FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC5
— Republican politician, friend of Charlie Kirk, Aaron Del Mar speaks after Kirk fatally shot
https://www.nbcchicago.com/video/top-videos-home/republican-politician-friend-of-charlie-kirk-aaron-del-mar-speaks-after-kirk-fatally-shot/3822434/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/10/president-trump-seemingly-pumps-brakes-on-national-guard-chicago/
DAILY HERALD
— ‘Senseless violence’: Charlie Kirk remembered by suburban leaders
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250910/crime/senseless-violence-former-wheeling-high-athlete-remembered-by-suburban-leaders/
— Sept. 11 observances across the suburbs. I organized Wheaton’s 2004 and 2005 9/11 observances. I should write about those Wheaton officials who boycotted those events. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me since then.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250908/lifestyle/sept-11-observances-across-the-suburbs-3/
SOUTHERN
— Outpouring of grief from Trump, Vance other leaders after Charlie Kirk fatal shooting
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/09/10/outpouring-of-grief-from-trump-vance-other-leaders-after-charlie-kirk-fatal-shooting/
MUDDY RIVER NEWS
— Illinois lawmakers react to deadly shooting of conservative activist, native son, Charlie Kirk
https://muddyrivernews.com/politics/illinois-lawmakers-react-to-deadly-shooting-of-conservative-activist-native-son-charlie-kirk/20250910173836/
WAND TV
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/pritzker-calls-out-homan-ice-for-racial-profiling-in-chicago-as-operation-midway-blitz-moves/article_59aab2a8-870e-42d7-8226-ccc8cedc10f0.html
ADVANTAGE NEWS
— State rep John Cabello, R-Machesney Park, says IL GOP will be outspent ’20 to 1′ in 2026 elections
https://www.advantagenews.com/news/local/state-rep-says-il-gop-will-be-outspent-20-to-1-in-2026-elections/article_5d470e41-a38b-4406-8ca9-380c25d8d80d.html
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Friends worried about Charlie Kirk’s safety
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/09/11/friends-worried-about-charlie-kirks-safety-00557077
(FROM THE ARTICLE: THE ASSASSINATION of Charlie Kirk — the Wheeling native who rose from Illinois politics to become one of Donald Trump’s closest conservative allies — is reverberating through the state’s political circles, with friends saying they had feared for his well-being. “Those of us who love and care about Charlie have been worried about his safety,” Illinois businessman Gary Rabine said in a text statement. Rabine was an early backer of Turning Point USA, which Kirk cofounded in 2012 to bring conservative ideas to college campuses. “I have watched him over the past 13 years become the greatest leader behind positive change in our college universities and our country,” said Rabine, who ran for governor in 2022. “Terrible tragedy,” said former Gov. Bruce Rauner, another early donor to Turning Point noting Kirk was part of his 2014 rise to Springfield. Rauner described the young activist as “bright, talented and charismatic.” What we know: Kirk, 31, was killed by a single gunshot during a speaking event at Utah Valley University in the conservative town of Orem, about 40 miles south of Salt Lake City. No one is yet in custody, according to The Associated Press. He leaves behind a wife and two young children. Congressman Darin LaHood, a Republican, called the murder “a heinous act of political violence that has become too common in our country. Charlie did not deserve to die because of his ideological views.” Though they rarely saw eye to eye, Gov. JB Pritzker condemned the shooting and drew a wider lesson. “We’ve seen other political violence occur in other states, and it’s got to stop. There are people who are fomenting it in this country,” Pritzker told reporters upon first hearing of the shooting. He pointed to Trump’s pardons of Jan. 6 protesters as having “tripped a new era of political violence.” Trump himself broke the news, posting on Truth Social: “The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead. No one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charlie. He was loved and admired by ALL, especially me, and now, he is no longer with us. Melania and my Sympathies go out to his beautiful wife Erika, and family. Charlie, we love you!” Later, Trump signaled his anger, blaming the media and “radical left” in a video address from the Oval Office. Kirk got to know Trump while handling social media during his 2016 presidential. From there, he built a national profile as a sharp-tongued defender of the president and his MAGA movement — and a fixture on the conservative speaking circuit. But it was Illinois where Kirk got his political start. He worked on Rauner’s 2014 campaign for governor. In his book, Kirk wrote that he and Turning Point members “barnstormed the state and mobilized students in every county to help Bruce defeat the Chicago political machine.” Illinois GOP Chair Kathy Salvi issued a statement saying, “Charlie’s work for Republicans in Illinois and across the country was invaluable.” And the Illinois Freedom Caucus echoed that, adding, “We are devastated and horrified by the news.”)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Pritzker Blames Trump for Charlie Kirk Assassination
https://markglennon.substack.com/p/pritzker-blames-trump-for-charlie
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Charlie Kirk was a conservative activist. I am a conservative activist. Ever-increasingly, there are fewer and fewer and fewer conservative activists in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton. I am one of the few remaining conservative activists in the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party. Will kirk’s assignation accelerate that trend? Will conservative-haters be emboldened to do more? They have had their operatives and their dupes a) dramatically cut Republican participation in Wheaton Independence Day parades, b) destroy TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, c) destroy the Illinois Center Right Coalition, d) etc. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters call Kirk “right-ring.” My critics/opponents call me ‘right-wing.” The more conservative principles that you promote, the more planks in the Republican Party platform that you promote, a) the more that Democrats and RINOs call you “right-wing,” b) the more that they blame you for Republican defeats, c) the more that they hint/imply/argue/shout that you are a racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things, and c) the more/bigger adverse actions that they take against you. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinoius.com
— Democrats and RINOs hate conservatives. Charlie Kirk was conservative. I am conservative. The more conservative that you are, the more that Democrats and RINOs promote more hatred against you, and therefore, the more prepared that you should be for the adverse actions that Democrats and RINOs will take against you. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Charlie Kirk assassination blamed on growing left-wing violence
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/10/control-charlie-kirk-assassination-blamed-growing-left-wing-violence/
NEW YORK POST
— Charlie Kirk assassin picked spot that could allow him to get ‘miles and miles away’ in just minutes
https://nypost.com/2025/09/11/us-news/charlie-kirk-assassin-picked-spot-that-could-allow-him-to-get-miles-and-miles-away-in-minutes-retired-fbi-agent/
— Mourners hold vigils across US after Charlie Kirk’s assassination
https://nypost.com/2025/09/10/us-news/charlie-kirk-shot-at-utah-valley-university-live-updates/
— Melania Trump mourns for Charlie Kirk’s children in heart-wrenching post after his assassination
https://nypost.com/2025/09/10/us-news/melania-trump-mourns-for-charlie-kirks-children-in-heart-wrenching-post-after-his-assassination/
— MSNBC analyst Matthew Dowd fired over Charlie Kirk comments after assassination
https://nypost.com/2025/09/11/us-news/msnbc-analyst-matthew-dowd-fired-over-charlie-kirk-comments-after-assassination/
— Ghoulish Dems, liberals are blaming Trump, Charlie Kirk for his own assassination — as MSNBC analyst is fired over comments. My critics/opponents blame me for all my problems. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most biggest adverse actions against me.
https://nypost.com/2025/09/10/us-news/ghoulish-dems-liberals-are-blaming-charlie-kirk-for-his-own-assassination/
BREITBART
— Pritzker Blames Trump After Charlie Kirk Assassinated: ‘President’s Rhetoric Often Foments’ Violence. Pritzker ever-increasingly promotes more hatred against Trump and against those who share Trump’s demographics.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/09/10/illinois-gov-jb-pritzker-blamed-trump-after-charlie-kirk-shot-presidents-rhetoric-often-foments-violence/
CATHOLIC HERALD
— Charlie Kirk dies at 31: the conservative who shaped a generation
https://thecatholicherald.com/article/charlie-kirk-dies-at-31-the-conservative-who-shaped-a-generation
EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Vows to Find Those Involved in Killing of Charlie Kirk. ‘My administration will find each and every one of those who contributed to this atrocity and to other political violence,’ the president said.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-vows-to-find-those-involved-in-killing-of-charlie-kirk-5913285
FOX NEWS
— Vance pens heartfelt tribute to Charlie Kirk after assassination: ‘You ran a good race, my friend’ Turning Point USA founder introduced Vance to Trump campaign team and advocated for VP nomination.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/jd-vance-pens-heartfelt-tribute-charlie-kirk-assassination-you-ran-good-race-my-friend
— Charlie Kirk rose to become conservative powerhouse, transformative campus figure
https://www.foxnews.com/media/charlie-kirk-rising-star-conservative-movement-ahead-horrific-utah-valley-university-shooting
— Trump releases video statement on Charlie Kirk assassination. “This is a dark moment for America,” President Donald Trump declared after Charlie Kirk was shot and killed at a college event in Utah.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6379075859112
— Vigils held across US after assassination of Charlie Kirk: ‘We must heal.’ ‘Charlie Kirk’s local Catholic community gathers to pray the Rosary for the Eternal Rest of his soul,’ Catholics for Catholics said on social media.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/vigils-held-across-us-after-assassination-charlie-kirk-we-must-heal
— Pritzker critic in Congress introduces bill to crackdown on sanctuary states ‘gambling with America. ‘Sanctuary states like Illinois are gambling with American lives by handing out driver’s licenses and CDLs to illegal aliens,’ said Rep Mary Miller, R-Ill.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/exclusive-pritzker-critic-congress-introduces-bill-crackdown-sanctuary-states-gambling-america
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— The Left Wastes No Time Expressing Vile, Cruel Reactions After Charlie Kirk Shooting
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/09/the-left-wastes-no-time-expressing-vile-cruel-reactions-after-charlie-kirk-shooting/
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Pritzker Blames Trump for Rise in ‘Political Violence’ Following Charlie Kirk’s Death. Pritzker ever-increasingly makes it clear that he will get rid of you if you do not share his hatred against Trump. Pritzker has the power to destroy whoever and whatever he wants to in Illinois.
https://www.westernjournal.com/jb-pritzker-blames-trump-rise-political-violence-following-charlie-kirks-death/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Political violence fears surge after Charlie Kirk killing
https://thehill.com/newsletters/morning-report/5497758-assassination-charlie-kirk-shock/
NBC NEWS
— Trump remembers Charlie Kirk in social media video
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/president-trump-remembers-charlie-kirk-in-social-media-video-247332933706
— Charlie Kirk assassination prompts outcry over political violence
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/live-updates-shooting-charlie-kirk-event-utah-rcna230437
— Several vigils held across the U.S. in honor of Charlie Kirk
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/several-vigils-held-across-the-u-s-in-honor-of-charlie-kirk-247339589968
CNN
— Kirk assassination is a national tragedy in a polarized America
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/politics/charlie-kirk-assassination-utah-political-violence-analysis
— Charlie Kirk’s Last Speech on Transgender Shooter Before Assassination | Conservative Activist Shot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s6IeKwJh1o
REUTERS
— Hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters call conservatives “right-wing.”
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/right-wing-activist-charlie-kirk-dead-31-played-key-role-trumps-2024-victory-2025-09-10/
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/reactions-fatal-shooting-us-right-wing-activist-charlie-kirk-2025-09-10/
— Days before death, Charlie Kirk debuted his conservative message in Asia
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/days-before-death-charlie-kirk-debuted-his-conservative-message-asia-2025-09-11/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Graphic video of Kirk shooting was everywhere online, showing how media gatekeeper role has changed
https://apnews.com/article/charlie-kirk-video-graphic-online-social-media-6cfd4dfde356b960aeea69c01ea3ec34
NEW YORK TIMES
— Hopes for a Fast Capture of Kirk’s Shooter Fade
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/us/charlie-kirk-shooting-manhunt-fbi.html
— Maps, Video and Photos: Where and When Charlie Kirk Was Fatally Shot
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/us/charlie-kirk-shooting-timeline-map.html
— Trump Says ‘Radical Left’ Rhetoric Contributed to Charlie Kirk’s Death. President Trump promised to find those responsible for political violence, as well as the “organizations that fund it and support it.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/us/politics/trump-charlie-kirk-address.html
— Charlie Kirk Assassination Raises Fear of Surging Political Violence. Initial expressions of grief and shock were overtaken by open calls for reckoning and vengeance, as some proclaimed the country was on the brink of civil war.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/us/charlie-kirk-political-violence.html
— At the White House, Trump’s Grief and Shock Turn to Rage Over Charlie Kirk. President Trump asked for updates and met with advisers in the Oval Office before recording a four-minute video in which he blamed rhetoric from the “radical left” for the killing.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/us/politics/trump-reaction-charlie-kirk.html
— Where Charlie Kirk Stood on Key Political Issues. Here are some of the right-wing activist’s stances on gun control, climate change and other issues.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/us/charlie-kirk-views-guns-gender-climate.html
— What Has the Trump Administration Gotten From Law Firms and Universities? Trump has used the full force of the federal government to push for transactional agreements. If people like Trump had been president when I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors would not have been able to take the adverse actions against me that they did.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/09/06/us/trump-deals-law-firms-universities-concessions.html
— Anger Mounts in Korea as Release of Workers Detained in Georgia Is Delayed. It is unclear when the South Korean detainees will be repatriated. They were previously scheduled to depart the United States on Wednesday. What percent of things “made in America” were made my citizens of foreign countries in America?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/world/asia/georgia-immigration-raid-hyundai-workers-south-korea.html
— What percent of employers in America are dependent on illegal labor?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/business/economy/jobs-immigration-deportations-hiring.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Vance to visit Charlie Kirk’s family, canceling 9/11 memorial trip. The vice president and the conservative activist, who was killed Wednesday, had a friendship that went back eight years.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/09/11/vance-kirk-utah-new-york/
— In Trump’s White House, Charlie Kirk’s killing is deeply personal. The conservative founder of Turning Point USA animated a generation of young activists and was on a first-name basis with most of the West Wing.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/09/10/charlie-kirk-trump-white-house/
USA TODAY
— ‘Martyr for truth.’ Trump vows vengeance against ‘radical Left’ for Charlie Kirk killing. Trump, saying he was ‘filled with grief and anger,’ vowed in a taped address to ‘find each and every one of those who contributed to this atrocity.’
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/09/10/trump-vows-vengeance-against-radical-left-for-charlie-kirk-slaying/86085895007/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Kids? Marriage? Young adults are delaying these key milestones. Back in the good old days, I bought new cars when I was 17 in 1966, 19, 20, 23 (1972 Corvette), 25, 29, etc. I earned a bachelor’s degree when I was 21. I started working for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights when I was 21 and for IRS in Chicago and then Harvey when I was 22. I bought a new town home in University Park when I was 24. I bought condos in downtown Chicago when I was 25 and 27. I earned an MBA when I was 27 and a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31. My wife and I got married and bought a home in Wheaton when I was 29. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA when I was 32. My wife and I tried to have children, but we gave up. We had a home built in Wheaton when I was 35. According to my critics/opponents, I could not have done the aforesaid if I had not avoided the Vietnam War draft.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/09/02/young-adults-not-reaching-key-milestones/85835777007/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In 1975, about 45% of young adults ages 25 to 34 had moved out of their parents’ home, were working, had married and had had children. Fifty years later, less than 25% of adults that age had done the same.)
