FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Amid backlash against Musk and DOGE, Tesla owners say they’re caught in the middle. Tesla owners have been victims of vandalism, rude behavior and assumptions about their politics since CEO Elon Musk joined the Trump administration and began slashing jobs. Owners say they’re regular folks with regular jobs who can’t afford to pay for repairs. (COMMENT: In how much danger are Tesla owners in in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/transportation/2025/03/16/tesla-elon-musk-doge-vandalism-trump
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illegals scramble as state health insurance faces the axe in Pritzker’s budget plan. Democrat and RINO leaders use free health insurance to get citizens of foreign countries to immigrate illegally.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/16/immigrant-illinois-health-insurance-cuts-impact/
— The cards are stacked against the humanities. How should colleges respond? (COMMENT: What did you major in? I majored in business at UIC 1966-1968, personnel management at NIU 1969-1970 and at Loyola 1972-1976, accounting at DePaul 1976-1980, and finance at IIT 1992-1997. I should have majored in accounting from the beginning. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981. I became a licensed CPA in 1981. But by then, the accounting profession viewed me as being far too old to have a successful career in accounting.)
https://www.aol.com/commentary-cards-stacked-against-humanities-080000140.html
— What to know about El Salvador’s mega-prison after Donald Trump sent hundreds of immigrants there
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/16/el-salvadors-mega-prison/
— FRONT PAGE: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/17/mayor-brandon-johnson-outreach-to-black-chicago/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Fighting antisemitism (COMMENT: I should write about my Democrat superiors in the federal government who had the greatest success in forcing my many Jewish superiors and supervisors to take many big adverse actions against me. They stressed that I was conservative, Republican, Protestant, and German American. They stressed that I lived in Crete 1948-1972 and in Wheaton since 1978.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/03/16/fighting-antisemitism-requires-dialogue-education-and-shared-values
DAILY HERALD
— Vandals tag new Tesla dealership in Buffalo Grove with graffiti (COMMENT: In how much danger are Tesla owners in in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? The vehicles that you own say more about you than anything that you can say about yourself. I own a 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T Plus, 2023 Ford Mustang GT Premium, 2021 Chevrolet Malibu Premier, 2019 Ford Escape Titanium, 2018 Chevrolet Cruze LT, 2013 Charger R/T Max, 2005 Corvette, 1996 Ford thunderbird LX, and 1972 Corvette. If you share my interest in the aforesaid vehicles, please let me know.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250315/news/vandals-tag-new-tesla-dealership-in-buffalo-grove-with-offensive-graffiti/
— Milton Township Highway Commissioner Gary Muehlfelt doing a great job – Chuck Smith
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250317/letters-to-the-editor/highway-commissioner-doing-a-great-job/
— Democrat leaders want more low income housing in DuPage County. The less income that you have, the more likely that you vote for Democrats.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250316/news/how-dupage-county-could-expand-affordable-housing/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Illinois Universities continue to function as arms of the Democrat Party, that is, they continue to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/crains-daily-gist/illinois-universities-stay-put-diversity-efforts-despite-trump
ABC7
— Tesla dealership vandalized in Buffalo Grove with graffiti critical of Trump, Musk (COMMENT: In how much danger are Tesla owners in in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/tesla-car-dealership-vandalized-buffalo-grove-graffiti-critical-president-donald-trump-elon-musk-police-say/16035252/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wwxl3avx7Zs
— Trump is invoking the Alien Enemies Act. Here are answers to key questions about the 1798 law
https://abc7chicago.com/post/amid-donald-trumps-invocation-alien-enemies-act-here-are-answers-key-questions-1798-law/16034035/
— Early voting expands in Illinois for April 1 municipal election
https://abc7chicago.com/post/early-voting-expands-illinois-april-1-municipal-election/16036875/
CBS2
— Early voting kicks off Monday for April 1 municipal election in Illinois (COMMENT: Today, using 800 mailing labels and 400 envelopes, I will start hand-delivering Republican campaign literature and sample ballots to the 400 residences in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton that have at least one Republican or one Independent voter. I have divided my precinct into four zones. It takes me about three/four hours to walk a zone. While I walk my precinct, I will get a measure of the success that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump haters have had promoting more hatred against Trump. Republican Precinct Committeemen are lightning rods for that hatred. 478 in my precinct voted for Harris.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sy7l4EjAk8E
FOX32
— Hundreds of Venezuelans deported by Trump administration despite judge’s order
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/venezuelans-deported-trump-alien-enemies-act
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Hundreds protest Tesla showrooms over Musk’s DOGE work
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/hundreds-protest-tesla-showrooms-over-musks-doge-work/
— Is Public Service Loan Forgiveness going away? Understanding Trump’s executive order. (COMMENT: I was a public servant for almost 30 years; almost 18 years while I worked for GAO, 9 years for IRS, and 3 years for the Post Office.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/is-public-service-loan-forgiveness-going-away-understanding-trumps-executive-order/
WBEZ
— Only 6% of Chicago shootings lead to arrests
https://www.wbez.org/criminal-justice/2025/03/16/shootings-nonfatal-unsolved-chicago-police-department-clearance-rate
QUAD CITY TIMES
— According to my critics/opponents they owe their successes in life to meritocracy, but you do not. According to my critics/opponents they were discriminated against by those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://qctimes.com/opinion/letters/article_b48a01da-f616-11ef-8cb4-2f5cf2ffae99.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump deports hundreds of migrants to El Salvador
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-03-16/president-trump-deports-hundreds-of-migrants-to-el-salvador
WIFR
— AAA analyzes cannabis users’ views of driving while high
https://www.wifr.com/2025/03/16/aaa-analyzes-cannabis-users-views-driving-while-high/
WCIA
— Trump admin deports hundreds of migrants, despite judge’s order stopping removal
https://www.wcia.com/news/national/trump-admin-deports-hundreds-of-migrants-despite-judges-order-stopping-removal/
— Trump administration ramps up rhetoric targeting the courts amid mounting legal setbacks
https://www.wcia.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-trump-administration-ramps-up-rhetoric-targeting-the-courts-amid-mounting-legal-setbacks/
IPM NEWS
— Dozens protest Trump policies and congresswoman in Mahomet; Other Reps. quiet on town hall planning
https://ipmnewsroom.org/dozens-protest-trump-policies-and-congresswoman-in-mahomet-other-reps-quiet-on-town-hall-planning/
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/03/17/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-475/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Today, using 800 mailing labels and 400 envelopes, I will start hand-delivering Republican campaign literature and sample ballots to the 400 residences in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton that have at least one Republican or one Independent voter. I have divided my precinct into four zones. It takes me about three/four hours to walk a zone. While I walk my precinct, I will get a measure of the success that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump haters have had promoting more hatred against Trump. Republican Precinct Committeemen are lightning rods for that hatred. 478 in my precinct voted for Harris.- Dave Diersen
http://www/gopillinois.com
— To help elect a candidate is to entwine your fate with that candidate. Far too many candidates who I have helped elect have disappointed me. Far too many blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their defeats. Far too many have dumped more and more and more planks in the Republican Party platform. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Anticipate/expect that some Democrat and RINO leaders will put their promotion of DEI under the table and off the books. I should write about those Democrat and RINO leaders in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton who have bragged the most about their DEI promotion, that is, who have bragged the most about their promotion of race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— From the beginning, according to my critics/opponents, I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who share their demographics. My critics/opponents are liberal/moderate, non-Republican, RINO, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. But in fact, I owe my successes in life a) to my parents, b) to my Missouri Synod Lutheran grade school teachers, and c) to my following the conservative principles that they taught me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— All during my lifetime, everyone around me came under ever-increasing pressure from Democrat and RINO leaders to give ever-increasing preference to those who were minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. I should write about my critics/opponents who promote Affirmative Action and DEI the most, that is, my critics/opponents who promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination the most. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— According to my critics/opponents they owe their successes in life to meritocracy, but you do not. According to my critics/opponents they were discriminated against by those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who have been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Despite paying second highest gas taxes, study shows Illinoisans deal with subpar roads
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_61bf4080-0112-11f0-a347-d37deb3fcf96.html
— Bloomington Public Schools District 87 staff were directed to participate in “Privilege Walks” in which teachers start on a line and take a step forward for each “privilege” they identify with, like being white, a male, having married parents, etc. Illinois state Rep. Regan Deering, R-Decatur, anticipates DEI “privilege walks” will likely continue despite Trump’s executive orders banning these types of programs in the public sector. (COMMENT: From the beginning, according to my critics/opponents, I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who share their demographics. My critics/opponents are liberal/moderate, non-Republican, RINO, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. But in fact, I owe my successes in life a) to my parents, b) to my Missouri Synod Lutheran grade school teachers, and c) to my following the conservative principles that they taught me.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_0ea41120-0106-11f0-a517-1325eb54974e.html
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Conservation District Provides 196-Page Data Dump to County Board
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/16/conservation-district-provides-data-dump-to-county-board/
— Ness at Crystal Lake Library Monday March 17th
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/16/ness-at-crystal-lake-library-monday-march-17th/
— Sign War in Nunda Township Road Commissioner Contest
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/16/sign-war-in-nunda-township-road-commissioner-contest/
— Sosnowski, Ugasta Quoted in Real Estate Tax Article
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/16/sosnowski-ugasta-quoted-in-real-estate-tax-article/
— Schakowsky & Durbin at Chicago Stand Up for Science Demonstration, Photos from MSNBC
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/16/schakowsky-durbin-at-chicago-stand-up-for-science-demonstration-photos-from-msnbc/
— Free Columbia University Hamas Student Leader, Dick Dubin’s Democratic Party Committee X Account Urges
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/15/free-columbia-university-hamas-student-leader-dick-dubins-democratic-party-x-account-urges/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ‘Homeschool Act’ attacks religious rights of homeschool, private school parents
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/homeschool-act-attacks-religious-rights-of-homeschool-private-school-parents/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— As ICE arrests increase, illegal immigrants are fighting back
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/mar/16/ice-arrests-increase-illegal-immigrants-fighting-back/
— New poll shows Democratic Party’s popularity at an all-time low
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/mar/16/new-poll-shows-democratic-partys-popularity-time-low/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Illinois Restricts Government Contracts to DEI Supporters, Propping Up Divisive Industry. Pritzker-backed law requires contract bidders to ‘prioritize their diversity initiatives if they hope to be competitive.’
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/illinois-restricts-government-contracts-to-dei-supporters-propping-up-divisive-industry/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump ties for highest approval he’s ever had — as more Americans say US is on right track than any time in 20 years.
https://nypost.com/2025/03/16/us-news/trump-hits-highest-approval-hes-ever-had/
— Here’s why real diversity should focus on class — not race (COMMENT: What if Affirmative Action was only for those whose parents did not have a college degree? Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school.)
https://nypost.com/2025/03/15/opinion/real-diversity-should-focus-on-class-not-race/
BREITBART
— Despite court order, Trump deports hundreds of migrants
https://www.breitbart.com/news/despite-court-order-trump-deports-hundreds-of-migrants/
DAILY SIGNAL
— 5 Reasons Why We’re Finally Seeing Democrats Implode
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/03/16/5-reasons-why-were-finally-seeing-democrats-implode/
DAILY WIRE
— ‘These Are The Monsters’: Trump Admin Deported Over 250 Gang Members To El Salvador
https://www.dailywire.com/news/these-are-the-monsters-trump-admin-deported-over-250-gang-members-to-el-salvador
FOX NEWS
— Sanctuary city lawyers plot to help illegal migrants evade ICE in exposed group email
https://www.foxnews.com/us/sanctuary-city-lawyers-plot-help-illegal-migrants-evade-ice-exposed-group-email
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump says he’s buying ‘brand new’ Tesla to support Musk (COMMENT: In how much danger are Tesla owners in in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?)
https://www.aol.com/news/trump-says-buying-brand-tesla-115136885.html
— Trump buys Tesla to ‘make a statement’ about Musk backlash (COMMENT: In how much danger are Tesla owners in in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?)
https://www.aol.com/news/trump-buys-tesla-statement-musk-193238152.html
REUTERS
— India’s Modi says Trump has ‘clear roadmap’ in second term
https://www.reuters.com/world/india/indias-modi-says-trump-has-clear-roadmap-second-term-2025-03-17/
MSN
— Boston Mayor Stands By $650,000 Legal Bill To Prepare For Sanctuary City Congressional Hearing
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/boston-mayor-stands-by-650-000-legal-bill-to-prepare-for-sanctuary-city-congressional-hearing/ar-AA1AMyyn
— Musk’s ‘hostile takeover’ of Social Security Administration
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/elon-musks-hostile-takeover-of-social-security-administration-detailed-by-insider/ar-AA1ABW6G
— White Privilege Satire ‘Slanted’ Take Top Awards at SXSW
https://www.msn.com/en-my/movies/news/white-privilege-satire-slanted-and-addiction-industry-expos%C3%A9-shuffle-take-top-awards-at-sxsw/ar-AA1AOmSe
(FROM THE ARTICLE: She immediately enjoys the perks of white privilege, but isn’t at all prepared for the downsides.)
— ‘Slanted’ Review: Extreme Makeover Satire Critiques Lopsided Beauty Standards Through Asian Eyes (COMMENT: All during my lifetime, everyone around me came under ever-increasing pressure from Democrat and RINO leaders to give ever-increasing preference to those who were minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/reviews/slanted-review-extreme-makeover-satire-critiques-lopsided-beauty-standards-through-asian-eyes/ar-AA1AXixe
(FROM THE ARTICLE: From the moment 8-year-old Joan arrives in the U.S. (played by Kristen Cui at that point), she’s confronted with signs of what the locals consider to be desirable: billboards with blond, bikini-clad models; Norman Rockwell-like propaganda art on the classroom walls; and a freckle-faced bully who makes fun of her eyes. Flash-forward nine years, and Joan (now played by a grad school-aged actor) is bleaching her hair and doctoring her selfies with the Ethnos app (designed to make people of color look white). It feels edgy to call out such self-effacing, approval-chasing behavior at a time when appearance-altering practices are widespread, and potentially controversial to suggest that what Joan wants most is to be white.)
— Why is this American family requesting asylum in Canada? An Illinois family flees the Trump regime
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/usa-why-is-this-american-family-requesting-asylum-in-canada/ss-AA1AN72r
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On March 4, the Berg family, from Illinois, crossed the Ambassador Bridge connecting Detroit, Michigan, and Windsor, Ontario, to request asylum in Canada. Parents Ted and Caitlin, both veterans, say they’ve felt unsafe in their home country since Donald Trump returned to the White House. They took their children out of school the day after the presidential inauguration, fearing for their mental health.)
NEW YORK TIMES
— Conservatives’ Tesla Rescue Mission Has Its Work Cut Out. Trump rallied support for Elon Musk’s car company, but there may not be enough conservatives willing to buy electric cars to make up for the Democrats who now shun Teslas. (COMMENT: In how much danger are Tesla owners in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/business/elon-musk-trump-tesla-conservatives.html
WASHINGTON POST
— As Musk’s business empire falters, Trump summons a wave of conservative support. Amid calls for Musk to step back from the U.S. DOGE Service, Trump is offering a White House lifeline to his biggest donor — further entwining their fates. (COMMENT: To help elect a candidate is to entwine your fate with that candidate. Far too many candidates who I have helped elect have disappointed me. Far too many blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their defeats. Far too many have dumped more and more and more planks in the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/03/16/elon-musk-tesla-trump-sales-republicans/
NBC PALM SPRINGS
— ‘Pretty Privilege’ Impacts Hiring, Promotions, and Social Treatment (COMMENT: Employers, voters, and everyone else prefer men who are handsome and women who are attractive.)
https://www.nbcpalmsprings.com/therogginreport/2025/03/16/survey-reveals-pretty-privilege-impacts-hiring-promotions-and-social-treatment
TIMES TRIBUNE
— Trump’s executive orders are nothing new. Neither are the court challenges.
https://www.thetimes-tribune.com/2025/03/17/editorial-trumps-executive-orders-are-nothing-new-neither-are-the-court-challenges/
NEWS NATION NOW
— Chicago neighborhood calms after ICE raids fail to materialize
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/immigration/chicago-neighborhood-calms-after-ice-raids-fail-to-materialize/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Can Trump Ban Birthright Citizenship?
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/can-trump-ban-birthright-citizenship-law-history-policy-1e77ccd7
— CEOs Face More Accountability When a Board Member Has Military Experience (COMMENT: I should write about my critics/opponents who have had the greatest success in getting veterans to take adverse actions against me. Of course, they stress that I avoided the Vietnam War draft.)
https://www.wsj.com/business/military-veteran-board-members-fire-ceo-c9135073
FAST COMPANY
— Tesla owners are disguising their cars with fake badges as a form of resistance. When anti-Elon bumper stickers aren’t enough. (COMMENT: In how much danger are Tesla owners in in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?)
https://www.fastcompany.com/91294552/tesla-owners-are-disguising-their-cars-with-fake-badges-as-a-form-of-resistance
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
— Talk About Privilege at Work (COMMENT: All during my lifetime, everyone around me came under ever-increasing pressure from Democrat and RINO leaders to give ever-increasing preference to those who were minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.)
https://hbr.org/2021/08/talk-about-privilege-at-work
CENTER FOR ECONOMIC AND POLICY RESEARCH
— The Continuing Power of White Preferences in Employment (COMMENT: All during my lifetime, everyone around me came under ever-increasing pressure from Democrat and RINO leaders to give ever-increasing preference to those who were minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.)
https://cepr.net/publications/the-continuing-power-of-white-preferences-in-employment/
FREE PRESS
— Pritzker Wants to Lead the Trump Resistance. But Is He Turning His Back on DEI? (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that some Democrat and RINO leaders will put their promotion of DEI under the table and off the books. I should write about those Democrat and RINO leaders in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton who have bragged the most about their DEI promotion, that is, who have bragged the most about their promotion of race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.)
https://www.thefp.com/p/jb-pritzker-dei-donald-trump-pritzker-family-foundation-website
(FROM THE ARTICLE: According to a Free Press review of internet archive records, Pritzker’s own family nonprofit appears to have scrubbed a slew of DEI language from its website on March 11. The Pritzker Family Foundation eliminated the phrase justice and equity from its mission statement and jettisoned the word inequities to describe its focus on social justice. The group also removed the word equitable from the statement that said the group had a “deep desire to create more just and equitable outcomes.” And the foundation removed an entire sentence from its website that read: “Learn more about our ongoing efforts to apply a lens of Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) to our grantmaking here,” which linked to a downloadable foundation document detailing its “ongoing journey” to embrace DEI. This document can no longer be found on the foundation’s site, but was located by The Free Press on the internet archive.)
