FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump. What if Republican leaders had organized protests against Biden?
https://abc7chicago.com/post/may-day-2025-3rd-rallies-downtown-chicago-continue-efforts-unite-president-trumps-administrations-policies/16314144/
— US imposes sanctions on Mexican cartel linked to drug trafficking and fuel-theft network
https://abc7chicago.com/post/us-imposes-sanctions-mexican-cartel-linked-drug-trafficking-fuel-theft-network/16311920/
CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing fight to keep their control of NPR and PBS
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/npr-and-pbs-vow-to-fight-trumps-funding-cuts/
WGN9
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump. What if Republican leaders had organized protests against Biden?
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/chicago-coalition-trump-agenda-march/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptrxIgBqb_s
FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump. What if Republican leaders had organized protests against Biden?
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/may-day-protests-stretch-3-days-chicago-activists-rally-against-trump-policies
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zABfj-b6Qus
WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing fight to keep their control of NPR and PBS
https://www.wbez.org/pressroom/2025/05/03/letter-from-the-ceo-public-media-is-a-public-good-and-its-under-threat
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: With the state’s grocery tax set to end, many municipalities are adopting their own, even as food prices climb. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for rising food prices. Then again, they ever-increasingly blame Trump for everything that is bad.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/04/illinois-grocery-tax-municipalities/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump. What if Republican leaders had organized protests against Biden?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/03/far-left-groups-try-to-grow-chicago-ranks-at-rally-against-donald-trump-at-union-park/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/03/at-evanston-may-day-rally-protesters-decry-trump-administration-cuts/
— Democrat Chicago leaders allege that there has been a crime downturn and take credit for that.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/04/column-chicago-crime-brandon-johnson-donald-trump-page/
— Many, if not most, if not virtually all nonprofits are arms of the Democrat Party.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/04/opinion-nonprofit-funding-federal-cuts/
— Today in History: Haymarket Square demonstration turns deadly. Virtually all my Republican critics/opponents are vehemently anti-union. According to them, union members are grossly overpaid. They stress that while was a union member 1966-1969 and 1971-1980, my salary increased from $19.37/hour to $112,280/year in today’s dollars. They ignore/dismiss/belittle that during that time, a) I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) I earned a job-related master’s degree, and c) I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/04/today-in-history-haymarket-square-demonstration-turns-deadly/
— American women are having fewer children. Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more of the following that your children are, the bleaker that their future is: American, conservative, Republican, White, male, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/04/editorial-should-we-worry-about-american-women-having-fewer-kids/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Sooner or later, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, everyone in America will be on Medicaid.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/05/03/trump-musk-tax-cuts-rich-economy-doge-federal-funding-medicaid-health-insurance-ralph-martire
DAILY HERALD
— New Illinois, an organization that wants to create a state separate from Chicago and urban Cook County, drew about 60 people to a meeting Saturday at the Palatine Township Republican Organization office. Illinois counties that are run by Democrats are completely different from Illinois counties that are run by Republicans. Sooner or later, Illinois counties that are run by Democrats promote dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ (the destruction of traditional marriage and family), abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, prostitution, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. I should write about the Democrat invasion, infiltration, infestation, conquering, and inevitable destruction of DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Warrenville School District 200, and my precinct.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250503/news/new-illinois-supporters-meet-in-palatine-discuss-urban-rural-divide/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Any separation would have to be passed by the Illinois General Assembly as well as by the United States Congress. The last successful separation measure was the split of West Virginia from Virginia. West Virginia arrived at statehood in 1863 but its final composition wasn’t determined until an 1871 Supreme Court ruling.)
— GOP balks at approving even a fraction of Musk’s DOGE cuts. During the 1980s and 1990s, RINO senators and RINO representatives did not balk at Gingrich’s GAO budget cuts. The Democrats who ran GAO used Gingrich’s budget cuts to get rid of the agency’s remaining Republican employees including me. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250502/nation-and-world-politics/gop-balks-at-approving-even-a-fraction-of-musks-doge-cuts/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing fight efforts to reduce voter fraud.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250503/nation-and-world-politics/doj-civil-rights-division-to-focus-on-voting-conspiracies-and-prioritize-trump-election-order-memo/
— How dependent on Communist China are the following: your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct?
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250503/business/nowhere-to-turn-small-businesses-dependent-on-imports-from-china-are-feeling-more-desperate-2/
CHICAGO DEFENDER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for bad weather
https://chicagodefender.com/when-the-heat-and-storms-come-lies-will-not-save-us/
BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker.
https://pantagraph.com/opinion/columnists/article_c1806378-b12c-48bc-a8d0-1907b655fe6d.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/watch-now-illinois-u-s-rep-marie-newman-and-republican-marjorie-taylor-greene-feud-over/article_4e95cb54-d6ea-5e81-bd42-fd929ba23925.html
KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE & ILLINOIS VALLEY & DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE & HERALD NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump. What if Republican leaders had organized protests against Biden?
https://www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-chronicle/2025/05/03/st-charles-hands-off-rally-targets-trump-policies-musks-actions/
https://www.shawlocal.com/illinois-valley/2025/05/04/mostly-people-are-fearful-of-losing-our-democracy-protest-takes-place-in-princeton/
https://www.shawlocal.com/daily-chronicle/2025/05/03/laborers-in-dekalb-protest-trump-era-attacks-on-unions-higher-education/
https://www.shawlocal.com/the-herald-news/2025/05/03/were-going-to-come-back-anti-trump-protesters-return-to-joliet-streets-for-may-day-rally/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Musk slams critics for Nazi comparisons: ‘Character assassination’
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/musk-slams-critics-for-nazi-comparisons-character-assassination/?nxsparam=4
— Democrat leaders use indigenous-activists against Trump
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-indigenous-activists-see-trumps-columbus-day-rhetoric-as-cause-for-continued-advocacy/
— Trump brands his opponents as communists. Today’s Democrats have no problem with communism. They promote socialism. Socialism is a step on the road to communism.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trump-brands-his-opponents-as-communists-a-label-loaded-with-the-baggage-of-american-history/
NPR ILLINOIS
— After paying people to leave, one federal agency is scrambling to fill positions
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-05-03/after-paying-people-to-leave-one-federal-agency-is-scrambling-to-fill-positions
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-05-03/economic-uncertainty-remains-amid-trumps-tariffs
— Sweeping cuts hit NEA after Trump administration calls to eliminate the agency
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-05-03/sweeping-cuts-hit-nea-after-trump-administration-calls-to-eliminate-the-agency
NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2025-05-03/trumps-trade-war-contracts-the-economy-but-job-market-holds-up
— Mexico’s president says she rejected Trump’s plan to send US troops across the border. Constructively, Mexico had declared war on America. FROM GOOGLE AI: The US military maintains a significant global presence with thousands of troops and hundreds of bases across nearly every continent. While the exact number of bases is difficult to determine due to varying classifications and ongoing changes, estimates range from 750 to over 900. The US has the largest number of overseas military bases compared to any other country, accounting for roughly 75-85% of the total. Key Locations and Troop Distribution: Japan, Germany, and South Korea: These countries host the largest number of US military bases and troops. Japan alone has over 50,000 US troops. Middle East: The US maintains a considerable military presence in the Middle East, with forces in numerous countries and on ships in the region’s waters, particularly in response to threats from Iran and its affiliated groups. Europe: The US has a significant military presence in Europe, particularly in countries like Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom, with many bases being NATO interoperable.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2025-05-04/mexicos-president-says-she-rejected-trumps-plan-to-send-us-troops-across-the-border
WREX
— Democrat leaders always fight for more government spending.
https://www.wrex.com/news/illinois-news/plan-to-overhaul-higher-education-funding-meets-u-of-i-opposition/article_212dc72f-eef5-4af9-b9de-eb9f244f5471.html
25 NEWS NOW
— Trump jokes that he’d “like to be Pope,” but then said, “I don’t know. I have no preference.”
https://www.25newsnow.com/video/2025/05/03/trump-jokes-that-hed-like-be-president/
IPM NEWSROOM
— Democrat leaders fight government spending cuts, but they did not fight Gingrich’s cutting GAO’s budgets 1980-1997.
https://ipmnewsroom.org/npr-stations-targeted-for-cuts-by-trump-have-provided-lifelines-to-listeners-during-disasters/
CWB CHICAGO
— Mag Mile mail thief had 52 credit cards, was on pretrial release for the same thing
https://cwbchicago.com/2025/05/mag-mile-mail-thief-had-52-credit-cards-was-on-pretrial-release-for-the-same-thing-chicago-police.html
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
JOHN BIVER
— What a Volunteer Organization Like the GOP is Unable to Do
https://johnbiver.com/what-a-volunteer-organization-like-the-gop-is-unable-to-do/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Which Republican candidates are going to walk in Wheaton’s 2025 Independence Day parade? There will be a U.S Senate office, five Illinois statewide offices, and five DuPage countywide offices on the November 3, 2026 ballot. At the 2000 Illinois Republican Party State Convention in Springfield, I urged Governor George Ryan to invite Bush to walk in Wheaton’s 2000 Independence Day parade. While Bush did not walk in that parade, he and Cheney did walk in Naperville’s 2000 Labor Day parade. I was there at the rally before the parade started when the “open mike” incident occurred because the Bush team refused to let Ryan introduce Bush. Dole walked with Edgar in Wheaton’s 1996 Independence Day parade. Obama and his wife walked in Wheaton’s 2004 Independence Day parade. I served as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks from 2005 until Democrat and RINO DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton leaders succeeded in having their operatives and dupes end that in 2021. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What are the biggest losses that you have suffered? Mine include the success that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had wasting my career and forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. They flushed down their toilets my almost 27 years of work experience, my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license. But worse than that, since 1997, far too many Republican leaders have sided with my Democrat superiors and have used the aforesaid to hint/imply/argue/shout that I disserved the aforesaid because I am a very bad person and even worse things. I should write about those Republican leaders who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— The Line-Up to Replace Schakowsky
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/01/the-line-up-to-replace-schakowsky/
— Johnsburg Pro-Life Ministry Exec Reacts to Federal Court Decision’s Significant Victory, Partial Set-Back
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/01/johnsburg-pro-life-ministry-exec-reacts-to-federal-court-decisions-significant-victory-partial-set-back/
— Democrats Ahead in Filling Empty Precincts with Workers on the Ground
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/01/democrats-ahead-in-filling-empty-precincts-with-workers-on-the-ground/
— Democrats Get Another Candidate to Replace Schakowsky–Justin Ford
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/01/democrats-get-another-candidate-to-replace-schakowsky/
— Defenders Make Another Pitch for RTA Tax Hike
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/01/defenders-make-another-pitch-for-rta-tax-hike/
— Trump Administration Risks Being Labeled in Favor of Prison Rape with Elimination of Funding for the National Prison Rape Resource Center, Problem Seems to Still Exist in Cook County
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/02/trump-administration-risks-being-labeled-in-favor-of-prison-rape-with-elimination-of-funding-for-the-national-prison-rape-resource-center/
— Potty-Mouthed Democrats Stimulate Editorial Cartoon
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/02/potty-mouthed-democrats-stimulate-editorial-cartoon/
— Underwood Not Throwing in Towel to Pritzker’s Choice
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/02/underwood-not-throwing-in-towel-to-pritzkers-choice/
— UPDATE: Duckworth Endorses Stratton for U.S. Senate, Israeli May Be Stimulus for Pritzker Displeasure with Underwood
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/02/duckworth-endorses-stratton-for-u-s-senate/
— Did Underwood Hurl Indirect Attack at Pritzker?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/03/did-underwood-hurl-indirect-attack-at-pritzker/
— Looking at Kane County GOP Election Loses and Replacement Possibilities for Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi Should He Run for Durbin’s Seat
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/03/looking-at-kane-county-gop-election-loses-and-replacement-possibilities-for-congressman-raja-krishnamoorthi-should-he-run-for-durbins-seat/
— City/Village Fathers and Mothers Forced to Take Responsibility for Taxing Groceries, “Free Money” Days Partially Gone
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/04/city-village-fathers-and-mothers-forced-to-take-responsibility-for-taxing-groceries-free-money-days-partially-gone/
— “Red State” Picks Up on My Question about Why 314 Action Fund, a PAC, Considers Lauren Underwood, a Nurse, a Scientist
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/04/red-state-picks-up-on-my-question-about-why-314-action-fund-a-pac-considers-lauren-underwood-a-nurse-a-scientist/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Microsoft hires anti-Trump law firm
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/investigations/3398418/microsoft-support-europe-hires-anti-trump-law-firm/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump suggests Vance, Rubio could succeed him — as he gives final answer on a third term
https://nypost.com/2025/05/04/us-news/president-trump-suggests-jd-vance-marco-rubio-could-succeed-him-as-he-gives-final-answer-on-a-third-term/
BLAZE
— Who are the Leftist Judges Trying to Sabotage Trump’s Agenda?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3zQ9FOHdcU
BREITBART
— Showdown Looms as Homan Explores Case Against AOC for Obstructing Immigration Enforcement
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/05/03/showdown-looms-as-tom-homan-explores-case-against-aoc-for-bstructing-immigration-enforcement/
— Radical LGBTQ+ Stonewall Group’s Charity Status Questioned in Row over Supreme Court Trans Ruling
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2025/05/03/lgbtq-stonewall-groups-charity-status-questioned-in-row-over-supreme-court-trans-ruling/
— Costco, Levi’s, and Other Companies Stubbornly Cling to DEI Policies
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2025/05/03/costco-levis-other-companies-stubbornly-cling-dei-policies/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Trump’s Push for Equal Rights and Against Quotas
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/05/03/trumps-push-for-equal-rights-and-against-quotas/
EPOCH TIMES
— US Tariff on Auto Parts Goes Into Effect. If the United States had been as dependent on foreign countries as it is now, it would never have won WWI or WWII.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trumps-25-percent-auto-part-tariff-goes-into-effect-5851640
— Mexican President Said She Rejected Trump Offer to Deploy US Troops to Mexico. Constructively, Mexico had declared war on America. FROM GOOGLE AI: The US military maintains a significant global presence with thousands of troops and hundreds of bases across nearly every continent. While the exact number of bases is difficult to determine due to varying classifications and ongoing changes, estimates range from 750 to over 900. The US has the largest number of overseas military bases compared to any other country, accounting for roughly 75-85% of the total. Key Locations and Troop Distribution: Japan, Germany, and South Korea: These countries host the largest number of US military bases and troops. Japan alone has over 50,000 US troops. Middle East: The US maintains a considerable military presence in the Middle East, with forces in numerous countries and on ships in the region’s waters, particularly in response to threats from Iran and its affiliated groups. Europe: The US has a significant military presence in Europe, particularly in countries like Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom, with many bases being NATO interoperable.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/mexican-president-said-she-rejected-trump-offer-to-deploy-us-troops-to-mexico-5851892
FOX NEWS
— Texas Gov. Abbott signs $1 billion voucher program into law, capping off win for school choice advocates. ‘Gone are the days that families are limited to only the schools assigned by government,’ Gov. Abbott said.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/texas-gov-abbott-signs-1-billion-voucher-program-law-capping-off-win-school-choice-advocates
— Dem gov’s new campaign message man once said ‘religious right’ united by ‘white supremacy’ The Arizona governor’s recent hire is just the latest in a series of tumultuous staffing issues Hobbs has faced.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dem-govs-new-campaign-message-man-once-said-religious-right-united-white-supremacy
— AOC taunts Homan after DOJ referral threat over deportations. Homan suggested AOC’s previous advice for migrants may have crossed a line.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/come-me-aoc-taunts-tom-homan-after-doj-referral-threat-over-deportations
— Trump questions judges who block deportations of ‘criminals, including murderers’ federal judge ruled that the Trump administration’s use of the Alien Enemies Act was ‘unlawful’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-questions-judges-who-block-deportations-criminals-including-murderers
NEWSMAX
— Trump Media Quits Delaware for ‘Pro-business’ Florida
https://www.newsmax.com/finance/streettalk/trump-media-delaware-florida/2025/05/03/id/1209437/
PJ MEDIA
— Is the Era of Sanctuary Cities and States Going to Come to an End? For a city or a state to declare itself a sanctuary is to declare war on America.
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/05/03/is-the-era-of-sanctuary-cities-and-states-going-to-come-to-an-end-n4939453
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Pritzker’s Trump posture ramps up 2028 chatter
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5280477-illinois-gov-jb-pritzker-trump-critics/
NBC NEWS
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters a) drove the stock market down to punish Trump and b) decry the stock market’s comeback.
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/markets/stocks-unleash-remarkable-comeback-after-volatile-month-trump-tariffs-rcna204213
NEWSWEEK
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump. What if Republican leaders had organized protests against Biden?
https://www.newsweek.com/may-day-50501-protests-list-weekend-2067558
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/video/science/100000010122048/how-trumps-cuts-are-stifling-lgbtq-health-research.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/health/trump-administration-slashes-research-into-lgbtq-health.html
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/opinion/trump-polls-popularity-dei.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Trump brands his opponents as communists. Today’s Democrats have no problem with communism. They promote socialism. Socialism is a step on the road to communism.
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2025-05-04/trump-brands-his-opponents-as-communists-a-label-loaded-with-the-baggage-of-american-history
DALLAS MORNING NEWS
— Rogers: Who’s a RINO — Cornyn or Paxton? Texas oligarchy uses the wrong criteria for choosing leaders. RINOs are Republicans who reject planks in the Republican Party platform and who get rid of Republicans who support those planks. Most commonly, they reject the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. I should write about the biggest past and present RINO leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, etc. I would focus on the aforesaid who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2025/05/03/rogers-whos-a-rino-cornyn-or-paxton/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Hate filled Trump-hating Trump-haters decry that Trump’s tariffs are lifting some U.S. manufacturers
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/trump-s-tariffs-are-lifting-some-u-s-manufacturers/ar-AA1E8iki
MONEY INC.
— 20 Worst Jobs in America. I did not have any of these jobs, but I did do yard work (1962-1964), deliver newspapers (1962-1966), wash dishes (1964-1966), clean golf shoes, chip slag, and pump gasoline (1966), deliver mail (1966-1969), work on an automotive assembly line (1970), sell tires, automotive services, and major appliances (1970-1971), pump more gasoline (1971-1972), collect delinquent taxes (1971-1980), and audit federal agencies (1980-1997).
https://moneyinc.com/20-worst-jobs-in-america/
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May 3, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Illinois officials react to death of embattled former Gov. George Ryan
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-officials-gov-jb-pritzker-democrats-republicans-react-death-embattled-former-governor-george-ryan/16305092/
— Kankakee pays tribute to native George Ryan after death of former Illinois governor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4foWxiVu7oE
NBC5
— Here’s what your monthly student loan bill could be under a new Republican plan
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/heres-what-your-monthly-student-loan-bill-could-be-under-a-new-republican-plan/3735367/
WGN9
— Family, friends remember Former Illinois Governor George Ryan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uydDXos3x1s
FOX32
— Trump admin ramping up investigations into Chicago-area public schools
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1634987
— Democrat leaders say “Trump pushes deep spending cuts as tariffs poised to hit everyday purchases.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkcopjljTuU
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sB_GJlLI78
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump’s Justice Department sues Illinois over E-Verify worker privacy provisions feds say interfere with immigration enforcement
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/02/trumps-justice-department-sues-illinois-over-worker-privacy-provisions-feds-say-interfere-with-immigration-enforcement/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “The United States has preeminent authority to regulate the administrative processes governing Form I-9 (federal employment eligibility verification forms) documentation and inspection, and E-Verify,” the Justice Department wrote. “Illinois therefore has no authority to enforce laws that obstruct or otherwise conflict with federal immigration enforcement efforts by imposing additional regulations, requirements, and possible sanctions on employers that seek to participate in the federal ‘E-Verify’ program.”)
— Pritzker mocks his weight, tells TV host Jimmy Kimmel he’s undecided on third term.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/02/gov-jb-pritzker-mocks-his-weight-tells-tv-host-jimmy-kimmel-hes-undecided-on-third-term/
— Former Chicago Blackhawks player Patrick Kane sells Trump Tower condo for $2.11M. Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in destroying Trump. In 1978, I made a $10,000 profit when I sold my Outer Drive East condo. That is about $50,000 in today’s dollars.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/02/blackhawks-patrick-kane-trump-tower-condo/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Kane has taken a nearly $1 million loss on the 69th-floor condo. He first listed it for $3 million in May 2024, and he cut his asking price to $2.7 million in November and then to $2.5 million in February. He struck a deal to sell the unit on March 12.)