NEWS24
— Charlie Kirk a ‘casualty of war’, will spur action from MAGA, says Steve Bannon
https://www.news24.com/world/charlie-kirk-a-casualty-of-war-will-spur-action-from-maga-says-steve-bannon-20250911-0421
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The assassination of Charlie Kirk. The MAGA movement leader was known for inviting debate with opponents.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/charlie-kirk-murder-utah-turning-point-usa-ed29b982
FORTUNE
— Charlie Kirk went from a college dropout to building a $92 million-a-year political movement with a direct line to President Trump by 31
https://fortune.com/2025/09/11/charlie-kirk-college-dropout-to-building-turning-point-usa-trump/
POLITICO
— The Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997 gave all the managers who they sent to run their Chicago office lists of employees to get rid of. Of course, I was on all those lists. The more of the following that employees were, the higher up that they were on those lists: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/10/fbi-fired-leaders-lawsuit-donald-trump-00555825
NPR
— Pritzker ever-increasingly promotes more hatred against Trump and against those who share Trump’s demographics.
https://www.npr.org/2025/09/10/nx-s1-5533120/pritzker-trump-chicago-troops
TIME
— ‘This Is War’: Trump and Others on Right Call for Crackdown on Left After Charlie Kirk’s Murder
https://time.com/7316315/republicans-far-right-reacts-charlie-kirk-death-blame-left-crackdown/
ATLANTIC
— Charlie Kirk Was Trump’s Envoy to a New Generation. The conservative activist was one of the most influential unelected people in America.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/09/charlie-kirk-shooting/684173/
DAILY MAIL
— Left-wing social media ideologues celebrate the death of Charlie Kirk and say he ‘deserved’ to be shot
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15086259/Disgusting-comments-left-wing-lunatics-Charlie-Kirk.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Left-wing social media fanatics have celebrated influencer Charlie Kirk’s murder – with some comparing him to Adolf Hitler and even suggesting he ‘deserved’ his fate. Kirk, the chief executive and co-founder of the conservative youth organization Turning Point USA, was shot dead at an event at a Utah college yesterday. The killing of Donald Trump’s ally is the latest example of political violence in the US spanning a range of political ideologies and affecting both major political parties. But left-leaning ideologues made light of it, with one writing: ‘I’m not saying Charlie Kirk deserved to be shot, but I think enablers to pedophiles should be shot, too.’ Some TikTokers also reacted casually to Kirk’s death, with one mock crying while a dramatic song played, with the caption: ‘Charlie Kirk got s**t? Awwww.’ Another liberal posted: ‘Hitler giving Charlie Kirk a tour in hell’, adding a GIF from a TV show. Another called Kirk ‘a f***ing Nazi. And you know what kind of Nazi is the best Nazi? A dead one. Thank God that s***stain of a person is no longer in this world’. Others mocked Kirk’s steadfast commitment to open debate and exchange of ideas: ‘Why didn’t Charlie Kirk just debate the bullet? he would have easily deflected.’ Many unearthed clips of Mr. Kirk defending incidents of gun violence as ‘unfortunately’ worth maintaining the 2nd Amendment of the US Constitution.)
TIMES OF INDIA
— “Make call centers American again”: Conservatives turn visa and outsourcing debates into a fight against Indian talent
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/India/make-call-centers-american-again-conservatives-turn-visa-and-outsourcing-debates-into-a-fight-against-indian-talent/ar-AA1M1bGA
WORLD SOCIALIST WEB SITE
— Socialists ever-increasingly promote more hatred against America
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/09/11/ucdo-s11.html
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September 9, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Detained Korean Hyundai workers had special skills. What special skills do/did you have? GAO audits IRS. I had a special skill to audit IRS’s Collection Division. I had worked for IRS’s Collection Division for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year. I had passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt. I had earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 in 1980. But my Democrat GAO superiors kept me off audits of IRS 1980-1985 and then 1989 until they forced me to retire in 1997. While they did let me work on audits of IRS 1986-1988, they were audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division. Democrat IRS and GAO leaders do not want Republicans to audit IRS. Further, I had a special skill to audit federal financial industry regulators. I had worked for GAO on audits of federal financial industry regulators for 8 years 1990-1997 at the GS-13 Step 3-10 Levels, currently $125,661-$153,151/year. I had earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT. Democrat federal financial industry leaders and GAO leaders do not want Republicans to audit federal financial industry regulators. My Democrat GAO superiors flushed down their toilets my aforesaid special skills when they forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/08/detained-korean-hyundai-workers/
— Are EVs really better for the environment? Study checks role of coal, battery and range. I recently bought a new 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T Plus EV. If it had been offered with a Hemi V-8, I would have bought that model.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/08/evs-environment/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Brandon Johnson to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/09/opinion-chicago-brandon-johnson-right-side-history/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Venezuela to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/09/column-venezuela-drug-boat-donald-trump-depetris/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/09/editorial-choose-chicago-donald-trump-chipocalypse-daily-telegraph/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/cannabis/what-caused-cannabis-giant-4front-ventures-fail
SHAW LOCAL
— Will County Democrats host forum for U.S. Senate candidates. While I served as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, TAPROOT hosted many candidate forums.
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2025/09/08/will-county-democrats-host-forum-for-us-senate-candidates/
WGLT
— Chicago Republican enters congressional primary against Rep. LaHood
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-09-08/chicago-republican-enters-congressional-primary-against-rep-lahood-who-he-calls-a-rino
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— IT’S ON — AGAIN: Watch for petitions on the street for former state Sen. Darren Bailey as he gets closer to announcing a second run for governor, setting the stage for a potential rematch with Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker in 2026. Joining him on the GOP ticket will be Cook County Republican Chair Aaron Del Mar. It’s a strategic pivot for Bailey, who struggled to gain traction in the Chicago suburbs during his 2022 campaign. By aligning with Del Mar, a prominent figure in northern Illinois GOP circles, Bailey hopes to broaden his appeal and galvanize support beyond his downstate base. Bailey is already positioning himself around kitchen-table issues like public safety, property taxes and rising costs, he told KSDK’s Mark Maxwell in a recent interview. The GOP primary would pit Bailey — the most recognizable contender in the field — against a handful of Republicans who have already announced, including policy wonk Ted Dabrowski and DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/09/09/trumps-midway-blitz-hits-chicago-00551707
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
AMAC
— Uncovering Radical Efforts to Disguise DEI
https://amac.us/newsline/politics/uncovering-radical-efforts-to-disguise-dei/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— New Jersey bill would require DEI curriculum for homeschoolers
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/09/08/theyre-coming-for-your-kids-new-jersey-bill-would-require-dei-curriculum-for-homeschoolers-1583193/
BREITBART
— Mary Miller Takes on Gov Pritzker ‘Attack on Parental Rights’ by Forcing Children to Take Mental Health Exams. According to Democrat leaders, if you are not a Democrat, you have mental problems.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/09/08/exclusive-illinois-rep-mary-miller-takes-on-gov-pritzker-attack-on-parental-rights-by-forcing-children-to-take-mental-health-exams/
— Mary Miller Calls on Trump to Come into Chicago ‘Today’ and ‘Do What He Did in DC’
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/09/08/exclusive-illinois-rep-mary-miller-calls-on-trump-to-come-into-chicago-today-and-do-what-he-did-in-dc/
— Dershowitz Offers to Sue O’Donnell for Smearing Trump as ‘Serial Pedophile Rapist’
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/09/08/nolte-alan-dershowitz-offers-to-sue-rosie-odonnell-for-smearing-trump-as-serial-pedophile-rapist/
FOX BUSINESS
— Democrats are siding with criminals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxrvICtPybk
— Trump overhauls US citizenship test to root out widespread immigration fraud. What percent of those who come to America do so a) to turn America into their motherland, b) to get rid of their opponents from their motherland who are in America, c) to convert everyone in America to their religion, d) to get rid of everyone in America who does not share their religion, e) to make America give even more preference to those who share their demographics, and/or f) to help their motherland destroy America?
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6378531946112
PJ MEDIA
— For Democrats, history exists to destroy Republicans
https://pjmedia.com/ashleymccully/2025/09/08/is-trump-re-writing-history-at-the-smithsonian-n4943436
TOWNHALL
— The Incredible Lightness of the Mainstream Media
https://townhall.com/columnists/tomtradup/2025/09/09/the-incredible-lightness-of-the-mainstream-media-n2662933
— Congress Must End DEI in the Military
https://townhall.com/columnists/james-fitzpatrick/2025/09/09/congress-must-end-dei-in-the-military-through-the-ndaa-n2662938
— Duckworth Claims Trump’s Chicago Crime Crackdown Is a Distraction From Epstein Files
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2025/09/08/duckworth-trying-to-reduce-crime-is-a-distraction-from-epstein-files-n2662930
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Billionaire Ken Griffin says Trump playing risky game with Fed. During the last 8 years that I worked for GAO as a GS-13 Step 3-10 Analyst, currently $125,661-$153,151/year, all the audits I worked on involved the Fed. Democrats run the Fed. Democrats do not want Republicans to audit the Fed.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5492661-ken-griffin-trump-fed/
NBC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly reject federal law
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/ice-launches-operation-chicago-objections-mayor-illinois-governor-rcna229993
REUTERS
— US Supreme Court backs Trump on aggressive immigration raids
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-supreme-court-backs-trump-aggressive-immigration-raids-2025-09-08/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Transgender federal employees say they face fear and discrimination under Trump. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, their quotas/goals/targets for LGBTQers were unofficial.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caZ14E5iJ3A
— Democrat and RINO leaders side with Hyundai against America
https://newschannel9.com/newsletter-daily/south-koreans-feel-betrayed-over-detainment-of-hundreds-of-workers-at-georgia-plant-raid
MSNBC
— What percent of those who come to America do so a) to turn America into their motherland, b) to get rid of their opponents from their motherland who are in America, c) to convert everyone in America to their religion, d) to get rid of everyone in America who does not share their religion, e) to make America give even more preference to those who share their demographics, and/or f) to help their motherland destroy America?
https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/us-citizenship-test-changes-edlow-rcna229941
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket. Should I write about my critics/opponents who associated with criminals, if not promoted criminals?
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09/08/us/trump-news
— According to Democrat and RINO leaders, people come to America only for the right reasons. What percent of those who come to America do so a) to turn America into their motherland, b) to get rid of their opponents from their motherland who are in America, c) to convert everyone in America to their religion, d) to get rid of everyone in America who does not share their religion, e) to make America give even more preference to those who share their demographics, and/or f) to help their motherland destroy America?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/world/asia/china-deportation-us-asylum.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/opinion/trump-chicago-national-guard.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Chief justice allows Trump to fire a Democratic FTC commissioner for now. The ruling comes after an appeals court last week found that Rebecca Slaughter could be reinstated because the president had fired her “without cause.” Of course, in Diersen v. GAO ( https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf ), my Democrat GAO superiors argued that they had done nothing to force me to retire. But they had told me that if I did not retire, they would demote me, give me adverse transfers, and take even bigger adverse actions against me. Previously, they had a) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, b) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, c) kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I had worked for GAO, and d) forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980. They forced me to retire a) because I was an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation and b) because my Black CPA subordinate talked and acted like he would leave GAO if GAO did not get rid of me. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. I was not a licensed CPA like I was. They gave him my job and my preferred corner office.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/09/08/trade-commission-trump-firings-supreme-court/
— Trump ever-increasing cuts federal spending that promotes fraud, waste, abuse, dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and/or Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and/or national origin discrimination.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/09/08/states-medicaid-snap-cuts-trump/
USA TODAY
— What do you say to people who falsely hint/imply/argue/shout that they are conservative? I should write about the aforesaid who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. I would focus on the aforesaid who I have done the most to help elect and reelect.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/09/08/amy-coney-barrett-trump-supreme-court-book/85935418007/
— Ever-increasingly, to get more votes from women, Democrat leaders promote more hatred against men.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/09/09/christian-manosphere-ideology-male-primacy-politics-women/84423882007/
— The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/09/08/trump-approval-rating-economy-prices/85996869007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/09/08/sotomayor-supreme-court-ruling-unconscionably-irreconcilable/86048909007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/09/09/is-ice-chilling-chicago-trump-blitz-draws-rage-from-immigrants/86047771007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/09/08/supreme-court-immigration-ruling-ice-raids-la/86045433007/
— Hyundai battery-factory raid reveals new Trump target: Employers who hire illegal workers. The federal E-Verify system is supposed to help employers determine whether their workers are legal, but its use isn’t always required.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/09/09/hyundai-battery-factory-raid-trump-employment-enforcement/86043936007/
— Parents kept in the dark when school officials secretly transition their children. How successful have Democrat leaders been making the students in your school district sexually active LGBTQers?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2025/09/08/school-transgender-bathrooms-social-transitioning-parents/85972556007/
— Trump’s push to end cashless bail will create the right type of system. President Trump wants to make sure dangerous criminals are treated as such, regardless of their financial status. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2025/09/09/trump-executive-order-cashless-bail-bonds/85940514007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: As Democrat teacher crank out more and more and more good little Democrats, Democrat and RINO leaders use Hyundai to call for more foreign workers.
https://www.wsj.com/world/asia/hyundai-raid-exposes-shortage-of-visas-for-asian-companies-trying-to-move-staff-be88433c
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket. Should I write about my critics/opponents who associated with criminals, if not promoted criminals?
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/epstein-birthday-book-congress-9d79ab34
— For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-economics-of-education-reform-k-12-students-learning-9fb6177a
FORBES
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Epstein to promote more hatred against Trump
https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2025/09/09/trumps-lewd-drawing-and-a-depreciation-check-the-most-shocking-alleged-new-epstein-file-revelations/
BLOOMBERG
— Shackled Workers Threaten to Unravel South Korea’s Wins With Trump
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-09/shackled-workers-threaten-to-unravel-korea-s-wins-with-trump
— My critics/opponents paint themselves as being religious, compassionate, empathetic, virtuous, woke, kind, loving, caring, generous, etc. I should write about by critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-09-09/hypocrisy-2-0-moral-self-licensing-and-political-self-serving-in-the-ukt
— Hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters do everything that can to make Trump say and do anti-conservative things.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-09-05/maga-s-roots-can-be-found-in-carl-schmitt-antonio-gramsci-and-samuel-francis
BARRON’S
— What percent of those who come to America do so a) to turn America into their motherland, b) to get rid of their opponents from their motherland who are in America, c) to convert everyone in America to their religion, d) to get rid of everyone in America who does not share their religion, e) to make America give even more preference to those who share their demographics, and/or f) to help their motherland destroy America?
https://www.barrons.com/news/hostage-russians-deported-by-trump-face-arrest-back-home-328eeb4a
NIEMAN LAB
— The mainstream news media exists to destroy Republicans
https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/the-11-types-of-relationships-that-journalists-have-with-audiences/
C-SPAN
— What percent of those who come to America do so a) to turn America into their motherland, b) to get rid of their opponents from their motherland who are in America, c) to convert everyone in America to their religion, d) to get rid of everyone in America who does not share their religion, e) to make America give even more preference to those who share their demographics, and/or f) to help their motherland destroy America?
https://www.c-span.org/clip/national-press-club/immigration-official-says-us-citizenship-test-needs-to-be-more-challenging/5171122
BROOKINGS
— For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-status-of-litigation-against-the-trump-administrations-k-12-education-agenda-a-guide-for-education-leaders/
MANHATTEN INSTITUTE
— According to my critics/opponents, the more of the following that you are, the more reparations that you should pay: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://manhattan.institute/article/who-pays-for-reparations-the-immigration-challenge-in-the-reparations-debate
PBS
— Detained Korean Hyundai workers had special skills. What special skills do/did you have? GAO audits IRS. I had a special skill to audit IRS’s Collection Division. I had worked for IRS’s Collection Division for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year. I had passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt. I had earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 in 1980. But my Democrat GAO superiors kept me off audits of IRS 1980-1985 and then 1989 until they forced me to retire in 1997. While they did let me work on audits of IRS 1986-1988, they were audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division. Democrat IRS and GAO leaders do not want Republicans to audit IRS.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/attorney-says-detained-korean-hyundai-workers-had-special-skills-for-short-term-jobs
POLITICO
— What percent of those who come to America do so a) to turn America into their motherland, b) to get rid of their opponents from their motherland who are in America, c) to convert everyone in America to their religion, d) to get rid of everyone in America who does not share their religion, e) to make America give even more preference to those who share their demographics, and/or f) to help their motherland destroy America?
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/04/trump-administration-citizenship-test-00544390
NEW REPUBLIC
— Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://newrepublic.com/article/200112/resist-trump-militarization-chicago-ice
JD SUPRA
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/banks-and-dei-efforts-managing-new-7286415/
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/students/free-speech/2025/09/09/tolerance-controversial-campus-speakers-declines
DAILY BEAST
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly attack Trump’s health. What demonstrates your health? For me, it is my putting together and sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_V17JSNY8Q
— What percent of those who come to America do so a) to turn America into their motherland, b) to get rid of their opponents from their motherland who are in America, c) to convert everyone in America to their religion, d) to get rid of everyone in America who does not share their religion, e) to make America give even more preference to those who share their demographics, and/or f) to help their motherland destroy America?