FULCRUM
— Ever-increasingly, according to Democrat and RINO leaders, the more of the following that Republicans are, the more that they should pay the price of Affirmative Action and DEI: conservative, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://thefulcrum.us/inclusion-diversity/trump-dei-executive-order
DIVERSE EDUCATION
— The Weaponry of Whiteness, Entitlement, and Privilege (COMMENT: I should write about my critics/opponents who promote Affirmative Action and DEI the most, that is, my critics/opponents who promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination the most. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.)
https://www.diverseeducation.com/demographics/african-american/article/15106980/the-weaponry-of-whiteness-entitlement-and-privilege
LSE
— The many shapes of religious privilege in the workplace (COMMENT: When I was young, most of those around me were Missouri Synod Lutheran (MSL). But as I grew older, ever-increasingly, fewer and fewer and fewer of those around me were Protestant, let alone let alone MSL.)
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessreview/2022/03/24/the-many-shapes-of-religious-privilege-in-the-workplace/
INDEPENDENT
— ‘I assume I’ll be driven out the country’: Workers fear Trump is leading a purge of LGBTQ+ federal employees (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrat and RINO leaders get rid of those like me who do not promote LGBTQ.)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/assume-ll-driven-country-workers-202837832.html
Tag: alien
March 16, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Trump invokes wartime Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to speed up deportations (COMMENT: Constructively, many countries have declared war on America. Democrat leaders not only side with those countries, they glorify and praise those countries.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/president-donald-trump-invokes-wartime-alien-enemies-act-1798-declare-invasion-gangs-speed-deportations/16028956/
NBC5
— US plans to deport about 300 alleged Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/us-plans-to-deport-about-300-alleged-venezuelan-gang-members-to-el-salvador/3698808/
— Republican legislation seeks to ban Chinese nationals from studying in the US
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/republican-legislation-seeks-to-ban-chinese-nationals-from-studying-in-the-us/3698682/
CBS2
— Trump’s use of wartime act to deport immigrants will end up before Supreme Court soon
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/donald-trump-alien-enemies-act-supreme-court-legal-analyst/
WGN9
— Trump signs order to gut staff at Voice of America and other US-funded media organizations
https://wgntv.com/politics-3/ap-politics/ap-trump-signs-order-to-cut-staff-at-voice-of-america-and-other-us-funded-media-organizations/
FOX32
— Judge blocks Trump’s use of 1798 law to deport Venezuelan migrants
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-alien-enemies-act-1798
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— The Alien Enemies Act: What to know about a 1798 law that Donald Trump has invoked for deportations
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/15/alien-enemies-act/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump invokes 18th century law to speed deportations, judge stalls it hours later
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/03/15/trump-invokes-18th-century-law-to-declare-invasion-by-gangs-and-speed-deportations
RIVER BENDER
— Democratic Party of Illinois Announces Electoral Program for Municipal Races Across the State
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/democratic-party-of-illinois-announces-electoral-program-for-municipal-races-across-the-state-80617.cfm
SOUTHERN
— USPS agrees to work with DOGE on reform, planning to cut 10,000 workers (COMMENT: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, DOGE would not be needed today and I might still be a GAO employee.)
https://thesouthern.com/news/usps-agrees-to-work-with-doge-on-reform-planning-to-cut-10-000-workers/article_26448728-4af0-56fa-b536-772848cd8fc3.html
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump signs order to gut staff at Voice of America and other US-funded media organizations
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trump-signs-order-to-cut-staff-at-voice-of-america-and-other-us-funded-media-organizations/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Federal judge blocks Trump’s plan to target ‘alien enemies’ for deportation
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-03-15/federal-judge-blocks-trumps-plan-to-target-alien-enemies-for-deportation
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— As Chicago Targeted By ICE, City Council’s Immigration Committee Hasn’t Met In 8 Months
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/03/14/as-chicago-targeted-by-ice-city-councils-immigration-committee-hasnt-met-in-8-months/
NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY PUBLIC TELEVISION
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, ever-increasingly, everyone in America will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.nctv17.org/spotlight/peoples-resource-center-helps-neighbor-to-neighbor/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, DOGE would not be needed today and I might still be a GAO employee. If Gingrich had formed a team to reform GAO, I would have volunteered to be a member of the team. I would have stressed a) that I had worked for GAO since 1980 and the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year, b) that I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) that I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in1981, d) that I became a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, Government Financial Manager in 1994, Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and Forensic Accountant in 1997, and e) that I earned an MBA in 1976, a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, and a master’s degree in finance in 1997. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What is/was your employers’ top priority? I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, IRS 1971-1980, and Post Office 1966-1969. Their top priority was 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. To achieve the aforesaid, they ever-increasingly a) lowered their hiring, retention, and promotion standards and b) used the extreme subjectivity in their personnel policies a) to give preference to their employees who were the aforesaid and b) to waste the careers of and to get rid of their employees who were not the aforesaid. The aforesaid ever-increasing rendered worthless a) my three job-related master’s degrees, b) my six job-related professional certifications, and c) my jo-related professional license. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— My critics/opponents want illegals because illegals take bad jobs. According to my critics/opponents, all the jobs that I took were bad jobs that they would never have stooped to take. What do you say to my critics/opponents? Will illegals take the bad jobs that I took 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 federal taxes, and auditing federal agencies? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What motivated you to pursue college? My father frequently decried his not having a college degree. He was discouraged from pursuing college because he had type 1 diabetes from childhood. He was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. Neither of my parents attended college. My mother never attended high school. If I was in high school today, because of my terrible demographics, I question if I could find enough motivation to pursue college. Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly give more preference to those who are minority, female, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are citizens of foreign countries. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— LaHood Comments on Extension of Covid Fraud Penalties
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/15/lahood-comments-on-extension-of-covid-fraud-penalties/
— Inappropriate Behavior Charges Traded by Nunda Township Road Commissioner Mike Lesperance and His Challenger Rob Parrish
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/15/nunda-township-road-commissioner-mike-leverance-reports-on-lawsuit-against-challenger-rob-parrish/
— Schakowsky Attends Another Demonstration
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/15/schakowsky-attends-another-demonstration/
— Vocal Opponent of McHenry Mayor Wayne Jett
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/15/vocal-opponent-of-mchenry-mayor-wayne-jett/
— Dick Durbin Votes to Allow Vote on Continuing Resolution
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/14/dick-durbin-votes-to-allow-vote-on-continuing-resolution/
— Chicago Tribune Cartoonist Again Demonstrates His Animus toward Donald Trump
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/14/chicago-tribune-cartoonist-again-demonstrates-his-animus-toward-donald-trump/
— Early Voting Starts Monday
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/14/early-voting-starts-monday/
— Kane County GOP Attacks Sales Tax Hike Referendum
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/14/kane-county-gop-attacks-sales-tax-hike-referendum/
— Cary Mayor Mark Kownick Holds Fundraiser
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/14/cary-mayor-mark-kownick-holds-fundraiser/
— Schakowsky’s Criticism of Republican Budget Bill
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/14/schakowskys-criticism-of-republican-budget-bill/
— What’s a Shell Bill?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/14/whats-a-shell-bill/
— Feds Arrest Teacher for Child Porn
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/13/feds-arrest-teacher-for-child-porn/
— Algonquin Township Supervisor Funk Finks Out, Shows Vindictiveness
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/13/funk-finks-out-shows-vindictiveness/
— McHenry County Assistant Transportation Director Scott Hennings Testifies Against Giving Chicago Total Control of RTA
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/13/mchenry-county-assistant-transportation-director-scott-henning-testifies-against-giving-chicago-total-control-of-rta/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— USPS strikes deal with Elon Musk’s DOGE team for reform help as agency agrees to cut 10K workers (COMMENT: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, DOGE would not be needed today and I might still be a GAO employee.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/usps-strikes-deal-with-elon-musk-s-doge-team-for-reform-help/ar-AA1ASThy
AMERICAN WIRE NEWS
— Racist Jasmine Crockett argues we need illegals to pick our food and clean our hotels (COMMENT: My critics/opponents want illegals because illegals take bad jobs. According to my critics/opponents, all the jobs that I took were bad jobs that they would never have stooped to take. What do you say to my critics/opponents? Will illegals take the jobs that I took 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 federal taxes, and auditing federal agencies?)
https://americanwirenews.com/racist-jasmine-crockett-argues-we-need-illegals-to-pick-our-food-and-clean-our-hotels/
EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Signs Order to Dismantle 8 Federal Agencies, Including VOA Parent Entity
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-signs-order-to-dismantle-8-federal-agencies-including-voa-parent-entity-5826100
— Trump Revokes 19 Biden-Era Executive Actions in 2nd Round of Roll Backs. The president on his first day of office rescinded nearly 80 executive orders and memoranda issued by President Joe Biden.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-revokes-19-biden-era-executive-actions-in-2nd-round-of-roll-backs-5826148
PJ MEDIA
— Federal Judge Tells Trump He Can’t Use the Law to Deport Illegals
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/03/15/federal-judge-tells-trump-he-cant-use-the-law-to-deport-illegal-n4937960
— Antisemitism in Universities Is Uncivil and Incompatible with Sound Education
https://pjmedia.com/philip-carl-salzman/2025/03/14/anti-semitism-in-universities-is-uncivil-and-incompatible-with-sound-education-n4937926
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
REUTERS
— Voice of America staff put on leave, Trump ally says agency ‘not salvageable’ (COMMENT: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, DOGE would not be needed today and I might still be a GAO employee.)
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/trump-signs-order-gut-voice-america-other-agencies-2025-03-15/
MSN
— America’s postmaster general knew that sooner or later, DOGE would come calling at the US Postal Service. So Louis DeJoy decided to have DOGE work with him. (COMMENT: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, DOGE would not be needed today and I might still be a GAO employee.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/can-elon-musk-save-the-post-office-the-us-postmaster-general-thinks-so/ar-AA1AVw9V
CBS NEWS
— Venezuelan immigrants sue Trump over order to invoke wartime Alien Enemies Act of 1798
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/venezuelan-immigrants-sue-trump-over-order-invoking-wartime-alien-enemies-act-of-1798/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Judge Orders Halt on Deportations of Venezuelans Under Wartime Law
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03/15/us/trump-news
— Pew surveys show boys tend to feel discouraged in the classroom, and are less likely than girls to pursue college. (COMMENT: What motivated you to pursue college? My father frequently decried his not having a college degree. He was discouraged from pursuing college because he had type 1 diabetes from childhood. He was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. Neither of my parents attended college. My mother never attended high school. If I was in high school today, because of my terrible demographics, I question if I could find enough motivation to pursue college. Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly give more preference to those who are minority, female, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are citizens of foreign countries.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/upshot/teenagers-school-girls-boys.html
— Can Trump and Musk Convince More Conservatives to Buy Teslas?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/business/elon-musk-trump-tesla-conservatives.html
— How Trump’s Hard-Line Tactics Are Driving Down (ILLEGAL) Migration
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/world/americas/mexico-trump-migration.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— According to Democrat and RINO leaders, governments exist a) to take money from those who have more money and b) to give that money to those who have less money.
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-03-16/doge-elon-musk-donald-trump-government-layoffs
USA TODAY
— Torching Teslas? Climate-loving liberals driven crazy by Trump harm their cause. Liberals across the country are attacking a bunch of electric vehicles and infrastructure – once a symbol of Democrats’ climate-saving agenda. Essentially, they are sabotaging their own cause.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/03/14/trump-musk-tesla-protests-ev-violence/82330639007/
BOSTON HERALD
— Transgender Americans weigh leaving US over Trump’s policies. Some already have.
https://www.bostonherald.com/2025/03/15/transgender-americans-leaving/amp/
NEW YORK SUN
— First-in-the-Nation Reparations Program Runs Into Financial Problems, Halts Payouts. In Evanston, Illinois, lagging recreational pot sales – which are used to fund the city’s disbursements to African Americans – have been lagging below projections.
https://www.nysun.com/article/first-in-the-nation-reparations-program-runs-into-financial-problems-halts-payouts
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Attacks Political Enemies in Speech at Justice Department. President Trump vowed to restore “fair, equal, and impartial justice” to the U.S. in his speech at the Department of Justice.
https://www.wsj.com/video/trump-attacks-political-enemies-in-speech-at-justice-department/56264406-A6C3-4787-B6BB-B510A0E311FA
WEEK
— J.D. Vance: Trump’s attack dog (COMMENT: I should write about my critics/opponents and the attack dogs who they currently use against me and have used against me in the past. They include present and past members of the Milton Township Republican Organization, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and Wheaton Chamber of Commerce members.)
https://theweek.com/politics/j-d-vance-trumps-attack-dog
NPR
— A tale of two states: Florida and Illinois’s responses to the Trump administration
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/16/nx-s1-5324551/a-tale-of-two-states-florida-and-illinoiss-responses-to-the-trump-administration
MEDIAITE
— Homan: I’m Deporting Illegals Biden Tried to Turn Into Voters
https://www.mediaite.com/podcasts/future-democratic-voters-trump-border-czar-tells-stephen-a-smith-theyre-deporting-the-illegals-biden-was-changing-census-to-count/
CBC
— Fans at BMO Field boo U.S. anthem prior to Toronto FC’s home opener against Chicago. Steady booing was followed by enthusiastic rendition of O Canada.
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/mls/bmo-field-fans-boo-us-anthem-tfc-home-opener-1.7484851
March 14, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders say “Academics in Chicago sound the alarm on ‘viewpoint discrimination’ as government targets student protesters.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/13/student-activism-crackdown-viewpoint-discrimination/
— Democrat leaders say “Pritzker and Illinois educators condemn Trump’s cuts at Department of Education.” (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, very few condemned Gingrich’s GAO budget cuts. Gingrich cut GAO’s budget 15 percent in 1996 and 10 percent in 1997. SEE: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-T-OCG-96-4/pdf/GAOREPORTS-T-OCG-96-4.pdf )
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/13/pritzker-department-education-trump/
— Democrat leaders say “Trump Justice Department sends letter to Mayor Brandon Johnson about alleged antisemitism on campuses.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/13/trump-justice-department-letter-chicago-antisemitism-campuses/
— Democrat leaders acknowledge “City of Chicago and Chicago Public Schools are fighting over dangerous levels of indebtedness. Same taxpayers are on the hook, either way.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/editorial-city-chicago-chicago-public-100000624.html
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders say “Trump administration wants us to believe only white men make military great. The administration is trying to rewrite history by deleting references to the Tuskegee Airmen, women and others with milestone achievements in the military.” (COMMENT: Republicans oppose Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, they oppose race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/03/13/trump-administration-deletes-women-black-men-minorities-from-military-history-tuskegee-ben-jealous
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Democrat leaders say “Trump takes aim at Chicago again — this time with a federal task force on antisemitism.” (COMMENT: I should write about my Democrat GAO superiors who forced their Jewish employees to do their dirty work. I would focus on my Democrat GAO superiors who punished me the most a) because in 1990, I volunteered to work for their group that was led by GAO’s most prominent Chicago office Jewish manager and b) because I continuing to work for her. In 1997, they forced her and my other two Jewish GAO Chicago Office superiors to force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2025/03/13/federal-task-force-antisemitism-schools-campus-chicago-brandon-johnson-bondi-justice-department
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Jews
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/03/13/northwestern-faculty-and-students-say-efforts-to-appease-trump-chill-free-speech
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/03/13/mahmoud-khalil-has-rights
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/03/13/trump-tariffs-taxes-burden-poor-middle-class-steel-alcohol-canada-marc-morial
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote criminals and crime.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/03/13/formerly-incarcerated-people-seeking-jobs-need-clean-slate-law-illinois-johnathon-bush
DAILY HERALD
— Scott A. Brown: 2025 candidate for Wheaton City Council North District
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250314/local-politics/scott-a-brown-2025-candidate-for-wheaton-city-council-north-district/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Chicago Sun-Times editorial page editor leaving as buyout deadline looms (COMMENT: I sued my Democrat GAO superiors over their threats if I did not take their early retirement “offer” when I was 49 years old in 1997. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf They made it clear to me that if I did not take their “offer,” they would make my next 6 years until I would be eligible for regular retirement a living hell for me. The least of which they would do would be to demote me and to give me adverse transfers. Previously, they had always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for them, and forced to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut to transfer from IRS. GAO was not unionized; it did not unionize until 2007.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/marketing-media/lorraine-forte-departing-chicago-sun-times-amid-buyouts
NBC5
— Federal agencies are under a Thursday deadline to turn over plans to the Office of Personnel Management on how they plan to reduce the size of their respective agencies, including through reductions in workforce. A federal judge ruled Thursday that thousands of probationary employees who were abruptly terminated last month must be re-instated. (COMMENT: Democrats run GAO. I have saved voluminous records of what my Democrat GAO superiors did to deal with Gingrich budget cuts 1980-1997. They used Gingrich’s budget cuts along with Affirmative Action, DEI, up-or-out, subjectivity in their personnel systems, etc. to get rid of their Republican employees like me who were conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. I would not have survived for almost 18 years if I had not a) earned job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, b) earned job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, c) earn a job-related professional license in 1981.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/federal-agencies-face-deadline-proposed-cuts-layoffs/3697147/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/top-videos-home/watch-chicago-chefs-attempt-worlds-largest-cannabis-infused-pizza-for-pi-day/3696841/
CBS2
— Democrat leaders say “Numerous Chicago employees let go in cuts to U.S. Dept. of Education Office of Civil Rights.” (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office 1980-1997, the Chicago news media did not report on Democrat success in using Gingrich budget cuts to get rid of GAO employees in its Chicago office like me who were Republican.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-employees-cuts-dept-education-civil-rights/
— Democrat leaders say “Illinois Treasurer Michael Frerichs denounces 3 a.m. protest at his house.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-treasurer-michael-frerichs-protest-house/
WGN9
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/we-will-not-let-you-harm-our-children-illinois-educators-react-to-dismantling-of-department-of-education/
FOX32
— Democrat leaders ask “Could Illinois be the first state in the nation to legalize prostitution?” and crow that “Lawmakers in Illinois are debating a bill that would create a “Sex Workers Bill of Rights.” (COMMENT: How successful might Democrat leaders be getting your children to major in sex work in college and become professional prostitutes?)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1608014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyBYnvjtqKI
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-politics
— Democrat leaders say “Pritzker pushes back on Trump’s education cuts.” (COMMENT: I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997. Extremely few pushed back against Gingrich GAO budget cuts during that time.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnkYpfLtfZs
— Democrat leaders say “‘DOGE bags in Washington’: Gov. Pritzker addresses Illinois educators on federal education cuts.”