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Here’s how Trump’s order to cut federal funding to NPR and PBS could impact Illinois. His order seeking to cut off funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting affects about 1,500 stations, including Chicago’s WBEZ and WTTW. But it’s likely headed for the courts or for drama in Congress.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/05/02/trump-executive-order-cut-federal-funding-npr-pbs-illinois
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/art/2025/05/02/the-first-homosexuals-exhibit-wrightwood-695-chicago-museum
DAILY HERALD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Stratton
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250503/news/strattons-top-priority-in-senate-campaign-fighting-back-against-trump/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Leaders recall Ryan’s successes, flaws
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250502/illinois-state-politics/im-sure-he-felt-that-all-his-life-leaders-recall-ryans-successes-flaws/
— Krishnamoorthi leads panel at Harper College on value of public service careers under attack from DOGE. Democrats run the federal government. My critics/opponents disapprove of, if not despise, if not hate my getting the federal jobs and promotions that I did. I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, IRS 1971-1980, and Post Office 1966-1969. They were furious when IRS promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 and when GAO promoted me in 1986. According to my critics/opponents, Democrats should have gotten those jobs and promotions, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250502/news/krishnamoorthi-leads-panel-at-harper-college-on-value-of-public-service-careers-under-attack-from-do/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Trump.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/education/uchicago-faculty-push-proactive-defense-amid-trump-blitz
— George Ryan governed — and lived — with empathy. What do George Ryan and Jim Ryan supporters think of you? They despise, if not hate me. They blame their problems on what I have done as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000 and what I did as a leader of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2000-2012, Illinois Center Right Coalition 2003-2007, and Pat O’Malley’s Milton Township gubernatorial primary campaign 2001-2002. I should write about them. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/george-ryan-remembered-hedy-ratner
— Patrick Kane loses nearly $1 million in Trump Tower condo sale. Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in destroying Trump. In 1978, I made a $10,000 profit when I sold my Outer Drive East condo. That is about $50,000 in today’s dollars.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-real-estate/patrick-kane-loses-nearly-1m-trump-tower-condo-sale
— Democrat leaders say “Amid Trump attacks on higher ed, UChicago faculty want to see more from leadership.”
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/education/uchicago-faculty-push-proactive-defense-amid-trump-blitz
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight all Trump’s cuts.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-05-02/trump-cuts-demolish-agency-focused-on-toxic-chemicals-and-workplace-hazards
CITIES 92.9
— Illinois lawmakers mark 50th anniversary of Vietnam War’s end
https://www.cities929.com/2025/05/02/illinois-lawmakers-mark-50th-anniversary-of-vietnam-wars-end/
WREX
— Vietnam Veterans to be honored in event marking 50th anniversary of the end of war
https://www.wrex.com/news/vietnam-veterans-to-be-honored-in-event-marking-50th-anniversary-of-the-end-of-war/article_7009c2b0-c01e-4e1f-b7b3-03525f5e33ca.html
WJBC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize protests against Trump. What if Republican leaders had organized protests against Biden.
https://www.wjbc.com/2025/05/02/on-may-day-thousands-march-for-immigrant-labor-women-and-lgbtq-rights/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Tim Cook says Trump tariffs could cost Apple more than $900M in June quarter
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/tim-cook-says-trump-tariffs-could-cost-apple-more-than-900m-in-june-quarter/
— Trump says he’ll strip Harvard of tax-exempt status. Most, if not virtually all, tax-exempt organizations exist to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/trump-says-hell-strip-harvard-of-tax-exempt-status/
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use May Day to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/on-may-day-thousands-march-for-immigrant-labor-women-and-lgbtq-rights/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/05/02/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-297/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What do George Ryan and Jim Ryan supporters think of you? They despise, if not hate me. They blame their problems on what I have done as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000 and what I did as a leader of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2000-2012, Illinois Center Right Coalition 2003-2007, and Pat O’Malley’s Milton Township gubernatorial primary campaign 2001-2002. I should write about them. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Sadly, there are far too many reasons to not help elect candidates. Far too often, the more that you do to help elect a candidate, if that candidate is defeated, you will be blamed for their defeat. I have done much to help elect Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000. I should write about those that have suffered defeats and that I have been blamed the most for their defeats. They blame what I have done as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000 and what I did as a leader of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2000-2012, Illinois Center Right Coalition 2003-2007, and Pat O’Malley’s Milton Township gubernatorial primary campaign 2001-2002. They following lead the blaming, that is, the following lead the scapegoating: major donors, fundraisers, political consultants, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
WIREPOINTS
— Illinoisans avoid nation’s 7th-highest gas prices whenever they can. My brother used to drive from Crete to Indiana to fill up.
https://wirepoints.org/illinoisans-avoid-the-states-7th-highest-gas-prices-whenever-they-can-wirepoints-on-with-jeff-daly-of-wzus-decatur-radio/
COOK COUNTY RECORD
— Feds seek to strike down IL law that threatens employers for using E-Verify
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/671128992-feds-seek-to-strike-down-il-law-that-threatens-employers-for-using-e-verify
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump proposes cuts of $163 billion in new budget, seeks sharp increase in defense
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/2/donald-trump-proposes-cuts-163-billion-new-budget-seeks-sharp/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Wait until you see what’s coming’: Homan delivers ominous message for those harboring illegals.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/05/02/wait-until-you-see-whats-coming-homan-delivers-ominous-message-for-those-harboring-illegals-1540674/
BLAZE
— Trump’s DOJ files lawsuit against Illinois for restricting E-Verify, a program meant to bar illegal alien workers
https://www.theblaze.com/news/trump-lawsuit-illinois-everify-law
CHRISTIAN POST
— Over a dozen Christian leaders urge Trump to protect Afghan Christians from deportation
https://www.christianpost.com/news/christian-leaders-tell-trump-not-to-deport-afghan-christians.html
DAILY SIGNAL
— Trump Rightly Defunded PBS and NPR’s Long History of Anti-Conservative, Pro-Leftist Content
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/05/02/trump-rightly-defunded-pbs-nprs-long-history-anti-conservative-leftist-content/
DAILY WIRE
— Here’s What Trump’s Team Wants To Accomplish In the Next 100 Days
https://www.dailywire.com/news/heres-what-trumps-team-wants-to-accomplish-in-the-next-100-days
FEDERALIST
— Here Are 12 Reasons Why NPR And PBS Deserved To Be Defunded
https://thefederalist.com/2025/05/02/here-are-12-reasons-why-npr-and-pbs-deserved-to-be-defunded/
FOX BUSINESS
— Trump is defunding Biden’s ‘woke and weaponized’ bureaucracy
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6372231045112
FOX NEWS
— Musk: It was essential for Trump to win to ensure the US remained great
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6372228946112
MRC TV
— Trump’s Deporting Illegals, and Pro-Crime Leftists Can’t Stand It
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/brittany-m-hughes/trumps-deporting-illegals-and-pro-crime-leftists-cant-stand-it
— The First 100 Days Of Media Rage!
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/eric-scheiner/first-100-days-media-rage-wacky-mole
NEWSMAX
— Somber White House Video Highlights Angel Parents
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/immigration-angel-parents-white-house/2025/05/02/id/1209338/
TOWNHALL
— Trump Eliminates Another Vestige of Racial Discrimination— the Fraud of Disparate Impact. Of all the many tests that I have taken, fewer Blacks, Hispanics, and/or females a) took those tests than I did and b) fewer passed those tests than I did. According to my critics/opponents, that was because I benefitted from discrimination against Blacks, Hispanics, and/or females. In my defense, neither of my parents attended college, my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, my mother never attended high school, and I had to work my way through college. The many tests that I took and pasted enabled me a) to earn a bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) to pass the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 and the Certified Internal Auditor examination when I was 32, c) to get hired by the Post Office when I was 18, by IRS when I was 22, and by GAO when I was 31, and d) to get promoted by IRS when I was 23, 24, and 25 and by GAO when I was 38..
https://townhall.com/columnists/print/2656399
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump proposes steep cuts in first budget request of second term
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5279446-trump-proposes-steep-cuts-in-first-budget-request-of-second-term/
NEWSWEEK
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly crow about their success in driving Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-approval-rating-polls-2067414
MSN
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasing promote more hatred against Trump and against those who share Trump’s demographics.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/cannot-unify-with-evil-here-s-what-really-drives-evangelicals-support-for-trump/ar-AA1DMnIt
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly crow about their success in driving Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/democrats-waited-for-trump-to-crumble-now-they-re-starting-to-fight-back/ar-AA1E5zVp
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/new-poll-shocker-majority-of-americans-now-view-donald-trump-as-a-dangerous-dictator-amid-mounting-public-concern/ar-AA1E3Pje
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/trump-s-100-day-approval-rating-hits-historic-low-new-poll-reveals/ar-AA1DSXat
https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/other/no-floor-for-trump-s-approval-rating-cnn-analysts-detail-data-that-s-scaring-the-white-house/ar-AA1E3ZLP
REUTERS
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly crow about their success in driving Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-deflects-blame-economy-contraction-says-be-patient-2025-04-30/
ABC NEWS
— Steelmaker Cleveland Cliffs to idle 3 steel plants in Pennsylvania and Illinois
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/steelmaker-cleveland-cliffs-idle-3-steel-plants-pennsylvania-121415395
NBC NEWS
— White House brings conspiracy theorists, former Trump officials and a family friend to its ‘influencer briefings’ A review of attendees to the first three influencer briefings shows an overwhelming right-leaning guest list.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/white-house-influencer-briefings-conspiracy-theorists-rcna204437
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Communist China.
https://www.nytimes.com/article/trump-tariffs-canada-mexico-china.html
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly crow about their success in driving Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/donald-trump-approval-rating-polls.html
— Could Apple Exist Without Its Ties to China? Probably Not. The world’s most valuable company has become so reliant on Chinese suppliers and sales that it would be worth half as much or less without them.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/technology/apple-china-tariffs.html
USA TODAY
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly do everything that they can to keep Republicans out of parades. I should write about those Democrat and RINO leaders in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton who have had the most success in keeping Republicans out of Wheaton Independence Day parades. I would focus on those who succeed in ending my role as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades in 2021, a role that I had since 2005.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/05/01/birthday-bash-president-donald-trump-and-army-plan-june-14-parade/83401058007/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly crow about their success in driving Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/05/03/trump-lowest-approval-rating-president-unpopular/83345826007/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/05/01/is-trump-winning-dei-fight/83368731007/
COMMERCIAL NEWS
— Duckworth and Durbin ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.commercial-news.com/news/state_news/duckworth-durbin-reintroduction-equality-act-to-ban-discrimination-against-lgbtq-americans/article_ba7e2a82-6eca-4738-9588-fc87e3aaf857.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Tragedy of Affirmative Action. Blacks were making rapid progress before the 1960s. Racial preferences didn’t help, and if anything they slowed the improvement.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-tragedy-of-affirmative-action-black-mobility-racial-preferences-merit-b1ca70e3
— The End of the Free College Lunch. The GOP begins to rein in student loans and forgiveness plans.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/house-republicans-higher-education-reform-reconciliation-bill-student-loans-colleges-7bfcd3c8
— Most, if not virtually all, tax-exempt organizations promote the Democrat Party platform.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-officials-explore-ways-of-challenging-tax-exempt-status-of-nonprofits-94ff0c6e
POLITICO
— Trump’s budget asks Congress for unprecedented federal funding cuts. The request for obliterating many domestic programs sets up a clash with Congress ahead of the Sept. 30 shutdown deadline.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/02/trumps-budget-asks-congress-00323256
— More than 15,000 USDA employees take Trump’s offer to resign. Their departures will affect how the department administers food safety and nutrition programs, conducts research and offers services to farmers.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/03/more-than-15000-employees-resign-agriculture-department-trump-00324834
May 2, 2025
WHITE HOUSE
— ENDING TAXPAYER SUBSIDIZATION OF BIASED MEDIA
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/05/president-trump-finally-ends-the-madness-of-npr-pbs/
— TRUMP EFFECT: Mercedes to Shift More Vehicle Production to U.S.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/05/trump-effect-mercedes-to-shift-more-vehicle-production-to-u-s/
— JOBS BOOM: More Americans Working for Higher Pay
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/05/jobs-boom-more-americans-working-for-higher-pay/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/02/chicago-shelter-systems/
— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/02/cps-deportation-fears-impact/
— Democrat leaders crow about their success promoting May Day anti-Trump protests.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/01/may-day-rally-underway-in-union-park-with-march-planned-to-grant-park-later-in-the-day/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/01/photos-thousands-march-through-downtown-chicago-for-may-day/
— Advocates press for continued funding to college test prep support program. Were you viewed as being college material? I was not. Nevertheless, I took college preparatory courses and got an ACT score of 24.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/01/advocates-press-for-continued-funding-to-college-test-prep-support-program/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/02/opinion-donald-trump-garden-of-american-heroes/
— McDonald’s store traffic falls unexpectedly. Have Democrat leaders unofficially/officially called for McDonald’s to be boycotted because of Trump?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/01/mcdonalds-store-traffic-falls/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Columbus statue removed from Arrigo Park going to Italian American group. The statue will be indefinitely “loaned” to the Joint Civic Committee for Italian Americans for display at a building on Taylor Street.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2025/05/01/columbus-statue-removal-arrigo-park-potential-agreement
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote the hate-filled Trump-hating Pritzker.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2025/05/02/gov-jb-pritzker-creates-nicknames-for-trump-to-call-him-including-jbeefy-in-jimmy-kimmel-appearance
— Democrat leaders crow about their success promoting May Day anti-Trump protests.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/05/01/meet-the-chicagoans-who-came-out-to-protest-trump-on-may-day
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/05/02/trump-immigration-policy-undocumented-villified-crime-misinformation-tom-homan-mona-charen
— Hate-fille Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/05/01/world-press-day-elon-musk-donald-trump-media
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders crow about their success promoting May Day anti-Trump protests.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250501/news/we-need-to-voice-our-concerns-suburbs-join-in-on-global-may-day-rallies/
— The mainstream news media in America is nothing more than a mouthpiece for Democrat leaders.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250502/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-world-press-freedom-day-a-threat-to-press-freedom-is-a-threat-to-democracy/
ABC7
— Democrat leaders crow about their success promoting May Day anti-Trump protests.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/may-day-2025-thousands-expected-protest-march-rally-downtown-chicago-union-park-grant/16292225/
— Dept. of Education investigating Evanston-Skokie school district for alleged racial discrimination
https://abc7chicago.com/post/us-department-education-investigating-evanston-skokie-school-district-65-allegations-racial-discrimination/16298331/
NBC5
— Democrat leaders crow about their success promoting May Day anti-Trump protests.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/may-day-rallies-marches-trump-polices-chicago-evanston/
— Pritzker team calls congresswoman ‘damaged goods’ to stop Senate run. Multiple sources confirmed the governor’s team is trying to dissuade U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood from running for U.S. Senate, with Pritzker denying any interference.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/sources-pritzker-calls-congresswoman-damaged-goods-senate/3735712/
CBS2
— Chicago Park District to loan Columbus statue to Italian American group for museum, end lawsuit
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-park-district-columbus-statue-italian-american-group/
FOX32
— Christopher Columbus statue finds new home as Chicago Park District plans fresh start for Arrigo Park
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/christopher-columbus-statue-chicago-arrigo-park
— Democrat leaders crow about their success promoting May Day anti-Trump protests.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1634485
WTTW
— Columbus Statue Will Not Return to Grant Park
https://news.wttw.com/2025/05/01/columbus-statue-will-not-return-grant-park-officials-announce
WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.wbez.org/arts/2025/05/01/the-first-homosexuals-exhibit-wrightwood-695-chicago-museum
CHAMPAIHN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE & WGLT & FOX2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/may-day-demonstrations-in-us-and-around-the-globe-protest-trump-agenda/article_394c8641-a109-5c43-a76a-5437b80fc227.html
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-05-01/hundreds-in-bloomington-join-another-nationwide-anti-trump-protest
https://fox2now.com/news/illinois/illinois-protesters-call-for-government-accountability/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Illinois GOP lawmakers want to ban transgender athletes from women sports through legislation
https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2025-05-01/republican-lawmakers-in-illinois-seek-to-ban-transgender-athletes-from-women-sports-through-legislation-and-the-trump-administration
WAND TV
— Illinois House GOP strongly oppose potential tax hikes in FY26 budget
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/illinois-house-gop-strongly-oppose-potential-tax-hikes-in-fy26-budget/article_f2a04c50-4d77-47e8-8660-36312d4a00b1.html
LEGACY
— Carol Smith Donovan, a former vice chair of the Republican State Central Committee in the 7th District, has died.
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/carol-donovan-obituary?id=58278688
CHICAGO DEFENDER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump. How successful have Democrat leaders been promoting hatred against Trump in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? I should write about their success in DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Warrenville School District 200, and my precinct.
https://chicagocrusader.com/not-in-our-state-illinois-urgently-calls-on-residents-to-help-stop-hate/
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/05/01/may-day-protesters-in-chicago-rebuke-trumps-agenda-we-will-never-bow/
AXIOS CHICAGO
— Chicago’s WGN Radio adds Ted Cruz to lineup
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2025/04/30/chicago-wgn-radio-ted-cruz-lineup-verdict
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/05/02/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-504/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/05/01/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-296/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— If you try to make the rich pay for tax hikes, it hurts jobs and job creation. It chases wealthy people away from the state… meaning less investment in Illinois.
https://wirepoints.org/if-you-try-to-make-the-rich-pay-for-tax-hikes-it-hurts-jobs-and-job-creation-it-chases-wealthy-people-away-from-the-state-meaning-less-investment-in-illinois-wirepoints-on-wttw/
— $27,000 per student, yet not one is proficient in math?
https://wirepoints.org/27000-per-student-yet-not-one-is-proficient-in-math-wirepoints-on-wls-ramblin-ray-show/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Justice Department files second anti-sanctuary lawsuit against Illinois
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/1/justice-department-files-second-anti-sanctuary-lawsuit-illinois/
— The best DEI policy is no DEI policy. Hire the best people, and don’t worry about a person’s skin color or gender.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/1/best-dei-policy-no-dei-policy/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Liberal city councils continue transgender activism amid Trump executive orders
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3397795/liberal-city-councils-transgender-sanctuary-cities/
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Why Trump Wants Truckers to Speak English
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/why-trump-wants-truckers-to-speak-english/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— We Need a Government That Obeys the Law. If it takes an executive order to enforce laws that already bar illegal immigrants from Social Security, the problem isn’t policy—it’s a government that’s given up on enforcement.
https://amgreatness.com/2025/05/02/we-dont-need-an-executive-order-to-bar-illegals-from-social-security-we-need-a-government-that-obeys-the-law/
AMERICAN WIRE NEWS
— Blue City prints red cards for illegals, informing them of their ‘rights’
https://americanwirenews.com/blue-city-prints-red-cards-for-illegals-informing-them-of-their-rights/
— DeSantis asks DHS for permission to fly 10,000 illegals to El Salvador
https://americanwirenews.com/desantis-asks-dhs-for-permission-to-fly-10000-illegals-to-el-salvador-i-can-set-up-at-a-moments-notice/
— Homan delivers ominous message for those harboring illegals. How many illegals are Democrat and RINO leaders harboring in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://americanwirenews.com/wait-until-you-see-whats-coming-homan-delivers-ominous-message-for-those-harboring-illegals/
DAILY CALLER
— ‘Cost A Lot Of People Their Jobs’: JD Vance Slams Biden Admin For Deciding Products Would No Longer Be Made In America. My brother lost manufacturing jobs in Chicago Heights because his employers moved to Mexico to take advantage of cheap labor and lax regulations.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/05/01/jd-vance-biden-american-manufacturing-nucor-steel/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Trump administration is all over Chicago schools Black-only ‘Success Plan’ Were you viewed as being college material? I was not. There was no success plan for me. But nevertheless, I took college preparatory classes, earned an ACT score of 24, graduated in the upper 20% of my class, and got accepted by UIC.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/05/01/trump-administration-is-all-over-chicago-schools-black-only-success-plan-1540519/
— FBI reportedly reassigns agents who took a knee for George Floyd. My Democrat superiors in the federal government took the knee for Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, they took the knee for race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/05/01/fbi-reportedly-reassigns-agents-who-took-a-knee-for-george-floyd-1540420/
BREITBART
— Trump Justice Department Budget Request Depoliticizes FBI and ATF, Supports Law Enforcement, and Focuses on Fighting Crime
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/05/01/exclusive-trump-justice-department-budget-request-depoliticizes-fbi-and-atf-supports-law-enforcement-and-focuses-on-fighting-crime/
— First Look Inside Trump’s Historic Deportation Operation Targeting Gang Members, Criminals
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/05/01/exclusive-footage-first-look-inside-trumps-historic-deportation-operation-targeting-gang-members-criminals/
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
— The Department of Justice Files Complaint Against Illinois for Encroaching on Federal Immigration Authority
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/department-justice-files-complaint-against-illinois-encroaching-federal-immigration
EPOCH TIMES
— Tesla Says Report Its Board Is Looking to Replace CEO Elon Musk Is False
https://www.theepochtimes.com/business/tesla-says-report-its-board-is-looking-to-replace-ceo-elon-musk-is-false-5850622
— US Ends Trade Exemption That Enabled Flood of Cheap Chinese Goods. What percent of everything that you own was made in China?