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-official-joseph-edlow-suggests-making-citizenship-test-harder/
DAILY KOS
— Hollywood exists to destroy Republicans.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/9/8/2342422/-Trump-finds-a-new-woke-Hollywood-elite-to-hate
AXIOS
— What percent of those who come to America do so a) to turn America into their motherland, b) to get rid of their opponents from their motherland who are in America, c) to convert everyone in America to their religion, d) to get rid of everyone in America who does not share their religion, e) to make America give even more preference to those who share their demographics, and/or f) to help their motherland destroy America?
https://www.axios.com/2025/09/07/trump-immigration-us-citizenship-test
TIMES OF INDIA
— For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/how-trumps-crusade-to-end-the-woke-agenda-is-transforming-us-classrooms-into-his-new-political-battlefield/articleshow/123775893.cms
— “Make call centers American again”: Conservatives turn visa and outsourcing debates into a fight against Indian talent
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/india/make-call-centers-american-again-conservatives-turn-visa-and-outsourcing-debates-into-a-fight-against-indian-talent/ar-AA1M1bGA
September 6, 2025
Obviously, to take back the House and Senate in 2026 and to take back the White House in 2028, the Democrat Party and its mainstream news media have decided a) to move even further to the left, b) to destroy Trump, and c) to destroy everyone who voted for Trump.
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC5
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/increased-immigration-enforcement-could-begin-in-chicago-this-weekend-what-to-know/3820293/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/05/protests-broadview-ice-facility-actions-may-last-six-weeks/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Have you filed lawsuits? I have. I should write about them. All my critics/opponents side with the defendants in all those lawsuits.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/09/05/senate-bill-328-toxic-businesses-republicans-sangamon-county-rich-miller
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/trump-raids-threaten-chicago-restaurants-tourism
ILLINOIS PUBLIC MEDIA
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://will.illinois.edu/21stshow/story/new-hotline-aims-to-support-lgbtq-illinoisans
WHEATON PATCH
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly shout at those who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time that all their problems are caused by Republicans who are White, male, older, heterosexual, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/calendar/event/20250927/c9483e98-82eb-4bf2-8094-87145fc60c3e/introduction-to-systemic-racism-workshop
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Trump, Miller Blast Pritzker as Chicago Violence Spirals
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/09/trump-miller-blast-pritzker-as-chicago-violence-spirals/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— OMB Director Russell Vought says GAO ‘shouldn’t exist’ because of its partisanship. If Gingrich had reformed GAO during the 1980s and 1990s instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE. Democrats run GAO and IRS. They do not want Republicans to audit IRS. The way GAO treated me proves its partisanship. GAO forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. GAO always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. GAO delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13. GAO kept me off audits of IRS for all by 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for it. GAO forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980. My Democrat GAO superiors flushed down their toilets what I had learned a) earning master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, b) passing the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, c) becoming a licensed CPA, d) becoming a certified fraud examiner, government financial manager, financial services auditor, and forensic accountant, and e) working for IRS for almost 9 years. GAO would not have taken the aforesaid adverse actions against me if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that minorities, females, younger people, LGBTQers, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, and citizens of foreign countries are more talented than Whites, males, older people, heterosexuals, Protestants, German Americans, those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, and citizens of America. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly shout at those who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time that all their problems are caused by Republicans who are White, male, older, heterosexual, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— How disadvantaged/marginalized/oppressed are you? According to my critics/opponents, the more of the following that you are, the more disadvantaged/marginalized/oppressed that you are: minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestor who have not been in America for a long time. That is, the more of the aforesaid that you are, the more that Whites, males, older people, heterosexuals, Protestants, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time disadvantage you, marginalize you, and oppress you. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— 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. I qualified myself for the Post Office job by passing the postal employment test and by earning a high school diploma. I qualified myself for the IRS job by passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination and by earning a bachelor’s degree in business. I qualified myself for the GAO job by earning an MBA, by passing the CPA examination on my first attempt, by almost completing the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting, and by working for IRS for almost 9 years. To hire, retain, and promote more Democrats, minorities, females, younger people, and veterans, the Democrats who run the federal government have ever-increasingly lowered hiring, retention, and promotion requirements. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats a) who 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 and/or b) who were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran. The aforesaid is political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What are your biggest career mistakes? My biggest career mistake was not majoring in accounting at UIC 1966-1968 and at NIU in 1969-1970. I erroneously thought I could never pass the CPA examination. But I did pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 after I had a) worked for IRS since 1971, b) taken graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul since 1976, and c) then the Becker CPA review course. I went on a) to earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980 and b) to pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and to become a licensed CPA in 1981. But by then, my employer, GAO, and the accounting profession considered me to be too old to have a successful career in accounting. GAO and the accounting profession would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Illegals are Democrat Party constituents
https://nypost.com/2025/09/05/us-news/yassamin-ansari-lashes-out-at-critics-after-calling-illegal-immigrants-her-constituents-i-dont-give-a-sh/
— GAO: Only 400 EV-charging ports built under $7.5B US infrastructure program
https://www.aol.com/only-400-ev-charging-ports-170308885.html
DAILY CALLER
— Biden Declared EV Battery Plant Would Be Win For American Workers. Illegals Just Got Caught Building It. What percent of what you buy is made by citizens of foreign countries?
https://dailycaller.com/2025/09/05/biden-declared-ev-battery-plant-would-be-win-for-american-workers-illegals-just-got-caught-building-it/
DAILY CITIZEN
— Hegseth Fires Director of ‘Transgender Healthcare.’ How successful have Democrat leaders been promoting LGBTQ in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://dailycitizen.focusonthefamily.com/secretary-of-war-pete-hegseth-fires-director-of-transgender-healthcare/
FOX BUSINESS
— Pritzker puts illegals over citizens as Chicago spirals into crime chaos
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6378506344112
FOX NEWS
— Pritzker says he lives ‘rent-free’ in Trump’s head, defends Chicago’s crime statistics
https://www.foxnews.com/media/j-b-pritzker-says-he-lives-rent-free-trumps-head-defends-chicagos-crime-statistics
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym4B2Nqp4IY
— Pope Leo says family based on ‘union between a man and a woman,’ defends dignity of unborn
https://www.foxnews.com/world/pope-leo-says-family-based-union-between-man-woman-defends-dignity-unborn
HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— U.S. Has a Culture of Dependency
https://www.heritage.org/poverty-and-inequality/commentary/why-the-us-has-culture-dependency
— Biden Boosted the Need for Food Stamps—And Calls That a “Success”
https://www.heritage.org/welfare/commentary/biden-boosted-the-need-food-stamps-and-calls-success
— The Future of the Subsidy State: What the Heritage Index of Dependency Shows
https://www.heritage.org/report/the-future-the-subsidy-state-what-the-heritage-index-dependency-shows
REASON
— Americans Grow Increasingly Dependent on Government Payments. Many citizens of the land of the free are hooked on government checks.
https://reason.com/2024/10/04/americans-grow-increasingly-dependent-on-government-payments/
U.S. HOUSE WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE
— More Americans Dependent on Welfare Checks, at the Expense of Work
https://waysandmeans.house.gov/2025/01/08/new-report-shows-more-americans-dependent-on-welfare-checks-at-the-expense-of-work/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Russell Vought says Government Accountability Office ‘shouldn’t exist.’ If Gingrich had reformed GAO during the 1980s and 1990s instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE. Democrats run GAO and IRS. They do not want Republicans to audit IRS. The way GAO treated me proves its partisanship. GAO forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. GAO always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. GAO delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13. GAO kept me off audits of IRS for all by 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for it. GAO forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980. My Democrat GAO superiors flushed down their toilets what I had learned a) earning master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, b) passing the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, c) becoming a licensed CPA, d) becoming a certified fraud examiner, government financial manager, financial services auditor, and forensic accountant, and e) working for IRS for almost 9 years. GAO would not have taken the aforesaid adverse actions against me if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran.
https://www.aol.com/russ-vought-says-government-accountability-024659336.html
https://www.aol.com/russ-vought-says-government-accountability-024659336.html
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/omb-director-says-government-accountability-office-shouldn-t-exist/ar-AA1LO9nu?ocid=md12qg
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The director of the Office of Management and Budget, Russell Vought, said Wednesday that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) should not exist. “We’re not big fans of GAO. They are a quasi-legislative independent entity and something that shouldn’t exist,” Vought said while addressing attendees at the National Conservatism Conference in Washington, D.C., as multiple news outlets reported. President Trump’s administration and some Republicans have long accused the GAO, which was created in 1921, of partisanship. . .The GAO is led by a comptroller general, who is appointed by the president and can be removed by Congress. Gene Dodaro is the current head of the GAO, serving in the role since late 2010. The terms are limited to 15 years. Dodaro said that “clearly Russell Vought does not value transparency and accountability.”)
NBC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/illinois-democrats-preemptively-combating-chicago-crackdown-trump-rcna228593
CNN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Mamdani
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/05/politics/video/zohran-mamdani-trump-eric-adams-newsnight-vrtc
REUTERS
— How disadvantaged/marginalized/oppressed are you? According to my critics/opponents, the more of the following that you are, the more disadvantaged/marginalized/oppressed that you are: minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestor who have not been in America for a long time. That is, the more of the aforesaid that you are, the more that Whites, males, older people, heterosexuals, Protestants, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time disadvantage you, marginalize you, and oppress you.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/exam-administrator-college-board-scraps-tool-identifying-disadvantaged-students-2025-09-05/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly destroy America to destroy Trump.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-economy-jobs-promises-inflation-time-employment-e0ca5354f6cd426d25f353e1a54d1fb5
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/us/trump-immigration-chicago.html
— The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/donald-trump-approval-rating-polls.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly turn leaders of foreign countries against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/us/politics/trump-diplomacy-rivals.html
— Trump Says U.S. Military Has ‘Never Fought to Win’ Since World War II. I should write about my Democrat superiors in the federal government who blamed Republicans the most for America losing the Vietnam War. They stressed a) that I avoided the Vietnam War draft with student deferments and a financial hardship draft deferment, b) that I was conservative, and c) that I was Republican. I would focus on my Democrat superiors who were veteran, White, male, and/or older and who took the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/us/politics/trump-military-wars.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/2025/09/06/chicago-mexican-independence-day-immigration/4c1faf36-8ad7-11f0-895c-97bd39cbdc59_story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/09/05/hyundai-trump-immigration-raid-south-korea/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/the-seven-trump/2025/09/05/what-to-know-about-donald-trump/
— How our democracy has made dependency a right
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/opinions/george-will-is-the-individual-obsolete/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrats and RINOs are overwhelmingly anti-car. They are especially anti-America nameplate car and anti-muscle car.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/cars/americas-love-affair-with-the-car-has-soured-over-money-4b73670f
— Should You Switch to an EV? If the 2025 Dodge Charger had been available with a Hemi, I would have bought that.
https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/buy-electric-vehicle-or-gas-6241e65c
— ‘The Highest Exam’ Review: China’s Big Test. Students who sit for college-entrance exams in China have reached the culmination of years of preparation. The outcome can have far-reaching effects. My biggest career mistake was not majoring in accounting at UIC 1966-1968 and at NIU in 1969-1970. I erroneously thought I could never pass the CPA examination. But I did pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 after I had a) worked for IRS since 1971, b) taken graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul since 1976, and c) then the Becker CPA review course. I went on a) to earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980 and b) to pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and to become a licensed CPA in 1981. But by then, my employer, GAO, and the accounting profession considered me to be too old to have a successful career in accounting. GAO and the accounting profession would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/the-highest-exam-review-chinas-big-test-629571ae
FORBES
— Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that minorities, females, younger people, LGBTQers, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, and citizens of foreign countries are more talented than Whites, males, older people, heterosexuals, Protestants, German Americans, those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, and citizens of America.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/michelletravis/2025/09/03/employees-widely-support-dei-revealing-talent-risk-from-dei-retreat/
UNIVERSITY HERALD
— Rising Costs Put Illinois Higher Education Out of Reach for Many Families. Tuition, Fees at Illinois Public Universities Rise 66% Since 2009. When I was young, if college costs were as high as they are now, I would not have been able to work my way through college and graduate debt-free owning a 2-year-old car.
https://www.universityherald.com/articles/79757/20250904/rising-costs-put-illinois-higher-education-out-reach-many-families.htm
NEWSDAY
— While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, their quotas, goals, and targets for hiring, retaining, and promoting LGBTQers were unofficial.
https://www.newsday.com/business/transgender-trump-federal-workers-government-gender-lgbtq-e50052
FEDERAL NEWS NEWORK
— 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. I qualified myself for the Post Office job by passing the postal employment test and by earning a high school diploma. I qualified myself for the IRS job by passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination and by earning a bachelor’s degree in business. I qualified myself for the GAO job by earning an MBA, by passing the CPA examination on my first attempt, by almost completing the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting, and by working for IRS for almost 9 years. To hire, retain, and promote more Democrats, minorities, females, younger people, and veterans, the Democrats who run the federal government have ever-increasingly lowered hiring, retention, and promotion requirements. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats a) who 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 and/or b) who were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran. The aforesaid is political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/hiring-retention/2025/09/after-testing-to-join-foreign-service-candidates-must-retake-version-approved-by-trump-administration/
AXIOS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.axios.com/2025/09/05/trump-hyundai-georgia-raid
— Democrats and RINO leaders use racial proxies to get rid of White Republicans.
https://www.axios.com/2025/09/05/college-board-sat-trump-affirmative-action
ECONOMIC TIMES
— If they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me. Citizens of foreign countries work for less money and are future Democrats.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nri/latest-updates/trump-administration-plans-stricter-reforms-for-h-1b-visas-keeping-cap-exempt-category-in-focus/articleshow/123731303.cms
GUARDIAN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote India.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/06/modi-trump-india-new-world-order
September 5, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing protect criminals and illegals.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/national-guard-chicago-illinois-communities-brace-expanded-ice-operations-protests-weekend/17746708/
NBC5
— Texas National Guard not being deployed to Chicago, Abbott says. The statement contradicts Pritzker’s comments that the state’s National Guard was being sent to the city. Democrat leaders ever-increasing protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/texas-national-guard-not-being-deployed-to-chicago-abbott-says/3819689/
CBS2
— Krishnamoorthi files legislation seeking to block Trump from sending National Guard to Chicago. Democrat leaders ever-increasing protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/raja-krishnamoorthi-legislation-block-president-trump-national-guard-troops-chicago/
WGN RADIO
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly treat Pat Brady as being the spokesperson for all Illinois Republicans.
https://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/pat-brady-theres-a-lot-of-unanswered-questions-about-sending-the-national-guard/
FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/lake-county-ice-agents-illinois
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/05/ice-masks-chicago-trump-immigration/
— In WWIII, which countries will side with China against America?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/05/column-us-china-india-russia-donald-trump-shackelford/
— ‘The Paper’ review: Trying (and failing) to recapture the magic of ‘The Office’ What offices did you work in? I worked in GAO’s Loop office 1980-1997, IRS’s Loop, Joliet, 63rd & Halsted, and Harvey offices 1971-1980, Firestone Stores’ Chicago Heights office 1970-1972, and Post Office’s Park Forest office 1966-1969. I should write about that. I would focus on what my Democrat superiors and supervisors did to waste my career and get rid of me. I would focus on the adverse action that they took against me. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/04/the-paper-review-peacock/
ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— It’s time to repeal the TRUST Act once and for all. When the Illinois General Assembly passed the TRUST Act in 2017, the goal was clear: to make Illinois a more “welcoming” state for illegal immigrants.
https://www.rrstar.com/story/opinion/columns/guest/2025/09/05/its-time-to-repeal-the-trust-act-once-and-for-all-opinion/85976234007/
KSDK
— Giannoulias wants lower car insurance rates for Democrats who are minority, female, have less money than others, in America illegally, etc.
https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/illinois-secretary-of-state-seeks-to-revamp-car-insurance-rates-by-eliminating-zip-code-age-credit-score-factors/63-3e24cdde-70e5-44ca-afe1-9959bd143104
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/09/05/johnson-pokes-at-trump-and-timid-dems-00545963
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/09/05/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-584/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Donald Trump, Jr., Attends Fundraiser in Barrington Hills
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/09/05/donald-trump-jr-attends-fundraiser-in-barrington-hills/
— League of Women Voters Mobilizes to Fight ICE
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/09/04/league-of-women-voters-mobilizes-to-fight-ice/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Who do your critics/opponents protect? My critics/opponents protect a) liberals and moderates from conservatives, b) Democrats and RINOs from Republicans, c) minorities from Whites, d) women from men, e) younger people from older people, f) LGBTQers from heterosexuals, g) those who have less money from those who have more money, h) veterans from non-veterans, i) non-Protestants from Protestants, j) non-German Americans from German Americans, and/or k) those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long from those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. That is, my critics/opponents are Democrats and RINOs. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Hegseth praises Army for dumping leadership promotion program that was DEI-driven. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats a) who were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time and/or b) who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/09/04/hegseth-praises-army-for-dumping-leadership-promotion-program-that-was-basically-dei-driven-1582426/
BREITBART
— Hundreds of Migrants Self-Deporting from Chicago
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/09/04/report-hundreds-of-migrants-self-deporting-from-chicago/
COLLEGE FIX
— Harms of gay parenting
https://www.thecollegefix.com/scholar-vindicated-again-for-study-showing-harms-of-gay-parenting/
FOX NEWS
— Tech titans go from opposing Trump to having dinner with him. Tech titans want cheap foreign labor.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Knq3TWhfp0
— Trump admin urges Supreme Court to allow president to fire Federal Trade Commission member. GAO works for Congress. My Democrat GAO superiors overtly acted like they had authority, permission, if not direction from Congress to waste my career, to take adverse actions against me, and to get rid of me. They forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. They always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. 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 GAO. They forced me to take a $23,472 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-administration-urges-supreme-court-allow-president-fire-federal-trade-commission-member
NEWSMAX
— Chicago Offers Support to Illegals Before ICE Sweep
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/chicago-initiatives-illegal-immigrants/2025/09/04/id/1225163/
HOT AIR
— Illinois Democrat leaders blame Indiana for Illinois problems.
