FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat and RINO leaders want Pritzker to win in 2026. Failing that, they want an anti-Trump Republican candidate to win who is Democrat plant, Democrat Lite, RINO, if not anti-conservative, if not anti-Republican who rejects the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and/or other if not all of the planks in the Republican Party platform.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/02/illinois-republicans-governor-ilgop-2028/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/02/outdoor-cannabis-cultivation-illinois/
ABC7
— Chicago-area residents celebrate Labor Day 2025 with parades. I have always been big on parades. I attended Bob Doles’ rally after he walked in Wheaton’s Independence Day Parade in 1996. SEE: https://www.nytimes.com/1996/07/05/us/for-dole-upbeat-crowd-on-a-spirited-day.html At the 2000 Illinois Republican Party State Convention in Springfield, I encouraged George Ryan to encourage Bush/Cheney to walk in Wheaton’s 2000 Independence Day Parade. But my attending the Bush/Cheney rally before Naperville’s 2000 Labor Day Parade and my walking in that parade really got me going. SEE: https://www.chicagotribune.com/2000/09/05/no-ordinary-fling-in-naperville/ I ever-increasingly encouraged Republican candidates to walk in Wheaton Independence Day Parades. I served as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day Parades from 2005 until my critics/opponents ended that in 2021.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/labor-day-events-2025-chicago-area-residents-wrap-holiday-weekend-parades-festivals/17714451/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The marching bands got their work done early in Naperville, with the annual Labor Day parade. Thousands lined the course, watching the many community organizations marching by.)
NBC5
— At least 54 people shot, 7 fatally, during Labor Day weekend in Chicago
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/at-least-54-people-shot-7-fatally-during-labor-day-weekend-in-chicago/3818070/
FOX32
— Deadly weekend: Eight killed, 48 wounded over Labor Day weekend in Chicago, prompting Trump to threaten National Guard deployment. Chicago Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/labor-day-violence-chicago-prompts-trump-national-guard-warning
NORTHWEST HERALD
— More than 600 people attend Labor Day protest in McHenry. ‘Workers Over Billionaires’ one of many across Illinois, country.
https://www.shawlocal.com/northwest-herald/2025/09/01/more-than-600-people-attend-labor-day-protest-in-mchenry/
DAILY LINE
— Illinois Republicans light on candidates for statewide races in 2026 midterm
https://www.thedailyline.com/illinois-republicans-light-candidates-statewide-races-2026-midterm
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/09/02/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-581/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Tax Eaters in Search of Another Mass Transit Bailout
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/09/02/tax-eaters-in-search-of-another-mass-transit-bailout/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Nationwide Labor Day protests denounce billionaires in Trump’s orbit. Organizers are aiming to remind the country of Labor Day’s origins and emphasize workers’ rights. My critics/opponents look down on if not despise workers. I was a worker 1964-1997.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/09/01/nationwide-labor-day-protests-denounce-billionaires-trumps-orbit/
BREITBART
— Illinois Lt. Gov.: Trump Wants to Do ‘Aggressive Attack’ Here to ‘Provoke’ Reaction So They Can Federalize Troops
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/09/01/il-lt-gov-trump-wants-to-do-aggressive-attack-here-to-provoke-reaction-so-they-can-federalize-troops/
— Texas Trucking’s Silent Threat: Non-English Speaking Drivers Surge as Crashes Mount Nationwide
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2025/09/01/texas-truckings-silent-threat-non-english-speaking-drivers-surge-as-crashes-mount-nationwide/
— Chicago Alderman: Trump’s Trying to Use ‘Violence’ Here
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/09/01/chicago-alderman-trumps-trying-to-use-violence-here/
— Chicago Alderman on Shootings in City: Trump ‘Exacerbated’ Inner City Violence
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/09/01/chicago-alderman-on-shootings-in-city-trump-exacerbated-inner-city-violence/
— Trump’s policies spark protests in multiple US cities on Labor Day
https://www.breitbart.com/news/president-donald-trumps-policies-spark-protests-in-multiple-us-cities-on-labor-day/
— Trump Administration Suspends U.S. Visas for Palestinian Passport Holders
https://www.breitbart.com/middle-east/2025/09/01/trump-administration-suspends-u-s-visas-for-palestinian-passport-holders/
COLLEGE FIX
— FBI probes slew of nationwide false campus shooter reports tied to online group
https://www.thecollegefix.com/fbi-probes-slew-of-nationwide-false-campus-shooter-reports-tied-to-online-group/
EPOCH TIMES
— Why Can’t Teens Get Jobs? While I was a Crete-Monee High School student 1962-1966, UIC student 1966-1968, and NIU student 1969-1970, few of my classmates had jobs. But I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970. My critics/opponents have always used my taking the aforesaid jobs against me. They make it clear that they would never had stooped to take the aforesaid jobs. They hint/imply/argue/shout that my taking the aforesaid jobs proves that I am a loser. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents had the most money.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/opinion/why-cant-teens-get-jobs-5897482
FOX NEWS
— Judge halts Trump admin’s effort to deport Guatemalan children
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6378087284112
NEWSMAX
— Trump: Bring Back Insane Asylums, House Mentally Ill
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/mentally-ill-insane-asylums-donald-trump/2025/09/01/id/1224673/
— Insurrection Act Gives Trump Power to Deploy Guard. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Criminals and illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/trump-deploytroops-insurrectionact/2025/09/01/id/1224681/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5480608-may-day-strong-labor-protest/
NBC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2efnUi0f3A
https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/chicagoans-want-help-tackling-crime-but-with-different-approach-than-trump-s-crackdown-246363205702
CNN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/01/politics/video/the-lead-juliana-stratton-chicago-national-guard-president-trump-tapper
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/02/politics/trump-national-guard-epstein-russia-ukraine-china-senate-analysis
https://www.cnn.com/audio/podcasts/the-arena-with-kasie-hunt/episodes/34cb4784-6cdf-11f0-995b-5fc5837b209c
REUTERS
— China’s Xi convenes ‘Axis of Upheaval’ in Beijing, sidelining Trump. In WWIII, which countries will side with China against America?
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/chinas-xi-convenes-axis-upheaval-beijing-sidelining-trump-2025-09-02/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://apnews.com/video/anti-trump-protests-held-in-chicago-e2fb17c619a64478bab5d0c63cf913cf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxCxn5BVBY0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-1vsob2slg
NEW YORK TIMES
— Labor Day Protests Denounce Trump While Supporting Workers. The demonstrations were part of the continuing effort by Trump opponents to try to pressure his administration, even if many events were modest in size. My critics/opponents look down on if not despise workers. I was a worker 1964-1997.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/us/trump-labor-day-protests.html
— Young and Old Are Facing Off for Jobs. For White male non-veterans, it is up-or-out. For White male non-veteran federal employees, they are out if they do not make GS-13 ($117,807/year) by age 25, GS-14 ($139,211/year) by age 30, GS-15 ($163,749/year) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service ($195,200/year)by age 40. Extremely few White male non-veteran federal employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines.
https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/21/business/21age.html
— Fine-Tune Your Feed and Get News You Can Use. My critics/opponents want to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Failing that, they want to stop everyone from reading the newsletters. Failing that, they want me to stop including links in the newsletters to articles that promote planks in the Republican Party platform that they reject. Most commonly, they reject the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race of gender based preference giving) planks
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/technology/personaltech/apple-google-news-customize.html
— A Guide to Repaying Your Student Loans. If you had to work your way through college like me, what if you had gotten a student loan? If I had gotten a student loan my GPA would have been higher. Instead of studying, I spent far too many hours washing dishes, delivering mail, working for IRS, and working for GAO.
https://www.nytimes.com/article/student-loan-repayment-options.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Nationwide Labor Day protests denounce billionaires in Trump’s orbit. Organizers are aiming to remind the country of Labor Day’s origins and emphasize workers’ rights. My critics/opponents look down on if not despise workers. I was a worker 1964-1997.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/09/01/nationwide-labor-day-protests-denounce-billionaires-trumps-orbit/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Hidden cost of EV ownership: high insurance premiums
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-08-28/insurance-premiums-hike-up-the-price-of-evs
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Rahm Emanuel: We Have Met the Enemy and He Isn’t Us. Can Americans stop fighting each other long enough to appreciate the threat from China?
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/we-have-met-the-enemy-and-he-isnt-us-b3faa55c
— Remember the Children of Annunciation. Don’t let yourself grow numb. School shootings are a horror we can’t accept.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/remember-the-children-of-annunciation-add5b127?mod=opinion_lead_pos8
— You Can’t Work Your Way Through College Anymore. I would not have been able to work my way through college and graduate debt-free in 1970 owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE a) if my parents had not provided me with room and board 1966-1968, weekends during my first semester in 1969, and the summer of 1969 and b) if I had not worked for the Post Office part-time during the school years and full-time during the summers 1966-1969.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/you-cant-work-your-way-through-college-anymore-1521239612
FORBES
— OK Boomers, About That Working-Through-College Thing. I would not have been able to work my way through college and graduate debt-free in 1970 owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE a) if my parents had not provided me with room and board 1966-1968, weekends during my first semester in 1969, and the summer of 1969 and b) if I had not worked for the Post Office part-time during the school years and full-time during the summers 1966-1969.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/patrickwwatson/2019/12/09/ok-boomers-about-that-working-through-college-thing/
— Many Small Businesses Are Finding It Harder To Hire Workers. My big employers included GAO, IRS, Firestone Stores, Post Office, and SS Kresge.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/edwardsegal/2021/10/28/many-small-businesses-are-finding-it-harder-to-hire-workers-new-poll/
WALLET HUB
— 50% of people don’t think it’s realistic for the average American to expect to retire comfortably. Starting when I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have envied my earning credits toward a Civil Service Retirement System pension and the federal government paying 72% of my health insurance and paying 72% of my wife’s health insurance since 1978. Their envy worsened when I became eligible for early retirement and a $25,000 buyout when I was 45 in 1993. Their envy worsened more when I took early retirement when I was 49 in 1997. In my defense, I stress that I worked for the Post Office for almost 3 years, I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, and that I worked for GAO for almost 18 years. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those a) who have made it clear that they would never stoop to take a federal job and/or b) who lacked qualifications for federal jobs.
https://wallethub.com/blog/retirement-savings-survey/133047
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Retirement doubt. 50% of people don’t think it’s realistic for the average American to expect to retire comfortably. Americans worry about retirement. Nearly 2 in 5 people feel anxious when thinking about retirement. Many people lack a plan. More than 1 in 4 Americans don’t have a retirement plan. Many people may never retire. 43% of people say they expect to work until they die. Debt takes precedence. Most Americans (53%) think paying off debt is more important than making retirement contributions. Dependency risk. More than 1 in 4 Americans are counting on family members to support them financially when they retire.)
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Not College Material. I was not viewed as being college material. Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class. I washed dishes during my junior and senior years and the summer in between. I could not run because I had a bone disease. My eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20. I had partial red/green color blindness.
https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/just-visiting/not-college-material
KEEN ON AMERICA
— Wealthy Families Game the College Admission Process. Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. He never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. My mother never attended high school. I had to work my way through college.
https://keenon.substack.com/p/the-hypocrisy-of-trumps-war-on-universities
AMERICA MAGAZINE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope to promote LGBTQ.
https://www.americamagazine.org/vatican-dispatch/2025/09/01/pope-leo-meets-with-father-james-martin-seen-as-a-sign-of-support-for-ministry-with-l-g-b-t-q-catholics/
HUFFINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders attack Trump’s health
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-health-questions-garrett-graff_n_68b65715e4b0cd019d229af8
Tag: amendment
September 1, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Chicago shootings: At least 52 shot, 7 fatally, in Labor Day weekend gun violence
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-shootings-labor-day-weekend-least-32-shot-3-fatally-gun-violence-city-police-department-says/17701051/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-immigration-news-prayer-held-naval-station-great-lakes-north-ahead-donald-trumps-crackdown/17704014/
NBC5
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/protesters-denounce-immigration-crackdown-as-trump-sends-more-ice-resources-to-chicago/3817866/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_1JJDFRQto
— Trump faces a hurdle in banning mail-in voting: His own Republican Party. Voter turnout by mail exceeded 30% in at least 14 states and D.C. Trump won half of those states, most of which have Republican governors or secretaries of state overseeing elections. Democrat leaders oversee DuPage County elections.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/trump-faces-hurdle-banning-mail-voting-republican-party/3817690/
CBS2
— Crash-and-grab burglars ransack businesses on Chicago’s South, West sides
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/crash-grab-burglars-ransack-businesses-chicago-south-west-sides/
— 7 people wounded in shooting in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood near CPD Headquarters
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/7-people-wounded-shooting-chicago-bronzeville/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/01/daywatch-strike-over-immigration-protections-in-little-village-continues-this-labor-day/
— As crime ever-increasingly increases under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the Naperville Jaycees impose more safety requirements for their Last Fling. The Naperville Jaycees turned away my wife yesterday, and therefore, the Naperville Jaycees turned away me yesterday, because her purse was too big.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/10/naperville-jaycees-last-fling-security-minors-bags/
— For Democrat leaders, history exists to promote the Democrat Party platform.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/01/opinion-smithsonian-ignoring-slavery-racism/
— Naperville high schools rank in Illinois’ top 50, per U.S. News & World Report
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/31/naperville-high-schools-rank-in-illinois-top-50-per-u-s-news-world-report/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— How much does a college education cost in Chicago? 10 schools broken down by price. Back in the good old days, I was able to earn enough money working for S.S. Kresge, Post Office, IRS, and GAO a) to take courses at attend UIC 1966-1968 and b) to earn a bachelor’s degree from NIU in 1970, an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a master’s degree from DePaul in 1980, and a master’s degree from IIT in 1997.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/08/31/college-university-tuition-costs-fees-illinois-uic-education-northwestern-loyola
DAILY HERALD
— Feds secure Naval Station Great Lakes for Chicago immigration blitz
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250831/nation-and-world-politics/feds-secure-naval-station-great-lakes-for-chicago-immigration-blitz/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: What does inching along in rush-hour traffic cost you? Chicago in top 10 of most expensive commutes. Instead of studying, I spent far too many hours inching along on the Dan Ryan 1966-1968 commuting between my parents’ home in Crete and UIC.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250831/transportation/what-does-inching-along-in-rush-hour-traffic-cost-you-chicago-in-top-10-of-most-expensive-commutes/
— Daley, LaHood leading revived ‘fair maps’ campaign in Illinois
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250831/illinois-state-politics/daley-lahood-leading-revived-fair-maps-campaign-in-illinois/
MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals.
https://www.jsonline.com/story/opinion/2025/09/01/labor-day-celebration-wisconsin-deport/85887524007/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Important News for Wirepoints Readers on Ted Dabrowski’s Departure
https://wirepoints.org/__trashed-24/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— To get more votes from those who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly shout at those who are the aforesaid that all their problems are caused by those who are conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. For Democrat and RINO leaders, because of Trump’s demographics, Trump is their perfect scapegoat. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— GOP in the Lake in the Hills Labor Day Parade
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/09/01/gop-in-the-lake-in-the-hills-labor-day-parade/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— How Trump’s deportation agenda is being stalled in courts
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/3786556/how-trump-deportation-agenda-stalled-in-courts/
NEW YORK POST
— Pritzker floats conspiracy theory that Trump has ‘other aims’ for deploying National Guard to blue cities: ‘He would like to stop the elections’ My critics/opponents have always ascribed bad judgement and bad motives to everything that I have said and done.
