FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Detained Korean Hyundai workers had special skills. What special skills do/did you have? GAO audits IRS. I had a special skill to audit IRS’s Collection Division. I had worked for IRS’s Collection Division for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year. I had passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt. I had earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 in 1980. But my Democrat GAO superiors kept me off audits of IRS 1980-1985 and then 1989 until they forced me to retire in 1997. While they did let me work on audits of IRS 1986-1988, they were audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division. Democrat IRS and GAO leaders do not want Republicans to audit IRS. Further, I had a special skill to audit federal financial industry regulators. I had worked for GAO on audits of federal financial industry regulators for 8 years 1990-1997 at the GS-13 Step 3-10 Levels, currently $125,661-$153,151/year. I had earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT. Democrat federal financial industry leaders and GAO leaders do not want Republicans to audit federal financial industry regulators. My Democrat GAO superiors flushed down their toilets my aforesaid special skills when they forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/08/detained-korean-hyundai-workers/
— Are EVs really better for the environment? Study checks role of coal, battery and range. I recently bought a new 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T Plus EV. If it had been offered with a Hemi V-8, I would have bought that model.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/08/evs-environment/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Brandon Johnson to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/09/opinion-chicago-brandon-johnson-right-side-history/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Venezuela to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/09/column-venezuela-drug-boat-donald-trump-depetris/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/09/editorial-choose-chicago-donald-trump-chipocalypse-daily-telegraph/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/cannabis/what-caused-cannabis-giant-4front-ventures-fail
SHAW LOCAL
— Will County Democrats host forum for U.S. Senate candidates. While I served as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, TAPROOT hosted many candidate forums.
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2025/09/08/will-county-democrats-host-forum-for-us-senate-candidates/
WGLT
— Chicago Republican enters congressional primary against Rep. LaHood
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-09-08/chicago-republican-enters-congressional-primary-against-rep-lahood-who-he-calls-a-rino
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— IT’S ON — AGAIN: Watch for petitions on the street for former state Sen. Darren Bailey as he gets closer to announcing a second run for governor, setting the stage for a potential rematch with Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker in 2026. Joining him on the GOP ticket will be Cook County Republican Chair Aaron Del Mar. It’s a strategic pivot for Bailey, who struggled to gain traction in the Chicago suburbs during his 2022 campaign. By aligning with Del Mar, a prominent figure in northern Illinois GOP circles, Bailey hopes to broaden his appeal and galvanize support beyond his downstate base. Bailey is already positioning himself around kitchen-table issues like public safety, property taxes and rising costs, he told KSDK’s Mark Maxwell in a recent interview. The GOP primary would pit Bailey — the most recognizable contender in the field — against a handful of Republicans who have already announced, including policy wonk Ted Dabrowski and DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/09/09/trumps-midway-blitz-hits-chicago-00551707
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
AMAC
— Uncovering Radical Efforts to Disguise DEI
https://amac.us/newsline/politics/uncovering-radical-efforts-to-disguise-dei/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— New Jersey bill would require DEI curriculum for homeschoolers
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/09/08/theyre-coming-for-your-kids-new-jersey-bill-would-require-dei-curriculum-for-homeschoolers-1583193/
BREITBART
— Mary Miller Takes on Gov Pritzker ‘Attack on Parental Rights’ by Forcing Children to Take Mental Health Exams. According to Democrat leaders, if you are not a Democrat, you have mental problems.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/09/08/exclusive-illinois-rep-mary-miller-takes-on-gov-pritzker-attack-on-parental-rights-by-forcing-children-to-take-mental-health-exams/
— Mary Miller Calls on Trump to Come into Chicago ‘Today’ and ‘Do What He Did in DC’
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/09/08/exclusive-illinois-rep-mary-miller-calls-on-trump-to-come-into-chicago-today-and-do-what-he-did-in-dc/
— Dershowitz Offers to Sue O’Donnell for Smearing Trump as ‘Serial Pedophile Rapist’
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/09/08/nolte-alan-dershowitz-offers-to-sue-rosie-odonnell-for-smearing-trump-as-serial-pedophile-rapist/
FOX BUSINESS
— Democrats are siding with criminals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxrvICtPybk
— Trump overhauls US citizenship test to root out widespread immigration fraud. What percent of those who come to America do so a) to turn America into their motherland, b) to get rid of their opponents from their motherland who are in America, c) to convert everyone in America to their religion, d) to get rid of everyone in America who does not share their religion, e) to make America give even more preference to those who share their demographics, and/or f) to help their motherland destroy America?
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6378531946112
PJ MEDIA
— For Democrats, history exists to destroy Republicans
https://pjmedia.com/ashleymccully/2025/09/08/is-trump-re-writing-history-at-the-smithsonian-n4943436
TOWNHALL
— The Incredible Lightness of the Mainstream Media
https://townhall.com/columnists/tomtradup/2025/09/09/the-incredible-lightness-of-the-mainstream-media-n2662933
— Congress Must End DEI in the Military
https://townhall.com/columnists/james-fitzpatrick/2025/09/09/congress-must-end-dei-in-the-military-through-the-ndaa-n2662938
— Duckworth Claims Trump’s Chicago Crime Crackdown Is a Distraction From Epstein Files
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2025/09/08/duckworth-trying-to-reduce-crime-is-a-distraction-from-epstein-files-n2662930
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Billionaire Ken Griffin says Trump playing risky game with Fed. During the last 8 years that I worked for GAO as a GS-13 Step 3-10 Analyst, currently $125,661-$153,151/year, all the audits I worked on involved the Fed. Democrats run the Fed. Democrats do not want Republicans to audit the Fed.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5492661-ken-griffin-trump-fed/
NBC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly reject federal law
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/ice-launches-operation-chicago-objections-mayor-illinois-governor-rcna229993
REUTERS
— US Supreme Court backs Trump on aggressive immigration raids
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-supreme-court-backs-trump-aggressive-immigration-raids-2025-09-08/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Transgender federal employees say they face fear and discrimination under Trump. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, their quotas/goals/targets for LGBTQers were unofficial.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caZ14E5iJ3A
— Democrat and RINO leaders side with Hyundai against America
https://newschannel9.com/newsletter-daily/south-koreans-feel-betrayed-over-detainment-of-hundreds-of-workers-at-georgia-plant-raid
MSNBC
— What percent of those who come to America do so a) to turn America into their motherland, b) to get rid of their opponents from their motherland who are in America, c) to convert everyone in America to their religion, d) to get rid of everyone in America who does not share their religion, e) to make America give even more preference to those who share their demographics, and/or f) to help their motherland destroy America?
https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/us-citizenship-test-changes-edlow-rcna229941
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket. Should I write about my critics/opponents who associated with criminals, if not promoted criminals?
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09/08/us/trump-news
— According to Democrat and RINO leaders, people come to America only for the right reasons. What percent of those who come to America do so a) to turn America into their motherland, b) to get rid of their opponents from their motherland who are in America, c) to convert everyone in America to their religion, d) to get rid of everyone in America who does not share their religion, e) to make America give even more preference to those who share their demographics, and/or f) to help their motherland destroy America?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/world/asia/china-deportation-us-asylum.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/opinion/trump-chicago-national-guard.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Chief justice allows Trump to fire a Democratic FTC commissioner for now. The ruling comes after an appeals court last week found that Rebecca Slaughter could be reinstated because the president had fired her “without cause.” Of course, in Diersen v. GAO ( https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf ), my Democrat GAO superiors argued that they had done nothing to force me to retire. But they had told me that if I did not retire, they would demote me, give me adverse transfers, and take even bigger adverse actions against me. Previously, they had a) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, b) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, c) kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I had worked for GAO, and d) forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980. They forced me to retire a) because I was an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation and b) because my Black CPA subordinate talked and acted like he would leave GAO if GAO did not get rid of me. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. I was not a licensed CPA like I was. They gave him my job and my preferred corner office.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/09/08/trade-commission-trump-firings-supreme-court/
— Trump ever-increasing cuts federal spending that promotes fraud, waste, abuse, dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and/or Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and/or national origin discrimination.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/09/08/states-medicaid-snap-cuts-trump/
USA TODAY
— What do you say to people who falsely hint/imply/argue/shout that they are conservative? I should write about the aforesaid who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. I would focus on the aforesaid who I have done the most to help elect and reelect.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/09/08/amy-coney-barrett-trump-supreme-court-book/85935418007/
— Ever-increasingly, to get more votes from women, Democrat leaders promote more hatred against men.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/09/09/christian-manosphere-ideology-male-primacy-politics-women/84423882007/
— The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/09/08/trump-approval-rating-economy-prices/85996869007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/09/08/sotomayor-supreme-court-ruling-unconscionably-irreconcilable/86048909007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/09/09/is-ice-chilling-chicago-trump-blitz-draws-rage-from-immigrants/86047771007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/09/08/supreme-court-immigration-ruling-ice-raids-la/86045433007/
— Hyundai battery-factory raid reveals new Trump target: Employers who hire illegal workers. The federal E-Verify system is supposed to help employers determine whether their workers are legal, but its use isn’t always required.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/09/09/hyundai-battery-factory-raid-trump-employment-enforcement/86043936007/
— Parents kept in the dark when school officials secretly transition their children. How successful have Democrat leaders been making the students in your school district sexually active LGBTQers?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2025/09/08/school-transgender-bathrooms-social-transitioning-parents/85972556007/
— Trump’s push to end cashless bail will create the right type of system. President Trump wants to make sure dangerous criminals are treated as such, regardless of their financial status. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2025/09/09/trump-executive-order-cashless-bail-bonds/85940514007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: As Democrat teacher crank out more and more and more good little Democrats, Democrat and RINO leaders use Hyundai to call for more foreign workers.
https://www.wsj.com/world/asia/hyundai-raid-exposes-shortage-of-visas-for-asian-companies-trying-to-move-staff-be88433c
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket. Should I write about my critics/opponents who associated with criminals, if not promoted criminals?
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/epstein-birthday-book-congress-9d79ab34
— For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-economics-of-education-reform-k-12-students-learning-9fb6177a
FORBES
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Epstein to promote more hatred against Trump
https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2025/09/09/trumps-lewd-drawing-and-a-depreciation-check-the-most-shocking-alleged-new-epstein-file-revelations/
BLOOMBERG
— Shackled Workers Threaten to Unravel South Korea’s Wins With Trump
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-09/shackled-workers-threaten-to-unravel-korea-s-wins-with-trump
— My critics/opponents paint themselves as being religious, compassionate, empathetic, virtuous, woke, kind, loving, caring, generous, etc. I should write about by critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-09-09/hypocrisy-2-0-moral-self-licensing-and-political-self-serving-in-the-ukt
— Hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters do everything that can to make Trump say and do anti-conservative things.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-09-05/maga-s-roots-can-be-found-in-carl-schmitt-antonio-gramsci-and-samuel-francis
BARRON’S
— What percent of those who come to America do so a) to turn America into their motherland, b) to get rid of their opponents from their motherland who are in America, c) to convert everyone in America to their religion, d) to get rid of everyone in America who does not share their religion, e) to make America give even more preference to those who share their demographics, and/or f) to help their motherland destroy America?
https://www.barrons.com/news/hostage-russians-deported-by-trump-face-arrest-back-home-328eeb4a
NIEMAN LAB
— The mainstream news media exists to destroy Republicans
https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/the-11-types-of-relationships-that-journalists-have-with-audiences/
C-SPAN
— What percent of those who come to America do so a) to turn America into their motherland, b) to get rid of their opponents from their motherland who are in America, c) to convert everyone in America to their religion, d) to get rid of everyone in America who does not share their religion, e) to make America give even more preference to those who share their demographics, and/or f) to help their motherland destroy America?
https://www.c-span.org/clip/national-press-club/immigration-official-says-us-citizenship-test-needs-to-be-more-challenging/5171122
BROOKINGS
— For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-status-of-litigation-against-the-trump-administrations-k-12-education-agenda-a-guide-for-education-leaders/
MANHATTEN INSTITUTE
— According to my critics/opponents, the more of the following that you are, the more reparations that you should pay: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://manhattan.institute/article/who-pays-for-reparations-the-immigration-challenge-in-the-reparations-debate
PBS
— Detained Korean Hyundai workers had special skills. What special skills do/did you have? GAO audits IRS. I had a special skill to audit IRS’s Collection Division. I had worked for IRS’s Collection Division for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year. I had passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt. I had earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 in 1980. But my Democrat GAO superiors kept me off audits of IRS 1980-1985 and then 1989 until they forced me to retire in 1997. While they did let me work on audits of IRS 1986-1988, they were audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division. Democrat IRS and GAO leaders do not want Republicans to audit IRS.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/attorney-says-detained-korean-hyundai-workers-had-special-skills-for-short-term-jobs
POLITICO
— What percent of those who come to America do so a) to turn America into their motherland, b) to get rid of their opponents from their motherland who are in America, c) to convert everyone in America to their religion, d) to get rid of everyone in America who does not share their religion, e) to make America give even more preference to those who share their demographics, and/or f) to help their motherland destroy America?