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/us-ends-trade-exemption-that-enabled-flood-of-cheap-chinese-goods-5845670
FOX NEWS
— Acting ICE director says agency will ‘ramp up’ raids if sanctuary jurisdictions don’t cooperate. ‘How can anyone argue with you when you’re deporting violent gang members, sex offenders and fentanyl traffickers?’ Lyons said.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/acting-ice-director-says-agency-ramp-up-raids-sanctuary-jurisdictions-dont-cooperate
— DOJ sues four blue states over ‘unconstitutional’ climate laws threatening US energy security. In a push to defend US energy production, the DOJ challenges aggressive state climate laws.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/doj-sues-four-blue-states-over-unconstitutional-climate-laws-threatening-us-energy-security
— Trump declares May 8 as ‘Victory Day’ for World War II: ‘Going to start celebrating our victories again!’ President Donald Trump also declared Nov. 11 as World War I Victory Day. My uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII. My father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F. My grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-declares-may-8-victory-day-world-war-ii-going-start-celebrating-our-victories-again
— Trump tells University of Alabama graduates not to be a victim. Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly shout at those who are the following that they are victims of Republicans: non-Republican, citizen of America, liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestor who have not been in America for a long time, citizen of a foreign country, boozer, gambler, stoner, prostitute, criminal, etc.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-tells-university-alabama-graduates-not-victim-urges-them-beat-odds
— Trump claps back at courts for ‘interfering’ with job, asks ‘how you can give due process’ to illegal migrants. ‘How can you give due process to people who came into our country illegally?’ Trump asked.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-claps-back-courts-interfering-job-asks-how-you-can-give-due-process-illegal-aliens
— Southern Illinois University administrators caught on tape pledging to ignore Trump’s executive orders on DEI and other areas
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/unearthed-footage-exposes-medical-school-administrators-pledging-resist-trump-executive-orders
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/blue-state-university-administrators-caught-on-tape-pledging-to-ignore-trump-s-executive-orders-on-dei-and-other-areas/vi-AA1E0Jsx
— Trump DHS slams more ‘sob story’ reporting after Tren de Aragua gang members send SOS signal. Tren de Aragua – also known as ‘TdA’ – is a brutal international criminal group linked to Venezuelan socialist dictator Nicolas Maduro.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-dhs-slams-more-sob-story-reporting-after-tren-de-aragua-gang-members-send-sos-signal
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Illinois Targeting Glock Handguns in Its Latest Gun Grab. Illinois Democrats will stop at nothing until the state government bans all guns.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/05/illinois-targeting-glock-handguns-in-its-latest-gun-grab/
LIBERTY JUSTICE CENTER
— Major Win for Equal Opportunity: Bally’s Overhauls Casino IPO, Drops Race and Sex Requirements
https://libertyjusticecenter.org/pressrelease/major-win-for-equal-opportunity-ballys-overhauls-casino-ipo-drops-race-and-sex-requirements/
NEWSMAX
— Homan Hints at More Arrests for Harboring Illegals
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/homan-sanctuary-states-illegals/2025/05/01/id/1209194/
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— White House: “Children Will Be Taught To Love America,” Not “Cancerous, Communist Woke Culture”
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/05/01/white_house_children_will_be_taught_to_love_america_not_cancerous_communist_woke_culture.html
— Trump’s Push for Equal Rights and Against Quotas. Virtually all employers are Democrats or RINOs. They do not want to hire, retain, or promote Republicans. They especially do not want to hire, retain, or promote Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/05/02/trumps_push_for_equal_rights_and_against_quotas_152739.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrat leaders say that Trump is weakened, but they are still divided over how to battle him.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5275979-democrats-divided-trump-resistance/
— Trump threatens sanctions on countries that buy oil from Iran
https://thehill.com/policy/international/5278691-trump-threatens-sanctions-on-countries-that-buy-oil-from-iran/
— I should write about my critics/opponents who claim to be Republican, who are White, male, and/or older, who reject the equal opportunity plank in the Republican Party platform, that is, who promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, who promote discrimination against Republicans who are White, male, and/or older. They are really Democrats who want to curry favor with minorities, females, and those who are younger by getting rid of Republicans who are White, male, and/or older. They have had great success in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton. According to them, Republicans who are White, male, and/or older cause all the problems that minorities, females, and younger people have.
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5277823-bill-oreilly-diversity-inclusion-newsnation-town-hall/
— Pritzker campaign launches video series on Illinois residents impacted by Trump
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5273424-pritzker-campaign-trump-impact/
UPI
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.upi.com/News_Photos/view/upi/9f33a0ce410e2adf6d97dbb4355ed594/May-Day-protests-in-Chicago-Illinois/
CNN
— Trump repeats that the government will revoke Harvard’s tax-exempt status. Far too many tax-exempt organizations are fronts for the Democrat Party.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/us/white-house-harvard-tax-status
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters have joined with foreign countries to destroy America. They want America to be totally dependent on foreign countries for everything.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/economy/europe-lower-inflation-us-tariffs-analysis-intl
— What the House GOP is proposing in its first draft of Trump’s sweeping tax and spending cuts package
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/politics/what-is-in-trump-tax-spending-cuts-package
— What percent of everything that you own made in China? China wants to conquer America and has made great progress doing that.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/economy/de-minimis-packages-tariff
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Army plans for a potential parade on Trump’s birthday call for 6,600 soldiers
https://apnews.com/article/army-parade-trump-birthday-96bb9c8e9af1ef285c56fdc3d1ba4b35
— Trump tells University of Alabama graduates that “You’re the first graduating class of the golden age of America.” I graduated from NIU in 1970. Because of Affirmative Action and because of DEI, that is, because of Democrat and RINO political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination, opportunities for who were the following ever-increasingly diminished: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-alabama-commencement-address-protests-6bcea5b4058c819c26a8135b41d73dd1
REUTERS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/may-day-protesters-across-us-rally-against-trump-policies-urge-rule-law-2025-05-01/
MSNBC
— Democrat leaders say “Donny 2 Dolls Trump’s cruelty ignores little girl who asked him to make Barbies cheaper.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP_BJisSuBc
MSN
— US manufacturing activity shrinks by most since November. What percent of everything that you own was manufactured in foreign countries?
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/us-manufacturing-activity-shrinks-by-most-since-november/ar-AA1E1Qwz
CBS NEWS
— Migrant crossings at U.S.-Mexico border stay at historically low levels 3 months into Trump crackdown
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/migrant-crossings-u-s-mexico-border-historically-low-levels/
— McDonald’s says tariffs are hurting sales after reporting largest decline since pandemic
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mcdonalds-tariffs-hurting-sales/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/may-day-protests-trump-photos/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/millions-of-asylum-seekers-left-waiting-in-immigration-court-backlog/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/us/politics/may-day-trump-protests.html
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/05/01/us/trump-news#may-day-protests-trump
— Appeals Court Allows Trump to Block Money for Federally Funded Newsrooms, for Now. He who pays the piper calls the tunes. No one calls my tunes because I have enough motivation, time, money, ability, experience, and good health to put together and send out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Everyone in the news media should fully disclose where their money comes from. The money I need to put the newsletter together and to send them out comes from my Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension and Social Security (SS). Previously, my money came from what I earned working for GAO (1980-1997), IRS (1971-1980), Firestone Stores (1970-1972), Chrysler (1970), Post Office (1966-1969), John’s Sinclair, Thrall Car, and Flossmoor Country Club (1966), and S.S. Kresge (1964-1966). Of course, my critics/opponents want Trump to cut CSRS and SS.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/us/politics/trump-blocks-federal-news-funding.html
— Democrat and RINO justices and judges ever-increasingly destroy Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/us/politics/supreme-court-justice-jackson.html
— House Votes to Block California’s Plan to Ban New Gasoline-Powered Cars. I have owned gasoline-powered cars since I was 16 in 1964.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/climate/california-gas-cars-waiver-house-vote.html
WASHINGTON POST
— JD Vance: What President Trump achieved in his first 100 days. The president and I campaigned on reversing Joe Biden’s failures. And we’re delivering.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/05/02/jd-vance-trump-hundred-days/
— Stephen Miller touts Trump’s war against ‘cancerous, woke culture’ in fiery remarks
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/01/trump-stephen-miller-immigration-transgender-diversity/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Israel.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/02/gaza-israel-trump-crisis-100-days/
— As Trump attacks higher education, some students avoid U.S. colleges. Virtually all employers are Democrats or RINOs. They do not want to hire, retain, or promote Republicans. They especially do not want to hire, retain, or promote Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/05/02/colleges-international-students-trump-visas-deportations/
USA TODAY
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/05/01/trump-us-economy-republicans-congress/83290133007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/05/01/trump-approval-rating-polls-down-economy/83349237007/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters have joined with foreign countries to destroy America. They want America to be totally dependent on foreign countries for everything.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/04/30/will-tariffs-cause-shortages-high-prices/83371447007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/05/02/trump-tariffs-auto-industry-economy/83364760007/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “They love a parade: President Trump and US Army to celebrate their June 14 birthdays.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/05/01/birthday-bash-president-donald-trump-and-army-plan-june-14-parade/83401058007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make it clear that they will get rid of you if you do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2025/04/30/trump-shut-down-suicide-hotline-lgbtq-kids/83334766007/
— ‘Victory of faith’, Vietnamese celebrate 50 years since end of Vietnam War. I should write about those who have used my avoiding the Vietnam War draft against me the most.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2025/04/30/vietnamese-celebrate-50-years-since-end-of-vietnam-war/83362123007/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Despite lashing, DEI still has grip. Groups ‘fly below the radar’ to stay focused. For college graduates, the more of the following that you are, the harder it still is to get a good job: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time. It is called race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/05/01/is-trump-winning-dei-fight/83368731007/
IAFF
— Financial tips to help you plan post-WEP/GPO repeal. Needless-to-say, my critics/opponents will be beyond furious if my application for spousal benefits is approved. Prior to the WEP/GPO repeal, my Social Security (SS) was only $3,000/year. My post-WEP/GPO SS might increase from $6,000/year to $20,000/year. Since 1978, my critics/opponents have been beyond envious of my wife’s salaries. In my defense, I paid into SS 1964-1973 while I washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, delivered mail, worked on an automotive assembly line, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances, and pumped more gasoline.
https://www.iaff.org/news/financial-planning-tips-after-the-wep-gpo-repeal/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Married People May Be Eligible for Spousal Benefits. If your Social Security benefit is small, you may also be entitled to spousal benefits. However, you must be at least 62 years old, and your spouse must be drawing benefits before you can apply. Calculate your spousal benefits here.)
DURBIN & DUCKWORTH
— Durbin, Duckworth Colleagues Reintroduce Assault Weapons Ban
https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/press/dem/releases/durbin-duckworth-colleagues-reintroduce-assault-weapons-ban
POLITICO
— Trump’s use of Alien Enemies Act for swift deportations is illegal, Trump-appointed judge rules. The Alien Enemies Act applies only when the country is facing an armed, organized attack, the judge ruled.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/01/trump-deportations-court-ruling-00321455
NPR
— Trump orders end to federal funding for NPR and PBS. He who pays the piper calls the tunes. No one calls my tunes because I have enough motivation, time, money, ability, experience, and good health to put together and send out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Everyone in the news media should fully disclose where their money comes from. The money I need to put the newsletters together and to send them out comes from my Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension and Social Security (SS). Previously, my money came from what I earned working for GAO (1980-1997), IRS (1971-1980), Firestone Stores (1970-1972), Chrysler (1970), Post Office (1966-1969), John’s Sinclair, Thrall Car, and Flossmoor Country Club (1966), and S.S. Kresge (1964-1966). Of course, my critics/opponents want Trump to cut CSRS and SS.
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/02/nx-s1-5384790/trump-orders-end-to-federal-funding-for-npr-and-pbs
NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/pritzkers-total-war-message-is-a-hit-among-angry-democrats.html
ADVOCATE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make it clear that they will get rid of you if you do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.advocate.com/voices/trump-voters-blood-on-hands
RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— GOP Is The Man’s Party
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration_second_term/gop_is_the_man_s_party
INKL
— Trump administration investigating Illinois school district for discrimination over ‘privilege walks’ and diversity training
https://www.inkl.com/news/trump-administration-investigating-illinois-school-district-for-discrimination-over-privilege-walks-and-diversity-training
COUNTER CURRENTS
— What is the Purpose and Potential Impact of Caste Census in India? What Caste were you born into? My critics/opponents have always painted me as being lower Caste. They stress a) that neither of my parents attended college, b) that my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, c) that he never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars, d) that my mother never attended high school, e) that I had to work my way through college, f) that none of my degrees are from Ivy League universities, g) that I was a federal employee for almost 30 years, h) that I have been a federal retiree for almost 28 years, i) that I never earned more than $153,151/year in today’s dollars, and j) that I am Protestant and German American.
https://countercurrents.org/2025/05/what-is-the-purpose-and-potential-impact-of-caste-census-in-india/
April 28, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly crow about their success in promoting more hatred against Trump.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/donald-trump-approval-rating-100-days-is-lowest-any-president-past-80-years-abc-newswashington-postipsos-poll-shows/16260005/
ABC7 & NBC5 & FOX32 & WGN RADIO & CHICAGO TRIBUNE & NEW YORK TIMES & WASHINGTON POST & NBC NEWS & CBS NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker. Pritzker ever-increasingly promotes more hatred against Trump and the Democrat Party platform, that is, dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, prostitution, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, 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, and the rest of the Democrat Party platform. Under Pritzker, the more of the following that you are, the bleaker that your future is: heterosexual, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time. Under Pritzker, poverty and crime will ever-increasingly increase.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-governor-jb-pritzker-potential-2028-democratic-presidential-candidate-headlines-new-hampshire-fundraiser/16262580/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/jb-pritzker-headlines-major-democratic-fundraiser-amid-presidential-race-talk/3731560/
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/pritzker-2028-new-hampshire-fundraiser
https://wgnradio.com/news/political-news/ap-jb-pritzker-a-potential-2028-democratic-presidential-candidate-headlines-new-hampshire-fundraiser/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/27/pritzker-potential-presidential-candidate/
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/27/us/politics/jb-pritzker-2028-new-hampshire-trump-democrats.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/27/pritzker-democratic-party-new-hampshire/
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2028-election/jb-pritzker-implores-democrats-fight-trump-new-hampshire-rcna203229
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-gov-jb-pritzker-speaks-new-hampshire/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Musk to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/27/musk-washington-popularity-fallen/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government. How strongly are the following dependent on federal spending: your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/04/28/chicago-head-start-donald-trump-budget-cuts-impact-childcare-preschool-brighton-park
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/lgbtq/2025/04/28/lgbtq-chicagoans-art-project-intergenerational
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Democrat and RINO leaders decry that Trump inauguration got millions from Illinois residents and companies
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250427/nation-and-world-politics/trump-inauguration-got-millions-from-illinois-residents-and-companies-reports-shows/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Donors using Chicago-area addresses included Chicago Cubs co-owner and former Republican National Committee finance chair Todd Ricketts of Wilmette; former Illinois Republican National Committee representative Richard W. Porter of Northfield; and Lake Forest resident Laura Seidensticker, according to a report filed April 20 with the Federal Election Commission. Additionally, Huizenga Capital Management chair Heidi Huizenga used the company’s Oak Brook address for her donation despite living in Florida. Chicago-area companies that contributed to the Jan. 20 inauguration included Lake County’s Abbott Laboratories, McDonald’s Corp. of Chicago and Motorola Solutions, also of Chicago.)
— Illinois lawmakers stop in Buffalo Grove to protest federal funding cuts
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250427/news/illinois-lawmakers-stop-in-buffalo-grove-to-protest-federal-funding-cuts/
WGN9
— More than 100 immigrants detained at an illegal after-hours nightclub in Colorado
https://wgntv.com/news/more-than-100-immigrants-detained-at-an-illegal-after-hours-nightclub-in-colorado/
WGN RADIO
— Rep. Cabello wants to create an Illinois Department of Government Efficiency. If you would apply for that department, what would you stress? I would stress a) that I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year, b) that I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step-1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year, c) that I became a licensed CPA, d) that I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, e) that I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, f) that I became a Certified Fraud Examiner, Government Financial Manager, Financial Services Auditor, and Forensic Accountant, and g) that I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance.
https://wgnradio.com/john-williams/rep-cabello-wants-to-create-an-illinois-department-of-government-efficiency/
NORTHWEST HERALD
— Veterans rally in McHenry against ‘goal’ to cut tens of thousands of VA jobs. Rally draws political speakers like contender for Congress Kat Abughazaleh.
https://www.shawlocal.com/northwest-herald/2025/04/27/veterans-rally-in-mchenry-against-goal-to-cut-tens-of-thousands-of-va-jobs/
SOUTHWEST REGIONAL PUBLISHING
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://southwestregionalpublishing.com/2025/04/27/anti-immigrant-protesters-rally-near-chicago-holiday-inn/
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Trump says Columbus Day will now just be Columbus Day
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/trump-says-columbus-day-will-now-just-be-columbus-day/article_8c28c376-7418-5a47-a00a-4d5c14a7ac0b.html
KSDK
— Communities rally to defend Native American mascots in Illinois bill dispute. What about the Crete-Monee Warriors?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni9GIsmyGqo
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— A kick-off campaign for a ballot measure targeting sanctuary status has been moved to a new location after owners of 115 Bourbon Street, where the event was originally to be held, were subject to threats, according to Terry Newsome, a MAGA Republican and Jan. 6 protester who’s helping organize the Wednesday event with the Save Illinois Coalition. The kick-off is now at Belvedere Banquets in Elk Grove Village instead. . .More than a hundred Jewish members of Northwestern University’s faculty and staff are pushing back against claims that there is “widespread antisemitic harassment” at the school.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/04/28/duckworth-endorses-stratton-for-durbin-seat-illinois-00312142
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/04/28/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-500/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— 2024 data: Not a single child tested proficient in math in 80 Illinois schools. For reading, it was 24 schools.
https://wirepoints.org/2024-education-fail-not-a-single-child-tested-proficient-in-math-in-80-illinois-schools-for-reading-its-24-schools-wirepoints/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— If you would apply to work for Cabello’s Illinois Department of Government Efficiency and/or Musk’s DOGE, what would you stress? I would stress a) that I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year, b) that I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step-1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year, c) that I became a licensed CPA, d) that I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, e) that I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, f) that I became a Certified Fraud Examiner, Government Financial Manager, Financial Services Auditor, and Forensic Accountant, and g) that I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What if anti-conservative leaders had not had their operatives and their dupes destroy TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC)? Under my chairmanship, TAPROOT would still be holding monthly breakfast meetings, an August picnic, and a December Christmas party. Speakers at those events would still be advocating conservative principles. They would still be advocating the Republican Party platform including its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. I should write about those anti-conservative leaders who had their operatives and their dupes destroy TAPROOT and ICRC. I would focus on those who reject the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do you fight against that your critics/opponents fight for. I fight against race and gender based preference giving. My critics/opponents fight for race and gender based preference giving. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately. According to them, I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against minorities and females. But neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. My mother never attended high school. I had to work my way through college. Further, virtually all federal employees are Democrats. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they gave tremendous preference to their Democrat employees who were minority and/or female. All my coworkers who they promoted over me were Democrats and many if not most of them were minority and/or female. They all had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Duckworth calls Trump a “draft-dodging coward.” Since I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have used my avoiding the Vietnam War draft against me. My Democrat Post Office, Firestone Store, IRS, and GAO superiors always stressed to my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates that I did not enlist and that I got student draft deferments 1966-1970 while I attended UIC and NIU and that I got a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971. They have always stressed that if I had not avoided the draft, I would not have been able to a) buy new cars in 1967, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1978, etc., b) buy real estate in 1972, 1974, 1976, and 1978, c) earn a bachelor’s degree in 1970 and master’s degrees in 1976 and 1980, d) pass the CPA examination in 1979 and the Certified Internal Auditor examination in 1981, e) become a licensed CPA in 1981, or f) get married in 1978. My Democrat superiors got my Democrat superiors and supervisors who were veterans to take many big adverse actions against me. I should write about that. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— DOGE IL – $237 Million to Racial, Ethnic and Religious NGOs in FY 25 IL Budget
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2025/04/26/doge-il-237-million-to-racial-ethnic-and-religious-ngos-in-fy-25-il-budget
— DOGE IL – Illinois Fails to Prosecute Government Employees Despite Investigations Showing Malfeasance
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2025/04/26/doge-il-illinois-fails-to-prosecute-government-employees-despite-investigations-showing-malfeasance
— SCOTUS Hears Case on LGBTQ Books Forced on Little Ones
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2025/04/24/scotus-hears-case-on-lgbtq-books-forced-on-little-ones
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— House budget proposes $46.5 billion for border wall
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/apr/27/house-budget-proposes-465-billion-border-wall/
— Democrats’ weird fixation on sex is making our children sick. Mental, physical and moral contagions all have a cause.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/apr/27/democrats-weird-fixation-sex-making-children-sick/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— A baby bonus won’t solve our fertility crisis, marriage will
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/3391451/baby-bonus-wont-solve-fertility-crisis-marriage-will/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump’s $5K push present won’t bring more babies — we have better ways to reverse sinking birth rates. According to my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, if my wife and I had children, I would not have been able to a) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, c) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, d) become a licensed CPA in 1981, e) etc. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors all had children and/or spouses who had and little or no income. They all decried how time-consuming and expensive raising their children was.
https://nypost.com/2025/04/27/opinion/trumps-5k-bonus-wont-bring-more-babies-heres-what-will/
— How Democrats wage war on the ‘rule of law’ — and weaponize it against Trump
https://nypost.com/2025/04/27/opinion/how-the-democrats-are-waging-war-against-the-rule-of-law/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Forget Trump’s blue suit. What about those so-called ‘transgender’ mourners at the Pope’s funeral?