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/doge-bags-in-washington-gov-pritzker-addresses-illinois-educators-on-federal-education-cuts
WBEZ
— Democrat leaders say “Chicago attorneys accuse federal agents of violating immigrants’ rights and take legal action.”
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/03/13/chicago-attorneys-accuse-federal-agents-of-violating-immigrants-rights-and-take-legal-action
— Democrat leaders say “Northwestern faculty and students say efforts to appease Trump chill free speech.”
https://www.wbez.org/education/2025/03/13/northwestern-faculty-and-students-say-efforts-to-appease-trump-chill-free-speech
STATELINE
— Democrat leaders acknowledge that “Nearly half of cannabis users think driving high doesn’t impair skills.”
https://www.mystateline.com/news/cannabis-users-driving-high/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders say “President Trump’s attempts to shrink government target civil rights efforts.”
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-03-13/president-trumps-attempts-to-shrink-government-target-civil-rights-efforts
WCIA
— Democrat leaders ask “Could IL townships be dissolved?” and say “Bills supporting the decision are resurfacing, but some oppose the idea.”
https://www.wcia.com/news/could-il-townships-be-dissolved-bills-supporting-the-decison-are-resurfacing-but-some-oppose-the-idea/
NEWS BREAK
— Illinois clarifies no local laws can restrict homeless camping in public areas (COMMENT: Democrat leaders would love to set up a big homeless camp in the Prairie Path Park ( https://www.wheaton.il.us/747/Prairie-Path-Park ) in my precinct.)
https://www.newsbreak.com/mystateline-com-wtvo-wqrf-1589920/3854313830110-illinois-clarifies-no-local-laws-can-restrict-homeless-camping-in-public-areas
POLITICO
— Chicago in Trump’s sights, again
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/03/14/chicago-in-trumps-sights-again-00230531
CAPITOL FAX
— Democrats say “Morning briefing.”
https://capitolfax.com/2025/03/14/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-474/
— Democrat leaders say “Afternoon roundup.”
https://capitolfax.com/2025/03/13/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-267/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MILTON TOWNSHIP REPUBLICAN ORGANIZATION
— Statement to the Residents of Milton Township from Chairman of Milton Township Republican Organization Jeff Castle
https://miltongop.org/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— QUESTION: What if Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of cutting its budget, including 15 percent in 1996 and 10 percent in 1997? ANSWERS: a) there would be no need for DOGE today, b) my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, c) I might still be a GAO employee, d) my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, keep me off audits of IRS, delay my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13, or force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, and e) GAO would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service, currently $195,200/year, by the time I was 40 years old in 1988. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— If Pritzker Were a Federal Employee
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/12/if-pritzker-were-a-federal-employee/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: To JB Pritzker: Please reply to this email with approx. 5 bullets of what you accomplished last week and cc your manager, the people of Illinois. Failure to respond will be taken as a resignation. Sincerely, The Illinois Republican Party P.S. We’re pretty sure you aren’t going to respond, so here are some suggestions: Compared Republicans to Nazis – A desperate, disgusting attack to distract from his own failures. Classy. Went on MSNBC for a Love Fest – Instead of working for Illinois families, he spent his time trying to impress liberal elites. Pushed More Tax Hikes – Because clearly, Illinois families and businesses just aren’t paying enough already. Doubled Down on Sanctuary Policies – Inviting even more illegal immigrants to Illinois while ignoring the financial and safety crisis it creates. Continued Pretending to Be President – Instead of fixing Illinois, he’s out there demanding that Trump and Congress listen to him. Delusional. Meanwhile, Illinois Republicans are focused on REAL solutions: Fighting for lower taxes and economic growth, Protecting our communities from crime and lawlessness, Standing with President Trump to secure our borders, Stopping Pritzker’s radical policies before they do even more damage)
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/12/illinois-coerced-utilities-dei-report/
— DeVore Says He’s Going RINO Hunting, May Be Seeking to Take Out the Only Local Republican State Representative Who Can Pass a Bill
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/13/devore-says-hes-going-rino-hunting-seeking-to-take-out-the-only-local-republican-state-representative-who-can-pass-a-bill/
— McHenry County Assistant Transportation Director Scott Hennings Testifies Against Giving Chicago Total Control of RTA
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/13/mchenry-county-assistant-transportation-director-scott-henning-testifies-against-giving-chicago-total-control-of-rta/
— Reick Promotes Witness Slip Filing on Home Schooling Regulation Bill
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/13/reick-promotes-witness-slip-filing-on-home-schooling-regulation-bill/
— No Bobcat Hunting in McHenry County and Much of Eastern Illinois
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/12/no-bobcat-hunting-in-mchenry-county/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump is not delivering for his voters
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom-self-reliance/3346197/trump-not-delivering-for-his-voters/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Illinois Runs a Scholarship That Excludes White Applicants. It Could Get the State’s Top Universities Defunded. Experts say the program, which includes Northwestern and the University of Chicago, is patently unlawful. (COMMENT: According to Democrat leaders and to RINO leaders, Republicans marginalize and oppress students who are the following, and that is why they should get scholarships: Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, have an ancestor who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are citizens of foreign countries.)
https://freebeacon.com/campus/illinois-runs-a-scholarship-that-excludes-white-applicants-it-could-get-the-states-top-universities-defunded/
NEW YORK POST
— Tesla terrorism only reveals the Left’s impotence
https://nypost.com/2025/03/13/opinion/tesla-terrorism-only-reveals-the-lefts-impotence/
CATHOLIC VOICE
— Biden spent ‘staggering’ $1 trillion on DEI programs (COMMENT: How successful was Biden in using DEI to promote more hatred against those in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct who are Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have in America for a long time? I should write about Biden’s success in DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Warrenville School District 200, and my precinct. I will get a measure of Biden’s success in my precinct when I hand-deliver Republican campaign literature and sample ballots to the 400 residences in my precinct that have at least one registered Republican or Independent voter.)
https://catholicvote.org/biden-spent-staggering-1-trillion-on-dei-programs-study-finds/
CENTER SQUARE
— Lawmakers propose banning all federal labor unions (COMMENT: I was a federal union member for almost 12 years. GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had been unionized before 1997, I might still be a GAO employee.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_2289d674-003a-11f0-b149-8f0333472fb8.html
FEDERALIST
— 7 Trump Orders Congress Should Codify To Keep Wokeness Out Of The Military
https://thefederalist.com/2025/03/14/7-trump-orders-congress-should-codify-to-keep-wokeness-out-of-the-military/
FOX NEWS
— Illinois Democrat lawmaker pushes bill to legalize attacks on police for people having mental health episode. Critics say the bill would embolden those who attack police.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/illinois-dem-lawmaker-pushes-bill-legalize-attacks-police-people-having-mental-health-episode
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— Democrat leaders say “DOGE proposes cutting IRS workforce by a total of nearly 20%.” (COMMENT: I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS 1971-1980. If I was still an IRS employee, they would have killed me by now figuratively if not literally.)
https://www.komu.com/news/nationworld/doge-proposes-cutting-irs-workforce-by-a-total-of-nearly-20/article_75a2c451-4da5-5326-9abb-d7273d7ef24f.html
— Democrat leaders say “Protesters arrested after storming Trump Tower to demand release of Mahmoud Khalil.”
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/13/us/mahmoud-khalil-protesters-arrested-trump-tower/index.html
CBS NEWS
— Democrat leaders say Trump to invoke wartime Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to carry out deportations to Guantanamo
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/trump-alien-enemies-act-1798-deportations-guantanamo/
— Democrat leaders say “USPS to cut 10,000 workers through voluntary early retirement program.” I worked for the Democrats who ran USPS 1966-1969. If I was still a USPS employee, they would have killed me by now figuratively if not literally.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/usps-cut-10000-workers-elon-musks-doge/
— Democrat leaders say chief counsel is demoted and replaced with DOGE ally
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/andrew-de-mello-irs-william-paul-doge-trump/
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE WITH FOUR PHOTOS: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/pageoneplus/quote-of-the-day-leaders-standing-up-to-trump-widen-their-support-at-home.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/opinion/america-trump-europe.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders say “Judges order Trump officials to offer jobs back to thousands of fired workers.” (COMMENT: If you were forced to retire early, would you take a reinstatement offer? After my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, a low-level employee in GAO’s personnel office hinted verbally that he might be able to get me reinstated. I asked that he put the terms in writing, but he never did. To force me to retire, my Democrat GAO superiors made it clear to me that if I did not, they would make my next 6 years until I would be eligible for regular retirement a living hell for me. According to them, they would demote me, give me adverse transfers, give me bad job assignments, give me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, and even worse things. Previously, they had always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 years, and forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer to GAO from IRS when I was 31 years old in 1980. Previously, they had focused on making all my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates despise me, if not hate me. They stressed that I was conservative, Republican, White, male, older, draft-avoider, Protestant, German American, my ancestors had been in America since 1844, a Crete resident 1948-1972, a Wheaton resident since 1978, and an IRS employee 1971-1980. They stressed that my wife had a good job, that we had no children or other dependents, that we had a home built in Wheaton in 1984, that we had no debts, that we owned two collector cars, etc. If GAO had been unionized, my GAO superiors would not have been able to take the aforesaid adverse actions against me that they did.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/03/13/trump-probationary-federal-worker-firings-judge-ruling/
USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders say “How Trump and Musk have sought greater control over federal employees.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/12/trump-musk-impact-federal-workforce/82235676007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrat leaders say: Make the U.S. Civil Service Effective Again (COMMEMT: Democrats run the federal government. They do everything that can to not hire Republicans and to get rid of Republican employees, and especially those who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. To accomplish the aforesaid, they use Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, they use race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. They use up-or-out and the subjectivity in their personnel policies. They ever-increasingly lower hiring, retention, and promotions standards.)
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/make-the-u-s-civil-service-effective-again-efficiency-flexibility-states-b71fe701
— How low will Democrat leaders drive stocks down?
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-inflation-dow-nasdaq-sp500-03-13-2025
GAO
— 1996 FLASHBACK: DEMOCRAT LEADERS SAY: GAO’s DOWNSIZING EFFORTS (COMMENT: I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997. Gingrich cut GAO’s budget 15 percent in 1996 and 10 percent in 1997.)
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-T-OCG-96-4/pdf/GAOREPORTS-T-OCG-96-4.pdf )
(FROM THE REPORT: Last year, the Congress directed a 25 percent reduction in our funding—15 percent to be accomplished in fiscal year 1996 and an additional 10 percent in fiscal year 1997. Because nearly 80 percent of our budget pays for salaries and personnel-related costs, we reached the unavoidable conclusion that the agency could not absorb these reductions without significantly downsizing our workforce. In response to this budget situation, the Comptroller General established a team of senior level managers to assess the impact of the funding reductions and develop a plan for achieving these reductions. In July 1995, the Comptroller General approved the team’s plan to reduce GAO’s workforce by about 850 employees over 14 months. Under the plan, GAO’s workforce would be reduced to about 3,500 by the beginning of fiscal year 1997. The goal of the plan was to achieve large reductions in a way that would avoid major disruptions in our workplace, while leaving us with the skills required to carry out our mission and maintain current production levels.)
POLITICO
— Democrat leaders say “Tens of thousands of fired federal workers must be reinstated immediately, judge rules. U.S. District Judge William Alsup described the mass firings as a “sham” strategy by the government’s central human resources office.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/13/fired-federal-probationary-employees-court-ruling-00228721
March 11, 2025
Ever-increasingly, the mainstream news media serves a mouthpiece for Democrat leaders. I do not serve as a mouthpiece for any Republican leader. I serve as a mouthpiece for conservative principles and for the Republican Party platform.
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote opposition to Trump budget cuts.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/donald-trump-news-chicago-federal-workers-veterans-sound-alarm-administrations-planned-job-cuts/16004701/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ejCw7aS61k
NBC5
— Democrat leaders say “As recession fears continue, here’s where things stand after stock market takes deep dive.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/what-time-does-the-stock-market-open-recession-where-markets-closed-tsla-nvidia-stock-wall-street/3693770/
— Democrat leaders say “Musk says DOGE is in almost every federal agency and plans to double staff.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/president-trump/musk-says-doge-plans-to-double-staff/3693470/
WGN9
— Democrat leaders say “Illinois State Police to host first-ever all-women recruitment event.” (COMMENT: All my employers were always been under tremendous pressure from Democrat leaders to hire, to retain, and to promote women. All the women who they promoted over me a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had.)
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/illinois-state-police-to-host-first-ever-all-women-recruitment-event/
FOX32
— Democrat leaders say “Markets tank after Trump doesn’t rule out recession possibility.”
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1606221
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly highlight federal employees who lose their jobs because of Republican budget cuts. Why didn’t the Daily Herald highlight me when I was 49 years old in 1997 and lost my GAO job because of Gingrich-led Republican budget cuts, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination (up-or-out), religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination? My Democrat GAO superiors took many big adverse actions against me a) because I complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination (up-or-out) and b) because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation in 1988.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250310/nation-and-world-politics/a-shock-fired-federal-worker-army-veteran-fears-for-future-of-va/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Why one suburb is banning EV chargers from public parking garages
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250310/news/why-one-suburb-is-banning-ev-chargers-from-public-parking-garages/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more DEI. To promote DEI is to promote discrimination against those who have demographics that vote for Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2025/03/10/cook-county-clerk-birth-certificates-marriage-licenses
— Democrat leaders say “Chicago Ukrainians fear deportations as Trump considers revoking legal status: Everyone’s scared to death.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/ukraine/2025/03/10/ukrainians-chicago-trump-legal-status-deportation
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders say “The great tragedy of sleeping through Election Day.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/10/opinion-cook-county-illinois-elections-low-turnout/
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Democrat leaders say “Oberweis on campaign trail — again.”
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/jim-dey-four-allegedly-in-running-for-treasurer-post/article_200cb6f0-fad1-11ef-a9ed-f385616e308f.html
JOURNAL & COURIER
— Beware the scare tactics on Medicaid funding
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/commentary-beware-the-scare-tactics-on-medicaid-funding-mark-glennon/ar-AA1AAwaN
RIVER BENDER & 25 NEWS NOW & WAND TV
— Democrat leaders say “Duckworth Introduces Legislation to Reinstate Veterans Who Were Fired in Trump and Elon Musk’s Indiscriminate Federal Employee Purge (COMMENT: Will Duckworth reinstate me? The Democrats who ran GAO fired me because of Gingrich budget cuts.)
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/duckworth-kim-introduce-legislation-to-reinstate-veterans-who-were-fired-in-trump-and-elon-musks-indiscriminate-federal-employee-purge-80450.cfm?
https://www.25newsnow.com/2025/03/10/duckworth-introduces-legislation-reinstate-veterans-who-were-fired-federal-employee-purge/
https://www.wandtv.com/news/duckworth-kim-introduce-legislation-to-reinstate-veterans-who-were-fired-in-federal-employee-purge/article_09da823a-fdb6-11ef-9642-bb45b695223e.html
FOX ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders say new DHS app says “‘Stay Out and Leave Now” and “Illegal migrants can self-deport’ with new DHS app.”
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/stay-out-and-leave-now-dhs-launches-new-app-with-self-deportation-feature
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote disagreements between Trump supporters
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/trump-pushes-detente-between-musk-and-rubio/amp/
— Democrat leaders say Trump loves the Gilded Age and its tariffs. It was a great time for the rich but not for the many. (COMMENT: What did your ancestors do during the Gilded Age? On my father’s side, they operated Crete’s only hardware store. On my mother’s side, they operated a farm in Grant Park alone the Indiana border.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trump-loves-the-gilded-age-and-its-tariffs-it-was-a-great-time-for-the-rich-but-not-for-the-many/
FREE PRESS
— Democrat leaders say “Jailed. Pardoned. Now Rod Blagojevich Wants to Be a ‘Trumpocrat’ With a presidential pardon in the bag, the disgraced ex-governor may be eyeing a run for mayor of Chicago. ‘I’m at the stage of my life that’s a new beginning.’”
https://www.thefp.com/p/rod-blagojevich-rises-again
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders crow about their success in getting Black pastors to do their bidding.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/03/11/pastors-take-aim-at-dei-rollbacks-00223301
CAPITOL FAX
— Democrat leaders say “Morning briefing.”
https://capitolfax.com/2025/03/11/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-471/
— Democrat leaders say: “Afternoon roundup.”