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/04/trump-administration-citizenship-test-00544390
NEW REPUBLIC
— Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://newrepublic.com/article/200112/resist-trump-militarization-chicago-ice
JD SUPRA
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/banks-and-dei-efforts-managing-new-7286415/
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/students/free-speech/2025/09/09/tolerance-controversial-campus-speakers-declines
DAILY BEAST
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly attack Trump’s health. What demonstrates your health? For me, it is my putting together and sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_V17JSNY8Q
— What percent of those who come to America do so a) to turn America into their motherland, b) to get rid of their opponents from their motherland who are in America, c) to convert everyone in America to their religion, d) to get rid of everyone in America who does not share their religion, e) to make America give even more preference to those who share their demographics, and/or f) to help their motherland destroy America?
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-official-joseph-edlow-suggests-making-citizenship-test-harder/
DAILY KOS
— Hollywood exists to destroy Republicans.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/9/8/2342422/-Trump-finds-a-new-woke-Hollywood-elite-to-hate
AXIOS
— What percent of those who come to America do so a) to turn America into their motherland, b) to get rid of their opponents from their motherland who are in America, c) to convert everyone in America to their religion, d) to get rid of everyone in America who does not share their religion, e) to make America give even more preference to those who share their demographics, and/or f) to help their motherland destroy America?
https://www.axios.com/2025/09/07/trump-immigration-us-citizenship-test
TIMES OF INDIA
— For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/how-trumps-crusade-to-end-the-woke-agenda-is-transforming-us-classrooms-into-his-new-political-battlefield/articleshow/123775893.cms
— “Make call centers American again”: Conservatives turn visa and outsourcing debates into a fight against Indian talent
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/india/make-call-centers-american-again-conservatives-turn-visa-and-outsourcing-debates-into-a-fight-against-indian-talent/ar-AA1M1bGA
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September 7, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago deploys salt trucks as safety precaution at protest and Taste of Chicago. Rumors circulating on social media over the weekend suggested the fleet of trucks had been deployed to block off federal immigration activity as the city prepares for a sweeping crackdown.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/07/chicago-salt-trucks-protest-taste/
— After ‘Chipocalypse Now’ post, President Trump says he’s ‘not going to war’ with Chicago but Democrats dubious
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/07/trump-war-chicago-chipocalypse-democrats-dubious/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— No, Chicago salt trucks are not being used to interfere with ICE. The salt trucks were positioned in Grant Park for the Taste of Chicago festival and weekend protests. Several social media posts are erroneously claiming Mayor Brandon Johnson deployed the salt trucks along Chicago’s expressways to create a block ICE operations.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago/2025/09/07/chicago-salt-trucks-ice-protest
DAILY HERALD
— Antioch mayor Scott Gartner mulling GOP run for governor
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250907/illinois-state-politics/antioch-mayor-mulling-gop-run-for-governor/
ABC7
— ‘We’re not going to war’ with Chicago, Trump says, after sharing ominous meme. Aurora hosts Mexican Independence Day Parade; Anti-immigration enforcement protest held in Downers Grove.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/donald-trump-chicago-meme-were-not-going-war-president-says-post-referencing-department/17765102/
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-immigration-raids-could-ramp-saturday-agents-set-naval-station-great-lakes-north-il/17755715/
NBC5
— Trump vows to ‘clean up’ Chicago day after threatening to use Department of War. The president was pressed about a meme he posted Saturday threatening to use the Department of War in Chicago.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/trump-vows-to-clean-up-chicago-day-after-threatening-to-use-department-of-war/3820687/
CBS2
— Trump appears to again threaten sending troops to Chicago for immigration enforcement
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/trump-troops-chicago-immigration-enforcement/
— South Korea says it reached a deal with U.S. to release workers detained by ICE in Georgia Hyundai raid
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/south-korea-reached-deal-us-release-workers-detained-ice/
— Duckworth says Trump “essentially just declared war” on Chicago, but there’s no “indications” of deployment
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/tammy-duckworth-chicago-trump-national-guard/
FOX32
— Trump says sending help to Chicago is ‘common sense,’ not ‘war’
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-sending-help-chicago-common-sense-not-war
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-chicago-war-post-folo
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1703797
LAKE & MCHENRY COUNTY SCANNER
Antioch Mayor Scott Gartner “strongly considering” run for Illinois Governor
https://www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2025/09/07/antioch-mayor-strongly-considering-run-for-illinois-governor/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Chipocalypse Now’: Trump zeroes in on Chicago as part of sanctuary city cleanup
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/7/chipocalypse-trump-zeroes-chicago-part-sanctuary-city-clean/
— Duckworth ever-increasingly protects criminals and illegals
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/3796463/tammy-duckworth-us-strike-venezuelan-boat-american-threat/
— Ed chief seeks to ease concerns over Trump’s call to admit more Chinese students to U.S. colleges
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/7/linda-mcmahon-education-secretary-seeks-ease-concerns-trumps-call/
— Why parents are abandoning public schools — by the millions. Tired of sexual indoctrination, evil.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/7/parents-abandoning-public-schools-millions/
— Fired Federal Trade Commission member asks Supreme Court to keep her on the job. In Diersen v. GAO, the federal judges and justices ruled that federal agencies can force their employees to retire, that is, to fire them, because they are active members in class action lawsuits that charge them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. So far, because of that ruling, GAO has forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $1.9 million in today’s dollars to stop me from coming to work.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/7/rebecca-slaughter-fired-federal-trade-commission-member-asks-supreme/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump goes off on reporter for asking if he’s going to war with Chicago: ‘Darling, that’s fake news’
https://nypost.com/2025/09/07/us-news/trump-goes-off-on-reporter-for-asking-if-hes-going-to-war-with-chicago/
— Hochul claims kids are better off without phones during school shootings, emergencies
https://nypost.com/2025/09/07/us-news/hochul-claims-kids-are-better-off-without-phones-during-school-shootings-emergencies/
DAILY SIGNAL
— How ‘National Conservatism’ Has Changed the Right. Pritzker speaks for liberals in Illinois. Who speaks for conservatives in Illinois?
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/09/07/how-national-conservatism-has-changed-right/
FOX NEWS
— Trump clashes with reporters after Chicago ‘war’ meme: ‘That’s not war, that’s common sense’
https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-clashes-reporters-after-chicago-war-meme-thats-not-war-thats-common-sense
PJ MEDIA
— Pritzker Calls U.S. Troops ‘Invaders’ — and Invading Illegal Aliens ‘Our Neighbors and Friends’
https://pjmedia.com/scott-pinsker/2025/09/07/gov-pritzker-calls-us-troops-invaders-and-invading-illegal-aliens-our-neighbors-and-friends-n4943422
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Pritzker recently signed a bill that would “implement annual mental health screenings” in Illinois public schools beginning in third grade, starting during the 2027-28 school year. Parents can opt out — and they all should.
https://thehill.com/opinion/education/5489333-dont-let-illinois-schools-pathologize-children/
BARRON’S
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly focus on driving Trump’s approval rating down
https://www.barrons.com/livecoverage/sundayshows0907
September 7, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/07/column-immigrants-us-opinion-page/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/29/heidi-stevens-chicago-violence-pritzker-trump/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Student enrollment at Illinois’ regional universities is plummeting. Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, demographics trump everything. I earned a) a bachelor’s degree when I was 21, b) master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 46, and 48, and d) a professional license when I was 32 I spent a tremendous amount of time and money doing the aforesaid. But could I find the motivation to do the aforesaid if I was young today? From what I see, fewer and fewer and fewer of those share demographics seek college degrees, professional certifications, and professional licenses. From what I see, it is because of ever-increasing Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, it is because of ever-increasing race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. Young people with my demographics ever-increasingly believe that it is not only not worth the effort, but that it is impossible. From what I see, ever-increasingly, America is up-or-out for those who share my demographics. If you share my demographics, you are written off and gotten rid of if you are not making say $150,000+/year by age 25, $200,000+/year by age 30, $250,000+/year by age 35, $400,000+/year by age 40, etc. In the federal government, the earnings deadlines are $117,807 by age 25, $139,211 by age 30, $163,749 by age 35, and $195,200 by age 40. Extremely few of those who share my demographics are able to meet those earnings deadlines. Because of my demographics and because I did not make any of the aforesaid earnings deadlines, my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and got rid of me.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/06/illinois-regional-universities-student-enrollment-plummeting/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly side with China
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/02/cyr-china-summit/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/09/06/ice-raids-chicago-immigration-saturday-trump
DAILY HERALD
— Want to retire early? Ask yourself 4 questions. I did not want to retire early. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. Being forced to retire early is devastating. I should write about that. Your critics/opponents use it against you big time. You have far less money for the rest of your life.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250906/business/want-to-retire-early-ask-yourself-these-4-questions/
ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/chicago-federal-intervention-latest-president-trumps-immigration-enforcement-possible-national-guard-deployment-live-updates/17758521/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toqWdV5Ok4I
NBC5
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/protest-against-deployment-of-federal-troops-to-chicago-takes-over-michigan-avenue/3820529/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/protestors-rally-march-against-ice-operations-outside-naval-stations-great-lakes/3820498/
CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkI2jO_-GZo
WGN9
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://wgntv.com/migrants-in-chicago/protestors-fill-downtown-chicago-streets-to-oppose-trumps-immigration-crackdown/
FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1703641
WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://news.wttw.com/2025/09/06/chicago-s-mexican-independence-day-celebrations-shadowed-donald-trump-s-threats
ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.rrstar.com/picture-gallery/news/politics/2025/09/06/rockford-residents-protest-trump-troops-in-chicago-see-photos/86022065007/
MUDDY RIVER NEWS
— Illinois House and Senate Republicans sue over general assembly three readings rule.
https://muddyrivernews.com/politics/miller-ill-house-and-senate-republicans-sue-over-general-assembly-procedure/20250907080952/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more vices and addictions
https://muddyrivernews.com/business/sponsored-content/best-delta-9-gummies-in-2025-top-hemp-derived-thc-edibles/20250906135257/
SUBURBAN CHICAGOLAND
— Illinois Republicans slam crime challenges in Chicago and region
https://suburbanchicagoland.com/2025/09/07/illinois-republicans-slam-crime-challenges-in-chicago-and-region/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders side with South Korea against America
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-09-06/ice-arrests-at-a-georgia-hyundai-plant-create-new-tension-with-south-korea
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/06/thousands-march-downtown-to-protest-trumps-deportation-threats/
POSITIVELY Naperville
— As Democrats move in, poverty and crime increase.
https://www.positivelynaperville.com/2025/09/06/loaves-fishes-take-action-against-hunger-meeting-the-need-together/152874
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Higher ed spending up as enrollment plummets at Illinois universities
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_617b76b1-8f89-4bb4-9233-592971e44066.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BLAZE
— Trump’s DOJ cracks down on defiant sanctuary city mayor shielding illegal aliens
https://www.theblaze.com/news/trumps-doj-cracks-down-on-defiant-sanctuary-city-mayor-shielding-illegal-aliens
DAILY SIGNAL
— El Paso Streets Empty After Years of Chaos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGf95Uj3joc
DAILY WIRE
— For The First Time In 40 Years, The Federal Government Can Judge Applicants By Merit. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. I qualified myself for the Post Office job by passing the postal employment examination and by earning a high school diploma. I qualified myself for the IRS job by passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination and by earning a bachelor’s degree in business. I qualified myself for the GAO job by earning an MBA, by passing the CPA examination on my first attempt, by almost completing the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting, and by working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/for-the-first-time-in-40-years-the-federal-government-can-judge-applicants-by-merit
FOX NEWS
— Trump roils Chicago Democrats with ‘Apocalypse Now’ meme hinting at National Guard deployment
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-roils-chicago-democrats-apocalypse-now-meme-hinting-national-guard-deployment
— Gianno Caldwell: Dems know Trump will ‘put their incompetence on full display’
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6378668738112
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicago-mayor-calls-trumps-federalization-threats-beneath-honor-our-nation-protests-planned
NEWSMAX
— Trump Takes Aim at Chicago, Warns of ‘Chipocalypse Now’
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/donald-trump-jd-vance-chicago/2025/09/06/id/1225374/
PJ MEDIA
— Trump Declares ‘Chipocalypse Now’ — Here’s Why He Wants to Clear the Illegals Out of Chicago
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/09/06/heres-why-trump-wants-chipocalypse-to-clear-illegals-out-of-chicago-n4943411
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Biden Promised This Plant Would Create Jobs: Trump’s DHS Just Caught Hundreds of Illegals Working There
https://www.westernjournal.com/biden-promised-plant-create-jobs-trumps-dhs-just-caught-hundreds-illegals-working/
TOWNHALL
— Trump: Chicago To See ‘Department of War’
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/scott-mcclallen/2025/09/06/trump-chicago-will-find-out-why-its-called-the-department-of-war-n2662864
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5490496-democrats-blast-trump-for-war-threats-on-us-cities/
CNN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/06/politics/video/we-are-all-dc-protest-vrtc
REUTERS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/chicago-protesters-defiant-face-trumps-deportation-threats-2025-09-06/
— Democrat leaders side with South Korea against America
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/society-equity/south-korea-says-us-release-video-showing-workers-arrest-was-regrettable-2025-09-06/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLHmVol4wHg
https://apnews.com/photo-gallery/chicago-protest-photos-ab99f57029057aa9919be802f85876c2
UPI
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2025-09-06/photos-capture-chicagoans-protest-against-ice-and-trumps-intervention-plans
NBC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/thousands-rally-against-trump-s-troop-deployment-in-d-c-246952517617
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/shorts/d-c-rallies-in-protest-of-trump-s-federal-troops-246951493890
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/shorts/sen-durbin-calls-trump-post-about-chicago-disgusting-246948421851
CBS NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/video/chicago-residents-protest-as-trump-threatens-to-send-in-national-guard/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/opinion/trump-senate-democrats-shutdown.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/us/politics/trump-congresss-power.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/06/us/trump-chicago-ice-raids-immigration.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use slavery against Republicans. They ever-increasingly a) paint today’s Republicans as being yesterday’s Confederates and b) paint today’s Democrats as being yesterday’s Union Army.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/opinion/slavery-trump-burgum-history.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Sanders and Mamdani
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/09/06/mamdani-sanders-nyc-mayor-race/400938f2-8b95-11f0-895c-97bd39cbdc59_story.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/09/06/we-are-all-dc-march/
— West Point alumni group cancels award ceremony for Tom Hanks
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/09/06/tom-hanks-west-point/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-09-06/chicagos-mexican-independence-day-celebrations-shadowed-by-trumps-threats-for-the-city
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-09-06/ice-recruitment-law-enforcement-commercial
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope to promote more LGBTQ
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-09-06/lgbtq-catholics-make-holy-year-pilgrimage-to-rome-and-celebrate-a-new-feeling-of-welcome
USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/news/nation/2025/09/06/dc-march-protest-trumps-troops-photos/86014322007/
PHILADELPHIA TRIBUNE
— According to Democrat and RINO leaders, if those who are White, male, older, Protestant, and/or German American succeed, it is because they have benefitted from discrimination against those who are minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, and/or non-German American.