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/04/forget_trump_s_blue_suit_what_about_those_so_called_transgender_mourners_at_the_pope_s_funeral.html
— The illegal alien raid in Colorado reveals a cancer in our military.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/04/the_illegal_alien_raid_in_colorado_reveals_a_cancer_in_our_military.html
BREITBART
— White House Releases Video Encouraging Illegal Aliens to Self Deport: ‘Take Me Home’
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/04/26/white-house-releases-video-encouraging-illegal-aliens-to-self-deport-take-me-home/
— Police Bust Illegal Accused of Swiping DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s Purse
https://www.breitbart.com/crime/2025/04/27/report-police-bust-illegal-accused-of-swiping-dhs-secretary-kristi-noems-purse/
DAILY WIRE
— Democrat leaders want a future in which those who have demographics that vote for Democrats run everything. Those demographics are: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, poor, LGBTQ, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, citizens of foreign countries, etc.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/bernie-says-dems-lack-vision-for-the-future
FEDERALIST
— Rate Of Serious Or Life-Threatening Complications After Abortion Pill Is 22 Times Higher Than FDA Claims
https://thefederalist.com/2025/04/28/study-rate-of-serious-or-life-threatening-complications-after-abortion-pill-is-22-times-higher-than-fda-claims/
FOX NEWS
— Homan sends fiery message to judges seeking to obstruct Trump’s immigration agenda
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etgb6Iy6Otg
JUST THE NEWS
— Federal workers are waging a resistance against Trump agenda.
https://justthenews.com/government/white-house/federal-workers-paid-taxpayers-openly-defying-trump-agenda-will-voters
PJ MEDIA
— Democrats’ Latest Immigration Propaganda Stunt Just Blew Up in Their Faces
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/04/27/democrats-latest-immigration-propaganda-stunt-just-blew-up-in-their-faces-n4939284
— This is What Happens When Law Enforcement Works Together on Illegal Immigration
https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2025/04/27/this-is-what-happens-when-law-enforcement-works-together-on-illegal-immigration-n4939276
TOWNHALL
— Why Are the Democrats So Desperate?
https://townhall.com/columnists/marklewis/2025/04/28/why-are-the-democrats-so-desperate-n2656167
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in promoting more hated against Trump and against those who voted for Trump. How successful have Democrat leaders been promoting that hatred in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-republicans-in-the-toughest-swing-districts-become-hard-to-find-for-people-angry-about-trump/
MSN
— How successful have hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters been promoting more hatred against Trump? I should write about their success in DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Warrenville School District 200, and my precinct.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-first-100-days-approval-rating-double-digits-below-biden-obama-poll/ar-AA1DIL8q
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/he-s-totally-blown-it-trump-warned-his-polling-numbers-are-about-to-get-much-worse/ar-AA1DHQjh
NBC NEWS
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly glorify and praise Harvard.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/harvard-university-showdown-trump-administration-rcna202468
CBS NEWS
— Man arrested for stealing Kristi Noem’s bag was in America illegally
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/krist-noem-bag-stolen-arrest/
— Democrat leaders want refugees because refugees vote for Democrats. RINO leaders want refugees because RINOs want cheap labor.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/douglas-brinkley-gerald-ford-and-americas-moral-obligation-to-refugees/
— NOVEMBER 24, 2024 FLASHBACK: Musk’s DOGE is hiring. Here’s the kind of person he’s looking for. If I had applied, I would have stressed a) that I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year, b) that I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step-1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year, c) that I became a licensed CPA, d) that I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, e) that I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, f) that I became a Certified Fraud Examiner, Government Financial Manager, Financial Services Auditor, and Forensic Accountant, and g) that I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/elon-musk-trump-doge-government-job-how-to-apply/
— Duckworth calls Trump a “draft-dodging coward.” Since I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have used my avoiding the Vietnam War draft against me. My Democrat Post Office, Firestone Store, IRS, and GAO superiors always stressed to my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates that I did not enlist and that I got student draft deferments 1966-1970 while I attended UIC and NIU and that I got a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971. My Democrat superiors got my Democrat superiors and supervisors who were veterans to take many big adverse actions against me. I should write about that.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/at-dnc-sen-tammy-duckworth-uses-her-personal-history-to-call-out-donald-trump/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasing fight “made in America.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/opinion/trump-car-industry-tariffs.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump to Sign Order Requiring Nationwide List of Sanctuary Cities and States. Action comes after legal setbacks in president’s bid to target Democratic jurisdictions that don’t cooperate with immigration enforcement.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-to-sign-order-requiring-nationwide-list-of-sanctuary-cities-and-states-dbcc5ada
— Obscure Element Has the EV Industry in a Panic. The rare-earth mineral dysprosium, used for magnets in electric-vehicle motors, is among exports China slowed in response to Trump’s trade war.
https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/dyspro-what-why-an-obscure-element-has-the-ev-industry-in-a-panic-70623bf4
— Trump Tightens Control of Federal Workforce as Musk Pulls Back From DOGE. The administration’s HR wing is approving new federal positions and firings, judging employees on their ‘faithful administration’ of the president’s policies. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they ever-increasingly got rid of their employees like me who opposed their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-tightens-control-of-federal-workforce-as-musk-pulls-back-from-doge-bd025673
April 26, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— A Milwaukee County circuit judge was arrested by the FBI over allegedly helping an undocumented immigrant evade arrest.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/milwaukee-judge-hannah-dugan-arrested-fbi-allegedly-helping-undocumented-immigrant-evade-arrest/16247147/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/donald-trump-988-hotline-suicide-prevention-service-lgbtq-youth-would-eliminated-leaked-budget-proposal/16248201/
NBC5
— Who is Hannah Dugan, the Milwaukee judge arrested by the FBI? The FBI took Dugan into custody Friday on the courthouse grounds — the same building federal immigration agents entered last week in search of Eduardo Flores-Ruiz.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/who-is-hannah-dugan-milwaukee-judge-arrested-by-the-fbi/3730907/
WTTW
— Stratton Secures Pritzker’s Backing in Senate Bid, Positions Herself as ‘Fighter’ of Trump.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/04/25/stratton-secures-pritzker-s-backing-senate-bid-positions-herself-fighter-trump
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/04/24/federal-judge-blocks-trump-yanking-funding-16-sanctuary-cities-counties-ruling-could
WBEZ
— ICE is reversing termination of legal status for international students around U.S.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/04/25/ice-international-students-legal-status-visa-reversal
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PHOTO: Milwaukee judge arrested in deportation case
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/25/fbi-arresta-a-jueza-de-milwaukee-acusada-de-ayudar-a-un-hombre-a-evadir-a-autoridades-migratorias/
— Who is Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/25/who-is-milwaukee-judge-hannah-dugan/
— Kennedy Center’s events scheduled for LGBTQ+ pride celebration canceled. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/25/kennedy-centers-lgbtq-celebration-canceled/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their international students.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/25/illinois-academics-relieved-after-trump-administration-restores-legal-status-of-some-international-students/
— Cutting candy from SNAP won’t fix the bigger problem of growing dependency. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/24/snap-sugar-soda-benefits-ban-health/
— Judge blocks Trump administration from nixing collective bargaining for most federal employees. According to my critics/opponents, federal employees are grossly overpaid, that is, GAO, IRS, and the Post Office grossly overpaid me. In today’s dollars, my federal salary increased from $19.37/hour to $153,151/year. In my defense, during that time, a) I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees, b) I earned six job-related professional certifications, and c) I earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/25/judge-blocks-trump-administration-federal-employees/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/26/trump-trade-war-illinois-soybean-farmers/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters want more success in getting Blacks hate Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/04/25/anti-donald-trump-protests-black-participation
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/04/16/americans-victimhood-doge-cuts-joker-batman-elon-musk-trump-dannagal-young-kevin-arceneaux
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/04/25/trump-administration-motherhood-marriage-sexual-assault-sexist-ivf-baby-bonus-adultry-mona-charen
— State treasurer offers no-cosigner loans to Illinois students trying to pay for college. The Funding U Illinois No-Cosigner Loan program is open to Illinois residents attending public or private colleges and universities. The fixed annual percentage rate ranges from 7.99% to 9.49%, and the program won’t take a student’s credit score into account. If I had not had to work my way through college, my GPA word have been higher. Instead of studying, I spent far too many hours washing dishes and delivering mail.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/04/25/education-no-cosigner-loans-college-money
— Casino crime logs show thefts, fights, patrons passing counterfeit bills
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/04/25/casino-crime-illinois-chicago-ballys-rivers-harrahs-gambling
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PHOTO: Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan is accused of helping a man evade immigration agents and is arrested
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250425/crime/fbi-arrests-wisconsin-judge-on-charges-of-obstructing-immigrant-arrest/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Car condo project pitched for Lake Zurich would include clubhouse, luxury car dealership. I should write about Iron Gate Motor Condos in Naperville and its unit owners. I have attended many events there since its opening. I bought a small unit there in 2020. I sold it and bought a bigger unit in 2023. I sold it and bought a bigger unit this year. If you are interested in muscle cars, especially Corvettes, Chargers, Mustangs, and Thunderbirds, please let me know.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250425/business/car-condo-project-pitched-for-lake-zurich-would-include-clubhouse-luxury-car-dealership/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The developer of the Sanctuary of Lake Zurich residential community wants to build a different kind of condo project in town. Luxury still would be the watchword but these units would be used to store classic and rare cars, some worth millions of dollars. And there is a ready market, says Romeo Kapudija. “It’s shocking to me how many rare cars are out there and how much they’re valued at but this is a very popular business model right now and type of development and they’re selling out across the country,” he explained to the Lake Zurich village board this week during a courtesy review of Luxe Corsa Car Condominiums. . .Kapudija said the market is hot for these types of developments, referencing Iron Gate in Naperville and another planned in Barrington as examples of their popularity. Iron Gate Motor Condos was among the first in Illinois to offer space exclusively for classic, collector or exotic vehicles. Ground was broken on 50 acres near Interstate 88 and Route 59 in 2014. “Proof of concept didn’t exist when I started,” said commercial builder, car enthusiast and founder Tom Burgess. “I had to go out of state and bring in people who could explain it” to city officials. Popularity fueled expansion to include 40,000 square feet of auto-related retail. “It turned into more than just the condos,” he said. “There’s a huge car community in Chicagoland. It’s deep and broad. It’s amazing.”)
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINSS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/sanctuary-cities-win-block-trump-funding-freeze
SOUTHERN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/04/25/nearly-two-thirds-of-americans-disapprove-of-trump-tariffs-with-inflation-a-broad-concern-poll/
STATELINE
— Pritzker criticizes arrest of Wisconsin judge for aiding migrant sought by ICE
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/illinois-gov-pritzker-criticizes-arrest-of-wisconsin-judge-for-aiding-migrant-sought-by-ice/
NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/wnij-news/2025-04-25/rep-underwood-says-call-republicans-with-concerns-about-cuts-during-dekalb-town-hall
CITIES 92.9
— IL U.S. Rep. LaHood reacts to protesters’ Medicaid concerns
https://www.cities929.com/2025/04/25/il-u-s-rep-lahood-reacts-to-protesters-medicaid-concerns/
FOX ILLINOIS
— USDA tells states to boost SNAP verification so illegal immigrants don’t get benefits. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/usda-tells-states-to-boost-snap-verification-so-illegal-immigrants-dont-get-benefits-department-of-agriculture-supplemental-nutrition-assistance-program-food-stamps-taxpayer-benefits-immigration
WAND TV
— Judge blocks Trump administration from nixing collective bargaining for most federal employees. According to my critics/opponents, federal employees are grossly overpaid, that is, GAO, IRS, and the Post Office grossly overpaid me. In today’s dollars, my federal salary increased from $19.37/hour to $153,151/year. In my defense, during that time, a) I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees, b) I earned six job-related professional certifications, and c) I earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/judge-blocks-trump-administration-from-nixing-collective-bargaining-for-most-federal-employees/article_2a462dc8-36e1-5881-aeae-e66095a3053c.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/tariffs-could-devastate-illinois-economy/article_8c48d537-572e-4890-87eb-c115234d14da.html
WIFR
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their international students.
https://www.wifr.com/video/2025/04/23/niu-rally-defends-international-students-after-trump-administration-revokes-visas/
WGLT
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-04-25/congressman-raises-concerns-about-tariff-chaos-and-uncertainty-during-stop-at-farm-south-of-bloomington
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-how-the-publics-shift-on-immigration-paved-the-way-for-trumps-crackdown/
— As IRS Collections Rise, Clear Start Tax Urges Taxpayers to Take Advantage of the Fresh Start Initiative. I worked for IRS’s Collection Division 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year. I should write about my critics/opponents who have used that against me the most. In my defense, I would not have become an IRS employee a) if Oldsmobile had not offered me a job in 1971, b) if my Firestone Store boss had not rudely fired me because I accepted that offer, c) if Oldsmobile had not withdrawn its job offer saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint, and d) if I didn’t have to have a job.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/business/press-releases/accesswire/1017175/as-irs-collections-rise-clear-start-tax-urges-taxpayers-to-take-advantage-of-the-fresh-start-initiative/
(COMMENT: With IRS Enforcement Increasing in 2025, Clear Start Tax Reminds Americans They Still Have Time to Resolve Back Taxes Through Relief Programs. As the IRS steps up its collection efforts in 2024, more Americans are receiving notices, facing wage garnishments, or dealing with tax liens. In response, Clear Start Tax is urging taxpayers with unresolved IRS debt to act quickly and explore relief options under the IRS Fresh Start Initiative, a program designed to help individuals and businesses resolve back taxes affordably. The IRS recently announced renewed funding and a more aggressive stance on collections, which means taxpayers who have ignored or delayed addressing their debt could face heavier enforcement actions in the months ahead. The Urgency of Exploring Debt Resolution Programs As IRS collection efforts intensify, it’s critical for taxpayers with unresolved debt to act before enforcement escalates. The IRS Fresh Start Initiative offers structured programs designed to ease that burden, including Offer in Compromise, Installment Agreements, and Currently Not Collectible (CNC) status. These options can reduce penalties, halt wage garnishments or levies, and in many cases, allow taxpayers to resolve their debt for significantly less than the full amount owed.)
WEST CHICAGO
— Call for Community Organization to Coordinate the 2025 West Chicago Mexican Independence Day Festival
https://westchicago.org/news/call-for-community-organization-to-coordinate-the-2025-west-chicago-mexican-independence-day-festival/
CHALKBEAT
— Chicago Public Schools floats hundreds of layoffs as one option to close $529 million budget gap
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/04/25/cps-faces-529-million-budget-deficit/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/04/25/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-293/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Pritzker Wants Puppet to Replace Durbin in U.S. Senate
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/25/pritizker-wants-puppet-to-replace-durbin-in-u-s-senate/
— Democratic Party State Senator Gets Hung Jury in Bribery Trial
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/25/democratic-party-state-senator-gets-hung-jury-in-bribery-trial/
— Defenders Push for RTA Tax Hike
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/25/defenders-push-for-rta-tax-hike/
— County Board Member Terri Greeno Rebuts County Board Member John Collins’ Rebuttal of Tim Beck’s Take on Now “We Resist” Picketing
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/24/county-board-member-terri-greeno-rebuts-county-board-member-john-collins-rebuttal-of-tim-becks-take-on-now-we-resist-picketing/
— Compensation for Home Value Loss Due to Tax Sales Being Litigated against Illinois Counties
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/24/compensation-for-home-value-loss-due-to-tax-sales-being-litigated-against-illinois-counties/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Chicago Teachers Union pushes kids to miss school for political rally, protest McDonald’s. According to Democrat leaders, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-teachers-union-pushes-kids-to-miss-school-for-political-rally-protest-mcdonalds/
— Vallas: Pritzker, Johnson keep playing Trump card
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/vallas-pritzker-johnson-keep-playing-trump-card/
— Parents beware: Chicago Teachers Union contract is anti-student
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/parents-beware-chicago-teachers-union-contract-is-anti-student/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Hegseth tells military leaders at Pentagon to review their equal opportunity programs. Democrat leaders reject equal opportunity a) because Democrat leaders want votes from Blacks, Hispanics, and women and b) because when opportunity is equal, Republican White men do better than Democrat Blacks, Hispanics, and women. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats and many were Blacks, Hispanics, and/or women. They all a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had. According to them, I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from Republican discrimination against Blacks, Hispanics, and women. The aforesaid is race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. The aforesaid is racism and sexism.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/apr/25/pete-hegseth-tells-military-leaders-pentagon-review-equal-opportunity/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Mexico instructs broadcasters to ban Kristi Noem’s ad on illegal immigration. Constructively, Mexico has declared war on America.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3391499/mexico-instructs-broadcasters-ban-kristi-noem-ad-illegal-immigration/
NEW YORK POST
— School district won’t allow child to graduate over LGBTQ health class. How successful have Democrats been making the students in your school district sexually active LGBTQers?
https://nypost.com/2025/04/25/us-news/school-district-wont-allow-child-to-graduate-over-lgbtq-health-class/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— President Trump just delivered a knockout blow for meritocracy. Democrat leaders reject meritocracy a) because Democrat leaders want votes from Blacks, Hispanics, and women and b) because when opportunity is equal, Republican White men do better than Democrat Blacks, Hispanics, and women. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats and many were Blacks, Hispanics, and/or women. They all a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had. According to them, I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from Republican discrimination against Blacks, Hispanics, and women. The aforesaid is race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. The aforesaid is racism and sexism.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/04/25/president-trump-just-delivered-a-knockout-blow-for-meritocracy-1538925/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Donald Trump signed a groundbreaking executive order Thursday eliminating the use of disparate impact theory by the feds. The order “restores the true promise of the Civil Rights Movement—a system that does not differentiate between Americans based on race and where success is determined by individual merit, free from discriminatory practices that prioritize group outcomes over personal achievement.” Disparate impact theory says that any disparity must be the result of discrimination, bigotry, and racism of some kind or another. So for example, if more white people than non-white people pass a firefighter’s exam, then it must be because of racism. Or if more non-white people than white people are pulled over for speeding, that too must be the result of racism and bigotry.)
