Tag: affirmative action

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Pritzker expected to announce run for 3rd term this week. To vote for Pritzker is to vote for more dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, prostitution, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-governor-jb-pritzker-expected-announce-run-3rd-term-thursday-news-conference-sources-say/16836578/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://abc7.com/post/immigrant-rights-activists-call-out-lapd-alleged-collaboration-with-ice-los-angeles-raids/16841651/

NBC5
— Pritzker set to announce he’s running for a third term.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/gov-pritzker-set-to-announce-hes-running-for-a-third-term-sources/3775005/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/3-years-after-dobbs-new-threats-to-funding-remain-a-concern-for-illinois-abortion-clinics/3775330/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/top-videos-home/3-years-after-dobbs-new-threats-to-funding-remain-a-concern-for-illinois-abortion-clinics/3775572/

FOX32
— Aurora residents questioned why the Juneteenth flag wasn’t officially raised, while a Pride flag ceremony earlier in the month was held as planned under the previous administration. Mayor John Laesch said he’s scaling back city-run flag raisings to be more fiscally responsible, instead encouraging community-led celebrations.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/juneteenth-flag-dispute-aurora-sparks-backlash-against-new-mayor

WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/06/24/after-objections-cpd-agrees-officers-will-not-search-vehicles-based-smell-raw-cannabis
— Trump Administration Scrambles to Rehire Key Federal Workers After DOGE Firings. In a completely different world, when Bush got elected in 2000, he and Hastert, Fitzgerald, and Hyde would have a) reformed GAO b) gotten rid of my GAO superiors who had wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, and c) had GAO rehire me. I had 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 had earned a) a CPA license, b) master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, and c) professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year. If GAO had been reformed, there would be no need for DOGE.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/06/24/trump-administratioen-scrambles-rehire-key-federal-workers-after-doge-firings

WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.wbez.org/reset-with-sasha-ann-simons/2025/06/24/on-dobbs-anniversary-illinois-is-more-crucial-than-ever-for-abortion-access

WGN RADIO
— How would you grade JB Pritzker’s job as governor? To vote for Pritzker is to vote for more dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, prostitution, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://wgnradio.com/john-williams/newsclick/the-john-williams-newsclick-how-would-you-grade-jb-pritzkers-job-as-governor/#/questions
— Mike Johnson says War Powers Act is unconstitutional
https://wgnradio.com/hill-politics/mike-johnson-says-war-powers-act-is-unconstitutional/amp/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Top candidates for the US House in Illinois’ 2nd, 7th, 8th and 9th districts for the 2026 election.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/24/illinois-house-top-candidates-2nd-7th-8th-9th/
— Effort to require Chicago businesses install security cameras gets pushback. Because the Democrat Party platform ever-increasingly promotes more crime, the need for security cameras ever-increasingly increases.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/25/effort-chicago-businesses-security-cameras-pushback/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/25/opinion-lgbtq-hotline-services-988/

DAILY HERALD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250624/illinois-state-politics/gov-jb-pritzker-is-aiming-for-his-third-term-amid-a-presidential-buzz-reports-say/

CRAIN’s CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/cannabis/verano-launches-experimental-cannabis-store-arizona
— Push for mandatory security cameras puts City Hall at odds with biz and the ACLU. Because the Democrat Party platform ever-increasingly promotes more crime, the need for security cameras ever-increasingly increases. Because the Democrat Party platform ever-increasingly promotes more crime, the need for security cameras ever-increasingly increases.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/mandatory-security-camera-effort-gets-biz-pushback

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— GOP is depending on the kindness of political strangers
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-gop-is-depending-on-the-kindness-of-political-strangers/article_b8065aa5-67db-4f42-bb1d-294376a22583.html

MUDDY RIVER NEWS
— Tracy running for re-election in 50th Senate District, vows to continue fight against Pritzker policies
https://muddyrivernews.com/top-stories/tracy-running-for-re-election-in-50th-senate-district-vows-to-continue-fight-against-pritzker-policies/20250624215030/

SOUTHERN
— Trump says no vacations until Congress passes his megabill
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/06/24/trump-says-no-vacations-until-congress-passes-his-megabill/