https://capitolfax.com/2025/03/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-264/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIRE POINTS
— 2024 homicide rankings: Chicago, St. Louis lead nation yet again – A Wirepoints survey of America’s 75 largest cities
https://wirepoints.org/2024-homicide-rankings-chicago-st-louis-lead-nation-yet-again-a-wirepoints-survey-of-americas-75-largest-cities/
CHICAGO CONTRARIAN
— Vallas: Chicago Has Become a Sanctuary City for Criminals
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/chicago-sanctuary-city-for-criminals
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Democrats run the federal government. For them, the federal government exists to hire, to retain, and to promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— My critics/opponents want to stop me from sending out my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, but failing that, they want to stop everyone from reading my newsletters. I should write about my critics/opponents who continue to have their operatives and their dupes do everything that they can to stop me from sending out my newsletters and to stop everyone from reading my newsletters. More recently, they had me removed me from the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee and they ended by service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— My critics/opponents have always painted my federal salary, benefits, and pension as being entitlements instead of earned. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents a) were wealthy, b) paid for their college expenses, and/or c) got them good jobs in the private sector. My parents were not wealthy. I had to work my way through college. My father died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21. I would focus on my critics/opponents who never applied for a federal job or who applied and were rejected a) because they lacked qualifications and/or b) because they could not pass a background investigation. Even though I was conservative, Republican, White, male, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors had been in America since 1844, a) the Democrats who ran the Post Office hired me in 1966, b) the Democrats who ran IRS in 1971, and c) the Democrats who ran GAO in 1980. I had qualified myself by a) passing the postal employment test and earning a high school diploma in 1966, b) passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination and earning a bachelor’s degree in management in 1970, c) earning an MBA in 1976, and d) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— According to my critics/opponents, I owe all my successes in passing tests to my benefitting from discrimination against those who share their demographics. My critics/opponents are moderate/liberal, minority, female, younger, unmarried, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for as long as my ancestors. The many tests that I passed include those needed to get hired by the federal government, to earn three master’s degrees, and to earn two professional certifications. I passed on my first attempt the CPA examination when I was 30 years old in 1979 and the Certified Internal Auditor examination in 1981. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
MCHENRY COUNTY BLIG
— John Goodman Officially Announces for U.S. Senate
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/10/john-goodman-officially-announces-for-u-s-senate/
— Regional Planning Commission Seeks Help in Hiking RTA Taxes
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/10/regional-planning-commission-seeks-help-in-hiking-rta-taxes/
— Republican Candidate for Governor, DuPage Sheriff James Mendrick, Hit with Negative Frontpage Tribune Story
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/10/republican-candidate-for-governor-dupage-sheriff-james-mendrick-hit-with-negative-frontpage-tribune-story/
— McHenry County Residents Pay 2.5% of the Value of Their Homes in Property Taxes.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/10/mchenry-county-residents-pay-2-5-of-the-value-of-their-homes-in-property-taxes/
— Trump-Endorsed Candidate for Florida Governor Scheduled for State GOP Fundraiser
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/10/trump-endorsed-candidate-for-florida-governor-scheduled-for-state-gop-fundraiser/
— Pritzker Administration Drags Heels on Sue Ness’ Lakewood $250,000 Pork
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/10/pritzker-administration-drags-heels-on-sue-ness-250000-pork/
— U.S. Marshal Reports on Recovery of Missing Children
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/09/u-s-marshal-reports-on-recovery-of-missing-children/
— Possibility of Permanent Daylight Savings Time in Illinois
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/09/possibility-of-permanent-daylight-savings-time-in-illinois/
— Former Algonquin Township Congressman Sean Casten Comments on Congress
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/09/former-algonquin-township-congressman-sean-casten-comments-on-congress/
— WGN Notices Oberweis Florida Congressional Candidacy
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/08/wgn-notices-oberweis-florida-congressional-candidacy/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Biden migrant surge pushed illegal immigrant population to nearly 19 million
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/mar/10/biden-migrant-surge-pushed-illegal-immigrant-population-nearly-19/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Duckworth to introduce bill to rehire veterans laid off by DOGE (COMMENT: Will Duckworth reinstate me? The Democrats who ran GAO fired me because of Gingrich budget cuts.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/3342493/democratic-senators-introduce-bill-rehire-veterans/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The Resistance Sequel Flops. Defending bureaucrats just doesn’t anger ignorant masses like identity politics.
https://amgreatness.com/2025/03/11/the-resistance-sequel-flops/
BREITBART
— 18.6 Million Illegal Aliens Living in U.S., Hundreds of Thousands of Anchor Babies Born Annually
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/03/10/illegal-alien-anchor-baby-population/
COLLEGE FIX
— West Point disbands 12 student groups following Trump’s DEI executive order
https://www.thecollegefix.com/west-point-disbands-12-student-groups-following-trumps-dei-executive-order/
DAILY CALLER
— Medical Schools Press Ahead Answering ‘Clarion Call’ To Wokeness
https://dailycaller.com/2025/03/10/exclusive-medical-schools-press-ahead-answering-clarion-call-to-wokeness/
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Illegal Alien Population Hits Record 18.6 Million
https://www.fairus.org/news/misc/new-fair-study-finds-illegal-alien-population-hits-record-18-6-million
FOX NEWS
— Dems threatening government shutdown over Elon Musk hate, Republicans say. The government shutdown deadline is Friday.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dems-threatening-government-shutdown-over-elon-musk-hate-republicans-say?lid=e9b0n9cz85u6
— Dem seeks to halt Trump from ‘invading’ Greenland, Canada and Panama. ‘Americans do not support sending troops unnecessary wars, especially with allies of the United States who pose no threat to our country,’ says Rep Seth Magaziner
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dem-seeks-halt-trump-from-invading-greenland-canada-panama
— Here are Trump’s top accomplishments 50 days into his Oval Office return. ‘We are just getting started,’ Trump said during his address before a joint session of Congress.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trumps-top-accomplishments-50-days-his-oval-office-return
HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Breaking the DEI Trance
https://www.heritage.org/progressivism/commentary/breaking-the-dei-trance
NEWSMAX
— Duckworth Bill Would Force Trump to Rehire Laid-Off Vets (COMMENT: Will Duckworth reinstate me? The Democrats who ran GAO fired me because of Gingrich budget cuts.)
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/veterans-doge-elon-musk/2025/03/10/id/1202223/
— LGBTQ Leaders Demand That Democrat Leaders Do More
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/lgbtq-leaders-democrats/2025/03/10/id/1202244/
— Job Cuts Necessary to Make Dept. Better For Vets (COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government. For them, the federal government exists to hire, to retain, and to promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/doug-collins-va-job-cuts/2025/03/10/id/1202252/
PJ MEDIA
— French (Government-Owned!) Media: ‘How Could You Not’ Compare Trump to Hitler?
https://pjmedia.com/scott-pinsker/2025/03/10/french-government-owned-media-how-could-you-not-compare-trump-to-hitler-n4937769
TOWNHALL
— Trump Revives CBP One App, Offering Illegal Immigrants Path to Self-Deportation
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/03/10/trump-relaunches-cbp-one-app-n2653554
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— LGBTQ Leaders Demand That Democrat Leaders Do More
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5186943-lgbtq-groups-call-on-democrats-to-do-more-to-protect-their-rights/
— Democrat leaders say “Trump stirs economic uncertainty.”
https://thehill.com/newsletters/morning-report/5187499-donald-trump-stirs-economic-uncertainty/
— Democrat leaders say “Why Trump’s war on DEI is so diabolical.”
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5182718-trump-dei-attacks/
MSN
— Democrat leaders say “DOGE Blocks Social Security Administration Employees From Reading the News (COMMENT: My critics/opponents want to stop me from sending out my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, but failing that, they want to stop everyone from reading my newsletters. I should write about my critics/opponents who continue to have their operatives and their dupes do everything that they can to stop me from sending out my newsletters and to stop everyone from reading my newsletters. More recently, they had me removed me from the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee and they ended by service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/entertainment-celebrity/doge-blocks-social-security-administration-employees-from-reading-the-news/ss-AA1AtC3U
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders say “Trump’s Policies Have Shaken a Once-Solid Economic Outlook.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/business/economy/trump-economy-tariffs.html
— Democrat leaders say “U.S. Stocks Have Worst Day of 2025 as Economic Fears Grow.” Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly drive stocks down.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03/10/us/president-trump-news
— Democrat leaders say “Trump has sworn to root out corruption within the government, yet one of his first acts as president was to fire over a dozen independent watchdogs who did exactly that. We spoke to seven of them about the abuses they uncovered, what they really think about DOGE and what all this means for the future of American democracy.” (COMMENT: When my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, I had the right work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional license to work Inspector General Offices in Chicago. But none of them were interested in me. Democrats do not want Republicans to audit Democrats.)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/06/opinion/trump-doge-fires-inspectors-general.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders say “Turmoil within DOGE spills into public view as Musk’s group confronts a PR crisis.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/03/10/doge-musk-rebrand-trump-conflicts/
USA DODAY
— Democrat leaders say “Trump pushes ahead with tariffs as stock market has ‘worst day of 2025’ amid recession fears.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/rfk-jr-confirmed-lead-health-170345523.html
— Democrat leaders crow about their success in getting religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/03/09/religious-faith-guides-migrants-border-asylum/80875900007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Some Teachers Are Underpaid (COMMENT: I should start writing about my critics/opponents who have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me the most as being overpaid.)
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/some-teachers-are-underpaid-merit-based-pay-student-performance-learning-93bd0fd5
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Mark Carney Wins Leadership of a Canadian Liberal Party Revived by Trump. Former central banker poised to call general election that suddenly seems winnable.
https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/mark-carney-wins-leadership-of-a-canadian-liberal-party-revived-by-trump-e8942892
FORTUNE
— Democrat leaders say “Stock market implodes as Trump tariffs and recession nightmares spook investors.”
https://fortune.com/2025/03/10/stock-market-implodes-trump-tariffs-recession-nightmares-spook-investors/
BLOOMBERG
— Democrat leaders say “Trump To Meet With Business Executives On Tuesday As Recession Fears Accelerate Stock Market Declines.” (COMMENT: Trump should anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly do everything that they can to drive the stock market down.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-10/trump-to-address-top-ceos-wall-street-bank-executives-tuesday
— Democrat leaders say “Musk Calls Entitlements the Big One to Cut” (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always painted my federal salary, benefits, and pension as being entitlements instead of earned. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents a) were wealthy, b) paid for their college expenses, and/or c) got them good jobs in the private sector. My parents were not wealthy. I had to work my way through college. My father died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21. I would focus on my critics/opponents who never applied for a federal job or who applied and were rejected a) because they lacked qualifications and/or b) because they could not pass a background investigation. Even though I was conservative, Republican, White, male, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors had been in America since 1844, a) the Democrats who ran the Post Office hired me in 1966, b) the Democrats who ran IRS in 1971, and c) the Democrats who ran GAO in 1980. I had qualified myself by a) passing the postal employment test and earning a high school diploma in 1966, b) passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination and earning a bachelor’s degree in management in 1970, c) earning an MBA in 1976, and d) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-10/musk-calls-entitlements-the-big-one-to-cut-countering-trump
POLITICO
— Democrat leaders say “Trump says he’s buying a Tesla to support Elon Musk. The president said he will purchase a Tesla as the automaker’s stock price takes a tumble.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/11/trump-buying-tesla-support-elon-musk-00223293
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Democrat leaders say “How standardized tests became part of the DEI debate.” (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, I owe all my successes in passing tests to my benefitting from discrimination against those who share their demographics. My critics/opponents are moderate/liberal, minority, female, younger, unmarried, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for as long as my ancestors. The many tests that I passed include those needed to get hired by the federal government, to earn three master’s degrees, and to earn two professional certifications. I passed on my first attempt the CPA examination when I was 30 years old in 1979 and the Certified Internal Auditor examination in 1981.)
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/admissions/traditional-age/2025/03/11/how-standardized-tests-became-part-dei-debate
March 5, 2025
WHITE HOUSE
— Democrats Showed Whose Side They’re On — And it’s Not the American People
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2025/03/democrats-showed-whose-side-theyre-on-and-its-not-the-american-people/
ILLINOIS GOP
— ILGOP Responds to President Trump’s Address To Joint Session Of Congress: Following President Trump’s first address to a joint session of Congress in his second term as president, ILGOP Chair Kathy Salvi released the following statement: “Tonight, President Trump addressed millions of Americans around the country and outlined his administration’s first 43 days in office – common sense solutions, securing our border, stopping government waste and abuse, and putting America First. The next four years will be full of prosperity as we get our country back on track and the Illinois Republican Party will continue to work with President Trump to help Illinois families and Make America Great Again.”
https://illinois.gop/ilgop-responds-to-president-trumps-address-to-joint-session-of-congress/
EPOCH TIMES
— 12 Takeaways From Trump’s First Major Policy Speech to Congress. Trump touted his administration’s achievements in its first 42 days, and promised greater prosperity and security for the nation.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/12-takeaways-from-trumps-first-major-policy-speech-to-congress-5820120
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 1. Tax Cuts Promised for All Americans. . .2. Border Closed, Deportations Underway. . .3. Trump Touts ‘Common Sense Revolution’. . .including rooting out “woke” ideas from the government and federally-funded programs. He referenced an executive order signed early in his second term declaring that the federal government recognizes only two sexes, based on biological sex at conception and not “gender ideology.” Trump highlighted his executive order stripping federal funding for schools that allow males to compete in female sports. One order declared that it is the official policy of the United States that Title IX applies to women and not men who identify as transgender females. The first gallery guest introduced by Trump was Payton McNabb, a female athlete who suffered injuries while playing volleyball against a male player. Trump also referenced merit-based hiring—rather than hiring to meet diversity quotas—as part of his “common sense revolution” agenda. . .4. Tariffs Explained, ‘A Little Disturbance’. . .5. DOGE Findings Highlighted. . .6. Promises Balanced Budget. . .7. Victims Spotlighted. . .8. Direct Appeal to Greenlanders. . .9. Letter From Zelenskyy. . .10. New Shipbuilding Office. . .11. Arrest of Top Terrorist Responsible for Abbey Gate. . .12. Democrats Respond)
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Democrat leaders spin Trump’s speech against him
https://abc7chicago.com/post/key-takeaways-pres-trumps-speech-congress/15979123/
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/trump-joint-session-of-congress-live-updates/15977198/entry/15978756/
— Democrat leaders fact check Trump’s speech. During the last 11 years that I worked for GAO at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year, I often worked as a fact-checker.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/fact-checking-trumps-speech-congress/15978671/
— A disjointed response from the Democrats
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/trump-joint-session-of-congress-live-updates/15977198/entry/15978647/
— Chicago-area protests held as Trump delivers address to Congress; local politicians weigh in
https://abc7chicago.com/post/donald-trump-speech-today-federal-plaza-chicago-protest-among-several-held-area-response-address-congress/15978909/
— Trump administration ends reimbursements for Illinois food programs. USDA funds are part of nearly $2 billion being withheld from Illinois, Pritzker says. (COMMENT: To what extent are those in your country, township, municipality, school district, and precinct dependent on federal food programs?)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/donald-trump-administration-ends-reimbursements-program-designed-help-farmers-supply-fresh-food-illinois-banks/15978548/
— Stocks tumble after Trump tariffs take effect
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/trump-joint-session-of-congress-live-updates/15977198/entry/15978114/
CBS2
— CTU holding rallies, walk-ins in Chicago for “Protect our Kids” day of action
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-teachers-rally-protect-our-kids/
FOX32
— Illinois politicos react to Trump’s first speech to Congress in 2nd term
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-speech-reax-illinois
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEBpaq1CGhg
— Chicago activists push for immigrant rights amid scrutiny of sanctuary cities. As Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson prepares to face questioning from members of Congress over the city’s sanctuary laws, local activists argued for the importance of the city upholding immigrants’ rights.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1602832
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use tariffs against Trump
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1603216
— Krishnamoorthi expects ‘attack on Chicago’ at Johnson hearing
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-congressman-expects-attack-chicago-johnson-hearing
WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration
https://news.wttw.com/2025/03/04/illinois-attorney-general-kwame-raoul-trump-administration-birthright-citizenship-and
WBEZ
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use DEI to destroy Republicans.
https://www.wbez.org/education/2025/03/05/dei-isnt-just-lawful-its-mission-critical
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN NAPERVILLE SUN: After nearly four-month break, gun arrests outside Naperville Topgolf resume with three busts in four weeks
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/04/naperville-police-topgolf-gun-firearm-arrest/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Trump’s Justice Department files to join legal challenge to Illinois nonprofit diversity law
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/trump-justice-department-join-challenge-illinois-dei-law
ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Trump says he’ll cut funds to colleges for ‘illegal’ protests, arrest and deport agitators
https://www.rrstar.com/story/news/local/2025/03/05/rockford-activists-say-trump-lacks-authority-over-on-campus-protests/81380530007/
SOUTHERN
— Who do you blame for high grocery prices and why?
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/03/05/in-democratic-response-slotkin-says-trump-has-no-credible-plan-to-lower-grocery-prices/
FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump touts success of immigration crackdown, pushes Congress to pass funding
https://foxillinois.com/news/connect-to-congress/president-donald-trump-touts-success-of-immigration-crackdown-pushes-congress-to-pass-funding-migrants-asylum-border-wall-deportations-ice-dhs-title-42
NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump says he is ‘just getting started,’ as he faces vocal protests from Democrats
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-03-04/trump-says-he-is-just-getting-started-as-he-faces-vocal-protests-from-democrats
WIFR
— Illinois representatives react to Trump’s joint address to congress
https://www.wifr.com/2025/03/05/illinois-representatives-react-trumps-joint-address-congress/
WCIA
— Democrats ever-increasingly push pot in Danville
https://www.wcia.com/news/vermilion-county/seven-point-dispensary-to-expand-in-danville-after-approval-of-consumption-lounge/
NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— You want privacy with that? (COMMENT: I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, including almost 9 years for IRS and 3 years for GAO on audits of IRS. Federal employees who are Republican should anticipate/expect that their Democrat superiors will get your tax information and use it against you. My Democrat IRS superiors used my tax information to disallow my education deductions. My Democrat GAO superiors used my and my wife’s tax information to paint me as being undeservedly filthy rich.)
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/wnij-news/2025-03-05/perspective-you-want-privacy-with-that
(FROM THE ARTICLE: We’re well into a particularly dreaded time of year. Ah, yes. It’s time to pay 2024 taxes. According to a 2023 report from an ad hoc Congressional committee, “Big Tax Prep has recklessly shared tens of millions of taxpayers’ sensitive personal and financial data…for years in what appears to represent a violation of taxpayer privacy laws.” That’s pretty scathing. Think about this: the instant you open that commercial tax package and start uploading your data, you may be risking the loss of your financial privacy. It has me thinking about going back to the twentieth century and filing on paper! Fortunately, Congress and the Internal Revenue Service are rolling out a remedy. This year, it’s now possible for taxpayers in twenty-five states (including Illinois and Wisconsin) to file directly with the IRS – for free. The process will forever be (dare I say) taxing. But at least we’re getting some privacy protections with the new IRS Direct File program. I suppose we can call that……progress.)
AXIOS CHICAGO
— What percent of those in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct are dependent om Medicaid?