https://www.phillytrib.com/commentary/reverse-discrimination-data-shows-white-americans-still-advantaged/article_1d739c0f-f756-41ff-aaa4-a0837e04f1a5.html
DETROIT NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/nation/2025/09/06/chicagos-mexican-independence-day-celebrations-shadowed-by-trumps-threats-for-the-city/86023096007/
FORBES
— Hegseth And Trump Tout Military Recruitment Numbers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNtN5HLqb1A
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqH-GKudZiA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cpbq-SiorRc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rY8QfGt_KA
— ‘It Was Called Department Of War—And Then We Went Woke’: Trump Explains Department Of War Renaming
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuBGsmAJp_g
FED SMITH
— The New Federal Hiring Process Explained: What Changed in 2025? OPM’s new Merit Hiring Plan dramatically changes the federal hiring process. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. I qualified myself for the Post Office job by passing the postal employment examination and by earning a high school diploma. I qualified myself for the IRS job by passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination and by earning a bachelor’s degree in business. I qualified myself for the GAO job by earning an MBA, by passing the CPA examination on my first attempt, by almost completing the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting, and by working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2025/07/30/new-federal-hiring-process-explained-what-changed-in-2025/
HUFFINGTON POST
— Democrat and RINO employers use Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.aol.com/trump-revokes-workplace-discrimination-rules-203613130.html
INDIAN EXPRESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://indianexpress.com/article/world/illinois-gov-calls-trump-dictator-trump-threatens-chicago-apocalyptic-force-10234744/
BBC
— Seoul holds emergency meeting after citizens detained in US Hyundai raid
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yvjnp295xo
September 6, 2025
Obviously, to take back the House and Senate in 2026 and to take back the White House in 2028, the Democrat Party and its mainstream news media have decided a) to move even further to the left, b) to destroy Trump, and c) to destroy everyone who voted for Trump.
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC5
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/increased-immigration-enforcement-could-begin-in-chicago-this-weekend-what-to-know/3820293/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/05/protests-broadview-ice-facility-actions-may-last-six-weeks/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Have you filed lawsuits? I have. I should write about them. All my critics/opponents side with the defendants in all those lawsuits.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/09/05/senate-bill-328-toxic-businesses-republicans-sangamon-county-rich-miller
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/trump-raids-threaten-chicago-restaurants-tourism
ILLINOIS PUBLIC MEDIA
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://will.illinois.edu/21stshow/story/new-hotline-aims-to-support-lgbtq-illinoisans
WHEATON PATCH
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly shout at those who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time that all their problems are caused by Republicans who are White, male, older, heterosexual, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/calendar/event/20250927/c9483e98-82eb-4bf2-8094-87145fc60c3e/introduction-to-systemic-racism-workshop
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Trump, Miller Blast Pritzker as Chicago Violence Spirals
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/09/trump-miller-blast-pritzker-as-chicago-violence-spirals/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— OMB Director Russell Vought says GAO ‘shouldn’t exist’ because of its partisanship. If Gingrich had reformed GAO during the 1980s and 1990s instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE. Democrats run GAO and IRS. They do not want Republicans to audit IRS. The way GAO treated me proves its partisanship. GAO forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. GAO always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. GAO delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13. GAO kept me off audits of IRS for all by 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for it. GAO forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980. My Democrat GAO superiors flushed down their toilets what I had learned a) earning master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, b) passing the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, c) becoming a licensed CPA, d) becoming a certified fraud examiner, government financial manager, financial services auditor, and forensic accountant, and e) working for IRS for almost 9 years. GAO would not have taken the aforesaid adverse actions against me if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that minorities, females, younger people, LGBTQers, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, and citizens of foreign countries are more talented than Whites, males, older people, heterosexuals, Protestants, German Americans, those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, and citizens of America. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly shout at those who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time that all their problems are caused by Republicans who are White, male, older, heterosexual, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— How disadvantaged/marginalized/oppressed are you? According to my critics/opponents, the more of the following that you are, the more disadvantaged/marginalized/oppressed that you are: minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestor who have not been in America for a long time. That is, the more of the aforesaid that you are, the more that Whites, males, older people, heterosexuals, Protestants, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time disadvantage you, marginalize you, and oppress you. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. I qualified myself for the Post Office job by passing the postal employment test and by earning a high school diploma. I qualified myself for the IRS job by passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination and by earning a bachelor’s degree in business. I qualified myself for the GAO job by earning an MBA, by passing the CPA examination on my first attempt, by almost completing the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting, and by working for IRS for almost 9 years. To hire, retain, and promote more Democrats, minorities, females, younger people, and veterans, the Democrats who run the federal government have ever-increasingly lowered hiring, retention, and promotion requirements. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless 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 promoted over me were Democrats a) who 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) who were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran. The aforesaid is political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What are your biggest career mistakes? My biggest career mistake was not majoring in accounting at UIC 1966-1968 and at NIU in 1969-1970. I erroneously thought I could never pass the CPA examination. But I did pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 after I had a) worked for IRS since 1971, b) taken graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul since 1976, and c) then the Becker CPA review course. I went on a) to earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980 and b) to pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and to become a licensed CPA in 1981. But by then, my employer, GAO, and the accounting profession considered me to be too old to have a successful career in accounting. GAO and the accounting profession would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Illegals are Democrat Party constituents
https://nypost.com/2025/09/05/us-news/yassamin-ansari-lashes-out-at-critics-after-calling-illegal-immigrants-her-constituents-i-dont-give-a-sh/
— GAO: Only 400 EV-charging ports built under $7.5B US infrastructure program
https://www.aol.com/only-400-ev-charging-ports-170308885.html
DAILY CALLER
— Biden Declared EV Battery Plant Would Be Win For American Workers. Illegals Just Got Caught Building It. What percent of what you buy is made by citizens of foreign countries?
https://dailycaller.com/2025/09/05/biden-declared-ev-battery-plant-would-be-win-for-american-workers-illegals-just-got-caught-building-it/
DAILY CITIZEN
— Hegseth Fires Director of ‘Transgender Healthcare.’ How successful have Democrat leaders been promoting LGBTQ in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://dailycitizen.focusonthefamily.com/secretary-of-war-pete-hegseth-fires-director-of-transgender-healthcare/
FOX BUSINESS
— Pritzker puts illegals over citizens as Chicago spirals into crime chaos
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6378506344112
FOX NEWS
— Pritzker says he lives ‘rent-free’ in Trump’s head, defends Chicago’s crime statistics
https://www.foxnews.com/media/j-b-pritzker-says-he-lives-rent-free-trumps-head-defends-chicagos-crime-statistics
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym4B2Nqp4IY
— Pope Leo says family based on ‘union between a man and a woman,’ defends dignity of unborn
https://www.foxnews.com/world/pope-leo-says-family-based-union-between-man-woman-defends-dignity-unborn
HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— U.S. Has a Culture of Dependency
https://www.heritage.org/poverty-and-inequality/commentary/why-the-us-has-culture-dependency
— Biden Boosted the Need for Food Stamps—And Calls That a “Success”
https://www.heritage.org/welfare/commentary/biden-boosted-the-need-food-stamps-and-calls-success
— The Future of the Subsidy State: What the Heritage Index of Dependency Shows
https://www.heritage.org/report/the-future-the-subsidy-state-what-the-heritage-index-dependency-shows
REASON
— Americans Grow Increasingly Dependent on Government Payments. Many citizens of the land of the free are hooked on government checks.
https://reason.com/2024/10/04/americans-grow-increasingly-dependent-on-government-payments/
U.S. HOUSE WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE
— More Americans Dependent on Welfare Checks, at the Expense of Work
https://waysandmeans.house.gov/2025/01/08/new-report-shows-more-americans-dependent-on-welfare-checks-at-the-expense-of-work/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Russell Vought says Government Accountability Office ‘shouldn’t exist.’ If Gingrich had reformed GAO during the 1980s and 1990s instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE. Democrats run GAO and IRS. They do not want Republicans to audit IRS. The way GAO treated me proves its partisanship. GAO forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. GAO always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. GAO delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13. GAO kept me off audits of IRS for all by 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for it. GAO forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980. My Democrat GAO superiors flushed down their toilets what I had learned a) earning master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, b) passing the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, c) becoming a licensed CPA, d) becoming a certified fraud examiner, government financial manager, financial services auditor, and forensic accountant, and e) working for IRS for almost 9 years. GAO would not have taken the aforesaid adverse actions against me if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran.
https://www.aol.com/russ-vought-says-government-accountability-024659336.html
https://www.aol.com/russ-vought-says-government-accountability-024659336.html
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/omb-director-says-government-accountability-office-shouldn-t-exist/ar-AA1LO9nu?ocid=md12qg
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The director of the Office of Management and Budget, Russell Vought, said Wednesday that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) should not exist. “We’re not big fans of GAO. They are a quasi-legislative independent entity and something that shouldn’t exist,” Vought said while addressing attendees at the National Conservatism Conference in Washington, D.C., as multiple news outlets reported. President Trump’s administration and some Republicans have long accused the GAO, which was created in 1921, of partisanship. . .The GAO is led by a comptroller general, who is appointed by the president and can be removed by Congress. Gene Dodaro is the current head of the GAO, serving in the role since late 2010. The terms are limited to 15 years. Dodaro said that “clearly Russell Vought does not value transparency and accountability.”)
