July 19, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

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

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

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

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

July 13, 2025 Evening Edition

WHITE HOUSE
— Trump Administration is Putting Americans First
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/07/sunday-shows-trump-administration-is-putting-americans-first/

DUPAGE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE
— Sheriff James Mendrick Welcomes Gary Sinise to DuPage County. Yesterday, Sheriff Mendrick had the honor of welcoming Gary Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band to DuPage County for a powerful concert at Cantigny Park, hosted by the West Suburban Foundation for Disabled Veterans (WSFDV) as part of their Rockin’ For Our Vets event. This incredible benefit concert was held to support U.S. Veterans and their families, with all proceeds going toward housing and essential living needs for disabled veterans—a mission at the heart of WSFDV, a dedicated non-profit organization. We extend our deepest thanks to the Gary Sinise Foundation, Cantigny Park, and Michelle Senatore, co-founder and president of WSFDV, for making this event possible. The DuPage County Sheriff’s Office was proud to stand behind this meaningful cause and be part of such a heartfelt community effort.
https://www.facebook.com/dupagesheriff/posts/sheriff-james-mendrick-welcomes-gary-sinise-to-dupage-county-yesterday-sheriff-m/1147540134064543/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Furor over Epstein files sparks clash between Bondi and Bongino at the Justice Department
https://abc7chicago.com/post/furor-jeffrey-epstein-files-fallout-sparks-clash-between-pam-bondi-dan-bongino-donald-trumps-justice-department/17099169/
— Mayor Johnson calls for more state funding for CPS
https://abc7chicago.com/post/mayor-brandon-johnson-calls-more-state-funding-chicago-public-schools-chat-grand-crossing-new-life-covenant-church/17105055/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— How dependent on Medicaid funding is your hospital?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/13/safety-net-hospitals-medicaid/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have. I should write about the successes and failures that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had turning my Black superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates against me.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/07/12/big-beautiful-bill-chicago-black-community-inequity-economic-struggles-alden-loury

CHICAGO DEFENDER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government
https://chicagodefender.com/how-trumps-2025-budget-bill-threatens-snap-benefits-for-340000-illinois-residents/

CITIES 92.9
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for everything that is bad, including bad weather
https://www.cities929.com/2025/07/13/illinois-congressman-pushes-for-nws-funding-as-trumps-budget-faces-scrutiny/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump threatens to take away Rosie O’Donnell’s US citizenship. What have your critics/opponents had their operatives and their dupes take away from you? Mine had them take away a) my membership on the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024, b) my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) the west half of my precinct in 2015, d) my chairmanship of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois in 2012, e) my membership on the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee in 2007, f) my membership on the America Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board of directors in 2004, g) my GAO employment in 1997, and h) my Post Office employment in 1969. I should write about my critics/opponents who continue to do everything that they can a) to stop me from sending out GIOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and b) to stop everyone from reading them.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/trump-lashes-out-at-rosie-odonnell-threatens-to-take-away-us-citizenship/

WCIA
— My critics/opponents destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.wcia.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-from-tariffs-to-universities-trumps-negotiating-style-is-often-less-dealmaking-and-more-coercion/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— Jeanne exposes the permanent Cook County law that waives traffic fines for low-income residents, allowing rule-breakers to avoid consequences while law-abiding citizens pay the cost. With Illinois ranking 39th in freedom nationwide, this policy change highlights a disturbing trend.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbrBF6mG138

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Pot sellers want hemp sales to be regulated because hemp sales cut into their pot sales
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/illinois-lawmaker-convenes-initial-meeting-to-discuss-challenges-for-states-hemp-industry/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— GOP senator, Trump back embattled AG Bondi after Epstein’s purported ‘client list’ remains unproven
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/13/john-barrasso-wyoming-republican-vouches-ag-pam-bondi-amid-maga/
— ‘Despicable’: DHS Secretary Noem rips Democrats for playing politics on Texas flooding
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/13/kristi-noem-homeland-security-secretary-accuses-democrats-playing/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for everything that is bad, including bad weather
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3469736/illinois-congressman-pushes-for-funding-as-trump-budget-faces-scrutiny/
— Democrats defend child labor at California marijuana farms
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/3468811/democrats-defend-child-labor-california-marijuana-farms/

NEW YORK POST
— Ramaswamy: Resist the left’s Mamdani trap — fight his ideas, not his ethnicity
https://nypost.com/2025/07/13/opinion/vivek-ramaswamy-resist-the-racist-lefts-mamdani-trap/
— Top US Democrats don’t even dare denounce Zohran Mamdani’s extremism
https://nypost.com/2025/07/13/opinion/top-us-democrats-dont-even-dare-denounce-zohran-mamdanis-extremism/
— Cheering assaults on ICE, Democrat leaders want a Second Civil War against Republicans
https://nypost.com/2025/07/13/opinion/violent-attacks-against-ice-fed-by-dem-rhetoric/
— Democrat leaders fan the flames of ‘assassination culture’ against ICE
https://nypost.com/2025/07/11/opinion/dems-fan-the-flames-of-assassination-culture-against-ice/

BREITBART
— Homan: We Have Most Secure Border in History Because ‘We’re Enforcing Immigration Law’
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/07/13/homan-we-have-most-secure-border-in-history-because-were-enforcing-immigration-law/
— Chicago: Over 2,200 Shooting Victims During Last 12 Months
https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2025/07/13/chicago-over-2200-shooting-victims-during-last-12-months/

EPOCH TIMES
— 10 Non-Tax Policies in Trump’s Megabill That Will Affect Americans. The mammoth legislation reforms entitlements and boosts funding for border security and air traffic control.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/10-non-tax-policies-in-trumps-megabill-that-will-affect-americans-5885827

FOX BUSINESS
— Blue cities’ low quality of life does not justify the price tag
https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/new-report-shows-blue-cities-quality-life-fails-justify-price-tag

FOIX NEWS
— AOC should be sued ‘into bankruptcy’ over latest attack on Trump, stunned critics seethe. Critics reference ABC’s $15M settlement with Trump after similar characterization by George Stephanopoulos. My critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout a) that I am a spammer, b) that I falsely say that I am a journalist, c)that the real reason why my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career, took many/big adverse actions against me, and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 was that I have always been an extremely bad person and even worse things, and d) that all the big adverse actions that they had their operatives and their dupes take against me were justified. I should sue my critics/opponents.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/aoc-should-sued-into-bankruptcy-over-latest-attack-trump-stunned-critics-seethe

PJ MEDIA
— The New ‘Superman’ Movie: Super-Woke Crap
https://pjmedia.com/scott-pinsker/2025/07/13/the-new-superman-movie-super-woke-crap-or-truth-justice-and-the-american-way-n4941710

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Democrat leaders attack conditions at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention facility
https://thehill.com/national-security/5398732-noem-defends-conditions-at-alligator-alcatraz-detention-facility/

ABC NEWS
— Trump backs Bondi over Epstein probe criticism
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/live-updates/trump-admin-live-updates/?id=123527438
— Epstein files fallout has ‘real potential to influence’ Trump’s key messengers
https://abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/video/epstein-files-fallout-real-potential-influence-trumps-key-123719413

CBS NEWS
— President Trump defends cabinet amid scrutiny
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/president-trump-defends-cabinet-amid-scrutiny/
— Sen. Rand Paul accuses Secret Service of “cultural cover-up” regarding Butler shooting. One of my closest friends during the 1960s and 1970s was a Secret Service Agent during the 1970s.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/sen-rand-paul-accuses-secret-service-of-cultural-cover-up-regarding-butler-shooting/

HARVARD POLITICAL REVIEW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout a minorities and at females that White male Republicans cause all problems that minorities and females have.
https://theharvardpoliticalreview.com/medical-racism-motherhood/

ATLANTIC
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly a) demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump and b) glorify and praise those who oppose Trump.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/07/don-bacon-congress-retirement/683520/

July 13, 2013

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://abc7chicago.com/post/barrio-arts-fest-colombian-independence-day-celebration-draw-crowds-despite-dhs-concerns-agents-seen-puerto-rican-museum/17092681/

NBC5
— Trump posts support for embattled Attorney General Pam Bondi. The attorney general was at the heart of a recent confrontation with the FBI’s second in command over the DOJ’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files. Far too many who are involved in politics have huge uncontrollable sexual appetites.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/president-trump/trump-support-attorney-general-pam-bondi/3788134/
— Rallygoers push for public transit funding as Illinois fiscal cliff looms. My critics/opponents oppose/despise public transportation. I used public transportation big time in 1971 and then 1973-1997.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/top-videos-home/rallygoers-push-for-public-transit-funding-as-illinois-fiscal-cliff-looms/3788160/

CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/988-lgbtq-suicide-lifeline-trump-tower-protest/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Is the Jeffrey Epstein scandal finally behind us?  Far too many who are involved in politics have huge uncontrollable sexual appetites.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/13/column-jeffrey-epstein-conspiracy-theories-page/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/07/11/illinois-snap-cuts-supplemental-nutrition-assistance-program-pritzker-house-congress-rich-miller
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/07/12/big-beautiful-bill-chicago-black-community-inequity-economic-struggles-alden-loury
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment-culture/2025/07/12/25th-annual-barrio-arts-humboldt-park-chicago-calma-carmona-hermes-croatto-los-pleneros-del-callejon

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD & WCIA
— Justice Dept. fires more prosecutors, support staff involved in Trump prosecutions. My Democrat GAO superiors fired me, that is, they forced me to retire, because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-justice-dept-fires-more-prosecutors-support-staff-involved-in-trump-prosecutions-ap-sources-say/
https://www.wcia.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-justice-dept-fires-more-prosecutors-support-staff-involved-in-trump-prosecutions-ap-sources-say/

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote dependency on government
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/trumps-big-bill-takes-center-stage-in-illinois-u-s-senate-race/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
—  Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more a) dependency on government and charity, that is, socialism, if not communism, b) LGBTQ, the is, destruction of traditional marriage and family, c) abortion, that is, disrespect for human life, d) mass/illegal immigration, that is the destruction of America, e) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, that is, the destruction of America, f) diminishment of Second Amendment rights, that is, the end of personal safety, and g) Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. Republican leaders should oppose the aforesaid. Far too few do. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

JOHN KASS
— Left Wing Failures Breed More Violence Before MidTerms
https://johnkassnews.com/left-wing-failures-breed-more-violence/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— As Pritzker claims hospitals will close, Republican points to $50B fund
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_58c262fb-2c84-4cf4-9d5f-6b8b1042cec6.html

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— The IL GOP Belongs to the People — Not to Power-Hungry Insiders
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/07/opinion-the-il-gop-belongs-to-the-people-not-to-power-hungry-insiders.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— We signed the United Nations refugee protocol, but we never signed up for mass migration
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/3469067/us-never-signed-up-mass-migration/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Mayor Karen Bass announces free cash for Los Angeles’s million illegals affected by ICE
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/07/mayor_karen_bass_announces_free_cash_for_los_angeles_s_million_illegals_affected_by_ice_comments.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Ingraham asks TPUSA crowd if they’re ‘satisfied’ with Epstein investigation outcome. Far too many who are involved in politics have huge uncontrollable sexual appetites.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/07/12/ingraham-asks-tpusa-crowd-if-theyre-satisfied-with-epstein-investigation-outcome-1567442/
— Activist judge blocks sweeping ICE raids, declaring Home Depot a de facto sanctuary for illegals
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/07/12/activist-judge-blocks-sweeping-ice-raids-declaring-home-depot-a-de-facto-sanctuary-for-illegals-1567403/

BREITBART
— Biden Judge Halts ICE Arrests in Los Angeles Due to Alleged Racial Profiling. What percent of illegals are minorities?
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/07/12/biden-judge-halts-ice-arrests-in-los-angeles-due-to-alleged-racial-profiling/

DAILY CALLER
— Ocasio-Cortez Faces Backlash Over ‘Defamatory’ Trump-Epstein Post. Far too many who are involved in politics have huge uncontrollable sexual appetites.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/12/ocasio-cortez-faces-backlash-over-defamatory-trump-epstein-post-sue-aoc-bankruptcy/

DAILY WIRE
— Ilhan Omar Claims ICE Sending Illegal Aliens To ‘Dungeons’ Around The World
https://www.dailywire.com/news/ilhan-omar-claims-ice-sending-illegal-aliens-to-dungeons-around-the-world

FOX NEWS
— Border czar Tom Homan’s message to anti-ICE protesters: ‘You want some? Come get some’  Homan vows to run ‘biggest deportation operation this country has ever seen’ during fiery speech at student summit. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was young, the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 would not have hired me.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/border-czar-tom-homans-message-anti-ice-protesters-you-want-some-come-get-some
— Anti-ICE protesters descend on Turning Point USA Student Action Summit. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was young, the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 would not have hired me.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6375594265112
— Protesters clash with conservatives at Turning Point’s Student Action Summit in Tampa Bay. Protesters rejecting Trump’s agenda, chanted, ‘No fear, no hate, no ICE in our state,’ outside Turning Point USA Student Action Summit. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was young, the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 would not have hired me.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/protesters-clash-conservatives-turning-points-student-action-summit-tampa-bay

TPUSA
— Trump Admin Moves to Cut $40 Billion in Federal Benefits for Illegal Immigrants. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was young, the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 would not have hired me.
https://www.tpusa.com/live/trump-admin-moves-to-cut-40-billion-in-federal-benefits-for-illegal-immigrants