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2025/03/05/house-budget-medicaid-cuts-illinois
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— ICE Says It Will Reveal Who Was Arrested In Chicago ‘As Soon As Possible’ — Which Might Be Never
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/03/04/ice-says-it-will-reveal-who-was-arrested-in-chicago-as-soon-as-possible-which-might-be-never/
STATE OF ILLINOIS
— Pritzker Acts to Support Federal Workers. State of Illinois will host two career fairs in March for former federal employees in Edwardsville and Chicago. (COMMENT: I have been a former federal employee for more than 27 years. Illinois has never indicated that it might want to hire me. It has never helped me find a job appropriate for my work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional license. For that matter, neither has DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, or Wheaton Warrenville School District 200.)
https://www.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/illinois/iisnewsattachments/30997-030525-cms-march-job-fairs-press-release.pdf.pdf
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Trump: ‘Wokeness is trouble’
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/03/05/trump-wokeness-is-trouble-00213050
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/03/05/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-467/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— We shouldn’t be proud to have 3.6 million Illinoisans on Medicaid, it means we’re an economic failure
https://wirepoints.org/we-shouldnt-be-proud-to-have-3-6-million-illinoisans-on-medicaid-it-means-economic-failure-wirepoints-on-chicago-tonight/
— So-called voter education group — League of Women Voters — says don’t attend, engage or watch State of Union speech
https://wirepoints.org/so-called-voter-education-group-league-of-women-voters-says-dont-attend-engage-or-watch-state-of-union-speech-wirepoints-quickpoint/
— Be ready for Mayor Johnson to wiggle out of every question he’s asked
https://wirepoints.org/be-ready-for-mayor-johnson-to-weasel-out-of-every-question-hes-asked-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Early childhood agency proposes budget, questioned about ‘White Fragility’
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_9012a9d8-f94a-11ef-af4e-2b0663225ced.html
COOK COUNTY RECORD
— IL high court questions if GOP gerrymandering suit is ‘timely;’ GOP: ‘Unquestionably’ so
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/670216205-il-high-court-questions-if-gop-gerrymandering-suit-is-timely-gop-unquestionably-so
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What discourages you from helping elect Republican candidates? For me, it includes my seeing far too many of them who I have helped elect since 2000 a) dump planks in the Republican Party platform if not work against those planks and/or b) blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their defeats. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrats and RINOs are woke. To be woke is to work against Americans who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Wokeness/wokeism is Affirmative Action, DEI, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. Since the 1960s, Democrats and RINOs have ever-increasingly used the aforesaid to get rid of me. If my Democrat superiors in the federal government had not used the aforesaid against me, I would have made Senior Executive Service, currently $195,200/year, long before I was 40 years old. I say that because a) I earned job-related master’s degree when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) I earned job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) I became a licensed CPA when I was 32. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32. None of my coworkers had accomplishments anywhere near the aforesaid. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— If my parents had not sent me to Missouri Synod Lutheran Grade Schools, I would not have been able to a) get an ACT score of 24, graduate in the upper 20% of my class, or c) get accepted by UIC. To teach wokeness/wokeism is to demonize, denigrate, and condemn students who are White, male, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— League of Women Voters Advised “DO NOT ATTEND, ENGAGE, OR WATCH THE STATE OF THE UNION”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/05/league-of-women-voters-advises-do-not-attend-engage-or-watch-the-state-of-the-union/
— CBS Turns Burton’s Bridge Brushfire into a Climate Change Story, Three Stations Use Alex Vucha’s Stunning Photos
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/05/cbs-turns-burtons-bridge-brushfire-into-a-climate-change-story-three-stations-use-alex-vuchas-stunning-photos/
— LaHood Comments on President’s Speech
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/05/lahood-comments-on-presidents-speech/
— Two Subjects Trump Did Not Talk About
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/05/two-subjects-trump-did-not-talk-about/
— The Wrath of God’
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox?compose=DmwnWrRsqXnvpzZnJQcwnDnbnqTbbgzdsqPDLMrJsHxshZzzctVLVhdPLBfmpLqXfKkqpTvmnlwB
— Legislative Reaction to Data Centers’ Electricity Sucking
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/04/legislative-reaction-to-data-centers-electricity-sucking/
— Dems’ Illegal Alien Health Care Lives Down to Republican Expectations
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/03/dems-illegal-alien-health-care-lives-down-to-republican-expectations/
— No Car? How To Get Around in McHenry County
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/03/no-car/
— Illinois Still Has Second Highest Property Taxes
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/03/illinois-still-has-second-highest-property-taxes/
— Pritzker Urged to Ban Chinese Communist Party DeepSeek Software on State Devices
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/03/pritzker-urged-to-ban-chinese-communist-party-deepseek-software-on-state-devices/
— Lakewood’s Golfing Elected Officials In for a Surprise When They Read This
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/03/lakewoods-golfing-elected-officials-in-for-a-surprise-when-they-read-this/
— Barack’s Crumbling Tower of Babble
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/02/baracks-crumbling-tower-of-babble/
— Darin LaHood Interviewed on WGN Radio, Blames Putin for Starting the War
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/01/darin-lahood-interviewed-on-wgn-radio-blames-putin-for-starting-the-way/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Teachers unions don’t want teachers evaluated on how well students are learning
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/teachers-unions-dont-want-teachers-evaluated-on-how-well-students-are-learning/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump promises that U.S. ‘will be woke no longer’ (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs are woke. To be woke is to work against Americans who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Since the 1960s, Democrats and RINOs have ever-increasingly used wokeness/wokeism to get rid of me.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/mar/4/donald-trump-promises-us-woke-longer/
— Speaker Johnson says Democratic Rep. Al Green faces censure for disrupting Trump speech
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/mar/5/speaker-mike-johnson-says-democratic-rep-al-green-faces-censure/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump brings back sanity, rebukes the LGBT lobby
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/equality-not-elitism/3336980/trump-brings-back-sanity-rebukes-lgbt-lobby/#google_vignette
NEW YORK POST
— Trump hails his whirlwind, six-week ‘common sense revolution’ — as downbeat Dems protest address to Congress
https://nypost.com/2025/03/04/us-news/trump-hails-whirlwind-six-weeks-as-common-sense-revolution-as-dems-heckle-and-protest-address-to-congress/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Trump Is On The Verge Of Ending The EPA’s Tyranny
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/03/trump_is_on_the_verge_of_ending_the_epa_s_tyranny.html
BREITBART
— Trump Touts Getting Wokeness Out of the Military, Recruiting Numbers Up
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/03/04/trump-touts-getting-wokeness-out-of-the-military-recruiting-numbers-up/
— Trump: Deporting Biden’s Migrants Is ‘Great Liberation of America’
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/03/05/trump-deporting-bidens-migrants-is-great-liberation-of-america/
— Trump: We Needed a ‘New President,’ Not ‘New Legislation’ to Secure Border
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/03/04/trump-needed-new-president-not-new-legislation-secure-border/
— Trump Shutting Down Biden’s Texas-Based Soft Sided Migrant Detention Centers
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2025/03/04/exclusive-trump-shutting-down-bidens-texas-based-soft-sided-migrant-detention-centers-says-source/
DAILY CALLER
— Trump Overpowers Democrat Protests With Verbal Highlight Reel Of First Six Weeks In Office
https://dailycaller.com/2025/03/04/donald-trump-address-joint-session-congress-al-green-protest/
DAILY SIGNAL
— 13 Winners and Losers From Trump’s Address to Congress
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/03/04/winners-losers-trumps-address-to-congress/
DAILY WIRE
— Trump: It Is Time For America To ‘Wage War On The Cartels’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-it-is-time-for-america-to-wage-war-on-the-cartels
— Trump Will Use ‘Full Might’ Of Government To Crush Cartels
https://www.dailywire.com/news/tom-homan-tells-daily-wire-trump-will-use-full-might-of-government-to-crush-cartels
FOX NEWS
— Chicago alderman says Mayor Brandon Johnson can’t defend sanctuary city policies: ‘Lamb to the slaughter’ The Chicago mayor has promised to defend the sanctuary city’s policies on illegal immigrants.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicago-alderman-says-mayor-brandon-johnson-cant-defend-sanctuary-city-policies-lamb-slaughter
— Trump takes on ‘toxic ideologies’ in schools and gender surgeries in children: ‘Wokeness is trouble’
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6369618651112
— Trump proclaims that ‘wokeness is dead,’ calls to permanently ban sex changes for minors. Trump said that wokeness is ‘out of our society.’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-proclaims-wokeness-dead-calls-permanently-ban-sex-changes-minors
— Trump promises ‘this will be our greatest era’ in joint address to Congress
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-promises-this-our-greatest-era-joint-address-congress
NEWSMAX
— Democrats Backing Largest Tax Hike in History
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/kevin-hern-democrats-joe-biden/2025/03/04/id/1201402/
— Dem Mayors in Congress Talking Sanctuary Cities Protecting Criminal Illegals
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/democrat-sanctuary-city/2025/03/05/id/1201461/
PJ MEDIA
— Trump Honors Girls Murdered by Illegals, Dems Refuse to Applaud
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/03/05/trump-tells-story-of-angel-laken-murdered-by-illegal-n4937580
TOWNHALL
— Under President Trump, America’s Borders Are Secure Again
https://townhall.com/columnists/congressmanandybiggs/2025/03/05/under-president-trump-americas-borders-are-secure-again-n2653226
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Trump vows to press ahead on reshaping America in speech to Congress as Democrats register dissent
https://apnews.com/article/trump-speech-congress-immigration-tariffs-guests-93f6107ede260854f90c65c4bde60de8
REUTERS
— Trump touts relentless start to term in speech to Congress, drawing catcalls from Democrats
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-address-congress-after-upending-us-foreign-domestic-policies-2025-03-04/
NBC NEWS
— Key takeaways from Trump’s speech to Congress: A focus on culture wars and GOP unity, as Democrats protest. Trump defended his tariffs, bashed “wokeness” and outlined his tax agenda as Democrats heckled him, while some in the party chose between audible and silent protests.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-speech-highlights-takeaways-congress-address-rcna193844
NEW YORK TIMES
— Full Transcript of President Trump’s Speech to Congress. In a speech to Congress in his first weeks in office, the president laid out his vision to remake U.S. policy on the military, trade, immigration and foreign aid.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/us/politics/transcript-trump-speech-congress.html
— Congressional Speech Highlights: Trump Asserts Term Is Off to a ‘Swift and Unrelenting’ Start. President Trump highlighted the many actions his administration has taken in the past six weeks, including drastic cuts to the federal work force and the eradication of diversity initiatives.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03/04/us/trump-speech-congress
— What Republican Men Think About Trump and Masculinity
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/upshot/trump-men-masculinity-gender.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Defiant Trump signals full speed ahead on divisive policies. Trump addressed a divided nation in a speech marked by acrimony, as a Texas Democrat was escorted from the chamber within the first few moments and as Trump taunted Democrats in the room.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/04/trump-speech-to-congress/
— Republicans applaud Trump address to Congress; Democrats blast it as divisive
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/05/trump-presidency-news-speech/
USA TODAY
— Elon Musk gets high praise and a shoutout in Trump’s joint address: ‘He didn’t need this’
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/04/elon-musk-gets-shoutout-by-trump-in-joint-address/81155034007/
— Trump puts tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico, China. Where does the tariff money go? (COMMENT: I am importing a 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T from Canada. How will tariffs impact that?)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/03/05/where-does-tariff-money-go/81375235007/
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to destroy Republicans.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/03/04/trump-dei-backlash-explained/81170427007/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Trust in Trump’: President’s supporters dismiss alarm bells from critics (COMMENT: What discourages you from helping elect Republican candidates? For me, it includes my seeing far too many who I have helped elect since 2000 a) dump planks in the Republican Party platform if not work against those planks and/or b) blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their defeats.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/04/trump-trust-joint-address-congress/78245523007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Touts Rapid Action on Border, Budget and Economy
The State-of-the-Union-style address gave the president a chance to sell his agenda to the American public six weeks into his second term
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/donald-trump-speech-congress-32b8bda1
— Trump’s Tariffs Whack Trump Voters. Whatever happened to GOP concern for the working class?
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/donald-trump-tariffs-canada-mexico-china-working-class-voters-dc140dbc
BLOOMBERG
— Democrat leaders say “Trump “delivered the biggest speech of his presidency yet, hitting on partisan talking points favored by his conservative base, while largely sidestepping the effects of his sweeping tariff proposals on consumers.”
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-05/tariff-defense-democrats-protest-takeaways-from-trump-s-speech
— Democrat leaders say “How Trump Is Fueling the Backlash Against DEI.”
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-04/dei-trump-s-executive-orders-targeting-diversity-policies-are-fueling-backlash
POLITICO
— Trump celebrates disruption and defies backlash. “The people elected me to do the job, and I’m doing it.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/04/trump-joint-address-speech-what-happened-00212916
PBS
— Trump says his administration is getting ‘wokeness out of our schools’ (COMMENT: If my parents had not sent me to Missouri Synod Lutheran Grade Schools, I would not have been able to a) get an ACT score of 24, graduate in the upper 20% of my class, or c) get accepted by UIC. To teach wokeness/wokeism is to demonize, denigrate, and condemn students who are White, male, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGVXBniEsz8
NDTV
— “Permanently Ban Sex Change, End This Lie”: Trump Rages Against ‘Wokeness’ Trump also said he had “removed the poison of critical race theory” from public schools, referring to a framework identifying racial bias as inherent in parts of Western society.
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/donald-trump-us-congress-speech-us-2-gender-policy-ban-sex-change-permanently-ban-sex-change-end-this-lie-trump-rages-against-wokeness-7851999
February 26, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
WGN9
— Mayor Johnson to defend Chicago’s sanctuary city status in Washington (COMMENT: To be a Democrat or a RINO is to promote more illegal immigration.)
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/mayor-johnson-to-defend-chicagos-sanctuary-city-status-in-washington/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Dolton Trustee Jason House declares victory over Tiffany Henyard in mayoral primary
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/25/dolton-mayor-tiffany-henyard-far-behind-challenger-jason-house-in-democratic-primary/
— ReSet Party declares victory over incumbents in Homer Township Republican primary
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/25/homer-township-reset-claims-victory/
— What we know about primary elections in Chicago’s suburbs
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/26/daywatch-what-we-know-about-primary-elections-in-chicagos-suburbs/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Pritzker and Illinois Dems say the state is being shorted $1.9B by Trump
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/pritzker-illinois-democrats-say-trump-withholding-funds
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Pritzker panders to working-class voters by saying that the system is rigged against them. Of course, he hints/implies/argues/shouts that Republicans do the rigging.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2025/02/26/illinois-gov-jb-pritzker-system-is-rigged-toward-the-wealthy/80316143007/
BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Pritzker takes the lead nationally calling Trump a Nazi. Because of Pritzker, the more demographics that you share with Trump, the more danger that you are in. Trump is conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, married, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.bnd.com/news/politics-government/article300989979.html
SOUTHERN
— Musk’s whirlwind approach sparks rift in the White House and in Trump’s orbit
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/02/25/musks-whirlwind-approach-sparks-rift-in-the-white-house-and-in-trumps-orbit-sources/
FOX ILLINOIS
— Illegal migrant hotels in the spotlight with taxpayers footing the bill
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/illegal-migrant-hotels-in-the-spotlight-taxpayers-footing-the-bill-nancy-mace-alien-removal-not-resort-stays-act-ice-deportation
NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump introduces a green card for the rich: the gold card
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-02-25/trump-introduces-a-green-card-for-the-rich-the-gold-card
WREX
— Rockford leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.wrex.com/news/rockford-city-council-committee-votes-to-keep-all-people-are-welcome-sign/article_d562e5f4-f330-11ef-90d6-f32ca480598b.html
FOX2
— Illinois schools will continue to teach LGBTQ+ history despite warning from feds (COMMENT: Democrats do not teach LGBTQ+ history, they promote LGBTQ+.)
https://fox2now.com/news/illinois/illinois-schools-will-continue-to-teach-lgbtq-history-despite-warning-from-feds/amp/
LOYOLA PHOENIX
— Long Live The King? Trump Grabs For Power (COMMENT: How soon will the Democrats who run Loyola revoke my 1976 MBA?)
https://loyolaphoenix.com/2025/02/long-live-the-king-trump-grabs-for-power/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Pritzker tries prying back $2B in frozen fed funds
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/02/26/pritzker-slams-trump-over-2b-in-frozen-funds-00206170
CAPITOL FAX
— Local results: Balich slate swept out in Homer Township; Henyard trounced in Dolton; Durbin candidate fails to make Aurora runoff; Dominick, Jackson win in Cicero and Riverdale
https://capitolfax.com/2025/02/26/local-results-balich-slate-swept-out-in-homer-township-henyard-trounced-in-dolton-durbin-candidate-fails-to-make-aurora-runoff-dominick-jackson-win-in-cicero-and-riverdale/
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/02/26/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-462/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Beyond the Nazi accusations. What you should know about Gov. Pritzker’s budget address.
https://wirepoints.org/beyond-the-nazi-accusations-the-many-deflections-in-gov-pritzkers-2026-budget-address-wirepoints/
— Wondering how Illinois’ projected $3.2 billion budget deficit disappeared?
