FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in promoting protests against Trump.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/protests-illinois-chicago-join-national-day-action-federal-healthcare-cuts-trump-administration/17310871/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGBkMA2Mcq0
CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/no-paychecks-south-suburban-career-program-state-funding/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/trump-faces-more-questions-regarding-epstein-files/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Black Panthers.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago/2025/07/26/former-illinois-black-panther-party-headquarters-plaque-chicago
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout at religious leaders that to survive, religious leaders must import as many citizens of foreign countries that they can.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/07/25/catholic-priests-illinois-campaign-contributions-donald-trump-kamala-harris-democrats-republicans
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Getting retroactive Social Security benefit payments. Because of the repeal of GPO and WEP, my Social Security increased from about $3,000/year to about $6,000/year. Also, I got about $3,200 in backpay. Further, because the repeal, I am now eligible to claim 50% of my wife’s Social Security, but I will only get 43% because I took Social Security when I was 62.
https://tribunecontentagency.com/article/the-savings-game-getting-retroactive-social-security-benefit-payments/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Q. I receive a significant pension from work I have done outside of Social Security. I have not worked enough hours under Social Security to receive a benefit based on my work record. My spouse is retired and receives a generous Social Security benefit. A few years ago, I contacted Social Security and asked if I was eligible for a spousal benefit. I was informed that because two-thirds of my pension exceeded the spousal benefit I would otherwise be entitled to, that I shouldn’t even apply for a spousal benefit because of the regulations related to the Government Pension Offset (GPO). So I did not apply. When the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and GPO were repealed at the end of 2024, I filed for a spousal benefit because I was told that the two-thirds reduction was no longer in effect. After I applied, I was told that because I never applied for a spousal benefit prior to the repeal of GPO, I was not eligible for retroactive payments. I am now receiving a spousal benefit, but why am I not entitled to retroactive payments? A: More than one reader has written to complain about this situation. There is no logical reason why you should not be entitled to retroactive benefit payments. Many individuals who are now receiving a spousal benefit for the first time because of the repeal of GPO also receive six months of retroactive benefit payments.)
— Why home maintenance matters. Annual maintenance of heating and air conditioning systems is extremely important.
https://tribunecontentagency.com/article/ask-the-builder-why-maintenance-matters/
— What Every Buyer Should Know About Home Inspections. A thorough home inspection can be the difference between a great deal and a terrible one. Here are the questions any home buyer should ask. Annual maintenance of heating and air conditioning systems is extremely important.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/realestate/home-inspection-guide.html
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Krishnamoorthi.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250726/us-congress-politics/a-solid-foundation-of-support-krishnamoorthi-among-top-fundraisers-in-nations-senate-races/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Illinois adding more electric vehicles than ever before, but not enough to meet goal of 1 million by 2030. I own one of the 21,961 registered EVs in DuPage County. I bought a new 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T Plus earlier this year. Because the MSRP was more than $55,000, it did not qualify for the $7,500 federal tax credit. But I did get the $4,000 State of Illinois rebate.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250726/news/illinois-adding-more-electric-vehicles-than-ever-before-but-not-enough-to-meet-goal-of-1-million-by/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: However, according to figures recently released by Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias, there are still less than 150,000 EVs registered statewide, well below the state’s targeted goal of 1 million by 2030. Infrastructure issues also make that goal difficult to reach though, many experts contend. . .However, according to figures recently released by Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias, there are still less than 150,000 EVs registered statewide, well below the state’s targeted goal of 1 million by 2030. Infrastructure issues also make that goal difficult to reach though, many experts contend. . .As part of President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” a $7,500 tax credit for the purchase of a new electric vehicle ends Sept. 30. The $4,000 tax credit for purchasing a used electric vehicle is going away as well. . .Walton said the goal of rebates was to help lower prices for electric vehicles, which has occurred. New entry-level EVs run about $30,000, he said. The average price for any new car in the U.S. is about $50,000. Illinois charges electric vehicle owners an additional $100 per vehicle as part of the annual registration fees. The fee is intended to cover the loss of motor fuel tax revenues that go to pay for road construction and repairs statewide.)
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders decry loss of federal funding for Glen Ellyn-based WDCB 90.9-FM.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250726/news/loss-of-federal-funding-will-hit-dupage-public-radio-station-but-experts-say-its-in-a-better-posi/
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Pritzker’s vow to put Illinois Republicans on hit list rings hollow
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-pritzkers-vow-to-put-illinois-republicans-on-hit-list-rings-hollow/article_f7e91c5f-9f5b-43f8-97e9-ed56bcb71edf.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: When it comes to government, there are few things more unattractive than nakedly partisan power politics, as reflected by a ruthless process called gerrymandering. Too many people don’t understand the concept, but it’s as simple as it is basic. Gerrymandering is the drawing of legislative district boundary lines — both state and federal — to give one political party an advantage over the other on Election Day. The typical tactics used are called “packing” — diluting the minority party’s strength by placing most of its voters into a few select districts — and “cracking” — splitting up a geographically compact group across multiple districts in order to reduce their electoral influence. Presto, chango, legislative elections are won and lost before a single vote has been cast. In Illinois, Democrats have gerrymandered state and federal districts to give themselves a super-majority in the state House and Senate and 14 of 17 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.)
BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://pantagraph.com/news/local/article_426aa399-8793-4b54-aded-58070244a9ad.html
STARVED ROCK MEDIA
— Republican Mendrick visits to campaign for Governor
https://www.starvedrock.media/wlpo/republican-mendrick-visits-to-campaign-for-governor/article_265bc97d-db6c-4069-95a2-ba899b2b9cbc.html
NPR ILLINOIS & NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO & WSIU & WIFR & CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-07-26/trump-is-greeted-by-protesters-as-he-visits-scotland
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2025-07-26/scotland-is-already-great-protesters-troll-trump-on-his-golfing-trip
https://www.wsiu.org/2025-07-26/trump-is-greeted-by-protesters-as-he-visits-scotland
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbfRVCvr8B0
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-trump-plays-golf-in-scotland-while-protesters-take-to-the-streets-and-decry-his-visit/
CHICAGO CRUSADER
— Feds weigh in on lawsuit challenging how Illinois maintains voter registration rolls. How much deadwood is there in the voter rolls in Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, and your precinct? How many voter registrations were obtained using false documentation?
https://chicagocrusader.com/feds-weigh-in-lawsuit-challenging-illinois-voter-registration/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Chicago mayor now open to video gambling after lawmakers express frustration. I led the successful efforts to stop video gambling in Wheaton in 2009 and the sale of pot in 2019.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_11c14006-b2f2-4c06-9d33-8cb4c2babd5a.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democrats not faring well among American voters. To vote for Democrat candidates is to promote more a) dependency on government and charity, b) LGBTQ, c) abortion, d) mass/illegal immigration, e) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, f) diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and g) Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/26/democrats-faring-well-among-american-voters/
AMERICAN THINKER
— We learned gerrymandering from Democrats
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/07/we_learned_gerrymandering_from_democrats.html
BREITBART
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in flooding America with their illegals.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/07/26/adams-illegal-immigrants-should-get-benefits-because-theyre-innocent/
— Broad Majority Support Trump Deporting Criminals in the Country Illegally
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/07/26/poll-broad-majority-support-trump-deporting-criminals-in-the-country-illegally/
— What percent of farm workers are illegals? Because more and more and more citizens of America fail/refuse to take bad jobs like I did, should more work permits be issued? My critics/opponents a) not only never did take bad jobs and never would take bad jobs because their parents had lots of money and b) they look down on those like me who take bad jobs, if not despise those like me who take bad jobs.
https://www.breitbart.com/news/trump-immigration-raids-threaten-us-food-security-farmers-warn/
— Calif., Illinois may fight new Texas congressional maps with their own. How badly have Democrat leaders gerrymandered political jurisdictions where you live?
https://www.breitbart.com/news/calif-illinois-may-fight-new-texas-congressional-maps-with-their-own/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As the Texas Legislature plans to redraw congressional maps in an effort to increase Republican members in the U.S. House, the governors of California and Illinois may devise their own new borders. . .As the most populous state in the nation, California has 43 Democratic members of the house and nine Republican members, while Illinois is represented by 14 Democrats and three Republicans. “Everything is on the table,” Pritzker said. The Illinois governor said he doesn’t want to redraw the maps but “if they’re going to take this drastic action, then we might also take drastic action to respond.” “We want the country to understand [that] what’s going on in Texas is a national battle,” State Rep. Richard Pena Raymond, a Democrat from Laredo, said. Raymond told Pritzker that redistricting is “clearly aimed at affecting the entire country.” Responsibility for determining Congressional district maps differs from state to state. In California, an independent commission approved by voters in 2010 works on the maps. Illinois maps, on the other hand, are put together by the state lawmakers have been drawn strongly to favor the Democrat Party in the state.)
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.breitbart.com/news/house-democrats-demand-birthday-book-from-epstein-estate/
— The mainstream news media exists to destroy Trump.
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2025/07/26/fired-abc-reporter-terry-moran-claims-trump-plans-to-end-press-freedom-and-must-be-stopped/
— Democrat leaders to turn 10th Anniversary of ‘Hamilton’ Play into an Illegal Immigration Fundraiser
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2025/07/26/lin-manuel-miranda-to-turn-10th-anniversary-of-hamilton-play-into-an-illegal-immigration-fundraiser/
DAILY CALLER
— Leftist Outrage Erupts At California Plan To Stop Paying Criminal Illegals’ Legal Bills.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/26/california-illegal-immigrants-felony-legal-aid-leftist-outrage/
DAILY WIRE
— America’s Blue Collar Boom & Manufacturing Renaissance
https://www.dailywire.com/episode/mrn-250727
FOX NEWS
— Higher ed’s cultural and moral rot requires a powerful response.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6376184159112
NUMBERS USA
— HUGE THREAT TO U.S. WORKERS!! The so-called “Dignity Act” would add 17 million foreign workers to unfairly compete with Americans. Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals. Illegals take bad jobs. Employers want cheap labor. All my employers would have hired illegals instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they did not have to take bad jobs because their parents had lots of money. Because my parents lacked money, I had to take bad jobs. I did yard work for 2 summers. I delivered newspapers for 4 years. I washed dishes for 18 months. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline during 1 summer. I delivered mail for almost 3 years. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents had the most money. They look down on people like me, if not despise people like me.
https://giving.classy.org/campaign/710456/donate
TOWNHALL
— Dems Hit 35-Year Favorability Low as Americans Reject Woke Agenda, Open Borders, Anti-American Policies
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/07/26/democrats-get-lowest-rating-from-voters-in-35-years-n2660989
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump doubles down on claims Harris paid for endorsements, says she should be ‘prosecuted’
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5422201-trump-doubles-down-on-claims-harris-paid-for-endorsements-says-she-should-be-prosecuted/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/5422070-sunday-shows-preview-trump-remains-embroiled-in-epstein-drama-as-tariff-deadline-looms/
CNN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.cnn.com/politics/gender-identity-care-restrictions-anti-lgbtq-laws-vis
REUTERS
— Democrat and RINO leaders have destroyed many citizens of foreign countries.
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/this-family-self-deported-mexico-lost-everything-2025-07-26/
ABC LOS ANGELES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://abc7.com/post/protesters-gather-families-first-rally-downtown-la-trump-administrations-immigration-policies/17313068/
ABC NEWS & CBS NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://abcnews.go.com/world-news-tonight-with-david-muirT/video/trump-turn-page-epstein-saga-124106140
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/house-democrats-seek-access-to-jeffrey-epstein-birthday-book-trump/
CBS NEWS
— U.S. Postal Service to celebrate 250th anniversary. What to know about its past, possible future. I worked for the Park Forest Post Office part-time while I was a full-time student at UIC 1966-1968 and then NIU in 1969. My salary enabled me a) to buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, b) to buy a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, and c) to graduate debt-free from NIU in 1970 owning that Charger. In today’s dollars, my salary was $19.37/hour 1966-1967, $20,02/hour 1967-1968, and $20.67/hour 1968-1969. I earned Social Security credits and full-time Civil Service Retirement System credits 1966-1969. My critics/opponents have always been furious about the aforesaid.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/postal-service-250th-anniversary-smithsonian-trump/
NEW YORK TIMES
— The Democrat Party platform ever-increasingly destroys men.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/opinion/young-men.html
— Ever-increasingly, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time destroy those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/opinion/jd-vance-claremont-american-citizen.html
— My critics/opponent have always been furious that my wife and I a) could and did afford my taking a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO when I was 31 in 1980 and b) could and did afford my taking a $86,371/year (56%) cut in income in today’s dollars to retire when I was 49 in 1997. They have always been furious a) that my wife has always had good jobs, b) that we could and did always spent like we had only one income, and c) that we gave up trying to have children. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/business/retirement-saving-mistakes-401k.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders call Hegseth partisan. All my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government were partisan, and virtually all of them were extremely so. They talked and acted like the federal government existed to hire, to retain, and to promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/us/politics/hegseth-pentagon-leadership.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: What percent of those who have bad jobs are illegals? Because more and more and more citizens of America fail/refuse to take bad jobs like I did, should more work permits be issued? My critics/opponents a) not only never did take bad jobs and never would take bad jobs because their parents had lots of money and b) they look down on those like me who take bad jobs, if not despise those like me who take bad jobs.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/us/ice-glenn-valley-foods.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump bill adds $250 fee for some foreign travelers. What percent of foreign travelers stay in America illegally?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2025/07/26/visa-integrity-fee-travel/
USA TODAY
— Department of Justice wants to inspect swing state voter rolls. How much deadwood is there in the voter rolls in Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, and your precinct? How many voter registrations were obtained using false documentation?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/07/26/justice-department-doj-trump-voter-registration-cancellation/85272804007/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more mass/illegal immigration; Democrat leaders, because immigrants vote for Democrats, RINO leaders, because immigrants take bad jobs and work for less money. If there were as many immigrants when I was young as there are now, I would not have been able to get the bad jobs that I got, and if not that, my wages would have been lower. Those bad jobs enabled me to a) buy a 6-year-old car when I was 16, b) buy a new cars when I 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc., c) buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, and 35, d) earn a bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and master’s degrees when I was 27 and 31, e) earn professional certifications when I was 30 and 32, and f) earn a professional license when I was 32.
https://www.aol.com/americans-views-immigration-massive-positive-190958366.html
PRESCOTT NEWS
— Is Decapitation a Job Americans Won’t Do?
https://prescottenews.com/2025/07/27/opinion-is-decapitation-a-job-americans-wont-do-ann-coulter/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Oh look, another American’s been beheaded by a Mexican. This week’s beheader is Jose Luis Mendoza-Gonzalez, an illegal alien who, according to the Department of Homeland Security, decapitated 37-year-old Megan Bos, then stashed her body in a bleach storage container. Arrested for the crime in April, Mendoza-Gonzalez was promptly released from custody by Illinois judge Randie Bruno, who is the same physical type — chubby, short-haired, white woman — as the Milwaukee judge charged with helping an illegal sneak out of her courtroom to avoid ICE agents. Illinois: sanctuary state for Mexican decapitators. Because they’re not busy enough rounding up the 20 million pillars of society Joe Biden allowed to sneak into America, Immigration and Customs Enforcement had to devote time and resources this week to recapturing Mendoza-Gonzalez. Otherwise, you never would have heard about it, and liberals could keep pretending not to know that Mexican drug cartels decapitate people.)