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Trump won with major inroads among minority voters
https://www.aol.com/trump-won-major-inroads-among-211645265.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— What to Know About the Secret Service, a Year After It Failed to Protect Trump. One of my closest friends during the 1970s was a Secret Service Agent.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/13/us/politics/secret-service-trump-shooting.html
— Trump Pleads With Followers to Back Bondi in Dispute Over Epstein Inquiry. Far too many who are involved in politics have huge uncontrollable sexual appetites.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/12/us/politics/trump-bondi-epstein-bongino.html
— I should write about my critics/opponents who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/opinion/trolling-democracy.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote entitlements
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/11/13/entitlements-social-security-traffic-cameras/
— MAGA leaders sound alarm about discontented Trump base: ‘A huge risk’  At Turning Point’s gathering of young Trump supporters, movement leaders warned the White House to pay attention to anger about the Jeffrey Epstein investigation and other issues. Far too many who are involved in politics have huge uncontrollable sexual appetites. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was young, the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 would not have hired me.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/12/turning-point-usa-conference-concerns-trump/
— Bondi fires 20 Justice Dept. employees involved in Trump prosecutions. My Democrat GAO superiors fired me, that is, they forced me to retire, because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/07/12/bondi-trump-justice-fbi-firings/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Superman to destroy America
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/07/12/superman-woke-controversy-immigration-trump/

USA TODAY
— Trump at odds with MAGA movement on multiple fronts. I am a conservative Republican.  I am a platform Republican.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/07/11/trump-maga-movement-feud/84516384007/
— MAGA is coming for Trump over lost Epstein files. Bondi may pay the price. Far too many who are involved in politics have huge uncontrollable sexual appetites.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/07/13/trump-maga-republicans-epstein-bondi/84531802007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Ever-since I became a federal employee when I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being overpaid and a recipient of benefits that are far too generous.  In my defense I would not have become a postal employee when I was 18 years old in 1966 if my high school friend had not invited me to take the postal employment examination with him earlier that year. I would not have become an IRS employee in 1971 if Oldsmobile had not withdrawn a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. In my defense, while I was a federal employee, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/your-money-matters/is-your-salary-too-high-for-todays-job-market/84ae9a22-052e-43de-98ff-e859592134f8

DESERT NEWS
— At TPUSA Summit, Gen Z rallies behind Trump’s deportation program. Trump’s young base has a red line — and it’s the border. Far too many who are involved in politics have huge uncontrollable sexual appetites. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was young, the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 would not have hired me.
https://www.deseret.com/politics/2025/07/12/charlie-kirk-at-turning-point-says-donald-trump-cant-do-amnesty-for-immigrants/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A rowdy crowd of 5,000 Gen Z Republican organizers rattled the Tampa Convention Center Saturday night with their support for President Donald Trump’s deportation policies. While the president’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation split the event’s lineup of MAGA media stars, the young adults gathered for Turning Point USA’s Student Action Summit were united in their enthusiasm for their favorite Trump Cabinet celebrities. Border czar Tom Homan and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem received what can only be called a hero’s welcome, with fans from across the country pressing to take a selfie, straining to get a MAGA hat signed and screaming as the White House’s top deportation authorities took the stage amid pyrotechnics and pounding music. “We’re on a mission to make this country safe again,” Homan shouted over the applause. “President Trump was elected for this issue.” And this is the issue Trump must continue to deliver on for the political grassroots if he hopes to keep his team of advisers and his most fervent supporters on board, said Turning Point president Charlie Kirk in an interview with the Deseret News.)

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/sanctuary-city-immigration-ice-20764537.php

WFLA
— Student-led protest demonstrations unfold amid Turning Point USA Student Action Summit. I If I had been active in Republican politics when I was young, the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 would not have hired me.
https://www.wfla.com/news/hillsborough-county/student-led-protest-demonstrations-unfold-amid-turning-point-usa-student-action-summit/

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Ever-since I became a federal employee when I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being overpaid and a recipient of benefits that are far too generous.  In my defense I would not have become a postal employee when I was 18 years old in 1966 if my high school friend had not invited me to take the postal employment examination with him earlier that year. I would not have become an IRS employee in 1971 if Oldsmobile had not withdrawn a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. In my defense, while I was a federal employee, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2025/06/all-provisions-targeting-federal-worker-benefits-unions-stricken-senate-reconciliation-package/406395/

PBS
— Noem speaks about Trump’s immigration agenda at Turning Point USA event.  If I had been active in Republican politics when I was young, the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 would not have hired me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IycqatEFvlI
— Gabbard criticizes ‘deep state’ at TPUSA summit. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats. Gabbard criticizes ‘deep state’ at TPUSA summit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=140s_0tEcjA

SKY NEWS AUSTRALIA
— Majority of Americans back Donald Trump’s ‘enormously popular’ mass deportation agenda
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy38JKDL0e8

INDEPENDENT
— Tucker Carlson claims Jeffrey Epstein worked for Israel to blackmail US officials. Far too many who are involved in politics have huge uncontrollable sexual appetites.
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/tucker-carlson-jeffrey-epstein-israel-b2787893.html

ECONOMIC TIMES
— Tucker Carlson drops Epstein-Israel intel bombshell, reveals shocking details: ‘Cover-up since 2007’. Far too many who are involved in politics have huge uncontrollable sexual appetites.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5DxKn3MqdI

July 12, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump tours Texas flood sites and defends officials amid mounting questions about response. If there had been more warnings, how many of the victims would have ignored those warnings?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/11/trump-texas-floods/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/07/11/judge-orders-trump-administration-to-halt-indiscriminate-immigration-stops-arrests-in-california

NBC5
— Layoffs begin at State Department. I should write GAO losing half its employees between 1980 and 1997 because of Gingrich budget cuts. GAO is less than a shell of what it once was. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE and I might still be a GAO employee. In any event, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to a) force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, b) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, c) keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, d) delay my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13, and e) force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/trump-administration-texas-floodstariffs-july-11-2025-live-updates/3787249/

WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration and dependency on government
https://www.wbez.org/education/2025/07/11/head-start-will-be-cut-off-for-immigrants-without-legal-status-trump-administration-says
— Seniors’ growing demand for food deliveries
https://www.wbez.org/wbez-newsletter/2025/07/11/the-rundown-seniors-growing-demand-for-food-deliveries

FOX ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/protesters-clash-with-border-patrol-agents-in-southern-california-marijuana-farm-raid-smoke-canisters-immigrants-criminal-search-warrant-governor-gavin-newsom-department-of-homeland-security-customs-and-border-protection-ventura-county-trump-admin

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What do your critics/opponents want you to do? My critics/opponents want me to stop sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Failing that, they want me to stop me from promoting conservative principles, more specifically, they want to stop me from promoting the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity planks in the Republican Party platform. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders. I would focus on the aforesaid who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly shout at minorities, at females, and at younger people that Republicans discriminate against them, and that because of that, they need Affirmative Action and DEI to survive in America, let alone advance in America. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do your critics/opponents demand? All my critics/opponents demand blind loyalty to them. They destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.

http://www.gopillinois.com
— What is your position on political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination? All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats a) who were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time and/or b) had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What is your position on getting rid of federal employees? I should write GAO losing half its employees between 1980 and 1997 because of Gingrich budget cuts. GAO is less than a shell of what it once was. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE and I might still be a GAO employee. In any event, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to a) force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, b) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, c) keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, d) delay my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13, and e) force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO leaders will ever-increasingly push more LGBTQ on everyone in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, in your school district, in your precinct, in your church, and in your family. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What is your approval rating? Based on how the following treat me and how they treat my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, their approval rating of me and of GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters is very low if not extremely low: a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders. The aforesaid blame me and they blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for all the losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. Who/what do you blame for losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— To be woke is to be anti-American, anti-American military, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-married people, anti-non-poor-people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. My critic/opponents are woke. I should write about them. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Trump admin rescinds nomination of Navy admiral after learning of drag shows on USS Ronald Reagan. Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO leaders will ever-increasingly push more LGBTQ on everyone in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, in your school district, in your precinct, in your church, and in your family.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/07/11/trump-admin-rescinds-nomination-of-navy-admiral-after-learning-of-drag-shows-on-uss-ronald-reagan-1567205/
— ‘Anti-DEI’ index fund launches to advance meritocracy in the workplace. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats a) who were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time and/or b) had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/07/11/first-of-its-kind-anti-dei-index-fund-launches-to-advance-meritocracy-in-the-workplace-1567209/

BLAZE
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly encourage citizens of foreign countries to give birth in America.
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/sara-gonzales-unfiltered/democrats-find-loophole-that-could-continue-birthright-citizenship-for-illegal-aliens

BREITBART
— Chicago Man Rescues Baby Abandoned in Summer Heat After Carjacking
https://www.breitbart.com/crime/2025/07/11/chicago-man-rescues-baby-abandoned-in-summer-heat-after-carjacking/
— ‘No Evidence’ Biden Was Aware of Who Was Using the Autopen
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/07/12/comer-no-evidence-biden-was-aware-of-who-was-using-the-autopen/
— American Economic Optimism Rises to Highest Levels in Years
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2025/07/11/breitbart-business-digest-american-economic-optimism-rises-to-highest-levels-in-years/
— L.A. Mayor Karen Bass Promises Cash for Illegals Amid ICE Enforcement
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/07/11/l-a-mayor-karen-bass-promises-cash-illegals-amid-ice-enforcement/
— Trump Tariffs Deliver Surprise Budget Surplus
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2025/07/11/june-budget-surplus/

FOX NEWS
— ‘That Ends Now,’ Vows Trump WH on Benefits for Illegals
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fox-news-politics-newsletter-that-ends-now-vows-trump-wh-benefits-illegals
— LA Mayor Bass provides cash payments to illegals, issues order to thwart immigration enforcement. White House slams move as ‘pathetic’ stunt while immigration operations continue targeting criminal illegal immigrants.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/la-mayor-bass-provides-cash-payments-illegals-issues-order-thwart-immigration-enforcement

JUDICIAL WATCH
— Epstein Scandal Update. Far too many who are involved in politics have huge uncontrollable sexual appetites.
https://www.judicialwatch.org/epstein-scandal-update/

NEWSMAX
— Trump WH Seeking Countries to Take Deportees
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/tom-homan-deportees-south-sudan/2025/07/11/id/1218497/
— LA Mayor Bass Now Offering Cash Cards to Illegals
https://www.newsmax.com/us/los-angeles-karen-bass-immigration/2025/07/11/id/1218496/

ONE AMERICA NEWS
— Colleges continue battling Trump over DEI
https://www.oann.com/video/oan-contribution/colleges-continue-battling-trump-over-dei/

TOWNHALL
— Trump’s Tariffs Deliver: U.S. Posts $27 Billion Budget Surplus
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/07/11/budget-surplus-n2660257

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

MSNBC
— Epstein flap sets off MAGA earthquake in Trump’s DOJ. Far too many who are involved in politics have huge uncontrollable sexual appetites.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YZIIGxgrdY

MSN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more LGBTQ on children. How successful have Democrat leaders been pushing LGBTQ on children in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/california-stands-up-to-trump-refuses-to-kick-trans-kids-out-of-school-sports/ar-AA1IcK4v

NEW YORK TIMES
–The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down. What is your approval rating? Based on how the following treat me and how they treat my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, their approval rating of me and of GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters is very low if not extremely low: a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders. The aforesaid blame me and they blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for all the losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. Who/what do you blame for losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000?
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/donald-trump-approval-rating-polls.html
— Missouri Governor Signs Bill Rolling Back Voter-Approved $15/hour Minimum Wage. My critics/opponents were furious when I was 18 years old in 1966 and started earning $19.37/hour in today’s dollars working part-time for the Park Forest Post Office. In today’s dollars, my salary was $20.02/hour 1967/1968 and $20.67/hour 1968/1969. The money that I earned enabled me to a) pay my UIC and NIU expenses, b) buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, c) buy a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, and d) graduate debt-free from NIU in August of 1970 owning that Charger.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/us/missouri-minimum-wage-leave.html
— How Health Care Remade the U.S. Economy. For years, the United States labor market has been undergoing a structural transformation. As jobs in manufacturing have receded, slowly but steadily, the health care industry has more than replaced them. The change has been particularly visible over the past year, during which health care has been responsible for about a third of all employment growth, while other categories, like retail and manufacturing, have stayed essentially flat.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/07/03/business/economy/healthcare-jobs.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise illegals and b) promote more hatred against Republicans. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/11/california-immigration-stops-arrests/af630ae4-5ec1-11f0-a293-d4cc0ca28e5a_story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/11/immigration-poll-gallup-trump-deportations/

USA TODAY
— Mamdani’s rise in NYC could open the door for an AOC presidential run
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/07/12/new-york-mayor-race-mamdani-aoc-election/84538314007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for everything that is bad, including bad weather. What do your critics/opponents blame you for? My critics/opponents blame me for losses suffered by Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct. I should write about that.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2025/07/10/trump-heat-wave-temperatures-worker-protections/84450141007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn E-Verify, that is, they ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/e-verify-work-authorization-10582819
— Trump Isn’t Rebuilding the U.S. Military. His 2026 budget, like Biden’s, is an after-inflation cut in defense.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-isnt-rebuilding-the-u-s-military-national-security-defense-spending-266b41e6

REASON
— The Kash Patel Loyalty Test. All my critics/opponents demand blind loyalty to them. They destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on the aforesaid who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://reason.com/2025/07/11/the-kash-patel-loyalty-test/

CREATORS SYNDICATE
— What is your opinion of those on the Epstein list? Far too many who are involved in politics have huge uncontrollable sexual appetites.
https://www.creators.com/read/wayne-allyn-root/07/25/trump-gives-us-the-best-first-6-months-of-any-president-in-history-but-epstein-announcement-threatens-it-all-maga-is-hanging-in-the-balance-here-is-what-must-be-done

INDEPENDENT
— Trump branded a reporter “evil” after he was asked if warnings could have prevented a high death toll in the Texas floods. If there had been more warnings, how many of the victims would have ignored those warnings?
https://www.aol.com/trump-calls-reporter-evil-asking-081523772.html
— Amazon is purging its employees who are citizens of foreign countries who had their legal status revoked under Trump. Instead of me, if they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me. Citizens of foreign countries work for less money and are easier to exploit.
https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/other/jeff-bezos-amazon-is-purging-workers-who-had-status-revoked-under-trump-report/ar-AA1Irrtq
— My critics/opponents are woke. To be woke is to be anti-American, anti-American military, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-married people, anti-non-poor-people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have had their operative and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.the-independent.com/bulletin/news/democrats-poll-trump-midterm-elections-b2787673.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders crow about their success in getting Blacks to hate not only Trump, but to hate all Republicans.
https://www.aol.com/more-70-black-voters-disapprove-205101322.html

July 8, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

WGN9
— Police respond to rowdy ‘teen takeover’ at Glen Ellyn pool that prompted early closure.  Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, Glen Ellyn today, your municipality tomorrow.
https://wgntv.com/news/dupage-county/police-respond-to-rowdy-teen-takeover-at-glen-ellyn-pool-that-prompted-early-closure/
(FROM THE ARTICLE:  Police are investigating a large disturbance in Glen Ellyn after hundreds of teens swarmed Sunset Pool on Saturday, prompting the park district to shut the facility down early. According to the Glen Ellyn Police Department, officers were called to the pool, located in the 400 block of Fairview Avenue, just before 5 p.m. after reports of a crowd of teens, estimated to be between 200 and 300, began to gather. Police say many teens entered without paying, while some were reportedly smoking cannabis, drinking alcohol, and setting off fireworks. Parents who were at the pool with children told WGN-TV some teens were playing inappropriate music over loud portable speakers. Witnesses told WGN-TV the lines of young people waiting to get in were massive. Some individuals jumped a fence and opened a gate for others. The overwhelming crowd and unruly behavior caused staff to close the pool early. It took several police departments to help evacuate the park, police say. Video provided by bystanders shows the moment a pool manager was pushed into the lap pool. A young man can be seen helping her out of the water while others are seen laughing. John Horist, who had visited the pool earlier in the day, said the situation was out of character for the quiet west suburban community. “Glen Ellyn’s a really quiet town. I’ve been talking to the parents today and some of the kids too and they’re definitely kind of freaked out,” Horist said. A social media post encouraged followers to “bring 31st Beach to the burbs,” telling teens to gather at Centennial Beach in Naperville. Naperville police say officers were at the beach just in case, but no disturbance occurred. It’s unclear whether the incident at Sunset Pool was related to the teen takeover planned in Naperville.)

