FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Fencing put up outside Broadview ICE facility after protests
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-operation-midway-blitz-fencing-put-outside-broadview-facility-protests/17870950/
— Missing NY girl found in Blue Island with men in country illegally
https://abc7chicago.com/post/missing-rochester-new-york-girl-found-blue-island-illinois-men-country-illegally-us-marshals-say/17871734/
— Hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters promote Kimmel
https://abc7chicago.com/post/jimmy-kimmel-returns-late-night-glen-powell-ethan-hawke-peyton-manning-appear-guests/17872219/
— Five takeaways from President Trump’s UN speech
https://abc7chicago.com/post/takeaways-president-trumps-united-nations-speech-tuesday/17871642/
CBS2
— Fence goes up outside ICE facility in Broadview. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/fence-goes-up-outside-ice-facility-in-broadview-illinois/
— White House threatens to withhold funding to CPS over Black Student Success plan, transgender student guidelines. To get more votes from Blacks and from LGBTQers, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly give them more preference.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/white-house-threatens-withhold-funding-cps/
WGN9
— Pritzker issued an executive order Tuesday directing state agencies to identify up to 4% of general fund appropriations next year and limit hiring and non-essential spending. Pritzker blames President Trump’s “reckless economic policies” for the move.
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/pritzker-issues-executive-order-directing-agencies-to-save-more-in-2026-over-trump-policies/amp/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago Cubs’ Matt Shaw explains decision to attend Charlie Kirk memorial: ‘That was really important to my faith.’
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/23/chicago-cubs-matt-shaw-charlie-kirk-decision/
— Trump in speech to UN says world body ‘not even coming close to living up’ to its potential
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/23/trump-un-speech/
— Mayor Brandon Johnson twice undercuts Chicago’s fight against crime
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/editorial-mayor-brandon-johnson-twice-100000454.html
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Cubs’ Matt Shaw says leaving team to attend Charlie Kirk’s memorial was ‘what was meant to be.’ “My connection with Charlie was through our [Christian] faith,” Shaw said Tuesday before a series opener against the Mets at Wrigley Field, “and that’s something that drives me every day.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cubs/2025/09/23/cubs-matt-shaw-charlie-kirk-memorial-leaving-team-meant-to-be
— Pointing finger at Trump’s ‘disastrous policies,’ Pritzker directs state agencies to find 4% in budget cuts. Gov. JB Pritzker says cuts are needed because of the impact to the state of the president’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which includes tax breaks for billionaires, cuts to food assistance and anticipated reductions in federal Medicaid funding.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/illinois-governor/2025/09/23/jb-pritzker-state-budget-cuts-donald-trump-big-beautiful-bill
DAILY HERALD
— State lawmaker Terra Costa Howard to become DuPage County judge
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250923/news/state-lawmaker-howard-to-become-dupage-county-judge/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: State Rep. Terra Costa Howard is giving up her seat in the state House to become a DuPage County Circuit Court judge. The Illinois Supreme Court announced Tuesday it is appointing Howard as resident circuit judge, effective Oct. 17. Her term will end Dec. 7, 2026. She fills a vacancy left by the retirement of Judge Paul Fullerton. Howard, a Glen Ellyn Democrat, has served as a state representative since 2019, first for the 48th District and then the 42nd District. A spokesman confirmed Costa Howard is resigning, but said a date has not been set. Costa Howard has had a solo law practice since 2003. Before that, she worked in the DuPage County public defender’s office and as a staff attorney for the DuPage court. “From my first days of working in the Chief Judge’s office and the DuPage County Public Defender’s office, to my current role as State Representative, I have worked to serve the people of DuPage County,” Costa Howard said in a news release from the Illinois Supreme Court. “I believe that every step of my career has led me toward this new challenge, and I look forward to the prospect of bringing my experience — in law and in life — to the bench.” The state constitution prohibits . judges from holding elected office.)
— Schaumburg Township GOP to host candidates for statewide offices at Saturday event. If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, the organization would be continuing to host candidate forums. I served as TAPROOT’s chairman 2005-2012. TAPROOT held breakfast meetings the third Saturday of every month except August when it held a picnic and December when it held a Christmas party. I invited all the speakers for all of its 78 events 2005-2012. I should list all those who spoke at TAPROOT events 2005-2012. Almost all of them were Republican candidates, elected officials, and/or party leaders. My critics/opponents had their operatives and their dupes destroy TAPROOT in 2012.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250923/news/schaumburg-township-gop-to-host-candidates-for-statewide-offices-at-saturday-event/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government and charity.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250923/news/we-will-take-care-of-people-conroys-county-budget-plan-responds-to-threatened-federal-cuts/
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Paprocki calls out Chicago archdiocese for giving Sen. Durbin lifetime achievement award
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/local/2025/09/23/sen-dick-durbin-is-getting-an-award-from-the-chicago-archdiocese/86295224007/
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Employers want citizens of foreign countries because employers want cheap labor
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/more-americans-think-companies-benefit-from-legal-immigration-a-new-ap-norc-poll-finds/article_e2328dc1-54ee-5e0e-9d56-d54c5c2e78fb.html
MUDDY RIVER NEWS
— Thomas DeVore gets law license suspended
https://muddyrivernews.com/politics/devore-gets-law-license-suspended/20250922210335/
OAK PARK
— Marijuana and traffic. Oak Park today, your municipality tomorrow.
https://www.oakpark.com/2025/09/23/marijuana-and-traffic/
(FROM THE LETTER: Oak Park residents are facing growing public safety concerns, and the situation seems to be worsening. At the intersection of Taylor and Adams, few vehicles comes to a full stop at crosswalks — just one example of how traffic laws are being routinely ignored. This puts pedestrians at serious risk, and it’s not an isolated issue. Another concern is the frequent smell of marijuana on Oak Park streets, especially from passing vehicles. While recreational cannabis is legal in Illinois, the pervasive odor — often near schools, parks, and residential areas — has become a public nuisance and, at times, a health issue. Yet Democratic leadership has shown little interest in addressing the unintended consequences of legalization. Compounding these problems is the rise in uninsured motorists. A friend of mine was recently rear-ended by an uninsured driver whose car smelled strongly of marijuana. Beyond the financial burden, the incident highlighted the danger of impaired, unaccountable drivers. The Illinois Supreme Court’s 2024 People v. Redmond decision, which ruled that the smell of cannabis alone does not justify legal action, has made it even harder for law enforcement to respond effectively.)
WLDS
— Former GOP Attorney General candidate Thomas DeVore has law license suspended by IL Supreme Court
https://wlds.com/former-gop-attorney-general-candidate-has-law-license-suspended-by-il-supreme-court/
DURBIN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their illegals. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/durbin-leads-illinois-democrats-in-demanding-an-end-to-dangerous-and-reckless-immigration-operations
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/09/23/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-388/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Law License of Former Republican Attorney General Candidate Thomas DeVore Suspended for Sixty Days for Having Sexual Relationship with Client
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/09/23/law-license-of-former-republican-attorney-general-candidate-suspended-for-sixty-days-for-having-sexual-relationship-with-client/
— Cook County Jail Holding Illegal Accused of Murder, ICE Seeks Custody
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/09/23/cook-county-jail-holding-illegal-accused-of-murder-ice-seeks-custody/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois House Minority Leader Tony McCombie, R-Savanna says Pritzker budget cut EO a ploy for IL tax increases
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_f604509a-94fe-49a9-8a4d-f88ce2ceae99.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “How about, let’s not spend $2.3 billion on health care for illegal immigrants,” McCombie told The Center Square. “That’s not even touching what we spend on the increase of costs in our schools or for housing or other wraparound programs that they are qualifying for.” McCombie said Pritzker blaming Trump and not Democratic policies impacting the economy is a smokescreen for more tax increases. “Whether it’s for transit, whether it’s for more pork projects and or, God forbid, the failing energy policies that continue to plague Illinois,” McCombie said.)
ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Milton Township Operates “Nonprofit” With Public Funds, Self-Declares It A Private Entity Not Subject To FOIA
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2025/09/milton-township-operates-nonprofit-with-public-funds-self-declares-it-a-private-entity-not-subject-to-foia/
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Antifa: Ideology or Organization?
https://illinoisfamily.org/islam-sharia/antifa-ideology-or-organization/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois’ Congressional Democrats reject gerrymandering – for wrong reasons. Illinois Democrats rejected a mid-cycle redistricting plan cooked up by U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries to maximize Democratic partisan advantage in the state’s congressional district map. The reason? They don’t want to endanger their safe seats.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-congressional-democrats-reject-gerrymandering-for-wrong-reasons/
— Chicago budget rises over 2X faster than other big cities
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-budget-rises-over-2x-faster-than-other-big-cities/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump blasts U.N. at General Assembly speech, accuses it of not helping to stop wars
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/23/donald-trump-blasts-un-general-assembly-speech-accuses-helping-stop/
— More college kids are embracing political violence
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/23/happy-voice-silenced-college-kids-embracing-political-violence/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— There is no First Amendment right to obstruct law enforcement
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/3818416/no-first-amendment-right-obstruct-law-enforcement/
— Trump’s silent surrender on China
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3820531/trump-trade-deal-china-tiktok-student-visas/
— Kamala Harris continues her dangerous, deceitful, and inflammatory rhetoric
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/3819658/kamala-harris-continues-her-dangerous-deceitful-and-inflammatory-rhetoric/
— Hegseth terminates Pentagon committee that advances ‘divisive feminist agenda’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense/3820520/pete-hegseth-terminates-pentagon-committee-divisive-feminist-agenda/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump warns Europe ‘being devastated by energy and immigration’ in UN speech
https://nypost.com/2025/09/23/us-news/trump-warns-europe-being-devastated-by-energy-and-immigration-in-un-speech/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— The battle in Broadview: How Democratic leaders are causing chaos, not ICE agents
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/09/23/the-battle-in-broadview-how-democratic-leaders-are-causing-chaos-not-ice-agents-1587188/
— Man of the people! Obamas vacationed on Steven Spielberg’s $250M superyacht off Italian coast
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/09/23/man-of-the-people-obamas-vacationed-on-steven-spielbergs-250m-superyacht-off-italian-coast-1587331/
BREITBART
— Close to 1.6 Million Illegal Aliens Already Left the Country on Their Own
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/09/23/homan-close-to-1-6-illegal-aliens-already-left-the-country-on-their-own/
CATHOLIC VOTE
— Illinois Right to Life to protest Cardinal Cupich’s decision to award pro-abortion senator
https://catholicvote.org/illinois-right-to-life-to-protest-cardinal-cupichs-decision-to-award-pro-abortion-senator/
COLLEGE FIX
— Professors bash Florida college’s plans for Charlie Kirk statue
https://www.thecollegefix.com/odious-white-supremacy-professors-bash-florida-colleges-plans-for-charlie-kirk-statue/
LIFE NEWS
— Cardinal Cupich is Wrong, Catholics Shouldn’t Honor Radical Abortion Activists
https://www.lifenews.com/2025/09/23/cardinal-cupich-is-wrong-catholics-shouldnt-honor-radical-abortion-activists/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Major Broadcasting Groups Refuse to Air Jimmy Kimmel After ABC Lifts Suspension
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/major-broadcasting-groups-refuse-to-air-jimmy-kimmel-after-abc-lifts-suspension/
NEWSMAX
— Nearly 2 Million Illegals Out of US Under Trump
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/tom-homan-donald-trump-immigration/2025/09/23/id/1227476/
— Trump to UN: ‘Your Countries Are Going to Hell’
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/un-illegals-migration/2025/09/23/id/1227528/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Hegseth axes decades-old advisory committee on women in the military
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5518114-pete-hegseth-advisory-committee-women-military/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5517888-pritzker-says-no-federal-troops/
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders decry that “Charlie Kirk left young followers all over Trump’s government. A generation of young conservatives idolized Kirk. Many have since aged into Washington jobs.” I would not have become a postal employee when I was 18 in 1966 if my high school friend had not asked me to take the postal employment examination with him. The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/2025/09/23/charlie-kirk-fans-working-in-trump-government/
NATIONAL DESK
— Dr. Ben Carson criticizes media influence during Charlie Kirk memorial service
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsaS4nr3w9M
Tag: cannabis
September 22, 2025 Evening Edition
Democrats, RINOs, and other anti-conservatives boycott Kirk events.
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Democrat leaders decry that federal agents fire pepper balls at their protesters as buses transport people at Broadview ICE facility
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-operation-midway-blitz-chaplain-calls-calm-outside-broadview-facility-amid-protests/17865967/
— Supreme Court allows Trump firing of FTC commissioner without cause. In Diersen v. GAO, my Democrat GAO superiors hinted/implied that they forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 for cause. They had always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. They had delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13. They had kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I had worked for GAO. They had forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS. In my defense, I stressed that I had a) earned job-related master’s degrees in 1997, 1981, and 1976, b) earned job-related professional certifications in 1997, 1996, 1994, 1990, 1981, and 1979., and c) earned a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/supreme-court-allows-trump-firing-ftc-commissioner/17866977/
NBC5
— Durbin’s abortion stance sparks backlash ahead of Archdiocese award
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/durbins-abortion-stance-sparks-backlash-ahead-of-archdiocese-award/3827850/
CBS2
— Protests continue after heated clashes outside Broadview ICE facility
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/protests-continue-heated-clashes-broadview-illinois-ice-facility/
WTTW
— Democrat leaders charge ICE with using excessive force
https://news.wttw.com/2025/09/22/ice-denies-using-excessive-force-agency-broadens-immigration-arrests-chicago-area
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago’s budget crisis is a spending problem, not a revenue problem
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/22/opinion-chicago-budget-crisis-cps/
— Protesters gather in Loop Monday to demand Illinois Treasurer Michael Frerichs divest state investments from Israel bonds
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/22/illinois-treasurer-michael-frerichs-protest/
— Police make gun-related arrest No. 16 near Naperville Topgolf
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/22/topgolf-gun-arrests-naperville-police/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders have their protesters clash with ICE agents at Broadview facility
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/09/21/immigration-ice-arrest-broadview
— Democrat leaders have their operatives promote more hatred against Kirk.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/09/20/charlie-kirk-gun-violence-farrakhan-kanye-muslims-mamdani-rummana-hussain
DAILY HERALD
— Some admirers of Charlie Kirk hope response to his death signals start of a religious revival. Why didn’t the Daily Herald report on the Kirk event Sunday Evening in Wheaton?