https://wirepoints.org/wondering-how-illinois-projected-3-2-billion-budget-deficit-disappeared-wirepoints-quickpoint/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois State Board of Education not complying with Trump’s DEI orders. Despite declining enrollment, ISBE asking for more tax dollars.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_a02aeec2-f3cb-11ef-a77e-97097912fca1.html
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— “Integrity Team” Wins Control of Algonquin Township, Dado Wins for Supervisor, Danijela Sandberg Re-Elected Road Commissioner, Medendorp Wins Clerkship, Allied Trustees Victorious
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/25/integrity-team-win-control-of-algonquin-township-dado-wins-for-supervisor-danijela-sandberg-re-elected-road-commissioner-medendorp-wins-clerkship-allied-trustees-victorious/
— Mike Shorten Wipes Out Incumbent Nunda Township Supervisor Leda Bobera-Drain
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/25/mike-shorten-wipes-out-incumbent-nunda-township-supervisor-leda-drain/
— Algonquin Township Fuzzy Maps of Who Won Where for Supervisor and Road Commissioner
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/25/algonquin-township-fuzzy-maps-of-who-won-where/
— Fuzzy Map of Nunda Township Precincts Where Mike Shorten and Leda Barbora-Drain Won for Supervisor
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/25/nunda-township-fuzzy-map-of-precincts-where-mike-shorten-and-leda-barbora-drain-won-for-supervisor/
— Three Percent Turnout Decide All But One Township Official in Algonquin, Grafton and Nunda Townships
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/25/three-percent-turnout-decide-all-but-one-township-official-in-algonquin-grafton-and-nunda-townships/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— I should write about my high-profile critics/opponents who stress that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but who have taken many big anti-religious, anti-conservative, and/or anti-Republican actions. I would focus on those whose many big anti-religious, anti-conservative, and/or anti-Republican actions have been highlighted the most by the Democrat news media. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me since 2000 because I included links to reports of their actions in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. My high-profile critics/opponents want/expect/demand that I coverup their wrongdoing. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What is your position on unions and grievances? I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980. My Democrat GAO superiors took many big adverse actions against me. If GAO had been unionized, I would have filed grievances. My Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer, b) gave me bad job assignments and unfair performance expectations and appraisals, c) kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, d) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, e) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and f) forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. They would not have done any of the aforesaid if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Hegseth became a Second Lieutenant in 2003, Captain in 2011, and Major in 2014. My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as having been a failed federal employee. But I became a) a GS-7 in 1971; that is equivalent to Second Lieutenant, b) a GS-9 in 1972, that is equivalent to First Lieutenant, c) a GS-11 in 1973, that is equivalent to Captain, d) a GS-12 in 1974, that is equivalent to Major, and e) a GS-13 in 1986, that is equivalent to Lieutenant Colonel. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly paint themselves as being champions for those who are marginalized if not oppressed, that is, that they are champions for those who are liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, pregnant, non-rich, veteran, disabled, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, citizens of foreign countries, in America illegally, boozers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, etc. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What has frustrated your job searches? My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. That, along with the previous adverse actions that they had taken against me, my having opposed their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, and my demographics defeated my search for a job appropriate for my work experience, professional certifications, and my professional license. I should write about the aforesaid. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrats say that DOGE is turning into a Democratic candidate recruitment tool. How dependent on federal spending are the voters in America, Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct? From what I see, the more of the following that voters are, the more dependent that they are on federal spending: liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, pregnant, non-rich, veteran, disabled, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, citizens of foreign countries, in America illegally, boozers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, etc. According to Democrats, those who are the aforesaid are discriminated against, marginalized, and oppressed by Republicans. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— ‘Self-deport’: Noem vows to flex immigration laws on the books but never enforced
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/25/dhs-warns-illegal-immigrants-self-deport/
NEW YORK POST
— Ex-Navy SEAL Rep. Dan Crenshaw fumes over Tucker Carlson in hot-mic moment
https://nypost.com/2025/02/25/us-news/ex-navy-seal-rep-dan-crenshaw-fumes-over-tucker-carlson-in-hot-mic-moment-ill-f-king-kill-him/
BREITBART
— Pritzker: Trump Ignoring Courts, ‘Disobeying’ Constitution Like Early Nazi Days
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/02/25/pritzker-trump-ignoring-courts-disobeying-constitution-like-early-nazi-days/
CHRONICLES MAGAZINE
— Henry Hyde’s Monuments
https://chroniclesmagazine.org/web/henry-hydes-monuments/
DAILY WIRE
— Trump Admin Planning To Create Registry For Illegal Aliens. The plan utilizes an old immigration law that was designed to catch suspected communists.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-planning-to-create-registry-for-illegal-aliens-report
FEDERALIST
— Illinois Democrat Bill Would Legalize Women Selling Their Bodies For Money
https://thefederalist.com/2025/02/26/illinois-democrat-bill-would-legalize-women-selling-their-bodies-for-money/
EPOCH TIMES
— Trump to Launch ‘Gold Card’ Visas That Would Grant Residency for $5 Million. The new visa will grant green card privileges and a path to citizenship. ‘Wealthy people will be coming into our country,’ the president said. (COMMENT: What do wealthy people think of you? I should write about my critics/opponents who are wealthy.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-to-launch-gold-card-visas-that-would-grant-residency-for-5-million-5816329
FOX NEWS
— Noem announces DHS registry for illegal aliens in US that will require them to be fingerprinted. DHS secretary announces plans to fully enforce the Immigration and Nationality Act enacted in 1952.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/noem-announces-dhs-registry-illegal-aliens-us-require-fingerprinted
— Top Trump official moves to block illegal immigrants from receiving food stamps
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/top-trump-official-moves-block-illegal-immigrants-from-receiving-food-stamps-follow-law-full-stop
NEWSMAX
— Trump Plan: Fines, Prison For Illegals Not Part of Registry
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/donald-trump-illegal-immigration/2025/02/25/id/1200480/
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Trump Ending Benefits to Illegals Is a Game Changer
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2025/02/26/trump_ending_benefits_to_illegals_is_a_game_changer_641824.html
REAL CLEAR EDUCATION
— Illinois Students Are Struggling. Lowering Standards Masks the Crisis.
https://www.realcleareducation.com/articles/2025/02/25/illinois_students_are_struggling_lowering_standards_masks_the_crisis_1093921.html
TOWNHALL
— Biden Policy Fast-Tracked Illegals Through Airport Security Lines
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/02/25/biden-policy-fast-tracked-illegals-through-airport-security-lines-n2652815
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— The mainstream news media acts like the Democrat Party is paying it to spin everything against Republicans and for Democrats.
https://www.aol.com/news/trump-claims-media-paid-write-152811489.html
REUTERS
— Democrats say “Musk to attend Trump cabinet meet as workers brace for more uncertainty.”
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/musk-attend-trump-cabinet-meet-workers-brace-more-uncertainty-2025-02-26/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Fired federal workers hunt for new jobs but struggle (COMMENT: What has frustrated your job searches? My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. That, along with the previous adverse actions that they had taken against me, my having opposed their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, and my demographics defeated my search for a job appropriate for my work experience, professional certifications, and my professional license. I should write about the aforesaid.)
https://apnews.com/article/doge-firings-layoffs-federal-government-workers-musk-57671a76f22d5398a3c794e29e350082
— Trump administration creates registry for immigrants who are in the US illegally
https://apnews.com/article/illegal-immigrant-registry-trump-border-enforcement-37ce7a345c1617ce3a9427e0ef755021
NEW YORK TIMES
— Hegseth Returns to Guantánamo, This Time as Defense Secretary. Hegseth served at the U.S. Navy base as a National Guard Second Lieutenant. The base is now being used to hold some migrants who face deportation. (COMMENT: Hegseth became a Second Lieutenant in 2003, Captain in 2011, and Major in 2014. My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as having been a failed federal employee. But I became a) a GS-7 in 1971; that is equivalent to Second Lieutenant, b) a GS-9 in 1972, that is equivalent to First Lieutenant, c) a GS-11 in 1973, that is equivalent to Captain, d) a GS-12 in 1974, that is equivalent to Major, and e) a GS-13 in 1986, that is equivalent to Lieutenant Colonel.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/us/politics/pete-hegseth-guantanamo-bay.html
USA TODAY
— 1,400 more VA employees laid off in Trump’s latest purge of federal workers (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, Republicans got rid of more than 3,000 of its employees, that is, they got rid of more than half of its employee. My Democrat GAO superiors punished me severely for that.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/25/more-layoffs-veterans-department/80303826007/
— Democrats ask “When did the party of ‘family values’ stop caring about having moral leaders?” (COMMENT: I should write about my high-profile critics/opponents who stress that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but who have taken many big anti-religious, anti-conservative, and/or anti-Republican actions. I would focus on those whose many big anti-religious, anti-conservative, and/or anti-Republican actions have been highlighted the most by the Democrat news media. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me since 2000 because I included links to reports of their actions in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. My high-profile critics/opponents want/expect/demand that I coverup their wrongdoing.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/02/24/trump-musk-republicans-immoral-family-values/78925358007/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Conservatism is rooted in a philosophy of personal responsibility. How you conduct yourself as an individual matters. Living your life in line with conservative principles pays dividends far more often than cheating and lying your way through relationships and politics. . .People pretend that personal and political lives are separate. They’re not. The two facets, political and personal, are interconnected. As the GOP has embraced men who have conducted themselves poorly in their personal lives, the party’s commitment to conservative political principles have crumbled.)
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly paint themselves as being champions for those who are marginalized if not oppressed, that is, that they are champions for those who are liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, pregnant, non-rich, veteran, disabled, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, citizens of foreign countries, in America illegally, boozers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, etc.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2025/02/23/jane-fonda-sag-awards-speech-trump/79899116007/
— ‘Reverse discrimination’ case comes to Supreme Court as DEI is under siege. At issue: have courts created an extra hurdle for discrimination claims made by the member of a majority group? It comes amid a raging battle over DEI programs.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/26/supreme-court-case-dei-reverse-discrimination/80052848007/
— Democrats say “MAGA roars as Trump GOP critics fret in the wilderness.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/26/donald-trump-maga-cpac-2025/79612255007/
BARRON’S
— Tesla Has Lost $400 Billion In Value During Trump Presidency. What the Charts Say Comes Next.
https://www.barrons.com/articles/tesla-stock-value-trump-eb339749
POLITICO
— ‘Furious and looking for action’: DOGE is turning into a Democratic candidate recruitment tool. More than 2,000 people reached out to an organization that recruits people to run for office in the last week. (COMMENT: How dependent on federal spending are the voters in America, Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct? From what I see, the more of the following that voters are, the more dependent that they are on federal spending: liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, pregnant, non-rich, veteran, disabled, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, citizens of foreign countries, in America illegally, boozers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, etc.)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/25/recruit-federal-workers-run-for-office-022064
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— It’s Becoming Rarer for Federal Agencies and Employees to Settle Over Adverse Actions And employees who take their cases to a judge are increasingly losing. (COMMENT: I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980. My Democrat GAO superiors took many big adverse actions against me. If GAO had been unionized, I would have filed grievances. My Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer, b) gave me bad job assignments and unfair performance expectations and appraisals, c) kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, d) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, e) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and f) forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. They would not have done any of the aforesaid if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran.)
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2020/01/its-becoming-rarer-federal-agencies-and-employees-settle-over-adverse-actions/162813/
GUARDIAN
— To get more votes from minorities and females, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Whites and men.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/26/donald-trump-straight-white-men-diversity-kemi-badenoch-business-multiculturalism-economy
February 21, 2025 Evening Edition
WHITE HOUSE
— When There Are No Illegal Immigrants, There Is No Need for Shelters
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/02/when-there-are-no-illegal-immigrants-theres-no-need-for-shelters/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Father Pfleger, faith leaders call for boycott of Target after company scales back DEI initiatives
https://abc7chicago.com/post/target-boycott-father-michael-pfleger-among-faith-leaders-calling-consumer-company-scales-back-dei-initiatives/15942947/
— Judge blocks Trump’s executive order ending federal support for DEI programs
https://abc7chicago.com/post/dei-judge-blocks-president-donald-trumps-executive-order-ending-federal-support-diversity-equity-inclusion-programs/15943426/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration
https://abc7chicago.com/post/11-year-old-jocelynn-rojo-carranza-dies-suicide-days-chatter-rumors-ice-raids-gainesville-isd-school/15942540/
WGN9
— Fired IRS employee Vanessa Marie Rollins searching for health insurance after recent cancer diagnosis (COMMENT: I worked for IRS in its downtown Chicago office in 1971 and 1973-1980, its Harvey office 1972-1973, its 63rd & Halsted office in 1973, and its Joliet office 1973-1974.)
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/chicago-irs-federal-job-cuts-trump/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Judge blocks Donald Trump’s executive order ending federal support for DEI programs
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/21/judge-trump-dei-programs/
DAILY HERALD
— Darby Hills’ appointment to state Senate on hold as Republicans reopen applications for McConchie’s seat
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250221/illinois-state-politics/republicans-reopen-applications-for-mcconchies-suburban-senate-seat/
SOUTHERN
— Fired IRS employee decries irony of being hired to ‘make the IRS ‘more efficient’ (COMMENT: The purpose of GAO’s audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division (CID) that I worked on for GAO for 3 years was to help IRS CID close the tax gap.)
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/02/21/fired-irs-employee-decries-irony-of-being-hired-to-make-the-irs-more-efficient/
RIVER BENDER
— Duckworth Slams SecDef Hegseth’s Order to Cut Defense Budget by Eight Percent for the Next Five Years (COMMENT: SEE: Downsizing the U.S. General Accounting Office at https://www.gao.gov/assets/Downsizing_at_the_U.S._General_Accounting_Office.pdf )
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/duckworth-slams-secdef-hegseths-order-to-cut-defense-budget-by-eight-percent-for-the-next-five-years-79912.cfm
(FROM THE GAO REPORT: In 1995, Congress sent a legislative branch appropriations bill to the President, which he signed, that reduced the fiscal year 1996 budget of the U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) by 15 percent. At the same time, Congress indicated that it would be calling for an additional 10 percent
reduction in GAO’S budget for fiscal year 1997. In order to accommodate those reductions, GAO determined that it would have to trim its workforce
from the fiscal year 1995 level of approximately 4,350 employees’ to 3,500 employees (a loss of 850 positions) by the beginning of fiscal year 1997.)
FOX ILLINOIS
— Kristi Noem deputizes hundreds of State Department agents for immigration enforcement
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/kristi-noem-deputizes-hundreds-of-state-department-agents-for-immigration-enforcement-dhs-department-of-homeland-security-trump-mass-deportations-illegal-immigration-ice
NEWS CHANNEL 20
— MAGA is ‘a Nazi movement’: Former NFL punter Chris Kluwe arrested at city council meeting (COMMENT: Under Pritzker’s lead, anticipate/expect that those in Illinois who voted for Harris (3 million) will ever-increasingly call those who voted for Trump (2.4million) Nazis.)
https://newschannel20.com/news/nation-world/maga-is-a-nazi-movement-former-nfl-punter-chris-kluwe-arrested-at-city-council-meeting-california-huntington-beach-city-council-minnesota-vikings-president-donald-trump-politics-make-america-great-again-red-hat-swastika
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Virtually all federal employees are Democrats. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise them because of Trump budget cuts.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-trump-administration-looks-to-slash-hud-workers-tackling-the-housing-crisis/
WGLT
— IRS cuts over 6,000 jobs in the middle of tax season
https://www.wglt.org/2025-02-20/irs-cuts-over-6-000-jobs-in-the-middle-of-tax-season
WOC 1420
— Former John Deere Employee Sues For Age Discrimination (SEE: Diersen v. GAO at: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf )
https://woc1420.iheart.com/content/2025-02-21-former-john-deere-employee-sues-for-age-discrimination/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A former John Deere employee is suing the agricultural equipment maker for age discrimination. Sixty-one year-old Terence Murphy of Geneseo, Illinois says he was fired last summer after 26 years, and his job filled days later by a 33 year-old woman. In the suit, Murphy says his performance ratings were excellent. He says the new hire had no prior experience in the position, and lacked his credentials. Murphy’s attorneys say statistics show Deere fired employees over age 60 at a rate 7.5% higher than those under age 40. Deere & Company says it can’t comment on pending litigation.)
WQAD
— Employment law experts break down age discrimination lawsuit against John Deere (SEE: Diersen v. GAO at: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf )
https://www.wqad.com/article/money/business/john-deere/john-deere-wrongful-termination-lawsuit-age-discrimination/526-5c13b394-2ec9-4933-b724-eb26b9746e13
CHALKBEAT CHICAGO
— Illinois schools chief tells districts to follow state law, not Trump threats (COMMENT: Federal Trumps State Law.)
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/02/21/illinois-schools-chief-says-keep-teaching-black-history-after-trump-letter/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/02/21/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-253/
— ILGOP calls out Jewish governor for ‘vile, antisemitic attacks”
https://capitolfax.com/2025/02/21/ilgop-calls-out-jewish-governor-for-vile-antisemitic-attacks/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS GOP
— ILGOP Responds To Pritzker’s Vile, Antisemitic Attacks
https://illinois.gop/category/news/
(THE PRESS RELEASE: Lost in the shuffle of the grandstanding and hypocrisy from Governor Pritzker’s budget speech was the dangerous, divisive rhetoric he used – comparing President Trump and the Republican Party to Nazi’s. During Wednesday’s budget speech, Pritzker referred to Nazi’s six times, painting an inaccurate and dangerously partisan picture of the Republican Party. As Pritzker continues to prepare for his 2028 run for President, ILGOP Chair Kathy Salvi released the following statement: “JB Pritzker stoops to a new low and needs to be condemned by both Democrats and Republicans. His disgusting and repulsive attack on Republicans and this administration comes at a time when President Trump and Republicans are supporting Israel and the Jewish people as they defend themselves from barbaric terrorists. Meanwhile, JB Pritzker is standing with criminal illegals and further dividing our great nation. At the Illinois Republican Party, we continue to fight with the Trump Administration to combat an unprecedented wave of antisemitism and will always call out Pritzker’s repulsive language. Bottom Line: In their effort to combat vile, antisemitic attacks like those by Governor Pritzker on Wednesday, President Trump and Republicans are fighting antisemitism in the United States.)
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Those who have demographics that vote for Democrats benefit from DEI. Those who have demographics that vote for Republicans are harmed by DEI. Demographics that vote for Democrats are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, unmarried, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Demographics that vote for Republicans are conservative, White, male, older, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors have been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Stopping the illegal alien invasion. January was the lowest month of people illegally crossing the border since May 2020.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/20/stopping-illegal-alien-invasion/
EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Fires Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Charles Q Brown. Trump will nominate Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan Caine to replace the general.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-fires-joint-chiefs-of-staff-gen-chair-charles-q-brown-5814407
FOX BUSINESS
— Chicago resident says his city believes it’s ‘more important’ to take care of illegals than Americans
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6369166557112
— Red state businesses put on notice if they intentionally hire illegal immigrants: ‘Stiff penalties’ The bill would give the Montana prosecutors resources to enforce the law.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/red-state-businesses-put-on-notice-intentionally-hire-illegal-immigrants-stiff-penalties
NEWSMAX
— Military Bases to Be Used to House Illegals
https://www.newsmax.com/us/immigration-deportation-ice/2025/02/21/id/1200023/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC NEWS
— Elon Musk becomes a new power center at CPAC. The tech billionaire stole the show Thursday, a surprise guest who wielded a chainsaw to symbolize his government cuts.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/doge/elon-musk-becomes-new-power-center-cpac-rcna193097
— At town halls, Republicans feel the heat from Trump and Musk’s firing and cutting spree. The White House said the incidents represent just a handful of critics. Others noted similarities to earlier backlash against disruptive moves in Washington.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/town-halls-republicans-feel-heat-trump-musks-firing-cutting-spree-rcna193164
CBS NEWS
— White House pushes back on criticism of Trump spending cuts
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/white-house-pushes-back-on-criticism-of-trump-spending-cuts/
MSNBC
— Not all Republicans want Musk’s chainsaw approach to spending cuts
https://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/joe-not-all-republicans-want-musk-s-chainsaw-approach-to-spending-cuts-232576069725
USA TODAY
— What is DOGE dividend check? Will Illinoisans get a $5,000 stimulus check?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2025/02/21/will-illinoisans-get-5000-doge-stimulus-check-heres-what-to-know/79440259007/
— More than one way to slice a workforce: How Trump’s cuts differ from Clinton’s.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/21/clinton-trump-federal-workers-jobs/79306710007/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In the wake of mass layoffs under President Donald Trump’s new administration, some have compared the government-shrinking initiative to a 1990s effort under President Bill Clinton, when about 400,000 jobs were cut from the federal workforce.)