NBC5
— Unruly behavior, large crowd force early closure of suburban pool over July 4th weekend. People in attendance were seen entering the pool area without paying, smoking cannabis and consuming alcohol in violation of park district ordinances, police said. Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, Glen Ellyn today, your municipality tomorrow.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/unruly-behavior-large-crowd-force-early-closure-of-suburban-pool-over-july-4th-weekend/3783975/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A suburban community pool closed early over the Fourth of July weekend after unruly behavior erupted when a large crowd swarmed the area, police said. At approximately 5 p.m. on Saturday, Glen Ellyn police were informed of a growing crowd of teenagers and young people, estimated at between 200 and 300 people, at the Glen Ellyn Park District’s Sunset Pool along Fairview Avenue near Main Street. Some of those in attendance were seen entering without paying, smoking cannabis and consuming alcohol in violation of park district ordinances, police said. One person was charged for the illegal use of fireworks. The park district decided to close the pool early that day, because of the illegal behavior of several people in attendance, according to authorities. The incident remained under investigation as of Monday afternoon.)
— When will U.S. workers see ‘no tax on overtime policies in place? While I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969, my critics/opponents were furious that I could and did work many overtime hours. That money helped me buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967 and a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/when-will-u-s-workers-see-no-tax-on-overtime-tips-policies-in-place/3783895/

DAILY HERALD
— Glen Ellyn police: Teen crowd forces Sunset Pool to close early.  Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, Glen Ellyn today, your municipality tomorrow.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250707/news/glen-ellyn-police-teen-crowd-forces-sunset-pool-to-close-early/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: One person has been charged with the illegal use of fireworks stemming from a large group of young people converging on a Glen Ellyn pool the day after the Fourth of July, authorities said Monday. Police were alerted shortly before 5 p.m. to a growing crowd of teenagers and young adults meeting at the Sunset Pool on Fairview Avenue. Officers estimated there were 200 to 300 people at the property, police said in a news release. Some of the attendees were seen entering without paying, smoking marijuana, consuming alcoholic beverages in violation of the park district’s ordinances, and igniting illegal fireworks. Due to the disruptive and unsafe behavior of several individuals at Sunset Pool — including violations of park district ordinances — the agency made the decision to close the facility early, park district Executive Director Dave Thommes said in a statement. “We worked closely with the Glen Ellyn Police Department and surrounding agencies to ensure the facility was safely cleared. We are grateful to our quick-thinking and professional Sunset Pool staff for how they handled the situation,” Thommes said in the statement. “The safety of our patrons and staff remains our top priority. We’re currently reviewing the incident internally and assessing any operational adjustments as needed,” he added. Officers from several neighboring jurisdictions helped to evacuate the park. The incident remains under investigation, and no other information was immediately available.)
— Dems decry benching of EPA employees as political payback by GOP.  I did far more than sign a letter of dissent. When I was 40 years old in 1988, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. GAO audits IRS. They had unofficially thrown me off audits of IRS before I was 40 in 1988 because I had complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. They had kept me off audits of IRS 1980-1985. They had forced the GAO manager to retire in 1987 who had hired me in 1980 and who had finally been able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me in 1986. They had delayed my promotions, never promoted me beyond GS-13, and forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. Democrats do not want Republicans to audit IRS.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250707/local-politics/deeply-offensive-dems-decry-benching-of-epa-employees-as-political-payback-by-gop/
— Glen Ellyn League of Women Voters march in the July 4 parade
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250707/submitted-content/glen-ellyn-league-of-women-voters-march-in-the-july-4-parade/

GLEN ELLYN PATCH
— Fireworks, Alcohol, Cannabis: Up To 300 Teens Stormed Sunset Pool. One teen was arrested after police say they threw a firework out of a moving car that landed near pedestrians. Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, Glen Ellyn today, your municipality tomorrow.
https://patch.com/illinois/glenellyn/fireworks-alcohol-cannabis-300-teens-storm-sunset-pool
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Somewhere between 200 and 300 teens stormed Sunset Pool Saturday evening as part of what residents are calling a “teen takeover.” The incident took place around 5 p.m. Deputy Chief Kurt Vavra told Patch many of the teens went through the admission gate without buying entry and were drinking alcohol, lighting off fireworks and consuming cannabis. One teen was arrested for throwing a firework out of a car “in close proximity to pedestrians” and charged with disorderly conduct. The park closed early as a result of the incidents, Vavra said.)

ELMHURST PATCH
— Elmhurst Politico Seeks DuPage County Treasurer Office. She aims to continue DuPage’s trend toward electing Democrats.
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/elmhurst-politico-seeks-county-office
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A DuPage County Board member from Elmhurst announced Monday that she was running for county treasurer next year. In a news release, Yeena Yoo, a Democrat, said she held a recent campaign kickoff event co-hosted by Democrat Deb Conroy, chairwoman of the County Board, and DuPage County Building Trades. Since 2006, Republican Gwen Henry has held the treasurer’s position. She won with 51 percent in 2022 and ran unopposed in 2018. In recent years, the once reliably Republican county has seen more of its offices move to the Democratic column. This reflects a suburban trend across the country. Yoo was elected to the County Board in 2022. A year earlier, Yoo finished second of four candidates in the Elmhurst City Council’s Ward 6 race, with Emily Bastedo winning. Yoo, a legal aid attorney, said she has advocated for low-income clients, veterans, senior citizens and working families. “DuPage families deserve a Treasurer who will put people over politics,” Yoo said in the news release. “My vision for the office includes innovation and community-centered leadership.” The Democratic and Republican primaries are March 17.)

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/07/selle-marijuana-sales-wisconsin/
— Residents push back on truck routes between Interstate 57, Illinois 394 south of Crete. I remember when this route was proposed in the 1960s.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/07/residents-truck-routes-interstate-57-illinois-394/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/08/opinion-medicaid-donald-trump-bill-abortion-health-care/
— Illinois Senate President Don Harmon appeals potential $9.8 million fine for improperly accepting campaign cash
https://www.yahoo.com/news/illinois-senate-president-don-harmon-235200527.html

ABC7
— EPA workers rally after put on leave after criticizing Trump in ‘Declaration of Dissent.’ I did far more than sign a letter of dissent. When I was 40 years old in 1988, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. GAO audits IRS. They had unofficially thrown me off audits of IRS before I was 40 in 1988 because I had complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. They had kept me off audits of IRS 1980-1985. They had forced the GAO manager to retire in 1987 who had hired me in 1980 and who had finally been able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me in 1986. They had delayed my promotions, never promoted me beyond GS-13, and forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. Democrats do not want Republicans to audit IRS.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/07/07/what-s-next-birthright-citizenship-after-supreme-court-s-ruling

FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-bill-illinois-impact
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlwxLEJgd-w

WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/07/07/planned-parenthood-sues-trump-administration-over-medicaid-funding-ban
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly encourage citizens of foreign countries to give birth in America.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/07/07/what-s-next-birthright-citizenship-after-supreme-court-s-ruling
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, sooner or later, everyone will be on Medicaid and SNAP.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/07/07/illinois-democratic-congress-members-sound-alarm-medicaid-snap-cuts

WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://www.wbez.org/reset-with-sasha-ann-simons/2025/07/07/how-cuts-to-food-assistance-could-increase-hunger-in-chicago

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Suburban NAACP chapter to host 67th annual gala, ‘The Fierce Urgency of Now’  Will my former Black subordinate speak at the event? My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 and gave him my job and my preferred corner office. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had one professional certification (accounting)) while I had six (accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting). He was not a licensed CPA like I was.
https://www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-chronicle/2025/07/08/suburban-naacp-chapter-to-host-67th-annual-gala-the-fierce-urgency-of-now/

JOURNAL COURIER
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, sooner or later, everyone will be on Medicaid.
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/illinois-medicaid-cuts-congress-20421881.php

SOUTHERN
— White House pushes back on criticism of weather service around Texas flooding.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/07/07/white-house-pushes-back-on-criticism-of-weather-service-around-texas-flooding/

NPR ILLINOIS
— If you are a Republican, the more of the following that you are, the more that Democrat and RINO leaders visit the sins of your forefathers on you: conservative, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America a long time.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-07-07/how-the-second-trump-administration-is-trying-to-revise-american-history

CITIES 92.9
— Democrat leaders want hemp regulations because hemp sales cut into pot sales.
https://www.cities929.com/2025/07/07/il-state-rep-pushes-for-rapid-changes-in-hemp-cannabis-regulations/

WQAD
— IRS states pastors who endorse political candidates shouldn’t lose tax-exempt status
https://www.wqad.com/article/news/national/pastors-who-endorse-political-candidates-shouldnt-lose-tax-exempt-status-irs-says/507-7f05e93c-8633-451c-9701-71e893fd899f

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Can Local Officials Stop ICE Agents From Hiding Behind Masks? They’re Trying. Seven Illinois representatives co-sponsored a bill that would ban immigration agents from wearing masks. In Chicago, police district council members want the city to enforce “identification standards” for law enforcement.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/07/07/no-secret-police-act-aims-to-stop-ice-agents-from-hiding-behind-masks-and-illinois-officials-are-on-board/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Paula Deacon Garcia, a DuPage County Board member, announced her campaign for DuPage County clerk Monday. Deacon Garcia will challenge incumbent Jean Kaczmarek in the Democratic primary for the office in March.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/07/08/crime-cools-politics-heats-up-00441980

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/07/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-339/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— EPA employees demand jobs back. I did far more than sign a letter of dissent. When I was 40 years old in 1988, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. GAO audits IRS. They had unofficially thrown me off audits of IRS before I was 40 in 1988 because I had complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. They had kept me off audits of IRS 1980-1985. They had forced the GAO manager to retire in 1987 who had hired me in 1980 and who had finally been able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me in 1986. They had delayed my promotions, never promoted me beyond GS-13, and forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. Democrats do not want Republicans to audit IRS.
https://www.aol.com/illinois-quick-hits-epa-employees-145100906.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: More than 30 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency employees from Chicago are demanding they be reinstated to active duty. The 31 employees say they were put on administrative leave after signing a letter of dissent against what they said were the Trump administration’s efforts to politicize the agency.)