https://nypost.com/2025/08/31/us-news/pritzker-floats-wild-conspiracy-theory-that-trump-has-other-aims-for-deploying-national-guard-to-blue-cities/
— Lisa Cook standing up for the Federal Reserve over possible mortgage fraud is really a ploy to turn a blind eye from the Fed’s mission creep into wokeness. My critics/opponents have always promoted wokeness/wokeism, that is, they have always promoted Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, they have always promoted race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination, that is, they have always rejected the Rutan decision. SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutan_v._Republican_Party_of_Illinois
https://nypost.com/2025/08/30/business/lisa-cook-standing-up-for-the-federal-reserve-is-a-ploy-to-turn-a-blind-eye-from-her-mortgage-scandal/
— Democrats’ reaction to Trump’s DC crime crackdown puts them at odds with voters
https://nypost.com/2025/08/31/opinion/democrats-head-scratching-reaction-to-trumps-dc-crime-crackdown-puts-them-at-odds-with-voters/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Media Runs Cover for Trans Maniac Who Shot Up Catholic School Children
https://amgreatness.com/2025/08/28/morning-greatness-media-runs-cover-for-trans-maniac-who-shot-up-catholic-school-children/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Vigilant Americans Should Be Armed. I have had an FOID card since I was 20 years old in 1968.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/08/vigilant_americans_should_be_armed.html
— Transitioning and Detransitioning: The Tragic Truth
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/08/transitioning_and_detransitioning_the_tragic_truth.html
— Left-Wing After-School Propaganda. What did you do after school, Saturdays, and summers while you were in high school? I did yard work while I was a freshman and sophomore, I delivered newspapers all 4 years, and I washed dishes while I was a junior and senior.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/08/left_wing_after_school_propaganda_in_texas.html
BLAZE
— Big Tech hiding jobs from US citizens to hire cheaper foreign labor from India and China. Employers, and especially Democrat and RINO employers, want cheap labor. My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being overpaid.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/america-last-is-big-tech-hiding-jobs-from-us-citizens-to-hire-cheaper-foreign-labor-from-india-and-china
BREITBART
— HUD to Remove Illegal Aliens from Section 8 Housing, Require Proof of Citizenship
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/08/30/hud-to-remove-illegal-aliens-from-section-8-housing-require-proof-of-citizenship/
COLLEGE FIX
— Activist calls for Republican lawmakers to permanently end race-based college admissions
https://www.thecollegefix.com/after-trumps-one-two-punch-against-affirmative-action-activist-calls-on-congress-to-make-it-permanent/
DAILY CALLER
— Abortion Coercion Concerns Surrounding Mail-Order Pill Mount With New Reports. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/08/31/abortion-coercion-mail-order-pill-reports/
DAILY SIGNAL
— The Latino Museum Will Be a Woke Abomination and Should Not Be Built. Democrat and RINO leaders shout at Hispanics that Republicans cause all the problems that Hispanics have.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/08/31/the-latino-museum-will-be-a-woke-abomination-and-should-not-be-built/
— The Crisis Is Over. What’s Next at the Southern Border? When the next Democrat or RINO president is elected, that president will immediately tear down the Wall and against flood America with illegals.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/08/31/illegal-crossings-are-down-so-what-happens-now-border/
— Border Crackdown Has Cost Mexican Cartels Over $1 Billion. What percent of illegal drugs in America come into America across its southern border?
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/08/31/border-crackdown-has-cost-cartels-1-billion/
— Conservatives Decry Plans for Smithsonian’s Latino Museum as a ‘Woke Abomination’
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/08/31/the-latino-museum-will-be-a-woke-abomination-and-should-not-be-built/
DAILY WIRE
— Spin Cycle: Blue State Governors Draw Battle Lines. The mainstream news media exists to destroy Trump and to destroy all of the 77,302,580 who voted for Trump in 2024.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/spin-cycle-blue-state-governors-draw-battle-lines
FEDERALIST
— The Left Doesn’t Care About Gun Violence — Only Exploiting It. Democrat and RINO leaders use gun violence to diminish Second Amendment rights and eventually to abolish the Second Amendment.
https://thefederalist.com/2025/08/29/the-left-doesnt-care-about-gun-violence-only-exploiting-it-1/
— The Media Dismissing The Transgender Factor In This School Shooting Are Enabling Another One. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://thefederalist.com/2025/08/29/the-media-dismissing-the-transgender-factor-in-this-school-shooting-are-enabling-another-one/
FOX NEWS
— Chicago sees 5 killed, 35 wounded over Labor Day weekend as Trump warns of Guard intervention. Mayor Johnson and Governor Pritzker reject federal military deployment as ‘unconstitutional power grab’ despite the city being gripped by violence.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicago-sees-5-killed-35-wounded-over-labor-day-weekend-trump-warns-guard-intervention-report
— HUD launches crackdown on illegal immigration in public housing
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hud-launches-crackdown-illegal-immigration-public-housing-riding-coattails
— From Teddy Roosevelt to Reagan to Trump, presidents have warned of power-hungry public-sector unions. For over a century, clashes over public-sector unions have fueled a fight over government power and the future of American democracy. GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had unionized earlier, I might still be a GAO employee.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/from-teddy-roosevelt-reagan-trump-presidents-have-warned-power-hungry-public-sector-unions
— DOJ calls for tips on employers favoring foreign workers in hiring practices. Employers, and especially Democrat and RINO employers, want cheap labor. My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being overpaid.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/doj-calls-tips-employers-favoring-foreign-workers-hiring-practices
— Labor Day celebration: How President Trump is creating a brighter future for American workers. Labor Department announces 63 deregulatory actions and $30M in workforce training grants.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/labor-day-celebration-how-president-trump-creating-brighter-future-american-workers
— What DC’s mayor ‘recognizes’ about Trump’s crime crackdown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qv4GHb4Bl2w
— Chicago’s bail policy lets professional bad guys terrorize community with ‘no constraints.’ Former Chicago Police chief detective says criminals are ‘gaming the system’ under Illinois SAFE-T Act.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/blue-citys-bail-policy-lets-professional-bad-guys-terrorize-community-with-no-constraints-police-veteran
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Why the Left Loves Criminals
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/08/why-the-left-loves-criminals/
— Campus Intifada Returns – Frustrated Activists Likely To Lash Out This Fall
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/08/campus-intifada-returns-frustrated-activists-likely-to-lash-out-this-fall/
— ‘Destroy the Idea of America’: Shocking Rhetoric at Pro-Palestine Conference
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/08/destroy-the-idea-of-america-shocking-rhetoric-at-pro-palestine-conference/
PJ MEDIA
— The Dark Truth Behind Mass Shootings the Left Refuses To See – The Ever-Increasing Mental Health Crisis.
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/08/31/the-dark-truth-behind-mass-shootings-the-left-refuses-to-see-n4943206
TOWNHALL
— Trump Blasts Pritzker Over Violent Weekend in Chicago. Democrats run Chicago.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/scott-mcclallen/2025/08/31/trump-slams-pritzker-n2662592
— Chicago Mayor Signs Order to Shield Criminal Illegal Aliens, Undermine Federal Immigration Enforcement. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/08/31/chicago-mayor-signs-order-to-shield-criminal-illegal-aliens-undermine-federal-immigration-enforcement-n2662590
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Pritzker Orders State Colleges to Provide Abortion Pills. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.westernjournal.com/far-left-dem-governor-orders-state-colleges-provide-abortion-pills/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC NEWS
— 35 shot over weekend in Chicago as Pritzker rejects Trump’s threat to send in National Guard. The violence came as Trump criticized Pritzker’s handling of crime.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/35-shot-weekend-chicago-governor-rejects-trumps-threat/story?id=125134744
— Democrats run the federal government. To get promoted by them, the higher GS grade that you want to be promoted to, the more planks in the Democrat Party platform you have to push.
https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/work-national-weather-service-ready-explain-agree-trump-125099344
CBS NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/video/illinois-governor-condemns-trump-administrations-plan-to-bring-national-guard-to-chicago/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjrqjvUK6I0
REUTERS
— Political standoff intensifies over Trump’s plans for Chicago crackdown
https://wmbdradio.com/2025/09/01/political-standoff-intensifies-over-trumps-plans-for-chicago-crackdown-2/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— West Point shuts down clubs for women and students of color in response to Trump’s DEI policies
https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/west-point-shuts-down-clubs-for-women-and-students-of-color-in-response-to-trump-s-dei-policies/ar-AA1yui9q
MSN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against ICE employees. I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997. I should with about the hatred promoted against Post Office, IRS, and GAO employees.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/amid-trump-s-anti-immigrant-crackdown-72-republicans-only-13-democrats-view-ice-favourably-pew/ar-AA1LALPM
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders promote American flag burning to protest Trump. I have flown an American flag at my home 24 hours a day since September 11, 2001.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/us/politics/flag-burning-trump-johnson-supreme-court.html
— Democrat leaders say it’s Labor Day and Trump Is the most anti-union president in decades. My critics/opponents are vehemently anti-union. They will never forgive me for my being a union member for almost 12 years.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/opinion/trump-unions-labor.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, they ever-increasingly promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/opinion/college-essay-post-affirmative-action.html
— Workers Who Lost Jobs to Trade Needed Help. Washington Cut the Funding. I lost my GS-13 Step 10 GAO job, currently $153151/year, when I was 49 in 1997 a) to Gingrich’s GAO budget cuts, b) to Affirmative Action quotas, goals, and targets, c) to my being an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, d) to my Black subordinate wanting/demanding my job and my preferred corner office, e) to GAO not being unionized, and f) to my not being a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/business/trade-layoffs-job-assistance.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/us/trump-crime-strategy-solutions.html
WASHINGTON POST
— China tries to use Trump turmoil to unite leaders against U.S.-led order. Twenty leaders — including from Russia, Iran and India — gather for a forum, part of Beijing’s efforts to be seen as a reliable counterweight to the U.S. In WWIII, which countries will side with China and Russia against America?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/08/31/china-xi-jinping-hosts-sco-meeting/
USA TODAY
— Trump wants to eliminate mail-in voting. But 1 in 3 voters use it.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2025/09/01/trump-mail-in-voting-trump-putin/85764398007/
BLOOMBERG
— Modi Shores Up Ties With China, Russia in Defiance of Trump. In WWIII, which countries will side with China and Russia against America?
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-09-01/modi-shores-up-ties-with-china-russia-in-defiance-of-trump
FED SMITH
— Trump Defies Expectations, Grants 1% 2026 Federal Pay Raise
https://www.fedsmith.com/2025/09/01/trump-defies-expectations-grants-2026-federal-pay-raise/
PBS
— Noem confirms more ICE resources are heading to Chicago for immigration crackdown
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/noem-confirms-more-ice-resources-are-heading-to-chicago-for-immigration-crackdown
NPR
— How Trump is decimating federal employee unions one step at a time. My critics/opponents are vehemently anti-union. They will never forgive me for my being a union member for almost 12 years.
https://www.npr.org/2025/09/01/nx-s1-5515633/trump-federal-workers-labor-unions-va
INQUIRER
— Democrat leaders say that Trump’s ruinous labor policies mirror his scorn for America’s workers. I was an American worker for almost 30 years, and for almost 12 of those years, I was a union member.
https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/editorials/trump-american-workers-labor-day-20250901.html
August 31, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/31/trump-dc-takeover-chicago/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/22/heidi-stevens-trump-voting/
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250829/nation-and-world-politics/extremely-unusual-former-illinois-national-guard-chief-on-trump-threat-to-dispatch-troops-to-chic/
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250831/news/a-premature-claim-on-national-guard-deployment-in-chicago/
— Blame high taxes, excessive regulations for businesses fleeing Illinois
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250830/business/blame-high-taxes-excessive-regulations-for-businesses-fleeing-illinois/
WIRF
— GAO represents whistleblower against Trump. GAO sided with me in Diersen v. IRS in the 1970s. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-180010.11-0
https://www.wifr.com/2025/08/30/social-security-whistleblower-who-claims-doge-mishandled-americans-sensitive-data-resigns-post/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— ‘Partisans’ who want to should ‘get up and move’ from Illinois, Pritzker says
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_34319187-5c08-48c1-84d7-f67f0f72200a.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump trashes Pritzker as Chicago crime crackdown looms
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/3788645/trump-trashes-pritzker-as-chicago-crime-crackdown-looms/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump slams Pritzker on Chicago crime after at least 6 people killed during bloody weekend
https://nypost.com/2025/08/31/us-news/trump-slams-pritzker-on-chicago-crime-governors-reported-weight-loss-fuels-2028-speculation/
— Chicago mayor orders police not to cooperate with federal troops or agents amid Trump’s planned immigration crackdown
https://nypost.com/2025/08/30/us-news/chicago-mayor-orders-police-not-to-cooperate-with-federal-troops-or-agents-amid-trumps-planned-immigration-crackdown/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Sheinbaum urges Trump to ‘share’ captured drug lord’s ill-gotten billions with Mexico’s poor.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/08/sheinbaum_urges_trump_to_share_captured_drug_lord_s_ill_gotten_billions_with_mexico_s_poor.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Newsom suggests Trump will send ICE to polling sites for midterm elections
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/08/30/newsom-suggests-trump-will-send-ice-to-polling-sites-for-midterm-elections-1581290/
BREITBART
— Trump Slams Pritzker After Chicago Violence: ‘He Better Straighten It Out, FAST — or We’re Coming!’
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/08/30/trump-slams-pritzker-after-chicago-violence-he-better-straighten-it-out-fast-or-were-coming/
DAILY SIGNAL
— DNC Doubles Down on DEI. To promote DEI is to discriminate against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/08/30/dnc-doubles-down-on-dei/
FOX NEWS
— Illinois lawmakers ROASTED for rejecting Trump’s help with crime: ‘This isn’t a college seminar’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgyIFk92bXs
— Chicago police will not collaborate with National Guard, federal agents if Trump moves on deployment. The White House dismissed Johnson’s order as ‘publicity stunt.’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/chicago-police-not-collaborate-national-guard-federal-agents-trump-moves-deployment-mayor
— Trump slams Pritzker on Chicago crime; governor’s reported weight loss fuels 2028 speculation. Pritzker fired back at Trump’s weight jab with ‘it takes one to know one.’ I have lost weight, but my critics/opponents stress that weight loss comes with one of the three diabetes pills that I take every day.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-slams-pritzker-chicago-crime-governors-reported-weight-loss-fuels-2028-speculation
— Trump admin blocks citizenship for non-citizen voters
https://www.aol.com/trump-admin-blocks-citizenship-non-171328857.html
— Illegal immigrant truck driver accused in deadly Florida crash got Biden work permit after Trump denial
https://www.aol.com/illegal-immigrant-truck-driver-accused-235720223.html
— Trump touts ‘worker-first’ economy
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-touts-worker-first-economy-labor-day-internet-speculation-his-whereabouts-spirals
NEWS BUSTERS
— NPR Reporter Admits ‘Sob Stories’ on Deportations of Illegals Are ‘All Over the Place’
https://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/clay-waters/2025/08/30/npr-reporter-admits-sob-stories-deportations-illegals-are-all-over
NEWS ITEM
— The left’s misdefinition of Americanism
https://www.newsitem.com/opinion/columnists/the-lefts-misdefinition-of-americanism/article_3428f419-7495-4e2a-b460-9f0230852998.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC NEWS
— Chicago mayor defies Trump’s immigration crackdown plan for the city
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/chicago-mayor-defies-trumps-immigration-crackdown-plan-city-125128597
— Democrat leaders decry that Trump cuts billions of foreign aid money
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/live-updates/trump-admin-live-updates?id=124929306&entryId=125098597
CNN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with China and India against America
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/31/china/india-china-xi-modi-meeting-intl-hnk
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/31/world/video/xi-modi-putin-sco-summit-trump-digvid
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/30/politics/minneapolis-school-shooting-trump-administration-left-right
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.aol.com/diversity-fed-took-one-step-145548239.html
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Ever since I was 24 years old in 1972 and bought a new town home in University Park, my critics/opponents have stressed that I would not have been able to do that if HUD had not given University Park a $30 million loan guarantee. Further, they have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I improperly, if not unethically, took advantage of government subsidy aimed at Blacks. SEE: http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1291.html
https://apnews.com/article/trump-home-affordable-housing-cuts-rural-33a44092cfe5f8451e590e4a28718936
FOX NEWS
— Trump touts ‘worker-first’ economy. I was a worker 1962-1997. My critics/opponents look down on if not despise workers. They hint/imply/argue/shout that workers cause their own problems. In my defense, while I was a worker, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. Because of that, in today’s dollars, my salary increased from $19.37/hour in 1966 to $153,151/year in 1997.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-touts-worker-first-economy-labor-day-internet-speculation-his-whereabouts-spirals
NEWSWEEK
— Trump Slams JB Pritzker Over Chicago Shootings: ‘We’re Coming!’
