August 14, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/federal-judge-blocks-dhs-using-medicaid-recipient-information-deportations-including-illinois/17529636/
— Democrat leaders promote Newsom.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/newsom-says-california-draw-congressional-maps-end-trump-presidency/17524737/

NBC5
— Dangerous teen ‘street takeover’ trend reported in numerous Chicago suburbs. The “street takeovers” involve 30 to 40 teenagers on “motorized devices,” including e-bikes, e-scooters and dirt bikes.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/dangerous-teen-street-takeover-trend-reported-in-numerous-chicago-suburbs/3809086/
— My ZIP code 60189 in south Wheaton makes list of ‘hottest’ ZIP codes in US for real estate
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-suburb-makes-list-of-hottest-zip-codes-in-us-for-real-estate/3809030/
— Melania Trump demands Hunter Biden retract ‘extremely salacious’ Epstein comments. The statements are false, defamatory and “extremely salacious,” Melania Trump’s lawyer, Alejandro Brito, wrote in a letter to Biden.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/melania-trump-demands-hunter-biden-retract-epstein-comments/3809396/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight to keep their gerrymandering advantage.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/video/news/local/illinois-dems-against-blast-trump-redistricting-plan-at-state-fair/3809184/

WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/08/13/texas-democrats-join-planned-parenthood-leaders-highlight-illinois-role-providing
— Democrats exist to promote hatred against Trump.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/08/13/illinois-democrats-say-state-should-be-blueprint-national-fight-against-donald-trump

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrats exist to promote more dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/13/illinois-democrats-trump-resistance-state-fair/

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more gerrymandering and abortion.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250813/illinois-state-politics/we-signed-up-for-this-texas-democrats-in-illinois-vow-to-continue-fight-against-gop-redistricting/
— Cool Party Balloons CEO Melissa Martinez appointed to DuPage County Board seat
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250813/news/cool-party-balloons-ceo-appointed-to-dupage-county-board-seat/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Don Tracy jumped into the U.S. Senate race on the Republican side
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/state/2025/08/13/springfield-attorney-don-tracy-is-running-for-u-s-senate/85640118007/
— Democrats exist to promote more dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/13/pritzker-dems-try-to-preserve-democracy-during-governors-day/85615328007/

SOUTHERN
— Newsom says California to draw congressional maps to ‘END TRUMP PRESIDENCY’
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/08/13/newsom-says-californias-new-congressional-maps-will-take-down-trump/

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH & JOURNAL GAZETTE TIMES COURIER
— Democrats promote Democrats.
https://pantagraph.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/article_89a66f33-f21a-466a-bd6c-534ab3332a53.html
https://jg-tc.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/article_2b4c0587-47b2-51f8-a7af-3ac715497d27.html

WQAD
— Homeless shelters in the Quad Cities running out of room
https://www.wqad.com/article/news/local/homeless-shelters-quad-cities-capacity-issues/526-08f5aa5c-d030-43bf-b3f8-bcfcba20aed6

WGLT & NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrats exist to promote more dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.wglt.org/illinois/2025-08-13/jeffries-says-working-class-focus-is-key-to-democrats-retaking-u-s-house
https://www.nprillinois.org/government-politics/2025-08-13/jeffries-says-working-class-focus-is-key-to-democrats-retaking-u-s-house

NPR ILLINOIS
— Percentage of Americans who say they drink alcohol hits record low. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. The more pot that you use, the boozed that you drink.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-08-13/percentage-of-americans-who-say-they-drink-alcohol-hits-record-low-gallup-says

ILLINOIS TIMES
— Democrats run naturalization. Democrats ever-increasingly shout at immigrants that Republicans cause all the problems that immigrants have and that America has.
https://www.illinoistimes.com/news-opinion/naturalization-ceremony-at-the-state-fair-20581154

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Democrats promote Democrats.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/illinois-dems-say-state-should-be-blueprint-in-national-fight-against-trump/
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/jeffries-says-working-class-focus-is-key-to-democrats-retaking-u-s-house/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Illinois Democrat leaders go further and further and further to the left while America moves further and further and further to the right.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/08/14/pritzker-rallies-dems-no-more-funk-00508955

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/14/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-568/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/13/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-361/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— $734M budget shortfall? Well, 1-in-3 Chicago Public Schools desks is empty
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/734m-budget-shortfall-well-1-in-3-chicago-public-schools-desks-is-empty/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Booze consumption falls to all-time low 54% of adults in Gallup polling
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/13/booze-consumption-falls-time-low-54-adults-gallup-polling/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Rescheduling marijuana would be dangerously premature
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/community-family/3498895/marijuana-reschedule-would-be-dangerously-premature/

NEW YORK POST
— Illinois parents, policy experts concerned over new school mental health screening law
https://nypost.com/2025/08/13/lifestyle/illinois-parents-policy-experts-concern-over-new-school-mental-health-screening-law/
— UCLA spent millions of taxpayer dollars on DEI, has professors who compared Israel to Nazis
https://nypost.com/2025/08/13/us-news/ucla-spent-millions-of-taxpayer-dollars-on-dei-has-professors-who-compared-israel-to-nazis-watchdog/

AMERICAN THINKER
— The Democrats and Their ‘Affordability Crisis’ Scam. What helped you afford things? For me, it was the money that I earned doing yard work, delivering newspapers, washing dishes, cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, pumping gasoline, delivering mail, working on an automotive assembly line, selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances, pumping more gasoline, collecting delinquent taxes, and auditing federal agencies.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/08/the_democrats_and_their_affordability_crisis_scam.html

BREITBART
— Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are solders in their Democrat Army.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/08/13/maxine-waters-says-trump-leading-us-into-civil-war-for-cracking-down-on-illegal-immigration/

COLLEGE FIX
— New Iowa policy prohibits professors from indoctrinating students. Because I attended Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools and Crete-Monee High School, my teachers did not try to make me a good little Democrat. Because I majored in business, accounting, and finance, fewer of my professors tried to make me a good little Democrat.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/new-iowa-policy-prohibits-professors-from-indoctrinating-students/

DAILY SIGNAL
— DC Is No Longer a Sanctuary City
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/08/13/dc-police-federal-control-tom-homan-says-dc-longer-sanctuary-city/
— Illegal Aliens Staying Away From Border Amid Trump Admin’s 3-Month Zero-Release Record
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/08/13/illegal-aliens-staying-away-border-amid-trump-admins-3-month-zero-release-record/
— Trump’s Counterrevolution Is Succeeding Beyond Expectations
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/08/13/the-left-is-gearing-up-against-trumps-counterrevolution/

FEDERATION FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Biden Administration Migrant Crisis Reshaped the Illegal Alien Population
https://www.fairus.org/news/misc/fair-2025-study-update-shows-state-populations
— Trump Administration Moves to Conduct New Census
https://www.fairus.org/news/executive/trump-administration-new-census-american-citizens

FOX NEWS
— Mamdani says he’s interested in keeping New York City’s status as a ‘sanctuary city’
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6376897400112
— Illinois Democrats ever-increasingly lower standards to advance those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/illinois-changes-benchmarks-proved-proficiency-math-english-standardized-tests

CONGRESSMAN GLENN GROTHMAN
— Congressman Glenn Grothman (WI-06) issued a statement in response to Rep. Delia Ramirez’s recent comments in Mexico City, where she described herself as “a proud Guatemalan before an American.”
https://grothman.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=4830

HOT AIR
— Politico Hacks Insist Gerrymandering Is Different When Democrats Do It
https://hotair.com/headlines/2025/08/13/politico-hacks-insist-gerrymandering-is-different-when-democrats-do-it-n3805769

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Dem Rep Ramirez Who Called Herself ‘Guatemalan First’ Slams ICE as ‘Terrorist Organization’  “Well Tom Homan, let me tell you. … We will continue to call out the terrorist organization that is ICE.”
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/08/dem-rep-who-called-herself-guatemalan-first-slams-ice-as-terrorist-organization/

MRC TV
— Illegal Aliens ‘Crawling Out of the Woodwork in D.C.’
https://mrctv.org/blog/craig-bannister/ice-illegal-aliens-crawling-out-woodwork-dc

PJ MEDIA
— Migrant Employment Drops, U.S.-Born Employment Rises
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/08/13/migrant-employment-drops-us-born-employment-rises-n4942662

PATRIOT INSIDER
— Supreme Court Asked to Overturn Major 2015 Ruling Legalize Same-Sex Marriage
https://pjnewsletter.com/supreme-court-kentucky/

RED STATE
— Is Trump Coming for Chicago? Dem Alderman Says Mayor and Gov. Pritzker Hate President More Than Criminals.
https://redstate.com/beckynoble/2025/08/13/is-chicago-next-dem-alderman-says-no-because-johnson-and-pritzker-hate-trump-more-than-criminals-n2192764

TOWNHALL
— PBS Has Found a Way to Legalize Illegals
https://townhall.com/columnists/bradslager/2025/08/13/wapo-is-now-begging-for-the-rampant-immigrants-stories-and-pbs-has-found-a-way-to-legalize-illegals-n2661798
— You Knew Some Whack Job Dem Was Going to Go There Regarding the Ongoing ICE Raids
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/08/13/dem-rep-ice-is-a-terrorist-organization-n2661749
(FROM THE ARTICLE: At Netroots Nation, Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-IL) proudly called ICE a terrorist organization. Why? Is it because they’re enforcing immigration laws that have been on the books for generations, or is it over the fact that these federal agents are removing the political lifeblood of Democrats? It might be a little bit, but Ramirez is one of many Democrats who are willing to tolerate and enable rape, murder, assault, robbery, and other violent crimes over some pseudointellectual drivel about policing, prisons, and racism.)

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— A $200 million endowment focused on Black Americans is taking shape. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have.
https://www.whec.com/ap-top-news/a-200-million-endowment-focused-on-black-americans-is-taking-shape/

NEW YORK TIMES
— The Democrat Party exists to destroy Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000010330631/is-trump-a-test-or-triumph-for-democracy.html
— According to Democrat and RINO leaders, Asian students are better than American students. Why do Asian students do better than American students?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/business/us-international-students-trump.html
— How College Financial Troubles Could Reshape the Student Experience. I had to work my way through college. I was able to graduate debt-free from NIU when I was 21 in 1970 owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE a) because I worked part-time for the Park Forest Post Office while classes were in session at UIC 1966-1968, my first semester at NIU in 1969, and full-time during the summers of 1967, 1968, and 1969 and b) because my parents provided me with room and board in their Crete home 1966-1968, weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and the summer of 1969.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/us/college-financial-troubles-student-experience.html

WASHINGTON POST
— The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/08/12/trump-washington-murder-crime-national-guard/

USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders promote same-sex marriage to promote LGBTQ.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/12/trump-same-sex-marriage/85614479007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly oppose everything that Trump wants.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/08/14/trump-troops-dc-republican-support/85630939007/
— Democrat and RINO leaders have always used Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI to get rid of Republicans. I have always opposed AA and DEI, that is, I have always opposed race and gender based preference giving. According to my critics/opponents, I was never a victim of political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, or national origin discrimination. According to my critics/opponents, I brought all my problems on myself.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columns/2025/08/14/president-trump-maxes-out-his-victim-card-elaine-harris-spearman/85574900007/

COURIER JOURNAL
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to destroy Republicans.
https://www.courier-journal.com/story/opinion/contributors/2025/08/14/diversity-dei-anti-racist-initiatives-white-supremacy/85624761007/

ORLANDO NEWS 6
— Florida has issued nearly 9K recruitment bonuses to law enforcement
https://www.clickorlando.com/news/politics/2025/08/13/florida-gov-ron-desantis-speaks-at-hillsborough-county-sheriffs-office/

NEWS ONE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly focus on making Blacks hate Republicans.
https://newsone.com/6379410/naacp-town-halls-aim-to-mobilize-black-voters-for-midterms/

NEWSBREAK
— Republicans Call for Deportation of Illinois Democrat. I am 100% German American. I am proud to say that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI, that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the German in WWII, and that my father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.
https://www.newsbreak.com/the-kansas-city-star-1592484/4172530226629-republicans-call-for-deportation-of-illinois-democrat
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-IL) has sparked nationwide GOP backlash after she claimed she identifies as a “proud Guatemalan” before identifying as an American. The remarks, made while speaking at a Mexico City conference, have led to online calls for her deportation. Her statement led to accusations of disloyalty and the trending hashtag #DeportDelia. Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) wrote, “Denaturalize, deport, and kick her off Homeland Committee. We know where her allegiances lie.” Ramirez said, “Let’s call it what it is: today’s attacks are a weak attempt to silence my dissent and invalidate my patriotic criticism of the nativist, white supremacist, authoritarians in government. It is the definition of hypocrisy that members of Congress —who betray their oath each day they enable Trump— are attacking me for celebrating my Guatemalan-American roots.” Ramirez said, “No one questions when my white colleagues identify as Irish-American, Italian-American, or Ukrainian-American to honor their ancestry. I’ve consistently expressed pride in my heritage and history – a pride also often reflected in the origin stories of my colleagues.” Ramirez added, “Only those who believe America should not include the children of immigrants or be diverse would attack me – and Americans like me – for honoring my roots.” Ramirez has strongly opposed President Donald Trump’s policies, including his $170 million Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) funding bill. Elected in 2022, Ramirez has presented her identity as a symbol of U.S. diversity. Ramirez’s husband is a DACA recipient, and she remained a strong advocate for legal status for Dreamers. Ramirez stated, “Anyone who denies our claim on this country simply because we dare to honor our diverse heritage and immigrant roots only exposes how fragile and small-minded their own idea of America really is.”)

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: This Family Couldn’t Be Prouder Of the Adult Living in the Basement. Because my father died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21, I applied for a financial hardship draft deferment to help support my mother and brother. After I graduated from NIU in 1970 debt free and owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE, I lived with them and helped support them in Crete until 1972 when I bought a new town home in University Park. During that time, I worked a) full-time for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights 1970-1971 and part-time 1971-1972 and b) full-time for IRS in Chicago in 1971 and in Harvey in 1972. My financial hardship deferment was approved in early 1971. But soon, I was no longer subject to the draft because my draft number was more than 100. Later in 1971, I bought a new 1972 Corvette because my Charger was stolen. During 1972, I paid for tuition and books for four graduate evening business courses at Loyola.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/brett-berard-new-york-rangers-e1923d7b

FORBES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ykCCBCeJj4

GOVERNING
— My Democrat superiors in the federal government focused on hiring, retaining, and promoting Democrats who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. By the time my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, most, if not virtually all of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were most, if not virtually all of the aforesaid.
https://www.governing.com/urban/lapds-black-recruitment-declines-as-diversity-programs-get-dismantled

TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION
— For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/challenge-building-diverse-faculty-world-has-turned-diversity

POLITICO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight to keep their gerrymandering advantage.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/14/gop-redistricting-00508626

DAILY KOS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote crime.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/8/13/2338288/-Trump-s-border-czar-is-super-stoked-to-bring-gestapo-tactics-to-DC

AXIOS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight to keep their gerrymandering advantage.
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/14/georgia-swing-voters-focus-group


August 12, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Pritzker again makes Nazi comparisons after President Trump threatens DC-like takeover in Chicago. Because Trump is German American, anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that Trump is a Nazi.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/11/gov-jb-pritzker-again-makes-nazi-comparisons-after-president-trump-threatens-dc-like-takeover-in-chicago/

DAILY HERALD
— Ever-increasingly, the mainstream news media serves as a mouthpiece for Democrat leaders.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250811/media/illinois-newsrooms-receive-4-million-from-state-through-tax-credits/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Pot pushers ever-increasingly push Trump to push pot
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/cannabis/trump-lifts-hopes-chicago-cannabis-companies

NBC5
— Trump calls up National Guard to combat crime in DC, says Chicago could be next
https://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/president-trump-calls-up-national-guard-to-combat-crime-in-dc-says-chicago-could-be-next/3808191/

CBS2
— The more that you do to fight crime, the more that Democrat leaders demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/pritzker-president-trump-has-no-legal-ability-to-send-troops-into-chicago/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VU0H9TGv_6E
— Chicago to install 50 flood sensors providing real-time alerts of flash flooding
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/verizon-50-flood-sensors-real-time-flash-flooding-alerts/

WGN9
— Trump puts D.C. police under federal control, warns Chicago could be next
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjxQFYQpF70
— The more that you do to fight crime, the more that Democrat leaders demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNfOQqZD8G4

FOX32
— The more that you do to fight crime, the more that Democrat leaders demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1689617

WTTW
— Johnson, Pritzker Dismiss Trump’s Threat to Send National Guard to Chicago. The more that you do to fight crime, the more that Democrat leaders demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/08/11/johnson-pritzker-dismiss-trump-s-threat-send-national-guard-chicago

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Who is running on the Republican ticket for Illinois governor? Here are the candidates so far.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/state/2025/08/12/here-are-the-candidates-for-illinois-governor-in-2026-so-far/85609674007/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— The more that you do to fight crime, the more that Democrat leaders call you a racist.
https://pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/article_bd8bbe5e-ce83-5b5d-9303-3bd543f568b6.html

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD & WMBD & NPR ILLINOIS
— The more that you do to fight crime, the more that Democrat leaders demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/trump-criticizes-illinois-safe-t/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiZZKxJowY4
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-08-11/trump-is-taking-over-d-c-police-and-sending-in-the-national-guard-locals-are-furious

NPR ILLINOIS
— Were you an unhoused college student?” I was not. My parents provided me with room and board in their Crete home a) while I was a full-time UIC student 1966-1968, b) weekends while I was a full-time NIU student during my first semester in 1969, c) the summer of 1969, and d) while I worked part-time during the school years and full-time during the summers for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-08-11/trump-administration-proposal-could-harm-funds-for-unhoused-students

WCIA
— The more that you do to fight crime, the more that Democrat leaders call you a racist.
https://www.wcia.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-trumps-washington-police-takeover-echoes-history-of-racist-narratives-about-urban-crime/

AXIOS CHICAGO
— The more that you do to fight crime, the more that Democrat leaders demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you.
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2025/08/11/trump-cash-bail-chicago

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/12/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-566/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— Manipulated maps, hypocrisy and Illinois’ collapsing Congressional influence
https://wirepoints.org/manipulated-maps-hypocrisy-and-illinois-collapsing-congressional-influence-wirepoints/
— Pritzker is gunning for the presidency, sacrificing Illinoisans for the national spotlight
https://wirepoints.org/gov-pritzker-is-running-for-president-which-means-illinoisans-needs-are-sacrificed-for-the-national-spotlight-wirepoints-on-with-jeff-daly-of-wzus-decatur-radio/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Rushing for the exit: Illegal immigrant population down 1.6 million under Trump crackdown
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/12/illegal-immigrant-population-16-million-trump-crackdown/

CAMPUS REFORM
— New academic coalition calls for reparations, end to US global influence. Professors, educators, and activists have formed a coalition to dismantle what they call an “imperialist” world order headed by the United States.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/new-academic-coalition-calls-reparations-end-us-global-influence/28434

DAILY WIRE
— Trump Promises To Liberate D.C. From ‘Savagery, Filth, And Scum’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-promises-to-liberate-d-c-from-savagery-filth-and-scum

FEDERALIST
— Democrats Promise To Turn Illegal Aliens Into Voters
https://thefederalist.com/2025/08/11/democrats-promise-to-turn-illegal-aliens-into-voters/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Long Battle Ahead to Stamp Out DEI
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/the-long-battle-ahead-to-stamp-out-dei/

NEWSMAX
— Trump: Liberation Day for D.C.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/donald-trump-washington-d-c-crime/2025/08/11/id/1221999/
— Hold Members of Congress to Their Oath
https://www.newsmax.com/michaeldorstewitz/guatemala-omar-somalia/2025/08/11/id/1222008/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Rep. Delia Ramirez is the latest congresswoman to draw flak from remarks that call her allegiance to the United States into question, an allegiance to which they had both pledged when they were sworn in as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Speaking before a Mexico City summit over the last weekend, the Illinois Democrat announced, “I’m a proud Guatemalan before I’m an American.” Ramirez is a member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, and the Department of Homeland Security retweeted her statement along with a quote from Theodore Roosevelt: “There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism,” the 28th president said. “Americanism is a matter of the spirit and of the soul. Our allegiance must be purely to the United States. We must unsparingly condemn any man who holds any other allegiance.” That’s especially true for members of Congress. Their oath of office is as follows: “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.” As Roosevelt noted, there is no room for divided loyalties in this country — especially where one expresses a greater loyalty to a foreign country than to the United States. Although Ramirez was the latest politician to call her loyalty into question, she’s not the only one to do so.)