WAND TV
— Pritzker to announce run for third term as Illinois governor
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/pritzker-to-announce-run-for-third-term-as-illinois-governor/article_cf9d2611-c42b-4967-9f15-26ea5e094564.html

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Trump’s spending cuts.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-lawsuit-challenges-billions-of-dollars-in-trump-administration-funding-cuts/
— Federal judge orders Trump administration to release EV charger funding in 14 states. I bought a 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T Plus EV. I do not anticipate/expect ever using a public EV charger for it.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-federal-judge-orders-trump-administration-to-release-ev-charger-funding-in-14-states/

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— No one wants bad jobs. Because all the jobs that I had were viewed as being bad jobs, all my superiors had a hard time recruiting and retaining qualified minorities and females. Because of Affirmative Action and DEI, qualified minorities and females could get better jobs elsewhere. Consequently, my superiors ever-increasingly a) lowered their hiring, retention, and promotion standards and b) gave their minority and female employees more preference. That ever-increasingly 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. It all culminated in my superiors replacing me with my Black subordinate when I was 49 years old in 1997. He had less work experience than I had, less education than I had, one professional certification while I had six, and no professional license like the one I had.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/challenges-persist-for-women-minorities-breaking-into-illinois-skilled-trades/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— IL-06 REMATCH: Republican Niki Conforti is running for the seat held by Democratic Congressman Sean Casten. The two faced each other in 2024, too. “With our strong foundation from the 2024 election and my background in business and policy, I am confident we can flip this seat in 2026,” Conforti said in announcing her campaign. “People feel disenfranchised. Something needs to give, and I am the change agent.”
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/06/25/pritzker-to-announce-a-run-for-3rd-term-00422675

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/06/25/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-539/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/06/24/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-332/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— GOP: IL parole board changes hinder keeping violent criminals off streets.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_39532cab-7713-455d-a3ae-a0c4a83c0ea1.html

WIREPOINTS
— School districts should always ask voter permission for tax hikes…that’s not happening in Illinois
https://wirepoints.org/school-districts-should-always-ask-voter-permission-for-tax-hikes-not-in-illinois-wirepoints-on-wls-ramblin-ray-show/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois lawmakers only attach price tags to 10 of 3,859 bills. The price tag for Affirmative Action and DEI has been many trillions of dollars.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-lawmakers-only-attach-price-tags-to-10-of-3859-bills/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Who pays the price of Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI? The more of the following that you are, the more that you pay for AA and DEI: lower income, conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. The more of the aforesaid that you are the, the more that Democrats and RINOs make you pay the price of affirmative Action. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— All my employers, including GAO, IRS, and the Post Office, were Democrat Affirmative Action and DEI employers. That is, they all gave big time preference to their employees who were Democrat and minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in been in America for a long time. That is, they all discriminated against their employees who were Republican and White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in been in America for a long time. Because I am all of the aforesaid, I never would have made it to GS-13 Step 10, currently $153.151/year, if I had not a) earned a job-related professional license, b) earned six job-related professional certifications, c) earned three job-related master’s degrees, d) earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, e) passed the Federal Employee Entrance Examination, and f) passed the postal employment test.  – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Who got promoted over you and why? All my coworkers who got promoted over me were Democrats who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in been in America for a long time. They all 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. All my employers were Democrat employers that used Affirmative Action, DEI, up-or-out, budget cuts, and/or veterans preference to waste the careers of and to get rid of their Republican employees. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— In a completely different world, when Bush got elected in 2000, he and Hastert, Fitzgerald, and Hyde would have a) reformed GAO b) gotten rid of my GAO superiors who had wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, and c) had GAO rehire me. I had 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 had earned a) a CPA license, b) master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, and c) professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I had 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. If GAO had been reformed, there would be no need for DOGE. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do your critics/opponents promote? My critics/opponents promote wokeness/wokeism, that is, they promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, they promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What were your circumstances at your birth? Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. He never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars and he died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. My mother never attended high school. I had to and I did work my way through college. But according to my critics/opponents, I was able to earn a bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees, earn six professional certifications, and earn a professional license because I benefitted tremendously from discrimination against those who do not share my demographics, that is, I benefitted tremendously from discrimination against minorities, females, younger people, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors had not been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www-gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump’s deportation machine hits stride as ICE arrests, detention set new records.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/23/trumps-deportation-machine-hits-stride-ice-arrests-detention-set-new/
— Trump’s deportation plans are working, and Americans approve. So far this year, ICE has deported 207,000 illegal aliens.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/24/trumps-deportation-plans-working-americans-approve/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Pritzker to announce he is running for a third term
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/state/3452503/pritzker-to-announce-running-third-term-governor/
— Over 80% back Trump’s deportation of criminal illegal immigrants.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-secrets/3452439/illegal-immigration-trump-deportation-rasmussen-poll/

