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FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Trump addresses West Point graduates following DEI crackdown at military academies. The school removed diversity related curriculum after Trump order.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/donald-trump-west-point-graduation-2025-president-address-us-military-academy-grads-following-dei-crackdown/16529248/
— 14 suspects wanted in beating, robbery of couple on CTA Red Line downtown.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-crime-14-suspects-wanted-beating-robbery-couple-cta-red-line-train-downtown-printers-row-police-say/16525737/
— Israeli Embassy staffers’ alleged killer railed against Gaza war online, protested at Emanuel’s home.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/elias-rodriguez-washington-dc-shooting-suspect-posted-gaza-war-online-protested-chicago-mayor-rahm-emanuels-home/16532127/
— IL lawmakers push for additional security funds for cultural, religious orgs after DC shooting.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-lawmakers-push-additional-security-funds-cultural-religious-organizations-couple-shot-washington-dc/16524210/
— Chicago Black pastors gather in solidarity with Mayor Brandon Johnson amid DOJ hiring investigation. Gathering appeared to be attempt to help shore up mayor’s political base, but it could be a risky strategy. Chicago Black pastors could stress that Chicago Republican leaders did not come to my defense when my Chicago Democrat GAO superiors replaced me with my Black subordinate. Chicago Black pasters could use that to argue that both Democrats and Republicans want Blacks to get more preference over non-Blacks.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-black-pastors-gather-solidarity-mayor-brandon-johnson-amid-department-justice-hiring-investigation/16523946/

NBC5
— Under the Democrats, sooner or later, everyone will be on Medicaid.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/what-historic-medicaid-snap-cuts-in-house-republican-bill-would-mean-for-coverage/3752913/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/house-republican-tax-bill-skipped-aca-credits-marketplace-health-insurance-will-get-pricier-without-them/3752867/
— House Republican tax bill favors the rich — how much they stand to gain, and why.  How rich are you? My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid, and therefore rich. They stress that in today’s dollars, I earned a) $19.37/hour in when I was 16, b) $55,850/year when I was 22, c) $68,315/year when I was 23, d) $82,655/year when I was 24, e) $99,069/year when I was 25, f) $112,280/year when was 31, g) $117,807/year when I was 38, and h) $153,151/year when I was 49. In today’s dollars, since I was 49 in 1997, my Civil Service Retirement System pension has been $66,780/year. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, b) job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and d) a Job-related professional license when I was 32.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/house-republican-tax-bill-favors-the-rich-how-much-they-stand-to-gain-and-why/3752573/

CBS2
— Trump threatens to hit Apple with 25% tariff on iPhones made outside U.S.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/trump-apple-25-tariff-iphones/

FOX32
— Jewish leaders criticize Chicago mayor over handling of antisemitism. I should write about how my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors had my many Jewish superiors and supervisors take big adverse actions against me. They stressed that I was conservative, Republican, Protestant, German American,  a Crete resident 1948-1972, and a Wheaton resident since 1978.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/jewish-leaders-criticize-chicago-mayor-handling-antisemitism

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: ‘Our people hire our people’: Long before DOJ probe into Mayor Brandon Johnson, racial politics coursed through City Hall hiring. Under the Democrats, ever-increasingly, in Illinois, and especially in Democrat-run counties and cities, the more of the following that you are, the bleaker that your future is: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/25/mayor-brandon-johnson-racial-politics-city-hall-hiring/
— Trump’s speech to West Point graduates mixes praise, politics and grievances.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/24/trumps-speech-west-point-graduates/
— New Aurora Mayor John Laesch chooses his leadership team at City Hall. Have leaders chosen you?  My critics/opponents stress that even though I have been a) a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, b) an Illinois Republican Party State Convention delegate since 2000, c) served as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster 2000-2004 and 2008-2010, d) a member of many MTRO Oktoberfest fundraising committees, e) a member of the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee 2003-2007, f) the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, and g) the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks 2005-2020, MTRO leaders a) never asked me to serve as an MTRO officer and b) rudely ended my bid to serve as MTRO Treasurer in 2004.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/24/new-aurora-mayor-john-laesch-chooses-his-leadership-team-at-city-hall/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Under the Democrats, sooner or later, everyone will be on Medicaid
https://chicago.suntimes.com/health/2025/05/24/what-trumps-cuts-to-medicaid-will-mean-for-nursing-homes-long-term-care-facilities-in-illinois
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/05/23/medicaid-affordable-care-act-health-insurance-nutrition-programs-snap-congress-rich-miller
— Chicago Public Schools lays off hundreds of tutors before CPS school year ends. My mother never attended high school. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/05/23/chicago-public-schools-lays-off-hundreds-of-tutors

