender-rights-as-gunman-robin-westman-idd-as-trans/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Here’s why Democrats work so hard to defend criminals
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/08/here_s_why_democrats_work_so_hard_to_defend_criminals.html

BREITBART
— Trans Minnesota Catholic School Shooter’s YouTube Manifesto Included Vile Anti-Trump Messages Written on Guns
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/08/27/trans-minnesota-catholic-school-shooters-youtube-manifesto-included-vile-anti-trump-messages/
— Unsustainable: Colorado Gained 43,000 Illegal Aliens in Just 2 Years
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/08/27/unsustainable-colorado-gained-43000-illegal-aliens-in-just-2-years/

COLLEGE FIX
— Donors yank millions from Florida universities after ending in-state tuition for illegal immigrants. What percent of the students in colleges in your area illegals?
https://www.thecollegefix.com/donors-yank-millions-from-florida-universities-after-ending-in-state-tuition-for-illegal-immigrants/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Trump Administration Teases New Plan to Keep Non-English-Speaking Truck Drivers Off Roads. What do George Ryan supporters have to say about this?
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/08/27/duffy-use-every-tool-available-hold-trucking-companies-who-hire-illegal-immigrants-account/

DAILY WIRE
— What We Know About The Trans-Identifying Gunman Who Slaughtered Catholic School Children
https://www.dailywire.com/news/what-we-know-about-the-trans-identifying-gunman-who-slaughtered-catholic-school-children
https://www.dailywire.com/news/entitled-penny-sniffing-ks-minnesota-gunman-railed-against-jews-in-journal

FOX NEWS
— Pritzker says ‘action will be met with a response’ after Trump threatens to send National Guard to Chicago. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker says the state will not let the federal government ‘intimidate Chicagoans.’ How soon will Pritzker have Illinois officially declare war on America?
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pritzker-says-action-met-response-after-trump-threatens-send-national-guard-chicago
— Trump admin plans to impose 4-year limits for foreign students studying in US. The new rule would end a decades-old policy allowing students to stay for the duration of their studies. Because I took only one evening course at a time, it took me 4 long years to earn my MBA from Loyola in 1976 (16 courses), it took me 4 long years to earn my master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980 (12 courses), and it took me 5 long years to earn my master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997 (14 courses), I took only one course at a time because a) that was what I could afford in terms of time and money and b) my focus was my IRS and GAO jobs. But because of age discrimination, my delay in my earning my aforesaid degrees cost me dearly.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-admin-plans-impose-4-year-limits-foreign-students-studying-us
— Mayor Bowser admits ‘we greatly appreciate the surge’ from Trump admin as crime plummets in Washington DC
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6377544172112
— Trump administration resurrects ‘neighborhood checks’ for citizenship applicants last used in first Bush-era. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will interview neighbors and employers about applicants seeking naturalization.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-admin-resurrects-neighborhood-checks-citizenship-applicants-last-used-first-bush-era

LEGAL NSURRECTION
— Police Identify Robert ‘Robin’ Westman as Suspect in Minneapolis Catholic School Shooting. Videos and pictures show Westman hated Jews and Trump.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/08/police-identify-robert-robin-westman-as-suspect-in-minneapolis-catholic-school-shooting/

NEW REPUBLIC
— Minneapolis Shooting Suspect Hated Trump—and All People of Color
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/inside-messy-politics-minneapolis-school-200424395.html

NEWSMAX
— Homan: ‘Illegal criminal aliens will not walk the streets of this nation’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYPtjZbrnbw
— DEI Still Present in Higher Ed Hiring Practices
https://www.newsmax.com/us/dei-higher-education-hiring/2025/08/27/id/1224135/
— USDA Ends Biden-Era Program Favoring Farmers Based on Race, Gender
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/usda-donald-trump-joe-biden/2025/08/27/id/1224166/

POST MILLENNIAL
— Democrats double down on DEI, child sex changes, open borders, and soft-on-crime policies at DNC annual convention
https://thepostmillennial.com/dems-double-down-on-dei-child-sex-changes-open-borders-and-soft-on-crime-policies

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC NEWS
— Trump’s Intel stake sparks cries of ‘socialism’ from his party, but he vows more deals are coming
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/trumps-intel-stake-sparks-cries-socialism-party-vows-125013616

NBC NEWS
— Mayor Muriel Bowser says Trump’s surge of federal law enforcement has lowered crime in D.C.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/bowser-trump-police-takeover-lower-dc-crime-national-guard-ice-rcna227582

MSNBC
— CDC officials walk out in protest of Trump’s removal CDC Director Susan Monarez.  None of my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates protested when my Democrat GAO superiors removed me when I was 49 years old in 1997. Previously, they had not protested when my Democrat GAO superiors a) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, b) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, e) permanently threw me off audits of IRS in early 1989 and kept off audits of IRS 1980-1985, and f) forced me to take a $23,472 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYG8rUEPiwE

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders say Minneapolis Suspect Knew Her Target, but Motive Is a Mystery
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/us/minneapolis-school-shooting-suspect-gunman.html
— Lisa Cook Says She Will Not Step Down From the Fed Board. I should write about the threatened adverse actions that my Democrat GAO superiors would have taken against me if I had not retired when I was 49 in 1997. Previously they had a) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, b) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, e) permanently threw me off audits of IRS in early 1989 and kept off audits of IRS 1980-1985, and f) forced me to take a $23,472 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/us/politics/lisa-cook-fed-governor.html
— In Trump’s 2nd Term, More Incarcerations, Less Talk of Reform. The president is signaling a tough-on-crime message for the midterms next year.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/us/politics/trump-criminal-justice.html
— Donald Trump’s Big Gay Government. On the town with the A-Gays of Washington, who have never been happier to be out, proud and Republican.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/style/gay-men-trump-administration-republicans.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump, Gabbard fired top CIA Russia expert days after Alaska summit. The CIA officer was due to take up a prestigious assignment in Europe approved by CIA Director John Ratcliffe. Instead, her security clearance was summarily revoked. In 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors acted like my Black CPA subordinate had threatened to leave GAO if they did not get rid of me. If I had not taken their early retirement “offer” in 1997, I would not have been eligible for regular retirement until 2003. My Black CPA subordinate a) had less job-related work experience than I had, b) had less job-related education than I had, c) had one job-related professional certification while I had six, and d) no job-related professional license like the one I had. They gave him my job and my preferred corner office.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/08/27/cia-officer-russia-trump-gabbard/
— Trump fires CDC director who says RFK Jr. is ‘weaponizing public health.’ My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, that is, they fired me, because I was an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/08/27/susan-monarez-cdc-director-ousted/
— Shooter who opened fire on Catholic school posted rambling videos. YouTube videos posted to coincide with the shooting showed reverence for other mass shooters, and gun magazines scrawled with “Kill Donald Trump” and racial slurs.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/08/27/robin-westman-minneapolis-school-shooting/
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/27/al-sharpton-wall-street-trump-dei-nyc/13fb324a-83c2-11f0-a8f4-28ba053d904b_story.html?isMobile=1

USA TODAY
— Trump fires CDC Director Susan Monarez after she refused to quit in dispute with RFK Jr. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, that is, they fired me, because I was an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/27/cdc-director-susan-monarez-ousted/85856035007/
— The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/27/president-trump-approval-rating-new-polls/85851490007/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/08/27/immigrants-more-likely-to-report-crimes/85821245007/

PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
— Do you drive a ‘liberal’ or ‘conservative’ car? We analyzed 11 million Pa. vehicle records to find out. American trucks are popular in GOP-dominated areas. Teslas are big in Democratic regions. I would anticipate/expect that nationwide, that most Republicans own American nameplate vehicles and that most Democrats own foreign nameplate vehicles.
https://www.inquirer.com/cars/registered-vehicles-pennsylvania-democrats-republicans-20250825.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Shooting Madness in Minneapolis. The killer of children at church fits a too-common profile.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/minneapolis-shooting-annunciation-catholic-school-robin-westman-dfcf73d3

FORBES
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonmcgowan/2025/08/27/for-trump-doj-dei-is-the-new-jim-crow-businesses-should-take-note/

HUFFINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Newsom
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gavin-newsom-trump-world-leaders_n_68afc0cce4b0d087ed3ea699

AXIOS
— Trump threatens to prosecute George Soros for backing protests
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/27/trump-urges-rico-charges-george-soros
— The Democrat Party ever-increasingly makes it clear that it is anti-American.
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/24/trump-american-identity-citizenship-immigration

GUARDIAN
— Trump is serious about pursuing a third term, Newsom warns
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/28/trump-serious-about-third-term-gavin-newsom-warns

August 27, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Minneapolis shooting: 8-year-old and 10-year-old killed, 17 others hurt at Catholic school
https://abc7chicago.com/post/shooting-reported-catholic-school-minneapolis-governor-says/17662514/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The shooter died at the scene from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, O’Hara said. The FBI identified the shooter as 23-year-old Robin Westman, who was born Robert Westman. Driver’s license information reviewed by ABC News described Westman as a female, born on June 17, 2002. A name change application for a minor born on the same date, June 17, 2002, was approved by a district court in Minnesota in 2020, changing the name of a Robert Westman to Robin Westman, explaining the minor child “identifies as a female and wants her name to reflect that identification.” . . . Frey stressed at a second news conference, “Anybody who is using this as an opportunity to villainize our trans community, or any other community out there, has lost their sense of common humanity. We should not be operating out of a place of hate.”)
— Chicago Democrat leaders get Chicago Latino leaders to push back against Trump plans to send National Guard to city
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-latino-leaders-push-back-president-donald-trump-plans-potential-national-guard-deployment-city/17660651/

NBC5
— What we know about what happened in Minneapolis school shooting
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/what-we-know-about-what-happened-in-minneapolis-school-shooting/3816000/

CBS2
— Minneapolis Catholic school shooting leaves 2 children dead, 17 people injured
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/south-minneapolis-incident-august-27-2025/

WGN9
— FBI investigating Minnesota school shooting as hate crime against Catholics
https://wgntv.com/news/national/fbi-investigating-minnesota-school-shooting-as-hate-crime-against-catholics/

FOX32
— Chicago businessman Willie Wilson urged Trump to deploy the National Guard to the city, saying leaders have failed to stop violence. Pritzker, Johnson, and others strongly oppose Trump’s threat, calling it political and dangerous.
Despite reported drops in murders and robberies, Wilson says communities remain under siege.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/wilson-trump-national-guard-chicago
— Annunciation Church shooting: What’s known about suspect Robin Westman
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/annunciation-school-shooting-minneapolis-minnesota-suspect-shooter
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The shooter has been identified as Robin Westman. FOX 9 has confirmed Westman’s mother previously worked at Annunciation. A Facebook post from the school says she left the school in 2021. The shooter’s mother also applied to change her child’s name from Robert to Robin in Dakota County in 2019, according to court documents obtained by FOX 9. According to the name change filing, Westman identified “as a female and wants her name to reflect that identification.”)
— Oak Park-River Forest High School removed the exterior doors from some of its bathrooms. Officials said it was aimed at preventing “inappropriate behaviors” like vaping, fighting, and skipping class. An online petition was started by students in opposition to the move to demand the doors be put back.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/oak-park-river-forest-high-school-bathrooms
— 81% of Americans see crime as ‘major problem’ in big cities
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/ap-norc-crime-poll-trump-takeover

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Republican US Senate hopeful Don Tracy lends $2M to his campaign fund
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/27/republican-us-senate-hopeful-don-tracy-lends-2m-to-his-campaign-fund/
— ‘Our president is listening’: Handful of Black MAGA activists in Chicago catch Trump’s eye
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/27/black-maga-activists-chicago-catch-trumps-eye/
— Cardinal Blase Cupich calls on those in power to make safety a ‘national priority’ after Minneapolis Catholic school shooting
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/27/cardinal-blase-cupich-comments-after-minneapolis-catholic-school-shooting/
— What to know about the shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic school
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/27/minneapolis-catholic-school-shooting/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said the shooter — armed with a rifle, shotgun and pistol — approached the side of the church and shot through the windows toward the children inside before dying by suicide. He said the shooter, 23-year-old Robin Westman, did not have an extensive known criminal history, acted alone and had legally purchased the weapons recently. O’Hara said authorities are aware of a video showing writings that the shooter had timed to be released on YouTube. The content has been taken down and is under review as investigators try to determine a motive, the police chief said. Federal officials referred to Westman as transgender, and the mayor decried hatred being directed at “our transgender community.” Westman’s gender identity wasn’t clear. In 2020, a judge approved a petition, signed by Westman’s mother, asking for a name change from Robert to Robin, saying the petitioner “identifies as a female and wants her name to reflect that identification.”)
— CDC director Susan Monarez is out after less than one month on the job. It took almost 18 years for my Democrat GAO superiors to oust me. They would have ousted me much sooner if I had not a) earned an MBA and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt before I transferred from IRS to GAO and if I had not b) earned a master’s degree in accounting, c) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, d) became a licensed CPA, e) earned four more job-related professional certifications, and f) earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading after I transferred.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/27/cdc-director-susan-monarez-out/
— Who and what will Democrat leaders blame for the Minneapolis shootings?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/27/editorial-annunciation-shooting-school-children-robin-westman/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Willie Wilson urges Trump to send National Guard to Chicago: ‘I welcome it’  The former mayoral candidate insisted that a military intervention could help curb violence, while invoking the killing of his son in the south suburbs.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/08/27/willie-wilson-trump-national-guard

DAILY HERALD
— Trump extends control over Washington by taking management of Union Station away from Amtrak
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250827/nation-and-world-politics/trump-extends-control-over-washington-by-taking-management-of-union-station-away-from-amtrak/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— GOP’s Tracy drops $2 million into race to fill Durbin’s Senate seat
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/gops-tracy-drops-2m-race-fill-durbins-senate-seat

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/08/27/dispensary-could-open-near-wrigley-field-but-issues-persist-for-social-equality-firm-behind-plans/

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/27/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-371/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

DUPAGE GOP
— 2026 Primary Candidate Petitions
https://dupagegop.com/primary-candidate-petitions/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Chicago Mayor Claims ‘Affordable Housing’ is the Key to Reducing Crime in Awkward MSNBC Interview
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/08/chicago-mayor-claims-affordable-housing-is-the-key-to-reducing-crime-in-awkward-msnbc-interview.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