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2025/09/04/illinois-open-borders-dems-want-border-wall-built-to-contain-indiana-n3806449
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Opening the borders was like setting “a match to the country”
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/09/opening-the-borders-was-like-setting-a-match-to-the-country/
PJ MEDIA
— Cruz Roasts Pritzker: A ‘Racist Bigot’ Shielding Traffickers
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/09/04/cruz-roasts-pritzker-a-racist-bigot-shielding-traffickers-n4943325
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Mexico against America.
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/mexicos-president-increasingly-backed-wall-managing-trump-relationship-125273869
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing protect criminals and illegals.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/chaotic-showdown-guatemalan-children-exposes-fault-lines-trumps-125273990
CNN
— Trump DOJ is looking at ways to ban transgender Americans from owning guns
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/04/politics/transgender-firearms-justice-department-second-amendment
NEWSWEEK
— Trump Inviting Gates to White House Sparks MAGA Fury
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-inviting-bill-gates-white-house-dinner-sparks-maga-fury-2124905
NEW YORK TIMES
— When you were in high school, were you a high-achiever? Were you college material? My critics/opponents have always stressed that I was not. They stress that my ACT score was only 24, that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class, and that I washed dishes during my junior and senior years and the summer in between. They stress that I could not run because I had a bone disease, that my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, and that I had partial red/green color blindness. No one thought that I would a) earn a bachelor’s degree when I was 21, b) earn master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) earn professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and d) earn a professional license when I was 32.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/us/college-board-diversity-landscape.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly destroy America’s economy to destroy Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/09/05/jobs-economy-unemployment-trump-firing/a84b7b66-8a0d-11f0-895c-97bd39cbdc59_story.html
NEW YORK SUN
— Success of Trump’s Agenda Hinges on Whether Unelected Leftist Judges Can Be Stopped From Hijacking the Constitution. As the president’s second term unfolds, many of the Democrats’ cherished totems are either comatose or in their death throes. All the judges and justices in Diersen v. GAO promoted Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, they promoted race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. That is why they ruled in GAO’s favor.
https://www.nysun.com/article/success-of-trumps-agenda-hinges-on-whether-unelected-leftist-judges-can-be-stopped-from-hijacking-the-constitution
USA TODAY
— Hegseth shuts down NFL-style ‘crown jewel’ of Army’s merit-based talent programs. The NFL Combine-style programs for evaluating prospective Army commanders started during President Donald Trump’s first term. Starting when I was 25 years old in 1974, because my Democrat IRS superiors had not promoted me to GS-13, currently $117,807/year, they used up-or-out to get rid of me. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran. I finally did make GS-13 when I was 38 in 1986, but I would not have if I had not a) earned an MBA in 1976, b) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) transferred to GAO and earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, and d) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in 1981. I should write about that.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/09/04/hegseth-kills-army-nfl-style-officer-program/85954364007/
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/politics/2025/09/05/pete-hegseth-axes-armys-nfl-style-command-assessment-program/85987005007/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: CAP was a trial for officers seeking to command battalions and brigades, demanding roles that make or break an officer’s career. The cancellation comes as part of a Pentagon review of officer personnel processes ranging from evaluations to promotions and command selection, among other career milestones. . .Participants would complete a physical fitness test, have their body fat measured, undergo a psychological evaluation, receive leadership evaluations from former peers and subordinates, and complete verbal and written communication assessments. An interview panel would anonymously judge the candidate’s communication skills based on their performance in an interview setting. Officers deemed “ready” by the panel would then be ranked for command opportunities based on their CAP performance and a review of their personnel file. . .The program was designed to spot potentially overlooked talent while also preventing toxic and abusive leaders from assuming positions of power.)
RICHMOND FREE PRESS
— Faith leaders march on Wall Street to denounce anti-DEI campaign
https://richmondfreepress.com/news/2025/sep/04/faith-leaders-march-on-wall-street-to-denounce-anti-dei-campaign/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Tech CEOs Take Turns Praising Trump at White House Dinner. Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai and Sam Altman salute president’s leadership on innovation as industry seeks his favor. To curry favor with my bigger critics/opponents, my smaller critics/opponents have their operatives and their dupes take adverse actions against me. In 2024, they removed me from the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee. In 2021, they ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/trump-tech-ceo-rose-garden-dinner-1fee2de3
— DOJ Opens Criminal Investigation Into Fed’s Cook, Issues Subpoenas. The probe centers on whether Cook submitted fraudulent information on mortgage applications. In 1974, to get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors “investigated” my travel vouchers and then disallowed them. In 1978, to get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors “investigated” my education deductions and then disallowed them. In 1968 and 1969, to get rid of me, my Democrat Post Office superiors “investigated” my sick leave requests and then disallowed them. I should write about the aforesaid.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/lisa-cook-justice-department-probe-e7e801a6
— ZIP Code Is Destiny? Turns Out That’s Bunk. The neighborhood where a child grows up matters much less to his success than what his parents do. What did your parents do? 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 almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. He died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. My mother never attended high school.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/zip-code-is-destiny-turns-out-thats-bunk-a17fd9d9
ALJAZEERA
— America’s enemies use cocaine to destroy America
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/4/is-venezuela-the-big-cocaine-menace-trump-claims-it-to-be
GOOGLE AI
— Career setbacks. What career setbacks have you suffered? Mine include a) my Democrat Post Office superiors forcing me to resign when I was 20 years old in 1969 by falsely claiming that I was not available to work enough part-time hours, b) my not being able to get a job that required a college degree after I graduated from NIU in 1970 with a bachelor’s degree in business because potential employers saw me as being draft bait, c) my Democrat Firestone Store boss rudely firing me in 1971 because I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile, a job offer that Oldsmobile withdrew because it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint, d) my Democrat IRS superiors using up-or-out to get rid of me after 1974 because they had not promoted me to GS-13, currently $117,807/year, by the time I was 25, e) my Democrat IRS superiors forcing the manager who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 to transfer to Texas,. f) my Democrat GAO superiors forcing to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980, g) my Democrat GAO superiors delaying my promotions back to GS-12, h) the GAO manager who had arranged for my transfer not being able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me to GS-13 until 1986. i) my Democrat GAO superiors forcing that manager to retire in 1987, j) my Democrat GAO superiors throwing me off audits of IRS in early 1989, k) my Democrat GAO superiors always ranking me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and l) my Democrat GAO superiors forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22career+sebacks%22
September 3, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WIH BIG PICTURE: Pritzker braces Chicagoans for federal incursion as Trump says ‘we’re going in’ but won’t say when. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/02/president-trump-reiterates-guard-chicago-threat-timing-unclear/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/
— TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/03/retired-police-sell-marijuana-alderman-blocks-dispensary/
— My Democrat superiors in the federal government had my Jewish superiors and supervisors take adverse actions against me. I should write about that.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/03/holocaust-museum-satellite-location-renovation-genocide/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump says feds are ‘going in’ to Chicago, Pritzker adds Texas troops may be en route. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump/2025/09/02/donald-trump-national-guard-deployment-chicago-jb-pritzker-brandon-johnson-crime
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/09/03/chicago-sees-its-fewest-summer-murders-since-1965
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/09/02/veterans-speak-out-against-proposed-deployment-of-national-guard-in-chicago
— Prioritize funding after-school programs. What did you do after-school, Saturdays, and summers while you were in high school? I did yard work while I was a freshman and sophomore, I delivered newspapers all 4 years, and I washed dishes while I was a junior and senior.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/09/03/funding-after-school-programs-trump-lakesia-collins
— Protect workers toiling in the heat. When did you toil in the heat the most? For me it was when I delivered mail for the Park Forest Post Office during the summers of 1967, 1968, and 1969.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/09/03/protect-workers-deadly-heat-summer-city-council-maria-hadden-michael-rodriguez
NBC5
— Texas border patrol chief expected to lead increased immigration efforts in Chicago
https://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/texas-border-patrol-chief-expected-to-lead-increased-immigration-enforcement-in-chicago/3818712/
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/09/03/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-582/
(FROM THE BRIEFING: Republican Robert Vrankovich. Is running for the district now held by retiring Republican Rep. Amy Grant…Robert Vrankovich, husband, father, successful entrepreneur, and longtime community leader, today announced his campaign for State Representative in the 47th Legislative District. “Illinois is my home, and I will help reverse the course Springfield has set,” Vrankovich said. “It’s time to cut taxes and costs, make our communities safer, and turn Illinois into a business-friendly state where families can thrive.” “Representative Amy Grant has always represented the interests of our community. I am grateful for her years of dedicated service and look forward to continuing to protect the quality of life and shared values that make our neighborhoods such a great place to live and raise a family.” A proven entrepreneur, Vrankovich was the genesis of a start-up propane company 25 years ago, starting with zero customers and building it into a national operation generating more than $110 million annually. Having grown his business from the ground up, he knows firsthand how harmful policies from Springfield can stifle growth, drive up costs, and make life unaffordable for working families. “Springfield is making life unaffordable for families across Illinois,” Vrankovich explained. “The endless taxes and runaway spending are driving families and businesses out of our state. We should be making it easier to start and grow a business in Illinois, but instead, they’ve created one of the most hostile environments for job creators in the country. I’m running to change that.”)
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
JOHN KASS
— Chicago Democrats From America’s Murder Capital Refuse Trump’s Help on Crime
https://johnkassnews.com/democrats-from-americas-murder-capital-refuse-trumps-help-on-crime/
HOUSE REPUBLICANS
— House Republican licensing reforms aim to get Illinois working. I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 in 1980. My becoming a licensed CPA and my passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32 and my earning a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31 frustrated my Democrat GAO superiors’ efforts to get rid of me.
https://www.thecaucusblog.com/2025/09/house-republican-licensing-reforms-aim.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— In WWIII, which countries will side with Russia and China against America?
https://nypost.com/2025/09/03/us-news/trump-accuses-putin-kim-jong-un-and-xi-jinping-of-conspiring-against-us-as-they-meet-at-military-parade-in-china/
BLAZE
— Congress must kill DEI before it kills our military readiness
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/congress-must-kill-dei-before-it-kills-our-military-readiness
BREITBART
— Tim Walz Appears to Fantasize About President Trump’s Demise
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/09/02/watch-tim-walz-appears-fantasize-about-president-trumps-demise-there-will-be-news-sometime/amp/
CHRONICLES
— Woke Ideology Has Always Benefited Elites, Not Victims. My critics/opponents have always wokeness/wokeism, that is, they have always promoted discrimination against those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://chroniclesmagazine.org/reviews/woke-ideology-has-always-benefited-elites-not-victims/
COLLEGE FIX
— Ed Dept cuts child care grants to dozen universities over ‘racial justice’ curriculum. To promote racial justice is to promote more hatred against Whites who are conservative, Republican, male, older, Protestant, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/ed-dept-cuts-child-care-grants-to-dozen-universities-over-racial-justice-curriculum/
DAILY CALLER
— The ‘America First’ Solution For Farmers and Hotels. Illegals take bad jobs. My critics/opponents never had to take bad jobs. But I did. I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970. If there had been as many illegals back then as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got, and if not that, my wages would have been lower.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/09/02/america-first-solution-farm-workers-hotels-restaurants-h2b-h2a-visa-trump/
— Tim Walz Appears To Tell Supporters All Is Not Lost Because Trump Will Die Soon
https://dailycaller.com/2025/09/02/tim-walz-trump-death-rumors/
DAILY WIRE
— Chicago Mayor Calls On Organized Labor To ‘Defend’ City From Trump. Under Mayor Brandon Johnson, Chicago experienced 572 homicides in 2024. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/chicago-mayor-calls-on-organized-labor-to-defend-city-from-trump
FOX NEWS
— Trump responds to critics with counterpunches across politics and ongoing culture wars. President targets Democratic governors, media figures and calls for charges against George Soros.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/why-trump-fights-everyone-and-he-going-too-far
— In WWIII, which countries will side with Russia and China against America?
https://www.foxnews.com/world/trump-claims-putin-xi-kim-conspiring-against-us-after-military-parade-china
— Chicago residents beg for more help as crime wreaks ‘havoc.’ How has Chicago crime impacted you? While I worked for IRS in Chicago, my 1969 Dodge Charger SE was stolen in 1971 and my 1962 Chevrolet Bel Air was stolen in 1973. Both thefts had a big negative impact on me.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicago-residents-beg-more-help-crime-wreaks-havoc-more-top-headlines
NEWS BUSTERS
— Democrat leaders say Black women are among the hardest hit by Trump cuts. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats who were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. 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 I had.
