August 4, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Gov. Abbott orders arrests of Texas Democrats who fled to Illinois to halt GOP redistricting plan
https://abc7chicago.com/post/texas-democrats-plan-staying-illinois-2-weeks-halt-redistricting-gov-greg-abbott-threatens-loss-seats/17426930/

NBC5
— Illinois officials face pushback over Texas gerrymandering criticisms. Critics say Illinois’ maps are just as gerrymandered as Texas’ would be under a proposed law that has sparked controversy.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/illinois-officials-face-pushback-over-texas-gerrymandering-criticisms/3804336/
— Rep. Darin LaHood won’t run for Illinois governor, he says. LaHood also revealed he would not run for U.S. Senate.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/rep-darin-lahood-wont-run-for-illinois-governor-he-says/3804440/
— Redistricting clash escalates in Texas after Democrats scatter
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/president-trump/trump-administration-trade-tariff-texas-redistricting-august-04-2025-live-updates/3804074/

CBS2
— Pritzker says redrawing Illinois district map “on the table” in response to Texas redistricting push
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/pritzker-illinois-district-map-texas-democrats/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Tesla awards CEO Musk millions of shares valued at about $29 billion
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/04/tesla-elon-musk-share/
— Democrats prevent Texas House from moving forward with Trump-backed congressional map
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/04/texas-house-congressional-map/
— Why dozens of Democrats left Texas and how Republicans want to punish them
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/04/democrats-texas-republicans/
— Texas Democrats who fled to Chicago to deny GOP’s congressional redistricting effort speak out
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/04/watch-live-texas-democrats/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chicago Public Schools needs $1.6 billion more from the state to provide an adequate education
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/08/04/chicago-public-schools-budget-deficit
— Pritzker’s signature on police pension bill adds pressure for state bailout and city property tax hike. The bill will cost the city $60 million more in 2027, and by 2055, city pension payments will be $750 million higher than they are now. It adds one more big pressure point onto Mayor Brandon Johnson, who already has said he won’t raise property taxes.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2025/08/04/jb-pritzker-police-pension-bill-brandon-johnson-pressure-chicago-budget-state-bailout

DAILY HERALD
— Former GOP official Porter won’t run for Durbin’s Senate seat
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250804/us-congress-politics/gop-official-porter-wont-run-for-durbins-senate-seat/
— ‘We will hide them at our own legal peril’: DuPage Democratic leader pledges to protect Texan lawmakers
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250804/nation-and-world-politics/we-will-hide-them-at-our-own-legal-peril-dupage-democratic-leader-pledges-to-protect-texan-lawmak/
— Geneva woman Jessica Breugelmans running for Republican nomination for state Senate
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250804/news/geneva-woman-running-for-republican-nomination-for-state-senate/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push Blacks to be pot pushers.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/how-black-owned-label-can-help-grow-cannabis-brands-oped

WAND TV
— New DPS policies target students and visitors smelling of marijuana, other ‘distracting’ odors
https://www.wandtv.com/news/education/new-dps-policies-target-students-and-visitors-smelling-of-marijuana-other-distracting-odors/article_3450f262-c6fa-41ce-963a-452589331826.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Ahead of the new school year, Decatur Public Schools updated its district policies to emphasize banning marijuana and other “offensive” odors in its facilities.  A DPS flyer said that students who come to school smelling like marijuana or other “distracting” odors will be instructed to call home for a change of clothes, or be picked up to change. Visitors who smell of marijuana or other “distracting” odors will be asked to leave the premises.  The district justified the changes by saying that marijuana has an odor that causes/triggers allergic reactions, affecting indoor air quality and putting others at risk of getting sick. The district added that marijuana potentially has cancer-causing chemicals that put students, staff and others at risk. That policy went into effect July 1.  According to the DPS 61 student code of conduct and parent handbook, those who use marijuana for medical purposes must provide a medical card upon request.)

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Trump.
https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2025-08-04/professors-calling-for-northwestern-leaders-to-stand-up-to-the-trump-administration-first-listen

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/04/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-354/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Top Illinois GOP Donors Sit Out Upcoming Primary
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/08/sources-top-illinois-gop-donors-sit-out-upcoming-primary.html

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Gov. Pritzker to Fight Gerrymandering with… More Gerrymandering?
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/08/gov-pritzker-to-fight-gerrymandering-with-more-gerrymandering/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Firing the government’s statically incompetent statisticians. Isn’t it about time? Of course, my Democrat superiors in the federal government hinted/implied/argued that they wasted my career, took adverse actions against me, and forced me to retire because I was incompetent. It is called pretext. But they were frustrated a) by my earning a job-related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees, b) by my passing the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, c) by my earning four more job-related professional certifications, and d) by my earning a job-related professional license.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/4/firing-governments-statically-incompetent-statisticians/
— Not sorry for immigration enforcement. Without borders, we have no country.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/4/sorry-sorry-immigration-enforcement/

TOWNHALL
— Texas House Approves Arrest Warrants for Democrats Who Fled to Illinois to Block Redistricting Vote
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/08/04/texas-house-approves-arrest-warrants-for-democrats-who-fled-to-illinois-to-block-redistricting-vote-n2661402

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Pritzker says Texas Democrats who fled state will be protected amid arrest threats
https://thehill.com/homenews/5434627-redistricting-battle-texas-illinois/
— Redistricting fights explode across US
https://thehill.com/newsletters/evening-report/5435411-texas-redistricting-political-war/

CBS NEWS
— State Department may require some travelers to post $15,000 bond for business or tourism visas
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/state-department-visa-bond-pilot-program/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Will Slow, but May Not Stop, the Rise of Electric Vehicles
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/business/trump-electric-vehicles.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump moves to bar nearly all abortions at Veterans Affairs hospitals
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/08/04/veterans-va-abortion-trump/
— Democrats are becoming a) more liberal, b) bigger advocates of mass/illegal immigration, and c)  less proud to be American.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/08/04/democratic-party-change-under-trump-polls/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrats are ever-increasingly becoming more anti-car, anti-American nameplate car, and anti-American nameplate muscle car.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/cars/americas-love-affair-with-the-car-has-soured-over-money-4b73670f
— China Is Choking Supply of Critical Minerals to Western Defense Companies
https://www.wsj.com/world/asia/china-western-defense-industry-critical-minerals-3971ec51

BUSINESS INSIDER
— What does our choice of vehicle reveal about our political preferences?
https://www.businessinsider.com/car-models-owned-by-republicans-democrats-american-politics-jeep-2024-10

CAR BUZZ
— 10 Muscle Cars That Prove America Does It Best. Cars I used to own include a 1962 Chevrolet Impala SS, 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint (a poor man’s GTO), 1968 Oldsmobile 442, 1968 Dodge Charger R/T, and 1969 Dodge Charger SE. Cars I currently own include a 1972 and 2005 Chevrolet Corvette, 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX, 2023 Ford Mustang GT Premium, and 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T Plus. Please let me know if you share my interest in any of the aforesaid cars.
https://carbuzz.com/10-muscle-cars-showing-america-does-it-best/

GOOGLE AI
— Republican politicians and car choices
https://www.google.com/search?q=Republican+politicians+and+car+choices

July 30, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Trump administration requests voter data from Illinois elections board
https://abc7chicago.com/post/donald-trump-administration-requests-voter-data-illinois-elections-board/17356550/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ghislaine-maxwell-offers-testify-before-congress-epstein-she-is-pardoned/17352347/
— Northwestern University announced hundreds of layoffs, citing ‘mounting financial pressure’ on Tuesday. Because of Gingrich-led budget cuts, GAO shrank from more than 6,000 employees down to less than 3,000. The agency was almost always under hiring freezes and/or promotion freezes. The Democrats who ran GAO were beyond furious about that. They took their anger against Gingrich out against me, one of the few remaining Republican employees in the agency. They wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/northwestern-funding-freeze-university-faculty-members-urge-no-deal-donald-trump-administration/17354796/

NBC5
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/some-democrats-warn-epstein-is-a-distraction-from-trumps-unpopular-big-bill/3800360/
— Ever-increasingly, the longer that your ancestors have been in America and the more of the following that you are, the more hatred that Democrat and RINO leaders promote against you: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, and/or German American
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/i-m-a-product-of-immigrants-hundreds-of-ice-protesters-march-through-chicago/ar-AA1GvcWD

CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for bad weather.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-expert-alarm-u-s-epa-greenhouse-gas-regulations/

FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for problems that older people have.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1682159

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for bad weather.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/29/epa-endangerment-finding-trump-climate-change-illinois/
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, sooner or later, everyone will be on Medicaid.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/29/health-care-providers-warn-of-dire-impact-of-medicaid-cuts/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly gerrymander to destroy Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/30/independent-maps-effort-for-2026-election/
— FRONT PAGE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/29/fire-west-garfield-park-building/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/29/alleged-ice-rules-vandal-released/
— First the festival, now the India Day Parade canceled for this year
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/29/napervilles-india-day-parade-festival-canceled/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois Attorney General Raoul promotes more and more and more hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/07/29/kwame-raoul-town-hall-trump-policies
— Northwestern University cuts 425 positions amid Trump funding freeze.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/07/29/northwestern-university-lays-off-425-amid-trump-funding-freeze
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for bad weather.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/environment/2025/07/29/trump-environmental-protection-agency-moves-to-repeal-finding-that-allows-climate-regulation

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Northwestern announces layoffs amid Trump’s federal funding freeze.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/education/northwestern-laying-staff-amid-trump-funding-freeze

WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for problems that older people have.
https://www.wbez.org/reset-with-sasha-ann-simons/2025/07/29/chicago-program-providing-senior-citizens-with-job-training-paused-because-of-federal-cuts
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.wbez.org/wbez-newsletter/2025/07/29/the-rundown-who-steps-in-as-trans-youth-care-scales-back

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— President of Wirepoints Dabrowski strongly considering gubernatorial challenge to Pritzker
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/dabrowski-illinois-gubernatorial-challenge/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/business/press-releases/globenewswire/9502921/747-media-house-helps-cannabis-brands-like-budwell-drive-revenue-with-seo-excellence/

WCIA
— Decatur school district introduces ‘marijuana smell’ policy. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. How successful have they been pushing pot in your school district?
https://www.wcia.com/news/macon-county/decatur-school-district-introduces-marijuana-smell-policy/

KWQC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.kwqc.com/2025/07/28/epstein-files-where-do-quad-cities-lawmakers-stand/

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government and charity.
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/2025/07/29/the-need-is-going-to-increase/

IPM NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://ipmnewsroom.org/217-today-after-husband-was-deported-a-mother-alone-with-three-children-turns-to-trumps-voluntary-self-deportation-program/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— Southland Chicago used to be booming… now it’s a parking lot in many places
https://wirepoints.org/southland-chicago-used-to-be-booming-now-its-a-parking-lot-in-many-places-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Economist explains flight of people, dollars from Illinois. The more of the following that you are, the more that Democrats and RINOs do to drive you out of Illinois: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German America, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_db1f0852-6e9c-4944-8c52-c31c7e4a8e10.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

NEW YORK POST
— Almost 2M illegal migrants with deportation orders or criminal records are roaming US
https://nypost.com/2025/07/29/us-news/almost-2m-illegal-migrants-with-deportation-orders-or-criminal-records-are-roaming-us/
— Since 1965, Democrat and RINO leaders have used President Lyndon Johnson’s Executive Order 11246 to get rid of Republicans. I should write about how my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors used that Executive Order to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/trump-s-bold-strike-against-dei-ends-60-years-of-discrimination-and-makes-history/ar-AA1xOYYb

BREITBART
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/07/29/wa-a-g-trump-admin-is-going-after-illegals-getting-benefits-not-criminals/

DAILY CALLER
— Young Men Fail To Name Any Masculine Democrat Leaders Not Named Obama. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn masculinity. Democrats hate muscle cars. To promote more hatred against me, my Democrat superiors in the federal government stressed that I bought muscle cars.
https://www.aol.com/young-men-fail-name-masculine-174046779.html

FOX NEWS
— Trump’s border enforcement unleashes new weapon against illegal immigration. AI systems now flag human traffickers in real time while ensuring no illegal crossers released into interior.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/one-president-trumps-strongest-weapons-border-security
— Trump pick Emil Bove confirmed as federal judge after furious Democrat walkout, whistleblower complaint. GAO would not have promoted me to GS-13 when I was 38 years old in 1986 if the GAO manager (Dave) who led the effort to get rid of me had not gone on extended sick leave. That finally allowed the GAO manager (Bill) who had arranged for my transfer from IRS in 1980 to assign me to audits of IRS in 1986 and to promote me in 1986. But Dave a) came back in 1987, b) forced Bill to resign in 1987, c) threw me off audits of IRS in late 1988, d) gave me a bad job assignment in 1989, e) gave me unfair performance expectations in 1989, f) gave me an unfair performance appraisal in 1989, g) ranked me at the bottom of my coworkers for pay-for-performance (PFP) in 1989, h) assured that I would always be ranked in the bottom half of my coworkers for PFP for the rest of my GAO career, i) assured that I would never again be assigned to audits of IRS, and j) forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. I should write about the aforesaid.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-pick-emil-bove-confirmed-federal-judge-after-furious-democrat-walkout-whistleblower-complaints
— Race-based hiring allegations lead RFK to pull millions from Duke under Trump DEI order. Secretaries Robert F Kennedy Jr and Linda McMahon call affirmative action in medical context a danger to patient care and scientific discovery.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hhs-pulls-millions-from-duke-under-trump-dei-order-alleging-race-based-hiring-health-arm

PJ MEDIA
— The Heinous Hypocrisy of Demanding IDs From ICE Agents But Not Illegals
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/07/29/the-heinous-hypocrisy-of-demanding-ids-from-ice-agents-but-not-illegals-n4942219
— Universities Double Down on Wokeness
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/07/29/sexual-minorities-and-lavender-orientation-universities-double-down-on-wokeness-n4942207

TOWNHALL
— Pritzker Signs Two Gun Control Measures Into Law
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/tomknighton/2025/07/29/pritzker-signs-two-gun-control-measures-into-law-n2661109
— Senator Padilla Pushes Amnesty While Legal Immigrants Wait in Line for Decades
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/dmitri-bolt/2025/07/29/senator-padilla-introduces-bill-that-carves-a-path-for-illegals-to-become-citizens-n2661120
— Jeanine Pirro, former host of Judge Jeanine at Fox News and current interim United States attorney for the District of Columbia, has announced that to combat DC’s sanctuary city policies, the immigration status of all defendants entering the DC justice system will be verified.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/dmitri-bolt/2025/07/29/jeanine-pirro-fights-against-dc-sanctuary-city-policies-n2661108

