May 8, 2025 Evening Edition

FOX NEWS
— Trump Hails ‘Great Honor’ of First American Pope
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fox-news-politics-newsletter-trump-hails-great-honor-first-american-pope
— Pritzker accused of ‘insulting’ ICE with sanctuary policies as Noem, Angel families protest
https://www.foxnews.com/media/illinois-gov-pritzker-accused-insulting-ice-sanctuary-policies-noem-angel-families-protest

ILLINOIS GOP
— ILGOP Celebrates New Pope And Chicago Native, Cardinal Robert Prevost
https://illinois.gop/newsroom/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost elected pope, taking name Leo XIV
https://abc7chicago.com/post/2025-is-new-pope-cardinal-robert-francis-prevost-1st-american-chicago-elected-catholic-church-leader/16358670/
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/2025-papal-conclave-cardinals-gather-elect-pope-vatican-city-rome/16339118/

WLS AM
— New Pope Registered Republican in Illinois; Trump Critic
https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.wlsam.com/2025/05/08/new-pope-registered-republican-in-illinois-trump-critic/

WBEZ
— DePaul president faces off against GOP members of Congress. Conservative lawmakers who questioned DePaul President Robert Manuel were accused of using antisemitism claims to chill free speech.
https://www.wbez.org/education/2025/05/07/depaul-president-faces-off-against-gop-members-of-congress

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago native Robert Prevost becomes the first American pope in history
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/08/robert-prevost-pope/
— Robert Prevost was ‘the pride and joy of every priest and nun’ at St. Mary’s on Chicago’s South Side
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/08/robert-prevost-chicago-pope-xiv/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders accuse Congressional Republicans of political witch hunt in antisemitism hearing involving DePaul president. University president Robert Manuel faced three hours of heated questions.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/05/07/depaul-president-faces-off-against-gop-members-of-congress

DAILY HERALD
— At home in New Lenox, new pope’s brother found out like everyone else
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250508/news/it-was-a-shocking-moment-new-popes-brother-lives-in-new-lenox/
— Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, overcame a taboo against a US pontiff
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250508/religion/prevost-now-pope-leo-xiv-overcame-a-taboo-against-a-us-pontiff/
— Trump says he is naming Fox News host and former judge Jeanine Pirro as top federal prosecutor in DC
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250508/nation-and-world-politics/trump-says-he-is-naming-fox-news-host-and-former-judge-jeanine-pirro-as-top-federal-prosecutor-in-dc/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— The new pope is from Chicago. Here are some of his ties to Illinois
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/local/2025/05/08/new-pope-is-from-chicago-here-are-some-of-his-ties-to-illinois/83516559007/

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Central Illinois bishops greet new pope ‘with hearts full of joy and hope’
https://pantagraph.com/life-entertainment/local/faith-values/article_a5c62ee3-422e-42e3-8dd4-23258ad65fdf.html

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Democrat leaders use “social justice” to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/whats-in-a-name-pope-leo-xivs-choice-signals-a-commitment-to-social-justice/article_2ecfa121-cf15-57b1-ad99-3066a475a21e.html
— Wisconsin Republicans kill marijuana legalization
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/wisconsin-republicans-kill-marijuana-legalization-and-tax-increases-for-millionaires/article_a345cc22-1a98-5f33-99aa-3954b9bbcf88.html

RIVER BENDER
— After Sec. Noem’s Springfield Visit, Davidsmeyer Again Calls for End of Illinois’ Failed Sanctuary Policy
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/after-sec-noems-springfield-visit-davidsmeyer-again-calls-for-end-of-illinois-failed-sanctuary-policy-82245.cfm?
— Attorney General Raoul Files Lawsuit To Stop Illegal Termination Of Federal Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Funding
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/attorney-general-raoul-files-lawsuit-to-stop-illegal-termination-of-federal-electric-vehicle-infrastructure-funding-82248.cfm?
— What percent of those in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct are on Medicaid?
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/senator-duckworth-leads-vigil-against-medicaid-cuts-82271.cfm?

WEST SUBURBAN JOURNAL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://westsuburbanjournal.com/welch-house-democrats-rally-in-response-to-trump-officials-rhetoric-during-illinois-visit/

ILLINOIS TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Trump.
https://www.illinoistimes.com/news-opinion/fighting-back-against-trump-20133313

FOX ILLINOIS
— Republicans push college presidents to protect Jewish students
https://foxillinois.com/news/connect-to-congress/house-gop-continues-to-push-colleges-to-do-more-to-combat-antisemitism-on-campus-haverford-college-depaul-university-california-polytechnic-state-university-house-education-committee

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-05-08/americans-are-already-seeing-trumps-tariffs-kick-in-they-sent-in-receipts-to-prove-it

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote segregation.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-trumps-anti-dei-push-doesnt-stop-black-kentucky-grads-from-holding-an-off-campus-celebration/

IPM ILLINOIS
— What percent of those in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct are on Medicaid?
https://ipmnewsroom.org/republicans-have-medicaid-in-their-crosshairs-and-illinois-residents-who-depend-on-it-are-worried/

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
— Illinois Youth Survey finds troubling substance use trends
https://news.illinois.edu/illinois-youth-survey-finds-troubling-substance-use-trends/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Robert Prevost, first American pope in history of the Catholic Church, will take the name Leo XIV
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/8/robert-prevost-1st-american-pope-history-catholic-church-take-name/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The SALT terrorists holding Trump’s agenda hostage need to put up or shut up. SALT ended itemization. By itemizing, my wife and I paid less federal income tax starting in 1978 when we got married and I paid less federal income tax starting in 1972.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3405221/salt-deduction-terrorists-holding-trump-agenda-hostage-put-up-or-shut-up/

