FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Trump signs executive order to continue downsizing federal workforce (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, Republicans downsized it from more than 6,000 employees to less than 3,000 employees. My Democrat GAO superiors punished me severely for that. They would have gotten rid of me much sooner if I had not a) earned job-related professional certifications in 1997 (forensic accounting), 1996 (financial services auditing), 1994 (government financial management), 1990 (fraud examination), 1981 (internal auditing), and 1979 (accounting); b) earned a job-related professional license in 1981 (CPA); and c) earned job-related master’s degrees in 1997 (financial markets and trading), 1980 (accounting), and 1976 (business).)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-prepares-executive-order-continue-downsizing-federal-workforce/15894367/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Donald Trump made a rare appearance with Elon Musk, his most powerful adviser, in the Oval Office on Tuesday before signing an executive order to continue downsizing the federal workforce. The Associated Press reviewed a White House fact sheet on the order, which is intended to advance Musk’s work slashing spending with his Department of Government Efficiency. Musk said there are some good people in the federal bureaucracy but they need to be accountable and called it an “unelected” fourth branch. “The people voted for major government reform and that’s what the people are going to get,” he said. “That’s what democracy is all about.” It was Musk’s first time taking questions from reporters since he joined the Trump administration as a special government employee with sprawling influence over federal agencies. He’s also the world’s richest person and the owner of X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. Despite concerns that he’s amassing unaccountable power with little transparency, Musk described himself as an open book. He joked that the scrutiny was like a “daily proctology exam.” The White House fact sheet said that “agencies will undertake plans for large-scale reductions in force and determine which agency components (or agencies themselves) may be eliminated or combined because their functions aren’t required by law.” It also said that agencies should “hire no more than one employee for every four employees that depart from federal service.” There are plans for exceptions when it comes to immigration, law enforcement and public safety. Trump and Musk are pushing federal workers to resign in return for financial incentives, although their plan is currently on hold while a judge reviews its legality. The deferred resignation program, commonly described as a buyout, would allow employees to quit and still get paid until Sept. 30. Administration officials said more than 65,000 workers have taken the offer. Hundreds of people gathered for a rally Tuesday across the street from the U.S. Capitol in support of federal workers.)
FOX32
— Krishnamoorth blasts Trump plan to slash federal funding (COMMENT: How dependent on federal funding are those in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1591558
— Trump admin asks NCAA, high schools to erase records set by transgender athletes (COMMENT: Transgender athletes should only be allowed to compete against other transgender athletes.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-ncaa-transgender-sports
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— White House bars AP reporter from Oval Office because of AP style policy on ‘Gulf of America’ (COMMENT: I have been the GOPUSA Illinois Reporter since 2000. I should write about the candidate press conferences and other political events that I have been barred from since 2000 and those who have barred me. Those who have barred me a) have/had lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, b) have/had their operatives and their dupes take big adverse actions against me, and c) destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to coverup their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/11/ap-reporter-barred-gulf-of-america/
— Democrat and RINO leaders glorify and praise their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/07/column-social-workers-in-aurora-can-feel-the-anxiety-of-the-immigrant-community-the-level-of-fear-is-heartbreaking/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Johnson warns of City Hall house-cleaning triggered by disloyalty: ‘If you ain’t with us, you gotta go’ Johnson’s ominous warning before a church audience Monday night has fueled speculation about a high-level political purge as the struggling rookie mayor approaches the midterm mark. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty and destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to coverup their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2025/02/11/mayor-brandon-johnson-warns-staff-shakeup-coming-clean-house-administration-holdovers-lightfoot-guidice
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, soon, if not already, everyone in America will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare. Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, fewer and fewer and fewer of those in America are productive members of society.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/health/2025/02/11/heartland-alliance-health-shuts-down-clinics-food-pantries
DAILY HERALD
— Judge tells agencies to restore webpages and data removed after Trump’s executive order (COMMENT: I should write about a) what was removed from the websites that I have published since 2000 and served as the webmaster for, b) those did the removing, and c) why they did that.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250211/nation-and-world-politics/judge-tells-agencies-to-restore-webpages-and-data-removed-after-trumps-executive-order/
CHAMPAIG/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Pritzker pursues public profile as Trump’s No. 1 political foe
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-pritzker-pursues-public-profile-as-trumps-no-1-political-foe/article_4b592eca-e572-11ef-89ee-378b71641aa8.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump official targeting Jan. 6 investigators worked on those cases himself (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, a) all my subordinates were some, many, most, if not virtually all of the following and b) I gave them all tremendous preference: Democrat, minority, female, veteran, disabled, problematic, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. My defense is that I was required to do that by my Democrat GAO superiors and subordinates.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-02-12/trump-official-targeting-jan-6-investigators-worked-on-those-cases-himself
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for everything that is bad including bad weather.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-02-12/trump-funding-freeze-could-leave-communities-on-their-own-as-climate-threats-grow
— Republicans split on best path to advance Trump’s agenda in Congress
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-02-12/republicans-split-on-best-path-to-advance-trumps-agenda-in-congress
WIFR
— Protestors condemn Trump, Musk ‘coup’ in protest at Rep. Darin LaHood’s office
https://www.wifr.com/2025/02/12/protestors-condemn-trump-musk-coup-protest-rep-darin-lahoods-office/
WSIL TV
— Democrats ever-increasingly push pot on children
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/health/marijuana-ads-on-social-media-bypass-laws-and-endanger-children-experts-say/article_e6564b45-1f7d-5cbf-a885-6b503c89c9e0.html
WCIA
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion. Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://www.wcia.com/health/ap-health/ap-what-to-know-about-proposals-to-ban-abortion-pills-and-punish-women-who-seek-abortion/
WGLT
— Public schools promote liberal principles. Lutheran schools promote conservative principles. If I had attended Crete Elementary in Crete 1953-1962 instead of Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962, I doubt that I would have a) gotten an ACT score of 24, b) graduated in the upper 20% of my Crete-Monee High School class, and c) gotten accepted by UIC in 1966. Conservative principles steered me toward personal responsibility and away from vices.)
https://www.wglt.org/illinois/2025-02-11/how-trumps-education-plans-might-affect-illinois-schools
CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— The more demographics that you have that vote for Republicans, the more reparations that Democrats want you to pay.
https://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/march-2025/where-does-chicagos-push-for-reparations-stand/
LOYOLA PHOENIX
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans
https://loyolaphoenix.com/2025/02/loyola-hosts-speaker-on-racial-justice-in-honor-of-black-history-month/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Illinois Democrat leaders say that they are finding their voice, that is, that they will ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/02/12/illinois-dems-finding-their-voice-00203773
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— If I was in charge of an Illinois DOGE, the first thing I’d look at is the state’s ballooning budgets
https://wirepoints.org/if-i-was-in-charge-of-an-illinois-doge-the-first-thing-id-look-at-is-gov-pritzkers-ballooning-budgets-wirepoints-joins-tom-miller-of-wjpf-carbondale/
— With $36 trillion in debts, along with massive Social Security and Medicare debts, our nation needs to watch its spending
https://wirepoints.org/with-36-trillion-in-debts-along-with-massive-social-security-and-medicaid-debts-our-nation-needs-to-watch-our-spending-wirepoints-on-chicago-tonight/
— Illinois committed temporary covid aid toward long-term spending on Human Services. Now it’s trapped. (COMMENT: I worked for GAO an entire year on an audit of improper spending of federal funds by Illinois.)
https://wirepoints.org/gov-pritzker-committed-temporary-covid-aid-toward-long-term-spending-on-human-services-now-hes-trapped-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Greater Chicago hit hard as Illinois sees 2,342 mass layoffs in January
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/greater-chicago-hit-hard-as-illinois-sees-2342-mass-layoffs-in-january/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Trump admin resumes deportation flights to Venezuela, booting illegal migrants, gangbangers back home — with lots to go
https://nypost.com/2025/02/11/us-news/us-resumes-deportation-flights-to-venezuela-booting-illegal-migrants-gangbangers-back-home-with-lots-to-go/
BLAZE
— While other sports bow to wokeism, NASCAR keeps it patriotic
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/while-other-sports-bow-to-wokeism-nascar-keeps-it-patriotic
BREITBART
— Democrats Release ‘Target Map’ of State Legislatures in Effort to Fight ‘MAGA Extremism of Donald Trump’ (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs call Republicans extremists.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/02/11/democrats-release-target-map-of-state-legislatures-in-effort-to-fight-maga-extremism-of-donald-trump/
CHRISTIAN POST
— Wheaton College rebuked for removing post congratulating alum in Trump admin: ‘Caving to the mob’
https://www.christianpost.com/news/wheaton-college-rebuked-for-removing-russ-vought-post.html
CHRISTIANITY TODAY
— Wheaton College Tangled in Online Spat Over Trump Appointee. The college said “unchristian comments” led it to delete a message congratulating alumnus Russell Vought.
https://www.christianitytoday.com/2025/02/russell-vought-wheaton-college-x-omb-confirmation/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Here’s Why Obama Created DEI (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/02/11/enough-people-were-marginalized-obama-created-dei/
— Immigration Industrial Complex Struggling to ‘Keep Their Lights on’ After Trump Decree
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/02/11/immigration-industrial-complex-struggling-keep-lights-trump-order/
— Pentagon Schools Defy Hegseth by Renaming DEI Efforts
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/02/11/no-exceptions-pentagon-schools-defy-hegseth-renaming-dei-effort/
FEDERALIST
— Wheaton College’s Cowardice In The Face Of Russ Vought Attacks Is Emblematic Of Its Leftward Lurch
https://thefederalist.com/2025/02/11/wheatons-cowardice-in-the-face-of-russ-vought-attacks-is-emblematic-of-its-leftward-lurch/
FOX NEWS
— University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) sued after professor alleges he was fired for objecting to race-based hiring policies. Lawsuit filed against University of Illinois Chicago comes as Trump admin cracks down on DEI. (COMMENT: I attended UIC 1966-1968.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/illinois-university-sued-after-professor-alleges-he-fired-objecting-race-based-hiring-policies
HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— How Trump Is Uprooting Radical ’60s Foundations of Poisonous DEI and CRT Programs (OMMENT: Since the 1960s, Democrats and RINOs have used DEI to get rid of me.)
https://www.heritage.org/progressivism/commentary/how-trump-uprooting-radical-60s-foundations-poisonous-dei-and-crt-programs
NEWSMAX
— DEI Divides the Country
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/tommy-tuberville-dei-social-justice/2025/02/11/id/1198704/
TOWNHALL
— Birthright Citizenship Excluded Illegals From Day One
https://townhall.com/columnists/betsymccaughey/2025/02/12/birthright-citizenship-excluded-illegals-from-day-one-n2652055
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrat and RINO employers reject meritocracy because meritocracy frustrates their using Affirmative Action and DEI to hire, to retain, and to promote more young minorities and young females.
https://www.aol.com/news/opinion-trump-crony-meritocracy-could-133000383.html
NBC NEWS
— Immigration Industrial Complex Struggling to ‘Keep Their Lights on’ After Trump Decree
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/trump-hits-delete-race-lgbtq-climate-data-rcna191652
CBS NEWS
— Musk defends DOGE as Trump orders agencies to comply with cuts
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/elon-musk-trump-doge-cuts/
MSN
— Bondi Doubles Down on Second Amendment Rights with New ATF Policy
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/bondi-doubles-down-on-second-amendment-rights-with-new-atf-policy/ss-AA1yLNlk
NEW YORK TIMES
— Fearing Trump, Wall Street Sounds a Retreat on Diversity Efforts (COMMENT: Since the 1960s, employers have been under ever-increasing tremendous pressure to hire, hire, retain, and promote young minorities and young females. That killed my job search after my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. That rendered worthless a) my almost 18 years of experience working for GAO, the last 8 years of which auditing federal financial industry regulators at the GS-13 Step 4-10 Levels, currently $129,588-$153,151/year in today’s dollars, b) my almost 9 years of experience working for IRS, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year, c) my professional certifications in forensic accounting, financial services auditing, government financial management, internal auditing, and accounting, d) my CPA license, and e) my master’s degrees in financial markets and trading, accounting, and business.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/business/trump-dei-wall-street.html
— Those who have demographics that vote for Democrats despise/hate those who have demographics that vote for Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/opinion/trump-real-americans-diversity.html
— Accuses F.B.I. Nominee of Covertly Directing Dismissals (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have their operative and their dupes do their dirty work. I should write about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/us/politics/kash-patel-fbi-durbin.html
TAMPA BAY 10
— Everyone has always known all along that Biden’s parole program was illegal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqxkMh2SSIM
WYPR
— Citing ‘wokeness,’ Trump says he’s firing boards at Naval Academy, other military colleges
https://www.wypr.org/the-baltimore-banner/2025-02-12/citing-wokeness-trump-says-hes-firing-boards-at-naval-academy-other-military-colleges
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrats in Disarray as Trump Pushes Through Agenda. After decisive losses in November, party has found little consensus on message or direction.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/democrats-response-trump-agenda-12be960f
EDUCATION WEEK
— What Trump’s Trans Athlete Ban Means for Schools and States (COMMENT: Transgender athletes should only be allowed to compete against other transgender athletes.)
https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/what-trumps-trans-athlete-ban-means-for-schools-and-states/2025/02
FED SMITH
— Seeking Government Efficiency Through RIFs, Hiring Restrictions, Employee Suitability Criteria (COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government. They seek efficiency by first getting rid of their employees who are Republican and then getting rid of those who are White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2025/02/12/executive-order-government-efficiency-workforce-optimization/
GOVERNING
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.governing.com/workforce/making-the-case-for-deis-continuing-value
GUARDIAN
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/audio/2025/feb/11/how-trump-made-diversity-a-dirty-word-full-story-podcast
Tag: abortion
February 11, 1025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEWSWEEK
— Henry Hyde’s Name Stripped From Courthouse Over Anti-Abortion Law
https://www.newsweek.com/republicans-name-removed-courthouse-over-anti-abortion-law-2029685
— Trump Admin to ‘Double’ Manpower in Sanctuary Cities After Court Rulings
https://www.newsweek.com/border-czar-immigration-sanctuary-cities-legal-challenges-2029469
ABC7
— DuPage County lawmakers vote to remove Henry Hyde’s name from courthouse (COMMENT: Those who spoke eloquently in favor keeping the building named after Hyde include Hyde’s son Anthony Hyde, Chris Kachiroubas, Dennis Reboletti, and Gary Vician. Those who wanted to speak but were not allowed to because of Democrat time limits included Ron Almiron, Kevin Coyne, Jeanne Ives, and Randy Ramey. Of course, the five Republican County Board members who were present spoke eloquently in favor keeping the building named after Hyde: Cindy Cronin Cahill, Grant Eckhoff, Brian Krajewski, Sam Tornatore, and James Zay.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/dupage-county-lawmakers-vote-remove-late-congressman-henry-hydes-name-courthouse/15892352/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: During public comment at Tuesday’s meeting, Congressman Hyde’s son Anthony spoke on his father’s legacy. “My father didn’t do anything to deserve being canceled and that’s what this resolution aims to do,” he said. “It’s an attempt to erase and rewrite history. As elected officials, you have to be better than that.” . . . The resolution to remove Hyde’s name passed by a 10-5 vote.)
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot
https://abc7chicago.com/post/cannabis-news-2024-marks-another-record-breaking-year-legal-marijuana-sales-illinois-industry-grows/15894693/
WGN9
— DuPage County Board votes to strip former congressman’s name from courthouse
https://wgntv.com/news/dupage-county/dupage-county-board-votes-to-strip-former-congressmans-name-from-courthouse/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElsnPTH5xAQ
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DuPage County Board votes to strip US Rep. Henry Hyde’s name from courthouse
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/11/dupage-county-board-to-strip-u-s-rep-henry-hydes-name-from-courthouse/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: While Democrats and Republicans voted along party lines on the issue, Democrats Lynn LaPlante and Lucy Chang Evans abstained from the vote and expressed disappointment that the matter was raised. . .The board’s vote followed several personal pleas from friends, family and supporters of Hyde’s asking members to refrain from moving forward with the name change. Anthony Hyde, Hyde’s son who lives in North Aurora, said his father was his hero. “No matter how you vote today, nothing will ever change that,” he said. “The chair and others in this room have stated the reason you want to remove his name from the judicial center is because of his position on abortion and, in particular, the Hyde Amendment. … Believe me when I say I can empathize with your position. “But also understand that my father was more than just a one-note politician. My father was a statesman for this country. He advocated for those in need locally, nationally and globally.” Public comment totaled 30 minutes. The board voted 10-8 against extending the public comment period by another half hour.)
— Crete hardware store workers rescue man who drove onto iced-over pond
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/11/crete-hardware-store-workers-rescue-driver-frozen-pond/
DAILY HERALD
— Henry Hyde’s name will be removed from courthouse in DuPage County
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250211/news/henry-hydes-name-will-be-removed-from-courthouse-in-dupage-county/
— ‘Hell has open borders’: Palatine church causes stir with sign invoking illegal immigration
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250210/news/palatine-church-causes-stir-with-sign-invoking-illegal-immigration/
NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY TV
— DuPage County Board votes to remove Henry Hyde’s name from courthouse
https://www.nctv17.org/news/dupage-county-board-votes-to-remove-henry-hydes-name-from-courthouse/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ‘Hell has open borders’: Palatine church causes stir with sign invoking illegal immigration
https://chicago.suntimes.com/suburban-chicago/2025/02/11/palatine-sign-illegal-immigration-new-hope-community-church
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2025/02/11/cannabis-sales-2024-marijuana
WBEZ
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot
https://www.wbez.org/business/2025/02/11/cannabis-sales-2024-marijuana
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot
https://www.wandtv.com/news/city-of-spirngfield-opens-another-round-of-cannabis-grant-applications/article_e5d7ee7a-e8c7-11ef-ac2d-6312328d5ca4.html
STATELINE
— Democrats protest outside LaHood’s Rockford office
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/activists-protest-trump-actions-outside-office-of-rockford-congressman-darin-lahood/
ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly succeed in getting religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/politics/article/alert-more-than-two-dozen-us-religious-groups-20160387.php
FOX ILLINOIS
— IRS enforcement funding on chopping block as GOP weighs spending priorities
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/irs-enforcement-funding-on-chopping-block-as-gop-weighs-spending-priorities-internal-revenue-service-trump-administration-politics
WCIA
— Republicans once railed against armed IRS agents. Now they want them for immigration enforcement
https://www.wcia.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-republicans-once-railed-against-armed-irs-agents-now-they-want-them-for-immigration-enforcement/
WGME
— Democrat leaders crow about their success in manipulating and dominating Wheaton College
https://wgme.com/news/nation-world/illinois-college-deletes-post-congratulating-trump-appointee-cites-significant-concern-wheaton-college-russell-vought-office-of-management-and-budget-white-house
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Lawsuits with Trump administration stretching Illinois attorney general’s resources. Raoul involved in multiple suits with other states challenging Trump actions
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/lawsuits-with-trump-administration-stretching-illinois-attorney-generals-resources/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/02/11/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-247/
— Magic phrase returns: ‘Forensic audit’ (COMMENT: I became a Forensic Accountant in 1997.)
https://capitolfax.com/2025/02/11/magic-phrase-returns-forensic-audit/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Safe Suburbs USA on DuPage County vote to strip courthouse of Henry Hyde’s name: ‘Stop trying to replace our history with woke crazy!’