NEW YORK POST
— Lefty group behind ‘economic blackout’ launches McDonald’s boycott
https://nypost.com/2025/06/24/business/mcdonalds-boycott-taking-place-this-week-heres-what-you-need-to-know/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Divorcing Wokeness. My critics/opponents promote wokeness/wokeism, that is, they promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, they promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://amgreatness.com/2025/06/25/silicon-valleys-red-pill-decade-part-one-divorcing-wokeness/

AMMOLAND
— DOJ Files Amicus Brief Opposing Illinois’ “Assault Weapons” Ban. Back in the bad old days under Bush, DOJ sided with GAO in Diersen v. GAO ( https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf ), that is, DOJ promoted Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, DOJ promoted up-or-out, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.ammoland.com/2025/06/doj-files-amicus-brief-opposing-illinois-assault-weapons-ban/#

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— How deportations help American workers. If they could have, all my employers would have hired illegals instead of me. Democrat and RINO employers want cheap labor. They want employees who they can exploit.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/06/25/victor-joecks-how-deportations-help-american-workers-1553863/

BLAZE
— Trump’s ICE busts 11 illegal Iranian nationals: Terror suspect, ex-sniper, and another with Hezbollah ties.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/trumps-ice-busts-11-illegal-iranian-nationals-terror-suspect-ex-sniper-and-another-with-hezbollah-ties

BREITBART
— ICE Agents Arrest Dozens of Illegal Aliens Working at Louisiana Racetrack, Pennsylvania Construction Site
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/06/24/ice-agents-arrest-dozens-of-illegal-aliens-working-at-louisiana-racetrack-pennsylvania-construction-site/
— Leftists Call for McDonald’s Boycott over DEI Rollback: Hit Their Wallets for ‘Real Equality’
https://www.breitbart.com/pre-viral/2025/06/24/about-more-than-burgers-and-fries-leftists-call-for-mcdonalds-boycott-over-dei-rollback/

DAILY CALLER
— Even Most Democrats Say No To Latest Attention-Seeking Trump Impeachment Attempt
https://dailycaller.com/2025/06/24/democrats-impeach-trump-iran-strikes/
— Students For Fair Admissions Versus Harvard Brings Back Meritocracy
https://dailycaller.com/2025/06/24/opinion-students-for-fair-admissions-versus-harvard-brings-back-meritocracy-casey-ryan/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Trump’s Culture War Offensive Is Working
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/06/24/trumps-culture-war-offensive-is-working/

EPOCH TIMES
— Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani Claims Victory in NYC’s Mayoral Democratic Primary, Cuomo Concedes. Mamdani, a New York state assemblyman, led the first-round of tallying with 43.5 percent of the vote.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/cuomo-concedes-nyc-democratic-primary-with-mamdani-in-lead-5877819

FOX NEWS
— Chicago Teachers Union president suggests children belong to the school system. Some Chicago schools spending $93,000 per student while operating at one-third capacity after losing 70,000 students.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/chicago-teachers-union-president-suggests-children-belong-them
— More Iranians with criminal histories arrested by ICE in Trump’s security sweep: ‘Worst of the worst’  Officials tout being ‘full throttle on identifying and arresting known or suspected terrorists’ as Iran sleeper cell threat looms.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/more-iranians-criminal-histories-arrested-ice-trumps-security-sweep

FOX NEWS RADIO
— NYC Resigns Hotel Contract for Illegals/Homeless. Getting free housing, free food, free clothing, free medical care, free education, free etc. are big reasons a) to come to America illegally, b) to stay in America illegally, and c) to vote for Democrats.
https://radio.foxnews.com/2025/06/24/nyc-resigns-hotel-contract-for-illegals-homeless/