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/clay-waters/2025/09/02/ny-times-front-beyond-parody-black-women-are-among-hardest-hit
PJ MEDIA
— Back to Activism: Teachers’ Union Boycotts Target Over DEI
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/09/02/back-to-activism-teachers-union-boycotts-target-over-dei-n4943253
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/03/us/national-guard-chicago-trump-push-wwk
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/02/politics/appeals-court-ruling-trump-alien-enemies-act-deportations-unlawful
— In WWIII, which countries will side with China against America?
https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/china-military-parade-xi-jinping-09-03-25-intl-hnk
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/03/politics/trump-china-xi-putin-kim-modi-analysis
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://apnews.com/article/trump-chicago-baltimore-law-enforcement-6d7c80258f17c3d679358467531f7e9d
NBC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly attack Trump’s health
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-rebuffs-health-speculation-golf-hand-bruise-biden-clinton-rcna228542
NEW YORK TIMES
— Mass Migration and Liberalism’s Fall
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/opinion/immigration-liberal-europe-merkel.html
WASHINGTON POST
— According to Democrat leaders, they can retaliate against Republicans, but Republicans leaders cannot retaliate against Democrats. My Democrat superiors in the federal government retaliated against me big time because I complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/09/02/fema-employees-leave-whistleblower-legal-complaint/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly attack Trump’s health
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/09/03/trump-health-media-coverage/b8889dd6-887a-11f0-895c-97bd39cbdc59_story.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/09/02/trump-administration-use-national-guard-la-violated-law-judge-rules/
USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect illegals
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/09/01/aggressive-immigration-enforcement-burnout-ice-agents/85859330007/
FORBES
— Careers and chance: How much control do you really have? If Oldsmobile had not agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint when I was 22 years old in 1971, my entire life would have been different. Because of that agreement, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted. Because I had accepted that offer, my Firestone Store boss rudely fired me. Because of that, I accepted a job offer from IRS.
https://www.forbesindia.com/article/insead/careers-and-chance-how-much-control-do-you-really-have/81963/1
AFGE
— I was a union member for almost 12 years. My critics/opponents have always used that against me. Most commonly, they hint/imply/argue/shout that because I was a union member, I was grossly overpaid. During that time, my salary increased from $19.37/hour to $112,280/year in today’s dollars. But during that time, I earned a job-related a) bachelor’s degree, b) master’s degree, and c) professional certification.
https://www.afge.org/article/trump-strips-more-federal-workers-of-their-negotiated-rights
https://www.afge.org/article/public-opposition-growing-in-response-to-trumps-attacks-on-our-public-institutions-labor-rights-and-personal-freedoms
ATLANTIC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use their judges to scold Trump
https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2025/09/trump-national-guard-law-california/684084/
HUFFINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly attack Trump’s health
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/marc-siegel-trump-health_n_68b7afb5e4b0e9fcc5f3235d
TIMES OF INDIA
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Epstein against Trump
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/international/trumps-terrified-ugly-clash-in-u-s-house-over-presidents-name-in-epstein-files-dems-explode/videoshow/123672340.cms
August 30, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Conservative Ted Dabrowski loans his campaign more than $250,000 as he vies for GOP governor nomination
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/29/ted-dabrowski-campaign-as-he-vies-for-gop-governor-nomination/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/29/chicago-mayor-not-want-federal-occupation-naval-base-federal-agents/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/29/as-trump-threatens-more-guard-troops-in-us-cities-heres-what-the-law-allows/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/08/29/chicago-housing-groups-brace-for-possible-sweeps-of-homeless-encampments-by-national-guard
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/08/29/chicago-crime-ice-immigration-national-guard-donald-trump-juliana-stratton-jb-pritzker
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/08/29/business-leaders-pritzker-trump-national-guard-chicago-rich-miller
— Business leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/08/29/business-leaders-pritzker-trump-national-guard-chicago-rich-miller
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250829/news/we-do-not-need-you-here-lake-county-officials-reject-trumps-immigration-push/
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250829/nation-and-world-politics/extremely-unusual-former-illinois-national-guard-chief-on-trump-threat-to-dispatch-troops-to-chic/
ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://abc7chicago.com/post/lake-county-leaders-pushing-back-plans-use-naval-station-great-lakes-host-ice-immigration-agents/17682128/
NBC5
— Mayor Brandon Johnson targets ‘ultra rich’ to help address Chicago’s budget gap
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/mayor-brandon-johnson-targets-ultra-rich-to-help-address-chicagos-budget-gap/3817380/
CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/illinois-gov-pritzker-military-national-guard-chicago-invasion-trump/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/federal-plaza-rally-trump-troops-chicago-immigration-crackdown/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/family-worry-trump-admin-plans-to-ramp-up-immigration-crackdown-chicago/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXmvTSXKXS4
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-violent-crime-prevention-labor-day-weekend/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/labor-day-crime-concerns-in-chicago-amid-trump-threat-to-send-troops/
FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1699664
WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://news.wttw.com/2025/08/29/chicago-trump-administration-s-sights-its-next-immigration-crackdown
WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.wbez.org/housing/2025/08/29/chicago-housing-groups-brace-for-possible-sweeps-of-homeless-encampments-by-national-guard
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/08/29/chicago-crime-ice-immigration-national-guard-donald-trump-juliana-stratton-jb-pritzker
CHAMPAIGN/URBANS NEWS GAZETTE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect illegals
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/what-is-e-verify-which-is-used-to-vet-employment-eligibility-a-look-at-the/article_71cd037f-2f94-5dc4-9d5a-cfb192c74c41.html
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight E-Verify
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-employers-have-used-e-verify-for-years-ices-arrest-of-a-maine-police-officer-raises-new-questions/
NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Texas advances bill allowing citizens to sue makers and distributors of abortion pills
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2025-08-30/texas-advances-bill-allowing-citizens-to-sue-makers-and-distributors-of-abortion-pills
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/08/28/armored-vehicles-fleet-of-ice-agents-chicago-bound-for-post-labor-day-crackdown-reports/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/29/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-372/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Pritzker: “There is no Emergency in Chicago…”
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/08/gov-jb-pritzker-there-is-no-emergency-in-chicago/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— The transgender coverup. Minnesota tragedy is the result of affirming mental illness.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/29/editorial-transgender-coverup/
— The evils of the LGBTQ cult. How many more must suffer before this societal crisis is recognized?
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/28/evils-lgbtq-cult/
WASHINGTON EXAMINAR
— MAGA’s disgusting admiration for Putin
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/3787615/trump-maga-disgusting-admiration-putin/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— China, Not Gerrymandering, Is the Real Threat to Democracy. Plus, assessing Minnesota’s so-called conversion therapy law in the wake of Robin Westman’s horrific shooting.
https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/ccp-subversion-in-new-york-shows?utm_source=post-email-title
NEW YORK POST
— Noem demands J.B. Pritzker ‘scrap’ far-left immigration policies after migrant killer gets nabbed in Illinois murder
https://nypost.com/2025/08/29/us-news/kristi-noem-demands-j-b-pritzker-scrap-far-left-immigration-policies-after-migrant-killer-gets-nabbed-in-illinois-murder/
— After the deadly Minneapolis school shooting, it’s time to stop indulging delusions – and talk truth about transgenderism
https://nypost.com/2025/08/28/opinion/after-the-deadly-minneapolis-school-shooting-its-time-to-stop-indulging-delusions-and-talk-truth-about-transgenderism/
— Federal judge blocks Trump from swiftly deporting illegal migrants from the interior of the country. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://nypost.com/2025/08/29/us-news/federal-judge-blocks-trumps-expanded-deportation-plan-over-due-process-concerns-for-illegal-immigrants/
— RFK Jr.’s HHS slashes $122M across nearly 200 DEI, LGBT-focused research projects
https://nypost.com/2025/08/29/us-news/rfk-jr-s-hhs-slashes-122m-across-nearly-200-dei-lgbt-focused-research-projects/
BREITBART
— Liberals Squirm as Trump Admin Prepares Enforcement Sweeps from Chicago Naval Base. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/08/29/liberals-squirm-as-trump-admin-prepares-enforcement-sweeps-from-chicago-naval-base/
CHRISTIAN POST
— Illinois institutes new law requiring colleges to dispense abortion pills, contraception
https://www.christianpost.com/news/illinois-law-requires-student-access-to-abortion-pills-on-campuses.html
DAILY CALLER
— HUD Secretary Says Illegals May No Longer ‘Live In Taxpayer-Funded Housing’
https://dailycaller.com/2025/08/29/hud-secretary-scott-turner-illegal-immigrants-public-housing-tax-payer-funded/
— Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Says Trump A Serious Threat Who ‘Does Not Want Another Election’ Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://dailycaller.com/2025/08/29/brandon-johnson-donald-trump-threat-election/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Illegal-Alien Poster Boys Confirm Democrats’ Taste for Mayhem
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/08/29/illegal-alien-poster-boys-confirm-democrats-taste-for-mayhem/
EPOCH TIMES
— Chinese Money Launderers Fuel Drug Crisis
https://lists.theepochtimes.com/archive/cxw5NWpc4y/RontmvJPy/1tiNbjq0PdJ
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Trump Administration Plans to Crack Down on Immigration by Islamist Extremists
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2025/08/29/us-immigration-policy-muslim-brotherhood-threat
FOX NEWS
— Trump’s looming Chicago takeover puts violent illegal immigrant crimes in spotlight: ‘Incompetent mayor’ Mayor Brandon Johnson pushes back on potential federal deployment, calling it ‘unlawful’ Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trumps-looming-chicago-takeover-puts-violent-illegal-immigrant-crimes-spotlight-incompetent-mayor
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.foxnews.com/media/white-house-rips-new-neil-young-song-slamming-trumps-dc-crime-crackdown-cringe
NEWSMAX
— WH Skewers Newsom for Stoking Fear of Voter Suppression
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/gavin-newsom-donald-trump-voter-supression/2025/08/29/id/1224494/
PJ MEDIA
— First Deported Illegal Migrants Arrive in Rwanda From the U.S.
https://pjmedia.com/bryan-s-jung/2025/08/29/first-deported-illegal-migrants-arrive-in-rwanda-from-the-us-n4943114
WASHINGTON STAND
— Agendas over Students? Two Largest Teachers’ Unions’ $40M+ Left-Wing Spending Spree
https://washingtonstand.com/article/agendas-over-students-two-largest-teachers-unions-40m-leftwing-spending-spree
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/gov-pritzker-fears-trumps-push-for-troops-in-chicago-isnt-just-about-fighting-crime/
CNN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/29/politics/video/illinois-lieutenant-governor-juliana-stratton-ebof-vrtc
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to destroy Republicans
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/29/economy/diversity-federal-reserve-lisa-cook
REUTERS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-judge-halts-trump-effort-expand-fast-track-deportations-2025-08-30/
— US EPA fires some employees who signed letter criticizing Trump administration. The judges and justices in Diersen v. GAO ruled that federal agencies can force to retire, that is, they can fire, their employees like me who became active members in class action lawsuits that charge them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/us-epa-fires-some-employees-who-signed-letter-criticizing-trump-administration-2025-08-29/
MSNBC
— Biden used FEMA to screw Republicans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SypfQYZdFRE
MSN
— Pritzker Net Worth: How The Illinois Governor Became America’s Richest Politician
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Jay Robert ‘JB’ Pritzker, the current governor of Illinois, holds the title of the richest elected official in the United States. Pritzker has an estimated net worth of $3.6 billion, according to Forbes, and comes from one of America’s most prominent billionaire families, the heirs to the Hyatt Hotels empire. A Democrat, Pritzker was elected governor in 2018 after defeating Republican incumbent Bruce Rauner. Before entering politics, he co-managed the Pritzker Group, a private equity firm, alongside his brother Anthony until stepping away in March 2017. Pritzker’s wealth primarily stems from the vast fortune amassed by his family. His uncle Jay Pritzker founded the Hyatt Hotels chain, while his father, Donald Pritzker, played a key role in developing and expanding the brand before he died in 1972. His sister, Penny Pritzker, is also a billionaire and served as US Secretary of Commerce under President Barack Obama from 2013 to 2017.)
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/jb-pritzker-net-worth-how-the-illinois-governor-became-america-s-richest-politician/ar-AA1Lcnyn
— Bill Gates’ answer to ‘compulsory’ interview question: What are your salary expectations for this job. Since 1980, my critics/opponents have used against me big time my having to take a $23,472 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars, a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-9 Step 10, to transfer from IRS to GAO. My Democrat IRS superiors were making it ever-increasingly clear that they would never promote me to GS-13 and that they were going to get rid of me. They had disallowed my travel vouchers and my education deductions. They had ignored/dismissed/belittled my earning an MBA, my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt, and my almost completing the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting. The GAO Chicago office Staff Manager (Bill) who had arranged my transfer assured me that GAO would a) immediately assign me to audits of IRS, b) rapidly promote me back to GS-12 Step 5, and b) rapidly promote me to GS-13. But almost immediately after I transferred, his GAO Chicago office superiors replaced him with a new Staff Manager (Dave) who openly despised me if not hated me. He gave me bad job assignments. He gave me unfair performance expectations and performance appraisals. He kept me off audits of IRS. He delayed my promotions back to GS-12 Step 5. He ignored/dismissed/belittled my earning a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, my passing the Certified Internal Auditor Examination on my first attempt in 1981, and my becoming a licensed CPA in 1981. But then, in 1985, he went on extended sick leave. That allowed Bill to assign me to audits of IRS and promote me to GS-13 in 1986. But then, in 1987, Dave came back. Dave forced Bill to retire in 1987. He threw me off audits of IRS in 1988. He gave me an extremely bad job assignment and unfair performance expectations and performance appraisal. He ranked me at the bottom of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. I should write about the aforesaid. Dave would not have been able to take the aforesaid adverse actions against me that he did if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran. If GAO had been unionized, Dave would not have been able to take the adverse actions against me that he did. But GAO did not unionize until 2007.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/money/topstories/microsoft-founder-bill-gates-answer-to-compulsory-interview-question-what-are-your-salary-expectations-for-this-job/ar-AA1L9250
NEWSWEEK
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.newsweek.com/ice-record-detainment-convictions-immigration-trump-admin-2121912
— McDonald’s Manager Detained by ICE Agents Before Company Picnic. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.newsweek.com/manager-arrested-ice-immigration-agents-company-picnic-2120819
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/us/politics/judge-fast-track-deportations.html
— Trump Officials Move to Fire Most Voice of America Journalists. The judges and justices in Diersen v. GAO ruled that federal agencies can force to retire, that is, they can fire, their employees like me who became active members in class action lawsuits that charge them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/us/politics/voice-of-america-layoffs-kari-lake-trump.html
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to destroy Republicans
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/nyregion/sharpton-wall-street-march-trump-dei.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Judge considers request to block Trump’s ouster of Federal Reserve board member. The judges and justices in Diersen v. GAO ruled that federal agencies can oust their employees like me who become active members in class action lawsuits that charge them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/08/29/fed-board-member-removal-hearing/
— Trump officials fire EPA employees for signing dissent letter. The judges and justices in Diersen v. GAO ruled that federal agencies can force to retire, that is, they can fire, their employees like me who became active members in class action lawsuits that charge them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/08/29/epa-dissent-letter-employees-fired/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/08/29/trump-deportation-expedited-removal/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/08/29/crime-stats-dc-bowser-trump-investigation/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/08/29/trump-cancels-international-aid/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote dependency on government
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/08/29/education-department-child-care-college/
— Trump administration pauses work on annual federal worker charity drive. The Combined Federal Campaign offers federal employees an opportunity to contribute part of their paycheck to causes they want to support. I should write about the pressure that my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors put on their employees to use CFC to give money to charity.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/29/trump-administration-pauses-charity-campaign/
USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/08/29/keep-it-peaceful-chicago-top-cop-warns-ahead-of-trump-deployment/85869468007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote American flag burning. I have flown an American flag at my Wheaton home 24 hours a day since September 11, 2001.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/08/30/trump-courts-constitution-flag-burning/85854287007/
COURIER JOURNAL
— For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats
https://www.courier-journal.com/story/opinion/contributors/2025/08/28/trump-university-college-professor-education-politics-propaganda/85833769007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Elite College Myth. According to my critics/opponents, degrees from non-Ivy League universities are worthless.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/the-elite-college-myth-268c4371
— Office Activists. My Democrat GAO superiors replaced me with their leading office activist. They forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 and gave my job and my preferred corner office to their leading Black office activist. 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 had no professional license while I had one. I should write about the aforesaid.
https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/whats-news/why-bosses-have-had-it-with-office-activists/e02eda3f-cdee-4614-8361-ab4c39807301
FORTUNE & FORBES
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to destroy Republicans
https://fortune.com/2025/08/29/wells-fargo-deleted-dei-page-protests-diversity-equity-inclusion/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/rogertrapp/2025/08/29/why-companies-need-to-reset-dei-rather-than-abandon-it/
NPR
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.npr.org/2025/08/30/g-s1-86452/judge-block-speedy-deportations
NEW REPUBLIC
— Pritzker Just Set Himself Apart From All Other Democrats. This week, the Illinois governor suggested that he’s ready to take the fight against Trump much further than his party colleagues.
https://newrepublic.com/post/199800/jb-pritzker-trump-opposition-2028
NEWS ONE
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to destroy Republicans
https://newsone.com/6420268/rev-al-sharpton-leads-pro-dei-march-down-wall-street/
— Hate-filled America-hating America-hates object to Ashli Babbitt receiving Military Funeral Honors
https://newsone.com/6419912/jan-6-rioter-ashli-babbitt-to-receive-military-funeral-honors/
WORLD SOCIALIST WEB SITE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. How successful have Democrat leaders been making everyone in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct sexually active LGBTQers?