U.S. OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
— Merit Hiring Plan. For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. They wasted my career and they got rid of me because I refused to become a Democrat.
https://www.dcpas.osd.mil/sites/default/files/2025-05/Merit%20Hiring%20Plan%205-29-2025.pdf
(FROM THE MEMORANDUM: The American people deserve a Federal workforce dedicated to American values and efficient service. Yet, Federal hiring criteria long ago abandoned any serious need for technical skills and adherence to the Constitution. Instead, the overly complex Federal hiring system overemphasized discriminatory “equity” quotas and too often resulted in the hiring of unfit, unskilled bureaucrats. The American people, who deserve a government that works for them, have suffered. In his January 20, 2025 Executive Order 14170, Reforming the Federal Hiring Process and Restoring Merit to Government Service (“Restoring Merit”) President Trump directed that “recruitment and hiring processes” become “more efficient and focused on serving the Nation” and that hiring be based on “merit, practical skill, and dedication to our Constitution.” These changes will “ensure that the Federal workforce is prepared to help achieve American greatness, and attract the talent necessary to serve our citizens effectively.” President Trump directed the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy to “develop and send to agency heads a Federal Hiring Plan that brings to the Federal workforce only highly capable Americans dedicated to the furtherance of American ideals, values, and interests.” President Trump stated that this Merit Hiring Plan must achieve seven goals: 1. Prioritize recruitment of individuals committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution; 2. Prevent the hiring of individuals based on their race, sex, or religion, and prevent the hiring of individuals who are unwilling to defend the Constitution or to faithfully serve the Executive Branch; . . . Finally, the Merit Hiring Plan must provide specific best practices for the human resources (HR) function in each agency, which each agency head shall implement. These HR best practices are included as Appendix 1.2 The key elements of the following Merit Hiring Plan are: 1. Reforming the Federal recruitment process to ensure that only the most talented, capable and patriotic Americans are hired to the Federal service; 2. Implementing skills-based hiring, eliminating unnecessary degree requirements, and requiring the use of rigorous, job-related assessments to ensure candidates are selected based on their merit and competence, not their skin color or academic pedigree;)

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NBC NEWS
— The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trumps-poll-numbers-immigration-shifted-enacted-agenda-rcna220826

CBS NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jeffrey-epstein-jail-video-investigation/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for bad weather.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/epa-revoke-endangerment-finding-regulating-greenhouse-gases/
— Democrat crow about their success in turning young people against Trump.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/young-people-trumps-job-handling-cbs-news-analysis/

REUTERS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for gun violence.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/trump-administration-slashed-federal-funding-gun-violence-prevention-2025-07-29/

MSNBC
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly paint themselves as being protectors, that is, they ever-increasingly paint Republicans as being destroyers.
https://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/-protecting-americans-from-their-president-washington-ag-brown-on-suing-trump-244041285906

NEWSWEEK
— According to Democrats, the more money that you have, the more that you have benefitted from discrimination against Democrats.
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-baby-accounts-generation-millionaire-retirees-2102733
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly gerrymander.
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-redistricting-push-backfire-2105986

USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government. My parents, my Missouri Synod Lutheran grade school teachers, and my Crete-Monee high school teachers promoted personal responsibility. That put me on track to earn a) a bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees, b) six professional certifications, and c) a professional license.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2025/07/30/trump-cuts-legal-services-rural-america/85340070007/
— Trump isn’t gutting Medicaid and food stamps. He’s fixing our broken welfare system.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2025/07/28/trump-medicaid-food-stamps-benefit-cuts-work-requirement/85355304007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/07/25/republicans-house-epstein-files-tax-bill-explained-voters/85345489007/

SPECTRUM NEWS
— Pritzker calls President Trump “a disease” during panel on SNAP cuts. The hate-filled Trump-hating Pritzker ever-increasingly promotes more hatred against Trump.
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/mo/st-louis/news/2025/07/29/st-louis-pritzker-trump-snap

COLUMBUS DISPATCH
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly promote more hatred against German Americans.
https://www.dispatch.com/story/opinion/letters/2025/07/30/donald-trump-hitler-german-mom/85410112007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Ever-increasingly, nonprofits exist to promote the Democrat Party platform.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-tax-spending-bill-charitable-donation-rules-bbc2f0e2

FORBES
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly se DEI to destroy Republicans.
https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbeshumanresourcescouncil/2025/07/30/how-dei-optimizes-not-compromises-merit/

BLACK PRESS USA
— The Washington Post Sees Major Exodus of Black Journalists. There are very few Black CPAs. My Democrat GAO superiors can stress that they forced me to retire when I was 49 years old and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Democrat Black CPA subordinate. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He was not a licensed CPA like I was.
https://blackpressusa.com/the-washington-post-sees-major-exodus-of-black-journalists/

WASHINGTON MONTHLY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use foreign countries to destroy America.
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2025/07/30/has-donald-trump-ended-free-trade/

NPR
— How many illegals have used their false identifications to vote in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/30/nx-s1-5462836/noncitizen-voting-trump-ceir-review

MS. MAGAZINE
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use DEI to destroy Republicans.
https://msmagazine.com/2025/07/29/investing-in-inclusion-how-dei-initiatives-uplift-both-companies-and-consumers/

GOOGLE AI
— Reforming Federal Agencies. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, I might still be a GAO employee. In any event, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to a) force me to retire when I was 49 years old, b) delay my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13, c) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-performance, d) keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and e) force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut to transfer from IRS to GAO.
https://www.google.com/search?q=reforming+federal+agencies

July 26, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Illinois Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Illinois Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Illinois Democrat Army.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/united-states-department-justice-lawsuit-illinois-cook-county-chicago-sanctuary-city-policies-dismissed-judge/17295816/

CBS2
— Illinois Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Illinois Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Illinois Democrat Army.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/judge-dismisses-trump-administration-lawsuit-illinois-sanctuary-laws/

WTTW
— Illinois Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Illinois Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Illinois Democrat Army.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/07/25/federal-judge-upholds-chicago-cook-county-and-illinois-protections-undocumented

WTTW & RIVER BENDER
— Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Emmett Till to promote more hatred against Illinois Republicans
https://news.wttw.com/2025/07/25/local-leaders-commemorate-emmett-till-s-birthday-preservation-church-building-where
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/on-emmett-tills-84th-birthday-duckworth-honors-till-family-legacy-at-historic-bronzeville-church-84693.cfm

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Illinois Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Illinois Democrat Army.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/25/federal-judge-dismisses-trump-administration-lawsuit-challenging-illinois-chicago-sanctuary-policies/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals. Illegals take bad jobs. Employers want cheap labor. All my employers would have hired illegals instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they did not have to take bad jobs because their parents had lots of money. Because my parents lacked money, I had to take bad jobs. I did yard work for 2 summers. I delivered newspapers for 4 years. I washed dishes for 18 months. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline during 1 summer. I delivered mail for almost 3 years. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents had the most money. They look down on people like me if not despise people like me.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/25/trump-immigration-chicago-factories/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Chicago communities recovering from string of hateful defacements. Democrats run Chicago communities.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/26/chicago-communities-recovering-from-string-of-hateful-defacements/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: The Democrat Party platform ever-increasingly promotes more homelessness. The Democrat Party platform promotes LGBTQ. That destroys traditional marriage and family. That promotes homelessness.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/07/26/trump-order-targets-homelessness-visibility-not-solutions-advocates-say

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Bigger SALT deduction will benefit Illinois taxpayers. A bigger SALT deduction would have helped my wife and I in the past, but not now.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/bigger-salt-deduction-will-benefit-illinois-taxpayers

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/republicans-and-independents-have-warmed-on-the-20785712.php
— Illinois Democrats comply only with those laws that benefit them personally
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/why-do-maga-faithful-support-trump-if-his-big-20783955.php

FORD COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Petition circulation to begin Aug. 5 for March 2026 election
https://www.fordcountychronicle.com/articles/featured/petition-circulation-to-begin-aug-5-for-march-2026-election/

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Illinois Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Illinois Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Illinois Democrat Army.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/07/25/aclu-city-using-lawsuits-to-fight-back-against-trumps-immigration-crackdown/

CWB CHICAGO
— Hyde Park targeted in growing string of anti-Semitic vandalism incidents. Democrats run Hyde Park.
https://cwbchicago.com/2025/07/hyde-park-targeted-in-growing-string-of-anti-semitic-vandalism-incidents-cpd-says.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/25/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-353/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— To get more votes from those who are liberal, minority, female, younger, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against those who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. How successful have Democrat leaders been doing the aforesaid in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? I should write about their success in DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Warrenville School District 200, and my precinct. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— U.S. Rep. Mary Miller targets China as security threat to U.S. real estate, schools, farmland
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_2f5f4f53-7321-434d-9d6e-01d9a42a52d6.html
— Illinois lawmakers among highest paid in country, double national average. My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid. My GAO salary was $153,151/year in today’s dollars when I was 49 years old in 1997. In my defense, a) I had a earned a job-related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees, b) I had earned six job-related professional certifications, and c) I had earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_b15cec65-48ca-4af5-926d-38fc43224451.html

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Should Christians Send Their Children to Public School? My parents sending me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools put me on track a) to earn a bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees, b) to earn six professional certifications, and c) to earn a professional license.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yb3hJFTSja0

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Why Are Dead People Still on Illinois Voter Rolls?
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/07/why-are-dead-people-still-on-illinois-voter-rolls-2025/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— No. 2 no more: Illinois property taxes rank highest in U.S.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/no-2-no-more-illinois-property-taxes-rank-highest-in-u-s/
— Chicago pension sweetener would add $11.1 billion in liabilities. My critics/opponents who are not getting a pension and/or are not in line to get a pension oppose pensions and oppose those like me who get one. In my defense, I paid 7% of my federal salary into the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) for almost 30 years. In today’s dollars, my CSRS pension is only 44% of what my salary was when I was 49 years old and less than what my salary was when I was 23 years old.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-pension-sweetener-would-add-11-1-billion-in-liabilities/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Illinois Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Illinois Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Illinois Democrat Army.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/25/trump-loses-lawsuit-challenging-illinois-sanctuary-law/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Illinois Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Illinois Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Illinois Democrat Army.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3483050/judge-throws-out-trump-administration-lawsuit-sanctuary-city-chicago/

NEW YORK POST
— Illinois Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Illinois Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Illinois Democrat Army.
https://nypost.com/2025/07/26/us-news/trump-administrations-lawsuit-over-chicagos-sanctuary-city-policies-tossed-by-federal-judge/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Washington Post abandons last shred of self-awareness and publishes a how-to list about becoming a journalist. Rampell clearly isn’t living in reality. Here are a few tips on what it actually takes to be a columnist at the Washington Post. The mainstream news media exists to elect Democrats. According to my critics/opponents, you are not a journalist unless you promote the Democrat Party platform. Therefore, according to them, I am not a journalist.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/07/wapo_abandons_last_shred_of_self_awareness_and_publishes_a_how_to_list_about_becoming_a_journalist.html

BLAZE
— Trump administration says Obama’s ‘Dreamers’ have no legal status, can be arrested and deported
https://www.theblaze.com/news/daca-dhs-deport-arrest-statement

BREITBART
— Trump Lands in Britain and Immediately Torches Europe For Killing Itself With Immigration
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2025/07/26/trump-lands-immediately-torches-europe-for-suicide-by-open-borders/
— Tesla shares end week in decline amid third straight quarterly loss. Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters punish Tesla to punish Musk to punish Trump.
https://www.breitbart.com/news/tesla-shares-end-week-in-decline-amid-third-straight-quarterly-loss/
— My critics/opponents do everything that they can to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Failing that, they do everything that they can to stop everyone from reading my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Failing that, they threaten to have their operatives and their dupes take even more and even bigger adverse actions against me. Last year, they had their operatives and their dupes end my membership on the Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee Platform and Resolutions Committee. In 2021, they had their operatives and their dupes end my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/07/25/fcc-commissioner-gomez-trump-engaged-in-campaign-of-censorship-and-control-of-media/

DAILY CALLER
— Trump Admin Returns Education Grants It Accused Of Funding Illegal Immigrants
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/25/trump-admin-returns-grants-meant-for-funding-migrant-education/
— Wheaton Alumni Threaten To Pull Support After College Caves To Anti-Trump Protesters
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/wheaton-alumni-threaten-to-pull-support-after-college-caves-to-anti-trump-protesters/ar-AA1zeEMD

DAILY SIGNAL
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use DEI to destroy Republicans who are conservative, white, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/07/25/ayanna-pressley-proposes-codifying-dei-federal-government/

FOX NEWS
— Trump admin offers $608M for states to build migrant camps modeled after ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’  Five states are reportedly already in talks with DHS about replicating Florida’s eight-day construction model, according to Noem.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-admin-offers-608m-states-build-migrant-camps-modeled-after-alligator-alcatraz
— DOJ, FBI used the ‘same tools’ to destroy Trump as a ‘citizen, candidate and president. My critics/opponents have their operatives and their dupes destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those a) who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and b) who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6376151110112
— The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-needs-stopped-before-he-seizes-news-outlets-sells-them-cronies-fired-abc-journalist-says
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use DEI to destroy Republicans who are conservative, white, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/civil-rights-organization-declares-state-national-emergency-citing-attacks-dei

LEGAL INSURREXTION
— DEI Training Creates a Hostile Work Environment. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors ever-increasingly used DEI training to ever-increasingly make their work environment more and more and more hostile for their employees who were conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. I should write about that.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/07/equal-protection-project-amicus-brief-dei-training-can-constitute-hostile-work-environment/

PJ MEDIA
— Crisis at Media Matters As It Cuts Staff and Struggles to Pay Legal Bills
https://pjmedia.com/paula-bolyard/2025/07/25/reports-of-the-death-of-media-matters-have-not-been-greatly-exaggerated-n4942101