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/669667623-safe-suburbs-usa-on-dupage-county-vote-to-strip-courthouse-of-henry-hyde-s-name-stop-trying-to-replace-our-history-with-woke-crazy
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— University of Illinois Chicago sued after fired professor criticized hiring programs
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_1e6f41a8-e8b3-11ef-b51c-cb60d52aa87c.html
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Vallas: Illinois’ woes say more about Pritzker, Johnson than Trump
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/vallas-illinois-woes-say-more-about-pritzker-johnson-than-trump/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump’s dream of making Canada a U.S. state would be a political nightmare for Republicans
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/11/donald-trump-dream-making-canada-u-state-would-pol/
— FEMA employees did avoid pro-Trump homes last year
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/11/fema-employees-avoid-pro-donald-trump-homes-last-y/
— Trump administration officials tell senators they need $175B for border, immigration enforcement
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/11/trump-administration-officials-tell-senators-need-/
NEW YORK POST
— Homan accuses FBI of leaking information about ICE raids: ‘Lives at risk’
https://nypost.com/2025/02/11/us-news/tom-homan-accuses-fbi-of-leaking-information-about-ice-raids/
CHRISTIAN POST
— Palatine church branded hateful for ‘Heaven has strict immigration laws’
https://www.christianpost.com/news/church-branded-hateful-for-heaven-has-strict-immigration-laws.html
DAILY SIGNAL
— Not Enough People Were ‘Marginalized,’ So Obama Created DEI (COMMENT: According to Democrat and RINO leaders, those who are the following are marginalized:
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/02/11/enough-people-were-marginalized-obama-created-dei/
DAILY WIRE
— Government To Fund Study On ‘Fear Of Deportation’ Leading To ‘Systemic Inflammation.’ The study hypothesizes that engaging in political activism could reduce ‘systemic inflammation’ in illegal immigrants.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/government-to-fund-study-on-fear-of-deportation-leading-to-systemic-inflammation
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Texas Tech Course Teaches Critical Race Theory Despite State Ban on DEI. “examine how privilege in the workplace impacts the socioeconomic and cultural status of individuals and groups.”
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/02/texas-tech-course-teaches-critical-race-theory-despite-state-ban-on-dei/
LIFE NEWS
— Democrats Remove Henry Hyde’s Name From Courthouse Because He Was Pro-Life
https://www.lifenews.com/2025/02/11/democrats-remove-henry-hydes-name-from-courthouse-because-he-was-pro-life/
WESTERN JOURNAL
— ‘They Forced Us’: Tom Homan Warns Sanctuary Cities Are About to ‘Get Exactly What They Don’t Want’
https://www.westernjournal.com/forced-us-tom-homan-warns-sanctuary-cities-get-exactly-dont-want/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— Democrat leaders promote reverse discrimination in America as well as South Africa
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/11/africa/south-africa-land-aid-freeze-trump-intl/index.html
REUTERS
— Democrat leaders promote reverse discrimination in America as well as South Africa
https://www.reuters.com/world/trumps-accusations-against-south-africa-spark-white-privilege-self-mockery-2025-02-11/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/nyregion/trump-nyc.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Democrat leaders crow about their success manipulating and dominating religious leaders
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-02-11/trump-wont-block-immigration-arrests-in-houses-of-worship-now-these-27-religious-groups-are-suing
FORBES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly succeed in getting religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2025/02/11/everything-to-know-about-trumps-mass-deportation-plans-pope-francis-slams-trumps-treatment-of-migrants/
February 11, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— DuPage County lawmakers to vote whether to remove Henry Hyde’s name from courthouse
https://abc7chicago.com/post/dupage-county-lawmakers-vote-remove-late-congressman-henry-hydes-name-courthouse/15892352/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The DuPage County GOP Chair Kevin Coyne disagrees with removing Hyde’s name. “Henry Hyde was a titanic political figure in DuPage County for many, many years, He did a lot of wonderful things for our country and for our state over 30 plus years in Congress. He was a bipartisan gentleman, had a lot of support, a lot of friends on the other side of the aisle. He strikes me as the kind of official that we should be looking to model ourselves after.” The DuPage County Board will meet Tuesday at 10 a.m. If the resolution passes, the Hyde family will be given a plaque.)
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Orland Park resolution states police will work with ICE on immigration matters, opposes state law on issue (COMMENT: What positions do the leaders of your county, township, and municipality have on enforcement of immigration laws?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/10/orland-park-police-immigration/
— US judge keeps Trump plan to push out federal employees on hold (COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government. When federal agencies have to push out their employees, they first push out those who are Republican and then those who are White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I am all of the aforesaid. But I nevertheless survived for almost 18 years 1980-1997 as a GAO employee while Republicans ever-increasingly used budget cuts to push out the agency’s employees. The following helped me survive. I earned job-related professional certifications in 1997 (forensic accounting), 1996 (financial services auditing), 1994 (government financial management), 1990 (fraud examination), 1981 (internal auditing), and 1979 (accounting). I earned a job-related professional license in 1981 (CPA). I earned job-related master’s degrees in 1997 (financial markets and trading), 1980 (accounting), and 1976 (business).)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/10/trump-plan-push-out-federal-workers/
— Illinois and 21 other states file lawsuit challenging ‘devastating’ cuts to federal health research funding
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/10/illinois-challengs-research-funding-cuts/
— Judge finds Trump administration hasn’t fully followed his order to unfreeze federal spending (COMMENT: How dependent on federal spending are those in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? The more financial, health, and other problems that you have, the more dependent that you are on federal spending. Pritzker ever-increasingly a) attracts voters to Illinois who have problems and b) drives voters out of Illinois who do not have problems.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/10/trump-federal-spending/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: U.S. District Court Judge John McConnell became the first judge to find that the administration had not obeyed a court order. Federal money for things like early childhood education, pollution reduction and HIV prevention research has remained tied up even after his Jan. 31 order to blocking a planned halt on federal spending, he found.)
— Chicago has not been immune from air traffic controller shortages in recent years (COMMENT: I worked for GAO on an audit of FAA that involved air traffic controller staffing in the early 1980s.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/11/chicago-air-traffic-controller-shortages/
— Chicago says it hopes to open city-owned market instead of city-owned grocery store
https://www.yahoo.com/news/chicago-says-hopes-open-city-110000368.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump’s pardon of Blagojevich insults Illinoisans who are fed up with corruption. And can President Trump find no one with a clean record to represent Americans as ambassadors? Crime pays, it seems, in Trump’s orbit — including the Jan. 6 rioters he pardoned. (COMMENT: What is in your record that your critics/opponents use against you? My critics/opponents stress the adverse actions that they had their operatives and their dupes take against me.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/editorials/2025/02/10/rod-blagojevich-donald-tump-presidential-pardon-corruption-joe-biden-hunter-chicago-illinois
— Trump says Palestinians won’t have right to return to Gaza under his US ‘ownership’ plan
https://chicago.suntimes.com/war-in-gaza/2025/02/10/trump-gaza-develop-plan-palestinians-no-right-to-return-united-states-us-ownership
DAILY HERALD
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250210/news/illinois-had-record-2-billion-in-legal-marijuana-sales-in-2024/
— FRONT PAGE: Illinois politicians react to Blagojevich pardon
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250210/nation-and-world-politics/it-sets-a-real-bad-example-illinois-politicians-react-to-blagojevich-pardon/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois Republican Party state central committee member Aaron Del Mar of Palatine didn’t object to Trump ending Blagojevich’s prison sentence early with a commutation five years ago but drew the line at wiping the disgraced politician’s slate clean with a pardon. “I think it sets a real bad example, especially since the jury is still out on the former speaker of the House,” Del Mar said, referring to Michael Madigan’s federal corruption trial. “It says that only certain people are going to be held accountable.” . . . “The former governor has served his time, and it’s time to move on,” said Zay, a former chair of the DuPage County Republican Party. While Zay thinks Blagojevich has worn out his welcome with Illinois voters, he said an ambassadorship “would be interesting.”)
WGN9
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion. Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://wgnradio.com/health/ap-what-to-know-about-proposals-to-ban-abortion-pills-and-punish-women-who-seek-abortion/
FOX32
— Illinois leaders slam Trump’s decision to pardon Blagojevich
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/blago-reaction-illinois-leaders
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois Senate Republican Leader John Curran: “I strongly disagree with President Donald Trump’s decision to pardon disgraced former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. Illinois taxpayers have and continue to be burdened with the cost of public corruption, and this pardon sends the wrong message.”)
WTTW
— How Trump’s Plan to Shrink the Federal Workforce Could Impact Illinois (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, Republicans shrank GAO’s work force in Illinois dramatically. My Democrat GAO superiors punished me severely for that.)
https://news.wttw.com/2025/02/10/how-trump-s-plan-shrink-federal-workforce-could-impact-illinois
WGN RADIO
— Democrats say that “With firings and lax enforcement, Trump moving to dismantle government’s public integrity guardrails.”
https://wgnradio.com/news/political-news/ap-with-firings-and-lax-enforcement-trump-moving-to-dismantle-governments-public-integrity-guardrails/
— Judge orders fired head of whistleblower agency reinstated while fight continues over Trump removal (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, I ever-increasingly blew the whistle on their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. They ever-increasingly punished me for that. My critics/opponents side with the Democrats. They promote political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.)
https://wgnradio.com/news/political-news/ap-head-of-agency-that-protects-whistleblowers-sues-trump-over-firing/
— Democrats say “News influencers favored Trump over Harris during campaign.” Since 2000, my critics/opponents have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned as being a failed and far too-conservative would-be news influencer. Since 2000, they have blamed me and blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for all the general election losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered. According to my critics/opponents, those candidates lost general elections because voters want Democrat-Lite candidates and I paint candidates as being far more conservative than they want to be painted.)
https://wgnradio.com/news/technology-news/ap-news-influencers-favored-trump-over-harris-during-campaign-study-finds/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://wgnradio.com/news/national/ap-migrants-stranded-in-mexico-try-to-restart-life-after-trump-eliminates-legal-pathway-to-us/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion. Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/health-news/ap-what-to-know-about-proposals-to-ban-abortion-pills-and-punish-women-who-seek-abortion/
WIFR
— Trump’s Blagojevich pardon earns bipartisan disappointment from Illinois lawmakers
https://www.wifr.com/2025/02/11/trumps-blagojevich-pardon-earns-bipartisan-disappointment-illinois-lawmakers/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “This is a decision I would not have come to, so it is something I would disagree with President Trump on,” argues Syverson. The Republican hopes Trump sees an improved Blagojevich; he worries the official forgiveness sends the wrong message. “Maybe he’s learned his ways, but he was guilty of what he did and there should be consequences for that,” comments Syverson. . .Syverson says he trusts Trump’s judgment with any further decision. “Hopefully, he [Blagojevich] will use this, and his history has been a learning lesson and that he’ll be able to make good,” exclaims the state senator. Before signing the official forgiveness, Trump characterized Blagojevich’s treatment as a “terrible injustice.” The President declared it time the former governor had a “normal life.”)
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders use against Trump those who Trump pardoned
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-02-10/presidents-pardons-of-insurrectionists-stoke-worries-in-springfields-jewish-community
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/02/11/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-454/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— One big example of why Illinois badly needs a DOGE of its own
https://wirepoints.org/one-big-example-of-why-illinois-badly-needs-a-doge-of-its-own-wirepoints/
JEFF BERKOWITZ
— IL GOP House Leader Tony McCombie joins Trump’s fight w/criminal aliens
https://jeffberkowitz208.substack.com/p/il-gop-house-leader-tony-mccombie
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois lawmakers plan to short pensions by $5.1B in July
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-lawmakers-plan-to-short-pensions-by-5-1b-in-july/
— Unfunded mandates keep property taxes high
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/unfunded-mandates-keep-property-taxes-high/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Google axes DEI, progressive-backed markers from its calendar
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/10/google-calendar-axes-dei-labels-black-history-mont/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump adopts Biden’s legal playbook to challenge sanctuary cities
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3315568/trump-adopts-biden-legal-playbook-challenge-sanctuary-cities/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump’s all-out assault on woke is tearing down the left’s cultural sway
https://nypost.com/2025/02/10/opinion/trumps-war-on-woke-is-tearing-down-the-lefts-cultural-sway/
— Anti-woke activist targets Jamie Dimon’s JPMorgan for DEI battle
https://nypost.com/2025/02/10/us-news/anti-woke-activist-targets-jamie-dimons-jpmorgan-for-dei-battle/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Trump is just the tip of the iceberg
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/02/trump_is_just_the_tip_of_the_iceberg.html
BREITBART
— Democrats Help Illegal Migrants Avoid Legal Repatriation
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/02/10/democrats-help-illegal-migrants-avoid-legal-repatriation/
— On Monday, White County Resident Circuit Judge T. Scott Webb ruled against a requirement that Illinois residents must obtain a Firearm Owners Identification (FOID) card in order to possess a gun in the home for self-defense.
https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2025/02/10/circuit-court-judge-strikes-down-illinois-foid-card-requirement-guns-home/
COLLEGE FIX
— Trump fires ‘woke’ advisory board leaders at military academies
https://www.thecollegefix.com/trump-fires-woke-advisory-board-leaders-at-military-academies/
DAILY WIRE
— Trump Wasn’t Joking: Some IRS Workers To Help With Deportation. Trump said last month that he might send IRS workers “to the border.” (COMMENT: While I worked for IRS in 1971, I was assigned for 2 weeks to Nixon project to fight inflation.)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-wasnt-joking-some-irs-workers-to-help-with-deportation-report-says
FEDERALIST
— Naval Academy Launches Review Of School Clubs To Ensure Compliance With Trump’s DEI Prohibition
https://thefederalist.com/2025/02/10/naval-academy-launches-review-of-school-clubs-to-ensure-compliance-with-trumps-dei-prohibition/
FOX NEWS
— Pritzker has a long history of not following the law
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8cksnIscE0
— Trump’s Department of Homeland Security looking to deputize IRS agents for immigration enforcement. DHS Secretary Noem requests IRS agents be provided to help ICE. (COMMENT: Fox 3 years, I worked for GAO on audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division at the GS-13 Step 1-3 Levels, currently $117,807-$125,661/year.)
https://www.foxnews.com/us/trumps-dhs-deputize-irs-agents-immigration-enforcement
— Trump pardons former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich: ‘He was set up’
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6368623514112
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— NYC teachers’ union defies Trump, coaches teachers to advise illegals how to handle ICE
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/nyc-teachers-union-defies-trump-administration-coaches-teachers-to-advise-illegals-how-to-handle-ice
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— CBS News Poll Shows Overwhelming Positive Approval of Trump
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/02/cbs-news-poll-shows-overwhelming-positive-approval-of-trump/
POINTS & FIGURES
— Secession Is a Good Idea
https://jeffreycarter.substack.com/p/secession-is-a-good-idea
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC NEWS
— FEMA halts migrant housing funds in NY after Musk’s criticism
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/fema-halting-payments-migrant-housing-new-york-after-118670265
CBS NEWS
— Blagojevich expresses gratitude for pardon by President Trump
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/former-gov-rod-blagojevich-expresses-gratitude-for-pardon-by-president-trump/
MSNBC
— The closer one looks at Trump’s Blagojevich pardon, the worse it appears. The message to politicians convicted or accused of corruption couldn’t be clearer: You have a friend in the Oval Office.