— New York Times’ fake news headline slammed for fueling media’s information war
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/04/25/new-york-times-fake-news-headline-slammed-for-fueling-medias-information-war-1538939/
DAILY SIGNAL
— USDA Makes It Tougher for Illegals to Get Food Stamps.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/04/25/usda-makes-it-tougher-for-illegals-to-get-food-stamps/
DAILY WIRE
— Red States Consider Bills To Push Illegals To Self-Deport. Experts say that mandatory E-Verify policies are one of the most effective ways to prompt illegal alien self-deportations. Democrat and RINO employers vehemently oppose E-Verify. All my employers would have hired illegals instead of me if they could have.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/red-states-consider-bills-to-push-illegals-to-self-deport
FEDERALIST
— The Nonprofit Hijacking America’s 250th Birthday Celebration Is The 1619 Project On Steroids.
https://thefederalist.com/2025/04/25/the-nonprofit-hijacking-americas-250th-birthday-celebration-is-the-1619-project-on-steroids/
— Three Rogue Judges Block Trump Admin Efforts To Eradicate Discriminatory DEI From Schools
https://thefederalist.com/2025/04/25/three-rogue-judges-block-trump-admin-efforts-to-eradicate-discriminatory-dei-from-schools/
FOX BUSINESS
— Lara Trump: We have to cut out this woke ideology from schools
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6371944312112
LIFE NEWS
— More Illinois Women Face Medical Emergencies After Botched Abortions
https://www.lifenews.com/2025/04/25/more-illinois-women-face-medical-emergencies-after-botched-abortions/
MRC TV
— Dems Demand ‘Due Process’ for Illegal Aliens, But Obama Deported 83% Without a Judge
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/craig-bannister/dems-demand-due-process-illegals-obama-deported-83-without-judge
ONE AMERICA NEWS
— Trump Dismantles Desperate Impact
https://www.oann.com/video/oan-contribution/president-trump-dismantles-desperate-impact/
REAL CLEAR EDUCATION
— Illinois Lawmakers Push Teachers Unions’ Agenda
https://www.realcleareducation.com/articles/2025/04/23/illinois_lawmakers_push_teachers_unions_agenda_1105991.html
TOWNHALL
— Democrat Chicago Mayor Uses Trump Tariffs As Opportunity to Raise Taxes
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/04/25/chicago-mayor-uses-trump-tariffs-as-opportunity-to-raise-taxes-n2656098
— Trump Admin Demands Crackdown on Illegal Immigrants Exploiting Food Stamp System
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/04/25/trump-administration-demands-crackdown-on-illegal-immigrants-at-grocery-stores-n2656115
— ‘Disparate-Impact Liability Is Dead’ Thanks to New Executive Order
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2025/04/25/disparate-impact-liability-executive-order-n2656073
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://thehill.com/homenews/education/5268303-court-ruling-trump-anti-dei-mcmahon-harvard/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly paint the Pope as having been anti-Trump, that is, as being anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-non-poor people, anti-Protestant, anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, anti-etc.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-pope-francis-funeral-vatican-rome-italy-9895e156b90aea1dde7f7ea19bf7b3e1
MSNBC
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-civil-rights-act-walk-back-pete-hegseth-rcna202857
MSN
— Democrat leaders reject meritocracy a) because Democrat leaders want votes from Blacks, Hispanics, and women and b) because when opportunity is equal, Republican White men do better than Democrat Blacks, Hispanics, and women. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats and many were Blacks, Hispanics, and/or women. They all a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had. According to them, I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from Republican discrimination against Blacks, Hispanics, and women. The aforesaid is race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. The aforesaid is racism and sexism.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/trump-s-meritocracy-lie-is-coming-for-the-civil-rights-act/ar-AA1DDcOg
REUTERS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote citizens of foreign countries.
https://wmbdradio.com/2025/04/25/in-first-100-days-trump-tells-migrants-leave-the-united-states-2/
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/us/politics/trump-budget-cuts.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/us/politics/trump-poll-approval.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/us/politics/trump-approval-rating.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/us/politics/us-citizen-deported.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/us/politics/trump-putin-russia-ukraine.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/us/politics/trump-migrants-due-process.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/upshot/trump-poll-numbers.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/opinion/trump-100-days-approval.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/opinion/trump-blackpilled.html
— According to Democrat leaders, the Pope rejected countries, governments, borders, and the rule of law, that is, the Pope was a liberal Democrat who promoted illegal immigration.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/apr/26/thousands-attend-pope-francis-funeral-ceremony-helped-reimagine/
WASHINGTON POST
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/26/trump-independents-second-term-soured/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/04/26/trump-economy-tariffs-federal-reserve-wall-street/
— Canada as hypothetical 51st state would be a ‘nightmare’ for Trump. Not that Canadians want to join the country anyway.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/26/trump-canada-51st-state-politics/
USA TODAY
— Musk risked Tesla’s health to help our country. We should thank him, not hate him.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/04/25/tesla-earnings-musk-doge-trump/83230018007/
WJBF
— RINO Removal Project Launches Nationwide Effort to Promote Voter Engagement and GOP Candidate Accountability. All my critics/opponents a) reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all the planks in the Republican Party platform and b) get rid of Republicans like me who support the planks that they reject, that is, they are RINOs.
https://www.wjbf.com/business/press-releases/ein-presswire/806006349/rino-removal-project-launches-nationwide-effort-to-promote-voter-engagement-and-gop-candidate-accountability/
WHBL
— According to Democrat leaders, the Pope rejected countries, governments, borders, and the rule of law, that is, the Pope was a liberal Democrat who promoted illegal immigration.
https://whbl.com/2025/04/25/how-pope-francis-touched-a-migrants-heart-saying-were-all-the-same-people/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat and RINO leaders crow about their success in driving the stock market down to punish Trump and to punish those who voted for him.
https://www.wsj.com/economy/consumers/us-economic-sentiment-spending-23d95f36
— Many Big Law Firms Shun Conservative Clients. They denounce Trump for targeting causes he opposes, but they’re guilty of the same thing.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/many-big-law-firms-shun-conservative-clients-politics-attorneys-6bf4db08
— Democrat leaders want the next Pope to be anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-non-poor people, anti-Protestant, anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, anti-etc.
https://www.wsj.com/world/the-high-stakes-in-choosing-the-next-pope-1a3d5bc0
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Probationary employees face stricter review process under new executive order. If my Democrat GAO superiors could have used probationary procedures to get rid of me, they would have. My doing the following after I transferred from IRS to GAO in early 1980 frustrated their efforts to get rid of me. I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981. I became a licensed CPA in 1981.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/04/probationary-employees-face-stricter-review-process-under-new-executive-order/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Probationary employees will now have an additional hurdle to clear before they can solidify their federal employment, according to an executive order President Donald Trump signed Thursday evening. Trump’s new order calls for the creation of “Civil Service Rule XI,” which will require agencies to review and actively sign off on probationary workers’ continued employment before they can be moved out of a probationary period. Federal employees are put into probationary periods when they first enter the civil service, or when they begin a new position, for example after getting a promotion. Once a probationary period ends — usually after one or two years of federal service — employees will automatically transition out of probationary status. “Instead of these employees becoming tenured civil servants by default, Rule XI requires agencies to affirmatively certify that finalizing their appointment after their probationary or trial period concludes advances the public interest,” the White House wrote Thursday in a fact sheet detailing the intentions of the executive order. Under current federal regulations, agencies can only remove probationary employees for issues with performance or conduct. Those rules around probationary periods spurred litigation involving the recent mass terminations of tens of thousands of probationary employees. Earlier this month, the Supreme Court blocked an order for the Trump administration to reinstate the probationary employees. Trump’s new executive order, however, adds a new reason that probationary employees can be removed from their jobs. Under the new “Civil Service Rule XI,” agencies can also determine whether a probationary employee should remain in their job based on agency needs and the interest of the public. “It alters the reason for letting a probationer go to include the generic needs and interests of the agency, as opposed to the individual’s performance or conduct,” Debra D’Agostino, an attorney and partner at Federal Practice Group, said in an interview. “It adds this generic reason where the agency can decide that it’s not in the needs or interest of the agency to keep this person.” “Usually, if someone’s not going to satisfy their probation, it’s going to be because of performance or conduct,” Kevin Owen, a partner at Gilbert Employment Law, added. “If the administration is going to start interjecting some sort of ideological component, we’re going to start again sliding into some level of a spoils system here.”)
RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— GOP Holds Wide Lead Over Democrats on Immigration.
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration_second_term/gop_holds_wide_lead_over_democrats_on_immigration
INSIDE PHILANTHROPY
— Class Matters Most: So Why Do Foundations Focus More on Race? What class were you born into? Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. He never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars and died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. My mother never attended high school. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/class-matters-most-so-why-do-foundations-focus-more-on-race
April 22, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Powell against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/money/2025/04/21/wall-street-dollar-tumble-trump-repeat-attacks-federal-reserve-chair-powell
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/04/22/rep-jesus-garcia-advocates-slam-purge-of-immigrants-from-social-security
— Democrats always want more government money for education because Democrats use education to crank out good little Democrats.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/04/22/illinois-funding-higher-education-politics
FOX32
— Illinois Dems slam Trump admin over Social Security staff cuts. Democrat and RINO leaders did not slam Gingrich over his GAO staff cuts during the 1980s and 1990s. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE. Reforms could have included a) requiring that at least one-third of GAO employees at each grade level be Republican and b) requiring that all requests for GAO to do work be bipartisan.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1628597
STATELINE
— Pritzker poised to run for president in 2028. How does that impact Republican decisions to run for governor in 2026?
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/illinois-gov-pritzker-2028-presidential/
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— A growing number of Republican-led states are taking aim at driver’s licenses issued by other states to illegals. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/some-gop-states-are-targeting-drivers-licenses-issued-to-immigrants-illegally-in-the-us/article_76f63623-d923-5777-b0c4-f2915029fa43.html
DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot and promote reparations.
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2025/04/22/city/poetic-justice-how-cannabis-fuels-evanstons-reparations/
SUBURBAN LIFE
— School districts must follow stringent background checks when considering potential employees. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job.
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/2025/04/18/roll-call-school-districts-must-follow-stringent-background-checks-when-considering-potential-employees/
WSPY
— Conservative Group looks to form Kane DOGE. Should I form a DuPage DOGE? I would draw on what I learned a) working for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year, b) working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year, c) becoming a licensed CPA, d) becoming a Certified Forensic Accountant, Financial Services Auditor, Government Financial Manager, Fraud Examiner, Internal Auditor, and Public Accountant, and e) earning master’s degrees in finance, accounting, and business.
https://www.wspynews.com/news/local/conservative-group-looks-to-form-kane-doge/article_89dc72fb-597d-497a-9b84-585366768479.html
WCPT
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://heartlandsignal.com/2025/04/21/illinois-lt-gov-juliana-stratton-talks-administrations-successes-standing-up-to-trump-with-wcpts-richard-chew/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders use Durbin to promote more hatred against Hegseth and against Trump.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/04/22/durbin-derides-hegseth-as-petty-00302356
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/04/22/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-496/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— ‘Record’ number of Illinois jobs: Don’t be a chump.
https://wirepoints.org/record-number-of-illinois-jobs-dont-be-a-chump-wirepoints-quickpoint/
— Illinois metro areas take the top four spots for nation’s highest property taxes. Rockford takes the crown.
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-metro-areas-take-the-top-four-spots-for-nations-highest-property-taxes-rockford-takes-the-crown-wirepoints/
ILLINOIS RECORD
— Cook County GOP Chair Candidates
https://www.illinoisrecord.com/p/cook-county-gop-chair-candidates
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly slam Trump budget cuts. Democrat and RINO leaders did not slam Gingrich’s GAO budget cuts during the 1980s and 1990s. The agency shrank from more than 6,000 employees to less than 3,000 employees. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE. Reforms could have included a) requiring that at least one-third of GAO employees at each grade level be Republican and b) requiring that all requests for GAO to do work be bipartisan. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— The Trump administration is resuming collections from student loan borrowers in default. If you had to work your way through college, how would your life have been different if you had not had to do that? My high school, undergraduate, and graduate GPAs would have been higher. Instead of studying, I spent far too many hours washing dishes while I was a Crete-Monee student 1964-1966. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class. Instead of studying, I spent far too many hours a) delivering mail while I was a UIC and NIU student 1966-1969, b) selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances while I was a UIC student in 1971, c) pumping gasoline while I was a Loyola student in 1972, d) collecting delinquent taxes while I was a Loyola and DePaul student 1972-1980, and e) auditing federal agencies while I was a DePaul student in 1980 and an IIT student 1992-1997. Further, my 1979 CPA examination scores would have been higher if I had studied instead of collected delinquent federal taxes. Further, my 1981 Certified Internal Auditor examination scores would have been higher if I had studied instead of audited federal agencies. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— If you could do it over again, would you have had the same college major? I would have majored in accounting instead of management. I did not take and pass the CPA examination on my first attempt until I was 30 years old in 1979. By then, the accounting profession considered me to be far too old to have a successful career in accounting. The profession would not have done that if I had been a minority, female, and/or veteran. It is called reverse discrimination and age discrimination. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Should I form a DuPage DOGE? I would draw on what I learned a) working for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year, b) working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year, c) becoming a licensed CPA, d) becoming a Certified Forensic Accountant, Financial Services Auditor, Government Financial Manager, Fraud Examiner, Internal Auditor, and Public Accountant, and e) earning master’s degrees in finance, accounting, and business. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Catholic Church faces ideological crossroad after Pope Francis’ death.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/apr/21/catholic-church-faces-ideological-crossroad-pope-francis-death/
NEW YORK POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Powell against Trump.
https://nypost.com/2025/04/21/opinion/trump-needs-to-end-his-war-with-jerome-powell-now-one-way-or-another/
— Democrat leaders used the Pope to promote LGBTQ.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/how-pope-francis-history-of-criticizing-trump-and-embracing-lgbtq-rights-rankled-conservative-catholics/ar-AA1DiUr6
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Harvard Law School Professors Politicize the Rule of Law
https://amgreatness.com/2025/04/22/harvard-law-school-professors-politicize-the-rule-of-law/
BLAZE
— Mayo Clinic rebrands woke DEI initiatives to dodge Trump’s ban
https://www.theblaze.com/news/mayo-clinic-rebrands-woke-dei-initiatives-to-dodge-trumps-ban
BREITBART
— Trump Successfully Gets Illegal Aliens to Self-Deport from U.S.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/04/21/reports-trump-successfully-gets-illegal-aliens-to-self-deport-from-u-s/
— Trump has successfully stopped the inflow of economic migrants via the southern border, so he should invite more economic migrants via the nation’s airports, says the Wall Street Journal.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/04/21/wall-street-journal-trumps-less-illegal-migration-allows-more-legalized-migration/
— Four More Democrats Travel to El Salvador to ‘Pressure Trump Administration’ to Return Illegal Migrant
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/04/21/four-more-democrats-travel-el-salvador-pressure-trump-administration-return-illegal-migrant/
FEDERALIST
— The Left’s Sudden Crusade For ‘Due Process’ Is A Political Smokescreen To Defend Mass Migration
https://thefederalist.com/2025/04/21/the-left-sudden-crusade-for-due-process-is-a-political-smokescreen-to-defend-mass-migration/
— Republicans In Congress Look To Stop ‘Judicial Coup D’Etat’
https://thefederalist.com/2025/04/21/republicans-in-congress-aim-to-stop-judicial-coup-detat/
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Trump Administration Moves to Block Illegal Aliens From Collecting Social Security Benefits
https://www.fairus.org/legislation/executive/trump-administration-block-illegal-aliens-social-security
FOX NEWS
— Trump will attend Pope Francis’ funeral in Rome despite contentious past: ‘Look forward to being there!’ Trump’s relationship with Pope Francis was one marked by ideological differences and sometimes tension.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-attend-pope-francis-funeral-rome-despite-contentious-past-look-forward-being-there
NEWSMAX
— World Now Needs a More Conservative Pope
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/pope-francis-fred-fleitz-conservative/2025/04/21/id/1207764/
— Trump: Radical Left ‘Always Threatening Our Judges’
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/donald-trump-posts-immigration/2025/04/21/id/1207769/
— With Voter Support, Trump Moves Forward With His Agenda
https://www.newsmax.com/jeffcrouere/democrats-courts-trump-agenda/2025/04/21/id/1207695/
— Why Is U.S. Giving Billions to Private Universities Like Harvard?
https://www.newsmax.com/michaeldorstewitz/harvard-public-funding-trump-administration/2025/04/21/id/1207706/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5259657-trump-courts-migrant-deportations/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Abrego Garcia to destroy Trump.
https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/5259208-if-trump-flouts-the-abrego-garcia-rulings-the-constitution-is-done/
ABC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ask “Who are the top contenders to be the next pope?” and say “Experts weigh in.”
https://abcnews.go.com/International/top-contenders-pope-experts-weigh/story?id=121011243
CBS NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Hegseth against Trump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFblPSNamas
— Democrat leaders ask “Who will be the next pope?” and say “Here’s a list of some of the possible top candidates.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/who-will-be-the-next-pope-list-of-possible-candidates/
CNN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Harvard against Trump.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/22/us/harvard-lawsuit-trump-administration-explainer/index.html
REUTERS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing crow about their success in driving Trump’s approval ratings down.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-approval-rating-dips-many-wary-his-wielding-power-reutersipsos-poll-finds-2025-04-21/
— Public education exists in America to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-academic-leaders-unite-against-trumps-higher-education-policies-2025-04-22/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Communist China.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-visa-cuts-tariff-hikes-turn-chinese-students-away-american-dream-2025-04-22/
— Democrat leaders used the Pope against conservatives.
https://www.msn.com/en-my/news/world/pope-francis-shook-up-church-with-simplicity-raising-conservative-ire/ar-AA1DiHIq
NEW YORK TIMES
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/us/politics/trump-administration-missteps.html
— Democrat leaders used the Pope against conservatives.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04/21/world/pope-francis-updates-vatican#francis-faced-defiant-conservative-us-catholic-leaders
— Democrat law firms ever-increasingly fight Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/business/eeoc-trump-dei-law-firms.html
— Democrat leaders ask “Is the Era of Student Loan Forgiveness Officially Over?”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/podcasts/the-daily/student-loan-forgiveness.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Hegseth.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/04/21/pete-hegseth-signal-chat-trump/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Trump’s tariffs.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/04/21/trump-tariff-recession/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Harvard against Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/04/21/harvard-sues-trump-administration-funding-antisemitism/
— Democrat leaders say “What Pope Francis’s papacy meant for the U.S. church.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/04/21/pope-francis-us-catholic-church-vatican/
— Democrat leaders ask “Who will be next pope after Francis?” and say “Key contenders ahead of conclave.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2025/04/21/next-pope-after-francis-conclave-contenders/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/21/supreme-court-aclu-deportations-alien-enemies-act/
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders crow about their success in moving the Pope to the left.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/us/pope-francis-legacy-us.html
— Millions of Student Loan Borrowers Are Behind on Payments
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/business/student-loan-borrowers-payments.html
— Gen Z Re-evaluates Its Budgets. What have you spent more money on than your peers? For me, it includes tuition and books, real estate, and new cars. What have you spent less money on than your peers? For me, it include immediate pleasures and dogs.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/business/tariffs-gen-z-budgets.html
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/opinion/trump-powell-ocasio-cortez-birthright.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make children sexually active LGBTQers.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/us/politics/supreme-court-childrens-books-gay-trans.html
USA TODAY
— Harvard shunned conservatives. It deserves to be defunded by Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/04/21/trump-harvard-federal-funding-freeze-dei/83138590007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make children sexually active LGBTQers.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2025/04/22/supreme-court-lgbtq-books-case/83159626007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/04/20/supreme-court-lgbtq-storybooks-religion/83123106007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/04/22/supreme-court-childrens-books-lgbtq-issues-parents-rights/82977579007/
— Democrat leaders used the Pope to promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/03/02/pope-francis-lgbtq-issues-legacy-catholic-church/80338152007/
EYEWITNESS NEWS
— Pritzker likely to run for 2028 presidential election
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZRQTlOnsRY
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Dow Heads for Worst April Since 1932. How far down will hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters drive the stock market to destroy America to destroy Trump?
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-trump-tariffs-trade-war-04-22-25/card/dow-heads-for-worst-april-since-1932-aAYmUHTfFPxPtuWmxty4
— Accountability Returns to Student Loans
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/accountability-returns-to-student-loans-forgiveness-borrower-debt-payment-9508da8d
FORTUNE
— Not all degrees are a waste of time and money: These majors will lead to six figure salaries after college. If you could do it over again, would you have had the same major? I would have majored in accounting instead of management. I did not take and pass the CPA examination on my first attempt until I was 30 years old in 1979. By then, the accounting profession considered me to be far too old to have a successful career in accounting. The profession would not have done that if I had been a minority, female, and/or veteran. It is called reverse discrimination and age discrimination.
https://fortune.com/article/not-all-degrees-are-a-waste-of-time-and-money-these-majors-will-lead-to-six-figure-salaries-after-college/
PBS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for bad weather.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjfXVUozQ2Q
NPR
— Trump administration is resuming collections from student loan borrowers in default. If you had to work your way through college, how would your life have been different if you had not had to do that? My high school, undergraduate, and graduate GPAs would have been higher. Instead of studying, I spent far too many hours washing dishes while I was a Crete-Monee student 1964-1966. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class. Instead of studying, I spent far too many hours a) delivering mail while I was a UIC and NIU student 1966-1969, b) selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances while I was a UIC student in 1971, c) pumping gasoline while I was a Loyola student in 1972, d) collecting delinquent taxes while I was a Loyola and DePaul student 1972-1980, and e) auditing federal agencies while I was a DePaul student in 1980 and an IIT student 1992-1997. Further, my 1979 CPA examination scores would have been higher if I had studied instead of collected delinquent federal taxes. Further, my 1981 Certified Internal Auditor examination scores would have been higher if I had studied instead of audited federal agencies.