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Congress Just Told Planned Parenthood: “Go Fund Yourselves” — And It’s About Time
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/07/opinion-congress-just-told-planned-parenthood-go-fund-yourselves-and-its-about-time.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Musk’s exaggerated political aspirations
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/fairness-justice/3464419/elon-musk-exaggerated-political-aspirations/AMAC

NEW YORK POST
— Texas officials scrapped ‘Flash Flood Alley’ warning system before 27 killed at Camp Mystic — because it was too expensive
https://nypost.com/2025/07/07/us-news/texas-officials-scrapped-flash-flood-alley-warning-system-before-27-kids-killed-at-camp-mystic-because-it-was-too-expensive/

AMAC
— Chicago Residents Fed Up With Mayor Brandon Johnson
https://amac.us/newsline/society/you-are-a-weak-man-chicago-residents-fed-up-with-mayor-brandon-johnson/

AMERICAN THINKER
— A strange peacefulness over Los Angeles in the wake of ICE raids on illegals
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/07/a_strange_peacefulness_over_los_angeles_in_the_wake_of_ice_raids_on_illegals_comments.html

BREITBART
— ‘Worst of the Worst’ Criminal Illegal Immigrants Being Sent to Alligator Alcatraz in Florida
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/07/07/worst-of-the-worst-criminal-illegal-immigrants-being-sent-to-alligator-alcatraz-in-florida/
— DHS Showcases Violent Illegal Aliens Arrested in Florida ICE Raids: Homicides, Sexual Assault of a Child
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/07/07/dhs-showcases-violent-illegal-aliens-arrested-in-florida-ice-raids-homicides-sexual-assault-of-a-child/

DAILY CALLER
— Here’s How Schools Are Catering To Illegal Immigrants While Avoiding Federal Scrutiny
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/07/heres-how-schools-are-catering-to-illegal-immigrants-while-avoiding-federal-scrutiny/

DAILY WIRE
— Los Angeles Mayor, Protestors Swarm ICE Officers Raiding MS-13-Controlled Park. ‘We will go anywhere, anytime we want, in Los Angeles.’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/los-angeles-mayor-protestors-swarm-ice-officers-raiding-ms-13-controlled-park
— Libs Blame Trump For Texas Flood
https://www.dailywire.com/episode/mks-ep-1765

PJ MEDIA
— Charlie Kirk Suggests Influence Campaign to Push Trump Toward Amnesty
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/07/07/kirk-exposes-influence-campaign-to-push-trump-to-amnesty-n4941508

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Deadly Texas floods leave officials pointing fingers after warnings missed
https://thehill.com/policy/equilibrium-sustainability/5388538-texas-floods-flash-flooding-camp-mystic-dhs-nws-warnings/

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: An Apartheid-Era Torture Method Endures Among South African Police. A government led by freedom fighters who helped to liberate the country more than 30 years ago is now overseeing a police force accused of staggering abuses.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/world/africa/south-africa-torture-police-tubing.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Netanyahu says he nominated Trump for Nobel Peace Prize
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/netanyahu-says-he-nominated-trump-for-nobel-peace-prize/2025/07/08/e6bdffc6-964f-439e-9d32-a6deef02f4d3_video.html

HOUSTON CHRONICLE
— Kerr County asked Texas to help pay for a flood warning system for 8 years. Can it happen now?
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/investigations/article/kerr-county-texas-warning-system-upgrade-costs-20603296.php

USA TODAY
— Texas county where campers died was denied money to boost warning systems
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/07/07/texas-flooding-kerr-county-flood-warning-money-denial/84499153007/

CNN
— Local officials facing questions over their actions in the years and hours before deadly Texas floods
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/07/us/texas-floods-warning-system-invs

NEWSWEEK
— Protesters Confront ICE, Military in Los Angeles Park Raid
https://www.newsweek.com/ice-raids-la-protests-military-immigration-deportations-2095641
— Trump Issues Warning to Mamdani If He Becomes Mayor
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-issues-warning-zohran-mamdani-if-he-becomes-mayor-2095813
— Social Security Hits Major Milestone for Millions. Of course, because I benefit from this, my critics/opponents are furious about it.
https://www.newsweek.com/social-security-major-milestone-millions-2095851
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Social Security Administration (SSA) has confirmed it has completed sending payments to those who were impacted by the Social Security Fairness Act, five months ahead of schedule. Why It Matters  Under the Biden administration, the federal agency, which pays benefits to tens of millions every month, said the process of issuing new and backdated payments could take considerably longer. At the time, the SSA told Newsweek it was “determining the timelines for implementing this new law.” What To Know  In January, lawmakers passed a bipartisan bill that repealed two provisions—the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO)—that limited retirement benefits for certain workers, including teachers, firefighters, and police officers, some federal employees, and their spouses. The agency first started issuing these payments in February. The new payments included updated benefits amount and backdated payments to January 2024. Despite previous longer timelines being for implementation, the SSA has now confirmed it has sent out 3.1 million payments to those impacted by the repeal of the WEP and GPO. To date, over $17 billion in payments has been distributed. The WEP reduced Social Security benefits for individuals who received pensions from public-sector jobs—such as state or federal positions—that did not require paying Social Security payroll taxes. This reduction applied even if they also worked in jobs where they paid into Social Security and qualified for benefits. The GPO lowered spousal or survivor benefits for retired federal, state, or local government workers who had not contributed to Social Security through payroll taxes.)

ABC NEWS
— ‘We are very flood prone’: Local Texas officials spent years discussing potential warning system
https://abcnews.go.com/US/flood-prone-local-texas-officials-spent-years-discussing/story?id=123550294

NBC NEWS
— In deadly Texas floods, one town had what some didn’t: A wailing warning siren
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/deadly-texas-floods-one-town-warning-siren-rcna217202

CBS NEWS
— When nearby counties installed flood sirens, Kerr County did not
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/when-nearby-counties-installed-flood-sirens-kerr-county-did-not/

USA TODAY
— Trump extends federal hiring freeze. While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, because of Republican-led budget cuts, the agency was almost always under hiring and/or promotion freezes. Of course, they were furious about that. They took their anger/hatred against Republicans out on me. They forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. They gave me bad job assignments and unfair performance expectations and appraisals. They delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13. They kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for them. They always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. They forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. I should write about the aforesaid.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/07/07/trump-extends-federal-hiring-freeze/84498858007/#

WGOW
— Homan: Anyone in US Illegally Eligible for Arrest
https://www.wgowam.com/2025/07/07/tom-homan-anyone-in-us-illegally-eligible-for-arrest/

WALL STATE JOURNAL
— Young people usually become less radical with time. Are we seeing an exception? I have always been conservative. My critics/opponents have always used that against me.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-useful-idiot-generation-z-young-people-politics-cd42f1ee
— Best Private Student Loans 2025: Top Lender Picks. Did you work your way through college? I did. If you were in high school today in the same situation/circumstances that you were when you were in high school, a) would you want/need a student loan, and if so, b) could you get a student loan today? When I was in high school, I did not apply for a student loan. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class. My working my way through college harmed my GPA. Instead of studying, I spent far too many hours washing dishes and delivering mail. But I earned 6 years of Social Security credits.
https://www.wsj.com/buyside/personal-finance/student-loans/best-student-loan-lenders
— Think Work-Life Balance Is Overrated? You’re Hired!  Employers are getting brutally honest with applicants, warning them of long hours and few boundaries; ‘Companies are in control again.’ According to my critics/opponents a) my federal pay and benefits were far too generous and b) my federal retirement pension and health insurance subsidy are far too generous.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/job-listings-labor-market-373b4331

FORBES
— How The CPA License Stacks Up Globally. I became a licensed CPA when I was 32 years old in 1981. I had a) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year, c) earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, d) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and e) worked for GAO for more than a year.
https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbesbusinessdevelopmentcouncil/2025/07/07/how-the-cpa-license-stacks-up-globally-is-the-us-behind/

BLOOMBERG LAW
— HHS Seeks Whistleblowers for DEI Examples in Grants, Workforce. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, I ever-increasingly blew the whistle on their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and-business/hhs-seeks-whistleblowers-for-dei-examples-in-grants-workforce

CPA PRACTICE ADVISOR
— FROM THE ARTICLE: 46% of students decided to major in accounting after taking an accounting-related course, while 39% chose it before entering college. I should have majored in accounting. I did not start taking graduate accounting courses until I was 27. I did not take and pass the CPA examination until I was 30. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31. I did not take and pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination until I was 32. I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32. Long before then, the accounting profession saw me as being far too old to have a successful career in accounting. That would not have been the case if I had been a minority, female, and/or veteran.
https://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/2025/07/07/aicpa-news-july-2025/164426/

WEEK
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Christians.
https://theweek.com/politics/christian-extremism-holy-war-literally-democratic-officials-abortion

FRONT PAGE MAGAZINE
— Chicago Teachers Union President: “Ain’t No Damn America”
https://www.frontpagemag.com/chicago-teachers-union-president-aint-no-damn-america/

NEWSBREAK
— Citizens of foreign countries want/expect/demand America to take their unwanted citizens, that is, their citizens who need/want/demand massive government assistance.
https://www.newsbreak.com/raw-story-2096750/4093943432739-don-t-feel-welcome-new-estimate-shows-drastic-tourism-effect-of-trump-2-0

LA LIST
— Federal workforce. Trump wants cuts, here’s six things about them. Who do you know who is/was a federal employee? I was a federal employee for almost 30 years in three federal agencies – Post Office 3 years, IRS 9 years, and GAO 18 years. I have been a federal retiree for almost 28 years. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats. They despise/hate Republicans like me.
https://laist.com/brief/news/politics/trump-federal-workforce-cuts

TPM
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/congress-throws-more-money-at-removing-immigrants-than-most-countries-spend-on-their-armies

POLITICO
— Musk and Yang have connected on the billionaire’s third party threat. The former Trump advisor and former presidential candidate recently spoke about the two-party system.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/07/musk-and-yang-have-connected-on-the-billionaires-third-party-threat-00441702

MEDIAITE
— Charlie Kirk Angrily Claims ‘Ruling Class’ Pushing Trump to Grant Amnesty to Farm Workers: Will ‘Break’ MAGA. What does the ruling class think of you? The ruling class in Wheaton, Wheaton Warrenville School District 200, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois despises/hates me. I should write about that. I would focus on why they despise/hate me.
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/charlie-kirk-angrily-claims-ruling-class-pushing-trump-to-grant-amnesty-to-farm-workers-will-break-maga/

DAILY KOS
— Trump administration slaps high cost on federal workers’ free speech. I did far more than sign a letter of dissent. When I was 40 years old in 1988, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. GAO audits IRS. They had unofficially thrown me off audits of IRS before I was 40 in 1988 because I had complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. They had kept me off audits of IRS 1980-1985. They had forced the GAO manager to retire in 1987 who had hired me in 1980 and who had finally been able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me in 1986. They had delayed my promotions, never promoted me beyond GS-13, and forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. Democrats do not want Republicans to audit IRS.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/7/7/2331549/-Trump-administration-slaps-high-cost-on-federal-workers-free-speech
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin might be very skilled at Making Coal Great Again, but he’s not so solid on the whole First Amendment thing. The EPA just put 144 people on administrative leave for signing a letter of dissent about the agency’s policies. It follows a March open letter where current and former EPA employees called both President Donald Trump and Zeldin out for their illegal dismantling of the core functions of the agency. However, the March letter was anonymous, and while some of the signatories of the more recent letter chose to remain anonymous, the 144 employees the EPA is now targeting signed the letter with their names and job titles. In placing the workers on leave, the EPA didn’t hide the ball as to why they were being suspended. An agency spokesperson plainly said they were suspended as retaliation for their speech. “The Environmental Protection Agency has a zero-tolerance policy for career bureaucrats unlawfully undermining, sabotaging, and undercutting the administration’s agenda as voted for by the great people of this country last November,” said a spokesperson for the agency. Here’s the thing. Government employees enjoy the protections of the First Amendment, even if the Trump administration doesn’t believe they should. Public employees are protected when speaking out about matters of public concern, which Zeldin’s hijacking of the EPA to, in his words, “drive a dagger through the heart of climate change religion” definitely is. There are a couple of caveats. If public employees are speaking in their official capacity about something that is normally part of their official job duties, then First Amendment protections don’t apply.)

PHYS
— For Democrats, governments exist to take money away from Republicans and to give that money to Democrats.
https://phys.org/news/2025-07-civil-servants-reactions-democratic-decline.html

July 6, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker’s running mate Christian Mitchell is ‘The Chosen One’ once again. Mitchell has a lot of work to do as Pritzker’s running mate. But he seems committed to pulling this off.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/07/04/pritzker-running-mate-christian-mitchell-chosen-one-rich-miller
— Democrat leaders are extremely divisive. They ever-increasingly divide those who have demographics that vote for Democrats against those who have demographics that vote for Republicans. Democrats are predominately liberal, minority, female, younger, unmarried, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Republicans are predominately conservative, White, male, older, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/letters-to-the-editor/2025/07/05/america-fourth-july-illinois-toxins-donald-trump-iran-elon-musk-catholics-gaza-darin-lahood-fluoride
https://chicago.suntimes.com/nascar/2025/07/05/nascar-chicago-street-race-fans-organizers-praise-diversity-efforts-theres-always-more-work-to-do

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace those in America who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/06/supreme-court-birthright-citizenship-chicago/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/06/opinion-donald-trump-immigrants-deportations-alligator-alcatraz/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote mor dependency on government.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/06/welfare-queen-republicans-rich-medicaid/

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: ‘We have a great history’: Gary Sinise & The Lt. Dan Band returns to perform fundraising concert at Cantigny– Paprocki: Pritzker wants 3rd term, but he’s already made Illinois much more expensive
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250705/business/pritzker-wants-3rd-term-but-hes-already-made-illinois-much-more-expensive/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Trump spending cuts.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250705/news/illinois-school-districts-are-facing-uncertainty-after-the-trump-administration-abruptly-froze-more/
— Pritzker ever-increasingly a) attracts people to Illinois who have demographics that vote for Democrats and b) drives out of Illinois people who have demographics that vote for Republicans. Democrats are predominately liberal, minority, female, younger, unmarried, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Republicans are predominately conservative, White, male, older, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250705/news/national-speculation-helps-get-more-for-the-people-of-illinois-pritzker-says/



NBC5
— Rep. Mark Green resigns from Congress, leaving Speaker Johnson with an even narrower Republican majority in the House
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/rep-mark-green-resigns-from-congress-leaving-speaker-johnson-with-an-even-narrower-republican-majority-in-the-house/3783132/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/78-say-trumps-tariffs-will-make-it-harder-to-deal-with-debt-survey-finds-here-are-3-ways-to-cope/3782959/


CBS2
— Musk announces formation of America Party amid Trump feud.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/musk-announces-formation-of-america-party-amid-trump-feud/


WGN9
— I should write a book about those who done the most to harm/destroy Wheaton Independence Day parades since 1978.
https://wgntv.com/evanston/evanston-fourth-july-parade-thrives/


ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump’s bill
https://www.thetelegraph.com/business/article/trump-branded-browbeat-and-prevailed-but-his-20549751.php



FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES



GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders are extremely divisive. They ever-increasingly divide those who have demographics that vote for Democrats against those who have demographics that vote for Republicans. Democrats are predominately liberal, minority, female, younger, unmarried, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Republicans are predominately conservative, White, male, older, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrat elected officials ever-increasingly pass laws to get rid of Republicans. As Democrats ever-increasingly move into your state, county, and municipality, they will ever-increasingly elect officials who will ever-increasingly pass laws to get rid of Republicans. Because Republicans are predominately conservative, White, male, older, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time, Democrat laws will harm them the most. That is why Republicans who are the following are ever-increasingly leaving Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton. The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do you think of pensioners? My critics/opponent despise/hate pensioners. In my defense, my Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension is only $66,780/year. It would be much more if my Democrat superiors in the federal government had not wasted my career, took many big adverse actions against me, and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. In today’s dollars, my pension is only 44% of what my salary was in 1997 and less than what my salary was when I was 23 years old in 1972. To get that pension, I had to pay CSRS 7% for my salary and I had to survive and overcome many big adverse actions. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
—  If you ran for an office, what would your critics/opponents rip you for? My critics/opponents would rip me for my avoiding the Vietnam War draft, for my giving up trying to have children, for my being a federal employee for almost 30 years, for my being a federal retiree for almost 28 years, for my being too conservative, etc. They would stress the many big adverse actions that they had their operatives and their dupes take against me. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on past and present leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
—  What have been your biggest challenges in life? Mine include my surviving for almost 30 years the ever-increasing efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to waste my career and to get of me. That motivated me to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and a job-related professional license in 1981. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do you think of party switchers? Sooner or later, all my critics/opponents who claim to be Republican will switch parties. They all will constructively, if not literally, officially announce that they have always been anti-religious, anti-conservative, and/or anti-Republican. They will constructively, if not literally, take credit for having their operatives and their dupes take big adverse actions against me. My critics/opponents reject the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity planks in the Republican Party platform. In addition to being anti-religious, anti-conservative, and/or anti-Republican, they are anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors. They destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on the aforesaid who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com


ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Nearly 32,000 Illinois government pensioners paid $100k-plus. My Civil Service Retirement System pension is only $66,780/year. It would be much more if my Democrat superiors in the federal government had not wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. In today’s dollars, my pension is only 44% of what my salary was in 1997 and less than what my salary was when I was 23 years old in 1972.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/nearly-32000-illinois-government-pensioners-paid-100k-plus/


FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES


WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump’s big, beautiful bill boots millionaires off unemployment benefits
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/6/trumps-big-beautiful-bill-boots-millionaires-unemployment-benefits/


WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Adams and Cuomo rip Mamdani for identifying as African American on college application. If you ran for an office, what would your critics/opponents rip you for? My critics/opponents would rip me for my avoiding the Vietnam War draft, for my giving up trying to have children, for my being a federal employee for almost 30 years, for my being a federal retiree for almost 28 years, for my being too conservative, etc.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/3463491/adams-cuomo-rip-mamdani-identifying-african-american-college-application/
— Musk signals formation of ‘America Party’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/3463597/musk-signals-formation-of-america-party-following-x-poll/


NEW YORK POST
— How Trump became Washington’s unlikeliest centrist
https://nypost.com/2025/07/05/opinion/how-donald-trump-became-washingtons-unlikeliest-centrist/
— Trump will fix ‘ancient’ weather warning system which warned of Texas flood risk too late
https://nypost.com/2025/07/05/us-news/trump-will-fix-ancient-weather-warning-system-noem-says/
— Musk says he’s creating new ‘America Party’ to counter Trump
https://nypost.com/2025/07/05/us-news/elon-musk-says-hes-creating-new-america-party/


AMERICAN THINKER
— Mamdani is a big, fat liar
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/07/a_big_fat_liar.html


BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Alaska imitates Florida, floats idea of ‘Bear Alcatraz’ for illegal aliens
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/07/05/alaska-imitates-florida-floats-idea-of-bear-alcatraz-for-illegal-aliens-1565725/


DAILY CALLER
— ‘In A Matter Of Seconds’: Chicago Sees 18 People Shot, 4 Killed In Single Drive-By Shooting
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/05/chicago-shooting-river-north-snelling-artis-restaurant/


FOX NEWS
— Lara Trump trains at Ft. McNair with Secretary Hegseth
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6375286457112
— America continues to grow from every challenge. What have been your biggest challenges in life? Mine include my surviving for almost 30 years the ever-increasing efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to waste my career and to get of me. That motivated me to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1FDhP-uNls
— Deadly Texas flood exposes ‘neglected’ weather alert system Trump aims to modernize
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/deadly-texas-flood-exposes-neglected-weather-alert-system-trump-aims-modernize
— Trump’s remittance tax aims to slow illegal immigration by targeting the money flow
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/trumps-remittance-tax-aims-to-slow-illegal-immigration-by-targeting-the-money-flow/ar-AA1HRltN
— Criminal illegal aliens deported to South Sudan after delays from ‘activist judges’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dhs-several-criminal-illegal-aliens-deported-south-sudan-after-delays-from-activist-judges


LEGAL INSURRECTION
— If Illegals Aren’t Receiving Federal Medicaid Benefits, Why Are Blue States Suing to Protect Their Data?
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/07/if-illegals-arent-receiving-federal-medicaid-benefits-why-are-blue-states-suing-to-protect-their-data/
— Politifact Rushes to Zohran Mamdani’s Rescue After Trump Calls Him a Communist
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/07/politifact-rushes-to-zohran-mamdanis-rescue-after-trump-calls-him-a-communist/amp/


FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES


THE HILL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/5385488-trumps-disastrous-immigration-enforcement-policies-are-un-american/


CNN
— Musk says he is forming new political party after fallout with Trump
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/05/politics/elon-musk-political-party


MSN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Mamdani, that is, they ever-increasingly promote socialism and communism.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-ramps-up-his-attacks-against-nyc-s-zohran-mamdani-as-gop-seizes-on-new-foe/ar-AA1HR7KZ
— Trump Says Elon Musk Would Go Broke Without U.S. Subsidies
https://www.msn.com/en-xl/africa/top-stories/trump-says-elon-musk-would-go-broke-without-us-subsidies/ar-AA1HQAnT


MSNBC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more mass/illegal immigration. From what I see, more and more and more come to America to turn America into their motherland. They ever-increasingly promote their national origin and their religion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beYpymVx_kU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAzBG27Ai4I


NEWSWEEK
— Democrat leaders and their mainstream news media exist to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.newsweek.com/trumps-approval-rating-hits-lowest-level-weeks-republican-pollster-2095014


NEW YORK TIMES
— Elon Musk Says He Will Start a New Political Party
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/us/politics/elon-musk-third-party.html
— Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/opinion/zaakir-tameez-charles-sumner-slavery.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/opinion/donald-trump-fourth-of-july.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/opinion/trump-america-.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/opinion/birthright-citizenship.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/opinion/transgender-military-ban-resignation.html


WALL STREET JOURNAL
— How Trump’s Anti-DEI Push Is Unraveling College Scholarships. Since I was 17 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have used my not getting any scholarships against me.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/anti-dei-minority-scholarships-a721ba1b


FORBES
— Democrat and RINO leaders use Affirmative Action and DEI to destroy Republicans.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEP8pQaHf4E


MOTHER JONES
— Democrat elected officials ever-increasingly pass laws to get rid of Republicans. As Democrats ever-increasingly move into your state, county, and municipality, they will ever-increasingly elect officials who will ever-increasingly pass laws to get rid of Republicans. Because Republicans are predominately conservative, White, male, older, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time, Democrat laws will harm them the most. That is why Republicans who are the following are ever-increasingly leaving Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton. The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/07/trump-claims-the-power-to-nullify-the-law/


SALON
— Sooner or later, all my critics/opponents who claim to be Republican will switch parties. They all will constructively, if not literally, officially announce that they have always been anti-religious, anti-conservative, and/or anti-Republican. They will constructively, if not literally, take credit for having their operatives and their dupes take big adverse actions against me. My critics/opponents reject the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity planks in the Republican Party platform. In addition to being anti-religious, anti-conservative, and/or anti-Republican, they are anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors. They destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on the aforesaid who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.salon.com/2019/01/29/another-one-switches-sides-new-jersey-republican-legislator-goes-blue/

July 5, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— At least 42 people shot, 4 fatally, in 4th of July weekend gun violence
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-shootings-weekend-least-19-people-shot-2-fatally-july-4th-gun-violence-police-department-says/16952731/
— Candidates vying for US Senate seat show up for 4th of July parades in Chicago, suburbs
https://abc7chicago.com/post/2026-senate-election-candidates-juliana-stratton-raja-krishnamoorthi-robin-kelly-show-4th-july-parade-festivities/16956827/
— EPA union alleges political retaliation, Chicago workers put on leave after criticizing Trump. I did far more than criticize my Democrat GAO superiors. When I was 40 years old in 1988, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. GAO audits IRS. They had unofficially thrown me off audits of IRS in 1988 because I had complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. They had kept me off audits of IRS 1980-1985. They had forced the GAO manager to retire in 1987 who had hired me in 1980 and who had finally been able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me in 1986. They had delayed my promotions, never promoted me beyond GS-13, and forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. To punish me, they officially threw me off audits of IRS in late 1988, gave me a very bad job assignment, gave me very unfair performance expectations, gave me a very unfair performance appraisal, and ranked me at the bottom of my coworkers for pay for performance. They forced me to take their early retirement “offer” when I was 49 in 1997. I should write about the aforesaid.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/environmental-protection-agency-union-alleges-political-retaliation-chicago-epa-workers-put-leave-criticizing-trump/16958213/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZ4jM3-KMZU

FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1669451
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1669380
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1669372

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— To get more votes from those who have demographics that vote for Democrats, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against those who have demographics that vote for Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/04/editorial-unity-america-bicentennial-birthday-250/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly defend/promote America’s enemies.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/04/editorial-on-july-4-of-all-days-a-naturalized-citizen-is-not-less-than-a-u-s-citizen/
— FRONT PAGE TO OF FOLD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/05/ag-scotus-ruling/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/07/04/july-4-great-america-ben-jealous-slaves-peter-gleick-frederick-douglass
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/health/2025/07/03/trump-bill-chicago-medicaid-snap-community-hospitals-funding-challenges

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at those who are the following that they are members of protected groups and that they are disadvantaged, marginalized, discriminated against, and oppressed by Republicans: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/trump-said-he-didnt-know-an-offensive-term-he-used-in-a-speech-is-considered/article_72017762-a3d7-543b-a78f-b70a1a0fe63a.html

OUR QUAD CITIES
— Over $7 million awarded to early childhood education programs in Western Illinois. How much money did your parents have when you were young? My critics/opponents have always painted my parents as having been filthy rich because my mother stayed home and raised me and because they sent me kindergarten through eighth grade to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools. But neither of them 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 almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. 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://www.ourquadcities.com/news/local-news/over-7-million-awarded-to-early-childhood-education-programs-in-western-illinois/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/local-news/how-cutbacks-could-affect-illinois-farmers-and-soil-resources/

WGLT
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-07-04/protestors-rail-against-trumps-megabill-at-bloomington-4th-of-july-rally

WSIL TV
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/health/planned-parenthood-of-illinois-vows-to-continue-care-despite-federal-defunding-bill/article_03de738c-10ea-4607-b0bc-430f35f1f558.html

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Because Democrat leaders promote LGBTQ, they promote the destruction of traditional marriage, and therefore, they promote homelessness.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/housing-funding-cut-in-illinois-budget-as-homelessness-increases/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— Big win for taxpayers and common sense: ‘No Gotion’ restrictions on federal tax credits will become law.
https://wirepoints.org/big-win-for-taxpayers-and-common-sense-no-gotion-restrictions-on-federal-tax-credits-will-become-law-wirepoints/

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Don’t Let Rural America Become The Next New York City
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/07/dont-let-rural-america-become-the-next-new-york-city/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Newsom, Buttigieg, Harris, AOC vie in Democrats’ early 2028 lineup
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/3/gavin-newsom-pete-buttigieg-kamala-harris-alexandria-ocasio-cortez/
— Anticipating America’s 250th. Upcoming national birthday bash must rival all past celebrations.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/4/editorial-anticipating-americas-250th/
— Mamdani rises on scapegoating. When his lofty promises fail to materialize, it will be the Jews’ fault.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/3/mamdani-rises-scapegoating/

NEW YORK POST
— Black New Yorkers rage over Zohran Mamdani’s ‘African American’ claim: ‘He’s a fraud’
https://nypost.com/2025/07/04/us-news/black-new-yorkers-rage-over-mamdanis-african-american-claim/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Illegals to pay for their own phony asylum filings
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/07/bbb_passes_in_house_illegals_to_pay_for_their_own_phony_asylum_filings_comments.html

BREITBART
— More than 100 Thousand Patients Identified as Illegal Migrants in Texas Hospital Visits
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/07/04/more-than-100-thousand-patients-identified-as-illegal-migrants-texas-hospital-visits/

CHRISTIAN POST
— Most Christians say they would never vote for a Democrat
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/most-christians-say-they-would-never-vote-for-a-democrat-poll-finds/ar-AA1HsgZM

DAILY CALLER
— Dems’ ‘Project 2029’ May Not Actually Bode Well For Party’s Future. The Democrat Party exists to promote more dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, prostitution, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, more race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/04/dems-project-2029-may-not-actually-bode-well-for-partys-future/

DAILY WIRE
— Trump Tears Into ‘Marxist Lunatic’ Mamdani, Honors American Heroes In Bold Rebuke. “Generations of Americans before us did not shed their blood only so that we could surrender our country to Marxist lunatics.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-tears-into-marxist-lunatic-mamdani-honors-american-heroes-in-bold-rebuke

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Illinois Keeps Hemorrhaging Young People. “A dwindling youth population means shrinking potential — not just economically, but in civic energy, creativity and community life. That’s bad news for a state that depends on young people to power its workforce and its future.” In Illinois, under the Democrats and under the RINOs. if you are young, the bleaker that your future is if you are conservative, Republican, White, male, Protestant, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/07/illinois-keeps-hemorrhaging-young-people/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— A Real Affordability Agenda. What has helped you afford things? For me it was the money that I earned doing yard work, delivering newspapers, washing dishes, cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, pumping gasoline, delivering mail, working on an automotive assemble line, selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances, pumping more gasoline, collecting delinquent federal taxes, and auditing federal agencies. Since 1997, it has been my Civil Service Retirement System pension, and since 2010, Social Security. More recently, I have inherited some money.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/06/a-real-affordability-agenda/
— San Francisco’s ‘Equity’ Grading Would End Education. According to my critics/opponents, I did better academically than those who share their demographics because I benefited big time from discrimination against who share their demographics. My critics/opponent are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. In my defense, 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 almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. 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://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/san-francisco-s-equity-grading-would-end-education/ar-AA1FHCsq