BREITBART
— Rep. Hageman Introduces ‘No Student Visas for Sanctuary Cities Act’
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/05/07/exclusive-rep-hageman-introduces-no-student-visas-for-sanctuary-cities-act/

FEDERALIST
— Where Was Democrats’ Outrage When Obama And Biden Deported Illegal Alien Housekeepers And Gardeners?
https://thefederalist.com/2025/05/08/where-was-democrats-outrage-when-obama-and-biden-deported-illegal-alien-housekeepers-and-gardeners/

HUMAN EVENTS
— Jack Posobiec criticizes Pope Leo XIV for “promoting anti-Trump and anti-Bukele articles regarding the deportations of criminal illegals”
https://www.mediamatters.org/jack-posobiec/jack-posobiec-criticizes-pope-leo-xiv-promoting-anti-trump-and-anti-bukele-articles-0

LIVE ACTION
— First American pope in history has strong record of defending sanctity of human life
https://www.liveaction.org/news/first-american-pope-record-sanctity-human-life/

NEWSMAX
— New Pope Registered Republican in Illinois; Trump Critic
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/pope-leox-iv-voter-registration-republican/2025/05/08/id/1210160/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NEW YORK TIMES
— Pope Leo XIV Has Voted Often in Illinois, Public Records Show. He voted in November’s presidential election with an absentee ballot, according to records from a suburban Chicago county.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/us/pope-leo-xiv-politics-voting.html

NBC NEWS
— New pope’s social media posts offer some insight into his politics. On social media before he became pope, Robert Prevost expressed support for gun reform and immigration — and showed some disagreement with the Trump administration.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/pope-leo-social-media-posts-vance-rcna205677

NEWSWEEK
— Is Robert Prevost a Republican?
https://www.newsweek.com/robert-prevost-political-afiliation-what-we-know-2069880

CBS NEWS
— Pope Leo XIV grew up in Dolton studied and taught in Chicago area
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/pope-leo-xiv-born-in-chicago-grew-up-dolton-illinois/

WCCS RADIO
— ‘Democracy in crisis?’ DC universities offering Trump-themed class this fall. Democrats and RINOs use democracy to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.wccsradio.com/rss/democracy-in-crisis-dc-universities-offering-trump-themed-class-this-fall/

BLOOMBERG LAW
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters crow that “Trump’s Policies Have Been Stopped by Courts More Than 200 Times.”
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/cannabis/trumps-policies-have-been-stopped-by-courts-more-than-200-times

TPM
— MAGA Melts Down Over First American Pope
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things-stand/maga-melts-down-over-first-american-pope

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— 71% of Democrats Want Elon Musk in Prison
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/partner_surveys/71_of_democrats_want_elon_musk_in_prison

DODGE GARAGE
— Next-Level Muscle: Why the 2025 Dodge Charger EV Impresses EV Fans
https://www.dodgegarage.com/news/article/owners-clubs/2025/04/next-level-muscle-why-the-2025-dodge-charger-ev-converts-a-loyal-enthusiast.html

TORQUE NEWS
— My Fourth EV Is A 2025 Charger EV, After Owning Model Y, Mustang Mach-E, And F-150 Lightning, This Electric Muscle Car Finally Gets Everything Right
https://www.torquenews.com/17998/my-fourth-ev-2025-charger-ev-after-owning-model-y-mustang-mach-e-and-f-150-lightning-electric/amp

May 8, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— The mainstream news media exists to destroy Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/07/trump-trade-deals/
— Pritzker, if you want to solve problems, lose the contempt
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/08/opinion-jb-pritzker-civil-discourse/
— Harold Washington librarians concerned for their safety with security incidents on the rise
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/07/harold-washington-library-safety-concerns/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— The mainstream news media exists to destroy Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/05/07/elon-musk-trump-spending-cuts-doge-government-accountability-office-jacob-sullum

DAILY HERALD
— The mainstream news media exists to destroy Trump.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250508/columns/the-complicated-unproductive-search-for-the-narrative/

ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/libya-judge-says-deporting-migrants-would-violate-order/16350758/
— Illinois regains access to $77M in federal education funds following judge’s order. Democrats use education funds to create good little Democrats.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-regains-access-77m-federal-education-funds-following-judges-order-blocking-trump-administration-restricting-money/16353598/

NBC5
— Massive signs erected outside Illinois Governor’s Mansion amid Kristi Noem visit. Noem had traveled to Illinois Wednesday for a press conference aimed at Illinois’ “sanctuary” policies.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/massive-signs-erected-outside-illinois-governors-mansion-amid-kristi-noem-visit/3740250/

WTTW
— New Study Suggests Changes to Illinois’ Community College-University Pipeline. According to my critics/opponents, degrees from non-Ivy League universities are worthless, that is, my degrees from NIU, Loyola, DePaul, and IIT are worthless.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/05/07/new-study-suggests-changes-illinois-community-college-university-pipeline

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Emma Shafer’s parents to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/state/2025/05/08/parents-of-2023-homicide-victim-call-out-homeland-security-secretary/83499875007/

WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use “cultural events” to promote the Democrat Party platform.
https://www.wbez.org/wbez-newsletter/2025/05/07/the-rundown-chicago-cultural-events-face-canceled-grants