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-slams-jb-pritzker-over-chicago-shootings-were-coming-2122244
— Trump Announces Executive Order Plans on Voter ID Requirements
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-announces-executive-order-plans-voter-id-requirements-2122270
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Says He Will Sign Executive Order Mandating Voter I.D. He also wants to restrict mail-in voting and allow only paper ballots.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/us/politics/trump-voter-id-executive-order.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with India against America
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/opinion/trump-us-india.html
— In Trump’s Federal Work Force Cuts, Black Women Are Among the Hardest Hit. All of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran. They all had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional certification like I had. All of the GAO employees who my Democrat GAO superiors got rid of because of Gingrich budget cuts were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/us/politics/trump-federal-work-force-black-women.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/opinion/immigration-border-politics.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/opinion/trump-facts-statistics-data.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Trump is slashing jobs at Voice of America and parent agency despite court challenges. GAO works for Congress. During the 1980s and 1990s, Gingrich ever-increasingly slashed jobs at GAO with congressional approval. Gingrich gutted GAO. My Democrat GAO superiors were furious about that and took their anger against Gingrich out on me. I should write about that.
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-08-30/trump-is-cutting-500-plus-jobs-at-voice-of-america-and-its-parent-agency-despite-legal-challenges
USA TODAY
— Preparing for federal troops, Chicago mayor says city will stand up to Trump’s `tyranny’
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/31/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-trump-naitonal-guard/85919050007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump. If you have less money than others, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for that.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/08/29/trump-billionaires-labor-day-protests/85839663007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect flag burners. I have flown an American flag at my Wheaton home 24-hours a day since September 11, 2001.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/08/29/trump-flag-burning-first-amendment/85629185007/
BOSTON GLOBE
— My critics/opponents despise if not hate unions and union members. I was a union member for almost 12 years. They hint/imply/argue/shout that I improperly benefitted from being a union member during that time, that is, that if I had not been a union member, my salary would not have increased from $19.37/hour to $112,280/year in today’s dollars. But during that time, I earned a bachelor’s degree in management in1970. I earned an MBA in 1976. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. And I almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting. I was a union member while I worked for the Democrats who ran the Post Office 1966-1969. I might still be a postal employee if they had disallowed my sick leave requests in 1968 and 1969 and forced me to resign in 1969. I was a union member while I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS 1971-1980. I might still be an IRS employee if they had disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974 and my education deductions in 1978 and refused to promote me beyond GS-12. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/31/metro/workers-rights-trump-labor-day/
INC.
— How to Be Instantly Happier at Work: Stop Eating Lunch at Your Desk. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO in 1980 and 1992-1997, I often did homework while I ate lunch. I took courses at UIC 1966-1968, NIU in 1969, Loyola 1972-1976, DePaul 1976-1980, and IIT 1992-1997.
https://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/how-to-be-instantly-happier-at-work-stop-eating-lunch-at-your-desk/91217744
BANKRATE
— Should you buy a house? 8 signs you’re ready. Back in the good old days, back when I was 24 years old in 1972, I was able to buy a new town home after a) working for IRS for 15 months and b) working for part-time Firestone Stores for 18 months and full-time for 7 months before that During that time, I was also able to buy a new 1972 Corvette in 1971 and pay for graduate evening business courses at Loyola in 1972.
https://www.bankrate.com/real-estate/should-i-buy-house/
WJLA DC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://wjla.com/news/local/washington-dc-president-donald-trump-deputy-chief-staff-stephen-miller-federal-takeover-surge-police-law-enforcement-protests-demonstrators-john-cox-national-guard-john-cox-vermont-avenue-baptist-church-mobilize-white-house
HUFFINGTON POST
— Trump Takes Unprecedented Step Targeting The Fed. During the 1980s and 1990s, Gingrich took unprecedented steps against GAO. He ever-increasingly cut GAO’s budget. My Democrat GAO superiors were furious about that and took their anger against Gingrich out on me. I should write about that.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-live-updates_n_688d0894e4b022c2fdde8724
AXIOS
— Democrat leaders promote “Workers Over Billionaires” protests on Labor Day. What about Pritzker?
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/30/workers-over-billionaires-protests-trump-labor-day
TROUTHOUT
— My Democrat superiors in the federal government crowed about their success in meeting their Affirmative Action quotas, goals, and targets. This is, they crowed about their discrimination against Whites and against males.
https://truthout.org/articles/racist-lies-about-college-quotas-stoke-support-for-trumps-war-on-higher-ed/
August 28, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Minneapolis Catholic school shooter ‘wanted to watch children suffer’ Shooter fired 116 rounds from a rifle into a Minneapolis church, police chief says.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/minneapolis-catholic-school-shooting-multiple-victims-released-hospital-police-chief-says/17671285/
— Pilsen Mexican Independence Day parade announced despite immigration crackdown
https://abc7chicago.com/post/date-chicago-mexican-independence-day-parade-announced-despite-immigration-crackdown-september-6-pilsen-18th-street/17674252/
— Tempers flare in Mexico senate as disagreeing politicians push and shove each other
https://abc7chicago.com/post/tempers-flare-mexico-senate-disagreeing-politicians-alejandro-alito-moreno-gerardo-fernndez-noroa-fight/17676180/
— Democrat leaders continue to use Emmett Till to promote more hatred against Republicans
https://abc7chicago.com/post/emmett-till-70-years-chicago-teenagers-brutal-death-mississippi-reverend-wheeler-parker-honors-cousin/17674735/
— Police recruit says Gary PD fired him because of his hair, after being sworn-in. Chance Johnson, who practices the Rastafari faith, wants his job back.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/recruit-rastafarian-man-says-gary-police-department-fired-because-hair-being-sworn/17668652/
NBC5
— Chicago Public Schools sends letter to parents amid increased ICE activity. ICE and other federal agencies could step up enforcement actions in Chicago as soon as next week.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/chicago-public-schools-sends-letter-to-parents-amid-increased-ice-activity/3816889/
— Trump border czar shares new info about crime crackdown coming to Chicago. Homan confirmed immigration operations will ramp up after Labor Day in Chicago.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/trump-border-czar-shares-new-info-about-crime-crackdown-coming-to-chicago/3816763/
— Chicago’s top cop explains how CPD will respond if National Guard deploys
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicagos-top-cop-explains-how-cpd-will-respond-if-national-guard-deploys/3816607/
CBS2
— Mexican Independence Parade to step off Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood despite worries about ICE, federal troops
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/mexican-independence-parade-chicago-pilsen-neighborhood/
— Democrat leaders continue to use Emmett Till to promote more hatred against Republicans
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/emmett-till-death-anniversary-train-chicago-mississippi/
— Aurora becomes latest Illinois municipality to keep grocery tax despite state eliminating it
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/aurora-latest-illinois-municipality-keep-grocery-tax/
WGN9
— Chicago Democrat leaders ever-increasingly downplay crime in Chicago
https://wgntv.com/news/chicagocrime/context-on-white-house-claims-on-chicago-crime/
FOX32
— Pilsen’s Mexican Independence Day Parade will continue amid ICE concerns
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/pilsens-mexican-independence-day-parade-continue-ice-concerns
— Democrat leaders continue to use Emmett Till to promote more hatred against Republicans
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/70-years-after-his-murder-emmett-tills-legacy-lives-bronzeville
WTTW
— CDC Staff Gather to Honor ‘the People Who Protect America’ After Leaders Who Resigned Were Escorted Out. I should write about how my GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates treated me after my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/08/28/cdc-staff-gather-honor-people-who-protect-america-after-leaders-who-resigned-were
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pilsen Mexican Independence Day parade to go on despite President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown: ‘We are not going to be stopped’
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/28/pilsen-mexican-independence-day-parade-to-go-on-despite-president-donald-trumps-immigration-crackdown-we-are-not-going-to-be-stopped/
— Fed official sues President Trump over attempt to fire her, challenging his power over the independent agency
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/28/fed-official-sues-trump/
— CDC gets new acting director as leadership turmoil leaves agency reeling
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/28/cdc-officials-removed/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump administration threatens state funding unless ‘gender ideology’ content yanked from sex ed curricula
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/08/28/donald-trump-sex-education-funds-illinois-gender-ideology
— Chicago activists decry Trump threats to send National Guard, call on O’Neill Burke to refuse to cooperate
https://chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump/2025/08/28/chicago-activists-decry-trump-threats-to-send-national-guard-call-on-oneill-burke-to-refuse-to-cooperate
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say that dousing flag burning is a step toward drowning freedom of speech. I have flown an American flag off my poach 24 hours a day since September 11, 2001.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/08/28/donald-trump-executive-order-flag-burning-ban-freedom-of-speech
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/08/20/cash-assistance-gender-domestic-violence-net-ameya-pawar-amanda-pyron
DAILY HERALD
— Trump administration asks military base outside Chicago for support on immigration operations
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250828/chicago/trump-administration-asks-military-base-outside-chicago-for-support-on-immigration-operations/
WBEZ
— Trump administration threatens state funding unless ‘gender ideology’ content yanked from sex ed curricula
https://www.wbez.org/education/2025/08/28/donald-trump-sex-education-funds-illinois-gender-ideology
— Lead pipe problem worst in Chicago’s majority Black and Latino neighborhoods. There was lots lead in the buildings my parents and I lived in.
https://www.wbez.org/environment/2025/08/28/find-chicago-lead-pipes-home-apartment
SOUTHERN
— Minneapolis shooter ‘expressed hate towards almost every group imaginable’
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/08/28/minneapolis-shooting-suspect-attended-annunciation-catholic-school-motive-under-investigation/
CWB CHICAGO
— Mayor’s latest hire, a defund advocate, says police ‘harm Black and brown communities with impunity’
https://cwbchicago.com/2025/08/mayors-latest-hire-a-defund-advocate-says-police-harm-black-and-brown-communities-with-impunity.html
AXIOS CHICAGO
— Illinois hosts 550,000 unauthorized immigrants. If there had been as many illegals when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got, and if not that, my wages would have been lower.
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2025/08/25/illinois-hosts-some-of-the-most-unauthorized-immigrants
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/28/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-579/
— Armored vehicles, surge in federal agents expected in Chicago as two-pronged strategy takes shape
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/28/report-armored-vehicles-surge-in-federal-agents-expected-in-chicago-as-two-pronged-strategy-takes-shape/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Early Bird Banquet Special Expires on Monday! IFI is honored to welcome Riley Gaines to our November 7 fall banquet.
https://illinoisfamily.org/ifi_news/early-bird-banquet-special-expires-on-monday/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
AMAC
— Illegal Aliens Inflict Damage
https://amac.us/newsline/politics/illegal-aliens-inflict-damage/
BREITBART
— Pritzker Signs Law Requiring Public Universities to Provide Abortion Pills to Students
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/08/28/illinois-governor-j-b-pritzker-signs-law-requiring-public-universities-to-provide-abortion-pills-to-students/
— Attacker Who Opened Fire During Catholic School Mass Said He Was ‘Tired of Being Trans’
https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2025/08/28/report-attacker-who-opened-fire-during-catholic-school-mass-said-he-was-tired-of-being-trans/
NEWSMAX
— Ky. Transportation Cabinet Sold Licenses to Illegals
https://www.newsmax.com/platinum/whistleblower-kentucky-andy-beshear/2025/08/15/id/1222619/
TOWNHALL
— Top CDC Official Quits in Protest, Defends ‘Pregnant People’ and Woke Politics
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/dmitri-bolt/2025/08/28/cdc-director-resigns-n2662468
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEW YORK TIMES
— 19 Democratic Governors Warn Trump Not to Send Troops to Their States. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with their illegals and with their criminals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/us/politics/democratic-governors-trump-troops.html
KATV & WSBT
— Chicago has most murders of any US city for 13 consecutive years
https://katv.com/news/nation-world/chicago-has-most-murders-of-any-us-city-for-13-consecutive-years-leavitt-white-house-press-secretary-president-donald-trump-illinois-governor-jb-pritzker-washington-dc-crime-crackdown-statistics-murder-homicide-deaths-carjacking-theft-assaults-weapons
https://wsbt.com/news/nation-world/chicago-has-most-murders-of-any-us-city-for-13-consecutive-years-leavitt-white-house-press-secretary-president-donald-trump-illinois-governor-jb-pritzker-washington-dc-crime-crackdown-statistics-murder-homicide-deaths-carjacking-theft-assaults-weapons
NPR
— Federal judge says Kari Lake can’t fire Voice of America director. The judges and justices in Diersen v. GAO ( https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf ) let my Democrat GAO superiors force me to retire, that is, to fire me.
https://www.npr.org/2025/08/28/nx-s1-5521328/judge-kari-lake-voice-of-america-firing-judge-ruling
August 26, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders get gun violence survivors to slam Trump’s talk of deploying National Guard in Chicago
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/26/gun-violence-survivors-trump-national-guard-chicago/
— Gun-related arrests at Naperville Topgolf now top 15 for the year
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/26/gun-arrests-charges-naperville-topgolf/
DAILY HERALD
— DuPage County clerk a no-show for budget presentation
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250826/news/dupage-county-clerk-a-no-show-for-budget-presentation/
— DuPage County will spend up to $147K to retain Springfield lobbyists
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250826/news/dupage-county-will-spend-up-to-147k-to-retain-springfield-lobbyists/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The county will pay Marquardt & Humes Inc., no more than $94,500 for one year of lobbying work through Sept. 14, 2026. The firm’s lobbying team includes Scott Marquardt, who began his career as a prosecutor in the DuPage state’s attorney’s office, and John “Chip” Humes, who’s also a co-owner of the Humes Funeral Home in Addison. Though the political makeup of the county board has changed over the years, officials continued using Roger C. Marquardt & Co. as a state-level lobbyist. In 2024, Scott Marquardt and Humes solidified their business partnership, forming Marquardt & Humes, according to a firm overview. The county also will pay Raucci & Sullivan Strategies no more than $52,500 for one year of lobbying services through August 2026. Former Republican state Sen. Dave Sullivan is the firm’s president. Marc Poulos, who was a member of Gov. JB Pritzker’s transition team, also is part of the firm. Marquardt & Humes are “continuing our strong advocacy on behalf of DuPage County regarding ongoing transit negotiations,” Humes wrote in a letter to officials in July.)