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/21/nx-s1-5371723/trump-administration-collections-on-defaulted-student-loans
POLITICO
— Anticipate/expect Democrat leaders to ever-increasingly compare the Trump administration to Nazi Germany. How soon will governments, employers, organizations, etc. officially ban German Americans?
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/22/al-gore-compares-trump-administration-to-third-reich-hitler-00302348
NEW REPUBLIC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://newrepublic.com/article/194029/fascist-trump-resembles-incompetent-mussolini
HUFFINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders use the Pope to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jimmy-kimmel-trump-pope_n_680721ade4b052543c13cd8a
HR DRIVE
— The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job.
https://www.hrdive.com/news/exclusive-job-offers-protected-groups-present-greatest-legal-risk/745875/
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Harvard against Trump.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/government/politics-elections/2025/04/22/will-trump-follow-law-punishing-harvard
GUARDIAN
— Public education exists in America to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/21/us-university-presidents-trump-administration
April 20, 2025
How much success have Democrat leaders had organizing protests against Trump in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE IN THE NAPERVILLE SUN: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/18/420-cannabis-holiday-alcohol/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/federal-cuts-threats-fuel-protests-025500813.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/19/supreme-court-blocks-deportations/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Lightfoot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/19/editorial-no-president-trump-lori-lightfoot-is-neither-evil-nor-a-dope/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for high drug prices.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/20/illinois-drug-intermediaries-pharmacies/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/20/cook-county-jails-population/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/04/19/50501-chicago-protest-trump
https://chicago.suntimes.com/religion/2025/04/18/easter-sermons-chicago-priests-pastors
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/04/17/donald-trump-detain-deport-pro-palestinian-el-salvador-prison-immigrants-kilmar-garcia-mona-charen
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/money/2025/04/18/chicago-manufacturer-freedman-seating-reels-devastating-tariffs
DAILY HERALD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250419/news/anti-trump-protesters-turn-out-to-rallies-across-country/
ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-protest-protesters-daley-plaza-downtown-oppose-trumps-policies-immigration-federal-funding-reproductive-rights/16204461/
NBC5
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-pastor-leads-event-support-black-owned-business-amid-dei-rollbacks/3726185/
CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/50501-protest-daley-plaza-chicago-donald-trump/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/anti-trump-50501-movement-protest-fills-daley-plaza/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgNbAvAGdP0
WGN9
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://wgntv.com/news/national/ap-us-news/ap-anti-trump-protesters-turn-out-to-rallies-in-new-york-washington-and-other-cities-across-country/
FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/50501-protests-april-19-2025
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-trans-athlete-ban-response
WGN RADIO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote international students over American students.
https://wgnradio.com/news/aclu-sues-trump-administration-for-targeting-international-students/
SOUTHERN
— Democrat leaders use Trump tariffs to get companies to charge their customers more.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/04/19/these-companies-said-they-will-raise-prices-in-response-to-trumps-tariffs/
DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.shawlocal.com/daily-chronicle/2025/04/20/hundreds-march-in-dekalb-to-declare-no-kings-at-anti-trump-protest/
KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-chronicle/2025/04/19/protesting-the-protestors-counter-protesters-at-hands-off-rally-condemn-their-treatment/
KENDALL COUNTY NOW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.shawlocal.com/kendall-county-now/2025/04/19/this-is-a-moment-in-history-hundreds-protest-trump-administration-at-yorkville-rally/
SHAW LOCAL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Foster.
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2025/04/17/at-rep-foster-town-hall-concerns-about-social-security-tariffs-and-if-dems-wants-to-impeach-trump-again/
ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.rrstar.com/picture-gallery/news/local/2025/04/19/no-kings-no-tyrants-300-protest-trump-in-rockford-see-photos/83179321007/
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/anti-trump-protesters-rally-in-new-york-washington-and-elsewhere-across-the-country/article_6e4ae27b-456e-5a16-b9e4-5ad9a00c95e5.html
BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.bnd.com/news/local/community/belleville/article304590666.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-04-19/anti-trump-protests-this-weekend-turn-focus-to-community-action
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-04-19/protesters-unite-against-trump-in-hundreds-of-rallies-across-the-u-s
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-anti-trump-protesters-turn-out-to-rallies-in-new-york-washington-and-other-cities-across-country/
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/peoria-protest-trump-musk/
25 NEWS NOW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.25newsnow.com/2025/04/19/hundreds-gather-downtown-peoria-oppose-trump-musk/
WAND TV
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/anti-trump-protesters-rally-in-new-york-washington-and-elsewhere-across-the-country/article_a01213d3-5ae5-5ec7-a77a-84bcf069b4c2.html
WGEM
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.wgem.com/2025/04/19/anti-trump-protestors-rally-outside-white-house/
WCIA
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.wcia.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-marijuana-holiday-4-20-coincides-with-easter-and-passover-this-year-heres-what-to-know/
WSIU
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.wsiu.org/politics-elections/2025-04-19/trump-administration-and-the-courts-continue-to-clash-over-immigration
WGLT
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-04-19/bloomington-among-cities-in-series-of-nationwide-protests-against-trump-administrations-policies
WVIK
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.wvik.org/2025-04-19/protesters-unite-against-trump-in-hundreds-of-rallies-across-the-u-s
IPM NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://ipmnewsroom.org/photoshundreds-demonstrate-against-the-trump-administration-in-urbana/
ILLINOIS PUBLIC RADIO
— To give preference to one group is to discriminate against another group. To give preference to illegals is to discriminate against Blacks.
https://will.illinois.edu/dialogue/episode/a-dialogue-about-why-many-black-people-are-staying-home-from-political-protests
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— The cars that you own say more about you than anything that you can say about yourself. I just bought a new loaded 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T Plus EV. Please let me know if you share my interest in the car. I continue to own a 2013 Charger R/T Max that I bought new in 2012. I owned a 1968 Charger R/T 1994-2005. I owned a 1969 Charger SE 1968-1971. I also own a 2005 and a 1972 Chevrolet Corvette and a 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Drag queen group mocks Jesus, Christianity in Easter show marketed to kids
https://nypost.com/2025/04/19/us-news/drag-queen-group-mocks-christianity-in-easter-show-for-kids/
— The huge outpouring of support for Karmelo Anthony — who allegedly stabbed another teen in the heart — should scare all of us
https://nypost.com/2025/04/19/opinion/support-for-alleged-stabber-karmelo-anthony-highlights-victim-industrial-complex/
— NYC woman who left swastika brick on Cybertruck is a woke therapist who blamed Elon Musk for tantrum. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Musk. To promote hatred against Musk is to promote more hatred against EVs and more hatred against EV owners. I just bought a new loaded 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T Plus EV.
https://nypost.com/2025/04/19/us-news/nyc-woman-charged-in-cybertruck-hate-crime-is-woke-therapist/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://nypost.com/2025/04/20/us-news/trump-white-house-releases-tren-de-aragua-gang-members-rap-sheets-photos-after-scotus-deportation-freeze/
https://nypost.com/2025/04/19/us-news/supreme-court-blocks-new-deportations-of-of-venezuelans-under-18th-century-wartime-law-alien-enemies-act/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Illinois’s insane leftism now propping up bordering states!
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/04/illinois_s_insane_leftism_now_propping_up_bordering_states.html
— DOGE shows just how deep illegal immigration rot goes
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/04/doge_shows_just_how_seep_illegal_immigration_rot_goes.html
BLAZE
— Telling America’s story is too important to leave to radicals.
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/telling-americas-story-is-too-important-to-leave-to-radicals
— Trump’s border blitz puts military muscle to work
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/trumps-border-blitz-puts-military-muscle-to-work
BREITBART
— Stephen Miller Urges Reparations for Migration’s Damage to Americans. My critics/opponents promote mass/illegal immigration.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/04/19/stephen-miller-urges-reparations-for-migrations-damage-to-americans/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.breitbart.com/news/thousands-protest-trump-across-u-s-in-second-day-of-action/
— UK Bans French ‘Great Replacement’ Philosopher Renaud Camus From Entering Country. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats. Demographics that vote for Democrats include liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, citizens of foreign countries, want/need/demand massive government assistance, lack education and/or job skills, and have financial, health, and/or other problems.
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2025/04/19/uk-bans-french-great-replacement-philosopher-renaud-camus-from-entering-country/
— Therapist Who Committed Tesla Hate Crime Blames Elon Musk
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2025/04/19/nyc-police-therapist-who-committed-tesla-hate-crime-blames-elon-musk/
DAILY CALLER
— Blue States Are Keeping DEI On Life Support
https://dailycaller.com/2025/04/19/blue-states-keeping-dei-life-support-trump-admin/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Tesla Continues to Reign Supreme Despite Leftist Violence
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/04/19/tesla-continues-to-reign-supreme-despite-leftist-violence/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/04/19/supreme-court-issues-order-pausing-deportations-under-alien-enemies-act/
DAILY WIRE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/scotus-blocks-trump-from-deporting-alleged-tren-de-aragua-gang-members
FOX NEWS
— Illinois trans athlete policy brewing conflict within state. Rep. Blaine Wilhour called on Illinois school districts to take action and ban trans athletes.
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/illinois-transgender-athlete-policy-sparks-controversy-state
— Expert sounds alarm on Trump’s tariffs: ‘Too high, too fast’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54HVgd9oitw
NEWSMAX
— Trump is ‘prioritizing the American people’ and not ‘illegal aliens’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc4c0zKRHcA
TOWNHALL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/04/19/federal-judge-denies-emergency-request-to-block-imminent-deportation-flights-under-alien-enemies-act-n2655793
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5257441-anti-trump-demonstrators-rally-across-the-us/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://thehill.com/homenews/education/5256292-schools-parents-trump-trade-war-trump-tariffs/
CNN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/19/politics/video/anti-trump-protests-hands-off-protesters-musk-digvid
— Trump administration sent letter of demands to Harvard University in error
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/19/us/harvard-trump-administration-letter-mistake/index.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/19/politics/supreme-court-alien-enemies-act-order/index.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly turn Canada against Trump.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/20/americas/canada-election-carney-poilievre-intl-latam/index.html
REUTERS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/thousands-protesters-rally-against-trump-across-us-2025-04-19/
NEWSWEEK
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.newsweek.com/anti-trump-50501-protesters-warn-theyre-fighting-fascism-2061821
MSNBC
— Cheap labor isn’t China’s only advantage over the United States. China graduates almost twice as many STEM-oriented Ph.D.s in science and technology programs than the U.S. does.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-tariffs-china-education-deficit-rcna201951
MSN
— Musk’s Tesla Zapped by Trump’s Tariff Storm
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/shock-charge-musk-s-tesla-zapped-by-trump-s-tariff-storm/ar-AA1DfkTi
— Tesla to delay US launch of affordable EV, a lower-cost Model Y
https://www.msn.com/en-in/autos/news/tesla-to-delay-us-launch-of-affordable-ev-a-lower-cost-model-y-reports/ar-AA1DcH6s
— Tesla delays affordable Model Y release until 2026. Needless-to-say, my critics/opponents are furious that I could afford to buy a new loaded 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T Plus EV.
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/topstories/tesla-delays-affordable-model-y-release-until-2026/ar-AA1DeC4Y
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Musk. To promote hatred against Musk is to promote more hatred against EVs and more hatred against EV owners. I just bought a new loaded 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T Plus EV.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/pure-evil-tesla-whistleblower-slams-monster-elon-musk-and-wants-to-drag-him-to-court/ar-AA1DecXN
AOL
— Since 1965, Democrat and RINO leaders have ever-increasingly used Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.aol.com/trump-revokes-workplace-discrimination-rules-203613130.html
YAHOO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/protesters-target-trump-admin-policies-222704745.html
https://www.yahoo.com/news/anti-trump-50501-protests-ahead-175204493.html
https://www.yahoo.com/news/anti-trump-protesters-mobilize-hundreds-192544875.html
CBS NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/no-kings-protesters-across-country-march-against-trump-musk/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/anti-trump-rallies-hands-off-administration-washington-new-york-boston/
https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/philadelphia-protest-today-trump-no-kings/
— Car buyers say they are not racing to the dealership amid tariffs
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/car-buyers-not-racing-dealership-amid-tariffs/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/supreme-court-blocks-trump-deporting-alleged-gang-members-migrants-texas-facility/
NBC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-orders-trump-administration-not-deport-venezuelans-now-rcna201949
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/us/politics/trump-protests-nyc-florida-la.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/us/politics/supreme-court-deportation-protocol-venezuela.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/us/politics/trump-deportation-courts-venezuelan-migrants-texas.html
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04/19/us/trump-news
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/business/economy/tariffs-business-strategy.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/business/tariffs-china-us-farmers.html
https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/100000010111503/how-china-and-the-eu-are-reacting-to-trumps-tariffs.html
— Inside a Union’s Fight Against Trump’s Federal Job Cuts. Leaders of the union representing government workers say their battle is galvanizing but also alarming. “It’s insulting to say,” one said, “that we are lazy.” The Democrats who ran GAO forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had been unionized in 1997, I might still be a GAO employee.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/business/economy/government-union-trump-musk.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/20/trump-clashes-with-courts-immigration/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-04-19/anti-trump-protesters-turn-out-to-rallies-in-new-york-washington-and-other-cities-across-country
DETROIT FREE PRESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2025/04/19/metro-detroit-protesters-rally-against-trump-administration/83142535007/
USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Fed chief Powell
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/04/18/trumps-critcism-powell-rates/83144615007/
— To get more votes from Latinos, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly give Latinos more preference over non-Latinos.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/04/19/despite-trump-anti-dei-push-latino-museum/83162003007/
— Democrat and RINO leaders and the rest of America’s enemies want America to be totally dependent on foreign countries for everything.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/04/19/trump-tariffs-america-economy-jobs-china/83143659007/
— Democrats and RINOs cause everything that is bad and then blame Republicans for everything that is bad.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/04/19/trump-easter-egg-hunt-prices-ruined/83121697007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/04/20/trump-tariff-trade-wars-2028-china-economy/83096052007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/04/20/trump-insurrection-act-1807-military-border/83142329007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Pritzker Is Acting Like He Wants to Be President. He is one of the top Democrats being watched as the party searches for a way out of the political wilderness. Pritzker ever-increasingly promotes more hatred against Trump and against those who share Trump’s demographics.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/americas-second-richest-elected-official-is-acting-like-he-wants-to-be-president-8b30efa0
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-migrant-deportations-alien-enemies-act-759f25dd
FORBES
— Tesla Protests And Vandalism Surge: Justice Department Announces Charges Against Sixth Alleged Vandal. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Musk. To promote hatred against Musk is to promote more hatred against EVs and more hatred against EV owners. I just bought a new loaded 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T Plus EV.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2025/04/19/tesla-protests-and-vandalism-surge-justice-department-announces-charges-against-sixth-alleged-vandal/
NPR
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/19/nx-s1-5369483/anti-trump-protests-50501-tesla-takedown
PBS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/supreme-court-temporarily-blocks-trump-from-deporting-more-venezuelan-migrants
NEW YORKER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/04/28/donald-trumps-deportation-obsession
POLITICO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/19/anti-trump-protesters-new-york-washington-00299718
ECONOMIC TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump’s tariffs.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/global-trends/first-shockwaves-of-trumps-tariffs-are-about-to-hit-the-world-economy/articleshow/120449995.cms
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/global-trends/no-kings-in-america-anti-trump-protests-erupt-across-the-us-from-new-york-to-washington-and-beyond/articleshow/120446663.cms
DAILY MAIL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14628887/Appalling-rap-sheets-cartel-thugs-Trump-deport-judges-demand-process-ILLEGALS.html
April 19, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
FOX32
— Johnson jabs at Trump during DC mayors conference
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1627478
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— For trans athletes in high schools sports, IHSA says it will follow state law not Trump executive order. Federal laws trump state and local laws. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/lgbtq/2025/04/18/for-trans-athletes-in-high-schools-sports-ihsa-says-it-will-follow-state-law-not-trump-executive-order
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/18/420-cannabis-holiday-alcohol/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/18/420-cannabis-holiday-alcohol/
DAILY HERALD
— At Foster town hall, concerns over Social Security, tariffs – and if Democrats wants to impeach Trump again.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250418/news/at-foster-town-hall-concerns-over-social-security-tariffs-and-if-democrats-wants-to-impeach-trum/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Education in America ever-increasingly exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/education/big-ten-schools-band-together-fight-trump-attacks-report
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/advocates-decry-trump-plan-cut-hiv-support-funding
WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.wbez.org/education/2025/04/18/for-trans-athletes-in-high-schools-sports-ihsa-says-it-will-follow-state-law-not-trump-executive-order
WGN RADIO
— 67% of CEOs surveyed disapprove of Trump’s tariffs. CEOs overwhelming promote a) globalism, that is, dependency on foreign countries and on their cheap labor and b) the Democrat Party platform. The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime.
https://wgnradio.com/news/67-of-ceos-surveyed-disapprove-of-trumps-tariffs/
JOURNAL GAZETTE TIMES COURIER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://jg-tc.com/news/state-regional/article_233022ce-914b-5c90-a7b1-a95e4c9294e5.html
SUBURBAN LIFE
— Lisa Edison among thousands of parents who oppose proposed homeschool legislation
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/2025/04/18/lombard-mom-among-thousands-of-parents-who-oppose-proposed-homeschool-legislation/
DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.shawlocal.com/daily-chronicle/2025/04/18/no-kings-anti-trump-protest-planned-for-dekalb-saturday/
SOUTHERN
— Three Southern Illinois Republican lawmakers took to social media to criticize the Illinois High School Association’s recent response to questions about how it handles transgender participation in high school athletics, calling the reply vague and lacking direction.
https://thesouthern.com/news/southern-illinois-lawmakers-push-back-on-ihsa-response-on-trans-athletes/article_e2a0a42e-3fa2-5daa-a34f-d7185ca4450e.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://thesouthern.com/life-entertainment/health/the-imapct-of-legal-cannabis-on-business-five-years-in/article_cba3043d-f4dc-5daf-af2c-ac45cce71982.html
SAUK VALLEY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.shawlocal.com/sauk-valley/2025/04/18/dixon-cannabis-dispensary-high-on-its-new-flower-collection-launch/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Judge orders Trump administration to tell fired workers they were not let go for poor performance. In Diersen v. GAO ( https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf ), the Democrats who ran GAO hinted/implied//argued/shouted that they forced me to retire because I was a poor performer and because of Gingrich budget cuts and not because I had become an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. They ignored/dismissed/belittled/badmouthed that I had earned a) three job-related master’s degrees (business, accounting, and finance), b) six job-related professional certifications (accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting) and c) a job-related professional license (CPA).