NBC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/illinois-democrats-preemptively-combating-chicago-crackdown-trump-rcna228593
CNN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Mamdani
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/05/politics/video/zohran-mamdani-trump-eric-adams-newsnight-vrtc
REUTERS
— How disadvantaged/marginalized/oppressed are you? According to my critics/opponents, the more of the following that you are, the more disadvantaged/marginalized/oppressed that you are: minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestor who have not been in America for a long time. That is, the more of the aforesaid that you are, the more that Whites, males, older people, heterosexuals, Protestants, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time disadvantage you, marginalize you, and oppress you.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/exam-administrator-college-board-scraps-tool-identifying-disadvantaged-students-2025-09-05/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly destroy America to destroy Trump.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-economy-jobs-promises-inflation-time-employment-e0ca5354f6cd426d25f353e1a54d1fb5
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/us/trump-immigration-chicago.html
— The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/donald-trump-approval-rating-polls.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly turn leaders of foreign countries against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/us/politics/trump-diplomacy-rivals.html
— Trump Says U.S. Military Has ‘Never Fought to Win’ Since World War II. I should write about my Democrat superiors in the federal government who blamed Republicans the most for America losing the Vietnam War. They stressed a) that I avoided the Vietnam War draft with student deferments and a financial hardship draft deferment, b) that I was conservative, and c) that I was Republican. I would focus on my Democrat superiors who were veteran, White, male, and/or older and who took the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/us/politics/trump-military-wars.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/2025/09/06/chicago-mexican-independence-day-immigration/4c1faf36-8ad7-11f0-895c-97bd39cbdc59_story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/09/05/hyundai-trump-immigration-raid-south-korea/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/the-seven-trump/2025/09/05/what-to-know-about-donald-trump/
— How our democracy has made dependency a right
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/opinions/george-will-is-the-individual-obsolete/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrats and RINOs are overwhelmingly anti-car. They are especially anti-America nameplate car and anti-muscle car.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/cars/americas-love-affair-with-the-car-has-soured-over-money-4b73670f
— Should You Switch to an EV? If the 2025 Dodge Charger had been available with a Hemi, I would have bought that.
https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/buy-electric-vehicle-or-gas-6241e65c
— ‘The Highest Exam’ Review: China’s Big Test. Students who sit for college-entrance exams in China have reached the culmination of years of preparation. The outcome can have far-reaching effects. My biggest career mistake was not majoring in accounting at UIC 1966-1968 and at NIU in 1969-1970. I erroneously thought I could never pass the CPA examination. But I did pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 after I had a) worked for IRS since 1971, b) taken graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul since 1976, and c) then the Becker CPA review course. I went on a) to earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980 and b) to pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and to become a licensed CPA in 1981. But by then, my employer, GAO, and the accounting profession considered me to be too old to have a successful career in accounting. GAO and the accounting profession would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/the-highest-exam-review-chinas-big-test-629571ae
FORBES
— Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that minorities, females, younger people, LGBTQers, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, and citizens of foreign countries are more talented than Whites, males, older people, heterosexuals, Protestants, German Americans, those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, and citizens of America.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/michelletravis/2025/09/03/employees-widely-support-dei-revealing-talent-risk-from-dei-retreat/
UNIVERSITY HERALD
— Rising Costs Put Illinois Higher Education Out of Reach for Many Families. Tuition, Fees at Illinois Public Universities Rise 66% Since 2009. When I was young, if college costs were as high as they are now, I would not have been able to work my way through college and graduate debt-free owning a 2-year-old car.
https://www.universityherald.com/articles/79757/20250904/rising-costs-put-illinois-higher-education-out-reach-many-families.htm
NEWSDAY
— While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, their quotas, goals, and targets for hiring, retaining, and promoting LGBTQers were unofficial.
https://www.newsday.com/business/transgender-trump-federal-workers-government-gender-lgbtq-e50052
FEDERAL NEWS NEWORK
— The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. I qualified myself for the Post Office job by passing the postal employment test and by earning a high school diploma. I qualified myself for the IRS job by passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination and by earning a bachelor’s degree in business. I qualified myself for the GAO job by earning an MBA, by passing the CPA examination on my first attempt, by almost completing the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting, and by working for IRS for almost 9 years. To hire, retain, and promote more Democrats, minorities, females, younger people, and veterans, the Democrats who run the federal government have ever-increasingly lowered hiring, retention, and promotion requirements. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless 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 promoted over me were Democrats a) who 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) who were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran. The aforesaid is political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/hiring-retention/2025/09/after-testing-to-join-foreign-service-candidates-must-retake-version-approved-by-trump-administration/
AXIOS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.axios.com/2025/09/05/trump-hyundai-georgia-raid
— Democrats and RINO leaders use racial proxies to get rid of White Republicans.
https://www.axios.com/2025/09/05/college-board-sat-trump-affirmative-action
ECONOMIC TIMES
— If they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me. Citizens of foreign countries work for less money and are future Democrats.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nri/latest-updates/trump-administration-plans-stricter-reforms-for-h-1b-visas-keeping-cap-exempt-category-in-focus/articleshow/123731303.cms
GUARDIAN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote India.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/06/modi-trump-india-new-world-order
September 5, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://abc7chicago.com/post/national-guard-chicago-illinois-communities-brace-expanded-ice-operations-protests-weekend/17746708/
— 475 people taken into ICE custody at Hyundai plant in Georgia
https://abc7chicago.com/post/least-450-people-taken-ice-custody-hyundai-plant-georgia/17748072/
— Chicago restaurateurs team up with Pope Leo XIV to open restaurant at former papal retreat
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-restaurateurs-phil-stefani-chef-art-smith-team-pope-leo-xiv-open-borgo-laudato-si-castel-gandolfo/17749619/
NBC5
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/what-we-know-about-suburban-ice-facility-possible-enforcement-in-chicago-area/3820011/
CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/dick-durbin-tammy-duckworth-naval-station-great-lakesice-agents/
— Smash-and-grab robbers break Gold Coast Rolex store windows with axes, snatch watches
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/smash-and-grab-robbery-chicago-gold-coast-rolex-store-police-chase/
WGN9
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois-senators-oppose-ice-use-of-chicago-area-naval-station-for-immigration-enforcement/
FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-protest-planned-amid-possible-surge-in-ice-operations
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/canceled-mexican-independence-day-festivals-parades-chicago-suburbs
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1703145
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6378544521112
WTTW
— Trump Administration Investigates Medicaid Spending on Immigrants in Democratic States
https://news.wttw.com/2025/09/05/trump-administration-investigates-medicaid-spending-immigrants-democratic-states
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://news.wttw.com/2025/09/05/cps-says-schools-remain-best-and-safest-place-student-learning-amid-fears-ice-strike
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/05/trump-administration-medicaid-spending-on-immigrants-democratic-states/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/05/north-chicago-ice-conference/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/05/security-fencing-chicago-federal-court/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/05/bronzeville-shootings-outreach-response/
— Pentagon-funded research at colleges has aided the Chinese military
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/05/pentagon-funded-research-colleges-chinese-military/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/09/05/durbin-duckworth-locked-out-from-meeting-with-dhs-officials-about-trumps-immigration-enforcement-plan
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/09/05/mexican-independence-day-parade-little-village-immigration-ice-threat
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/09/05/cps-says-no-to-virtual-learning-as-ice-immigration-enforcement-ramps-up
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/09/05/national-guard-deployment-trump-chicago-taxpayers-analysis
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/09/05/ice-broadview-immigration-detention-center-enforcement-trump
DAILY HERALD
— Carol Stream entrepreneur Robert Vrankovich running to succeed retiring Grant in Illinois House
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250905/news/carol-stream-entrepreneur-running-to-succeed-retiring-grant-in-state-house/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250905/nation-and-world-politics/you-are-not-alone-suburban-communities-try-to-reassure-residents-ahead-of-threatened-immigration/
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250905/news/trumps-national-guard-threats-upend-mexican-parade-plans-in-waukegan-chicago/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/community-health-fortifies-clinic-ahead-ice-surge
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/illinois-senators-press-dhs-over-chicago-raid-secrecy
WGN RADIO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://wgnradio.com/john-williams/newsclick/the-john-williams-newsclick-are-you-more-likely-to-visit-chicago-if-there-was-added-security/#/questions
WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.wbez.org/politics/2025/09/05/national-guard-deployment-washington-dc-chicago-donald-trump
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/09/05/volunteers-on-ice-patrol-in-chicagos-pilsen-neighborhood-looking-for-agents
WAND TV
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.wandtv.com/news/illinois/trumps-promised-immigration-crackdown-in-chicago-could-last-about-six-weeks-suburban-official-says/article_e786967d-21f7-5c4d-a89c-cf6ef8e3ec93.html
FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump sends fighter jets to Puerto Rico as Caribbean tensions boil. The U.S. is increasing its military footprint in the Caribbean, moving F-35 fighter jets to Puerto Rico after a series of confrontations with Venezuela and escalating strikes against drug cartels.
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-sends-fighter-jets-to-puerto-rico-as-caribbean-tensions-boil-venezuela-drug-cartels-defense-secretary-pete-hegseth-secretary-state-marco-rubio-marine-vessel
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/09/05/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-376/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Giannoulias orders Forest Park and Motorola Solutions to disable data-sharing capabilities with U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_cc4b9639-94e6-4241-9d6c-26be352d0abc.html
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Can your family get federal school choice grants? Likely, if Pritzker OKs. My parents had less money because they sent my brother and me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools during the 1950s and 1960s.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/can-your-family-get-federal-school-choice-grants-likely-if-pritzker-oks/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump issuing 200th executive order, setting unprecedented pace in modern history
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/5/trump-issuing-200th-executive-order-setting-unprecedented-pace-modern/
— Traditional marriage advocates sharpen message as Supreme Court eyes challenge to same-sex marriage
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/5/traditional-marriage-advocates-sharpen-message-supreme-court-eyes/
— More public servants lose the ability to hold America hostage
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/5/editorial-public-servants-lose-ability-hold-america-hostage/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Trump is uprooting the mechanisms Democrats deployed to enhance their political power with taxpayer funds. In a recent presidential memorandum, the president asked Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate the misuse of federal grants for political purposes. A sophisticated inquiry is required because non-governmental organizations often employ complex structures that launder through subgrantees the ultimate destination of Uncle Sam’s cash. With public sector unions, however, the politicization is overt.)
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Socialist Brandon Johnson can’t even fail properly
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/magazine-your-land/3792168/chicago-brandon-johnson-cannot-fail-properly/
— Trump will not back down from deportation efforts despite ‘radical’ set backs
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3795412/trump-will-not-back-down-from-deportation-efforts-despite-radical-set-backs/
— Let’s be honest: Donald Trump is old. How old are you? I will soon be 77. What do you stress to defend your health? I stress my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/community-family/3793301/lets-be-honest-donald-trump-is-old/
FEDERALIST
— Federal And State Law Enforcers Must Tackle Deadly Abortion Drug Cartel
https://thefederalist.com/2025/09/05/federal-and-state-law-enforcers-must-tackle-deadly-abortion-drug-cartel/
DAILY WIRE
— The Democrat Party exists to promote wokeness/wokeism, that is, to promote Affirmative Action and DEI, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. That is, to get rid of Americans who are conservative, Republican, White, male. older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/it-will-never-die-democrats-unleash-a-new-brand-of-woke
PJ MEDIA
— Illinois Democrats want their state to cut off contact with other states because they believe the crime problem would be so much better if only those pesky red states would stop sending guns to their beautiful lands.
https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2025/09/05/illinois-dems-want-trump-to-do-something-about-the-borderwith-indiana-n4943370
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— Trump to issue executive order to allow punishments for countries wrongfully detaining Americans
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-wrongful-detention-state-sponsors-order/
NEW YORK TIMES
— South Koreans Swept Up in Immigration Raid at Hyundai E.V. Plant in Georgia. They were among nearly 500 workers apprehended at a construction site for a South Korean battery maker, officials said. The episode prompted diplomatic concern in Seoul.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/us/georgia-battery-plant-hyundai-lg-ice-raid.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Hundreds Arrested in Immigration Raid at Hyundai Site in Georgia. South Korea protests after more than 300 Korean company workers are detained.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/u-s-arrests-hundreds-in-raid-at-hyundai-plant-construction-site-in-georgia-4e150feb
— Putin Says Russia Will Strike Any Western Troops in Ukraine. Which countries will side with Russia in WWIII?
https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/putin-says-russia-will-strike-any-western-troops-in-ukraine-52cde525
September 5, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing protect criminals and illegals.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/national-guard-chicago-illinois-communities-brace-expanded-ice-operations-protests-weekend/17746708/
NBC5
— Texas National Guard not being deployed to Chicago, Abbott says. The statement contradicts Pritzker’s comments that the state’s National Guard was being sent to the city. Democrat leaders ever-increasing protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/texas-national-guard-not-being-deployed-to-chicago-abbott-says/3819689/
CBS2
— Krishnamoorthi files legislation seeking to block Trump from sending National Guard to Chicago. Democrat leaders ever-increasing protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/raja-krishnamoorthi-legislation-block-president-trump-national-guard-troops-chicago/
WGN RADIO
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly treat Pat Brady as being the spokesperson for all Illinois Republicans.
https://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/pat-brady-theres-a-lot-of-unanswered-questions-about-sending-the-national-guard/
FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/lake-county-ice-agents-illinois
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/05/ice-masks-chicago-trump-immigration/
— In WWIII, which countries will side with China against America?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/05/column-us-china-india-russia-donald-trump-shackelford/
— ‘The Paper’ review: Trying (and failing) to recapture the magic of ‘The Office’ What offices did you work in? I worked in GAO’s Loop office 1980-1997, IRS’s Loop, Joliet, 63rd & Halsted, and Harvey offices 1971-1980, Firestone Stores’ Chicago Heights office 1970-1972, and Post Office’s Park Forest office 1966-1969. I should write about that. I would focus on what my Democrat superiors and supervisors did to waste my career and get rid of me. I would focus on the adverse action that they took against me. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/04/the-paper-review-peacock/
ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— It’s time to repeal the TRUST Act once and for all. When the Illinois General Assembly passed the TRUST Act in 2017, the goal was clear: to make Illinois a more “welcoming” state for illegal immigrants.
https://www.rrstar.com/story/opinion/columns/guest/2025/09/05/its-time-to-repeal-the-trust-act-once-and-for-all-opinion/85976234007/
KSDK
— Giannoulias wants lower car insurance rates for Democrats who are minority, female, have less money than others, in America illegally, etc.