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Illinois Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Illinois Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Illinois Democrat Army.
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5421494-trump-sanctuary-laws-illinois/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket. Will Democrats change the name of their party to the “Epstein Party?”
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5419834-james-carville-donald-trump-maga-base-epstein-files/
— Trump places officials on leave. When I was 49 years old in 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors did far more than place me on leave, they forced me to retire. By doing that, they forced the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) to pay me to not come to work.  So far, the CSRS has paid me $1.8 million in today’s dollars to not come to work.
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5421304-noaa-officials-trump-sharpiegate/

MSNBC
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket. Will Democrats change the name of their party to the “Epstein Party?”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1L17z2M_UOg
— The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.msnbc.com/katy-tur/watch/trump-s-approval-rating-hits-second-term-low-at-37-gallup-poll-243856453670

ABC NEWS
— Illinois Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Illinois Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Illinois Democrat Army.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/judge-dismisses-trump-administration-lawsuit-chicago-sanctuary-laws-124086411

NBC NEWS
— Illinois Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Illinois Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Illinois Democrat Army.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/federal-judge-dismisses-trump-administrations-lawsuit-chicago-sanctuar-rcna221197

CBS NEWS
— About 3,870 NASA employees have applied to depart the agency over two rounds through the Trump administration’s deferred resignation program. My Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors always and increasingly wanted me to depart because I failed/refused to become a Democrat, because I was not a minority, female, or veteran, and because I increasingly complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. They ever-increasingly did everything that they could to get rid of me. My Democrat Post Office superiors denied my sick leave requests and forced me to resign. My Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my travel vouchers and education deductions and never promoted me beyond GS-12. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO, delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nasa-workforce-employees-leave-agency/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Illinois Democrat leaders have had great success gerrymandering Illinois
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/25/us/politics/texas-democrats-redistricting.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Illinois Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Illinois Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Illinois Democrat Army.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/25/judge-dismisses-doj-illinois-chicago-immigration-lawsuit/
— 11 tips for becoming a journalist. The mainstream news media exists to elect Democrats. According to my critics/opponents, you are not a journalist unless you promote the Democrat Party platform. Therefore, according to them, I am not a journalist
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/07/23/column-writing-tips-media-rampell/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Hamas
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/07/25/gaza-hunger-trump-hamas-ceasefire/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly encourage citizens of foreign countries to give birth in America. They see those babies as being future Democrats.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/2025/07/25/immigration-birthright-citizenship-trump/bde2551e-6995-11f0-ac4f-195fdb8ee9a8_story.html
— Trump’s pick to protect federal workers shares a disdain for them. My critics/opponents despise/hate past, present, and future federal employees and federal retirees. I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. I have been a federal retiree for almost 28 years. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-s-pick-to-protect-federal-workers-shares-a-disdain-for-them/ar-AA1JcoKM
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO leaders will ever-increasingly use the Pope to promote more mass/illegal immigration.  Mass/illegal immigration will destroy Catholicism.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/07/26/pope-leo-migrants-refugees/

USA TODAY
— Illinois Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Illinois Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Illinois Democrat Army.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/07/25/judge-dismisses-doj-sanctuary-lawsuit-against-illinois-chicago/85381781007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— This Trump Poll Reveals a Number That Should ‘Scare’ Democrats
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTVMsfWO0uY
— Illinois Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Illinois Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Illinois Democrat Army.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/judge-dismisses-doj-lawsuit-over-chicagos-sanctuary-protections-for-immigrants-09142b09

BLOOMBERG LAW
— My employers always paid their similarly qualified employees more who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran than their similarly qualified employees who were Republican, White, male, older,  and/or non-veteran.  My employers used Affirmative Action and DEI to justify that.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/employers-balance-state-pay-equity-laws-with-trump-anti-dei-push

CANNABIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.cannabissciencetech.com/view/building-knowledge-and-community-engagement-inside-the-university-of-illinois-groundbreaking-cannabis-research-program

COEUR D’ALENE PRESS
— Don’t let party elitists cross you off. I should write about past and present Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization leaders who destroy Republican Precinct Committeemen like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://cdapress.com/news/2025/jun/26/my-turn-dont-let-party-elitists-cross-you-off/

TIME
— Democrats ever-increasingly a) make it clear that they are anti-American and b) side with foreign countries.
https://www.aol.com/rosie-odonnell-responds-trump-threatens-142512243.html

July 21, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— At least 28 shot, 6 fatally, in weekend gun violence across city
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-shootings-weekend-least-16-shot-4-fatally-gun-violence-city-police-say/17195012/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/21/ice-arrests-increase-across-chicago-under-trump-many-with-no-convictions-data-shows/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/20/trump-deportation-letters-chicago-children/
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, dependency on government ever-increasingly increases.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/20/snapshot-of-food-insecurity-in-illinois-and-the-u-s/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/20/in-the-wake-of-snap-cuts-feeding-hungry-illinoisans-falls-more-than-ever-on-food-pantries/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for pollution and bad weather.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/20/aspen-climate-chicago-rally/

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage County Fair opening Thursday, July 24. I should write about Republican participation in the fair since 1978 and especially since 1999.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250721/submitted-content/dupage-county-fair-opens-with-animals-axe-throwing-and-drone-light-shows/

SOUTHERN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/07/20/when-the-raids-started-fear-spread-la-mayor-bass-on-trumps-deportation-efforts/

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Affirmation Action, DEI, and other laws anyways required my employers to give preference to my coworkers who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.
https://pantagraph.com/news/local/business/article_4795d6bd-a173-476c-bad6-1db4d3ee182b.html

RIVER BENDER
— Did your father earn enough money so that your mother could stay home and raise you? Because my father did, my critics/opponents have always used that to paint me as being filthy rich. But my father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. Because of that, I had to work my way through college. What was your mother’s earning potential? My mother’s earning potential was very limited because she never attended high school.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/duckworth-durbin-help-reintroduce-bill-to-help-families-get-the-affordable-child-care-they-need-84462.cfm
–Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/idhs-preserves-lgbtqia-youth-support-on-988-lifeline-amid-federal-cuts-84450.cfm

FOX ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) fight deportation of their illegals and b) push pot..
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/vigil-held-in-las-vegas-for-man-who-died-after-ice-raid-at-cannabis-farm
— Trump touts record GOP support amid Epstein files backlash
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-touts-record-gop-support-amid-epstein-files-backlash-truth-social-maga-billionaire-convicted-sex-offender-jeffrey-epstein-attorney-general-pam-bondi-ghislaine-maxwell-client-list-transcripts

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot in DeKalb. I successfully resisted pot pushers while was a NIU student there 1969-1970.
https://www.shawlocal.com/daily-chronicle/2025/07/20/city-of-dekalb-gives-final-ok-to-cannabis-dispensary-tasting-rooms/?

ELMHURST PATCH
— Sexism Claims Against Addison Township Consultant
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/sexism-claims-against-addison-township-consultant

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/21/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-555/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Blago Works Lincolnshire Party
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/07/21/blago-works-lincolnshire-party/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— White House says Trump will ‘not support amnesty’ when asked about Dignity Act. Needless-to-say, no one who comes to America illegally or stays in America illegally should get citizenship.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/white-house-says-trump-will-not-support-amnesty-when-asked-about-dignity-act/ar-AA1IO02m
— Democrat and RINO leaders want to make America more and more and more dependent on illegal labor.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3476746/karen-bass-la-cant-rebuild-after-wildfires-without-immigrant-labor/

NEW YORK POST
— NY awarded more than $600M to ‘sanctuary’ groups helping defy Trump, federal immigration law
https://nypost.com/2025/07/20/us-news/ny-awarded-more-than-600m-to-sanctuary-groups-helping-defy-trump-federal-immigration-law/

COLLEGE FIX
— University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign affiliates reported Young Americans for Freedom to the bias team around 50 times for hosting conservative commentator Elisha Krauss.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/dangerous-pro-israel-event-reported-50-times-to-university-of-ilinois-bias-team-public-records/

FOX NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/la-mayor-bass-dodges-question-whether-all-illegal-immigrants-city-should-allowed-stay
— Far too many civil rights groups exist get rid of those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.aol.com/civil-rights-group-declares-state-140858175.html

TOWNHALL
— No Amnesty Ever
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2025/07/21/read-our-lips-no-amnesty-ever-n2660661

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Pence: Trump hasn’t changed Republican Party
https://www.aol.com/pence-trump-hasn-t-changed-185514537.html
— The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://thehill.com/newsletters/morning-report/5411271-trump-vows-to-push-agenda-amid-criticism/

NBC NEWS
— Vance’s and Marco Rubio’s Senate successors avoid GOP primary drama. Primaries are nasty/vicious. My critics/opponents wanted Jim Ryan to win the 2002 Illinois Republican gubernatorial primary. Because I supported Pat O’Malley who lost in that primary and because Blagojevich won the general election, my critics/opponents continue to do everything that they can to destroy me. My critics/opponents wanted Andy McKenna to win the 2004 Illinois Republican U.S. Senate primary. They falsely claim that I supported Jack Ryan in that primary to falsely justify their continuing to do everything that they can to destroy me because Ryan withdrew after winning the primary and Obama won the general election.
https://www.aol.com/vances-marco-rubios-senate-successors-090000696.html

CBS NEWS
— ICE head says agents will arrest anyone found in the U.S. illegally, crack down on employers of unauthorized workers
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-head-todd-lyons-agents-will-arrest-anyone-found-illegally-crack-down-on-employers/
— The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/trumps-approval-dipping-cbs-news-poll-finds/

MSN
— The Dignity Act would encourage more illegal immigration.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/gop-lawmakers-ridicule-republican-colleague-s-bill-to-allow-some-migrants-to-obtain-citizenship-no-amnesty/ar-AA1IRQuv
— How many inmates in Illinois, in your county, in your township, and in your municipality are illegals?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/trump-administration-asks-san-diego-sheriff-for-data-on-all-noncitizen-inmates-despite-state-law/ar-AA1IOUey

MSN & AOL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make it clear that they are not only anti-American, but that they hate America. They ever-increasingly promote those who invade, infiltrate, infest, and destroy America.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/were-settlers-fox-news-personality-dismisses-nation-of-immigrants-idea/ar-AA1IJL9f
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/pete-hegseth-announces-dangerous-expansion-of-ice-s-powers/ar-AA1ISdpq
https://www.aol.com/newsom-escalates-trump-immigration-feud-185110057.html

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Federal court says Arkansas can enforce ban on critical race theory in classrooms. To promote critical race theory is to promote more hatred against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.livingstonparishnews.com/stories/federal-court-says-arkansas-can-enforce-ban-on-critical-race-theory-in-classrooms,174006

YAHOO
— Musk Caught Filing for Benefits Meant for Small Businesses Run by Minorities. Politics is nasty/vicious. I should write about my critics/opponents who hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the new town home in the HUD-financed University Park that I bought when I was 24 years old in 1972 was meant for minorities.
https://au.news.yahoo.com/elon-musk-neuralink-caught-filing-164520479.html

AOL
— Democrat leaders crow about their success in promoting hatred against Trump.
https://www.aol.com/democrats-more-motivated-vote-2026-151138434.html

NEWSWEEK
— The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/map-shows-donald-trump-s-approval-rating-in-each-state-after-six-months/ar-AA1IX2eg
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/economic-warning-as-more-than-half-million-people-could-leave-us-this-year/ar-AA1IQ9ON

NEW YORK TIMES
— Google ever-increasingly steers everyone a) to websites that promote the Democrat Party platform and b) away from websites that promote the Republican Party platform.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/27/us/politics/trump-google-prosecute.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— To get more votes from Blacks, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote reparations. Affirmative Action and DEI are reparations.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/reparations-bill-amid-headwinds-could-skirt-californias-affirmative-action-ban/ar-AA1IyUv1
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-07-20/volunteers-flock-to-immigration-courts-to-support-migrants-arrested-in-the-hallways

NEW YORK SUN
— Far-Left Mamdani Would Be Wrong Turn for Democrats, Who Need To Move Beyond Intersectional Obsessions and Woke Grievances. The party’s problem is structural, and it requires a rethink and a reboot from soup to nuts.
https://www.nysun.com/article/far-left-mamdani-would-be-wrong-turn-for-democrats-who-need-to-move-beyond-intersectional-obsessions-and-woke-grievances

USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/07/19/trump-immigration-medicaid-cuts-economy-failure/85259690007/
— For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/07/19/trump-education-department-cuts-school-funding/85259833007/
— That news article on Google? Its headline may have been written by a political campaign. Google ever-increasingly steers everyone a) to websites that promote the Democrat Party platform and b) away from websites that promote the Republican Party platform.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/08/13/kamala-harris-article-google-ads/74789965007/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Epstein against Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/07/20/trump-jeffrey-epstein-white-house-political-crisis/85287607007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Real Risk to the Electric Grid. Power shortages are coming thanks to wind and solar subsidies. Here’s how they distort energy investment.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-real-risk-to-the-energy-grid-wind-solar-power-data-shortage-c297e93b
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/ice-detention-tent-cities-5c2e135d?mod=Searchresults_pos1&page=1

BARRON’S
— The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.barrons.com/livecoverage/trumppoll

BLOOMBERG
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters want Musk to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-07-20/how-elon-musk-s-trump-feud-and-wild-bets-threaten-his-empire

FORBES
— Employee Training As A Strategic Investment For Long-Term Growth. IRS invested in me. The first 6 months that I worked for IRS in 1971 was classroom training. SEE: https://www.google.com/search?q=%22revenue+officer%22+IRS+training  After 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, I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980. GAO audits IRS. My Democrat GAO superiors wasted what I learned working for IRS. They kept me off audits for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.
https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbesbusinesscouncil/2025/04/17/employee-training-as-a-strategic-investment-for-long-term-growth/

MOTLEY FOOL
— Department of Justice Steps Back From Marijuana Enforcement. I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.aol.com/2013-08-30-department-of-justice-steps-back-from-marijuana-en.html

LEGAL NEWSLINE
— IL trial lawyer campaign pushes Pritzker to OK lawsuit expansion law. All my critics/opponents side with the defendants in all the lawsuit that I filed. I should write about that.
https://www.legalnewsline.com/cook-county-record/il-trial-lawyer-campaign-pushes-pritzker-to-ok-lawsuit-expansion-law/article_06aa308f-dda9-4ea6-8fbd-3a98c3ebc8e9.html

IMMIGRATION FORUM
— The Dignity Act would encourage more illegal immigration.
https://immigrationforum.org/article/the-dignity-act-of-2025-bill-summary/