WTVO
— 50% of Illinois residents would move out of the state if they could. Illinois Democrats led by Pritzker ever-increasingly drive Republicans out of Illinois, and especially Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/poll-50-illinois-residents-move-204254687.html

WGLT
— For Democrats, education exists to create good little Democrats.
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-05-07/its-a-challenge-higher-ed-must-do-everything-everywhere-all-at-once

WJBC
— Illinois regains access to $77M in federal education funds following judge’s order. Democrats use education funds to create good little Democrats.
https://www.wjbc.com/2025/05/07/illinois-regains-access-to-77m-in-federal-education-funds-following-judges-order/

NPR ILLINOIS
— How dependent on federal spending are your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-05-07/what-trump-administration-cuts-mean-for-mental-health-in-one-rural-school-district
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-05-07/trumps-tariffs-are-showing-up-in-americans-receipts

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders use Pritzker, Underwood, and Emma Shafer’s parents to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/05/08/kristi-noem-highlights-immigration-at-springfield-media-event-00335220

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/05/08/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-508/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Offices on the 2026 Republican primary ballot in your precinct include U.S. Senate, all five Illinois statewide offices, and countywide offices. What are the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party and your Republican county and township organizations doing to recruit the best possible candidates to run? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

WIREPOINTS
— They’ve destroyed jobs and opportunity for black Chicagoans. My Democrat GAO superiors can stress that to give my job to my Black Democrat subordinate, they forced me to retire when I was 49 year old in 1997.  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 processional license like the one I had.
https://wirepoints.org/theyve-destroyed-jobs-and-opportunity-for-black-chicagoans-wirepoints/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_aacb2da9-2b4c-4b72-8637-eefc2ade43d1.html

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Homeland Security Secretary Baits the Beast in Springfield
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/07/homeland-security-secretary-baits-the-beast-in-springfield/

CHICAGOLAND JOURNAL
— IL Freedom Caucus Joins Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem On Failed Sanctuary State Policies and Immigration
https://thechicagolandjournal.com/il-freedom-caucus-joins-homeland-security-secretary-kristi-noem-on-failed-sanctuary-state-policies-and-immigration/
— Rep. Adam Niemerg joins Sec. Kristi Noem in calling for compliance with federal immigration laws
https://thechicagolandjournal.com/rep-adam-niemerg-joins-sec-kristi-noem-in-calling-for-compliance-with-federal-immigration-laws/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Legal immigration is protecting blue state electoral power
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/3403948/legal-immigration-protecting-blue-state-electoral-power-reapportionment/

NEW YORK POST
— Thousands of migrants still living at NYC’s historic Roosevelt Hotel — despite ticking clock for shelter to close. How many illegals are still living in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://nypost.com/2025/05/07/us-news/nearly-2k-migrants-still-housed-in-nycs-historic-roosevelt-hotel-despite-city-saying-it-will-shutter-the-shelter-next-month/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— ICE checking for illegals at swanky DC eateries, workers in a state of panic
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/05/07/ice-checking-for-illegals-at-swanky-dc-eateries-workers-in-a-state-of-panic-1541715/

BLAZE
— University of Chicago prof canceled midterm test and encouraged students to join protest against ‘authoritarian’ Trump
https://www.theblaze.com/news/univ-chicago-email-protest-trump

BREITBART
— Migrant Nonprofits Seek Donations as Trump Cuts Federal Funds
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/05/07/migrant-nonprofits-seek-donations-as-trump-cuts-federal-funds/

COLLEGE FIX
— UChicago professor cancels exam so students can protest Trump
https://www.thecollegefix.com/inappropriate-uchicago-professor-cancels-exam-so-students-can-protest-trump/

DAILY CALLER
— Companies Sidestep Trump’s DEI Crackdown
https://dailycaller.com/2025/05/07/american-companies-may-sidestep-trump-dei-crackdown/

FOX BUSINESS
— The US must hold China accountable for ripping us off
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6372483675112

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— U. Chicago Prof Cancels Midterm, Tells Students to Join Anti-Trump Protest Instead
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/05/u-chicago-prof-cancels-midterm-tells-students-to-join-anti-trump-protest-instead/

POST MILLENNIAL
— Trump signs order to bring pharmaceutical manufacturing home to the US. What percent of what you buy was made in a foreign country?
https://thepostmillennial.com/trumps-signs-order-to-bring-pharmaceutical-manufacturing-home-to-the-us
— Salt Lake City council votes to make LGBTQ Pride flags official city flags in defiance of state law
https://thepostmillennial.com/salt-lake-city-council-votes-to-make-lgbtq-pride-flags-official-city-flags-in-defiance-of-state-law

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NEW YORK TIMES
— The mainstream new media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/donald-trump-approval-rating-polls.html
— Toyota Says Tariffs Will Erase $1.3 Billion in Profits in Just 2 Months. What percent of what you buy was made in a foreign country?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/business/toyota-earnings-trump-tariffs.html
— To those who demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being pro-Trump, I say that I am pro-conservative principles, that I am pro-Republican Party platform.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/us/politics/trump-voice-of-america.html
— West Point Is Supposed to Educate, Not Indoctrinate
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/opinion/west-point-trump-military.html
— What motivated you the most to get a college degree? For me, it was my father decrying that he did not have one.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/opinion/college-technical-vocational-education.html?searchResultPosition=2