NEW YORK POST
— Minneapolis school shooter ID’d as trans woman Robin Westman — as apparent manifesto included ‘kill Trump’
https://nypost.com/2025/08/27/us-news/minneapolis-catholic-school-gunman-idd-as-robin-westman-while-possible-manifesto-shows-psychotic-obsession-with-mass-shooters/
— Trans Minneapolis shooter Robin Westman mused about slaughtering ‘filthy Zionist Jews’ in sick journal before deadly Catholic school massacre
https://nypost.com/2025/08/27/us-news/robin-westman-mused-about-slaughtering-filthy-zionist-jews-in-sick-journal-before-deadly-catholic-school-shooting/
— Chicago pastor Corey Brooks says Dems are ‘outright lying’ about crime, calls on Trump to send National Guard
https://nypost.com/2025/08/27/media/chicago-pastor-corey-brooks-says-dems-are-outright-lying-about-crime-calls-on-trump-to-send-national-guard/

FOX NEWS
— The Left wants no part of the effort to make our country safe and secure. Hannity tears into Democrats proving to be on the ‘wrong side’ of crime plaguing American cities.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6377478268112
— US northern border smuggling creates ‘shopping grounds’ for migrants to sanctuary communities. Smugglers are adapting routes and targeting sanctuary cities for maximum benefits.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/us-northern-border-smuggling-creates-shopping-grounds-migrants-sanctuary-communities-attorney

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Two Children Killed in Minneapolis Catholic School Shooting. The FBI identified the shooter as Robin Westman, who died at the scene.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/minnesota-school-shooting-annunciation-catholic-minneapolis-281597d5
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The shooting was being investigated as an act of domestic terrorism and as a hate crime against Catholics, according to FBI Director Kash Patel. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem that the suspect wrote: “For the Children,” “Where is your God?” and “Kill Donald Trump” on rifle magazines. . .President Trump was briefed about the incident and had spoken with Gov. Walz. “The White House will continue to monitor this terrible situation,” the president said in a post on Truth Social. Trump proclaimed that the U.S. flag will be flown at half-staff at the White House until Saturday night as a mark of respect for the victims.)

August 27, 2025

WHITE HOUSE
— Today, President Donald J. Trump held the seventh Cabinet meeting of his second term — gathering members of the Trump Administration together ahead of Labor Day to celebrate the victories American workers have experienced over the past eight months. My critics/opponents look down on wage earners if not despise wage earners. I was a wage earner 1964-1997 while I washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, delivered mail, worked on an automobile assembly line, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances, pumped more gasoline, collected delinquent taxes, and audited federal agencies.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/08/trump-administration-celebrates-successes-for-americas-workers/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Union leaders plan for ‘Workers over billionaires’ Chicago Labor Day march. I was a union member for almost 12 years. My critics/opponents have always used that against me.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-labor-day-march-2025-union-leaders-plan-rally-accuse-trump-ripping-federal-contracts/17654003/

NBC5
— Chicago Democrat leaders get former Chicago top cop to say Trump’s deployment threat is a PR stunt
https://www.nbcchicago.com/video/top-videos-home/president-trumps-deployment-threat-a-pr-stunt-former-chicago-top-cop-says/3815734/

FOX32
— Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson wants ‘ultra rich’ to help close $1.1B budget gap
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-johnson-tax-rich-budget

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FROMT PAGE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/08/27/donald-trump-chicago-downtown-ice-immigration-national-guard-brandon-johnson-jb-pritzker
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Republican efforts to fight crime.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump/2025/08/27/experts-say-theres-no-actual-good-reason-to-send-the-guard-into-illinois-as-trump-mulls-troop-deployment

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Republican efforts to fight crime.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/27/national-guard-chicago-crime/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/27/opinion-local-police-control-chicago-washington-dc/
— To promote diversity is to get rid of 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. Democrat and RINO leaders promote diversity.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/26/lincoln-avenue-international-flag-display/

DAILY HERALD
Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Republican efforts to fight crime.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250827/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-beyond-the-grandstanding-a-serious-strategy-against-urban-crime-would-involv/

ILLINOIS PATCH
— These Are Illinois’ Most Liberal And Conservative Colleges. Loyola and DePaul are on the most liberal list. Wheaton College is on the most conservative list. Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, all Illinois colleges have moved to the left. I earned degrees from NIU (1970), Loyola (1976), DePaul (1980), and IIT (1997).
https://patch.com/illinois/chicago/these-are-ils-most-liberal-conservative-colleges

CHALKBEAT CHICAGO
— Chicago Public Schools’ debt has hit over $28,000 per student.
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/08/26/chicago-public-schools-debt-census-data/

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/27/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-577/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Police officer, legislator: Seize opportunity to reform Illinois’ cashless bail
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_18ca8709-7b15-4da7-87b2-a3516af95d1c.html

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— The more demographics that you share with elected officials, the more likely that you voted for them. Trump is conservative, Republican, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time. Democrat and RINO leaders in Illinois, your county, your township, and your municipality hate Trump. Anticipate/expect that the more of the aforesaid demographics that you share with Trump, the more that Democrat and RINO leaders will do to get rid of you. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The Latino Museum will be a woke abomination and should not be built
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/3781331/latino-museum-woke-abomination-should-not-be-built/

NEW YORK POST
— Trump needs to deploy the National Guard to Chicago immediately!
https://nypost.com/2025/08/26/opinion/trump-needs-to-deploy-the-national-guard-to-chicago-immediately/

AMAC
— Reviving the American Dream. Back in the good old days, I was able to a) buy new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc., b) graduate debt-free from college with a bachelor’s degree when was 21, c) buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, and 35, d) pay for tuition and books to earn master’s degrees when I was 27 and 31, e) get married when I was 29, f) etc. I was able to do the aforesaid with the money that I earned washing dishes, cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, pumping gasoline, delivering mail, working on an automobile assembly line, selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances, pumping more gasoline, collecting delinquent taxes, and auditing federal agencies.
https://amac.us/newsline/politics/reviving-the-american-dream-amac-magazine-exclusive/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Terminated Federal Reserve governor lawyers up, Left goes mad after Trump fires her for fraud. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire because I fought against their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/08/26/terminated-federal-reserve-governor-lawyers-up-left-goes-mad-after-trump-fires-her-for-fraud-1580008/

BREITBART
— Why Lisa Cook’s Lawsuit to Keep Her Job Is Likely to Lose. If you strip away the noise and look at how courts actually handle “for-cause” removals, Cook’s case is uphill on every material point. My Democrat GAO superiors hinted/implied that they forced me to retire “for-cause.” My critics/opponents have used that against me big time ever since. They hint/imply/argue/shout that because my Democrat GAO superiors rudely flushed down their toilets my almost 18 years of GAO work experience, my almost 9 years of IRS work experience, my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license, I must be an extremely bad person.
https://link.breitbart.com/view/5d13d86afc942d626ccc80b7ola87.1j8y/a411b0b5
— Trump Admin Sues Walz’s Minnesota over Tuition Cash for Illegal Aliens
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/08/26/trump-admin-sues-walz-minnesota-tuition-cash-illegal-aliens/

DAILY WIRE
— DHS Arrests 5,000th Illegal Alien In Los Angeles — And Noem Promises More. Noem: “If you are here illegally, we will find you, arrest you, and send you back. This is just the beginning.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/milestone-dhs-arrests-5000th-illegal-alien-in-los-angeles-and-noem-promises-more