TOWNHALL
— Barack Obama and the Corruption of Independence Day
https://townhall.com/columnists/scotthogenson/2025/07/04/barack-obama-and-the-corruption-of-independence-day-n2659855

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Musk’s primary threats pose danger for Republicans
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5384620-elon-musk-threatens-republicans/

CBS NEWS
— Sooner or later, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, everyone in America will be on Medicaid. What did you do to avoid going on Medicaid?  I earned a bachelor’s degree, three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license. I took and kept jobs that my critics/opponents would never stoop to take or hold.
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/video/as-trump-signs-domestic-policy-bill-some-families-worry-about-medicaid-cuts/

REUTERS
— According to Democrat and RINO leaders, the more of the following that you are, the more that Republicans disadvantage you, marginalize you, discriminate against you, and oppress you: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/us-supreme-court-liberals-increasingly-marginalized-conservatives-flex-muscles-2025-07-04/

MSN
— The places in Illinois where the highest earners live. As more and more and more non-limousine liberal Democrats and RINOs move into DuPage County, DuPage County will crash and burn.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/realestate/the-places-in-illinois-where-the-highest-earners-live/ss-AA1HD2sv
(FROM THE ARTICLE: #2. DuPage County, Median household income: $94,930, 38.7% above state average, 46.1% above national average, Households earning over $100k: 47.6%, #67 highest among all counties nationwide, Households earning less than $15k: 5.0%, #66 highest among all counties nationwide)

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more and more and more dependency on government. As Democrats move into your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct, anticipate/expect that more and more and more of them will depend on government spending, that is, more and more and more of them will depend on welfare.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/us/politics/states-trump-bill.html
— The Democrat Party and its mainstream news media exist to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/donald-trump-approval-rating-polls.html
https://www.recordonline.com/story/news/2025/07/03/donald-trump-current-presidential-approval-rating-june-2025-trumps-latest-poll-numbers-now-today-rcp/84464425007/
— Mamdani Once Claimed to Be Asian and African American. Should It Matter? To stress that you are the following is to claim that you have been discriminated against by Republicans and that you want/need/demand Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, preference, if not reparations: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or that your ancestors have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/nyregion/mamdani-college-black-reaction.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/07/04/trump-travel-ban-venezuela-maduro/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/07/04/trump-administration-preparing-deport-detainees-south-sudan/
— Anti-Americans hate the American flag.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/04/trump-flag-patriotism-independence-day/
— 200 Marines sent to Florida to support ICE, U.S. Northern Command says
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/07/04/marines-deploy-florida-ice-operations/
— ICE prepares detention blitz with historic $45 billion in funding
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/07/04/trump-bill-ice-immigrant-detention/
— Mexico braced for Trump’s mass deportations. They haven’t happened.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/07/02/trump-deportations-mexico-biden/

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTUTE: 6 towns where it ‘always’ feels like the Fourth of July. I should write about the big negative impact on Wheaton Independence Day parades that Democrat and RINO leaders have caused since 1978.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/07/04/fourth-of-july-patriotic-small-towns/84233861007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against America, and especially against Americans who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/07/03/patriotism-trump-america-freedom/84357009007/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Trump’s not being a veteran against him.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2025/07/04/trump-budget-bill-veteran-healthcare-va/84446523007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-big-beautiful-bill-immigrants-a991470e
— Far too many Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders in Illinois are anti-conservative, if not anti-Republican.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/trump-republican-party-critics-47bf5e67
— UPS Offers Buyouts to Drivers, a First in Its 117-Year History. What is your position on buyouts and early retirement offers? In 1993, when I was 45 years old, the Democrats who ran GAO used Gingrich budget cuts to “offer” $25,000 buyouts and early retirement to get rid of their older White male non-veteran employees who they had not promoted to GS-15, currently $163,749-$180,974/year. I was eligible because I had 25 years of federal service – 13 with GAO, 9 with IRS, and 3 with the Post Office. They succeeded in forcing me to retire in 1997 just before their “offer” expired. If I had not succumbed, I would not have been eligible for regular retirement until 2003.
https://www.wsj.com/business/logistics/ups-driver-buyout-first-117-years-f3be772c
— No One is ‘Gutting’ the Safety Net. The GOP will have to rebut the Democratic and media distortions about their reforms or lose the 2026 election.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/no-one-is-gutting-the-safety-net-e3029eb4

BLOOMBERG
— Progressives’ Disdain of Genius Is a Problem for the West. My critics/opponents were furious when I earned a bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees, earned six professional certifications, and earned a professional license. They were especially furious when I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 in 1979, when I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and when I became a licensed CPA in 1981.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-07-04/progressives-disdain-of-genius-is-a-problem-for-the-west?embedded-checkout=true

FORBES
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRr8xdyYDFY

REASON
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more mass/illegal immigration.
https://reason.com/volokh/2025/07/04/trump-vs-the-declaration-of-independence/

TIME
— Limousine liberals despise/hate me because my following conservative principles enabled me to earn a bachelor’s degree, three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license even though neither of my parents attended college, my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, my mother never attended high school, and I had to work my way through college.
https://time.com/4322883/limousine-liberal-history-excerpt/

COMMUNIST PARTY USA
— Communist leaders, socialist leaders,, Democrat leaders, and RINO leaders ever-increasing fight Trump.
https://cpusa.org/article/trumps-bill-passed-the-resistence-continues/

NEW INDIAN EXPRESS
— How Zohran Mamdani’s win in New York City mayoral primary could ripple across the US
https://www.newindianexpress.com/world/2025/Jun/29/how-zohran-mamdanis-win-in-new-york-city-mayoral-primary-could-ripple-across-the-us

GUARDIAN
— The Democrat Party and its mainstream news media exist to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/jul/05/trump-attack-us-media

July 4, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— After House votes to pass Trump bill, Pritzker warns 330K Illinoisans could lose Medicaid
https://abc7chicago.com/post/whats-big-beautiful-bill-gov-jb-pritzker-warns-330k-illinoisans-could-experience-medicaid-cuts-trump-budget/16939475/

NBC5
— What is Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ and what does it do? What it could change
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/what-is-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-and-what-does-it-do-what-it-could-change/3782228/
— First (ILLEGALS) arrive at Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention center
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/video-shows-homeland-security-bus-entering-alligator-alcatraz-everglades-detention-center/3782338/

WGN9
— River North mass shooting: What we know about the victims
https://wgntv.com/news/chicagocrime/chicago-river-north-mass-shooting-victims/

WTTW
— What’s in Trump’s Big Bill That Passed Congress and Will Soon Become Law
https://news.wttw.com/2025/07/03/what-s-trump-s-big-bill-passed-congress-and-will-soon-become-law
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/07/03/planned-parenthood-pledges-keep-providing-care-despite-potential-funding-cuts-illinois

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— ‘This wasn’t some random shooting’: Police dig in after drive-by attack at River North album release party kills 4, wounds 14 others.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/03/near-north-side-mass-shooting/
— Supreme Court clears way for deportation to South Sudan of immigrants with no ties there
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/03/supreme-court-south-sudan-deportations/
— Democrat leaders promote more opposition to Trump tax bill.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/03/hakeem-jeffries-trump-tax-bill/
— FRONT PAGE: According to Democrat leaders, Republicans are against all immigration. But Republicans are only against illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/04/this-independence-day-immigrants-face-how-to-celebrate-a-nation-deeply-divided-over-trumps-deportation-efforts/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump’s Medicaid, SNAP cuts leave Chicago food pantries, community hospitals bracing for hardship
https://chicago.suntimes.com/health/2025/07/03/trump-bill-chicago-medicaid-snap-community-hospitals-funding-challenges
— Trump tax bill could close nine Illinois hospitals, health care advocates warn. Chicago safety net hospitals — those that have 70% Medicaid utilization — also will be hit hard, according to SEIU Healthcare, which represents more than 91,000 health care workers in Illinois, Indiana and Missouri.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/07/03/illinois-hospitals-at-risk-of-closure-landmark-trump-tax-bill
— Congress passed Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill.’ Here’s what it means for you. The Republican-led Congress advanced the sweeping tax measure. Illinois Democrats warn of dire consequences.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/07/03/congress-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-what-it-means

DAILY HERALD
— Kane County Clerk John Cunningham hosts Madison officials, shares best election practices
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250702/submitted-content/kane-county-clerk-hosts-madison-officials-shares-best-election-practices/
— Winfield man acquitted of charges he threatened school board candidate
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250703/crime/winfield-man-acquitted-of-charges-he-threatened-school-board-candidate/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Political payback? Deputy’s lawsuit alleges he was demoted for backing a Republican candidate. Politics is nasty/vicious. I should write about Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who have had their operatives and their dupes punish me the most for supporting their Republican opponents in primaries and in nonpartisan elections. They defeated me when I ran for Milton Township Republican Organization Treasurer in 2004. They almost got Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) to censure me in 2006. They defeated me when I ran for ICRC Steering Committee in 2007. They defeated me when I ran for TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois Chairman in 2012. They gerrymandered my precinct in 2015. They ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021. The threw me off the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250704/crime/political-payback-deputys-lawsuit-alleges-he-was-demoted-for-backing-candidate/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A decorated Lake County sheriff’s deputy is suing his boss and the county’s top lawyer in federal court, alleging he was demoted for backing a candidate they opposed in last year’s election. Deputy Ari Briskman, a former sergeant, wants a return to his previous rank, as well as back pay and punitive damages from the lawsuit against Sheriff John Idleburg and State’s Attorney Eric Rinehart. Filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Chicago, the suit alleges Briskman was demoted the day after the Nov. 5 election, because he supported Republican Mary Cole for state’s attorney. Cole was hoping to unseat Rinehart, a fellow Democrat and political ally of the sheriff. Briskman also lost his special assignments, including as head of the sheriff’s Marine Unit that patrols area waterways, the suit states. His attorney, Keith L. Hunt, noted that the demotion meant not only a loss of rank, but a loss of substantial income. “To punish a man’s family simply because he didn’t support your buddy’s candidacy is wrong on every level,” Hunt told us. “It’s petty, it’s vindictive and it’s unconstitutional.” Idleburg and Rinehart gave us statements in response to the lawsuit. “The plaintiff, a current employee, has exercised his right to file a lawsuit,” Idleburg said. “We are confident in our actions and will respond through the proper legal channels.” “While we are unable to comment on this pending litigation, we look forward to fully prevailing in court,” said Rinehart.)

WGN RADIO
— Dolton has purchased Pope Leo’s childhood home
https://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/burt-odelson-dolton-has-purchased-pope-leos-childhood-home/

EFFINGHAM DAILY NEWS
— Pritzker warns 330,000 Illinoisans could lose Medicaid under Trump’s budget plan. What helped you avoid having to go on Medicaid? For me, it included my working for the federal government for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents decry that. According to them, the federal jobs I got should have been given to Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.
https://www.effinghamdailynews.com/news/local_news/pritzker-warns-330-000-illinoisans-could-lose-medicaid-under-trump-s-budget-plan/article_ef4b6f31-da42-4409-ab1b-742ba1992383.html

WAND TV
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/bill-requiring-contraception-medication-abortion-at-public-college-health-centers-awaits-pritzkers-signature/article_86b83d4b-04c9-4e1c-b39f-686fba5b7660.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— June jobs report shows crack in private sector as immigration slows.
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/june-jobs-report-shows-crack-in-private-sector-as-immigration-slows-labor-department-government-federal-tariffs-president-donald-trump-bankrate-labor-force-karoline-leavitt

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— New Illinois budget lists $500,000 to closed Lincoln College
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/new-illinois-budget-lists-500000-to-closed-lincoln-college

WSIU
— Freedom Caucus: Illinois Can’t Afford Four More Years Of Pritzker
https://www.wsiu.org/politics-elections/2025-07-03/freedom-caucus-illinois-cant-afford-four-more-years-of-pritzker

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

JOHN KASS
— Who Counts? Trump Poised To Try To Remove Noncitizens From Census
https://johnkassnews.com/who-counts-trump-poised-to-try-to-remove-noncitizens-from-census/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What does it mean to be a Democrat? It means that you promote dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, prostitution, and other vices, further 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. It means that you do everything that you can to get rid of Trump and to get rid of those share his demographics, that is, those who are conservative, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I should write about the aforesaid. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— House passes ‘big, beautiful bill,’ sending sweeping tax and spending cuts to Trump for signature
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/3/house-passes-big-beautiful-bill-sending-sweeping-tax-spending-cuts/
— One nation, under God, 249 years strong
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/3/one-nation-god-249-years-strong/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democrats cry wolf over Medicaid cuts
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/3461544/democrats-cry-wolf-over-medicaid-cuts/

NEW YORK POST
— Trump admin stops handing over illegal migrant criminals to California for prosecution — it will just deport them instead.
https://nypost.com/2025/07/03/us-news/trump-admin-stops-handing-over-illegal-migrant-criminals-to-california-for-prosecution/
— EPA puts 139 employees on leave over ‘declaration of dissent’ letter. I did far more than sign a dissent letter. GAO audits IRS. When I was 40 years old in 1988, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. They had unofficially thrown me off audits of IRS because I had complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. They had kept me off audits 1980-1985. They had forced the GAO manager to retire in 1987 who had hired me in 1980 and who had finally been able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me in 1986. They had delayed my promotions and forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. To punish me, they officially threw me off audits of IRS in late 1988, gave me a very bad job assignment, gave me very unfair performance expectations, gave me a very unfair performance appraisal, ranked me at the bottom of my coworkers for pay for performance, and even worse things. I should write about the aforesaid.
https://nypost.com/2025/07/03/us-news/epa-puts-139-employees-on-leave-over-declaration-of-dissent-letter/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Illegals to pay for their own phony asylum filings
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/07/bbb_passes_in_house_illegals_to_pay_for_their_own_phony_asylum_filings.html