WASHINGTON POST
— Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration’s new transit and homelessness grant conditions
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/07/trump-cities-grants-lawsuit/b2e0ce5e-2bb3-11f0-a724-3bc879c9f843_story.html
— Chief justice touts judicial independence, rejects impeaching judges. The judges and justices who have ruled against me have made it clear that they promote the Democrat Party platform, that is, that they promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, that they promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/07/chief-justice-roberts-judicial-independence-buffalo/

USA TODAY
— Whose enemies lists are you on? I should write about those who have me on their enemies lists. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of clout in the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party. I would focus on those who continue to blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2025/05/06/trump-targets-schools-science-federal-funding/83378205007/
— Democrat leaders decry reduced efforts to promote LGBTQ.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/05/06/pride-month-defections-dei-backlash/83376447007/
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use DEI to destroy Republicans.
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/2025/05/07/the-companies-standing-up-to-trump-on-dei/83503855007/

NBC NEWS
— Some brands are doing tariff-related price hikes on May 1 — here’s what to buy now. What percent of what you buy was made in a foreign country?
https://www.nbcnews.com/select/shopping/what-to-buy-tariffs-rcna200485

CNN
— Chief Justice John Roberts stresses judicial independence amid tensions with Trump. The judges and justices who have ruled against me have made it clear that they promote the Democrat Party platform, that is, that they promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, that they promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/07/politics/john-roberts-event-judicial-independence

REUTERS
— States sue Trump administration over $3 billion in blocked EV charging grants. I just bought an EV, but I am extremely reluctant to charge it anywhere other than in my garage.
https://www.dispatch.com/story/money/cars/2025/05/08/states-sue-trump-ev-charging-grants/83507390007/

NEWSWEEK
— Parents Need School Choice. If my parents had not sent me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools, I would not have been able to get an ACT score of 24, graduate in the upper 20% of my high school class, or get accepted by UIC. But because of the tuition they paid, I had to work my way through college and my GPA was lower.
https://www.newsweek.com/parents-need-school-choice-congress-can-help-opinion-2063846

MSN
— What percent of what you buy was made in a foreign country?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/trump-wants-tariffs-on-medicine-here-s-what-it-could-mean-for-you/ar-AA1ElZqA
— Here Are All the Countries Where Your Car Is Actually Made. What percent of what you buy was made in a foreign country?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/here-are-all-the-countries-where-your-car-is-actually-made/ar-AA1DVZzU

MSNBC
— Democrat leaders say “Trump scoffs at rising prices for families while his inner circle cashes in on foreign deals.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXiPr-mW1X8


CITY JOURNAL
— Pritzker’s Progressive Trap.
The Illinois governor seems determined to stick with left-wing cultural politics as he eyes a White House bid in 2028.
https://www.city-journal.org/article/illinois-governor-j-b-pritzker-democratic-presidential-nomination-2028

BLOOMBERG
— What percent of what you buy was made in a foreign country?
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-06/phrma-says-trump-drug-price-idea-could-cost-industry-1-trillion

FORBES
— Car Ownership Statistics 2025. The cars that you own say more about you than anything that you can say about yourself. What is the most recent car that you bought? I just bought a new red 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T Plus EV.
https://www.forbes.com/advisor/car-insurance/car-ownership-statistics/

REAL CLEAR MARKETS
— The Many Difficulties In Bringing Manufacturing Back. What percent of what you buy was made in a foreign country?
https://www.realclearmarkets.com/2025/05/02/the_many_difficulties_in_bringing_manufacturing_back_1107669.html

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Five years after India opened the door for American colleges, IIT became the first to accept the invitation. I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT when I was 48 in 1997. I did that a) because my Democrat GAO superiors had made it clear that they would never again assign me to audits of IRS, b) because they had assigned me audits of federal financial institution regulators since 1990, c) because I had previously not taken that many courses in finance, and d) because my supervisor wanted me to earn that degree. But in 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors flushed my IIT degree down their toilet by forcing me to retire.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/global/us-colleges-world/2025/05/08/illinois-tech-establishes-first-us-campus-india

ECONOMICS TIMES
— What percent of what you buy was made in a foreign country?
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/stocks/news/trumps-trade-war-how-tariffs-are-shaping-global-trade/slideshow/120988615.cms

May 7, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem stops in Springfield to criticize state’s immigration policies
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/07/homeland-security-secretary-kristi-noem-stops-in-springfield-to-criticize-states-immigration-policies/
— School board president paves way for interim CEO to lead CPS without required license. While I worked GAO 1981-1997, I was the only licensed CPA in its Chicago office.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/07/cristina-pacione-zayas-interim-cps-ceo/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: But first, board members told the Tribune on Wednesday that Harden is trying to corral a majority vote of 11 members to undo a resolution that passed unanimously at a March board meeting, which requires that both the next CEO and the interim CEO must have a “valid Illinois Professional Educator License, with a Superintendent endorsement.” Pacione-Zayas does not have a superintendent license.)
— Brandon Johnson strong-arms Board of Ed to install his ill-qualified chief of staff
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/07/editorial-chicago-public-schools-pacione-zayas/

CHICAGO SUNTIMES
— In Springfield visit, Homeland Security chief Kristi Noem takes aim at Gov. Pritzker’s sanctuary policies
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/05/07/homeland-security-kristi-noem-pritzkers-sanctuary-policies