— Arlington Heights residents, officials divided on criminalizing homeless behavior — but proposal moves forward
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250825/local-politics/arlington-heights-residents-officials-divided-on-criminalizing-homeless-behavior/
— Embattled Fed Gov. Lisa Cook says she’ll sue Trump to keep her job. So far, by forcing me to retire, my Democrat GAO superiors have forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $1.9 million in today’s dollars to stop me from coming to work.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250826/nation-and-world-politics/embattled-fed-gov-lisa-cook-says-shell-sue-trump-to-keep-her-job/
ABC7
— DOJ demands Illinois voter personal information by Sept. 1
https://abc7chicago.com/post/us-justice-department-demands-illinois-voter-personal-information-sept-1/17655103/
— Democrat leaders get Chicago gun violence survivors speak out against President Trump’s National Guard plans
https://abc7chicago.com/post/president-donald-trumps-threat-send-national-guard-chicago-raises-legal-questions/17651164/
— Fed Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook says she’s staying on the job despite Trump saying he fired her. So far, by forcing me to retire, my Democrat GAO superiors have forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $1.9 million in today’s dollars to stop me from coming to work.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/lisa-cook-says-shes-staying-job-federal-reserve-board-governor-despite-trump-announcing-he-removed-position/17653963/
NBC5
— Trump says he wants death penalty for murderers in D.C.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/president-trump/trump-administration-federal-reserve-redistrcting-immigration-august-26-2025-live-updates/3815040/
FOX32
— 3 Illinois colleges named among top 50 in U.S. according to Forbes. University of Chicago is 13, Northwestern University is 16, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is 38, UIC is 108, Wheaton College is 159, IIT is 171, DePaul is 208, Loyola is 242, NIU is 379.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/forbes-best-colleges-illinois-2025
WBEZ
— Democrat leaders get Gun violence survivors to say that federal troops will not make Chicago safer.
https://www.wbez.org/criminal-justice/2025/08/26/gun-violence-survivors-say-federal-troops-will-not-make-chicago-safer-resources-will
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Chicago doesn’t have to choose between jobs and health. My father worked in a nasty polluting chemical plant in the northeast side of Chicago Heights for 28 years before he died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21 in 1969.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/hazel-johnson-ordinance-would-help-all-chicago-opinion
WAND TV
— Trump saying 600,000 Chinese students could come to the US draws MAGA backlash. UIC admitted me in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, and IIT in 1992. But if they could have admitted Chinese students instead of me, they would have.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/trump-saying-600-000-chinese-students-could-come-to-the-us-draws-maga-backlash/article_cad6e3c7-dcf6-5ac9-ae08-3f0f23f86adc.html
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/26/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-370/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Pritzker unveils Illinois LGBTQ hotline amid debate over transgender athletes. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_b71754be-a7d0-4d0a-aa85-c8a8ba200cdf.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Shariah: Coming to a city near you? Mamdani’s ‘intifada’ stance warns of trouble ahead.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/26/shariah-coming-city-near/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The National Academies are politically corrupted
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom-self-reliance/3781102/the-national-academies-are-politically-corrupted/
— The GOP’s unfair election advantage: Good governance
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3782858/unfair-gop-election-advantage-good-governance/
CHRISTIAN POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.christianpost.com/news/dc-faith-leaders-demand-ice-stop-using-church-parking-lots.html
DAILY CALLER
— Illinois Law Forces Universities To Dispense Abortion Pills On Campus
https://dailycaller.com/2025/08/26/blue-state-law-forces-universities-to-dispense-abortion-pills-on-campus/
FOX NEWS
— Chicago residents plead for Trump’s help as ‘out of control’ crime leads to another bloody weekend. Boy, 5, among six reportedly killed in weekend shootings across Chicago. How has Chicago crime impacted you? The theft of my 1969 Dodge Charger SE while I worked for IRS in Chicago in 1971 had a big negative impact on me. The theft of my 1962 Chevrolet Bel Air while I worked for IRS in Chicago in 1973 had a big negative impact on me.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/blue-city-residents-plead-trumps-help-out-control-crime-leads-another-bloody-weekend
— White House accuses Pritzker, Illinois Dems of whining while Chicago crime rages.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white-house-accuses-pritzker-illinois-dems-whining-while-chicago-crime-rages
NEWSMAX
— Trump’s Immigration Push Tests ICE Workforce. In 1980, I was one of the last Republicans who the Democrats who ran GAO hired. By the time they succeeded in forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1980, I was one of the last Republican GAO employees. Republican Gingrich’s dramatic gutting of GAO while I worked for GAO 1980-1997 not only demoralized and devastated GAO employees, it made Democrat GAO employees hate Republican GAO employees. I should write about that.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/donald-trump-ice-migrant/2025/08/26/id/1223938/
— No Illegals Entered US for 3 Straight Months
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/kristi-noem-immigration-cabinet/2025/08/26/id/1224019/
REAL CLEAR INVESTIGATIONS
— Illinois Democrat Leaders Push Democrat Chicago to the Verge of Fiscal Collapse
https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/2025/08/26/illinois_pushes_chicago_to_the_verge_of_fiscal_collapse_1130906.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump faces MAGA backlash for saying he’ll let 600,000 Chinese students into US. UIC admitted me in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, and IIT in 1992. But if they could have admitted Chinese students instead of me, they would have.
https://www.christianpost.com/news/dc-faith-leaders-demand-ice-stop-using-church-parking-lots.html
CBS NEWS
— U.S. to resume “neighborhood checks” for citizenship applications as part of Trump push to heavily vet immigrants
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/neighborhood-checks-citizenship-applications/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Men Suing Over Their Partners’ Abortions. The antiabortion movement is encouraging partners and ex-partners who say they were harmed by abortions of their unborn children.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/the-men-suing-over-their-partners-abortions-b2e7a9ce
TRUTHDIG
— Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Far too many Democrat plants and RINOs become Republican Precinct Committeemen (RPC) and become leaders of Republican township, county, and state party organizations to get the Republican Party to strike its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in its platform, that is, to destroy the Republican Party. These Democrat plants and RINOs focus on driving platform Republicans like me out of the party. I should write about them and the adverse actions that they have had their operatives and their dupes take against me since 1999. In 2000, they got one of their own to run against me for RPC. In 2004, they rudely fired me as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster and rudely defeated me 69 to 13 when I ran for MTRO Treasurer. In 2006, they almost got the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. In 2007, they got ICRC to rudely throw me off its Steering Committee. In 2010, they again rudely fired me as MTRO webmaster. In 2012, they got TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois to rudely end my chairmanship. In 2015, they rudely gerrymandered my precinct. In 2021, they rudely ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks. In 2024, the rudely ended my membership on the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee. I should write about the aforesaid.
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/how-to-infiltrate-your-local-democratic-headquarters/
REALTOR.COM
— Wheaton Is One of the Hottest ZIP Codes in Illinois-Here’s Why
https://www.lmtonline.com/realestate/article/wheaton-is-one-of-the-hottest-zip-codes-in-20889403.php
August 26, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Congressional committee investigating antisemitism allegations at UIC College of Medicine
https://abc7chicago.com/post/house-education-workforce-committee-investigating-allegations-antisemitism-university-illinois-college-medicine/17648205/
NBC5
— Duckworth ever-increasingly promotes more hatred against Trump
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Juk687H8Yfg
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— According to Democrat leaders, voters want more dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/25/in-chicago-us-sen-bernie-sanders-says-progressive-agenda-is-what-the-american-people-want/
— Southwest Detroit small businesses reeling amid Trump immigration crackdown: ‘A disaster’ How successful have Democrat and RINO leaders been making your county, your township, your municipality, and your precinct dependent on cheap illegal labor?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/25/detroit-trump-immigration-crackdown/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/26/washington-dc-schools-reopen-trump-armed-patrols/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Kids in ‘low opportunity’ areas are up to 20 times more likely to be shot. When you were young, what were the employment opportunities where you lived? While I lived in Crete 1948-1972, the best jobs that I could get were a) doing yard work in Crete 1962-1964, b) delivering newspapers in Crete 1962-1966, c) washing dishes in Chicago Heights 1964-1966, d) cleaning golf shoes in Flossmoor and chipping slag and pumping gasoline in South Chicago Heights in 1966, e) delivering mail in Park Forest 1966-1969, f) working on an automobile assembly line in Belvidere in 1970, and e) collecting delinquent federal taxes in in Harvey in 1972. My critics/opponents would never had stooped to take the aforesaid bad jobs and they have always used my taking the aforesaid bad jobs against me.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2025/08/25/northwestern-study-finds-kids-in-low-opportunity-areas-are-up-to-20-times-more-likely-to-be-shot
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Of course, the mainstream news media sides with Pritzker against Trump.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250825/local-politics/do-not-come-to-chicago-pritzker-tells-trump-national-guard-not-needed-in-chicago/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PHOTOS: DuPage judge sides with county board in ongoing dispute with clerk
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250825/news/dupage-judge-sides-with-county-board-in-ongoing-dispute-with-clerk/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-08-25/how-an-undocumented-teen-is-trying-to-get-an-education-amid-trumps-immigration-crackdown
FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump hints at investigation into ‘Bridgegate’ hours after Chris Christie criticizes him. Immediately after I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my Democrat GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation when I was 40 in 1988, they a) threw me off audits of IRS, b) gave me a very bad job assignment, c) gave me very unfair performance expectations, d) gave me a very unfair performance appraisal, and e) ranked me at the bottom of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. I should write about that.
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-hints-at-probe-into-bridgegate-hours-after-chris-christie-criticizes-him
WGLT & 25 NEWS NOW
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans
https://www.25newsnow.com/2025/08/25/bloomingtons-mayor-will-sign-pledge-combat-bigotry-city-council-asked-make-same-commitment/
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-08-25/group-urges-bloomington-leaders-to-sign-pledge-against-intolerance-bigotry
WAND TV
— Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with teachers and with school staff against parents.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/people-could-face-criminal-charges-for-threatening-teachers-school-staff-under-new-illinois-bill/article_d2dbee68-0f8e-4c0f-a2de-354efcf44e18.html
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/26/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-576/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINIOIS
— What do your critics/opponents use to hint/imply/argue/shout that you are privileged? Mine use a) my parents having sent me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools, b) my avoiding the Vietnam War draft, c) my having been a federal employee for almost 30 years, d) my having bought new cars and real estate, e) my having earned three masters degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license, f) my being married for more than 47 years, and g) my being a federal retiree for almost 28 years. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— House GOP probes antisemitism claims at University of Illinois College of Medicine
https://nypost.com/2025/08/25/us-news/house-gop-probes-antisemitism-claims-at-3-blue-state-medical-schools/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Five major DEI rollbacks reshape higher ed under state and federal pressure. Democrat and RINO leaders will never stop using DEI to get rid of Republicans, they just put it under the table.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/five-major-dei-rollbacks-reshape-higher-ed-state-federal-pressure/28510
COLLEGE FIX
— George Mason University broke federal law with race-based hiring. If the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 could have found qualified Democrats, minorities, and/or females, they would have hired them instead of me.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/george-mason-u-broke-federal-law-with-race-based-hiring-ed-dept-says/
EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Fires Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook. In a published letter to Cook, Trump accused her of ‘deceitful and potentially criminal conduct in a financial matter.’
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-fires-federal-reserve-governor-lisa-cook-5906052
FOX NEWS
— Trump will make Americans feel safe and secure again
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6377380781112
— From ban to embrace: Trump’s evolution on TikTok
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6377361020112
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Teachers Unions Poured Over $40 Million into Left-Wing Groups. For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/teachers-unions-poured-over-40-million-into-left-wing-groups-watchdog-finds/
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Trump Is Trying To Remove Leftist Poison From Institutions And They Can’t Stand It
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/08/25/megyn_kelly_trump_is_trying_to_remove_leftist_poison_from_institutions_and_they_cant_stand_it.html
REAL CLEAR WIRE
— The Democrats’ hackneyed falsehood that Republican gerrymandering in Texas is racist and will end American democracy is not only hysterical – it’s hypocritical. While gerrymandering is ethically impaired, it has been part of U.S. politics for more than 200 years, and a mainstay of Democratic Party election strategy since the 1980s. When redistricting is designed to favor one group over another, it is referred to as gerrymandering. Prior to the 1960s, court challenges to congressional redistricting plans were generally considered to be political questions outside judicial purview. In 1962, however, the Supreme Court held that federal courts could ensure compliance with the constitutional requirement of “one person, one vote” when Tennessee created districts with population variances as large as ten-to-one. Courts also hear challenges to redistricting plans based on claims of racial gerrymandering under the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA), the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment, and the 15th Amendment, and until recently, also claims that a gerrymander was intended to benefit a particular candidate, ideology or party. . .The congressional map drawn by Illinois Democrats after the 2020 census transformed its congressional delegation from 13 Democrats and 5 Republicans to 14 Democrats and just 3 Republicans – in a state where Donald Trump won 44% of the 2024 vote. The respected Gerrymandering Project at Princeton University gave Illinois an “F” for its partisan gerrymander.
https://www.fox26medford.com/news/politics/is-it-time-to-end-mandated-majority-minority-congressional-districts/article_8949a686-d01a-5fe2-b60b-c92111021d1f.html
TOWNHALL
— Mass Illegal Migration Makes Sex Trafficking Worse
https://townhall.com/columnists/pawelstyrna/2025/08/26/mass-illegal-migration-makes-sex-trafficking-worse-n2662318
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
REUTERS
— Trump says US military may or may not deploy to Chicago
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-us-military-may-or-may-not-deploy-chicago-2025-08-25/
MSN
— Montgomery County launches federal worker hiring preference. As GAO ever-increasingly got rid of its Chicago office employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran during the 1980s and 1990s, there was no GAO employee hiring preference in Chicago.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/montgomery-county-launches-federal-worker-hiring-preference/ar-AA1Jf54X
— Trump’s white South African ‘refugees’ regret moving to the United States. Because Democrat and RINO employers hate Trump, they will not hire South African refugees.
https://www.msn.com/en-za/news/other/the-trump-white-house-wants-to-bring-20-000-afrikaners-to-the-us/ss-AA1L0bPP
NEWSWEEK
— Trump supporters are outraged by his announcement that 600,000 Chinese students will be allowed into the United States to study. UIC admitted me in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, and IIT in 1992. But if they could have admitted Chinses students instead of me, they would have.
https://www.newsweek.com/maga-rages-trump-chinese-student-numbers-2119215
NEW YORK TIMES
— Can Trump Fire a Fed Governor? The federal judges and justices in Diersen v. GAO ( https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf ) ruled that federal agencies can force their employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran to retire, that is, to fire them, if they become active members in class action lawsuits like I did that charge them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. I should write about that.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/us/politics/can-trump-fire-a-fed-governor.html
— Donald Trump’s Big Gay Government. On the town with the A-Gays of Washington, who have never been happier to be out, proud and Republican. Republican leaders in Illinois who promote LGBTQ have had their operatives and their dupes work the hardest against me. I should write about that.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/style/gay-men-trump-administration-republicans.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make Blacks hate Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/us/black-student-achievement-diversity-trump.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders say that Trump melds a fractious coalition: The six factions of Trumpworld Trump’s coalition is built for internal conflict — held together by fealty to him, but riven by differences on immigration, tariffs, abortion and other policies.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/26/trump-coalition-factions-tariffs-immigration/
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/08/25/george-mason-president-refuses-apology-dei/
USA TODAY
— Trump eases red tape on bare-bones health insurance. What this means for you. My critics/opponents are furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my health insurance since 1966 and 72% of my wife’s health insurance since 1978. My critics/opponents despise if not hate federal employees like I was for almost 30 years and federal retirees like I have been for almost 28 years.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/08/25/trump-expand-short-term-health-insurance/85742442007/
USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD:
— No English, no commercial driving. Crackdown on truckers speeds up. All my critics/opponents not only support George Ryan, they blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for George Ryan’s problems.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/08/21/trump-crackdown-commercial-truckers-non-english-speakers/85563272007/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote Newsom
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/23/gavin-newsom-trump-2028-presidential-primary/85740242007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/08/21/bela-trump-gavin-newsom-dana-perino-trolling/85725925007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— America’s Newest Auto Plant Is Full of Robots. It Still Needs the Human Touch. There were no robots when I worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970.