BREITBART
— Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill Clears Final House Hurdle En Route to White House
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/07/03/legacy-unlocked-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-clears-final-house-hurdle-en-route-white-house/
— NBC Reporter Worries Illegal Aliens Might Get Injured if They Try to Escape Alligator Alcatraz
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/07/03/nbc-reporter-worries-illegal-aliens-might-get-injured-if-they-try-to-escape-alligator-alcatraz/
— ICE Director Thanks Trump for ‘Unprecedented Funding’ for Deportations in Big Beautiful Bill
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/07/03/ice-director-thanks-trump-for-unprecedented-funding-for-deportations-in-big-beautiful-bill/
— Democrats Panic: Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill Will Deport More Illegal Aliens
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/07/03/democrats-panic-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-will-deport-more-illegal-aliens/
— Judge Blocking Trump’s HHS Reorganization Is Biden Diversity Hire Fixated on Race
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/07/03/udge-blocking-trumps-hhs-reorganization-is-biden-diversity-hire-fixated-on-race/

EPOCH TIMES
— House Passes GOP Megabill, Sending Measure to Trump’s Desk
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/house-passes-gop-megabill-sending-measure-to-trumps-desk-5882140

FOX BUSINESS
— Democrats have ‘gone back to the Soviet playbook of 1917’
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6375206801112

FOX NEWS
— Noncitizens get ‘only limited’ due process rights
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/noncitizens-get-only-limited-due-process-rights-conservative-legal-expert
— Democrats launch ‘Project 2029’ as party attempts to garner support
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6375208043112

NEWSMAX
— Sanctuary Cities Offer No Refuge for Law Abiding Citizens
https://www.newsmax.com/nicholaschamberas/cities-sanctuary/2025/07/03/id/1217475/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NBC NEWS
— Los Angeles cancels some July Fourth events amid deportation fears. But groups opposed to federal immigration enforcement policies plan to proceed with demonstrations, including a “freedom” car cruise outside City Hall. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/los-angeles-cancels-july-fourth-events-deportation-fears-rcna216174

NEWSWEEK
— Trump Could Let Millions of Illegal Immigrants Stay in US
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-could-let-millions-illegal-migrants-stay-us-farmers-hospitality-2094586

MSN
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly replace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/other/in-reversal-trump-uses-term-tied-to-ethnic-cleansing-amid-renewed-mass-deportation-demand/ar-AA1GFaaz

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats Rally to Mamdani After Trump Makes Threats
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/nyregion/mamdani-trump.html
— Zohran Mamdani Identified as Asian and African American on College Application. Mamdani, the Democrat running for mayor of New York City, was born in Uganda. He doesn’t consider himself Black but said the application didn’t allow for the complexity of his background.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/nyregion/mamdani-columbia-black-application.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/us/immigration-raids-fourth-of-july.html

WASHINGTON POST
— US military expands enforcement zone to 1/3 of southern border
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/04/militarized-border-immigration-trump-mexico/b80558d6-588c-11f0-b45b-dc9aeb848c03_story.html
— 139 EPA staffers who signed ‘dissent’ letter are put on leave. I did far more than sign a dissent letter. GAO audits IRS. When I was 40 years old in 1988, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. They had unofficially thrown me off audits of IRS because I had complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. They had kept me off audits 1980-1985. They had forced the GAO manager to retire in 1987 who had hired me in 1980 and who had finally been able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me in 1986. They had delayed my promotions and forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. To punish me, they officially threw me off audits of IRS in late 1988, gave me a very bad job assignment, gave me very unfair performance expectations, gave me a very unfair performance appraisal, ranked me at the bottom of my coworkers for pay for performance, and even worse things. I should write about the aforesaid.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/07/03/epa-dissent-letter-employees-leave/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly decry opposition to their discrimination against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/07/03/republican-shift-against-pluralism/

USA TODAY
— What will student loans look like after Trump’s spending bill is signed? Did you have to work your way through college? I did. My critics/opponents have always used that against me. They have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I had to work my way through college because my GPA was not high enough to get student loans let alone scholarships. I had only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class. My ACT score was only 24. In my defense, my GPA was lower because of instead of studying, I had worked far too many hours during my junior and seniors washing dishes to earn money for UIC expenses and to buy a new car to get to/from UIC classes and my parents’ home in Crete.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2025/07/03/trump-spending-bill-student-loans/84466499007/

MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTENIEL
— Oconomowoc Rotary reverses course after planning nonpolitical July 4 parade. My critics/opponents have always vehemently opposed Republican participation in Wheaton’s Independence Day parades. I should write about them. They have always had 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://www.jsonline.com/story/communities/west/2025/06/11/oconomowoc-rotary-reverses-course-nonpolitical-july-4-parade/84148448007/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: After intending to make this year’s Fourth of July parade a nonpolitical event, the Rotary Club of Oconomowoc reversed course after a local Republican state representative expressed outrage. The Rotary initially planned to have a parade without partisan messaging, with an opportunity for politicians to meet with constituents after the parade. In a June 11 statement, the Board of Directors clarified that all political parties and representatives may fully participate in the July 4 parade, “as has been our longstanding tradition.” In the original plan, politicians were encouraged to participate in three ways, the board said: Walking with the city’s official float, joining a community organization they’re involved in or creating a nonpolitical float with friends and family. The club also said politicians were welcome to gather at the Village Green after the parade for a “special moment of unity” featuring the University of Wisconsin Marching Band, which is still scheduled to occur. “Unfortunately, our intentions were widely misunderstood, and the proposed approach caused considerable frustration and concern within the community. We deeply regret that our message was not clear and led to any confusion or disappointment,” the statement read. The debate began June 9 when the club announced it planned to host a nonpolitical event, in part because the city is marking its 150th anniversary. A signup page for participants notes the parade isn’t hosting political acts this year, “but we look forward to inviting them for the 2026 parade.” “Our aim remains to create a universally enjoyable atmosphere where Oconomowoc’s legacy and community unity can shine brightly, unimpeded by partisan elements,” the club wrote on Facebook. The policy elicited split responses on Facebook, and the club limited comments after more than 350 responses. Some residents and conservative talk radio hosts decried exclusion of anyone from the parade, while others appreciated the Rotary’s decision and said political divisiveness would detract from the festivities. State Rep. Barbara Dittrich, a Republican who represents Oconomowoc in the state Assembly, called the Rotary’s decision “bewildering” in a June 10 statement and said it deliberately excluded state and federal elected officials. Dittrich argued her family “is a dedicated, ingrained part of Oconomowoc’s rich history, dating back to the 1950’s, a third or more of the 150 years being celebrated within this parade.” “Walking in the Oconomowoc parade is not political; It continues my personal ethos of service, greeting all of the wonderful people I serve, no matter who they are or what their personal beliefs,” Dittrich wrote in part, urging the Rotary to reverse its decision. “We have listened intently to your feedback, and we fully recognize the importance of traditional parade participation to many of our local politicians and constituents alike,” the Rotary said in the new statement. In a June 11 message to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, club president Bonnie Lewis-Tschannen said “what’s been unfolding is beyond reason.” “Perhaps the most absurd claim is that we were somehow targeting or banning only Republicans. That is simply not true, and it’s incredibly disheartening to see the narrative twisted this way,” Lewis-Tschannen wrote. Other communities have moved to limit political participation in parades, including Middleton in 2022 after Republican candidates lodged complaints that only incumbents, who were all Democrats in the area, could participate. And rules against campaigning at Waukesha’s July 4 parade drew conservative scrutiny after former Republican U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde was told he couldn’t participate, while a Democratic congressional candidate could. Oconomowoc’s Independence Day Parade begins at 5 p.m. July 4, starting at West Wisconsin Avenue and Concord Road and ending at the Oconomowoc Police Station.)

SKY HI NEWS
— Grand County GOP ready for July 4
https://www.skyhinews.com/news/grand-county-gop-ready-for-july-4/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Grand County Republicans are getting ready for Independence Day. The day begins with a parade down Granby’s Main Street at 11 a.m. After the parade, the Republicans will have a table at the Party in the Park at Polhamus Park for community members to stop by. On July 7, the party will hold its monthly meeting in Kremmling. The meeting is at 404 Park Ave from 6:30-8 p.m. Dinner is sponsored by Rebecca Guthrie. There is no virtual option at the meeting, and party members are encouraged to attend in person and get to know each other. This event will be less formal, with a 20-minute discussion inside (please bring a chair), then time outside to mingle. For September, the Republicans are looking ahead to Constitution Week in Grand Lake. The patriotic celebration takes place from Sept. 15-21. Volunteers are planning to participate in the parade and have a table at the event. A schedule of events will be announced.)

FORBES
— ‘Rejected By The People’: Johnson Tees Off On ‘Woke’ Dems For Pushing ‘Full Speed To The Far Left’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnoq98vkF70

BLOOMBERG LAW
— Federal Hiring Office Walks Back Essay Questions for New Hires. For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat who was minority, female, younger, and/or veteran who would take the job. They gambled and lost that I would become a Democrat. Because of that, they wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/federal-hiring-office-walks-back-essay-questions-for-new-hires

FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Civil service provisions removed from Senate reconciliation bill. If you are a federal employee, the more of the following that you are, the less that Civil Service provisions protect you: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or if you have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Because I am all of the aforesaid and because I complained about their discrimination, my Democrat superiors in the federal government were able to take many adverse actions against me. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take a  $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/congress/2025/06/civil-service-federal-union-provisions-removed-from-senate-reconciliation-bill/

July 3, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— 4 dead, 14 wounded in River North mass shooting
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/03/near-north-side-mass-shooting/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/02/wisconsin-supreme-court-abortion-ban/
— Tesla sales plunge again
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/02/tesla-sales-musk/
— Trump administration withholds over $6 billion for after-school, summer programs and more. What did you do after school and summers? I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, and worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/02/trump-school-program/
— Dolton buying Pope Leo XIV’s childhood home in village, price uncertain
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/02/dolton-buying-pope-childhood-home/
— Protecting/improving my credit score was always a top priority for me. That enabled me to get loans to buy a) a new 1972 Corvette when I was in 23 in 1971 and b) a new town home in University Park a year later.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/03/opinion-student-loan-repayment-credit-scores-donald-trump/
— Illinois is aging faster than the rest of the country a) because Democrat policies drive young people out of Illinois and b) because Pritzker has not yet taxed retirement income.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/03/illinois-aging-population-loss-retirees/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Student group banned by DePaul continues to run covert birth control delivery service. University officials recently suspended the group from campus because of its affiliation with Planned Parenthood. Student leaders accuse DePaul of kowtowing to President Donald Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/07/03/depaul-student-group-covertly-delivers-birth-control-after-being-banned-from-campus
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/lgbtq/2025/06/29/pride-month-drag-queens-gigs-corporations-trump-administration-lgbtq

ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/politicians-pastors-protest-downtown-chicago-house-gears-vote-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-citing-medicaid-cut-fears/16923156/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqOX3kyz-SA

NBC5
— Pritzker ever-increasingly promotes more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/pritzker-spending-bill-leaves-trump-gop-with-blood-on-their-hands/3781336/

WGN9
— Illinois State Police recruiting women to join their workforce. Recruiting, retaining, and promoting those who are minority, female, and/or younger has always been a top priority for all those above me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyRdUj11ClU

FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1668285

WBEZ
— Since I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have been furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my health insurance. Since I was 29 years old in 1978, my critics/opponents have been furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my wife’s health insurance. In my defense, I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for almost 28 years. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on my critics/opponents who would never stoop to take a federal job. I would especially focus on my critics/opponents who look down on if not despise a) wage earners like I was for 33 years and b) pensioners like I have been for almost 28 years.
https://www.wbez.org/reset-with-sasha-ann-simons/2025/07/02/trump-policy-bill-threatens-medicaid-coverage-for-americans-with-disabilities

KWQC
— ICE arrests skyrocket in Illinois in Iowa since Trump took office
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i56Q9cySikI

25 NEWS NOW
— Illinois to rely less on testing to judge teachers’ performance. To recruit, retain, and advance more young minorities and more young females, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly a) replace objective criteria with subjective criteria and b) lower standards. The aforesaid ever-increasingly rendered worthless my bachelor’s degree, three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and professional license.
https://www.25newsnow.com/2025/07/02/illinois-rely-less-testing-judge-teachers-performance/

CHICAGO PATCH
— A new wave of protests against Trump is set to boycott the traditional parades and fireworks that celebrate America’s Independence this week. How many hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will boycott Wheaton’s and Glen Ellyn’s fireworks and parades this year?
https://patch.com/illinois/chicago/no-flags-or-fireworks-what-nationwide-july-4-protests-mean-il

CHALKBEAT CHICAGO
— For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats. My Republican parents’ sending me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod put me on track to earn a bachelor’s degree, three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license.
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/07/02/illinois-superintendent-tony-sanders-responds-to-trump-withholding-education-funds/

AXIOS
— “Chicago’s Morning Answer” cuts Amy Jacobson
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2025/07/02/chicago-morning-answer-cuts-amy-jacobson-dan-proft-wind

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/02/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-338/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

ILLINOIS GOP
— Democrats in Disarray: Rep. Harry Benton on Christian Mitchell
https://illinois.gop/democrats-in-disarray-rep-harry-benton-on-christian-mitchell/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

AMERICAN THINKER
— Trump 1.0 vs. Trump 2.0
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/07/trump_1_0_vs_trump_2_0.html
— The statistics of systemic racism.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/07/the_statistics_of_systemic_racism.html

BREITBART
— Drag Queen Pattie Gonia Ends Pride Month with Anti-Trump Tirade
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2025/07/02/celebrity-drag-queen-pattie-gonia-closes-pride-month-with-a-message-for-trump-better-to-be-a-fot-than-a-fascist/