ABC7
— DHS Sec. Kristi Noem attacks Pritzker, Illinois sanctuary policies
https://abc7chicago.com/post/kristi-noem-secretary-department-homeland-security-attacks-gov-jb-pritzker-sanctuary-policies-springfield-il/16349267/

NBC5
— Kristi Noem blasts JB Pritzker in Springfield, Illinois governor responds The Homeland Security secretary traveled to Springfield, celebrating Trump’s immigration policies and criticizing Illinois
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/kristi-noem-blasts-pritzker-in-springfield-illinois-governor-responds/3740018/
— ‘Do her damn job’: Illinois Sec. of State criticizes Kristi Noem ahead of Springfield visit. While her visit was not expected to focus on the big change for travelers, Giannoulias issued a statement, saying Noem’s messaging around Real ID sparked “pure panic among residents.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/do-her-damn-job-illinois-sec-of-state-criticizes-kristi-noem-ahead-of-springfield-visit/3739920/

CBS2
— DHS Secretary Noem and Illinois Gov. Pritzker spar over state’s immigration policies: “Performing for Fox News”
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/kristi-noem-springfield-illinois-immigration-sanctuary-laws/

FOX32
— Noem slams Illinois’ sanctuary policies in Springfield, Pritzker fires back
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/clash-springfield-noem-pritzker-spar-over-immigration
— Noem and Pritzker clash over Illinois immigration policies
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1637426

WLS AM
— Sec. Noem: Ill. Gov. Pritzker Protects ‘Illegal Criminals’
https://www.wlsam.com/2025/05/07/sec-noem-ill-gov-pritzker-protects-illegal-criminals/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Homeland Security Secretary to Pritzker: ‘Change your ways and protect your people’
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/government/2025/05/07/pritzker-calls-out-trump-noem-for-violating-the-us-constitution/83475775007/

JOURNAL TOPICS
— Homeland Security secretary’s visit draws heated reactions from protestors, state officials
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/kristi-noem-criticizes-illinois-immigration-20314919.php

RIVER BENDER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ in the military
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/duckworth-slams-farright-supreme-courts-shameful-decision-to-allow-enforcement-of-trumps-trans-military-service-ban-82210.cfm?

WFIN
— Pritzker in hot seat after parents harmed by sanctuary policies lash out
https://wfin.com/fox-political-news/blue-state-governor-in-hot-seat-after-parents-harmed-by-sanctuary-policies-lash-out-gut-punch/

WJBC & WMBD & WGEM
— Pritzker calls Noem’s Illinois stop on immigration laws a “publicity stunt.”
https://www.wjbc.com/2025/05/07/dhs-secretary-kristi-noems-illinois-stop-on-immigration-laws-called-publicity-stunt/
https://wmbdradio.com/2025/05/07/dhs-secretary-kristi-noems-illinois-stop-on-immigration-laws-called-publicity-stunt/
https://www.wgem.com/2025/05/07/dhs-secretary-kristi-noems-illinois-stop-immigration-laws-called-publicity-stunt/

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/05/07/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-300/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Effort Surfaces to Draft Rod Blagojevich for GOP Nomination for United States Senator
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/07/effort-surfaces-to-draft-rod-blagojevich-for-gop-nomination-for-united-states-senator/
— Raja Krishnamoorthi’s U.S. Senate Candidacy Announcement
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/07/raja-krishnamoorthis-u-s-senate-candidacy-announcement/
— Tax Burden in Illinois
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/07/tax-burden-in-illinois/
— Reactions to Pritzker May the 4th Be with You Tweet Just Hilarious
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/07/reactions-to-pritzker-may-the-4th-be-with-you-tweet/
— State Senator Laura Fine Seeks Schakowsky Seat in Congress
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/06/state-senator-seeks-schakowsky-seat-in-congress/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Republicans put California’s EV mandate on the chopping block
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/7/republicans-put-californias-ev-mandate-chopping-block/
— Time to pay back student loans. No more shirking responsibility.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/7/time-pay-back-student-loans/

NEW YORK POST
— It’s up to Congress, not DOGE, to slash runaway spending
https://nypost.com/2025/05/07/opinion/now-elon-tells-us-congress-not-doge-must-slash-spending/

BREITBART
— Raja Krishnamoorthi Eyes a Senate Run; Brags of Standing Up to ‘Bullies’ Like Trump
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/05/07/raja-krishnamoorthi-eyes-a-senate-run-brags-of-standing-up-to-bullies-like-trump/
— Kristi Noem, Angel Families Call on Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker to ‘Abandon Dangerous Sanctuary Policies’
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/05/07/kristi-noem-angel-families-call-on-illinois-gov-j-b-pritzker-abandon-dangerous-sanctuary-policies/

DAILY CALLER
– American Manufacturers Overwhelmed With Orders After Trump’s Tariff Crackdown On China
https://dailycaller.com/2025/05/05/american-business-returns-trump-tariffs-china/

EPOCH TIMES
— Crackdown on Student Loan Defaulters to Begin With Benefit Seizure, Then Wage Garnishment.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/crackdown-on-student-loan-defaulters-to-begin-with-benefit-seizure-then-wage-garnishment-5853392

FOX NEWS & WFIN
— Protesters gather outside Pritzker mansion to disrupt Noem presser, only to find she was never actually there
https://www.aol.com/protesters-gather-outside-pritzker-mansion-204705275.html
https://wfin.com/fox-political-news/protesters-gather-outside-pritzker-mansion-to-disrupt-noem-presser-only-to-find-she-was-never-actually-there/