https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/hyundai-factory-georgia-automation-jobs-6d7d4e5d
— Some Parents Plan Decades of Allowances. A new camp of financial advice suggests it is OK to help your adult children financially, and you might as well start saving early. My father died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21 in 1969. He never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. My mother never worked outside of the home before he died. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/adult-children-allowance-9b57d59c
— Employers want cheap foreign labor
https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/whats-news/what-the-immigration-slowdown-means-for-the-us-labor-market/78282d69-4818-4fbe-8cbc-8199cb33df24
FORBES
— How To Choose A College In Trump’s America. Why did you choose the college(s) that you did? I chose UIC in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, and IIT in 1992 because I wanted to earn degrees in business, accounting, and finance.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/emmawhitford/2025/08/26/how-to-choose-a-college-in-trumps-america/
FEDWEEK
— What to Know About the New Federal Application Process. The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. I qualified myself for the postal job by passing the postal employment examination and earning a high school diploma. I qualified myself for the IRS job by passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination and earning a bachelor’s degree in business. I qualified myself for the GAO job by working for IRS for almost 9 years, earning an MBA, passing the CPA examination on my first attempt, and almost completing the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting.
https://www.fedweek.com/careers/what-to-know-about-the-new-federal-application-process/
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Illinois Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2025/08/26/public-ill-universities-will-provide-medication-abortions
GOOGLE
— Democrat and RINO employers use Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/jobs/results/100216277234000582-research-intern/
https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/jobs/results/94968445673579206-global-process-lead/
https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/jobs/results/92835942871507654-performance-expert/
https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/jobs/results/128704760948630214-customer-onboarding-strategist/
AXIOS
— AI is already taking jobs away from entry-level workers. What impacted entry-level jobs when you were in your 20s? For me, it was the Vietnam War draft. Potential employers saw me as being draft bait. They did not believe that my application for a financial hardship draft deferment would be approved. I did not get offers for jobs that required a college degree until after my application was approved and because of my draft number, I was no longer subject to the draft. By then, my career was already behind schedule. To try to catch up, a) I earned an MBA from Loyola when I was 27 and a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul when I was 31, b) I passed the CPA examination when I was 30 and the Certified Internal Auditor examination when I was 32, and c) I became a licensed CPA when I was 32. But by then, it was too late. The federal government uses up-or-out to rid of its employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who do not make GS-13, currently $117,807/year, by age 25. I did not make GS-13 until I was 38.
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/26/ai-entry-level-jobs
INDEPENDENT
— Illinois man secretly gave woman abortion pills to cause a miscarriage and now faces murder charge, police say. Authorities claimed Emerson Evans, 31, had admitted to dosing his girlfriend with mifepristone without her knowledge or consent. Will Democrat leaders side with Evans?
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/illinois-abortion-pills-murder-b2813818.html
August 25, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Johnson, Pritzker, other local leaders ponder steps to counter potential Pentagon plans to deploy National Guard in Chicago
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/24/illinois-chicago-leaders-react-trump-national-guard-deployment/
CRAINS’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Because of Democrat and RINO leadership failures, more than 1.8 million people (15%) in Illinois rely on SNAP to help buy food.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/crains-forum-state-and-local-food-policy/snap-changes-expected-shake-illinois-food-system
ABC7
— Pentagon planning National Guard deployment in Chicago, Mayor Johnson responds
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-responds-washington-post-report-president-donald-trump-preparing-deploy-national-guard-troops/17635877/
NBC5
— Mayor Johnson: Chicago military deployment would be ‘flagrant violation’ of Constitution
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/chicago-military-deployment-would-be-flagrant-violation-of-constitution-mayor/3814180/
CBS2
— 4 dead, 19 hurt in Chicago weekend shootings
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-weekend-shootings-aug-22-to-25/
FOX32
— Chicago residents split on National Guard presence as officials resist Trump’s plan
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-residents-split-national-guard-presence-officials-resist-trumps-plan
25 NEWS NOW
— Duckworth sides with Chicago criminals against Trump
https://www.25newsnow.com/2025/08/24/duckworth-deploying-national-guard-troops-chicago-comes-trumps-authoritarian-playbook/
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/25/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-575/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Another $26 Billion of Debt Has Magically Disappeared From Illinois Financial Statements
https://wirepoints.org/poof-another-26-billion-of-debt-has-magically-disappeared-from-illinois-financial-statements-wirepoints/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What do your critics/opponents do? My critics/opponents ever-increasingly paint themselves as being protectors of those who are the following, if not champions of those who are the following: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, have less money than others, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, citizens of foreign countries, etc. – Dave Diersen
http://www.golillinois.com
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— From Murder Capital to Migrant Crisis: Why Trump Must Deploy the National Guard to Chicago
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/08/from-murder-capital-to-migrant-crisis-why-trump-must-deploy-the-national-guard-to-chicago.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— ‘Partner with us’: Rahm Emanuel on potential National Guard deployment to Chicago
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/24/rahm-emanuel-ex-chicago-mayor-questions-potential-deployment-national/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Vance says GOP redistricting a ‘push back’ to Democrats ‘aggressively’ gerrymandering. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly gerrymander. Pritzker has had tremendous success gerrymandering Illinois.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/congressional/3780141/vance-republican-redistricting-democrats-gerrymandering/
NEW YORK POST
— Democrats’ policies are the problem
https://nypost.com/2025/08/24/opinion/democrats-wokeism-is-annoying-but-their-policies-are-the-problem/
— House Dem leader Jeffries accuses Trump of trying to ‘steal’ midterms with redistricting. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly gerrymander. Pritzker has had tremendous success gerrymandering Illinois.
https://nypost.com/2025/08/24/us-news/hakeem-jeffries-accuses-trump-of-trying-to-steal-midterms/
AMERICAN THINKER
— The fall of wokeness
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/08/the_fall_of_wokeness.html
— The Return of Eugenics
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/08/the_return_of_eugenics.html
DAILY SIGNAL
— 3 Reasons True Christians Must Oppose Transgender Orthodoxy
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/08/24/why-true-christians-must-reject-cruel-dehumanizing-false-gospel-transgender-orthodoxy/
— Court Upholds Ban on ‘Unusually Dangerous Weapons’
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/08/24/federal-court-upholds-connecticut-ban-on-assault-weapons/
— What Is the Democrat Alternative to Trump?
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/08/22/what-is-democrat-alternative-trump/
— Unhinged Washington Protesters Show Why Democrats Are Losing Ground
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/08/23/unhinged-washington-protesters-show-why-democrats-are-losing-ground/
— US an Outlier on Mail-In Voting Among Advanced Democracies
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/08/24/trump-wants-get-rid-mail-ballots-most-other-countries-already-have/
— Mamdani Surges Ahead in NYC Race, Promises to Dismantle Traditional Policing
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/08/24/mamdani-surges-ahead-in-nyc-race-promises-to-dismantle-traditional-policing/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Modern Radicals Diminish Martin Luther King Jr.’s Message
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/08/modern-radicals-diminish-martin-luther-king-jr-s-message/
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Democrats are on the wrong side of normal. The people — they’re out of step with the norms of society. To vote for Democrats is to promote dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/08/24/reince_priebus_the_electoral_elephant_in_the_room_is_democrats_are_on_the_wrong_side_of_normal.html
TOWNHALL
— Crackdown and Clean-Up in DC
https://townhall.com/columnists/arthurschaper/2025/08/25/crackdown-and-clean-up-in-dc-n2662267
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump to sign order targeting cashless bail
https://thehill.com/homenews/5468513-donald-trump-cashless-bail/
CNN
— Chicago Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Chicago criminals. How has Chicago crime impacted you? The theft of my 1969 Dodge Charger SE while I worked for IRS in Chicago in 1971 had a big impact on me. The theft of my 1962 Chevrolet Bel Air while I worked for IRS in Chicago in 1973 had a big impact on me.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/25/politics/trump-crime-washington-dc-chicago-baltimore-national-guard-analysis
MSN
— More Americans applying for refugee status in Canada
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/more-americans-applying-for-refugee-status-in-canada-data-shows/ar-AA1KYyey
AOL
— OPM has announced that federal employees will no longer be required to send a “5 things” email at the end of each working week, during which they were expected to summarize their work and list five things they accomplished. What do you accomplish? I put together and send out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter each and every morning, and when warranted, an evening edition too.
https://www.aol.com/white-house-ends-controversial-practice-140747345.html
ABC NEWS
— Four ways ICE is training new agents and scaling up. I should write about the 6 months of training that IRS gave me in 1971 to be a GS-7 Revenue Officer, currently $55,850/year.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/ways-ice-training-new-agents-scaling-124929833
THE HILL & REUTERS & AOL & POLITICO & NBC NEWS & YAHOO & MSN & LOS ANGELES TIMES & ABC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly gerrymander. Pritzker has had tremendous success gerrymandering Illinois.
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5465782-partisan-gerrymandering-democracy-warning/
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5466970-dont-forget-who-unleashed-the-partisan-gerrymandering-war/
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5467859-vance-republicans-fairness-congressional-map/
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trumps-redistricting-push-could-bring-decades-republican-rule-us-house-2025-08-24/
https://www.aol.com/news/political-gerrymandering-legal-083543528.html
https://www.aol.com/democrats-gavin-newsom-win-gold-095500751.html
https://www.aol.com/majority-dems-gerrymandering-never-acceptable-141205887.html
https://www.aol.com/newsom-announces-liberation-day-november-223808887.html
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/24/jeffries-democratic-redistricting-texas-california-00521839
https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/jd-vance-defends-gop-redistricting-democrats-have-gerrymandered-their-states-245658693958
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/texas-congressional-map-faces-court-220303211.html
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/california-supreme-court-declines-to-halt-dem-led-gerrymandering-efforts-in-the-state/ar-AA1KVOrp
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/texas-redraws-congressional-map-here-s-the-worst-gerrymanders-in-the-us/ar-AA1KX0Pj
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2025-08-24/california-redistricting-newsom-gerrymander-citizens-commission
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VulfEIZ9wYo
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Says Chicago and New York Are Next for Federal Crackdown on Crime. President Trump wants to use Washington as a template to target crime in cities around the country.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/us/politics/trump-chicago-new-york-crime.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more crime.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/opinion/trump-crime-national-guard-community.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders decry that deportations reach a new high
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/08/21/us/trump-deportations-summer-data-immigration-arrests.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders oppose vetting of visa holders
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/us/politics/continuous-vetting-visa-holders.html
— The mainstream news media exists to destroy Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/us/politics/trump-far-right.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Chicago leaders denounce Pentagon plans for military deployment in city. Chicago’s leaders sharply criticized Pentagon proposals that The Washington Post reported could deploy thousands of troops there.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/08/24/chicago-national-guard-deployment/
— The government’s Intel stake is antithetical to American greatness. The Trump-engineered 10% stake in long-struggling Intel is a dangerous intrusion of government into private enterprise.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/08/24/trump-intel-government-marketplace/
USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/23/trump-republicans-midterms-redistricting/85769182007/
— President Trump threatens Chris Christie with new ‘Bridgegate’ investigation. My Democrat IRS superiors were furious when GAO ruled in my favor in Diersen v. IRS in 1977. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-180010.11-0 & https://www.gao.gov/products/b-180010.11 To punish me, they did not promote me beyond GS-12. They disallowed my education deductions in 1978. They ignored/dismissed/belittled my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. They badmouthed me to GAO when I applied to transfer to GAO in 1980.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/24/donald-trump-chris-christie-bridgegate-investigation/85811006007/
— Five ways students can avoid or reduce college debt. Back in the good old days, I was able to work myself through college delivering mail par-time and graduate debt-free from NIU owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1970. I would not have been able to do that if my parents had not provided me with room and board in their Crete home while took courses at UIC 1966-1968, weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and the summer of 1969.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/08/15/ways-to-avoid-reduce-college-debt/85674155007/
— The mainstream news media exists to destroy Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/23/trump-republicans-midterms-redistricting/85769182007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Red vs. Blue: Who’s Next in the Redistricting Fight. Republican and Democratic legislatures consider new maps to tilt the U.S. House their way.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/texas-california-redistricting-congressional-maps-fd2af203
— FRONT PAGE: Trump’s Next Fight With Universities: Racial ‘Proxies’ in Admissions. Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action and DEI to give preference to Democrats and to RINOs, that is, to get rid of Republicans. Because Democrats and RINOs are far more of the following than Republicans, Democrats and RINOs give them preference big time: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. I should write about how Democrats and RINOs above me who have given the most preference to those who are the aforesaid since the 1960s.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/trumps-next-fight-with-universities-racial-proxies-in-admissions-c8677633
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In late July, Attorney General Pam Bondi warned in a memo against using “unlawful proxies” for race—such as geography or applicant essays on overcoming hardships—in admissions. Soon after, the U.S. Education Department announced it would require universities to report new data on applicants, broken down by race, to “ensure race-based preferences are not used.”)
— Training Speeds Up as ICE Ramps Up’ I should write about the 6 months of training that IRS gave me in 1971 to be a GS-7 Revenue Officer, currently $55,850/year.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/we-spent-six-hours-at-ice-training-school-heres-what-we-learned-bdbc175d
— Scientists Strip ‘Diversity’ Language From Research to Keep Federal Grants. To promote diversity is to promote discrimination.
https://www.wsj.com/health/scientists-are-removing-dei-language-to-keep-federal-grants-d092833b
— The Doctors Who Cry ‘Science’ The AMA aligns itself with the left on abortion, climate, transgenderism and affirmative action.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-doctors-who-cry-science-506d9b4e
FORBES
— Bernie Sanders Holds Rally In Chicago After Trump Threatens To Send Troops There
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohnTvh50YGo
BLOOMBERG
— Trump Threatens NBC, ABC Licenses Over News Coverage. My critics/opponents do not threaten me, instead, they have their operatives and their dupes take adverse actions against me. In 2024, they had their operatives and their dupes throw me off the Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee Platform and Resolutions Committee. In 2021, they had their operatives and their dupes end my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-threatens-nbc-abc-licenses-030745625.html
WASHINGTON MONTHLY
— For Democrats. education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2025/08/24/higher-education-trump/
POLITICO
— Democrats: Federal agency watchdogs burdened by staff losses. Lawmakers say budget cuts, hiring freezes and departures are hollowing out inspectors general offices. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, DOGE would not be needed and I might still be a GAO employee.
https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/08/18/dems-agency-watchdogs-burdened-by-staff-losses-00513534
MIRROR
— Staggering number of Americans applying for refugee status in Canada since Trump took office
https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/staggering-number-americans-applying-refugee-1347603
HUFFINGTON POST
— Chicago Mayor Blasts Trump Military Threats As ‘Flagrant Violation’ Of Constitution. “The city of Chicago does not need a military occupation,” he said.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/brandon-johnson-chicago-trump-national-guard_n_68ab93b3e4b0176c52bfa5f7
GOOGLE AI
— Advocate conservative principles I advocate conservative principles. I advocate the Republican Party platform. My critics/opponents reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all of the planks in the Republican Party platform. I should write about my critics/opponents and the planks that they reject. Most commonly, they reject the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. I would focus on my critics/opponents who have had their operatives and dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.google.com/search?q=advocate+conservative+principles
— Slaves built America. My critics/opponents have always stressed that all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. In defense of my ancestors, I have always stressed that they always lived in northeast Illinois. That on my father’s side, they worked in a brick factory in Chicago for 10 years before they homesteaded a farm in southeast Crete Township. That on my mother’s side, they sharecropped a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border before they bought that farm.
https://www.google.com/search?q=slaves+built+america
August 23, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— U.S. District Judge William Orrick in San Francisco ruled late Friday that Trump cannot deny funding to Boston, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles and 30 other cities and counties because of policies that limit cooperation with federal immigration efforts. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/22/trump-sanctuary-city-funding-ruling/
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PHOTO: Democrat leaders promote Chicago pastor Donovan Price who says to Trump “Stay out of our city.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250822/nation-and-world-politics/stay-out-of-our-city-chicago-officials-slam-trumps-threat-to-target-city-in-next-crime-crackdown/
NBC5
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do things that increase poverty and crime.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/pritzker-says-safety-of-illinois-people-the-highest-priority-as-trump-targets-chicago-in-crime-crackdown/3813798/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-mayor-has-grave-concerns-as-trump-threatens-to-send-in-national-guard/3813669/
CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do things that increase poverty and crime.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/mayor-brandon-johnson-president-trump-chicago-federal-law-enforcement-crime-national-guard/
WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do things that increase poverty and crime.
https://www.wbez.org/politics/2025/08/22/donald-trump-national-guard-troops-chicago-threat-brandon-johnson-jb-pritzker-washington-dc
WAND TV
— Democrat leaders threaten to use the Texas fight against Democrat gerrymandering to gerrymander Illinois, California, and New York even more.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/texas-lawmakers-give-final-approval-to-redrawn-congressional-map-favoring-gop-send-to-governor/article_4f5e4910-98d8-570f-8a42-c522ebbbb7cd.html
25 NEWS NOW
— Republican central Illinois official responds to White House calls for the end of mail-in voting
https://www.25newsnow.com/2025/08/22/central-illinois-official-responds-white-house-calls-end-mail-in-voting/
WCIA
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.wcia.com/news/illinois-news/new-statewide-hotline-helps-lgbtq-people-navigate-illinois-laws/
AXIOS CHICAGO
— Illinois Democrats ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ.