U.S. HOUSE ENERGY & COMMERCE COMMITTEE
— Chairman Guthrie Issues Statement Regarding CBO Coverage Update from the One Big Beautiful Bill
https://energycommerce.house.gov/posts/chairman-guthrie-issues-statement-regarding-cbo-coverage-update-from-the-one-big-beautiful-bill
(FROM THE POSTING: “The prolonged lie exacerbated by Democrats that 17 million individuals will lose health care coverage from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act has finally been dispelled by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). In the most recent coverage update released by CBO, CBO estimates 10 million individuals enrolled in federal health care programs will no longer be covered, with 5.3 million being able-bodied adults refusing to work, 3.7 million having access to other forms of coverage, and the remaining balance being removed from the rolls since coverage was limited to U.S. citizens and lawfully permanent residents. It’s easy to scare people with coverage loss estimates, but the facts are clear – the vast majority of these individuals are either choosing to lose coverage or aren’t actually eligible for Medicaid, and nearly all are eligible for other forms of coverage. “I think about Americans all across the country, who work hard every day but have to pay with their own taxpayer dollars for the health care of millions of able-bodied Americans who are choosing not to work. Republicans will continue to find commonsense solutions that ensure these programs are available for those who need them most, for generations to come. I thank President Trump for his steadfast leadership on this issue and for signing a piece of legislation that promotes the future of our health programs to serve their intended purpose.” BACKGROUND: The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) recently released the updated coverage numbers for H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). CBO estimated the total number of uninsured beneficiaries to be 10 million by 2034. The breakdown includes: 5.3 million able-bodied adults currently covered by Medicaid who are choosing not to work; 3.7 million individuals who will have access to another form of health insurance; and
1 million individuals who are not U.S. citizens or lawfully permanent residents.)

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Illegal Alien Criminals Exploited Loophole Meant for Abused Children to Sneak Into U.S.
https://www.westernjournal.com/illegal-alien-criminals-exploited-loophole-meant-abused-children-sneak-u-s/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— The more that you do to fight crime, the more that Democrat leaders demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5447320-chicago-mayor-trump-national-guard/
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans, and especially Republicans like me who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, an/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://thehill.com/homenews/5443275-with-anti-dei-and-esg-battles-trump-is-waging-war-against-freedom/

CNN
— The more that you do to fight crime, the more that Democrat leaders demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/12/politics/trump-washington-dc-police-national-guard-analysis
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/11/politics/police-washington-dc-trump-take-over
— Democrat leaders send in Democrats to taunt Republicans at Republican townhalls
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/11/politics/california-gop-congressman-doug-lamalfa-town-hall

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— The more that you do to fight crime, the more that Democrat leaders call you a racist.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-washington-dc-takeover-race-39388597bad7e70085079888fe7fb57b

MSNBC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6Jd7O_g65Y

NEWSWEEK
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that Trump causes all the problems that Blacks have. My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government hinted/implied/argued/shouted at my Black superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/donald-trump-s-approval-rating-collapses-with-black-voters/ar-AA1K8PHG

ABC NEWS
— Pot pushers ever-increasingly push Trump to push pot
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-administration-reclassifying-marijuana/story?id=124552149
— Supreme Court formally asked to overturn landmark same-sex marriage ruling. Kim Davis, a former clerk who refused gay couples, brought the appeal.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/supreme-court-formally-asked-overturn-landmark-same-sex/story?id=124465302

NBC NEWS
— The more that you do to fight crime, the more that Democrat leaders demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/legality-trumps-deployment-national-guard-l-argued-federal-court-rcna224432

NEW YORK TIMES
— The more that you do to fight crime, the more that Democrat leaders demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/us/politics/trump-mayor-washington-dc-crime.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/us/politics/undocumented-immigrants-aid-texas-floods.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump is sending National Guard troops to D.C. Here’s how home rule works. The president also placed city police under federal control.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/08/11/trump-dc-national-guard-deployment/
— Democrat leaders call Trump’s takeover of D.C. police department ‘unsettling and unprecedented’
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/11/trump-presidency-news/
— Trump nominates Bureau of Labor Statistics critic to replace fired agency head. My Democrat GAO superiors replaced me with my Black subordinate. He was the office’s leading advocate of Affirmative Action and DEI. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He was not a licensed CPA like I was.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/08/11/trump-bls-nomination-antoni/
— The more that you do to fight crime, the more that Democrat leaders demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/08/10/trump-crime-data-federal-takeover/
— The federal government should “intervene in business” to protect national security. Ever-increasingly, everything depends on chips.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/08/11/trump-nvidia-amd-chips-china/
— — Democrats cannot win unless they gerrymander.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/08/11/texas-gerrymandering-redistricting-reforms/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Democrats cannot win unless they gerrymander.
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-08-11/scotus-gerrymander-texas-redistricting

USA TODAY
— The more that you do to fight crime, the more that Democrat leaders demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/11/donald-trump-washington-dc-takeover-civil-rights-advocates/85617724007/
— Democrats cannot win unless they gerrymander.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/08/10/texas-redistricting-standoff-democrats-republicans-gerrymandering/85548057007/

BOSTON GLOBE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for everything that is bad including bad health.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/12/opinion/letters-to-the-editor-alzheimers-trump-funding/

OHIO CAPITAL JOURNAL
— Democrats cannot win unless they gerrymander.
https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/08/12/stop-the-steal-politicians-cheat-voters-and-destroy-democracy-with-shameless-gerrymandering/

NBC SAN DIEGO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ in the military
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXMcqq0Futo

THE WEEK
— Democrats cannot win unless they gerrymander.
https://theweek.com/politics/texas-gerrymander-battle-states

VANGUARD NWS GROUP
— Wealth Inequality. Why do you have less money? My Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://davisvanguard.org/2025/08/reduce-wealth-inequality-america/

LAW 360 & JD SUPRA
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans, and especially Republicans like me who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, an/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.law360.com/employment-authority/articles/2373417/what-to-know-following-doj-s-guidance-on-unlawful-dei
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/department-of-justice-issues-new-8831676/

MONDAQ
— Illinois Employers Get Ready—Busy Equal Pay Reporting Season Is Coming. My Democrat superiors in the federal government always paid their similarly qualified employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran more than they paid those like me who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. As I earned more qualifications, the gap got bigger. I earned an MBA when I was 27. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30. I earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA when I was 32. I earned four more job-related professional certifications when I was 41, 45, 47, and 48. I earned a master’s degree in finance when I was 48.
https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/employee-benefits-compensation/1664682/illinois-employers-get-readybusy-equal-pay-reporting-season-is-coming

POLITICO
— The more that you do to fight crime, the more that Democrat leaders demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/11/california-national-guard-trial-00504664

AXIOS
— Pot pushers ever-increasingly push Trump to push pot
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/11/trump-marijuana-reclassification-federal-dangerous-drugs
— The more that you do to fight crime, the more that Democrat leaders demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you.
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/11/trump-law-enforcement-new-york-oakland-baltimore-chicago

GUARDIAN
— The more that you do to fight crime, the more that Democrat leaders demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/11/trump-washington-dc-crime-los-angeles
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/11/trump-washington-dc-national-guard-police

August 9, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— ‘ICE Academy’ training materials for warrantless arrests challenged in Chicago court. I should write about the 6 months of training that IRS gave me in 1971 to be a GS-7 (currently $55,850/year) Revenue Officer. SEE: https://www.google.com/search?q=IRS+%22revenue+officer%22+training    Democrats run IRS and Democrats run GAO. GAO audits IRS. I transferred from IRS to GAO In 1980 after working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year. Democrats do not want Republicans to audit IRS. My Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in keeping me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/immigration-customs-enforcements-ice-academy-training-materials-warrantless-arrests-challenged-chicago-court/17476470/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: While in the Chicago area Friday, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem touted her department is in the midst of a hiring surge, with more than 80,000 applications received in the past week. To meet the demand, Noem said training at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Academy that once took up to a year to complete could be hastened to a matter of weeks, if the applicant has the relevant training and experience. The ABC7 I-Team had a rare look at some of the ICE Academy training materials for new agents that immigrant rights advocates say is concerning and their lawyers argue is illegal.)
— Trump offers $50M for Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro arrest. The Trump administration accused Maduro of being one of the world’s largest narco-traffickers.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-offers-50m-venezuela-president-nicols-maduro-arrest-accuses-being-worlds-largest-narco-traffickers/17474129/

RIVER BENDER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. Because Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot, it is fair to ask them if they use pot and if they say yes, how much, and if they say no, why not.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/loan-applications-for-all-cannabis-social-equity-licensees-set-to-open-august-11th-85158.cfm

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Who wants to be the next chairman of the Illinois Republican Party? Leading a political organization is a thankless job. I served as an officer of the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) 2003-2007 and as the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2005-2012. My critics/opponents ever-increasingly blamed ICRC and TAPROOT for losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct suffered. My critics/opponents had their operatives and their dupes not only end my aforesaid roles, they destroyed the aforesaid organizations. I should write about my critics/opponents. They demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being too conservative. 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/or Illinois. They have always been Democrat plants who have always done everything they could to destroy Republicans, and sooner or later, they will proudly proclaim that. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASINGTON TIMES
— Trump hunts for colleges still using race in student selection. UIC admitted me in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, and IIT in 1992. But because of my bad demographics, I doubt that they would admit me today.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/8/trump-orders-colleges-prove-ended-race-based-admissions/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Indiana goes all-in to help ICE arrest, detain, and deport illegal immigrants
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3495104/indiana-helps-ice-deport-illegal-immigrants-speedway-slammer/

AMERICAN THINKER
— The Great Gerrymandering War Of 2025
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/08/the_great_gerrymandering_war_of_2025.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Adam Schiff says quiet part out loud about Dems needing illegals to win. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/08/08/adam-schiff-says-quiet-part-out-loud-about-dems-needing-illegals-to-win-1574766/

BREITBART
— Catholic Bishops Compare ICE Deportations to Nazis and Slave Catchers. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success invading, infiltrating, infesting, and conquering religion.
https://www.breitbart.com/faith/2025/08/08/catholic-bishops-compare-ice-deportations-to-nazis-and-slave-catchers/
— Andrew Cuomo Calls on Socialist Zohran Mamdani to ‘Move Out’ of His Rent Stabilized Apartment. The only rent that I have ever paid was while I was a student at NIU 1969-1970.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/08/08/andrew-cuomo-calls-on-socialist-zohran-mamdani-to-move-out-of-his-rent-stabilized-apartment/

COLLEGE FIX
— Trump orders more oversight of federal grants after funds went to drag shows, DEI
https://www.thecollegefix.com/trump-orders-more-oversight-of-federal-grants-after-funds-went-to-drag-shows-dei/

CREATORS SYNDICATE
— There Are 50 Million Illegal Aliens in the USA. We Can and Must Deport Them All. Here Are the Top 10 Ways for President Trump To Make It Happen Efficiently and Quickly.
https://www.creators.com/read/wayne-allyn-root/08/25/there-are-50-million-illegal-aliens-in-the-usa-we-can-and-must-deport-them-all-here-are-the-top-10-ways-for-president-trump-to-make-it-happen-efficiently-and-quickly

DAILY CALLER
— Trump Moves To Keep Leftists From Pilfering Tax Dollars For Radical Agendas
https://dailycaller.com/2025/08/08/trump-move-liberals-left-pilfering-tax-dollars-radical-agendas/

DAILY SIGNAL
— DEI Will Implode. Here’s Why. I should write about my critics/opponents who have used DEI the most to destroy me. I would focus on a) my Democrat superiors in the federal government and b) past and present leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party; Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois; Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, pollsters, fundraisers, major donors, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers;  conservative leaders; and religious leaders. 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.dailysignal.com/2025/08/08/how-trump-broke-the-dei-machine/
— The DEI Scam is Falling Apart, and Trump Broke It.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Lh2dQrU1kA

FEDERALIST
— Education Dept. Demands Receipts From Universities That Do Affirmative Action Under The Table. Democrats and RINOs have always crowed about their giving preference to those who are Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://thefederalist.com/2025/08/08/education-dept-demands-receipts-from-universities-that-do-affirmative-action-under-the-table/
— Trump Order Targets Self-Appointed ‘Experts’ Funneling Tax Dollars To Leftist Pet Projects
https://thefederalist.com/2025/08/08/trump-order-targets-self-appointed-experts-funneling-tax-dollars-to-leftist-pet-projects/

ICE
— ICE Houston arrests more than 350 gang members in past 6 months who illegally entered US over 1,400 times, been convicted of nearly 1,700 criminal offenses. Among those arrested were convicted murderers, child predators, thieves, and arsonists and an alien who illegally entered the US 40 times.
https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-houston-arrests-more-350-gang-members-past-6-months-who-illegally-entered-us-over

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— To promote wokeness is to promote the Democrat Party platform, that is, to promote more hatred against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/08/can-wokeness-be-defeated/amp/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Gerrymandering Wars Have Begun. Threats have been exchanged, and now we wait until someone pulls the trigger.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/08/begun-the-gerrymandering-wars-have/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CNN
— Pot pushers ever-increasingly push Trump to push pot. The more pot that you use, the less that you accomplish in life. If I had used pot, I would not have been able a) to earn a bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees, b) to earn six professional certifications, or c) to earn a professional license. If I had used pot, a) the Post Office would not have hired me in 1966, b) Firestone Stores would not have hired me in 1970, c) IRS would not have hired me in 1971 or promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, and d) GAO would not have hired me in 1980 or promoted me in 1986. If I had used pot, would not have been able to get married in 1978.
https://www.cnn.com/politics/trump-marijuana-reclassify-dea

NEWSWEEK
— Redistricting Wars: Map Shows How Many Seats Could Change Before Midterms
https://www.newsweek.com/redistricting-map-midterm-election-2026-gerrymandering-republicans-democrats-states-2110170

MSN
— ‘Worrying time for Irish in US’ as Trump makes good on illegals promise
https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/world/worrying-time-for-irish-in-us-as-trump-makes-good-on-illegals-promise/ar-AA1Jq43p

MSNBC
— Why the Air Force is denying early retirement for longtime transgender service members. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. So far, that has forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $1.9 million in today’s dollars to not come to work.
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/air-force-denying-early-retirement-longtime-transgender-service-member-rcna223839

NBC NEWS
— Air Force revokes approved retirement for trans service members. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. So far, that has forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $1.9 million in today’s dollars to not come to work.
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/air-force-revokes-approved-retirement-trans-service-members-complete-u-rcna223876

NEW YORK TIMES
— Air Force Denies Early Retirement for Transgender Men and Women. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. So far, that has forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $1.9 million in today’s dollars to not come to work.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/us/politics/air-force-transgender-service-members-early-retirement.html
— More Turmoil at I.R.S. as Trump Ends Chief’s Short Tenure. Democrats run IRS. While I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS 1971-1980, they were ever-increasingly angry against Nixon and Ford. They took their ever-increasing anger against Nixon and Ford out against me, one of their very few Republican employees.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/us/politics/trump-billy-long-irs-commissioner.html
— Mexico ever-increasingly makes it clear that it is anti-American. Will Mexico side with America’s enemies in WWIII?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/world/americas/mexico-trump-military-cartels.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump administration weighs military actions against drug cartels
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/08/08/trump-mexico-pentagon-drug-cartels/

NEW YORK SUN
— Trump’s New Census Could Spell Trouble for Democrats, Like Ocasio-Cortez and Jeffries, in Districts With Many Non-Citizens. The number of blue state members of Congress is swelled by the constitutional requirement that the decennial census include an ‘actual enumeration’ of the population. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in their Democrat Army. During their First Civil War, Democrats failed to get foreign countries to join them. But Democrats are succeeding during their Second Civil War.
https://www.nysun.com/article/trumps-new-census-could-spell-trouble-for-democrats-like-ocasio-cortez-and-jeffries-in-districts-with-many-non-citizens
— Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Collapses Under Weight of Its Own Paradoxes, Even Before President Trump’s Order Banning It. Half of all Americans no longer approve of racial and gender preferences. My critics/opponents have always promoted race and gender based preference giving. I should write about my critics/opponents and the reasons why they promote race and gender based preference giving.
https://www.nysun.com/article/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-collapses-under-weight-of-its-own-paradoxes-even-before-president-trumps-order-banning-it

USA TODAY
— From Bibles to prayer groups: What Trump’s new religion memo for federal workers means. The memo provides guidance on religious expression for federal workers. Backers say it mirrors Clinton-era policies. But to others, the overtly Christian language raises First Amendment concerns. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, virtually none of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Protestant and none that knew of were Missouri Synod Lutheran like me.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/08/07/trump-religion-federal-employees/85516547007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Is Right on ‘Debanking’  Regulators have abused their power to cut off political opponents. What does your bank think of those who share your demographics?
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/donald-trump-debanking-executive-order-bank-examiners-biden-obama-operation-choke-point-8396e49d
— How the West Was Really Won. If I had ever ran for a government office, my opponent would have used against me that all my ancestors immigrated from what is now German during the 1840s and 1850s, that on my father’s side they homesteaded a 240-acre farm in southeast Crete township, and that on my mother’s side, they sharecropped 180-acre farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border.
https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/books/the-undiscovered-country-review-into-the-west-13866720
— Trump Takes a Destructive Turn Against India. He has a point about New Delhi’s relationship with Russia, but 50% tariffs are a counterproductive policy. https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-takes-a-destructive-turn-against-india-tariffs-d77a2a79
— Living in Zohran Mamdani’s America. How did socialism rise from the dead, and what can freedom-loving Americans do about it? Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism. According to Democrat leaders, you cannot survive in America, let alone succeed in America, without massive government assistance, and especially if you are a minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or if your ancestors have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/living-in-zohran-mamdanis-america-44ea8b90
— Gerrymandering Is Deepening America’s Political Divide. Less than 20% of Americans live in a state where the minority party has a meaningful voice in governance. In Illinois, ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the less voice that you have in governance: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Ever-increasingly I have no voice in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and Wheaton Warrenville School District 200.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/us-gerrymandering-political-divide-a2a83a28