PBS
— Google faces off against U.S. government attempt to break up company in search monopoly case. Google ever-increasingly steers everyone a) to websites that promote the Democrat Party platform and b) away from websites that promote the Republican Party platform.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/google-faces-off-against-u-s-government-attempt-to-break-up-company-in-search-monopoly-case

MINT
— Hegseth Orders Tech Companies To STOP Using ‘Cheap Chinese Labour’ For Sensitive US Cloud Services
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Iu2C1yj8Wc

PHYS
— Did you get any scholarships? I did not. My critics/opponents have always used that to hint/imply/argue/shout a) that my parents were filthy rich and/or b) that I am not college material.
https://phys.org/news/2025-07-scholar-meritocracy-schools-redefine-purpose.html

INDEPENDENT
— Trump threatened tough punishment for employers who hired migrant workers. So far only a handful have faced the wrath. If they could have, all my employers would have hired illegals instead of me. Illegals work for less money and are easier to exploit.
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/trump-threatened-tough-punishment-for-employers-who-hired-migrant-workers-so-far-only-a-handful-have-faced-the-wrath/ar-AA1HIk6K

SPECTATOR
— America’s top medical schools still hire by race. Ever-increasingly, everyone in health care in America is more and more and more of the following: citizens for foreign countries, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time
https://thespectator.com/topic/americas-top-medical-schools-still-hire-by-race/

July 11, 2025 Evening Edition

NRCC
— “Defund ICE, Fund Illegals” – The New Democrat Motto
https://www.nrcc.org/2025/07/11/defund-ice-fund-illegals-the-new-democrat-motto/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Additional security at Glen Ellyn pool following ‘unruly’ teen take over
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/11/glen-ellyn-teen-takeover-pool-police-chicago-naperville/
— State Farm lowers the homeowners insurance boom on Illinoisans. The good neighbor people are about to vacuum hundreds more out of your wallet if you own a home they insure.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/11/editorial-state-farm-homeowners-insurance-premiums/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/11/oak-park-gender-affirming-care/
— What vacations did you take when you were young? My critics/opponents have always used against me my having taken vacations in 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, etc. They stress that my peers were dying in Vietnam.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/11/gen-z-micro-vacation-pto-retirement/
— Will County Board member Julie Berkowicz, a Naperville Republican, has announced plans to run in the 2026 primary for the state senate seat representing District 21, which covers portions of Will and DuPage counties.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/11/berkowicz-will-board-naperville-senate-ellman/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration and dependency on government
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/07/11/head-start-will-be-cut-off-for-immigrants-without-legal-status-trump-administration-says
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/07/11/illinois-head-start-trump-immigrants-ban-aclu-child-care

DAILY HERALD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250711/local-politics/immigrants-can-learn-about-their-rights-at-wheeling-library/
— Inmate death prompts changes at DuPage County jail
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250711/news/inmate-death-prompts-changes-at-dupage-county-jail/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise citizens of foreign countries, b) flood America with them, and c) demonize, denigrate, and condemn Americans who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250711/nation-and-world-politics/how-us-views-of-immigration-have-changed-since-trump-took-office-according-to-gallup-polling/

ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ventura-county-california-immigration-raids-jaime-garcia-life-support-injury-during-camarillo-raid-family-says/17071639/
— What the next election cycle means for Illinois Democrats as several Congressional seats open up
https://abc7chicago.com/post/2026-midterm-elections-what-election-cycle-means-illinois-democratic-party-several-congressional-open/17073610/

CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-area-food-pantries-federal-snap-cuts/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/protesters-clash-with-agents-at-ice-raid-on-southern-california-cannabis-farm/

WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://news.wttw.com/2025/07/11/how-trump-s-immigration-crackdown-could-impact-illinois-farming-industry

WGLT
— State Farm says Pritzker’s rate hike claims are ‘factually incorrect’ political rhetoric
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-07-11/state-farm-says-pritzkers-rate-hike-claims-are-factually-incorrect-political-rhetoric

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Undocumented minors found amid raid of California cannabis farm
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/undocumented-minors-found-amid-raid-of-california-cannabis-farm-dhs-says/amp/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/snap-cuts-illinois-vulnerable-residents/

SOUTHERN & WAND TV
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government
https://thesouthern.com/life-entertainment/health/illinois-hospitals-fear-massive-cuts-under-trump-domestic-policy-law/article_9bcfc289-d382-5624-8896-2216e6a5eed6.html
https://www.wandtv.com/news/federal-budget-cuts-will-hurt-local-hospitals/article_cd797a81-8df2-4481-9cc8-bcf594e4af22.html

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Illinois State Police graduates largest cadet class in 25 years. The first 6 months that I worked for IRS as a Revenue Officer in 1971 was classroom training in the Loop. According to Google AI: key areas of Revenue Officer training include: “Tax Law and Procedures: This is fundamental, encompassing various aspects of tax law, regulations, and IRS procedures applicable to individuals and businesses. Business Law: Revenue officers may need to understand business law principles to navigate legal and financial situations encountered during their work. Investigative Techniques: They are trained in investigative methods to uncover discrepancies, errors, or potential fraud in tax filings. Collections Procedures: A significant part of the role involves working with taxpayers to discuss payment options and resolve delinquent tax accounts, according to ZipRecruiter. Training covers various collection strategies and techniques. Negotiation and Communication: Since they interact with taxpayers to discuss sensitive financial matters, revenue officers must possess strong negotiation and communication skills, says ZipRecruiter. Training often focuses on developing these interpersonal abilities. Ongoing Development: Revenue officers are expected to engage in continuous learning to stay abreast of changes in tax laws and regulations, industry trends, and best practices. In essence, IRS revenue officer training prepares individuals to effectively apply tax law, investigate tax-related issues, negotiate with taxpayers, and collect delinquent taxes in a professional and ethical manner.” In today’s dollars, my salary was $55,850/year.
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/illinois-state-police-graduates-largest-cadet-class-in-25-years

IPM NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government
https://ipmnewsroom.org/champaign-urbana-residents-unite-for-be-the-light-protest/

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/11/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-343/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Time to end federal union bosses’ monopoly over the government workforce. I was a union member while I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969 and for IRS 1971-1980.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/10/time-end-federal-union-bosses-monopoly-government-workforce/
— Radical left campaigns and failed education system fuel generational divide over patriotism. Teaching American pride matters more than ever in divided times.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/10/radical-left-campaigns-failed-education-system-fuel-generational/
— Left-wing activists exploit Texas flood tragedy to push a political agenda
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/10/editorial-left-wing-activists-exploit-texas-flood-tragedy-push/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The Left’s obsession with illegal immigration gets weirder
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3468882/left-obsession-illegal-immigration-raids-weird/
— Where did all the male role models go?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3465832/where-did-male-role-models-go/

NEW YORK POST
— James Carville blasts Democrats for continuing to alienate men with ‘future is female’ talk
https://nypost.com/2025/07/10/media/carville-pans-democrats-for-continuing-to-alienate-men-with-future-is-female-talk/

AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE
— Zohran Mamdani Reveals the Absurdity of Affirmative Action
https://www.aei.org/op-eds/zohran-mamdani-reveals-the-absurdity-of-affirmative-action/

BREITBART
— ICE Arrests 30,000 Illegals in June — the Most in at Least Half a Decade
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/07/11/report-ice-arrests-over-30k-illegals-june-most-at-least-half-decade/

EPOCH TIMES
— Tariff Windfall Drives Surprise $27 Billion US Budget Surplus in June. A record-high tariff haul in June fueled a rare budget surplus—and set the stage for even bigger collections ahead.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/tariff-windfall-drives-surprise-27-billion-us-budget-surplus-in-june-588624

FOX NEWS
— LA Mayor Bass provides cash payments to illegals, issues order to thwart immigration enforcement. White House slams move as ‘pathetic’ stunt while immigration operations continue targeting criminal illegal immigrants.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/la-mayor-bass-provides-cash-payments-illegals-issues-order-thwart-immigration-enforcement

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

PEW RESEARCH
— Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/07/11/with-trump-back-in-office-people-in-mexico-view-the-us-much-more-negatively/

July 8, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

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

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

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

July 2, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Trump says he’ll ‘look’ at deporting Musk as feud reignites. “We might have to put DOGE on Elon,” the president said on Tuesday.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-says-hell-look-deporting-musk-feud-reignites-trumps-big-beautiful-bill/16904283/
— Trump says migrants would need to know ‘how to run away from an alligator’ to flee Florida facility. The center is informally known as “Alligator Alcatraz.”
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-will-visit-remote-immigration-detention-site-florida-everglades-informally-known-alligator-alcatraz/16901151/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-agents-midwest-jurisdiction-recently-arresting-more-have-no-prior-criminal-convictions-charges/16908927/

NBC5
— Paramount to pay $16 million in settlement with Trump over ’60 Minutes’ Kamala Harris interview. Trump’s lawyer said the president had suffered “mental anguish” over the editing of the interview by CBS News. What has caused you to suffer mental anguish? For me, it includes my Democrat GAO superiors forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. It has caused me more mental anguish because I had earned a) job-relate master’s degrees in 1997, 1980, and 1976, b) job-related professional certifications in 1997, 1996, 1994, 1990, 1981, and 1979, and c) a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/paramount-16-million-settlement-trump-60-minutes-kamala-harris-interview/3780781/
— Tesla shares drop on Musk, Trump feud ahead of Q2 deliveries
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/tesla-shares-drop-on-musk-trump-feud-ahead-of-q2-deliveries/3780694/

FOX32
— Durbin, Duckworth slam Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ after Senate passage
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/durbin-duckworth-slam-trump-big-beautiful-bill-senate-passage
— Trump tours ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ in Florida
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRLIICsLsJY
— Chicago mayor wants tax on ‘ultra-rich’ Mayor Brandon Johnson says President Trump’s tax bill could make Chicago’s deficit worse.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1667619

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Skeptical aldermen urge Chicago police to not work with ICE on Trump deportations. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/skeptical-aldermen-urge-chicago-police-001100812.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders empowered Biden to bring many millions of illegals into America.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/02/column-donald-trump-supreme-court-checks-and-balances-chapman/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/07/01/democrats-deride-senate-trump-activists-target-house-vote

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more pot.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/cannabis/illinois-marijuana-business-licenses-unused-social-equity
— To what extent is your hospital dependent on Medicaid?
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/trump-tax-bills-health-care-cuts-threaten-rural-hospitals

STATELINE
— Syverson pledges to fight Illinois sanctuary policies in re-election bid
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/syverson-pledges-to-fight-illinois-sanctuary-policies-in-re-election-bid/

SOUTHERN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/07/01/trump-vowed-to-deport-the-worst-of-the-worst-but-new-data-shows-a-shift-to-also-arresting-non-criminals/
— Democrat leader ever-increasingly promote Mamdani.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/07/01/trump-falsely-questions-zohran-mamdanis-citizenship-threatens-to-arrest-him-over-ice-operations/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-florida-cooperation-with-immigration-enforcement-sparks-fears-people-will-disappear-into-jails/

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/01/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-337/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— Pritzker: 2% support in potential presidential candidate poll
https://wirepoints.org/gov-pritzker-2-support-in-potential-presidential-candidate-poll-wirepoints-quickpoint/
— Illinois and Chicago haven’t balanced the budget in forever, but the lie goes on
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-and-chicago-havent-balanced-the-budget-in-forever-but-the-lie-goes-on-wirepoints-on-the-shaun-thompson-show/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Pritzker slams ‘big ugly bill,’ warns of job losses, hospital closures.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_e3b61732-a602-4272-8f82-341455e8762a.html
— Trump withholds $6.8 billion in federal funding from schools
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_3448d9ca-ef1e-48aa-a767-cd50ea0d3134.html

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Chicago AM560 Axes Local Morning Radio Personality Amy Jacobson, Keeps Florida-based Host Dan Proft in Cost-Cutting Move
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/07/chicago-am560-axes-local-morning-radio-personality-amy-jacobson-keeps-florida-based-host-in-cost-cutting-move.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In a shocking cost-cutting move Tuesday, Chicago’s AM560 The Answer terminated longtime morning host Amy Jacobson, as the struggling conservative station grapples with declining relevance – fueled in part by its own hosts repeatedly attacking prominent, respected Trump supporters. Jacobson, a beloved and nearly 16-year veteran of the station made the unexpected announcement late Tuesday on X, writing: “After 15 1/2 years at WIND AM560 radio, due to staffing reductions, today was my last day on the air.” For years, Jacobson co-hosted Chicago’s Morning Answer alongside Dan Proft – a polarizing and hyper-local media figure who delivers commentary on Chicago politics from his home base in south Florida. In 2022, Proft relocated to Florida, while studio executives scrambled to hide the fact that he no longer broadcasts from the Chicagoland suburban studio. Besides hosting a Chicago radio show remotely from Florida, Proft has built a fortune as a political consultant for Illinois campaigns — but unfortunately, most of his candidates have ended up losing. His track record is as disappointing as former Chicago Bears head coach Matt Eberflus’ 14-32 record before being fired in 2024. While Jacobson – who many believed represented the heart and soul of the morning show, will no longer be on air, she is however, launching a new venture, writing, “I am still processing this but I am happy to announce I have launched AmyJacobsonLive.com where I will be hosting a weekly podcast, posting behind-the-scenes blogs, live streaming.” It’s widely known across northern Illinois that AM560 hosts Shaun Thompson — who broadcasts his Chicago-based show from Naples, Florida — and Jeanne Ives frequently criticize prominent Trump supporters on air, including this publication, the only major conservative news outlet in Illinois ever shared by President Donald Trump on his personal Truth Social page. In September 2023, Ives criticized a local event featuring Donald Trump Jr., falsely claiming it struggled to sell tickets. During the 2024 presidential primary, she endorsed Florida Governor Ron DeSantis over former President Donald Trump — despite Trump leading DeSantis by more than 35 points at the time. In an April 2023 interview with Crain’s Chicago Business, Ives gave a blunt on-the-record response about IR, saying, “I don’t read their garbage.” Similarly, Thompson – a close friend of Proft and his Florida-based realtor – has dismissed the Trump-supporting publication as a “rag.” In June 2023, IR editor-in-chief and Trump administration advisor Mark Vargas resigned from AM560 as their Sunday evening radio host after Thompson went on a vile, racist rant after calling-into Black and Right Radio – calling the co-host a “moron with the taffy apple head,” as the two sparred over politics. Thompson continued his hate-filled rant aimed directly at the cohost, telling him, “you’re a disgrace, you shouldn’t go near a microphone, you’re too stupid.” But Thompson didn’t stop there – he escalated the insult on air by telling the Black co-host, “80 percent of you people are morons; 80 percent of you idiots who pretend to be Republican.” As Vargas pointed out in his resignation letter, “This vile and disgusting behavior does not represent my values. The phone calls and texts that I have received over the last few days only echo the shock and disgust that I felt while listening to Saturday’s show. It’s hard to listen too – and for very good reason. And while Shaun continues to be one of the most promoted and celebrated on-air radio personalities at the station, I cannot in good conscience continue hosting my radio show, sharing a microphone and a studio with an individual that’s so full of anger – and can say such terrible things. Therefore, I resign, effective immediately.” The station wasted no time removing Jacobson from its website and social media platforms on Tuesday — a move likely to send shockwaves through its already limited listener base.)