https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/illinois-secretary-of-state-seeks-to-revamp-car-insurance-rates-by-eliminating-zip-code-age-credit-score-factors/63-3e24cdde-70e5-44ca-afe1-9959bd143104
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/09/05/johnson-pokes-at-trump-and-timid-dems-00545963
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/09/05/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-584/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Donald Trump, Jr., Attends Fundraiser in Barrington Hills
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/09/05/donald-trump-jr-attends-fundraiser-in-barrington-hills/
— League of Women Voters Mobilizes to Fight ICE
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/09/04/league-of-women-voters-mobilizes-to-fight-ice/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Who do your critics/opponents protect? My critics/opponents protect a) liberals and moderates from conservatives, b) Democrats and RINOs from Republicans, c) minorities from Whites, d) women from men, e) younger people from older people, f) LGBTQers from heterosexuals, g) those who have less money from those who have more money, h) veterans from non-veterans, i) non-Protestants from Protestants, j) non-German Americans from German Americans, and/or k) those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long from those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. That is, my critics/opponents are Democrats and RINOs. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Hegseth praises Army for dumping leadership promotion program that was DEI-driven. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats a) who were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time and/or b) who 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.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/09/04/hegseth-praises-army-for-dumping-leadership-promotion-program-that-was-basically-dei-driven-1582426/
BREITBART
— Hundreds of Migrants Self-Deporting from Chicago
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/09/04/report-hundreds-of-migrants-self-deporting-from-chicago/
COLLEGE FIX
— Harms of gay parenting
https://www.thecollegefix.com/scholar-vindicated-again-for-study-showing-harms-of-gay-parenting/
FOX NEWS
— Tech titans go from opposing Trump to having dinner with him. Tech titans want cheap foreign labor.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Knq3TWhfp0
— Trump admin urges Supreme Court to allow president to fire Federal Trade Commission member. GAO works for Congress. My Democrat GAO superiors overtly acted like they had authority, permission, if not direction from Congress to waste my career, to take adverse actions against me, and to get rid of me. They forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. They always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. They delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13. They kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. They forced me to take a $23,472 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-administration-urges-supreme-court-allow-president-fire-federal-trade-commission-member
NEWSMAX
— Chicago Offers Support to Illegals Before ICE Sweep
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/chicago-initiatives-illegal-immigrants/2025/09/04/id/1225163/
HOT AIR
— Illinois Democrat leaders blame Indiana for Illinois problems.
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2025/09/04/illinois-open-borders-dems-want-border-wall-built-to-contain-indiana-n3806449
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Opening the borders was like setting “a match to the country”
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/09/opening-the-borders-was-like-setting-a-match-to-the-country/
PJ MEDIA
— Cruz Roasts Pritzker: A ‘Racist Bigot’ Shielding Traffickers
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/09/04/cruz-roasts-pritzker-a-racist-bigot-shielding-traffickers-n4943325
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Mexico against America.
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/mexicos-president-increasingly-backed-wall-managing-trump-relationship-125273869
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing protect criminals and illegals.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/chaotic-showdown-guatemalan-children-exposes-fault-lines-trumps-125273990
CNN
— Trump DOJ is looking at ways to ban transgender Americans from owning guns
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/04/politics/transgender-firearms-justice-department-second-amendment
NEWSWEEK
— Trump Inviting Gates to White House Sparks MAGA Fury
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-inviting-bill-gates-white-house-dinner-sparks-maga-fury-2124905
NEW YORK TIMES
— When you were in high school, were you a high-achiever? Were you college material? My critics/opponents have always stressed that I was not. They stress that my ACT score was only 24, that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class, and that I washed dishes during my junior and senior years and the summer in between. They stress that I could not run because I had a bone disease, that my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, and that I had partial red/green color blindness. No one thought that I would a) earn a bachelor’s degree when I was 21, b) earn master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) earn professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and d) earn a professional license when I was 32.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/us/college-board-diversity-landscape.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly destroy America’s economy to destroy Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/09/05/jobs-economy-unemployment-trump-firing/a84b7b66-8a0d-11f0-895c-97bd39cbdc59_story.html
NEW YORK SUN
— Success of Trump’s Agenda Hinges on Whether Unelected Leftist Judges Can Be Stopped From Hijacking the Constitution. As the president’s second term unfolds, many of the Democrats’ cherished totems are either comatose or in their death throes. All the judges and justices in Diersen v. GAO promoted Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, they promoted race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. That is why they ruled in GAO’s favor.
https://www.nysun.com/article/success-of-trumps-agenda-hinges-on-whether-unelected-leftist-judges-can-be-stopped-from-hijacking-the-constitution
USA TODAY
— Hegseth shuts down NFL-style ‘crown jewel’ of Army’s merit-based talent programs. The NFL Combine-style programs for evaluating prospective Army commanders started during President Donald Trump’s first term. Starting when I was 25 years old in 1974, because my Democrat IRS superiors had not promoted me to GS-13, currently $117,807/year, they used up-or-out to get rid of me. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran. I finally did make GS-13 when I was 38 in 1986, but I would not have if I had not a) earned an MBA in 1976, b) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) transferred to GAO and earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, and d) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in 1981. I should write about that.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/09/04/hegseth-kills-army-nfl-style-officer-program/85954364007/
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/politics/2025/09/05/pete-hegseth-axes-armys-nfl-style-command-assessment-program/85987005007/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: CAP was a trial for officers seeking to command battalions and brigades, demanding roles that make or break an officer’s career. The cancellation comes as part of a Pentagon review of officer personnel processes ranging from evaluations to promotions and command selection, among other career milestones. . .Participants would complete a physical fitness test, have their body fat measured, undergo a psychological evaluation, receive leadership evaluations from former peers and subordinates, and complete verbal and written communication assessments. An interview panel would anonymously judge the candidate’s communication skills based on their performance in an interview setting. Officers deemed “ready” by the panel would then be ranked for command opportunities based on their CAP performance and a review of their personnel file. . .The program was designed to spot potentially overlooked talent while also preventing toxic and abusive leaders from assuming positions of power.)
RICHMOND FREE PRESS
— Faith leaders march on Wall Street to denounce anti-DEI campaign
https://richmondfreepress.com/news/2025/sep/04/faith-leaders-march-on-wall-street-to-denounce-anti-dei-campaign/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Tech CEOs Take Turns Praising Trump at White House Dinner. Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai and Sam Altman salute president’s leadership on innovation as industry seeks his favor. To curry favor with my bigger critics/opponents, my smaller critics/opponents have their operatives and their dupes take adverse actions against me. In 2024, they removed me from the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee. In 2021, they ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/trump-tech-ceo-rose-garden-dinner-1fee2de3
— DOJ Opens Criminal Investigation Into Fed’s Cook, Issues Subpoenas. The probe centers on whether Cook submitted fraudulent information on mortgage applications. In 1974, to get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors “investigated” my travel vouchers and then disallowed them. In 1978, to get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors “investigated” my education deductions and then disallowed them. In 1968 and 1969, to get rid of me, my Democrat Post Office superiors “investigated” my sick leave requests and then disallowed them. I should write about the aforesaid.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/lisa-cook-justice-department-probe-e7e801a6
— ZIP Code Is Destiny? Turns Out That’s Bunk. The neighborhood where a child grows up matters much less to his success than what his parents do. What did your parents do? 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 almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. He died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. My mother never attended high school.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/zip-code-is-destiny-turns-out-thats-bunk-a17fd9d9
ALJAZEERA
— America’s enemies use cocaine to destroy America
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/4/is-venezuela-the-big-cocaine-menace-trump-claims-it-to-be
GOOGLE AI
— Career setbacks. What career setbacks have you suffered? Mine include a) my Democrat Post Office superiors forcing me to resign when I was 20 years old in 1969 by falsely claiming that I was not available to work enough part-time hours, b) my not being able to get a job that required a college degree after I graduated from NIU in 1970 with a bachelor’s degree in business because potential employers saw me as being draft bait, c) my Democrat Firestone Store boss rudely firing me in 1971 because I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile, a job offer that Oldsmobile withdrew because it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint, d) my Democrat IRS superiors using up-or-out to get rid of me after 1974 because they had not promoted me to GS-13, currently $117,807/year, by the time I was 25, e) my Democrat IRS superiors forcing the manager who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 to transfer to Texas,. f) my Democrat GAO superiors forcing to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980, g) my Democrat GAO superiors delaying my promotions back to GS-12, h) the GAO manager who had arranged for my transfer not being able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me to GS-13 until 1986. i) my Democrat GAO superiors forcing that manager to retire in 1987, j) my Democrat GAO superiors throwing me off audits of IRS in early 1989, k) my Democrat GAO superiors always ranking me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and l) my Democrat GAO superiors forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22career+sebacks%22
September 3, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WIH BIG PICTURE: Pritzker braces Chicagoans for federal incursion as Trump says ‘we’re going in’ but won’t say when. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/02/president-trump-reiterates-guard-chicago-threat-timing-unclear/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/
— TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/03/retired-police-sell-marijuana-alderman-blocks-dispensary/
— My Democrat superiors in the federal government had my Jewish superiors and supervisors take adverse actions against me. I should write about that.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/03/holocaust-museum-satellite-location-renovation-genocide/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump says feds are ‘going in’ to Chicago, Pritzker adds Texas troops may be en route. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump/2025/09/02/donald-trump-national-guard-deployment-chicago-jb-pritzker-brandon-johnson-crime
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/09/03/chicago-sees-its-fewest-summer-murders-since-1965
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/09/02/veterans-speak-out-against-proposed-deployment-of-national-guard-in-chicago
— Prioritize funding after-school programs. What did you do after-school, Saturdays, and summers while you were in high school? I did yard work while I was a freshman and sophomore, I delivered newspapers all 4 years, and I washed dishes while I was a junior and senior.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/09/03/funding-after-school-programs-trump-lakesia-collins
— Protect workers toiling in the heat. When did you toil in the heat the most? For me it was when I delivered mail for the Park Forest Post Office during the summers of 1967, 1968, and 1969.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/09/03/protect-workers-deadly-heat-summer-city-council-maria-hadden-michael-rodriguez
NBC5
— Texas border patrol chief expected to lead increased immigration efforts in Chicago
https://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/texas-border-patrol-chief-expected-to-lead-increased-immigration-enforcement-in-chicago/3818712/
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/09/03/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-582/
(FROM THE BRIEFING: Republican Robert Vrankovich. Is running for the district now held by retiring Republican Rep. Amy Grant…Robert Vrankovich, husband, father, successful entrepreneur, and longtime community leader, today announced his campaign for State Representative in the 47th Legislative District. “Illinois is my home, and I will help reverse the course Springfield has set,” Vrankovich said. “It’s time to cut taxes and costs, make our communities safer, and turn Illinois into a business-friendly state where families can thrive.” “Representative Amy Grant has always represented the interests of our community. I am grateful for her years of dedicated service and look forward to continuing to protect the quality of life and shared values that make our neighborhoods such a great place to live and raise a family.” A proven entrepreneur, Vrankovich was the genesis of a start-up propane company 25 years ago, starting with zero customers and building it into a national operation generating more than $110 million annually. Having grown his business from the ground up, he knows firsthand how harmful policies from Springfield can stifle growth, drive up costs, and make life unaffordable for working families. “Springfield is making life unaffordable for families across Illinois,” Vrankovich explained. “The endless taxes and runaway spending are driving families and businesses out of our state. We should be making it easier to start and grow a business in Illinois, but instead, they’ve created one of the most hostile environments for job creators in the country. I’m running to change that.”)