ATLANTIC
— Democrats cannot win without massive gerrymandering.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/08/lawlessness-fbi-against-texas-democrats/683804/

BRITANNICA
— American Civil War – Emancipation, Slavery, Union. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in their Democrat Army. During their First Civil War, Democrats failed to get foreign countries to join them. But Democrats are succeeding during their Second Civil War.
https://www.britannica.com/event/American-Civil-War/The-Emancipation-Proclamation

GOOGLE AI
— Peers play a significant role in an individual’s life, influencing success, happiness, and overall well-being. I should write about the impact that my childhood peers had on me. I would focus on my childhood friends and classmates. Further, because one could argue that the most relevant criteria to use to measure one’s success in life is the success of one’s peers, I would focus on the successes that my childhood peers have had.
https://www.google.com/search?q=peers+success+life
— Living on one paycheck. Since I got married when I was 29 years old in 1978, my critics/opponents have always been furious that my wife and I have always lived on just one of our paychecks. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those a) who are not married, b) whose spouse has little or no income, and/or c) who decry the tremendous amount of time and money needed to raise children. Initially, my wife and I lived on just one of our paychecks because we intended to have children. But because we gave up trying to have children because of our fertility problems, we then lived on just one of our paychecks to save more for our retirement.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22living+on+one+paycheck%22

August 6, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Words matter when you’re elected to represent America, Congresswoman Ramirez
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/editorial-words-matter-elected-represent-100000284.html
(FROM THE EDITORIAL When a member of Congress publicly declares allegiance to another country over the United States, it’s bound to raise eyebrows — and for good reason. That’s what happened when U.S. Rep. Delia Ramirez, speaking at an event in Mexico City, said: “I’m a proud Guatemalan before I’m an American.” Ramirez, whose district stretches from DuPage County to Chicago’s Northwest Side, has since attempted to clarify her intent, saying on X that “honoring my Guatemalan ancestry only strengthens my commitment to America.”)
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly defend their gerrymandering.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/05/texas-california-trump/
— Dangerous car crashes are being perpetuated by cannabis.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/06/column-car-crash-weed-new-buffalo-michigan-washington/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Hamas.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/06/opinion-israel-gaza-palestinians-jewish-harm/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Gov. JB Pritzker riffs on his wealth and staying out of prison in Stephen Colbert appearance. Stephen Colbert told Pritzker he’d be the first Democratic governor in Illinois to finish two terms by next January, because “a lot of them end up in the hoosegow.” Pritzker said, “It’s extraordinary to stay out of prison.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/illinois-governor/2025/08/06/gov-jb-pritzker-stephen-colbert-late-show
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/movies-and-tv/2025/07/28/chicago-queen-utica-drag-race-alum-project-runway-ethan-mundt

DAILY HERALD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly defend their gerrymandering.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250806/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-political-power-plays-as-texas-redistricting-farce-unfolds-in-the-suburbs-we/

FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly defend their gerrymandering.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1686131
— Trump threatens to take federal control of DC
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-threatens-federal-control-dc-edward-coristine-attacked
— Trump targets visa overstays with $15,000 bond policy. The buyer of my Iron Gate Motor Condo forced me to put $10,000 in escrow to give me up to 5 days to get my vehicles out after closing.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1686211
—  The House Oversight Committee has subpoenaed the Clintons for testimony regarding Epstein
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/comer-subpoenas-clintons-trumps-doj-house-oversights-epstein-probe

WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly defend their gerrymandering.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/08/05/texas-democrats-continue-hold-out-illinois-amid-redistricting-fight-we-are-standing

WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.wbez.org/reset-with-sasha-ann-simons/2025/08/05/rapid-response-team-helps-families-find-trans-health-care-in-illinois

WMBQ
— Republican eyes run for state’s top office. Ted Dabrowski is strongly considering a run for governor.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/republican-eyes-run-for-state-s-top-office/vi-AA1JTio3

IPM NWSROOM
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly defend their gerrymandering.
https://ipmnewsroom.org/gov-pritzker-says-illinois-remap-is-possible-as-dnc-chair-vows-to-fight-texas-gop-efforts-tooth-and-nail/

AXIOS CHICAGO
— Pritzker says redistricting Illinois could happen if Texas continues push. How fast could Pritzker redistrict Illinois so that no Republican will ever be elected to Congress in Illinois ever again? Republican Trump got 44% of the vote in Illinois in 2024.
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2025/08/05/texas-illinois-pritzker-redistricting-abbott-democrats-republicans-trump

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick, who oversees the suburban areas where the Texans have been holing up, said he’s fielded calls nonstop from the public wanting to know why he hasn’t arrested the Texas visitors. “I tell them it’s because this is a civil case. They aren’t criminals,” Mendrick, a Republican running for governor of Illinois, told your Playbook host. “People hear the rhetoric and that’s when the calls come in.” We wonder if one of those calls came from the Illinois Freedom Caucus, which issued a statement Tuesday calling for Pritzker “to focus on Illinois instead of harboring Texas fugitives.” . . . With Richard Porter deciding not to run for U.S. Senate, watch for former GOP Chair Don Tracy to jump in. He’s also considered a run for governor. We’ll surely find out by next week when Republicans gather for the annual Republicans Day rally at the Fair on Aug. 14. Republican Ted Dabrowski continues to talk like a governor candidate.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/06/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-562/
— A Naperville woman has accused DuPage County GOP Chair Kevin Coyne of alleged bullying and sexual harassment
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/06/isabel%E2%80%99s-morning-briefing-562/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— DuPage County GOP chairman Kevin Coyne: ‘No state has done more to make a mockery of the map drawing process’ than Illinois
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/674224333-dupage-county-gop-chairman-no-state-has-done-more-to-make-a-mockery-of-the-map-drawing-process-than-illinois

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Ramirez is my U.S. Representative because Illinois Democrat leaders gerrymandered a congressional district to elect her. Ramirez represents only those who share her demographics: anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, minority, female, younger, non-Methodist, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

WIREPOINTS
— Illinois hosting Texas Dems worried about gerrymandering? What hypocrisy.
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-hosting-texas-dems-worried-about-gerrymandering-what-hypocrisy-wirepoints-on-wls-ramblin-ray-show/
— There simply aren’t enough new, good jobs in Illinois
https://wirepoints.org/there-simply-arent-enough-new-good-jobs-in-illinois-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Texas Republicans give Democrats until Friday to return to the Legislature or lose their seats
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/5/texas-republicans-give-democrats-three-days-return-legislature-lose/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Beto O’Rourke’s PAC Funded Texas Dems’ Private Jet to Illinois. O’Rourke, who has lost campaigns for governor, president, and Senate, helped finance a similar walkout in 2021.
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/now-we-know-beto-orourkes-pac-funded-texas-dems-private-jet-to-illinois/

NEW YORK POST
— Key Trump national security roles left vacant due to Dem obstruction — leaving US vulnerable to threats
https://nypost.com/2025/08/05/us-news/key-trump-national-security-roles-left-vacant-due-to-dem-obstruction-leaving-us-vulnerable-to-threats/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Ramirez declares her loyalty to Guatemala first at a Mexican leftist gathering
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/08/rep_delia_ramirez_calls_herself_a_proud_guatemalan_first_at_mexican_leftist_gathering.html

BREITBART
— Dem TX Rep Says Illinois’ Gerrymandering Is Different Because It’s Legal
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/08/04/dem-tx-rep-illinois-gerrymandering-is-different-because-its-legal/
— Trump says “We Want to Take Care of Our American Workers.” But what about Americans who ever-increasingly fail/refuse to take bad jobs like I did? I did yard work, delivered newspapers, washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, delivered mail, worked on an automotive assembly line, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances, pumped more gasoline, collected delinquent federal taxes, and audited federal agencies. My critics/opponent ever-increasingly make it clear that they would never have stooped to take the jobs that I took. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/08/05/trump-olympics-eo-signing-dropoff-foreign-born-workers/
— Trump Deputies Declare Crackdown on Migrant Marriage Fraud
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/08/05/trump-deputies-declare-crackdown-on-migrant-marriage-fraud/

DAILY CALLER
— Anchor Baby Congresswoman Ramirez Admits To Treason
https://dailycaller.com/2025/08/05/rooke-anchor-baby-congresswoman-treason-daca-dreamer-delia-ramirez-illegal-immigration-mexico-city-summit/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Noem Announces ‘Speedway Slammer’ Illegal-Alien Detention Center in Indiana
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/08/05/noem-announces-speedway-slammer-illegal-alien-detention-center-indiana/

FEDERALIST
— 41 Planned Parenthood Facilities And Counting Set To Close As Trump Defunds Abortion Giant
https://thefederalist.com/2025/08/05/41-planned-parenthood-facilities-and-counting-set-to-close-as-trump-defunds-abortion-giant/

FOX NEWS
— Social media erupts after Ramirez makes ‘shocking’ comment about America during overseas trip. Ramirez defended her comment in a statement.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/social-media-erupts-after-house-dem-makes-shocking-comment-about-america-overseas-trip
— Ramirez doubles down amid firestorm of criticism over Guatemalan loyalty: ‘I am both Chapina and American’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dem-doubles-down-amid-firestorm-criticism-guatemalan-loyalty-both-chapina-american
https://www.aol.com/dem-doubles-down-amid-firestorm-101618605.html

LEGAL INSURRECTON
— Ramirez Doubles Down on ‘Proud Guatemalan Before I’m an American’ Comments. Ramirez also described America as a country out of the freaking 1500s, accusing it of prioritizing ‘imperialism, militarization, conquest, control, competition in its attempt at domination.’
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/08/house-democrat-doubles-down-on-proud-guatemalan-before-im-an-american-comments/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Ramirez says she is proudly Guatemalan
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/congresswoman-delia-ramirez-forfeited-her-guatemalan-ness/

NEWSMAX
— Ramirez Draws Ire Over Guatemala Pride Comment
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/delia-ramirez-guatemala-immigration/2025/08/05/id/1221309/

PJ MEDIA
— Canadian Wokies Can Choose Only Male or Female on U.S. Travel Cards
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/08/05/canadian-wokies-can-choose-only-male-or-female-to-enter-us-n4942426

POST MILLENNIAL
— Columbia, Brown universities to disclose affirmative action admissions data in Trump deal. Data will be broken down by “race, color, grade point average and performance on standardized tests.” All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://thepostmillennial.com/columbia-brown-universities-to-disclose-affirmative-action-admissions-data-in-trump-deal

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Ramirez Tries to Play Victim After Admitting Her First Allegiance Lies with a Foreign Country
https://www.westernjournal.com/democratic-rep-tries-play-victim-admitting-first-allegiance-lies-foreign-country/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NEWSWEEK
— MAGA Calls for Ramirez To Be Deported Over Guatemala Comments
https://www.newsweek.com/maga-deport-democratic-representative-delia-ramirez-guatemala-2108921

CNN
— Trump reignites threat to take over DC
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/06/politics/trump-federal-take-over-dc-doge-coristine-assault
— My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money. They had their operatives and their dupes a) end my membership on the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024 and b) end my role as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021. They have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I should write about them.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/05/politics/video/laura-loomer-hunt-for-disloyalty-trump-vrtc

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Trump threatens federal takeover of DC
https://apnews.com/article/washington-dc-crime-assault-doge-05aaaeb09d106ca1af673b46e89d60e1
— Trump: FBI ‘may have to’ help bring Texas Democrats back to the state
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lx_Bfsvs_Zg

REUTERS
— Trump suggests Vance is his likely heir apparent in 2028
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-suggests-vance-is-his-likely-heir-apparent-2028-2025-08-06/
— Trump urges Texas Republicans to redraw map for partisan gain. Democratic governors threaten retaliation in other states. Mid-decade redistricting could shift power balance in Congress.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-led-texas-redistricting-gambit-ignites-national-arms-race-control-congress-2025-08-05/
— White House to target banks as Trump claims discrimination
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/white-house-target-banks-trump-claims-discrimination-2025-08-05/

MSN
— Democrat leaders side with Ramirez against America
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/who-is-delia-ramirez-illinois-democrat-congresswoman-who-said-she-is-a-guatemalan-before-an-american/ar-AA1JUoe6
— Trump Gets Sharp Response After Saying He’ll Let Deported Farm Workers Back Into US, ‘They’re Very Very Special People.” I never did farm work. But I did yard work, delivered newspapers, washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, delivered mail, worked on an automotive assembly line, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances, pumped more gasoline, collected delinquent federal taxes, and audited federal agencies.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/trump-gets-sharp-response-after-saying-hell-let-deported-farm-workers-back-into-us-theyre-very-very-special-people/ar-AA1JXxih?ocid=TobArticle

MSNBC
— Reporter explains: How the WH press corps has changed in Trump 2.0. I should write about my critics/opponents who have used Jeff Gannon  (SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Gannon ) against me the most.
https://www.msnbc.com/deadline-white-house/watch/reporter-explains-how-the-wh-press-corps-has-changed-in-trump-2-0-244401733992

AOL
— All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, 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.aol.com/trump-dismantling-eeoc-civil-rights-224211238.html

NBC NEWS
— Trump threatens federal control of D.C.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-threatens-federal-control-dc-attack-doge-staffer-coristine-rcna223293

CBS NEWS
— Trump floats federal takeover of D.C.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ex-doge-staffer-edward-coristine-injured-in-attempted-carjacking-trump-federal-takeover-of-d-c/

WASHINGTON POST
— Abbott sues to remove Democratic leader amid election map fight. Abbott filed his lawsuit as other top Republicans raised the prospect of intensifying law enforcement actions against Democrats.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/05/texas-democrats-redistricting-maps-abbott-trump/
— Trump says Republicans are ‘entitled’ to 5 more seats in Texas redistricting
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/05/trump-presidency-news/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote foreign students over American students.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/08/06/international-students-visas-trump-uk-dubai/95f94f06-727a-11f0-84e0-485bb531abeb_story.html
— Trump threatens federal takeover of Washington D.C. Musk also says D.C. should be taken over.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/08/05/trump-doge-worker-washington-dc-crime/

USA TODAY
— Trump says FBI ‘may have to’ force Democratic lawmakers back to Texas
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/05/donald-trump-fbi-texas-democratic-lawmakers-arrest-redistricting/85531774007/
— Democrats have devolved into a clown show. No wonder polls show voters prefer GOP.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/08/04/trump-vance-republicans-democrats-harris-future/85462114007/
— MAGA’s next leader? Trump says Vance is ‘most likely’ to lead in 2028
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/05/donald-trump-jd-vance-2028-presidential-election-maga/85533490007/
— Trump says 2028 Olympic athletes will be tested to prevent transgender competitors
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/05/donald-trump-2028-olympics-los-angeles-transgender-testing/85531661007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly defend their gerrymandering.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/05/texas-gop-trump-pritzker-redistricting-cheating-democracy/85523447007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Democratic Protectorate of Illinois. Few do partisan gerrymanders better than Springfield liberals.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/illinois-democrats-gerrymandering-texas-lawmakers-j-b-pritzker-9720b2be?mod=opinion_lead_pos3
— Pritzker on Possible Illinois Remap: ‘Everything Is On the Table’  Democrat leaders ever-increasingly defend their gerrymandering.
https://www.wsj.com/video/gov-pritzker-on-possible-illinois-remap-everything-is-on-the-table/40EE39FA-CD6A-465E-87DA-5FE881E42316
— Kill Jews, Get Your Own State. A Hamas leader says new global recognition for Palestinian statehood is a reward for the Oct. 7 massacre.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/ghazi-hamad-hamas-palestinian-state-israel-2290c711
— Racial Gerrymanders in the Dock. The Supreme Court will hear what could be a voting rights landmark.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/racial-gerrymanders-in-the-dock-31f93146

FORBES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly defend their gerrymandering.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ocgpu2b1xQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSCTzZy_HoM

BUSINESS INSIDER
— China’s ‘social credit’ system ranks citizens and punishes them with throttled internet speeds and flight bans if the Communist Party deems them untrustworthy. According to my critics/opponents, I am untrustworthy. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.businessinsider.com/china-social-credit-system-punishments-and-rewards-explained-2018-4

NEW REPUBLIC
— Democrat leaders side with Ramirez against America
https://newrepublic.com/post/198824/dhs-attacks-democratic-lawmaker-delia-ramirez-spanish

AXIOS
—  Democrat leaders say that the debate over who can farm America’s land has been historically linked to racism, xenophobia and, oftentimes, exploitation of farmers of color. I was the dishwasher for the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights 1964-1966. I was the only White male who washed dishes for the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights. My critics/opponents have always used that against me big time. They hint/imply/argue/shout that my dishwashing proves that I am an unmitigated loser and/or that I took a job that should have been given to Black women.
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/05/trump-farmland-workers-racial-stereotypes

August 5, 2025 Evening Edition

According to the WSJ, “Pritzker’s Illinois, Temporary Home to Texas Democrats, Is Gerrymandering Hot Spot. Just three of 17 Illinois congressional districts are represented by Republicans in a state where Trump won 44% of the 2024 vote.” Can/will Pritzker further gerrymander Illinois so that no congressional district in Illinois is Republican?