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Trump Sues Walz over Tuition Break for Illegals
https://www.fairus.org/press-release/trump-sues-walz-over-tuition-break-illegals

FOX NEWS
— Trump says ‘incompetent’ Illinois governor, ‘no better’ Chicago mayor should call him for help with crime
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-says-incompetent-illinois-governor-no-better-chicago-mayor-should-call-him-help-crime
— Trump escalates fight with ‘slob of a governor’ Pritzker, Chicago mayor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l0s2f_GCRo
— Democrats are losing voters because of their terrible policies
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6377474529112
— Sanctuary city policies will blow up in Democrats’ faces
https://www.aol.com/news/karl-rove-warns-sanctuary-city-162455241.html
— Democrats outraged that gang members could be sent to Uganda
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/democrats-outraged-alleged-gang-member-could-sent-uganda

HOMELAND SECURITY
— Secretary Noem Announces DHS Arrest of 5,000th Illegal Alien in Los Angeles Since Operations Began in the Sanctuary City in June
https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/08/26/secretary-noem-announces-dhs-arrest-5000th-illegal-alien-los-angeles-operations

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Cure for Racial Discrimination in Medical Education. If colleges and universities want the American taxpayer’s support, they should be forced to focus on merit alone.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/08/the-cure-for-racial-discrimination-in-medical-education/

NEWSMAX
— Sanctuary States’ Love Affair With Illegals is Lethal
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/james-uthmeier-florida-attorney-general/2025/08/26/id/1224064/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CNN
— Should the US be worried? India’s Modi set for rare China trip after Trump’s tariff sting. In WWIII, which countries will side with Russia and China and which will side with America?
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/26/india/india-china-relations-sco-summit-intl-hnk

NBC NEWS
— Biden weaponized the federal government against Trump
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/new-fbi-deputy-director-will-help-trump-weaponize-bureau-top-democrat-rcna222474

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook will sue Trump administration to keep her job. I sued the Democrats who run GAO. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf  Cook’s demographics will help her immensely. My demographics harmed me immensely.
https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-8-26-2025
— Pennsylvania must stop throwing out mail ballots over date errors, court rules
https://apnews.com/article/pennsylvania-election-mail-ballots-voting-envelope-dates-dab83b55ad456f5d049cb751f6584739

REUTERS
— Trump administration asks US Supreme Court to halt foreign aid payments. In WWIII, which countries will side with Russia and China and which will side with America?
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-asks-us-supreme-court-halt-foreign-aid-payments-2025-08-26/
— Inside ICE, Trump’s migrant crackdown is taking a toll on officers. I should write about the tremendous toll that Gingrich budget cuts took on GAO. I was one of the last Republicans that GAO hired. I would focus on the how my Democrat GAO superiors ever-increasingly took their anger against Gingrich out on me. They forced me to take a $23,472 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. They delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13. They kept me off audits for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. They always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. They forced me to retire when I was 49 years old.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/inside-ice-trumps-migrant-crackdown-is-taking-toll-officers-2025-08-27/

NBC NEWS
— Trump’s tariffs on India rise to 50% in punishment for buying Russian oil. The levy could be a sharp blow to half of India’s exports to the U.S. and force affected merchants to diversify to other markets, such as Latin America and the Middle East.
https://www.nbcnews.com/world/india/trumps-tariffs-india-rise-50-punishment-buying-russian-oil-rcna227426

NEW YORK TIMES
— Fed Defends Independence as Board Member Plans Challenge to ‘Illegal’ Firing. None of my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates came to my defense as my Democrat GAO superiors ever-increasingly took more and bigger adverse actions against me. Those who were White, male, older, and/or non-veteran like me cut deals under the table to save their jobs from Gingrich budget cuts.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08/26/us/trump-news
— Trump Says He Welcomes Chinese Students, as His Administration Blocks Them. Democrat and RINO leaders glorify and praise Chinese students.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/us/politics/trump-chinese-students.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/us/immigration-detention-center-nickname-alligator-cornhusker-slammer.html
— Democratic Party Scraps Resolutions on Israel and Gaza After Fraught Debate
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/us/politics/dnc-israel-gaza-war-resolution.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders never asked my Democrat GAO superiors “Where’s Your Evidence” when they forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/opinion/politics/trump-fed-independence-lisa-cook.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat Chicago educators ever-increasingly give more preference to Blacks
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/us/black-student-achievement-diversity-trump.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly jeer federal agents in D.C.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/us/politics/washington-dc-trump.html

WASINGTON POST
— FEMA employees put on leave after criticizing Trump administration in open letter. I did far more at GAO. When I was 40 years old in 1988, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. I was the only GAO Chicago office employee to do that. My Democrat GAO Chicago office superiors immediately threw me off audits of IRS for the rest of my GAO career. They gave me a very bad job assignment. They gave me very unfair performance expectations. They gave me a very unfair performance appraisal. They ranked me at the bottom of my coworkers for pay-for-performance and then always ranked me in the bottom half. They forced me to retire when I was 49. I should write about the aforesaid. The more of the following that federal employees are, the fewer Civil Service protections that they have: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and if their ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/08/26/fema-employees-leave-trump-administration-letter/
— Trump administration is investing in US rare earths in a push to break China’s grip. More than any other major country, China acts like it wants to destroy America and conquer the world. Russia acts more like it just wants to conquer Europe.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/08/27/rare-earths-critical-minerals-trump-china-tariffs/bcafabdc-82fa-11f0-a8f4-28ba053d904b_story.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders side with the Fed against Trump
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/08/26/federal-reserve-trump-lisa-cook/

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/08/17/deportation-influencers-monetize-misfortune-online/85516504007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/08/27/immigrants-more-likely-to-report-crimes/85821245007/
— Best cars for first-time buyers. In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, if I could do it over again, instead of buying a new Pontiac Tempest Sprint, a poor man’s GTO, in 1996, I would have earned and saved more money and bought a loaded GTO in 1966.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/cars/shopping/new-cars/2025/08/19/best-cars-first-time-buyers/83883531007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrat and RINO leaders side with the Fed against Trump
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trumps-fed-aggression-poses-new-test-on-limits-of-presidential-power-19085baf

FORBES
— Pfleger ever-increasingly promotes more hatred against Trump
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPD32LqR3xM
— Trump Celebrates Supreme Court’s Ruling On Affirmative Action. Since the 1960s, my critics/opponents have ever-increasingly used Affirmative Action against me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fATN4FOoTgA

AXIOS
— Modi issues buy India-made call as Trump’s 50% tariffs take effect
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/27/trump-tariffs-india-russian-oil-purchase-modi
— Fed Says it will follow any court ruling on Cook’s status after Trump’s firing. The court ruling in Diersen v. GAO gave the Democrats who run GAO total power to waste the careers of and to get rid of their employees because they are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/26/fed-trump-cook

GUARDIAN
— After a summer of submission to Trump, Europe knows it must defend Ukraine – and itself – alone. For Putin, Ukraine is first and the rest of Europe is next.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/27/summer-submission-trump-europe-defence-ukraine
— Newsome fights for those who hate Trump. Pritzker fights for those who hate Trump. Those who hate Trump are anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-non-non-poor people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/26/gavin-newsom-democrats-fight-trump