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250922/nation-and-world/some-admirers-of-charlie-kirk-hope-response-to-his-death-signals-start-of-a-religious-revival/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250922/marijuana/cook-county-launches-cannabiz-pathways-program-to-support-entrepreneurs-in-cannabis-industry/
NORTHWEST HERALD
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot in Crystal Lake
https://www.shawlocal.com/northwest-herald/2025/09/22/new-marijuana-dispensary-cleared-to-open-in-crystal-lake/
PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Which Illinois companies have the most H-1B workers? About Trump’s executive order, visa program. Needless to say, J.P. Morgan and Chase Company had no interest in me when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 even though I had a) worked on audits of federal financial industry regulators for the previous 8 years at the GS-13 Step 4-10 Levels, currently $108,978-$153,151/year, b) earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT that year, c) became a Certified Forensic Accountant that year and a Certified Financial Services Auditor a year before, a Certified Government Financial Manager 3 years before, and a Certified Fraud Examiner 7 years before, c) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt 16 years before and the CPA examination on my first attempt 18 years before, d) earned a master’s degree in accounting 17 years before, e) earned an MBA 21 years before, and f) worked on audits of IRS for 3 years and 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. J.P. Morgan and Chase Company would have offered me a job in 1997 if I had been a citizen of a foreign country, Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran.
https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/politics/2025/09/22/how-many-h-1b-visas-issued-in-illinois-trump-100000-application-fee-companies-with-most-recipients/86292648007/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The UCIS reported that 2,064 Illinois businesses petitioned for H-1B visas, with 14,929 of 15,136 applications being approved. Here are the top recipients: J.P. Morgan and Chase Co: 2,422)
MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
— Cardinal Timothy Dolan, former Milwaukee archbishop, calls slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk a ‘modern-day St. Paul’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/cardinal-timothy-dolan-former-milwaukee-215914935.html
SUBURBAN CHICAGOLAND
— Hastings introduces bill to protect consumers in insurance rate setting. Of course, my critics/opponents would argue that I am unfairly benefiting from non-driving factors.
https://suburbanchicagoland.com/2025/09/22/hastings-introduces-bill-to-protect-consumers-in-insurance-rate-setting/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The measure, known as the Non-Driving Factors in Insurance Rate Setting Study Act, directs the Illinois Department of Insurance to conduct a thorough review of how insurers use criteria such as credit scores, occupations, education levels and other socioeconomic factors to determine automobile and homeowners insurance rates. . .Review whether reliance on such factors disproportionately harms low-income families, communities of color, veterans or seniors.)
DAILY LINE
— Illinois Supreme Court hears arguments on case asking for Certificate of Innocence to be awarded. My Democrat superiors in the federal government used Affirmative Action (AA) to waste my career, to take adverse actions against me, and to force me retire when I was 49 in 1997. Because of the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on AA, I should be awarded a Certificate of Innocence.
https://www.thedailyline.com/illinois-supreme-court-hears-arguments-case-asking-certificate-innocence-posthumously
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/09/22/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-387/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois library staff to be trained with overdose antidotes under new law
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_a6e25a32-c3d7-41da-af5f-6958dd47a5cd.html
CHARLIE KIM FOR CONGRESS
— I spoke with Kim and members of his team at the Iron Gate Motor Condo Car Show last Saturday.
https://www.charlieincongress.us/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Hundreds in Woodstock Watch Charlie Kirk Memorial at McHenry County GOPAC sponsored a gathering
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/09/22/hundreds-in-woodstock-to-watch-charlie-kirk-memorial/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Charlie Kirk’s supporters trounce opponents in crowdfunding battle
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/22/charlie-kirks-supporters-trounce-opponents-crowdfunding-battle/
— What a would-be assassin’s internet history looks like. Online life of man who targeted Kavanaugh, man accused in Kirk killing renew talk of nixing liability shield for internet sites.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/21/would-assassins-internet-history-looks-like/
NEW YORK POST
— Turning Point USA announces star-studded lineup of campus speaking dates after Charlie Kirk’s murder — with guests including Megyn Kelly, Vivek Ramaswamy
https://nypost.com/2025/09/22/us-news/turning-point-usa-announces-star-studded-lineup-of-campus-speaking-dates-after-charlie-kirks-murder/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Charlie Kirk’s Assassination Exposes The Vast Chasm Dividing American Society. Democrats, RINOs, and other anti-conservatives boycotted Kirk events.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/09/charlie_kirk_s_assassination_exposes_the_vast_chasm_dividing_american_society.html
BREITBART
— Sanctuary Illinois: Left-Wing Activists Riot on Behalf of Illegal Aliens Convicted of Domestic Abuse, Dealing Fentanyl, Drunk Driving
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/09/22/sanctuary-illinois-left-wing-activists-riot-on-behalf-of-illegal-aliens-convicted-of-domestic-abuse-dealing-fentanyl-drunk-driving/
DAILY CALLER
— Catholic Bishops Urge Cardinal To Cancel Award Honoring Pro-Abortion Durbin
https://dailycaller.com/2025/09/22/catholic-bishops-urge-cardinal-to-cancel-award-honoring-pro-abortion-democrat/
FOX NEWS
— Violence erupts between ICE agents, protesters in Broadview
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6379924048112
LIFE NEWS
— Catholic Bishops Tell Cardinal Cupich to Cancel Award for Dick Durbin
https://www.lifenews.com/2025/09/22/catholic-bishops-tell-cardinal-cupich-to-cancel-award-for-pro-abortion-senator-dick-durbin/
NATIONAL CATHOLIC REGISTER
— Charlie Kirk Was ‘This Close’ to Becoming Catholic Just Prior to His Death
https://www.ncregister.com/cna/report-charlie-kirk-was-this-close-to-becoming-catholic-just-prior-to-his-death
PATRIOT POST
— Hillary Clinton Promotes Book Labeling Conservatives ‘Fascists’ One Week After Charlie Kirk Assassination. Anticipate/expect that Democrats, RINOs, and other anti-conservatives will ever-increasingly use Kirk’s assassination to get rid of conservatives once and for all.
https://pjnewsletter.com/hillary-clinton-conservatives-kirk/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— How dependent is your county, township, municipality, and school district on federal spending?
https://thehill.com/opinion/5515124-king-county-fights-trump-funding-cuts/
CBS NEWS
— “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” will return to air Tuesday, Disney says, nearly a week after it was pulled
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jimmy-kimmel-live-return-tuesday-disney-abc/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Kimmel’s Late-Night Show to Return to ABC Tuesday
https://www.wsj.com/business/media/kimmels-late-night-show-will-return-to-air-tuesday-7450ea40
— The Supreme Court on Monday said it would formally reconsider a 90-year-old precedent that has barred presidents from removing officials of independent agencies absent misconduct or other cause. In Diersen v. GAO, my Democrat GAO superiors hinted/implied that they forced me to retire for cause. They had always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. They had delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13. They had kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I had worked for GAO. They had forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/supreme-court-trump-ftc-rebecca-kelly-slaughter-cb69e8f3
— Democrats and RINOs prefer citizens of foreign countries over citizens of America.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/international-student-enrollment-decline-college-ad13f943
https://www.wsj.com/economy/jobs/will-the-100-000-visa-fee-create-more-u-s-jobs-economists-arent-so-sure-8693001d
September 18, 2025
The more anti-conservative that you are, the more that you oppose Kirk tributes.
QUESTION: What message did Kirk’s assassin send? ANSWER: The more conservative principles that you promote, the more planks in the Republican Party platform that you promote, the sooner that you will be gotten rid of.
Hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters want to use Kirk’s assassination to get rid of conservatives once and for all.
NEW YORK POST
— How to attend Charlie Kirk’s funeral in Arizona
https://nypost.com/2025/09/17/us-news/how-to-attend-charlie-kirks-funeral-in-arizona/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Kirk’s funeral, an American-themed celebration with a red, white and blue dress code, will be held at the State Farm Stadium, home of the Arizona Cardinals, in Glendale, Arizona on Sunday. Doors are set to open at 8 a.m. local time, but the program itself won’t begin until 11 a.m., according to the funeral website: https://www.fightforcharlie.com/ How to attend the memorial service Attendance is free, but fans should register online to get a ticket in order to attend, according to the website. Organizers encouraged fans of Kirk to arrive early and carpool if possible. They noted that admission inside the stadium will be on a “first come, first served” basis, but that overflow will be available at the nearby Desert Diamond Arena. The State Farm Stadium typically holds a whopping 63,400 people, but can stretch to accommodate more than 73,000 for larger events, according to the venue. The Desert Diamond Arena, which is less than a mile away from the megadome, can fit around 20,000 people. Organizers said further event guidance and instructions will be sent to attendees the evening before the service. How to watch the memorial service Beyond the stadiums, mourners near and far will be able to watch the funeral live online through multiple news networks, including many Fox and CBS affiliates. It will also likely be streamed by Turning Point USA, given that the organization has livestreamed previous memorial services for its founder. What to expect Security will be tight between both stadiums. The speakers set to deliver remarks feature a laundry list of White House officials, including President Trump and Vice President Vance, who was a close friend of Kirk. Kirk’s widow, Erika, will also deliver remarks. Just yesterday, a pre-trial protective order was filed on her behalf while her husband’s alleged assassin, Tyler Robinson, is behind bars. The rest of the speakers primarily come from the Trump Administration’s cabinet, including Secretary of Health and Human Services RFK Jr. and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, who both spoke at Kirk’s memorial at the Kennedy Center. Fox News alums Tucker Carlson, who organized a fundraiser for the Kirk family through his nicotine pouch company, and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth will also speak at the funeral.)
— Tyler Robinson trained for Charlie Kirk assassination
https://nypost.com/2025/09/17/us-news/how-tyler-robinson-could-have-trained-for-charlie-kirk-assassination/
— What did Jimmy Kimmel say? ABC star’s controversial Charlie Kirk comment in full.
https://nypost.com/2025/09/18/entertainment/jimmy-kimmels-full-controversial-comments-on-charlie-kirk-that-led-to-abc-pulling-jimmy-kimmel-live/
— UCLA’s DEI head placed on leave for saying it’s ‘OKAY to be happy’ over Charlie Kirk’s death — but then cries victim
https://nypost.com/2025/09/17/us-news/uclas-dei-head-on-leave-for-celebrating-charlie-kirk-death/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote mote hate speech against Kirk.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/charlie-kirk-killing-discourse-sparks-freedom-speech-debate-university-chicago-law-professor-explain-first-amendment-rights/17836614/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their criminals and their illegals
https://abc7chicago.com/post/cook-county-leaders-denounce-presence-ice-agents-chicago-amid-operation-midway-blitz-immigration-crackdown/17833103/
NBC5
— ICE posts “Help Wanted” sign in Chicago aimed to lure peeved police. TV advertisement by the controversial immigration enforcement agency stirs up City Hall and Mayor Brandon Johnson. ICE employees enforce immigration laws. IRS employees enforces tax laws. I was an IRS employee for almost 9 years. Which were, are, and will be hated the most, ICE employees or IRS employees?
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/ice-posts-help-wanted-sign-in-chicago-aimed-to-lure-peeved-police/3825853/
WGN9
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their illegals in Elgin
https://wgntv.com/western-suburbs/elgin-ice-raid-vigil/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their illegals in Naperville
https://wgntv.com/western-suburbs/federal-agents-target-roofers-naperville/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURES: A debate reflective of the country’s political divide is unfolding at Wheeling High School, where groups are clashing over efforts to honor slain political firebrand Charlie Kirk, arguably its most famous graduate. Students, parents and community members have begun signing dueling petitions on how to best memorialize Kirk. What positions do the students in the high schools and colleges in your area have on Kirk?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/18/charlie-kirk-honored/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A day after the petition appeared on Change.org, an opposing appeal was launched. It expressed condolences to Kirk’s family, then called his legacy “divisive, not unifying,” and said Turning Point chapters would not be “educationally neutral.” It also said a “day of honor” would be “divisive and inappropriate.” “While his achievements are notable to some, honoring him at this level would send a message to many students, families, and staff — especially those who have been targeted or alienated by Kirk’s rhetoric — that their concerns and lived experiences are secondary,” the petition said. As of Wednesday afternoon, the pro-Kirk petition had about 3,600 signatures and its opposition had 2,600. . .According to Change.org, the opposing petition was started by a person named “April Mahoney.” Efforts to reach Mahoney were not successful.
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against police
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/17/charlie-kirk-campus-students/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: The mainstream news media ever-increasingly promotes more illegal immigration
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/17/elgin-ice-raid-noem-video/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their criminals and their illegals
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/18/editorial-ice-kristi-noem-elgin-immigration-raids/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: The mainstream news media ever-increasingly promotes more illegal immigration
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/09/17/chicago-arrest-immigration-ice-dhs-homeland-security-kristi-noem-donald-trump-operation-midway-blitz
DAILY HERALD
— Amid dueling petitions, District 214 mulls whether to recognize Kirk as distinguished alumnus
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250917/news/amid-dueling-petitions-district-214-mulls-whether-to-recognize-kirk-as-distinguished-alumnus/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: The mainstream news media ever-increasingly promotes more illegal immigration
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250917/news/this-is-about-our-humanity-prayer-vigil-in-elgin-draws-supporters-of-the-immigrant-community/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Far too many nonprofits exist to promote more hatred against conservatives.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/nonprofits-philanthropy/macarthur-joyce-foundations-join-nonprofits-open-letter
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote destructive drugs
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/cannabis/buckbee-weed-company-owners-straddle-cannabis-hemp-industries
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— More names, familiar faces: See the updated list of Republican candidates for Illinois governor
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2025/09/18/updated-list-of-republican-candidates-for-illinois-governor-in-2026/86119840007/
— WICS-TV Channel 20 denies forcing Beni Harmony to resign for airing a non-partisan tribute to Charlie Kirk. My Democrat GAO superiors denied forcing me to retire for my being an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/local/2025/09/18/news-station-denies-suspending-beni-harmony-over-charlie-kirk-comments/86208103007/
ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Democrats leaders decry that Madison County Board approves Charlie Kirk Day of Remembrance
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/madison-county-charlie-kirk-remembrance-illinois-21054082.php
WKOW
— Charlie Kirk’s death increases interest in GOP student groups. If I had been active in Republican politics while I was a student 1966-1980 the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1981, and GAO in 1980 would not have hired me.
https://www.wkow.com/news/politics/charlie-kirks-death-increases-interest-in-gop-student-groups/article_c26fd8c8-91a0-4843-a40c-53688c92f9a8.html
CWB CHICAGO
— ‘Law enforcement is a sickness’ to be ‘eradicated,’ says enraged Chicago mayor. I was a law enforcement officer. As an IRS Revenue Officer. I enforced tax laws for almost 9 years.
https://cwbchicago.com/2025/09/law-enforcement-is-a-sickness-to-be-eradicated-says-enraged-chicago-mayor.html
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Pritzker condemns canceling Kimmel
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/09/18/pritzker-condemns-canceling-kimmel-00570613
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Lots of random left-wingers with little preexisting notoriety took to Bluesky, TikTok, and Reddit to celebrate Kirk’s murder or ridicule his grieving widow, receiving a nontrivial number of pageviews in the process.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/cancel-culture-and-the-kirk-murder/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Too Many Republicans are capitulating in the wake of Charlie Kirk
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/09/too_many_republicans_are_capitulating_in_the_wake_of_charlie_kirk.html
BREITBART
— Charlie Kirk’s Record on Migration and Young Americans
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/09/17/charlie-kirks-record-on-migration-and-young-americans/amp/
— Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons: Charlie Kirk Was ‘Such a Great Champion for ICE’
https://www.breitbart.com/radio/2025/09/17/exclusive-acting-ice-director-todd-lyons-charlie-kirk-was-such-a-great-champion-for-ice/amp/
— Trump Deputies Shrink Asylum Loophole by 65 Percent
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/09/17/trump-deputies-shrink-asylum-loophole-by-66-percent/
— ICE Announces Arrests of ‘the Worst of the Worst’ Criminal Illegals
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/09/17/ice-announces-arrests-of-the-worst-of-the-worst-criminal-illegals/
— Obama Defends His Mass Migration ‘Experiment’ After Charlie Kirk Shooting. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly flood America with foreigners who have demographics that vote for Democrats. RINO leaders ever-increasingly flood America with foreigners who work for less money than Americans.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/09/17/obama-defends-his-mass-migration-experiment-after-charlie-kirk-shooting/
CENTER FOR AMERICAN MMIGRATION STUDIES
— Driver’s license given to deadly illegal migrant trucker shows how blue states undermine border security
https://cis.org/Oped/Drivers-license-given-deadly-illegal-migrant-trucker-shows-how-blue-states-undermine-border
DAILY SIGNAL
— Inquiries About Starting Turning Point USA Chapters Surge in Wake of Kirk’s Slaying
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/09/17/charlie-kirks-assassination-is-mobilizing-republicans/
— Trump Blames Biden Admin Open Borders for Texas Beheading
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/09/16/trump-blames-biden-admin-open-borders-texas-beheading/
— The Left Can’t Handle Cancel Culture After Charlie Kirk Assassination
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/09/17/the-lefts-cancel-culture-frankenstein-turns-on-it-after-charlie-kirks-death/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: We’ve had a culture of about five years of what I would call cancel culture, deplatforming, doxing, blacklisting, using all sorts of methods to suppress free speech. That was one of the reasons why Elon Musk paid such an exorbitant sum for the old Twitter: to allow free speech. And cancel culture said that if you voice something that was considered illiberal, you were gonna lose your job. We saw that through #MeToo, when a number of Hollywood luminaries and professors were fired because they had said or done something considered sexist or ill-advised. We saw that on matters of race after George Floyd. But what’s happened now is the death of Charlie Kirk has kind of turned the tables. People who are using that death to comment in criticism of him before he is even buried are now facing, not censorship, but certain platforms, media platforms especially, are saying, “We just don’t want you to be here anymore. It’s not that we don’t like you. We’re not trying to censor you. We’re just giving you the Joy Reid treatment.”)