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/closer-one-looks-trumps-blagojevich-pardon-worse-appears-rcna191638
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump’s Blueprint for Bending the Media Has Nixon Written All Over It (COMMENT: My critics/opponents destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, d) who refuse to coverup their wrongdoing, and/or e) who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/business/media/trump-nixon-media-press.html
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/business/trump-dei-employers.html
— White House Undermines Watchdog for Consumers (COMMENT: My critics/opponents are a) pro-seller and b) anti-buyer.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/business/vought-cfpb-musk-trump.html
— DOGE Is Corrosive to Our Democracy (COMMENT: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/opinion/treasure-secretaries-doge-musk.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump pardons Rod Blagojevich, who tried to sell Obama’s vacated Senate seat. The former Illinois governor was convicted on multiple charges of corruption in 2011. He served eight years in prison before Trump commuted his sentence in 2020.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/02/10/trump-pardon-rod-blagojevich-illinois-governor/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrats and RINOs stand up for Democrats and for RINOs.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/democrats-stand-up-for-the-bureaucrats-protest-dodge-government-policy-d9b18071
MARKETPLACE
— Trump’s purge of federal workers and its historical parallels (COMMENT: The Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997 gave purge lists to all of their new managers of their Chicago office. Of course, I was at the top of all of those lists because I am conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors had been in America since 1844.)
https://www.marketplace.org/shows/make-me-smart/trumps-purge-of-federal-workers-and-its-historical-parallels/
POLITICO
— Trump is slashing agencies long hated by the GOP. The next cuts might be harder. “You gotta light things on fire that burn the brightest and have the most distinctive smell of waste fraud and abuse,” said one White House ally. (COMMENT: One reason why I took a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO was to escape hatred against IRS employees.)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/11/trump-musk-vought-future-cut-targets-00203444
— ‘JD gets the game’: Vance embraces role as social media provocateur. Vance’s approach to social media isn’t new. But his perch in the presidential line of succession is.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/10/jd-vance-donald-trump-online-trolling-00203429
February 10, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Why Henry Hyde’s name should stay on the DuPage County courthouse. The GOP powerhouse stood for far more than his famous eponymous abortion amendment.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/10/editorial-henry-hyde-dupage-county-courthouse/
(FROM THE EDITORIAL: History often is complex and resistant to simple narratives. So are people. So it is a needlessly divisive mistake for DuPage County Board Chair Deborah Conroy to push for her fellow board members to remove the name of the late Henry J. Hyde, longtime Republican congressman, from the county courthouse. The board is scheduled to vote Tuesday on the issue. Hyde represented DuPage, which until recent years was a Republican power center, in Washington for more than three decades, retiring in 2007. During that time, Hyde wasn’t some low-profile lifer in Congress. He was one of the House’s most prominent members, even when he was serving in the minority, which is to say most of his career there. Conroy’s rationale for removing Hyde’s name from the court building is that the staunchly anti-abortion politician was responsible for the Hyde Amendment, the provision in federal law that for decades barred spending federal taxpayer money on abortions with exceptions for rape, incest or endangerment to the life of the mother. “It’s strictly because of the Hyde Amendment, and it’s very difficult for so many women to walk into the courthouse and see (his name),” she told the Tribune. Abortion rights is an issue that only has grown more intense since Hyde died 10 months after his retirement. We understand the symbolic argument. But to strip his name from the building would be akin to removing Richard J. Daley’s name from the courthouse in the heart of the Loop over a single issue — say, the police beating of protesters at the 1968 Democratic convention on his orders, the culture of corruption that the Daley machine fostered or his brutal segregationist policies. Even many ardent Daley critics wouldn’t suggest doing so. Why is that? Because Daley is a singularly important figure in the history of Chicago and to rename the Daley Center or Daley Plaza would be to try to negate that history. Like Daley, Hyde was a complicated figure and far more than the name adorning a famous (or infamous, depending on your point of view) piece of legislation. Memories are short, of course, but for most of his career Hyde was an intellectual heavyweight on the Republican side of the aisle. Agree or disagree, but when Hyde took the floor to speak, people listened. And for good reason. He was a thoughtful conservative. Consider this: Hyde stepped down in 1981 from the advisory board of the National Pro-Life Political Action Committee after Executive Director Peter Gemma Jr. identified incumbent lawmakers the group planned to work to defeat. Hyde objected to targeting officeholders over a single issue. Much the way the DuPage board is considering doing Tuesday. Would the Democratic majority on the DuPage board consider themselves in favor of reasonable gun regulation? If so, against the consensus of his party, Hyde in 1994 voted for President Bill Clinton’s ban on assault weapons, demonstrating that he could be persuaded to change his mind on a monumental issue of the day. Just three years earlier, he had voted against the same ban. Hyde reversed himself after reading detailed accounts of gun victims in Chicago, provided by Democratic Sen. Paul Simon of Illinois. “At the end of reading this list of bloody crimes, I had to conclude these guns have no purpose but to kill a lot of people very rapidly,” Hyde said. “It wasn’t like falling off a horse on the road to Damascus. But like many things complicated and emotional, you don’t dwell on them unless forced to.” Hyde’s change of heart induced Illinois Rep. Bob Michel, then GOP minority leader, and dozens more Republicans to vote for the ban. Such political courage is almost impossible to imagine on today’s Capitol Hill. Of course, four years later Hyde led Clinton’s impeachment proceedings on behalf of the House before the Senate, leading critics to disclose Hyde’s yearslong extramarital affair decades earlier and accusing him of hypocrisy. Hyde admitted to cheating on his wife but claimed Clinton’s alleged wrongdoing was about Clinton’s cover-up attempts rather than his actual affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. The public didn’t buy it, and Hyde paid a reputational price in the process. All of this is to say that Henry Hyde was complicated. Just like most people. But what is indisputable is that he was one of the most important political figures to emerge from DuPage County. Ever. His name should stay on that courthouse.)
ABC7
— DuPage County Democrats push to rename courthouse over late Congressman’s abortion views
https://abc7chicago.com/post/local-democrats-push-rename-dupage-county-courthouse-late-congressman-henry-hydes-abortion-views/15890259/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “He had a lot of support, a lot of friends on the other side of the aisle. He strikes me as a kind of official that we should be looking to model ourselves after, not disrespect,” said DuPage County GOP Chair Kevin Coyne. While he was bipartisan on certain issues such as gun control and the Family and Medical Leave Act, Hyde was one of Congress’ biggest opponents of abortion. He authored the Hyde Amendment, which denied abortion access to poor women on Medicaid. . .The board will vote on the resolution to remove Hyde’s name on Tuesday. With a Democratic majority, Conroy says, the proposal will pass. “To cherry-pick this one issue and hold it against a man that was such a big part of our history, to me, is just wrong. It’s short sighted,” Coyne said. Coyne says the decision to remove Hyde’s name may ruin the bipartisanship Conroy says she has proudly created while serving as chair.)
— President Trump pardons ex-Illinois Gov. Blagojevich 5 years after commuting his sentence
https://abc7chicago.com/post/president-donald-trump-expected-pardon-ex-illinois-gov-rod-blagojevich-5-years-commuting-sentence-reports/15889540/
FOX32
— ICE operations intensify across U.S. sanctuary cities
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1591008
DAILY HERALD
— Residents protest proposed cuts to Medicaid at DuPage County rally
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250210/news/residents-protest-proposed-cuts-to-medicaid-at-dupage-county-rally/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Blagojevich pardoned on corruption conviction by Trump
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/trump-pardons-rod-blagojevich-corruption-conviction
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Del Mar teases run for ‘higher office,’ sparking 2026 Illinois governor speculation
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_69d594d6-e7c2-11ef-b535-b39343671dce.html
CITIES 92.9
— Illinois circuit judge finds FOID for firearms in home unconstitutional (COMMENT: I have had a FOID card since I was 20 years old in 1968.)
https://www.cities929.com/2025/02/10/illinois-circuit-judge-finds-foid-for-firearms-in-home-unconstitutional/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/02/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-246/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS STATE RIFLE ASSOCIATION
— FOID Card Found to be Unconstitutional Yet Again
https://isra.org/foid-card-found-to-be-unconstitutional-yet-again/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Migrants turning around and heading back home in ‘new trend’ under Trump border crackdown
https://nypost.com/2025/02/10/us-news/new-trend-of-migrants-turning-around-and-heading-back-toward-home-under-trump-border-crackdown/
DAILY SIGNAL
— ‘BETRAYAL’: Lawmaker Responds to FEMA Diverting $59M to House Illegal Aliens
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/02/10/fema-using-59-million-house-illegal-aliens-is-betrayal-highest-order-congressman-says/
DAILY WIRE
— Musk Says FEMA Spent $60M Housing Illegal Immigrants In ‘Luxury Hotels’ Last Week. The payments were suspended by acting FEMA Director Cameron Hamilton after Musk’s announcement.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/musks-says-fema-spent-60m-housing-illegal-immigrants-in-luxury-hotels-last-week
— 27% Of National Science Foundation Grants Went To DEI Projects, Study Finds. ‘Congress must end the politicization of NSF funding and restore integrity to scientific research,’ Sen. Ted Cruz says.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/27-of-national-science-foundation-grants-went-to-dei-projects-study-finds
EPOCH TIMES
— Musk Says FEMA Spent $59 Million on Housing Illegal Immigrants in NYC Hotels. ‘This stops now,’ said acting FEMA Administrator Cameron Hamilton, announcing that all such payments from FEMA were suspended on Feb. 9.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/musk-says-fema-spent-59-million-on-housing-illegal-immigrants-in-nyc-hotels-5807322
FOX NEWS
— Trump expected to pardon former Illinois Gov Rod Blagojevich. Trump previously commuted Blagojevich’s sentence in 2020.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-expected-pardon-former-illinois-gov-rod-blagojevich
MRC TV
— Illegal Alien Crossings Have Plummeted 90% Under Trump
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/brittany-m-hughes/border-agent-illegal-alien-crossings-have-plummeted-90-under-trump
TOWNHALL
— Trump Ramps Up Purge of ‘Woke’ Ideology in the Military
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeff-charles/2025/02/10/trump-liquidates-woke-board-of-visitors-for-military-branches-n2651967
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump says ‘too early’ to name Vance as successor
https://www.aol.com/trump-says-too-early-name-215711428.html
CNN
— Trump imposes 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/10/politics/tariffs-steel-aluminum-trump/index.html
CBS NEWS
— Increasing numbers of Democrats want their party to oppose Trump
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/democrats-want-party-oppose-trump-poll-analysis/
— Trump ousts director of Office of Government Ethics
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-office-of-government-ethics-director/
WEEK
— DeSantis signs agreement with ICE to have Florida state troopers detain illegal immigrants
https://www.25newsnow.com/2025/02/10/desantis-signs-agreement-with-ice-have-florida-state-troopers-detain-illegal-immigrants/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DHS Seeks to Deputize IRS Officers to Help With Deportation Effort. Tax-collecting agency has thousands of special agents in its criminal-investigation division. (COMMENT: I worked for GAO on audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division at the GS-13 Step 1-3 Levels, currently $117,807-$125,661/year, for 3 years.)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-irs-officers-ice-deportations-ed87c4b5
AUTO GUIDE
— Why Is General Motors Getting Rid Of Key Corvette Personnel?
https://www.autoguide.com/auto/manufacturers/chevrolet/why-is-general-motors-getting-rid-of-key-corvette-personnel-44616109
February 10, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Super Bowl halftime performer detained after unfurling Sudanese-Palestinian flag
https://abc7chicago.com/post/super-bowl-halftime-performer-detained-unfurling-sudanese-palestinian-flag/15888216/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-2/10/2025
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE: Proposal would strip Henry Hyde’s name from courthouse
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/10/daywatch-proposal-would-strip-henry-hydes-name-from-courthouse/
— Landmarks: Potential church closure could put Park Forest history at risk (COMMENT: What are your connections with Park Forest? I delivered mail there 1966-1969. I attended 8th grade at Hope Lutheran Garde School there 1961-1962. I was confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran at Hope Lutheran Church there in 1962. My father delivered eggs there in the 1960s. I bought lots of items from stores in the Park Forest Plaza in the early 1970s.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/09/landmarks-park-forest-church-closure/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The collection was split between storage pods controlled by the library and the society, the museum and even Hope Lutheran Church, where Nicoll would have to “make an appointment to go to the attic to get newspaper articles people wanted.”)
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans. Who takes the lead in promoting hatred against Republicans in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/10/opinion-holocaust-christian-nationalism-donald-trump/
— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG PICTURE: What percent or restaurant workers are illegals?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/10/chicago-restaurant-workers-prepare-as-ice-arrests-cast-fear-uncertainty-over-industry/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders promote Black History Month. My subordinate who my Democrat GAO superiors replaced me with was Black and had always led the office’s Black History Month events. 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 like the one I had.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/02/09/donald-trump-black-history-month-ronald-reagan
— Virtually all federal employees are Democrats. Democrats are hell-bent on making Trump fail
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/02/09/donald-trump-elon-musk-government-gop-congress
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/02/05/trump-attacks-federal-workers-democracy-omar-noureldin-mikael-rojas-center-effective-government
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: DuPage County board resolution would remove Henry Hyde’s name from courthouse
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250209/news/dupage-county-board-resolution-would-henry-hydes-name-from-courthouse/
(FROM THEW ARTICLE: A resolution before the DuPage County Board on Tuesday would remove the name of the late Congressman Henry J. Hyde from the county’s Wheaton courthouse and rescind previous approval for a monument there in his honor. The courthouse became the Henry J. Hyde Judicial Office Facility in 2010, three years after the Republican lawmaker from Wood Dale died at 83 years old. The new measure, if approved, would rename the building the DuPage County Judicial Office Facility. During an interview Sunday, County Board Chair Deb Conroy referenced the Hyde Amendment, legislation introduced by Hyde in 1976 that prohibits the use of federal funds to pay for abortions, with some exceptions. “While Henry Hyde was a very well respected Republican elected official, the Hyde Amendment is very offensive to women, particularly women in Illinois,” said Conroy, a Democrat from Elmhurst. “I think overwhelmingly women in Illinois believe that all women have the right to health care, regardless of their ability to have private insurance.” Conroy said she told a Daily Herald editorial board in 2022 that she would take this action if elected chair. “I consider myself a woman of my word,” she added. “I very much value my bipartisan board, and we work very well together, which is why I put it off for two years.” If the full board approved the resolution, the Hyde family would receive a plaque that would be removed from the building. James Zay, a Republican county board member from Carol Stream, called the effort to remove Hyde’s name “narrow-minded.” “Henry Hyde did so much for DuPage County,” said Zay, who supported the renaming in 2010. “He brought so much funding into DuPage County for stormwater, for roads.” While the conservative Hyde may be best known for the amendment that bears his name, as well as his leading role in the impeachment of President Bill Clinton, Zay noted that he also supported gun control measures like the Brady bill and assault weapons ban. “You can’t rewrite history,” he added. “My question is, who is next? Is it going to be Linda Kurzawa’s name at the health department building? Or Jack Knuepfer? Or Pate Philip?”
But county board member Dawn DeSart, a Democrat from Aurora, said the proposed move reflects a shift away from partisanship. “The fair thing is to make the courthouse nonpartisan,” she said. The board is scheduled to meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the county board room at 421 N. County Farm Road in Wheaton.)
DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— “Repair the damage:” Illinois ADCR Reparations Commission held public hearing at NU (COMMENT: How much damage would your critics/opponents say that your ancestors did? My critics/opponents stress that all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s when slavery was legal in America and that none of them were soldiers in the Union Army. In their defense, I stress that they always lived in northeast Illinois, that all of them were Republicans, that they never were in a position to discriminate against anyone, and that they never did discriminate against anyone.)
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2025/02/09/campus/events-campus/repair-the-damage-illinois-adcr-reparations-commission-held-public-hearing-at-nu/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Fired by Trump, EEOC official fears what the anti-discrimination agency will become (COMMENT: How has EEOC impacted you? I became an IRS Revenue Officer when I was 22 years old in 1971 because my Firestone Store boss had rudely fired me. He did that because I had told him that I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. But Oldsmobile withdrew that job offer saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-02-09/fired-by-trump-eeoc-official-fears-what-the-anti-discrimination-agency-will-become
DEPAULIA
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly more illegal immigration.
https://depauliaonline.com/74854/ladepaulia/a-day-of-love-and-resistance-little-village-residents-protest-chicago-ice-raids/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— HENRY HYDE’S NAME: The DuPage County Board is considering a resolution at that would change the name of the Henry J. Hyde Judicial Office Facility to the Judicial Office Facility, stripping Hyde’s name from the title. Hyde is the late Illinois congressman and abortion-rights opponent who’s known for the Hyde Amendment, which bars the government from helping fund abortions. The reason: “While Congressman Hyde was a well respected Republican elected official, the Hyde Amendment is very offensive to women,” said Board Chair Deb Conway, who’s behind the resolution. “Women who cannot afford private insurance should not have less access to health care.” During her campaign for the board, Conway told the Daily Herald she would remove Hyde’s name from the court building. Conway is a Democrat who previously served in the Illinois House. Her resolution has drawn scrutiny from Jeanne Ives, a Republican who also served in the Illinois House. In her Breakthrough Ideas email, Ives called the resolution “mean-spirited,” noting it follows President Donald Trump’s executive order Enforcing the Hyde Amendment. ( https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/enforcing-the-hyde-amendment/ ) The DuPage County Republican Party posted a message on its Facebook page urging residents to tell board members to reject the measure.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/02/10/new-campaign-targets-extremism-00203340
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/02/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-453/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Underreported Trump order has sweeping implications for DEI at universities and other federal grant recipients
https://wirepoints.org/underreported-trump-order-has-sweeping-implications-for-dei-at-universities-and-other-federal-grant-recipients-wirepoints/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— If/when Trump decides to turn Illinois red again, who will he have lead that effort? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrats declared war against Republicans in 1861 to keep slavery. Republicans defeated Democrats in 1865. Today’s Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) paint today’s Democrats as having been Republicans during the Civil War and b) paint today’s Republicans as having been Democrats during the Civil War. Me, my parents, my grandparents, my great grandparents, and all the rest of my ancestors were Republicans. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What is your position on buyouts and early retirement offers? In 1993, the Democrats who ran GAO “offered” $25,000 buyouts and early retirement to get rid of their employees who were Republican, older, White, male, non-veteran, GS-13, and had 25 years or more of federal service. I was “eligible,” that is, I was “targeted” because I was all of the aforesaid. They succeeded in forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old just before their “offer” expired. If I had not succumbed, I would not have been eligible for regular retirement until 2003. Their forcing me to retire wasted what I had learned a) working for GAO for 18 years and for IRS for 9 years, b) earning three job-related master’s degrees (finance-1997, accounting-1980, and business-1976), c) six job-related professional certifications (forensic accounting-1997, financial services auditing-1996, government financial management-1994, fraud examination-1990, internal auditing-1981, and accounting-1979) and d) earning a job-related professional license (CPA-1981). – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Are you or someone who you know interested in buying our Iron Gate Motor Condo in Naperville for $600,000. The 2023 listing is at: https://www.coldwellbankerhomes.com/il/naperville/2112-ferry-rd-114/pid_53550715/ )? If so, please let me know. My wife and I are considering buying a more expensive unit in Iron Gate. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Have you sold your home on your own? I did. I sold 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton (https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1017-E-Harrison-Ave-Wheaton-IL-60187/4436186_zpid/ ) for $104,000 in 1984. Zillow has an article on selling your home on your own at https://www.zillow.com/learn/costs-to-sell-a-house/ . – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— ‘Finally happening’: House Republicans rally behind Elon Musk’s efficiency rampage
https://www.washingtontimes.com/
— Trump ends the transgender lunacy
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/9/trump-ends-transgender-lunacy/
NEW YORK POST
— Elon Musk says FEMA sent $59M last week to luxury NYC hotels to house illegal migrants: ‘Violated the law’
https://nypost.com/2025/02/10/us-news/fema-sent-59m-last-week-to-luxury-nyc-hotels-to-house-illegal-migrants-elon-musk-says/
— Bernie Sanders unleashes blistering takedown of Dem party after Harris’ loss: ‘Abandoned working-class people’ (COMMENT: I was a member of the working class 1962-1997. I had to work my way through college. My critics/opponents despise hate the working class. I should write about my critics/opponents whose parents had the most money.)
https://www.aol.com/news/bernie-sanders-unleashes-blistering-takedown-004448284.html
DAILY SIGNAL
— How Trump Is Uprooting Radical ’60s Foundations of Poisonous DEI and CRT Programs
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/02/09/how-trump-is-uprooting-radical-60s-foundations-poisonous-dei-crt-programs-civil-rights-movement/
EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Says He’ll Impose 25 Percent Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum on Monday
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-announces-he-will-impose-25-percent-tariffs-on-steel-and-aluminum-tariffs-soon-5807010
FOX NEWS
— Homan delivers bold message to sanctuary cities ‘slowing down’ ICE, warns they’re ‘going to keep coming’ Homan doubled down on his pledge to eradicate Tren de Aragua gang members from the US.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/tom-homan-delivers-bold-message-sanctuary-cities-slowing-down-ice-warns-theyre-going-keep-coming
REAL CLEAR PPLITICS
— Democrat Madness Triggered by Sunlight of Common Sense
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2025/02/09/democrat_madness_triggered_by_sunlight_of_common_sense_640757.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— House Democrat: ‘I don’t contest’ DOGE will likely find ‘awful examples of wasteful spending’ (COMMENT: GAO fights government waste. But the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997 used Affirmative Action, DEI, up-or-out, and Republican-led budget cuts to waste my career and to force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran. They wasted what I had learned a) working for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year, b) working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5/12 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year, c) earning a job-relate professional license (CPA), d) earning six job-related professional certifications (accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting), and e) earning three job-related master’s degrees (business, accounting, and finance).)
https://www.aol.com/house-democrat-don-t-contest-191756661.html
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Trump administration orders consumer protection agency to stop work, closes building (COMMENT: My critics/opponents are overwhelmingly a) pro-business and b) anti-consumer.)
https://apnews.com/article/trump-consumer-protection-cease-1b93c60a773b6b5ee629e769ae6850e9
CNN
— Democrats plot strategy in shutdown fight against Trump: ‘Not a lot of good options’
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/09/politics/democrats-spending-trump/index.html
REUTERS
— Consumer protection agency neutralized by Trump’s new chief (COMMENT: Newt Gingrich did more than neutralize GAO in the 1990s, he constructively destroyed it.)