LIFE NEWS
— Worst Abortion Biz in America Opens Center to Kill Viable Babies in Abortions
https://www.lifenews.com/2025/06/24/worst-abortion-biz-in-america-opens-center-to-kill-viable-babies-in-abortions/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Trump Admin Tells California to Remove Gender Ideology from Sex Education Program
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/trump-admin-tells-california-to-remove-gender-ideology-from-sex-education-program/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CBS NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-record-59000-immigrant-detainees-half-no-criminal-record/
— Florida to receive federal funds to build immigration detention sites, including “Alligator Alcatraz.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alligator-alcatraz-florida-immigration-detention-centers-dhs-secretary-noem/

REUTERS
— Judge rules Trump cannot end union bargaining for federal workers. My critics/opponents are vehemently anti-union. I was a union member for almost 12 years. According to my critics/opponents, during those almost 12 years, my salary would not have increased from $19.37/hour to $112,280/year in today’s dollars if I had not been a union member. In my defense, during those almost 12 years, I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIIU. I earned an MBA from Loyola. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt. I almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul.
https://www.reuters.com/business/world-at-work/us-judge-blocks-trumps-elimination-union-bargaining-federal-workers-2025-06-25/

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/06/25/ice-immigration-courts-deportation/

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/06/22/immigrant-domestic-violence-survivors-ice-deportation/84246931007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2025/06/24/medicaid-cuts-hiv-aids-medication-prep-funding/84286896007/

FORTUNE
— All my employers, including GAO, IRS, and the Post Office, were Democrat Affirmative Action and DEI employers. That is, they all gave big time preference to their employees who were Democrat and minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in been in America for a long time. That is, they all discriminated against their employees who were Republican and White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in been in America for a long time. Because I am all of the aforesaid, I never would have made it to GS-13 Step 10, currently $153.151/year, if I had not a) earned a job-related professional license, b) earned six job-related professional certifications, c) earned three job-related master’s degrees, d) earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, e) passed the Federal Employee Entrance Examination, and f) passed the postal employment test.
https://fortune.com/2025/06/05/supreme-court-workplace-bias-reverse-discrimination-ames-vs-ohio/

BLOOMBERG
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-06-24/dobbs-anniversary-abortion-access-continues-to-be-threatened

CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS
— How a tiny Michigan tourist town became Weed City, USA. My critics/opponents in Wheaton want pot. Ever-since I led the successful fight in 2019 to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton, they have done everything that they can to destroy me. My critics/opponents in Wheaton want video gambling. Ever-since I led the successful fight in 2009 to stop video gambling in Wheaton, they have done everything that they can to destroy me.
https://www.crainsdetroit.com/cannabis/how-new-buffalo-township-became-weed-city-usa

LAW 360
— Democrat and RINO employers vehemently oppose E-Verify. I should write about that. All my employers would have hired illegals instead of me if they could have. Democrat and RINO leaders want cheap labor. They want employees who they can exploit.
https://www.law360.com/articles/2356901/e-verify-restrictions-are-not-preempted-illinois-argues

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration_second_term/47_approve_of_sanctuary_states

BROOKINGS
— Pathways to the Middle Class: Balancing Personal and Public Responsibilities. What were your circumstances at your birth? Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. He never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars and he died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. My mother never attended high school. I had to and I did work my way through college. But according to my critics/opponents, I was able to earn a bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees, earn six professional certifications, and earn a professional license because I benefitted tremendously from discrimination against those who do not share my demographics, that is, I benefitted tremendously from discrimination against minorities, females, younger people, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/pathways-to-the-middle-class-balancing-personal-and-public-responsibilities/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The defining narrative of the United States of America is that of a nation where everyone has an opportunity to achieve a better life. Americans believe that everyone should have the opportunity to succeed through talent, creativity, intelligence, and hard work, regardless of the circumstances of their birth.)

AXIOS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in forcing LGBTQ on everyone. My critics/opponent promote LGBTQ.
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/24/lgbtq-transgender-representation-growing-elections

AUTO GUIDE
— Why is there so much hatred promoted against the 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T EV?
https://www.autoguide.com/auto/manufacturers/dodge/dodge-chargers-with-combustion-engines-are-officially-in-production-44621878