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders put more of their eggs in their gerrymander basket. Can/will Pritzker further gerrymander Illinois so that no congressional districts in Illinois are Republican?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/05/democrats-vow-whatever-it-takes-redistricting-battle/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker says Illinois remap is possible as DNC chair vows to fight Texas GOP efforts ‘tooth and nail.’  Democrats in New York, California and Illinois are threatening to redraw their own maps in retaliation to Republican redistricting efforts in Texas.  Democrat leaders put more of their eggs in their gerrymander basket. Can/will Pritzker further gerrymander Illinois so that no congressional district in Illinois is Republican?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/illinois-governor/2025/08/05/jb-pritzker-illinois-remap-texas-democrats-greg-abbott
— Chicago Abortion Fund to receive $2 million grant from Cook County. The grant aims to lower barriers to abortion access and provide wraparound services like childcare, transportation and lodging.  Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/abortion/2025/08/05/chicago-abortion-fund-to-receive-2-million-grant-from-cook-county
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/08/04/chicago-immigration-judges-fired-trump-white-house-dick-durbin

DAILY HERALD
— Pritzker says redistricting in Illinois a possibility if Texas goes ahead with remap. Democrat leaders put more of their eggs in their gerrymander basket. Can/will Pritzker further gerrymander Illinois so that no congressional districts in Illinois are Republican?
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250805/news/pritzker-says-mid-term-redistricting-in-illinois-a-possibility-if-texas-goes-ahead-with-remap/

ABC7
— Pritzker, DNC chair praise Texas Dems in Illinois as Gov. Abbott calls for their arrest. Democrat leaders put more of their eggs in their gerrymander basket.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/texas-democrats-remain-illinois-halt-gop-redistricting-governor-greg-abbott-orders-arrest/17438511/

NBC5
— According to the WSJ, “Pritzker’s Illinois, Temporary Home to Texas Democrats, Is Gerrymandering Hot Spot. Just three of 17 Illinois congressional districts are represented by Republicans in a state where Trump won 44% of the 2024 vote.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/what-is-gerrymandering-what-do-illinois-congressional-districts-look-like-what-to-know/3804655/
— Texas redistricting fight leads some to question Illinois’ maps. As Illinois Democrats support Texas lawmakers leaving the state, some Republicans are questioning the Land of Lincoln’s maps. Charlie Wojciechowski explains why.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/video/top-videos-home/video-texas-redistricting-fight-leads-some-to-question-illinois-maps/3805146/

CBS2
— Attorney General Kwame Raoul warns Texas politicians that police can’t just come to Illinois to arrest Democrats. Democrat leaders put more of their eggs in their gerrymander basket.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/kwame-raoul-warns-texas-democrats-illinois-arrest/

WGN9
— According to the WSJ, “Pritzker’s Illinois, Temporary Home to Texas Democrats, Is Gerrymandering Hot Spot. Just three of 17 Illinois congressional districts are represented by Republicans in a state where Trump won 44% of the 2024 vote.”
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/are-illinois-democrats-guilty-of-hypocrisy-in-texas-map-battle/

WGN RADIO
— DuPage County to open new crisis center for mental health and substance use care
https://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/dupage-county-to-open-new-crisis-center-for-mental-health-and-substance-use-care/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Pritzker calls Trump a ‘cheater’ as he rallies with Texas Democrats. Democrat leaders put more of their eggs in their gerrymander basket.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2025/08/05/illinois-gov-jb-pritzker-rallies-with-texas-democrats-in-chicago/85523370007/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— The VA wants to end coverage of abortion for US military veterans
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/health-news/ap-trump-administration-wants-to-end-abortion-coverage-through-veterans-affairs/

ILLINOIS PATCH
—  The Department of Justice has named Chicago, Cook County and the state of Illinois among a list of sanctuary jurisdictions that have “policies, laws, or regulations that impede enforcement of federal immigration laws.”
https://patch.com/illinois/chicago/il-named-sanctuary-jurisduction-doj

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/05/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-355/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CHICAGO CONTRAIRIAN
— Johnson Doubles Down on Chicago’s Financial Death Spiral
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/johnson-chicago-financial-death-spiral

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— ‘Squad’ member Rep. Delia Ramirez puts America second at gathering in Mexico City. Illinois native’s GOP colleague calls for her deportation.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/5/squad-member-rep-delia-ramirez-puts-america-second-leftist-gathering/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Rep. Delia Ramirez took the stage at a leftist conference in Mexico City over the weekend and declared that she was more proud of her Guatemalan heritage than her American citizenship. The Illinois Democrat, who attended the Panamerican Congress with fellow members of the House’s left-wing “Squad,” told the crowd in Spanish that she was “a proud Guatemalan before I’m an American.” In the U.S., her remarks were met with questions about her allegiance to the voters who elected her and calls for her to be deported. “These Democrats’ comments are despicable and underscore their commitment to putting Americans last,” White House spokesperson Liz Huston said in a statement. “In stark contrast, President Trump is working tirelessly to secure peace deals, deport illegal alien criminals and advance America’s interests at home and abroad.” Ms. Ramirez has seldom been in the political spotlight. She has described herself as the “daughter of working-class Guatemalan immigrants.” She also has boasted that she is the only lawmaker in Congress “in a mixed-status family.” Her husband, Boris, is a Dreamer, or someone brought to the U.S. illegally as a child. Other House Democrats attending the Panamerican Congress, a gathering of leftist politicians from throughout the Americas, included Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, Summer Lee of Pennsylvania and Jesus G. Garcia of Illinois. The Panamerican Congress concluded with pronouncements condemning the U.S. persecution of migrants and Israel’s aggression in the Gaza Strip. Ms. Ramirez’s speech garnered the most attention in the U.S. Rep. Andrew Ogles, Tennessee Republican, wrote in a post on X: “Denaturalize, deport, and kick her off the Homeland Committee. We know where her allegiances lie.” Rep. Claudia Tenney, New York Republican, said it’s “embarrassing” that the Democratic Party “no longer even pretends to put America first.” Charlie Kirk, founder of the conservative Turning Point USA, said, “Any person who values any other country over America does not belong in Congress. Period.” Ms. Ramirez doubled down on her Mexico City speech with a post Monday on social media. “Honoring my Guatemalan ancestry only strengthens my commitment to America. That is the truth I carry with me always. And it is a truth that many Americans carry with them,” she said. “Anyone who denies our claims on this country simply because we dare to honor our diverse heritage and immigrant roots only exposes how fragile and small-minded their own idea of America really is.” She called the attacks on her “a weak attempt to silence my dissent and invalidate my patriotic criticism of the nativist, white supremacist, authoritarians in government.” “It is the definition of hypocrisy that members of Congress — who betray their oath each day they enable Trump — are attacking me for celebrating my Guatemalan-American roots,” Ms. Ramirez said. The Department of Homeland Security responded to Ms. Ramirez with a quote from former President Theodore Roosevelt: “There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism. … Americanism is a matter of the spirit and of the soul. Our allegiance must be purely to the United States. We must unsparingly condemn any man who holds any other allegiance.” Other Squad members have experienced travails similar to Ms. Ramirez’s. Ms. Omar, an immigrant from Somalia, was criticized last year after she said that, according to one translation, she was serving in Congress to “protect the interests of Somalia from inside the U.S. system.” She later said the widely shared translation was wrong and she was actually saying she was advocating for the U.S. to take a particular position in a dispute between Somalia and Ethiopia. Democrats are showing increasing hostility to Mr. Trump and, by extension, the government he controls, particularly concerning immigration. In New Jersey, Rep. LaMonica McIver faces federal charges after a clash with Homeland Security Department agents at a migrant detention facility. The Democrat was captured on video throwing elbows at officers amid a scuffle over whether a local mayor should be allowed access to the detention center. In Mexico City, Ms. Ramirez and her Democratic colleagues were attending the second annual Panamerican Congress. The event is billed as a gathering of delegates from countries “across the hemisphere with an ambitious agenda that ranges from equality to prosperity, solidarity to sovereignty.” Event attendees criticized U.S. immigration policy under Mr. Trump. Gerardo Fernandez Norona, president of the Mexican Senate, talked about the “persecution of migrants in the United States.” He called it “unjust, infamous and incorrect persecution where just for being a migrant, and just for your skin color or nationality, you are persecuted.”)

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The Justice Department has published a list of cities, counties, and states that identify as “sanctuary” zones or places where law enforcement will not turn over illegal immigrants to federal immigration authorities.  Illinois, Cook County, and Chicago are included.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3491161/justice-department-sanctuary-cities-states-list-eradicate/

NEW YORK POST
— Democrats howling at Texas redistrict push should take a look in the mirror. Let’s take a tour of the 13th congressional district in Illinois.
https://nypost.com/2025/08/05/opinion/dems-furious-at-texas-redistricting-need-to-look-in-the-mirror/

FEDERALIST
— UNACCEPTABLE: Homeland Security Committee Member Delia Ramírez Says She’s Loyal To A Different Homeland
https://thefederalist.com/2025/08/05/homeland-security-committee-member-says-shes-loyal-to-a-different-homeland/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The founders knew our republic could not survive if its people — let alone leaders — were filled with foreign attachments. Forty-two years ago, a pregnant Guatemalan woman illegally crossed the Rio Grande River and gave birth to a baby who now has “birthright” citizenship. Today, that child sits in Congress — proudly declaring her allegiance to the country her mother left behind. This is the predictable result of a broken immigration system — one that has allowed the mass importation of both legal and illegal aliens regardless of their capacity or willingness to assimilate into the country. “I am a proud Guatemalan before I am American,” Illinois Democrat Rep. Delia Ramírez said in Spanish during the opening remarks of the second annual Panamerican Congress in Mexico City. Notably, she sits on the House Homeland Security Committee — a committee dedicated to protecting the homeland.)

FOX NEWS
— Bondi DOJ names and shames 35 sanctuary jurisdictions that ‘put American citizens at risk.’  Attorney General Pam Bondi warns of possible legal action against jurisdictions with uncooperative immigration policies. Illinois, Cook County, and Chicago are included.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bondi-doj-names-shames-35-sanctuary-cities-put-american-citizens-risk

NEWSMAX
— DOJ Releases List of Sanctuary Jurisdictions. Illinois, Cook County, and Chicago are included.
https://www.newsmax.com/us/doj-sanctuary-cities-illegal-migrants/2025/08/05/id/1221332/
— Illegals in Sanctuary Cities are ‘Ticking Time Bombs’
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/john-torres-ice-migrants/2025/08/05/id/1221316/
— Trump Vows to Work With US Farmers on Migrant Labor
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/trump-migrants-farm-labor/2025/08/05/id/1221333/

TOWNHALL
— Democrat Congresswoman Says She’s More Proud to Be Guatemalan Than American
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/madelineleesman/2025/08/05/delia-ramirez-n2661419

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NBC NEWS
— According to the WSJ, “Pritzker’s Illinois, Temporary Home to Texas Democrats, Is Gerrymandering Hot Spot. Just three of 17 Illinois congressional districts are represented by Republicans in a state where Trump won 44% of the 2024 vote.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/live-blog/trump-bondi-russia-texas-gerrymander-tariffs-immigration-live-updates-rcna222681
— DNC chair says Texas redistricting will be fought with ‘every option on the table.’ Democrat leaders put more of their eggs in their gerrymander basket.
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/texas-democrats-in-illinois-and-party-leaders-rebuke-redistricting-244382277885

WASHINGTON POST
— According to the WSJ, “Pritzker’s Illinois, Temporary Home to Texas Democrats, Is Gerrymandering Hot Spot. Just three of 17 Illinois congressional districts are represented by Republicans in a state where Trump won 44% of the 2024 vote.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/05/trump-presidency-news/

NEW YORK SUN
— JP Morgan Once Told Donald Trump He Has 20 Days To Get Out. The president is going to prevent this kind of debanking with an executive order that will punish firms that discriminate against conservatives — or any other groups.
https://www.nysun.com/article/jp-morgan-once-told-donald-trump-he-has-20-days-to-get-out

WGME
— According to the WSJ, “Pritzker’s Illinois, Temporary Home to Texas Democrats, Is Gerrymandering Hot Spot. Just three of 17 Illinois congressional districts are represented by Republicans in a state where Trump won 44% of the 2024 vote.”
https://wgme.com/news/nation-world/illinois-and-texas-democrats-unite-in-chicago-to-oppose-texas-redistricting-plan-republican-party-governor-greg-abbott-trump-administration

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Pritzker’s Illinois, Temporary Home to Texas Democrats, Is Gerrymandering Hot Spot. Just three of 17 Illinois congressional districts are represented by Republicans in a state where Trump won 44% of the 2024 vote.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/pritzkers-illinois-temporary-home-to-texas-democrats-is-gerrymandering-hot-spot-1c00cbd0
— Justice Department Slashes List of Sanctuary Jurisdictions to Target. The Trump administration removed a much longer list months ago after some local officials said it contained errors.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/justice-department-slashes-list-of-sanctuary-jurisdictions-to-target-03881cb1
— White House Preps Order to Punish Banks That Discriminate Against Conservatives
https://www.wsj.com/finance/regulation/white-house-preps-order-to-punish-banks-that-discriminate-against-conservatives-8af18854
— Trump’s Firing of BLS Chief Prompts Democrats to Propose Bill Protecting Stats-Agency Heads. It would have been great if Republicans had protected Republican federal employees like me.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/democratic-congressmen-to-propose-bill-to-protect-stats-agency-chiefs-51915619

GUARDIAN
— Trump says Republicans are ‘entitled’ to five more congressional seats in Texas
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/05/texas-republicans-redistricting-maps-trump

GOOGLE AI
— Muscle car definition. A muscle car is generally defined as a high-performance, American-made, two-door coupe or convertible, typically with a powerful V8 engine, designed for straight-line speed and acceleration. They are known for their bold, aggressive styling.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22muscle+car%22+definition

July 27, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in promoting protests against Trump.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/protests-illinois-chicago-join-national-day-action-federal-healthcare-cuts-trump-administration/17310871/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGBkMA2Mcq0

CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/no-paychecks-south-suburban-career-program-state-funding/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/trump-faces-more-questions-regarding-epstein-files/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Black Panthers.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago/2025/07/26/former-illinois-black-panther-party-headquarters-plaque-chicago
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout at religious leaders that to survive, religious leaders must import as many citizens of foreign countries that they can.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/07/25/catholic-priests-illinois-campaign-contributions-donald-trump-kamala-harris-democrats-republicans

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Getting retroactive Social Security benefit payments. Because of the repeal of GPO and WEP, my Social Security increased from about $3,000/year to about $6,000/year. Also, I got about $3,200 in backpay. Further, because the repeal, I am now eligible to claim 50% of my wife’s Social Security, but I will only get 43% because I took Social Security when I was 62.
https://tribunecontentagency.com/article/the-savings-game-getting-retroactive-social-security-benefit-payments/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Q. I receive a significant pension from work I have done outside of Social Security. I have not worked enough hours under Social Security to receive a benefit based on my work record. My spouse is retired and receives a generous Social Security benefit. A few years ago, I contacted Social Security and asked if I was eligible for a spousal benefit. I was informed that because two-thirds of my pension exceeded the spousal benefit I would otherwise be entitled to, that I shouldn’t even apply for a spousal benefit because of the regulations related to the Government Pension Offset (GPO). So I did not apply. When the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and GPO were repealed at the end of 2024, I filed for a spousal benefit because I was told that the two-thirds reduction was no longer in effect. After I applied, I was told that because I never applied for a spousal benefit prior to the repeal of GPO, I was not eligible for retroactive payments. I am now receiving a spousal benefit, but why am I not entitled to retroactive payments? A: More than one reader has written to complain about this situation. There is no logical reason why you should not be entitled to retroactive benefit payments. Many individuals who are now receiving a spousal benefit for the first time because of the repeal of GPO also receive six months of retroactive benefit payments.)
— Why home maintenance matters.  Annual maintenance of heating and air conditioning systems is extremely important.
https://tribunecontentagency.com/article/ask-the-builder-why-maintenance-matters/
— What Every Buyer Should Know About Home Inspections. A thorough home inspection can be the difference between a great deal and a terrible one. Here are the questions any home buyer should ask. Annual maintenance of heating and air conditioning systems is extremely important.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/realestate/home-inspection-guide.html

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Krishnamoorthi.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250726/us-congress-politics/a-solid-foundation-of-support-krishnamoorthi-among-top-fundraisers-in-nations-senate-races/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Illinois adding more electric vehicles than ever before, but not enough to meet goal of 1 million by 2030. I own one of the 21,961 registered EVs in DuPage County. I bought a new 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T Plus earlier this year. Because the MSRP was more than $55,000, it did not qualify for the $7,500 federal tax credit. But I did get the $4,000 State of Illinois rebate.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250726/news/illinois-adding-more-electric-vehicles-than-ever-before-but-not-enough-to-meet-goal-of-1-million-by/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: However, according to figures recently released by Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias, there are still less than 150,000 EVs registered statewide, well below the state’s targeted goal of 1 million by 2030. Infrastructure issues also make that goal difficult to reach though, many experts contend. . .However, according to figures recently released by Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias, there are still less than 150,000 EVs registered statewide, well below the state’s targeted goal of 1 million by 2030. Infrastructure issues also make that goal difficult to reach though, many experts contend. . .As part of President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” a $7,500 tax credit for the purchase of a new electric vehicle ends Sept. 30. The $4,000 tax credit for purchasing a used electric vehicle is going away as well. . .Walton said the goal of rebates was to help lower prices for electric vehicles, which has occurred. New entry-level EVs run about $30,000, he said. The average price for any new car in the U.S. is about $50,000. Illinois charges electric vehicle owners an additional $100 per vehicle as part of the annual registration fees. The fee is intended to cover the loss of motor fuel tax revenues that go to pay for road construction and repairs statewide.)
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders decry loss of federal funding for Glen Ellyn-based WDCB 90.9-FM.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250726/news/loss-of-federal-funding-will-hit-dupage-public-radio-station-but-experts-say-its-in-a-better-posi/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Pritzker’s vow to put Illinois Republicans on hit list rings hollow
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-pritzkers-vow-to-put-illinois-republicans-on-hit-list-rings-hollow/article_f7e91c5f-9f5b-43f8-97e9-ed56bcb71edf.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: When it comes to government, there are few things more unattractive than nakedly partisan power politics, as reflected by a ruthless process called gerrymandering. Too many people don’t understand the concept, but it’s as simple as it is basic. Gerrymandering is the drawing of legislative district boundary lines — both state and federal — to give one political party an advantage over the other on Election Day. The typical tactics used are called “packing” — diluting the minority party’s strength by placing most of its voters into a few select districts — and “cracking” — splitting up a geographically compact group across multiple districts in order to reduce their electoral influence. Presto, chango, legislative elections are won and lost before a single vote has been cast. In Illinois, Democrats have gerrymandered state and federal districts to give themselves a super-majority in the state House and Senate and 14 of 17 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.)