NPR
— How is Trump Changing DOJ? I should write about DOJ while it was under Bush 2001-2009. While it was under Bush, it sided with the Democrats who ran GAO big time. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf That is, it promoted Affirmative Action and DEI big time. That is, it promoted the following big time: race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/27/1256332273/how-is-trump-changing-the-justice-department
HUFFINGTON POST
— I should write about my critics/opponents who have hinted/implied/argued/shouted the most that TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition were hate groups. I would focus on past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican elected officials in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.aol.com/emil-bove-consulted-far-legal-191800961.html
LGBTQ NATION
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/07/why-the-epstein-files-might-finally-provide-the-consequences-cant-dodge/
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July 19, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/university-chicago-medicine-is-latest-hospital-pausing-gender-affirming-care-child-patients-trump-admin-threats/17187950/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/us-immigration-news-ice-arrests-courts-chicago-nationwide-labeled-unlawful-new-lawsuit-trump-administration/17186490/
— Did you benefit from after school and summer programs? I did not. I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I wash dishes 1964-1966. I cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966. I delivering mail 1966-1969. I had to work my way through college.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/donald-trump-administrations-department-education-will-release-frozen-grants-supporting-summer-school-programs/17183858/
— Alleged squatters move next-door to IL state rep. in Chicago: ‘Going to be calling the governor.’ Lawmakers argue governor should immediately sign ‘squatter bill’ passed by state legislature.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/alleged-squatters-move-door-illinois-state-rep-marcus-evans-avalon-park-chicago-going-calling-governor/17186665/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with the Fed against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/18/trumps-attacks-powell-threaten-feds-independence/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Community colleges are a bridge for students still seeking a path. According to my critics/opponents, degrees from non-Ivy league universities are worthless.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/next-voices/2025/07/18/chicago-city-college-community-college-education-lashaunta-moore-next-voices
— New sales tax revenue will help mass transit, but there’s still a long way to go. My critics/opponents look down on if not despise/hate mass transit users. I used mass transit big time in 1971 and then 1973-1997.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/07/18/illinois-sales-tax-revenue-rta-mass-transit-rich-miller
— Democrat leaders never blamed Biden for inflation, but they sure blame Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/07/18/supermarket-super-pain-trump-campaign-food-prices-inflation-tariffs
DAILY HERALD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250718/nation-and-world-politics/most-us-adults-think-the-gop-tax-bill-will-help-the-wealthy-and-harm-the-poor-ap-norc-poll-finds/
WGN RADIO
— Should Chicago allow video gambling throughout the city? I led the successful effort to stop video gambling in Wheaton. Subsequently, I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://wgnradio.com/john-williams/newsclick/the-john-williams-newsclick-should-chicago-allow-video-gambling-throughout-the-city/#/questions
WBEZ
— College still pays off, but wage gaps persist in Illinois. Even with the same college degree, students from low-income families earn less than those from middle or upper-income families. My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars, He died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21.
https://www.wbez.org/education/2025/07/18/college-still-pays-off-but-wage-gaps-persist-in-illinois-study-finds
MUDDY RIVER NEWS
— World Population Review’s 2025 rankings for the “Most Hated States” lists Illinois No. 1. Yikes. World Population Review reports Illinois is one of the fastest-shrinking states in the U.S. in terms of population, and has experienced a 0.54 percent (more than half a percent) decrease in population in recent years. And it gets worse. Roughly 25 percent of Illinoisans say their state is the worst in the nation. This negativity could be partially attributed to animosity between politically liberal Chicago and the heavily conservative rural portions that make up the rest of the state. The “Most Hated” rankings were determined by compiling three indicators: The percentage of each state’s own residents who believe their state is the worst. The number of other states that hate each state the most. Each state’s population decline, the logic being that population decline reflects the flow of residents moving to another state.
https://muddyrivernews.com/opinion/daily-dirt-illinois-no-1-among-most-hated-states/20250719053500/
BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAY
— Education still pays, but barriers to upward mobility persist in Illinois. How much money did your parents have? My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. I had to work my way through college. My GPA suffered because of that.
https://www.bnd.com/news/state/illinois/article310956495.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It found that educational attainment is still a strong predicter of a person’s future earnings as an adult. So too is the industry that a person chooses for a career. Other factors can also influence a person’s ability to complete a higher education degree, including their race, ethnicity and gender. Class-based barriers The study also found that a person’s own economic background – whether they grew up rich or poor – also strongly influences their future earnings. Students who grew up in higher-income households tended to earn more than those who grew up in lower-income families, in part because students from higher-income families were more likely to complete a college degree than lower-income students. But perhaps most surprisingly, the study found that even among those who earn similar degrees and go to work in similar industries, a student’s own economic background influenced their future earnings. That is, students from lower-income families tend to earn less than those from wealthier families, even after they went on to earn similar credentials. Further, the study found, among students from lower-income families, Black and Latino students and women tended to earn less than their white and male counterparts.)
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISDTER
— Illinois will soon become America’s lawsuit capital—unless Gov. Pritzker acts. I should write about all the lawsuits that I filed. My critics/opponents side with the defendants in all those lawsuits.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/opinion/columns/2025/07/19/pritzker-can-prevent-illinois-from-becoming-americas-lawsuit-capital-opinion/85249565007/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Senate Bill 328, if signed into law, will expose companies operating here to a tidal wave of out-of-state lawsuits that have nothing to do with Illinois, brought by people who don’t live in our state for incidents that didn’t happen here. It’s called litigation tourism, and Illinois will become its poster child if Governor JB Pritzker doesn’t veto SB 328.)
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders side with Bob Woodward against Trump.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/trumps-lawsuit-against-bob-woodward-dismissed/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/18/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-348/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Lots of Illinois Tax Money Going to Non-Government Organizations through Legislative Pork
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/07/18/lots-of-illinois-tax-money-going-to-non-government-organizations-through-legislative-pork/
WIREPOINTS
— Pritzker Presides Over an Illinois Pension Mess
https://wirepoints.org/dabrowski-bacharach-op-ed-jb-pritzker-presides-over-an-illinois-pension-mess-wall-street-journal/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— GAO falsely claims to be nonpartisan. The House Republican Appropriators Committee recently tried to slash GAO’s funding nearly in half. Because I was one of GAO’s few remaining Republican employees, my Democrat GAO superiors used Gingrich GAO funding cuts to waste my career and to force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE and I might still be a GAO employee. In any event, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to a) force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, b) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, c) delay my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13, d) keep me off audits of IRS except for 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and e) force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. What if Speaker Johnson reformed GAO and offered me $50,000 to rejoin the agency? I should write about that. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— The U.S. Comptroller General ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comptroller_General_of_the_United_States ) runs GAO. Who does Trump want the next U.S. Comptroller General to be? If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE. – Dave Diersen
http//www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Mamdani and Sanders demonstrate far-left hypocrisy
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/18/editorial-mamdani-sanders-demonstrate-far-left-hypocrisy/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump admin offering former ICE agents up to $50K in bonuses to rejoin agency. What if Speaker Johnson reformed GAO and offered me $50,000 to rejoin the agency?
https://nypost.com/2025/07/18/us-news/trump-admin-offering-former-ice-agents-up-to-50k-in-bonuses-to-rejoin-agency/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Former State Department Bureaucrats Show Why Trump Fired Them. My critics/opponents side with my Democrat GAO superiors against me. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who promote political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination the most.
https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/former-state-department-bureaucrats
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Proving the point: Nearly a half dozen disgruntled former bureaucrats gathered before a crowd (if you can call it that) outside Foggy Bottom on Friday. They attempted to rally support for themselves and other “recently fired State Department employees.” They failed. Organizer Michael Duffin, who was fired from State despite holding three graduate degrees, promoted the rally by asking for former U.S. ambassadors and other “senior officials” to attend and speak. Apparently nobody was interested—a Free Beacon reporter was one of the only people in attendance. Speakers instead included Steven Ramsey, a former USAID contractor and Fulbright alumnus who read a version of the Nazi-era “First They Came” poem that he “adapted for the context we’re in right now.” “First they came for the immigrants, and I did not speak out because I was not an immigrant,” he said after noting that the original poem came “from 1930s Germany.” Several individuals eventually applauded. Duffin did not read a poem, but he did post a screenshot of his farewell email to colleagues in the buildup to the rally. It too made a Nazi comparison: “In the musical ‘Sound of Music,’ the Von Trapp family escaped the Nazis while performing ‘So long, farewell,'” wrote Duffin. “As the curtain descends on my State Department career I feel like it’s strangely appropriate to share with you some lyrics to that song.” Bravo.)
AMAC
— POLL: What is the PRIMARY method you use to receive news about current events and issues? Based on how they treat me, far too many read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for opposition research against me.
https://amac.us/poll/primary-method-news/
BLAZE
— The GOP establishment lost to Trump — now it’s rebranding as ‘neo-MAGA’
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/the-gop-establishment-lost-to-trump-now-it-s-rebranding-as-neo-maga
BREITBART
— Military Bases in Indiana, New Jersey Will Be Converted to Migrant Holding Centers
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/07/18/military-bases-in-indiana-new-jersey-will-be-converted-to-migrant-holding-centers/
CAMPUS REFORM
— University of Oklahoma boasts ‘safe place’ for illegal alien students. UIC admitted me in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, and IIT in 1992, but they would have admitted illegals instead of me if they could have.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/university-of-oklahoma-boasts-safe-place-for-illegal-alien-students-/28254
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— America First, or ‘Refugees’ First? The ‘Tent’ movement doesn’t seem to be in line with Trump policies.
https://cis.org/Rush/America-First-or-Refugees-First
DAILY CALLER
— Blue City Sheriffs Scoff At DOJ Request For Information On Illegals
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/18/california-sheriffs-scoff-at-doj-request/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Trump Will Fight Back Against the Big Bank Woke Agenda. What does your bank think of you?
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/07/18/the-days-of-big-banks-targeting-conservatives-are-over-trump-is-restoring-sanity-to-the-finance-industry/
FOX BUSINESS
— Trump has the authority to abolish wokeness from government policy
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6375806546112
FOX NEWS
— The surprising ways illegals evaded border security, until now
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6375805980112
— Zohran Mamdani is the face of the new Democratic Party, RNC chairman says
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6375792242112
— Trump is ‘very serious’ about prosecuting individuals assaulting ICE agents
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6375781578112
— Biden team coordinated on school memo calling parents ‘domestic terrorists.’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-doj-white-house-coordinated-controversial-school-boards-memo-documents-reveal
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Venezuelans Deported by Trump to El Salvador Are Traded for Americans Held Hostage by the Maduro Regime
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/venezuelans-deported-by-trump-to-el-salvador-are-traded-for-americans-held-hostage-by-the-maduro-regime/
REAL CLEAR MARKETS
— The $100,000 Retiree Club Is Growing Way Too Fast In Illinois. My Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension is $66,780/year. My critics/opponents have always decried my CSRS pension. In my defense, while I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, I paid 7% of my salary into the CSRS. During that time, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2025/07/17/the_100000_retiree_club_is_growing_way_too_fast_in_illinois_1122603.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Now, there are nearly 32,000 in the $100k club. An extra 20,000 government retirees making that much is a sign Illinois’ public pension systems are out of control. Plus, there are many more state retirees getting close to that benchmark: the state’s 239,384 pensioners now average $93,558.)
TOWNHALL
— Noem Slams Leftist Media for Coddling Criminal Illegals with Sob Stories
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/07/18/kristi-noem-forces-fake-news-outlets-to-look-at-the-criminal-illegals-they-are-peddling-sob-stories-for-n2660607
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ROLL CALL
— Bill backed by House Republican Appropriators Committee would slash funding for GAO nearly in half. My Democrat GAO superiors used Gingrich budget cuts to waste my career and to force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. I should write about that.
https://rollcall.com/2025/07/10/appropriators-advance-legislative-branch-bill-without-gao-cuts/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The smallest of the 12 spending bills, the legislative branch bill is also typically the least controversial. But the House’s proposed cuts to GAO funding have put it in the spotlight, drawing the condemnation of Democrats and outside groups, who characterized the move as a political attack after the watchdog found on at least two occasions that the Trump White House illegally barred the release of appropriated funds. More than 100 House Democrats this week joined a letter to Speaker Mike Johnson and Appropriations Chair Tom Cole, R-Okla., arguing the funding reduction to the independent watchdog would “significantly weaken its ability to deliver future savings throughout the government.” Also this week, dozens of outside groups signed on to two separate letters similarly calling for the restoration of funds. “No federal agency is perfect, but the GAO’s more than 100-year history is a success story overall, with an average return on investment of $123 for every $1 expended,” said one letter, led by the R Street Institute and signed by about a dozen other center-right groups. “As Congress’s fiscal watchdog, the GAO has identified hundreds of billions of dollars in savings along with opportunities to reduce duplication and mismanagement.” The Library of Congress, which was targeted by the White House in May when President Donald Trump fired its director Carla Hayden and Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter, also would avoid a deep cut. Perlmutter filed a lawsuit challenging her firing, which is ongoing, and Democrats have floated changing the process by which directors of legislative branch agencies, like the Library of Congress, Government Publishing Office and the GAO, are appointed. Murray briefly spoke about her draft amendment regarding the positions, but it was not put to a vote. She said she wanted to continue to discuss the issue with Appropriations Chair Susan Collins, R-Maine. “Right now, the appointing process for the heads of these agencies involves the executive branch. That does not make a lot of sense, no matter who the president is. And I do believe it’s time to modernize this process and make sure that agency heads are appointed by the legislative branch,” Murray said.)
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrat leaders shout that the GOP tax bill will help the wealthy and harm the poor.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/most-u-s-adults-think-the-gop-tax-bill-will-help-the-wealthy-and-harm-the-poor-ap-norc-poll-finds
— Billy Long will be sworn in as IRS commissioner, taking over an agency he once sought to close. I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year. I worked for GAO on audits of IRS for 3 years at the GS-13 Step 1-3 Levels, currently $117,807-$125,661/year.
https://www.bostonherald.com/2025/07/18/billy-long-irs-commissioner/amp/
CBS NEWS
— Trump files $10 billion lawsuit over Wall Street Journal’s Jeffrey Epstein report
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-lawsuit-wall-street-journal-jeffrey-epstein-birthday-letter/
— Bondi tours Alcatraz as part of Trump’s plan to reopen former prison
https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/pam-bondi-alcatraz-prison-san-francisco-bay-penitentiary-trump-plans/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders covered up Biden’s health problems, but trumpet Trump’s.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/us/politics/trump-chronic-venous-insufficiency.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Justice Dept. asks for names, records of noncitizens in California jails
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/07/18/justice-department-immigration-california-inmates-noncitizens-list/
POLITICO
— The GOP vs. the GAO. My Democrat GAO superiors used Gingrich budget cuts to waste my career and to force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. I should write about that.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/inside-congress/2025/05/27/the-gop-vs-the-gao-00369890
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republicans are declaring war against the Government Accountability Office. GOP lawmakers and White House officials are ramping up public criticism of the nonpartisan watchdog arm of Congress as it complicates President Donald Trump’s efforts to remake the federal government and grab power from the legislative branch. GAO investigates bad behavior at federal agencies and issues recommendations for how they can improve. A flurry of conflicts, including a run-in with DOGE, are inflaming tensions as GAO chief Gene Dodaro makes the rounds on Capitol Hill to defend the agency. Trump doesn’t have the power to remove Dodaro, as he did former Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, but he could make Dodaro’s tenure at the office unpleasant by calling on Republicans to impeach or remove him through a joint resolution. At stake, as Jennifer Scholtes, Jordain Carney and Katherine Tully-McManus report this morning, is GAO’s independence — which some Republicans are openly attacking. “GAO has lost credibility as an independent body,” Sen. Mike Lee wrote on X last week. Lee’s criticism got at the heart of the right’s current frustration with GAO. The Utah Republican was responding to an earlier X post from OMB Director Russ Vought, who blasted the agency for finding the Trump administration broke the law by withholding funds approved by Congress. It was one of at least 39 GAO inquiries into whether the White House has flouted the 51-year-old Impoundment Control Act, which prevents presidents from circumventing lawmakers’ “power of the purse.” The impoundment questions aren’t the end of it. GAO rejected an attempt by Elon Musk’s DOGE to land a team at the agency, arguing GAO wasn’t subject to DOGE or executive orders. And GAO faced tensions with Senate Republicans in recent weeks after the agency advised that they couldn’t use the Congressional Review Act to fast-track the termination of a California emissions standard. They decided to anyway. GAO is standing its ground. At a recent hearing, Dodaro stressed the agency’s desire to stay out of political crosshairs. “We’re just responding to help Congress,” Dodaro said. “We’re not trying to influence things one way or the other. We’re nonpartisan. We’re asked a question; we give an answer. It doesn’t matter who it is.”)
— GAO is targeted by House Republicans in new spending bill. My Democrat GAO superiors used Gingrich budget cuts to waste my career and to force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. I should write about that.
The Legislative Branch appropriations subcommittee aims to cut Congress’ own budget by $51 million.