DAILY HERALD
— Trump hails West Point cadets for their accomplishments and takes credit for US military might.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250524/nation-and-world/trump-hails-west-point-cadets-for-their-accomplishments-and-takes-credit-for-us-military-might/

WBEZ
—  How dependent on government spending is your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?  He who pays the piper calls the tunes.
https://www.wbez.org/health-medicine/2025/05/25/northwestern-uic-medical-researchers-diabetes-hiv-trump-funding-budget-cuts
https://www.wrex.com/news/illinois-news/state-budget-talks-enter-final-week-amid-fears-of-congressional-cuts/article_a753258a-5fc1-41d9-92c6-b73b0f1ff93b.html

WAND TV
— House passes IL plan allowing first time weapon offenders to apply for FOID cards while participating in diversion programs. I have had a FOID card since I was 20 in 1968.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/house-passes-il-plan-allowing-first-time-weapon-offenders-to-apply-for-foid-cards-while/article_4deb582a-ea35-4f9f-bae5-29f569279a93.html

CWB CHICAGO
— Wilding alert: 14 suspects sought in violent robbery, battery aboard CTA train in downtown Chicago. Chicago today, your municipality tomorrow.
https://cwbchicago.com/2025/05/14-suspects-sought-in-violent-robbery-battery-aboard-cta-train-in-downtown-chicago.html

WHEATON PATCH
— Memorial Day Parade To Honor Fallen Service Members In Wheaton Monday May 26. Please join me in watching the parade. The parade route includes the eastern border of my precinct – Warrenville Road between Roosevelt Road and the Wheaton Cemetery.
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/memorial-day-parade-honor-fallen-service-members-wheaton
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Memorial Day is Monday, May 26. Wheaton will honor fallen service members with a Memorial Day Parade that is set to begin at Memorial Park at 10 a.m. Members of the Wheaton Police and Fire Departments will lead the parade. From Memorial Park, the parade will make its way west on Union before heading south on West Street. The parade will end at Wheaton Cemetery, where a ceremony will take place.)
Scheduled for 11 a.m., the Memorial Day Ceremony will be conducted by American Legion Post 76.