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://pantagraph.com/news/local/article_426aa399-8793-4b54-aded-58070244a9ad.html

STARVED ROCK MEDIA
— Republican Mendrick visits to campaign for Governor
https://www.starvedrock.media/wlpo/republican-mendrick-visits-to-campaign-for-governor/article_265bc97d-db6c-4069-95a2-ba899b2b9cbc.html

NPR ILLINOIS & NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO & WSIU & WIFR & CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-07-26/trump-is-greeted-by-protesters-as-he-visits-scotland
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2025-07-26/scotland-is-already-great-protesters-troll-trump-on-his-golfing-trip
https://www.wsiu.org/2025-07-26/trump-is-greeted-by-protesters-as-he-visits-scotland
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbfRVCvr8B0
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-trump-plays-golf-in-scotland-while-protesters-take-to-the-streets-and-decry-his-visit/

CHICAGO CRUSADER
— Feds weigh in on lawsuit challenging how Illinois maintains voter registration rolls. How much deadwood is there in the voter rolls in Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, and your precinct? How many voter registrations were obtained using false documentation?
https://chicagocrusader.com/feds-weigh-in-lawsuit-challenging-illinois-voter-registration/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Chicago mayor now open to video gambling after lawmakers express frustration. I led the successful efforts to stop video gambling in Wheaton in 2009 and the sale of pot in 2019.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_11c14006-b2f2-4c06-9d33-8cb4c2babd5a.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democrats not faring well among American voters. To vote for Democrat candidates is to promote more a) dependency on government and charity, b) LGBTQ, c) abortion, d) mass/illegal immigration, e) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, f) diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and g) Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/26/democrats-faring-well-among-american-voters/

AMERICAN THINKER
— We learned gerrymandering from Democrats
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/07/we_learned_gerrymandering_from_democrats.html

BREITBART
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in flooding America with their illegals.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/07/26/adams-illegal-immigrants-should-get-benefits-because-theyre-innocent/
— Broad Majority Support Trump Deporting Criminals in the Country Illegally
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/07/26/poll-broad-majority-support-trump-deporting-criminals-in-the-country-illegally/
— What percent of farm workers are illegals? Because more and more and more citizens of America fail/refuse to take bad jobs like I did, should more work permits be issued? My critics/opponents a) not only never did take bad jobs and never would take bad jobs because their parents had lots of money and b) they look down on those like me who take bad jobs, if not despise those like me who take bad jobs.
https://www.breitbart.com/news/trump-immigration-raids-threaten-us-food-security-farmers-warn/
— Calif., Illinois may fight new Texas congressional maps with their own. How badly have Democrat leaders gerrymandered political jurisdictions where you live?
https://www.breitbart.com/news/calif-illinois-may-fight-new-texas-congressional-maps-with-their-own/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As the Texas Legislature plans to redraw congressional maps in an effort to increase Republican members in the U.S. House, the governors of California and Illinois may devise their own new borders. . .As the most populous state in the nation, California has 43 Democratic members of the house and nine Republican members, while Illinois is represented by 14 Democrats and three Republicans. “Everything is on the table,” Pritzker said. The Illinois governor said he doesn’t want to redraw the maps but “if they’re going to take this drastic action, then we might also take drastic action to respond.” “We want the country to understand [that] what’s going on in Texas is a national battle,” State Rep. Richard Pena Raymond, a Democrat from Laredo, said. Raymond told Pritzker that redistricting is “clearly aimed at affecting the entire country.” Responsibility for determining Congressional district maps differs from state to state. In California, an independent commission approved by voters in 2010 works on the maps. Illinois maps, on the other hand, are put together by the state lawmakers have been drawn strongly to favor the Democrat Party in the state.)
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.breitbart.com/news/house-democrats-demand-birthday-book-from-epstein-estate/
— The mainstream news media exists to destroy Trump.
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2025/07/26/fired-abc-reporter-terry-moran-claims-trump-plans-to-end-press-freedom-and-must-be-stopped/
— Democrat leaders to turn 10th Anniversary of ‘Hamilton’ Play into an Illegal Immigration Fundraiser
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2025/07/26/lin-manuel-miranda-to-turn-10th-anniversary-of-hamilton-play-into-an-illegal-immigration-fundraiser/

DAILY CALLER
— Leftist Outrage Erupts At California Plan To Stop Paying Criminal Illegals’ Legal Bills.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/26/california-illegal-immigrants-felony-legal-aid-leftist-outrage/

DAILY WIRE
— America’s Blue Collar Boom & Manufacturing Renaissance
https://www.dailywire.com/episode/mrn-250727

FOX NEWS
— Higher ed’s cultural and moral rot requires a powerful response.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6376184159112

NUMBERS USA
— HUGE THREAT TO U.S. WORKERS!!  The so-called “Dignity Act” would add 17 million foreign workers to unfairly compete with Americans. Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals. Illegals take bad jobs. Employers want cheap labor. All my employers would have hired illegals instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they did not have to take bad jobs because their parents had lots of money. Because my parents lacked money, I had to take bad jobs. I did yard work for 2 summers. I delivered newspapers for 4 years. I washed dishes for 18 months. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline during 1 summer. I delivered mail for almost 3 years. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents had the most money. They look down on people like me, if not despise people like me.
https://giving.classy.org/campaign/710456/donate

TOWNHALL
— Dems Hit 35-Year Favorability Low as Americans Reject Woke Agenda, Open Borders, Anti-American Policies
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/07/26/democrats-get-lowest-rating-from-voters-in-35-years-n2660989

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Trump doubles down on claims Harris paid for endorsements, says she should be ‘prosecuted’
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5422201-trump-doubles-down-on-claims-harris-paid-for-endorsements-says-she-should-be-prosecuted/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/5422070-sunday-shows-preview-trump-remains-embroiled-in-epstein-drama-as-tariff-deadline-looms/

CNN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.cnn.com/politics/gender-identity-care-restrictions-anti-lgbtq-laws-vis

REUTERS
— Democrat and RINO leaders have destroyed many citizens of foreign countries.
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/this-family-self-deported-mexico-lost-everything-2025-07-26/

ABC LOS ANGELES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://abc7.com/post/protesters-gather-families-first-rally-downtown-la-trump-administrations-immigration-policies/17313068/

ABC NEWS & CBS NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://abcnews.go.com/world-news-tonight-with-david-muirT/video/trump-turn-page-epstein-saga-124106140
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/house-democrats-seek-access-to-jeffrey-epstein-birthday-book-trump/

CBS NEWS
— U.S. Postal Service to celebrate 250th anniversary. What to know about its past, possible future. I worked for the Park Forest Post Office part-time while I was a full-time student at UIC 1966-1968 and then NIU in 1969. My salary enabled me a) to buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, b) to buy a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, and c) to graduate debt-free from NIU in 1970 owning that Charger. In today’s dollars, my salary was $19.37/hour 1966-1967, $20,02/hour 1967-1968, and $20.67/hour 1968-1969. I earned Social Security credits and full-time Civil Service Retirement System credits 1966-1969. My critics/opponents have always been furious about the aforesaid.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/postal-service-250th-anniversary-smithsonian-trump/

NEW YORK TIMES
— The Democrat Party platform ever-increasingly destroys men.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/opinion/young-men.html
— Ever-increasingly, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time destroy those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/opinion/jd-vance-claremont-american-citizen.html
— My critics/opponent have always been furious that my wife and I a) could and did afford my taking a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO when I was 31 in 1980 and b) could and did afford my taking a $86,371/year (56%) cut in income in today’s dollars to retire when I was 49 in 1997. They have always been furious a) that my wife has always had good jobs, b) that we could and did always spent like we had only one income, and c) that we gave up trying to have children. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/business/retirement-saving-mistakes-401k.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders call Hegseth partisan. All my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government were partisan, and virtually all of them were extremely so. They talked and acted like the federal government existed to hire, to retain, and to promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/us/politics/hegseth-pentagon-leadership.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: What percent of those who have bad jobs are illegals? Because more and more and more citizens of America fail/refuse to take bad jobs like I did, should more work permits be issued? My critics/opponents a) not only never did take bad jobs and never would take bad jobs because their parents had lots of money and b) they look down on those like me who take bad jobs, if not despise those like me who take bad jobs.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/us/ice-glenn-valley-foods.html



WASHINGTON POST
— Trump bill adds $250 fee for some foreign travelers. What percent of foreign travelers stay in America illegally?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2025/07/26/visa-integrity-fee-travel/

USA TODAY
— Department of Justice wants to inspect swing state voter rolls. How much deadwood is there in the voter rolls in Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, and your precinct? How many voter registrations were obtained using false documentation?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/07/26/justice-department-doj-trump-voter-registration-cancellation/85272804007/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more mass/illegal immigration; Democrat leaders, because immigrants vote for Democrats, RINO leaders, because immigrants take bad jobs and work for less money. If there were as many immigrants when I was young as there are now, I would not have been able to get the bad jobs that I got, and if not that, my wages would have been lower. Those bad jobs enabled me to a) buy a 6-year-old car when I was 16, b) buy a new cars when I 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc., c) buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, and 35, d) earn a bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and master’s degrees when I was 27 and 31, e) earn professional certifications when I was 30 and 32, and f) earn a professional license when I was 32.
https://www.aol.com/americans-views-immigration-massive-positive-190958366.html

PRESCOTT NEWS
— Is Decapitation a Job Americans Won’t Do?
https://prescottenews.com/2025/07/27/opinion-is-decapitation-a-job-americans-wont-do-ann-coulter/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Oh look, another American’s been beheaded by a Mexican. This week’s beheader is Jose Luis Mendoza-Gonzalez, an illegal alien who, according to the Department of Homeland Security, decapitated 37-year-old Megan Bos, then stashed her body in a bleach storage container. Arrested for the crime in April, Mendoza-Gonzalez was promptly released from custody by Illinois judge Randie Bruno, who is the same physical type — chubby, short-haired, white woman — as the Milwaukee judge charged with helping an illegal sneak out of her courtroom to avoid ICE agents. Illinois: sanctuary state for Mexican decapitators. Because they’re not busy enough rounding up the 20 million pillars of society Joe Biden allowed to sneak into America, Immigration and Customs Enforcement had to devote time and resources this week to recapturing Mendoza-Gonzalez. Otherwise, you never would have heard about it, and liberals could keep pretending not to know that Mexican drug cartels decapitate people.)

NPR
— How is Trump Changing DOJ? I should write about DOJ while it was under Bush 2001-2009. While it was under Bush, it sided with the Democrats who ran GAO big time. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf  That is, it promoted Affirmative Action and DEI big time. That is, it promoted the following big time: race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/27/1256332273/how-is-trump-changing-the-justice-department

HUFFINGTON POST
— I should write about my critics/opponents who have hinted/implied/argued/shouted the most that TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition were hate groups. I would focus on past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican elected officials in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.aol.com/emil-bove-consulted-far-legal-191800961.html

LGBTQ NATION
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/07/why-the-epstein-files-might-finally-provide-the-consequences-cant-dodge/

July 19, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/university-chicago-medicine-is-latest-hospital-pausing-gender-affirming-care-child-patients-trump-admin-threats/17187950/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/us-immigration-news-ice-arrests-courts-chicago-nationwide-labeled-unlawful-new-lawsuit-trump-administration/17186490/
— Did you benefit from after school and summer programs? I did not. I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I wash dishes 1964-1966. I cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966. I delivering mail 1966-1969. I had to work my way through college.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/donald-trump-administrations-department-education-will-release-frozen-grants-supporting-summer-school-programs/17183858/
— Alleged squatters move next-door to IL state rep. in Chicago: ‘Going to be calling the governor.’  Lawmakers argue governor should immediately sign ‘squatter bill’ passed by state legislature.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/alleged-squatters-move-door-illinois-state-rep-marcus-evans-avalon-park-chicago-going-calling-governor/17186665/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with the Fed against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/18/trumps-attacks-powell-threaten-feds-independence/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Community colleges are a bridge for students still seeking a path. According to my critics/opponents, degrees from non-Ivy league universities are worthless.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/next-voices/2025/07/18/chicago-city-college-community-college-education-lashaunta-moore-next-voices
— New sales tax revenue will help mass transit, but there’s still a long way to go. My critics/opponents look down on if not despise/hate mass transit users. I used mass transit big time in 1971 and then 1973-1997.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/07/18/illinois-sales-tax-revenue-rta-mass-transit-rich-miller
— Democrat leaders never blamed Biden for inflation, but they sure blame Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/07/18/supermarket-super-pain-trump-campaign-food-prices-inflation-tariffs

DAILY HERALD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250718/nation-and-world-politics/most-us-adults-think-the-gop-tax-bill-will-help-the-wealthy-and-harm-the-poor-ap-norc-poll-finds/

WGN RADIO
— Should Chicago allow video gambling throughout the city? I led the successful effort to stop video gambling in Wheaton. Subsequently, I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://wgnradio.com/john-williams/newsclick/the-john-williams-newsclick-should-chicago-allow-video-gambling-throughout-the-city/#/questions

WBEZ
— College still pays off, but wage gaps persist in Illinois. Even with the same college degree, students from low-income families earn less than those from middle or upper-income families. My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars, He died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21.
https://www.wbez.org/education/2025/07/18/college-still-pays-off-but-wage-gaps-persist-in-illinois-study-finds

MUDDY RIVER NEWS
— World Population Review’s 2025 rankings for the “Most Hated States” lists Illinois No. 1.  Yikes.  World Population Review reports Illinois is one of the fastest-shrinking states in the U.S. in terms of population, and has experienced a 0.54 percent (more than half a percent) decrease in population in recent years. And it gets worse. Roughly 25 percent of Illinoisans say their state is the worst in the nation. This negativity could be partially attributed to animosity between politically liberal Chicago and the heavily conservative rural portions that make up the rest of the state. The “Most Hated” rankings were determined by compiling three indicators: The percentage of each state’s own residents who believe their state is the worst. The number of other states that hate each state the most. Each state’s population decline, the logic being that population decline reflects the flow of residents moving to another state.
https://muddyrivernews.com/opinion/daily-dirt-illinois-no-1-among-most-hated-states/20250719053500/

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAY
— Education still pays, but barriers to upward mobility persist in Illinois. How much money did your parents have? My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. I had to work my way through college. My GPA suffered because of that.
https://www.bnd.com/news/state/illinois/article310956495.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It found that educational attainment is still a strong predicter of a person’s future earnings as an adult. So too is the industry that a person chooses for a career. Other factors can also influence a person’s ability to complete a higher education degree, including their race, ethnicity and gender. Class-based barriers The study also found that a person’s own economic background – whether they grew up rich or poor – also strongly influences their future earnings. Students who grew up in higher-income households tended to earn more than those who grew up in lower-income families, in part because students from higher-income families were more likely to complete a college degree than lower-income students. But perhaps most surprisingly, the study found that even among those who earn similar degrees and go to work in similar industries, a student’s own economic background influenced their future earnings. That is, students from lower-income families tend to earn less than those from wealthier families, even after they went on to earn similar credentials. Further, the study found, among students from lower-income families, Black and Latino students and women tended to earn less than their white and male counterparts.)

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISDTER
— Illinois will soon become America’s lawsuit capital—unless Gov. Pritzker acts. I should write about all the lawsuits that I filed. My critics/opponents side with the defendants in all those lawsuits.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/opinion/columns/2025/07/19/pritzker-can-prevent-illinois-from-becoming-americas-lawsuit-capital-opinion/85249565007/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Senate Bill 328, if signed into law, will expose companies operating here to a tidal wave of out-of-state lawsuits that have nothing to do with Illinois, brought by people who don’t live in our state for incidents that didn’t happen here. It’s called litigation tourism, and Illinois will become its poster child if Governor JB Pritzker doesn’t veto SB 328.)

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders side with Bob Woodward against Trump.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/trumps-lawsuit-against-bob-woodward-dismissed/

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/18/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-348/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Lots of Illinois Tax Money Going to Non-Government Organizations through Legislative Pork
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/07/18/lots-of-illinois-tax-money-going-to-non-government-organizations-through-legislative-pork/

WIREPOINTS
— Pritzker Presides Over an Illinois Pension Mess
https://wirepoints.org/dabrowski-bacharach-op-ed-jb-pritzker-presides-over-an-illinois-pension-mess-wall-street-journal/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— GAO falsely claims to be nonpartisan. The House Republican Appropriators Committee recently tried to slash GAO’s funding nearly in half. Because I was one of GAO’s few remaining Republican employees, my Democrat GAO superiors used Gingrich GAO funding cuts to waste my career and to force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE and I might still be a GAO employee. In any event, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to a) force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, b) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, c) delay my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13, d) keep me off audits of IRS except for 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and e) force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. What if Speaker Johnson reformed GAO and offered me $50,000 to rejoin the agency? I should write about that. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— The U.S. Comptroller General ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comptroller_General_of_the_United_States ) runs GAO. Who does Trump want the next U.S. Comptroller General to be? If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE.  – Dave Diersen
http//www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Mamdani and Sanders demonstrate far-left hypocrisy
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/18/editorial-mamdani-sanders-demonstrate-far-left-hypocrisy/

NEW YORK POST
— Trump admin offering former ICE agents up to $50K in bonuses to rejoin agency. What if Speaker Johnson reformed GAO and offered me $50,000 to rejoin the agency?
https://nypost.com/2025/07/18/us-news/trump-admin-offering-former-ice-agents-up-to-50k-in-bonuses-to-rejoin-agency/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Former State Department Bureaucrats Show Why Trump Fired Them. My critics/opponents side with my Democrat GAO superiors against me. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who promote political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination the most.
https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/former-state-department-bureaucrats
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Proving the point: Nearly a half dozen disgruntled former bureaucrats gathered before a crowd (if you can call it that) outside Foggy Bottom on Friday. They attempted to rally support for themselves and other “recently fired State Department employees.” They failed. Organizer Michael Duffin, who was fired from State despite holding three graduate degrees, promoted the rally by asking for former U.S. ambassadors and other “senior officials” to attend and speak. Apparently nobody was interested—a Free Beacon reporter was one of the only people in attendance. Speakers instead included Steven Ramsey, a former USAID contractor and Fulbright alumnus who read a version of the Nazi-era “First They Came” poem that he “adapted for the context we’re in right now.” “First they came for the immigrants, and I did not speak out because I was not an immigrant,” he said after noting that the original poem came “from 1930s Germany.” Several individuals eventually applauded. Duffin did not read a poem, but he did post a screenshot of his farewell email to colleagues in the buildup to the rally. It too made a Nazi comparison: “In the musical ‘Sound of Music,’ the Von Trapp family escaped the Nazis while performing ‘So long, farewell,'” wrote Duffin. “As the curtain descends on my State Department career I feel like it’s strangely appropriate to share with you some lyrics to that song.” Bravo.)

AMAC
— POLL: What is the PRIMARY method you use to receive news about current events and issues? Based on how they treat me, far too many read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for opposition research against me.
https://amac.us/poll/primary-method-news/

BLAZE
— The GOP establishment lost to Trump — now it’s rebranding as ‘neo-MAGA’
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/the-gop-establishment-lost-to-trump-now-it-s-rebranding-as-neo-maga

BREITBART
— Military Bases in Indiana, New Jersey Will Be Converted to Migrant Holding Centers
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/07/18/military-bases-in-indiana-new-jersey-will-be-converted-to-migrant-holding-centers/

CAMPUS REFORM
— University of Oklahoma boasts ‘safe place’ for illegal alien students. UIC admitted me in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, and IIT in 1992, but they would have admitted illegals instead of me if they could have.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/university-of-oklahoma-boasts-safe-place-for-illegal-alien-students-/28254

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— America First, or ‘Refugees’ First?  The ‘Tent’ movement doesn’t seem to be in line with Trump policies.
https://cis.org/Rush/America-First-or-Refugees-First

DAILY CALLER
— Blue City Sheriffs Scoff At DOJ Request For Information On Illegals
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/18/california-sheriffs-scoff-at-doj-request/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Trump Will Fight Back Against the Big Bank Woke Agenda. What does your bank think of you?
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/07/18/the-days-of-big-banks-targeting-conservatives-are-over-trump-is-restoring-sanity-to-the-finance-industry/

FOX BUSINESS
— Trump has the authority to abolish wokeness from government policy
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6375806546112

FOX NEWS
— The surprising ways illegals evaded border security, until now
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6375805980112
— Zohran Mamdani is the face of the new Democratic Party, RNC chairman says
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6375792242112
— Trump is ‘very serious’ about prosecuting individuals assaulting ICE agents
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6375781578112
— Biden team coordinated on school memo calling parents ‘domestic terrorists.’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-doj-white-house-coordinated-controversial-school-boards-memo-documents-reveal

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Venezuelans Deported by Trump to El Salvador Are Traded for Americans Held Hostage by the Maduro Regime
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/venezuelans-deported-by-trump-to-el-salvador-are-traded-for-americans-held-hostage-by-the-maduro-regime/

REAL CLEAR MARKETS
— The $100,000 Retiree Club Is Growing Way Too Fast In Illinois. My Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension is $66,780/year. My critics/opponents have always decried my CSRS pension. In my defense, while I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, I paid 7% of my salary into the CSRS. During that time, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2025/07/17/the_100000_retiree_club_is_growing_way_too_fast_in_illinois_1122603.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Now, there are nearly 32,000 in the $100k club. An extra 20,000 government retirees making that much is a sign Illinois’ public pension systems are out of control. Plus, there are many more state retirees getting close to that benchmark: the state’s 239,384 pensioners now average $93,558.)