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trumps-acting-cfpb-chief-halts-all-supervision-companies-2025-02-09/
CBS NEW YORK
— NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ memo on possible ICE raids prompts schools chancellor to reach out to immigrant families
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/ice-raids-new-york-city-public-schools-eric-adams/
ABC LOS ANGELES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://abc7.com/post/dozens-rally-downtown-la-protest-trumps-immigration-policies/15885588/
NBC DFW
— What is the Black national anthem and why is it sung before the Super Bowl? (COMMENT: What other groups in America want national anthems for their groups?)
https://www.nbcdfw.com/super-bowl/black-national-anthem-super-bowl-2/3765765/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Orders Treasury Secretary to Stop Minting Pennies (COMMENT: Between 1964 and 1966, I worked for 125 pennies per hour.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/us/politics/trump-stop-minting-pennies.html
— What is Canada’s attitude toward America? How has Canada treated America?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/world/canada/us-canada-relations-trump-tariffs.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: For Stunned Federal Workers, Sleeplessness, Anger and Tears. One thing lost in the Trump administration’s war on the federal bureaucracy is the collective voice of the employees. But some have begun to speak out. (COMMENT: If I was still working for the federal government, my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates would have killed me by now figuratively if not literally.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/us/politics/federal-workers-trump.html
WASHINGTON POST
— As the Trump upheaval continues, are there restraints that could slow him down? Questions remain on what constitutional or other checks can be put on the president and his wide-ranging actions.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/09/trump-constitution-checks-balances/
— They trained on diversity under Trump. Now he’s punishing them for it. During President Donald Trump’s first term, the Education Department held diversity trainings. Many who participated were put on administrative leave under new rules. (COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government. I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. The Democrats who run the federal government require their employees to take lots of DEI training. I should write about the DEI training I had to take.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/02/10/education-department-dei-devos/
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Trump trashes equity and diversity as he issues proclamation honoring Black History Month (COMMENT: Democrat leaders promote Black History Month. My subordinate who my Democrat GAO superiors replaced me with was Black and had always led the office’s Black History Month events. 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 like the one I had.)
https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/02/09/leonard-greene-trump-trashes-equity-and-diversity-as-he-issues-proclamation-honoring-black-history-month/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting New Yorkers to promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/nyregion/nyc-trans-health-care-youth-protest.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— What country’s flag should protesters wave at immigration rallies? (OMMENT: Under Biden, America’s enemies were emboldened to invade, to infiltrate, to infest, and to conquer America. Americans elected Trump to stop that.)
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/story/2025-02-10/what-countrys-flag-should-protesters-wave-at-immigration-rallies
— The Democrat Party is ever-increasingly anti-Israel
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-02-10/antisemitism-executive-order-donald-trump
BALTIMORE SUN
— Federal workers, Maryland leaders plan Capitol Hill rally to protest Trump’s efforts to slash workforce (COMMENT: When Gingrich slashed GAO’s workforce during the 1990s, virtually no one protested.)
https://www.baltimoresun.com/2025/02/10/federal-workers-elected-officials-plan-capitol-hill-rally-to-protest-trumps-efforts-to-slash-workforce/
USA TODAY
— How advocates are stepping up for Black History month as federal agencies scale back (COMMENT: Democrat leaders promote Black History Month. My subordinate who my Democrat GAO superiors replaced me with was Black and had always led the office’s Black History Month events. 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 like the one I had.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/02/09/black-history-month-celebration-federal-pushback/78210271007/
— Despite tariff disputes, Mexico, Canada have been key to US auto industry for decades (COMMENT: I have ordered a 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T which will be built in Canada.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2025/02/04/canada-mexico-car-manufacturing-tariffs/78209847007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Minority Voters Who Love Trump’s Dismantling of DEI. The president has found support from nonwhite voters who feel the nation has become too woke.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-voters-nonwhite-dei-951008e7
— Why Trump Is Right About Birthright Citizenship. Tourists and illegal aliens aren’t subject to the ‘full and complete jurisdiction’ of the United States.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/why-trump-is-right-about-birthright-citizenship-14th-amendment-citizenship-clause-f63df08a
— Democrat and RINO employers falsely argue that “DEI Didn’t Change the Workforce All That Much.” When I started working for the Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, virtually all my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were White, male, and/or older. By the time that my Democrat GAO superiors forced me into early retirement in 1997, virtually all of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were minority, female, and/or younger.)
https://www.wsj.com/business/dei-impact-us-company-workforce-charts-2e6a6bb7
FORBES
— Trump’s Approval Rating At 53% In New Poll—But Americans Are Less Sure About Elon Musk
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2025/02/09/trumps-approval-rating-at-53-in-new-poll-but-americans-are-less-sure-about-elon-musk/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration
https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2025/02/09/everything-to-know-about-trumps-mass-deportation-plans-dhs-head-noem-suggest-non-violent-immigrants-could-be-sent-to-guantanamo/
KWQC
— Concerns about federal employee buyout program (COMMENT: What is your position on buyouts and early retirement offers? In 1993, the Democrats who ran GAO “offered” $25,000 buyouts and early retirement to get rid of their employees who were Republican, older, White, male, non-veteran, GS-13, and had 25 years or more of federal service. I was “eligible,” that is, I was “targeted” because I was all of the aforesaid. They succeeded in forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old just before their “offer” expired. If I had not succumbed, I would not have been eligible for regular retirement until 2003. Their forcing me to retire wasted what I had learned a) working for GAO for 18 years and for IRS for 9 years, b) earning three job-related master’s degrees (finance-1997, accounting-1980, and business-1976), c) six job-related professional certifications (forensic accounting-1997, financial services auditing-1996, government financial management-1994, fraud examination-1990, internal auditing-1981, and accounting-1979) and d) earning a job-related professional license (CPA-1981).)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHFuie2wgH8
WASHINGTON STAND
— Americans Rush to Enlist in Trump’s Military Recruitment Boom
https://washingtonstand.com/commentary/americans-rush-to-enlist-in-trumps-military-recruitment-boom-
POLITICO
— White South Africans reject idea they need to flee country for US (COMMENT: In America, to get more votes from Blacks, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) give Blacks more preference and b) discriminate more against Whites.)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/09/white-south-africans-us-00203271
NATION
— The Democrat Party is ever-increasingly anti-Israel
https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/uchicago-palestine-protests-free-speech-trump/
FED SMITH
— Evaluating Employee Performance and HR Merit System: First Step in the Trump Changes. Previous efforts to improve performance of the federal merit system have not lasted. The Trump administration is more aggressive. Unions may face a backlash from some. (COMMENT: Democrat superiors and supervisors in the federal government use the subjectivity in their performance appraisal systems to get rid of their Republican employees.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2025/02/07/evaluating-employee-performance-and-hr-merit-system-first-step-in-the-trump-changes/
ENTERTAINMENT
— Taylor Swift booed at Super Bowl 2025
https://ew.com/taylor-swift-booed-super-bowl-2025-8788703
NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Those who hate America use Affirmative Action and DEI to destroy America.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/trumps-attack-on-military-diversity-is-doomed-to-fail.html
GUARDIAN
— Democrat and RINO leaders use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2025/feb/10/how-trump-made-diversity-a-dirty-word-podcast
— Democrats declared war against Republicans in 1861 to keep slavery. Republicans defeated Democrats in 1865. Today’s Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) paint today’s Democrats as having been Republicans during the Civil War and b) paint today’s Republicans as having been Democrats during the Civil War. Me, my parents, my grandparents, my great grandparents, and all the rest of my ancestors were Republicans.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/10/we-are-witnessing-the-rise-of-a-new-republican-southern-strategy
February 8, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Aurora mayoral candidates share their views on city issues at forum (COMMENT: What are the issues in your township, municipality, and school district?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/08/aurora-mayoral-candidates-share-their-views-on-city-issues-at-forum/
— Donald Trump orders freeze of aid to South Africa citing country’s land expropriation law
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/07/trump-freeze-aid-south-africa/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/08/community-leaders-speak-out-under-little-village-arch-hundreds-rally-for-day-of-love-and-resistance/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/08/nonprofit-warns-of-vigilantism-against-migrants-after-skokie-family-receives-deportation-threats/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/02/07/trump-immigration-executive-order-refugees-resettlement-united-nations-stop-work-order
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/02/07/illinois-jb-pritzker-revenue-squeeze-trump-congressional-gop-cut-medicaid-expansion-rich-miller
DAILY HEARLD
— Democrats far outspent GOP rivals in suburban U.S. House races — none more than Raja Krishnamoorthi (COMMENT: What discourages you from giving money to Republican candidates? For me, it includes my having less money. In today’s dollars, my federal pension a) is only 44% of what my GAO salary was in 1997 and b) less than what my IRS salary was in 1972. Further, my Social Security is dramatically less because I get a federal pension. Further, far too many unsuccessful Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who I did much to help elect blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their defeats.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250208/us-congress-politics/democrats-far-outspent-gop-rivals-in-suburban-u-s-house-races-none-more-than-raja-krishnamoorthi/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republican candidates in northeast Illinois struggle to compete financially with their rivals across the aisle. Of the eight Republican congressional candidates who ran in the suburbs last year, the 10th District’s Jim Carris of Lake Forest spent the most — nearly $681,000. The campaign spending totals for four others — Rice in the 8th District plus James Marter in the 14th, Jerry Evans in the 11th and Niki Conforti in the 6th — were lower in the six-figure range. Ramirez’s GOP challenger in the 3rd District, John Booras, spent less than $40,000 on his campaign; the 9th District’s Seth Cohen spent less than $8,000 on his race. Postelection and year-end reports weren’t available for 5th District GOP candidate Tommy Hanson.)
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250208/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-in-defense-of-dei-the-phrase-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-may-sound-unga/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250207/nation-and-world-politics/latino-evangelical-churches-gear-up-to-face-possible-immigration-enforcement-in-churches/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Illinois revs up more EV incentives amid uncertain fate of federal rebates
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/illinois-revs-more-ev-incentives-amid-federal-uncertainties
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more gambling.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/economy/illinois-generates-17-billion-casino-tax-revenue
ABC7
— Trump announces plans to gut the Kennedy Center board, appoint himself chairman
https://abc7chicago.com/post/kennedy-center-president-donald-trump-says-hes-firing-board-trustees-members-naming-himself-chairman/15882171/
— Trump official’s directive tying transportation grants to birth rates could hinder blue states
https://abc7chicago.com/post/us-birth-rates-state-donald-trump-transportation-secretary-sean-duffy-circulates-memo-tying-grants-marriage/15881663/
— Chicago Auto Show 2025: Doors open for Day 1 at McCormick Place
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-auto-show-2025-doors-open-saturday-morning-mccormick-place/15881013/
WGN TV
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/little-village-protest-trump-deportations/
— Illinois faces funding cut-off for electric vehicle charging stations; Pritzker vows to fight back
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/illinois-ev-funding-cuts/
FOX32
— Time magazine cover puts Elon Musk behind Trump’s desk
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/time-magazine-elon-musk-trump-desk
WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration
https://news.wttw.com/2025/02/06/illinois-farm-workers-consumers-alert-amid-mass-deportation-threats
WBEZ
— Lurie Children’s Hospital pauses gender care surgeries for those younger than 19. The move comes after President Donald Trump’s executive order that said the federal government would not support these procedures.
https://www.wbez.org/2025/02/07/lurie-childrens-hospital-pauses-gender-care-surgeries-for-those-younger-than-19
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/trump-policies-on-gender-affirming-care-and-passports-for-transgender-people-challenged-in-court/article_a7b7c426-ae4e-58d7-934b-d7c89861987a.html
SOUTHERN
— Here are all the agencies that Elon Musk and DOGE have been trying to dismantle so far
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/02/08/here-are-all-the-agencies-that-elon-musk-and-doge-have-been-trying-to-dismantle-so-far/
EDWARDSVILLE INTELLIGENCER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump
https://www.theintelligencer.com/news/article/donald-trump-protest-edwardsville-il-20154122.php
WIFR
— Democrat leaders get high school students to promote more illegal immigration
https://www.wifr.com/gallery/2025/02/08/jefferson-high-schoolers-protest-trumps-immigration-policies/
EFFINGHAM RADIO
— IL House Leader McCombie Demands Transparency And Accountability On Immigration
https://www.effinghamradio.com/2025/02/08/il-house-leader-mccombie-demands-transparency-and-accountability-on-immigration/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/02/07/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-245/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Anticipate/expect that ever-increasingly, Democrat leaders will use their mainstream news media a) to promote the Democrat Party platform, that is, to promote 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, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination, b) to demonize, denigrate, and condemn the Republican Party platform, c) to elect Democrat candidates, and d) to defeat Republican candidates. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Crystal Laker Trevor Keegan in Super Bowl
mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/08/crystal-laker-trevor-keegan-in-super-bowl/
— Blago Being Talked about as Trump Pick for Ambassador to Serbia
https://wwwhttps://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/07/blago-being-talked-about-as-trump-pick-for-ambassador-to-serbia/
— Lakemoor Refuses Comment on $40 Million Illegal Search and Seizure Hemp Suit
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/07/lakemoor-refuses-comment-on-40-million-illegal-search-and-seizure-hemp-suit/
— Pritzker Flips on No New Taxes
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/07/pritzker-flips-on-no-new-taxes/
— Tariffs and How Value Added Taxes Are “Backdoor Tariffs”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/07/tariffs-and-how-value-added-taxes-are-backdoor-tariffs/
— Correcting County Administrator Pete Austin’s Salary Information — Seeking 5.3% Raise
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/07/correcting-county-administrator-pete-austins-salary-information/
— Major “Sin” Tax Brings in $1.5 Billion
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/07/major-sin-tax-brings-in-1-5-billion/
— Schakowsky on Trump’s Early Days as President
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/08/schakowsky-on-trumps-early-days-as-president/
— Pritzker Purports to Re-Name Lake Michigan “Lake Illinois”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/08/pritzker-purports-to-re-name-lake-michigan-lake-illinois/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump says DOGE will look into more federal agencies (COMMENTL Will DOGE look into GAO?
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/7/trump-says-doge-look-federal-agencies/
— Alaska lawmakers officially oppose Trump’s push to change Denali to Mount McKinley
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/8/alaska-lawmakers-officially-oppose-trump-push-chan/
— Russia is using Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela to create a migration crisis. The axis of evil is sending masses of illegal immigrants to flood the southwest border.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/6/russia-using-cuba-nicaragua-venezuela-create-migra/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump ordered Secret Service to provide ‘every bit of information’ on would-be assassins
https://nypost.com/2025/02/08/us-news/trump-ordered-secret-service-to-provide-every-bit-of-information-on-would-be-assassins/
BAPTIST NEWS
— Remember that time Wheaton College congratulated Russell Vought?
https://baptistnews.com/article/remember-that-time-wheaton-college-congratulated-russell-vought/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Want to know how controversial it was for Russell Vought to be confirmed by the Senate as director of the White House Office of Management and Budget? Just ask Wheaton College, where Vought earned a bachelor’s degree. On Friday, Feb. 7, the Christian college posted a note on its Facebook page with Vought’s photo saying, “Wheaton College congratulates and prays for 1998 graduate Russell Vought regarding his senatorial confirmation to serve as the White House Director of the Office of Management and Budget!” Then the alumni base of the Illinois school began to vent their disdain for Vought and their disbelief that their alma mater would highlight someone responsible for creating Project 2025 and saying he wants to make federal employees so miserable they all quit — among other things. By Saturday morning, the post was removed from Facebook.)