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/08/30/zosc-a30.html
TIMES OF INDIA
— For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/trumps-new-america-redefines-higher-education-heres-how-to-choose-the-right-college/articleshow/123588050.cms
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/trump-turns-his-focus-on-racial-proxies-in-college-admissions-putting-campus-diversity-on-trial/articleshow/123528106.cms
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/when-helping-black-students-becomes-illegal-d-e-i-under-trump-heres-why-schools-are-under-fire/articleshow/123581196.cms
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/international/nyc-clashes-at-anti-trump-protest-over-dei-ice-crackdown-wall-street-march-turns-ugly-watch/videoshow/123585312.cms
August 27, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Minneapolis shooting: 8-year-old and 10-year-old killed, 17 others hurt at Catholic school
https://abc7chicago.com/post/shooting-reported-catholic-school-minneapolis-governor-says/17662514/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The shooter died at the scene from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, O’Hara said. The FBI identified the shooter as 23-year-old Robin Westman, who was born Robert Westman. Driver’s license information reviewed by ABC News described Westman as a female, born on June 17, 2002. A name change application for a minor born on the same date, June 17, 2002, was approved by a district court in Minnesota in 2020, changing the name of a Robert Westman to Robin Westman, explaining the minor child “identifies as a female and wants her name to reflect that identification.” . . . Frey stressed at a second news conference, “Anybody who is using this as an opportunity to villainize our trans community, or any other community out there, has lost their sense of common humanity. We should not be operating out of a place of hate.”)
— Chicago Democrat leaders get Chicago Latino leaders to push back against Trump plans to send National Guard to city
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-latino-leaders-push-back-president-donald-trump-plans-potential-national-guard-deployment-city/17660651/
NBC5
— What we know about what happened in Minneapolis school shooting
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/what-we-know-about-what-happened-in-minneapolis-school-shooting/3816000/
CBS2
— Minneapolis Catholic school shooting leaves 2 children dead, 17 people injured
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/south-minneapolis-incident-august-27-2025/
WGN9
— FBI investigating Minnesota school shooting as hate crime against Catholics
https://wgntv.com/news/national/fbi-investigating-minnesota-school-shooting-as-hate-crime-against-catholics/
FOX32
— Chicago businessman Willie Wilson urged Trump to deploy the National Guard to the city, saying leaders have failed to stop violence. Pritzker, Johnson, and others strongly oppose Trump’s threat, calling it political and dangerous.
Despite reported drops in murders and robberies, Wilson says communities remain under siege.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/wilson-trump-national-guard-chicago
— Annunciation Church shooting: What’s known about suspect Robin Westman
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/annunciation-school-shooting-minneapolis-minnesota-suspect-shooter
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The shooter has been identified as Robin Westman. FOX 9 has confirmed Westman’s mother previously worked at Annunciation. A Facebook post from the school says she left the school in 2021. The shooter’s mother also applied to change her child’s name from Robert to Robin in Dakota County in 2019, according to court documents obtained by FOX 9. According to the name change filing, Westman identified “as a female and wants her name to reflect that identification.”)
— Oak Park-River Forest High School removed the exterior doors from some of its bathrooms. Officials said it was aimed at preventing “inappropriate behaviors” like vaping, fighting, and skipping class. An online petition was started by students in opposition to the move to demand the doors be put back.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/oak-park-river-forest-high-school-bathrooms
— 81% of Americans see crime as ‘major problem’ in big cities
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/ap-norc-crime-poll-trump-takeover
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Republican US Senate hopeful Don Tracy lends $2M to his campaign fund
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/27/republican-us-senate-hopeful-don-tracy-lends-2m-to-his-campaign-fund/
— ‘Our president is listening’: Handful of Black MAGA activists in Chicago catch Trump’s eye
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/27/black-maga-activists-chicago-catch-trumps-eye/
— Cardinal Blase Cupich calls on those in power to make safety a ‘national priority’ after Minneapolis Catholic school shooting
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/27/cardinal-blase-cupich-comments-after-minneapolis-catholic-school-shooting/
— What to know about the shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic school
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/27/minneapolis-catholic-school-shooting/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said the shooter — armed with a rifle, shotgun and pistol — approached the side of the church and shot through the windows toward the children inside before dying by suicide. He said the shooter, 23-year-old Robin Westman, did not have an extensive known criminal history, acted alone and had legally purchased the weapons recently. O’Hara said authorities are aware of a video showing writings that the shooter had timed to be released on YouTube. The content has been taken down and is under review as investigators try to determine a motive, the police chief said. Federal officials referred to Westman as transgender, and the mayor decried hatred being directed at “our transgender community.” Westman’s gender identity wasn’t clear. In 2020, a judge approved a petition, signed by Westman’s mother, asking for a name change from Robert to Robin, saying the petitioner “identifies as a female and wants her name to reflect that identification.”)
— CDC director Susan Monarez is out after less than one month on the job. It took almost 18 years for my Democrat GAO superiors to oust me. They would have ousted me much sooner if I had not a) earned an MBA and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt before I transferred from IRS to GAO and if I had not b) earned a master’s degree in accounting, c) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, d) became a licensed CPA, e) earned four more job-related professional certifications, and f) earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading after I transferred.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/27/cdc-director-susan-monarez-out/
— Who and what will Democrat leaders blame for the Minneapolis shootings?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/27/editorial-annunciation-shooting-school-children-robin-westman/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Willie Wilson urges Trump to send National Guard to Chicago: ‘I welcome it’ The former mayoral candidate insisted that a military intervention could help curb violence, while invoking the killing of his son in the south suburbs.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/08/27/willie-wilson-trump-national-guard
DAILY HERALD
— Trump extends control over Washington by taking management of Union Station away from Amtrak
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250827/nation-and-world-politics/trump-extends-control-over-washington-by-taking-management-of-union-station-away-from-amtrak/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— GOP’s Tracy drops $2 million into race to fill Durbin’s Senate seat
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/gops-tracy-drops-2m-race-fill-durbins-senate-seat
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/08/27/dispensary-could-open-near-wrigley-field-but-issues-persist-for-social-equality-firm-behind-plans/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/27/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-371/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
DUPAGE GOP
— 2026 Primary Candidate Petitions
https://dupagegop.com/primary-candidate-petitions/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Chicago Mayor Claims ‘Affordable Housing’ is the Key to Reducing Crime in Awkward MSNBC Interview
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/08/chicago-mayor-claims-affordable-housing-is-the-key-to-reducing-crime-in-awkward-msnbc-interview.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Minneapolis school shooter ID’d as trans woman Robin Westman — as apparent manifesto included ‘kill Trump’
https://nypost.com/2025/08/27/us-news/minneapolis-catholic-school-gunman-idd-as-robin-westman-while-possible-manifesto-shows-psychotic-obsession-with-mass-shooters/
— Trans Minneapolis shooter Robin Westman mused about slaughtering ‘filthy Zionist Jews’ in sick journal before deadly Catholic school massacre
https://nypost.com/2025/08/27/us-news/robin-westman-mused-about-slaughtering-filthy-zionist-jews-in-sick-journal-before-deadly-catholic-school-shooting/
— Chicago pastor Corey Brooks says Dems are ‘outright lying’ about crime, calls on Trump to send National Guard
https://nypost.com/2025/08/27/media/chicago-pastor-corey-brooks-says-dems-are-outright-lying-about-crime-calls-on-trump-to-send-national-guard/
FOX NEWS
— The Left wants no part of the effort to make our country safe and secure. Hannity tears into Democrats proving to be on the ‘wrong side’ of crime plaguing American cities.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6377478268112
— US northern border smuggling creates ‘shopping grounds’ for migrants to sanctuary communities. Smugglers are adapting routes and targeting sanctuary cities for maximum benefits.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/us-northern-border-smuggling-creates-shopping-grounds-migrants-sanctuary-communities-attorney
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Two Children Killed in Minneapolis Catholic School Shooting. The FBI identified the shooter as Robin Westman, who died at the scene.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/minnesota-school-shooting-annunciation-catholic-minneapolis-281597d5
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The shooting was being investigated as an act of domestic terrorism and as a hate crime against Catholics, according to FBI Director Kash Patel. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem that the suspect wrote: “For the Children,” “Where is your God?” and “Kill Donald Trump” on rifle magazines. . .President Trump was briefed about the incident and had spoken with Gov. Walz. “The White House will continue to monitor this terrible situation,” the president said in a post on Truth Social. Trump proclaimed that the U.S. flag will be flown at half-staff at the White House until Saturday night as a mark of respect for the victims.)
August 26, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Congressional committee investigating antisemitism allegations at UIC College of Medicine
https://abc7chicago.com/post/house-education-workforce-committee-investigating-allegations-antisemitism-university-illinois-college-medicine/17648205/
NBC5
— Duckworth ever-increasingly promotes more hatred against Trump
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Juk687H8Yfg
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— According to Democrat leaders, voters want more dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/25/in-chicago-us-sen-bernie-sanders-says-progressive-agenda-is-what-the-american-people-want/
— Southwest Detroit small businesses reeling amid Trump immigration crackdown: ‘A disaster’ How successful have Democrat and RINO leaders been making your county, your township, your municipality, and your precinct dependent on cheap illegal labor?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/25/detroit-trump-immigration-crackdown/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/26/washington-dc-schools-reopen-trump-armed-patrols/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Kids in ‘low opportunity’ areas are up to 20 times more likely to be shot. When you were young, what were the employment opportunities where you lived? While I lived in Crete 1948-1972, the best jobs that I could get were a) doing yard work in Crete 1962-1964, b) delivering newspapers in Crete 1962-1966, c) washing dishes in Chicago Heights 1964-1966, d) cleaning golf shoes in Flossmoor and chipping slag and pumping gasoline in South Chicago Heights in 1966, e) delivering mail in Park Forest 1966-1969, f) working on an automobile assembly line in Belvidere in 1970, and e) collecting delinquent federal taxes in in Harvey in 1972. My critics/opponents would never had stooped to take the aforesaid bad jobs and they have always used my taking the aforesaid bad jobs against me.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2025/08/25/northwestern-study-finds-kids-in-low-opportunity-areas-are-up-to-20-times-more-likely-to-be-shot
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Of course, the mainstream news media sides with Pritzker against Trump.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250825/local-politics/do-not-come-to-chicago-pritzker-tells-trump-national-guard-not-needed-in-chicago/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PHOTOS: DuPage judge sides with county board in ongoing dispute with clerk
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250825/news/dupage-judge-sides-with-county-board-in-ongoing-dispute-with-clerk/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-08-25/how-an-undocumented-teen-is-trying-to-get-an-education-amid-trumps-immigration-crackdown
FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump hints at investigation into ‘Bridgegate’ hours after Chris Christie criticizes him. Immediately after I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my Democrat GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation when I was 40 in 1988, they a) threw me off audits of IRS, b) gave me a very bad job assignment, c) gave me very unfair performance expectations, d) gave me a very unfair performance appraisal, and e) ranked me at the bottom of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. I should write about that.
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-hints-at-probe-into-bridgegate-hours-after-chris-christie-criticizes-him
WGLT & 25 NEWS NOW
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans
https://www.25newsnow.com/2025/08/25/bloomingtons-mayor-will-sign-pledge-combat-bigotry-city-council-asked-make-same-commitment/
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-08-25/group-urges-bloomington-leaders-to-sign-pledge-against-intolerance-bigotry
WAND TV
— Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with teachers and with school staff against parents.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/people-could-face-criminal-charges-for-threatening-teachers-school-staff-under-new-illinois-bill/article_d2dbee68-0f8e-4c0f-a2de-354efcf44e18.html
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/26/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-576/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINIOIS
— What do your critics/opponents use to hint/imply/argue/shout that you are privileged? Mine use a) my parents having sent me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools, b) my avoiding the Vietnam War draft, c) my having been a federal employee for almost 30 years, d) my having bought new cars and real estate, e) my having earned three masters degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license, f) my being married for more than 47 years, and g) my being a federal retiree for almost 28 years. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— House GOP probes antisemitism claims at University of Illinois College of Medicine
https://nypost.com/2025/08/25/us-news/house-gop-probes-antisemitism-claims-at-3-blue-state-medical-schools/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Five major DEI rollbacks reshape higher ed under state and federal pressure. Democrat and RINO leaders will never stop using DEI to get rid of Republicans, they just put it under the table.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/five-major-dei-rollbacks-reshape-higher-ed-state-federal-pressure/28510
COLLEGE FIX
— George Mason University broke federal law with race-based hiring. If the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 could have found qualified Democrats, minorities, and/or females, they would have hired them instead of me.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/george-mason-u-broke-federal-law-with-race-based-hiring-ed-dept-says/
EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Fires Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook. In a published letter to Cook, Trump accused her of ‘deceitful and potentially criminal conduct in a financial matter.’
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-fires-federal-reserve-governor-lisa-cook-5906052
FOX NEWS
— Trump will make Americans feel safe and secure again
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6377380781112
— From ban to embrace: Trump’s evolution on TikTok
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6377361020112
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Teachers Unions Poured Over $40 Million into Left-Wing Groups. For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/teachers-unions-poured-over-40-million-into-left-wing-groups-watchdog-finds/
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Trump Is Trying To Remove Leftist Poison From Institutions And They Can’t Stand It
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/08/25/megyn_kelly_trump_is_trying_to_remove_leftist_poison_from_institutions_and_they_cant_stand_it.html
REAL CLEAR WIRE
— The Democrats’ hackneyed falsehood that Republican gerrymandering in Texas is racist and will end American democracy is not only hysterical – it’s hypocritical. While gerrymandering is ethically impaired, it has been part of U.S. politics for more than 200 years, and a mainstay of Democratic Party election strategy since the 1980s. When redistricting is designed to favor one group over another, it is referred to as gerrymandering. Prior to the 1960s, court challenges to congressional redistricting plans were generally considered to be political questions outside judicial purview. In 1962, however, the Supreme Court held that federal courts could ensure compliance with the constitutional requirement of “one person, one vote” when Tennessee created districts with population variances as large as ten-to-one. Courts also hear challenges to redistricting plans based on claims of racial gerrymandering under the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA), the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment, and the 15th Amendment, and until recently, also claims that a gerrymander was intended to benefit a particular candidate, ideology or party. . .The congressional map drawn by Illinois Democrats after the 2020 census transformed its congressional delegation from 13 Democrats and 5 Republicans to 14 Democrats and just 3 Republicans – in a state where Donald Trump won 44% of the 2024 vote. The respected Gerrymandering Project at Princeton University gave Illinois an “F” for its partisan gerrymander.
https://www.fox26medford.com/news/politics/is-it-time-to-end-mandated-majority-minority-congressional-districts/article_8949a686-d01a-5fe2-b60b-c92111021d1f.html
TOWNHALL
— Mass Illegal Migration Makes Sex Trafficking Worse
https://townhall.com/columnists/pawelstyrna/2025/08/26/mass-illegal-migration-makes-sex-trafficking-worse-n2662318
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
REUTERS
— Trump says US military may or may not deploy to Chicago
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-us-military-may-or-may-not-deploy-chicago-2025-08-25/
MSN
— Montgomery County launches federal worker hiring preference. As GAO ever-increasingly got rid of its Chicago office employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran during the 1980s and 1990s, there was no GAO employee hiring preference in Chicago.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/montgomery-county-launches-federal-worker-hiring-preference/ar-AA1Jf54X
— Trump’s white South African ‘refugees’ regret moving to the United States. Because Democrat and RINO employers hate Trump, they will not hire South African refugees.
https://www.msn.com/en-za/news/other/the-trump-white-house-wants-to-bring-20-000-afrikaners-to-the-us/ss-AA1L0bPP
NEWSWEEK
— Trump supporters are outraged by his announcement that 600,000 Chinese students will be allowed into the United States to study. UIC admitted me in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, and IIT in 1992. But if they could have admitted Chinses students instead of me, they would have.