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2025/08/22/illinois-lgbtq-hotline-pride-connect-trump-legal-rights
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CHICAGO CONTRARIAN
— Chicago Mayor Still Wallows in the Worst Job Approval Rating in the Country
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/chicago-mayor-worst-job-approval-rating
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Trump Pushes Major Election Reforms
https://illinoisfamily.org/federal/trump-pushes-major-election-reforms/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Wirepoints Faces 74% Revenue Drop Since 2020 as Spending Spikes 57% as Leader Eyes Governor Run on Fiscal Issues. Since its peak, the number of GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter subscribers has decreased a) because subscribers give up on Illinois politics and government, b) because subscribers die, and c) because subscribers move out of Illinois. But the number of my subscribers who are my critics/opponents and who read my newsletters for opposition research increases. Further, subscribers and potential subscribers see that the following not only do not encourage reading my newsletters, but that they discourage reading my newsletters by taking adverse actions against me including more recently removing me from the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee last year and ending by service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021: past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, and campaign volunteers, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders. I should write about the aforesaid. I would focus on the aforesaid who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately. Further, subscribers and potential subscribers see that while I promote my direct competitors, they do not promote me.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/08/wirepoints-faces-74-revenue-drop-since-2020-as-spending-spikes-57-as-leader-eyes-governor-run-on-fiscal-issues.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Dabrowski, a close ally of state central committee member Jeanne Ives and Naples-based Chicago radio host Dan Proft, regularly offers commentary on Illinois’ finances and economy. He has led Wirepoints since its founding in 2018. . .For years, Dabrowski has maintained his distance from Trump, carefully avoiding any hint of an endorsement. Dabrowski will face DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick in the Republican primary for governor, with additional candidates expected to enter the race in the coming months.)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Words Democrats should avoid to stop sounding like ‘enforcers of wokeness’ — according to center-left think tank
https://nypost.com/2025/08/22/us-news/words-democrats-should-avoid-to-stop-sounding-like-enforcers-of-wokeness/
— National Guard mobilizing up to 1,700 in 19 states amid immigration, crime crackdown
https://nypost.com/2025/08/23/us-news/trump-to-mobilize-national-guard-in-19-states-in-crackdown-on-crime-illegal-immigration/
DAILY WIRE
— Your Child’s School Might Still Be Pushing Transgender Ideology Despite Trump’s Orders. Many schools still allow boys in girls’ bathrooms and to participate in girls’ sports.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/your-childs-school-might-still-be-pushing-transgender-ideology-despite-trumps-orders
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— New York State Claims Right to Give Welfare to Illegal Aliens. States should not get federal money for breaking the law.
https://www.fairus.org/press-release/new-york-state-claims-right-give-welfare-illegal-aliens
NEW AMERICAN
— Is Wokeness Really Dying? Or Is It Just Undergoing a Luciferian Change in Form?
https://thenewamerican.com/us/culture/is-wokeness-really-dying-or-is-it-just-undergoing-a-luciferian-change-in-form/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Pritzker slams Trump’s threat to target Chicago next: ‘We don’t play those games’
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5467209-jb-pritzker-donald-trump-chicago-crime-crackdown/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrat Chicago leaders vehemently oppose Trump cracking down on crime in Chicago. A Chicago pastor says ““Stay out of our city.” Because of crime, I left Chicago in 1971 and my wife and I left Chicago in 1978. While I worked for IRS in Chicago, a) my 1969 Dodge Charger SE was stolen in Chicago in 1971 and b) my 1962 Chevrolet Bel Air was stolen in Chicago in 1973.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-says-chicago-likely-next-193746631.html
— Florida puts rainbow crosswalks in the crosshairs, as cities face deadlines to remove them. If you do not promote LGBTQ, Democrat and RINO employers a) will not hire you and b) will get rid of you if you are an employee.
https://apnews.com/article/florida-lgbtq-rainbow-crosswalks-desantis-58b22e99150bc89f91362e0bd99aa52a
NEWSWEEK
— Florida Locals Defy Ron DeSantis By Restoring Pulse Rainbow Crosswalk. If you do not promote LGBTQ, Democrat and RINO employers a) will not hire you and b) will get rid of you if you are an employee.
https://www.newsweek.com/florida-locals-ron-desantis-pulse-rainbow-crosswalk-2117628
MSN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) paint Democrats as having fought against slavery in the Civil War and b) paint Republicans as having fought for slavery in the Civil War. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly paint today’s Republicans as being yesterday’s Democrats. All my ancestors were Republicans because Republicans fought against slavery.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/here-we-go-again-trump-wants-smithsonian-to-focus-on-americas-brightness-and-hide-the-dark-truth-about-slavery/ar-AA1KT09s
MSNBC
— Trump admin lowers FBI recruitment standards in a deeply ironic twist. The administration is reportedly set to lower its education and training standards for people looking to work for the nation’s top law enforcement agency.
https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/trump-patel-fbi-recruitment-standards-lower-rcna226690
— Quigley: FBI’s search of Bolton will have ‘extraordinary chilling effect.’ The adverse actions that my critics/opponents have had their operatives and dupes take against me have had a chilling effect on conservatives in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.msnbc.com/katy-tur/watch/fbi-s-search-of-bolton-will-have-extraordinary-chilling-effect-rep-quigley-245600325582
NBC NEWS
— Pulse Memorial’s rainbow crosswalk removed. If you do not promote LGBTQ, Democrat and RINO employers a) will not hire you and b) will get rid of you if you are an employee.
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/pulse-memorial-rainbow-crosswalk-removed-orlando-florida-rcna226335
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat and RINO Leaders Decry That Republicans Elect Joe Gruters, a Trump Ally From Florida, to Lead the R.N.C.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/us/politics/rnc-joe-gruters-trump-republicans.html
— According to Democrat and RINO leaders, Trump cannot fire Federal Reserve Governors. According to the judges and justices in Diersen v. GAO, the Democrats who run the federal government can fire federal employees because they are Republican, and especially if they are Republican and White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. And even more especially if they complain about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/us/politics/can-trump-fire-a-fed-governor.html
— Year Will End With 300,000 Fewer Federal Workers. The reduction would be the largest single-year decline in civilian federal employment since World War II. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, I might still be a GAO employee.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/us/politics/trump-federal-workers.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump nominates his presidential personnel chief Sergio Gor to be U.S. ambassador to India. Gor has hired almost 4,000 people into government roles. My undergraduate major and my MBA area of concentration was personnel management. If I could do it over again, it would have been accounting. I say that because I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt when I was 30 and 32 respectively and I became a licensed CPA when I was 32. But by the time I did the foresaid, the accounting profession deemed me to be far too old to have a successful career in accounting.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/08/23/sergio-gor-trump-india-ambassador/
— Democrat leaders say that FBI raid on Bolton is part of a Trump revenge campaign. My Democrat superiors in the federal government took adverse actions against me a) because I refused to become a Democrat, b) because I complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, and c) because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. They would not have taken adverse actions against me if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran. But if I had been any of the aforesaid, I would not have had anything to complain about.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/08/22/john-bolton-trump-fbi-revenge-search/
— Trump turns $11B in US government funds into a 10% stake in downtrodden Intel. Trump on Friday announced the U.S. government has secured a 10% stake in the struggling Silicon Valley pioneer Intel in a deal completed just a couple weeks after he depicted the company’s CEO as a conflicted leader unfit for the job. Constructively, my Democrat IRS superiors treated me like I was unfit to be a GS-13 and my Democrat GAO superiors treated me like I was unfit to be a GS-14. In my defense, while I worked for IRS, I earned an MBA when I was 27 and I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 While I worked for GAO, I earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA when I was 32, I earned job-related professional certifications when I was 41, 45, 47, and 48, and I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading when I was 48.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/22/trump-intel-us-equity-stake/1d42ac44-7f8e-11f0-971c-6c8e53bd2f21_story.html
— Trump ever-increasingly fights race based preference giving. My critics/opponents promote race and gender based preference giving, that is, they discriminate against Whites and men.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/08/22/college-grants-hispanic-populations/
— Appeals court rules that the $515 million in fines against Trump were excessive. The adverse actions that my Democrat superiors in the federal government took against me because I opposed their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination were excessive. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old, delayed my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and e) forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. My Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions, and disallowed my travel vouchers. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign and disallowed my sick leave requests.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/22/trump-james-fraud-lawsuit-appeal/3bbdbd24-7fa9-11f0-971c-6c8e53bd2f21_story.html
— ‘Stay out of our city’: Chicago officials slam Trump’s threat to target city in next crime crackdown. President Donald Trump says Chicago will likely be the next target of his efforts to address crime, homelessness and illegal immigration. Because of crime, I left Chicago in 1971 and my wife and I left Chicago in 1978. While I worked for IRS in Chicago, a) my 1969 Dodge Charger SE was stolen in Chicago in 1971 and b) my 1962 Chevrolet Bel Air was stolen in Chicago in 1973.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/22/trump-crime-crackdown-dc-chicago-new-york/948da974-7f8f-11f0-971c-6c8e53bd2f21_story.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Test That Rules Chinese Society. The gaokao is China’s college entrance exam, but it shapes the country and its people far beyond the classroom.
https://www.wsj.com/world/china/the-test-that-rules-chinese-society-dd9c8dc7
— The Price of Parenting. My Democrat GAO superiors decried the time and money they needed to raise their children. Their spouses had little or no income.
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/the-price-of-parenting-284b505a
POLITICO
— Democrat leaders say that what Texas is doing is gerrymandering.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/23/texas-passes-congressional-map-gerrymander-00519116
DAILY KOS
— For Democrat leaders, education exists to crank out good little Democrats. If my parents had sent me to Crete Elementary instead of Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete and Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest, I would not have been able to earn an ACT score of 24, graduate from Crete-Monee High School in the upper 20% of my class, and get accepted by UIC.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/8/22/2339791/-Oklahoma-Imposes-PragerU-Wokeness-Test-on-Teachers-Undermining-Education-and-Democracy
AXIOS
— Sooner or later, all my critics/opponents who falsely claim to be Republican will not only switch parties and become Democrats, they will crow that they have always done everything that they could to destroy Republicans. Far too many get involved in Republican politics to get the Republican Party to strike the following planks from its platform: personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving). The more of the aforesaid planks that they reject, the harder that they work against me.
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/23/fbi-probes-trumps-political-enemies
GOOGLE AI
— Ukraine officially declared its independence from the Soviet Union on August 24, 1991, a declaration overwhelmingly supported by a popular referendum on December 1, 1991. This established Ukraine as an independent nation, though it has since faced numerous challenges to its sovereignty, particularly Russian aggression, which escalated into a full-scale invasion in 2022.
https://www.google.com/search?q=Ukraine+independence
August 22, 2025
Who will Pritzker pick to lead his gerrymandering, that is, his cracking and packing?
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC5
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government and charity.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/empathy-sin-conservative-christian-argument/3812929/
CBS2
— Could Chicago museums be affected by Trump administration review of Smithsonian museums?
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/could-some-chicago-museums-be-affected-by-trump-administrations-smithsonian-crackdown/
WTTW
— Veterans Affairs Workers, Unions Push Trump Administration to Reinstate Collective Bargaining Rights. If GAO had been unionized, I might still be a GAO employee. My Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to a) force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, b) delay my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13, c) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, d) keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and e) force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/08/21/veterans-affairs-workers-unions-push-trump-administration-reinstate-collective
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly have their operatives and their dupes sue Trump. Beyond overwhelmingly, courts favor Democrats. I should write about the lawsuits that I have filed. My critics/opponents have always sided with the defendants.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/21/president-trump-legal-cases/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/22/column-donald-trump-human-rights-shackelford/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly lower education standards.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/22/education-proficiency-reading-math-isbe/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— New Chicago police oversight boss has been wiping out recommendations to fire cops. While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office for almost 18 years, every time the Democrats who ran GAO assigned the office a new manager, they gave him/her a list of employees to get rid of. Of course, I was on all those lists. My doing the following helped me survive for almost 18 years: a) I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul, b) I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, c) I became a licensed CPA, d) I earned four more job-related professional certifications, and e) I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/08/22/lakenya-white-civilian-office-police-accountability-chicago-police-department-kersten-snelling
DAILY HERALD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use slavery to get more votes from Blacks.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250822/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-bad-move-trumps-targeting-of-smithsonian-a-disturbing-attempt-to-gloss-ove/
— Russia strike hits US-owned factory in Ukraine. Flex has four locations in Buffalo Grove.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250821/nation-and-world-politics/russia-hammers-ukraine-with-drones-and-missiles-as-peace-efforts-drag-on/
ST. LOUIS PUBLIC RADIO
— Illinois state Sen. Christopher Belt readies for congressional redistricting. How successful will Pritzker be in further gerrymandering Illinois so that Republicans cannot be elected in any of Illinois’ 17 congressional districts?
https://www.stlpr.org/podcast/politically-speaking/2025-08-21/illinois-state-sen-christopher-belt-readies-for-congressional-redistricting
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Inside the facility where ICE is training recruits to take on Trump’s deportation goals. The first 6 months that I worked for IRS as a Revenue Officer in 1971 was classroom training in the Loop. According to Google AI: key areas of Revenue Officer training include: “Tax Law and Procedures: This is fundamental, encompassing various aspects of tax law, regulations, and IRS procedures applicable to individuals and businesses. Business Law: Revenue officers may need to understand business law principles to navigate legal and financial situations encountered during their work. Investigative Techniques: They are trained in investigative methods to uncover discrepancies, errors, or potential fraud in tax filings. Collections Procedures: A significant part of the role involves working with taxpayers to discuss payment options and resolve delinquent tax accounts, according to ZipRecruiter. Training covers various collection strategies and techniques. Negotiation and Communication: Since they interact with taxpayers to discuss sensitive financial matters, revenue officers must possess strong negotiation and communication skills, says ZipRecruiter. Training often focuses on developing these interpersonal abilities. Ongoing Development: Revenue officers are expected to engage in continuous learning to stay abreast of changes in tax laws and regulations, industry trends, and best practices. In essence, IRS revenue officer training prepares individuals to effectively apply tax law, investigate tax-related issues, negotiate with taxpayers, and collect delinquent taxes in a professional and ethical manner.” In today’s dollars, my salary was $55,850/year.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-inside-the-facility-where-ice-is-training-recruits-to-take-on-trumps-deportation-goals/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: At an obstacle course in the humid Georgia heat, an instructor shows recruits how to pull a wounded partner out of danger. In a classroom with desks cluttered with thick legal books about immigration law, recruits learn about how the Fourth Amendment governs their work. And on a firing range littered with shell casings, new recruits for Immigration and Customs Enforcement practice shooting their handguns. “Instructors, give me a thumbs up when students are ready to go,” a voice over the loudspeaker said before a group of about 20 ICE recruits practiced drawing and firing their weapons. The Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Brunswick, Georgia, is the epicenter of training for almost all federal law enforcement officers, including the Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers who are at the center of President Donald Trump’s mass deportation efforts.)