DAILY WIRE
— Wheaton College Caves to Woke Mob, Apologizes For Congratulating Alum In Trump Admin. Wheaton College posted, and then retracted, a message congratulating Russ Vought on his confirmation to lead the Office of Management and Budget.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/christian-college-caves-to-woke-mob-apologizes-for-congratulating-alum-in-trump-admin
FOX NEWS
— Hegseth to look into ‘what went wrong’ in Afghanistan and pledges accountability, slams diversity motto. ‘We will find strength in unity,’ not diversity, Hegseth says.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hegseth-look-what-went-wrong-afghanistan-pledges-accountability-slams-diversity-motto
— Teachers express fears as Trump strips federal funding for schools teaching CRT. ‘Every teacher I’ve talked to is completely freaked out by it,’ one retired teacher told The Boston Globe.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/teachers-express-fears-trump-strips-federal-funding-schools-teaching-crt
NEWSMAX
— Time for Homan to Decisively Act on Defiant Illegals
https://www.newsmax.com/reagan/homan-cbs-ice/2025/02/08/id/1198327/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/transgender-rights-lawsuits-challenge-trump-policies/
WASHINGTON POST
— Attacks on Catholics, Lutherans suggest new Trump approach on religion. Allies of the president are leveling attacks on religious groups, including Catholics and Lutherans, and questioning their efforts to help migrants.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/02/08/catholic-lutheran-vance-flynn-musk-trump/
— Trump says some white South Africans are oppressed, could be resettled in the US. They say no thanks. Groups representing some of South Africa’s white minority have responded to a plan by U.S. President Donald Trump to offer them refugee status and resettlement in the United States by saying: thanks, but no thanks.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/02/08/trump-south-africa-afrikaners/ac037124-e633-11ef-ab83-bb30e4340014_story.html
REASON
— America’s enemies want mass immigration.
https://reason.com/volokh/2025/02/08/trumps-cruel-assault-on-legal-immigration/
February 8, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Pritzker responds to ‘garbage’ DOJ lawsuit over sanctuary city policies
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-governor-jb-pritzker-responds-garbage-doj-lawsuit-sanctuary-city-policies/15877508/
— Blagojevich may take role as U.S. ambassador to Serbia
https://abc7chicago.com/post/former-illinois-governor-rod-blagojevich-may-take-role-trump-administration-us-ambassador-serbia-politico-report/15879085/
FOX32
— Blagojevich may be considered for Trump Administration role
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/rod-blagojevich-may-be-considered-trump-administration-role-report-says
WTTW
— ‘Get out of the way’: Salvi calls on Pritzker to work with Trump administration
https://www.audacy.com/wbbm780/news/local/illinois-gop-chair-salvi-tells-pritzker-to-work-with-trump
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/08/a-chicagoans-journey-through-incarceration-deportation-and-the-fight-for-a-new-path/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker trolls Trump with faux Illinois annexation of Green Bay, renaming of Lake Michigan. Pritzker took Trump’s stated desire to take over Greenland as a cue to sarcastically announce “Illinois will now be annexing Green Bay to protect itself against enemies, foreign and domestic.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/02/07/pritzker-lake-illinois-green-bay-video-trump
— Trump says he’s firing Kennedy Center board members, naming himself chairman. Trump also indicated he would be dictating programming at one of the nation’s premier cultural institutions, writing on his social media website that the current board members “do not share our Vision for a Golden Age in Arts and Culture.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/donald-trump/2025/02/07/trump-firing-kennedy-center-board-trustees-members-naming-himself-chairman
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/02/05/chicago-immigration-lyons-elgin-trump-ice-raids-border-wall-immigration-know-your-rights
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250207/news/conant-high-students-walk-out-to-protest-deportations/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Pritzker takes aim at Team Trump over immigration — and Lake Illinois
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/pritzker-goes-trump-bondi-over-immigration-lawsuit
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Pritzker pokes fun at Trump, jokes he’s renaming Lake Michigan
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2025/02/07/poking-fun-at-trump-pritzker-moves-to-annex-green-bay/78340045007/
STATELINE
— Illinois bill would remove student performance from teacher reviews (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly attract marginalized students to Illinois.)
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/illinois-bill-would-remove-how-students-perform-from-teacher-reviews/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump is signing up local law officers to help with immigration enforcement (COMMENT: Hopefully, the leaders of your county and municipal law enforcement agencies have signed up to help with immigration enforcement.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-trump-is-signing-up-local-law-officers-to-help-with-immigration-enforcement/
WAND TV
— Trump is signing up local law officers to help with immigration enforcement. Republican lawmakers in about dozen states are advancing proposals that could aid President Donald Trump’s deportation efforts.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/trump-is-signing-up-local-law-officers-to-help-with-immigration-enforcement/article_a672a2e8-4544-5594-835c-92b4afc3ee43.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump supporters welcome the first steps in his immigration crackdown
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-02-07/trump-supporters-welcome-the-first-steps-in-his-immigration-crackdown
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/02/07/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-245/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Update on discrimination lawsuits against Bally’s Chicago and City of Chicago
https://wirepoints.org/update-on-discrimination-lawsuits-against-ballys-chicago-and-city-of-chicago-wirepoints/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Advocate warns ‘lack of community care’ around Obama library in Chicago
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_50582248-e327-11ef-a170-33f03845bdc0.html
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Answers Sought for Northeastern Illinois Transportation Survey
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/07/answers-sought-for-transportation-survey/
— Campaign Committees with State Board of Elections Fines Preventing Candidates from Running for Office Until Payment Made
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/07/campaign-committees-with-state-board-of-elections-fines-preventing-candidates-from-running-for-office-until-payment-made/
— Two Running Write-In Campaigns for Marengo Township Trustee
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/07/two-running-write-in-campaigns-for-marengo-township-trustee/
— Pritzker Celebrates Pot Sales
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/06/pritzker-celebrates-pot-sales/
— McLaughlin Seeks to Emulate Other State’s Emulation of Trump’s DOGE
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/06/mclaughlin-seeks-to-emulate-other-states-emulation-of-trumps-doge/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— From what I see, to win elections going forward, Democrat leaders have decided to double down on promoting a) hatred against Trump and b) 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, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— According to the White House, 65,000 federal employees have accepted buyout offers. What is your position on buyouts and early retirement offers? In 1993, when I was 45 years old, the Democrats who ran GAO “offered” $25,000 buyouts and early retirement to get rid of their older White male non-veteran employees who they had not promoted to GS-15, currently $163,749-$180,974/year. I was eligible because I had 25 years of federal service – 13 with GAO, 9 with IRS, and 3 with the Post Office. They succeeded in forcing me to retire in 1997 just before their “offer” expired. If I had not succumbed, I would not have been eligible for regular retirement until 2003. Things that I did that helped me survive 1993-1997 include a) earning a master’s degree in financial markets and trading in 1997, b) becoming a Certified Forensic Accountant in 1997, Financial Services Auditor in 1996, Government Financial Manager in 1994, Fraud Examiner in 1990, Internal Auditor and licensed CPA in 1981, and CPA in 1979, and c) earning master’s degrees in accounting from DePaul in 1980 and in business from Loyola in 1976. If I was still working for GAO, that is, if my Democrat GAO superiors had not forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, a) I would not have gotten $1.8 million in Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension payments since 1997 in today’s dollars and b) I would have paid into the CSRS $286,262 (7% of my salary) in today’s dollar.)
— Trump has pledged to remove corrupt FBI agents. To remove me, my Democrat GAO superiors did not hint/imply/argue/shout that I was corrupt. But constructively, they hinted/implied/argued/shouted that because I opposed their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination, I was a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things. They had trouble hinting/implying/arguing/shouting that I was incompetent because I had a) become a licensed CPA, b) passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, c) earned four more job-related professional certifications, and d) earned three job-related master’s degrees. I should write about the aforesaid. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— David Hogg has become the Democratic National Committee’s First Gen Z Vice Chair. If the following would establish a Vice Chair position for Baby Boomers, I would apply for it: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization. I would also apply for Vice Chair positions for conservatives, Whites, males, Protestants, German Americans, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Are you or someone who you know interested in buying our Iron Gate Motor Condo in Naperville? If so, please let me know. My wife and I are considering buying a more expensive unit there. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump calls for ‘balanced budget’ after proposing tax cuts costing at least $5 trillion
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/7/donald-trump-calls-balanced-budget-proposing-tax-c/
— Immigrants took nearly 90% of new jobs since 2020 (COMMENT: If there had been as many immigrants when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/7/immigrants-took-nearly-90-new-jobs-since-2020/
— Breaking free from the addiction to government schools. The state has only its best interests at heart.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/6/breaking-free-addiction-government-schools/
— Trump says he will name himself Kennedy Center board chair and impose programming changes
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/7/trump-says-name-kennedy-center-board-chair-impose-/
— Justice Department takes fight to sanctuary cities
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/7/trump-launches-multi-front-attack-sanctuary-polici/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Radical LGBT activists lash out over Trump protecting women’s sports
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/fairness-justice/3314702/lgbt-activists-lash-out-trump-women-sports/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Top Biden EV Bus Maker Nears Bankruptcy, Leaving School Districts and Tens of Millions of Taxpayer Dollars in Limbo. EPA administrator Lee Zeldin tells the Free Beacon he is ‘committed to delivering’ answers on green spending.
https://freebeacon.com/energy/bidens-favorite-ev-bus-maker-is-nearing-bankruptcy-and-producing-no-buses-leaving-tens-of-millions-of-taxpayer-dollars-in-limbo/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump appoints himself Kennedy Center chair, fires board members and blasts past drag shows ‘targeting’ children
https://nypost.com/2025/02/07/us-news/trump-to-purge-kennedy-center-board-of-trustees-and-make-himself-chairman/
— Here’s what’s really driving Donald Trump’s tariff threats
https://nypost.com/2025/02/07/opinion/heres-whats-really-driving-donald-trumps-tariff-threats/
BREITBART
— Newsom Signs $50 Million to Fight Trump — After Asking for Federal Aid for Fires
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/02/07/newsom-signs-50-million-to-fight-trump-after-asking-for-federal-aid-for-fires/
DAILY WIRE
— ICE Arrests 11,000 Illegal Aliens In First 18 Days Of Trump Administration. The Trump administration is working to expand ICE’s detention capacity.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/ice-arrests-11000-illegal-aliens-in-first-18-days-of-trump-administration
EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Revokes Biden’s Security Clearance, Bars Him From Intelligence Briefings. Biden had previously revoked Trump’s access to intelligence briefings after he took office, following the events of Jan. 6, 2021.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-revokes-joe-bidens-security-clearance-bars-him-from-receiving-intelligence-briefings-5806401
FOX NEWS
— Frustrated Chicagoans back ICE deportations, applaud DOJ lawsuit targeting sanctuary policies. Vashon Tuncle tells ‘Ingraham Angle’ Trump, Homan have growing support from residents to crack down on migrants.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/frustrated-chicagoans-back-ice-deportations-applaud-doj-lawsuit-targeting-sanctuary-policies
— How Trump is uprooting radical ’60s foundations of poisonous DEI and CRT programs. There had been America haters in the past, but the ’60s was the decade when these ideas took root. (COMMENT: Since the 1960s, my critics/opponents have used Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of me.)
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/how-trump-uprooting-radical-60s-foundations-poisonous-dei-crt-programs
— Bondi sends warning to sanctuary cities: ‘Comply or you’re next’
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6368429031112
MRC TV
— Woke Bishop Who Lectured Trump Got Tens of Millions of Taxpayers Dollars to ‘Resettle’ Migrants
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/nick-kangadis/woke-bishop-who-lectured-trump-got-tens-millions-taxpayers-dollars-resettle
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— Trump’s administration is switching positions in a major Supreme Court case on transgender rights, backing away from the Biden administration’s opposition to Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors. (COMMENT: Under Bush, his DOJ backed the Democrats who ran GAO in Diersen v. GAO, that is, Bush backed political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. The Democrats who ran GAO would not have and could not have forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 if I had been a Democrat, minority, and/or female.)
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/07/politics/supreme-court-lgbtq-skrmetti-switch/index.html
REUTERS
— Trump administration for now not naming January 6 FBI agents, president wants some fired (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors fired me, that is, they forced me to retire, when I was 49 years old in 1997. My critics/opponents have always sided with my Democrat GAO superiors.)
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-justice-department-receives-names-january-6-fbi-agents-2025-02-07/
NBC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use courts to block Trump’s agenda
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-sweeping-agenda-hitting-legal-roadblocks-rcna191081
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/democratic-states-sue-trump-administration-order-halt-funding-gender-a-rcna191257
CBS NEWS
— Trolling Trump, Pritzker jokingly renames Lake Michigan, annexes Green Bay
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/jb-pritzker-donald-trump-joke-lake-michigan-lake-illinois-annex-green-bay/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Will Trump Be the President of Vice? (COMMENT: My critics/opponents promote vices big time. They are beyond furious that I stopped video gambling and the sale of pot in Wheaton.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/opinion/donald-trump-vice-voters.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: While never a traditional Republican, Mr. Trump, in a second term, looks likely to go further than in his first in dumping many traditional Republican policies. In particular, Mr. Trump seems willing, even eager, to embrace vice. In his recent campaign, Mr. Trump embraced a strategy of social moderation. Not only did he loudly signal his opposition to hard-line anti-abortion policies, but he also endorsed marijuana legalization in Florida and was aligned with the Biden administration’s move to give pot a less restrictive legal status. And he embraced the crypto craze, starting his own cryptocurrency company. Mr. Trump’s moderation on pot, crypto — which some social conservatives see as closer to gambling than a serious investment — and other vices appears to have been part of a calculated effort to turn out young men, who, surveys suggest, helped propel him to victory. Pushing forward with liberalization in these areas could help establish vice voters as part of the new, post-Trump Republican coalition. But it would also have dangerous social consequences — consequences that could help fuel an already growing backlash against both Mr. Trump and addictive, harmful goods of all kinds. Mr. Trump’s cabinet picks indicate he could give these voters what they want. Take the issue of drugs. Mr. Kennedy, chosen to be the nation’s top health official, has supported federally legalizing marijuana. So has Matt Gaetz, Mr. Trump’s first, failed pick to be attorney general — and even with Mr. Gaetz’s name withdrawn, it signaled something striking, given that the attorney general can, after consulting with the health and human services secretary, reclassify controlled substances.)
— As Ground Shifts, ‘Flailing’ Democrats Struggle to Find Footing in Diversity Fight. President Trump’s aggressive moves against transgender rights and diversity, equity and inclusion programs have left the Democratic Party casting about for a strategy for how to respond.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/us/politics/democrats-dei-trump.html
— Trump’s New Line of Attack Against the Media Gains Momentum. First Amendment experts say Mr. Trump’s lawsuits, based on an unproven legal theory, lack merit. But more could be on the way.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/business/media/trump-media-lawsuits.html
— Beyond overwhelmingly, mainstream journalists and reporters are Democrats who a) promote the Democrat Party platform and help elect Democrat candidates and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn the Republican Party platform and do everything they can to defeat Republican candidates.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/business/media/trump-musk-attack-journalists.html
— Hegseth Uses His First Town Hall to Attack Diversity (COMMENT: To promote diversity is to promote discrimination against, if not hatred against, those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/us/politics/hegseth-pentagon-town-hall.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly reject a) Trump’s election, b) the rule of law, and c) America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/opinion/trump-power-surrender.html
— Musk Wields Scythe on Federal Work Force, With Trump’s Full Blessing. The president defended Elon Musk’s role in seeking to slash budgets and cut payrolls as the young aides burrowing into federal agencies came under scrutiny. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents had no problem with my Democrat superiors wasting my career and forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. In fact, they were and continue be overjoyed about it.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/us/politics/trump-musk-doge-pentagon.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/02/07/trump-transgender-care-lawsuit/
— Democrat and RINO leaders use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/07/trump-dei-federal-government-discrimination/
USA TODAY
— Federal employees on Trump’s buyout offer: ‘The bridge is burned.’ (COMMENT: I succumbed to my Democrat GAO superiors’ threats and took their early retirement “offer” when I was 49 years old in 1997. If I had not done that, I would not have been eligible for regular retirement for 6 years. They made it all too clear to me that if I tried to work for those 6 years, they would make my life a living hell. The least of which would be demotions and adverse transfers,)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/08/why-federal-employees-accept-trumps-buyout/78295456007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Secession From Illinois Is in the Air. Multiple counties want to leave, and Indiana says come on over.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/illinois-counties-secession-vote-indiana-j-b-pritzker-todd-huston-5a93d624
— Politico Draws DOGE’s Ire, Signaling a Shakeout for Media with Major Government Customers. Elon Musk’s cost-cutting project flags more than $8 million in spending on the political publication. (COMMENT: GOPUSA ILLINOIS subscriptions are worth at least $5,000/year. But I send GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters to anyone who wants them free of charge, without any advertising, and with no donation requests.)
https://www.wsj.com/business/media/politico-draws-doges-ire-signaling-a-shakeout-for-media-with-major-government-customers-8b4db480
FORTUNE
— America’s enemies ever-increasingly use Affirmative Action and DEI to destroy America’s military.
https://fortune.com/well/2025/02/08/american-troops-fear-anxiety-trump-transgender-military-ban/
FORBES
— Bondi Targets DEI At Private Companies And Universities On Day One (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2025/02/06/ag-pam-bondi-targets-dei-at-private-companies-and-universities-on-day-one/
— Black History Month 2025: Moving Forward With Purpose And Impact (COMMENT: Democrat leaders promote Black History Month. My subordinate who my Democrat GAO superiors replaced me with was Black and had always led the office’s Black History Month events. 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 like the one I had.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/simonemorris/2025/02/07/black-history-month-2025-moving-forward-with-purpose-and-impact/
CLUB ALFA
— Dodge Charger Daytona wins 2025 MotorWeek Drivers’ Choice Award (COMMENT: I have ordered a 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T EV.)
https://www.clubalfa.it/en/dodge-charger-daytona-and-ram-1500-win-the-2025-motorweek-drivers-choice-awards-16296
(FROM THE ARTICLE: John Davis, creator and host of MotorWeek, emphasized the uniqueness of the Charger Daytona: “This is the first time an all-electric model has won the Best Sport Coupe award. Dodge has kept its promise: buyers don’t have to compromise just because the classic HEMI V-8 has been replaced by electric propulsion.” Davis then added: “From the external design to the interior layout, to the virtual sounds that perfectly accompany its extraordinary acceleration, it almost feels like you can still hear the pushrod rhythm under the long, flat ’60s-style hood. The Charger Daytona is first and foremost an all-wheel-drive muscle car, and then an EV.”)
STELLANTIS
— All-new Dodge Charger Daytona Claims 2025 MotorWeek Drivers’ Choice Award
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/all-new-dodge-charger-daytona-ram-1500-claim-2025-motorweek-drivers-choice-awards-302369687.html
(FROM THE PRESS RELEASE: The all-new Dodge Charger Daytona, the next generation of Dodge muscle, is available now at dealerships and represents the start of a multi-energy Dodge Charger lineup. . .”The Dodge Charger Daytona is our choice as Best Sport Coupe of the year, the first time an all-electric model has risen to that honor,” said John Davis, creator and host, MotorWeek. “From the outset, Dodge promised that buyers would not have to accept any compromises just because their hallmark muscle car traded in its classic HEMI® V-8 for electric propulsion. Indeed, from its exterior styling and interior layout, to its amazingly fitting virtual sounds audibly underscoring its rocket-like acceleration, you would be hard pressed not to think there was a chorus of pushrods still pulsating under the Charger’s long, wide, flat, ’60s era hood. When all is said and done, the Dodge Charger Daytona is an all-wheel-drive muscle car first and an EV second.)