(FROM THE ARTICLE: House Republicans are aiming to slash funding for the nonpartisan watchdog for waste, fraud and abuse within the federal government by nearly half in the next fiscal year, according to spending bill text released Sunday night. The House Appropriations subcommittee funding Congress and its support agencies, led by chairman David Valadao (R-Calif.), is set to mark up their fiscal 2026 measure Monday evening, with the full committee set to act Thursday. The Legislative Branch bill would provide $6.7 billion — $51 million below the current funding level, which was set in fiscal 2024. Per tradition, the House bill does not touch any Senate funding. “Chairman Valadao’s bill puts the American people first — in strengthening the institutions that represent them, protecting effective governance, and safeguarding taxpayer dollars,” said House Appropriations Committee Chair Tom Cole (R-Okla.) in a statement. The deepest cuts in the bill are to the Government Accountability Office, an arm of Congress that would see a $396.5 million reduction from current levels to $415.4 million. GAO has served as the nation’s chief investigator of wrongdoing at federal agencies for more than a century, but has been fighting for months as Republicans in Congress and the Trump administration have attempted to undercut its legal conclusions and independence. Now, they are attempting to shrink the agency into submission as it pursues nearly 40 investigations into whether the White House is illegally withholding, or “impounding,” money Congress had previously approved. Also tucked into the bill is a major policy change that would eliminate the GAO’s ability to bring civil action against the executive branch over impoundments of funds. “GAO’s work makes it possible for the legislative branch to hold government accountable,” said Daniel Schuman, executive director of the American Governance Institute. “Congress needs independent expert advice, which is exactly what GAO provides.”)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/06/23/congress/gao-targeted-house-republicans-00417754
ED SOURCE
— Trump wants to cut college access programs for low-income students. What was your college access program? Mine was taking college preparatory courses in high school, getting the best ACT score that I could, graduating in the upper 20% of my class, and working enough part-time hours during the school years and full-time during the summers to pay for my college expenses and to buy new cars to get to/from my parents’ home in Crete and jobs and classes at UIC and NIU.
https://edsource.org/2025/trio-program-funding-threats-california/736767
July 16, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Epstein to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/15/con-las-teoras-de-conspiracin-sobre-epstein-trump-se-enfrenta-a-una-crisis-que-l-mismo-cre/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use public broadcasting to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/16/illinois-public-broadcasting-cuts-vote-looms/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Inspector general’s quarterly report chock-full of wrongdoing by city employees
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2025/07/15/inspector-generals-wrongdoing-city-employees-again
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago/2025/07/15/good-trouble-protests-chicago-john-lewis-trump
DAILY HERALD
— As more and more and more Democrats invade DuPage County, stronger security is needed in public spaces
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250716/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-sunset-pool-incident-shows-urgent-need-for-stronger-security-in-public-spaces/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly shout at women that Republicans cause all the problems that women have.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250716/syndicated-columnists/the-gender-gap-grows-wider-and-wider/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250715/news/what-you-need-to-know-about-good-trouble-lives-on-suburban-protests/
ABC7
— How Secret Service is working to combat rising threat of politically motivated violence. One of my best friends during the 1960s and 1970s was a Secret Service Agent during the 1970s.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/how-secret-service-combats-rising-threat-political-violence-minnesota-lawmakers-shot-donald-trump-assassination-attempt/17122494/
— Some Democrat leaders reluctantly slow down their promotion of LGBTQ
https://abc7chicago.com/post/rush-hospital-pausing-hormonal-health-care-new-patients-age-18/17139085/
CBS2
— ICE says many in immigration detention no longer qualify for bond hearings
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/ice-immigration-detention-bond-hearings/
WGN RADIO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://wgnradio.com/john-williams/newsclick/how-do-you-feel-about-ice-covering-up-their-identities/#/questions
WBEZ
— After years of poor care, preventable deaths, Illinois is changing its prison health care provider. The state is backing out of its 10-year, $4 billion contract with Wexford Health Sources, but the new contractor has its own troubling track record in other states.
https://www.wbez.org/criminal-justice/2025/07/16/after-years-of-poor-care-preventable-deaths-illinois-is-changing-its-prison-health-care-provider
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that police are racists
https://www.wbez.org/data/2025/07/16/report-shows-big-drop-in-chicago-police-traffic-stops-but-sharp-racial-disparities-persist
PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/politics/2025/07/16/good-trouble-lives-on-rallies-target-trump-see-list-of-illinois-locations-times-springfield-peoria/85211067007/
SOUTHERN
— Democrats lean into MAGA infighting over Epstein files
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/07/16/democrats-lean-into-maga-infighting-over-epstein-files/
NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— For many countries, if they cannot exploit America, they hate America
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2025-07-15/trumps-tariffs-are-prompting-many-in-japan-to-rethink-relationship-with-the-u-s
WAND TV
— IDFPR launches 24 additional license types to new licensing system. I became a licensed CPA when I was 32 years old in 1981.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/idfpr-launches-24-additional-license-types-to-new-licensing-system/article_786fda3b-7aae-4fa9-b06c-be395dbe9344.html
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Intoxicating hemp remains unregulated in Illinois following legislative inaction. Regulatory attempts have failed despite Pritzker’s backing, although feds could intervene. Hemp sales cut into pot sales.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/intoxicating-hemp-remains-unregulated-in-illinois-following-legislative-inaction/
CHALKBEAT
— Illinois graduates who earn college degrees make more money, but racial disparities persist. To address “racial disparities,” my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me retire when I was 49 years old. They gave my Black subordinate my job and my preferred corner office. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the one I had. The aforesaid is political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/07/16/illinois-high-school-graduates-with-college-degrees-earn-more/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The report found that students from low-income households were less likely to obtain bachelor’s degrees, master’s degrees, doctoral degrees, or professional licenses than their peers from higher-income households. The report also found that the state’s high school students whose parents were among the highest earners went on to earn about 48% more than those whose parents were in the lowest-earning group. Among those who came from the same socioeconomic background, Black and Latino students earned less than Asian American and white students, the report found. Students in the study’s sample from low-income families were underrepresented in high-paying careers such as computer information sciences and engineering. Most students took jobs in accommodations and food services. Regardless of whether students had the same levels of education, degrees from the same type of program, or worked in the same industry, students from high-income households earned more than their peers who came from low-income households. On average, the gap in earnings between students from high-income households and low-income households was $5,815 even if they had the same degree.)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/16/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-552/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/15/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-345/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
JOHN KASS
— The Blackmailer Jeffery Epstein, the Chicago Hitman, and the Tragedy of MAGA
https://johnkassnews.com/the-blackmailer-jeffery-epstein-the-chicago-hitman-and-the-tragedy-of-maga/
WIREPOINTS
— Pritzker hides behind CNBC business ranking for Illinois
https://wirepoints.org/gov-pritzker-hides-behind-cnbc-business-ranking-for-illinois-wirepoints-quickpoint/
CHICAGO CONTRARIAN
— Vallas: Chicago’s Poor Families Deserve Better School Choices. Because my parents had enough money to send me to Missouri Lutheran Synod grade schools, my critics/opponents have always demonized them and me as being filthy rich. But my father never made more than $50,000 a year in today’s dollars.
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/chicago-poor-families-better-school-choices
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What could you have done, but did not do, to avoid the rath of those above you? I refused to a) let myself be manipulated or dominated by them, b) glorify or paise them, c) pander to them, d) serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) cover up their wrong doing, and f) give them money. Consequently, they had their operatives and their dupes take many big adverse actions against me. I should write about that. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— The latest heroes of the left: War criminals, gang members and human rights abusers
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/15/latest-heroes-left-war-criminals-gang-members-human-rights-abusers/
— Where’s the U.S. border? Trump asks Supreme Court to decide
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/15/wheres-us-border-trump-asks-supreme-court-decide/
NEW YORK POST
— How ‘charities,’ funded by your tax dollars, helped break immigration law
https://nypost.com/2025/07/15/opinion/how-charities-funded-by-your-tax-dollars-helped-break-immigration-law/
AMERICAN THINKER
— How do we explain the left’s hatred of America and their undying affection for criminal illegals?
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/07/how_do_we_explain_the_left_s_hatred_of_america_and_their_undying_affection_for_criminal_illegals.html
— Poor Black Children Face a Dismal Future. My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who do not share my demographics. They were overjoyed when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate..
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/07/poor_black_children_face_a_dismal_future.html
— Crushing the leftists’ woke riot
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/07/crushing_the_leftists_woke_riot.html
BLAZE
— Nonprofits aided the invasion — now they obstruct deportation
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/nonprofits-aided-the-invasion-now-they-obstruct-deportation
BREITBART
— Tom Cotton Introduces Bill to End Birthright Citizenship for Children of Illegal Aliens, Terrorists
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/07/15/exclusive-tom-cotton-introduces-bill-to-end-birthright-citizenship-for-children-of-illegal-aliens-terrorists/
DAILY CALLER
— ICE Declares Illegal Migrants Ineligible For Bond Hearings
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/15/ice-declares-illegals-ineligible-for-bond/
DAILY WIRE
— Trump Admin Charges Business Owner For Hiring Illegal Alien Workers. The employer stands accused of paying to smuggle illegal aliens into the United States before hiring them for his restaurant. All my employers would have hired illegals instead of me if they could have. Illegals are much easier to exploit.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-charges-business-owner-for-hiring-illegal-alien-workers
FEDERALIST
— Minneapolis Mayoral Candidate Says Somalia Is His ‘Home’ More and more and more come to America to turn America into their motherland. They promote “diversity.”
https://thefederalist.com/2025/07/15/minneapolis-mayoral-candidate-says-somalia-is-his-home/
— Democrat States Want American Taxpayers To Fund English Classes For Illegals
https://thefederalist.com/2025/07/15/dem-states-want-american-taxpayers-to-fund-english-classes-for-illegals/
FOX NEWS
— How has EEOC impacted you? When I was 22 years old in 1971, to settle an EEOC complaint, Oldsmobile agreed to stop hiring Whites. Because of that, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted. Because I had accepted that offer, my Firestone Store boss rudely fired me. Because I had to have a job, I accepted a job offer from IRS.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-administration-refines-eeoc-approach-transgender-workplace-discrimination-claims
— AOC welcomes socialist Mamdani to nation’s capital as Dem leaders withhold endorsements. President Trump says former Gov. Andrew Cuomo ‘has a shot’ against Zohran Mamdani, while key Democratic leaders hesitate to choose socialist. What percent of the Democrats in Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct would vote for Mamdani?
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/aoc-welcomes-socialist-mamdani-nations-capital-dem-leaders-withhold-endorsements
HOT AIR
— ‘Queer’ Is Not About Gender; It Is an Assault on Reality Itself
https://hotair.com/david-strom/2025/07/15/trump-is-done-with-putin-n3804778
NEWS BUSTERS
— CNN Falsely Claims Illegals in Alligator Alcatraz Have ‘No Criminal Charges’
https://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/shannon-sauders/2025/07/15/cnn-falsely-claims-illegals-alligator-alcatraz-have-no-criminal
NEWSMAX
— US Military Bases Libraries Have Material That Promote Gender Ideology
https://www.newsmax.com/us/military-gender-ideology-dei/2025/07/15/id/1218885/
PJ MEDIA
— Woke California Bishop Tells Illegals Not to Come to Church in Case of ICE
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/07/15/woke-ca-bishop-tells-illegals-theyre-exempted-from-sunday-obligation-n4941755
TOWNHALL
— Here’s the House Republican Who Wants Amnesty for Illegals. My critics/opponents reject the immigration plank in the Republican Party platform.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/07/16/heres-the-house-republican-who-wants-amnesty-for-illegals-n2660448
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5403189-trumps-disapproval-rating-hits-record-for-second-term/
ABC NEWS
— Supreme Court allows Trump to continue effort to gut Education Department. GAO works for Congress. Gingrich should have reformed GAO instead of gutting it. If he had reformed GAO, I might still be working for GAO. In any event, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to a) force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, b) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, c) delay my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13, d) keep me off audits of IRS except for 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and e) force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/supreme-court-allows-trump-continue-effort-gut-education/story?id=123747924
CBS NEWS
— Some American businesses look to expand production as Trump threatens more tariffs. What percent of what you by is made by cheap foreign labor?
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/some-american-businesses-expand-production-trump-tariff-war/
NEWSWEEK
— Trump Attacks His Own Supporters Over Jeffrey Epstein Interest
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-attacks-maga-supporters-jeffrey-epstein-interest-2099526
— My critics/opponents reject the immigration plank in the Republican Party platform.
https://www.newsweek.com/migrants-immigration-maria-salazar-republicans-house-2099411
NEW YORK TIMES
— Will the Conspiracists Cultivated by Trump Turn on Him Over Epstein? The fallout of the Epstein case is testing the power the president holds over his most loyal followers, many of whom have broken into open revolt against him.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/us/politics/trump-epstein-conspiracy-theories.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/us/politics/jeffrey-epstein-files-trump.html
— Federal Workers’ ‘Emotional Roller Coaster’ My Democrat GAO superiors’ success in forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 continues to harm me tremendously.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/us/politics/fired-federal-workers-trump.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Speaker Mike Johnson and other Republicans break with Trump on Epstein
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/15/mike-johnson-epstein-files-democrats-house-vote/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/07/15/trump-third-countries-migrants-deportation/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2025/honduras-trans-woman-asylum-trump/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Will the ‘1619 Project’ Spoil America’s Party? As the anniversary of 1776 draws near, get ready for a resurgence of the New York Times’s false history. 1619 promoters hate America and hate Americans. The longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that they hate you.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/will-the-1619-project-spoil-americas-party-slavery-history-f1cfd9f2
CAPITOL CITY NEW
— Economic mobility top priority of Krishnamoorthi’s Senate campaign. Sadly, my father, my grandfather, and my great grandfather are examples of downward mobility. In 1902, my great grandfather had 1285 Main Street built in Crete (4,030 sq. ft. https://www.redfin.com/IL/Crete/1285-Main-St-60417/home/23199035 ). In 1926, my grandfather had 1286 Wood Street built in Crete (1793 sq. ft. https://www.redfin.com/IL/Crete/1286-Wood-St-60417/home/23199039 ). My father never had a home built. I had to work my way through college.)
https://capitolcitynow.com/news/248842-economic-mobility-top-priority-of-krishnamoorthis-senate-campaign/
WBUR
— When does a conservative lawmaker become moderate? After they disagree with Trump.
https://www.wbur.org/npr/nx-s1-5461102/tillis-rino-trump-moderate-gop
FLORIDA POLITICS
— Jim Oberweis adds another $105K for his run in CD 19
https://floridapolitics.com/archives/747373-jim-oberweis-adds-another-105k-for-his-run-in-cd-19/
MY FEDERAL RETIREMENT
— 2026 Federal Retiree COLA Watch – FERS / CSRS / Social Security My critics/opponents have always been furious that I got COLAs a) while I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997 and b) that I have gotten COLAs since I retired in 1997.
https://www.myfederalretirement.com/fers-csrs-cola-watch/
— 5 Benefits of Working Past Age 65 Federal Employees Should Consider. My Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension is dramatically less because my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors wasted my career and took many big adverse actions against me, including forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. My Social Security was dramatically reduced because I get a CSRS pension.
https://www.myfederalretirement.com/social-security-65/
CATO
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.cato.org/testimony/case-case-returning-parole-its-proper-purpose-0
POLITICO
— How Elon Musk’s X is fueling the MAGA-Trump split. Musk invited the conspiracists back on purpose. Now they’re dividing the GOP.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/15/elon-musk-x-maga-00455128
IUNSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly prioritize citizens of foreign countries over Americans
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/students/retention/2025/07/16/funding-paused-migrant-education-trump-plans-cuts
DUCKWORTH
— Duckworth Secures Key Provisions to Protect Rock Island Arsenal. During the first 6 months of 1989, I worked for GAO at the Rock Island Arsenal on an audit of DOD’s 1990 ammunition budget request. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/assets/150/148194.pdf
https://www.duckworth.senate.gov/news/press-releases/duckworth-secures-key-provisions-to-protect-rock-island-arsenal-support-illinois-quantum-technology-research-and-safeguard-care-for-veterans
FED SMITH
— Secrets Behind the Growing Number of Thrift Savings Plan Millionaires. TSP millionaires grew 500% in 5+ years.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2025/07/11/secrets-behind-the-growing-number-of-tsp-millionaires/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) provides a path to a secure retirement for federal employees. While the defined annuity under FERS is a very valuable benefit often not available to most Americans, the Thrift Savings Plan may provide the difference between a minimal retirement or one that provides many more options to enjoy your later years in life. While the argument is often made that salaries in the private sector are higher, the federal workforce has at its fingertips a way to accumulate wealth that provides a substantial retirement income—at least for those with the knowledge and discipline to take maximum advantage of this program. Here are some TSP statistics that every federal employee should keep in mind—especially those who are still relatively new to the federal workforce. In March 2020, there were 27,212 TSP millionaires, which grew to 171,023 by June 2025. This is a growth of over 500% in the number of millionaires in just over five years. The largest quarterly increase in TSP millionaires occurred between March 2020 and June 2020, with the number rising from 27,212 to 45,219 — an increase of 66%. Another significant increase was between December 2020 and March 2021, where the number of millionaires grew from 75,420 to 84,808. The number of TSP millionaires is now at its highest point, with 171,023 participant millionaires as of the end of June 2025. The average years of contributions for TSP millionaires have remained stable over the last five years, hovering around 28 years. This indicates a strong correlation between long-term contributions and achieving millionaire status in the TSP.)
PSYCHOLOGY TODAY
— The Temptation of Blind Loyalty. My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/insight-therapy/202504/eyes-wide-shut-the-temptation-of-blind-loyalty
GOOGLE AI
— Personal spending priorities. What are your personal spending priorities? Mine include expenses needed to put together and to send out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. They include Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Daily Herald, Naperville Sun, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Crain’s Chicago Business home delivery and website access.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22personal+spending+priorities
GOOGLE AI
— Career wasted. Did your superiors waste your career? My Democrat superiors did. But by critics/opponents disagree. They stress that my ACT score was only 24, that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class, that I got no scholarships, and that I got no student loans. They stress that my college GPAs were not that great. They stress that while I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, my scores were not that great. In my defense, I had to work my way through college. Instead of studying, I spent far too many hours washing dishes, delivering mail, pumping gasoline, collecting delinquent taxes, and auditing federal agencies.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22career+wasted
July 9, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Trump suggests taking over New York City and Washington DC
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-suggests-taking-new-york-city-washington/17022336/
— Supreme Court clears the way for Trump’s plans to downsize the federal workforce
https://abc7chicago.com/post/supreme-court-clears-trumps-plans-downsize-federal-workforce/17022051/
NBC5
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/illinois-officials-blast-medicaid-snap-cuts-in-trump-led-megabill/3785101/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/what-trumps-tax-law-could-mean-youngest-americans/3785278/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/student-loan-cancellation-program-trump-retribution-tool/3784547/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/video-illinois-democrats-express-concerns-about-cuts-to-snap-benefits/3785248/
FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1670996
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoFEXTwAjZ0
WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government
https://news.wttw.com/2025/07/08/july-8-2025-full-show
https://news.wttw.com/2025/07/08/brandon-johnson-condemns-cuts-imposed-trump-s-tax-spending-bill-unholy
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH THREE PHOTOS: Special prosecutor appointed to investigate DuPage clerk’s bidding practices
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250708/news/special-prosecutor-appointed-to-investigate-dupage-clerks-bidding-practices/
— Supreme Court clears the way for Trump’s plans to downsize the federal workforce
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250708/nation-and-world-politics/supreme-court-clears-the-way-for-trumps-plans-to-downsize-the-federal-workforce/
— Large teen gathering at Glen Ellyn pool leads to misdemeanor arrest
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250708/news/large-teen-gathering-at-glen-ellyn-pool-leads-to-misdemeanor-arrest/
SOUTHERN
— Trump suggests taking over New York City and Washington DC
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/07/08/trump-suggests-taking-over-new-york-city-and-washington/
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— How dependent on federal spending is your hospital?