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

JOHN KASS
— Confused, Starving Reporters Now Desperate for Food After Killing American Journalism. Ever-increasingly, the mainstream news media is nothing more than a mouthpiece for Democrat leaders.
https://johnkassnews.com/confused-starving-reporters-desperate-for-food-after-killing-and-devouring-journalism/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Republican leaders should reform federal agencies rather than gut them. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats. Democrat politicians force them to push the Democrat Party platform, that is, to push dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. About 1/3 of Americans are Republicans and about 1/3 are Democrats. The federal workforce should look like America. I was one of the last Republicans GAO hired. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966, hired me because they could not find a Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. They gambled and lost that I would become a Democrat. In the U.S. Congress, committee membership is determined by a combination of factors, including party affiliation. Federal agencies should be like congressional committees. For example, about 1/3 of their employees at each grade level should be Republicans and about 1/3 should be Democrats. Further, all hiring, retention, and promotion decisions should be based on merit, that is, AA and DEI should be abolished. If that had been the case when I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 in 1980, I might still be a GAO employee. GAO would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service, currently $195,200/year.  I earned a) job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32. None of my GAO coworkers came close to doing that. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What is your position on preference giving? Chicago Black pastors could stress that Chicago Republican leaders did not come to my defense when my Chicago Democrat GAO superiors replaced me with my Black subordinate. Chicago Black pasters could use that to argue that both Democrats and Republicans want Blacks to get more preference over non-Blacks. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— How rich are you? My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid, and therefore rich. They stress that in today’s dollars, I earned a) $19.37/hour in when I was 16, b) $55,850/year when I was 22, c) $68,315/year when I was 23, d) $82,655/year when I was 24, e) $99,069/year when I was 25, f) $112,280/year when was 31, g) $117,807/year when I was 38, and h) $153,151/year when I was 49. In today’s dollars, since I was 49 in 1997, my Civil Service Retirement System pension has been $66,780/year. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, b) job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and d) a job-related professional license when I was 32. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What have Democrat leaders done to you? I should write about how my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors had my many Jewish superiors and supervisors take big adverse actions against me. They stressed that I was conservative, Republican, Protestant, German American, a Crete resident 1948-1972, and a Wheaton resident since 1978. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Have leaders chosen you?  My critics/opponents stress that even though I have been a) a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, b) an Illinois Republican Party State Convention delegate since 2000, c) served as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster 2000-2004 and 2008-2010, d) a member of many MTRO Oktoberfest fundraising committees, e) a member of the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee 2003-2007, f) the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, and g) the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks 2005-2020, MTRO leaders a) never asked me to serve as an MTRO officer and b) rudely ended my bid to serve as MTRO Treasurer in 2004. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Illinois Democrat leaders stress Pritzker’s great success in promoting more of the following in Illinois: a) dependency on government and charity, b) LGBTQ, c) abortion, d) mass/illegal immigration, e) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, f) diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and g) Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. Illinois Democrat leaders stress that Illinois RINO leaders not only have no problem with the aforesaid, they applaud the aforesaid. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Are/were you an American worker, that is, are/were you an American wage earner? I was 1964-1997. My critics/opponents were never wage earners and/or they despise/hate wage earners. The especially despise/hate unions and union members. They stress that I was a union member 1966-1969 and 1971-1980. They hint/imply/argue/shout that if I had not been a union member, my salary would never have increased from $19.37/hour to $112,280/year in today’s dollars during that time. They ignore/dismiss/belittle that during that time, a) I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree and two job-related master’s degrees and b) I earned a job-related professional certification. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— To get more votes from those who are minority, female, younger, etc., Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly a) shout at those who are minority, female, younger, etc. that Republicans cause all the problems that those who are minority, female, younger. etc. have and b) give those who are minority, female, younger, etc. more preference over those who are Republican. I should write about the aforesaid. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— The Southern Poverty Law Center has put Turning Point USA on its list of hate groups. My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) and TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois were hate groups. I was an ICRC Steering Committee member 2003-2007 and I was the TAPROOT chairman 2005-2012. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the biggest adverse actions against me lately. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What is your position on a) EVs and those who own them and b) American nameplate muscle cars? I should write about the many critical/nasty articles that have been published about the new 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T EV that I just bought. The articles ignore/dismiss/belittle the fact that it does the quarter mile in 12.6 seconds at 135 MPH. I have owned my 2013 Charger R/T Max since 2012. I owned a 1968 Charger R/T show car 1994-2005. I owned a 1969 Charger SE 1968-1971. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Was your career wasted? I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years 1980-1997. GAO works for Congress. Gingrich has always been extremely critical of GAO. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting GAO, I might still be working for GAO. GAO audits IRS. I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 in 1980. I had 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. Instead of forcing me to take a $23,472 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer, GAO should have promoted me to GS-13, currently $117,807/year. GAO should have immediately and always assigned me to audits of IRS. If GAO had done that, I would have soon been promoted to GS-14, currently $139,211/year, GS-15, currently $163,749/year, and Senior Executive Service, currently $195,200/year. I earned master’s degrees in business in 1976, accounting in 1980, and finance in 1997. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981. I became a licensed CPA in 1981. I became a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, Government Financial Manager in 1994, Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and Forensic Accountant in 1997. But the Democrats who ran GAO wasted all that. They delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13. They succeeded in keeping me off audits of IRS for all but 3 years 1986-1988. They always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. They forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. Democrat leaders do not want Republicans to audit IRS. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have taken the aforesaid adverse actions against me that they did. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Pritzker preps for presidential run carrying weight of Illinois failures. Illinois Democrat leaders stress Pritzker’s great success in promoting more of the following in Illinois: a) dependency on government and charity, b) LGBTQ, c) abortion, d) mass/illegal immigration, e) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, f) diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and g) Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. Illinois Democrat leaders stress that Illinois RINO leaders not only have no problem with the aforesaid, they applaud the aforesaid.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/pritzker-preps-for-presidential-run-carrying-weight-of-illinois-failures/
— Illinois’ opaque budget process drives mismanagement, harms taxpayers.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-opaque-budget-process-drives-mismanagement-harms-taxpayers/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump tells West Point cadets he’s returning military to core function: ‘annihilate’ America’s foes. Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly side with America’s foes not only against Trump, but against America.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/24/trump-tells-west-point-cadets-hes-returning-military-core-function/
— Antisemitism may well be the downfall of America. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly bring into America more antisemites and Jew-haters.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/23/antisemitism-may-well-downfall-america/
— Make America safe for Jews again
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/24/editorial-make-america-safe-jews/