FROM INATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Justice Dept. wants to revoke citizenship for naturalized U.S. criminals, gangsters and fraudsters
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/1/justice-dept-wants-revoke-citizenship-naturalized-us-criminals/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Federal officials eye Hollywood’s discrimination quotas for Oscar winners
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-secrets/3459604/federal-officials-eye-hollywood-discrimination-oscars-quota/

NEW YORK POST
— Trump: ‘If DOGE looks at Musk, we’re gonna save a fortune’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzwY1TGr6i0
— The Democratic party we knew died the same way it lived – with fear and hate.
https://nypost.com/2025/07/01/opinion/the-democratic-party-we-knew-died-the-same-way-it-lived-with-fear-and-hate/

BREITBART
— LGBTQ Pride Group Founder and J.K. Rowling Hater Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Child Rape
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2025/07/01/lgbtq-pride-group-founder-and-j-k-rowling-hater-sentenced-to-30-years-in-prison-for-child-rape/

DAILY CALLER
— Trump said he will “take a look” at deporting Elon Musk after the former federal employee once again criticized his “Big Beautiful Bill.”
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/01/donald-trump-elon-musk-white-house-deport-south-africa-big-beautiful-bill/

FEDERALIST
— Trump Needs A Massive Drone Fleet To Defend U.S. Interests And Deter Its Enemies
https://thefederalist.com/2025/07/01/trump-needs-a-massive-drone-fleet-to-defend-u-s-interests-and-deter-its-enemies/

FOX NEWS
— Chicago abortion clinic opens offering controversial third-trimester abortions. Hope Clinic said it was ‘excited’ to offer abortions through ‘all trimesters.’
https://www.foxnews.com/media/chicago-abortion-clinic-opens-offering-controversial-third-trimester-abortions
— Trump: If Zohran Mamdani defies ICE, ‘we’ll have to arrest him’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yf7B9daysQQ
— Trump threatens to arrest Mamdani if he doesn’t comply with ICE officials. ‘I think he’s terrible. He’s a communist,’ President Donald Trump said Tuesday.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-threatens-arrest-mamdani-he-doesnt-comply-ice-officials
— Trump ‘working on’ deportation exemptions for illegal farm and hospitality workers. If there had been as many illegals when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got. My critics/s/opponents cannot say that because their parents had lots of money. They bought them cars, paid for their college expenses, and got them good jobs.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-working-on-deportation-exemptions-for-illegal-farm-and-hospitality-workers
— Journalist arrested while covering anti-Trump protest granted bail amid deportation battle. I have been a GOPUSA reporter since 2000. I should write about the times that I was thrown out of political events, denied access to political events, punished for attending political events, severely discouraged from attending political events, etc. I would focus on Republican political events in Wheaton, Milton Township, and DuPage County.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/journalist-arrested-while-covering-anti-trump-protest-granted-bail-amid-deportation-battle

NEWS BUSTERS
— Republican leaders promote legal immigration. Democrat and RINO leaders promote illegal immigration. Should Republican leaders pass a “bad jobs” bill? That is, a bill that would grant citizens of foreign countries work permits for bad jobs that Americans ever-increasingly fail/refuse to take, including the bad jobs that I took?
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/shannon-sauders/2025/07/01/demonizing-immigrants-latino-producer-digs-trump-morning-joe

NEWSMAX
— DeSantis Supports GOP Efforts to Redo Census Before 2026
https://www.newsmax.com/us/florida-census-legislative-districts/2025/07/01/id/1217197/

POST MILLENNIAL
— Trump calls for census of Americans ONLY, with proof of citizenship to ‘bring our elections back’
https://thepostmillennial.com/trump-calls-for-census-of-americans-only-with-proof-of-citizenship-to-bring-our-elections-back

TOWNHALL
— Trump Vows to Keep Illegals Off Census: ‘We Want to Bring Our Elections Back’
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/07/01/trump-admin-seeking-ways-to-exclude-illegals-from-being-counted-in-the-united-states-census-n2659707

FROM INATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— EEOC targets law firms over DEI practices. How has EEOC impacted you? EEOC ended my career in the automotive industry. When I was 22 years old in 1971, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. My Firestone Store boss rudely fired me because I had accepted that job offer. That directly resulted in my accepting a job offer from IRS.
https://www.aol.com/news/equal-employment-opportunity-commission-targets-164204309.html

ABC NEWS
— Trump says he’ll ‘look’ at deporting Musk as feud reignites. “We might have to put DOGE on Elon,” the president said on Tuesday.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-hell-deporting-musk-feud-reignites/story?id=123372908
— House Republicans race toward a final vote on Trump’s tax bill, daring critics to oppose.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/house-republicans-race-final-vote-trumps-tax-bill-123399588

NBC NEWS
— ‘You’ll always be my friend’: Trump and Ron DeSantis put aside rivalry at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-ron-desantis-rivalry-alligator-alcatraz-friend-rcna216403

NEWSWEEK
— No Tax on Overtime Passes in Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill. I worked lots of overtime while I worked for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969.
https://www.newsweek.com/no-tax-overtime-passes-trump-tax-bill-2093091

MSNBC
— Democrat Leaders say what you’re feeling is the banality of cruelty from Trump and the Republican Party.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0q-UoMwc3A
— Trump again floats deporting U.S. citizens: ‘Maybe that’ll be the next job’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8b0lrxFD9g

NEW YORK TIMES
— Differences Over Policy Bill Reignite the Trump-Musk Feud. Trump ratcheted up his rhetoric against Musk, at one point suggesting that he could be interested in attempting to deport him.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/us/politics/trump-musk-policy-bill-feud.html
— Paramount to Pay Trump $16 Million to Settle ‘60 Minutes’ Lawsuit
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/business/media/paramount-trump-60-minutes-lawsuit.html
— Democrat Leaders Say Poorest Americans Dealt Biggest Blow Under Senate Republican Tax Package
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/business/poor-americans-senate-legislation.html
— Denmark Begins Drafting Women as Russian Threat Looms. I graduated from NIU in 1970. My job search was harmed because potential employers viewed me as being draft bait.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/world/europe/denmark-military-draft-women-russia.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/business/poor-americans-senate-legislation.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Musk-Trump battle erupts anew over GOP spending bill. Musk threatened to launch a new political party as the president mused over fresh scrutiny of the former DOGE chief’s federal subsidies.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/07/01/musk-trump-big-beautiful-bill/
— Since I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have been furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my health insurance. Since I was 29 years old in 1978, my critics/opponents have been furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my wife’s health insurance. In my defense, I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for almost 28 years. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on my critics/opponents who would never stoop to take a federal job. I would especially focus on my critics/opponents who look down on if not despise a) wage earners like I was for 33 years and b) pensioners like I have been for almost 28 years.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/01/least-17-million-americans-would-lose-insurance-under-trump-plan/

USA TODAY
— Several vehicles can go 600 miles on one tank. In 1969, and again in 1970, I drove from DeKalb to Daytona Beach and back in my 1969 Dodge Charger SE stopping only for gasoline.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2025/06/24/kia-sorento-hybrid-suv-summer-road-trip-driving-range/84317801007/

BLOOMBERG LAW
— Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly use DEI a) to not hire Republicans, and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/what-does-the-future-of-dei-programming-for-law-firms-look-like-6

FORBES
— If you earned an MBA, why did you do that?  I earned an MBA because my IRS employee manual encouraged me to do that. I earned an MBA from Loyola when I was 27 year old in 1976 after I completed 16 graduate evening courses, one at a time. Nevertheless, to get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my education deduction. They outrageously, disgustingly, unethically, and falsely argued a) that the courses did not relate to my job duties, b) that the courses did not maintain or improve my job skills, c) that I took the courses to get a job in the private sector, and d) that the courses qualified me for a new trade or business. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran. I should write about that.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbeseq/2025/07/01/the-meritocracy-myth-how-mba-admissions-reward-privilege-not-potential/

NPR
— The Trump admin is withholding over $6 billion in education grants for schools.
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/01/nx-s1-5453457/trump-school-funding-grants

NIEMAN LAB
— The mainstream news media ever-increasingly serves as a mouthpiece for Democrat leaders.
https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/06/are-journalists-projecting-their-own-opinions-onto-the-public/

AXIOS
— What July 4 anti-Trump protests do Democrat leaders have planned in your county, township, and municipality?
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/01/july-4-free-america-trump-protests-usa

SPLC
— I should write about my critics/opponents a) who hinted/implied/argued/shouted the most that Illinois Center Right Coalition and TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois were hate groups and b) who had their operatives and their dupes destroy the organizations.
https://www.splcenter.org/resources/reports/frequently-asked-questions-about-hate-and-antigovernment-groups/

DAILY MAIL
— Trump teams up with ICE Barbie Kristi Noem to float a prosecution of CNN for ICE app report
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14866205/donald-trump-ice-kristi-noem-cnn-illegal-actions.html

July 1, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Anti-Trumpers ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump and against his Big Bill.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/polls-show-americans-largely-oppose-trumps-big-beautiful-bill/16892044/

NBC5
— To what extend does your hospital depend on Medicaid?
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/medicaid-cuts-could-devastate-hospitals-throughout-illinois-officials-warn/3779676/

WGN9
— New laws aim to make higher education easier for Illinois students. Without benefit of these laws, I nevertheless was able to get UIC to accept me in 1966. I took college preparatory courses at Crete-Monee High School. I got an ACT score of 24. I graduated in the upper 20% of my class. Further, with my parents providing me with room and board during my first 3 years, I was able to pay for my college expenses by working for the Park Forest Post Office part-time during the school years and full-time during the summers.
https://wgntv.com/politics-3/new-laws-aim-to-make-higher-education-easier-for-illinois-students/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/01/opinion-chicago-protecting-reproductive-health/

DAILY HERALD
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more mass/illegal immigration.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250701/letters-to-the-editor/children-seeking-asylum-trapped-in-legal-limbo/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Trump’s spending cuts.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/health-news/ap-states-brace-for-impact-as-trumps-big-bill-nears-completion-in-congress/
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-bush-obama-and-a-tearful-bono-fault-trumps-gutting-of-usaid-on-agencys-last-day/

WQAD
— Pritzker ever-increasingly does everything that he can to a) attract voters to Illinois who have demographics that vote for Democrats and b) drive out of Illinois voters who have demographics that vote for Republicans. Demographics that vote for Democrats include liberal, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, lack education and/or job skills, have financial, health, and/or other problems, want/need/demand massive government assistance, boozers, gamblers, stoners, prostitutes, criminals, and citizens of foreign countries. Demographics that vote for Republicans include conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, have ancestors who have been in America for a long time, non-poor, etc.
https://www.wqad.com/article/news/politics/illinois-politics/pritzker-presidential-run-rumors-future-third-term-reelection-campaign/526-380c0b14-b392-4e55-9f24-f29db6705baa
— Local lawmakers call US Army secretary’s visit to the Rock Island Arsenal a success. A merger proposed by the U.S. Department of Defense could cut up to 400 jobs from the base. During the first 6 months of 1989, I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO in Rock Island on an audit of the Department of Defense 1990 ammunition budget request. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/assets/150/148194.pdf  My Democrat GAO superiors assigned me to this audit to throw me off audits of IRS and to punish me for becoming an active member in a class action lawsuit in September of 1988 that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://www.wqad.com/article/news/local/us-army-secretary-rock-island-arsenal-potential-merger-job-cuts/526-fda097bf-7b24-467c-857d-d92bf1c3df60

LEGAL NEWSLINE
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more mass/illegal immigration.
https://www.legalnewsline.com/cook-county-record/il-law-threatening-employers-who-use-e-verify-doesn-t-break-fed-law/article_cef1e75d-c680-4ed7-9e14-aba9358132b3.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Pritzker announces Christian Mitchell as LG pick
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/01/pritzker-announces-christian-mitchell-as-lg-pick/
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/01/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-543/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CHICAGO CONTTRARIAN
— Jim Crow Strikes Again in Chicago
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/jim-crow-strikes-again-chicago

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— IL taxpayers begin funding record-high budget with tax hikes July 1
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_d59871a8-4829-457a-a6af-22507151d1b9.html
— Chicago officials blame Trump for rising expenditures as city budget talks begin. To what extent are the following dependent on federal deficit spending: America, Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, your precinct, and you?
https://www.aol.com/news/chicago-officials-blame-trump-rising-155300255.html

WIREPOINTS
— Durbin throws Illinois students under the bus, including kids from his own East St. Louis
https://wirepoints.org/sen-durbin-throws-illinois-students-under-the-bus-including-kids-from-his-own-east-st-louis-wirepoints/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— I should write a book about Wheaton Independence Day parades since 1978. I would focus on Republican participation in those parades. I would focus on those who are working the hardest to diminish/end Republican participation in this year’s Wheaton and Glen Ellyn parades. They argue that the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) cannot afford the $1,500+ cost of entry fees and candy for the parades. In 2007, I succeeded in raising $2,000 on short notice so that an elephant could walk behind U.S. Congressman Peter Roskam in Wheaton’s 2007 parade. SEE:  https://gopillinois.com/uncategorized/july-4-evening-edition-2/  I served as the Republican fundraiser for the Wheaton Independence Day parades 2005-2021. In my book, I would focus on those who had their operatives and their dupes end what I did. I have urged MTRO to encourage Republican candidates for U.S. Senate, U.S. Congressional District 3, Illinois statewide offices, Illinois senate, Illinois house, DuPage countywide offices, DuPage County District 4, etc. to participate in this year’s Wheaton and Glen Ellyn parades. Please join me in urging MTRO to maximize its participation in those parades. Please join me in urging Republican candidates to participate in those parades. I certainly hope that LaHood walks in both parades. His father walked in Wheaton’s 2005 parade. I spoke with him before the parade kicked off. Bob Dole walked in Wheaton’s 1996 parade, Jim Ryan in its 2002 parade, and Obama and his wife in its 2004 parade. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