LIFE NEWS
— Rep. Mary Miller Leads Fight to Defund Planned Parenthood
https://www.lifenews.com/2025/05/07/pro-life-congresswoman-leads-fight-to-defund-planned-parenthood/

NEWSMAX
— Sec. Noem: Ill. Gov. Pritzker Protects ‘Illegal Criminals’
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/dhs-ice-kristi-noem/2025/05/07/id/1209948/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Duckworth announces legislation protecting VA jobs. There was no legislation to protect GAO jobs while Gingrich gutted the agency during the 1980s and 1990s.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5288430-duckworth-bills-va-jobs/
— Pritzker’s office mockingly calls for ‘all pet owners’ to beware ahead of Noem visit
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5288021-pritzker-illinois-noem-trump-immigration-springfield/

NEWSWEEK
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote Pritzker.
https://www.newsweek.com/jb-pritzker-showing-democrats-how-stand-trump-opinion-2068770

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— $70,000/year salaries offered to high school juniors taking shop classes. I earned a bachelor’s degree in management when I was 21 in 1970. In today’s dollars, my IRS starting salary was $55,850/year when I was 22 in 1971. It was $68,315/year when I was 24 in 1972.  My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/skilled-trades-high-school-recruitment-fd9f8257

FORTUNE
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://fortune.com/article/corporate-social-responsibility-strategy-dei-backlash/

FORBES
— Workplace Competition: Pros and Cons. My Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted negative competition between their employees big time to get rid of their employees who were conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. They did not want their employees who were the aforesaid to band together. I should write about my Democrat superiors in the federal government who had the most success turning my coworkers who were the aforesaid against me.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/carolinecastrillon/2025/01/26/workplace-competition-pros-cons/

INSIDE EVs
— ‘A Trump Gift To China’: 17 States Sue Over EV Charger Funding Freeze
https://insideevs.com/news/758913/states-sue-trump-nevi-charger/

May 7, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Trump Tower plaza barricades pulled back after months of complaints. The fencing violated the planned development ordinance requiring open access to the 1.2-acre public plaza, according to the city’s Department of Planning and Development.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2025/05/06/trump-tower-plaza-barricades-pulled-back-after-months-of-complaints
— Proposed bill would limit where customers could buy EVs. The stated goal of anti-consumer legislation like Senate Bill 1939 is to protect the viability of franchise dealerships.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/05/07/electric-vehicles-limit-options-illinoisans-anti-consumer-car-dealerships-liam-condon
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/health/2025/05/07/new-study-suggests-insuring-immigrants-in-illinois-gives-hospitals-a-financial-lift

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/07/column-donald-trump-free-trade-tariffs-due-process-chapman/

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders promote Raja Krishnamoorthi big time.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250506/us-congress-politics/u-s-rep-krishnamoorthi-running-for-durbins-senate-seat/
— The Democratic Party of DuPage County announced a unique protest, Hands Across Chicagoland, from noon to 2 p.m. Sunday, May 18. Area Democrats plan to form a human chain along Ogden Avenue stretching from Chicago to Aurora. They promised “we will not block streets or businesses along the route.” How successful have Democrat leaders been driving Republicans out of your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? When Democrats move in, poverty and crime increase.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250506/nation-and-world-politics/political-roundabout-duckworths-senate-pick-gop-on-jbs-future-dems-plan-a-human-chain/

NBC5
— Illinois political scene sees seismic shift with high-profile retirements
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/illinois-political-scene-sees-seismic-shift-with-high-profile-retirements/3739479/
— Democrat leaders promote Raja Krishnamoorthi
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/democrat-raja-krishnamoorthi-launches-illinois-senate-campaign-rcna204834

CBS2
— Snarky back-and-forth ahead of DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s visit to Springfield
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/snarky-back-and-forth-ahead-of-dhs-secretary-kristi-noems-visit-to-springfield/

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2025/05/07/city/executive-order-against-sanctuary-cities-is-likely-unconstitutional-experts-say/

DAILY EGYPTIAN
— Democrat leaders push DEI initiatives amid Trump cuts. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at those who are the following that Republicans cause all of their problems: liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German America, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, lack education and/or job skills, have financial, health, and/or other problems, boozers, gamblers, stoners, prostitutes, criminals, are in America illegally, etc.
https://dailyegyptian.com/121383/news/siu-students-push-for-dei-initiatives-amid-trump-cuts/

KSDK
— Bill invites Illinois counties to join Indiana
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBUeoLhFOW8

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/05/07/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-507/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— The poorest homeowners are being crushed by Illinois’ property taxes
https://wirepoints.org/the-poorest-homeowners-are-being-crushed-by-illinois-property-taxes-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/