NEW YORK POST
— Pritzker is acting presidential — too bad his state is in such shambles
https://nypost.com/2025/05/25/opinion/jb-pritzker-is-acting-presidential-to-bad-his-state-is-in-shambles/
— Hey, Bruce: The Democrats long ago abandoned the American workers of your lyrics — like roadkill. Are/were you an American worker, that is, are/were you an American wage earner? I was 1964-1997. My critics/opponents were never wage earners and/or they despise/hate wage earners. The especially despise/hate unions and union members. They stress that I was a union member 1966-1969 and 1971-1980. They hint/imply/argue/shout that if I had not been a union member, my salary would never have increased from $19.37/hour to $112,280/year in today’s dollars during that time. They ignore/dismiss/belittle that during that time, a) I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree and two job-related master’s degrees and b) I earned a job-related professional certification.
https://nypost.com/2025/05/23/opinion/spare-us-your-tds-bruce-springsteen-stick-to-the-hits/
— Republicans aren’t coming CLOSE to cutting Medicaid as much as America actually needs
https://nypost.com/2025/05/23/opinion/republicans-arent-coming-close-to-cutting-medicaid-as-much-as-america-actually-needs/

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— How America Went Crazy on Race. A new book traces the genealogy of extremist racial ideas that have gone mainstream. To get more votes from those who are minority, female, younger, etc., Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly a) shout at those who are minority, female, younger, etc. that Republicans cause all the problems that those who are minority, female, younger. etc. have and b) give those who are minority, female, younger, etc. more preference over those who are Republican. I should write about the aforesaid.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/how-america-went-crazy-on-race/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Crime Rates of Illegal Migrants Underreported
https://amgreatness.com/2025/05/25/crime-rates-of-illegal-migrants-underreported/

AMERICAN WIRE
— ‘Racist’ Chicago mayor changes subject to ‘monster Trump’ in response to DOJ probe.
https://americanwirenews.com/racist-chicago-mayor-changes-subject-to-monster-trump-in-response-to-doj-probe/

BREITBART
— Trump Delivers West Point Commencement Speech: You ‘Have the Bravest Hearts and Noblest Souls’
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/05/24/donald-trump-delivers-west-point-commencement-speech-you-have-bravest-hearts-noblest-souls/

CAMPUS REFORM
— Southern Illinois University accused of offering unlawful race-based scholarships in federal complaint
https://www.campusreform.org/article/southern-illinois-university-accused-offering-unlawful-race-based-scholarships-federal-complaint/27929

DAILY SIGNAL
— Southern Poverty Law Center Puts Largest Conservative Grassroots Youth Group (Turning Point USA) on ‘Hate Map’ With Klan Chapters. My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) and TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois were hate groups. I was an ICRC Steering Committee member 2003-2007 and I was the TAPROOT chairman 2005-2012. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/05/24/southern-poverty-law-center-puts-largest-conservative-grassroots-youth-group-hate-map-klan-chapters/

NATIOINAL LEGAL AND POLICY CENTER
— How Soros Created & Underwrote the Illegal Immigration Crisis.
https://nlpc.org/government-integrity-project/how-soros-created-underwrote-the-illegal-immigration-crisis/

PJ MEDIA
— Will Sanctuary Cities Survive the Coming Political Reckoning?
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/05/24/will-sanctuary-cities-survive-the-coming-political-reckoning-n4940124