NEW YORK POST
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. If I had smoked pot, I would not have been able to a) get hired in 1964, 1966, 1970, 1971, and 1980, b) earn a bachelor’s degree in 1970 and master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, c) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, d) earn more professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, e) earn a professional license in 1981, f) buy new cars in 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1974, 1978, etc., g) buy real estate in 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, and 1984, f) get married in 1978, g) etc.
https://nypost.com/2025/06/30/us-news/mike-tyson-urges-trump-to-deliver-on-cannabis-reform/
— Trump threatens to unleash DOGE on Musk to save money tied to his numerous gov’t subsidies: ‘Elon may get more subsidy than any human being in history.’ My critics/opponents hint/imply/argue shout that I have no standing to criticize the federal government a) because the federal government employed me for almost 30 years, b) because I get a $66,780/year Civil Service Retirement System pension, and c) because the federal government continues to pay 72% of my and my wife’s health insurance. In my defense, the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. Further, I would not have become a postal employee in 1966 if my high school friend had not asked me to join him in taking the postal employment test and I would not have become an IRS employee in 1971 if I had not taken and passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970 as a backup if I could not get a job in the private sector and if Oldsmobile had not withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. My efforts to get a good job in the private sector were frustrated by being viewed as being draft bait. Potential employers did not believe that my financial hardship draft deferment application would be approved.
https://nypost.com/2025/07/01/us-news/trump-threatens-to-unleash-doge-on-elon-musk-to-save-money-tied-to-his-numerous-govt-subsidies/

BREITBART
— Gallup Poll Shows Sharp Decline in Democrat Pride in America. Will Democrats and RINOs boycott Independence Day parades and fireworks? Republican pride in America has increased from 85% to 92%.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/06/30/gallup-poll-shows-sharp-decline-american-pride-democrats/
— Senate Rejects Big, Beautiful Bill Measure to Remove Illegal Aliens from Medicaid. Getting free Medicaid is one of the biggest reasons why citizens of foreign countries a) come to America illegally and/or b) stay in America illegally.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/06/30/senate-rejects-big-beautiful-bill-measure-to-remove-illegal-aliens-from-medicaid/

DAILY CALLER
— Democrats Created A Monster That’s Rapidly Destroying Their Party. Will Democrats and RINOs boycott Independence Day parades and fireworks? Republican pride in America has increased from 85% to 92%.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/06/30/zohran-mamdani-upper-middle-class-college-kids-new-york-city-socialism/
— Shockingly Small Portion Of Democrats Are Proud To Be American. Will Democrats and RINOs boycott Independence Day parades and fireworks? Republican pride in America has increased from 85% to 92%.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/06/30/shockingly-small-portion-democrats-proud-american-poll/

DAILY WIRE
— Panicking Dems Turn To Familiar Sounding Playbook. Project 2029 aims to create a list of policies for the next Democrat presidential nominee.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/panicking-dems-turn-to-familiar-sounding-playbook
— Why It Might Be Impossible For Illegals To Escape Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/it-will-be-nearly-impossible-for-illegal-aliens-to-escape-alligator-alcatraz

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Kari MacRae as fired over some anti-CRT social media “memes” she posted before she was even hired. I was fired, that is, I was forced to retire, because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my Democrat GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/06/supreme-court-refuses-to-take-school-teacher-free-speech-case-justice-thomas-files-statement-agreeing-with-epps-amicus-brief/amp/

MINDING THE CAMPUS
— Woke Orthodoxy Creeps In Through the Backdoor—These Laws Change the Locks
https://www.mindingthecampus.org/2025/06/30/woke-orthodoxy-creeps-in-through-the-backdoor-these-laws-change-the-locks/

NATIONAL REVIEW & MANHATTEN INSTITUTE
— Watering Down the SAT Weakens Meritocracy. As Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly lower standards to advance their young minorities and to advance their young females, my having done the following ever-increasingly means more: a) my getting an ACT score of 24, b) my graduating in the upper 20% of my high school class, c) my earning a bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees, d) my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt, e) my passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, f) my becoming a licensed CPA, and g) my earning four more professional certifications.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/06/watering-down-the-sat-weakens-meritocracy/
https://manhattan.institute/article/watering-down-the-sat-weakens-meritocracy

NEWS BUSTERS
— New York Times Touts ‘Defiance and Joy’ of Gay Pride Parade vs. Trump ‘Anti-Diversity Fervor.’ Will Democrats and RINOs boycott Independence Day parades and fireworks? Republican pride in America has increased from 85% to 92%.
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tim-graham/2025/06/30/new-york-times-touts-defiance-and-joy-gay-pride-parade-vs-trump-anti

REAL CLEAR POLICY
— Trump Poised to Try to Remove Noncitizens from Census. To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally demonstrates gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://www.realclearpolicy.com/2025/06/30/trump_poised_to_try_to_remove_noncitizens_from_census_1119880.html

TOWNHALL
— Stop Bailing Out the Big Woke States
https://townhall.com/columnists/terrypaulson/2025/07/01/stop-bailing-out-the-big-woke-states-n2659717

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Trump will visit a remote immigration detention site in the Florida Everglades
https://apnews.com/article/trump-everglades-immigrant-detention-facility-visit-5dc5568ec15534947c29c9149b773d1d

CNN
— Democrat and RINOs say that Trump’s visit to a migrant camp called ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ will stir dark echoes
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/01/politics/alligator-alcatraz-trump-florida

YAHOO
— Democrat pride in America is declining. Will Democrats and RINOs boycott Independence Day parades and fireworks? Republican pride in America has increased from 85% to 92%.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/americans-pride-country-declining-gallup-210041107.html

MSN
— Democrat pride in America hits historic low, new poll finds just days before July 4 holiday. Will Democrats and RINOs boycott Independence Day parades and fireworks? Republican pride in America has increased from 85% to 92%.
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/pride-in-america-hits-historic-low-new-poll-finds-just-days-before-july-4-holiday/ar-AA1HImw7
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals. To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally demonstrates gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/should-illegal-migrants-get-legal-status-views-shifted-in-past-year-poll-finds/ar-AA1HyBGz?ocid=a2hs%252Ca2hs

NEWSMAX
— Gen Z Drives Sharp Decline in American Pride. Will Democrats and RINOs boycott Independence Day parades and fireworks? Republican pride in America has increased from 85% to 92%.
https://www.newsweek.com/gen-z-drives-decline-american-pride-poll-2092705

CBS NEWS
— Hundreds of National Guard forces deployed to L.A. by Trump could be sent to wildfire duty
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/some-national-guard-trump-los-angeles-wildfire-duty/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Musk Promises a New Political Party if Republicans Pass Trump’s Policy Bill
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/us/politics/elon-musk-trump-bill-republicans.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more mass/illegal immigration.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/us/trump-supreme-court-birthright-citizenship-class-action-lawsuits.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/opinion/pornography-restrictions-free-speech-obscenity.html

WASHINGTON POST
— In 24-hour span, two in GOP who split with Trump say they won’t seek reelection. The decisions by Rep. Don Bacon and Sen. Thom Tillis illustrate how dissenting voices have little room in the GOP and complicate the party’s path to holding its majorities in the midterms. My critics/opponents in the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party are ever-increasingly furious a) that I continue to run for Republican Precinct Committeeman and b) that I continue to send out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/30/bacon-tillis-trump-republicans-retire/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-06-30/california-republicans-tell-trump-ice-raids-should-focus-on-criminals-not-ordinary-workers

USA TODAY
— Trump’s tariffs have businesses moving production to US soil. My brother lost manufacturing jobs in Chicago Heights because his employers moved to Mexico.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/06/29/businesses-reshore-production-trumps-tariffs/84284982007/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/06/30/trump-dei-rollback-slowdown/84421308007/
— My critics/opponents have always stressed that I did not get any internships. In my defense, I had to work my way through college. I could and I did work full-time for the Park Forest Post Office during the summers of 1967, 1968, and 1969. In today’s dollars, my salary was $19.37/hour in 1967, $20.02/hour in 1968, and $20.67/hour in 1969.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/2025/06/24/students-engaged-benefit-internships-hr/84321756007/

NILEPOST NEWS
— Trump Says Musk Would Go Broke Without U.S. Subsidies. My critic/opponents stress that I get a Civil Service Retirement System pension and that my wife and I get a 72% federal health insurance subsidy. In my defense, I had to work my way through college. Further, I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years to get the aforesaid. I should write my critics/opponents. Their parents had lots of money. They bought them cars. They paid for their college expenses. They got them good jobs.
https://nilepost.co.ug/news/268933/trump-says-elon-musk-would-go-broke-without-u-s-subsidies

JD SUPRA
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more mass/illegal immigration.
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/e-verify-trends-evolving-employer-3947188/

AXIOS
— Musk blasts Trump’s bill and calls for new political party
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/30/musk-trump-big-beautiful-bill-new-political-party

FINANCIAL TIMES
— Trump suggests US government review subsidies to Elon Musk’s companies
https://www.ft.com/content/2591f830-d707-499e-a1ae-36eaf6ebc6ca

INDEPENDENT
— Democrat Pride in America is declining. Will Democrats and RINOs boycott Independence Day parades and fireworks? Republican pride in America has increased from 85% to 92%.
https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/america-pride-decline-gallup-poll-b2779980.html
— Trump threatened tough punishment for employers who hired migrant workers. So far only a handful have faced the wrath. All my employers would have hired illegals if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that. Their parents had lots of money, bought them cars, paid for their college expenses, got them good jobs, etc.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/trump-threatened-tough-punishment-for-employers-who-hired-migrant-workers-so-far-only-a-handful-have-faced-the-wrath/ar-AA1HInFV

SKY NEWS
— Democrats ‘brainwashed’ into hating US through critical race theory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-VlJxkdU0k

June 26, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Trump Truth Store owner agrees to vacate Huntley building amid eviction threats — but hopes to soon reopen in a larger location
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/25/trump-truth-store-eviction-settlement/
— Is CTU’s playbook coming to a school district near you?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/25/ift-ctu-union-contracts-negotiations/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. To promote LGBTQ is to promote the destruction of traditional marriage and family.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/26/opinion-transgender-issues-military-sports/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Census Bureau estimates show fast-growing Asian population in metro Chicago. Since 2020, the Asian population in metro Chicago has grown by an estimated 11.6%, more than double the rate of growth for the next highest group.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/06/26/census-bureau-estimates-show-fast-growing-asian-population-in-metro-chicago

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. To promote LGBTQ is to promote the destruction of traditional marriage and family.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250625/news/a-decade-after-supreme-court-legalized-same-sex-marriage-are-rights-under-threat/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/cannabis/how-new-buffalo-michigan-became-weed-city-usa

ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. To promote LGBTQ is to promote the destruction of traditional marriage and family.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/pride-month-federal-funding-cuts-impacting-chicago-area-organizations-vital-resources-lgbtq-community/16849055/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Trump budget cuts.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-attorney-general-kwame-raoul-joins-lawsuit-challenging-president-donald-trumps-termination-federal-grants/16849387/

NBC5
— Who’s leading McDonald’s boycott, and why the protest is happening.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/whos-leading-mcdonalds-boycott-and-why-is-the-company-being-targeted/3776262/

JOURNAL GAZETTE TIMES COURIER
— Manure trucks disrupt anti-Trump protest at SW Illinois courthouse.
https://jg-tc.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/article_91967874-696a-525b-b4f1-53b7739ebaa4.html

WAND TV
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/illinois-bill-ensuring-medication-abortion-access-amid-fda-uncertainty-awaits-final-approval/article_47dd94d8-27d9-4d9f-b3e4-c71c137e6c19.html

CHICAGO READER
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. To promote LGBTQ is to promote the destruction of traditional marriage and family.
https://chicagoreader.com/news/lgbtq-health-care-trump-hiv/

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/06/26/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-540/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/06/25/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-333/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— DuPage County Chairman, Democrat Deb Conroy, issues largest-ever, $30K taxpayer grant to Naperville Democrat advocacy group
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/673497892-dupage-county-chairman-democrat-deb-conroy-issues-largest-ever-30k-taxpayer-grant-to-naperville-democrat-advocacy-group

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Census data: IL losing 18 and under at faster rate than NY, CA
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_566853ca-c2d9-414c-8649-f15c844c5e7c.html