August 26, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders get gun violence survivors to slam Trump’s talk of deploying National Guard in Chicago
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/26/gun-violence-survivors-trump-national-guard-chicago/
— Gun-related arrests at Naperville Topgolf now top 15 for the year
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/26/gun-arrests-charges-naperville-topgolf/

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage County clerk a no-show for budget presentation
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250826/news/dupage-county-clerk-a-no-show-for-budget-presentation/
— DuPage County will spend up to $147K to retain Springfield lobbyists
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250826/news/dupage-county-will-spend-up-to-147k-to-retain-springfield-lobbyists/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The county will pay Marquardt & Humes Inc., no more than $94,500 for one year of lobbying work through Sept. 14, 2026. The firm’s lobbying team includes Scott Marquardt, who began his career as a prosecutor in the DuPage state’s attorney’s office, and John “Chip” Humes, who’s also a co-owner of the Humes Funeral Home in Addison. Though the political makeup of the county board has changed over the years, officials continued using Roger C. Marquardt & Co. as a state-level lobbyist. In 2024, Scott Marquardt and Humes solidified their business partnership, forming Marquardt & Humes, according to a firm overview. The county also will pay Raucci & Sullivan Strategies no more than $52,500 for one year of lobbying services through August 2026. Former Republican state Sen. Dave Sullivan is the firm’s president. Marc Poulos, who was a member of Gov. JB Pritzker’s transition team, also is part of the firm. Marquardt & Humes are “continuing our strong advocacy on behalf of DuPage County regarding ongoing transit negotiations,” Humes wrote in a letter to officials in July.)
— Arlington Heights residents, officials divided on criminalizing homeless behavior — but proposal moves forward
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250825/local-politics/arlington-heights-residents-officials-divided-on-criminalizing-homeless-behavior/
— Embattled Fed Gov. Lisa Cook says she’ll sue Trump to keep her job. So far, by forcing me to retire, my Democrat GAO superiors have forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $1.9 million in today’s dollars to stop me from coming to work.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250826/nation-and-world-politics/embattled-fed-gov-lisa-cook-says-shell-sue-trump-to-keep-her-job/

ABC7
— DOJ demands Illinois voter personal information by Sept. 1
https://abc7chicago.com/post/us-justice-department-demands-illinois-voter-personal-information-sept-1/17655103/
— Democrat leaders get Chicago gun violence survivors speak out against President Trump’s National Guard plans
https://abc7chicago.com/post/president-donald-trumps-threat-send-national-guard-chicago-raises-legal-questions/17651164/
— Fed Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook says she’s staying on the job despite Trump saying he fired her. So far, by forcing me to retire, my Democrat GAO superiors have forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $1.9 million in today’s dollars to stop me from coming to work.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/lisa-cook-says-shes-staying-job-federal-reserve-board-governor-despite-trump-announcing-he-removed-position/17653963/

NBC5
— Trump says he wants death penalty for murderers in D.C.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/president-trump/trump-administration-federal-reserve-redistrcting-immigration-august-26-2025-live-updates/3815040/

FOX32
— 3 Illinois colleges named among top 50 in U.S. according to Forbes. University of Chicago is 13, Northwestern University is 16, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is 38, UIC is 108, Wheaton College is 159, IIT is 171, DePaul is 208, Loyola is 242, NIU is 379.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/forbes-best-colleges-illinois-2025

WBEZ
— Democrat leaders get Gun violence survivors to say that federal troops will not make Chicago safer.
https://www.wbez.org/criminal-justice/2025/08/26/gun-violence-survivors-say-federal-troops-will-not-make-chicago-safer-resources-will

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Chicago doesn’t have to choose between jobs and health. My father worked in a nasty polluting chemical plant in the northeast side of Chicago Heights for 28 years before he died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21 in 1969.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/hazel-johnson-ordinance-would-help-all-chicago-opinion

WAND TV
— Trump saying 600,000 Chinese students could come to the US draws MAGA backlash. UIC admitted me in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, and IIT in 1992. But if they could have admitted Chinese students instead of me, they would have.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/trump-saying-600-000-chinese-students-could-come-to-the-us-draws-maga-backlash/article_cad6e3c7-dcf6-5ac9-ae08-3f0f23f86adc.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/26/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-370/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Pritzker unveils Illinois LGBTQ hotline amid debate over transgender athletes. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_b71754be-a7d0-4d0a-aa85-c8a8ba200cdf.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Shariah: Coming to a city near you? Mamdani’s ‘intifada’ stance warns of trouble ahead.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/26/shariah-coming-city-near/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The National Academies are politically corrupted
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom-self-reliance/3781102/the-national-academies-are-politically-corrupted/
— The GOP’s unfair election advantage: Good governance
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3782858/unfair-gop-election-advantage-good-governance/

CHRISTIAN POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.christianpost.com/news/dc-faith-leaders-demand-ice-stop-using-church-parking-lots.html

DAILY CALLER
— Illinois Law Forces Universities To Dispense Abortion Pills On Campus
https://dailycaller.com/2025/08/26/blue-state-law-forces-universities-to-dispense-abortion-pills-on-campus/

FOX NEWS
— Chicago residents plead for Trump’s help as ‘out of control’ crime leads to another bloody weekend. Boy, 5, among six reportedly killed in weekend shootings across Chicago. How has Chicago crime impacted you? The theft of my 1969 Dodge Charger SE while I worked for IRS in Chicago in 1971 had a big negative impact on me. The theft of my 1962 Chevrolet Bel Air while I worked for IRS in Chicago in 1973 had a big negative impact on me.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/blue-city-residents-plead-trumps-help-out-control-crime-leads-another-bloody-weekend
— White House accuses Pritzker, Illinois Dems of whining while Chicago crime rages.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white-house-accuses-pritzker-illinois-dems-whining-while-chicago-crime-rages

NEWSMAX
— Trump’s Immigration Push Tests ICE Workforce. In 1980, I was one of the last Republicans who the Democrats who ran GAO hired. By the time they succeeded in forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1980, I was one of the last Republican GAO employees. Republican Gingrich’s dramatic gutting of GAO while I worked for GAO 1980-1997 not only demoralized and devastated GAO employees, it made Democrat GAO employees hate Republican GAO employees. I should write about that.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/donald-trump-ice-migrant/2025/08/26/id/1223938/
— No Illegals Entered US for 3 Straight Months
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/kristi-noem-immigration-cabinet/2025/08/26/id/1224019/

REAL CLEAR INVESTIGATIONS
— Illinois Democrat Leaders Push Democrat Chicago to the Verge of Fiscal Collapse
https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/2025/08/26/illinois_pushes_chicago_to_the_verge_of_fiscal_collapse_1130906.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Trump faces MAGA backlash for saying he’ll let 600,000 Chinese students into US. UIC admitted me in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, and IIT in 1992. But if they could have admitted Chinese students instead of me, they would have.
https://www.christianpost.com/news/dc-faith-leaders-demand-ice-stop-using-church-parking-lots.html

CBS NEWS
— U.S. to resume “neighborhood checks” for citizenship applications as part of Trump push to heavily vet immigrants
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/neighborhood-checks-citizenship-applications/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Men Suing Over Their Partners’ Abortions. The antiabortion movement is encouraging partners and ex-partners who say they were harmed by abortions of their unborn children.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/the-men-suing-over-their-partners-abortions-b2e7a9ce