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
JOHN KASS
— Chicago Democrats From America’s Murder Capital Refuse Trump’s Help on Crime
https://johnkassnews.com/democrats-from-americas-murder-capital-refuse-trumps-help-on-crime/
HOUSE REPUBLICANS
— House Republican licensing reforms aim to get Illinois working. I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 in 1980. My becoming a licensed CPA and my passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32 and my earning a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31 frustrated my Democrat GAO superiors’ efforts to get rid of me.
https://www.thecaucusblog.com/2025/09/house-republican-licensing-reforms-aim.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— In WWIII, which countries will side with Russia and China against America?
https://nypost.com/2025/09/03/us-news/trump-accuses-putin-kim-jong-un-and-xi-jinping-of-conspiring-against-us-as-they-meet-at-military-parade-in-china/
BLAZE
— Congress must kill DEI before it kills our military readiness
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/congress-must-kill-dei-before-it-kills-our-military-readiness
BREITBART
— Tim Walz Appears to Fantasize About President Trump’s Demise
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/09/02/watch-tim-walz-appears-fantasize-about-president-trumps-demise-there-will-be-news-sometime/amp/
CHRONICLES
— Woke Ideology Has Always Benefited Elites, Not Victims. My critics/opponents have always wokeness/wokeism, that is, they have always promoted discrimination against those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://chroniclesmagazine.org/reviews/woke-ideology-has-always-benefited-elites-not-victims/
COLLEGE FIX
— Ed Dept cuts child care grants to dozen universities over ‘racial justice’ curriculum. To promote racial justice is to promote more hatred against Whites who are conservative, Republican, male, older, Protestant, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/ed-dept-cuts-child-care-grants-to-dozen-universities-over-racial-justice-curriculum/
DAILY CALLER
— The ‘America First’ Solution For Farmers and Hotels. Illegals take bad jobs. My critics/opponents never had to take bad jobs. But I did. I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970. If there had been as many illegals back then as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got, and if not that, my wages would have been lower.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/09/02/america-first-solution-farm-workers-hotels-restaurants-h2b-h2a-visa-trump/
— Tim Walz Appears To Tell Supporters All Is Not Lost Because Trump Will Die Soon
https://dailycaller.com/2025/09/02/tim-walz-trump-death-rumors/
DAILY WIRE
— Chicago Mayor Calls On Organized Labor To ‘Defend’ City From Trump. Under Mayor Brandon Johnson, Chicago experienced 572 homicides in 2024. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/chicago-mayor-calls-on-organized-labor-to-defend-city-from-trump
FOX NEWS
— Trump responds to critics with counterpunches across politics and ongoing culture wars. President targets Democratic governors, media figures and calls for charges against George Soros.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/why-trump-fights-everyone-and-he-going-too-far
— In WWIII, which countries will side with Russia and China against America?
https://www.foxnews.com/world/trump-claims-putin-xi-kim-conspiring-against-us-after-military-parade-china
— Chicago residents beg for more help as crime wreaks ‘havoc.’ How has Chicago crime impacted you? While I worked for IRS in Chicago, my 1969 Dodge Charger SE was stolen in 1971 and my 1962 Chevrolet Bel Air was stolen in 1973. Both thefts had a big negative impact on me.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicago-residents-beg-more-help-crime-wreaks-havoc-more-top-headlines
NEWS BUSTERS
— Democrat leaders say Black women are among the hardest hit by Trump cuts. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats who were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. 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 I had.
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/clay-waters/2025/09/02/ny-times-front-beyond-parody-black-women-are-among-hardest-hit
PJ MEDIA
— Back to Activism: Teachers’ Union Boycotts Target Over DEI
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/09/02/back-to-activism-teachers-union-boycotts-target-over-dei-n4943253
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/03/us/national-guard-chicago-trump-push-wwk
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/02/politics/appeals-court-ruling-trump-alien-enemies-act-deportations-unlawful
— In WWIII, which countries will side with China against America?
https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/china-military-parade-xi-jinping-09-03-25-intl-hnk
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/03/politics/trump-china-xi-putin-kim-modi-analysis
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://apnews.com/article/trump-chicago-baltimore-law-enforcement-6d7c80258f17c3d679358467531f7e9d
NBC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly attack Trump’s health
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-rebuffs-health-speculation-golf-hand-bruise-biden-clinton-rcna228542
NEW YORK TIMES
— Mass Migration and Liberalism’s Fall
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/opinion/immigration-liberal-europe-merkel.html
WASHINGTON POST
— According to Democrat leaders, they can retaliate against Republicans, but Republicans leaders cannot retaliate against Democrats. My Democrat superiors in the federal government retaliated against me big time because I complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/09/02/fema-employees-leave-whistleblower-legal-complaint/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly attack Trump’s health
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/09/03/trump-health-media-coverage/b8889dd6-887a-11f0-895c-97bd39cbdc59_story.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/09/02/trump-administration-use-national-guard-la-violated-law-judge-rules/
USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect illegals
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/09/01/aggressive-immigration-enforcement-burnout-ice-agents/85859330007/
FORBES
— Careers and chance: How much control do you really have? If Oldsmobile had not agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint when I was 22 years old in 1971, my entire life would have been different. Because of that agreement, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted. Because I had accepted that offer, my Firestone Store boss rudely fired me. Because of that, I accepted a job offer from IRS.
https://www.forbesindia.com/article/insead/careers-and-chance-how-much-control-do-you-really-have/81963/1
AFGE
— I was a union member for almost 12 years. My critics/opponents have always used that against me. Most commonly, they hint/imply/argue/shout that because I was a union member, I was grossly overpaid. During that time, my salary increased from $19.37/hour to $112,280/year in today’s dollars. But during that time, I earned a job-related a) bachelor’s degree, b) master’s degree, and c) professional certification.
https://www.afge.org/article/trump-strips-more-federal-workers-of-their-negotiated-rights
https://www.afge.org/article/public-opposition-growing-in-response-to-trumps-attacks-on-our-public-institutions-labor-rights-and-personal-freedoms
ATLANTIC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use their judges to scold Trump
https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2025/09/trump-national-guard-law-california/684084/
HUFFINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly attack Trump’s health
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/marc-siegel-trump-health_n_68b7afb5e4b0e9fcc5f3235d
TIMES OF INDIA
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Epstein against Trump
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/international/trumps-terrified-ugly-clash-in-u-s-house-over-presidents-name-in-epstein-files-dems-explode/videoshow/123672340.cms
September 2, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Trump says he’s sending National Guard to Chicago, pointing to violent holiday weekend
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-city-braces-potential-surge-operations-could-begin-tuesday/17718920/
NBC5
— Pritzker ‘deeply concerned’ about ICE targeting Mexican Independence Day events
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/pritzker-deeply-concerned-about-ice-targeting-mexican-independence-day-events/3818582/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly attack Trump’s health
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/president-trump-dispels-death-rumors-amid-mounting-health-concerns/3818523/
CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for bad weather and for everything else that is bad
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-climate-education-hub-teachers-head-start/
WGN TV
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/pritzker-opposes-trump-national-guard-illinois/
FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national-guard-chicago-residents-reax
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago’s gunmen did not get Pritzker and Johnson’s memo. A violent Labor Day weekend brings a dose of lived reality to Chicago.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/02/editorial-chicagos-gunmen-did-not-get-pritzker-and-johnsons-memo/
— Trump reiterates vow that ‘we’re going in’ to Chicago but won’t say when
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/02/president-trump-reiterates-guard-chicago-threat-timing-unclear/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/02/outdoor-cannabis-cultivation-illinois/
— Naperville makes more ranking lists, including one for most ‘underrated’ cities in Illinois
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/02/naperville-rankings-underrated-worst-drivers-cities-list/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump administration targets Illinois in-state tuition for illegals
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/09/02/trump-administration-illinois-in-state-tuition-immigrant-students-lacking-legal-status
— CTA, Metra ban on concealed guns upheld by federal appeals court. A Downstate judge’s ruling that the Illinois ban is unconstitutional was reversed. Democrat leaders and criminals are overjoyed.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/transportation/2025/09/02/banning-concealed-carry-weapons-on-cta-metra-does-not-violate-second-amendment-appellate-court-rules
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump/2025/09/02/donald-trump-federal-intervention-chicago-baltimore
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/09/02/donald-trump-chicago-most-dangerous-city-world-social-media-post
DAILY HERALD
— Wilmette’s Dabrowski preparing gubernatorial campaign
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250902/illinois-state-politics/wilmettes-dabrowski-preparing-gubernatorial-campaign/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/greg-hinz-trumps-law-and-order-show-comes-chicago
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/trump-says-hell-send-federal-agents-chicago-despite-pushback
WGN RADIO
— Over 50 shot this weekend, but we don’t need help
https://wgnradio.com/wgn-plus/thechicagoway/chicago-way-w-john-kass-over-50-shot-this-weekend-but-we-dont-need-help/
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Pentagon authorizes up to 600 military lawyers to serve as temporary immigration judges
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/pentagon-authorizes-up-to-600-military-lawyers-to-serve-as-temporary-immigration-judges/article_03b4ac48-015e-59f1-b20c-a16e5b2483b6.html
25 NEWS NOW
— Illinois Republicans invite President Trump to Chicago
https://www.25newsnow.com/2025/09/02/illinois-republicans-invite-president-trump-chicago/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: While Democrats in Illinois are sounding the alarm on President Donald Trump’s plan to bring troops to Chicago, a Republican group agrees with his efforts to make the streets safer. The Illinois Freedom Caucus held a safety press conference this morning to express their support for President Trump’s efforts. Many of them criticized democrats for opposing federal government support to help reduce crime. This comes after a violent Labor Day weekend in Chicago, when 59 people were shot, and eight people were killed. Republican State Rep. Martin McLaughlin (R-Barrington Hills) questioned Democratic leaders as to why they think sending troops is a real threat to communities in Chicago. “I can’t believe that we’re talking about why it is threatening to increase public safety in these communities. To me, it is a public safety issue that can be addressed. It has been addressed successfully in D.C., let’s bring it to Illinois, and the true threat is to the politicians who have failed the mothers and the families are calling for it,” said McLaughlin. There have been more than 300 homicides this year alone in Chicago, but the city has seen a slow, downward trend in recent years.)
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders complain about Trump
https://www.nprillinois.org/news/2025-09-02/some-illinois-veterans-concerned-about-president-trumps-moves-with-the-national-guard-first-listen
— Trump administration blocks partisan groups from voter registration at naturalization events
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-09-02/trump-administration-blocks-groups-from-voter-registration-at-naturalization-events
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2025-09-02/as-trump-declares-were-going-in-pritzker-says-terror-and-cruelty-is-the-point
CHICAGO READER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://chicagoreader.com/columns-opinion/opinion/police-ice-agents-safety/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/09/02/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-373/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Chicago residents: ‘We need help’ from feds to fight crime
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_e49af2f4-213b-4c3a-8dd9-59cb6ca490c1.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump upends flow of money migrants send home
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/2/donald-trump-upends-flow-money-migrants-send-home/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— America’s hyperpoliticized teachers unions
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/daily-memo/3789835/america-hyperpoliticized-teachers-unions-democratic-causes/
NEW YORK POST
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly push more pot
https://nypost.com/2025/09/01/opinion/marijuanas-federal-legal-status-needs-to-change-but-not-to-the-free-for-all-advocates-crave/
BREITBART
— Chicago Alderman Raymond Lopez Rips Mayor, Governor for Blocking Trump: ‘How Many Victims Are We Comfortable With?’
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/09/02/chicago-alderman-rips-mayor-governor-for-blocking-trump-how-many-victims-are-we-comfortable-with/
— The World Runs on America’s Consumption
https://link.breitbart.com/view/5d13d86afc942d626ccc80b7on7q7.1gv5/71b44a4a
DOJ
— Justice Department Files Complaint Challenging Illinois Laws Providing In-State Tuition and Scholarships for Illegal Aliens
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-files-complaint-challenging-illinois-laws-providing-state-tuition-and
DAILY CALLER
— Trump Admin Sues Illinois For Giving In-State Tuition, Scholarships To Illegals
https://dailycaller.com/2025/09/02/trump-admin-sues-illinois-in-state-tuition-scholarships-illegals/
FEDERALIST
— Trump Admin Is Eradicating Racism From College Admissions, And The Left Hates It
https://thefederalist.com/2025/09/02/trump-admin-is-eradicating-racism-from-college-admissions-and-the-left-hates-it/
NEWSMAX
— Trump: Bring Back Insane Asylums, House Mentally Ill
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/mentally-ill-insane-asylums-donald-trump/2025/09/01/id/1224673/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
WASHINGTON POST
— At an ICE career expo, thousands line up to ‘defend the homeland’ An ex-Marine, a former professional MMA fighter, a retired officer: Meet the people angling to join ICE and carry out President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/09/02/ice-officers-hiring-trump-immigration/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: So far, the Department of Homeland Security said it has received more than 130,000 applications, and if the hiring fair in this community wedged between Dallas and Fort Worth offers any indication, plenty of people are eager to sign up. Despite polls showing that growing numbers of Americans disapprove of Trump’s aggressive tactics and images of masked ICE agents whisking immigrants off the streets, 3,000 applicants showed up to submit résumés at last week’s career expo, drawn in part by the president’s call to serve and the promise of a signing bonus of up to $50,000 for top recruits. . .The agency has lifted age caps for applicants and encouraged retired law enforcement officers to rejoin the ranks. The age cap for deportation officers — the role ICE was primarily recruiting for in Texas — used to be 40.)
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— More Fentanyl Shows Up in Random Workplace Tests
https://www.wsj.com/business/fentanyl-work-drug-test-increase-0f0b1eff
SPLC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more voter fraud
https://www.splcenter.org/presscenter/splc-denounces-trump-threat-limit-voting-access/
September 2, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat and RINO leaders want Pritzker to win in 2026. Failing that, they want an anti-Trump Republican candidate to win who is Democrat plant, Democrat Lite, RINO, if not anti-conservative, if not anti-Republican who rejects the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and/or other if not all of the planks in the Republican Party platform.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/02/illinois-republicans-governor-ilgop-2028/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/02/outdoor-cannabis-cultivation-illinois/
ABC7
— Chicago-area residents celebrate Labor Day 2025 with parades. I have always been big on parades. I attended Bob Doles’ rally after he walked in Wheaton’s Independence Day Parade in 1996. SEE: https://www.nytimes.com/1996/07/05/us/for-dole-upbeat-crowd-on-a-spirited-day.html At the 2000 Illinois Republican Party State Convention in Springfield, I encouraged George Ryan to encourage Bush/Cheney to walk in Wheaton’s 2000 Independence Day Parade. But my attending the Bush/Cheney rally before Naperville’s 2000 Labor Day Parade and my walking in that parade really got me going. SEE: https://www.chicagotribune.com/2000/09/05/no-ordinary-fling-in-naperville/ I ever-increasingly encouraged Republican candidates to walk in Wheaton Independence Day Parades. I served as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day Parades from 2005 until my critics/opponents ended that in 2021.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/labor-day-events-2025-chicago-area-residents-wrap-holiday-weekend-parades-festivals/17714451/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The marching bands got their work done early in Naperville, with the annual Labor Day parade. Thousands lined the course, watching the many community organizations marching by.)