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2025/07/09/cuts-to-medicaid-could-lead-to-9-illinois-hospitals-closing/84497471007/
SUBURBAN LIFE
— Disruption at Sunset Pool in Glen Ellyn may lead to reevaluation of training, safety policies
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/2025/07/08/disruption-at-sunset-pool-in-glen-ellyn-may-lead-to-reevaluation-of-training-policies/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-07-08/what-health-care-cuts-in-trumps-budget-law-will-mean-for-americans
https://www.nprillinois.org/government-politics/2025-07-09/federal-food-assistance-changes-threaten-benefits-for-thousands-of-illinoisans
PUBLIC NEWS SERVICE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2025-07-09/immigration/il-school-districts-serving-immigrants-work-to-stay-low-key/a97580-1
GLEN ELLYN PATCH
— ‘We Share Your Frustration:’ Park District Reacts To Teen Takeover In Glen Ellyn. The Glen Ellyn Park District shared a statement after an incident in which hundreds of teens stormed Sunset Pool. How prepared is your park district for Democrat teen takeovers?
https://patch.com/illinois/glenellyn/we-share-your-frustration-park-district-reacts-teen-takeover-glen-ellyn
CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— To boost their popularity, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/august-2025/can-tangling-with-trump-boost-the-mayors-popularity/
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/07/08/360000-illinois-residents-to-lose-food-assistance-due-to-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-pritzker-says/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Richard Porter eyeing Durbin’s seat
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/07/09/richard-porter-eyeing-durbins-seat-00443440
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Richard Porter, a battle-hardened Republican Party loyalist, is considering a bid for the U.S. Senate seat now held by Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin, who’s retiring. Porter sees an opening for himself and the Illinois Republican Party by blending establishment savvy with MAGA fealty. His background: Porter, 65, is a seasoned attorney from Chicago’s northern suburbs and a former Republican National Committeeman who has worn many hats over the years. He was a senior domestic policy adviser to President George W. Bush and counselor to Vice President Dan Quayle. More recently he’s been an unofficial adviser within the Illinois Republican Party. Porter’s resume screams old guard, but he now sings support for President Donald Trump and his policies — a pivot from the early years of Trump’s first administration. Walking a tightrope: “I represent the old and new party,” Porter told your Playbook host, adding he’s still in the “testing the waters phase” of running for Senate. It’s a narrow but not impossible lane, he says. With Durbin out and three prominent Democrats already elbowing one another in a looming primary brawl, Porter sees a crack in the Democratic firewall that has defined Illinois politics for so many years. “This is an open seat,” Porter said. “Democrats will have to compete in a primary so there’s a good chance for division coming out of that.” Porter expects economic renewal under Trump, and he brushed aside Democrats’ concerns that hundreds of thousands of people will lose health care under Trump’s just-signed megabill. “If you look at actual provisions, they aren’t unreasonable — there are work requirements,” Porter said. “Real world impact will be minimal.” Perhaps. But … that won’t stop Democrats from branding it as catastrophic to voters. Porter is confident that any “unintended bad consequence” from the budget reconciliation bill can be corrected before the 2026 midterms. Porter’s view: “There’s a risk if Democrats cry wolf, wolf, wolf for 12 months and there’s no wolf.” He’s also been poring over 2024 election results and sees Trump’s showing in Illinois as a positive sign that Republicans could find success in 2026 in the state where Democrats control all the statewide seats. Add a possible chaotic Democratic primary and a volatile national climate, and anything is possible. The challenge for any statewide Republican candidate, Porter says, is getting old guard and new right Republicans to march in lock step. The other challenge is getting the state’s most prominent Republican donor — businessman Richard Uihlein — on your side. SIDE NOTE: Porter would face a primary. Air Force veteran John Goodman, political commentator Pamela Denise Long and businessman Douglas Bennett and others have filed as Republican candidates, too.)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/09/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-547/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/08/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-340/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Republicans decry Democrats’ ‘fear mongering’ over ‘big bill.’ Chicago mayor: ‘Big bill’ is ‘unholy.’
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_da1443d2-78b9-4190-9bc6-0143cc62de04.html
— Trump slams wind, solar; Pritzker predicts ‘big bill’ increases energy costs
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_56934533-ae58-4264-ae5b-1aa496c600d0.html
WIREPOINTS
— More dependency on Medicaid is not the answer. The answer is a booming economy where people can pay their own way.
https://wirepoints.org/more-dependency-on-medicaid-is-not-the-answer-the-answer-is-a-booming-economy-where-people-can-pay-their-own-way-wirepoints-on-wttws-chicago-tonight/
— Pritzker is Johnson is Mamdani
https://wirepoints.org/j-b-pritzker-is-brandon-johnson-is-zoran-mamdani-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that no one can survive in America, let alone succeed in America, without massive Democrat-provided government assistance. It is called socialism, if not communism. I had Republican teachers in grade school and in high school. Because of that, my not getting scholarships or student loans did not stop me from getting a college degree. I worked my way through college. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— How have federal spending cuts impacted you? My Democrat GAO superiors used Gingrich-led budget cuts to waste my career and to get rid of me. They used those cuts a) to force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980, b) to delay my promotions and to never promote me beyond GS-13, c) to always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and d) to force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. They would not have done the aforesaid if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What is your position on bad jobs? From what I see, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, Americans ever-increasingly fail/refuse to take bad jobs. I took bad jobs. I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumped more gasoline 1971-1972, collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and audited federal agencies 1980-1997. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do your critics/opponents paint themselves as being? My Republican critics/opponents ever-increasingly paint themselves as being moderates, centrists, RINOs, anti-conservatives, anti-Republicans, if not Democrat plants. I should write my Republican critics/opponents. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— ‘They threw Christine into the water;’ Chicago ‘flash mob’ takes over Glen Ellyn’s Sunset Pool, assaults manager. Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, Glen Ellyn today, your municipality tomorrow.
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/673828974-they-threw-christine-into-the-waterl-chicago-flash-mob-takes-over-glen-ellyn-s-sunset-pool-assaults-manager
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A “flash mob” of some 200 Chicago residents swarmed Glen Ellyn’s Sunset village pool on Saturday afternoon, forcing their way past the entrance and assaulting the pool manager. A video posted on Instagram shows a crowd pushing manager Christine Giunta-Mayer into the lap pool, which had been surrounded by the mob. Sources tell DuPage Policy Journal that the mob arrived around 4:30 p.m. Glen Ellyn Police arrived soon after and closed the pool. A Sat. afternoon Facebook post by Patrick Sandusky reported the pool as “now closed.” “The Sunset Pool has been overwhelmed by out of town kids,” he wrote. “Fireworks fired into pool. It’s a tik tok meet up / take over according to police I just spoke to.” “Kids pushed (past) the gates. Lot of drinking and weed in the parking lot. 100s and 100s of kids. No joke. Pushed manager into the pool,” Sandusky wrote. The Sunset Pool’s non-resident admission rate is $15 for individuals 18-59. On Sunday, Sunset Pool visitors were required to have a physical pool pass issued by the park district, sources tell DuPage Policy Journal. Weed, Miller Lite, and “on the rocks cosmos” Glen Ellyn teens present described a chaotic scene. The flash mob brought in coolers with alcohol and speakers to play music. “They were drinking and smoking weed and swearing a lot,” a Glen Ellyn teen present at the pool at the time told DuPage Policy Journal. “Someone threw a lit cigar into the pool.” “I saw Miller Lite bottles and girls drinking on-the-rocks cosmos,” the teen said. “They were taking people’s stuff and moving it from their pool chairs.” The flash mob was originally planned for Naperville. “We bringing (sic) 31st Beach to the burbs” read a Facebook advertisement promoting the event, scheduled for Naperville’s Centennial Beach, from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. “31st Beach” is a reference to 31st Street Beach on Chicago’s South Side. Giunta-Mayer is also head coach of the Glenbard West Hilltoppers Boys’ Volleyball team.)
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Mayor Johnson: Chicago ‘Police Dept. Will Not Ever Cooperate with ICE’
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/07/mayor-johnson-chicago-police-dept-will-not-ever-cooperate-with-ice.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump says he’s ‘testing’ the idea of a federal takeover of D.C.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/8/trump-says-hes-testing-idea-federal-takeover-dc/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Brandon Johnson promises Chicago police ‘will not ever cooperate with ICE’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3465665/brandon-johnson-ice-promises-chicago-police-will-not-ever-cooperate/
— US veterans stand by Afghans in immigration court
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/courage-strength-optimism/3465521/us-veterans-stand-by-afghan-refugees-immigration-court/
NEW YORK POST
— Chicago mayor vows city police ‘will not ever cooperate with ICE’
https://nypost.com/2025/07/09/us-news/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-vows-city-wont-cooperate-with-trump-ice/
— Mamdani’s college application debacle is just one more example of privileged kids acting oppressed
https://nypost.com/2025/07/08/us-news/zohran-mamdani-is-just-another-privileged-progressive-hypocrite/
WASHINGTON POST
— To study in the U.S. under Trump, international students scrub their accounts. What percent want to be in America for the wrong reasons?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/07/09/international-students-visas-trump-social-media-online-vetting/
BREITBART
— Newsom Claims Illegal Migrants Needed for Rebuilding
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/07/08/gavin-newsom-attacks-ric-grenell-for-audacity-to-criticize-fire-recovery-claims-illegal-migrants-needed-for-rebuilding/
DAILY CALLER
— ‘Would Crater In Minutes’: Sean Spicer Warns Amnesty ‘Would Destroy MAGA’
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/08/sean-spicer-warns-amnesty-would-destroy-maga/
— Boston Mayor Opens City Hall Doors To Chinese Communist Party Members
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/09/exclusive-michelle-wu-boston-city-hall-ccp/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Supreme Court Allows Trump’s ‘Transformation of the Federal Bureaucracy’ to Proceed
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/07/08/breaking-supreme-court-allows-trumps-transformation-of-the-federal-bureaucracy-to-proceed/
EPOCH TIMES
— Supreme Court Clears Way for Mass Federal Layoffs
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/supreme-court-clears-way-for-federal-layoffs-5883594
FEDERALIST
— Trump Promises ‘No Amnesty’ For Illegal Alien Agricultural Workers
https://thefederalist.com/2025/07/08/trump-promises-no-amnesty-for-illegal-alien-agricultural-workers/
FOX NEWS
— Race-obsessed leadership in Chicago is destroying children’s futures
https://www.aol.com/race-obsessed-leadership-americas-third-140031620.html
— Trump praises Florida after county approves renaming roadway after him: ‘Wonderful honor.’ Will Democrat leaders rename the Ronald Reagan Memorial Tollway, that is, I-88 in DuPage County?
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-praises-florida-county-approves-renaming-roadway-after-him-wonderful-honor
https://www.aol.com/news/trump-praises-florida-county-approves-051813581.html
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Supreme Court Allows Trump Administration to Continue Large-Scale Federal Layoffs
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/supreme-court-allows-trump-administration-to-continue-large-scale-federal-layoffs/
NEWSMAX
— Supreme Court Clears Way for Trump’s Plans to Downsize Federal Workforce
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/supreme-court-trump-mass-firings/2025/07/08/id/1218061/
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/07/08/trump_were_going_to_give_the_farmers_the_people_they_need_but_were_not_talking_amnesty.html
TOWNHALL
— Homan Offers Blistering Warning to Muslim Socialist NYC Mayoral Candidate: ‘Get Out of the Way’
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/07/07/tom-homan-offers-blistering-warning-to-muslim-socialist-nyc-mayoral-candidate-n2660003
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Supreme Court allows Trump to proceed with plans to downsize the federal workforce
https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-7-8-2025
UPI
— Supreme Court allows Trump to proceed with federal job cuts
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2025/07/08/Supreme-Court-federal-job-cuts/8801752013130/
REUTERS
— Supreme Court clears way for Trump to pursue mass federal layoffs
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/us-supreme-court-lifts-order-that-blocked-trumps-mass-federal-layoffs-2025-07-08/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Supreme Court Clears Way for Mass Firings at Federal Agencies
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/us/politics/supreme-court-federal-workers-layoffs.html
— Trump Got the Green Light to Fire Federal Workers. Now, They Wait. My Democrat GAO superiors used Gingrich-led budget cuts to waste my career and to get rid of me. They used those cuts a) to force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980, b) to delay my promotions and to never promote me beyond GS-13, c) to always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and d) to force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. They would not have done the aforesaid if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/us/politics/trump-federal-workers-firings.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Supreme Court allows Trump to launch mass layoff and restructuring plans
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/08/supreme-court-trump-mass-layoffs-federal-workers/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Supreme Court Says the President Can Fire People. If you read the filings in Diersen v. GAO ( https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf ), you will conclude that the courts ruled that employees can be fired for opposing Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, for opposing race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and/or national origin discrimination.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/supreme-court-trump-v-afge-executive-order-layoffs-ketanji-brown-jackson-bda51ed8
REASON
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://reason.com/2025/07/08/trump-reiterates-his-promise-to-protect-farm-and-hospitality-workers-from-pretty-vicious-deportation/
FED SMITH
— Supreme Court Greenlights Trump Administration’s Federal Workforce Cuts
https://www.fedsmith.com/2025/07/08/supreme-court-greenlights-trump-administrations-federal-workforce-cuts/
FED SCOOP
— Supreme Court allows federal workforce reductions to move forward
https://fedscoop.com/supreme-court-allows-federal-workforce-reductions-proceed/
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Federal workforce likely to shrink further under extended hiring freeze
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/hiring-retention/2025/07/federal-workforce-likely-to-shrink-further-under-extended-hiring-freeze/
June 28, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UL9r-n8QehQ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/federal-plaza-chicago-protest-today-demonstrators-ice-raids-demand-charges-alejandro-orellana-dropped/16861806/
— Trump is looking to speed up his ability to fine those in the United States illegally — up to $1,000 per day.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-administration-eliminating-warning-period-fining-us-illegally-exclusive/16860955/
NBC5
— Democrat and RINO leaders decry that “Supreme Court ruling limits judges’ power to challenge presidential executive orders.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/supreme-court-ruling-limits-judges-power-to-challenge-presidential-executive-orders/3778128/
— Democrat ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/how-to-watch-the-2025-chicago-pride-parade-live-as-it-happens/3777710/
— What does the Supreme Court ruling on birthright citizenship actually mean? Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly encourage citizens of foreign countries to give birth in America.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/what-does-the-supreme-court-ruling-on-birthright-citizenship-actually-mean/3777935/
— Pritzker issues statement after Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship ruling. Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly encourage citizens of foreign countries to give birth in America.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/gov-pritzker-issues-statement-after-supreme-courts-birthright-citizenship-ruling/3777973/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/the-home-depot-parking-lot-labor-economy-at-heart-of-trumps-ice-immigration-battle/3777749/
FOX32
— Illinois leaders slam Supreme Court ruling backing Trump immigration move. Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly encourage citizens of foreign countries to give birth in America.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-leaders-slam-supreme-court-ruling-backing-trump-immigration-move
— Krishnamoorthi touts bill to curb Trump’s presidential power over military deployment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDDYrwSlW3E
WTTW
— What’s Next for Birthright Citizenship After the Supreme Court’s Ruling. Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly encourage citizens of foreign countries to give birth in America.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/06/27/what-s-next-birthright-citizenship-after-supreme-court-s-ruling
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ and abortion.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/27/evanston-to-protect-privacy-of-abortion-gender-care-patients-by-limiting-license-plate-reader-tech/
— Centrism in the Democrat Party is dead.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/27/editorial-is-centrism-in-the-democratic-party-dead-lets-hope-not/
— Democrat and RINO leaders decry that “High court ruling on injunctions could imperil many court orders blocking the Trump administration.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/27/high-court-ruling-injunctions-trump/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump doesn’t want to be another George W. Bush. Trump wants to be the president who uses the military sparingly.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/06/27/donald-trump-president-military-bush
— Advocates in Chicago say the Supreme Court’s decision to limit birthright citizenship injunctions is ‘cruel’ Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly encourage citizens of foreign countries to give birth in America.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/06/27/supreme-court-limits-nationwide-injunctions-but-fate-of-trump-birthright-citizenship-order-unclear
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/06/27/responding-to-the-moment-pilsen-mural-depicts-superman-fighting-an-ice-agent
— Trump administration unfreezes $1.2M in anti-terrorism funding to Chicago.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump/2025/06/27/counter-terrorism-funding-chicago-donald-trump-homeland-security
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ and illegal immigration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/06/26/trans-migrant-chicago-deportation-trump
WAND TV
— Safe gun storage bill arrives on governor’s desk despite Republican concerns.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/safe-gun-storage-bill-arrives-on-governors-desk-despite-republican-concerns/article_88e0af0a-dcf3-43de-a11b-5d3af17515db.html
WGLT
— Have you ever been encouraged to run for office? The leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party have not. They stress that my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. They stress that Bush, Hastert, Fitzgerald, and Hyde did not come to my defense. They stress that my Democrat GAO superiors a) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, b) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, and forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. They stress that my Democrat IRS superiors a) never promoted me beyond GS-12, b) disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and c) disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974. They stress that my Democrat Post Office superiors a) disallowed my sick leave requests in 1968 and 1969 and b) forced me to resign in 1969. They ignore/dismiss/belittle that I a) earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, b) passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, c) became a licensed CPA, and d) earned four more job related professional certifications.