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Illinois Cancels Henry Hyde. Progressives stripped the late GOP Congressman’s name from a courthouse over abortion.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/dupage-county-democrats-henry-hyde-courthouse-illinois-abortion-hyde-amendment-bffcbb8d
POLITICO
— AP sues Trump officials after being barred from some White House events. The lawsuit says First and Fifth Amendment rights were violated.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/21/associated-press-lawsuit-trump-officials-white-house-00205504
JEWISH NEWS SYNDICATE
— Who is calling who a Nazi? “Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s comparison of the Trump administration to the Nazi regime is deeply disturbing and unacceptable,” said Rabbi David Katz, executive director of the Israel Heritage Foundation.
https://www.jns.org/who-is-calling-who-a-nazi/
February 17, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Durbin, others in Chicago push back on proposed federal budget cuts to Medicaid. Illinois Democratic Congressional Delegation promise to stand up to Trump administration.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/sen-dick-durbin-joins-citizen-action-aids-foundation-chicago-push-back-proposed-federal-budget-cuts-medicaid/15921887/
— Mexico threatens to sue Google over Gulf of Mexico name change
https://abc7chicago.com/post/mexico-threatens-sue-google-company-continues-label-us-maps-gulf-america-entire-body-water/15921876/
WGN9
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their protests against Trump
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luDPZki4H5Q
FOX32
— Democratic Illinois members of Congress blast Trump budget cuts
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1594551
WTTW
— Illinois Legislative, Labor Leaders Speak Out Against Trump Budget Cuts
https://news.wttw.com/2025/02/17/illinois-legislative-labor-leaders-speak-out-against-trump-budget-cuts
— Durbin, University Leaders Push Back on Trump’s Efforts to Cut Medical Research Funding
https://news.wttw.com/2025/02/17/sen-dick-durbin-university-leaders-push-back-trump-s-efforts-cut-medical-research
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— ‘No kings on Presidents Day’ rings out from protests against Trump and Musk
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/17/trump-musk-protests/
— Illinois secession bill passes out of Indiana committee, but even supporters aren’t totally on board
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/17/illinois-secession-bill-passes-out-of-indiana-committee-but-even-supporters-arent-totally-on-board/
— Mexico awaits new response from Google on dispute over Gulf of Mexico name before filing lawsuit
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/17/mexico-google-gulf-of-mexico/
DAILY HERALD
— Musk’s DOGE seeks access to personal taxpayer data, raising alarm at IRS
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250217/nation-and-world-politics/musks-doge-seeks-access-to-personal-taxpayer-data-raising-alarm-at-irs/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise illegals and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250217/letters-to-the-editor/save-immigrants-who-are-kind-hard-working/
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER & OUR QUAD CITIES & DAILY EGYPTIAN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their protests against Trump
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2025/02/17/illinois-protestors-rally-at-state-capitol-against-president-trump/78992981007/
https://www.sj-r.com/picture-gallery/news/2025/02/17/protestors-rally-against-president-trump-for-second-time-in-illinois/78997988007/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/illinois-protestors-rally-state-capitol-230718017.html
https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/local-news/illinois-advocates-speak-out-against-federal-cuts/
https://dailyegyptian.com/120456/news/carbondale-endures-cold-to-protest-trump-musk-on-presidents-day/
SOUTHERN
— Trump is the only person who can force Putin to the table
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/02/17/gop-sen-mullin-trump-is-the-only-person-who-can-force-putin-to-the-table/
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Don’t believe ‘incredible’ claims about Illinois schools
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/mark-glennon-dont-believe-incredible-claims-about-illinois-schools/article_ea37a3f4-ea14-11ef-9b08-173768ebbab5.html
STATELINE
— Indiana bill to ‘adopt’ Illinois counties advances in House
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/indiana-bill-to-adopt-illinois-counties-advances-in-house/
STATELINE & ADVANTAGE NEWS & WQRF
— 2.4 million voted for Trump in Illinois
https://www.mystateline.com/news/pritzker-majority-of-illinois-residents-dont-support-trump/
https://www.advantagenews.com/news/local/pritzker-says-trump-may-be-popular-nationwide-but-not-in-illinois/article_8724d48c-eb11-11ef-a176-efe4e140ec9e.html
https://www.yahoo.com/news/jb-pritzker-says-donald-trump-201600367.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— GAO official says fraud does exist, but it’s not widespread
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-02-16/government-accountability-official-says-fraud-does-exist-but-its-not-widespread
WAND TV
— Durbin, Kelly join Citizen Action Illinois in fight against Trump budget cuts to Medicaid, SNAP
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/durbin-kelly-join-citizen-action-illinois-in-fight-against-trump-budget-cuts-to-medicaid-snap/article_fa0cd2ec-ed78-11ef-b7d9-477fd3841f09.html
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Second ‘50501’ protest held outside Illinois Capitol. Protestors take aim at Trump, call for “No Kings on President’s Day.”
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/second-50501-protest-held-outside-illinois-capitol/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— With the border closed, will Illinois finally cut spending on illegal immigrants?
https://wirepoints.org/with-the-border-finally-closed-when-will-illinois-stop-spending-on-illegal-immigrants-wirepoints-quickpoint/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Integrity Team Seeks to Defeat Algonquin Township Supervisor Randy Funk’s Slate
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/17/integrity-team-seeks-to-defeat-algonquin-township-supervisor-randy-funks-slate/
— Former Co-Chair of Republican National Committee Headlining Joe Tirio Fundraiser on February 21st
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/17/former-co-chair-of-republican-national-committee-headlining-joe-tirio-fundraiser-on-february-21st/
— Resident Criticizes McHenry Mayor Wayne Jett’s Stewardship
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/17/resident-criticizes-mchenry-mayor-wayne-jetts-stewardship/
— Is McHenry County Administrator’s Pending 5.3% Raise a Signal That All Non-Union Employees Will Receive the Same?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/16/is-mchenry-county-administrators-pending-5-3-raise-a-signal-that-all-non-union-employees-will-receive-the-same/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Bill introduced to again try for progressive income tax in Illinois
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/bill-introduced-to-again-try-for-progressive-income-tax-in-illinois/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democrats protest as Trump’s DOGE squad exposes federal waste. Discoveries of misspent millions reveal a pattern of unauthorized funding to partisan causes.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/17/democrats-protest-trump-doge-squad-exposes-federal/
— DOGE seeks access to IRS system with taxpayers’ financial data
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/17/doge-seeks-access-irs-system-taxpayers-financial-d/
— White House hits back on Democrats’ criticism of DOGE actions
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/17/white-house-hits-back-democrats-criticism-doge-act/
— FAA’s new air traffic control towers go ‘green’ instead of the latest safe tech
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/17/faa-new-air-traffic-control-towers-go-green-instea/
— Vance calls for U.S. and its allies to reject Germany’s ‘Orwellian’ speech laws (COMMENT: My critics/opponents hate the First Amendment. They want to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Failing that, they want to stop everyone from reading them. Failing that, they have their operatives and their dupes take big adverse actions against me. I should write about my critics/opponents.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/17/j-d-vance-calls-u-allies-reject-germany-orwellian-/
— Trump’s immigration crackdown protects Hispanic communities
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/17/trump-immigration-crackdown-protects-hispanic-comm/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Everything you need to know about this year’s CPAC
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3319947/everything-you-need-to-know-about-cpac-this-year/
— Losing the race: Crass identity politics isn’t what it used to be for Democrats
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/premium/3311358/losing-race-crass-identity-politics-not-what-it-used-to-be-democrats/
NEW YORK POST
— Homan vows to ‘eradicate’ every criminal migrant from US — as he touts staggering drop in daily encounters
https://nypost.com/2025/02/17/us-news/border-czar-tom-homan-vows-to-eradicate-every-criminal-migrant-from-us/
— Wall Street banks scrub DEI language from websites in latest retreat from corporate wokeness
https://nypost.com/2025/02/17/business/wall-street-banks-scrub-dei-language-in-retreat-from-wokeness/
— DOGE discovers $4.7 trillion in Treasury payments were missing critical code: ‘Traceability almost impossible’
https://nypost.com/2025/02/17/us-news/doge-discovers-4-7-trillion-in-treasury-payments-were-missing-critical-code/
— Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says Biden’s IRS targeted him for an audit (DIERSEN: I should write about my Democrat IRS superiors who disallowed my education deductions in 1978.)
https://nypost.com/2025/02/17/us-news/defense-secretary-pete-hegseth-says-bidens-irs-targeted-him-for-an-audit/
— Riots and hijackings — why ICE cuffs and shackles some deportees
https://nypost.com/2025/02/17/opinion/riots-and-hijackings-why-ice-cuffs-and-shackles-some-deportees/
— Dems far outnumber conservatives in government — here’s what department is the worst (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, virtually all my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Democrats. I should write about Democrat superiors and supervisors who hated Republicans the most.)
https://nypost.com/2025/02/17/opinion/dems-far-outnumber-conservatives-in-government-heres-what-department-is-the-worst/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Pete Hegseth Says Biden’s IRS Targeted Him With ‘Sham’ Audit on Their Way Out the Door (DIERSEN: I should write about my Democrat IRS superiors who disallowed my education deductions in 1978.)
https://amgreatness.com/2025/02/17/pete-hegseth-says-bidens-irs-targeted-him-with-sham-audit-on-their-way-out-the-door/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Memo suggests the City of San Diego’s government is loaded with illegals
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/02/memo_suggests_the_city_of_san_diego_s_government_is_loaded_with_illegals.html
BREITBART
— Homan Says Illegal Daily Encounters Down to 229 from 11,000
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/02/17/nolte-border-czar-tom-homan-says-illegal-daily-encounters-down-to-229-from-11000/
CHRISTIAN POST
— Lesbian pastor blasphemes Jesus as drag queen at council meeting
https://www.christianpost.com/news/lesbian-pastor-blasphemes-jesus-as-drag-queen-at-council-meeting.html
FOX NEWS
— Obama library, begun with lofty DEI goals, now plagued by $40M racially charged suit, ballooning costs. The Black-owned firm claims it was accused of underperforming in the project because of race.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/obama-center-subcontractor-hired-under-dei-initiative-now-suing-40m-racial-discrimination-lawsuit
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Education Department Ends $600 Million in Grants for DEI, Critical Race Theory Trainings
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/education-department-ends-600-million-in-grants-for-dei-critical-race-theory-trainings/
NEWSMAX
— Big Banks Cutting DEI to Avoid Federal Scrutiny
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/dei-division-inequity/2025/02/17/id/1199374/
— GOP Rep Introduces Proposal to End Asylum for Criminals
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/illegal-alien-criminals/2025/02/17/id/1199423/
TOWNHALL
— Illinois state Rep. John Cabello (R) Wants to Create a DOGE for His State
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/madelineleesman/2025/02/17/a-republican-lawmaker-in-illinois-wants-to-create-a-state-doge-agency-n2652334
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— DOGE sets up IRS, SEC accounts on X
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5149582-doeg-irs-sec-x-accounts/
— Musk divides GOP
https://thehill.com/newsletters/technology/5149945-musk-divides-gop/
— Musk is coming for your Social Security
https://thehill.com/opinion/5148448-elon-musk-targeting-social-security/
MSN
— NAACP spending guide urges Black Americans to avoid companies that dumped DEI
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/naacp-spending-guide-urges-black-americans-to-avoid-companies-that-dumped-dei/ar-AA1zdVIs
CBS NEWS
— Trump’s firings of independent agency heads put 90-year-old Supreme Court precedent in crosshairs
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-firings-agencies-boards-supreme-court-precedent/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Education Dept. Gives Schools Two Weeks to Eliminate Race-Based Programs. The department’s Office for Civil Rights warned that it would penalize schools that consider race in scholarships, hiring and an array of other activities.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/us/politics/education-dept-race-based-programs.html
February 16, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— IRS will lay off thousands of probationary workers in the middle of tax season (COMMENT: I was involved in IRS’s 1974 tax season big time. Have you ever phoned IRS with a tax question? If you did during the 1974 filing season, the IRS employee who answered your call was one of my subordinates. Back then, as a 25-year-old GS-11 (currently $82,655/year) IRS Revenue Officer, I supervised all of the IRS employees, which included a rotating staff of about 90 IRS Revenue Agent trainees, in IRS’s new downtown Chicago office who answered taxpayer questions using IRS’s new tollfree CentiPhone system. Because of my job performance, the IRS manager who had given me that developmental opportunity and who had promoted me in 1972 and 1973 promoted me to GS-12 (currently $99,069/year) in 1974.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/what-are-propationary-employees-irs-is-set-lay-off-thousands-middle-2025-tax-season-many-await-refunds/15915432/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-2/16/2025
NBC5
— Mexico’s President Sheinbaum offers sarcastic response to Trump’s ‘Gulf of America’ comment
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/mexicos-president-sheinbaum-offers-sarcastic-response-to-trumps-gulf-of-america-comment/3641113/
— Sikh communities fear immigration raids as Trump ends sanctuary for temples
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/sikh-communities-fear-immigration-raids-trump-ends-sanctuary/3675500/
— AP reporter, photographer barred after ‘Gulf of Mexico’ dispute
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/trump-denies-media-access-gulf-of-mexico-first-amendement/3675490/
CBS2
— Trump administration face criticism from European allies after Vance speech
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/trump-administration-face-criticism-from-european-allies-after-vance-speech/
FOX32
— Poll: Increasing number of Democrats say party should become more moderate
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/democrats-moderation-gallup-poll-2025
WGN9
— Here are the agencies purging federal employees (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, because of Republican imposed budget cuts, they ever-increasingly purged their employees starting with those who were Republican and then those who were White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.)
https://wgntv.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/here-are-the-agencies-purging-federal-workers/
WGN RADIO
— Should the IRS be abolished? (COMMENT: I worked for GAO on audits of IRS for 3 years while I was at the GS-13 Step 1-3 Levels, currently $117,807-$125,661/year. I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year.)
https://wgnradio.com/lets-get-legal/should-the-irs-be-abolished/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— IRS will lay off thousands of probationary workers in the middle of tax season (COMMENT: During the 1974 tax season, I was responsible for assuring that all the phone calls that came into IRS’s new tollfree number in the Loop were answered promptly and correctly.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/15/irs-probationary-workers-tax-season/
— The US auto industry will fall behind if it retreats from electric vehicles (COMMENT: I have ordered a 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T EV.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/14/editorial-the-us-auto-industry-will-fall-behind-if-it-retreats-from-electric-vehicles/
— Zelenskyy calls for ‘armed forces of Europe’ as EU leaders bristle at new US policies on Ukraine
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/15/ukraine-armed-forced-of-europe/
— Trump’s reciprocal tariffs will overturn decades of trade policy
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/15/trump-reciprocal-tariffs-2/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: ‘Whole different level.’ The Illinois-Indiana political divide widens amid Trump 2.0, from immigration to DEI to LGBTQ rights.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/16/illinois-indiana-political-divide-widens-trump-immigration-dei-lgbtq-rights/
— Federal plan to reduce government office space could be a blow to Chicago, where selling properties wouldn’t be easy (COMMENT: I worked in the Kluczynski building 1973-1980 for IRS and then for GAO 1980-1981.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/16/federal-office-space-chicago/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE IN THE NAPERVILLE SUN: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, homelessness will ever-increasingly increase.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/14/dupage-naperville-homeless-winter-emergency-shelter/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/lgbtq/2025/02/15/hundreds-gather-outside-lurie-childrens-hospital-to-protest-youth-gender-care-change-i-want-my-healthcare
ST. LOUIS TODAY
— White South Africans gather in support of Trump and his claims that they are victims of racism
https://www.stltoday.com/news/article_419396d2-eb99-11ef-a041-830ca4999d70.html
BELOIT DAILY NEWS
— Trump tours Boeing plane to highlight aircraft maker’s delay in delivering a new Air Force One
https://www.beloitdailynews.com/news/illinois-news/trump-tours-boeing-plane-to-highlight-aircraft-makers-delay-in-delivering-a-new-air-force/article_789b296d-0e0d-5460-8c0f-19d1085a855c.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— Anticipate/expect that ever-increasingly, Democrat and RINO leaders will negatively analogize Trump to Nixon.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-02-15/after-watergate-congress-curbed-the-presidency-now-trump-is-testing-those-limits
WAND TV
— Trump tours Boeing plane to check out features that would be on overdue new Air Force One aircraft
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/trump-tours-boeing-plane-to-check-out-features-that-would-be-on-overdue-new-air/article_6c73d2e6-5d71-581e-8683-60dbf3479e7f.html
NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Springfield sees rise in gambling addiction amid booming video gaming revenue
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/springfield-sees-rise-in-gambling-addiction-amid-booming-video-gaming-revenue#
FOX ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use health care professionals to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump. Sooner or later, if not already, everyone in health care will be Democrat, citizens of foreign countries, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time,
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/health-care-professionals-warn-trump-medical-research-cuts-could-impact-lifesaving-efforts
— Student who moved to DC for internship finds out Trump’s federal freeze canceled it. (COMMENT: EEOC cancelled my career in the automotive industry. In 1971, when I was 22 years old, my Firestone Store boss rudely fired me when I told him that I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. But Oldsmobile withdrew that job offer saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. That directly resulted in my accepting a job offer from IRS. I had passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970 and I had to have a job to help support my mother and brother. My father had died suddenly in 1969.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/student-who-moved-to-dc-for-internship-finds-out-trumps-federal-freeze-canceled-it-doge-elon-musk-department-of-transportation-donald-trump-federal-government-internships-university-of-cincinnati-graduate-school
WSIL TV
— IRS will lay off thousands of probationary workers in the middle of tax season. The IRS will lay off thousands of probationary workers in the middle of tax season, according to two sources familiar with the agency’s plans, and cuts could come as soon as next week. (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors and supervisors were furious that they could not use probationary employee procedures to get rid of me in 1980 because I had already survived my probationary period when I worked for IRS.)