RESTAURANT BUSINESS
— How restaurants are pushing back on Trump deportation sweeps (COMMENT: What percent of restaurant employees are illegals?)
https://www.restaurantbusinessonline.com/workforce/how-restaurants-are-pushing-back-trump-deportation-sweeps
WBZA
— Millions of retirees celebrated after former President Joe Biden signed the Social Security Fairness Act into law. This new legislation aims to increase Social Security benefits for over 3.2 million retirees and spouses by eliminating two controversial provisions. However, retirees expecting an immediate financial boost just learned there’s an unexpected delay in receiving their benefits. (COMMENT: My Social Security is dramatically less because I get a Civil Service Retirement System pension.)
https://wbza.co.in/new-social-security-law-increases-benefits-for-3-2-million-retirees/#google_vignette
CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CACUS
— Congressional Equality Caucus, Democratic Women’s Caucus, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, Congressional Hispanic Caucus, and Congressional Black Caucus charge Trump with undermining civil rights protections and enforcement for workers (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors would not have and could not have forced me to retire when I was 49 year old in 1997 if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, veteran, and/or union member.)
https://cbc.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2774
HUFFINGTON POST
— David Hogg Becomes Democratic National Committee’s First Gen Z Vice Chair (COMMENT: If the following would establish a Vice Chair position for Baby Boomers, I would apply for it: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization. I would also apply for Vice Chair positions for conservatives, Whites, males, Protestants, German Americans, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.aol.com/david-hogg-becomes-democratic-national-223229994.html
PBS
— Trump says he’ll fire some FBI agents ‘very surgically’ (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors fired me, that is, they forced me to retire, when I was 49 years old in 1997. My critics/opponents have always sided with my Democrat GAO superiors.)
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-says-hell-fire-some-fbi-agents-very-surgically
NEW YORKER
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/immigration-enforcement-and-the-fears-of-the-undocumented-in-chicago
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-new-yorker-radio-hour/trumps-boogeyman-dei
NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Trump Joins a Global War on ‘Gender Ideology’
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/magazine/gender-ideology-trump-orban.html
WORLD SOCIALIST WEB SITE
— White House claims 65,000 federal workers have accepted buyout offers. (COMMENT: What is your position on buyouts and early retirement offers? In 1993, when I was 45 years old, the Democrats who ran GAO “offered” $25,000 buyouts and early retirement to get rid of their older White male non-veteran employees who they had not promoted to GS-15, currently $163,749-$180,974/year. I was eligible because I had 25 years of federal service – 13 with GAO, 9 with IRS, and 3 with the Post Office. They succeeded in forcing me to retire in 1997 just before their “offer” expired. If I had not succumbed, I would not have been eligible for regular retirement until 2003. Things that I did that helped me survive 1993-1997 include a) earning a master’s degree in financial markets and trading in 1997, b) becoming a Certified Forensic Accountant in 1997, Financial Services Auditor in 1996, Government Financial Manager in 1994, Fraud Examiner in 1990, Internal Auditor and licensed CPA in 1981, and CPA in 1979, and c) earning master’s degrees in accounting from DePaul in 1980 and in business from Loyola in 1976. If I was still working for GAO, that is, if my Democrat GAO superiors had not forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, a) I would not have gotten $1.8 million in Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension payments since 1997 in today’s dollars and b) I would have paid into the CSRS $286,262 (7% of my salary) in today’s dollar.)
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/02/08/hutq-f08.html
INDEPENDENT
— ‘We love Japan:’ Watch Trump welcome Japanese prime minister to White House
https://www.aol.com/love-japan-watch-trump-welcome-175225618.html
DAILY MAIL
— Trump pledges to ‘surgically’ remove ‘corrupt’ FBI agents including those on January 6 investigations (COMMENT: To remove me, my Democrat GAO superiors did not hint/imply/argue/shout that I was corrupt. But constructively, they hinted/implied/argued/shouted that because I opposed their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination, I was a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things. They had trouble hinting/implying/arguing/shouting that I was incompetent because I had a) become a licensed CPA, b) passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, c) earned four more job-related professional certifications, and d) earned three job-related master’s degrees. I should write about the aforesaid.)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14374021/donald-trump-fbi-agents-january-6.html
February 6, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— DOJ sues Chicago, Illinois and Cook County over sanctuary city policies
https://abc7chicago.com/post/doj-sues-chicago-illinois-cook-county-sanctuary-city-immigration-policies/15872840/
— LGBTQ+ group rallies at UI Health after Trump administration sued over transgender care order. Lawsuit claims UI Health Chicago doctors canceled 17-year-old transgender boy’s surgery last week after Trump’s executive order.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/lgbtq-group-rallies-ui-health-chicago-pflag-sues-trump-administration-executive-order-transgender-care-minors/15873976/
— Service members sue Trump administration over transgender military service ban
https://abc7chicago.com/post/transgender-military-service-ban-members-sue-trump-administration/15873833/
NBC5
— Justice Department sues Chicago and Illinois over immigration policies. In their complaint, the department cites specifically Illinois’ Trust Act, The Way Forward Act and Chicago’s Welcoming City ordinance.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/justice-department-sues-chicago-and-illinois-over-immigration-policies/3667316/
CBS2
— Thornton Township, Illinois fires Tiffany Henyard’s boyfriend, another employee
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/thornton-township-illinois-fires-tiffany-henyards-boyfriend/
WGN9
— Trump announces task force to ‘eradicate anti-Christian bias’
https://wgntv.com/news/trump-announces-task-force-to-eradicate-anti-christian-bias/
— 117th Chicago Auto Show begins 10-day run Saturday, kicks off with charity event Friday night, at McCormick Place
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/117th-chicago-auto-show-show-begins-10-day-run-saturday-kicks-off-with-charity-event-friday-night-at-mccormick-place/
WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://news.wttw.com/2025/02/06/supporters-gender-affirming-care-rally-university-illinois-hospital-following-trump-s
WGN RADIO
— Should Illinois counties that voted to secede join Indiana?
https://wgnradio.com/john-williams/should-illinois-counties-that-voted-to-secede-join-indiana/
— How much money are Americans spending on their vices?
https://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/how-much-money-are-americans-spending-on-their-vices/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump administration sues Illinois, Cook County and Chicago over sanctuary immigration laws
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/06/trump-immigration-sanctuary-lawsuit/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/05/illinois-gender-affirming-care-trump-order/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Justice Department sues Illinois, Chicago and Cook County over sanctuary status. The federal lawsuit, filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Chicago, claims sanctuary policies in Illinois that keep local authorities from cooperating with the deportation effort are “exacerbating” a crisis at the U.S. Southern border.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/donald-trump/2025/02/06/donald-trump-justice-department-lawsuit-jb-pritzker-mayor-brandon-johnson-sanctuary-status
— Under Trump administration, some Chicago students think twice about applying for financial aid. If they submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, students risk outing their undocumented parents. But if they don’t, they could lose out on the chance at college.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/02/06/under-trump-administration-some-chicago-students-think-twice-about-fafsa
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Trump DOJ accuses Pritzker, Johnson and other local Dems of defying immigration crackdown
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/trump-justice-department-sues-chicago-over-sanctuary-laws
— Illinois officials eye N.Y. law keeping doctors’ names off abortion pill prescriptions
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/illinois-considers-law-obscuring-abortion-pill-prescriptions
SOUTHERN
— House Republicans meet with Trump to ‘move the ball forward’ on his agenda
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/02/06/house-republicans-meet-with-trump-to-move-the-ball-forward-on-his-agenda/
MUDDY RIVER NEWS
— House GOP caucus walks out during Dems’ pushback of Trump agenda
https://muddyrivernews.com/top-stories/house-gop-caucus-walks-out-during-dems-pushback-of-trump-agenda/20250206074725/
SUBURBAN LIFE
— Democrat leaders promote anti-Trump rally in Wheaton
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/news/dupage-county/2025/02/06/dupage-county-rally-to-support-medicaid-in-the-face-of-proposed-cuts/
WIFR
— Illinois State Representative John Cabello, R-90th District, slams Illinois democrats, claiming they used a Feb. 5 legislative session to push back on President Donald Trump’s agenda instead of focusing on the state budget.
https://www.wifr.com/2025/02/07/absolutely-positively-stupid-stateline-lawmaker-shares-reasons-behind-republican-walkout-during-legislative-session/
WSIL TV
— Attention federal employees: It may be hard to get a private sector job right now (COMMENT: Private sector employers a) look down on, if not despise, if not hate federal employees and b) ascribe negative stereotypes to federal employees.)
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/consumer/attention-federal-employees-it-may-be-hard-to-get-a-private-sector-job-right-now/article_a5178a86-1fcc-54ff-86bd-261d286dda77.html
WAND TV
— Thousands of cars sold in Illinois have fake odometer readings
https://www.wandtv.com/news/thousands-of-cars-sold-in-illinois-have-fake-odometer-readings/article_05d9763e-e3dd-11ef-a40b-6b906b5beb3d.html
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Opposition lawmakers protest alleged mistreatment of Indian deportees by US
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/world/ap-opposition-lawmakers-protest-alleged-mistreatment-of-indian-deportees-by-us/
STATE OF ILLINOIS
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot. How successful have Democrats been pushing pot in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://www.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/illinois/iisnewsattachments/30910-020625-24.02.05-pritzker-administration-announces-cannabis-sales-exceed-2-billion-annually2.pdf.pdf
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/02/06/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-244/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois near the bottom for social mobility (COMMENT: Sadly, my father, my grandfather, and my great grandfather are examples of downward mobility. In 1902, my great grandfather had 1285 Main Street built in Crete (4,030 sq. ft. https://www.redfin.com/IL/Crete/1285-Main-St-60417/home/23199035 ). In 1926, my grandfather had 1286 Wood Street built in Crete (1793 sq. ft. https://www.redfin.com/IL/Crete/1286-Wood-St-60417/home/23199039 ). My father never had a home built.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_3c4d4faa-e4c9-11ef-8357-db47fe4d3cdf.html
ILLINOIS LEAKS
— State of Illinois Paid CAPFAX / POLITICO $102,673 (COMMENT: I advocate full disclosure. He who pays the piper calls the tunes. 100% of the money and time needed to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and to send them out comes from me.)
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2025/02/state-of-illinois-paid-capfax-politico-102673/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Once again, we do not fault any news agency or blogger, or anyone else for making a living, but we do fault state and local governments for spending tax money on these types of subscriptions as there does not appear to be any statute providing our state government to spend money in this fashion.)
— U.S. Justice Dept. Sues Illinois, JB Pritzker, Chicago PD, Cook County Over Sanctuary Policies
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2025/02/u-s-justice-dept-sues-illinois-jb-pritzker-chicago-pd-cook-county-over-sanctuary-policies/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Laura Trump, Speaker at McHenry County GOPAC Event, Selected by FOX to Host Saturday Night Show
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/06/laura-trump-speaker-at-mchenry-county-gopac-event-selected-by-fox-to-host/
— Cary Grade School District Sends Immigrant Protection Letter in Searchable Format Showing It’s Never Too Late for A School Superintendent to Learn Something New
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/06/cary-grade-school-district-sends-immigrant-protection-letter-in-searchable-format-showing-its-never-too-late-for-a-school-superintendent-to-learn-something-new/
— Nunda Township GOP Candidate Forum Cancelled after Incumbent Declines to Attend
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/06/nunda-township-gop-candidate-forum-cancelled-after-incumbent-declines-to-attend/
— Huntley Amazon Warehouse Hires Employees Who Don’t Speak English
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/06/huntley-amazon-warehouse-hires-employees-who-dont-speak-english/
— Lakemoor, Former Mayor Ryan Todd Weihofen & State Police Sued for Over $40 Million for Botched Hemp Seizure
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/06/lakemoor-former-mayor-ryan-todd-weihofen-state-police-sued-for-over-40-million-for-botched-hemp-seizure/
— A Duty Most County Boards Probably Do Not Perform
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/06/a-duty-the-county-board-probably-does-not-perform/
— The Highest Compensated McHenry County Employees – $150,000 Up
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/06/the-highest-compensated-mchenry-county-employees/
— LaHood Comments on Trump’s Suing Chicago, Cook County and the State of Illinois over Illegal Alien Deportation Interference
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/06/lahood-comments-on-trumps-suing-chicago-cook-county-and-the-state-of-illinois-over-illegal-alien-deportation-interference/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Federal judge pauses Trump’s federal worker buyout plan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/6/federal-judge-pauses-trump-federal-worker-buyout-p/
— Trump elevates birthright citizenship fight with appeal of judge’s block
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/6/trump-elevates-birthright-citizenship-fight-appeal/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump DOJ sues Chicago in first major sanctuary city case
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/3312737/trump-doj-sues-chicago-first-major-sanctuary-city-case/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump administration sues Chicago, state of Illinois over sanctuary laws — and vows more lawsuits to come
https://nypost.com/2025/02/06/us-news/trump-administration-sues-chicago-state-of-illinois-over-sanctuary-laws-and-vows-more-lawsuits-to-come/
AMERICAN THINKER
— The Church, Illegals, and the Law
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/02/the_church_illegals_and_the_law.html
DAILY WIRE
— Trump Admin Sues Chicago, State Of Illinois Over Illegal Alien Sanctuary Laws. “The Department of Justice will no longer stand by as state and local leaders obstruct federal law enforcement efforts.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-sues-chicago-state-of-illinois-over-illegal-alien-sanctuary-laws
— U.S. Military Drops Off First Flight Of ‘High Priority’ Illegal Immigrants At GITMO. Those dropped off for detention were members of Tren de Aragua.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-u-s-military-drops-off-first-flight-of-high-priority-illegal-immigrants-at-gitmo
— Why Guantanamo Bay Is ‘The Perfect Place’ For Violent Illegals. Eventually, 30,000 undesirables with no business moving within our borders will be off our streets and tossed into prison.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/why-guantanamo-bay-is-the-perfect-place-for-violent-illegals
EPOCH TIMES
— Judge Pushes Back Deadline for Trump Admin Buyout Offer to Federal Workers. More than 40,000 federal workers have already opted into the plan.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/judge-pushes-back-deadline-for-trump-buyout-offer-to-federal-workers-5805560
FEDERATION FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Misnamed Open-Borders Protest is the Usual Bust
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2025/02/05/misnamed-open-borders-protest-usual-bust
FOX NEWS
— Trump DOJ slaps Illinois, Chicago with lawsuit over sanctuary laws
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-doj-files-lawsuit-against-illinois-chicago-lawsuit-sanctuary-laws
— ‘Tough decisions’ in store for ‘sanctuary’ cities after Bondi turns off federal funding spigot. ‘I would expect there to be consequences, and I support that,’ PA House GOP Leader Jesse Topper said.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/state-officials-react-bondis-order-withholding-sanctuary-city-funding-tough-decisions-make
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Diversity Staffers at Eastern Illinois U. Raise Black Lives Matter Flag for Black History Month
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/02/diversity-staffers-at-eastern-illinois-u-raise-black-lives-matter-flag-for-black-history-month/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— DOJ Sues Illinois, Chicago over Sanctuary Laws as Mass Deportations Continue
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/doj-sues-illinois-chicago-over-sanctuary-laws-as-mass-deportations-continue/
PJ MOBILITY
— Militant Group Teaching ‘Self Defense’ Against ICE Raids
https://pjmedia.com/lincolnbrown/2025/02/06/militant-group-teaching-self-defense-against-ice-raids-n4936751
WESTERN JOURNAL
— US Taxpayer Money Found Flowing to Drag Queen Shows in Ecuador
https://www.westernjournal.com/us-taxpayer-money-found-flowing-drag-queen-shows-ecuador/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— A short honeymoon for Catholics in D.C. as Vice President Vance clashes with bishops on migration
https://www.yahoo.com/news/short-honeymoon-catholics-d-c-130201365.html
CNN
— Judge pauses ‘buyout’ offer for federal workers
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-gaza-news-02-06-25
CBS NEWS
— Trump makes misleading claims about government payments to Politico.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-politico-payments-fact-check/
NEW YORK TIMES
— The Trump administration plans to retain only about 290 of the more than 10,000 employees worldwide at the U.S. Agency for International Development.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02/06/us/president-trump-news?campaign_id=60
MIAMI HERALD
— Democrats use DEI to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.aol.com/florida-showed-trump-demonize-dei-225956004.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— White House Preparing Order to Cut Thousands of Federal Health Workers. The executive order could come as soon as next week, if the Trump administration goes ahead with plans
https://www.wsj.com/health/healthcare/white-house-preparing-order-to-cut-thousands-of-federal-health-workers-bd1e0b7f
RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— 54% Agree Media Are the ‘Enemy of the People’ (COMMENT: The mainstream news media exists a) to advance the Democrat Party platform and to elect and reelect Democrats and b) to demonize, denigrate, and condemn the Republican Party platform and to defeat Republican candidates.)