NBC5
— At least 54 people shot, 7 fatally, during Labor Day weekend in Chicago
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/at-least-54-people-shot-7-fatally-during-labor-day-weekend-in-chicago/3818070/
FOX32
— Deadly weekend: Eight killed, 48 wounded over Labor Day weekend in Chicago, prompting Trump to threaten National Guard deployment. Chicago Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/labor-day-violence-chicago-prompts-trump-national-guard-warning
NORTHWEST HERALD
— More than 600 people attend Labor Day protest in McHenry. ‘Workers Over Billionaires’ one of many across Illinois, country.
https://www.shawlocal.com/northwest-herald/2025/09/01/more-than-600-people-attend-labor-day-protest-in-mchenry/
DAILY LINE
— Illinois Republicans light on candidates for statewide races in 2026 midterm
https://www.thedailyline.com/illinois-republicans-light-candidates-statewide-races-2026-midterm
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/09/02/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-581/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Tax Eaters in Search of Another Mass Transit Bailout
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/09/02/tax-eaters-in-search-of-another-mass-transit-bailout/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Nationwide Labor Day protests denounce billionaires in Trump’s orbit. Organizers are aiming to remind the country of Labor Day’s origins and emphasize workers’ rights. My critics/opponents look down on if not despise workers. I was a worker 1964-1997.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/09/01/nationwide-labor-day-protests-denounce-billionaires-trumps-orbit/
BREITBART
— Illinois Lt. Gov.: Trump Wants to Do ‘Aggressive Attack’ Here to ‘Provoke’ Reaction So They Can Federalize Troops
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/09/01/il-lt-gov-trump-wants-to-do-aggressive-attack-here-to-provoke-reaction-so-they-can-federalize-troops/
— Texas Trucking’s Silent Threat: Non-English Speaking Drivers Surge as Crashes Mount Nationwide
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2025/09/01/texas-truckings-silent-threat-non-english-speaking-drivers-surge-as-crashes-mount-nationwide/
— Chicago Alderman: Trump’s Trying to Use ‘Violence’ Here
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/09/01/chicago-alderman-trumps-trying-to-use-violence-here/
— Chicago Alderman on Shootings in City: Trump ‘Exacerbated’ Inner City Violence
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/09/01/chicago-alderman-on-shootings-in-city-trump-exacerbated-inner-city-violence/
— Trump’s policies spark protests in multiple US cities on Labor Day
https://www.breitbart.com/news/president-donald-trumps-policies-spark-protests-in-multiple-us-cities-on-labor-day/
— Trump Administration Suspends U.S. Visas for Palestinian Passport Holders
https://www.breitbart.com/middle-east/2025/09/01/trump-administration-suspends-u-s-visas-for-palestinian-passport-holders/
COLLEGE FIX
— FBI probes slew of nationwide false campus shooter reports tied to online group
https://www.thecollegefix.com/fbi-probes-slew-of-nationwide-false-campus-shooter-reports-tied-to-online-group/
EPOCH TIMES
— Why Can’t Teens Get Jobs? While I was a Crete-Monee High School student 1962-1966, UIC student 1966-1968, and NIU student 1969-1970, few of my classmates had jobs. But I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970. My critics/opponents have always used my taking the aforesaid jobs against me. They make it clear that they would never had stooped to take the aforesaid jobs. They hint/imply/argue/shout that my taking the aforesaid jobs proves that I am a loser. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents had the most money.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/opinion/why-cant-teens-get-jobs-5897482
FOX NEWS
— Judge halts Trump admin’s effort to deport Guatemalan children
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6378087284112
NEWSMAX
— Trump: Bring Back Insane Asylums, House Mentally Ill
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/mentally-ill-insane-asylums-donald-trump/2025/09/01/id/1224673/
— Insurrection Act Gives Trump Power to Deploy Guard. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Criminals and illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/trump-deploytroops-insurrectionact/2025/09/01/id/1224681/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5480608-may-day-strong-labor-protest/
NBC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2efnUi0f3A
https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/chicagoans-want-help-tackling-crime-but-with-different-approach-than-trump-s-crackdown-246363205702
CNN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/01/politics/video/the-lead-juliana-stratton-chicago-national-guard-president-trump-tapper
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/02/politics/trump-national-guard-epstein-russia-ukraine-china-senate-analysis
https://www.cnn.com/audio/podcasts/the-arena-with-kasie-hunt/episodes/34cb4784-6cdf-11f0-995b-5fc5837b209c
REUTERS
— China’s Xi convenes ‘Axis of Upheaval’ in Beijing, sidelining Trump. In WWIII, which countries will side with China against America?
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/chinas-xi-convenes-axis-upheaval-beijing-sidelining-trump-2025-09-02/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://apnews.com/video/anti-trump-protests-held-in-chicago-e2fb17c619a64478bab5d0c63cf913cf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxCxn5BVBY0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-1vsob2slg
NEW YORK TIMES
— Labor Day Protests Denounce Trump While Supporting Workers. The demonstrations were part of the continuing effort by Trump opponents to try to pressure his administration, even if many events were modest in size. My critics/opponents look down on if not despise workers. I was a worker 1964-1997.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/us/trump-labor-day-protests.html
— Young and Old Are Facing Off for Jobs. For White male non-veterans, it is up-or-out. For White male non-veteran federal employees, they are out if they do not make GS-13 ($117,807/year) by age 25, GS-14 ($139,211/year) by age 30, GS-15 ($163,749/year) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service ($195,200/year)by age 40. Extremely few White male non-veteran federal employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines.
https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/21/business/21age.html
— Fine-Tune Your Feed and Get News You Can Use. My critics/opponents want to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Failing that, they want to stop everyone from reading the newsletters. Failing that, they want me to stop including links in the newsletters to articles that promote planks in the Republican Party platform that they reject. Most commonly, they reject the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race of gender based preference giving) planks
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/technology/personaltech/apple-google-news-customize.html
— A Guide to Repaying Your Student Loans. If you had to work your way through college like me, what if you had gotten a student loan? If I had gotten a student loan my GPA would have been higher. Instead of studying, I spent far too many hours washing dishes, delivering mail, working for IRS, and working for GAO.
https://www.nytimes.com/article/student-loan-repayment-options.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Nationwide Labor Day protests denounce billionaires in Trump’s orbit. Organizers are aiming to remind the country of Labor Day’s origins and emphasize workers’ rights. My critics/opponents look down on if not despise workers. I was a worker 1964-1997.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/09/01/nationwide-labor-day-protests-denounce-billionaires-trumps-orbit/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Hidden cost of EV ownership: high insurance premiums
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-08-28/insurance-premiums-hike-up-the-price-of-evs
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Rahm Emanuel: We Have Met the Enemy and He Isn’t Us. Can Americans stop fighting each other long enough to appreciate the threat from China?
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/we-have-met-the-enemy-and-he-isnt-us-b3faa55c
— Remember the Children of Annunciation. Don’t let yourself grow numb. School shootings are a horror we can’t accept.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/remember-the-children-of-annunciation-add5b127?mod=opinion_lead_pos8
— You Can’t Work Your Way Through College Anymore. I would not have been able to work my way through college and graduate debt-free in 1970 owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE a) if my parents had not provided me with room and board 1966-1968, weekends during my first semester in 1969, and the summer of 1969 and b) if I had not worked for the Post Office part-time during the school years and full-time during the summers 1966-1969.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/you-cant-work-your-way-through-college-anymore-1521239612
FORBES
— OK Boomers, About That Working-Through-College Thing. I would not have been able to work my way through college and graduate debt-free in 1970 owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE a) if my parents had not provided me with room and board 1966-1968, weekends during my first semester in 1969, and the summer of 1969 and b) if I had not worked for the Post Office part-time during the school years and full-time during the summers 1966-1969.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/patrickwwatson/2019/12/09/ok-boomers-about-that-working-through-college-thing/
— Many Small Businesses Are Finding It Harder To Hire Workers. My big employers included GAO, IRS, Firestone Stores, Post Office, and SS Kresge.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/edwardsegal/2021/10/28/many-small-businesses-are-finding-it-harder-to-hire-workers-new-poll/
WALLET HUB
— 50% of people don’t think it’s realistic for the average American to expect to retire comfortably. Starting when I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have envied my earning credits toward a Civil Service Retirement System pension and the federal government paying 72% of my health insurance and paying 72% of my wife’s health insurance since 1978. Their envy worsened when I became eligible for early retirement and a $25,000 buyout when I was 45 in 1993. Their envy worsened more when I took early retirement when I was 49 in 1997. In my defense, I stress that I worked for the Post Office for almost 3 years, I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, and that I worked for GAO for almost 18 years. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those a) who have made it clear that they would never stoop to take a federal job and/or b) who lacked qualifications for federal jobs.
https://wallethub.com/blog/retirement-savings-survey/133047
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Retirement doubt. 50% of people don’t think it’s realistic for the average American to expect to retire comfortably. Americans worry about retirement. Nearly 2 in 5 people feel anxious when thinking about retirement. Many people lack a plan. More than 1 in 4 Americans don’t have a retirement plan. Many people may never retire. 43% of people say they expect to work until they die. Debt takes precedence. Most Americans (53%) think paying off debt is more important than making retirement contributions. Dependency risk. More than 1 in 4 Americans are counting on family members to support them financially when they retire.)
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Not College Material. I was not viewed as being college material. Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class. I washed dishes during my junior and senior years and the summer in between. I could not run because I had a bone disease. My eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20. I had partial red/green color blindness.
https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/just-visiting/not-college-material
KEEN ON AMERICA
— Wealthy Families Game the College Admission Process. 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. He died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. My mother never attended high school. I had to work my way through college.
https://keenon.substack.com/p/the-hypocrisy-of-trumps-war-on-universities
AMERICA MAGAZINE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope to promote LGBTQ.
https://www.americamagazine.org/vatican-dispatch/2025/09/01/pope-leo-meets-with-father-james-martin-seen-as-a-sign-of-support-for-ministry-with-l-g-b-t-q-catholics/
HUFFINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders attack Trump’s health
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-health-questions-garrett-graff_n_68b65715e4b0cd019d229af8
September 1, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Chicago shootings: At least 52 shot, 7 fatally, in Labor Day weekend gun violence
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-shootings-labor-day-weekend-least-32-shot-3-fatally-gun-violence-city-police-department-says/17701051/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-immigration-news-prayer-held-naval-station-great-lakes-north-ahead-donald-trumps-crackdown/17704014/
NBC5
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/protesters-denounce-immigration-crackdown-as-trump-sends-more-ice-resources-to-chicago/3817866/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_1JJDFRQto
— Trump faces a hurdle in banning mail-in voting: His own Republican Party. Voter turnout by mail exceeded 30% in at least 14 states and D.C. Trump won half of those states, most of which have Republican governors or secretaries of state overseeing elections. Democrat leaders oversee DuPage County elections.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/trump-faces-hurdle-banning-mail-voting-republican-party/3817690/
CBS2
— Crash-and-grab burglars ransack businesses on Chicago’s South, West sides
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/crash-grab-burglars-ransack-businesses-chicago-south-west-sides/
— 7 people wounded in shooting in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood near CPD Headquarters
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/7-people-wounded-shooting-chicago-bronzeville/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/01/daywatch-strike-over-immigration-protections-in-little-village-continues-this-labor-day/
— As crime ever-increasingly increases under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the Naperville Jaycees impose more safety requirements for their Last Fling. The Naperville Jaycees turned away my wife yesterday, and therefore, the Naperville Jaycees turned away me yesterday, because her purse was too big.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/10/naperville-jaycees-last-fling-security-minors-bags/
— For Democrat leaders, history exists to promote the Democrat Party platform.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/01/opinion-smithsonian-ignoring-slavery-racism/
— Naperville high schools rank in Illinois’ top 50, per U.S. News & World Report
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/31/naperville-high-schools-rank-in-illinois-top-50-per-u-s-news-world-report/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— How much does a college education cost in Chicago? 10 schools broken down by price. Back in the good old days, I was able to earn enough money working for S.S. Kresge, Post Office, IRS, and GAO a) to take courses at attend UIC 1966-1968 and b) to earn a bachelor’s degree from NIU in 1970, an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a master’s degree from DePaul in 1980, and a master’s degree from IIT in 1997.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/08/31/college-university-tuition-costs-fees-illinois-uic-education-northwestern-loyola
DAILY HERALD
— Feds secure Naval Station Great Lakes for Chicago immigration blitz
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250831/nation-and-world-politics/feds-secure-naval-station-great-lakes-for-chicago-immigration-blitz/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: What does inching along in rush-hour traffic cost you? Chicago in top 10 of most expensive commutes. Instead of studying, I spent far too many hours inching along on the Dan Ryan 1966-1968 commuting between my parents’ home in Crete and UIC.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250831/transportation/what-does-inching-along-in-rush-hour-traffic-cost-you-chicago-in-top-10-of-most-expensive-commutes/
— Daley, LaHood leading revived ‘fair maps’ campaign in Illinois
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250831/illinois-state-politics/daley-lahood-leading-revived-fair-maps-campaign-in-illinois/
MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals.