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2024-08-12/david-gill-makes-another-quixotic-run-for-office
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— USNS Harvey Milk is renamed after a WWII sailor in the latest Pentagon diversity purge.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-usns-harvey-milk-is-renamed-after-a-wwii-sailor-in-the-latest-pentagon-diversity-purge/
— Trump administration ends legal protections for half-million Haitians who now face deportations
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-trump-administration-ends-legal-protections-for-half-million-haitians-who-now-face-deportations/
CHICAGO READER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicagoreader.com/news/lgbtq-health-care-trump-hiv/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/06/27/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-335/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— GOP challenger James Mendrick: ‘Definition of insanity electing’ Pritzker again
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_f2f7b691-6b08-48ae-8767-48964487488d.html
— IL officials have opposing views on ruling affirming parents’ rights in schools
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_a1f2599f-bfe5-4783-bab5-ae4ec9590d96.html
WIREPOINTS
— Why Gov. Pritzker Should Veto Chicago Tier 2 Pension Sweeteners
https://wirepoints.org/why-governor-pritzker-should-veto-chicago-tier-2-pension-sweeteners-wirepoints/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Vallas: J.B. Pritzker’s $55.2B budget fuels Illinois’ financial death spiral
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/vallas-j-b-pritzkers-55-2b-budget-fuels-illinois-financial-death-spiral/
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Illinois’ Dangerous Dance with WHO’s Global Abortion Agenda
https://illinoisfamily.org/politics/illinois-dangerous-dance-with-whos-global-abortion-agenda/
ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Support Stephanie Trussell’s Run for State Rep.
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/06/support-stephanie-trussells-run-for-state-rep/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What do you say to those who use Affirmative Action and DEI to discriminate against others to avoid being discriminated against themselves? I should write about that. I would focus on those who are the following and/or who claim to be the following and who discriminate against those who are the following to avoid being discriminated against themselves: religious, conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I would focus on the aforesaid who have had their operatives and their dupes take the biggest adverse actions against me lately. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Have you ever been encouraged to run for office? The leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party have not. They stress that my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. They stress that Bush, Hastert, Fitzgerald, and Hyde did not come to my defense. They stress that my Democrat GAO superiors a) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, b) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, and forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. They stress that my Democrat IRS superiors a) never promoted me beyond GS-12, b) disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and c) disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974. They stress that my Democrat Post Office superiors a) disallowed my sick leave requests in 1968 and 1969 and b) forced me to resign in 1969. They ignore/dismiss/belittle that I a) earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, b) passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, c) became a licensed CPA, and d) earned four more job related professional certifications. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Constructively, if not literally, the mandatory retirement age is 55 and 30 years of service for federal employees in the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) who are Republican, White, male, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I had 25 years of CSRS service when I was 45 in 1993. That made me eligible for early retirement then. My Democrat GAO superiors wanted me to retire big time, but I survived for 4 years. I became a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and Forensic Accountant in 1997. I completed the requirements for a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997. But, my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” on September 30, 1997, the last day that it was available. If I had not taken it, I would not have been eligible to retire until I was 55 in 2003. They had made it extremely clear that that those 6 years would have been a living hell for me. They would demote me, give me adverse transfers, unfair performance expectations, unfair performance appraisals. etc. GAO was not unionized. I should write about the aforesaid. – Dave Diersen
http://gopillinois.com
— I have been a conservative Republican journalist since 2000. I should write about the following who have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me the most because of that: a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders. They destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money. I would focus on the aforesaid who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Pritzker dismisses Census data showing youth flight from Illinois
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3456499/pritzker-dismiss-census-youth-flight-from-illinois/
AMAC
— At least seven U.S. professions have mandatory retirement ages, some as young as 57. To that end, should members of Congress have a mandatory retirement age? Constructively, if not literally, the mandatory retirement age is 55 and 30 years of service for federal employees in the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) who are Republican, White, male, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I had 25 years of CSRS service when I was 45 in 1993. That made me eligible for early retirement then. My Democrat GAO superiors wanted me to retire big time, but I survived for 4 years. I became a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and Forensic Accountant in 1997. I completed the requirements for a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997. But, my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” on September 30, 1997, the last day that it was available. If I had not taken it, I would not have been eligible to retire until I was 55 in 2003. They had made it extremely clear that that those 6 years would have been a living hell for me. They would demote me, give me adverse transfers, unfair performance expectations, unfair performance appraisals. etc. GAO was not unionized. I should write about the aforesaid.
https://amac.us/poll/congressional-retirement-age/
BREITBART
— Foreign Countries Asked by U.S. to Take Illegal Alien Deportees. What percent come to America a) to get the free stuff that Democrat and RINO leaders give them, b) to take advantage of Democrat and RINO race and gender based preference giving, c) to turn America into their motherland, and/or d) to destroy those who do not share their religion and/or national origin?
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/06/27/rreport-foreign-countries-asked-by-u-s-to-take-illegal-alien-deportees/
CENTER SQUARE
— U.S. Supreme Court rules for parents on LGBTQ storybooks
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_a6cbdd1a-d213-40aa-9c79-d920016daa9c.html
DAILY CALLER
— Alan Dershowitz Explains Why Trump Can Now Ignore Rogue Injunctions From Liberal Judges
https://dailycaller.com/2025/06/27/alan-dershowitz-rogue-judges-trump/
DAILY WIRE
— Birthright Citizenship, LGBT Books, Porn Law: Ben Shapiro Reacts To Trump’s Trifecta Of Wins At SCOTUS. “The three biggest decisions all came down in favor of President Trump.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/birthright-citizenship-lgbt-books-porn-law-ben-shapiro-reacts-to-trumps-trifecta-of-wins-at-scotus
EPOCH TIMES
— 5 Takeaways From Major Supreme Court Ruling on Nationwide Injunctions. By limiting the ability of judges to issue universal blocks, the court’s ruling is expected to affect other cases contesting Trump administration policies.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/5-takeaways-from-major-supreme-court-ruling-on-nationwide-injunctions-5879484
FOX NEWS
— ACLU sues Trump over birthright order as Supreme Court clears path for it to take effect. Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly encourage citizens of foreign countries to give birth in America.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/aclu-sues-trump-over-birthright-order-supreme-court-clears-path-take-effect
NEWSMAX
— Supreme Court: Maryland Parents Can Pull Their Kids From Public School Lessons Using LGBTQ Books. To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.newsmax.com/us/supreme-court-lgbtq-books/2025/06/27/id/1216727/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC NEWS
— Congress set to hand Trump billions to recruit more ICE agents. The House-passed version of the Trump budget bill includes $8 billion to hire an additional 10,000 ICE employees over five years, with millions more for signing and retention bonuses.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/congress-set-hand-trump-billions-recruit-ice-agents-rcna214990
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly encourage citizens of foreign countries to give birth in America.
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-trump-birthright-citizenship-immigration-9da9e11d83f2fd3cbf95e6a733651daf
— DOJ abruptly fires 3 prosecutors involved in Jan. 6 criminal cases. My Democrat GAO superiors abruptly fired me, that is, they abruptly forced me to retire, when I was 49 years old in 1997. The Republican DOJ defended my Democrat GAO superiors in Diersen v. GAO. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf
https://apnews.com/article/jan-6-prosecutions-capitol-riot-trump-bondi-1107441a68cef171dfff4e680e438452
MSN
— Trump administration wants to fine those illegally in the US $1,000 per day until they leave. What percent come to America a) to get the free stuff that Democrat and RINO leaders give them, b) to take advantage of Democrat and RINO race and gender based preference giving, c) to turn America into their motherland, and/or d) to destroy those who do not share their religion and/or national origin?
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/travel/news/trump-administration-wants-to-fine-those-illegally-in-the-us-1-000-per-day-until-they-leave/ar-AA1HyZJJ
MSNBC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly threaten riots
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzcBnWLzYyQ
YAHOO NEWS
— Fox News’ Bret Baier Says He’s Asked Trump Personally to Stop Calling Journalists ‘Enemy of the People’ I have been a conservative Republican journalist since 2000. I should write about the following who have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me the most because of that: a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders. They destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money. I would focus on the aforesaid who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fox-news-bret-baier-says-225032300.html
NEW YORK TIMES & REUTERS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly encourage citizens of foreign countries to give birth in America.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06/27/us/birthright-citizenship-supreme-court
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/immigrants-scramble-clarity-after-supreme-court-birthright-ruling-2025-06-28/
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump officials plan to resettle 1,000 Afrikaners while blocking other refugees
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/06/27/trump-afrikaners-refugees-travel-ban/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— How I Lost My Career and Started Delivering Mail. No one expects to have to start over from the bottom rung at age 50. But when the pandemic struck, marketing professional Stephen Starring Grant rose to the challenge. (COMMENT: I worked for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969, part-time while I took classes at UIC 1966-1968 and at NIU in 1969 and full-time during the summers of 1967, 1968, and 1969. My Democrat superiors forced me to resign in September of 1969 falsely arguing that I would not be available to work enough part-time hours. I was available every Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, holiday, and every day that NIU was not in session. They would not have forced me to resign if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.)
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/how-i-lost-my-career-and-started-delivering-mail-c238d934
(FROM THE ARTICLE: I was being laid off. My skill set was not particularly practical; I wasn’t a cardiologist or a plumber. My work in the two decades before the pandemic had a bunch of names—Brand Strategist, Marketing Consultant, Consumer Psychologist—but getting a new marketing job was going to be a near impossibility for the foreseeable future. It was certainly never going to happen before my health insurance ran out in a couple of weeks. Which was a problem, because a couple of months earlier I had been diagnosed with prostate cancer. My cancer was as benign as cancer gets, but what had seemed manageable, treatable, now loomed as an existential issue. Not to mention that I was a husband and a father of two teenage girls, who counted on me to keep them in the upper middle class. To get unemployment, I had to be actively searching for a new job. I would go on the Virginia Employment Commission website, find anything I was even remotely qualified for and apply. I lived in Blacksburg, the small town in far western Virginia where I’d grown up, but the jobs I’d find myself applying to were almost all in Northern Virginia. Locally, there was nothing. Except for a job as a part-time letter carrier with the U.S. Postal Service. It paid $18.50 an hour, and it came with healthcare on day one. The pay cut was eye-watering: I hadn’t worked a job at that wage level since my early 20s. But I would definitely enjoy working outdoors for a change—and independently. Some people give up after things happen to them. Others get back up, over and over again. We think of this as a strength, as grit, determination, willpower. This kind of toughness has always struck me as essential to the Appalachian character. If you get laid off or shot, or people yell at you and call you an idiot or tell you that you’ll never amount to a goddamned thing, don’t think about it. Just get back up and try again. After two weeks of training, I was assigned to fill in for the regular mailman on Rural Route 3, a monster 60 miles in length, with 724 deliveries. The whole middle section of the route, a long slide downhill to the river, was so remote that it received no cellphone service. I might as well have been delivering the mail in 1920 and not 2020. . .Did I believe I was a mailman? I was lousy at my job, still very stuck on how slow I was. I saw myself as a faker being chased by the clock. But I got better over the months to come. There were days when the mail was light and the weather good and delivering the mail was the best of all possible jobs, the work a joy, the solitude a gift. I knew I was never going to be great at it, in the way that I will never be an NFL quarterback or play electric guitar like Eddie Van Halen. I delivered the mail for a year before I found a new job in marketing, and the best grade I ever deserved was a solid B-/C+. Even with that I think my greatest accomplishment was not quitting. And yet, somewhere in those early months, change did come. Letter by letter I was learning. I got tougher. I became capable of delivering everything that I loaded into my truck in the morning. The economics of delivering the mail were unsentimental—paying for my mortgage and groceries cost more than I was bringing in. But out there on Route 3 the job became more than just a financial delaying tactic. I was inhabiting something real, feeling what it was like to be there for people. I had become a mailman.)
BLOOMBERG
— Trump Tax Bill: GOP Reaches Tentative SALT Deal at $40,000 Cap, Five-Year Limit. Taxpayers who take the standard deduction, that is, who do not itemize, want SALT. My critics opponents were furious a) that I paid less federal income tax 1972-1977 because I itemized and b) that my wife and I paid less federal income tax 1978-2017 because we itemized. I should write about that.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-27/gop-reaches-tentative-salt-deal-at-40-000-cap-five-year-limit
— As Nations Curb Immigration, the Golden Age for Employers Is Ending. All my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me if they could have. Employers want cheap labor. They want employees who they can exploit.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-06-27/as-nations-curb-immigration-the-golden-age-for-employers-is-ending?embedded-checkout=true
BLOOMBERG LAW & NATIONAL LAW REVIEW & NEW YORK TIMES
— Since the 1960s, my critics/opponents have used Affirmative Action and DEI against me. I should write about that. I would focus on my Democrat superiors in the federal government and the leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/dol-wants-to-hear-how-federal-contractors-cut-affirmative-action
https://natlawreview.com/article/ofccp-invites-voluntary-disclosures-federal-contractors-regarding-executive-order
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/us/politics/justice-dept-opens-inquiry-into-university-of-california-hiring-practices.html
INSTITUTE OF INTERNAL AUDITORS
— Active CPA or CA holders can earn the CIA through the CIA Challenge Exam. This expedited process allows you to obtain the CIA designation after successfully passing a one-part examination. The accounting CIA Challenge Exam only includes content not covered on your CPA or CA exam, saving you time and money. I passed the CIA examination on my first attempt when I was 32 in 1981. I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979.
https://www.theiia.org/en/certifications/cia/challenge-exam/accounting/
HOODLINE
— Subcommittee Debates Potential Erosion of Meritocracy by DEI Initiatives. My critics/opponents promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, they promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://hoodline.com/2025/06/subcommittee-debates-potential-erosion-of-meritocracy-by-dei-initiatives/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Recent discussions at a Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services hearing have sparked controversy over the impact and intention of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. The critical focus of the hearing, titled “Sacrificing Excellence for Ideology: The Real Cost of DEI,” examined the assertion that these progressive policies potentially erode the foundation of meritocracy and individualism within several sectors, including education, government, and the workforce. According to a release by the subcommittee, members discussed possibilities of following former President Trump’s lead to foster what they view as genuine equality, based on individual effort and merit.)
U.S. CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS
— Political leaders must fix wealth gap. According to Democrat and RINO leaders, people have less money than others because Republicans discriminate against them, marginalize them, oppress them, victimize them, and even worse things. Why do you have less money than others?
https://www.usccb.org/news/2025/political-leaders-must-fix-wealth-gap-promote-religious-freedom-pope-says
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Trump’s probationary period reforms cemented in OPM final rule. With OPM’s final rule, agencies can decide fire feds in their probationary period based broadly on agency needs, interests and “organizational goals.” After I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors were furious that could not use probationary rules to get rid of me. I should write about that.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/06/trumps-probationary-period-reforms-cemented-in-opm-final-rule/
PBS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/venezuelan-immigrants-in-chicago-live-in-fear-after-loss-of-temporary-legal-status
GUARDIAN
— Liberal Afrikaners are privileged. Liberals and moderates ever-increasingly destroy conservatives.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/28/south-africa-liberal-afrikaners-reject-trump-white-genocide-claims
June 23, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Israel and Iran agree to ceasefire to bring end to ’12 DAY WAR,’ Trump says. The agreement involves two 12-hour ceasefire periods, starting with Iran.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/israel-targets-irans-government-notorious-tehran-prison-iran-launches-more-attacks/16824794/
— Supreme Court allows Trump to resume 3rd-country removals without due process requirement. The order is a significant win for the president’s immigration policy.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/supreme-court-allows-trump-resume-3rd-country-removals-due-process-requirement/16829247/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/federal-plaza-chicago-protest-today-demonstrators-concerned-donald-trumps-israel-iran-ceasefire-announcement/16830446/
FOX32
— LaHood: Trump’s strike on Iran was ‘right thing to do
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-rep-iran-trump-reax
— Chicago protest underway after Iran hits U.S. bases in Qatar
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-protest-planned-after-iran-hits-u-s-bases-qatar
— Illinois lawmakers demand access to Chicago ICE facility
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1663246
WBEZ
— Before Robert F. Prevost was the pope, he thanked Gov. Pat Quinn for ending the death penalty. Catholic organizations had lobbied Quinn to end the death penalty. The former governor was not previously aware of Prevost’s message to him.
https://www.wbez.org/religion/2025/06/23/pope-prevost-thanked-quinn-ending-death-penalty
— Loop demonstrators protest U.S. bombing Iran
https://www.wbez.org/nation-world/2025/06/23/loop-demonstrators-protest-u-s-bombing-iran
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.wbez.org/lgbtq/2025/06/23/pride-fest-lets-queer-chicagoans-be-themselves-i-love-the-freedom
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Supreme Court allows Trump to restart swift deportation of migrants away from their home countries
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/23/supreme-court-deportations/
DAILY HERALD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250622/letters-to-the-editor/a-welcome-reminder-of-why-pride-is-important/
CRAIN”S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s budget cuts against him.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/crains-forum-turmoil-higher-education/federal-funding-cuts-threaten-illinois-research-innovation
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/retail/claires-considers-sale-tariffs-hit-jewelry-retailers
— McDonald’s is about to face yet another boycott, and the protest is picking up steam.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/restaurants/former-black-mcdonalds-franchise-operators-call-boycott
STATELINE
— These are the 10 best-known Illinois public officials convicted of crimes
https://www.mystateline.com/news/illinois-corruption-10-officials/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s discouragement of abortion against him.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/health-news/ap-the-number-of-abortions-kept-rising-in-2024-because-of-telehealth-prescriptions-report-finds/
FOX ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s Iran air strikes against him.