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration_second_term/54_still_agree_media_are_the_enemy_of_the_people
February 5, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Trump planning to attend Super Bowl in New Orleans
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-planning-attend-super-bowl-new-orleans-sources/15864809/
— USPS temporarily suspends package service from China, Hong Kong as Trump’s tariffs kick in
https://abc7chicago.com/post/usps-china-suspends-service-packages-hong-kong-donald-trumps-tariffs-kick/15866614/
— Democrat leaders promote Black History Month. My subordinate who my Democrat GAO superiors replaced me with was Black and always led the office’s Black History Month events. He had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had one professional certification while I had six, and had no professional license like the one I had.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/what-is-black-history-month/15865426/
NBC5
— Trump says U.S. will ‘take over’ Gaza to develop it, and Palestinians should leave
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/trump-says-u-s-will-own-and-develop-gaza-strip/3665651/
WGN9
— Mayor Johnson slams Trump’s education policy as ‘reckless,’ pledges to protect Chicago’s future
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh6R6enuBy8
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump says he’s exploring option to send jailed US criminals to other countries
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/04/marco-rubio-el-salvador/
— Trump won’t rule out deploying US troops to support rebuilding Gaza, sees ‘long-term’ US ownership
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/04/trump-netanyahu-gaza/
— Pritzker stresses importance of federal education funding amid latest threats from Trump
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/04/gov-jb-pritzker-stresses-importance-of-federal-education-funding-amid-latest-threats-from-trump/
— Virtually all federal employees are Democrats. They give preference to those who are Democrat, that is, they discriminate against those who are Republican.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/05/opinion-defend-civil-service-federal-worker-cuts-donald-trump/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump wants US to own, develop Gaza after Palestinians resettled elsewhere. Trump added the U.S. would level destroyed buildings and “create an economic development that will supply unlimited numbers of jobs and housing for the people of the area.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/nation-world/2025/02/04/trump-gaza-united-states-own-develop-palestinians-displaced-netanyahu
— Federal transit dollars for Chicago, Illinois could be jeopardized via Trump administration directive. The order, issued in a U.S. Department of Transportation memo late last week, calls on the department to “give preference to communities with marriage and birth rates higher than the national average.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/transportation/2025/02/04/donald-trump-federal-funding-mass-transit-cta-rta-executive-order
DAILY EGYPTIAN
— Carbondale promotes DEI, that is, Carbondale promotes discrimination against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://dailyegyptian.com/120234/news/national-dei-changes-lead-carbondale-to-monitor-inclusion-goals/
WAND TV
— Moms could receive paid break time to breastfeed their children in set of Illinois Democrat bills (COMMENT: During the 1990s, GAO’s Chicago office gutted its smoking room and turned it into a lactation room.)
https://www.wandtv.com/community/moms-could-receive-paid-break-time-to-breastfeed-their-children-in-set-of-illinois-democrat/article_9c811f84-e33c-11ef-84cd-1352da872df0.html
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Fearing that DeSantis will run for U.S. President in 2028, Democrat leaders do everything that they can to destroy him. Fearing that I would run for DuPage County Auditor, DuPage County RINOs did everything that they could to destroy me notwithstanding the fact that I never said or did anything that indicated that I might run for DuPage County Auditor. In fact, I did everything that I could to help elect a) Jim Rasins in 2000 and 2004 and b) Bob Grogan in 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, and 2024. To destroy me, they have ignored, dismissed, belittled, and badmouthed my qualifications. I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117-807-$153,151/year: I worked for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year. I became a licensed CPA in 1981. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor Examination on my first attempt in 1981. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I became a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, Government Financial Manager in 1994, Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and Forensic Accountant in 1997. I earned master’s degrees in business in 1976, accounting in 1980, and finance in 1997. I should write about DuPage County RINOs. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-desantis-goes-to-battle-with-florida-republicans-in-trying-to-get-closer-to-trump/
— Trump says he’s given advisers instructions for Iran to be ‘obliterated’ if it assassinates him
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trump-says-hes-given-advisers-instructions-for-iran-to-be-obliterated-if-it-assassinates-him/
WIFR
— Democrat leaders get Rockford students to promote illegal immigration
https://www.wifr.com/2025/02/05/east-students-walk-out-protest-trumps-immigration-policies/
WGLT
— U.S. cannabis shoppers face a market flush with illegal weed
https://www.wglt.org/2025-02-05/u-s-cannabis-shoppers-face-a-market-flush-with-illegal-weed
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Mayor Johnson has lost his credibility and the ability to govern Chicago. The only question is, who will replace him?
https://wirepoints.org/mayor-johnson-has-lost-his-credibility-and-the-ability-to-govern-chicago-the-only-question-is-who-will-replace-him-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Have you been offered a buyout? In 1993, when I was 45 years old, the Democrats who ran GAO “offered” $25,000 buyouts and early retirement to get rid of its older White male non-veteran employees who they had not promoted to GS-15, currently $163,749-$180,974/year. I was eligible because I had 25 years of federal service – 13 with GAO, 9 with IRS, and 3 with the Post Office. They succeeded in forcing me to retire in 1997 just before their “offer” expired. If I had not succumbed, I would not have been eligible for regular retirement until 2003. Things that I did that helped me survive 1993-1997 include a) earning a master’s degree in financial markets and trading in 1997, b) becoming a Certified Forensic Accountant in 1997, Financial Services Auditor in 1996, Government Financial Manager in 1994, Fraud Examiner in 1990, Internal Auditor and licensed CPA in 1981, and CPA in 1979, and c) earning master’s degrees in accounting from DePaul in 1980 and in business from Loyola in 1976. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Venezuelan gang members become first migrants shipped to Guantanamo Bay
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/4/tren-de-aragua-gang-members-shipped-guantanamo-bay/
— USAID spent funds on DEI, transgender initiatives, terrorist groups
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/4/usaid-spent-funds-dei-transgender-initiatives-terr/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump executive order ends travel stipends for female troops getting abortions
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3309749/travel-stipends-abortions/
BREITBART
— Wokism Became a ‘Bastardized’ Religion Praying to the ‘Great God of Equality’
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/02/04/comedian-bryan-callen-wokism-became-a-bastardized-religion-praying-to-the-great-god-of-equality/
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— A Proposal for a Better H-1B Guest Worker Program. ‘H1B Refreshed’ would train an American for each visa issued (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. If the employers that hired me could have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me, they would have. What did you do to get hired and/or to stay employed? I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970. I earned job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997. I earned job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. I earned a job-related professional license in 1981.)
https://cis.org/Lundgren/Proposal-Better-H1B-Guest-Worker-Program
FOX NEWS
— Unions sue Trump administration over ‘arbitrary and capricious’ federal employee buyout offers. American Federation of Government Employees warns workers to not be ‘misled by slick talk from unelected billionaires’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/unions-sue-trump-administration-arbitrary-capricious-employee-buyout-offers
— Sen. Kaine claims Trump will ‘stiff’ federal employees who take buyout offer: ‘Do not be fooled’
https://www.aol.com/news/sen-kaine-claims-trump-stiff-182414416.html
— Sanctuary cities that refuse ICE removal requests could be punished under state, federal legislation. Opponents of sanctuary cities say their policies harbor criminals, including violent gang members.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/sanctuary-cities-refuse-ice-removal-requests-could-punished-under-state-federal-legislation
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Homan Suggests Prosecuting New Jersey Governor for Sheltering Illegal Immigrant
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/border-czar-tom-homan-suggests-prosecuting-new-jersey-governor-for-sheltering-illegal-immigrant/
NEWSMAX
— Harboring Illegals Against the Law
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/nancy-mace-illegal-immigrants/2025/02/04/id/1197847/
ONE AMERICA NEWS
— DHS, Border Patrol, Marines Battle To Deport 100k Illegal Aliens From San Diego
https://www.oann.com/video/pearsonsharpreports/dhs-border-patrol-marines-battle-to-deport-100k-illegal-aliens-from-san-diego/
PJ MEDIA
— Trump ‘Welcomes’ New ‘Members’ to Club GITMO
https://pjmedia.com/victoria-taft/2025/02/04/club-gitmo-welcomes-new-guests-n4936672#google_vignette
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrats call for GAO investigation into Musk access of Treasury payment systems (COMMENT: I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5126204-democrats-call-for-investigation-into-musk-access-of-treasury-payment-systems/
— Union sues over Trump buyout offer
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5126770-federal-workers-union-sues-trump-buyouts/
ROLL CALL
— White House opens funding spigot for DOGE expenses. Budget-slashing group is given nearly $7 million in a week as Musk gets access to sensitive government data
https://rollcall.com/2025/02/04/white-house-opens-funding-spigot-for-doge-expenses/
NEWSWEEK
— Democrat leaders promote their 50 State Anti-Trump Protest
https://www.newsweek.com/50-states-anti-trump-protest-nationwide-50501-explainer-2026115
— Democratic Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett slammed “mediocre white boys” complaining about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives, telling them: “If you are competent, you are not concerned.” (COMMENT: My critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that I must be incompetent and even worse things because IRS never promoted me beyond GS-12 and GAO never promoted me beyond GS-13 even though I a) earned job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) earned job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) earned a job-related professional certification when I was 32.)
https://www.newsweek.com/jasmine-crockett-dei-donald-trump-politics-2025745
MSN
— Trump Targets ‘Woke’ Biden Appointees With Termination (COMMENT: All my critics/opponents are woke and the all promote wokeness/wokeism.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-targets-woke-biden-appointees-with-termination/ss-AA1ylGs3?ocid=iehp
NEW YORK TIMES
— U.S. Begins Flying Migrants to Guantánamo. The decision to send migrants from the United States to Guantánamo Bay is a change in how the country handles people it deports.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/us/politics/migrants-guantanamo-trump.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders say that Musk flouts accountability in his drive to slash budgets and oust workers. What about the Government Accountability Office that I worked for almost 18 years?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/us/politics/musk-federal-government.html
— To promote DEI is to promote discrimination against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/us/politics/trump-diversity-racism.html
— Many Americans Say the Democratic Party Does Not Share Their Priorities. A poll from The New York Times and Ipsos found that Americans believe abortion, L.G.B.T.Q. issues and climate change concern Democrats more than the cost of living.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/us/democrats-ipsos-poll-abortion-lgbt.html
WASHINGTON POST
— USPS suspends package service from China as Trump’s tariffs kick in. The U.S. Postal Service’s decision may block or delay parcels from retailers including Amazon, Shein and Temu from entering the country.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/02/04/usps-suspends-china-packages-shein-temu/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly encourage citizens of foreign countries to claim asylum in America.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/02/04/amnesty-migrants-border-trump-europe/
— At Guantánamo Bay detention camp, tents go up and troops await detainees. As immigration officials run out of detention space for migrants who might be deported, the Trump administration plans to send thousands to the U.S. naval base in Cuba.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/02/04/guantanamo-bay-immigrants-deportation-flights/
— Key functions of the Education Department, which Trump is moving to dismantle. Trump is preparing an executive order aimed at shrinking the department as he looks to fulfill his campaign promise to shut it down. (COMMENT: I should write about how Republicans shrank GAO from more than 6,000 employees in 1980 to less than 3,000 in 1997.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/02/04/department-of-education-explained-trump/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Lawsuit accuses UC of illegally giving admissions preference to Black and Latino students
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-02-05/lawsuit-accuses-uc-racial-preference-in-admissions
MIAMIA HERALD
— To promote DEI is to promote discrimination against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.aol.com/florida-showed-trump-demonize-dei-225956004.html
USA TODAY
— Trump’s right to slim federal workforce (COMMENT: Virtually all federal employees are Democrats. Democrats run the federal government. When they have to get rid of employees, they first get rid of those very few who are Republican and then those who they have not promoted to GS-15 ($!63,749-$195,200/year) and are White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/02/03/trump-federal-employee-cuts-buyout-deficit/78026673007/
— ‘We would call it a coup’: Watchdogs and Dems attack Elon Musk Treasury Department takeover
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/03/dems-elon-musk-doge-takeover-treasury/78187978007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The CIA Is About to Get a Trump Makeover. Spy agency’s workforce receives buyout-style offer.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/the-cia-is-about-to-get-a-trump-makeover-16fc0cbf
— Why Trump’s Tariff Idol, McKinley, Abandoned His Own Tariff Policy. President Donald Trump often cites the 25th President, William McKinley, as an inspiration. The ‘McKinley Tariffs’ were some of the largest hikes in U.S. history, but in his second term, McKinley changed his mind, and argued for more free trade. (COMMENT: How much have you benefitted from free trade, that is, how much have you benefitted from cheap foreign labor? Ever-increasingly, virtually everything that America needs is made in foreign countries. Ever-increasingly, America is dependent on countries that want to conquer America if not destroy America.)
https://www.wsj.com/video/series/news-explainers/why-trumps-tariff-idol-mckinley-abandoned-his-own-tariff-policy/38A9364C-142B-4656-AFE3-B6F7F4F504E2
FORBES
— How Many Federal Workers Accepted Trump’s Buyout Offer To Resign So Far?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/terinaallen/2025/02/05/how-many-federal-workers-accepted-trumps-buyout-offer-to-resign-so-far/
POLITICO
— 37 ways Project 2025 has shown up in Trump’s executive orders
https://www.politico.com/interactives/2025/trump-executive-orders-project-2025/
— Why some centrist Dems fear David Hogg could ‘do more harm than good.’ The activist’s election as vice chair of the Democratic National Committee was pilloried in conservative media. (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, I am “too conservative.”)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/04/david-hogg-dnc-election-00202496
NPR
— Venezuelans illegally accepted Biden’s illegal invitation to illegally come illegally to America illegally. Now those Venezuelans hate Trump for ending that.
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/04/nx-s1-5285470/venezuelans-florida-tps-immigration-trump
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly encourage illegals to hide out in schools, churches, hospitals, etc.
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/nx-s1-5277170
WASHINGTON MONTHLY
— To promote DEI is to promote discrimination against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2025/02/05/trumps-blunderbuss-war-on-diversity-equity-and-inclusion/
INSIDE HIGHER ED
— Hegseth Moves to End Race-Based Admissions at Military Academies
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2025/02/05/hegseth-orders-military-academies-end-affirmative-action
AUTO EVOLUTION
— Owner of a Dodge Charger EV Just Had His Car Delivered, This Is What He Likes and Dislikes (COMMENT: I have ordered a red 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T. If you share my interest in the car, please let me know.)
https://www.autoevolution.com/news/owner-of-a-dodge-charger-ev-just-had-his-car-delivered-this-is-what-he-likes-and-dislikes-246564.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Now that we have that out of the way, we can go right back to Paul Mangelsdorf’s brand-new non-muscle-car Dodge Charger Daytona R/T. Paul mostly uses the Auto driving mode. He has three more available: Eco, Sport, and Wet/Snow. There are also three regenerative braking levels. Right now, Paul uses the second of the three. He finds the third too aggressive, and the first one not quite enough. The R/T starts at $61,590. Paul’s car is painted in a gorgeous After Dark paint, which is a $795 option. The car rides on the 20-inch Blacknoise aluminum wheels. Paul likes the steering wheel, the seating position, and the fact that he has everything at hand. It is, he says, a step up from the Challenger. In terms of engagement, though… “It’s not lifeless, it’s got some character and feel to it,” he says. He enjoys the way the suspension handles the road imperfections. It is stable at high speeds and handles corners with much agility while remaining composed. Paul will, however, change the stock tires for grippier ones to get some extra traction. His car is equipped with the Fratzonic Chambered Exhaust, which he finds to be a lot of fun around the city, but he prefers to turn it off on the highway because he doesn’t need the drama and the heads turning. The fake V8 sound mimics the growls and roars of a real engine, but it can’t fool a petrolhead. Dodge confirmed that the R/T and the Scat Pack have the same motors and battery but are tuned differently. So, the output gap between them might only be software-based. Now, Paul is considering tuning up the power in his R/T if that’s possible.)
LEE ERNST REALTY
— FOR SALE: Iron Gate Motor Condo at 2216 Ferry Road # 109, Naperville – $675,000
https://leeernst.exprealty.com/holp/listing/103/12283041
BUSINESS TODAY
— From ‘Illegals’ To Tariffs, A Look At The Thorny US-India Bilateral Issues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Tsd86LPuwc
INDEPENDENT
— Bernie Sanders accuses Musk of seeking cheaper, not brainier, immigrant labor with H-1B visas
https://www.aol.com/news/bernie-sanders-accuses-musk-seeking-013103992.html
DAILY MAIL
— CIA offers buyouts to entire staff in effort to slash spending and ensure agency aligns with MAGA agenda
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14361785/CIA-offers-buyouts-entire-staff-trump-federal-purge.html
— ICE reveals 6,000 illegal migrants deported in Trump’s first two weeks including rapists, murderers
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14360521/ice-illegal-migrants-deported-donald-trump-rapists-murderers.html
February 3, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Chicago businesses to close for ‘Day Without Immigrants’ protest: ‘Show how strong we are’ (COMMENT: To promote their illegals, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly lump illegal immigrants in with legal immigrants. Republicans oppose illegal immigration, but promote legal immigration.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/day-immigrants-protest-chicago-business-owners-close-shops-monday-social-media-campaign-calls-shopping-strike/15858588/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Durbin
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/03/us-sen-dick-durbins-latest-role-leading-democrats-on-judging-president-trumps-top-nominees/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn school choice.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/03/opinion-school-choice-drains-public-resources-illinios/
— Do Chicago voters know there are 1,900 places to buy hemp and get high?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/03/editorial-hemp-brandon-johnson-regulation/
— Heading into budget season, Gov. JB Pritzker faces major challenge to show ‘Illinois can govern itself’
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/03/heading-into-budget-season-gov-jb-pritzker-faces-major-challenge-to-show-illinois-can-govern-itself/
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: The Chicago Auto Show is back Saturday
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250202/transportation/start-your-engines-jeep-is-back-and-hybrids-are-hot-at-the-chicago-auto-show/
JOURNAL COURIER
— Hysterical rhetoric on Trump’s funding pause obscures historically important issue
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/opinion/article/hysterical-rhetoric-obscures-important-issue-20096012.php
NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Democrats promote more illegal immigration in Elgin
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/illinois/2025-02-02/hundreds-gather-in-elgin-to-rally-against-mass-deportations
NPR ILLINOIS
— How safe is your weed? Patchy regulations may leave contaminants in the weed supply.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-02-03/how-safe-is-your-weed-patchy-regulations-may-leave-contaminants-in-the-weed-supply
ADVANTAGE NEWS
— State Rep. David Friess, R-Red Bud, responds to Kinzinger’s criticism of reimbursing military members dismissed over COVID vaccine refusal (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors dismissed me when I was 49 years old in 1997 because in 1988 I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. Because of that, I should get reimbursed. I suggest $2.4 million, that is $4.2 million in backpay in today’s dollars minus the $1.8 million in pension payments that I have received in today’s dollars.)
https://www.advantagenews.com/news/local/lawmaker-responds-to-kinzinger-s-criticism-of-reimbursing-military-members-dismissed-over-covid-vaccine-refusal/article_3bd2ba94-dfea-11ef-a28e-d3e4e54c1fc9.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Friess, a veteran, agrees that servicemen should be reinstated and questioned the necessity of healthy servicemen needing to get the COVID vaccine. . .Friess confirmed service members do have to make sure that their shots are up to date before they deploy. . .Friess said there might be some resentment from military members who were forced to get the COVID vaccine. “What are the other military members going to say? How are they going to feel about it? And, and I think it’s going to be mixed. I think you’re going to have some people say, ‘yeah, [this was the] way to go,’ and people that might be resentful,” said Friess. Friess pointed out that during government shutdowns, non-essential federal employees go home and that they don’t get paid during the shutdown, but always receive back pay. “Now they don’t get paid during that government shutdown, but they always get back pay. They get compensated because it’s no fault of their own. So, is that [giving them back pay] right? Probably not. There’s a bright line on this,” said Friess. About 8,000 troops were booted from the military for refusing COVID-19 vaccinations. The order, signed by Trump, paves the way for them to be reinstated in the military with back pay.)