— The Left’s Cancel Culture Frankenstein Turns on It After Charlie Kirk’s Death
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1v8NK8gW1A
FEDERALIST
— The Same Top Schools That Went Nuts After George Floyd Now Largely Silent After Charlie Kirk Assassination
https://thefederalist.com/2025/09/17/did-top-schools-offer-resources-to-grieving-students-for-kirk-like-george-floyd-many-wont-say/
— Anyone Who Blames ‘Both Sides’ After Charlie Kirk’s Murder Is A Liar And Coward
https://thefederalist.com/2025/09/17/anyone-who-blames-both-sides-after-charlie-kirks-murder-is-a-liar-and-coward/
— Can We Finally Admit The T In LGBT Stands For Terrorism?
https://thefederalist.com/2025/09/17/can-we-finally-admit-the-t-in-lgbt-stands-for-terrorism/
FOX NEWS
— House clears path for vote honoring Charlie Kirk, denouncing ‘political extremism’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-clears-path-vote-honoring-charlie-kirk-denouncing-political-extremism
— Dozens of ABC stations to air Charlie Kirk tribute special during Jimmy Kimmel’s timeslot. Sinclair Broadcast Group called Kimmel’s comments ‘inappropriate and deeply insensitive.’
https://www.foxnews.com/media/dozens-abc-stations-air-charlie-kirk-tribute-special-during-jimmy-kimmels-timeslot
— Crockett dismisses critics who think ‘Hitler’ and ‘fascist’ comparisons contribute to political violence. Anticipate/expect that if you are a conservative, that is, if you are a Republican, the more demographics that you share with Trump, especially German American and Protestant, the more that Democrats and RINOs will promote more hatred against you.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/crockett-dismisses-critics-who-think-hitler-fascist-comparisons-contribute-political-violence
— Vance describes Kirk’s impact on his life, the country
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRsy5MkscDA
— Vance blames Kirk assassination on ‘left-wing political radicalization’ of shooter
https://www.foxnews.com/media/jd-vance-blames-kirk-assassination-attempt-left-wing-political-radicalization-shooter
— Charlie Kirk supporters petition Starbucks to memorialize him with his go-to drink order
https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/charlie-kirk-supporters-petition-starbucks-memorialize-him-his-go-to-drink-order
— Obama’s excuse for ‘troubled young man’ assassinating Kirk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64Sm6YUE9Wk
— Celebratory, dismissive reactions to Charlie Kirk’s death putting educators under scrutiny
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/charlie-kirk-assassination-spurs-concerning-trend-educators-celebrating-dismissing-murder
— DHS blames political rhetoric for surge in assaults on ICE agents after Charlie Kirk murder
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dhs-blames-political-rhetoric-surge-assaults-ice-agents-after-charlie-kirk-murder
NEWSMAX
— Political commentator Megyn Kelly blasted Fox News for claiming Charlie Kirk was “theirs” while it effectively banned him from the network because of his support for Tucker Carlson.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/megyn-kelly-fox-news-charlie-kirk/2025/09/17/id/1226819/
STUDENT LIFE
— Students hold vigil commemorating the life of Charlie Kirk
https://www.studlife.com/news/2025/09/18/students-hold-vigil-commemorating-the-life-of-charlie-kirk
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Obama enters post-Charlie Kirk debate with ‘crisis’ warning
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5509020-obama-trump-rhetoric-violence-democracy/
CNN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against conservatives, that is, against Republicans.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/17/politics/vance-first-amendment-charlie-kirk
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/17/politics/charlie-kirk-tyler-robinson-motive
MSNBC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/tributes-charlie-kirk-white-christians-black-ones-divided-rcna231382
ABC NEWS
— Democrat leaders want the military to hate Trump and Kirk.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/military-personnel-suspended-social-media-posts-tied-charlie/story?id=125678845
NBC NEWS
— Far too many tax-exempt organizations exist to promote hatred against conservatives
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/white-house-plans-take-action-targeting-left-wing-groups-early-month-rcna231998
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against conservatives, that is, against Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/briefing/europes-far-right-charlie-kirk.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/business/russia-china-iran-charlie-kirk-conspiracy-theories.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/briefing/europes-far-right-charlie-kirk.html
— College Graduates Facing Blow Of Long-Term Unemployment. I graduated from NIU when I was 21 in 1970. Potential employers viewed me as being draft bait. Because I had to have a job, I accepted the only job offer that I got. It was for a job that did not really require a college degree.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/business/long-term-unemployment-college-grads.html
— American-haters decry Europe’s promotion of Trump and Kirk
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/briefing/europes-far-right-charlie-kirk-trump-uk-state-visit.html?searchResultPosition=1
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/09/17/trump-immigration-family-separations-children/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against conservatives, that is, against Republicans.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/09/17/effort-censure-rep-ilhan-omar-over-charlie-kirk-comments-fails/
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Far too many nonprofits exist to destroy conservatism
https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/09/17/nonprofits-lettertrump-crackdown-liberals-charlie-kirk/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— People closest to Tyler Robinson made horrifying discoveries in hours after Charlie Kirk killing. What did people closest to Robinson know and when did they know it?
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/those-closest-tyler-robinson-made-162203221.html
USA TODAY
— Speakers announced for Charlie Kirk’s memorial service.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/09/17/speakers-charlie-kirk-memorial-service/86207878007/
— Religious Americans are divided over Charlie Kirk. Kirk was Catholic.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2025/09/16/faith-communities-charlie-kirk-after-assassination/86119352007/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/50-states/2025/09/07/senior-activists-protest-trump-immigration/85757268007/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: What we know about Tyler Robinson
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/09/16/tyler-robinson-what-we-know-new-revelations-in-charlie-kirk-murder/86188463007/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: He had been planning an attack for a week. He used a weapon he described as “grandpa’s rifle.” And after shooting and killing conservative influencer Charlie Kirk, he messaged his roommate, with whom he was in a romantic relationship, according to court documents. Told to look under a keyboard, Tyler Robinson’s roommate discovered a note reading, “I had the opportunity to take out Charlie Kirk and I’m going to take it.” “You weren’t the one who did it right????” the roommate asked. “I am, I’m sorry,” Robinson replied.)
DETROIT NEWS
— America is fighting a virtual civil war. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are solders in the Democrat Army.
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/opinion/columnists/nolan-finley/2025/09/17/finley-america-is-fighting-a-virtual-civil-war/86164539007/
DALLAS MORNING NEWS
— Texas mural of Charlie Kirk defaced
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/texas/2025/09/17/texas-mural-of-charlie-kirk-defaced-with-conservative-activists-own-words/
FOX PHOENIX
— Mom of Charlie Kirk’s alleged assassin describes radical shift in last year: ‘More pro-gay and trans rights’
https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/mom-charlie-kirks-alleged-assassin-describes-radical-shift-last-year-more-pro-gay-trans-rights
FOX MINNEAPOLIS-ST.PAUL
— Vigils honoring Charlie Kirk held across Twin Cities
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4yrNrzPIK4
DESERET NEWS
— Hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters want to use Kirk’s assassination to get rid of conservatives once and for all.
https://www.deseret.com/politics/2025/09/17/department-justice-pam-bondi-hate-speech-kirk-shooting/
WRSP
— Death penalty for alleged Kirk assassin: Who will have to testify?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TegZxin2-nI
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Tyler Robinson is a direct result of Democrat hate speech
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/they-didnt-kill-charlie-kirk-b161409b
— The Left’s Vast Lack of Knowledge. Charlie Kirk’s murder demonstrates how the credentialed class keeps itself ignorant.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-lefts-vast-lack-of-knowledge-2fccc475
POLITICO
— Democrat leaders want the military to hate Trump and Kirk.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/17/dod-kirk-pentagon-speech-00569926
— Democrat leaders decry that Republicans fold Charlie Kirk into their midterm messaging
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/17/republicans-are-folding-charlie-kirk-into-their-midterm-messaging-00570007
NEW YORKER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Kirk
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/charlie-kirk-and-tyler-robinson-came-from-the-same-warped-online-worlds
FOREIGN SOURCES
NTD
— Rep. Mary Miller Honors Charlie Kirk With Poster Outside Her Office
https://www.ntd.com/rep-mary-miller-honors-charlie-kirk-with-poster-outside-her-office_1091327.html
FINANCIAL TIMES
— Hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters want to use Kirk’s assassination to get rid of conservatives once and for all.
https://www.ft.com/content/336c171c-f49e-41e5-81c1-9018a6949d2c
September 15, 2025
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, the organization would host an event honoring Kirk. I would invite all those who knew Kirk to speak at that event. If I was still an Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee member, I would urge that organization to host a similar event. While I did not know Kirk, I know/knew many who knew Kirk Anti-conservatives would not have been able to destroy TAPROOT in 2012 if I had been able to recruit a conservative slate of officers to run with me, but my fellow conservatives declined. Anti-conservatives would not have been able to destroy ICRC in 2007 if more ICRC members had voted to keep me on ICRC’s Steering Committee. Anti-conservative Republican leaders in Illinois ever-increasingly blamed TAPROOT and George Ryan’s problems and then TAPROOT and ICRC for Jim Ryan’s problems. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
CHARLIE KIRK ARTICLES
CBS2
— Hundreds attend vigil held for Charlie Kirk in Arlington Heights
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/hundreds-attend-vigil-held-for-charlie-kirk-in-arlington-heights/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Iks5GQkt0M
WGN9
— Vigils held across Illinois to honor slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk
https://wgntv.com/news/north-suburbs/vigils-held-across-illinois-to-honor-slain-conservative-activist-charlie-kirk/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24JMfXbVYds
FOX32
— Hundreds gathered in Arlington Heights for a memorial honoring political activist Charlie Kirk
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/arlington-heights-native-charlie-kirk-remembered-community-memorial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiwQmgIuvNY
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: ‘Someone from our hometown’: North School Park packed for vigil for Charlie Kirk in Arlington Heights
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250914/news/someone-from-our-hometown-north-school-park-packed-for-vigil-for-charlie-kirk-in-arlington-height/
— Aurora mayor orders flags restored to full staff despite Trump order to honor Charlie Kirk
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250914/news/aurora-mayor-orders-flags-restored-to-full-staff-after-lowering-them-for-9-11/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250914/news/man-fatally-shot-by-ice-in-franklin-park-had-just-dropped-off-his-child-at-school-rep-delia-ramire/
ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Rockford area Republicans hold vigil in honor of slain activist Charlie Kirk
https://www.rrstar.com/picture-gallery/news/2025/09/14/rockford-area-republicans-hold-vigil-in-honor-of-charlie-kirk-photos/86158512007/
WIFR
— Charlie Kirk vigil draws in hundreds to Belvidere.
https://www.wifr.com/2025/09/15/charlie-kirk-vigil-draws-hundreds-belvidere/
WCSJ
— Vigils To Honor & Remember Charlie Kirk Held on Sunday
https://www.wcsjnews.com/news/local/vigils-to-honor-remember-charlie-kirk-held-on-sunday/article_75b9f98e-01be-4b80-b1b6-c133b2cf5a44.html
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Buffalo Grove Middle School Teacher Sparks Outrage With ‘Karma’ Remark on Charlie Kirk Killing
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/09/buffalo-grove-middle-school-teacher-sparks-outrage-with-karma-remark-on-charlie-kirk-killing.html
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— FBI Investigating Social Media Accounts That Appeared To Indicate Foreknowledge of Kirk Assassination
https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/exclusive-fbi-investigating-social
NEW YORK POST
— Speaker Johnson, RFK Jr., other GOPers mourn loss of Charlie Kirk at touching DC vigil: ‘Leaders of the nation have been shaken’
https://nypost.com/2025/09/14/us-news/speaker-johnson-rfk-jr-other-gopers-mourn-loss-of-charlie-kirk-at-dc-vigil-leaders-of-the-nation-have-been-shaken/
— Vance hosting ‘The Charlie Kirk Show’ days after assassination: ‘Tribute to my friend’
https://nypost.com/2025/09/14/us-news/jd-vance-hosting-the-charlie-kirk-show-days-after-assassination-tribute-to-my-friend/
— Trump blasts ‘the left’ and announces ‘major investigations’ underway after Charlie Kirk assassination
https://nypost.com/2025/09/14/us-news/trump-blasts-the-left-and-announces-major-investigations-underway-after-charlie-kirk-assassination/
— The real meaning behind trans sex, furry meme on rifle round that killed Charlie Kirk: ‘Notices bulge OwO what’s this?’
https://nypost.com/2025/09/14/us-news/rifle-round-that-killed-charlie-kirk-engraved-with-trans-sex-furry-meme-notices-bulge-owo-whats-this/
BREITBART
— Vance to Host the Charlie Kirk Show After Assassination of Charlie Kirk
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/09/14/jd-vance-host-charlie-kirk-show-assassination/
— Charlie Kirk’s Assassin Joked on Discord that a ‘Doppelganger’ Committed Murder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/09/14/charlie-kirk-alleged-assassin-joked-doppelganger-committed-murder/
CHRISTIAN POST
— To Charlie Kirk’s critics: The most fascist act is silencing speech with violence
https://www.christianpost.com/voices/to-charlie-kirks-critics-violently-silencing-speech-is-fascist.html
COLLEGE FIX
— TikTok removes video honoring Charlie Kirk: violates ‘community guidelines’
https://www.thecollegefix.com/tiktok-removes-video-honoring-charlie-kirk-violates-community-guidelines/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Charlie Kirk’s Final Message to Noem Before Assassination Called for Accountability Over Urban Crime
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/09/14/charlie-kirks-final-message-noem-before-assassination-called-accountability-over-urban-crime/amp/
FOX NEWS
— Charlie Kirk’s assassin’s transgender roommate ‘hates conservatives and Christians.’ Family member says individual became ‘radicalized’ and influenced Tyler Robinson’s politics over past year.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/charlie-kirk-assassins-transgender-roommate-hates-conservatives-christians-relative-says?lid=8rp5t0k1hxd6
— Charlie Kirk’s movement is only going to grow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NmGKYamEeQ
— TPUSA sees MASSIVE surge in chapter requests after Kirk’s assassination. If I had been involved with Republican politics, 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=uestpVV4d_E
— Man arrested for vandalizing Charlie Kirk memorial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqucbePqxts
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6379431896112
— Multiple NFL teams hold Charlie Kirk tributes prior to their games and fans welcome the moments. Bengals, Ravens, Lions decided against pregame tribute.