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/has-trump-alienated-his-base-with-iran-attacks-not-likely-politics-maga-us-bombs-iranian-nuclear-sites-national-security-foreign-affairs-middle-east
CHICAGO READER
— Democrat leader ever-increasingly use Trump’s deportation efforts against him.
https://chicagoreader.com/news/make-it-make-sense/ice-chicago-immigration-court-alpr/
COD COURIER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://codcourier.org/staff-editorial-why-everyone-has-the-right-to-protest/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/06/23/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-331/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s Iran air strikes against him.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/23/big-city-leaders-ramp-security-religious-cultural-sites-following-us/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Ted Cruz slams modern day Democratic Party because it ‘hates Israel’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/world/3450678/ted-cruz-iran-democratic-party-hates-israel/
BREITBART
— Los Angeles Rioters Helped Illegal Alien Escape from ICE Custody
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/06/23/report-los-angeles-rioters-helped-illegal-alien-escape-ice-custody/
— ICE Raid Uncovers ‘Massive Identity Theft’ Scheme by Illegal Aliens with over 100 American Victims
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/06/23/ice-raid-uncovers-massive-identity-theft-scheme-by-illegal-aliens-with-over-100-american-victims/
— Trump Announces Ceasefire in Iran-Israel ’12 Day War’
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/06/23/trump-announces-ceasefire-in-iran-israel-12-day-war/
CATHOLIC VOTE
— New Chicago clinic advertises abortions through ‘all trimesters’ up to 34 weeks
https://catholicvote.org/new-chicago-clinic-advertises-abortions-all-trimesters-34-weeks/
DAILY CALLER
— Supreme Court Hands Trump Admin Victory On Efforts To Deport ‘Worst’ Illegal Migrants
https://dailycaller.com/2025/06/23/supreme-court-hands-trump-admin-victory-on-efforts-to-deport-worst-illegal-migrants/
EPOCH TIMES
— Supreme Court Temporarily Allows Deportations to Third Countries. The new order stays a ruling issued by a federal district court.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/supreme-court-temporarily-allows-deportations-to-third-countries-5877182
— Putin Says Russia Ready to Help Iranian People Following US Airstrikes
https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/putin-says-russia-ready-to-help-iranian-people-following-us-airstrikes-5876828
— Trump Announces ‘Complete and Total’ Cease-Fire Between Israel and Iran. The conflict will be declared over within 24 hours, the U.S. president says.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/trump-announces-complete-and-total-cease-fire-between-israel-and-iran-5877237
FOX NEWS RADIO
— Treasonous LA Dodgers Back Illegals!
https://radio.foxnews.com/2025/06/23/treasonous-la-dodgers-back-illegals/
LIVE ACTION
— Is new ‘all-trimester’ Illinois abortion business breaking state law?
https://www.liveaction.org/news/all-trimester-illinois-abortion-business-state-law/
LIFE NEWS
— New Illinois Abortion Clinic Will Kill Babies in Abortions Up to 34 Weeks
https://www.lifenews.com/2025/06/23/new-illinois-abortion-clinic-will-kill-babies-in-abortions-up-to-34-weeks/
NEWSMAX
— Please, No Tears for Companies Hiring Illegal Immigrants
https://www.newsmax.com/reagan/ice-spanish-unionized/2025/06/23/id/1216085/
TOWNHALL
— Pro-Illegal Alien Libs Are Going to Be Gutted by Today’s Supreme Court Decision
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/06/23/pack-your-bags-illegals-scotus-rules-trump-deportations-can-proceed-without-limited-notice-n2659328
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEWSWEEK
— Some of Donald Trump’s Biggest Critics Defend His Iran Strikes
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-critics-defend-iran-strikes-2089403
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s discouragement of abortion against him.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/06/23/abortion-pills-telehealth-increase/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Trump targets tuition benefits
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/los-angeles-times/20250623/281500757230669
NPR
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/23/nx-s1-5438089/immigration-officials-are-going-after-people-seeking-asylum
June 20, 2025
Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Juneteenth and everything else to promote more hatred against Republicans. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use their mainstream news media to hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks and everyone else have.
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7 & CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders crow about their success in getting faith leaders to carry out their bidding. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that GOD is a liberal Democrat who not only hates Republicans, but hates the concepts of countries and borders.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-faith-leaders-julie-contreras-michael-pfleger-lead-south-loop-immigration-facility-protest-demand-end-ice-raids/16791549/
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/06/19/faith-leaders-hold-vigil-outside-ice-office-ice-is-not-the-last-word-god-is
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/06/19/federal-courts-unreceptive-to-claims-of-wrong-raids
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Juneteenth to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250619/news/summer-jam-celebrates-juneteenth-in-carpentersville/
— A plea for mature judgment: Court must act promptly to break DuPage standoff over unpaid bills
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250620/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-a-plea-for-mature-judgment-court-must-act-promptly-to-break-dupage-standoff-o/
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Another study confirms cannabis dangers to public health
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-another-study-confirms-cannabis-dangers-to-public-health/article_a320f2e7-0949-4c80-aa42-e11300353fe3.html
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in promoting LGBTQ, that is, their success in destroying traditional marriage and family.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/majority-of-republicans-support-same-sex-marriage-new-polling-shows/
ILLINOIS TIMES
— The college crisis. Regional universities struggle to attract students amid funding challenges, changing demographics. Back in the good old days, I was able to work my way through college and graduate from NIU debt-free and owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1970. My parents provided me with room and board in their Crete home while I worked for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969 part-time while I took classes a UIC 1966-1968, weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and full-time during of the summers of 1967, 1968, and 1969.
https://www.illinoistimes.com/news-opinion/the-college-crisis-20323878
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Ending Massive Gotion Subsidy Should Be an Obligation of Durbin, Duckworth and Krishnamoorthi
https://wirepoints.org/ending-massive-gotion-subsidy-should-be-an-obligation-of-durbin-duckworth-and-krishnamoorthi-wirepoints/
JOHN KASS
— Power Corrupts and Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely. I should write about my critics/opponents who have/had the most power in the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton. I would focus on the aforesaid who had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://johnkassnews.com/power-corrupts-and-absolute-power-corrupts-absolutely/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Welch defends what Republicans call ‘pork’ in Illinois budget
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_65128e73-2ae7-4748-957f-d32af5c17c6b.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Iran Strikes Israeli Hospital
https://amgreatness.com/2025/06/19/morning-greatness-iran-strikes-israeli-hospital/
AMERICAN REFORMER
— Amnesty is Political Treason. Illegal Immigration as an Assault on the Body Politic.
https://americanreformer.org/2025/06/amnesty-is-political-treason/
BREITBART
— Despite Media Narrative, Majority Support Trump Deporting Criminal Illegals
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/06/19/knudsen-despite-media-narrative-majority-support-trump-deporting-criminal-illegals/
— Josh Hawley Accuses Tyson Foods of Employing Illegal Aliens, Children
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/06/19/josh-hawley-accuses-tyson-foods-of-employing-illegal-aliens-children-while-closing-u-s-plants/
— NY Pride Pleads for Cash Donations as Corporate Donors Flee
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/06/19/ny-pride-pleads-for-cash-donations-as-corporate-donors-flee/
DAILY CALLER
— Universities Need To Come Clean About The Real Meaning Of ‘Meritocracy.’ According to my Democrat and RINO leaders, when Whites and males do better than minorities and females, it is because Whites and males benefit from discrimination against minorities and females. All the minorities and females who my Democrat and RINO superiors promoted over me a) had less experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/06/19/opinion-as-diversity-debate-roils-higher-education-universities-need-to-come-clean-about-the-real-meaning-of-meritocracy-alan-dershowitz/
DAILY WIRE
— Florida Offers ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ To House Illegal Aliens. The proposed detention facility could accommodate around 1000 illegal aliens.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/florida-offers-alligator-alcatraz-to-house-illegal-aliens
FEDERALIST
— Democrats Will Turn Every Illegal Alien Trump Doesn’t Deport Into A Voter. Democrats have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army. During the Civil War, what if Democrats had succeeded in getting Mexico and other foreign countries to join them in defeating America?
https://thefederalist.com/2025/06/19/democrats-will-turn-every-illegal-alien-trump-doesnt-deport-into-a-voter/
FOX BUSINESS
— Trump claims federal holidays cost ‘billions’ as Americans observe Juneteenth. Trump previously recognized the holiday, calling it an opportunity to celebrate freedom.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/trump-claims-federal-holidays-cost-billions-americans-observe-juneteenth
FOX NEWS
— Federal judge halts Trump’s plan to cut funding for sanctuary states that refuse to cooperate
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/federal-judge-halts-trumps-plan-cut-funding-sanctuary-states-refuse-cooperate
NEWSMAX
— Amnesty would incentivize more illegals to come here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey5w8mFsz-g
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Pence: American right facing ‘existential identity crisis’
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5359763-pence-warns-conservative-movement-threat/
REUTERS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly have their mainstream news media promote more hatred against Republicans. The mainstream news media exists to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/democrats-want-new-leaders-focus-pocketbook-issues-reutersipsos-poll-finds-2025-06-19/
CNN
— Trump criticizes ‘non-working holidays’ on Juneteenth
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/19/politics/trump-non-working-holidays-juneteenth
MSN
— Ever-increasingly, the Democrat Party exists a) to give more preference to those who have demographics that vote for Democrats and b) to destroy those who have demographics that vote for Republicans.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/federal-judge-slams-trump-s-anti-dei-orders-as-blatant-anti-lgbtq-discrimination/ar-AA1GQakX
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope to promote more hatred against Republicans and against America.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/our-new-woke-pope-newly-minted-pontiff-s-post-slamming-jd-vance-lights-up-social-media/ar-AA1Eq13a
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Trump is silent about Juneteenth on a day he previously honored as president
https://apnews.com/article/trump-juneteenth-slavery-statement-holiday-28afec7cd532295437d53d3ec29f549f
NEWSWEEK
— To promote more mass/illegal immigration, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly shout at Americans that with more foreigners in America, Americans should no longer have to take bad jobs. According to my critics/opponents, all the jobs that I had were bad jobs that they would never stoop to take.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trumps-deportation-policy-collides-with-realities-of-american-labor-market/ar-AA1GTmgj
— More Workers in Illinois Are Quitting Their Jobs. The longer that you work for the federal government, the harder that it is to get a job in the private sector. I started working for the federal government when I was 18 years old in 1966. My Democrat superiors forced me to resign in 1969. Nevertheless, Firestone Stores hired me in 1970 and Oldsmobile offered me a job in 1971. But the Firestone job did not really require the bachelor’s degree in management that I had and Oldsmobile withdrew its job offer saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.
https://www.newsweek.com/map-shows-states-where-more-workers-are-quitting-their-jobs-2087517
CBS NEWS
— National monument honoring Emmett Till at risk of removal due to Trump’s anti-DEI initiatives, budget cuts
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/national-monument-honoring-emmett-till-at-risk-of-removal-trump-dei-initiatives-budget-cuts/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Juneteenth Goes Uncelebrated at White House as Trump Complains About ‘Too Many’ Holidays
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/us/politics/juneteenth-white-house-slavery.html
— Seeking Jobs and Purpose, Fired Federal Workers Form New Networks. I should write about my GAO coworkers who along with me lost their jobs because of Gingrich budget cuts and because of Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, because of race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, national origin discrimination, and veterans preference. I would focus on those who shared many if not most of my demographics and who “cut deals” with my GAO superiors to keep their jobs as long as possible. I would focus on those who took the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/us/politics/federal-workers-support-groups.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump can keep National Guard in Los Angeles, appeals court rules
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/20/trump-keep-national-guard-la-ruling/
BOSTON GLOBE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Juneteenth and everything else to promote more hatred against Republicans. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use their mainstream news media to hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks and everyone else have.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/19/nation/trump-gop-juneteenth-under-attack/
USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders downplayed the violence in LA
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/06/18/trump-polls-la-protests-distraction/84230142007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Juneteenth and everything else to promote more hatred against Republicans. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use their mainstream news media to hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks and everyone else have.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/06/18/juneteenth-trump-dei-backlash/84234731007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2025/06/19/black-wall-street-juneteenth-economic-inequality/84244714007/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more DEI and Juneteenth and LGBTQ
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/06/18/dei-backlash-hurts-gay-trans-nonbinary-executives/84176040007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/06/18/juneteenth-trump-dei-backlash/84234731007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/06/17/lgbtq-greek-life-fraternity-sorority-inclusive/83492319007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2025/04/30/trump-shut-down-suicide-hotline-lgbtq-kids/83334766007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/books/2025/06/15/lgbtq-books-pride-month-recommendations/84183914007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2025/06/13/lgbtq-health-centers-clinics-essential-care/83491500007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/studiog/life/2025/06/13/lgtbq-church-clergy-movement-inclusion/83491161007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Is Rioting Acceptable? If So, How Much? A judge shrugged off ‘some stray violent incidents.’ Los Angeles police sources tell a very different story.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/is-rioting-acceptable-if-so-how-much-06531b5b?mod=opinion_lead_pos5
FORBES
— Trump Can Retain Control Of National Guard In LA, Appeals Court Rules
https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2025/06/20/appeals-court-allows-trump-to-retain-control-of-national-guard-in-los-angeles/
— Radical Dems Will No Longer Be Allowed To Shelter Illegals Who Threaten Public Safety
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqHgTG3Zxk0
ALTERNET
— ‘Unmoored from conservative ideals’: Pence rips into MAGA for having no ‘moral foundation’
https://www.alternet.org/pence-maga-conservative/
INDEPENDENT
— Today Los Angeles, tomorrow Chicago? Tom Homan reveals how Trump wants to use National Guard more broadly
https://www.aol.com/today-los-angeles-tomorrow-chicago-214629690.html
June 19, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Juneteenth and reparations to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/19/juneteenth-holiday-united-states/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/19/opinion-juneteenth-unfinished-business/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/19/opinion-juneteenth-black-history-galveston-texas/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/19/plano-juneteenth-yorkville/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/18/lgbtq-advocates-condemn-skrmetti-decision/
DAILY HERALD
— To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and that country. Everyone in the world a) knows that Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans, b) knows that illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Party Army, and c) knows that Biden’s parole programs were unmitigated frauds.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250618/letters-to-the-editor/we-must-respect-laws/
— Democrat leaders want license plate readers to be used only to advance planks in the Democrat Party platform.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250619/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-driving-home-the-message-illinois-must-put-the-brakes-on-improper-access-to-l/
WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/06/18/as-trump-threatens-more-deportations-chicago-advocates-prepare
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Illinois Republican lawmakers sue Democrat leaders over ‘gut-and-replace maneuver’
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2025/06/19/heres-why-illinois-republican-lawmakers-sued-democrat-leaders/84262828007/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Republicans claim “massive cover up” of Biden’s health while in office
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/washington/washington-dc/republicans-claim-massive-cover-up-of-bidens-health-while-in-office/
CITIES 92.9
— Illinois could soon have mental health screenings for public school students. According to Democrats, non-Democrats have mental problems
https://www.cities929.com/2025/06/18/illinois-could-soon-have-mental-health-screenings-for-public-school-students/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— How to destroy a state: swap out the wealthy for illegal immigrants
https://wirepoints.org/how-to-destroy-a-great-state-swap-out-the-wealthy-for-illegal-immigrants-wirepoints/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What did you do to qualify yourself for promotions? I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 years old in 1979. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981. I became a licensed CPA in 1981. Further, I earned an MBA in 1976, a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, and a master’s degree in financial markets and trading in 1997. Further, I earned four more professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors were furious that I did the aforesaid. My Democrat coworkers who they wanted to promote over me and were minority, female, and/or younger than me a) had not earned master’s degrees, b) had not taken the aforesaid examinations, c) had failed the aforesaid examinations, and/or d) had not become licensed CPAs. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Contract negotiations in 52 school districts may see Chicago Teachers Union-style radicalism
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/contract-negotiations-in-52-school-districts-may-see-chicago-teachers-union-style-radicalism/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— 1 million illegal immigrants have left U.S. since January
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/19/1-million-illegal-immigrants-left-us-since-january-study-shows/
— Police attackers, looters charged; IRS probes protest funding in Los Angeles anti-ICE riots
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/18/police-attackers-looters-charged-los-angeles-anti-ice-riots-irs/
NEW YORK POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://nypost.com/2025/06/18/us-news/hochul-touts-state-spending-on-legal-services-for-migrants-after-brad-landers-ice-arrest/
BLAZE
— Deportations will reverse erosion of US wages from illegal alien suppression. Back in the good old days, that is, during the 1960s, a) I was able to buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in when I was 17 years old in May of 1966 after earning the minimum wage (inflation adjusted $12.36/hour) part-time for 15 months and full-time for 3 months, b) I was able to buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in December of 1967 after earning a GS-4 Step 1 salary (currently $19.37/hour) part-time for 9 months and full-time for 3 months, and c) I was able to buy a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in December of 1968 after earning a GS-4 Step 2 salary (currently $20.02/hour) part time for 9 months and full-time for 3 months. In addition, with the aforesaid salaries and then earning a GS-4 Step 3 salary (currently $20.67/hour) part-time for 7 months and full-time for 3 months, I paid my UIC expenses 1966-1968 and my NIU expenses in 1969 and 1970 and graduated debt-free in August of 1970 owning that Charger. Granted, my parents provided me with room and board during the aforesaid time except for 3 semesters and a summer session while I was at NIU.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/illegal-alien-wage-growth-lavorgna
— Trump reparations would be Dems’ biggest loss since the GOP took their slaves away.