WJOL
— State Representative Regan Deering has filed legislation in response to Governor Pritzker’s signing of House Bill 460 that guarantees undocumented students in Illinois have access to student financial aid.
https://www.wjol.com/state-representative-regan-deering-has-filed-legislation-against-governor-pritzkers-house-bill/
WAND TV
— Pritzker signs bill allowing immigrants to become driving instructors
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/pritzker-signs-bill-allowing-immigrants-to-become-driving-instructors/article_24cef4c5-8db6-44bc-996c-a3757cdc11a8.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump delivers pizza to National Guard working on his DC crackdown
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-08-21/trump-delivers-pizza-to-national-guard-working-on-his-dc-crackdown
NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Effort revived to push for fair maps constitutional amendment in Illinois. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly gerrymander.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/illinois/2025-08-21/effort-revived-to-push-for-fair-maps-constitutional-amendment-in-illinois
25 NEWS NOW
— 9 years after initial attempt, ‘Fair Maps Illinois’ tries again to ban gerrymandering in Illinois. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly gerrymander.
https://www.25newsnow.com/2025/08/22/9-years-after-initial-attempt-fair-maps-illinois-tries-again-ban-gerrymandering-illinois/
FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump won’t back wind and solar power projects, blames renewable energy for rising costs
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-wont-back-wind-and-solar-power-projects-blames-renewable-energy-for-rising-costs-us-department-of-agriculture-farmland-one-big-beautiful-bill-department-of-interior-truth-social-tax-breaks
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/22/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-574/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— The Income Transfer from the Suburbs to the CTA–the Whole Purpose of the RTA–Appears
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/08/21/the-income-transfer-from-the-suburbs-to-the-cta-the-whole-purpose-of-the-rta-appears/
— Invisible McHenry County Mounts Another Demonstration
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/08/21/invisible-mchenry-county-mounts-another-demonstration/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What do you critics/opponents promote? My critics/opponents promote a) dependency on government and charity, that is, socialism and then communism, b) LGBTQ, that is, destruction of traditional marriage and family, c) abortion, that is, promiscuity and disrespect of human life, d) mass/illegal immigration, that is, destruction of America, e) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, that is, destruction of America, f) diminishment of Second Amendment rights, that is, surrender to America’s enemies, and/or g) Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Parents Outraged as Lyons Township Civics Assignment Pushes Political Labels on 16-Year-Olds. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was a Crete-Monee High School student, the Democrats who ran the Park Forest Post Office would not have hired me in 1966. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was a UIC and NIU student, the Democrats who ran IRS would not have hired me in 1971. If I had been active in Republican politics when I took graduate evening business courses at Loyola, the Democrats who ran IRS would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. If I had been active in Republican politics when I took graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul, the Democrats who ran GAO would not have hired me in 1980 and promoted me in 1986. If I had been active in Republican politics when I took graduate evening finance courses at IIT, the Democrats who ran GAO would have forced me to retire earlier than they did.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/08/opinion-parents-outraged-as-lyons-township-civics-assignment-pushes-political-labels-on-16-year-olds.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Parents send their children to school to learn math, science, history, and civics – not to be pawns in a political mind game. Yet at Lyons Township High School, sophomores were handed a so-called “non-political quiz” in civics class that looks more like an exercise in political conditioning than education. The assignment, titled “Liberal vs. Conservative Style Non-Political Quiz,” presents students with a series of questions about trivial school-related scenarios – cafeteria food, classroom seating, sports uniforms, school mascots – and forces them into binary “liberal” or “conservative” categories. . .This is presented to 15 and 16-year-old students as a civics lesson. The problem? These questions have absolutely nothing to do with actual liberalism or conservatism in the American civic or political sense. They are arbitrary and misleading parallels that equate curiosity, creativity, or even preference for variety with being a “liberal,” while equating tradition or consistency with being “conservative.” In other words: if your child prefers the same lunch menu every week, they’re “conservative.” If they like trying a new sandwich, suddenly they’re “liberal.” This is not education – it’s indoctrination. . .This is the danger – conditioning young students to see normal preferences and personality traits through a false political lens. And worse, doing so under the guise of a neutral civics lesson, without parents’ knowledge. Civics, Not Social Engineering The goal of civics education should be to teach the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, how government functions, and why civic responsibility matters. It should not be to manipulate teenagers into political identity boxes through cafeteria hypotheticals and mascot debates. Parents need to know this is happening in their children’s classrooms. Thankfully, there are options. Illinois families do not have to accept indoctrination disguised as curriculum. What Parents Can Do Now is not the time to stop paying attention to what your kids are learning in high school. These years are some of the most formative – and potentially the most detrimental – of their lives. You need to be a part of it. Ask questions. Be present. And most importantly: make your kids show you their assignments. Groups like Awake Illinois provide resources and guidance on how parents can opt their children out of this type of political conditioning and restore civics education to what it’s supposed to be – education, not indoctrination. Visit Awake Illinois to learn more about your options and how to push back. Our kids deserve civics lessons grounded in truth and history – not politically loaded quizzes that sort teenagers into categories they never asked to be put in. The teacher responsible for distributing this assignment could not be reached for comment.)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BREITBART
— Trump Seeks to Purge Wokeness from Smithsonian Museums
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/08/21/report-trump-seeks-to-purge-wokeness-from-smithsonian-museums/
— Pew Research: Biden Administration Packed Swing States with Over 1 Million Illegal Aliens
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/08/21/pew-research-biden-administration-packed-swing-states-over-1-million-illegal-aliens/
— Trump’s next RNC chairman Joe Gruters is a longtime believer.
https://www.breitbart.com/news/trumps-next-rnc-chairman-joe-gruters-is-a-longtime-believer-heres-what-to-know-about-him/
— Podcaster Gavin Newsom Imitates Joe Biden: Says He’ll Punch ‘Sons of Bitches’ Trump, Republicans ‘In the Mouth’
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/08/21/trump-gavin-newsom-punch-violence-mouth/
— US slams door on foreign truck drivers after deadly crash
https://www.breitbart.com/news/us-slams-door-on-foreign-truck-drivers-after-deadly-crash/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Affirmative Action is Still Alive in College
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XgQXvD1zcI
DAILY CALLER
— Supreme Court Lets Trump Admin Axe Millions In NIH Grants Involving DEI, Gender Ideology
https://dailycaller.com/2025/08/21/supreme-court-trump-admin-nih-grants-dei/
LIFE NEWS
— Abortion Pills are Dangerous for Women and Kill Babies
https://www.lifenews.com/2025/08/21/abortion-pills-are-dangerous-for-women-and-kill-babies/
NEW AMERICAN
— Naturalized Citizens Indicted for Smuggling, Harboring Illegals
https://thenewamerican.com/us/crime/naturalized-citizens-indicted-for-smuggling-harboring-illegals-in-albuquerque/
NEWS BUSTERS
— Fox Covers Illegal Alien Who Killed Three After California Gave Him Drivers License
https://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/brad-wilmouth/2025/08/21/fox-covers-illegal-alien-who-killed-three-after-california-gave
NEWSMAX
— Trump Ramps Up Deportations
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/trump-administration-deportations-illegals/2025/08/21/id/1223476/
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Vance: “It’s Not About Kicking People Off Of Healthcare, It’s About Kicking Illegal Aliens The Hell Out”
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/08/21/vance_its_not_about_kicking_people_off_of_healthcare_its_about_kicking_illegal_aliens_the_hell_out.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly gerrymander.
https://www.cnn.com/audio/podcasts/political-briefing/episodes/9351565c-585a-11f0-bf06-871a73e51251
REUTERS
— US judge rejects challenges by Trump, affirmative action foe to Illinois nonprofit diversity law. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-judge-rejects-challenges-by-trump-affirmative-action-foe-illinois-nonprofit-2025-08-21/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly gerrymander.
https://apnews.com/article/california-texas-redistricting-congressional-map-4c22e21d5d4022d33a257045693b6fd4
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight efforts to fight crime.
https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-washington-dc-federal-immigration-deportation-81e3493e73e8af1ecce47af23d9911f4
— FBI searches home and office of ex-Trump national security adviser John Bolton
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2025/08/22/fbi-searches-home-and-office-of-ex-trump-national-security-adviser-john-bolton-ap-source-says/
MSN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly gerrymander.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/california-moves-forward-with-gerrymander-to-counter-texas/ar-AA1KYXVb
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/texas-redraws-congressional-map-here-s-the-worst-gerrymanders-in-the-us/ar-AA1KX0Pj
— Trump abruptly nixes signing of executive order to punish American flag burners
https://www.msn.com/en-ae/news/other/trump-abruptly-nixes-signing-of-executive-order-to-punish-american-flag-burners/ar-AA1KYBxB
MSNBC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly gerrymander.
https://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/rep-gwen-moore-texas-is-leading-a-race-for-the-bottom-passing-gerrymandered-map-245549125559
https://www.msnbc.com/the-weeknight/watch/breaking-ca-gov-gavin-newsom-signs-redistricting-plan-245535813939
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight efforts to fight crime.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtktIyUibzA
ABC NEWS
— 750 HHS employees send signed letter to RFK Jr. asking him to stop spreading misinformation
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/750-hhs-employees-send-signed-letter-rfk-jr/story?id=124805697
ABC LOS ANGELES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly gerrymander.
https://abc7.com/live-updates/california-redistricting-state-supreme-court-denies-gop-petition-delay-vote-new-congressional-maps/17590010/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly gerrymander.
https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000010354945/california-votes-redistricting-gerrymandering.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/us/politics/newsom-gerrymandering-california-fundraising.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/podcasts/the-daily/california-texas-newsom-trump.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/opinion/gerrymandering-redistricting-texas.html
— Judge Orders That ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Detention Center Be Shut Down for Now. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/us/alligator-alcatraz-florida-ruling.html
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/opinion/oklahoma-city-mayor-diversity.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/us/politics/trump-diversity-black-americans.html
— Democrats run elections in America. Enough said.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/opinion/trump-midterm-elections-mail-in-ballots.html
— F.B.I. Plans to Lower Recruiting Standards. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, to hire, retain, and promote more young Democrat minorities and females, they ever-increasingly lowered standards. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless a) my job-related bachelor’s degree, b) my three job-related master’s degrees, c) my six job-related professional certifications, and d) my job-related professional license.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/us/politics/fbi-agent-recruitment-requirements-trump.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Under a plan pushed by the director, Kash Patel, and his deputy, Dan Bongino, the F.B.I. will start welcoming new classes of recruits who will receive less training and no longer be required to have a college degree, according to people familiar with the plan who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe it. The shift comes as the agency anticipates losing more than 5,000 employees by September, largely as a result of agents, analysts and others taking severance or early retirement packages offered by the Trump administration to try to reduce the budget. Instead of spending about 18 weeks training at the academy in Quantico, Va., the group of agents, tentatively scheduled to start in October, will receive eight weeks, according to the people. And the agents will no longer need to fulfill a longstanding requisite for joining the bureau: a bachelor’s degree.
WASHINGTON POST
— Illinois could redistrict before the 2026 midterms. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly gerrymander.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/20/congressional-redistricting-states-midterms/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois jumped into the redistricting story when Gov. JB Pritzker (D) invited Texas House Democrats to stay in suburban Chicago after they left their state to stall the Republicans redistricting efforts. Pritzker has been vocal about the redistricting battle nationally, and Illinois state lawmakers have full control of the map-drawing process. But the impact of any map changes could be limited here — Democrats hold 14 out of the state’s 17 House seats, and the map is already carved largely in Democrats’ favor.)
— Newsom signs bills for redrawing voting maps as parties fight for control. California’s Democratic lawmakers want to redraw congressional maps as Texas, led by Republicans, moves toward final approval of its plans. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly gerrymander.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/21/california-texas-redistricting-trump/
— Trump and selective prosecution. I was selected by my Democrat GAO superiors for forced early retirement a) because I was an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, b) because I complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, and c) because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/08/21/new-york-trump-fraud-case/
— White House targets ‘woke’ Smithsonian content in new list. By their actions, if not by their words, my critics/opponents have always painted themselves as being work, that is, as being champions of those who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/art/2025/08/21/white-house-smithsonian-exhibitions-targets/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly gerrymander.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/21/trump-redistricting-congress-texas-california/
— Democrat cities are chaotic dystopias in need of occupation
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/21/trump-cities-crime-washington-dc-los-angeles/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/08/22/sanctuary-cities-bondi/
USA TODAY
— These are the wealthiest suburbs of America’s biggest cities
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/08/13/wealthiest-suburbs-usa-income-home-values/85609633007/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Fewer Americans might recognize the name of Hinsdale, Chicago’s wealthiest suburb. And some non-Texans might struggle to differentiate between University Park and West University Place, the most affluent suburbs, respectively, of metropolitan Dallas and Houston. . .Hinsdale. Most people associate Chicago’s North Shore with suburban wealth, but the city’s wealthiest suburb (and the nation’s eighth wealthiest) sits to the west. Hinsdale has an average household income of $376,366. Home values average $1.3 million.)