https://www.newsweek.com/maga-rages-trump-chinese-student-numbers-2119215
NEW YORK TIMES
— Can Trump Fire a Fed Governor? The federal judges and justices in Diersen v. GAO ( https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf ) ruled that federal agencies can force their employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran to retire, that is, to fire them, if they become active members in class action lawsuits like I did that charge them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. I should write about that.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/us/politics/can-trump-fire-a-fed-governor.html
— Donald Trump’s Big Gay Government. On the town with the A-Gays of Washington, who have never been happier to be out, proud and Republican. Republican leaders in Illinois who promote LGBTQ have had their operatives and their dupes work the hardest against me. I should write about that.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/style/gay-men-trump-administration-republicans.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make Blacks hate Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/us/black-student-achievement-diversity-trump.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders say that Trump melds a fractious coalition: The six factions of Trumpworld Trump’s coalition is built for internal conflict — held together by fealty to him, but riven by differences on immigration, tariffs, abortion and other policies.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/26/trump-coalition-factions-tariffs-immigration/
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/08/25/george-mason-president-refuses-apology-dei/
USA TODAY
— Trump eases red tape on bare-bones health insurance. What this means for you. My critics/opponents are furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my health insurance since 1966 and 72% of my wife’s health insurance since 1978. My critics/opponents despise if not hate federal employees like I was for almost 30 years and federal retirees like I have been for almost 28 years.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/08/25/trump-expand-short-term-health-insurance/85742442007/
USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD:
— No English, no commercial driving. Crackdown on truckers speeds up. All my critics/opponents not only support George Ryan, they blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for George Ryan’s problems.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/08/21/trump-crackdown-commercial-truckers-non-english-speakers/85563272007/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote Newsom
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/23/gavin-newsom-trump-2028-presidential-primary/85740242007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/08/21/bela-trump-gavin-newsom-dana-perino-trolling/85725925007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— America’s Newest Auto Plant Is Full of Robots. It Still Needs the Human Touch. There were no robots when I worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970.
https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/hyundai-factory-georgia-automation-jobs-6d7d4e5d
— Some Parents Plan Decades of Allowances. A new camp of financial advice suggests it is OK to help your adult children financially, and you might as well start saving early. My father died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21 in 1969. He never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. My mother never worked outside of the home before he died. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/adult-children-allowance-9b57d59c
— Employers want cheap foreign labor
https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/whats-news/what-the-immigration-slowdown-means-for-the-us-labor-market/78282d69-4818-4fbe-8cbc-8199cb33df24
FORBES
— How To Choose A College In Trump’s America. Why did you choose the college(s) that you did? I chose UIC in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, and IIT in 1992 because I wanted to earn degrees in business, accounting, and finance.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/emmawhitford/2025/08/26/how-to-choose-a-college-in-trumps-america/
FEDWEEK
— What to Know About the New Federal Application Process. The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. I qualified myself for the postal job by passing the postal employment examination and earning a high school diploma. I qualified myself for the IRS job by passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination and earning a bachelor’s degree in business. I qualified myself for the GAO job by working for IRS for almost 9 years, earning an MBA, passing the CPA examination on my first attempt, and almost completing the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting.
https://www.fedweek.com/careers/what-to-know-about-the-new-federal-application-process/
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Illinois Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2025/08/26/public-ill-universities-will-provide-medication-abortions
GOOGLE
— Democrat and RINO employers use Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/jobs/results/100216277234000582-research-intern/
https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/jobs/results/94968445673579206-global-process-lead/
https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/jobs/results/92835942871507654-performance-expert/
https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/jobs/results/128704760948630214-customer-onboarding-strategist/
AXIOS
— AI is already taking jobs away from entry-level workers. What impacted entry-level jobs when you were in your 20s? For me, it was the Vietnam War draft. Potential employers saw me as being draft bait. They did not believe that my application for a financial hardship draft deferment would be approved. I did not get offers for jobs that required a college degree until after my application was approved and because of my draft number, I was no longer subject to the draft. By then, my career was already behind schedule. To try to catch up, a) I earned an MBA from Loyola when I was 27 and a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul when I was 31, b) I passed the CPA examination when I was 30 and the Certified Internal Auditor examination when I was 32, and c) I became a licensed CPA when I was 32. But by then, it was too late. The federal government uses up-or-out to rid of its employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who do not make GS-13, currently $117,807/year, by age 25. I did not make GS-13 until I was 38.
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/26/ai-entry-level-jobs
INDEPENDENT
— Illinois man secretly gave woman abortion pills to cause a miscarriage and now faces murder charge, police say. Authorities claimed Emerson Evans, 31, had admitted to dosing his girlfriend with mifepristone without her knowledge or consent. Will Democrat leaders side with Evans?
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/illinois-abortion-pills-murder-b2813818.html
August 24, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Illinois leaders speak out on report Trump preparing to deploy National Guard troops to Chicago. Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more crime.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-leaders-condemn-report-president-donald-trump-preparing-deploy-federal-troops-chicago/17628504/
NBC5
— Pritzker calls Trump’s statements on National Guard deployment an abuse of power. “Chicago is a mess. You have an incompetent mayor, grossly incompetent, and we’ll straighten that one out probably next,” Trump said.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/pritzker-calls-trumps-statements-on-national-guard-deployment-an-abuse-of-power/3814097/
CBS2
— Pentagon planning military deployment in Chicago; Pritzker accuses Trump of “attempting to manufacture a crisis”
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/brandon-johnson-donald-trump-threat-national-guard-crime-chicago/
FOX32
— ‘There is no emergency’: Pritzker responds to reports Pentagon plans military deployment to Chicago.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/pritzker-responds-reports-pentagon-plansmilitary-deployment-chicago
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump was once a Republican Party outsider. Now it’s his GOP and the MAGA faithful are in the lead.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/23/maga-republican-party/
— How Trump’s directive to submit race-based admissions data impacts Chicago-area universities. With less pressure to admit Democrats who are minority, female, and/or citizens of foreign countries, anticipate/expect that more Republicans who are White and/or male will be admitted.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/23/trump-race-based-admissions-data/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pentagon planning military deployment to Chicago in coming weeks. The Washington Post reported Saturday that Defense Department officials have been planning for weeks to deploy federal troops to Chicago.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/08/23/pentagon-military-deployment-chicago-report-pritzker
— New Illinois law expands protections for reporters from lawsuits. Pritzker signed anti-SLAPP legislation that now explicitly shields journalists from suits intended to stifle public participation. Of course, Illinois Democrat and RINO leaders do not want this to apply to Republican journalists.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/08/22/slapp-lawsuits-protection-reporters-pritzker-news-medi
— How dependent on Medicaid funding have Democrat leaders made your hospital?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/health/2025/08/22/medicaid-trump-cuts-big-beautiful-bill-health-care-roseland-community-hospital
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Anticipate/expect that under the Illinois Democrat leaders, the more students that schools have who are minority, female, LGBTQ, and/or illegal, the more taxpayer money that they will get.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250823/education/how-much-additional-revenue-did-your-school-district-receive-through-states-evidence-based-funding/
— How much more gerrymandering, that is, packing and cracking, will Pritzker do assure that Republicans cannot be elected in any of Illinois’ 17 congressional districts instead of just 14 of them?
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250823/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-fighting-fire-with-fire-redistricting-free-for-all-portends-disaster-for-amer/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their anti-Israel protestors.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250823/us-congress-politics/lawmakers-continuing-public-events-despite-disruptive-pro-palestinian-protests/
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— For Democrats, colleges exist, including commuter colleges, to crank out good little Democrats. UIC was a commuter college when I attended it 1966-1968. UIC failed to make me a Democrat.
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/a-commuter-college-thought-it-could-avoid-trump-s-education-crackdown-here-s-what-happened/article_e8b87d9d-de74-5a96-9c08-2fdad3b926b7.html
SHAW LOCAL
— Underwood pressed on Israel, redistricting at DeKalb town hall
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2025/08/23/us-rep-underwood-pressed-on-israel-redistricting-at-dekalb-town-hall/
WGEM
— Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.wgem.com/2025/08/23/new-laws-aim-shield-providers-abortion-meds-ban-ticketing-schools/
WMBD
— Texas, Florida seek to join legal challenge to abortion pill.
https://wmbdradio.com/2025/08/22/texas-florida-seek-to-join-legal-challenge-to-abortion-pill/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Del Mar and Bailey: It might be true, but is it good?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/08/23/thoughts-on-a-gubernatorial-ticket-containing-darin-bailey-and-aaron-del-mar/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Gavin Newsom is the likely Democratic presidential nominee
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/3779080/gavin-newsom-is-the-likely-democratic-presidential-nominee/
NEW YORK POST
— Cracker Barrel’s marketing fiasco shows investors are making woke a massive risk factor
https://nypost.com/2025/08/23/business/cracker-barrels-marketing-fiasco-shows-investors-are-making-woke-a-massive-risk-factor/
— Self-deportation is crucial to undoing the Biden illegal-migrant mess
https://nypost.com/2025/08/23/opinion/donald-trump-doesnt-have-to-deport-10-million-illegals-they-will-leave-by-themselves/
— Pritzker says Trump trying to ‘manufacture a crisis’ as admin plans National Guard deployment to Chicago
https://nypost.com/2025/08/24/us-news/illinois-gov-pritzker-says-trump-trying-to-manufacture-a-crisis-as-admin-plans-national-guard-deployment-to-chicago/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Demography is destiny and control of the House. How many illegals have given birth in America so far?
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/08/demography_is_destiny_and_control_of_the_house.html
— Trump Derangement Syndrome
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/08/trump_derangement_syndrome_suffering_psychologists.html
BREITBART
— Trump Mobilizing 1,700 National Guardsmen to Help Fight Illegal Immigration and Crime Across America
https://www.breitbart.com/crime/2025/08/23/trump-mobilizing-1700-national-guardsmen-to-help-fight-illegal-immigration-and-crime-across-america/
— National Guard to assist immigration law enforcement in 19 states
https://www.breitbart.com/news/national-guard-to-assist-immigration-law-enforcement-in-19-states/
— Pritzker Slams Trump for Saying Chicago Crime Crackdown May Be Next. Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more crime.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/08/23/illinois-gov-jb-pritzker-slams-trump-saying-chicago-crime-crackdown-may-be-next/
— Trump hails new Texas electoral map aimed at keeping grip on Congress
https://www.breitbart.com/news/trump-hails-new-texas-electoral-map-aimed-at-keeping-grip-on-congress/
— Abbott says he’ll swiftly sign new maps on his desk that will boost GOP in 2026
https://www.breitbart.com/news/texas-gov-abbott-vows-to-approve-gop-leaning-congressional-voting-map/
— Newsom Hopes to Turn Gerrymander Fight into Referendum on Trump
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/08/24/newsom-hopes-to-turn-gerrymander-fight-into-referendum-on-trump/
DAILY CALLER
— The Woke Media Is Wrong. America’s Cities Need To Be Safe Again.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/08/23/opinion-the-woke-media-is-wrong-americas-cities-need-to-be-safe-again-jorge-martinez/
DAILY SIGNAL
— DeSantis Urges Congress to Defund Sanctuary States That License Illegal Aliens as Drivers. How many illegals have Illinois Democrat and RINO leaders given licenses to so far?
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/08/23/ron-desantis-urges-congress-defund-sanctuary-states/
— The Rise of Open Racism From the Left
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/08/22/joy-reids-racist-rant-exposes-dei-hypocrisy/
DAILY WIRE
— Obama Judge Blocks Trump From Defunding Sanctuary Cities. Trump has called sanctuary jurisdictions “death traps.” How successful have Democrat and RINO leaders been so far making your municipality a sanctuary municipality?
https://www.dailywire.com/news/obama-judge-blocks-trump-from-defunding-sanctuary-cities
FOX NEWS
— Gianno Caldwell mulls Senate bid as Chicagoans are ‘begging for change’ on crime woes. Public safety advocate weighs run for Dick Durbin’s seat as Trump pushes federal crime crackdown. Gianno began his government relations career serving as the Director of Government Relations for Naperville Township. His primary focus was to develop strategies to cut costs relative to transportation, healthcare, taxes, pensions, and local government. In this position, he successfully lobbied the reduction of property tax rates for the whole of Naperville Township.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gianno-caldwell-mulls-senate-bid-chicagoans-begging-change-crime-woes
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republican public safety advocate Gianno Caldwell is mulling a bid for the open Illinois Senate seat in 2026 amid growing conversations about crime in America’s cities. Earlier this month, Caldwell was the keynote speaker at the Illinois Republican Party’s Republican Day event at the state fair, where he touted his record on law and order. Caldwell’s brother, Christian, was killed in 2022 in a Chicago drive-by shooting at the age of 18. “I’ve been about this fight for many years, public service, I’ve worked in every level of government that you can imagine and certainly I think there’s time for a law-and-order U.S. Senate candidate to come to the forefront in Illinois,” said Caldwell, a Fox News contributor and founder of the Caldwell Institute for Public Safety. “My brother’s legacy has become my mission and to save lives,” Caldwell said. “And if that’s something that I can continue in a U.S. Senate seat, that’s worth considering for the many lives that have been lost and the legacies that need to be furthered in the state of Illinois and my home city of Chicago.” Caldwell’s hometown of Chicago is getting renewed attention as President Donald Trump wants to take National Guard and federal agent deployment to lower crime nationwide following the takeover of policing in Washington DC. Both cities have dealt with violent crime woes, which have led to teens and children dying in numerous tragic cases. “My brother’s murder was something that I thought needed to have a conversation to address what has been going on in Chicago,” Caldwell said. “So this impacted me in a very deep and personal way. And when I think about what President Trump is doing by saying, ‘Look, we’re doing this in DC already. We want to take this to other places around the country, I applaud him. Why? Because people have been begging for change in the city of Chicago.” Caldwell spoke even as a backlash has grown from Democrats who have said that the heavy law enforcement presence in the nation’s capital is over-the-top. “American soldiers and airmen policing American citizens on American soil is #UnAmerican,” Mayor Muriel Bowser posted to X last week.)