DAILY CALLER
— Blue States Try To Keep Illegals’ Medicaid Data Hidden From Trump Admin
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/02/blue-states-sue-to-hide-medicaid-info/

FEDERALIST
— Poll: Only 36% Of Democrats Are Proud To Be American. According to Democrat leaders, what does it mean to be American? From what I see, it is getting rid of Republicans, and especially Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://thefederalist.com/2025/07/02/poll-only-36-of-democrats-are-proud-to-be-american/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Alligator Alcatraz — an Idea Whose Time Has Come
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/alligator-alcatraz-an-idea-whose-time-has-come/

POST MILLENNIAL
— Bill de Blasio vows to organize ‘human shield’ if Trump seeks to arrest Zohran Mamdani over promised anti-ICE actions should he become mayor. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make it clear that they hate America and that they hate Americans.
https://thepostmillennial.com/bill-de-blasio-vows-to-organize-human-shield-if-trump-seeks-to-arrest-zohran-mamdani-over-promised-anti-ice-actions-should-he-become-mayor

REAL CLEAR MARKETS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more mass/illegal immigration.
https://www.realclearmarkets.com/2025/07/02/how_trumps_immigration_policy_will_slow_economic_growth_1120155.html

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Laura Ingraham: The Left Is Only Happy With America When They Get Their Way, But Otherwise We Have Sins To Atone For. According to Democrat leaders, what does it mean to be American? From what I see, it is getting rid of Republicans, and especially Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/07/02/laura_ingraham_the_left_is_only_happy_with_america_when_they_get_their_way_but_otherwise_we_have_sins_to_atone_for.html

TOWNHALL
— Another Day, Another Rogue Judge
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeff-charles/2025/07/02/federal-judge-blocks-trump-order-barring-migrants-who-cross-the-border-from-applying-for-asylum-n2659848

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Trump will kick off a yearlong celebration of America’s 250th anniversary with event in Iowa. How long have your ancestors been in America? My ancestors have been in America since 1844. The longer that your ancestors have been in America and the more of the following that you are, the more that Democrat leaders do to get rid of you: conservative, White, male, older, married, non-poor, Protestant, and/or German American.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-will-kick-off-a-yearlong-celebration-of-america-s-250th-anniversary-with-event-in-iowa/ar-AA1HRVXh

CNN
— What would you stress about yourself if you sought a political or government office? I would stress a) that I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year and that I worked for IRS for almost 9 years before that, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year, b) that I have master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, c) that I became a certified public accountant, internal auditor, fraud examiner, government financial manager, financial services auditor, and forensic accountant, and d) that I became a licensed CPA.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/02/politics/kfile-paul-ingrassia-office-of-special-counsel-nomination

YAHOO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/buffalo-neighbors-leaders-speak-against-020613676.html

NEWSWEEK
— Trump’s Approval Rating Spikes With Millennials
https://www.newsweek.com/trumps-approval-rating-spikes-millennialspolls-2093288

NEW YORK TIMES
— Since I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have been furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my health insurance. Since I was 29 years old in 1978, my critics/opponents have been furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my wife’s health insurance. In my defense, I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for almost 28 years. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on my critics/opponents who would never stoop to take a federal job. I would especially focus on my critics/opponents who look down on if not despise a) wage earners like I was for 33 years and b) pensioners like I have been for almost 28 years.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/business/poor-americans-senate-legislation.html
— Everyone in politics and in journalism should fully disclose where the money came from. My money came from what I earned doing yard work, delivering newspapers, washing dishes, cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, pumping gasoline, delivering mail, working on an automotive assemble line, selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances, pumping more gasoline, collecting delinquent federal taxes, and auditing federal agencies. Since 1997, my money has come from my Civil Service Retirement System pension, and since 2010, Social Security. More recently, I have inherited some money.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/us/trump-finances-crypto.html
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly vote for candidates who do not share Trump’s demographics: Trump is conservative, White, male, older, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time. That is, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly vote for candidates who are liberal, minority, female, younger, unmarried, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. How many voters in the following are hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters: your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/nyregion/zohran-mamdani-voters-strategy.html
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly crow about their success in destroying Tesla to destroy Musk to destroy Trump to destroy the Republican Party to destroy America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/business/tesla-sales-elon-musk.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/opinion/trump-deportation-immigration-control.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: The Summer Job, a Rite of Passage for Teens, May Be Fading Away. I got summer jobs doing the following because my peers would not stoop to take them: doing yard work, delivering newspapers, washing dishes, cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, pumping gasoline, and delivering mail. Because I took the aforesaid bad jobs, I was viewed as being a loser.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/business/summer-jobs-teens.html

WASHINGTON POST
— How Trump’s media war brought Paramount to its knees. Tuesday night’s $16 million settlement with Trump followed months of tension between CBS’s journalistic mission and its corporate interest.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/02/trump-paramount-cbs-settlement-media/
— Trump administration withholds $7 billion from schools; advocates to sue. For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/07/02/schools-education-trump-administration-funding-hold/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/07/02/mahmoud-skrmetti-supreme-court-lgbt/

USA TODAY
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters hate his successes.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/07/01/trump-stock-market-jobs-border-security/84415919007/
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/06/30/trump-dei-rollback-slowdown/84421308007/

KTUL
— My critics/opponents look down on manufacturing jobs and would never take them. I chipped slag in 1966 and I worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970.
https://ktul.com/news/nation-world/demographic-collapse-could-pose-a-major-threat-to-trumps-hope-of-a-manufacturing-revival-china-economy-spending-cuts-immigration-crackdown-import-taxes-tariffs

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly crow about their success in destroying Tesla to destroy Musk to destroy Trump to destroy the Republican Party to destroy America.
https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/tesla-sales-q2-2025-e2087c11
— Mamdani Brings Third World Prejudices to New York. The mayoral candidate champions policies that make countries poor and spews anti-Israel rhetoric.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/zohran-mamdani-brings-third-world-prejudices-to-new-york-4b87c111
— The mainstream news media exists to destroy Republicans, and especially to destroy Republicans who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/donald-trump-lawfare-media-kristi-noem-cnn-iceblock-cbs-paramount-2ce75c5e
— The Problematic Politics of Trump’s Bill: More Lower-Income Americans Are Voting GOP. The class inversion of the two parties is making it harder for Republicans to cut the social safety net. What percent of the voters in the following are on Medicaid: your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.wsj.com/politics/the-problematic-politics-of-trumps-bill-more-lower-income-americans-are-voting-gop-0b6288d0

POLITICO
— According to my critics/opponents, I have always been too conservative, that is, I have always promoted too many planks in the Republican Party platform. Most commonly, my critics/opponents reject the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have had their operative and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/20/bill-spadea-new-jersey-governor-republican-00298483

TIME
— For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://time.com/7299514/bill-will-devastate-public-schools/

PBS
— To get more votes from those who are the following, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use government to give them more preference: liberal, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/how-trumps-big-bill-could-affect-women-children-and-lgbtq-americans

PEW RESEARCH
— Behind Trump’s 2024 Victory, a More Racially and Ethnically Diverse Voter Coalition
https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2025/06/26/behind-trumps-2024-victory-a-more-racially-and-ethnically-diverse-voter-coalition/

INDEPENDENT
— NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani holds rally with union leaders. My critics/opponents despise/hate unions and union members. I was a union member for almost 12 years.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFwho5alDBs

June 30, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Musk threatens to back primary challengers against members of Congress who vote for Trump’s megabill
https://abc7chicago.com/post/musk-threatens-back-primary-challengers-members-congress-vote-trumps-megabill/16893089/
— Gov. Pritzker signs college access and affordability bill into law. I would not have been able to graduate debt-free from NIU in 1970 owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE if my parents had not provided me with room and board in their Crete home while I worked for the Park Forest Post Office a) while I took classes at UIC 1966, 1967, and 1968 and weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969 and b) the summers of 1967, 1968, and 1969.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/governor-jb-pritzker-sign-college-access-affordability-illinois-students-law-monday-chicago/16888402/

NBC5
— Musk shreds Trump’s tax bill as ‘DEBT SLAVERY,’ vows to unseat Republicans who back it
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/musk-rips-trumps-tax-bill-as-debt-slavery-vows-to-unseat-republicans-who-back-it/3779464/

FOX32
— Republicans’ level of national pride is 92% this year, up from 85% in 2024. Democratic pride plunged from 62% to 36%. Democrats exist for the Democrat Party platform, not for America.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/fewer-americans-proud-us-gallup-poll

WTTW
— Chicago Ended 2024 With $161M Deficit
https://news.wttw.com/2025/06/30/chicago-ended-2024-161m-deficit-officials

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders say how Trump’s mega tax bill would impact Illinois
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/06/30/president-trump-mega-tax-bill-illinois

DAILY HERALD
— A coalition of 25 suburban mayors is beseeching lawmakers to think twice before approving a transit rescue plan they say is seriously flawed.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250629/transportation/stand-up-for-our-hometowns-suburban-mayors-slam-transit-proposal/

WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/06/30/immigration-arrests-violated-the-fourth-amendment-chicago-lawyers-argue-in-court

SOUTHERN
— Trump administration finds Harvard in ‘violent violation’ of Civil Rights Act, threatens funding loss
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/06/30/trump-administration-finds-harvard-in-violent-violation-of-civil-rights-act-threatens-funding-loss/
— Department of Justice suing Los Angeles over sanctuary city policy
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/06/30/department-of-justice-suing-los-angeles-over-sanctuary-city-policy/

IPM NEWS
— Democrat and RINO leaders face uncertainty, chaos following birthright citizenship ruling
https://ipmnewsroom.org/immigration-advocates-in-central-illinois-face-uncertainty-chaos-following-birthright-citizenship-ruling/

ADVANTAGE NEWS
— Mendrick speaks as IL governor maintains focus on Washington
https://www.advantagenews.com/news/local/gop-challenger-speaks-as-il-governor-maintains-focus-on-washington/article_b98eec7d-144a-4fd7-ba0d-e6219053d7fa.html

STARVED ROCK
— Three Republicans (Mendrick, Perez, and Severino) have already announced campaigns for governor. The field is expected to grow. Other Republicans rumored to be considering a run include Congressman Darin LaHood of Peoria and state Rep. Blaine Wilhour of Beecher City.
https://www.starvedrock.media/wlpo/pritzker-run-brings-number-of-candidates-to-four/article_27632602-04e9-4a85-b530-b59e1ebcf025.html

ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ at ISU
https://news.illinoisstate.edu/2025/06/radical-roots-and-enduring-activism-milestones-in-lgbtqia-history-at-illinois-state-university/

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/06/30/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-336/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

DAILY CALLER
— Bill filed that would require GAO to secure congressional approval before filing a civil lawsuit against the Trump administration. There are nearly 40 open GAO inquiries into Trump administration funding freezes, agency head Gene Dodaro said in April.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/06/30/exclusive-andy-harris-bill-defang-government-accountability-office/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “President Trump was elected to disrupt the status quo and return power to the American people,” Harris said in a statement. “This bill protects President Trump from GAO overreach and ensures that the agency cannot be weaponized by the political establishment to obstruct President Trump’s agenda or to drag out baseless legal challenges designed to grind the Executive Branch to a halt.”)
— Prestigious Law School Journal Reportedly Finds Secret Way To Reward Race In Applications
https://dailycaller.com/2025/06/30/prestigious-law-school-journal-reportedly-reward-race-applications-duke/

FEDERATION FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Asylum Claims for Those Who Entered the Country Illegally Should be Dismissed
https://www.fairus.org/news/executive/uscis-considers-dismissing-asylum-claims-those-who-entered-country-illegally

FOX NEWS
— Trump administration sues Los Angeles over sanctuary policies that ‘impede’ ICE operations. DOJ lawsuit invokes Supremacy Clause, alleges LA discriminates against federal authorities following recent riots.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-administration-sues-los-angeles-over-sanctuary-policies-impede-ice-operations
— Americans’ pride in their country is declining, new Gallup poll shows. Only 36% of Democrats say they’re proud to be American, down from 62% last year.  Democrats ever-increasingly are socialists, if not communists.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/americans-pride-country-declining-new-gallup-poll-shows

DAILY WIRE
— ICE Officials Slam CNN For Promoting App That Helps Illegals Dodge Federal Agents. ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons said that CNN’s is “willfully endangering the lives of officers” by promoting the platform.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/ice-officials-slam-cnn-for-promoting-app-that-helps-illegals-dodge-federal-agents

MINDING THE CAMPUS
— What Costs $55 Million? CA’s Restorative Justice Program Teaches Prisoners About ‘White Supremacy’
https://www.mindingthecampus.org/2025/06/30/what-costs-55-million-cas-restorative-justice-program-teaches-prisoners-about-white-supremacy/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Explosive Medicaid Growth Calls for Significant Reforms
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/06/explosive-medicaid-growth-calls-for-significant-reforms/

NEWS BUSTERS
— MSNBC Latina Contributor: Trump A Threat To The ‘Undocumented Community.’  Illegals are a threat to the legal community.
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/mark-finkelstein/2025/06/30/msnbc-latina-contributor-trump-threat-undocumented-community

TOWNHALL
— 44 Democrats Vote to Allow Criminal Illegals on Medicaid
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/06/30/44-democrats-just-voted-to-let-criminal-illegals-on-medicaid-n2659709

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

APT
— 1.4 Million Illegals to Be Removed from Medicaid Under ‘Big Beautiful Bill’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwhR_H6-wFI

WASHINGTON POST
— My Democrat superiors in the federal government demanded loyalty to the Democrat Party platform, that is, they demanded race and gender based preference giving, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. The aforesaid is political affiliation discrimination.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/16/trump-civil-service-loyalty-firings/
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-accelerates-push-to-reward-loyalty-in-federal-workforce/ar-AA1GN8nG

SLATE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly encourage LGBTQers to come to America.
https://slate.com/life/2025/06/america-united-states-queer-asylum-refugee-lgbtq.html