TRUTHDIG
— Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Far too many Democrat plants and RINOs become Republican Precinct Committeemen (RPC) and become leaders of Republican township, county, and state party organizations to get the Republican Party to strike its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in its platform, that is, to destroy the Republican Party. These Democrat plants and RINOs focus on driving platform Republicans like me out of the party. I should write about them and the adverse actions that they have had their operatives and their dupes take against me since 1999. In 2000, they got one of their own to run against me for RPC. In 2004, they rudely fired me as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster and rudely defeated me 69 to 13 when I ran for MTRO Treasurer. In 2006, they almost got the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. In 2007, they got ICRC to rudely throw me off its Steering Committee. In 2010, they again rudely fired me as MTRO webmaster. In 2012, they got TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois to rudely end my chairmanship. In 2015, they rudely gerrymandered my precinct. In 2021, they rudely ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks. In 2024, the rudely ended my membership on the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee. I should write about the aforesaid.
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/how-to-infiltrate-your-local-democratic-headquarters/

REALTOR.COM
— Wheaton Is One of the Hottest ZIP Codes in Illinois-Here’s Why
https://www.lmtonline.com/realestate/article/wheaton-is-one-of-the-hottest-zip-codes-in-20889403.php

August 26, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Congressional committee investigating antisemitism allegations at UIC College of Medicine
https://abc7chicago.com/post/house-education-workforce-committee-investigating-allegations-antisemitism-university-illinois-college-medicine/17648205/

NBC5
— Duckworth ever-increasingly promotes more hatred against Trump
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Juk687H8Yfg

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— According to Democrat leaders, voters want more dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/25/in-chicago-us-sen-bernie-sanders-says-progressive-agenda-is-what-the-american-people-want/
— Southwest Detroit small businesses reeling amid Trump immigration crackdown: ‘A disaster’  How successful have Democrat and RINO leaders been making your county, your township, your municipality, and your precinct dependent on cheap illegal labor?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/25/detroit-trump-immigration-crackdown/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/26/washington-dc-schools-reopen-trump-armed-patrols/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Kids in ‘low opportunity’ areas are up to 20 times more likely to be shot. When you were young, what were the employment opportunities where you lived? While I lived in Crete 1948-1972, the best jobs that I could get were a) doing yard work in Crete 1962-1964, b) delivering newspapers in Crete 1962-1966, c) washing dishes in Chicago Heights 1964-1966, d) cleaning golf shoes in Flossmoor and chipping slag and pumping gasoline in South Chicago Heights in 1966, e) delivering mail in Park Forest 1966-1969, f) working on an automobile assembly line in Belvidere in 1970, and e) collecting delinquent federal taxes in in Harvey in 1972. My critics/opponents would never had stooped to take the aforesaid bad jobs and they have always used my taking the aforesaid bad jobs against me.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2025/08/25/northwestern-study-finds-kids-in-low-opportunity-areas-are-up-to-20-times-more-likely-to-be-shot

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Of course, the mainstream news media sides with Pritzker against Trump.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250825/local-politics/do-not-come-to-chicago-pritzker-tells-trump-national-guard-not-needed-in-chicago/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PHOTOS: DuPage judge sides with county board in ongoing dispute with clerk
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250825/news/dupage-judge-sides-with-county-board-in-ongoing-dispute-with-clerk/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-08-25/how-an-undocumented-teen-is-trying-to-get-an-education-amid-trumps-immigration-crackdown

FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump hints at investigation into ‘Bridgegate’ hours after Chris Christie criticizes him. Immediately after I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my Democrat GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation when I was 40 in 1988, they a) threw me off audits of IRS, b) gave me a very bad job assignment, c) gave me very unfair performance expectations, d) gave me a very unfair performance appraisal, and e) ranked me at the bottom of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. I should write about that.
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-hints-at-probe-into-bridgegate-hours-after-chris-christie-criticizes-him

WGLT & 25 NEWS NOW
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans
https://www.25newsnow.com/2025/08/25/bloomingtons-mayor-will-sign-pledge-combat-bigotry-city-council-asked-make-same-commitment/
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-08-25/group-urges-bloomington-leaders-to-sign-pledge-against-intolerance-bigotry

WAND TV
— Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with teachers and with school staff against parents.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/people-could-face-criminal-charges-for-threatening-teachers-school-staff-under-new-illinois-bill/article_d2dbee68-0f8e-4c0f-a2de-354efcf44e18.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/26/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-576/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINIOIS
— What do your critics/opponents use to hint/imply/argue/shout that you are privileged? Mine use a) my parents having sent me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools, b) my avoiding the Vietnam War draft, c) my having been a federal employee for almost 30 years, d) my having bought new cars and real estate, e) my having earned three masters degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license, f) my being married for more than 47 years, and g) my being a federal retiree for almost 28 years. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

NEW YORK POST
— House GOP probes antisemitism claims at University of Illinois College of Medicine
https://nypost.com/2025/08/25/us-news/house-gop-probes-antisemitism-claims-at-3-blue-state-medical-schools/

CAMPUS REFORM
— Five major DEI rollbacks reshape higher ed under state and federal pressure. Democrat and RINO leaders will never stop using DEI to get rid of Republicans, they just put it under the table.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/five-major-dei-rollbacks-reshape-higher-ed-state-federal-pressure/28510

COLLEGE FIX
— George Mason University broke federal law with race-based hiring. If the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 could have found qualified Democrats, minorities, and/or females, they would have hired them instead of me.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/george-mason-u-broke-federal-law-with-race-based-hiring-ed-dept-says/

EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Fires Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook. In a published letter to Cook, Trump accused her of ‘deceitful and potentially criminal conduct in a financial matter.’
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-fires-federal-reserve-governor-lisa-cook-5906052

FOX NEWS
— Trump will make Americans feel safe and secure again
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6377380781112
— From ban to embrace: Trump’s evolution on TikTok
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6377361020112

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Teachers Unions Poured Over $40 Million into Left-Wing Groups. For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/teachers-unions-poured-over-40-million-into-left-wing-groups-watchdog-finds/

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Trump Is Trying To Remove Leftist Poison From Institutions And They Can’t Stand It
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/08/25/megyn_kelly_trump_is_trying_to_remove_leftist_poison_from_institutions_and_they_cant_stand_it.html

REAL CLEAR WIRE
— The Democrats’ hackneyed falsehood that Republican gerrymandering in Texas is racist and will end American democracy is not only hysterical – it’s hypocritical. While gerrymandering is ethically impaired, it has been part of U.S. politics for more than 200 years, and a mainstay of Democratic Party election strategy since the 1980s. When redistricting is designed to favor one group over another, it is referred to as gerrymandering. Prior to the 1960s, court challenges to congressional redistricting plans were generally considered to be political questions outside judicial purview. In 1962, however, the Supreme Court held that federal courts could ensure compliance with the constitutional requirement of “one person, one vote” when Tennessee created districts with population variances as large as ten-to-one. Courts also hear challenges to redistricting plans based on claims of racial gerrymandering under the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA), the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment, and the 15th Amendment, and until recently, also claims that a gerrymander was intended to benefit a particular candidate, ideology or party. . .The congressional map drawn by Illinois Democrats after the 2020 census transformed its congressional delegation from 13 Democrats and 5 Republicans to 14 Democrats and just 3 Republicans – in a state where Donald Trump won 44% of the 2024 vote. The respected Gerrymandering Project at Princeton University gave Illinois an “F” for its partisan gerrymander.
https://www.fox26medford.com/news/politics/is-it-time-to-end-mandated-majority-minority-congressional-districts/article_8949a686-d01a-5fe2-b60b-c92111021d1f.html