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/multiple-nfl-teams-hold-charlie-kirk-tributes-prior-games-fans-welcome-moments
HOT AIR
— Democrat Assassination Culture Killed Charlie Kirk
https://hotair.com/headlines/2025/09/14/democrat-assassination-culture-killed-charlie-kirk-n3806788
NEWS BUSTERS
— Atlantic Show On PBS TRASHES Charlie Kirk As Racist Symbol of ‘Toxic Culture’
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tim-graham/2025/09/14/atlantic-show-pbs-trashes-charlie-kirk-racist-symbol-toxic-culture
NEWSMAX
— Vance to Guest Host Charlie Kirk Show
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/jd-vance-charlie-kirk-podcast/2025/09/14/id/1226389/
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Charlie Kirk Assassination Did Not Occur in a Vacuum
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/09/14/victor_davis_hanson_charlie_kirk_assassination_did_not_occur_in_a_vacuum.html
THE HILL
— Trump warns left groups will be investigated after Kirk’s death
https://thehill.com/homenews/5503269-trump-charlie-kirk-left-investigation/
— Vance will take the mic for ‘Charlie Kirk Show’ on Monday
https://thehill.com/homenews/5503236-charlie-kirk-show-jd-vance/
C-SPAN
— Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard at Charlie Kirk Memorial Service
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8rTKTkThKc
CNN
— Charlie Kirk’s killing reverberates through Washington as investigation unfolds
https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-administration-charlie-kirk-news-09-14-25
— Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Kirk.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYziNWYD2y4
REUTERS
— Trump attacks left-wing ‘agitators’ and ‘scum’ after Kirk shooting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8dwhVgL-MQ
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-adopts-messenger-in-chief-role-after-charlie-kirks-death-2025-09-14/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Kirk.
https://apnews.com/article/kirk-trump-cancel-culture-assassination-4d69649e382ea46d8dcf794150a1d3c9
MSN
— Vance To Host ‘The Charlie Kirk Show’ In His Honor On Monday
https://www.msn.com/en-in/sports/wnba/vice-president-jd-vance-to-host-the-charlie-kirk-show-in-his-honour-on-monday-check-timings/ar-AA1My6Wh
— Charlie Kirk killer made jokes online hours after shooting
https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/world/charlie-kirk-killer-made-jokes-online-hours-after-shooting/ss-AA1MwfQA
— According to Democrats, Trump is too old to be President. Starting when I was 25 years old in 1974, according to my Democrat IRS superiors, I was too old to be a GS-13. I finally made GS-13 12 years later when I was 38 years old in 1986. But that was not until after I had a) earned an MBA fin 1976, b) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) transferred to GAO in 1980, d) earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, e) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and f) became a licensed CPA in 1981. The Democrats who run the federal government use up-or-out to get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male. older, and/or non-veteran.
https://www.msn.com/en-my/news/other/americans-finally-admit-trump-is-too-old-to-be-president/ss-AA1Myzou
— Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly use Trump’s avoiding the Vietnam War draft against him.
https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/other/donald-trump-s-warrior-image-hides-draft-dodge-past/ar-AA1My55G
YAHOO
— Bill Maher Issues Blunt Warning About Comparing Donald Trump to Hitler. Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly call Trump Hitler. They will ever-increasingly negatively stress that Trump is conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and that his ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tv/articles/bill-maher-issues-blunt-warning-123731695.html
ABC NEWS
— White House officials hold prayer vigil for Charlie Kirk
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/live-updates/trump-admin-live-updates?id=125354324&entryId=125378231&rand=245
— Charlie Kirk’s family: What to know about his wife Erika, 2 kids
https://abcnews.go.com/News/charlie-kirk-wife-erika-two-kids/story?id=125460687
— Republicans blame ‘radical left’ for Kirk shooting, Democrats reject that claim. On what do Democrats blame the shooting?
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/republicans-blame-radical-left-kirk-shooting-democrats-reject/story?id=125562180
ABC DC
— White House officials hold prayer vigil for Charlie Kirk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkIMB5Xp3dI
ANI NEWS
— Tulsi Gabbard, Johnson, Leavitt, RFK Jr remember Charlie Kirk at Kennedy Centre
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzkyMnTkEpI
FOX NEW YORK
— Vigil held in remembrance of Charlie Kirk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=039ePwzERSY
FOX LOS ANGELES
— Crowds gather in honor of Charlie Kirk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5QP0H0zdpg
FOX PHOENIX
— Charlie Kirk memorial at Turning Point USA HQ in Phoenix destroyed, suspect arrested
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/charlie-kirk-memorial-turning-point-212958372.html
HOUSTON NEWS
— Ted Cruz paints over profane Charlie Kirk graffiti on Highway 59
https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2025/09/14/ted-cruz-paints-over-profane-charlie-kirk-graffiti-on-highway-59/
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— 32,000 Students Step Up to Carry On Kirk’s TPUSA Vision
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/09/32000-students-step-up-to-carry-on-kirks-tpusa-vision/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders decry that Grieving in Public, Erika Kirk Melds the Personal and Political. Ms. Kirk has played a key role in her husband’s movement. Speaking at Turning Point USA headquarters and on social media, she pledged his work would continue.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/style/erika-kirk-charlie-kirk-marriage.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Kirk shooting suspect had leftist ideology. My critics/opponents have leftist ideology.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/09/14/charlie-kirk-tyler-robinson-motive/
LOS ANGELES
— Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Kirk.
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-09-14/after-charlie-kirks-death-workers-learn-the-limits-of-free-speech-in-and-out-of-their-jobs
— ‘Really hit me hard’: Supporters remember Charlie Kirk at Kennedy Center prayer vigil
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/09/14/charlie-kirk-kennedy-center-vigil/86156026007/
USA TODAY
— Charlie Kirk vigil held at Kennedy Center in Washington, DC
https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/news/nation/2025/09/14/charlie-kirk-vigil-held-at-kennedy-center-in-washington-dc/86156338007/
— Man arrested for vandalizing Kirk memorial at Turning Point USA HQ
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/09/14/charlie-kirk-memorial-vandalized-phoenix-man-arrested/86155139007/
— According to Democrat leaders, Trump’s approval rating in Illinois is 41% and his disapproval rating is 55%, making Illinois the 11th-worst state for Trump. What are Trump’s approval/disapproval ratings in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? What are the demographics of the aforesaid?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/09/14/donald-trump-approval-rating/86110183007/
— Your health insurance costs are rising at the highest level since 2010. Since I was 18 in 1966, my critics/opponents have held it against me that the federal government has paid 72% of my health insurance because of my federal employment. Since I was 29 in 1978, my critics/opponents have held it against me that the federal government has also paid 72% of my wife’s health insurance because of my federal employment. My critics/opponent make it clear that they a) despise/hate federal employees and retirees and b) that they would never stoop to take a federal job.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/09/11/health-insurance-costs-rise-highest-level-why/85955601007/
ARIZONA FAMILY
— Man accused of damaging Charlie Kirk memorial in Phoenix arrested
https://www.azfamily.com/video/2025/09/15/man-accused-damaging-charlie-kirk-memorial-phoenix-arrested/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Investigators Learn More About Suspect in Kirk Shooting. Friends and family of Tyler Robinson have been speaking with authorities.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/suspect-in-charlie-kirk-shooting-isnt-cooperating-utah-governor-says-3a0f3d9a
— Tyler Robinson and America’s Lost Boys. What causes a young man to spiral from success toward loneliness, self-destruction and violence?
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/tyler-robinson-and-americas-lost-boys-16e1a64f
— ‘It Will Scar This Generation.’ Charlie Kirk’s Death Ignites a Campus Reckoning
The senseless killing of the influential youth activist is setting off a wave of conversation at polarized colleges nationwide
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/charlie-kirk-shot-college-campuses-students-debate-a15ce232
— BEYOND TRAGIC: Pregnant Women Are Turning to Cannabis to Ease Pain and Anxiety
https://www.wsj.com/health/wellness/pregnant-women-mothers-cannabis-use-2ed7b144
FORBES
— Karoline Leavitt Delivers Moving Tribute To Charlie Kirk At Memorial Service In D.C.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7rURlsW8oM
DAILY PRINCETONIAN
— Charlie Kirk’s death shows why conservatives fight for free speech
https://www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2025/09/princeton-opinion-opguest-charlie-kirk-free-speech-conservatism
POLITICO
— Governor Cox: ‘Social media is a cancer’
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/14/governor-cox-social-media-is-a-cancer-00563437
HUFFINGTON POST
— Eric Trump Fuels Rhetoric Blaming The Left For Charlie Kirk’s Murder. President Donald Trump’s son also blamed the left for trying to “take down” his father.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/eric-trump-fuels-rhetoric-blame-for-charlie-kirk-murder_n_68c6ff28e4b0539d2b98e151
RAW STORY
— ‘Horrific’: Kari Lake blames ‘indoctrination camps’ for Charlie Kirk’s assassination
https://www.rawstory.com/kari-lake-2673993519/
— Trump blames ‘incompetent’ Biden for ‘terrible’ Dallas-area murder during Kirk memorial
https://www.rawstory.com/tk-trump-blames-biden-for-terrible-dallas-area-beheading/
INDEPENDENT
— FBI director claims Charlie Kirk assassin left DNA evidence at scene as Vance set to host podcast in tribute
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/charlie-kirk-tyler-robinson-shooting-motive-funeral-utah-live-b2826497.html
SKY NEWS
— Charlie Kirk suspect ‘in romantic relationship with transgender roommate’ says Utah governor
https://news.sky.com/video/charlie-kirk-suspect-in-romantic-relationship-with-transgender-roommate-says-utah-governor-13431263
— Investigation into Charlie Kirk’s murder widens to include far left and pro-trans online groups
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgiSFAyJG6g
GUARDIAN
— Trump officials reportedly ask Congress for $58m in security after Kirk shooting
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/14/trump-administration-congress-security-funds
— Iowa official defies governor’s order to fly flags at half-staff for Charlie Kirk
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/14/charlie-kirk-iowa-governor-order-flags-half-staff
HINDUSTAN TIMES
— Why is Tyler Robinson under special watch? Charlie Kirk suspect to undergo mental health screening.
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/why-is-tyler-robinson-under-special-watch-in-jail-charlie-kirk-suspect-to-undergo-mental-health-screening-101757912878647.html
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope to promote more mass/illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/15/editorial-pope-leo-xiv-catholics-catholic-church-chicago/
— Democrats and RINOs a) love the Supreme Court when it votes liberal and b) hate the Supreme Court when it votes conservative.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/15/opinion-why-does-supreme-court-back-donald-trump/
QUAD CITY TIMES
— Two groups claim leadership of Rock Island County Republicans. Anti-conservatives would not have been able to destroy TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois in 2012 if I had been able to recruit a conservative slate of officers to run with me, but my fellow conservatives declined. Anti-conservatives would not have been able to destroy Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) in 2007 if more ICRC members had voted to keep me on ICRC’s Steering Committee. Anti-conservative Republican leaders in Illinois ever-increasingly blamed TAPROOT and then ICRC for George Ryan’s problems and then for Jim Ryan’s problems.
https://qctimes.com/news/local/government-politics/article_bbca30e7-39cb-40c8-8ee1-dda34beb00a2.html
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters ever-increasingly use Edgar to promote more hatred against conservatives.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/09/15/throwback-republican-gov-jim-edgar-has-died-00563520
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A throwback to a time when Illinois Republicans could still win statewide by embracing moderation…)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/09/15/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-590/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
DAILY SIGNAL
— Disguising DEI: Schools Keep Trying to Push a Discredited Ideology
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/09/15/disguising-dei-schools-keep-trying-to-push-a-discredited-ideology/
TOWNHALL
— Kamikaze Democrats
https://townhall.com/columnists/alanjosephbauer/2025/09/15/kamikaze-democrats-n2663314
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
BLOOMBERG
— DOJ Makes “Final Push” To Convince Court To Let Trump Fire Cook Ahead Of Fed Interest Rate Vote. My Democrat GAO superiors would not have forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 if they had not been assured that DOJ would back them.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-14/trump-makes-new-push-for-court-approval-to-fire-fed-s-lisa-cook
WION
— “Being Soft On Illegal Aliens Over”: Trump After Indian Man Beheaded In US
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNF902se7Ak
September 9, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Detained Korean Hyundai workers had special skills. What special skills do/did you have? GAO audits IRS. I had a special skill to audit IRS’s Collection Division. I had worked for IRS’s Collection Division 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. I had passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt. I had earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 in 1980. But my Democrat GAO superiors kept me off audits of IRS 1980-1985 and then 1989 until they forced me to retire in 1997. While they did let me work on audits of IRS 1986-1988, they were audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division. Democrat IRS and GAO leaders do not want Republicans to audit IRS. Further, I had a special skill to audit federal financial industry regulators. I had worked for GAO on audits of federal financial industry regulators for 8 years 1990-1997 at the GS-13 Step 3-10 Levels, currently $125,661-$153,151/year. I had earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT. Democrat federal financial industry leaders and GAO leaders do not want Republicans to audit federal financial industry regulators. My Democrat GAO superiors flushed down their toilets my aforesaid special skills when they forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/08/detained-korean-hyundai-workers/
— Are EVs really better for the environment? Study checks role of coal, battery and range. I recently bought a new 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T Plus EV. If it had been offered with a Hemi V-8, I would have bought that model.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/08/evs-environment/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Brandon Johnson to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/09/opinion-chicago-brandon-johnson-right-side-history/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Venezuela to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/09/column-venezuela-drug-boat-donald-trump-depetris/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/09/editorial-choose-chicago-donald-trump-chipocalypse-daily-telegraph/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/cannabis/what-caused-cannabis-giant-4front-ventures-fail
SHAW LOCAL
— Will County Democrats host forum for U.S. Senate candidates. While I served as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, TAPROOT hosted many candidate forums.
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2025/09/08/will-county-democrats-host-forum-for-us-senate-candidates/
WGLT
— Chicago Republican enters congressional primary against Rep. LaHood
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-09-08/chicago-republican-enters-congressional-primary-against-rep-lahood-who-he-calls-a-rino
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— IT’S ON — AGAIN: Watch for petitions on the street for former state Sen. Darren Bailey as he gets closer to announcing a second run for governor, setting the stage for a potential rematch with Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker in 2026. Joining him on the GOP ticket will be Cook County Republican Chair Aaron Del Mar. It’s a strategic pivot for Bailey, who struggled to gain traction in the Chicago suburbs during his 2022 campaign. By aligning with Del Mar, a prominent figure in northern Illinois GOP circles, Bailey hopes to broaden his appeal and galvanize support beyond his downstate base. Bailey is already positioning himself around kitchen-table issues like public safety, property taxes and rising costs, he told KSDK’s Mark Maxwell in a recent interview. The GOP primary would pit Bailey — the most recognizable contender in the field — against a handful of Republicans who have already announced, including policy wonk Ted Dabrowski and DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/09/09/trumps-midway-blitz-hits-chicago-00551707
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
AMAC
— Uncovering Radical Efforts to Disguise DEI
https://amac.us/newsline/politics/uncovering-radical-efforts-to-disguise-dei/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— New Jersey bill would require DEI curriculum for homeschoolers
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/09/08/theyre-coming-for-your-kids-new-jersey-bill-would-require-dei-curriculum-for-homeschoolers-1583193/
BREITBART
— Mary Miller Takes on Gov Pritzker ‘Attack on Parental Rights’ by Forcing Children to Take Mental Health Exams. According to Democrat leaders, if you are not a Democrat, you have mental problems.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/09/08/exclusive-illinois-rep-mary-miller-takes-on-gov-pritzker-attack-on-parental-rights-by-forcing-children-to-take-mental-health-exams/
— Mary Miller Calls on Trump to Come into Chicago ‘Today’ and ‘Do What He Did in DC’
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/09/08/exclusive-illinois-rep-mary-miller-calls-on-trump-to-come-into-chicago-today-and-do-what-he-did-in-dc/
— Dershowitz Offers to Sue O’Donnell for Smearing Trump as ‘Serial Pedophile Rapist’
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/09/08/nolte-alan-dershowitz-offers-to-sue-rosie-odonnell-for-smearing-trump-as-serial-pedophile-rapist/
FOX BUSINESS
— Democrats are siding with criminals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxrvICtPybk
— Trump overhauls US citizenship test to root out widespread immigration fraud. What percent of those who come to America do so a) to turn America into their motherland, b) to get rid of their opponents from their motherland who are in America, c) to convert everyone in America to their religion, d) to get rid of everyone in America who does not share their religion, e) to make America give even more preference to those who share their demographics, and/or f) to help their motherland destroy America?