JOHN KASS
— Where’s Columbus? Chicago’s Italians Mocked as Clowns & Chumbolones
https://johnkassnews.com/wheres-columbus-chicagos-italians-mocked-as-clowns-chumbolones/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Trump’s DEI crackdown increasingly makes Democrat and RINO employers worried about lawsuits. Because Democrats have always controlled the courts, my Democrat superiors in the federal government were never concerned about lawsuits against them from their Republican employees. Actually, they welcomed such lawsuits against them, if not encouraged such lawsuits against them. You would see that if you would read the documents in Diersen v. GAO https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf  According to them, in that lawsuit, the courts ruled that federal employers can use the following to waste the careers of and to get rid of their Republican employees who are White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, and/or German American: budget cuts, up-or-out, and/or Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. My Democrat superiors crow that they succeeded in destroying a Republican federal employee who had a) three job-related master’s degrees, b) six job-related professional certifications, and c) a job-related professional license. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in destroying Tesla to destroy Musk to destroy Trump. What will Democrat leaders destroy next to destroy Trump? Anticipate/expect that the more demographics that you share with Trump, the more that Democrat leaders will do to destroy you. Trump is conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time. I share all of the aforesaid demographics with Trump. I should write about my critics/opponents and the many big adverse actions that they have had their operatives and their dupes take against me since 2015. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Because my Missouri Synod Lutheran grade school teachers promoted reading, writing, and arithmetic instead of the Democrat Party platform, I was able to get an ACT score of 24, graduate in the upper 20% of my high school class, and get accepted by UIC even though neither of my parents attended college, my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, and my mother never attended high school. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What Caste were you born into? My critics/opponents have always painted me as being lower Caste. They stress a) that neither of my parents attended college, b) that my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, c) that he never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars, d) that my mother never attended high school, e) that I had to work my way through college, f) that none of my degrees are from Ivy League universities, g) that I was a federal employee for almost 30 years, h) that I have been a federal retiree for almost 28 years, i) that I never earned more than $153,151/year in today’s dollars, and j) that I am Protestant and German American. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do the schools that you graduated from think of you? I graduated from NIU in 1970, Loyola in 1976, DePaul in 1980, and IIT in 1997. From what I see, the aforesaid schools have a very low opinion of me because I am conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What did your coworkers do to advance? Extremely few if not virtually none of my Democrat coworkers in the federal government did what I did. I worked for the Democrats who ran the Post Office when I was 18-20, IRS 22-31, and GAO 31-49. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21. I earned job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48. I earned job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48. I earned a job-related professional license when I was 32. To advance, my coworkers glorified and praised their superiors and supervisors, pandered to their superiors and supervisors, and served as operatives or dupes for their superiors and supervisors. They helped their superiors get rid of their Republican coworkers like me who were conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrat leaders push DEI initiatives amid Trump cuts. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at those who are the following that Republicans cause all of their problems: liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German America, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, lack education and/or job skills, have financial, health, and/or other problems, boozers, gamblers, stoners, prostitutes, criminals, are in America illegally, etc. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Rep. Mary Miller (R-IL) calls on Illinois sheriffs to defy Pritzker’s sanctuary law. What is your county sheriff’s position on this?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3403533/mary-miller-illinois-sheriffs-defy-sanctuary-law/

NEW YORK POST
— How black Americans were on the rise before affirmative action, author Jason Riley explains in fascinating new book
https://nypost.com/2025/05/06/opinion/black-americans-on-the-rise-before-affirmative-action-jason-riley-writes-in-new-book/

BREITBART
— Democrat Rep. Jasmine Crockett Fumes Over $1,000 for Illegals to Self-Deport: ‘It’s a Damn Scam’
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/05/06/democrat-rep-jasmine-crockett-fumes-over-1000-illegals-self-deport-its-damn-scam/
— Pro-Immigration Lawyers Whine that Trump Deportations Apply to All Illegals, Including Irish
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/05/06/trumps-deputies-deporting-irish-migrants/

COLLEGE FIX
— How black Americans were on the rise before affirmative action: new book
https://www.thecollegefix.com/bulletin-board/how-black-americans-were-on-the-rise-before-affirmative-action-new-book/

DAILY WIRE
— Trump Admin Cuts Funds For ‘Divisive,’ ‘Woke’ Children’s Programing At PBS.  Because my Missouri Synod Lutheran grade school teachers promoted reading, writing, and arithmetic instead of the Democrat Party platform, I was able to get an ACT score of 24, graduate in the upper 20% of my high school class, and get accepted by UIC even though neither of my parents attended college, my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, and my mother never attended high school.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-cuts-funds-for-divisive-woke-childrens-programing-at-pbs

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Chief Diversity Officers Struggling Under New Rules and DEI Bans
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/05/chief-diversity-officers-struggling-under-new-rules-and-dei-bans/

MEGYN KELLY
— How the Trump Admin Is Finally Fighting Back Against Elite Universities and Illegal Discrimination
https://www.megynkelly.com/watch/how-the-trump-admin-is-finally-fighting-back-against-elite-universities-and-illegal-discrimination/

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Richard Porter: Hyperbole, Lies, and Delusions
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/05/06/hyperbole_lies_and_delusions_152752.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Obama’s presidential library
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5286297-obama-foundation-trump-mockery-response/
— Democrat leaders say “The real ‘DEI hire’ was Clarence Thomas.”
https://thehill.com/opinion/5284388-clarence-thomas-dei-hire/

REUTERS
— Biden accuses Trump of appeasement of Russia
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/former-us-president-biden-accuses-trump-appeasement-russia-2025-05-07/

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2025-05-06/800m-in-lgbtq-health-research-funding-nixed-by-trump-administration

MSN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in destroying Tesla to destroy Musk to destroy Trump. What will Democrat leaders destroy next to destroy Trump? Anticipate/expect that the more demographics that you share with Trump, the more that Democrat leaders will do to destroy you. Trump is conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time. I share all of the aforesaid demographics with Trump. I should write about my critics/opponents and the many big adverse actions that they have had their operatives and their dupes take against me since 2015. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/tesla-s-europe-customers-continue-abandoning-brand-in-the-wake-of-musk-s-trump-ties/ar-AA1EhFvO