WIREPOINTS
— Illinois’ disastrous demographics: Fewer youth, a drop in working-age residents and a jump in elderly.
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-disastrous-demographics-fewer-youth-a-drop-in-working-age-residents-and-a-jump-in-elderly-wirepoints/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois pensioners earn nearly $25K more retired than those working to support them. The average retired career state employee in Illinois was paid $93,558 in pension benefits last year. That’s $24,538 more than the average Illinoisan working to pay for those retirees. My $66,780/year Civil Service Retirement System pension is a) only 44% of what my GAO salary was in 1997 in today’s dollars and b) less than what $68,315/year IRS salary was in 1972 in today’s dollars.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-pensioners-earn-nearly-25k-more-retired-than-those-working-to-support-them/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Republican elected officials should reform government agencies. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, DOGE would not be needed. If Gingrich had reformed GAO, I might still be a GAO employee. The Democrats who ran GAO during the 1980s and 1990s would not have wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. They would not have wasted what I learned working for GAO for almost 18 years and for IRS for almost 9 years before that. They would not have wasted what I learned earning six professional certifications and a professional license. They would not have wasted what I learned earning three master’s degrees. They would not have always ranked in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. They would not have delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13. They would have always assigned me to audits of IRS. They would not have forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Republican elected officials should reform government agencies. What if Republican elected officials had reformed GAO, IRS, and the Post Office? What if Republican elected officials had called for the Democrats who ran GAO, IRS, and the Post Office to stop taking adverse actions against me? What if Bush, Hastert, Fitzgerald, and Hyde had called for GAO to settle in Diersen v. GAO ( https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf )? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Did you avoid the Vietnam War draft? My avoiding the Vietnam War draft with student deferments and a financial hardship draft deferment was my biggest mistake in life. Anticipate/expect a) that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly stress that Trump avoided the Vietnam War draft and b) that Duckworth will be their leader. I should write about my critics/opponents who have used my avoiding the Vietnam War draft against me the most since 1966. I would focus on my Democrat superiors and supervisors in the federal government. I would focus on those who took the most/biggest adverse actions against me. They have always stressed that I was 1-A. They have always stressed I would not have been sent into combat anyway a) because I could not run because I had a bone disease, b) because my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, and c) because I had partial red/green color blindness. They have always stressed that if I had not avoided the Vietnam War draft, I would not have been able to a) buy new cars in 1967, 1968, 1971, 1974, and 1978, b) earn a bachelor’s degree in 1970 and master’s degrees in 1976 and 1980, c) buy real estate in 1972, 1974, 1976, and 1978, d) go on vacations in 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, and 1976, e) get married in 1978, f) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, g) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, h) become a licensed CPA in 1981, i) etc. While I took classes at UIC 1966-1968 and at NIU 1969-1970, many of those around me despised Vietnam veterans if not hated them. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country. In my ancestors’ defense, they followed the rule of law. They came legally during the 1840s and 1850s. On my father’s side they worked in a brick factory in Chicago for 10 years and then homesteaded a farm in southeast Crete Township in 1854. On my mother’s side, they sharecropped a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Who has slung insults at you? I should write about my critics/opponents who have slung the most/biggest insults at me. 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 major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, 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. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Pastor Corey Brooks Declines $200,000 in Legislative Pork for Project H.O.O.D.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/25/pastor-corey-brooks-declines-200000-in-legislative-pork-for-project-h-o-o-d/
— Interesting How Big Money Affects State Policy?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/23/interesting-how-big-money-affects-state-policy/
— Catalina Lauf Publishes Book
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/22/catalina-lauf-published-book/
— Ness Announces Member Initiatives, Which Most Characterize as Pork
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/20/ness-announces-member-initiatives-which-most-characterize-as-pork/
— RTA Finally Comes Up with a Universal Pass
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/20/8824/
— Liberals Demonstrate in Front of McHenry Library
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/20/liberals-demonstrate-in-front-of-mchenry-library/
— DEI Supporters Keep Up Pressure on Crystal Lake Park Board, Conflict of Interest Charged for New Attorney, Pitch Made for Purchasing HealthBridge, Lake Advisory Committee Discussed
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/20/dei-supporters-keep-up-pressure-on-crystal-lake-park-board-conflict-of-interest-charged-for-new-attorney-pitch-made-for-purchasing-healthbridge/
— Inflation Prompts Discussion of Elected Officials Salaries
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/19/inflation-prompts-discussion-of-elected-officials-salaries/
— DeWitte Questions State Subsidies for Sporting Events
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/18/dewitte-questions-state-subsidies-for-sporting-events/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

NEW YORK POST
— Zohran Mamdani spells doom for Democrats — and glee for the GOP
https://nypost.com/2025/06/25/opinion/zohran-mamdani-spells-doom-for-dems-and-glee-for-the-gop/

AMERICAN INTEREST
— “Better Angels” In Our Past
https://www.the-american-interest.com/2019/07/04/better-angels-in-our-past/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Trump scores Nobel Peace Prize nomination, thanks Jeb Bush for his support
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/06/25/trump-scores-nobel-peace-prize-nomination-thanks-jeb-bush-for-his-support-1554020/

BREITBART
— Trump Oversees Record Level of Rejected Asylum Cases for Migrants. Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly encourage citizens of foreign countries to falsely claim asylum and/or refugee status in America. Democrat leaders want their votes and RINO leaders want cheap labor.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/06/25/trump-oversees-record-level-of-rejected-asylum-cases-for-migrants/

BREITBART
— Chicago Shows ‘Socialism Doesn’t Work’
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/06/25/dem-rep-gillen-chicago-shows-socialism-doesnt-work/
— Denver Shuts Car Theft Tracking System to Prevent ICE Deportations
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/06/25/denver-shuts-car-theft-tracking-system-to-prevent-ice-deportations/

CHRISTIAN POST
— New all-trimester facility in Chicago exposes reality of late-term abortions
https://www.christianpost.com/news/all-trimester-abortion-center-exposes-brutal-reality-advocates.html

DAILY WIRE
— New Yorkers Embrace Their Own Destruction By Voting For Socialist Muslim Mayor. This primary demonstrates, once again, that the culture war continues.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-yorkers-embrace-their-own-destruction-by-voting-for-socialist-muslim-mayor

FOX NEWS
— What to know about NYC’s next potential mayor. Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., has called Mamdani a ‘radical, antisemitic socialist.’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/city-run-grocery-stores-defunding-police-safe-injection-sites-what-know-about-nycs-next-potential-mayor
— Trump is forcing Europe to ‘have a backbone’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMjZS7MUm6Q

HOT AIR
— LA Logic: Since Illegals Are Too Scared of ICE to Go to Work They Shouldn’t Have to Pay Rent Either
https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2025/06/25/la-logic-since-illegals-are-too-scared-of-ice-to-go-to-work-they-shouldnt-have-to-pay-rent-either-n3804179

NEWS BUSTERS
— ABC and NBC Ignore 11 Iranians Arrested by ICE
https://www.newsbusters.org/node/289579/print

PATRIOT POST
— If Illegals Are Illegal, Why Are Their Babies Citizens? Manifestly, anchor babies were not part of the accepted understanding of the 14th Amendment. These are the facts, no matter what the women on the Supreme Court have to say.
https://patriotpost.us/opinion/118532-if-illegals-are-illegal-why-are-their-babies-citizens-2025-06-26

REAL CLEAR INVESTIGATIONS
— Who Counts? Trump Poised To Try To Remove Noncitizens From Census. How many illegals have Democrat and RINO leaders brought into your congressional district, your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct?
https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2025/06/26/who_counts_trump_poised_to_try_to_remove_noncitizens_from_census_1118884.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CNN
— Anticipate/expect that the Democrats who run the mainstream news media will ever-increasingly spin everything that Trump does or does not do against him.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/25/middleeast/why-trumps-strikes-on-iran-will-leave-north-korea-more-determined-than-ever-to-keep-its-nukes

MSNBC
— Anticipate/expect a) that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly stress that Trump avoided the Vietnam War draft and b) that Duckworth will be their leader. I should write about my critics/opponents who have used my avoiding the Vietnam War draft against me the most since 1966. I would focus on my Democrat superiors and supervisors in the federal government. I would focus on those who took the most/biggest adverse actions against me. They have always stressed that I was 1-A. They have always stressed I would not have been sent into combat anyway a) because I could not run because I had a bone disease, b) because my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, and c) because I had partial red/green color blindness. They have always stressed that if I had not avoided the Vietnam War draft, I would not have been able to a) buy new cars in 1967, 1968, 1971, 1974, and 1978, b) earn a bachelor’s degree in 1970 and master’s degrees in 1976 and 1980, c) buy real estate in 1972, 1974, 1976, and 1978, d) go on vacations in 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, and 1976, e) get married in 1978, f) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, g) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, h) become a licensed CPA in 1981, i) etc. While I took classes at UIC 1966-1968 and at NIU 1969-1970, many of those around me despised Vietnam veterans if not hated them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wuHPDo8KAI

MSN
— National Association Of Black Accountants Convention Struggled With Sponsors Amid DEI Pushback. My Democrat GAO superiors replaced me with my Black CPA subordinate when I was 49 years old in 1997. He had less work experience than I had, less education than I had, one professional certification while I had six, and no professional license like the one I had. Will he speak at the NABA convention?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/national-association-of-black-accountants-convention-struggled-with-sponsors-amid-dei-pushback/ar-AA1Hqyf4

NBC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/iranian-woman-suffers-severe-panic-attack-ice-agents-arrest-husband-rcna215119
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/iranian-woman-seeking-asylum-collapses-as-ice-agents-arrest-her-husband-242274373595

CBS NEWS
— Immigration agents detain Iranian asylum seekers in West Los Angeles
https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/video/video-shows-immigration-agents-detaining-iranian-asylum-seekers-in-west-los-angeles/

NEW YORK TIMES
— 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 decry that Trump’s strike on Iran discourages China from striking Taiwan.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/world/asia/iran-china-trump-taiwan.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight everything that Trump does or does not do.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/us/trump-administration-lawsuits.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government and charity.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/us/politics/trump-republicans-safety-net-cuts.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. To promote LGBTQ is to promote the destruction of traditional marriage and family.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/health/hiv-lenacapavir-vaccine-trump-cuts-africa.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/insider/same-sex-marriage-legal-10-years.html
— Why Factories Are Having Trouble Filling Nearly 400,000 Open Jobs. My brother lost manufacturing jobs in Chicago Heights when his employers moved to Mexico.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/business/factory-jobs-workers-trump.html

WASHINGTON POST
— To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country. In my ancestors’ defense, they followed the rule of law. They came legally during the 1840s and 1850s. On my father’s side they worked in a brick factory in Chicago for 10 years and then homesteaded a farm in southeast Crete Township in 1854. On my mother’s side, they sharecropped a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/06/25/immigration-criminals-trump-invention/
— Trump administration says California must bar boys from girls sports
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/06/25/california-transgender-girls-sports-trump/169f6dfa-51fd-11f0-baaa-ba1025f321a8_story.html
— Trump seeks to ‘rightsize’ federal presence in D.C.  If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, DOGE would not be needed. If Gingrich had reformed GAO, I might still be a GAO employee. The Democrats who ran GAO during the 1980s and 1990s would not have wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. They would not have wasted what I learned working for GAO for almost 18 years and for IRS for almost 9 years before that. They would not have wasted what I learned earning six professional certifications and a professional license. They would not have wasted what I learned earning three master’s degrees. They would not have always ranked in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. They would not have delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13. They would have always assigned me to audits of IRS. They would not have forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/06/25/housing-hud-relocation/

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. To promote LGBTQ is to promote the destruction of traditional marriage and family.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/06/26/same-sex-marriage-anniversary-supreme-court-case/84233451007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/2025/06/20/lgbtq-travel-south-us-trump/83137441007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Says Iranian Nuclear Deal Isn’t Necessary After U.S. Strikes
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/iran-israel-ceasefire-conflict-news
— The New Sobriety. Virtually all my critics/opponents who are White, male, and/or older have been big drinkers if not very big drinkers.
https://www.wsj.com/health/wellness/alcohol-free-sober-culture-8f95e4de

FORBES
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/sonariglinton/2025/06/26/the-real-history-behind-dei-and-workplace-equity-in-america/

AXIOS
— Trump calls for canceling Netanyahu’s corruption trial.  What if Republican elected officials had reformed GAO, IRS, and the Post Office? What if Republican elected officials had called for the Democrats who ran GAO, IRS, and the Post Office to stop taking adverse actions against me? What if Bush, Hastert, Fitzgerald, and Hyde had called for GAO to settle in Diersen v. GAO ( https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf )?
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/25/trump-cancel-netanyahu-corruption-trial
— Who has slung insults at you? I should write about my critics/opponents who have slung the most/biggest insults at me. 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 major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, 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.axios.com/2025/06/25/trump-mamdani-democrats-nyc-primary

FEDERAL TIMES
— Isolationists want Trump to be an isolationist.
https://www.ft.com/content/6e896a85-510e-4081-8d00-617bf69de585

GOOGLE AI
— Vietnam veterans. While I took classes at UIC 1966-1968 and at NIU 1969-1970, many of those around me despised Vietnam veterans if not hated them.
https://www.google.com/search?q=Vietnam+veterans
(FROM THE POSTING: Vietnam veterans are generally treated with more respect and gratitude today than they were upon their initial return from the war. While some faced hostility and indifference initially, there’s been a significant shift in public perception and appreciation for their service. However, many Vietnam veterans still struggle with the long-term effects of their service, including PTSD and physical health issues related to Agent Orange exposure.) 

June 25, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Pritzker expected to announce run for 3rd term this week. To vote for Pritzker is to vote for more dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, prostitution, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-governor-jb-pritzker-expected-announce-run-3rd-term-thursday-news-conference-sources-say/16836578/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://abc7.com/post/immigrant-rights-activists-call-out-lapd-alleged-collaboration-with-ice-los-angeles-raids/16841651/

NBC5
— Pritzker set to announce he’s running for a third term.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/gov-pritzker-set-to-announce-hes-running-for-a-third-term-sources/3775005/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/3-years-after-dobbs-new-threats-to-funding-remain-a-concern-for-illinois-abortion-clinics/3775330/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/top-videos-home/3-years-after-dobbs-new-threats-to-funding-remain-a-concern-for-illinois-abortion-clinics/3775572/

FOX32
— Aurora residents questioned why the Juneteenth flag wasn’t officially raised, while a Pride flag ceremony earlier in the month was held as planned under the previous administration. Mayor John Laesch said he’s scaling back city-run flag raisings to be more fiscally responsible, instead encouraging community-led celebrations.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/juneteenth-flag-dispute-aurora-sparks-backlash-against-new-mayor

WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/06/24/after-objections-cpd-agrees-officers-will-not-search-vehicles-based-smell-raw-cannabis
— Trump Administration Scrambles to Rehire Key Federal Workers After DOGE Firings. In a completely different world, when Bush got elected in 2000, he and Hastert, Fitzgerald, and Hyde would have a) reformed GAO b) gotten rid of my GAO superiors who had wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, and c) had GAO rehire me. I had 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. I had earned a) a CPA license, b) master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, and c) professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I had 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. If GAO had been reformed, there would be no need for DOGE.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/06/24/trump-administratioen-scrambles-rehire-key-federal-workers-after-doge-firings

WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.wbez.org/reset-with-sasha-ann-simons/2025/06/24/on-dobbs-anniversary-illinois-is-more-crucial-than-ever-for-abortion-access