— Chicagoans are ‘begging for change’ amid Trump’s DC police takeover. Fox News contributor Gianno Caldwell explains that he is mulling a bid for U.S. Senate in Illinois amid crime woes in Chicago and other cities throughout the country.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6377293879112
— Over 80% of students lie about their views to appease liberal professors. Because I majored in business, accounting, and finance years ago, I did not have to do that.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/multi-college-study-indicating-over-80-students-lie-about-views-appease-liberal-professors
— Pritzker says Trump trying to ‘manufacture a crisis’ as admin plans National Guard deployment to Chicago. The Pentagon has reportedly planned a military deployment to Chicago for weeks, which could include thousands of National Guard troops.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gov-pritzker-says-trump-trying-manufacture-crisis-admin-plans-national-guard-deployment-chicago
NEWS BUSTERS
— Democrats and RINOs use wokeness/wokeism to destroy Republicans. All my critics/opponents promote wokeness/wokeism.
https://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tim-graham/2025/08/23/npr-platforms-nikole-hannah-jones-reviewing-museums-wokeness-fascism
PJ MEDIA
— Pride Cometh Before the Fall
https://pjmedia.com/caskeet/2025/08/23/pride-cometh-before-the-fall-n4942985
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
MSN
— Admitted students’ GPAs and test scores won’t show Trump what he thinks they’ll show. What harmed your GPA and test scores? For me, it was a) my spending far too many hours washing dishes instead of studying when I earned my diploma from Crete-Monee High School 1964-1966, b) my spending far too many hours delivering mail instead of studying while I took undergraduate business courses at UIC 1966-1968 and NIU in 1969, and c) my focusing on my IRS and GAO jobs too much instead of studying while I took graduate courses in business at Loyola 1972-1976, accounting at DePaul 1976-1980, and finance at IIT 1992-1997, prepared to take the CPA examination in 1979, and preparing to take the Certified Internal Auditor examination in 1981.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/admitted-students-gpas-and-test-scores-won-t-show-trump-what-he-thinks-theyll-show/ar-AA1KPJaT
NEW YORK TIMES
— Where Your Medicines Are Made. President Trump’s planned pharmaceutical tariffs threaten to hit many of the most common and well-known drugs that Americans take.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/health/prescription-drugs-manufacturing-tariffs.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. How soon will they officially destroy anyone and everyone who does not promote LGBTQ?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/us/politics/orlando-pulse-shooting-rainbow-crosswalk-memorial.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Pentagon plans military deployment in Chicago as Trump eyes crackdown. Military officials are sketching out a plan that could deploy a few thousand National Guard members, officials said. The use of active-duty forces has also been discussed.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/08/23/trump-chicago-military-national-guard/
— New GOP bill is latest push to extend federal control of D.C. police. The bill joins others from Republican legislators aiming to grant the federal government extended power over D.C. police.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/08/23/dc-federal-takeover-police-extend/
— Democrats have floated redistricting in Illinois, but the congressional map there already favors their party, leaving limited room for gains.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/23/trump-gop-redistricting-missouri-indiana/
LAS VEGAS REVIEW JOURNAL
— What is the Democrat alternative to Trump?
https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/opinion-columns/victor-davis-hanson/victor-davis-hanson-what-is-the-democrat-alternative-to-trump-3429167/
BLOOMBERG LAW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing fight deportation of their illegals.
https://news.bgov.com/litigation/dozens-of-cities-win-new-block-on-trumps-sanctuary-defunding
GAO
— Democrats run GAO. The more of the following that you are a) the less likely that the Democrats who run GAO will hire you and b) if you are a GAO employee, the sooner that they will get rid of you: heterosexual, conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.gao.gov/about/careers/why-work-for-gao/diversity-and-inclusion
CPA JOURNAL
— Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Hiring in Public Accounting. The accounting profession had no use for me because I was too old. I did not start taking graduate accounting courses until I was 27 in 1976. While I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, I did not do that until I was 30. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31. While I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, I did not do that until I was 32. I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32. The accounting profession ignored/dismissed/belittled/badmouthed what I had learned a) 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, b) working for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $99,069-$153,151/year, c) earning master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, and d) earning professional certifications in fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. But beyond that, the accounting profession has always been under tremendous pressure to hire, retain, and promote minorities, females, and younger people.
https://www.cpajournal.com/2025/08/18/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-hiring-in-public-accounting-2/
POLITICO
— Illinois has been known for its aggressive Democratic gerrymanders, and it currently has just three Republican seats it can target. It’s also unclear Illinois Democrats have the political will to take on redrawing the congressional map — most of the redistricting talk this week has been on a whole other set of maps. Former Barack Obama chief of staff Bill Daley, a Chicago Democrat, and Ray LaHood, a Peoria Republican who served as Obama’s transportation secretary, rolled out a “Fair Maps Illinois” proposal this week that would end the process of state lawmakers drawing their own districts.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/23/trump-redistricting-california-texas-gerrymander-00521573
PSYCHOLOGY TODAY
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/black-psychology-matters/202508/making-psychology-white-again-the-impact-of-dismantling-dei
GOOGLE AI
— AI in journalism. Your GOPUSA Illinois Editor does rely on AI to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together. Your GOPUSA Illinois Editor uses what he has learned a) serving as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, b) working for GAO for almost 18 years 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year, c) serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, d) serving as the TAPROOT Republican of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, e) serving as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, f) serving as the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster 2000-2004 and 2008-2010, g) serving as an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004, h) earning master’s degrees in business (1976), accounting (1980), and finance (1997), i) earning professional certifications in accounting (1979), internal auditing (1981), fraud examination (1990), government financial management (1994), financial services auditing (1996), and forensic accounting (1997), j) becoming a licensed CPA (1981), k) filing lawsuits, l) being the subject of a nasty 4-page Money Magazine article in 1978 ( https://gopillinois.com/documents/ ), m) etc.
https://www.google.com/search?q=Ai+journalism
August 23, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— U.S. District Judge William Orrick in San Francisco ruled late Friday that Trump cannot deny funding to Boston, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles and 30 other cities and counties because of policies that limit cooperation with federal immigration efforts. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/22/trump-sanctuary-city-funding-ruling/
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PHOTO: Democrat leaders promote Chicago pastor Donovan Price who says to Trump “Stay out of our city.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250822/nation-and-world-politics/stay-out-of-our-city-chicago-officials-slam-trumps-threat-to-target-city-in-next-crime-crackdown/
NBC5
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do things that increase poverty and crime.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/pritzker-says-safety-of-illinois-people-the-highest-priority-as-trump-targets-chicago-in-crime-crackdown/3813798/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-mayor-has-grave-concerns-as-trump-threatens-to-send-in-national-guard/3813669/
CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do things that increase poverty and crime.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/mayor-brandon-johnson-president-trump-chicago-federal-law-enforcement-crime-national-guard/
WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do things that increase poverty and crime.
https://www.wbez.org/politics/2025/08/22/donald-trump-national-guard-troops-chicago-threat-brandon-johnson-jb-pritzker-washington-dc
WAND TV
— Democrat leaders threaten to use the Texas fight against Democrat gerrymandering to gerrymander Illinois, California, and New York even more.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/texas-lawmakers-give-final-approval-to-redrawn-congressional-map-favoring-gop-send-to-governor/article_4f5e4910-98d8-570f-8a42-c522ebbbb7cd.html
25 NEWS NOW
— Republican central Illinois official responds to White House calls for the end of mail-in voting
https://www.25newsnow.com/2025/08/22/central-illinois-official-responds-white-house-calls-end-mail-in-voting/
WCIA
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.wcia.com/news/illinois-news/new-statewide-hotline-helps-lgbtq-people-navigate-illinois-laws/
AXIOS CHICAGO
— Illinois Democrats ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ.
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2025/08/22/illinois-lgbtq-hotline-pride-connect-trump-legal-rights
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CHICAGO CONTRARIAN
— Chicago Mayor Still Wallows in the Worst Job Approval Rating in the Country
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/chicago-mayor-worst-job-approval-rating
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Trump Pushes Major Election Reforms
https://illinoisfamily.org/federal/trump-pushes-major-election-reforms/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Wirepoints Faces 74% Revenue Drop Since 2020 as Spending Spikes 57% as Leader Eyes Governor Run on Fiscal Issues. Since its peak, the number of GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter subscribers has decreased a) because subscribers give up on Illinois politics and government, b) because subscribers die, and c) because subscribers move out of Illinois. But the number of my subscribers who are my critics/opponents and who read my newsletters for opposition research increases. Further, subscribers and potential subscribers see that the following not only do not encourage reading my newsletters, but that they discourage reading my newsletters by taking adverse actions against me including more recently removing me from the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee last year and ending by service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021: past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, and campaign volunteers, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders. I should write about the aforesaid. I would focus on the aforesaid who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately. Further, subscribers and potential subscribers see that while I promote my direct competitors, they do not promote me.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/08/wirepoints-faces-74-revenue-drop-since-2020-as-spending-spikes-57-as-leader-eyes-governor-run-on-fiscal-issues.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Dabrowski, a close ally of state central committee member Jeanne Ives and Naples-based Chicago radio host Dan Proft, regularly offers commentary on Illinois’ finances and economy. He has led Wirepoints since its founding in 2018. . .For years, Dabrowski has maintained his distance from Trump, carefully avoiding any hint of an endorsement. Dabrowski will face DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick in the Republican primary for governor, with additional candidates expected to enter the race in the coming months.)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Words Democrats should avoid to stop sounding like ‘enforcers of wokeness’ — according to center-left think tank
https://nypost.com/2025/08/22/us-news/words-democrats-should-avoid-to-stop-sounding-like-enforcers-of-wokeness/
— National Guard mobilizing up to 1,700 in 19 states amid immigration, crime crackdown
https://nypost.com/2025/08/23/us-news/trump-to-mobilize-national-guard-in-19-states-in-crackdown-on-crime-illegal-immigration/
DAILY WIRE
— Your Child’s School Might Still Be Pushing Transgender Ideology Despite Trump’s Orders. Many schools still allow boys in girls’ bathrooms and to participate in girls’ sports.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/your-childs-school-might-still-be-pushing-transgender-ideology-despite-trumps-orders
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— New York State Claims Right to Give Welfare to Illegal Aliens. States should not get federal money for breaking the law.
https://www.fairus.org/press-release/new-york-state-claims-right-give-welfare-illegal-aliens
NEW AMERICAN
— Is Wokeness Really Dying? Or Is It Just Undergoing a Luciferian Change in Form?
https://thenewamerican.com/us/culture/is-wokeness-really-dying-or-is-it-just-undergoing-a-luciferian-change-in-form/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Pritzker slams Trump’s threat to target Chicago next: ‘We don’t play those games’
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5467209-jb-pritzker-donald-trump-chicago-crime-crackdown/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrat Chicago leaders vehemently oppose Trump cracking down on crime in Chicago. A Chicago pastor says ““Stay out of our city.” Because of crime, I left Chicago in 1971 and my wife and I left Chicago in 1978. While I worked for IRS in Chicago, a) my 1969 Dodge Charger SE was stolen in Chicago in 1971 and b) my 1962 Chevrolet Bel Air was stolen in Chicago in 1973.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-says-chicago-likely-next-193746631.html
— Florida puts rainbow crosswalks in the crosshairs, as cities face deadlines to remove them. If you do not promote LGBTQ, Democrat and RINO employers a) will not hire you and b) will get rid of you if you are an employee.
https://apnews.com/article/florida-lgbtq-rainbow-crosswalks-desantis-58b22e99150bc89f91362e0bd99aa52a
NEWSWEEK
— Florida Locals Defy Ron DeSantis By Restoring Pulse Rainbow Crosswalk. If you do not promote LGBTQ, Democrat and RINO employers a) will not hire you and b) will get rid of you if you are an employee.
https://www.newsweek.com/florida-locals-ron-desantis-pulse-rainbow-crosswalk-2117628
MSN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) paint Democrats as having fought against slavery in the Civil War and b) paint Republicans as having fought for slavery in the Civil War. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly paint today’s Republicans as being yesterday’s Democrats. All my ancestors were Republicans because Republicans fought against slavery.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/here-we-go-again-trump-wants-smithsonian-to-focus-on-americas-brightness-and-hide-the-dark-truth-about-slavery/ar-AA1KT09s
MSNBC
— Trump admin lowers FBI recruitment standards in a deeply ironic twist. The administration is reportedly set to lower its education and training standards for people looking to work for the nation’s top law enforcement agency.
https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/trump-patel-fbi-recruitment-standards-lower-rcna226690
— Quigley: FBI’s search of Bolton will have ‘extraordinary chilling effect.’ The adverse actions that my critics/opponents have had their operatives and dupes take against me have had a chilling effect on conservatives in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.msnbc.com/katy-tur/watch/fbi-s-search-of-bolton-will-have-extraordinary-chilling-effect-rep-quigley-245600325582
NBC NEWS
— Pulse Memorial’s rainbow crosswalk removed. If you do not promote LGBTQ, Democrat and RINO employers a) will not hire you and b) will get rid of you if you are an employee.
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/pulse-memorial-rainbow-crosswalk-removed-orlando-florida-rcna226335
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat and RINO Leaders Decry That Republicans Elect Joe Gruters, a Trump Ally From Florida, to Lead the R.N.C.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/us/politics/rnc-joe-gruters-trump-republicans.html
— According to Democrat and RINO leaders, Trump cannot fire Federal Reserve Governors. According to the judges and justices in Diersen v. GAO, the Democrats who run the federal government can fire federal employees because they are Republican, and especially if they are Republican and White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. And even more especially if they complain about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/us/politics/can-trump-fire-a-fed-governor.html
— Year Will End With 300,000 Fewer Federal Workers. The reduction would be the largest single-year decline in civilian federal employment since World War II. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, I might still be a GAO employee.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/us/politics/trump-federal-workers.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump nominates his presidential personnel chief Sergio Gor to be U.S. ambassador to India. Gor has hired almost 4,000 people into government roles. My undergraduate major and my MBA area of concentration was personnel management. If I could do it over again, it would have been accounting. I say that because I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt when I was 30 and 32 respectively and I became a licensed CPA when I was 32. But by the time I did the foresaid, the accounting profession deemed me to be far too old to have a successful career in accounting.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/08/23/sergio-gor-trump-india-ambassador/
— Democrat leaders say that FBI raid on Bolton is part of a Trump revenge campaign. My Democrat superiors in the federal government took adverse actions against me a) because I refused to become a Democrat, b) because I complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, and c) because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. They would not have taken adverse actions against me if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran. But if I had been any of the aforesaid, I would not have had anything to complain about.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/08/22/john-bolton-trump-fbi-revenge-search/
— Trump turns $11B in US government funds into a 10% stake in downtrodden Intel. Trump on Friday announced the U.S. government has secured a 10% stake in the struggling Silicon Valley pioneer Intel in a deal completed just a couple weeks after he depicted the company’s CEO as a conflicted leader unfit for the job. Constructively, my Democrat IRS superiors treated me like I was unfit to be a GS-13 and my Democrat GAO superiors treated me like I was unfit to be a GS-14. In my defense, while I worked for IRS, I earned an MBA when I was 27 and I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 While I worked for GAO, I earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA when I was 32, I earned job-related professional certifications when I was 41, 45, 47, and 48, and I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading when I was 48.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/22/trump-intel-us-equity-stake/1d42ac44-7f8e-11f0-971c-6c8e53bd2f21_story.html
— Trump ever-increasingly fights race based preference giving. My critics/opponents promote race and gender based preference giving, that is, they discriminate against Whites and men.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/08/22/college-grants-hispanic-populations/
— Appeals court rules that the $515 million in fines against Trump were excessive. The adverse actions that my Democrat superiors in the federal government took against me because I opposed their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination were excessive. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old, delayed my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and e) forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. My Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions, and disallowed my travel vouchers. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign and disallowed my sick leave requests.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/22/trump-james-fraud-lawsuit-appeal/3bbdbd24-7fa9-11f0-971c-6c8e53bd2f21_story.html
— ‘Stay out of our city’: Chicago officials slam Trump’s threat to target city in next crime crackdown. President Donald Trump says Chicago will likely be the next target of his efforts to address crime, homelessness and illegal immigration. Because of crime, I left Chicago in 1971 and my wife and I left Chicago in 1978. While I worked for IRS in Chicago, a) my 1969 Dodge Charger SE was stolen in Chicago in 1971 and b) my 1962 Chevrolet Bel Air was stolen in Chicago in 1973.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/22/trump-crime-crackdown-dc-chicago-new-york/948da974-7f8f-11f0-971c-6c8e53bd2f21_story.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Test That Rules Chinese Society. The gaokao is China’s college entrance exam, but it shapes the country and its people far beyond the classroom.
https://www.wsj.com/world/china/the-test-that-rules-chinese-society-dd9c8dc7
— The Price of Parenting. My Democrat GAO superiors decried the time and money they needed to raise their children. Their spouses had little or no income.
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/the-price-of-parenting-284b505a
POLITICO
— Democrat leaders say that what Texas is doing is gerrymandering.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/23/texas-passes-congressional-map-gerrymander-00519116
DAILY KOS
— For Democrat leaders, education exists to crank out good little Democrats. If my parents had sent me to Crete Elementary instead of Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete and Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest, I would not have been able to earn an ACT score of 24, graduate from Crete-Monee High School in the upper 20% of my class, and get accepted by UIC.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/8/22/2339791/-Oklahoma-Imposes-PragerU-Wokeness-Test-on-Teachers-Undermining-Education-and-Democracy
AXIOS
— Sooner or later, all my critics/opponents who falsely claim to be Republican will not only switch parties and become Democrats, they will crow that they have always done everything that they could to destroy Republicans. Far too many get involved in Republican politics to get the Republican Party to strike the following planks from its platform: personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving). The more of the aforesaid planks that they reject, the harder that they work against me.
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/23/fbi-probes-trumps-political-enemies
GOOGLE AI
— Ukraine officially declared its independence from the Soviet Union on August 24, 1991, a declaration overwhelmingly supported by a popular referendum on December 1, 1991. This established Ukraine as an independent nation, though it has since faced numerous challenges to its sovereignty, particularly Russian aggression, which escalated into a full-scale invasion in 2022.
https://www.google.com/search?q=Ukraine+independence