https://www.jsonline.com/story/opinion/2025/09/01/labor-day-celebration-wisconsin-deport/85887524007/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Important News for Wirepoints Readers on Ted Dabrowski’s Departure
https://wirepoints.org/__trashed-24/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— To get more votes from those who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly shout at those who are the aforesaid that all their problems are caused by those who are conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. For Democrat and RINO leaders, because of Trump’s demographics, Trump is their perfect scapegoat. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— GOP in the Lake in the Hills Labor Day Parade
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/09/01/gop-in-the-lake-in-the-hills-labor-day-parade/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— How Trump’s deportation agenda is being stalled in courts
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/3786556/how-trump-deportation-agenda-stalled-in-courts/
NEW YORK POST
— Pritzker floats conspiracy theory that Trump has ‘other aims’ for deploying National Guard to blue cities: ‘He would like to stop the elections’ My critics/opponents have always ascribed bad judgement and bad motives to everything that I have said and done.
https://nypost.com/2025/08/31/us-news/pritzker-floats-wild-conspiracy-theory-that-trump-has-other-aims-for-deploying-national-guard-to-blue-cities/
— Lisa Cook standing up for the Federal Reserve over possible mortgage fraud is really a ploy to turn a blind eye from the Fed’s mission creep into wokeness. My critics/opponents have always promoted wokeness/wokeism, that is, they have always promoted Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, they have always promoted race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination, that is, they have always rejected the Rutan decision. SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutan_v._Republican_Party_of_Illinois
https://nypost.com/2025/08/30/business/lisa-cook-standing-up-for-the-federal-reserve-is-a-ploy-to-turn-a-blind-eye-from-her-mortgage-scandal/
— Democrats’ reaction to Trump’s DC crime crackdown puts them at odds with voters
https://nypost.com/2025/08/31/opinion/democrats-head-scratching-reaction-to-trumps-dc-crime-crackdown-puts-them-at-odds-with-voters/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Media Runs Cover for Trans Maniac Who Shot Up Catholic School Children
https://amgreatness.com/2025/08/28/morning-greatness-media-runs-cover-for-trans-maniac-who-shot-up-catholic-school-children/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Vigilant Americans Should Be Armed. I have had an FOID card since I was 20 years old in 1968.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/08/vigilant_americans_should_be_armed.html
— Transitioning and Detransitioning: The Tragic Truth
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/08/transitioning_and_detransitioning_the_tragic_truth.html
— Left-Wing After-School Propaganda. What did you do after school, Saturdays, and summers while you were in high school? I did yard work while I was a freshman and sophomore, I delivered newspapers all 4 years, and I washed dishes while I was a junior and senior.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/08/left_wing_after_school_propaganda_in_texas.html
BLAZE
— Big Tech hiding jobs from US citizens to hire cheaper foreign labor from India and China. Employers, and especially Democrat and RINO employers, want cheap labor. My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being overpaid.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/america-last-is-big-tech-hiding-jobs-from-us-citizens-to-hire-cheaper-foreign-labor-from-india-and-china
BREITBART
— HUD to Remove Illegal Aliens from Section 8 Housing, Require Proof of Citizenship
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/08/30/hud-to-remove-illegal-aliens-from-section-8-housing-require-proof-of-citizenship/
COLLEGE FIX
— Activist calls for Republican lawmakers to permanently end race-based college admissions
https://www.thecollegefix.com/after-trumps-one-two-punch-against-affirmative-action-activist-calls-on-congress-to-make-it-permanent/
DAILY CALLER
— Abortion Coercion Concerns Surrounding Mail-Order Pill Mount With New Reports. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/08/31/abortion-coercion-mail-order-pill-reports/
DAILY SIGNAL
— The Latino Museum Will Be a Woke Abomination and Should Not Be Built. Democrat and RINO leaders shout at Hispanics that Republicans cause all the problems that Hispanics have.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/08/31/the-latino-museum-will-be-a-woke-abomination-and-should-not-be-built/
— The Crisis Is Over. What’s Next at the Southern Border? When the next Democrat or RINO president is elected, that president will immediately tear down the Wall and against flood America with illegals.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/08/31/illegal-crossings-are-down-so-what-happens-now-border/
— Border Crackdown Has Cost Mexican Cartels Over $1 Billion. What percent of illegal drugs in America come into America across its southern border?
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/08/31/border-crackdown-has-cost-cartels-1-billion/
— Conservatives Decry Plans for Smithsonian’s Latino Museum as a ‘Woke Abomination’
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/08/31/the-latino-museum-will-be-a-woke-abomination-and-should-not-be-built/
DAILY WIRE
— Spin Cycle: Blue State Governors Draw Battle Lines. The mainstream news media exists to destroy Trump and to destroy all of the 77,302,580 who voted for Trump in 2024.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/spin-cycle-blue-state-governors-draw-battle-lines
FEDERALIST
— The Left Doesn’t Care About Gun Violence — Only Exploiting It. Democrat and RINO leaders use gun violence to diminish Second Amendment rights and eventually to abolish the Second Amendment.
https://thefederalist.com/2025/08/29/the-left-doesnt-care-about-gun-violence-only-exploiting-it-1/
— The Media Dismissing The Transgender Factor In This School Shooting Are Enabling Another One. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://thefederalist.com/2025/08/29/the-media-dismissing-the-transgender-factor-in-this-school-shooting-are-enabling-another-one/
FOX NEWS
— Chicago sees 5 killed, 35 wounded over Labor Day weekend as Trump warns of Guard intervention. Mayor Johnson and Governor Pritzker reject federal military deployment as ‘unconstitutional power grab’ despite the city being gripped by violence.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicago-sees-5-killed-35-wounded-over-labor-day-weekend-trump-warns-guard-intervention-report
— HUD launches crackdown on illegal immigration in public housing
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hud-launches-crackdown-illegal-immigration-public-housing-riding-coattails
— From Teddy Roosevelt to Reagan to Trump, presidents have warned of power-hungry public-sector unions. For over a century, clashes over public-sector unions have fueled a fight over government power and the future of American democracy. GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had unionized earlier, I might still be a GAO employee.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/from-teddy-roosevelt-reagan-trump-presidents-have-warned-power-hungry-public-sector-unions
— DOJ calls for tips on employers favoring foreign workers in hiring practices. Employers, and especially Democrat and RINO employers, want cheap labor. My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being overpaid.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/doj-calls-tips-employers-favoring-foreign-workers-hiring-practices
— Labor Day celebration: How President Trump is creating a brighter future for American workers. Labor Department announces 63 deregulatory actions and $30M in workforce training grants.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/labor-day-celebration-how-president-trump-creating-brighter-future-american-workers
— What DC’s mayor ‘recognizes’ about Trump’s crime crackdown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qv4GHb4Bl2w
— Chicago’s bail policy lets professional bad guys terrorize community with ‘no constraints.’ Former Chicago Police chief detective says criminals are ‘gaming the system’ under Illinois SAFE-T Act.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/blue-citys-bail-policy-lets-professional-bad-guys-terrorize-community-with-no-constraints-police-veteran
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Why the Left Loves Criminals
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/08/why-the-left-loves-criminals/
— Campus Intifada Returns – Frustrated Activists Likely To Lash Out This Fall
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/08/campus-intifada-returns-frustrated-activists-likely-to-lash-out-this-fall/
— ‘Destroy the Idea of America’: Shocking Rhetoric at Pro-Palestine Conference
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/08/destroy-the-idea-of-america-shocking-rhetoric-at-pro-palestine-conference/
PJ MEDIA
— The Dark Truth Behind Mass Shootings the Left Refuses To See – The Ever-Increasing Mental Health Crisis.
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/08/31/the-dark-truth-behind-mass-shootings-the-left-refuses-to-see-n4943206
TOWNHALL
— Trump Blasts Pritzker Over Violent Weekend in Chicago. Democrats run Chicago.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/scott-mcclallen/2025/08/31/trump-slams-pritzker-n2662592
— Chicago Mayor Signs Order to Shield Criminal Illegal Aliens, Undermine Federal Immigration Enforcement. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/08/31/chicago-mayor-signs-order-to-shield-criminal-illegal-aliens-undermine-federal-immigration-enforcement-n2662590
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Pritzker Orders State Colleges to Provide Abortion Pills. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.westernjournal.com/far-left-dem-governor-orders-state-colleges-provide-abortion-pills/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC NEWS
— 35 shot over weekend in Chicago as Pritzker rejects Trump’s threat to send in National Guard. The violence came as Trump criticized Pritzker’s handling of crime.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/35-shot-weekend-chicago-governor-rejects-trumps-threat/story?id=125134744
— Democrats run the federal government. To get promoted by them, the higher GS grade that you want to be promoted to, the more planks in the Democrat Party platform you have to push.
https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/work-national-weather-service-ready-explain-agree-trump-125099344
CBS NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/video/illinois-governor-condemns-trump-administrations-plan-to-bring-national-guard-to-chicago/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjrqjvUK6I0
REUTERS
— Political standoff intensifies over Trump’s plans for Chicago crackdown
https://wmbdradio.com/2025/09/01/political-standoff-intensifies-over-trumps-plans-for-chicago-crackdown-2/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— West Point shuts down clubs for women and students of color in response to Trump’s DEI policies
https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/west-point-shuts-down-clubs-for-women-and-students-of-color-in-response-to-trump-s-dei-policies/ar-AA1yui9q
MSN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against ICE employees. I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997. I should with about the hatred promoted against Post Office, IRS, and GAO employees.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/amid-trump-s-anti-immigrant-crackdown-72-republicans-only-13-democrats-view-ice-favourably-pew/ar-AA1LALPM
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders promote American flag burning to protest Trump. I have flown an American flag at my home 24 hours a day since September 11, 2001.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/us/politics/flag-burning-trump-johnson-supreme-court.html
— Democrat leaders say it’s Labor Day and Trump Is the most anti-union president in decades. My critics/opponents are vehemently anti-union. They will never forgive me for my being a union member for almost 12 years.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/opinion/trump-unions-labor.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, they ever-increasingly promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/opinion/college-essay-post-affirmative-action.html
— Workers Who Lost Jobs to Trade Needed Help. Washington Cut the Funding. I lost my GS-13 Step 10 GAO job, currently $153151/year, when I was 49 in 1997 a) to Gingrich’s GAO budget cuts, b) to Affirmative Action quotas, goals, and targets, c) to my being an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, d) to my Black subordinate wanting/demanding my job and my preferred corner office, e) to GAO not being unionized, and f) to my not being a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/business/trade-layoffs-job-assistance.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/us/trump-crime-strategy-solutions.html
WASHINGTON POST
— China tries to use Trump turmoil to unite leaders against U.S.-led order. Twenty leaders — including from Russia, Iran and India — gather for a forum, part of Beijing’s efforts to be seen as a reliable counterweight to the U.S. In WWIII, which countries will side with China and Russia against America?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/08/31/china-xi-jinping-hosts-sco-meeting/
USA TODAY
— Trump wants to eliminate mail-in voting. But 1 in 3 voters use it.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2025/09/01/trump-mail-in-voting-trump-putin/85764398007/
BLOOMBERG
— Modi Shores Up Ties With China, Russia in Defiance of Trump. In WWIII, which countries will side with China and Russia against America?
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-09-01/modi-shores-up-ties-with-china-russia-in-defiance-of-trump
FED SMITH
— Trump Defies Expectations, Grants 1% 2026 Federal Pay Raise
https://www.fedsmith.com/2025/09/01/trump-defies-expectations-grants-2026-federal-pay-raise/
PBS
— Noem confirms more ICE resources are heading to Chicago for immigration crackdown
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/noem-confirms-more-ice-resources-are-heading-to-chicago-for-immigration-crackdown
NPR
— How Trump is decimating federal employee unions one step at a time. My critics/opponents are vehemently anti-union. They will never forgive me for my being a union member for almost 12 years.
https://www.npr.org/2025/09/01/nx-s1-5515633/trump-federal-workers-labor-unions-va
INQUIRER
— Democrat leaders say that Trump’s ruinous labor policies mirror his scorn for America’s workers. I was an American worker for almost 30 years, and for almost 12 of those years, I was a union member.
https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/editorials/trump-american-workers-labor-day-20250901.html