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6378531946112
PJ MEDIA
— For Democrats, history exists to destroy Republicans
https://pjmedia.com/ashleymccully/2025/09/08/is-trump-re-writing-history-at-the-smithsonian-n4943436
TOWNHALL
— The Incredible Lightness of the Mainstream Media
https://townhall.com/columnists/tomtradup/2025/09/09/the-incredible-lightness-of-the-mainstream-media-n2662933
— Congress Must End DEI in the Military
https://townhall.com/columnists/james-fitzpatrick/2025/09/09/congress-must-end-dei-in-the-military-through-the-ndaa-n2662938
— Duckworth Claims Trump’s Chicago Crime Crackdown Is a Distraction From Epstein Files
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2025/09/08/duckworth-trying-to-reduce-crime-is-a-distraction-from-epstein-files-n2662930
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Billionaire Ken Griffin says Trump playing risky game with Fed. During the last 8 years that I worked for GAO as a GS-13 Step 3-10 Analyst, currently $125,661-$153,151/year, all the audits I worked on involved the Fed. Democrats run the Fed. Democrats do not want Republicans to audit the Fed.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5492661-ken-griffin-trump-fed/
NBC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly reject federal law
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/ice-launches-operation-chicago-objections-mayor-illinois-governor-rcna229993
REUTERS
— US Supreme Court backs Trump on aggressive immigration raids
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-supreme-court-backs-trump-aggressive-immigration-raids-2025-09-08/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Transgender federal employees say they face fear and discrimination under Trump. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, their quotas/goals/targets for LGBTQers were unofficial.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caZ14E5iJ3A
— Democrat and RINO leaders side with Hyundai against America
https://newschannel9.com/newsletter-daily/south-koreans-feel-betrayed-over-detainment-of-hundreds-of-workers-at-georgia-plant-raid
MSNBC
— What percent of those who come to America do so a) to turn America into their motherland, b) to get rid of their opponents from their motherland who are in America, c) to convert everyone in America to their religion, d) to get rid of everyone in America who does not share their religion, e) to make America give even more preference to those who share their demographics, and/or f) to help their motherland destroy America?
https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/us-citizenship-test-changes-edlow-rcna229941
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket. Should I write about my critics/opponents who associated with criminals, if not promoted criminals?
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09/08/us/trump-news
— According to Democrat and RINO leaders, people come to America only for the right reasons. What percent of those who come to America do so a) to turn America into their motherland, b) to get rid of their opponents from their motherland who are in America, c) to convert everyone in America to their religion, d) to get rid of everyone in America who does not share their religion, e) to make America give even more preference to those who share their demographics, and/or f) to help their motherland destroy America?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/world/asia/china-deportation-us-asylum.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/opinion/trump-chicago-national-guard.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Chief justice allows Trump to fire a Democratic FTC commissioner for now. The ruling comes after an appeals court last week found that Rebecca Slaughter could be reinstated because the president had fired her “without cause.” Of course, in Diersen v. GAO ( https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf ), my Democrat GAO superiors argued that they had done nothing to force me to retire. But they had told me that if I did not retire, they would demote me, give me adverse transfers, and take even bigger adverse actions against me. Previously, they had a) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, b) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, c) kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I had worked for GAO, and d) forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980. They forced me to retire a) because I was an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation and b) because my Black CPA subordinate talked and acted like he would leave GAO if GAO did not get rid of me. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. I was not a licensed CPA like I was. They gave him my job and my preferred corner office.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/09/08/trade-commission-trump-firings-supreme-court/
— Trump ever-increasing cuts federal spending that promotes fraud, waste, abuse, dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and/or Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and/or national origin discrimination.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/09/08/states-medicaid-snap-cuts-trump/
USA TODAY
— What do you say to people who falsely hint/imply/argue/shout that they are conservative? I should write about the aforesaid who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. I would focus on the aforesaid who I have done the most to help elect and reelect.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/09/08/amy-coney-barrett-trump-supreme-court-book/85935418007/
— Ever-increasingly, to get more votes from women, Democrat leaders promote more hatred against men.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/09/09/christian-manosphere-ideology-male-primacy-politics-women/84423882007/
— The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/09/08/trump-approval-rating-economy-prices/85996869007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/09/08/sotomayor-supreme-court-ruling-unconscionably-irreconcilable/86048909007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/09/09/is-ice-chilling-chicago-trump-blitz-draws-rage-from-immigrants/86047771007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/09/08/supreme-court-immigration-ruling-ice-raids-la/86045433007/
— Hyundai battery-factory raid reveals new Trump target: Employers who hire illegal workers. The federal E-Verify system is supposed to help employers determine whether their workers are legal, but its use isn’t always required.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/09/09/hyundai-battery-factory-raid-trump-employment-enforcement/86043936007/
— Parents kept in the dark when school officials secretly transition their children. How successful have Democrat leaders been making the students in your school district sexually active LGBTQers?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2025/09/08/school-transgender-bathrooms-social-transitioning-parents/85972556007/
— Trump’s push to end cashless bail will create the right type of system. President Trump wants to make sure dangerous criminals are treated as such, regardless of their financial status. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2025/09/09/trump-executive-order-cashless-bail-bonds/85940514007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: As Democrat teacher crank out more and more and more good little Democrats, Democrat and RINO leaders use Hyundai to call for more foreign workers.
https://www.wsj.com/world/asia/hyundai-raid-exposes-shortage-of-visas-for-asian-companies-trying-to-move-staff-be88433c
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket. Should I write about my critics/opponents who associated with criminals, if not promoted criminals?
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/epstein-birthday-book-congress-9d79ab34
— For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-economics-of-education-reform-k-12-students-learning-9fb6177a
FORBES
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Epstein to promote more hatred against Trump
https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2025/09/09/trumps-lewd-drawing-and-a-depreciation-check-the-most-shocking-alleged-new-epstein-file-revelations/
BLOOMBERG
— Shackled Workers Threaten to Unravel South Korea’s Wins With Trump
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-09/shackled-workers-threaten-to-unravel-korea-s-wins-with-trump
— My critics/opponents paint themselves as being religious, compassionate, empathetic, virtuous, woke, kind, loving, caring, generous, etc. I should write about by critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-09-09/hypocrisy-2-0-moral-self-licensing-and-political-self-serving-in-the-ukt
— Hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters do everything that can to make Trump say and do anti-conservative things.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-09-05/maga-s-roots-can-be-found-in-carl-schmitt-antonio-gramsci-and-samuel-francis
BARRON’S
— What percent of those who come to America do so a) to turn America into their motherland, b) to get rid of their opponents from their motherland who are in America, c) to convert everyone in America to their religion, d) to get rid of everyone in America who does not share their religion, e) to make America give even more preference to those who share their demographics, and/or f) to help their motherland destroy America?
https://www.barrons.com/news/hostage-russians-deported-by-trump-face-arrest-back-home-328eeb4a
NIEMAN LAB
— The mainstream news media exists to destroy Republicans
https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/the-11-types-of-relationships-that-journalists-have-with-audiences/
C-SPAN
— What percent of those who come to America do so a) to turn America into their motherland, b) to get rid of their opponents from their motherland who are in America, c) to convert everyone in America to their religion, d) to get rid of everyone in America who does not share their religion, e) to make America give even more preference to those who share their demographics, and/or f) to help their motherland destroy America?
https://www.c-span.org/clip/national-press-club/immigration-official-says-us-citizenship-test-needs-to-be-more-challenging/5171122
BROOKINGS
— For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-status-of-litigation-against-the-trump-administrations-k-12-education-agenda-a-guide-for-education-leaders/
MANHATTEN INSTITUTE
— According to my critics/opponents, the more of the following that you are, the more reparations that you should pay: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://manhattan.institute/article/who-pays-for-reparations-the-immigration-challenge-in-the-reparations-debate
PBS
— Detained Korean Hyundai workers had special skills. What special skills do/did you have? GAO audits IRS. I had a special skill to audit IRS’s Collection Division. I had worked for IRS’s Collection Division 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. I had passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt. I had earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 in 1980. But my Democrat GAO superiors kept me off audits of IRS 1980-1985 and then 1989 until they forced me to retire in 1997. While they did let me work on audits of IRS 1986-1988, they were audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division. Democrat IRS and GAO leaders do not want Republicans to audit IRS.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/attorney-says-detained-korean-hyundai-workers-had-special-skills-for-short-term-jobs
POLITICO
— What percent of those who come to America do so a) to turn America into their motherland, b) to get rid of their opponents from their motherland who are in America, c) to convert everyone in America to their religion, d) to get rid of everyone in America who does not share their religion, e) to make America give even more preference to those who share their demographics, and/or f) to help their motherland destroy America?
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/04/trump-administration-citizenship-test-00544390
NEW REPUBLIC
— Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://newrepublic.com/article/200112/resist-trump-militarization-chicago-ice
JD SUPRA
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/banks-and-dei-efforts-managing-new-7286415/
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/students/free-speech/2025/09/09/tolerance-controversial-campus-speakers-declines
DAILY BEAST
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly attack Trump’s health. What demonstrates your health? For me, it is my putting together and sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_V17JSNY8Q
— What percent of those who come to America do so a) to turn America into their motherland, b) to get rid of their opponents from their motherland who are in America, c) to convert everyone in America to their religion, d) to get rid of everyone in America who does not share their religion, e) to make America give even more preference to those who share their demographics, and/or f) to help their motherland destroy America?
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-official-joseph-edlow-suggests-making-citizenship-test-harder/
DAILY KOS
— Hollywood exists to destroy Republicans.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/9/8/2342422/-Trump-finds-a-new-woke-Hollywood-elite-to-hate
AXIOS
— What percent of those who come to America do so a) to turn America into their motherland, b) to get rid of their opponents from their motherland who are in America, c) to convert everyone in America to their religion, d) to get rid of everyone in America who does not share their religion, e) to make America give even more preference to those who share their demographics, and/or f) to help their motherland destroy America?
https://www.axios.com/2025/09/07/trump-immigration-us-citizenship-test
TIMES OF INDIA
— For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/how-trumps-crusade-to-end-the-woke-agenda-is-transforming-us-classrooms-into-his-new-political-battlefield/articleshow/123775893.cms
— “Make call centers American again”: Conservatives turn visa and outsourcing debates into a fight against Indian talent
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/india/make-call-centers-american-again-conservatives-turn-visa-and-outsourcing-debates-into-a-fight-against-indian-talent/ar-AA1M1bGA
September 2, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Trump says he’s sending National Guard to Chicago, pointing to violent holiday weekend
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-city-braces-potential-surge-operations-could-begin-tuesday/17718920/
NBC5
— Pritzker ‘deeply concerned’ about ICE targeting Mexican Independence Day events
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/pritzker-deeply-concerned-about-ice-targeting-mexican-independence-day-events/3818582/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly attack Trump’s health
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/president-trump-dispels-death-rumors-amid-mounting-health-concerns/3818523/
CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for bad weather and for everything else that is bad
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-climate-education-hub-teachers-head-start/
WGN TV
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/pritzker-opposes-trump-national-guard-illinois/
FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national-guard-chicago-residents-reax
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago’s gunmen did not get Pritzker and Johnson’s memo. A violent Labor Day weekend brings a dose of lived reality to Chicago.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/02/editorial-chicagos-gunmen-did-not-get-pritzker-and-johnsons-memo/
— Trump reiterates vow that ‘we’re going in’ to Chicago but won’t say when
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/02/president-trump-reiterates-guard-chicago-threat-timing-unclear/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/02/outdoor-cannabis-cultivation-illinois/
— Naperville makes more ranking lists, including one for most ‘underrated’ cities in Illinois
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/02/naperville-rankings-underrated-worst-drivers-cities-list/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump administration targets Illinois in-state tuition for illegals
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/09/02/trump-administration-illinois-in-state-tuition-immigrant-students-lacking-legal-status
— CTA, Metra ban on concealed guns upheld by federal appeals court. A Downstate judge’s ruling that the Illinois ban is unconstitutional was reversed. Democrat leaders and criminals are overjoyed.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/transportation/2025/09/02/banning-concealed-carry-weapons-on-cta-metra-does-not-violate-second-amendment-appellate-court-rules
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump/2025/09/02/donald-trump-federal-intervention-chicago-baltimore
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/09/02/donald-trump-chicago-most-dangerous-city-world-social-media-post
DAILY HERALD
— Wilmette’s Dabrowski preparing gubernatorial campaign
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250902/illinois-state-politics/wilmettes-dabrowski-preparing-gubernatorial-campaign/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/greg-hinz-trumps-law-and-order-show-comes-chicago
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/trump-says-hell-send-federal-agents-chicago-despite-pushback
WGN RADIO
— Over 50 shot this weekend, but we don’t need help
https://wgnradio.com/wgn-plus/thechicagoway/chicago-way-w-john-kass-over-50-shot-this-weekend-but-we-dont-need-help/
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Pentagon authorizes up to 600 military lawyers to serve as temporary immigration judges
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/pentagon-authorizes-up-to-600-military-lawyers-to-serve-as-temporary-immigration-judges/article_03b4ac48-015e-59f1-b20c-a16e5b2483b6.html
25 NEWS NOW
— Illinois Republicans invite President Trump to Chicago
https://www.25newsnow.com/2025/09/02/illinois-republicans-invite-president-trump-chicago/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: While Democrats in Illinois are sounding the alarm on President Donald Trump’s plan to bring troops to Chicago, a Republican group agrees with his efforts to make the streets safer. The Illinois Freedom Caucus held a safety press conference this morning to express their support for President Trump’s efforts. Many of them criticized democrats for opposing federal government support to help reduce crime. This comes after a violent Labor Day weekend in Chicago, when 59 people were shot, and eight people were killed. Republican State Rep. Martin McLaughlin (R-Barrington Hills) questioned Democratic leaders as to why they think sending troops is a real threat to communities in Chicago. “I can’t believe that we’re talking about why it is threatening to increase public safety in these communities. To me, it is a public safety issue that can be addressed. It has been addressed successfully in D.C., let’s bring it to Illinois, and the true threat is to the politicians who have failed the mothers and the families are calling for it,” said McLaughlin. There have been more than 300 homicides this year alone in Chicago, but the city has seen a slow, downward trend in recent years.)