WGN RADIO
— How would you grade JB Pritzker’s job as governor? To vote for Pritzker is to vote for more dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, prostitution, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://wgnradio.com/john-williams/newsclick/the-john-williams-newsclick-how-would-you-grade-jb-pritzkers-job-as-governor/#/questions
— Mike Johnson says War Powers Act is unconstitutional
https://wgnradio.com/hill-politics/mike-johnson-says-war-powers-act-is-unconstitutional/amp/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Top candidates for the US House in Illinois’ 2nd, 7th, 8th and 9th districts for the 2026 election.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/24/illinois-house-top-candidates-2nd-7th-8th-9th/
— Effort to require Chicago businesses install security cameras gets pushback. Because the Democrat Party platform ever-increasingly promotes more crime, the need for security cameras ever-increasingly increases.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/25/effort-chicago-businesses-security-cameras-pushback/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/25/opinion-lgbtq-hotline-services-988/

DAILY HERALD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250624/illinois-state-politics/gov-jb-pritzker-is-aiming-for-his-third-term-amid-a-presidential-buzz-reports-say/

CRAIN’s CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/cannabis/verano-launches-experimental-cannabis-store-arizona
— Push for mandatory security cameras puts City Hall at odds with biz and the ACLU. Because the Democrat Party platform ever-increasingly promotes more crime, the need for security cameras ever-increasingly increases. Because the Democrat Party platform ever-increasingly promotes more crime, the need for security cameras ever-increasingly increases.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/mandatory-security-camera-effort-gets-biz-pushback

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— GOP is depending on the kindness of political strangers
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-gop-is-depending-on-the-kindness-of-political-strangers/article_b8065aa5-67db-4f42-bb1d-294376a22583.html

MUDDY RIVER NEWS
— Tracy running for re-election in 50th Senate District, vows to continue fight against Pritzker policies
https://muddyrivernews.com/top-stories/tracy-running-for-re-election-in-50th-senate-district-vows-to-continue-fight-against-pritzker-policies/20250624215030/

SOUTHERN
— Trump says no vacations until Congress passes his megabill
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/06/24/trump-says-no-vacations-until-congress-passes-his-megabill/

WAND TV
— Pritzker to announce run for third term as Illinois governor
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/pritzker-to-announce-run-for-third-term-as-illinois-governor/article_cf9d2611-c42b-4967-9f15-26ea5e094564.html

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Trump’s spending cuts.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-lawsuit-challenges-billions-of-dollars-in-trump-administration-funding-cuts/
— Federal judge orders Trump administration to release EV charger funding in 14 states. I bought a 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T Plus EV. I do not anticipate/expect ever using a public EV charger for it.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-federal-judge-orders-trump-administration-to-release-ev-charger-funding-in-14-states/

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— No one wants bad jobs. Because all the jobs that I had were viewed as being bad jobs, all my superiors had a hard time recruiting and retaining qualified minorities and females. Because of Affirmative Action and DEI, qualified minorities and females could get better jobs elsewhere. Consequently, my superiors ever-increasingly a) lowered their hiring, retention, and promotion standards and b) gave their minority and female employees more preference. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license. It all culminated in my superiors replacing me with my Black subordinate when I was 49 years old in 1997. He had less work experience than I had, less education than I had, one professional certification while I had six, and no professional license like the one I had.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/challenges-persist-for-women-minorities-breaking-into-illinois-skilled-trades/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— IL-06 REMATCH: Republican Niki Conforti is running for the seat held by Democratic Congressman Sean Casten. The two faced each other in 2024, too. “With our strong foundation from the 2024 election and my background in business and policy, I am confident we can flip this seat in 2026,” Conforti said in announcing her campaign. “People feel disenfranchised. Something needs to give, and I am the change agent.”
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/06/25/pritzker-to-announce-a-run-for-3rd-term-00422675

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/06/25/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-539/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/06/24/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-332/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— GOP: IL parole board changes hinder keeping violent criminals off streets.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_39532cab-7713-455d-a3ae-a0c4a83c0ea1.html

WIREPOINTS
— School districts should always ask voter permission for tax hikes…that’s not happening in Illinois
https://wirepoints.org/school-districts-should-always-ask-voter-permission-for-tax-hikes-not-in-illinois-wirepoints-on-wls-ramblin-ray-show/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois lawmakers only attach price tags to 10 of 3,859 bills. The price tag for Affirmative Action and DEI has been many trillions of dollars.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-lawmakers-only-attach-price-tags-to-10-of-3859-bills/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Who pays the price of Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI? The more of the following that you are, the more that you pay for AA and DEI: lower income, conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. The more of the aforesaid that you are the, the more that Democrats and RINOs make you pay the price of affirmative Action. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— All my employers, including GAO, IRS, and the Post Office, were Democrat Affirmative Action and DEI employers. That is, they all gave big time preference to their employees who were Democrat and minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in been in America for a long time. That is, they all discriminated against their employees who were Republican and White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in been in America for a long time. Because I am all of the aforesaid, I never would have made it to GS-13 Step 10, currently $153.151/year, if I had not a) earned a job-related professional license, b) earned six job-related professional certifications, c) earned three job-related master’s degrees, d) earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, e) passed the Federal Employee Entrance Examination, and f) passed the postal employment test.  – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Who got promoted over you and why? All my coworkers who got promoted over me were Democrats who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in been in America for a long time. They all had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. All my employers were Democrat employers that used Affirmative Action, DEI, up-or-out, budget cuts, and/or veterans preference to waste the careers of and to get rid of their Republican employees. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— In a completely different world, when Bush got elected in 2000, he and Hastert, Fitzgerald, and Hyde would have a) reformed GAO b) gotten rid of my GAO superiors who had wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, and c) had GAO rehire me. I had 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. I had earned a) a CPA license, b) master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, and c) professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels,  currently $99,069-$112,280/year. If GAO had been reformed, there would be no need for DOGE. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do your critics/opponents promote? My critics/opponents promote wokeness/wokeism, that is, they promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, they promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What were your circumstances at your birth? 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 and he died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. My mother never attended high school. I had to and I did work my way through college. But according to my critics/opponents, I was able to earn a bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees, earn six professional certifications, and earn a professional license because I benefitted tremendously from discrimination against those who do not share my demographics, that is, I benefitted tremendously from discrimination against minorities, females, younger people, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors had not been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www-gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump’s deportation machine hits stride as ICE arrests, detention set new records.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/23/trumps-deportation-machine-hits-stride-ice-arrests-detention-set-new/
— Trump’s deportation plans are working, and Americans approve. So far this year, ICE has deported 207,000 illegal aliens.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/24/trumps-deportation-plans-working-americans-approve/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Pritzker to announce he is running for a third term
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/state/3452503/pritzker-to-announce-running-third-term-governor/
— Over 80% back Trump’s deportation of criminal illegal immigrants.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-secrets/3452439/illegal-immigration-trump-deportation-rasmussen-poll/

NEW YORK POST
— Lefty group behind ‘economic blackout’ launches McDonald’s boycott
https://nypost.com/2025/06/24/business/mcdonalds-boycott-taking-place-this-week-heres-what-you-need-to-know/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Divorcing Wokeness. My critics/opponents promote wokeness/wokeism, that is, they promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, they promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://amgreatness.com/2025/06/25/silicon-valleys-red-pill-decade-part-one-divorcing-wokeness/

AMMOLAND
— DOJ Files Amicus Brief Opposing Illinois’ “Assault Weapons” Ban. Back in the bad old days under Bush, DOJ sided with GAO in Diersen v. GAO ( https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf ), that is, DOJ promoted Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, DOJ promoted up-or-out, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.ammoland.com/2025/06/doj-files-amicus-brief-opposing-illinois-assault-weapons-ban/#

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— How deportations help American workers. If they could have, all my employers would have hired illegals instead of me. Democrat and RINO employers want cheap labor. They want employees who they can exploit.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/06/25/victor-joecks-how-deportations-help-american-workers-1553863/

BLAZE
— Trump’s ICE busts 11 illegal Iranian nationals: Terror suspect, ex-sniper, and another with Hezbollah ties.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/trumps-ice-busts-11-illegal-iranian-nationals-terror-suspect-ex-sniper-and-another-with-hezbollah-ties

BREITBART
— ICE Agents Arrest Dozens of Illegal Aliens Working at Louisiana Racetrack, Pennsylvania Construction Site
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/06/24/ice-agents-arrest-dozens-of-illegal-aliens-working-at-louisiana-racetrack-pennsylvania-construction-site/
— Leftists Call for McDonald’s Boycott over DEI Rollback: Hit Their Wallets for ‘Real Equality’
https://www.breitbart.com/pre-viral/2025/06/24/about-more-than-burgers-and-fries-leftists-call-for-mcdonalds-boycott-over-dei-rollback/

DAILY CALLER
— Even Most Democrats Say No To Latest Attention-Seeking Trump Impeachment Attempt
https://dailycaller.com/2025/06/24/democrats-impeach-trump-iran-strikes/
— Students For Fair Admissions Versus Harvard Brings Back Meritocracy
https://dailycaller.com/2025/06/24/opinion-students-for-fair-admissions-versus-harvard-brings-back-meritocracy-casey-ryan/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Trump’s Culture War Offensive Is Working
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/06/24/trumps-culture-war-offensive-is-working/

EPOCH TIMES
— Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani Claims Victory in NYC’s Mayoral Democratic Primary, Cuomo Concedes. Mamdani, a New York state assemblyman, led the first-round of tallying with 43.5 percent of the vote.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/cuomo-concedes-nyc-democratic-primary-with-mamdani-in-lead-5877819

FOX NEWS
— Chicago Teachers Union president suggests children belong to the school system. Some Chicago schools spending $93,000 per student while operating at one-third capacity after losing 70,000 students.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/chicago-teachers-union-president-suggests-children-belong-them
— More Iranians with criminal histories arrested by ICE in Trump’s security sweep: ‘Worst of the worst’  Officials tout being ‘full throttle on identifying and arresting known or suspected terrorists’ as Iran sleeper cell threat looms.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/more-iranians-criminal-histories-arrested-ice-trumps-security-sweep

FOX NEWS RADIO
— NYC Resigns Hotel Contract for Illegals/Homeless. Getting free housing, free food, free clothing, free medical care, free education, free etc. are big reasons a) to come to America illegally, b) to stay in America illegally, and c) to vote for Democrats.
https://radio.foxnews.com/2025/06/24/nyc-resigns-hotel-contract-for-illegals-homeless/

LIFE NEWS
— Worst Abortion Biz in America Opens Center to Kill Viable Babies in Abortions
https://www.lifenews.com/2025/06/24/worst-abortion-biz-in-america-opens-center-to-kill-viable-babies-in-abortions/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Trump Admin Tells California to Remove Gender Ideology from Sex Education Program
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/trump-admin-tells-california-to-remove-gender-ideology-from-sex-education-program/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CBS NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-record-59000-immigrant-detainees-half-no-criminal-record/
— Florida to receive federal funds to build immigration detention sites, including “Alligator Alcatraz.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alligator-alcatraz-florida-immigration-detention-centers-dhs-secretary-noem/

REUTERS
— Judge rules Trump cannot end union bargaining for federal workers. My critics/opponents are vehemently anti-union. I was a union member for almost 12 years. According to my critics/opponents, during those almost 12 years, my salary would not have increased from $19.37/hour to $112,280/year in today’s dollars if I had not been a union member. In my defense, during those almost 12 years, I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIIU. I earned an MBA from Loyola. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt. I almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul.
https://www.reuters.com/business/world-at-work/us-judge-blocks-trumps-elimination-union-bargaining-federal-workers-2025-06-25/

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/06/25/ice-immigration-courts-deportation/

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/06/22/immigrant-domestic-violence-survivors-ice-deportation/84246931007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2025/06/24/medicaid-cuts-hiv-aids-medication-prep-funding/84286896007/

FORTUNE
— All my employers, including GAO, IRS, and the Post Office, were Democrat Affirmative Action and DEI employers. That is, they all gave big time preference to their employees who were Democrat and minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in been in America for a long time. That is, they all discriminated against their employees who were Republican and White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in been in America for a long time. Because I am all of the aforesaid, I never would have made it to GS-13 Step 10, currently $153.151/year, if I had not a) earned a job-related professional license, b) earned six job-related professional certifications, c) earned three job-related master’s degrees, d) earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, e) passed the Federal Employee Entrance Examination, and f) passed the postal employment test.
https://fortune.com/2025/06/05/supreme-court-workplace-bias-reverse-discrimination-ames-vs-ohio/

BLOOMBERG
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-06-24/dobbs-anniversary-abortion-access-continues-to-be-threatened

CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS
— How a tiny Michigan tourist town became Weed City, USA. My critics/opponents in Wheaton want pot. Ever-since I led the successful fight in 2019 to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton, they have done everything that they can to destroy me. My critics/opponents in Wheaton want video gambling. Ever-since I led the successful fight in 2009 to stop video gambling in Wheaton, they have done everything that they can to destroy me.
https://www.crainsdetroit.com/cannabis/how-new-buffalo-township-became-weed-city-usa

LAW 360
— Democrat and RINO employers vehemently oppose E-Verify. I should write about that. All my employers would have hired illegals instead of me if they could have. Democrat and RINO leaders want cheap labor. They want employees who they can exploit.
https://www.law360.com/articles/2356901/e-verify-restrictions-are-not-preempted-illinois-argues

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration_second_term/47_approve_of_sanctuary_states

BROOKINGS
— Pathways to the Middle Class: Balancing Personal and Public Responsibilities. What were your circumstances at your birth? 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 and he died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. My mother never attended high school. I had to and I did work my way through college. But according to my critics/opponents, I was able to earn a bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees, earn six professional certifications, and earn a professional license because I benefitted tremendously from discrimination against those who do not share my demographics, that is, I benefitted tremendously from discrimination against minorities, females, younger people, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/pathways-to-the-middle-class-balancing-personal-and-public-responsibilities/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The defining narrative of the United States of America is that of a nation where everyone has an opportunity to achieve a better life. Americans believe that everyone should have the opportunity to succeed through talent, creativity, intelligence, and hard work, regardless of the circumstances of their birth.)

AXIOS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in forcing LGBTQ on everyone. My critics/opponent promote LGBTQ.
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/24/lgbtq-transgender-representation-growing-elections

AUTO GUIDE
— Why is there so much hatred promoted against the 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T EV?
https://www.autoguide.com/auto/manufacturers/dodge/dodge-chargers-with-combustion-engines-are-officially-in-production-44621878