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/02/03/trumps-trans-military-ban-sparks-alarm-00202050
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/02/03/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-448/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIRE POINTS
— No matter what Pritzker or the Tribune says, Illinois’ NAEP education results are abysmal
https://wirepoints.org/no-matter-what-pritzker-or-the-tribune-says-illinois-naep-education-results-are-abysmal-wirepoints/
— Trump is showing he cares more about safe streets in Illinois than Gov. Pritzker does
https://wirepoints.org/trumps-showing-he-cares-more-about-safe-streets-in-illinois-than-gov-pritzker-does-wirepoints-on-with-jeff-daly-of-wzus-decatur-radio/
MCHENRY CUNTY BLOG
— Legislators at County Board Meeting
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/02/legislators-at-county-board-meeting/
— Does DEI -> National Idiocy?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/02/does-dei-national-idiocy/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What are the main things that distinguish you from your critics/opponents? Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents had parents who had way more money than my parents had. They did not have to work their way through college like I had to. Their parents bought them cars and paid for their college expenses. Further, they benefitted from Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI or want to benefit from AA and DEI. Further, they look down on if not despise if not hate Protestants, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors. I should write about my critics/opponents and the pretexts they used to take big adverse actions against me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— If Trump had been elected earlier, how would that have impacted your career? Democrats run the federal government. Democrats hate Trump. Because of my demographics, if Trump had been elected before 1980, the Democrats who ran GAO back then would not have hired me in 1980, and if they had, they would not have promoted me in 1986 and they would have forced me to retire much sooner. If Trump had been elected before 1971, the Democrats who ran IRS back then would not have hired me in 1971, and if they had, they would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1975. If Trump had been elected before 1966, the Democrats who ran the Post Office back then would not have hired me in 1966, and if they had, they would have forced me to resign much sooner. However, if Trump had been elected before 1971, EEOC would not have forced Oldsmobile to stop hiring Whites and Oldsmobile would not have withdrawn the job offer that I had accepted. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Consolidation of Marengo FPD, Rescue District, and Union Fire Protection District Being Given Serious Consideration
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/03/consolidation-of-marengo-fpd-rescue-district-and-union-fire-protection-district-being-given-serious-consideration/
— McHenry County College Awarded $118,788 for Mental Health Support
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/03/mchenry-county-college-awarded-118788-for-mental-health-support/
— Consolidation of Marengo FPD, Rescue District, and Union Fire Protection District Being Given Serious Consideration
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/03/consolidation-of-marengo-fpd-rescue-district-and-union-fire-protection-district-being-given-serious-consideration/
— Woodstock Willie Makes Front Page of Chicago Tribune, TV, Even Pittsburgh Paper
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/03/woodstock-willie-makes-front-page-of-chicago-tribune/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Crying and coping: Left struggles with Trump’s aggressiveness
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/2/crying-coping-left-struggles-donald-trump-aggressi/
NEW YORK POST
— Thousands protest against Trump’s immigration crackdown, blocking traffic on Los Angeles freeway (COMMENT: Los Angeles today, your municipality tomorrow.)
https://nypost.com/2025/02/02/us-news/protesters-against-trumps-immigration-crackdown-block-los-angeles-freeway/
— The left’s lies just keep growing — even as each of them gets debunked
https://nypost.com/2025/02/02/opinion/the-lefts-lies-keep-just-growing-even-as-each-of-them-gets-debunked/
AMERICAN REATNESS
— Ten Problems with DEI That Frighten the Public. DEI policies are facing scrutiny amid recent disasters, raising concerns about their impact on competence, meritocracy, and public safety.
https://amgreatness.com/2025/02/03/the-problems-with-dei-that-frighten-the-public/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The first issue is whether hiring, retention, and promotion in the airline industry or the military is not fully meritocratic. That is, were personnel hired on the basis of their exhibited superior education, practical experience, and superb scores on relevant examinations in matters relating to air travel? Or were they instead passed over because of their race, gender, or sexual orientation? Was the shortage of controllers a direct result not of an unqualified pool of applicants but rather because of racial restrictions place upon it to reduce its size? Second, were the promoters of DEI confident that they could argue that “diversity, equity, and inclusion” were as important criteria for the operation of a complex aircraft system as the past traditional criteria that had qualified air traffic controllers, pilots, and administrators? Not only did DEI considerations often supersede past traditional meritocratic requirements for employment, but DEI champions had also argued that “diversity” was either as important to, or more important than, traditional hiring and retention evaluations. The answers to these first two questions make it incumbent to ask further whether DEI played a role in the Washington, D.C., crash, similar to how it may have in the Los Angeles wildfires. It is not racist, sexist, or homophobic to ask such legitimate questions, especially because advocates themselves so often give more attention and emphasis to their race, gender, and sexual orientation than their assumed impressive expertise, proven experience, and superior education. In other words, had one’s race, sex, or orientation been incidental to employment rather than essential, such questions from the public might never have arisen. Finally, what are the problems with DEI that have not just lost its support but put fear into the public that, like the Russian commissar system of old, it has the potential to undermine the very sinews of a sophisticated, complex society? . .In sum, because of these inconsistencies, Donald Trump may well be able to end DEI with a wave of an executive order—simply because its foundations were always built of sand and thus any bold push would knock over the entire shaky edifice.)
BACON’S REBELLION
— Four Anti-School Choice Myths Exploded (COMMENT: Since 1953 when my parents sent me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete, my critics/opponents have used that against me. They have outrageously/disgustingly/falsely used that to hint/imply/argue/shout that my parents could do that because they were filthy rich. My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars and during the 1950s, it was less. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. My mother never attended high school. I had to work my way through college.)
https://www.baconsrebellion.com/four-anti-school-choice-myths-explored-exploded/
BREITBART
— Lady Gaga Preaches Politics at Grammys: ‘Trans People Are Not Invisible’
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2025/02/02/lady-gaga-at-grammys-trans-people-are-not-invisible-queer-community-deserves-to-be-lifted-up/
— Wall St. Journal Scoffs as ‘Dumb’ Trump Uses Tariffs to Reduce American Drug-Deaths
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/02/02/wall-st-journal-sneers-at-trump-using-tariffs-to-reduce-opioid-deaths/
COLLEGE FIX
— Florida State University to remove general education designation from hundreds of CRT-infused courses (COMMENT: Back in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1990s, I took many courses to earn a bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees. But because virtually all of those courses were in business, accounting, and finance, few pushed the Democrat Party platform.)
https://www.thecollegefix.com/florida-state-u-to-remove-general-education-designation-from-hundreds-of-crt-infused-courses/
EPOCH TIMES
— Panama Says It Will Not Renew ‘Belt and Road’ Agreement With China After Rubio Visit
https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/panama-says-it-will-not-renew-belt-and-road-agreement-with-china-5803181
FEDERALIST
— 5 Shocking Reasons Trump Should Exit The U.N. Now
https://thefederalist.com/2025/02/03/5-shocking-reasons-trump-should-exit-the-u-n-now/
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— H-1B Visas: Cheap Foreign Labor Versus the American Worker (COMMENT: If there had been as many immigrants when I was young as there are today, they would have gotten the jobs that I got, and if not that, my wages would have been lower because immigrants drive wages down. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they did not have to work their way through college because their parents were wealthy.)
https://www.fairus.org/issue/h-1b-visas-cheap-foreign-labor-versus-american-worker
FOX NEWS
— Trump order restricting sex-change procedures for minors in line with ‘do no harm,’ doctor says. ‘This fight only ends when children are no longer being abused on our soil. Ever,’ detransitioner Chloe Cole said.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-order-restricting-sex-change-procedures-minors-line-do-no-harm-doctor-says
— Trump defends tariffs, accuses Canada of being ‘very abusive of the United States’: Trump authorized his tariffs against China, Canada and Mexico on Saturday.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-defends-tariffs-accuses-canada-being-very-abusive-united-states-video
— Musk rips ‘fraudulent’ Treasury handouts as reports mount DOGE has access to federal payment system
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/musk-rips-fraudulent-treasury-payments-reports-mount-doge-has-access-federal-payment-system
TUBERVILLE
— Tuberville moves to prioritize American workers over ‘cheap’ foreign labor (COMMENT: If there had been as many immigrants when I was young as there are today, they would have gotten the jobs that I got, and if not that, my wages would have been lower because immigrants drive wages down. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they did not have to work their way through college because their parents were wealthy.)
https://www.tuberville.senate.gov/newsroom/in-the-news/tuberville-moves-to-prioritize-american-workers-over-cheap-foreign-labor-combat-job-outsourcing/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Constitution’s “equal protection” guarantee a) to give more preference to Democrats and b) to destroy Republicans.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-conservatives-reignite-battle-race-constitution-rcna189842
CNN
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration
https://www.wfft.com/news/national/this-family-of-ten-trekked-from-venezuela-in-hopes-of-asylum-in-america-now-they/article_36b1c546-9826-52b8-8c62-a9bf81b1eb3d.html
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— American dream out of reach (COMMENT: I was able to buy new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc. and real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, and 35. But I doubt that I would be able to do that today at those ages.)
https://www.gjsentinel.com/with-home-prices-and-mortgage-rates-high-many-families-find-the-american-dream-out-of/article_6bc4119e-f033-51a4-aedb-66006acfee6d.html
MSN
— Secret Service Faces Lawsuit Over DEI Standards
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/secret-service-faces-lawsuit-over-dei-standards/ss-AA1rAqbc?ocid=st2
NEW YORK TIMES
— Many Americans Say the Democratic Party Does Not Share Their Priorities. A poll from The New York Times and Ipsos found that Americans believe abortion, L.G.B.T.Q. issues and climate change concern Democrats more than the cost of living.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/us/democrats-ipsos-poll-abortion-lgbt.html
— To achieve Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI quotas, goals, and targets, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly lower standards big time. Democrat and RINO leaders use AA and DEI to get rid of Republicans. That rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, and/or younger. I should write about that.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/us/politics/trump-diversity-racism.html
— NASA Astronaut Recruitment Faces Trump’s Moves Against D.E.I. The government space agency has vocally promoted diversity and inclusion for decades, even during the first Trump administration. (COMMENT: To promote diversity is to discriminate against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male. older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/science/nasa-astronauts-dei-trump.html
— The more of the following that you are, the faster that Democrat leaders get rid of you: conservative, Republican, American, White, male. older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Because I am all of the aforesaid, I would not have survived for almost 9 years working for the Democrats who ran IRS 1971-1980 if I had not a) earned an MBA in 1976, b) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and c) almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting. Because I am all of the aforesaid, I would not have survived for almost 18 years working for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997 if I had not a) earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, b) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in 1981, c) earned four more job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and d) earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading in 1997.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/opinion/transgender-military-ban-trump.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use religious leaders to promote more hatred against Trump
https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2025/02/02/bishop-budde-national-cathedral-trump/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing promote more illegal immigration and LGBTQ.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/02/03/trump-immigrant-children-transgender/
USA TODAY
— Transgender care on kids is dangerous. Trump was right to block it.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/02/03/trump-bans-funding-gender-surgery-transitioning-kids/78051941007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democratic States Are Wards of Washington. There’s a reason for the panic over the Trump White House’s temporary federal spending pause. (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats take money away from Republicans and give it to Democrats.)
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/democratic-states-are-wards-of-washington-federal-spending-dollars-states-cities-92ace121
— Democrats Have a New Leader Ken Martin, but Haven’t Come to Grips With Failure. Cracks emerge as party confronts deep unpopularity; ‘we utilize identity to break ourselves apart.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/democrats-have-a-new-leader-but-havent-come-to-grips-with-failure-ee77234c
— Rich Countries Are Becoming Addicted to Cheap Labor (COMMENT: If there had been as many immigrants when I was young as there are today, they would have gotten the jobs that I got, and if not that, my wages would have been lower because immigrants drive wages down. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they did not have to work their way through college because their parents were wealthy.)
https://www.wsj.com/economy/business-immigrant-low-skilled-labor-addiction-bf009a83
FORTUNE
— Tesla Accused of Using Cheap Foreign Labor in Silicon Valley (COMMENT: If there had been as many immigrants when I was young as there are today, they would have gotten the jobs that I got, and if not that, my wages would have been lower because immigrants drive wages down. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they did not have to work their way through college because their parents were wealthy.)
https://fortune.com/2016/05/16/tesla-cheap-labor/
FORBES
— Why Job Benefits Are Disappearing From 2025 Hiring Posts (COMMENT: The federal government does not reimburse its employees’ tuition expenses for job-related graduate courses except for small token amounts in some cases. My Democrat IRS superiors used that to outrageously/disgustingly/falsely hint/imply/argue/shout that the graduate business and accounting courses that I deducted a) did not relate to my job duties, b) did not maintain or improve my job skills, c) were taken my me to get a job in the private sector, and d) qualified me for a new trade or business. They outrageously/disgustingly/falsely did that knowing full-well that their employee manual encouraged me to take those courses and ignoring my position descriptions and graduate school applications.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/cynthiapong/2025/01/19/why-job-benefits-are-disappearing-from-2025-hiring-posts/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: By proactively detailing what makes a role worthwhile—whether that’s flexible scheduling, mental health support, or tuition reimbursement—employers can still differentiate themselves without overwhelming applicants with a laundry list of minor perks.)
— How many marginalized groups are you a member of? My critics/opponents stress that I am not a member of any marginalized group. I am not liberal, Democrat, minority, female, younger, poor, unmarried, LGBTQ, disabled, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, or citizen of a foreign country. According to my critics/opponents, because I am not a member of any marginalized group, I should pay the price of Affirmative Action and DEI big time.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/genacox/2025/02/02/4-ways-respect-powers-thriving-teams-leadership-and-business-success/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/juliekratz/2025/02/02/tired-of-performative-allyship-10-phrases-inclusive-leaders-use/
BLOOMBERG
— Cheap Foreign Labor Soars in Canada as Young Workers Are Left Jobless (COMMENT: Canada today, America tomorrow. If there had been as many immigrants when I was young as there are today, they would have gotten the jobs that I got, and if not that, my wages would have been lower because immigrants drive wages down. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they did not have to work their way through college because their parents were wealthy.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-12/cheap-foreign-labor-soars-in-canada-as-young-workers-are-left-jobless
— Canada Must End Reliance on Cheap Foreign Labor, Minister Says (COMMENT: Canada today, America tomorrow. If there had been as many immigrants when I was young as there are today, they would have gotten the jobs that I got, and if not that, my wages would have been lower because immigrants drive wages down. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they did not have to work their way through college because their parents were wealthy.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-06/canada-must-end-reliance-on-cheap-foreign-labor-minister-says
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/2024/08/06/canada-moves-to-shrink-low-wage-foreign-worker-program-after-explosive-growth/
BLOOMBERG LAW
— Trump’s Deportation Plans Get Boost From Actions in Red States (COMMENT: Trump’s deportation plans are obstructed in blue states.)
https://news.bgov.com/bloomberg-government-news/trumps-deportation-plans-get-boost-from-actions-in-red-states
WIRED
— The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Government Takeover. Engineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk’s companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure. (COMMENT: Just kidding, but will Musk ask for my advice on anything? GAO fights fraud, waste, and abuse in the federal government. I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year. I have three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. Further, I worked 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.)
https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-government-young-engineers/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: WIRED has identified six young men—all apparently between the ages of 19 and 24, according to public databases, their online presences, and other records—who have little to no government experience and are now playing critical roles in Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) project, tasked by executive order with “modernizing Federal technology and software to maximize governmental efficiency and productivity.” The engineers all hold nebulous job titles within DOGE, and at least one appears to be working as a volunteer.)
SCHOLARSHIPS
— Did you get scholarships? I did not. My critics/opponents have always used that to hint/imply/argue/shout a) that I am academically deficient and b) that my parents were filthy rich. In my defense, I worked my way through college and then earned three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license.
https://www.scholarships.com/financial-aid/college-scholarships/scholarships-by-type/full-tuition-scholarships
NATIONAL POST
— Fines issued for abusing Canada’s temporary foreign worker program rise 36% (COMMENT: Canada today, America tomorrow. If there had been as many immigrants when I was young as there are today, they would have gotten the jobs that I got, and if not that, my wages would have been lower because immigrants drive wages down. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they did not have to work their way through college because their parents were wealthy.)
https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/fines-issued-for-abusing-canadas-temporary-foreign-worker-program-rise-36
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Trump to again freeze federal hiring. The new president will allow some exceptions, but says the freeze is necessary to root out “useless and overpaid” activists from federal rolls. (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats that ran GAO 1980-1997, the agency was almost always under Republican-caused hiring and promotion freezes. My Democrat GAO superiors punished me severely for that. Who does Trump want the next Comptroller General to be, that is, who does Trump want the next head of GAO to be?)
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/01/trump-again-freeze-federal-hiring/402335/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Government Accountability Office raised concerns about the impact of Trump’s and previous hiring freezes, saying they were not effective and exacerbate existing workforce problems. Such freezes, GAO said, cause agencies to hire contractors and temporary staff. “If you want to reduce the workforce, you have to reduce the functions they’re doing,” GAO chief Gene Dodaro told Congress in 2017. “And you have to be able to realign the workforce.” GAO also found that agencies with exceptions, such as the Veterans Affairs Department that allowed the hiring of doctors and nurses to continue, still experienced fallout as they suffered from a lack of support staff. When Trump ended the freeze, he tasked agencies to create plans to reshape themselves. Few of those plans were ever brought into effect as they ran headlong into congressional resistance. White House officials later refuted that the overall plans were intended to reduce federal workforce personnel. Some federal agencies have already implemented hiring restrictions due to budget caps and the short-term funding mechanism under which they are currently operating.)
TIMES
— US social mobility is overhyped (COMMENT: I was able to earn three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license even though a) neither of my parents attended college, b) my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, c) my mother never attended high school, d) my ACT score was only 24, e) I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of high school class, and f) I had to work my way through college.)
https://www.thetimes.com/comment/columnists/article/brutal-truth-us-social-mobility-is-overhyped-xg3dqvg7k