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders complain about Trump
https://www.nprillinois.org/news/2025-09-02/some-illinois-veterans-concerned-about-president-trumps-moves-with-the-national-guard-first-listen
— Trump administration blocks partisan groups from voter registration at naturalization events
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-09-02/trump-administration-blocks-groups-from-voter-registration-at-naturalization-events
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2025-09-02/as-trump-declares-were-going-in-pritzker-says-terror-and-cruelty-is-the-point
CHICAGO READER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://chicagoreader.com/columns-opinion/opinion/police-ice-agents-safety/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/09/02/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-373/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Chicago residents: ‘We need help’ from feds to fight crime
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_e49af2f4-213b-4c3a-8dd9-59cb6ca490c1.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump upends flow of money migrants send home
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/2/donald-trump-upends-flow-money-migrants-send-home/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— America’s hyperpoliticized teachers unions
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/daily-memo/3789835/america-hyperpoliticized-teachers-unions-democratic-causes/
NEW YORK POST
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly push more pot
https://nypost.com/2025/09/01/opinion/marijuanas-federal-legal-status-needs-to-change-but-not-to-the-free-for-all-advocates-crave/
BREITBART
— Chicago Alderman Raymond Lopez Rips Mayor, Governor for Blocking Trump: ‘How Many Victims Are We Comfortable With?’
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/09/02/chicago-alderman-rips-mayor-governor-for-blocking-trump-how-many-victims-are-we-comfortable-with/
— The World Runs on America’s Consumption
https://link.breitbart.com/view/5d13d86afc942d626ccc80b7on7q7.1gv5/71b44a4a
DOJ
— Justice Department Files Complaint Challenging Illinois Laws Providing In-State Tuition and Scholarships for Illegal Aliens
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-files-complaint-challenging-illinois-laws-providing-state-tuition-and
DAILY CALLER
— Trump Admin Sues Illinois For Giving In-State Tuition, Scholarships To Illegals
https://dailycaller.com/2025/09/02/trump-admin-sues-illinois-in-state-tuition-scholarships-illegals/
FEDERALIST
— Trump Admin Is Eradicating Racism From College Admissions, And The Left Hates It
https://thefederalist.com/2025/09/02/trump-admin-is-eradicating-racism-from-college-admissions-and-the-left-hates-it/
NEWSMAX
— Trump: Bring Back Insane Asylums, House Mentally Ill
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/mentally-ill-insane-asylums-donald-trump/2025/09/01/id/1224673/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
WASHINGTON POST
— At an ICE career expo, thousands line up to ‘defend the homeland’ An ex-Marine, a former professional MMA fighter, a retired officer: Meet the people angling to join ICE and carry out President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/09/02/ice-officers-hiring-trump-immigration/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: So far, the Department of Homeland Security said it has received more than 130,000 applications, and if the hiring fair in this community wedged between Dallas and Fort Worth offers any indication, plenty of people are eager to sign up. Despite polls showing that growing numbers of Americans disapprove of Trump’s aggressive tactics and images of masked ICE agents whisking immigrants off the streets, 3,000 applicants showed up to submit résumés at last week’s career expo, drawn in part by the president’s call to serve and the promise of a signing bonus of up to $50,000 for top recruits. . .The agency has lifted age caps for applicants and encouraged retired law enforcement officers to rejoin the ranks. The age cap for deportation officers — the role ICE was primarily recruiting for in Texas — used to be 40.)
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— More Fentanyl Shows Up in Random Workplace Tests
https://www.wsj.com/business/fentanyl-work-drug-test-increase-0f0b1eff
SPLC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more voter fraud
https://www.splcenter.org/presscenter/splc-denounces-trump-threat-limit-voting-access/
September 2, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat and RINO leaders want Pritzker to win in 2026. Failing that, they want an anti-Trump Republican candidate to win who is Democrat plant, Democrat Lite, RINO, if not anti-conservative, if not anti-Republican who rejects the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and/or other if not all of the planks in the Republican Party platform.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/02/illinois-republicans-governor-ilgop-2028/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/02/outdoor-cannabis-cultivation-illinois/
ABC7
— Chicago-area residents celebrate Labor Day 2025 with parades. I have always been big on parades. I attended Bob Doles’ rally after he walked in Wheaton’s Independence Day Parade in 1996. SEE: https://www.nytimes.com/1996/07/05/us/for-dole-upbeat-crowd-on-a-spirited-day.html At the 2000 Illinois Republican Party State Convention in Springfield, I encouraged George Ryan to encourage Bush/Cheney to walk in Wheaton’s 2000 Independence Day Parade. But my attending the Bush/Cheney rally before Naperville’s 2000 Labor Day Parade and my walking in that parade really got me going. SEE: https://www.chicagotribune.com/2000/09/05/no-ordinary-fling-in-naperville/ I ever-increasingly encouraged Republican candidates to walk in Wheaton Independence Day Parades. I served as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day Parades from 2005 until my critics/opponents ended that in 2021.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/labor-day-events-2025-chicago-area-residents-wrap-holiday-weekend-parades-festivals/17714451/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The marching bands got their work done early in Naperville, with the annual Labor Day parade. Thousands lined the course, watching the many community organizations marching by.)
NBC5
— At least 54 people shot, 7 fatally, during Labor Day weekend in Chicago
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/at-least-54-people-shot-7-fatally-during-labor-day-weekend-in-chicago/3818070/
FOX32
— Deadly weekend: Eight killed, 48 wounded over Labor Day weekend in Chicago, prompting Trump to threaten National Guard deployment. Chicago Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/labor-day-violence-chicago-prompts-trump-national-guard-warning
NORTHWEST HERALD
— More than 600 people attend Labor Day protest in McHenry. ‘Workers Over Billionaires’ one of many across Illinois, country.
https://www.shawlocal.com/northwest-herald/2025/09/01/more-than-600-people-attend-labor-day-protest-in-mchenry/
DAILY LINE
— Illinois Republicans light on candidates for statewide races in 2026 midterm
https://www.thedailyline.com/illinois-republicans-light-candidates-statewide-races-2026-midterm
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/09/02/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-581/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Tax Eaters in Search of Another Mass Transit Bailout
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/09/02/tax-eaters-in-search-of-another-mass-transit-bailout/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Nationwide Labor Day protests denounce billionaires in Trump’s orbit. Organizers are aiming to remind the country of Labor Day’s origins and emphasize workers’ rights. My critics/opponents look down on if not despise workers. I was a worker 1964-1997.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/09/01/nationwide-labor-day-protests-denounce-billionaires-trumps-orbit/
BREITBART
— Illinois Lt. Gov.: Trump Wants to Do ‘Aggressive Attack’ Here to ‘Provoke’ Reaction So They Can Federalize Troops
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/09/01/il-lt-gov-trump-wants-to-do-aggressive-attack-here-to-provoke-reaction-so-they-can-federalize-troops/
— Texas Trucking’s Silent Threat: Non-English Speaking Drivers Surge as Crashes Mount Nationwide
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2025/09/01/texas-truckings-silent-threat-non-english-speaking-drivers-surge-as-crashes-mount-nationwide/
— Chicago Alderman: Trump’s Trying to Use ‘Violence’ Here
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/09/01/chicago-alderman-trumps-trying-to-use-violence-here/
— Chicago Alderman on Shootings in City: Trump ‘Exacerbated’ Inner City Violence
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/09/01/chicago-alderman-on-shootings-in-city-trump-exacerbated-inner-city-violence/
— Trump’s policies spark protests in multiple US cities on Labor Day
https://www.breitbart.com/news/president-donald-trumps-policies-spark-protests-in-multiple-us-cities-on-labor-day/
— Trump Administration Suspends U.S. Visas for Palestinian Passport Holders
https://www.breitbart.com/middle-east/2025/09/01/trump-administration-suspends-u-s-visas-for-palestinian-passport-holders/
COLLEGE FIX
— FBI probes slew of nationwide false campus shooter reports tied to online group
https://www.thecollegefix.com/fbi-probes-slew-of-nationwide-false-campus-shooter-reports-tied-to-online-group/
EPOCH TIMES
— Why Can’t Teens Get Jobs? While I was a Crete-Monee High School student 1962-1966, UIC student 1966-1968, and NIU student 1969-1970, few of my classmates had jobs. But I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970. My critics/opponents have always used my taking the aforesaid jobs against me. They make it clear that they would never had stooped to take the aforesaid jobs. They hint/imply/argue/shout that my taking the aforesaid jobs proves that I am a loser. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents had the most money.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/opinion/why-cant-teens-get-jobs-5897482
FOX NEWS
— Judge halts Trump admin’s effort to deport Guatemalan children
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6378087284112
NEWSMAX
— Trump: Bring Back Insane Asylums, House Mentally Ill
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/mentally-ill-insane-asylums-donald-trump/2025/09/01/id/1224673/
— Insurrection Act Gives Trump Power to Deploy Guard. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Criminals and illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/trump-deploytroops-insurrectionact/2025/09/01/id/1224681/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5480608-may-day-strong-labor-protest/
NBC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2efnUi0f3A
https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/chicagoans-want-help-tackling-crime-but-with-different-approach-than-trump-s-crackdown-246363205702
CNN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/01/politics/video/the-lead-juliana-stratton-chicago-national-guard-president-trump-tapper
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/02/politics/trump-national-guard-epstein-russia-ukraine-china-senate-analysis
https://www.cnn.com/audio/podcasts/the-arena-with-kasie-hunt/episodes/34cb4784-6cdf-11f0-995b-5fc5837b209c
REUTERS
— China’s Xi convenes ‘Axis of Upheaval’ in Beijing, sidelining Trump. In WWIII, which countries will side with China against America?
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/chinas-xi-convenes-axis-upheaval-beijing-sidelining-trump-2025-09-02/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://apnews.com/video/anti-trump-protests-held-in-chicago-e2fb17c619a64478bab5d0c63cf913cf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxCxn5BVBY0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-1vsob2slg
NEW YORK TIMES
— Labor Day Protests Denounce Trump While Supporting Workers. The demonstrations were part of the continuing effort by Trump opponents to try to pressure his administration, even if many events were modest in size. My critics/opponents look down on if not despise workers. I was a worker 1964-1997.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/us/trump-labor-day-protests.html
— Young and Old Are Facing Off for Jobs. For White male non-veterans, it is up-or-out. For White male non-veteran federal employees, they are out if they do not make GS-13 ($117,807/year) by age 25, GS-14 ($139,211/year) by age 30, GS-15 ($163,749/year) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service ($195,200/year)by age 40. Extremely few White male non-veteran federal employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines.
https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/21/business/21age.html
— Fine-Tune Your Feed and Get News You Can Use. My critics/opponents want to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Failing that, they want to stop everyone from reading the newsletters. Failing that, they want me to stop including links in the newsletters to articles that promote planks in the Republican Party platform that they reject. Most commonly, they reject the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race of gender based preference giving) planks
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/technology/personaltech/apple-google-news-customize.html
— A Guide to Repaying Your Student Loans. If you had to work your way through college like me, what if you had gotten a student loan? If I had gotten a student loan my GPA would have been higher. Instead of studying, I spent far too many hours washing dishes, delivering mail, working for IRS, and working for GAO.
https://www.nytimes.com/article/student-loan-repayment-options.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Nationwide Labor Day protests denounce billionaires in Trump’s orbit. Organizers are aiming to remind the country of Labor Day’s origins and emphasize workers’ rights. My critics/opponents look down on if not despise workers. I was a worker 1964-1997.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/09/01/nationwide-labor-day-protests-denounce-billionaires-trumps-orbit/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Hidden cost of EV ownership: high insurance premiums
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-08-28/insurance-premiums-hike-up-the-price-of-evs
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Rahm Emanuel: We Have Met the Enemy and He Isn’t Us. Can Americans stop fighting each other long enough to appreciate the threat from China?
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/we-have-met-the-enemy-and-he-isnt-us-b3faa55c
— Remember the Children of Annunciation. Don’t let yourself grow numb. School shootings are a horror we can’t accept.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/remember-the-children-of-annunciation-add5b127?mod=opinion_lead_pos8
— You Can’t Work Your Way Through College Anymore. I would not have been able to work my way through college and graduate debt-free in 1970 owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE a) if my parents had not provided me with room and board 1966-1968, weekends during my first semester in 1969, and the summer of 1969 and b) if I had not worked for the Post Office part-time during the school years and full-time during the summers 1966-1969.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/you-cant-work-your-way-through-college-anymore-1521239612
FORBES
— OK Boomers, About That Working-Through-College Thing. I would not have been able to work my way through college and graduate debt-free in 1970 owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE a) if my parents had not provided me with room and board 1966-1968, weekends during my first semester in 1969, and the summer of 1969 and b) if I had not worked for the Post Office part-time during the school years and full-time during the summers 1966-1969.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/patrickwwatson/2019/12/09/ok-boomers-about-that-working-through-college-thing/
— Many Small Businesses Are Finding It Harder To Hire Workers. My big employers included GAO, IRS, Firestone Stores, Post Office, and SS Kresge.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/edwardsegal/2021/10/28/many-small-businesses-are-finding-it-harder-to-hire-workers-new-poll/
WALLET HUB
— 50% of people don’t think it’s realistic for the average American to expect to retire comfortably. Starting when I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have envied my earning credits toward a Civil Service Retirement System pension and the federal government paying 72% of my health insurance and paying 72% of my wife’s health insurance since 1978. Their envy worsened when I became eligible for early retirement and a $25,000 buyout when I was 45 in 1993. Their envy worsened more when I took early retirement when I was 49 in 1997. In my defense, I stress that I worked for the Post Office for almost 3 years, I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, and that I worked for GAO for almost 18 years. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those a) who have made it clear that they would never stoop to take a federal job and/or b) who lacked qualifications for federal jobs.
https://wallethub.com/blog/retirement-savings-survey/133047
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Retirement doubt. 50% of people don’t think it’s realistic for the average American to expect to retire comfortably. Americans worry about retirement. Nearly 2 in 5 people feel anxious when thinking about retirement. Many people lack a plan. More than 1 in 4 Americans don’t have a retirement plan. Many people may never retire. 43% of people say they expect to work until they die. Debt takes precedence. Most Americans (53%) think paying off debt is more important than making retirement contributions. Dependency risk. More than 1 in 4 Americans are counting on family members to support them financially when they retire.)