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/trump-reparations-would-be-dems-biggest-loss-since-the-gop-took-their-slaves-away
BREITBART
— Poll: Out of All Categories, Trump Sees Highest Approval on Immigration. My critics/opponents reject the immigration plank in the Republican Party platform.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/06/18/poll-out-of-all-categories-trump-sees-highest-approval-on-immigration/
— Nonprofit Hospitals Still Pushing DEI, Childhood Transgenderism Despite Trump’s Orders
https://www.breitbart.com/health/2025/06/18/report-nonprofit-hospitals-still-pushing-dei-childhood-transgenderism-despite-trumps-orders/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Movement to Stop Left-Leaning Smithsonian Latino Museum Gains Momentum
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/06/18/movement-stop-left-leaning-smithsonian-latino-museum-gains-momentum/
DAILY WIRE
— Trump Just Proved The Border Crisis Has A Simple Solution. In May of 2024, the Biden administration deliberately allowed 62,000 illegal aliens into the country.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-just-proved-the-border-crisis-has-a-simple-solution
FOX NEWS
— House Speaker Johnson tours ICE facility, says Chicago mayor is ‘on the wrong side of the law’ Federal law trumps state and local law.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/house-speaker-johnson-tours-ice-facility-says-chicago-mayor-is-on-the-wrong-side-of-the-law/ar-AA1GZpiZ
HOT AIR
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2025/06/18/blue-states-fighting-to-feed-clothe-and-house-illegalsand-then-theres-florida-n3803941
NEWSMAX
— If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE and I might still be a GAO employee.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/doj-fbi-downsizing/2025/06/18/id/1215553/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC NEWS
— ‘Any illegal immigrants?’ Trump questions workers installing White House flagpoles. The workers erected two 88-foot-tall flagpoles at the White House on Wednesday.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/illegal-immigrants-trump-questions-workers-installing-white-house/story?id=122996015
NEWSWEEK
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Juneteenth and reparations to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.newsweek.com/aclu-after-160-years-waiting-guaranteed-income-can-deliver-promise-reparations-opinion-2086288
NEW YOK TIMES
— The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/donald-trump-approval-rating-polls.html
— I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for almost 28 years. I should write about my critics/opponents who have used that against me the most.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/us/politics/trump-federal-workers-awards.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: These are difficult times to be a nonpartisan federal expert, as the Trump administration has cast civil servants as villains and forced out a quarter-million of them. For the first time in the two-decade history of the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals, the federal employee of the year — the biggest honor — was no longer a federal employee.)
CALIFORNIA GLOBE
— Happy Juneteenth: Freedom Brought to You by the Republican Party
https://californiaglobe.com/fr/happy-juneteenth-freedom-brought-to-you-by-the-republican-party/
FOX HOUSTON
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnQmOZJiV5s
USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Juneteenth and reparations to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/06/18/juneteenth-reparations-bills-slavery/84263142007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/06/18/what-is-juneteenth-meaning-origins/84169239007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/06/16/juneteenth-federal-holiday-trump-dei-black-history/84014228007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— What if Democrats had not fought so hard and for so long to preserve slavery. All my ancestors were Republicans because Republicans fought slavery.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/juneteenth-and-the-power-of-an-ink-and-paper-proclamation-7e9aa349
— The two-job trend these days is about necessity, not pursuing a passion. My working part-time for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights pumping gasoline 1971-1972 while I worked full-time for IRS in Chicago and then Harvey helped me a) buy a new 1972 Corvette in 1971, b) pay for graduate evening business courses at Loyola in 1972, and c) buy a new town home in University Park in 1972.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/side-hustle-growth-recession-04117a1c
TIME
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Juneteenth and reparations to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://time.com/7295731/juneteenth-fight-for-freedom/
ENTREPRNEUR
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans
https://www.entrepreneur.com/leadership/consumers-and-employees-still-want-diversity-heres-how/492991
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Senate strips most retirement cuts from reconciliation, but anti-civil service provisions remain. Under language released by a Senate panel Thursday night, new federal workers who decline to serve as at-will employees will pay nearly 15% of their paycheck toward their pension benefit. For Democrats, government exists to take money away from Republicans and to give that money to Democrats.
https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2025/06/senate-strips-most-retirement-cuts-reconciliation-anti-civil-service-provisions-remain/406070/
CPA PRACTICE ADVISOR
— Professionals on the Move. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 years old in 1979. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981. I became a licensed CPA in 1981. Further, I earned an MBA in 1976, a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, and a master’s degree in financial markets and trading in 1997. Further, I earned four more professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors were furious that I did the aforesaid. My Democrat coworkers who they wanted to promote over me and were minority, female, and/or younger than me a) had not earned master’s degrees, b) had not taken the aforesaid examinations, c) had failed the aforesaid examinations, and/or d) had not become licensed CPAs.
https://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/2025/06/18/professionals-on-the-move-june-2025-part-ii/163407/
SPLC
— Democrat leaders use SPLC to promote more hatred against Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.splcenter.org/resources/hopewatch/when-the-people-rise-podcast/
June 12, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-protest-updates-least-1-injured-loop-downtown-anti-ice-last-night-car-sped-protesters/16723680/
https://abc7chicago.com/post/mayor-brandon-johnson-administration-says-ice-tactical-units-expected-soon-chicago-asks-peaceful-anti-trump-protests/16725998/
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-protests-thursday-more-anti-ice-demonstrations-expected-immigration-advocates-say-saturday-no-kings-day/16730892/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-6/12/2025
NBC5
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/ice-to-activate-special-response-teams-in-5-cities-including-chicago-sources/3765982/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/im-a-product-of-immigrants-hundreds-of-ice-protesters-march-through-chicago/3765403/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/police-prepare-for-more-chicago-protests-as-weekend-events-planned-in-u-s/3765821/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gcl4a_sIoNo
CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/trump-ice-tactical-teams-chicago/
WGN9
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/woman-injured-in-hit-and-run-crash-as-ice-protestors-moved-through-downtown/
— Two-thirds support policies prioritizing birth sex over gender identity
https://wgntv.com/news/national/two-thirds-support-policies-prioritizing-birth-sex-over-gender-identity-gallup/
WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/06/11/rainbow-push-coalition-s-new-leader-urges-resistance-against-trump-administration-s
WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://www.wbez.org/crime/2025/06/11/anti-ice-protests-chicago-hit-and-run-woman-injured-immigration-rally
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/11/chicago-los-angeles-trump-protests/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/11/chicago-protest-trump-arrests/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/12/opinion-donald-trump-bill-medicaid-cuts-illinois/
— Pension change boon to Chicago police officers, firefighters, but additional hit to taxpayers
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/12/cpd-pension-springfield/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/06/11/mayor-brandon-johnson-donald-trump-immigration-raids
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2025/06/11/17-arrested-4-charged-with-felonies-as-thousands-gathered-for-anti-ice-protests-in-downtown-chicago
— Democrat leaders continue to use Juneteenth to promote hatred against Republicans
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/06/10/juneteenth-black-achievment-trump-elizabeth-stephens-tubman-quinn-chapel-ame-ben-jealous
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/brandon-johnson-calls-nonviolent-push-against-trump
PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/politics/2025/06/10/no-kings-protests-in-illinois-find-where-when-your-closest-protest-is-springfield-rockford-trump/84129765007/
JOURNAL & TOPICS
— Young Republicans Aim To Energize Local Party. Mount Prospect Resident Forms New Chapter, First In Illinois Outside Chicago.
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/young-republicans-aim-to-energize-local-party/
— Palatine Township Appoints Mental Health Board Despite Criticism
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/palatine-township-appoints-mental-health-board-despite-criticism/
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/local/2025/06/11/no-kings-protest-happening-in-springfield-what-you-need-to-know/84149175007/
CHAMPAIGN URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot
https://www.news-gazette.com/local-events/?_evDiscoveryPath=/event/3102992-revolutionary-online-dispensary-area-52-expands-to-illinois
STATELINE
— Legal immigrant voters shift towards Republicans on immigration
https://www.mystateline.com/news/politics/new-data-reveals-legal-immigrant-voters-shift-towards-republicans-on-immigration/
SHAW LOCAL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2025/06/12/dozens-of-la-area-mayors-demand-the-trump-administration-stop-intensified-immigration-raids/
WAND TV
— Mexican flags at LA protests spark debate over symbolism
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/ap-photos-mexican-flags-at-la-protests-spark-debate-over-symbolism/article_4a536778-437e-5314-afd0-2b4e2e06a738.html
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— 330 immigrants arrested in L.A. since Friday
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/white-house-says-330-immigrants-arrested-in-l-a-since-friday/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-06-11/drag-performers-plan-to-protest-trumps-attendance-of-les-mis-at-the-kennedy-center
WCIA
— Illinois lawmakers allocate $35M to after-school programs. What did you do after school? I washed dishes for the minimum wage during my junior and senior years in high school and full-time during the summer in between.
https://www.wcia.com/illinois-capitol-news/illinois-lawmakers-allocate-35m-to-after-school-programs/
OAK PARK
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://www.oakpark.com/2025/06/10/no-kings-protest-saturday-in-scoville-park/
CWB CHICAGO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://cwbchicago.com/2025/06/17-arrested-during-immigration-protest-in-the-loop.html
WHEATON PATCH
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly encourage Wheaton children to be sexually active LGBTQers.
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/pride-picnic-mark-second-year-wheaton
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/06/12/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-532/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/06/11/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-324/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois’ AG calls for unity against Trump administration in courts
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_5367c9a3-9862-412e-873a-fb938de04038.html
— Lawsuit abuse bleeds Illinois jobs, lawmaker intervention is only remedy. My critics/opponents sided with the defendants in all the lawsuits that I filed. I should write about that.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/opinion/article_80b6aadc-30f9-4dd1-82c9-b2de0cd69283.html
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Sentencing Day Coming for Mike Madigan
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/11/sentencing-day-coming-for-mike-madigan/
— Crystal Lake Bureaucracy Responsive
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/11/sentencing-day-coming-for-mike-madigan/
— Crystal Lake City Council Approves an Additional Potential $23 Million Subsidy to Water’s Edge Developer
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/10/crystal-lake-city-council-approves-an-additional-potential-23-million-subsidy-to/
— Municipal Endorsements by Democrats Compared with Victory Claims
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/10/endorsements-by-democrats-compared-with-victory-claims/
— Milk Day Parade Politics
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/09/milk-day-parade-politics/
— It’s the End of the World as NPR Knows It
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/09/its-the-end-of-the-world-as-npr-knows-it/
— State Rep. Jeff Keicher Running for Re-Election
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/09/state-rep-jeff-keicher-running-for-re-election/
— McHenry County Diversity Page Encounters Disagreement about Bill Foster Republican Opponent Jeff Walter
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/09/mchenry-county-diversity-page-encounters-disagreement-about-bill-foster-republican-opponent-jeff-walter/
— Dems Crow about Local Victories
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/09/dems-crow-about-local-victories/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump sends in the troops and Democrats shield illegal alien rioters in Los Angeles. Newsom races to federal court, but legal immigrants support enforcement.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/11/editorial-trump-sends-troops-democrats-shield-illegal-alien-rioters/
— Demonstrations, riots spread beyond L.A. with help of left-wing organizers
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/11/demonstrations-riots-spread-beyond-la-help-left-wing-organizers/
— Newsom dives into fight with Trump, rebuilds cred with Democrats’ liberal base
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/11/gavin-newsom-dives-fight-trump-rebuilds-cred-democrats-liberal-base/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson urges people to ‘push back’ against ICE raids: ‘Dissent matters’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3439029/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-push-back-ice-raids-dissent-matters/
NEW YORK POST
— There’s nothing ‘spontaneous’ about radical ICE protests — here are the groups behind them
https://nypost.com/2025/06/11/opinion/theres-nothing-spontaneous-about-radical-ice-protests-here-are-the-groups-behind-them/
— ICE immigration raids empty Home Depot parking lots of day laborers
https://nypost.com/2025/06/11/business/ice-immigration-raids-empty-home-depot-parking-lots-of-day-laborers/
AFPI
— The West Is Finally Realizing the Ancient Truth That Open Borders Kill Nations
https://www.americafirstpolicy.com/issues/the-west-is-finally-realizing-the-ancient-truth-that-open-borders-kill-nations
AMERICAN THINKER
— Never Trumpers Are Back with a New Name
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/06/never_trumpers_are_back_with_a_new_name.html
BREITBART
— Chicago Mayor: Trump What U.S. Would Look Like if the Confederacy Won. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Party.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/06/11/chicago-mayor-trump-is-what-u-s-would-have-looked-like-if-the-confederacy-won/amp/
— Drag Queens Protest, Boo Trump in Kennedy Center Appearance
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2025/06/11/watch-drag-queens-protest-boo-trump-in-kennedy-center-appearance/
DAILY CALLER
— Newest List Of Illegals ICE Nabbed In Riot-Plagued Los Angeles
https://dailycaller.com/2025/06/11/ice-arrests-more-la-migrants/
— David Hogg Not Diverse Enough For DNC
https://dailycaller.com/2025/06/11/david-hogg-democrat-national-committee-vice-chair-booted/
DAILY WIRE
— School Districts Spent More Than $9 Million To Make Grading Practices More ‘Equitable’ Equitable grading is supposed to address “bias” in education.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-school-districts-spent-more-than-9-million-to-make-grading-practices-more-equitable
FOX NEWS
— Senator launches investigation into Democratic org over potential support for LA rioters. Trump already cut federal funding to CHIRLA, which received $750,000 from Biden administration.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/senator-launches-investigation-democratic-org-over-potential-support-la-rioters
— ICE ramps up arrests of convicted criminals as riots rage in blue city: ‘You will not stop us’ DHS reveals several illegal immigrants arrested in LA convicted of serious crimes.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ice-ramps-up-arrests-convicted-criminals-riots-rage-blue-city-will-not-stop-us
— Ramirez accuses Trump of unleashing ‘campaign of terror’ on illegals as L.A. riots rage. Marking the 13th anniversary of DACA, Ramirez accused Trump of unleashing a “campaign of terror” on illegal immigrants as anti-ICE riots rage in Los Angeles.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6374144819112
— AOC blames Trump for LA riots, says his administration ‘owns this’ ‘It’s his decisions, his aggression. His ability to intentionally stoke this, that is the problem,’ NY rep says.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/watch-aoc-blames-trump-la-riots-says-his-administration-owns-this
— California looters now face ‘hard-charging’ consequences after blue state abandoned soft-on-crime approach. Attorney General Bondi: ‘We’ve made over 190 arrests and more are coming’ as city cracks down on anti-ICE protest chaos.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/california-looters-now-face-hard-charging-consequences-after-blue-state-abandoned-its-soft-on-crime-approach
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Democrats Won’t Condemn Rioters Because Criminal Illegals, Marxists Are Their Constituents
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/06/11/laura_ingraham_democrats_wont_condemn_rioters_because_criminal_illegals_marxists_are_their_constituents.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://thehill.com/newsletters/evening-report/5345189-ice-raids-accelerate-protests-spread/
CNN
— For Democrat leaders, the federal government exists a) to hire, retain, and promote Democrats and b) to take money away from Republicans and to give that money to Democrats.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/12/politics/trump-federal-government-contradictions-what-matters
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/la-protests-ice-raids-trump-06-12-25
https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/la-protests-ice-raids-trump-06-11-25
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://apnews.com/article/los-angeles-protests-ice-national-guard-f39ba39287f628ce8c8be47c92ea6147
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/us/trump-protests-la-immigrants-civil-rights-leaders.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/us/politics/ice-la-protest-arrests.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/opinion/trump-immigration-conservative.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/06/11/protests-immigration-cities-ice-raids/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/11/trump-military-immigration-parade/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/06/11/trump-immigration-ice-crackdown-employers/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/06/11/la-protests-ice-live-updates-trump/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/06/11/deportation-ice-criminals-campaign-polling/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/06/12/trump-2020-revenge-tour/
USA TODAY
— Democrats have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/06/12/trump-la-republican-voters-immigration-states-rights/84117247007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— SPLC Smears Another Christian Nonprofit. A change in ideological fashion on the left puts ‘moderate’ Focus on the Family on the ‘hate’ map.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/splc-smears-another-christian-nonprofit-focus-on-the-family-hate-map-5ce9d51e
NEW YORKER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/immigration-protests-threaten-to-boil-over-in-los-angeles
AXIOS
— Democrats have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/11/trump-illegal-immigration-deportations-los-angeles
INDEPENDENT
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/trump-booed-cheered-les-miserables-kennedy-center-b2768497.html
June 11, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago protesters march against Trump’s immigration crackdown as demonstrations pop up across the country. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Trump’s deportation of their illegals. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in promoting protests against Trump. What if Republican leaders had promoted protests against Biden?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/10/chicago-protest-trump-ice/
— Paul Vallas: We must not allow a repeat of 2020 George Floyd protests in Chicago
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/11/opinion-los-angeles-protests-chicago-george-floyd-2020/
— Sen. Jason Plummer: Gov. JB Pritzker has taken Illinois sanctuary city policies to the extreme
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/11/opinion-jb-pritzker-illinois-sanctuary-city-law-testify-congress/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Car plows through Chicago protest as thousands rally in solidarity with L.A. anti-ICE demonstrations. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Trump’s deportation of their illegals. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in promoting protests against Trump. What if Republican leaders had promoted protests against Biden?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/06/10/thousands-rally-downtown-immigration-protests
DAILY HERALD
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly destroy those who do not promote more LGBTQ
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250611/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-a-touch-of-history-why-pride-celebrations-represent-more-than-a-nod-to-a-sing/
–FRONT PAGE WITH PHOTOS OF CONROY AND ZAY: Why some say DuPage County could benefit from home rule
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250610/news/wake-up-call-why-some-say-dupage-county-could-benefit-from-home-rule/
CBS2
— ICE protest draws thousands to Chicago Loop; car plows through early on. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Trump’s deportation of their illegals. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in promoting protests against Trump. What if Republican leaders had promoted protests against Biden?