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/national/irs-will-lay-off-thousands-of-probationary-workers-in-the-middle-of-tax-season/article_97d05354-732c-5dd5-8b09-a7be5df80852.html
WGLT
— EEOC seeks to drop discrimination case after Trump executive order (COMMENT: If Trump had been President in 1971, my entire life since then would have been completely different. EEOC cancelled my career in the automotive industry. In 1971, when I was 22 years old, my Firestone Store boss rudely fired me when I told him that I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. But Oldsmobile withdrew that job offer saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. That directly resulted in my accepting a job offer from IRS. I had passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970 and I had to have a job to help support my mother and brother. My father had died suddenly in 1969.)
https://www.wglt.org/2025-02-15/eeoc-seeks-to-drop-gender-discrimination-case-after-trump-executive-order
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Democrat and RINO leaders use DEI is to replace Republicans like me who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time with Democrats and RINOs who are not the aforesaid. So far, Democrat and RINO leaders have used DEI to a) waste my federal career and force me to retire early, b) end my service as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster in 2004 and 2010, c) end my bid to serve as the MTRO treasurer in 2004, d) end my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership in 2004, e) almost get the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, f) end my ICRC Steering Committee membership in 2007, g) end my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership in 2011, h) end my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, i) gerrymander my precinct in 2015, j) end my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, and k) end my service on the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024. I should write about the Democrat and RINO leaders who had their operatives and their dupes take the aforesaid adverse actions against me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Far too many say that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but do little or nothing to defend or advance religious, conservative, and/or Republican principles. What do you say to the aforesaid who work against those like me who defend and advance religious, conservative, and/or Republican principles? Should I write about them? Should I focus on those who read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters to get information to use against me? Should I focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What quotas/goals/targets do Democrats have for turning students in your school district into sexually active LGBTQers at each grade level?
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Senate Republican warns that Trump’s downsizing of federal workforce will do ‘more harm than good’ (COMMENT: Downsizing GAO did more harm than good.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/15/senate-republican-warns-trump-downsizing-federal-w/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— What would a Harris-Walz administration be doing right now?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/3320673/what-would-a-harris-walz-administration-be-doing-right-now/
NEW YORK POST
— Corporate America’s lame attempts to dress up DEI is plainly laughable (COMMENT: To promote DEI is to get rid of Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://nypost.com/2025/02/15/business/corporate-americas-lame-attempts-to-dress-up-dei-is-plainly-laughable/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Political backlash and public outcry have prompted a compromise between Florida governor Ron DeSantis and the state’s Republican legislators on Florida’s immigration policy, following a prolonged dispute over how to handle illegal aliens.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/02/the_trump_act_the_worst_named_legislation_ever.html
— No More Mr. Nice Guy
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/02/no_more_mr_nice_guy.html
— False claims: universities can’t make them anymore
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/02/false_claims_universities_can_t_make_them_anymore.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Finger-wagging NY AG Letitia James rages about ‘unelected’ Elon Musk
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/02/15/finger-wagging-ny-ag-letitia-james-rages-about-unelected-elon-musk-1522939/
BREITBART
— Much of Illinois Chafes Under Chicago’s, Governor’s Support for Migrants (COMMENT: Sooner or later, the lower that the income is in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct and the closer that you are to Chicago, the greater that the negative impact of illegal immigration will be.)
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/02/15/much-of-illinois-chafes-under-chicagos-governors-support-for-migrants/
— Fire-Ravaged California Spending Nearly $10 Billion on Health Care for Illegal Aliens
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/02/15/fire-ravaged-california-spending-nearly-10-billion-on-health-care-for-illegal-aliens/
— NYC to Sue Trump Administration over $80 Million in Funding Revoked for Migrant Shelters
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/02/15/report-nyc-to-sue-trump-administration-over-80-million-in-funding-revoked-for-migrant-shelters/
FOX NEWS
— Florida Speaker Daniel Perez: We stand with President Trump on illegal immigration crackdown. Illegal alien criminals will find no sanctuary in the Sunshine State.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/florida-speaker-daniel-perez-we-stand-president-trump-illegal-immigration-crackdown
— At 50, SNL should drop the woke, get back to the joke. The show can once again be funny, if only it will stop preaching at us.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/david-marcus-50-snl-should-drop-woke-get-back-joke
— Department of Education warns that public schools must remove DEI policies or lose federal funding. ‘Institutions that fail to comply with federal civil rights law may, consistent with applicable law, face potential loss of federal funding,’ the letter reads.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/department-education-warns-public-schools-must-remove-dei-policies-lose-federal-funding
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Wheaton College Is Abandoning Its Conservative Alumni
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/02/wheaton-college-is-abandoning-its-conservative-alumni/
NEW AMERICAN
— Universities Get Rich Off Illegal Migrants; 408,000 Currently Enrolled (COMMENT: UIC accepted me in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, and IIT in 1992, but from what I see, if there had been as many illegals back then as there are now, they would have been accepted instead of me.)
https://thenewamerican.com/us/universities-get-rich-off-illegal-migrants-408000-currently-enrolled/
NEWS BUSTERS
— CNN Lets Pro-Gay Activist Complain About Trump on Transgenders
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/brad-wilmouth/2025/02/15/trying-erase-cnn-lets-pro-gay-activist-complain-about-trump
NEWSMAX
— Dems Tie the Hands of Law Enforcement
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/law-enforcement-dems/2025/02/15/id/1199228/
TOWNHALL
— Here Are the Top DOGE Takedowns So Far (COMMENT: By far, Newt Gingrich’s biggest takedown was GAO. I was collateral damage.)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/madelineleesman/2025/02/15/doge-week-round-up-n2652105#google_vignette
TRUMP VANCE
— Should I authorize Elon Musk & D.O.G.E. to audit the IRS? (COMMENT: I worked for GAO on audits of IRS for 3 years while I was at the GS-13 Step 1-3 Levels, currently $117,807-$125,661/year. I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year.)
https://secure.winred.com/trump-national-committee-jfc/lp-hf-email-presidential-poll-v6
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
YAHOO
— Wall Street’s diversity dilemma deepens as JPMorgan’s Dimon sounds off on ‘stupid’ DEI expenses
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/wall-streets-diversity-dilemma-deepens-as-jpmorgans-dimon-sounds-off-on-stupid-dei-expenses-143000294.html
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— White South Africans gather in support of Trump and his claims that they are victims of racism (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will come down on Americans whose ancestors homesteaded. My ancestors on my father’s side homesteaded a 240-acre farm in southeast Crete Township in 1854.)
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/world/2025/02/15/south-africa-trump-supporters/78739407007/
CBS NEWS
— Trump tours updated Boeing plane to highlight delay in delivery of new Air Force One
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-air-force-one-tour-boeing/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Charlie Kirk
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/magazine/charlie-kirk-american-right.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their manipulation and domination of religious leaders.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/us/trump-usaid-christian-aid.html
WASHINGTON POST
— ICE struggles to boost arrest numbers despite infusion of resources. Trump has ordered a wartime effort to increase deportations, but ICE statistics show arrests have dipped so far this month.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/02/15/ice-arrests-immigration-deportations/
— Scholz blasts Vance’s support for Germany’s far right. Some see the Trump administration actively promoting political extremism in the West. (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, since 1999, RINO leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party have demonized me, denigrated, and condemned me as being far-right, as being an extremist.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/02/15/vance-germany-afd-scholz-weidel-far-right/
USA TODAY
— Fired federal workers say ‘cold and cruel’ cuts upended their lives (COMMENT: My cold/cruel/nasty/vicious Democrat GAO superiors forced me retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. Before that, they always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS. Before that, my cold/cruel/nasty/vicious Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions, and disallowed my travel vouchers. Before that, my cold/cruel/nasty/vicious Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign and before that, disallowed my sick leave requests.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/16/federal-workers-trump-musk-firings/78728081007/
WEST ORLANDO NEWS
— Florida Senator Rick Scott and Republicans Introduce Dismantle DEI Act (COMMENT: What are the Republican elected officials who represent you in your county, township, municipality, and school district doing to fight DEI?)
https://westorlandonews.com/florida-senator-rick-scott-and-republicans-introduce-dismantle-dei-act/
STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS
— Musk’s DOGE pays visit to IRS as millions file tax returns (COMMENT: I worked for GAO on audits of IRS for 3 years while I was at the GS-13 Step1-3 Levels, currently $117,807-$125,661/year. I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year.)
https://san.com/cc/elon-musks-doge-pays-visit-to-irs-as-millions-file-tax-returns/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Musk’s cost-cutting agency is reviewing the IRS’s operations. DOGE is focusing on reducing non-essential contracts and scrutinizing the agency’s expanded workforce. Democratic lawmakers, including Sen. Ron Wyden, have criticized Musk’s efforts.)
FORBES
— ‘It Can’t Be America Alone’: Hegseth Touts Work With Allies To Counter ‘Ascendant Chinese Threat’ (COMMENT: In WWIII, which countries will side with China against America? They will include those countries that are a) sending their citizens into America illegally and/or b) are keeping their citizens in America illegally.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLpL4__2Ql8
FINANCIAL REVIEW
— As Trump tries to kill DEI, Labor moves to lock it in
https://www.afr.com/work-and-careers/workplace/as-trump-tries-to-kill-dei-labor-moves-to-lock-it-in-20250212-p5lblw
INDIA TODAY
— Return Of ‘DUNKIS’: Two Flights With Deported Indian Illegals From US To Land In Amritsar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=te8bJPi9mH4
— Legs chained, hands cuffed: Indian deportee on 2nd US flight recounts ordeal
https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/us-migrant-flight-illegal-indian-immigrants-deportee-claims-legs-chained-hands-cuffed-military-plane-amrtisar-2680787-2025-02-16
TIMES OF INDIA
— Trump Blasts ‘Woke’ U.S. Media In Rare Joint Interview With Elon Musk
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/international/theyve-failed-trump-blasts-woke-u-s-media-in-rare-joint-interview-with-elon-musk/videoshow/118286894.cms
SKY NEWS
— Democrats used to promote integration, but now they promote segregation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txOCBET5Ij4
February 10, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Why Henry Hyde’s name should stay on the DuPage County courthouse. The GOP powerhouse stood for far more than his famous eponymous abortion amendment.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/10/editorial-henry-hyde-dupage-county-courthouse/
(FROM THE EDITORIAL: History often is complex and resistant to simple narratives. So are people. So it is a needlessly divisive mistake for DuPage County Board Chair Deborah Conroy to push for her fellow board members to remove the name of the late Henry J. Hyde, longtime Republican congressman, from the county courthouse. The board is scheduled to vote Tuesday on the issue. Hyde represented DuPage, which until recent years was a Republican power center, in Washington for more than three decades, retiring in 2007. During that time, Hyde wasn’t some low-profile lifer in Congress. He was one of the House’s most prominent members, even when he was serving in the minority, which is to say most of his career there. Conroy’s rationale for removing Hyde’s name from the court building is that the staunchly anti-abortion politician was responsible for the Hyde Amendment, the provision in federal law that for decades barred spending federal taxpayer money on abortions with exceptions for rape, incest or endangerment to the life of the mother. “It’s strictly because of the Hyde Amendment, and it’s very difficult for so many women to walk into the courthouse and see (his name),” she told the Tribune. Abortion rights is an issue that only has grown more intense since Hyde died 10 months after his retirement. We understand the symbolic argument. But to strip his name from the building would be akin to removing Richard J. Daley’s name from the courthouse in the heart of the Loop over a single issue — say, the police beating of protesters at the 1968 Democratic convention on his orders, the culture of corruption that the Daley machine fostered or his brutal segregationist policies. Even many ardent Daley critics wouldn’t suggest doing so. Why is that? Because Daley is a singularly important figure in the history of Chicago and to rename the Daley Center or Daley Plaza would be to try to negate that history. Like Daley, Hyde was a complicated figure and far more than the name adorning a famous (or infamous, depending on your point of view) piece of legislation. Memories are short, of course, but for most of his career Hyde was an intellectual heavyweight on the Republican side of the aisle. Agree or disagree, but when Hyde took the floor to speak, people listened. And for good reason. He was a thoughtful conservative. Consider this: Hyde stepped down in 1981 from the advisory board of the National Pro-Life Political Action Committee after Executive Director Peter Gemma Jr. identified incumbent lawmakers the group planned to work to defeat. Hyde objected to targeting officeholders over a single issue. Much the way the DuPage board is considering doing Tuesday. Would the Democratic majority on the DuPage board consider themselves in favor of reasonable gun regulation? If so, against the consensus of his party, Hyde in 1994 voted for President Bill Clinton’s ban on assault weapons, demonstrating that he could be persuaded to change his mind on a monumental issue of the day. Just three years earlier, he had voted against the same ban. Hyde reversed himself after reading detailed accounts of gun victims in Chicago, provided by Democratic Sen. Paul Simon of Illinois. “At the end of reading this list of bloody crimes, I had to conclude these guns have no purpose but to kill a lot of people very rapidly,” Hyde said. “It wasn’t like falling off a horse on the road to Damascus. But like many things complicated and emotional, you don’t dwell on them unless forced to.” Hyde’s change of heart induced Illinois Rep. Bob Michel, then GOP minority leader, and dozens more Republicans to vote for the ban. Such political courage is almost impossible to imagine on today’s Capitol Hill. Of course, four years later Hyde led Clinton’s impeachment proceedings on behalf of the House before the Senate, leading critics to disclose Hyde’s yearslong extramarital affair decades earlier and accusing him of hypocrisy. Hyde admitted to cheating on his wife but claimed Clinton’s alleged wrongdoing was about Clinton’s cover-up attempts rather than his actual affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. The public didn’t buy it, and Hyde paid a reputational price in the process. All of this is to say that Henry Hyde was complicated. Just like most people. But what is indisputable is that he was one of the most important political figures to emerge from DuPage County. Ever. His name should stay on that courthouse.)
ABC7
— DuPage County Democrats push to rename courthouse over late Congressman’s abortion views
https://abc7chicago.com/post/local-democrats-push-rename-dupage-county-courthouse-late-congressman-henry-hydes-abortion-views/15890259/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “He had a lot of support, a lot of friends on the other side of the aisle. He strikes me as a kind of official that we should be looking to model ourselves after, not disrespect,” said DuPage County GOP Chair Kevin Coyne. While he was bipartisan on certain issues such as gun control and the Family and Medical Leave Act, Hyde was one of Congress’ biggest opponents of abortion. He authored the Hyde Amendment, which denied abortion access to poor women on Medicaid. . .The board will vote on the resolution to remove Hyde’s name on Tuesday. With a Democratic majority, Conroy says, the proposal will pass. “To cherry-pick this one issue and hold it against a man that was such a big part of our history, to me, is just wrong. It’s short sighted,” Coyne said. Coyne says the decision to remove Hyde’s name may ruin the bipartisanship Conroy says she has proudly created while serving as chair.)
— President Trump pardons ex-Illinois Gov. Blagojevich 5 years after commuting his sentence
https://abc7chicago.com/post/president-donald-trump-expected-pardon-ex-illinois-gov-rod-blagojevich-5-years-commuting-sentence-reports/15889540/
FOX32
— ICE operations intensify across U.S. sanctuary cities
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1591008
DAILY HERALD
— Residents protest proposed cuts to Medicaid at DuPage County rally
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250210/news/residents-protest-proposed-cuts-to-medicaid-at-dupage-county-rally/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Blagojevich pardoned on corruption conviction by Trump
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/trump-pardons-rod-blagojevich-corruption-conviction
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Del Mar teases run for ‘higher office,’ sparking 2026 Illinois governor speculation
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_69d594d6-e7c2-11ef-b535-b39343671dce.html
CITIES 92.9
— Illinois circuit judge finds FOID for firearms in home unconstitutional (COMMENT: I have had a FOID card since I was 20 years old in 1968.)
https://www.cities929.com/2025/02/10/illinois-circuit-judge-finds-foid-for-firearms-in-home-unconstitutional/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/02/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-246/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS STATE RIFLE ASSOCIATION
— FOID Card Found to be Unconstitutional Yet Again
https://isra.org/foid-card-found-to-be-unconstitutional-yet-again/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Migrants turning around and heading back home in ‘new trend’ under Trump border crackdown
https://nypost.com/2025/02/10/us-news/new-trend-of-migrants-turning-around-and-heading-back-toward-home-under-trump-border-crackdown/
DAILY SIGNAL
— ‘BETRAYAL’: Lawmaker Responds to FEMA Diverting $59M to House Illegal Aliens
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/02/10/fema-using-59-million-house-illegal-aliens-is-betrayal-highest-order-congressman-says/
DAILY WIRE
— Musk Says FEMA Spent $60M Housing Illegal Immigrants In ‘Luxury Hotels’ Last Week. The payments were suspended by acting FEMA Director Cameron Hamilton after Musk’s announcement.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/musks-says-fema-spent-60m-housing-illegal-immigrants-in-luxury-hotels-last-week
— 27% Of National Science Foundation Grants Went To DEI Projects, Study Finds. ‘Congress must end the politicization of NSF funding and restore integrity to scientific research,’ Sen. Ted Cruz says.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/27-of-national-science-foundation-grants-went-to-dei-projects-study-finds
EPOCH TIMES
— Musk Says FEMA Spent $59 Million on Housing Illegal Immigrants in NYC Hotels. ‘This stops now,’ said acting FEMA Administrator Cameron Hamilton, announcing that all such payments from FEMA were suspended on Feb. 9.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/musk-says-fema-spent-59-million-on-housing-illegal-immigrants-in-nyc-hotels-5807322
FOX NEWS
— Trump expected to pardon former Illinois Gov Rod Blagojevich. Trump previously commuted Blagojevich’s sentence in 2020.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-expected-pardon-former-illinois-gov-rod-blagojevich
MRC TV
— Illegal Alien Crossings Have Plummeted 90% Under Trump
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/brittany-m-hughes/border-agent-illegal-alien-crossings-have-plummeted-90-under-trump
TOWNHALL
— Trump Ramps Up Purge of ‘Woke’ Ideology in the Military
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeff-charles/2025/02/10/trump-liquidates-woke-board-of-visitors-for-military-branches-n2651967
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump says ‘too early’ to name Vance as successor
https://www.aol.com/trump-says-too-early-name-215711428.html
CNN
— Trump imposes 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/10/politics/tariffs-steel-aluminum-trump/index.html
CBS NEWS
— Increasing numbers of Democrats want their party to oppose Trump
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/democrats-want-party-oppose-trump-poll-analysis/
— Trump ousts director of Office of Government Ethics
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-office-of-government-ethics-director/
WEEK
— DeSantis signs agreement with ICE to have Florida state troopers detain illegal immigrants
https://www.25newsnow.com/2025/02/10/desantis-signs-agreement-with-ice-have-florida-state-troopers-detain-illegal-immigrants/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DHS Seeks to Deputize IRS Officers to Help With Deportation Effort. Tax-collecting agency has thousands of special agents in its criminal-investigation division. (COMMENT: I worked for GAO on audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division at the GS-13 Step 1-3 Levels, currently $117,807-$125,661/year, for 3 years.)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-irs-officers-ice-deportations-ed87c4b5
AUTO GUIDE
— Why Is General Motors Getting Rid Of Key Corvette Personnel?
https://www.autoguide.com/auto/manufacturers/chevrolet/why-is-general-motors-getting-rid-of-key-corvette-personnel-44616109