TOWNHALL
— Mass Illegal Migration Makes Sex Trafficking Worse
https://townhall.com/columnists/pawelstyrna/2025/08/26/mass-illegal-migration-makes-sex-trafficking-worse-n2662318

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

REUTERS
— Trump says US military may or may not deploy to Chicago
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-us-military-may-or-may-not-deploy-chicago-2025-08-25/

MSN
— Montgomery County launches federal worker hiring preference. As GAO ever-increasingly got rid of its Chicago office employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran during the 1980s and 1990s, there was no GAO employee hiring preference in Chicago.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/montgomery-county-launches-federal-worker-hiring-preference/ar-AA1Jf54X
— Trump’s white South African ‘refugees’ regret moving to the United States. Because Democrat and RINO employers hate Trump, they will not hire South African refugees.
https://www.msn.com/en-za/news/other/the-trump-white-house-wants-to-bring-20-000-afrikaners-to-the-us/ss-AA1L0bPP

NEWSWEEK
— Trump supporters are outraged by his announcement that 600,000 Chinese students will be allowed into the United States to study. UIC admitted me in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, and IIT in 1992. But if they could have admitted Chinses students instead of me, they would have.
https://www.newsweek.com/maga-rages-trump-chinese-student-numbers-2119215

NEW YORK TIMES
— Can Trump Fire a Fed Governor? The federal judges and justices in Diersen v. GAO ( https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf ) ruled that federal agencies can force their employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran to retire, that is, to fire them, if they become active members in class action lawsuits like I did that charge them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.  I should write about that.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/us/politics/can-trump-fire-a-fed-governor.html
— Donald Trump’s Big Gay Government. On the town with the A-Gays of Washington, who have never been happier to be out, proud and Republican. Republican leaders in Illinois who promote LGBTQ have had their operatives and their dupes work the hardest against me. I should write about that.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/style/gay-men-trump-administration-republicans.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make Blacks hate Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/us/black-student-achievement-diversity-trump.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders say that Trump melds a fractious coalition: The six factions of Trumpworld  Trump’s coalition is built for internal conflict — held together by fealty to him, but riven by differences on immigration, tariffs, abortion and other policies.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/26/trump-coalition-factions-tariffs-immigration/
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/08/25/george-mason-president-refuses-apology-dei/

USA TODAY
— Trump eases red tape on bare-bones health insurance. What this means for you. My critics/opponents are furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my health insurance since 1966 and 72% of my wife’s health insurance since 1978. My critics/opponents despise if not hate federal employees like I was for almost 30 years and federal retirees like I have been for almost 28 years.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/08/25/trump-expand-short-term-health-insurance/85742442007/

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD:
— No English, no commercial driving. Crackdown on truckers speeds up. All my critics/opponents not only support George Ryan, they blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for George Ryan’s problems.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/08/21/trump-crackdown-commercial-truckers-non-english-speakers/85563272007/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote Newsom
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/23/gavin-newsom-trump-2028-presidential-primary/85740242007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/08/21/bela-trump-gavin-newsom-dana-perino-trolling/85725925007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— America’s Newest Auto Plant Is Full of Robots. It Still Needs the Human Touch. There were no robots when I worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970.
https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/hyundai-factory-georgia-automation-jobs-6d7d4e5d
— Some Parents Plan Decades of Allowances. A new camp of financial advice suggests it is OK to help your adult children financially, and you might as well start saving early. My father died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21 in 1969. He never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. My mother never worked outside of the home before he died. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/adult-children-allowance-9b57d59c
— Employers want cheap foreign labor
https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/whats-news/what-the-immigration-slowdown-means-for-the-us-labor-market/78282d69-4818-4fbe-8cbc-8199cb33df24

FORBES
— How To Choose A College In Trump’s America. Why did you choose the college(s) that you did? I chose UIC in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, and IIT in 1992 because I wanted to earn degrees in business, accounting, and finance.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/emmawhitford/2025/08/26/how-to-choose-a-college-in-trumps-america/

FEDWEEK
— What to Know About the New Federal Application Process. The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. I qualified myself for the postal job by passing the postal employment examination and earning a high school diploma. I qualified myself for the IRS job by passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination and earning a bachelor’s degree in business. I qualified myself for the GAO job by working for IRS for almost 9 years, earning an MBA, passing the CPA examination on my first attempt, and almost completing the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting.
https://www.fedweek.com/careers/what-to-know-about-the-new-federal-application-process/

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Illinois Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2025/08/26/public-ill-universities-will-provide-medication-abortions

GOOGLE
— Democrat and RINO employers use Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/jobs/results/100216277234000582-research-intern/
https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/jobs/results/94968445673579206-global-process-lead/
https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/jobs/results/92835942871507654-performance-expert/
https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/jobs/results/128704760948630214-customer-onboarding-strategist/

AXIOS
— AI is already taking jobs away from entry-level workers. What impacted entry-level jobs when you were in your 20s? For me, it was the Vietnam War draft. Potential employers saw me as being draft bait. They did not believe that my application for a financial hardship draft deferment would be approved. I did not get offers for jobs that required a college degree until after my application was approved and because of my draft number, I was no longer subject to the draft. By then, my career was already behind schedule. To try to catch up, a) I earned an MBA from Loyola when I was 27 and a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul when I was 31, b) I passed the CPA examination when I was 30 and the Certified Internal Auditor examination when I was 32, and c) I became a licensed CPA when I was 32. But by then, it was too late. The federal government uses up-or-out to rid of its employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who do not make GS-13, currently $117,807/year, by age 25. I did not make GS-13 until I was 38.
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/26/ai-entry-level-jobs

INDEPENDENT
— Illinois man secretly gave woman abortion pills to cause a miscarriage and now faces murder charge, police say. Authorities claimed Emerson Evans, 31, had admitted to dosing his girlfriend with mifepristone without her knowledge or consent. Will Democrat leaders side with Evans?
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/illinois-abortion-pills-murder-b2813818.html

August 25, 2025 Evening Edition

WHITE HOUSE
— President Donald J. Trump Takes Steps to End Cashless Bail to Protect Americans
https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/08/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-takes-steps-to-end-cashless-bail-to-protect-americans/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Illinois Democrat politicians condemn Trump’s threat to deploy National Guard to Chicago
https://abc7chicago.com/post/governor-jb-pritzker-speak-monday-president-donald-trumps-plans-possible-chicago-national-guard-deployment/17641047/
— Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote cashless bail
https://abc7chicago.com/post/donald-trump-cashless-bail-executive-order-illinois-no-cash-system-runs-smoothly-spikes-crime-researchers-find/17645808/
— Pritzker, local leaders celebrate grand opening of Illinois Holocaust Museum pop-up in Chicago
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-holocaust-museum-opening-temporary-location-experience-360-north-state-street-things-do-chicago/17643646/