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Not College Material. I was not viewed as being college material. Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class. I washed dishes during my junior and senior years and the summer in between. I could not run because I had a bone disease. My eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20. I had partial red/green color blindness.
https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/just-visiting/not-college-material
KEEN ON AMERICA
— Wealthy Families Game the College Admission Process. Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. He never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. My mother never attended high school. I had to work my way through college.
https://keenon.substack.com/p/the-hypocrisy-of-trumps-war-on-universities
AMERICA MAGAZINE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope to promote LGBTQ.
https://www.americamagazine.org/vatican-dispatch/2025/09/01/pope-leo-meets-with-father-james-martin-seen-as-a-sign-of-support-for-ministry-with-l-g-b-t-q-catholics/
HUFFINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders attack Trump’s health
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-health-questions-garrett-graff_n_68b65715e4b0cd019d229af8
August 30, 2025 Evening Edition
Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Chicago mayor signs executive order in response to possible deployment of National Guard. Democrat leaders exist to protect criminals and illegals.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-sign-executive-order-saturday-reports-say-related-trumps-immigration-crackdown/17694349/
— Texas governor signs new voting maps pushed by Trump to gain five GOP seats in Congress in 2026
https://abc7chicago.com/post/texas-gov-greg-abbott-signs-new-voting-maps-pushed-trump-gain-gop-seats-congress-2026/17685031/
NBC5
— Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signs executive order challenging immigration crackdown. The executive order establishes campaigns to inform people of their rights and utilizes legal action and legislation to prevent attempts to violate citizens’ rights.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-signs-executive-order-challenging-immigration-crackdown/3817471/
CBS2
— Pritzker says sending military troops to Chicago would be an “invasion” by Trump administration
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-gov-pritzker-military-national-guard-chicago-invasion-trump/
— Mayor Johnson signs executive order against possible deployment of federal agents to Chicago
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/mayor-johnson-executive-order-deployment-federal-agents-chicago/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/family-worry-trump-admin-plans-to-ramp-up-immigration-crackdown-chicago/
WGN9
— Mayor Johnson signs executive order demanding President Trump stand down on threats to send troops to Chicago
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/mayor-johnson-signs-executive-order-demanding-president-trump-stand-down-on-threats-to-send-troops-to-chicago/
FOX32
— Chicago mayor signs order to protect residents’ rights amid fears of troop deployment
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-johnson-executive-order-rights
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1699976
— Wealthy enclave’s sewage reveals higher than average cocaine levels in the water
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/wealthy-enclaves-sewage-higher-than-average-cocaine-levels-water
WTTW
— Mayor Brandon Johnson Signs Executive Order Designed to Protect Residents if Trump Sends National Guard, ICE Strike Team to Chicago
https://news.wttw.com/2025/08/30/mayor-brandon-johnson-signs-executive-order-designed-protect-residents-if-trump-sends
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Mayor Brandon Johnson’s executive order urges law enforcement to not wear masks amid impending immigration crackdown
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/30/mayor-brandon-johnson-executive-order-federal-crackdown/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/30/trump-federal-agents-local-policing/
— Happy Labor Day weekend, teetotalers. You’re winning the war against alcohol. Most if not virtually all of the older White men who have taken big adverse actions against me since the 1960s were Democrats who were heavy drinkers.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/29/alcohol-drinking-sober-cocktails-weekend-holiday/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Mayor Johnson signs ‘Protecting Chicago Initiative’ in attempt to safeguard city from federal agents, troops
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/08/30/mayor-johnson-protecting-chicago-initiative-executive-order
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/08/30/national-guard-black-community-racism-trump-dc-chicago-suzanne-goodney-lea-natalie-hopkinson
DAILY HERALD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Republican efforts to fight crime and deport illegals
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250830/news/hundreds-of-police-departments-use-camera-company-accused-of-breaking-state-law/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn tariffs
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250830/business/trumps-tariffs-remain-unpopular-a-warning-sign-for-republicans/
CHICAGO CRUSADER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push minorities to be pot pushers
https://chicagocrusader.com/loan-applications-for-all-cannabis-social-equity-licensees-open-now/
WGLT
— Democrat leaders bring out their hate-filled Trump-hating protestors in Bloomington
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-08-30/only-counter-protestors-show-up-for-march-on-bloomington-after-flyers-with-swastika-like-imagery
— Texas advances bill allowing citizens to sue makers and distributors of abortion pills
https://www.wglt.org/2025-08-30/texas-advances-bill-allowing-citizens-to-sue-makers-and-distributors-of-abortion-pills
WAND TV
— Trump blocks $4.9B in foreign aid
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/trump-blocks-4-9b-in-foreign-aid-congress-okd-using-maneuver-last-seen-nearly-50/article_de5d0daa-7dff-5dc7-abe5-9974743e0fa8.html
CAPITOL FAX
— Bailey asked about ICE agents: ‘As governor of Illinois, there would be no one wearing masks’
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/29/bailey-asked-about-ice-agents-as-governor-of-illinois-there-would-be-no-one-wearing-masks/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CHICAGO CONTRARIAN
— Mayor Brandon ‘Insurrectionist’ Johnson Urges Chicago Residents to Rebel Against Trump
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/mayor-brandon-johnson-chicago-residents-trump
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Bondi fires DOJ employee for flipping off, cussing at National Guard troops
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/30/bondi-fires-doj-employee-flipping-cussing-national-guard-troops/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Chicago mayor signs order resisting Trump crackdown on crime and illegal immigration
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/crime/3788532/chicago-mayor-order-resisting-trump-crackdown-crime-illegal-immigration/
NEW YORK POST
— Wikipedia bias influences how one’s perception of reality is perceived
https://nypost.com/2025/08/29/opinion/wikipedia-bias-influences-how-ones-perception-of-reality-is-perceived/
DAILY WIRE
— Pritzker mandates Illinois State Colleges Provide Controversial Abortion Pills, says the pill will still be allowed in his state, even if the FDA deems it unsafe.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/dem-gov-mandates-all-state-colleges-provide-controversial-abortion-pills
FOX NEWS
— Noem demands Pritzker ‘abandon’ liberal immigration policies
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/noem-demands-pritzker-abandon-immigration-policies-after-alleged-killer-caught
— Pritzker claims Trump administration planning an ‘invasion’ with US troops. Illinois governor also said President Trump has ulterior motives beyond fighting crime
https://www.foxnews.com/media/jb-pritzker-claims-trump-administration-planning-invasion-us-troops
https://www.wccsradio.com/rss/jb-pritzker-claims-trump-administration-planning-an-invasion-with-us-troops/
NEWSMAX
— Johnson Orders Chicago to Resist Trump’s Law-and-Order Push
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/chicago-brandon-johnson-national-guard/2025/08/30/id/1224545/
— All of the lawyers assigned to the Justice Department’s Sanctuary Cities Enforcement task force have now resigned, with the final member departing this week, after claiming they were not given substantive legal duties. To get rid of me, my Democrat GAO superiors kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. They purposely wasted what I had learned about IRS working 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. Democrats do not want Republicans to audit IRS.
https://www.wjbc.com/2025/08/30/doj-lawyers-quit-sanctuary-cities-task-force/
https://www.997wpro.com/2025/08/30/doj-lawyers-quit-sanctuary-cities-task-force/
TOWNHALL
— The Left’s Hysteria Over Trump’s Immigration Enforcement Plans in Chicago
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/08/30/the-lefts-hysteria-over-trumps-immigration-enforcement-plans-in-chicago-n2662570
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC NEWS
— Chicago mayor signs order with blueprint for fighting a potential Trump crackdown. Mayor Brandon Johnson said the order directs his city to use “every legal mechanism” to combat a potential deployment of troops or federal law enforcement to Chicago.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/chicago-mayor-signs-order-blueprint-fighting-potential-trump-crackdown-rcna228212
NEWSWEEK
— Chicago Mayor Signs Order to Resist Trump Immigration Crackdown
https://www.newsweek.com/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-order-trump-immigration-crackdown-2122164
FORBES
— Chicago Mayor Johnson Claims Trump’s ‘Ultimate Desire’ Is To ‘Break Our City’ Amid Nat Guard Threats
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOmRpX-s4R0
NEW REPUBLIC
— Pritzker Just Set Himself Apart From All Other Democrats. This week, the Illinois governor suggested that he’s ready to take the fight against Trump much further than his party colleagues.
https://newrepublic.com/post/199800/jb-pritzker-trump-opposition-2028
August 21, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— CA Legislature approves special election on new congressional map favoring Democrats. California lawmakers passed a legislative package Thursday advancing a partisan redistricting plan aimed at winning Democrats five more U.S. House seats in the 2026 elections. How soon will Pritzker do the same thing for Illinois?
https://abc7chicago.com/post/california-democrats-prepare-pass-redistricting-plan-texas-house-approves-new-maps/17605698/
— Trump administration is reviewing all 55 million foreigners with US visas for any violations
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-administration-is-reviewing-55-million-foreigners-us-visas-any-violations/17608307/
— School district meeting gets heated over debate on transgender Conant High School volleyball player
https://abc7chicago.com/post/school-district-211-meeting-gets-heated-debate-transgender-conant-high-volleyball-player/17608275/
NBC5
— Newsom signs legislation calling special election on redrawn congressional map. How soon will Pritzker do the same thing for Illinois?
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/california-congressional-maps/3813201/
WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.wbez.org/reset-with-sasha-ann-simons/2025/08/21/what-could-marijuana-drug-reclassification-mean-for-chicago-cannabis-companies
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Newsom signs legislation calling for special election on redrawn congressional map. How soon will Pritzker do the same thing for Illinois?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/21/california-congressional-map-special-election/
— New Illinois law gives media better ability to curb retaliatory lawsuits. I should write about retaliatory acts taken against me since 2000 because I included links in GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters to articles that my critics/opponents do not like.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/21/new-illinois-law-gives-media-better-ability-to-curb-retaliatory-lawsuits/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/08/21/trumps-black-mayors-washington-chicago-johnson-bowser-bass-marc-morial
— Durbin questions Attorney General Pam Bondi about ‘politicized’ firings of immigration judges. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. If I had been any of the aforesaid, I would not have had any basis a) to complain about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination or b) to become an active member in a class action lawsuit in 1988 that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/08/21/sen-dick-durbin-attorney-general-pam-bondi-politicized-firings-immigration-judges
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/lgbtq/2025/08/21/channyn-lynn-parker-lgbtq-gay-advocacy-equality-illinois-brave-space-alliance-chicago
DAILY HERALD
— Appeals court tosses $500 million fine in N.Y. case against Trump, upholds fraud finding
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250821/nation-and-world-politics/appeals-court-tosses-500-million-fine-in-n-y-case-against-trump-upholds-fraud-finding/
CRAINS’CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/nonprofits-philanthropy/equality-illinois-names-channyn-parker-new-ceo
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Federal Reserve official says she won’t be ‘bullied’ by Trump into resigning. My Democrat GAO superiors did far than bully me to force me to take their early retirement “offer” that expired on September 30, 1997 when I was 49 years old. They made it very clear that if I did not take their “offer,” they would demote me, assign me to work for my former subordinates, give me adverse job transfers, give me bad job assignments, give me unfair performance expectations, give me unfair performance appraisals, and even worse things. If had not succumbed to their threats, I would not have been eligible for regular retirement until I was 55 years old in 2003. If GAO had been unionized, I would have sought its protection. But GAO did not unionize until 2007. I should write about the aforesaid. By forcing me to retire, my Democrat GAO superiors flushed down their toilets what I had learned a) working 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, b) working 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) passing the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, d) becoming a licensed CPA, and e) earning master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. So far, by forcing me to retire, my Democrat GAO superiors have forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $1.9 million in today’s dollars to stop me from coming to work.
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/trump-calls-on-federal-reserve-official-to-resign-after-official-accuses-her-of-mortgage-fraud/article_ab0c1b7b-36e6-5dc9-82d2-8428c6b3686e.html
RIVER BENDER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/attorney-general-raoul-petitions-fda-to-remove-burdensome-restrictions-on-mifepristone-85520.cfm
WAND TV
— Newsom signs legislation calling special election on redrawn congressional map. How soon will Pritzker do the same thing for Illinois?
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/california-gov-newsom-signs-legislation-calling-special-election-on-redrawn-congressional-map/article_f5f16b1a-83dc-5d6d-9214-4858e03f4580.html
NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Pritzker signed Senate Bill 1181 into law, clarifying that the protections in the Citizen Participation Act apply to the freedom of the press to opine, report, or investigate matters of public concern. My critics/opponents want to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Failing that, they want to stop everyone from reading those newsletters. Failing that, they have their operatives and their dupes take adverse actions against me.
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/illinois-journalists-gain-new-legal-shield-under-amended-citizen-participation-act
NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more crime.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2025-08-20/do-trumps-d-c-moves-echo-an-authoritarian-playbook
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration. If there had been as many illegals when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got, and if not that, my wages would have been lower.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/08/21/pritzker-signs-law-guaranteeing-public-education-for-illinois-students-regardless-of-immigration-status/
ILLINOIZE
— Darren Bailey “Seriously Considering” Entering Governor’s Race
https://www.theillinoize.com/articles/darren-bailey-seriously-considering-gov
CAPITOLFAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/21/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-367/
— Democrat leaders promote rule-breaking in schools.
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/21/it%e2%80%99s-now-a-law-5/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Pritzker: Fair maps in Illinois would be ‘disarming’ to Democrats
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_4d8c1bbe-9a3a-4849-b950-8067c9874e1c.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Illegal immigrant population reached 14 million under Biden in 2023. If there had been as many illegals when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got, and if not that, my wages would have been lower.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3760400/illegal-immigrant-population-reached-14-million-under-biden-in-2023/
NEW YORK POST
— ICE director vows to ‘flood’ Boston with immigration agents after Mayor Michelle Wu refused to end city’s sanctuary laws
https://nypost.com/2025/08/21/us-news/ice-director-vows-to-flood-boston-with-immigration-agents-after-mayor-michelle-wu-refused-to-end-citys-sanctuary-laws/
— The media is all aflutter over socialism — but America isn’t convinced
https://nypost.com/2025/08/21/opinion/media-is-giddy-over-socialism-but-america-isnt-convinced/
AMAC
— Time to Fire Woke Generals and Restore Apolitical Military Leadership
https://amac.us/newsline/national-security/time-to-fire-woke-generals-and-restore-apolitical-military-leadership/
BREITBART
— Major Hollywood Democrats to Hold Fundraiser for Republican Senator Susan Collins
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2025/08/21/susan-collins-will-go-hollywood-at-major-fundraiser-with-democrats/
— Trump on Track to Deport 400,000 Illegals in 2025. An estimated 14 million are in America illegally. If there had been as many illegals when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got, and if not that, my wages would have been lower.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/08/21/new-york-times-trump-on-track-to-deport-400000-illegals-in-2025/
FOX NEWS
— Vance, Hegseth ‘unfazed’ by protesters during trip to thank DC National Guard troops
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6377157637112
— Trump’s civil fraud penalty was obviously excessive.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6377197144112
FOX NEWS RADIO
— Stop Giving Driver’s Licenses to ILLEGALS
https://radio.foxnews.com/2025/08/20/stop-giving-drivers-licenses-to-illegals/
NEW AMERICAN
— Illinois Mandates “Mental Health” Testing of ALL Children. Children’s minds are now officially in the crosshairs of one of the most out-of-control state governments in America. Under a controversial new measure just signed into law by far-left Governor J.B. Pritzker, government schools in Illinois will begin mandatory “mental health” testing of all students each year, starting in 3rd grade. According to Democrats, if you are not a Democrat, you have mental problems.
https://thenewamerican.com/us/education/illinois-mandates-mental-health-testing-of-all-children/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Illegal immigration hit record in 2023. If there had been as many illegals when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got, and if not that, my wages would have been lower.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5463595-surge-unauthorized-immigrants-biden-era/
REUTERS
— DOJ blocks use of justice grants for legal aid to migrants in US illegally
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/doj-blocks-use-justice-grants-legal-aid-migrants-us-illegally-email-shows-2025-08-21/
— Canada sees rise in US refugee claims, highest since 2019. Trans Americans increasingly seek asylum in Canada. US policies on trans rights cited as asylum motivation. How successful have Democrat leaders been forcing LGBTQ on everyone in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/more-americans-applying-refugee-status-canada-data-shows-2025-08-21/
UPI
— Democrat and RINO leaders crow about their success in flooding America with their illegals. If there had been as many illegals when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got, and if not that, my wages would have been lower.
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2025/08/21/pew-unauthorized-immigration-14-million-2023/6221755788008/
NEWSWEEK
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals. If there had been as many illegals when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got, and if not that, my wages would have been lower.