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/protesters-rally-march-against-ice-downtown-chicago/
ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their illegals.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ramon-morales-reyes-undocumented-migrant-allegedly-framed-donald-trump-threat-can-released-custody-he-posts-bond/16718537/
— IL taxpayers on hook for over $1M scrapped tent meant to house Chicago migrants in 2023: budget
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-taxpayers-hook-1m-scrapped-giant-base-camp-tent-meant-house-chicago-migrants-2023-budget/16718203/
NBC5
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at everyone that without massive government assistance, people in America cannot survive, let alone succeed. Democrat leaders especially shout that at people in America who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are in America illegally.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-nonprofits-fear-medicaid-cuts-would-slash-badly-needed-services/3764888/
WTTW
— ‘This Issue Isn’t Going Away’: Illinois Lawmakers Delay Pension Reform Again. I have been getting a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension since I was 49 years old in 1997 when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire, that is, when my Democrat GAO superiors forced CSRS to pay me to not come to work. So far, in today’s dollars, CSRS has paid me $1.85 million. I should write about that.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/06/10/issue-isn-t-going-away-illinois-lawmakers-delay-pension-reform-again
NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY TV
— Naperville man accused of sexual abuse faces new charges with more alleged victims
https://www.nctv17.org/news/naperville-man-accused-of-sexual-abuse-faces-new-charges-with-more-alleged-victims/
DOWNERS GROVE PATCH
— Glen Ellyn League of Women Voters Denied Spot In the Village’s 4th Of July Parade.
https://patch.com/illinois/downersgrove/profoundly-disturbed-group-denied-spot-4th-july-parade-glen-ellyn
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Despite setbacks, gun rights groups continue push to overturn Illinois assault weapons ban. 7th Circuit prepares to hear another appeal.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/despite-setbacks-gun-rights-groups-continue-push-to-overturn-illinois-assault-weapons-ban/
COUNTRY HERALD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ in DuPage County.
https://countryherald.com/news/elmhurst-pride-collective-presented-with-proclamation-by-dupage/
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Thousands Of Chicagoans Take To The Streets To Protest ICE Raids, Trump Immigration Policies. Another protest against the Trump administration is being planned Saturday for Daley Plaza as part of a nationally coordinated series of demonstrations. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Trump’s deportation of their illegals. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in promoting protests against Trump. What if Republican leaders had promoted protests against Biden?
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/06/10/thousands-of-chicagoans-take-to-the-streets-to-protest-ice-raids-trump-immigration-policies/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Trump’s deportation of their illegals. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in promoting protests against Trump. What if Republican leaders had promoted protests against Biden?
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/06/11/ice-protests-hit-chicago-00398961
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/06/11/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-531/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Too many of our leaders are no longer focused on protecting our people first
https://wirepoints.org/too-many-of-our-leaders-are-no-longer-focused-on-protecting-our-people-first-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at everyone that without massive government assistance, people in America cannot survive, let alone succeed. Democrat leaders especially shout that at people in America who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are in America illegally. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Because the Democrats who run the federal government ever-increasingly lower standards to hire, retain, and promote more Democrats, and especially more Democrats who are minority, female, younger, and/or LGBTQ, anticipate/expect that qualifications of federal employees ever-increasingly deceases. Virtually none of my Democrat federal coworkers had what I had: three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and/or a job-related professional license. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump’s big bill aims to break Mexico’s dependence on U.S. cash
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/10/trumps-big-bill-aims-break-mexicos-dependence-us-cash/
NEW YORK POST
— Car drives through anti-ICE protesters as Chicago joins nationwide anti-ICE unrest amid Trump crackdown
https://nypost.com/2025/06/11/us-news/chicago-driver-plows-car-through-protesters-in-street-during-anti-ice-demonstration/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: While most Chicago protesters were peaceful on Tuesday, some demonstrators clashed and vandalized police vehicles, and public transportation was temporarily suspended downtown, FOX 32 reported. Chicago Alderman Raymond Lopez noted on X that multiple police cars had been vandalized. “I guess we haven’t learned,” he wrote in one Tuesday evening post. “I’m so sick of anarchy apologists and their ‘It’s not violent, just property damage bro’ bull—-,” he said in another.)
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Trump Warns ‘Any’ Protesters at Military Parade Will Be ‘Met With Heavy Force’
https://amgreatness.com/2025/06/11/morning-news-trump-warns-any-protesters-at-military-parade-will-be-met-with-heavy-force/
CREATORS SYNDICATE
— If You Love Mexico So Much, Go Back To Mexico
https://www.creators.com/read/Ian-Haworth/06/25/if-you-love-mexico-so-much-go-back-to-mexico
DAILY WIRE
— ‘DEI Is Dead’: Pete Hegseth Says In Trump’s Defense Department, ‘Men Are Men And Women Are Women’ “Sir, if they wanted to get a woke indoctrination, they could just go to college.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/dei-is-dead-pete-hegseth-says-in-trumps-defense-department-men-are-men-and-women-are-women
EPOCH TIMES
— Los Angeles Mayor Imposes Curfew on Downtown to Stem Looting, Vandalism
https://lists.theepochtimes.com/links/9dW4IuYSFz/HhryKHE6n/yMkqMLwii9KT/4qvr3tNMj5
FOX NEWS
— GOP unveils new weapon to help slash billions in government waste as Republicans rally behind Trump’s plan. Democrats do not want Republicans to fight government waste. The Democrats who have ran IRS and GAO since 1980 did not want me to fight government waste. GAO audits IRS. GAO is supposed to fight government waste. But to waste me, they forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. They kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. They delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13. They always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. They forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-unveils-new-weapon-help-slash-billions-government-waste-republicans-rally-behind-trumps-plan
NEW AMERICAN
— L.A. Rioters Disrupted Arrest of Illegals Linked to Cartel Activity; Sex Fiends, Murderer Arrested
https://thenewamerican.com/us/crime/homan-l-a-rioters-disrupted-arrest-of-illegals-linked-to-cartel-activity-sex-fiends-murderer-arrested/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Pro-illegal-alien rioters in Los Angeles, California, didn’t attack Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other federal agents because they were deporting a poor, helpless “migrant” dad just trying to earn a living to support his family. Rather, border czar Tom Homan told NewsNation’s Chris Cuomo, they attacked when agents raided a business that imported almost $100 million in goods and didn’t pay import tariffs. And that business, he said, is linked to south-of-the-border terror-gang cartels. Agents arrested not only more than three dozen illegals, but also several dangerous illegal-alien criminals, including a Filipino child rapist and a Vietnamese double murderer. The “protesters” tried to block ICE from arresting those thugs and goons. So the anarchists and communists sided with a murderer and other illegal-alien criminals.)
NEWSMAX
— Chris Salcedo: ‘No illegal alien deserves to be in my country’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN6uuw62Tc4
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— David Walker, former U.S. Comptroller General: Choosing the next comptroller general is too important — don’t play politics. Walker could have settled Diersen v. GAO ( https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf ), but he did not. By not settling my lawsuit, he promoted patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination in GAO. The Democrats who ran GAO wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. They flushed down their toilets what I had learned a) working for GAO for almost 18 years, b) working for IRS for almost 9 years, c) passing the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, d) earning four other job-related professional certifications, and e) earning a job related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees. Democrats do not want Republicans to fight government waste. GAO is just a shell of what it once was. Gingrich gutted GAO during the 1980s and 1990s. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE. Charles Bowsher ran GAO 1981-1996. I should write about how Gingrich and Bowsher gutted GAO. Under Gingrich and Bowsher, the agency dumped half its employees. Overwhelming, those dumped employees were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. If Gingrich and Bowsher had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE. The Democrats who have ran IRS and GAO since 1980 did not want me to fight government waste. GAO audits IRS. GAO is supposed to fight government waste. But to waste me, they forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. They kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. They delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13. They always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. They forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.aol.com/opinion-choosing-next-comptroller-general-133000971.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Fortunately, the Comptroller General of the United States, who serves as the CEO of the GAO and the nation’s top accountability professional, can only be removed by impeachment or joint resolution of Congress signed by the president. In addition, removal can only be achieved for specified reasons. This is fully appropriate, since the comptroller general and the GAO must be independent from the executive branch in both form and substance. There have only been eight comptroller generals since the GAO’s creation in 1921, and I served in the position from 1998 to 2008. The comptroller general must be highly qualified in terms of credentials and experience. He or she must be able to act in a manner that is professional, objective, fact-based, nonpartisan, nonideological, nonpersonal, fair and balanced. This is critical for both the comptroller general and the GAO to be effective and respected. It is also important that the comptroller general receive strong bipartisan support. The last three comptroller generals were confirmed by the Senate via unanimous consent. Hopefully, the next comptroller general will be as well. The current comptroller general is Gene Dodaro, whose term is set to end on Dec. 22, 2025. Gene is very capable — I appointed him as acting comptroller general, but it took over two-and-a-half years for him to be nominated and confirmed. Congress needs to act much faster in filling the position this time. Given the importance of the position, the comptroller general appointment process may be the most complex in the federal government. It starts with a 10-member bipartisan and bicameral commission in Congress that must recommend at least three candidates. The president then nominates a candidate who must be confirmed by the Senate. Any nominee could be filibustered if he or she is not deemed to be a proper fit for the position. The statutory commission is not formally established until the comptroller general position is vacant, but a significant amount of planning and preparation should happen before the official vacancy occurs. This includes conducting outreach efforts to appropriate professional and government organizations to identify potential candidates and preparing screening questionnaires and interview questions. Importantly, since the comptroller general is a legislative branch officer who must be independent, Congress needs to consider eliminating the president from the process. Congress should also consider reducing the appointment term to 10 years. These changes would require legislation. While DOGE has achieved a modest amount of savings and a reduction in the size of the federal workforce, it also caused also considerable disruption, and much work remains to be done. The GAO and inspectors general need to be on the front lines of this effort. These accountability organizations cannot be fully effective without confirmed leaders. Congress and the president need to take steps to fill these important accountability leadership positions in a timely manner. This should be a good government and bipartisan effort.)
ABC NEWS
Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Trump’s deportation of their illegals. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in promoting riots against Trump. What if Republican leaders had promoted riots against Biden?
https://abcnews.go.com/US/live-updates/la-immigration-protests-live-updates-trump-deploys-2000?id=122621279
— Musk says some posts about Trump went ‘too far’
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/live-updates/trump-admin-updates-live/?id=122650591
NBC NEWS
— Trump admin tells immigration judges to dismiss cases in tactic to speed up arrests
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/trump-admin-tells-immigration-judges-dismiss-cases-tactic-speed-arrest-rcna212138
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/anti-ice-protests-held-coast-coast-l-unrest-national-movement-grows-rcna211980
CNN
— Los Angeles police begin ‘mass arrests’ after downtown curfew kicks in
https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/la-protests-ice-raids-trump-06-10-25
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Trump’s deportation of their illegals. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in promoting protests against Trump. What if Republican leaders had promoted protests against Biden?
https://www.cnn.com/audio/podcasts/laura-coates-live/episodes/ea3dd490-2cc3-11ef-aee2-fb26ea51ac8a
YAHOO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/why-sanctuary-cities-won-t-112121940.html
MSN
— Because the Democrats who run the federal government ever-increasingly lower standards to hire, retain, and promote more Democrats, and especially more Democrats who are minority, female, younger, and/or LGBTQ, anticipate/expect that qualifications of federal employees ever-increasingly deceases. Virtually none of my Democrat federal coworkers had what I had: three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and/or a job-related professional license.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/trump-admin-spending-millions-to-investigate-if-dei-is-to-blame-for-plane-crashes/ar-AA1G9Kog
— Democrat leaders say “Trump’s new pick to lead the Office of Special Counsel is cartoonishly unqualified.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trumps-new-pick-to-lead-the-office-of-special-counsel-is-cartoonishly-unqualified/ar-AA1FW827?ocid=BingNewsVerp
NEW YORK TIMES
— Newsom Slams Trump’s ‘Brazen Abuse of Power’ as L.A. Mayor Imposes Curfew
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06/10/us/la-protests-marines-ice-trump
— The New York Times is nothing more than a mouthpiece for Democrat leaders.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/opinion/trump-los-angeles-ice-strongman.html
— While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they ever-increasingly demanded more loyalty to the Democrat Party platform.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/us/politics/trumps-politicized-federal-work-force.html
WASHINGTON POST
— House votes to repeal D.C. laws on noncitizen voting
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/06/10/house-vote-dc-laws-police-reform-noncitizen-voting/
— Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/06/10/fact-check-trump-california-migrant-invasion/
USA TODAY
— Donald Trump is front and center for Army’s big DC birthday parade
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/06/10/trump-big-birthday-parade-nspiring-alarming/83475173007/
— Corvette goes airborne in dramatic racing moment
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/nation/2025/06/10/corvette-goes-airborne-dramatic-crash/84134749007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/motor/2025/06/10/drag-race-crash-dramatic-video/84138471007/
— According to Democrat leaders, Trump has overblown the threat of protests
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2025/06/11/ice-protest-los-angeles-immigration-trump-newsom-lgbtq-musk-strawberry-moon/84145651007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting religious leaders to promote LGBTQ.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/06/09/bishop-trump-pride-month-lgtbq-communities/84058152007/
— Demographics of Los Angeles show its a fertile ground for anti-ICE protests. More than 35% of Los Angeles’ population is foreign-born, shaping its reaction to Trump’s immigration crackdown.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/06/09/la-immigrants-population-demographics-protest/84114134007/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: LA residents who surveyed vandalism fear more violence in future protests
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/06/09/los-angeles-damage-vandalism-protests-waymo-residents/84121335007/
FORBES
— ‘This Anarchy Will Not Stand’: Trump Promises Continued Federal Response To Anti-ICE L.A. Protests
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQsRZLWvncI
HUFFINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders used to promote integration. Now they promote segregation.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-schools-segregation-worse_n_68486face4b0682b100c4c79
POLITICO
— From Los Angeles to Washington, Trump leans in as commander in chief
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/11/trump-military-parade-protests-00398716
— Most GOP lawmakers plan to skip Trump’s big parade
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/10/trump-parade-congress-republicans-00398774
PBS
— Trump accuses some Los Angeles protesters of being ‘paid insurrectionists’ How much will Democrat leaders pay people to riot in Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct?
https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DCbU4bUPvmFk
NPR
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in promoting protests against Trump. What if Republican leaders had promoted protests against Biden?
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/11/nx-s1-5429818/protests-grow-across-the-u-s-as-people-push-against-trumps-mass-deportation-policies
— DOGE tried to embed in GAO. Experts say it should have asked GAO for help instead. Gingrich gutted GAO during the 1980s and 1990s. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE. Charles Bowsher ran GAO 1981-1996. I should write about how Gingrich and Bowsher gutted GAO. Under Gingrich and Bowsher, the agency dumped half its employees. Overwhelming, those dumped employees were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. If Gingrich and Bowsher had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE.
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/21/nx-s1-5405033/doge-gao-musk-trump
DAILY BEAST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-celebrates-pride-by-defunding-lgbtq-support-at-suicide-hotline/
AXIOS
— RINOs warn Trump that some deportations go too far
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/10/republicans-trump-deportations-ice-immigration
GUARDIAN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in promoting protests against Trump. What if Republican leaders had promoted protests against Biden?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/10/us-protests-immigration-trump
INDIA TODAY
— LA’s protests swell to Chicago, Atlanta; more planned. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/world/story/los-angeles-protests-swell-to-chicago-atlanta-more-planned-in-us-despite-trumps-warning-immigration-crackdown-2738995-2025-06-11