NBC5
— Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/pritzker-sends-warning-to-trump-on-national-guard-threat-do-not-come-to-chicago/3814727/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/as-trump-insists-on-deploying-the-military-how-bad-is-chicago-crime-a-look-at-the-numbers/3814714/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/raoul-trump-has-no-legal-basis-for-national-guard-deployment-to-chicago/3814748/
— Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote cashless bail
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/trump-to-sign-order-aimed-at-ending-cashless-bail-what-could-that-mean-for-illinois/3814489/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/president-trump/trump-administration-national-guard-dc-baltimore-chicago-tariffs-25-2025-live-updates/3814349/

CBS2
— Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-governor-jb-pritkzer-speech-news-conference-full-text-trump/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/governor-pritzker-attorney-general-raoul-trumps-military-deployment-chicago/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/national-guard-deployed-chicago-before-concerns-emergencies/

WTTW
— Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker
https://news.wttw.com/2025/08/25/pritzker-vows-stop-trump-sending-national-guard-chicago

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump appears to waver on deploying National Guard personnel to Chicago
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/25/president-donald-trump-appears-to-waver-on-deploying-national-guard-personnel-to-chicago/
— Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasingly stand with their criminals and with their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/22/editorial-donald-trump-sanctuary-cities-crime-takeover/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasingly stand with their criminals and with their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/08/25/pentagon-military-deployment-chicago-residents-say-terrible-idea
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/08/25/trump-signs-order-targeting-no-cash-bail-but-advocates-say-he-cant-force-illinois-to-reverse-its-policy
— Illinois Democrat leaders use the Proud Boys against Trump
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/08/25/proud-boys-illinois-extremism-donald-president-trump-billboard-january-6-capitol-riot

WGN RADIO
— Kass: When IL Dems play Russian roulette with our children
https://wgnradio.com/wgn-plus/thechicagoway/chicago-way-w-john-kass-when-il-dems-playing-russian-roulette-with-our-children/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Troubled Chicago unhappy with Trump’s offer of ‘help’
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-troubled-chicago-unhappy-with-trumps-offer-of-help/article_f48d95a4-2b37-4a5f-933b-a6a8ef72ff2a.html

RIVER BENDER
— Illinois Democrat leaders promote Democrat leaders
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/gov-pritzker-statement-on-donald-trumps-power-grabs-and-distractions-85601.cfm

ADVANTAGE NEWS
— Pritzker: Fair Maps in Illinois would be ‘disarming’ to Democrats
https://www.advantagenews.com/news/local/pritzker-fair-maps-in-illinois-would-be-disarming-to-democrats/article_3a1beffe-e996-4925-b985-c1550b8dd94f.html

WSPY
— Rezin: New law makes Illinois a “dumping ground” for lawsuits. The more of the following that you are, the less justice that you should anticipate/expect in Illinois: heterosexual, conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.wspynews.com/news/local/rezin-new-law-makes-illinois-a-dumping-ground-for-lawsuits/article_d3dcb596-5e43-4ac3-be9d-933a54d47bfe.html

AXIOS CHICAGO
— Illinois GOP leaders mostly back Trump’s call to send troops to Chicago
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2025/08/25/illinois-republicans-trump-bailey-brady-national-guard
— Illinois Democrat leaders stand with their criminals and with their illegals
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2025/08/25/trump-national-guard-immigration-chicago-law-pritzker-johnson

ILLINOIZE
— A Bailey/Del Mar Ticket?
https://www.theillinoize.com/articles/bailey-delmar-ticket-2026

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/25/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-369/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_a0bf16a6-5cb5-46cb-aa82-fcd3911b5e65.html

CORTES INVESTIGATES
— Richard Porter Interview
https://www.cortesinvestigates.com/p/obama-exposed-full-richard-porter

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— If you own a 2025 Charger like I do, please phone me at 630-653-0462 or email me at diersen@aol.com . I also own a 2023 Mustang GT Premium, 2013 Charger R/T Max, 2005 and 1972 Corvette, and 1996 Thunderbird LX. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Merit beats victimhood
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/25/merit-beats-victimhood-pastors-cross-country-walk-challenges-liberal/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Illinois expands campus abortion access, shields doctors from legal risk
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3780992/illinois-expands-campus-abortion-access-shields-doctors-legal-risk/
— Trump blasts ABC, NBC for ‘unfair’ coverage and demands they pay for licensing
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3780835/donald-trump-fake-news-abc-nbc-unfair-coverage-licensing-fees/

NEW YORK POST
— Pritzker calls Trump ‘wanna be dictator’ as he rails against White House plans to deploy National Guard to Chicago
https://nypost.com/2025/08/25/us-news/illinois-gov-jb-pritzker-calls-trump-wanna-be-dictator-as-he-rails-against-white-house-plans-to-deploy-national-guard-to-chicago/
— How colleges hide quotas. I should write about the quotas that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had to meet and did meet.
https://nypost.com/2025/08/25/opinion/how-colleges-hide-quotas-californias-deadly-economic-model-and-other-commentary/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Chicago’s racist mayor threatens riots over Trump Windy City crime crackdown
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/08/25/chicagos-racist-mayor-threatens-riots-over-trump-windy-city-crime-crackdown-1579596/

COLLEGE FIX
— Pritzker signs new law mandating abortion pills on campus
https://www.thecollegefix.com/illinois-governor-signs-new-law-mandating-abortion-pills-on-campus/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Republican Redistricting Bolsters GOP Midterm Chances
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/08/25/republican-redistricting-bolsters-gop-midterm-chances/

EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Says NBC, ABC Should Lose Licenses Over News Coverage. The president called out the national networks for what he called unfair coverage of Republicans and conservatives.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-says-nbc-abc-should-lose-licenses-over-news-coverage-5905686

FOX NEWS
— Blue state parents enraged by Dem governor extending financial aid to illegals. Parents in Illinois are enraged by a new law signed by Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker that extends student financial aid to illegal aliens.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6377367186112

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Support for DEI Policies in California is Slipping
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/08/poll-finds-support-for-dei-policies-in-california-is-slipping/

NEWSMAX
— Trump Hits Chicago Mayor for False D.C. Crime Stats
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/crime-democrats-propaganda/2025/08/25/id/1223816/

PATRIOT JOURNAL
— Trump DHS Yanks Funding From Groups With Alleged Terrorist Ties
https://pjnewsletter.com/trump-dhs-funding/?utm_source=tpi&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=TPI08252025BR

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Chicago Mayor Johnson Caught Between Daily Murders And Trump’s Crackdown
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/08/25/tom_bevan_the_question_for_chicago_mayor_johnson_is_do_you_tolerate_daily_murders.html

THOMAS MOORE SOCIETY
— Court to Hear Challenge as Illinois Forces Faith-Based Employers to Pay for Abortion Coverage
https://www.thomasmoresociety.org/news/court-to-hear-challenge-as-illinois-forces-faith-based-employers-to-pay-for-abortion-coverage

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Illinois Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/5469034-lgbtq-illinois-legal-helpline/

NBC NEWS
— Trump signs executive orders aimed at ending cashless bail in D.C. and across the nation
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-sign-executive-orders-aimed-122909076.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/illinois-gov-pritzker-warns-trump-not-to-send-troops-to-chicago-245738565963

REUTERS
— Best practices for managing employee performance after protected activity. I should write about the adverse actions that my Democrat GAO superiors took against me because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation when I turned 40 in 1988.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustry/best-practices-managing-employee-performance-after-protected-activity-2025-08-18/