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-judge-orders-trump-administration-to-tell-fired-workers-they-were-not-let-go-for-poor-performance/
NPR ILLINOIS & NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— The Trump administration announced it is moving forward with a new rule to reclassify some career civil servants as “at will” federal employees, a plan it says will make it easier to fire underperforming employees. My Democrat superiors in the federal government hinted/implied/argued/shouted that they took adverse actions against me because I was an underperformer. That was a pretext. In my defense, I stress that a) I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) I earned three job-related master’s degrees, c) I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, d) I became a licensed CPA, and e) I earned four more job-related professional certifications. None of my coworkers who they promoted over me had done anything close to that. They all were Democrats who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. They all were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-04-18/thousands-of-federal-workers-would-be-easier-to-fire-under-trump-rule-change
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2025-04-18/thousands-of-federal-workers-would-be-easier-to-fire-under-trump-rule-change
NPR ILLINOIS
— Head Start advocates brace for possibility of Trump eliminating funding. Ever since my parents sent me to kindergarten at Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete in 1953, my critics/opponents have falsely and maliciously hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my parents were filthy rich. But neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. He never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars and he died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. My mother never attended high school.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-04-18/head-start-advocates-brace-for-possibility-of-trump-eliminating-funding
NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2025-04-18/some-asylum-seekers-wonder-if-its-worth-staying-in-the-u-s-to-fight-their-cases
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— The mainstream news media in America ever-increasingly promotes the Democrat Party and its leaders far stronger than Pravda ever promoted the Communist Party and its leaders. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Just 30% of Illinois 4th graders read at proficiency standard
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_d91c7486-7950-4db0-8004-b1eff240b65c.html
CHICAGO PARENT
— Best Private Schools in DuPage County. My parents sending me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod helped me get an ACT score of 24, graduate in the upper 20% of my Crete-Monee High School class in 1966, and get accepted by UIC in 1966. Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. He never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars and he died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. My mother never attended high school.
https://www.chicagoparent.com/education/private-schools/private-schools-dupage-county/
JOIHN BIVER
— Which of Our Current GOP Leaders Want to Win and Which Don’t?
https://johnbiver.com/which-of-our-current-gop-leaders-want-to-win-and-which-dont/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Checking Up on the Oberweis Florida Campaign Finds $2 Million Loan
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/18/checking-up-on-the-oberweis-florida-campaign-finds-2-million-loan/
— Foster’s Crystal Lake Town Hall Meeting
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/18/fosters-crystal-lake-town-hall-meeting/
— Conservative PACs Do Poorly in 2025’s First Quarter
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/18/conservative-pacs-do-poorly-in-2025s-first-quarter/
— Crystal Lake Randall Road Widening on Horizon
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/17/crystal-lake-randall-road-widening-on-horizon/
— Republican State Senator from Freeport Disses McHenry County Republican Party’s Fundraising
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/17/republican-state-senator-from-freeport-disses-mchenry-county-republican-partys-fundraising/
— Bob Anderson Calls for Mike Shorten to Resign from the County Board Because He Will Soon Also Be Nunda Township Supervisor
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/17/bob-anderson-calls-for-mike-shorten-to-resign-from-the-county-board-because-he-will-soon-also-be-nunda-township-supervisor/
— Opponents to Homeschooling Haven’t Given Up
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/17/opponents-to-homeschooling-havent-given-up/
— Vote by Mail Urged by Former State Rep. Mark Blatnick, Who Says He Won Using It
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/17/vote-by-mail-urged-by-mark-blatnick/
— Another Illinois Democrat Breaches to “F” Word Barrier
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/16/another-illinois-democrat-breaches-to-f-word-barrier/
— Two Shorten Allies Change Election Day Loss to Victory
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/16/two-shorten-allies-change-election-day-loss-to-victory/
— McHenry Police Use Home Surveillance Camera Video to Track Down Wisconsin Man Convicted of Buying a Car with a Fake Cashier’s Check
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/16/mchenry-police-use-home-surveillance-camera-video-to-track-down-wisconsin-man-convicted-of-buying-a-car-with-a-fake-cashiers-check/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— The Trump administration announced it is moving forward with a new rule to reclassify some career civil servants as “at will” federal employees, a plan it says will make it easier to fire underperforming employees. My Democrat superiors in the federal government hinted/implied/argued/shouted that they took adverse actions against me because I was an underperformer. That was a pretext. In my defense, I stress that a) I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) I earned three job-related master’s degrees, c) I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, d) I became a licensed CPA, and e) I earned four more job-related professional certifications. None of my coworkers who they promoted over me had done anything close to that. They all were Democrats who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. They all were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/apr/18/trump-administration-moves-reclassify-federal-employees-making-easier/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Indiana moves toward commission to welcome conservative Illinois counties
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3383270/indiana-commission-conservative-illinois-counties/
— Abrego Garcia’s defenders just don’t want anyone deported
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3384977/kilmar-abrego-garcia-defenders-immigration-policy/
— War is coming, and we are too complacent to stop it. In WWIII, which countries will side with China and Russia against America?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/3384290/war-is-coming-complacent-to-stop-it/
NEW YORK POST
— Confidence in Democratic leadership plunges to all-time low
https://nypost.com/2025/04/18/us-news/confidence-in-democratic-leadership-plunges-to-all-time-low-poll/
BREITBART
— Democrat Party Using All of Its Power to Fight for Accused Wife Beater, Gang Member
https://www.breitbart.com/crime/2025/04/18/stephen-miller-democrat-party-using-all-of-its-power-to-fight-for-accused-wife-beater-gang-member/
FOX NEWS
— Venezuelan migrant arrested in Chicago for 6th time in 13 months days after prosecutors drop charges. Edmonds Peraza Cortez faces felony robbery charges in Chicago.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/venezuelan-migrant-arrested-sanctuary-city-6th-time-13-months-days-after-prosecutors-drop-charges
FOX NEWS RADIO
— Democrats Stand Up For Illegals, President Trump Stands Up For Grieving Mothers
https://radio.foxnews.com/2025/04/18/democrats-stand-up-for-illegals-president-trump-stands-up-for-grieving-mothers/
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Chicago Mayor Johnson To Trump On Sanctuary City Status: “We’re Not Going To Negotiate With Terrorists”
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/04/18/chicago_mayor_johnson_to_trump_on_sanctuary_city_status_were_not_going_to_negotiate_with_terrorists.html
TOWNHALL
— Some Familiar Supreme Court Justices Joined Libs in Blocking Further Deportation Flights
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/04/19/supreme-court-shuts-down-further-deportation-flights-under-alien-enemies-act-n2655788
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/aclu-alien-enemies-act-district-judge-trump-immigration/
YAHOO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/potent-policy-americas-extraordinary-evolution-on-marijuana-in-7-charts-200834879.html
AOL
— Republican Senators Aren’t Taking Up Trump On Buying A Tesla
https://www.aol.com/republican-senators-aren-t-taking-191457295.html
— Trump’s ‘External Revenue Service’ can’t replace the IRS
https://www.aol.com/news/opinion-trump-external-revenue-t-113000160.html
— What Trump-supporting federal workers think of his blitz to shake up the government. I favor reforming federal agencies instead of gutting them. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, I might still be a GAO employee. Virtually all GAO employees are Democrats. Reforms could have included a) requiring that at least one-third of GAO employees at each grade level to be Republican and b) requiring that all requests for GAO to do work be bipartisan.
https://www.aol.com/news/trump-supporting-federal-workers-think-085901876.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/us/politics/deportation-trump-abrego-garcia-el-salvador.html
— Head of I.R.S. Being Ousted Amid Treasury’s Power Struggle With Elon Musk. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent complained to President Trump that the acting commissioner had been installed without his knowledge.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/us/politics/irs-scott-bessent-elon-musk.html
— Trump Officials Blame Mistake for Setting Off Confrontation With Harvard. An official on the administration’s antisemitism task force told the university that a letter of demands had been sent without authorization.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/business/trump-harvard-letter-mistake.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/opinion/china-us-trump-xi-tariffs.html
— Democrat leaders say “The Trump Billionaires Who Run the Economy and the Things They Say.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/us/politics/trump-musk-billionaires-economy.html
— Democrat leaders say “Why Big Law Firms Aren’t Standing Together Against Trump’s Assault.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/business/trump-law-firms.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/04/19/anti-trump-protests-50501-movement-hands-off/
USA TODAY
— Trump floats plan to nix federal income tax and replace revenue with money from tariffs
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/04/17/trump-tariffs-income-tax/83144867007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-migrant-deportations-alien-enemies-act-759f25dd
— Trump to Replace Acting IRS Commissioner. Tax agency’s next leader is fifth so far this year.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-to-replace-acting-irs-commissioner-f5494a97
— I have fought age discrimination since I was 25 years old in 1973. That was when my Democrat IRS superiors used up-or-out to deem me to be too old to ever be promoted to GS-13. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran. I did not make GS-13 until I was 38 years old in 1986. By then, I had a) earned an MBA in 1976, b) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) transferred to GAO and earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, and d) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in 1981. My Democrat GAO superiors never promoted me to GS-14 even though a) I earned four more job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997 and b) earned a master’s degree in finance in 1997.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/questioning-bidens-capacities-was-taboo-a-year-ago-now-its-everywhere-728abd4a
— Harvard and the View From Hillsdale. The small college doesn’t take federal money. Its president, Larry Arnn, argues higher education would be far better if no one did.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/harvard-and-the-view-from-hillsdale-higher-education-federal-funding-colleges-d1a04b1a
— At NY Auto Show, Talk of Trump’s Tariffs Is Inescapable. Auto executives wanted to focus on splashy vehicle debuts; instead, tariffs dominated events and discussions. How will tariffs impact the 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T Plus that I just bought?
https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/at-ny-auto-show-talk-of-trumps-tariffs-is-inescapable-ab1509ae
FORBES
— The Performance Appraisal: A Workplace Evil That Must Be Destroyed Like a Blood Sucking Vampire. All my Democrat superiors and supervisors used the subjectivity in their performance appraisal systems against me. All my coworkers who they promoted over me were Democrats who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. They all were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kevinkruse/2012/07/09/performance-appraisal/
— What Counts As An “Adverse Employment Action” In Discrimination And Retaliation Cases? I should write about those who have taken many/big adverse actions against me and the pretexts that they used. 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 leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, and the federal government, c) conservative and religious leaders and activists, d) those who I have sued and their attorneys, and e) my Democrat superiors and supervisors.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericbachman/2021/11/15/what-counts-as-an-adverse-employment-action-in-discrimination-and-retaliation-cases/
BLOOMBERG
— Windsor Feels Heat of Tariffs. How will tariffs impact the 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T Plus that I just bought?
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-04-16/canadian-auto-town-gets-an-early-taste-of-trump-s-trade-war
DETROIT NEWS
— How tariffs could upend EV adoption in America. How will tariffs impact the 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T Plus that I just bought?
https//detroitnews.com/
REGULATORY REVIEW
— If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting GAO, there would be no need for DOGE and I might still be a GAO employee. Virtually all GAO employees are Democrats. Reforms could have included a) requiring that at least one-third of GAO employees at each grade level to be Republican and b) requiring that all requests for GAO to do work be bipartisan.
https://www.theregreview.org/2019/09/23/pierce-proposal-help-congress-enact-civil-service-reforms/
ACLU
— AARP v. Trump
https://www.aclu.org/cases/aarp-v-trump
GOOD MEN PROJECT
— Democrat leaders say “When Donald Trump Went to College. Family ties or donations benefitted Donald and three of his children.” Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. He never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars and he died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. My mother never attended high school. I had to work my way through college.
https://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/when-donald-trump-went-to-college/
April 18, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— More than 1,000 international students have had visas or legal status revoked. IIT admitted me in 1992, DePaul in 1976, Loyola in 1972, NIU in 1969, and UIC in 1966. But they would have admitted international students instead of me if they could have.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/17/international-student-visas-revoked/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in organizing protests against Trump
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/17/naperville-protest-indivisible-trump-musk/.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/17/photos-day-of-action-protests-at-northwestern-and-uic/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/18/column-donald-trump-due-process-el-salvador-prison-shackelford/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES & WBEZ
— Duckworth hammers President Trump over veterans’ care. Duckworth went off on the Trump administration’s proposed cuts to services for veterans. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, many, most, and at times, virtually all of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Democrat veterans. They promoted the veterans preference and stressed that I had avoided the Vietnam War draft. According to them, Democrat veterans should have gotten all the promotions that I got. I should write about my Democrat superiors in the federal government who were veterans and who took the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/04/17/tammy-duckworth-donald-trump-veterans-care-daily-show
https://www.wbez.org/politics/2025/04/17/u-s-sen-tammy-duckworth-hammers-president-donald-trump-over-veterans-care-in-the-daily-show-interview
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Pritzker says public safety is ‘under attack by Trump. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/04/17/jb-pritzker-public-safety-trump-administration-chicago-anti-violence-programs
— Nearly 1 in 4 out-of-state abortion patients come to Illinois. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/abortion/2025/04/17/out-of-state-abortion-patients-illinois-chicago-guttmacher-institute-roe-v-wade
— Trump’s termination of international student visas jolts Illinois colleges. Trump is erasing students’ immigration status without explanation. School officials at the University of Illinois Chicago, Northwestern and the University of Chicago say they’re not even receiving notification. IIT admitted me in 1992, DePaul in 1976, Loyola in 1972, NIU in 1969, and UIC in 1966. But they would have admitted international students instead of me if they could have.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/04/17/trump-immigration-visa-terminations-illinois-college-students-uic-northwestern-university-of-chicago
— The Democrat Party ever-increasingly promotes criminals and crime.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/04/17/donald-trump-detain-deport-pro-palestinian-el-salvador-prison-immigrants-kilmar-garcia-mona-charen
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in organizing protests against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/04/17/northwestern-students-and-faculty-protest-trumps-campaign-against-higher-education
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Kilmar Abrego Garcia to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/04/17/donald-trump-detain-deport-pro-palestinian-el-salvador-prison-immigrants-kilmar-garcia-mona-charen
— Trump guts the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/consumer-affairs/2025/04/17/layoffs-consumer-financial-protection-bureau-cut-trump-government-downsizing
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/small-business/2025/04/17/chicagos-small-business-owners-are-stocking-up-and-bracing-for-the-impact-of-trumps-tariffs
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH PHOTOS: Lisle trustee candidates separated by single vote, while Queen Bee school board race ends in a tie
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250417/local-politics/lisle-trustee-candidates-separated-by-single-vote-while-queen-bee-school-board-race-ends-in-a-tie/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Abortions in Illinois dipped only slightly in 2024 despite new hurdles. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/illinois-abortion-numbers-dip-slightly-2024
ABC7
— Judge orders suspect detained in DePaul attack on Jewish students
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-crime-adam-erkan-due-court-hate-charges-attack-2-jewish-depaul-students-lincoln-park-campus/16190158/
— Trump says he’s in ‘no rush’ to end tariffs
https://abc7chicago.com/post/italys-meloni-will-test-mettle-eu-us-bridge-when-she-meets-trump-washington/16191357/
NBC5
— Suspect accused in DePaul hate crime attack will remain in custody
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/suspect-accused-in-depaul-hate-crime-attack-will-remain-in-custody/3725195/
CBS2
— Immigrant rights groups, labor unions plan May Day march to demand end to Trump’s mass deportations. Mass/illegal immigration harms American workers. All the employers that hired me would have hired citizens of foreign countries if they could have.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/may-day-protest-rally-immigrant-rights-march-trump-administration-deportations/
— Man charged in hate crime attack on 2 Jewish students at DePaul University to stay in jail
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/adam-erkan-charged-hate-crime-attack-jewish-students-depaul-university/
— Northwestern ever-increasingly fights Trump.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/northwestern-research-grants-trump-federal-funding-freeze/
WTTW
— Nearly 25% of All Out-of-State Abortions Took Place in Illinois Last Year. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/04/17/nearly-25-all-out-state-abortions-took-place-illinois-last-year-study
WBEZ
— Pritzker says public safety is under attack by Trump. The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime. Democrat leaders promote the Democrat Party platform.
https://www.wbez.org/criminal-justice/2025/04/17/governor-jb-pritzker-says-public-safety-is-under-attack-by-trump-administration
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in organizing protests against Trump.
https://www.wbez.org/education/2025/04/17/northwestern-students-and-faculty-protest-trumps-campaign-against-higher-education
CHICAGO CRUSADER
— Reps. Davis, Ford urge voters to “fight back” to save democracy. If you are a Republican, anticipate/expect that the Democrats in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct will ever-increasingly take more/bigger adverse actions against you to punish you because of Trump.
https://chicagocrusader.com/reps-davis-ford-urge-voters-to-fight-back-to-save-democracy/
DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— Democrat colleges exist to crank out good little Democrats.
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2025/04/17/lateststories/funding-freezes-at-northwestern-elite-universities-divide-federal-lawmakers/
EVANSTON ROUNDTABLE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in organizing protests against Trump.
https://evanstonroundtable.com/2025/04/18/grad-students-union-protests-trump/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Jews to promote more hatred against Republicans. I should write about the success that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had using my many Democrat superiors and supervisors to take many big adverse actions against me.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-04-17/wesleyan-university-president-says-trumps-antisemitism-fight-doesnt-protect-jews
— As Trump jettisons its staff, HUD puts its D.C. headquarters up for sale. I should write about how GAO jettisoned its staff in response to Gingrich budget cuts. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-04-17/as-trump-jettisons-its-staff-hud-puts-its-d-c-headquarters-up-for-sale
CITIES 92.9
— Illinois Dems push banning cops from ticketing students for breaking school rules. Democrats ever-increasingly destroy education.
https://www.cities929.com/2025/04/17/illinois-dems-push-banning-cops-from-ticketing-students-for-breaking-school-rules/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Kilmar Abrego Garcia to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-the-abrego-garcia-case-pulls-democrats-into-the-immigration-debate-trump-wants-to-have/
— Ben Carson among most liked politicians
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/obama-sanders-ben-carson-among-most-liked-politicians-surveys-show/
WAND TV
— 14-year-old arrested for possession of drugs with intent to deliver on school grounds. Who are the biggest pot pushers in your school district?
https://www.wandtv.com/news/crime/police-14-year-old-arrested-for-possession-of-drugs-with-intent-to-deliver-on-school/article_a7287556-ae24-4e10-b191-ed30506a2b67.html
WTHR
— Bill to invite Illinois counties to join Indiana passes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7I7u9a7xUw
WIFR
— Illinois program can help clear old cannabis records. Pot and gambling destroys people. I led the successful efforts to stop the sale of pot and video gambling in Wheaton. Those who want pot and/or video gambling in Wheaton want to kill me. I should write about them.
https://www.wifr.com/2025/04/17/illinois-program-can-help-clear-old-cannabis-records/
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Hemp Sales Banned In Parts Of Far South Side As Some Dispensary Owners Urge Tougher State Rules. Hemp sales cut into pot sales.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/04/17/hemp-sales-banned-in-parts-of-far-south-side-as-some-dispensary-owners-urge-tougher-state-rules/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Conservative activists are trying to get sanctuary status referendums on 2026 ballots, and they expect some Democrats could support them.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/04/18/activists-want-immigration-on-the-ballot-00298301
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Trump is conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time. Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly hate Trump. What are your demographics? What will your future be? In Illinois, the more demographics that you share with Trump, the bleaker that your future is. The more demographics that you share with Trump, the sooner that Democrat and RINO leaders will get rid of you. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
WIREPOINTS
— Trump is in this tariff fight to even the playing field for Illinois farmers.
https://wirepoints.org/trump-is-in-this-tariff-fight-to-even-the-playing-field-for-illinois-farmers-wirepoints-joins-tom-miller-of-wjpf-carbondale/
— Illinois lawmakers ignore where the real transit savings are
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-lawmakers-ignore-where-the-real-transit-savings-are-wirepoints-quickpoint/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Chicago Flips Red founder Zoe Leigh said Pritzker is the one who is a threat. “He is a threat to the state of Illinois being the governor. Our mayor is a threat to the city of Chicago being the mayor, because they don’t care about the Chicago citizens’ safety. If they did, we wouldn’t be a sanctuary state any more,” Leigh said. . .Chicago Flips Red vice president Danielle Carter-Walters said crimes involving noncitizen migrants were not reported. “They were not recording anything that they did illegally. They just let it slide, let it go away. We know for a fact they are not reporting the illegal alien crime,” Carter-Walters told The Center Square.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_7e354608-ed86-430a-8d2f-41b41c7ffc30.html
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Kane County part of voter wave saying ‘no’ to more taxes
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/kane-county-part-of-voter-wave-saying-no-to-more-taxes/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Chicago’s Failing Mayor Smears President Trump as a “Terrorist” for Threatening to Withhold Federal Funding While Harboring Dangerous Illegal Migrants
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/04/chicagos-failing-mayor-smears-president-trump-as-a-terrorist-for-threatening-to-withhold-federal-funding-while-harboring-dangerous-illegal-migrants.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Supreme Court expected to consider giving Trump more firing power, overruling 90-year-old precedent. The justices and judges in Diersen v GAO ( https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf ) ruled that federal agencies can force their employees to retire, that is, they can fire their employees, a) because they are active members in class action lawsuits that charge them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, or retaliation, b) because they oppose political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, or national origin discrimination, and/or c) because they are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/apr/17/supreme-court-expected-consider-giving-trump-firing-power-overruling/
NEW YORK POST
— Liberals refuse to date Trump voters, Tesla owners as political polarization ‘on steroids’: DC matchmaker
https://nypost.com/2025/04/17/media/dc-matchmaker-says-political-polarization-on-steroids-as-liberals-refuse-to-date-trump-voters-tesla-owners/
— IRS workers only had to show up to work once a week in person, before Trump took over.
https://nypost.com/2025/04/18/us-news/irs-workers-only-had-to-show-up-to-work-once-a-week-in-person-before-president-trump-took-over/
DAILY CALLER
— Illinois Joins List Of States Who Are Refusing To Comply With Trump’s Executive Order On Trans Athletes
https://dailycaller.com/2025/04/17/illinois-donald-trump-executive-order-transgender/
DAILY WIRE
— Most Americans Side With Trump On Illegals, Want Them ALL Deported
https://www.dailywire.com/news/cnn-pollster-admits-most-americans-side-with-trump-on-illegals-want-them-all-deported
CENTER SQUARE
— Bill seeks to take millions in guns from federal tax collectors. I worked for IRS’s Collection Division for almost 9 years. I should write about my critics/opponents who have used that against me the most.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_0f1d9642-f8b3-4d06-a894-40c0333fdcb4.html
— DHS, IRS join government funding crackdown on Harvard over antisemitism charges
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_18dc2d32-b8c5-4c86-9640-9f3ae7d4c627.html
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Trump: I Was Elected To Get The Criminals and Murderers Out Of This Country, It Was The Number One Factor
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/04/17/trump_i_was_elected_to_get_the_criminals_and_murderers_out_of_this_country_it_was_the_number_one_factor.html
— Democrats Hate Trump So Much They Are Willing To Grovel To Illegals
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/04/17/hawley_democrats_hate_trump_so_much_they_are_willing_to_grovel_to_illegals_personally_escort_every_illegal.html
WHITE HOUSE
— Extension of Hiring Freeze. All during the almost 18 years that I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO, the agency was almost always under Gingrich-caused hiring freezes and/or promotion freezes. My Democrat GAO superiors punished me severely because of that. They forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS. 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 purposes. They forced me to retire when I was 49 years old. They flushed down their toilets my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license. What does Gingrich have to say about that? If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/extension-of-hiring-freeze/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS & CNN
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-tax-exempt-crew-environmental-groups-harvard-5e1e0ffacfa040ccdeaf4e43fb72b5fe
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/18/politics/powell-trump-federal-reserve-tariffs/index.html
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Kilmar Abrego Garcia to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://apnews.com/article/abrego-garcia-trump-maryland-el-salvador-2090f0dd508bbc3d2f60845842af27b4
— Harvard exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-harvard-tax-exempt-status-international-students-07a10958bf078cb04b59d1fc9a3a27a8
MSNBC
— Democrat and RINO leaders exist to destroy Trump.