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-immigrant-population-decline-undocumented-peak-data-maps-2116385
ABC NEWS
— Will Pritzker do more cracking and packing and stop Republicans from being elected in all of Illinois’ 17 congressional districts?
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/redistricting-arms-race-states-addition-texas-california-parties/story?id=124855541
NBC NEWS
— Democrat and RINO leaders crow about their success in flooding America with their illegals. If there had been as many illegals when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got, and if not that, my wages would have been lower.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/immigrant-population-shrinking-trump-administration-rcna225881
CBS NEWS
— Newsom signs California redistricting plan that could tilt 5 House seats toward Democrats. How soon will Pritzker do the same thing for Illinois?
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/california-redistricting-gavin-newsom-vote/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals. If there had been as many illegals when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got, and if not that, my wages would have been lower.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/undocumented-immigrants-left-us-2025-data-estimate/
— Trump hands out burgers and pizza to federal law enforcement amid D.C. police surge
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-patrol-dc-police-national-guard/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat and RINO leaders decry Trump success in stopping illegal immigration. If there had been as many illegals when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got, and if not that, my wages would have been lower.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/us/immigration-decline-united-states-trump.html
WTHI TV
— Lawmakers speak out against illegal immigrants receiving drivers licenses
https://www.wthitv.com/news/lawmakers-speak-out-against-illegal-immigrants-receiving-drivers-licenses/article_5b816e3c-7ea9-472a-adf4-1c1901c04987.html
BLOOMBERG LAW
— Illinois Democrat and RINO leaders destroyed organizations like Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) and TAPROOT Republicans that refused to discriminate against those like me who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. While I was an ICRC officer and a TAPROOT chairman, I was under tremendous pressure to give preference to those who are not the aforesaid. To give preference to one group is to discriminate against another group.
https://news.bgov.com/litigation/anti-dei-group-loses-bid-to-block-illinois-demographic-data-law
FORBES
— Democrat and RINO leaders crow about their success in flooding America with their illegals. If there had been as many illegals when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got, and if not that, my wages would have been lower.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2025/08/21/texas-is-catching-up-to-california-in-number-of-unauthorized-immigrants-pew-data-shows/
POLITICO
— Supreme Court lets Trump admin cut off health grants it says advance DEI or ‘gender ideology extremism’
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/21/supreme-court-nih-funding-grants-00518782
PEW RESEARCH
— U.S. Unauthorized Immigrant Population Reached a Record 14 Million in 2023. Democrat and RINO leaders have flooded Americans with their illegals; Democrat leaders because illegals vote for Democrats and RINO leaders because they want cheap labor. If there had been as many illegals when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got, and if not that, my wages would have been lower.
https://www.pewresearch.org/race-and-ethnicity/2025/08/21/u-s-unauthorized-immigrant-population-reached-a-record-14-million-in-2023/
— What the data says about immigrants in the U.S. Democrat and RINO leaders have flooded Americans with their illegals; Democrat leaders because illegals vote for Democrats and RINO leaders because they want cheap labor. If there had been as many illegals when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got, and if not that, my wages would have been lower.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/08/21/key-findings-about-us-immigrants/
PBS
— Democrat and RINO leaders crow about their success in flooding America with their illegals. If there had been as many illegals when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got, and if not that, my wages would have been lower.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/illegal-immigration-hit-record-of-14-million-in-2023-pew-report-finds
AXIOS
— Democrat and RINO leaders crow about their success in flooding America with their illegals. If there had been as many illegals when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got, and if not that, my wages would have been lower.
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/21/california-texas-states-unauthorized-immigrant-pew
ONLINE NEWS ASSOCIATION
— Do not anticipate/expect that any of the speakers or sponsors at ONA’s upcoming annual conference will be conservative or Republican.
https://ona25.journalists.org/about/
August 21, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Texas House approves redrawn congressional maps sought by Trump ahead of 2026 elections. Will this prompt Pritzker to redraw Illinois congressional maps so that absolutely no Republican candidates can win in Illinois? How badly has Pritzker gerrymandered your congressional district? I should write about Pritzker’s 3rd Congressional District that I live in. Pritzker is an expert at cracking and packing.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/20/texas-house-approves-redrawn-maps/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/08/20/cash-assistance-gender-domestic-violence-net-ameya-pawar-amanda-pyron
DAILY HERALD
— Marter slams mail-in voting as ‘a scam.’ Democrats run elections in America. Democrats run the postal service in America. Democrats hate Republicans. Why do hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters promote mail-in voting so strongly?
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250820/us-congress-politics/gop-house-hopeful-marter-slams-mail-in-voting-as-a-scam/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Judge tosses Trump-era challenge to Illinois E-Verify law. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/law/illinois-wins-fight-over-trump-e-verify-challenge
ABC7
— Pritzker says he supports independently drawn legislative maps if done on national basis
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-gov-jb-pritzker-says-he-supports-independently-drawn-legislative-maps-done-national-basis/17598750/
— Newly installed U.S. attorney in the Northern District of Illinois encourages former federal prosecutors to apply. For course, after my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, they never encouraged me to apply. For them, GAO exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicagos-legal-community-buzzing-us-attorney-northern-district-illinois-andrew-boutros-recruiting-mail/17600171/
NBC5
— New college program allows Illinois students to apply with only a GPA. One reason why UIC admitted me in 1966 was that my ACT score of 24.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/video/top-videos-home/new-college-program-allows-illinois-students-to-apply-with-only-a-gpa/3812390/
WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government
https://news.wttw.com/2025/08/20/illinois-snap-education-program-end-amid-federal-funding-cuts-how-could-impact-local
— CTU President Rejects Pritzker’s Assertion No More Money to Be Found in Springfield for Schools. During the 1950s and 1960s, Crete-Monee School District 201-U did not spend anything to give my brother and I grade school educations because my parents sent us to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools in Crete and Park Forest. For me, 1953-1962, and for my brother, 1958-1968.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/08/20/ctu-president-rejects-pritzker-s-assertion-no-more-money-be-found-springfield-schools
SAUK VALLEY
— State Rep. Brad Fritts, R-Dixon, has withdrawn his Sauk Valley Chamber of Commerce membership after the organization published a DEI statement on its website and removed the word “God” from a prayer at a recent scholarship fundraiser that it hosted.
https://www.shawlocal.com/sauk-valley/2025/08/21/state-rep-nixes-sauk-valley-chamber-membership-over-prayer-wording-at-fundraiser-dei-statement-on-its-website/
HERALD NEWS
— Will County Board member accused of illegally accessing fellow board member’s emails
https://www.shawlocal.com/the-herald-news/2025/08/20/will-county-board-member-accused-of-illegally-accessing-fellow-board-members-emails/
SOUTHERN
— Democrat leaders have their protesters heckle Vance, Hegseth at photo op to thank National Guard troops in DC.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/08/20/protesters-heckle-vance-hegseth-miller-as-they-get-photo-op-with-dc-national-guard/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Mail-in voting ban could affect 1/3 of voters in Tazewell County. Democrats run elections in America. Democrats run the postal service in America. Democrats hate Republicans. Why do hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters promote mail-in voting so strongly?
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/illinois-voting-machine-restrictions/
WSIU
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot
https://www.wsiu.org/siu/2025-08-20/2025-hemp-cannabis-symposium-at-siu-to-focus-on-agronomy
ILLINOIS PUBLIC MEDIA
— Your food probably traveled a long way before reaching the grocery store.
https://will.illinois.edu/217today/episode/217-today-your-food-probably-traveled-a-long-way-before-reaching-the-grocery-store-heres-why
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasingly reject federal law
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/08/21/illinois-to-bondi-sanctuary-status-stands-firm-00517387
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/21/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-573/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/20/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-366/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CHANGE ILLINOIS
— Long-time redistricting reform advocates raise concerns about the new “fair maps” ballot question.
https://www.changeil.org/2025/08/long-time-redistricting-reform-advocates-raise-concerns-about-the-new-fair-maps-ballot-question/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Pritzker defends mental health mandate, rejects parental consent plan. According to Democrats, if you are not a Democrat, you have mental problems.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_6fd339b5-6d3a-4ff1-9288-cffd18017e8b.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump’s right: America should end mail-in voting. It’s a stupid practice rife with fraud potential.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/20/trumps-right-america-end-mail-voting/
— Blue state tax hikes drive residents out. Democrats double down on taxing the wealthy while red states like Texas and Florida reap the rewards of migration.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/20/blue-state-tax-hikes-drive-residents/
— Little of DOGE’s work likely to survive
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/20/little-doges-work-likely-survive/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump isn’t trying to ‘erase history’ at Smithsonian — he’s reversing a destructive woke takeover
https://nypost.com/2025/08/20/opinion/trump-isnt-trying-to-erase-history-at-smithsonian-hes-reversing-a-destructive-woke-takeover/
BREITBART
— State Department employee fired after questioning talking points on Israel and Gaza. My Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career, took many adverse actions against me, and forced me to retire early because I questioned their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://www.breitbart.com/news/state-department-employee-fired-after-questioning-talking-points-on-israel-and-gaza/
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Immigration Court No-Shows Increase as Backlog Falls and Asylum Denials Rise
https://cis.org/Arthur/Immigration-Court-NoShows-Increase-Backlog-Falls-and-Asylum-Denials-Rise
FOX NEWS
— It would be wonderful to get Chicago Democrats on board in the migrant crime crackdown
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6377161503112
— Sanctuary cities defy Bondi’s deadline to cooperate
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/sanctuary-cities-defy-bondis-deadline-cooperate-no-intention-changing
— ICE unveils plans for new detention facilities across the US
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6377144130112
NRCC
— Illegals get handouts, cops get demonized, and Americans foot the bill
https://www.nrcc.org/2025/08/20/illegals-get-handouts-cops-get-demonized-and-americans-foot-the-bill-under-harder/
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Pritzker Accused of Betraying Citizens by Signing Bill to Give Illegals a Big Handout
https://www.westernjournal.com/illinois-gov-j-b-pritzker-accused-betraying-citizens-signing-bill-give-illegals-big-handout/
— Target CEO Who Steered Struggling Retail Giant Into Wokeness to Step Down
https://www.westernjournal.com/target-ceo-steered-struggling-retail-giant-wokeness-step-company-lost-grip/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— Democrats go ‘Trump Lite’ in latest plan to save democracy. Not in Illinois.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/21/politics/newsom-obama-trump-texas-california-redistricting-analysis
NBC NEWS
— Japanese American groups blast use of Fort Bliss, former internment camp site, as ICE detention center
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/fort-bliss-japanese-americans-internment-camp-immigrant-detention-rcna226044
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: The Democratic Party Faces a Voter Registration Crisis. The party is bleeding support beyond the ballot box.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/us/politics/democratic-party-voter-registration-crisis.html
— The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/donald-trump-approval-rating-polls.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly encourage children to be sexually active LGBTQers.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/us/politics/trump-transgender-children-care-subpoena.html
— He Tried to Endorse From the Pulpit. He Wound Up Without a Church. In 1961, if the pastor of the Missouri Synod Trinity Lutheran Church in Crete had taken a calling from a Wisconsin Synod church instead of splitting Trinity and switching it to the Wisconsin Synod, my entire post-1961 life would have been dramatically different. In 1961, to stay with the Missouri Synod, when I was in eight grade and my brother was in second grade, my parents transferred to Hope Lutheran Church in Park Forest and transferred my brother and I to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest. SEE: https://www.google.com/search?q=%22trinity+lutheran+church%22+crete+1961+missouri+wisconsin+synod
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/us/politics/church-endorsements-irs-kenosha.html
— Trump demanded on Wednesday that a Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook resign. My Democrat GAO superiors deliberately misled me to believe that they were going to let me work for GAO until I was eligible for regular retirement when I would be 55 in 2003. But in September of 1997, when I was 49 years old, they succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” that expired on September 30, 1997. I should write about that. Their forcing me to retire early has had a tremendous negative impact on me.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08/20/us/trump-news
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise foreign students.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/us/trump-visa-vetting-international-students.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal drugs.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/opinion/trump-cartel-mexico-fentanyl.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly infiltrate, invade, infest, and conquer churches.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/opinion/irs-church-free-speech.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump says Smithsonian is too focused on slavery. Democrats fought the Civil War against Republicans to preserve slavery. Ever-increasingly, since the Civil War, Democrat leaders have tried to a) paint Democrats as having been the Union Army and b) to paint Republicans as having been the Confederate Army.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/art/2025/08/20/trump-smithsonian-slavery-historians/
USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly encourage children to be sexually active LGBTQers.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/08/18/she-spoke-up-for-trans-rights-at-8-now-her-family-is-leaving-texas/85454513007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/08/17/gay-marriage-supreme-court-lgbtq-rights/85666114007/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote mail-in voting.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/19/trump-mail-in-voting/85725029007/
COURIER & PRESS
— Vanderburgh GOP leaders install supporters ahead of crucial Saturday election. Anti-conservative RINOs succeeded in getting someone to run against me for Republican Precinct Committeeman in 2000, but not since then. I should write about anti-conservative RINOs. I would focus on past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, and campaign volunteers, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders. I would focus on the aforesaid who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.courierpress.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/28/vanderburgh-gop-leaders-install-supporters-ahead-of-crucial-saturday-election/80497015007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Send Harvard’s Chinese Students Home. It makes no sense for the U.S. to be educating the scientific and leadership class of a future adversary.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/send-harvards-chinese-students-home-national-security-risk-research-2e43313d
— Surrogacy is typically the most expensive path to parenthood. My Democrat GAO superiors viciously demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me because my wife and I gave up trying to have children without trying IVF. I should write about my Democrat GAO superiors.
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/surrogacy-cost-parenting-eb87c3b3
BLOOMBERG LAW
— Trump Administration Loses Bid to Block Illinois E-Verify Law. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/trump-administration-loses-bid-to-block-illinois-e-verify-law
ACCOUNTING TODAY
— IRS flouted procedures when terminating employees. My Democrat GAO superiors did far more than just flout regulations when they forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. They flushed my Civil Service protections down their toilets. My critics/opponents stand with my Democrat GAO superiors. My critics/opponents are anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/irs-flouted-procedures-when-terminating-probationary-employees
FIVE THIRTY EIGHT
— Opposition Research Far too many who read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters are anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and read my newsletters for opposition research. I should write about them. I would focus on past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, and campaign volunteers, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders. I would focus on the aforesaid who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/an-introduction-to-the-dark-arts-of-opposition-research/
PEW RESEARCH
— How Americans View Journalists in the Digital Age. According to my liberal and moderate critics/opponents, I am not a journalist because I am a conservative. According to my Democrat and RINO critics/opponents, I am not a journalist because I am a Republican. They stress a) that none of my four college degrees, six professional certifications, and professional license are in journalism, b) that I have never been paid for what I have done as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, c) that I send my newsletters out free of charge and without any advertising or donation requests. They ignore/dismiss/belittle/badmouth a) that my newsletters have included links to more than 520,000 articles since 2004, b) 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, c) that much of what I did for GAO is very similar to what journalists do, d) that my professional certifications are in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting, and e) that I became a licensed CPA in 1981. I should write about the following who not only treat me like I am not a journalist, but who do everything that the can to stop me from sending out newsletters and to stop everyone from reading my newsletters: past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, and campaign volunteers, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders. The aforesaid have their operatives and their dupes destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or d) who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on the aforesaid 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 the aforesaid who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2025/08/20/how-americans-view-journalists-in-the-digital-age/