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly increase government spending. How dependent on government spending is your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?  He who pays the piper calls the tunes.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-research-funding-cuts-brain-drain-f1ac9fe5c8a90f5d5ec9b2726475e10e

MSN
— Biden was a ‘figurehead’ controlled by unelected bureaucrats. Democrat and RINO leaders got Biden elected by falsely painting him as being a centrist, a moderate.
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/joe-biden-was-a-figurehead-controlled-by-unelected-bureaucrats/ar-AA1FfYuH

NEW YORK TIMES
— How Electric Vehicles are Targeted by the Republican Policy Bill. The measure, passed by the House, would roll back incentives for people to buy electric vehicles and for automakers to make them in the U.S.  I should write about the many critical/nasty articles that have been published about the new 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T EV that I just bought.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/business/electric-vehicles-house-tax-bill.html
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote Springsteen.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/opinion/bruce-springsteen-trump-conflict.html
— FRONT PAGE: Democrat leaders continue to use George Floyd to promote more hatred against Republicans and against police.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/us/george-floyd-derek-chauvin-republicans.html

WASHINGTON POST
— America’s enemies want America to be dependent on America’s enemies. Hate-filled Trump-hating Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly side with America’s enemies.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/25/siemens-medical-devices-trump-tariffs/
— Democrat leaders will forever use George Floyd to promote more hatred against Republicans and against police.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/05/24/george-floyd-murder-dei-police-reform/
— The U.S. has more than 1 million foreign students. Here’s who they are. International students are at the center of Trump’s latest escalation against Harvard University. IIT admitted me in 1992, DePaul in 1976, Loyola in 1972, NIU in 1969, and UIC in 1966. But if they could have admitted foreign students instead of me, they would have.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/05/25/international-students-harvard-trump/

NEW YOR DAILY NEWS
— Did you pay less federal income tax because you itemized? I did starting in 1972 and my wife and I did starting in 1978. But SALT ended that. My critics/opponents have always been furious that I deducted my graduate evening a) business and accounting course 1972-1980 and b) finance courses 1992-1997.
https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/05/25/big-not-beautiful-house-budget-bill-is-a-mess-that-must-be-amended/

USA TODAY
— Schools that promote Affirmative Action and DEI are in Trump’s crosshairs, that is, schools that promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination are in Trump’s crosshairs.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/05/23/trump-k-12-public-school-funding-dei-order/83458073007/
— Car shaming is real: What to do if someone criticizes your gas-powered vehicle. I should write about the many critical/nasty articles that have been published about the new 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T EV that I just bought.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/columnist/2025/05/23/gas-electric-rentals-summer-road-trips/83774805007/
— The next Democrat or RINO U.S. President will again import as many millions of illegals as they can.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/05/23/republican-senators-trump-border-wall/83823629007/
— Democrat leaders continue to use George Floyd to promote more hatred against Republicans and against police.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/05/24/george-floyd-murder-five-year-anniversary-memorials/83621486007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Judges Weigh Taking Control of Their Own Security Amid Threats. U.S. marshals, sworn to protect federal judges, ultimately answer to President Trump, who has ramped up criticism of the judiciary. I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years 1980-1997. GAO works for Congress. Gingrich has always been extremely critical of GAO. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting GAO, I might still be working for GAO. GAO audits IRS. I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 in 1980. I had 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. Instead of forcing me to take a $23,472 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer, GAO should have promoted me to GS-13, currently $117,807/year. GAO should have immediately and always assigned me to audits of IRS. If GAO had done that, I would have soon been promoted to GS-14, currently $139,211/year, GS-15, currently $163,749/year, and Senior Executive Service, currently $195,200/year. I earned master’s degrees in business in 1976, accounting in 1980, and finance in 1997. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981. I became a licensed CPA in 1981. I became a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, Government Financial Manager in 1994, Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and Forensic Accountant in 1997. But the Democrats who ran GAO wasted all that. They delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13. They succeeded in keeping me off audits of IRS for all but 3 years 1986-1988. They always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. They forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. Democrat leaders do not want Republicans to audit IRS. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have taken the aforesaid adverse actions against me that they did.
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