TOWNHALL
— Noem Slams Leftist Media for Coddling Criminal Illegals with Sob Stories
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/07/18/kristi-noem-forces-fake-news-outlets-to-look-at-the-criminal-illegals-they-are-peddling-sob-stories-for-n2660607

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ROLL CALL
— Bill backed by House Republican Appropriators Committee would slash funding for GAO nearly in half. My Democrat GAO superiors used Gingrich budget cuts to waste my career and to force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. I should write about that.
https://rollcall.com/2025/07/10/appropriators-advance-legislative-branch-bill-without-gao-cuts/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The smallest of the 12 spending bills, the legislative branch bill is also typically the least controversial. But the House’s proposed cuts to GAO funding have put it in the spotlight, drawing the condemnation of Democrats and outside groups, who characterized the move as a political attack after the watchdog found on at least two occasions that the Trump White House illegally barred the release of appropriated funds. More than 100 House Democrats this week joined a letter to Speaker Mike Johnson and Appropriations Chair Tom Cole, R-Okla., arguing the funding reduction to the independent watchdog would “significantly weaken its ability to deliver future savings throughout the government.” Also this week, dozens of outside groups signed on to two separate letters similarly calling for the restoration of funds. “No federal agency is perfect, but the GAO’s more than 100-year history is a success story overall, with an average return on investment of $123 for every $1 expended,” said one letter, led by the R Street Institute and signed by about a dozen other center-right groups. “As Congress’s fiscal watchdog, the GAO has identified hundreds of billions of dollars in savings along with opportunities to reduce duplication and mismanagement.” The Library of Congress, which was targeted by the White House in May when President Donald Trump fired its director Carla Hayden and Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter, also would avoid a deep cut. Perlmutter filed a lawsuit challenging her firing, which is ongoing, and Democrats have floated changing the process by which directors of legislative branch agencies, like the Library of Congress, Government Publishing Office and the GAO, are appointed. Murray briefly spoke about her draft amendment regarding the positions, but it was not put to a vote. She said she wanted to continue to discuss the issue with Appropriations Chair Susan Collins, R-Maine. “Right now, the appointing process for the heads of these agencies involves the executive branch. That does not make a lot of sense, no matter who the president is. And I do believe it’s time to modernize this process and make sure that agency heads are appointed by the legislative branch,” Murray said.)

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrat leaders shout that the GOP tax bill will help the wealthy and harm the poor.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/most-u-s-adults-think-the-gop-tax-bill-will-help-the-wealthy-and-harm-the-poor-ap-norc-poll-finds
— Billy Long will be sworn in as IRS commissioner, taking over an agency he once sought to close. I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year. I worked for GAO on audits of IRS for 3 years at the GS-13 Step 1-3 Levels, currently $117,807-$125,661/year.
https://www.bostonherald.com/2025/07/18/billy-long-irs-commissioner/amp/

CBS NEWS
— Trump files $10 billion lawsuit over Wall Street Journal’s Jeffrey Epstein report
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-lawsuit-wall-street-journal-jeffrey-epstein-birthday-letter/
— Bondi tours Alcatraz as part of Trump’s plan to reopen former prison
https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/pam-bondi-alcatraz-prison-san-francisco-bay-penitentiary-trump-plans/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders covered up Biden’s health problems, but trumpet Trump’s.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/us/politics/trump-chronic-venous-insufficiency.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Justice Dept. asks for names, records of noncitizens in California jails
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/07/18/justice-department-immigration-california-inmates-noncitizens-list/

POLITICO
— The GOP vs. the GAO. My Democrat GAO superiors used Gingrich budget cuts to waste my career and to force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. I should write about that.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/inside-congress/2025/05/27/the-gop-vs-the-gao-00369890
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republicans are declaring war against the Government Accountability Office. GOP lawmakers and White House officials are ramping up public criticism of the nonpartisan watchdog arm of Congress as it complicates President Donald Trump’s efforts to remake the federal government and grab power from the legislative branch. GAO investigates bad behavior at federal agencies and issues recommendations for how they can improve. A flurry of conflicts, including a run-in with DOGE, are inflaming tensions as GAO chief Gene Dodaro makes the rounds on Capitol Hill to defend the agency. Trump doesn’t have the power to remove Dodaro, as he did former Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, but he could make Dodaro’s tenure at the office unpleasant by calling on Republicans to impeach or remove him through a joint resolution. At stake, as Jennifer Scholtes, Jordain Carney and Katherine Tully-McManus report this morning, is GAO’s independence — which some Republicans are openly attacking. “GAO has lost credibility as an independent body,” Sen. Mike Lee wrote on X last week. Lee’s criticism got at the heart of the right’s current frustration with GAO. The Utah Republican was responding to an earlier X post from OMB Director Russ Vought, who blasted the agency for finding the Trump administration broke the law by withholding funds approved by Congress. It was one of at least 39 GAO inquiries into whether the White House has flouted the 51-year-old Impoundment Control Act, which prevents presidents from circumventing lawmakers’ “power of the purse.” The impoundment questions aren’t the end of it. GAO rejected an attempt by Elon Musk’s DOGE to land a team at the agency, arguing GAO wasn’t subject to DOGE or executive orders. And GAO faced tensions with Senate Republicans in recent weeks after the agency advised that they couldn’t use the Congressional Review Act to fast-track the termination of a California emissions standard. They decided to anyway. GAO is standing its ground. At a recent hearing, Dodaro stressed the agency’s desire to stay out of political crosshairs. “We’re just responding to help Congress,” Dodaro said. “We’re not trying to influence things one way or the other. We’re nonpartisan. We’re asked a question; we give an answer. It doesn’t matter who it is.”)
— GAO is targeted by House Republicans in new spending bill. My Democrat GAO superiors used Gingrich budget cuts to waste my career and to force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. I should write about that.
The Legislative Branch appropriations subcommittee aims to cut Congress’ own budget by $51 million.
(FROM THE ARTICLE: House Republicans are aiming to slash funding for the nonpartisan watchdog for waste, fraud and abuse within the federal government by nearly half in the next fiscal year, according to spending bill text released Sunday night. The House Appropriations subcommittee funding Congress and its support agencies, led by chairman David Valadao (R-Calif.), is set to mark up their fiscal 2026 measure Monday evening, with the full committee set to act Thursday. The Legislative Branch bill would provide $6.7 billion — $51 million below the current funding level, which was set in fiscal 2024. Per tradition, the House bill does not touch any Senate funding. “Chairman Valadao’s bill puts the American people first — in strengthening the institutions that represent them, protecting effective governance, and safeguarding taxpayer dollars,” said House Appropriations Committee Chair Tom Cole (R-Okla.) in a statement. The deepest cuts in the bill are to the Government Accountability Office, an arm of Congress that would see a $396.5 million reduction from current levels to $415.4 million. GAO has served as the nation’s chief investigator of wrongdoing at federal agencies for more than a century, but has been fighting for months as Republicans in Congress and the Trump administration have attempted to undercut its legal conclusions and independence. Now, they are attempting to shrink the agency into submission as it pursues nearly 40 investigations into whether the White House is illegally withholding, or “impounding,” money Congress had previously approved. Also tucked into the bill is a major policy change that would eliminate the GAO’s ability to bring civil action against the executive branch over impoundments of funds. “GAO’s work makes it possible for the legislative branch to hold government accountable,” said Daniel Schuman, executive director of the American Governance Institute. “Congress needs independent expert advice, which is exactly what GAO provides.”)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/06/23/congress/gao-targeted-house-republicans-00417754

ED SOURCE
— Trump wants to cut college access programs for low-income students. What was your college access program? Mine was taking college preparatory courses in high school, getting the best ACT score that I could, graduating in the upper 20% of my class, and working enough part-time hours during the school years and full-time during the summers to pay for my college expenses and to buy new cars to get to/from my parents’ home in Crete and jobs and classes at UIC and NIU.
https://edsource.org/2025/trio-program-funding-threats-california/736767

July 16, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Epstein to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/15/con-las-teoras-de-conspiracin-sobre-epstein-trump-se-enfrenta-a-una-crisis-que-l-mismo-cre/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use public broadcasting to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/16/illinois-public-broadcasting-cuts-vote-looms/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Inspector general’s quarterly report chock-full of wrongdoing by city employees
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2025/07/15/inspector-generals-wrongdoing-city-employees-again
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago/2025/07/15/good-trouble-protests-chicago-john-lewis-trump

DAILY HERALD
— As more and more and more Democrats invade DuPage County, stronger security is needed in public spaces
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250716/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-sunset-pool-incident-shows-urgent-need-for-stronger-security-in-public-spaces/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly shout at women that Republicans cause all the problems that women have.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250716/syndicated-columnists/the-gender-gap-grows-wider-and-wider/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250715/news/what-you-need-to-know-about-good-trouble-lives-on-suburban-protests/

ABC7
— How Secret Service is working to combat rising threat of politically motivated violence. One of my best friends during the 1960s and 1970s was a Secret Service Agent during the 1970s.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/how-secret-service-combats-rising-threat-political-violence-minnesota-lawmakers-shot-donald-trump-assassination-attempt/17122494/
— Some Democrat leaders reluctantly slow down their promotion of LGBTQ
https://abc7chicago.com/post/rush-hospital-pausing-hormonal-health-care-new-patients-age-18/17139085/

CBS2
— ICE says many in immigration detention no longer qualify for bond hearings
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/ice-immigration-detention-bond-hearings/

WGN RADIO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://wgnradio.com/john-williams/newsclick/how-do-you-feel-about-ice-covering-up-their-identities/#/questions

WBEZ
— After years of poor care, preventable deaths, Illinois is changing its prison health care provider. The state is backing out of its 10-year, $4 billion contract with Wexford Health Sources, but the new contractor has its own troubling track record in other states.
https://www.wbez.org/criminal-justice/2025/07/16/after-years-of-poor-care-preventable-deaths-illinois-is-changing-its-prison-health-care-provider
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that police are racists
https://www.wbez.org/data/2025/07/16/report-shows-big-drop-in-chicago-police-traffic-stops-but-sharp-racial-disparities-persist

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/politics/2025/07/16/good-trouble-lives-on-rallies-target-trump-see-list-of-illinois-locations-times-springfield-peoria/85211067007/

SOUTHERN
— Democrats lean into MAGA infighting over Epstein files
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/07/16/democrats-lean-into-maga-infighting-over-epstein-files/

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— For many countries, if they cannot exploit America, they hate America
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2025-07-15/trumps-tariffs-are-prompting-many-in-japan-to-rethink-relationship-with-the-u-s

WAND TV
— IDFPR launches 24 additional license types to new licensing system. I became a licensed CPA when I was 32 years old in 1981.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/idfpr-launches-24-additional-license-types-to-new-licensing-system/article_786fda3b-7aae-4fa9-b06c-be395dbe9344.html

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Intoxicating hemp remains unregulated in Illinois following legislative inaction. Regulatory attempts have failed despite Pritzker’s backing, although feds could intervene. Hemp sales cut into pot sales.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/intoxicating-hemp-remains-unregulated-in-illinois-following-legislative-inaction/

CHALKBEAT
— Illinois graduates who earn college degrees make more money, but racial disparities persist. To address “racial disparities,” my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me retire when I was 49 years old. They gave my Black subordinate my job and my preferred corner office. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the one I had. The aforesaid is political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/07/16/illinois-high-school-graduates-with-college-degrees-earn-more/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The report found that students from low-income households were less likely to obtain bachelor’s degrees, master’s degrees, doctoral degrees, or professional licenses than their peers from higher-income households. The report also found that the state’s high school students whose parents were among the highest earners went on to earn about 48% more than those whose parents were in the lowest-earning group. Among those who came from the same socioeconomic background, Black and Latino students earned less than Asian American and white students, the report found. Students in the study’s sample from low-income families were underrepresented in high-paying careers such as computer information sciences and engineering. Most students took jobs in accommodations and food services. Regardless of whether students had the same levels of education, degrees from the same type of program, or worked in the same industry, students from high-income households earned more than their peers who came from low-income households. On average, the gap in earnings between students from high-income households and low-income households was $5,815 even if they had the same degree.)

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/16/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-552/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/15/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-345/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

JOHN KASS
— The Blackmailer Jeffery Epstein, the Chicago Hitman, and the Tragedy of MAGA
https://johnkassnews.com/the-blackmailer-jeffery-epstein-the-chicago-hitman-and-the-tragedy-of-maga/

WIREPOINTS
— Pritzker hides behind CNBC business ranking for Illinois
https://wirepoints.org/gov-pritzker-hides-behind-cnbc-business-ranking-for-illinois-wirepoints-quickpoint/

CHICAGO CONTRARIAN
— Vallas: Chicago’s Poor Families Deserve Better School Choices. Because my parents had enough money to send me to Missouri Lutheran Synod grade schools, my critics/opponents have always demonized them and me as being filthy rich. But my father never made more than $50,000 a year in today’s dollars.
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/chicago-poor-families-better-school-choices

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What could you have done, but did not do, to avoid the rath of those above you? I refused to a) let myself be manipulated or dominated by them, b) glorify or paise them, c) pander to them, d) serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) cover up their wrong doing, and f) give them money. Consequently, they had their operatives and their dupes take many big adverse actions against me. I should write about that. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— The latest heroes of the left: War criminals, gang members and human rights abusers
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/15/latest-heroes-left-war-criminals-gang-members-human-rights-abusers/
— Where’s the U.S. border? Trump asks Supreme Court to decide
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/15/wheres-us-border-trump-asks-supreme-court-decide/

NEW YORK POST
— How ‘charities,’ funded by your tax dollars, helped break immigration law
https://nypost.com/2025/07/15/opinion/how-charities-funded-by-your-tax-dollars-helped-break-immigration-law/

AMERICAN THINKER
— How do we explain the left’s hatred of America and their undying affection for criminal illegals?
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/07/how_do_we_explain_the_left_s_hatred_of_america_and_their_undying_affection_for_criminal_illegals.html
— Poor Black Children Face a Dismal Future. My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who do not share my demographics. They were overjoyed when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate..
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/07/poor_black_children_face_a_dismal_future.html
— Crushing the leftists’ woke riot
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/07/crushing_the_leftists_woke_riot.html

BLAZE
— Nonprofits aided the invasion — now they obstruct deportation
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/nonprofits-aided-the-invasion-now-they-obstruct-deportation

BREITBART
— Tom Cotton Introduces Bill to End Birthright Citizenship for Children of Illegal Aliens, Terrorists
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/07/15/exclusive-tom-cotton-introduces-bill-to-end-birthright-citizenship-for-children-of-illegal-aliens-terrorists/

DAILY CALLER
— ICE Declares Illegal Migrants Ineligible For Bond Hearings
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/15/ice-declares-illegals-ineligible-for-bond/

DAILY WIRE
— Trump Admin Charges Business Owner For Hiring Illegal Alien Workers. The employer stands accused of paying to smuggle illegal aliens into the United States before hiring them for his restaurant. All my employers would have hired illegals instead of me if they could have. Illegals are much easier to exploit.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-charges-business-owner-for-hiring-illegal-alien-workers

FEDERALIST
— Minneapolis Mayoral Candidate Says Somalia Is His ‘Home’  More and more and more come to America to turn America into their motherland. They promote “diversity.”
https://thefederalist.com/2025/07/15/minneapolis-mayoral-candidate-says-somalia-is-his-home/
— Democrat States Want American Taxpayers To Fund English Classes For Illegals
https://thefederalist.com/2025/07/15/dem-states-want-american-taxpayers-to-fund-english-classes-for-illegals/

FOX NEWS
— How has EEOC impacted you? When I was 22 years old in 1971, to settle an EEOC complaint, Oldsmobile agreed to stop hiring Whites. Because of that, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted. Because I had accepted that offer, my Firestone Store boss rudely fired me. Because I had to have a job, I accepted a job offer from IRS.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-administration-refines-eeoc-approach-transgender-workplace-discrimination-claims
— AOC welcomes socialist Mamdani to nation’s capital as Dem leaders withhold endorsements. President Trump says former Gov. Andrew Cuomo ‘has a shot’ against Zohran Mamdani, while key Democratic leaders hesitate to choose socialist. What percent of the Democrats in Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct would vote for Mamdani?
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/aoc-welcomes-socialist-mamdani-nations-capital-dem-leaders-withhold-endorsements

HOT AIR
— ‘Queer’ Is Not About Gender; It Is an Assault on Reality Itself
https://hotair.com/david-strom/2025/07/15/trump-is-done-with-putin-n3804778

NEWS BUSTERS
— CNN Falsely Claims Illegals in Alligator Alcatraz Have ‘No Criminal Charges’
https://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/shannon-sauders/2025/07/15/cnn-falsely-claims-illegals-alligator-alcatraz-have-no-criminal

NEWSMAX
— US Military Bases Libraries Have Material That Promote Gender Ideology
https://www.newsmax.com/us/military-gender-ideology-dei/2025/07/15/id/1218885/

PJ MEDIA
— Woke California Bishop Tells Illegals Not to Come to Church in Case of ICE
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/07/15/woke-ca-bishop-tells-illegals-theyre-exempted-from-sunday-obligation-n4941755

TOWNHALL
— Here’s the House Republican Who Wants Amnesty for Illegals. My critics/opponents reject the immigration plank in the Republican Party platform.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/07/16/heres-the-house-republican-who-wants-amnesty-for-illegals-n2660448

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5403189-trumps-disapproval-rating-hits-record-for-second-term/

ABC NEWS
— Supreme Court allows Trump to continue effort to gut Education Department. GAO works for Congress. Gingrich should have reformed GAO instead of gutting it. If he had reformed GAO, I might still be working for GAO. In any event, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to a) force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, b) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, c) delay my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13, d) keep me off audits of IRS except for 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and e) force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/supreme-court-allows-trump-continue-effort-gut-education/story?id=123747924

CBS NEWS
— Some American businesses look to expand production as Trump threatens more tariffs. What percent of what you by is made by cheap foreign labor?
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/some-american-businesses-expand-production-trump-tariff-war/

NEWSWEEK
— Trump Attacks His Own Supporters Over Jeffrey Epstein Interest
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-attacks-maga-supporters-jeffrey-epstein-interest-2099526
— My critics/opponents reject the immigration plank in the Republican Party platform.
https://www.newsweek.com/migrants-immigration-maria-salazar-republicans-house-2099411

NEW YORK TIMES
— Will the Conspiracists Cultivated by Trump Turn on Him Over Epstein? The fallout of the Epstein case is testing the power the president holds over his most loyal followers, many of whom have broken into open revolt against him.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/us/politics/trump-epstein-conspiracy-theories.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/us/politics/jeffrey-epstein-files-trump.html
— Federal Workers’ ‘Emotional Roller Coaster’ My Democrat GAO superiors’ success in forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 continues to harm me tremendously.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/us/politics/fired-federal-workers-trump.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Speaker Mike Johnson and other Republicans break with Trump on Epstein
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/15/mike-johnson-epstein-files-democrats-house-vote/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/07/15/trump-third-countries-migrants-deportation/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2025/honduras-trans-woman-asylum-trump/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Will the ‘1619 Project’ Spoil America’s Party? As the anniversary of 1776 draws near, get ready for a resurgence of the New York Times’s false history. 1619 promoters hate America and hate Americans. The longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that they hate you.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/will-the-1619-project-spoil-americas-party-slavery-history-f1cfd9f2