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-s-authoritarian-push-stumbles-as-resistance-diversifies-and-grows-237812805755
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq3635knGj4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWukpq9Y-gE
CBS NEWS
— Trump is drastically shrinking the size and mission of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. It is a lot easier to gut a federal agency than to reform it. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-administration-cutting-nearly-90-percent-consumer-financial-protection-bureau/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Communist China.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/world/asia/china-xi-trump-cambodia.html
— Harvard exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/us/politics/harvard-trump.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/us/harvard-donors-trump.html
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/opinion/trump-harvard-law-firms.html
— With Harvard Threat, Trump Tries to Bend the I.R.S. to His Will. Since the post-Nixon era, the Internal Revenue Service has had a degree of independence from the White House. President Trump is seeking to change that.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/us/politics/trump-irs.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/18/trump-tax-exempt-crew-environmental-groups-harvard/514a345e-1c0a-11f0-9160-306c35f9b3a8_story.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Harvard enrolls about 10,000 international students. IIT enrolled me in 1992, DePaul in 1976, Loyola in 1972, NIU in 1969, and UIC in 1966. But they would have enrolled international students instead of me if they could have.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/harvard-trump-dhs-international-students-enrollment-e4bc3ea6
— Trump Demands Harvard’s Foreign Funding Records
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/trump-demands-harvards-foreign-funding-records-acc11947
POLITICO
— Trump’s tighter grip on agencies turns to financial regulators. I worked for GAO on audits of federal financial industry regulators for 8 years at the GS-13 Step 3-10 Levels, currently $125,661-$153,151/year.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/morning-money/2025/04/18/trumps-tighter-grip-on-agencies-turns-to-financial-regulators-00298285
LINKEDIN
— My critics/opponents a) attribute their successes to meritocracy and b) attribute my successes to my benefitting from discrimination against those who share their demographics. My critics/opponents are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. My critics/opponents promote a) dependency on government and charity, b) LGBTQ, c) abortion, d) mass/illegal immigration, e) booze, gambling, pot, prostitution, 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. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/meritocracy-myth-hiring-already-fair-take-challenge-jenn-tardy-vgdze
INSIDE HIGHER ID
— Public education in America exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/government/politics-elections/2025/04/18/what-know-about-trumps-funding-threats-colleges
ECONOMIC TIMES
— Trump cannot say ‘you are fired’ to Fed chair Jerome Powell amid economic tensions. For federal employees, the more of the following that they are, the fewer protections that they have: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/global-trends/trump-cannot-say-you-are-fired-to-fed-chair-jerome-powell-amid-economic-tensions-heres-why/articleshow/120402427.cms
April 16, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Biden says Trump has ‘taken a hatchet’ to Social Security in first post-presidency speech in Chicago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EoPN3Vbzd4
— Trump’s threat to withhold Chicago’s federal funding amounts to ‘terrorism,’ Mayor Johnson says
https://abc7chicago.com/post/donald-trumps-threat-withhold-federal-funding-sanctuary-city-policy-is-terrorism-chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-says/16180417/
— CTA employee overtime costs under scrutiny
https://abc7chicago.com/post/cta-news-chicago-transit-authority-employee-overtime-costs-scrutiny/16181295/
NBC5
— Johnson invites Trump to City Hall but says he won’t ‘negotiate with terrorists.’ Trump has threatened to withhold federal funding from sanctuary cities like Chicago.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-mayor-johnson-invites-trump-to-city-hall-wont-negotiate-with-terrorists/3723093/
— Democrat leaders use DuPage Children’s Museum to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/top-videos-home/how-cuts-from-doge-are-impacting-dupage-childrens-museum/3723436/
CBS2
— Mayor Brandon Johnson responds to Trump’s threats to withhold federal funding: “That is how terrorists behave”
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/mayor-brandon-johnson-president-trump-threats-federal-funding-terrorism/
WGN9
— Mayor deems Trump threat to withhold federal dollars as ‘terrorism’
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/mayor-brandon-johnson-city-hall-press/
— Trump administration cancels funding for study of behavioral diversity in animals at Brookfield Zoo. Democrats promote non-binary non-monogamous animals.
https://wgntv.com/western-suburbs/trump-cancels-funding-brookfield-zoo-study/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Mayor Johnson brands as ‘terrorism’ President Trump’s threat to withhold federal funding to Chicago
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2025/04/15/mayor-brandon-johnson-president-donald-trump-chicago-sanctuary-city-federal-funding
— Declaring ‘nobody’s king,’ former President Biden unleashes on Trump, Musk over Social Security cuts
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/04/15/joe-biden-social-security-speech-chicago-donald-trump-elon-musk
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Yeison Rodrigo Jaimes-Rincon to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/04/16/chicago-man-deported-el-salvador-prison-video-trump-tren-de-aragua-immigration-noem
— City Hall hired film crew to document immigration arrests
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2025/04/15/immigration-ice-donald-trump-mass-deportations-film-crews-dr-phil-brandon-johnson
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Former President Joe Biden, in Chicago, says threat of Social Security cuts by GOP creating psychological fear
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/15/former-president-joe-biden-in-chicago-says-threat-of-social-security-cuts-by-gop-creating-psychological-fear/
— Ex-GOP nominee for AG Thomas DeVore should be suspended for improper client relationship
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/15/thomas-devore-suspend-ardc/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/15/jane-buds-pot-dispensary-poised-to-move-into-elgins-former-boston-market/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/15/morton-grove-ban-thc-products-kratom/
— Stellantis chairman sounds alarm on Trump tariffs. Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters punish Tesla owners to punish Trump. Will Trump-supporters punish Dodge Charger owners to punish Stellantis? I just bought a red 2025 Charger Daytona R/T Plus.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/15/stellantis-chairman-sounds-alarm-on-trump-tariffs-emissions-regulations/
— Where are the parents of teens participating in takeovers?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/16/column-chicago-teen-takeovers-parents-washington/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Kilmar Abrego Garcia to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/16/editorial-wrongful-deportation-donald-trump-john-roberts/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ in Bolingbrook.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/15/bolingbrook-school-lgbtq-title-xi-complaint/
DAILY HERALD
— Tax day arrives with the implications of a Trump-era IRS still taking shape
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250415/business/tax-day-arrives-with-the-implications-of-a-trump-era-irs-still-taking-shape/
— Biden alleges Trump has ‘taken a hatchet’ to Social Security in his first post-presidency speech
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250415/nation-and-world-politics/joe-biden-will-speak-about-social-security-in-his-return-to-the-national-stage/
WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use visa terminations to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.wbez.org/education/2025/04/16/visa-terminations-causing-panic-for-illinois-students-and-educators
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— GOP’s soul on ice after Supreme Court rejects map challenge
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-gops-soul-on-ice-after-supreme-court-rejects-map-challenge/article_e035c865-cfb2-4d48-8bcd-61030c995cce.html
NORTHWEST HERALD
— McHenry County loses $600K federal health grant in Trump administration cuts
https://www.shawlocal.com/northwest-herald/2025/04/15/mchenry-county-loses-600k-federal-health-grant-in-trump-administration-cuts/
BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Democrat leaders use sewage to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.bnd.com/news/local/article304274416.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, DOGE would not be needed.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-04-14/veteran-diplomats-react-to-the-trump-administration-gutting-the-lead-u-s-aid-agency
— NPR and PBS ever-increasingly promote the Democrat Party platform.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-04-15/trump-plans-order-to-cut-funding-for-npr-and-pbs
— U.S. Army libraries target books with a focus on DEI or ‘gender ideology’ for removal
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-04-15/u-s-army-libraries-target-books-with-a-focus-on-dei-or-gender-ideology-for-removal
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/business/press-releases/globenewswire/9423113/nyc-based-cannabis-brand-silly-nice-beats-chinese-tariffs-with-american-made-packaging/
— Trump says he wants to give money and airplane tickets to immigrants who ‘self-deport’
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trump-says-he-wants-to-give-money-and-airplane-tickets-to-immigrants-who-self-deport/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD & WCIA
— IRS agent Gary Shapley who investigated Hunter Biden expected to be named IRS acting chief
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/business/ap-irs-agent-who-investigated-hunter-biden-expected-to-be-named-irs-acting-chief/
https://www.wcia.com/news/business/ap-business/ap-irs-agent-who-investigated-hunter-biden-expected-to-be-named-irs-acting-chief/
HINSDALE PATCH
— Conservative Group Gave To Hinsdale D86 Hopefuls
https://patch.com/illinois/hinsdale/conservative-group-gave-hinsdale-d86-hopefuls
JOLIET PATCH
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://patch.com/illinois/joliet/marijuana-dispensary-jefferson-street-city-council-votes-7-2
https://patch.com/illinois/joliet/marijuana-store-will-make-people-hungry-benefit-joliets-restaurants
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Cook County’s guaranteed income program is just an election campaign gimmick
https://wirepoints.org/cook-countys-guaranteed-income-program-is-just-an-election-campaign-gimmick-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— In rare public address, Biden suggests Trump will cut Social Security. Former president’s claims come despite repeated denials by current administration.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_8aaf579b-fb18-4552-bd21-787f96629b4e.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_7b2642a0-f71a-4e8e-aed4-6f75d9965f92.html
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Casten Conducts “I Want To Be U.S. Senator” Tour
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/15/casten-conducts-i-want-to-be-u-s-senator-tour/
— DeVore Law License Recommended to Be Suspended for Sixty Days
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/15/devore-law-license-recommended-to-be-suspended-for-sixty-days/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What harmed your career the most? For me, first, it was my Firestone Store manager’s disapproval of my demographics. Firestone Store’s District Office hired me and assigned me to his store in 1970. He never would have hired me. He vehemently disapproved of my avoiding the Vietnam War draft. Then it was Oldsmobile’s withdrawing its job offer because it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint in 1971. That ended my career in automotive industry. My Firestone Store manager rudely fired me because I accepted that offer. I accepted IRS’s job offer in 1971 because I had to have a job. Then it was my Democrat IRS superiors’ success in getting rid of the manager who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. Then it was my Democrat GAO superiors’ success in getting rid of the manager who had arranged for my transfer from IRS in 1980. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors got rid of the aforesaid managers because they had advanced me instead of advancing my Democrat coworkers who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. But then, more significantly, it was my opposing my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors’ race and gender based preference giving, their political affiliation discrimination, their reverse discrimination, their age discrimination, their religious discrimination, and their national origin discrimination. But then, even more significantly, it was my becoming an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation in 1988. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What helped your career the most? For me, it was my a) earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, b) my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) my earning a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, d) my passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, e) my becoming a licensed CPA in 1981, f) my earning more professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and g) my earning a master’s degree in finance in 1997. If I had not done the aforesaid, a) IRS would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 and b) GAO would not have hired me in 1980, promoted me in 1986, or let me work as long as it did. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump says Harvard should lose tax-exempt status over activism
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/apr/15/trump-says-harvard-lose-tax-exempt-status-activism/
— Of course Trump can deport green card holders who endorse terrorism
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/apr/15/course-trump-deport-green-card-holders-endorse-terrorism/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— NPR and PBS don’t deserve taxpayer funding
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3380938/npr-pbs-dont-deserve-taxpayer-funding/
— IRS shake-up causes ‘absolute chaos’ amid agency’s busiest time of year
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/3380322/irs-shakeup-causes-absolute-chaos-amid-busiest-time-year/
— United Airlines wants you on planes maintained by China
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/courage-strength-optimism/3380109/united-airlines-wants-you-on-planes-maintained-by-china/
NEW YORK POST
— NYC inks new $250K contract to relocate homeless, migrants out of the Big Apple
https://nypost.com/2025/04/14/us-news/nyc-inks-new-250k-contract-to-relocate-homeless-migrants-out-of-the-big-apple/
— Harvard is jeopardizing $9B in federal funding to lead the radical left’s anti-Trump agenda – so much for the best and brightest
https://nypost.com/2025/04/15/opinion/michael-goodwin-harvards-9b-battle-with-trump-is-the-dems-newest-form-of-resistance/
BREITBART
— Nearly One-Quarter of Democrats Don’t Believe Illegal Immigrants Are Breaking the Law. Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/04/15/poll-nearly-one-quarter-of-democrats-dont-believe-illegal-immigrants-are-breaking-law/
CENTER SQUARE
— A coalition of state attorneys general sent a letter to a top business leaders group Tuesday warning its members that if they continue their DEI practices, they are “often illegal.” To promote DEI is to promote discrimination.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_793f59bb-21aa-4236-a2c3-b42c8713eb38.html
EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Announces Free Flights, Possible Stipends for Self-Deportees
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-announces-free-flights-possible-stipends-for-self-deportees-5842503
FEDERALIST
— After Trump Executive Orders, Smithsonian Page Pushing Racist Propaganda Disappears
https://thefederalist.com/2025/04/15/after-trump-executive-orders-smithsonian-page-pushing-racist-propaganda-disappears/
FOX BUSINESS
— More than 1,000 illegal alien workers arrested since Trump’s inauguration. ‘Businesses that exploit and hire illegal workers are harming the American public,’ said HSI acting Director Robert Hammer. If they could have, all my employers would have hired illegals instead of me.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/fox-news-immigration/more-than-1000-illegal-alien-workers-arrested-since-trumps-inauguration-ice
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/trumps-tariffs-putting-consumers-businesses-bind-consumer-technology-association-warns
TOWNHALL
— Look at Gary Shapley Who Could Be Temporarily Helming the IRS Soon
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/04/15/look-at-who-could-be-temporarily-helming-the-irs-soon-n2655603
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Trump Cuts Off Illegals from All Social Security Act Benefits
https://www.westernjournal.com/breaking-trump-cuts-off-illegals-social-security-act-benefits-return-paused-fraud-punishment-possible/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with international students against America.
https://apnews.com/article/f1-visa-international-college-student-trump-9d4d900d328a0c205503c1178e70f1d5
CNN
— About 25% of IRS workers planning to take buyout offer
https://www.wthitv.com/news/about-25-of-irs-workers-planning-to-take-buyout-offer/article_272c592b-4d3f-5820-ab96-7406266ef665.html
— Democrat colleges ever-increasingly fight Trump.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/16/politics/harvard-trump-columbia-elite-universities-funding/index.html
— Communist China runs Hong Kong.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/15/business/hong-kong-suspends-postal-service-to-us-intl-hnk/index.html
— Trump to name Hunter Biden whistleblower Gary Shapley as acting IRS commissioner
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/15/politics/acting-irs-commissioner-hunter-biden-whistleblower-gary-shapley/index.html
CBS NEWS
— IRS could cut up to 40% of workforce
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/internal-revenue-service-rif-plan-cut-workforce-memo/
— Biden ever-increasingly promotes more hatred against Trump.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-first-public-remarks-since-leaving-office-social-security/
NEWSWEEK
— Democrat colleges ever-increasingly fight Trump.
https://www.newsweek.com/multiple-colleges-harvard-fight-trump-admin-2059807
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat colleges ever-increasingly fight Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/opinion/trump-higher-education.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/us/why-harvard-resisted-trumps-demands.html
https://www.nytimes.com/article/trump-university-college.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/opinion/harvard-trump-administration-statement.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Communist China against America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/opinion/trump-tariffs-china-ecommerce.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/business/china-rare-earths-exports.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/us/politics/trump-trade-war-china-dilemma.html (FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD)
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/business/economy/trump-tariffs-global-economy.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/opinion/trump-tariffs-economy-carville.html
— Used Tesla Market Heats Up as Owners Sell to Protest Musk. Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters punish Tesla owners to punish Trump. Will Trump-supporters punish Dodge Charger owners to punish Stellantis?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/business/used-tesla-elon-musk-trump.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump ally in Hunter Biden tax probe to be named interim IRS leader. Gary Shapley, previously a mid-level career agent, was named a senior adviser to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in March.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/04/15/trump-shapley-irs-commissioner/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Kilmar Abrego García to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/04/15/kilmar-abrego-garcias-deportation-case-trump-administration/
— Democrat colleges ever-increasingly fight Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/04/15/harvard-trump-grants-david-ignatius/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/04/15/harvard-federal-funding-trump-administration/
— Democrat law firms ever-increasingly fight Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/15/trump-susman-godfrey-judge-punishments/
— DOGE seeks to expand its influence. If I had sought to be on Musk’s DOGE team in Illinois, I would have stressed that a) I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year, b) I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year, c) I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, d) I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting, and e) I became a licensed CPA when I was 32 years old.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/04/15/doge-musk-nonprofit-vera-institute/
USA TODAY
— Big exodus of IRS employees underway as tax season hits full swing
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/04/15/irs-workforce-exodus-tax-season/83105269007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Picks Investigator Behind Hunter Biden Tax Case as IRS Acting Leader. As an agency investigator, Gary Shapley accused the Justice Department of slow walking the probe into the younger Biden.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-picks-irs-critic-as-agencys-acting-leader-de814d3a
— Democrat colleges ever-increasingly fight Trump.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/donald-trump-harvard-funding-conditions-constitution-congress-c26040f8
— FRONT PAGE: Have Fun on Spring Break, Kids. I’ll Be Right Next Door. Parents are tagging along with their high-school seniors to share the experience, monitor their drinking and make sure they wear sunscreen. I went on spring breaks to Daytona Beach in 1969 and 1970. My critics/opponents have used that against me ever since. They stress that while I did that, my peers were dying in Vietnam.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/travel/spring-break-high-school-parents-vacation-mexico-834da400?mod=Searchresults_pos1&page=1
BLOOMBERG LAW
— Trump to Name Whistleblower Gary Shapley as Acting IRS Head
https://news.bloombergtax.com/daily-tax-report/trump-set-to-name-whistleblower-gary-shapley-as-acting-irs-head
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Communist China against America.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-16/china-open-to-talks-if-trump-shows-respect-names-point-person
FAST COMPANY
— Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91317456/despite-dei-backlash-only-19-of-companies-are-cutting-diversity-funding
U.S. CONGRESS
— Gary A. Shapley Jr. Biography
https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/116254/witnesses/HHRG-118-GO00-Bio-ShapleyG-20230719.pdf
(FROM THE BIOGRAPHY: Gary began his current employment with IRS – Criminal Investigation in July 2009 immediately completing six months of intensive training at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Glynco, GA. After training, Gary was assigned to the Baltimore POD and was the case agent on two Federal criminal trials; one in Baltimore and one in Washington D.C. Gary quickly took on collateral duties becoming a Use of Force instructor and firearms instructor for the Washington D.C. field office. Gary then was detailed to DOJ Tax division from 2013 to 2018 investigating foreign financial institutions.)
GAO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more race and gender based preference giving.
https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-25-106766
RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Election Integrity: 64% Favor SAVE Act
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration_second_term/election_integrity_64_favor_save_act
GUARDIAN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Communist China against America.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/16/chinese-state-media-tells-trump-to-stop-whining-as-trade-war-spirals