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/08/20/west-texas-university-drag-ban-blocked-by-appeals-court/85722250007/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2025/08/14/divorce-women-perimenopause-menopause/85622804007/
DESERT REVIEW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly gerrymander.
https://www.thedesertreview.com/news/state/democrats-torn-on-gerrymandering-ethics/article_199ac1e7-7b30-4d68-b133-c718ef69bd12.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly gerrymander.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/partisan-gerrymandering-texas-california-gop-democrats-donald-trump-gavin-newsom-7ee26118
— Who Is a ‘Journalist’ in Gaza? ‘Press freedom’ groups take up the cause of Hamas propagandists and alleged terrorists. According to my critics/opponents, you are not a journalist unless you promote the Democrat Party platform.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/who-is-a-journalist-in-gaza-18a70ad0
BLOOMBERG
— US Halts Visas for Truck Drivers After Fatal Florida Crash
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/us-halts-visas-for-truck-drivers-after-fatal-florida-crash/ar-AA1KYYa8
FORBES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly gerrymander.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OsENz8ocow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2pQt2cYtnY
POLITICO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly gerrymander.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-playbook-pm/2025/08/21/sacramento-takes-its-gerrymandering-bow-00518959
PEW RESEARCH
— 550,000 illegals in Illinois. If there had been as many illegals in Illinois when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got, and if not that, my wages would have been lower.
https://www.pewresearch.org/about/privacy-policy/
August 19, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly call police racist
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-police-department-officers-face-new-lawsuit-controversial-stop-search-tactic-gold-coast/17571017/
NBC5
— Republican lawmakers look to strip funding for Postal Service’s EV fleet
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/republicans-usps-electric-vehicles-funding/3811239/
WGN9
— Chicago’s total number of ‘school adjacent’ shootings tops among 13 cities
https://wgntv.com/news/wgn-investigates/analysis-chicagos-total-number-of-school-adjacent-shootings-tops-among-13-cities/
FOX32
— Trump expands ‘Good Moral Character’ review for US citizenship
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/us-citizenship-good-moral-character
WTTW
— Democrat leaders use the Proud Boys against Republicans.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/08/18/billboard-promoting-far-right-group-proud-boys-pops-southern-illinois
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/08/15/adams-county-sheriff-has-been-cooperating-ice-does-violate-illinois-law
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— A state law giving school kids mental health screenings leaves the sensitive details to bureaucrats.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/19/editorial-schools-mental-health-screenings-illinois/
— Chicago public schools bus shortage. To get to classes at UIC from my parents’ home in Crete 1966-1968, I washed dishes for the minimum wage in Chicago Heights during my junior and senior years at Crete-Monee High School part-time during the school years 1964-1966 and full-time during the summer of 1965 in between. I used the money that I earned to buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint ( https://over-drive-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/1965-12-CD-1966-Pontiac-Tempest-Sprint-Test-1-4.pdf ), a poor man’s GTO, in May of 1966 for that to commute.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/19/opinion-chicago-public-schools-bus-route-shortage/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— CPS seeks $1 billion of short-term debt as cash gone
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/education/cps-seeks-1-billion-short-term-debt-cash-gone
KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Over 1,700 homeless in Kane County in 2024. Seniors, disabled, children among those affected. The Democrat Party platform promotes homelessness.
https://www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-chronicle/2025/08/19/over-1700-homeless-in-kane-county-in-2024-new-report-says/
RIVER BENDER
— Pritzker Signs Bill Adding Pathways to CPA Licensure in Illinois. In 1978, in Diersen v. IRS, the judge declared that accounting courses cannot be deducted until you have taken enough to sit for the CPA examination.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/governor-signs-bill-adding-pathways-to-cpa-licensure-in-illinois-85377.cfm?
QUAD CITY TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans cause all the problems that Mexicans have.
https://qctimes.com/life-entertainment/local/events/article_c91980b3-de2b-4bd4-a872-be630b1744c7.html
WAND TV
— Newsmax agrees to pay $67 million in defamation case over bogus 2020 election claims
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/conservative-network-newsmax-agrees-to-pay-67-million-in-defamation-case-over-bogus-2020-election/article_cd2bc0db-28a5-5810-a27e-023391a5d498.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly threaten more gerrymandering. They want to make America look like Illinois.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-08-18/trump-prompted-a-battle-over-voting-maps-heres-how-redistricting-affects-voters
— Trump wants to stop states from voting by mail and using voting machines.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-08-18/trump-wants-to-stop-states-from-voting-by-mail-and-using-voting-machines
NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Trump announces on Truth Social that he’ll ban mail-in voting and voting machines.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2025-08-18/trump-announces-on-truth-social-that-hell-ban-mail-in-voting-and-voting-machines
ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://dceo.illinois.gov/oe3/cannabisequity/cannabis-social-equity-r3.html
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/19/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-571/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/18/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-364/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their gerrymandering
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/18/land-doesnt-vote-and-these-new-illinois-maps-help-illustrate-that-fact/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Mottl attacks Grasso. If I ran for an office, my critics/opponents would stress the big adverse actions that they had their operatives and dupes take against me.
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/674156153-mottl-on-gary-grasso-s-bid-for-dupage-county-chair-he-s-got-more-baggage-than-a-747
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— 1,805 days since Chicago Teachers Union’s last “annual audit”
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/its-been-1805-days-since-chicago-teachers-unions-last-annual-audit/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— IL GOP Governor Hopeful Ted Dabrowski Steers Clear of Trump at Illinois State Fair
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/08/il-gop-governor-hopeful-ted-dabrowski-steers-clear-of-trump-at-illinois-state-fair.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Minneapolis socialism is directing the Democratic Party
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/3501720/minneapolis-socialism-is-directing-the-democratic-party/
— Trump administration funded organization that supports transgender children
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/investigations/3500506/trump-administration-lgbt-life-center-funding/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump knows the dangers of addiction — he must reject Big Weed’s push to reclassify marijuana.
https://nypost.com/2025/08/17/opinion/trump-knows-the-dangers-of-addiction-he-must-reject-big-weeds-push-to-reclassify-marijuana/
— Illegal migrant truck driver in deadly Florida crash was given work permit under Biden after being denied by Trump.
https://nypost.com/2025/08/18/us-news/illegal-migrant-truck-driver-suspect-in-deadly-florida-crash-was-given-work-permit-under-biden-after-being-denied-by-trump-dhs/
— Biden threw open the border to rig the census — and elections for Democrats.
https://nypost.com/2025/08/18/opinion/joe-biden-threw-open-the-border-to-rig-the-census-and-elections-for-democrats/
— Driver’s license given to deadly illegal migrant trucker shows how blue states undermine border security
https://nypost.com/2025/08/18/opinion/drivers-license-given-to-deadly-illegal-migrant-trucker-shows-how-blue-states-undermine-border-security/
— RFK Jr., challenges Pete Hegseth to friendly exercise competition as Trump admin promotes ‘fit’ over ‘fat’ My health has suffered greatly because I spend at least 10 hours each and every day putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and sending them out.
https://nypost.com/2025/08/18/us-news/rfk-jr-challenges-pete-hegseth-to-friendly-exercise-competition-as-trump-admin-promotes-fit-over-fat/
BREITBART
— Oklahoma Partners with ICE to Deport 500 Illegal Aliens Currently Serving Prison Sentences
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/08/18/oklahoma-partners-with-ice-to-deport-500-illegal-aliens-currently-serving-prison-sentences/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Notre Dame swaps DEI office label for religious name, retains LGBT, race programs. Notre Dame has renamed its Center for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) without seemingly changing its primary functions amid ongoing federal and state scrutiny over DEI. Notre Dame has rebranded its DEI office as the Sister Thea Bowman Center.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/notre-dame-swaps-dei-office-label-religious-name-retains-lgbt-race-programs/28468
DAILY CALLER
— ‘You Better Comply, Or You’re Next’: Pam Bondi Announces What’s In Store For Sanctuary Cities
https://dailycaller.com/2025/08/18/pam-bondi-sanctuary-city-penalty/
DAILY WIRE
— ‘End Racism’: NFL To Keep Virtue Signaling With End Zone Messages. Democrats ever-increasingly call Republicans racists.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/end-racism-nfl-to-keep-virtue-signaling-with-end-zone-messages
FOX NEWS
— Pritzker signs bill opening financial aid to illegals. ‘Our state is drowning in debt, yet JB Pritzker is determined to drain even more taxpayer dollars to reward illegals,’ commented Rep. Mary Miller, R-Ill.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/slap-face-major-blue-state-governor-signs-bill-opening-financial-aid-illegals
— ‘GREAT DISHONESTY’: Trump ridicules what is ‘very sad’ in American media. Ever-increasingly, the mainstream news media exists to destroy Trump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLFZKvSJn14
NEWSMAX
— UN Spends US Taxpayer Money on ‘Gender Diversity’ Training
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/ustaxpayer-dei-gender/2025/08/18/id/1222937/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC NEWS
— Judge issues injunction preventing Trump’s FTC from investigating watchdog Media Matters. Of course, my critics/opponents want me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters to be investigated. My critics/opponents have their operatives and their dupes destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or d) who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/judge-issues-injunction-preventing-trumps-ftc-investigating-watchdog-124759242
NBC NEWS
— Trump says he’ll sign an executive order to get rid of mail-in voting
https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/trump-says-he-ll-sign-an-executive-order-to-get-rid-of-mail-in-voting-245237317990
CBS NEWS
— Newsmax to pay $67 million settlement in Dominion Voting Systems defamation case
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/conservative-channel-newsmax-settlement-dominion-voting-systems-defamation-case/
— Illinois is now requiring police recruits to allow background records like previous performance reviews to be released in order to be hired by a new department in the state. The Democrats who ran IRS in 1971 hired me even though my personnel folder showed that my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. They would not have hired me if I had not passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination and earned a bachelor’s degree in business in 1970. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980 hired me even though my personnel folder showed that my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my travel vouchers, disallowed my education deductions, and never promoted me beyond GS-12. They would not have hired me if I had not earned an MBA in 1976, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/unpacking-illinois-new-law-reforming-police-hiring/
CNN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their mail-in ballots.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/18/politics/mail-voting-trump-states-rights-analysis
— Democrat leaders say that Trump has remade the press corps to Trump’s liking. When Democrat leaders attacked GOPUSA in 2005, Bush did not come to GOPUSA’s defense.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/18/media/trump-zelensky-brian-glenn-peter-doocy-press-corps
REUTERS
— Trump administration in talks to take 10% stake in Intel
https://www.reuters.com/business/trump-administration-talks-take-10-stake-intel-bloomberg-news-reports-2025-08-18/
MSNBC
— The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down. What is your approval rating? My approval rating is very low with those who reject the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform.
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-approval-tanking-with-the-american-public-new-poll-shows-245251141643
NEW YORK TIMES
— The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down. What is your approval rating? My approval rating is very low with those who reject the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/donald-trump-approval-rating-polls.html
— Mississippi and Louisiana Will Send National Guard Troops to D.C. Ohio, West Virginia and South Carolina have also deployed the Guard to Washington to support President Trump’s crackdown on the city.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/us/politics/national-guard-dc-trump-mississippi-louisiana.html
— Trump Wants to End Mail-In Voting Ahead of Next Year’s Midterms. The president does not have the power to unilaterally change voting laws, and any executive order regarding elections is likely to see immediate legal challenges.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/us/politics/trump-mail-ballots-voting-machines-election.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: The Democrat Party platform promotes homelessness.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/us/politics/washington-dc-homeless.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Over 6,000 student visas revoked for crimes and overstays. A small number were revoked for “support for terrorism,” a State Department official said, without elaborating. Other crimes included assault and burglary.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/08/19/student-visas-revoked-6000-trump/
— Trump says he will ‘lead a movement’ to eliminate mail-in voting. The Constitution gives states the authority to regulate how elections are run, making it unlikely Trump can change voting rules unilaterally.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/18/trump-mail-in-constitution-elections/
— My critics/opponents promote not only more LGBTQ, they promote more dependency on government and charity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/18/trans-rights-bathroom-north-carolina/
USA TODAY
— Brand advertising on news sites isn’t risky, it’s absolutely necessary. News junkies are more likely to show interest in your brands and buy your products. They hold more favorable views of brands, trusting them more and recommending them to others. My direct competitors are beyond furious that I have the time, money, experience, ability, and motivation to put together and send out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters every morning without any advertising or donation requests. Everyone sees how my direct competitors treat me and treat my newsletters.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2025/08/18/brand-ads-online-media-digital-marketing/85578029007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— For financial freedom by age 30, optimize ruthlessly during your peak physical and cognitive years. I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU when I was 21. I earned an MBA from Loyola when I was 27. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30. I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul when I was 31. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA when I was 32. But according to my critics/opponents, all of the aforesaid was too late.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/work-life-balance-will-keep-you-mediocre-25bdf073
— Who’s Really Rich in New York? Firefighter pensions would qualify by Andrew Cuomo’s standard. According to my critics/opponents, the federal government grossly overpaid me and my Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension and 72% health insurance subsidy are much too generous. In today’s dollars, my GAO salary was $153,151/year when I was 49 in 1997. My CSRS pension is $66,780/year. To get the aforesaid, I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21. I earned job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48. I earned job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48. I earned a job-related professional license when I was 32.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/whos-really-rich-in-new-york-4ce746a1
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo says you’re wealthy in New York City if you make more than $200,000. By his standard, nearly 800 New York City retired firefighters get pensions that qualify them as rich. Behold why New York’s not-so-rich pay taxes as if they are rich. A new analysis by the Empire Center for Public Policy finds that New York City firefighters who retired last year after full careers were entitled to an average annual pension of $171,336. Nearly 95% of new retirees were eligible for six-figure pensions, and a quarter qualified for annuities of more than $200,000. Mr. Cuomo recently claimed his Democratic opponent in the mayoral race, Zohran Mamdani, was “very rich” because he and his wife likely made more than $200,000 combined. So in his view, are the city’s 46 retired firefighters with pensions of more than $300,000 super-rich? They certainly have super-sized retirement benefits compared to most workers in private industry. City firefighters can retire at any age with full benefits as long as they have worked 20 years (22 for more recent hires). Their pensions are also exempt from state and city tax—a 9.9% combined top rate for individuals making more than $200,000—and they receive free healthcare.)
— FRONT PAGE: What It’s Really Like to Support a Big Family on a Modest Income in America. More Americans are choosing to put off having children—or not having them at all. The Ivys are an exception. ‘It is hard. But it’s not impossible.’ I should write about my Democrat GAO superiors. They viciously demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me a) because my wife and gave up trying to have children without trying IVF, b) because we did not depot, and c) because we did not become foster parents. According to them, if my wife and I had children, I would not have been able to a) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt, b) earn a master’s degree in accounting, c) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, d) become a licensed CPA, e) etc. My Democrat GAO superiors a) had children, b) decried the time and cost needed to raise children, and/or c) had spouses who had little or no income.
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/children-costs-finances-families-f489be7c
— Ever since my parents sent me to kindergarten at Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete in 1953, my critics/opponents have demonized, denigrated, and condemned my parents as having been filthy rich. But my father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars and my mother never worked outside of our home until after he died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21 in 1969.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/kindergarten-search-school-choice-291737ed
BLOOMBERG
— Chicago Schools Seeks $1 Billion of Short-Term Debt as Cash Gone
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-18/chicago-schools-seeks-1-billion-of-short-term-debt-as-cash-gone
FORTUNE
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://fortune.com/2025/08/18/dei-diversity-equity-inclusion-words-public-filings-10k-secretive-meritocracy/
REVIEW TIMES
— The fewer planks in the Republican Party platform that you defend and advance, the more RINO that you are. Far too many Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders defend and promote planks in the Republican Party platform, that is, there are far too many RINOs.
https://reviewtimes.com/news/619871/republican-by-name-yes-but-in-actions/
POLITICO
— DNC Falling Far Behind RNC In Fundraising
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/18/dnc-fundraising-donor-problems-midterms-00512473
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Trump administration seeks permission to finalize mass layoffs at HHS. During the 1980s and 1990s, Gingrich got Congressional permission to gut GAO. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE and I might still be a GAO employee. The Democrats who ran GAO used Gingrich budget cuts to get rid of the agency’s few remaining Republican employees, including me. In 1980, I was one of the last Republicans GAO hired.
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/08/trump-administration-seeks-permission-finalize-mass-layoffs-hhs/407528/
AMERICAN IMMIGRATION COUNCIL
— Trump Moves to Reinstate Restrictions on Legal Immigration Proposed in His First Term. From what I see, more and more and more come to America a) to get the free stuff and preferences that Democrat and RINO leaders give them, b) to advance their religion, and/or c) to a turn America into their motherland.
https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/trump-reinstates-immigration-policies/
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/labor-unionization/2025/08/19/aaup-president-higher-ed-alone-cannot-save
WIKIPIEDIA
— Party switching. Anticipate/expect that sooner or later, all my critics/opponents will officially become Democrats.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_switching_in_the_United_States