CAPITOL CITY NEW
— Economic mobility top priority of Krishnamoorthi’s Senate campaign. Sadly, my father, my grandfather, and my great grandfather are examples of downward mobility. In 1902, my great grandfather had 1285 Main Street built in Crete (4,030 sq. ft. https://www.redfin.com/IL/Crete/1285-Main-St-60417/home/23199035 ). In 1926, my grandfather had 1286 Wood Street built in Crete (1793 sq. ft. https://www.redfin.com/IL/Crete/1286-Wood-St-60417/home/23199039 ). My father never had a home built. I had to work my way through college.)
https://capitolcitynow.com/news/248842-economic-mobility-top-priority-of-krishnamoorthis-senate-campaign/

WBUR
— When does a conservative lawmaker become moderate? After they disagree with Trump.
https://www.wbur.org/npr/nx-s1-5461102/tillis-rino-trump-moderate-gop

FLORIDA POLITICS
— Jim Oberweis adds another $105K for his run in CD 19
https://floridapolitics.com/archives/747373-jim-oberweis-adds-another-105k-for-his-run-in-cd-19/

MY FEDERAL RETIREMENT
— 2026 Federal Retiree COLA Watch – FERS / CSRS / Social Security  My critics/opponents have always been furious that I got COLAs a) while I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997 and b) that I have gotten COLAs since I retired in 1997.
https://www.myfederalretirement.com/fers-csrs-cola-watch/
— 5 Benefits of Working Past Age 65 Federal Employees Should Consider. My Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension is dramatically less because my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors wasted my career and took many big adverse actions against me, including forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. My Social Security was dramatically reduced because I get a CSRS pension.
https://www.myfederalretirement.com/social-security-65/

CATO
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.cato.org/testimony/case-case-returning-parole-its-proper-purpose-0

POLITICO
— How Elon Musk’s X is fueling the MAGA-Trump split. Musk invited the conspiracists back on purpose. Now they’re dividing the GOP.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/15/elon-musk-x-maga-00455128

IUNSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly prioritize citizens of foreign countries over Americans
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/students/retention/2025/07/16/funding-paused-migrant-education-trump-plans-cuts

DUCKWORTH
— Duckworth Secures Key Provisions to Protect Rock Island Arsenal. During the first 6 months of 1989, I worked for GAO at the Rock Island Arsenal on an audit of DOD’s 1990 ammunition budget request. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/assets/150/148194.pdf
https://www.duckworth.senate.gov/news/press-releases/duckworth-secures-key-provisions-to-protect-rock-island-arsenal-support-illinois-quantum-technology-research-and-safeguard-care-for-veterans

FED SMITH
— Secrets Behind the Growing Number of Thrift Savings Plan Millionaires. TSP millionaires grew 500% in 5+ years.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2025/07/11/secrets-behind-the-growing-number-of-tsp-millionaires/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) provides a path to a secure retirement for federal employees. While the defined annuity under FERS is a very valuable benefit often not available to most Americans, the Thrift Savings Plan may provide the difference between a minimal retirement or one that provides many more options to enjoy your later years in life. While the argument is often made that salaries in the private sector are higher, the federal workforce has at its fingertips a way to accumulate wealth that provides a substantial retirement income—at least for those with the knowledge and discipline to take maximum advantage of this program. Here are some TSP statistics that every federal employee should keep in mind—especially those who are still relatively new to the federal workforce. In March 2020, there were 27,212 TSP millionaires, which grew to 171,023 by June 2025. This is a growth of over 500% in the number of millionaires in just over five years. The largest quarterly increase in TSP millionaires occurred between March 2020 and June 2020, with the number rising from 27,212 to 45,219 — an increase of 66%. Another significant increase was between December 2020 and March 2021, where the number of millionaires grew from 75,420 to 84,808. The number of TSP millionaires is now at its highest point, with 171,023 participant millionaires as of the end of June 2025. The average years of contributions for TSP millionaires have remained stable over the last five years, hovering around 28 years. This indicates a strong correlation between long-term contributions and achieving millionaire status in the TSP.)

PSYCHOLOGY TODAY
— The Temptation of Blind Loyalty. My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/insight-therapy/202504/eyes-wide-shut-the-temptation-of-blind-loyalty

GOOGLE AI
— Personal spending priorities. What are your personal spending priorities? Mine include expenses needed to put together and to send out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. They include Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Daily Herald, Naperville Sun, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Crain’s Chicago Business home delivery and website access.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22personal+spending+priorities

GOOGLE AI
— Career wasted. Did your superiors waste your career? My Democrat superiors did. But by critics/opponents disagree. They stress that my ACT score was only 24, that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class, that I got no scholarships, and that I got no student loans. They stress that my college GPAs were not that great. They stress that while I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, my scores were not that great. In my defense, I had to work my way through college. Instead of studying, I spent far too many hours washing dishes, delivering mail, pumping gasoline, collecting delinquent taxes, and auditing federal agencies.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22career+wasted

July 9, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Trump suggests taking over New York City and Washington DC
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-suggests-taking-new-york-city-washington/17022336/
— Supreme Court clears the way for Trump’s plans to downsize the federal workforce
https://abc7chicago.com/post/supreme-court-clears-trumps-plans-downsize-federal-workforce/17022051/

NBC5
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/illinois-officials-blast-medicaid-snap-cuts-in-trump-led-megabill/3785101/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/what-trumps-tax-law-could-mean-youngest-americans/3785278/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/student-loan-cancellation-program-trump-retribution-tool/3784547/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/video-illinois-democrats-express-concerns-about-cuts-to-snap-benefits/3785248/

FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1670996
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoFEXTwAjZ0

WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government
https://news.wttw.com/2025/07/08/july-8-2025-full-show
https://news.wttw.com/2025/07/08/brandon-johnson-condemns-cuts-imposed-trump-s-tax-spending-bill-unholy

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH THREE PHOTOS: Special prosecutor appointed to investigate DuPage clerk’s bidding practices
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250708/news/special-prosecutor-appointed-to-investigate-dupage-clerks-bidding-practices/
— Supreme Court clears the way for Trump’s plans to downsize the federal workforce
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250708/nation-and-world-politics/supreme-court-clears-the-way-for-trumps-plans-to-downsize-the-federal-workforce/
— Large teen gathering at Glen Ellyn pool leads to misdemeanor arrest
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250708/news/large-teen-gathering-at-glen-ellyn-pool-leads-to-misdemeanor-arrest/

SOUTHERN
— Trump suggests taking over New York City and Washington DC
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/07/08/trump-suggests-taking-over-new-york-city-and-washington/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— How dependent on federal spending is your hospital?
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2025/07/09/cuts-to-medicaid-could-lead-to-9-illinois-hospitals-closing/84497471007/

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Disruption at Sunset Pool in Glen Ellyn may lead to reevaluation of training, safety policies
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/2025/07/08/disruption-at-sunset-pool-in-glen-ellyn-may-lead-to-reevaluation-of-training-policies/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-07-08/what-health-care-cuts-in-trumps-budget-law-will-mean-for-americans
https://www.nprillinois.org/government-politics/2025-07-09/federal-food-assistance-changes-threaten-benefits-for-thousands-of-illinoisans

PUBLIC NEWS SERVICE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2025-07-09/immigration/il-school-districts-serving-immigrants-work-to-stay-low-key/a97580-1

GLEN ELLYN PATCH
— ‘We Share Your Frustration:’ Park District Reacts To Teen Takeover In Glen Ellyn. The Glen Ellyn Park District shared a statement after an incident in which hundreds of teens stormed Sunset Pool. How prepared is your park district for Democrat teen takeovers?
https://patch.com/illinois/glenellyn/we-share-your-frustration-park-district-reacts-teen-takeover-glen-ellyn

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— To boost their popularity, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/august-2025/can-tangling-with-trump-boost-the-mayors-popularity/

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/07/08/360000-illinois-residents-to-lose-food-assistance-due-to-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-pritzker-says/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Richard Porter eyeing Durbin’s seat
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/07/09/richard-porter-eyeing-durbins-seat-00443440
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Richard Porter, a battle-hardened Republican Party loyalist, is considering a bid for the U.S. Senate seat now held by Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin, who’s retiring. Porter sees an opening for himself and the Illinois Republican Party by blending establishment savvy with MAGA fealty. His background: Porter, 65, is a seasoned attorney from Chicago’s northern suburbs and a former Republican National Committeeman who has worn many hats over the years. He was a senior domestic policy adviser to President George W. Bush and counselor to Vice President Dan Quayle. More recently he’s been an unofficial adviser within the Illinois Republican Party. Porter’s resume screams old guard, but he now sings support for President Donald Trump and his policies — a pivot from the early years of Trump’s first administration. Walking a tightrope: “I represent the old and new party,” Porter told your Playbook host, adding he’s still in the “testing the waters phase” of running for Senate. It’s a narrow but not impossible lane, he says. With Durbin out and three prominent Democrats already elbowing one another in a looming primary brawl, Porter sees a crack in the Democratic firewall that has defined Illinois politics for so many years. “This is an open seat,” Porter said. “Democrats will have to compete in a primary so there’s a good chance for division coming out of that.” Porter expects economic renewal under Trump, and he brushed aside Democrats’ concerns that hundreds of thousands of people will lose health care under Trump’s just-signed megabill. “If you look at actual provisions, they aren’t unreasonable — there are work requirements,” Porter said. “Real world impact will be minimal.” Perhaps. But … that won’t stop Democrats from branding it as catastrophic to voters. Porter is confident that any “unintended bad consequence” from the budget reconciliation bill can be corrected before the 2026 midterms. Porter’s view: “There’s a risk if Democrats cry wolf, wolf, wolf for 12 months and there’s no wolf.” He’s also been poring over 2024 election results and sees Trump’s showing in Illinois as a positive sign that Republicans could find success in 2026 in the state where Democrats control all the statewide seats. Add a possible chaotic Democratic primary and a volatile national climate, and anything is possible. The challenge for any statewide Republican candidate, Porter says, is getting old guard and new right Republicans to march in lock step. The other challenge is getting the state’s most prominent Republican donor — businessman Richard Uihlein — on your side. SIDE NOTE: Porter would face a primary. Air Force veteran John Goodman, political commentator Pamela Denise Long and businessman Douglas Bennett and others have filed as Republican candidates, too.)

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/09/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-547/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/08/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-340/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Republicans decry Democrats’ ‘fear mongering’ over ‘big bill.’  Chicago mayor: ‘Big bill’ is ‘unholy.’
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_da1443d2-78b9-4190-9bc6-0143cc62de04.html
— Trump slams wind, solar; Pritzker predicts ‘big bill’ increases energy costs
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_56934533-ae58-4264-ae5b-1aa496c600d0.html

WIREPOINTS
— More dependency on Medicaid is not the answer. The answer is a booming economy where people can pay their own way.
https://wirepoints.org/more-dependency-on-medicaid-is-not-the-answer-the-answer-is-a-booming-economy-where-people-can-pay-their-own-way-wirepoints-on-wttws-chicago-tonight/
— Pritzker is Johnson is Mamdani
https://wirepoints.org/j-b-pritzker-is-brandon-johnson-is-zoran-mamdani-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that no one can survive in America, let alone succeed in America, without massive Democrat-provided government assistance. It is called socialism, if not communism. I had Republican teachers in grade school and in high school. Because of that, my not getting scholarships or student loans did not stop me from getting a college degree. I worked my way through college. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— How have federal spending cuts impacted you? My Democrat GAO superiors used Gingrich-led budget cuts to waste my career and to get rid of me. They used those cuts a) to force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980, b) to delay my promotions and to never promote me beyond GS-13, c) to always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and d) to force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. They would not have done the aforesaid if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What is your position on bad jobs? From what I see, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, Americans ever-increasingly fail/refuse to take bad jobs. I took bad jobs. I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumped more gasoline 1971-1972, collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and audited federal agencies 1980-1997. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do your critics/opponents paint themselves as being? My Republican critics/opponents ever-increasingly paint themselves as being moderates, centrists, RINOs, anti-conservatives, anti-Republicans, if not Democrat plants. I should write my Republican critics/opponents. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— ‘They threw Christine into the water;’ Chicago ‘flash mob’ takes over Glen Ellyn’s Sunset Pool, assaults manager. Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, Glen Ellyn today, your municipality tomorrow.
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/673828974-they-threw-christine-into-the-waterl-chicago-flash-mob-takes-over-glen-ellyn-s-sunset-pool-assaults-manager
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A “flash mob” of some 200 Chicago residents swarmed Glen Ellyn’s Sunset village pool on Saturday afternoon, forcing their way past the entrance and assaulting the pool manager. A video posted on Instagram shows a crowd pushing manager Christine Giunta-Mayer into the lap pool, which had been surrounded by the mob. Sources tell DuPage Policy Journal that the mob arrived around 4:30 p.m. Glen Ellyn Police arrived soon after and closed the pool. A Sat. afternoon Facebook post by Patrick Sandusky reported the pool as “now closed.” “The Sunset Pool has been overwhelmed by out of town kids,” he wrote. “Fireworks fired into pool. It’s a tik tok meet up / take over according to police I just spoke to.” “Kids pushed (past) the gates. Lot of drinking and weed in the parking lot. 100s and 100s of kids. No joke. Pushed manager into the pool,” Sandusky wrote. The Sunset Pool’s non-resident admission rate is $15 for individuals 18-59. On Sunday, Sunset Pool visitors were required to have a physical pool pass issued by the park district, sources tell DuPage Policy Journal. Weed, Miller Lite, and “on the rocks cosmos” Glen Ellyn teens present described a chaotic scene. The flash mob brought in coolers with alcohol and speakers to play music. “They were drinking and smoking weed and swearing a lot,” a Glen Ellyn teen present at the pool at the time told DuPage Policy Journal. “Someone threw a lit cigar into the pool.” “I saw Miller Lite bottles and girls drinking on-the-rocks cosmos,” the teen said. “They were taking people’s stuff and moving it from their pool chairs.” The flash mob was originally planned for Naperville. “We bringing (sic) 31st Beach to the burbs” read a Facebook advertisement promoting the event, scheduled for Naperville’s Centennial Beach, from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. “31st Beach” is a reference to 31st Street Beach on Chicago’s South Side. Giunta-Mayer is also head coach of the Glenbard West Hilltoppers Boys’ Volleyball team.)

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Mayor Johnson: Chicago ‘Police Dept. Will Not Ever Cooperate with ICE’
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/07/mayor-johnson-chicago-police-dept-will-not-ever-cooperate-with-ice.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump says he’s ‘testing’ the idea of a federal takeover of D.C.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/8/trump-says-hes-testing-idea-federal-takeover-dc/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Brandon Johnson promises Chicago police ‘will not ever cooperate with ICE’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3465665/brandon-johnson-ice-promises-chicago-police-will-not-ever-cooperate/
— US veterans stand by Afghans in immigration court
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/courage-strength-optimism/3465521/us-veterans-stand-by-afghan-refugees-immigration-court/

NEW YORK POST
— Chicago mayor vows city police ‘will not ever cooperate with ICE’
https://nypost.com/2025/07/09/us-news/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-vows-city-wont-cooperate-with-trump-ice/
— Mamdani’s college application debacle is just one more example of privileged kids acting oppressed
https://nypost.com/2025/07/08/us-news/zohran-mamdani-is-just-another-privileged-progressive-hypocrite/

WASHINGTON POST
— To study in the U.S. under Trump, international students scrub their accounts. What percent want to be in America for the wrong reasons?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/07/09/international-students-visas-trump-social-media-online-vetting/

BREITBART
— Newsom Claims Illegal Migrants Needed for Rebuilding
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/07/08/gavin-newsom-attacks-ric-grenell-for-audacity-to-criticize-fire-recovery-claims-illegal-migrants-needed-for-rebuilding/

DAILY CALLER
— ‘Would Crater In Minutes’: Sean Spicer Warns Amnesty ‘Would Destroy MAGA’
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/08/sean-spicer-warns-amnesty-would-destroy-maga/
— Boston Mayor Opens City Hall Doors To Chinese Communist Party Members
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/09/exclusive-michelle-wu-boston-city-hall-ccp/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Supreme Court Allows Trump’s ‘Transformation of the Federal Bureaucracy’ to Proceed
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/07/08/breaking-supreme-court-allows-trumps-transformation-of-the-federal-bureaucracy-to-proceed/

EPOCH TIMES
— Supreme Court Clears Way for Mass Federal Layoffs
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/supreme-court-clears-way-for-federal-layoffs-5883594

FEDERALIST
— Trump Promises ‘No Amnesty’ For Illegal Alien Agricultural Workers
https://thefederalist.com/2025/07/08/trump-promises-no-amnesty-for-illegal-alien-agricultural-workers/

FOX NEWS
— Race-obsessed leadership in Chicago is destroying children’s futures
https://www.aol.com/race-obsessed-leadership-americas-third-140031620.html
— Trump praises Florida after county approves renaming roadway after him: ‘Wonderful honor.’ Will Democrat leaders rename the Ronald Reagan Memorial Tollway, that is, I-88 in DuPage County?
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-praises-florida-county-approves-renaming-roadway-after-him-wonderful-honor
https://www.aol.com/news/trump-praises-florida-county-approves-051813581.html

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Supreme Court Allows Trump Administration to Continue Large-Scale Federal Layoffs
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/supreme-court-allows-trump-administration-to-continue-large-scale-federal-layoffs/

NEWSMAX
— Supreme Court Clears Way for Trump’s Plans to Downsize Federal Workforce
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/supreme-court-trump-mass-firings/2025/07/08/id/1218061/

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/07/08/trump_were_going_to_give_the_farmers_the_people_they_need_but_were_not_talking_amnesty.html

TOWNHALL
— Homan Offers Blistering Warning to Muslim Socialist NYC Mayoral Candidate: ‘Get Out of the Way’
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/07/07/tom-homan-offers-blistering-warning-to-muslim-socialist-nyc-mayoral-candidate-n2660003

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Supreme Court allows Trump to proceed with plans to downsize the federal workforce
https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-7-8-2025

UPI
— Supreme Court allows Trump to proceed with federal job cuts
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2025/07/08/Supreme-Court-federal-job-cuts/8801752013130/

REUTERS
— Supreme Court clears way for Trump to pursue mass federal layoffs
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/us-supreme-court-lifts-order-that-blocked-trumps-mass-federal-layoffs-2025-07-08/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Supreme Court Clears Way for Mass Firings at Federal Agencies
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/us/politics/supreme-court-federal-workers-layoffs.html
— Trump Got the Green Light to Fire Federal Workers. Now, They Wait. My Democrat GAO superiors used Gingrich-led budget cuts to waste my career and to get rid of me. They used those cuts a) to force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980, b) to delay my promotions and to never promote me beyond GS-13, c) to always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and d) to force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. They would not have done the aforesaid if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/us/politics/trump-federal-workers-firings.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Supreme Court allows Trump to launch mass layoff and restructuring plans
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/08/supreme-court-trump-mass-layoffs-federal-workers/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Supreme Court Says the President Can Fire People. If you read the filings in Diersen v. GAO ( https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf ), you will conclude that the courts ruled that employees can be fired for opposing Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, for opposing race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and/or national origin discrimination.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/supreme-court-trump-v-afge-executive-order-layoffs-ketanji-brown-jackson-bda51ed8

REASON
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://reason.com/2025/07/08/trump-reiterates-his-promise-to-protect-farm-and-hospitality-workers-from-pretty-vicious-deportation/

FED SMITH
— Supreme Court Greenlights Trump Administration’s Federal Workforce Cuts
https://www.fedsmith.com/2025/07/08/supreme-court-greenlights-trump-administrations-federal-workforce-cuts/

FED SCOOP
— Supreme Court allows federal workforce reductions to move forward
https://fedscoop.com/supreme-court-allows-federal-workforce-reductions-proceed/

FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Federal workforce likely to shrink further under extended hiring freeze
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/hiring-retention/2025/07/federal-workforce-likely-to-shrink-further-under-extended-hiring-freeze/

June 28, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UL9r-n8QehQ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/federal-plaza-chicago-protest-today-demonstrators-ice-raids-demand-charges-alejandro-orellana-dropped/16861806/
— Trump is looking to speed up his ability to fine those in the United States illegally — up to $1,000 per day.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-administration-eliminating-warning-period-fining-us-illegally-exclusive/16860955/

NBC5
— Democrat and RINO leaders decry that “Supreme Court ruling limits judges’ power to challenge presidential executive orders.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/supreme-court-ruling-limits-judges-power-to-challenge-presidential-executive-orders/3778128/
— Democrat ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/how-to-watch-the-2025-chicago-pride-parade-live-as-it-happens/3777710/
— What does the Supreme Court ruling on birthright citizenship actually mean?  Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly encourage citizens of foreign countries to give birth in America.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/what-does-the-supreme-court-ruling-on-birthright-citizenship-actually-mean/3777935/
— Pritzker issues statement after Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship ruling. Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly encourage citizens of foreign countries to give birth in America.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/gov-pritzker-issues-statement-after-supreme-courts-birthright-citizenship-ruling/3777973/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/the-home-depot-parking-lot-labor-economy-at-heart-of-trumps-ice-immigration-battle/3777749/

FOX32
— Illinois leaders slam Supreme Court ruling backing Trump immigration move. Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly encourage citizens of foreign countries to give birth in America.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-leaders-slam-supreme-court-ruling-backing-trump-immigration-move
— Krishnamoorthi touts bill to curb Trump’s presidential power over military deployment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDDYrwSlW3E

WTTW
— What’s Next for Birthright Citizenship After the Supreme Court’s Ruling. Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly encourage citizens of foreign countries to give birth in America.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/06/27/what-s-next-birthright-citizenship-after-supreme-court-s-ruling

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ and abortion.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/27/evanston-to-protect-privacy-of-abortion-gender-care-patients-by-limiting-license-plate-reader-tech/
— Centrism in the Democrat Party is dead.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/27/editorial-is-centrism-in-the-democratic-party-dead-lets-hope-not/
— Democrat and RINO leaders decry that “High court ruling on injunctions could imperil many court orders blocking the Trump administration.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/27/high-court-ruling-injunctions-trump/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump doesn’t want to be another George W. Bush. Trump wants to be the president who uses the military sparingly.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/06/27/donald-trump-president-military-bush
— Advocates in Chicago say the Supreme Court’s decision to limit birthright citizenship injunctions is ‘cruel’  Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly encourage citizens of foreign countries to give birth in America.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/06/27/supreme-court-limits-nationwide-injunctions-but-fate-of-trump-birthright-citizenship-order-unclear
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/06/27/responding-to-the-moment-pilsen-mural-depicts-superman-fighting-an-ice-agent
— Trump administration unfreezes $1.2M in anti-terrorism funding to Chicago.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump/2025/06/27/counter-terrorism-funding-chicago-donald-trump-homeland-security
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ and illegal immigration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/06/26/trans-migrant-chicago-deportation-trump

WAND TV
— Safe gun storage bill arrives on governor’s desk despite Republican concerns.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/safe-gun-storage-bill-arrives-on-governors-desk-despite-republican-concerns/article_88e0af0a-dcf3-43de-a11b-5d3af17515db.html

WGLT
— Have you ever been encouraged to run for office? The leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party have not. They stress that my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. They stress that Bush, Hastert, Fitzgerald, and Hyde did not come to my defense. They stress that my Democrat GAO superiors a) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, b) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, and forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. They stress that my Democrat IRS superiors a) never promoted me beyond GS-12, b) disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and c) disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974. They stress that my Democrat Post Office superiors a) disallowed my sick leave requests in 1968 and 1969 and b) forced me to resign in 1969. They ignore/dismiss/belittle that I a) earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, b) passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, c) became a licensed CPA, and d) earned four more job related professional certifications.
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2024-08-12/david-gill-makes-another-quixotic-run-for-office

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— USNS Harvey Milk is renamed after a WWII sailor in the latest Pentagon diversity purge.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-usns-harvey-milk-is-renamed-after-a-wwii-sailor-in-the-latest-pentagon-diversity-purge/
— Trump administration ends legal protections for half-million Haitians who now face deportations
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-trump-administration-ends-legal-protections-for-half-million-haitians-who-now-face-deportations/

CHICAGO READER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicagoreader.com/news/lgbtq-health-care-trump-hiv/

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/06/27/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-335/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— GOP challenger James Mendrick:  ‘Definition of insanity electing’ Pritzker again
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_f2f7b691-6b08-48ae-8767-48964487488d.html
— IL officials have opposing views on ruling affirming parents’ rights in schools
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_a1f2599f-bfe5-4783-bab5-ae4ec9590d96.html

WIREPOINTS
— Why Gov. Pritzker Should Veto Chicago Tier 2 Pension Sweeteners
https://wirepoints.org/why-governor-pritzker-should-veto-chicago-tier-2-pension-sweeteners-wirepoints/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Vallas: J.B. Pritzker’s $55.2B budget fuels Illinois’ financial death spiral
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/vallas-j-b-pritzkers-55-2b-budget-fuels-illinois-financial-death-spiral/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Illinois’ Dangerous Dance with WHO’s Global Abortion Agenda
https://illinoisfamily.org/politics/illinois-dangerous-dance-with-whos-global-abortion-agenda/

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Support Stephanie Trussell’s Run for State Rep.
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/06/support-stephanie-trussells-run-for-state-rep/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What do you say to those who use Affirmative Action and DEI to discriminate against others to avoid being discriminated against themselves? I should write about that. I would focus on those who are the following and/or who claim to be the following and who discriminate against those who are the following to avoid being discriminated against themselves: religious, conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I would focus on the aforesaid who have had their operatives and their dupes take the biggest adverse actions against me lately. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Have you ever been encouraged to run for office? The leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party have not. They stress that my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. They stress that Bush, Hastert, Fitzgerald, and Hyde did not come to my defense. They stress that my Democrat GAO superiors a) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, b) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, and forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. They stress that my Democrat IRS superiors a) never promoted me beyond GS-12, b) disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and c) disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974. They stress that my Democrat Post Office superiors a) disallowed my sick leave requests in 1968 and 1969 and b) forced me to resign in 1969. They ignore/dismiss/belittle that I a) earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, b) passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, c) became a licensed CPA, and d) earned four more job related professional certifications. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Constructively, if not literally, the mandatory retirement age is 55 and 30 years of service for federal employees in the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) who are Republican, White, male, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I had 25 years of CSRS service when I was 45 in 1993. That made me eligible for early retirement then. My Democrat GAO superiors wanted me to retire big time, but I survived for 4 years. I became a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and Forensic Accountant in 1997. I completed the requirements for a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997. But, my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” on September 30, 1997, the last day that it was available. If I had not taken it, I would not have been eligible to retire until I was 55 in 2003. They had made it extremely clear that that those 6 years would have been a living hell for me. They would demote me, give me adverse transfers, unfair performance expectations, unfair performance appraisals. etc. GAO was not unionized. I should write about the aforesaid. – Dave Diersen
http://gopillinois.com
— I have been a conservative Republican journalist since 2000. I should write about the following who have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me the most because of that: a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders. They destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money. I would focus on the aforesaid who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com


FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Pritzker dismisses Census data showing youth flight from Illinois
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3456499/pritzker-dismiss-census-youth-flight-from-illinois/

AMAC
— At least seven U.S. professions have mandatory retirement ages, some as young as 57. To that end, should members of Congress have a mandatory retirement age? Constructively, if not literally, the mandatory retirement age is 55 and 30 years of service for federal employees in the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) who are Republican, White, male, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I had 25 years of CSRS service when I was 45 in 1993. That made me eligible for early retirement then. My Democrat GAO superiors wanted me to retire big time, but I survived for 4 years. I became a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and Forensic Accountant in 1997. I completed the requirements for a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997. But, my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” on September 30, 1997, the last day that it was available. If I had not taken it, I would not have been eligible to retire until I was 55 in 2003. They had made it extremely clear that that those 6 years would have been a living hell for me. They would demote me, give me adverse transfers, unfair performance expectations, unfair performance appraisals. etc. GAO was not unionized. I should write about the aforesaid.
https://amac.us/poll/congressional-retirement-age/

BREITBART
— Foreign Countries Asked by U.S. to Take Illegal Alien Deportees. What percent come to America a) to get the free stuff that Democrat and RINO leaders give them, b) to take advantage of Democrat and RINO race and gender based preference giving, c) to turn America into their motherland, and/or d) to destroy those who do not share their religion and/or national origin?
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/06/27/rreport-foreign-countries-asked-by-u-s-to-take-illegal-alien-deportees/

CENTER SQUARE
— U.S. Supreme Court rules for parents on LGBTQ storybooks
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_a6cbdd1a-d213-40aa-9c79-d920016daa9c.html

DAILY CALLER
— Alan Dershowitz Explains Why Trump Can Now Ignore Rogue Injunctions From Liberal Judges
https://dailycaller.com/2025/06/27/alan-dershowitz-rogue-judges-trump/

DAILY WIRE
— Birthright Citizenship, LGBT Books, Porn Law: Ben Shapiro Reacts To Trump’s Trifecta Of Wins At SCOTUS. “The three biggest decisions all came down in favor of President Trump.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/birthright-citizenship-lgbt-books-porn-law-ben-shapiro-reacts-to-trumps-trifecta-of-wins-at-scotus

EPOCH TIMES
— 5 Takeaways From Major Supreme Court Ruling on Nationwide Injunctions. By limiting the ability of judges to issue universal blocks, the court’s ruling is expected to affect other cases contesting Trump administration policies.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/5-takeaways-from-major-supreme-court-ruling-on-nationwide-injunctions-5879484

FOX NEWS
— ACLU sues Trump over birthright order as Supreme Court clears path for it to take effect. Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly encourage citizens of foreign countries to give birth in America.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/aclu-sues-trump-over-birthright-order-supreme-court-clears-path-take-effect

NEWSMAX
— Supreme Court: Maryland Parents Can Pull Their Kids From Public School Lessons Using LGBTQ Books. To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.newsmax.com/us/supreme-court-lgbtq-books/2025/06/27/id/1216727/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NBC NEWS
— Congress set to hand Trump billions to recruit more ICE agents. The House-passed version of the Trump budget bill includes $8 billion to hire an additional 10,000 ICE employees over five years, with millions more for signing and retention bonuses.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/congress-set-hand-trump-billions-recruit-ice-agents-rcna214990

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly encourage citizens of foreign countries to give birth in America.
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-trump-birthright-citizenship-immigration-9da9e11d83f2fd3cbf95e6a733651daf
— DOJ abruptly fires 3 prosecutors involved in Jan. 6 criminal cases. My Democrat GAO superiors abruptly fired me, that is, they abruptly forced me to retire, when I was 49 years old in 1997. The Republican DOJ defended my Democrat GAO superiors in Diersen v. GAO. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf
https://apnews.com/article/jan-6-prosecutions-capitol-riot-trump-bondi-1107441a68cef171dfff4e680e438452

MSN
— Trump administration wants to fine those illegally in the US $1,000 per day until they leave. What percent come to America a) to get the free stuff that Democrat and RINO leaders give them, b) to take advantage of Democrat and RINO race and gender based preference giving, c) to turn America into their motherland, and/or d) to destroy those who do not share their religion and/or national origin?
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/travel/news/trump-administration-wants-to-fine-those-illegally-in-the-us-1-000-per-day-until-they-leave/ar-AA1HyZJJ

MSNBC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly threaten riots
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzcBnWLzYyQ

YAHOO NEWS
— Fox News’ Bret Baier Says He’s Asked Trump Personally to Stop Calling Journalists ‘Enemy of the People’  I have been a conservative Republican journalist since 2000. I should write about the following who have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me the most because of that: a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders. They destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money. I would focus on the aforesaid who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fox-news-bret-baier-says-225032300.html

NEW YORK TIMES & REUTERS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly encourage citizens of foreign countries to give birth in America.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06/27/us/birthright-citizenship-supreme-court
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/immigrants-scramble-clarity-after-supreme-court-birthright-ruling-2025-06-28/

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump officials plan to resettle 1,000 Afrikaners while blocking other refugees
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/06/27/trump-afrikaners-refugees-travel-ban/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— How I Lost My Career and Started Delivering Mail. No one expects to have to start over from the bottom rung at age 50. But when the pandemic struck, marketing professional Stephen Starring Grant rose to the challenge. (COMMENT: I worked for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969, part-time while I took classes at UIC 1966-1968 and at NIU in 1969 and full-time during the summers of 1967, 1968, and 1969. My Democrat superiors forced me to resign in September of 1969 falsely arguing that I would not be available to work enough part-time hours. I was available every Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, holiday, and every day that NIU was not in session. They would not have forced me to resign if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.)
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/how-i-lost-my-career-and-started-delivering-mail-c238d934
(FROM THE ARTICLE: I was being laid off. My skill set was not particularly practical; I wasn’t a cardiologist or a plumber. My work in the two decades before the pandemic had a bunch of names—Brand Strategist, Marketing Consultant, Consumer Psychologist—but getting a new marketing job was going to be a near impossibility for the foreseeable future. It was certainly never going to happen before my health insurance ran out in a couple of weeks. Which was a problem, because a couple of months earlier I had been diagnosed with prostate cancer. My cancer was as benign as cancer gets, but what had seemed manageable, treatable, now loomed as an existential issue. Not to mention that I was a husband and a father of two teenage girls, who counted on me to keep them in the upper middle class. To get unemployment, I had to be actively searching for a new job. I would go on the Virginia Employment Commission website, find anything I was even remotely qualified for and apply. I lived in Blacksburg, the small town in far western Virginia where I’d grown up, but the jobs I’d find myself applying to were almost all in Northern Virginia. Locally, there was nothing. Except for a job as a part-time letter carrier with the U.S. Postal Service. It paid $18.50 an hour, and it came with healthcare on day one. The pay cut was eye-watering: I hadn’t worked a job at that wage level since my early 20s. But I would definitely enjoy working outdoors for a change—and independently. Some people give up after things happen to them. Others get back up, over and over again. We think of this as a strength, as grit, determination, willpower. This kind of toughness has always struck me as essential to the Appalachian character. If you get laid off or shot, or people yell at you and call you an idiot or tell you that you’ll never amount to a goddamned thing, don’t think about it. Just get back up and try again. After two weeks of training, I was assigned to fill in for the regular mailman on Rural Route 3, a monster 60 miles in length, with 724 deliveries. The whole middle section of the route, a long slide downhill to the river, was so remote that it received no cellphone service. I might as well have been delivering the mail in 1920 and not 2020. . .Did I believe I was a mailman? I was lousy at my job, still very stuck on how slow I was. I saw myself as a faker being chased by the clock. But I got better over the months to come. There were days when the mail was light and the weather good and delivering the mail was the best of all possible jobs, the work a joy, the solitude a gift. I knew I was never going to be great at it, in the way that I will never be an NFL quarterback or play electric guitar like Eddie Van Halen. I delivered the mail for a year before I found a new job in marketing, and the best grade I ever deserved was a solid B-/C+. Even with that I think my greatest accomplishment was not quitting. And yet, somewhere in those early months, change did come. Letter by letter I was learning. I got tougher. I became capable of delivering everything that I loaded into my truck in the morning. The economics of delivering the mail were unsentimental—paying for my mortgage and groceries cost more than I was bringing in. But out there on Route 3 the job became more than just a financial delaying tactic. I was inhabiting something real, feeling what it was like to be there for people. I had become a mailman.)

BLOOMBERG
— Trump Tax Bill: GOP Reaches Tentative SALT Deal at $40,000 Cap, Five-Year Limit. Taxpayers who take the standard deduction, that is, who do not itemize, want SALT. My critics opponents were furious a) that I paid less federal income tax 1972-1977 because I itemized and b) that my wife and I paid less federal income tax 1978-2017 because we itemized. I should write about that.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-27/gop-reaches-tentative-salt-deal-at-40-000-cap-five-year-limit
— As Nations Curb Immigration, the Golden Age for Employers Is Ending. All my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me if they could have. Employers want cheap labor. They want employees who they can exploit.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-06-27/as-nations-curb-immigration-the-golden-age-for-employers-is-ending?embedded-checkout=true

BLOOMBERG LAW & NATIONAL LAW REVIEW & NEW YORK TIMES
— Since the 1960s, my critics/opponents have used Affirmative Action and DEI against me. I should write about that. I would focus on my Democrat superiors in the federal government and the leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/dol-wants-to-hear-how-federal-contractors-cut-affirmative-action
https://natlawreview.com/article/ofccp-invites-voluntary-disclosures-federal-contractors-regarding-executive-order
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/us/politics/justice-dept-opens-inquiry-into-university-of-california-hiring-practices.html

INSTITUTE OF INTERNAL AUDITORS
— Active CPA or CA holders can earn the CIA through the CIA Challenge Exam. This expedited process allows you to obtain the CIA designation after successfully passing a one-part examination. The accounting CIA Challenge Exam only includes content not covered on your CPA or CA exam, saving you time and money. I passed the CIA examination on my first attempt when I was 32 in 1981. I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979.
https://www.theiia.org/en/certifications/cia/challenge-exam/accounting/

HOODLINE
— Subcommittee Debates Potential Erosion of Meritocracy by DEI Initiatives. My critics/opponents promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, they promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://hoodline.com/2025/06/subcommittee-debates-potential-erosion-of-meritocracy-by-dei-initiatives/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Recent discussions at a Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services hearing have sparked controversy over the impact and intention of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. The critical focus of the hearing, titled “Sacrificing Excellence for Ideology: The Real Cost of DEI,” examined the assertion that these progressive policies potentially erode the foundation of meritocracy and individualism within several sectors, including education, government, and the workforce. According to a release by the subcommittee, members discussed possibilities of following former President Trump’s lead to foster what they view as genuine equality, based on individual effort and merit.)

U.S. CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS
— Political leaders must fix wealth gap. According to Democrat and RINO leaders, people have less money than others because Republicans discriminate against them, marginalize them, oppress them, victimize them, and even worse things. Why do you have less money than others?
https://www.usccb.org/news/2025/political-leaders-must-fix-wealth-gap-promote-religious-freedom-pope-says

FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Trump’s probationary period reforms cemented in OPM final rule. With OPM’s final rule, agencies can decide fire feds in their probationary period based broadly on agency needs, interests and “organizational goals.” After I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors were furious that could not use probationary rules to get rid of me. I should write about that.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/06/trumps-probationary-period-reforms-cemented-in-opm-final-rule/

PBS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/venezuelan-immigrants-in-chicago-live-in-fear-after-loss-of-temporary-legal-status

GUARDIAN
— Liberal Afrikaners are privileged. Liberals and moderates ever-increasingly destroy conservatives.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/28/south-africa-liberal-afrikaners-reject-trump-white-genocide-claims