MSNBC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Buttigieg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gwB6aL_Ubc
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Canada against America
https://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/lawrence-canada-s-pm-humiliated-trump-today-but-not-as-much-as-trump-humiliated-himself-239052357934

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Europe against America
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/business/tariffs-europe-boycott-american-goods.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with China against America
https://www.nytimes.com/article/trump-tariffs-canada-mexico-china.html
— Democrat leaders promote Alcatraz tourists
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/us/alcatraz-trump-tourists.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly drive Trump’s approval rating down
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/donald-trump-approval-rating-polls.html
— Trump Denies Posting Image of Himself as Pope
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/us/politics/trump-pope-photo-ai.html
— Environmentalists “Stunned” After 35 House Dems Vote Against California EV Mandate. How will my critics/opponents use against me my buying a new 2005 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T Plus EV? Will they stress that it is not eligible for a federal rebate because it costs too much, that it weighs 6,000 pounds, and/or that it can do the quarter mile in 12.6 seconds at 135 MPH?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/climate/democrats-california-ban-electric-vehicles.html
— What do the schools that you graduated from think of you? I graduated from NIU in 1970, Loyola in 1976, DePaul in 1980, and IIT in 1997. From what I see, the aforesaid schools have a very low opinion of me because I am conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/opinion/trump-universities-woke.html
— Democrat leaders want Democrat Presidents to have power but not Republican Presidents.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/opinion/trump-obama-biden-presidency.html?searchResultPosition=1

WASHINGTON POST
— Canada’s new leader tries charm after tough talk on Trump
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/06/trump-canada-carney/
— Supreme Court lets Trump ban transgender troops while case continues
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/06/transgender-troops-ban-supreme-court-trump/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Canada against America
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/06/trump-presidency-news/

TWO PARAGRAPHS
— What did your coworkers do to advance? Extremely few if not virtually none of my Democrat coworkers in the federal government did what I did. I worked for the Democrats who ran the Post Office when I was 18-20, IRS 22-31, and GAO 31-49. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21. I earned job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48. I earned job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48. I earned a job-related professional license when I was 32. To advance, my coworkers glorified and praised their superiors and supervisors, pandered to their superiors and supervisors, and served as operatives or dupes for their superiors and supervisors. They helped their superiors get rid of their Republican coworkers like me who were conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.
https://2paragraphs.com/2025/05/trump-offers-obama-help-on-construction-site-i-could-recommend-professionals/

FORTUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with the rest of the world against America
https://fortune.com/2025/05/06/trump-tariffs-exports-plummet-ports/

BUSINESS JOURNAL
— Trump’s DEI crackdown increasingly makes Democrat and RINO employers worried about lawsuits. Because Democrats have always controlled the courts, my Democrat superiors in the federal government were never concerned about lawsuits against them from their Republican employees. Actually, they welcomed such lawsuits against them, if not encouraged such lawsuits against them. You would see that if you would read the documents in Diersen v. GAO https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf  According to them, in that lawsuit, the courts ruled that federal employers can use the following to waste the careers of and to get rid of their Republican employees who are White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, and/or German American: budget cuts, up-or-out, and/or Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. My Democrat superiors crow that they succeeded in destroying a Republican federal employee who had a) three job-related master’s degrees, b) six job-related professional certifications, and c) a job-related professional license.
https://www.bizjournals.com/chicago/news/2025/05/07/trump-dei-littler-company-2025-lawsuits-ice.html

INDIAN EXPRESS
— What Caste were you born into? My critics/opponents have always painted me as being lower Caste. They stress a) that neither of my parents attended college, b) that my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, c) that he never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars, d) that my mother never attended high school, e) that I had to work my way through college, f) that none of my degrees are from Ivy League universities, g) that I was a federal employee for almost 30 years, h) that I have been a federal retiree for almost 28 years, i) that I never earned more than $153,151/year in today’s dollars, and j) that I am Protestant and German American.
https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/caste-census-counting-caste-census-savarna-caste-census-2026-9987844/

May 6, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— President Donald Trump criticizes construction progress at Obama Presidential Center in Chicago
https://abc7chicago.com/post/barack-obama-library-update-donald-trump-criticizes-presidential-construction-progress-jackson-park-chicago/16343255/
— Pritzker to testify to Congress on sanctuary policies, House Oversight Committee says. Pres. Donald Trump is threatening to withhold federal funding from sanctuary cities, which could have a huge impact on Chicago.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/govs-jb-pritzker-tim-walz-kathy-hochul-testify-sanctuary-city-immigration-policies-house-oversight-committee-hearing/16341230/
— Chicago’s Michelada Fest 2025 canceled due to uncertainty surrounding artists’ visas
https://abc7chicago.com/post/2025-michelada-fest-chicago-canceled-due-uncertainty-surrounding-artists-visas-organizers-say/16343015/

NBC5
— Trump calls Obama Presidential Center ‘disaster,’ criticizes ‘DEI’ hires
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/trump-calls-obama-presidential-center-disaster-criticizes-dei-hires/3739540/
— Pritzker, other governors to testify before Congress on ‘sanctuary’ policies. Pritzker will be joined by two other governors at the June hearing.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/jb-pritzker-testify-congress-sanctuary-city-policies/3739337/
— Noem visit to Springfield draws sarcastic response from Pritzker’s office
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/noem-visit-to-springfield-draws-sarcastic-response-from-pritzkers-office/3739586/
— Chicago Urban League report reveals stark data on wealth of Black residents
https://www.nbcchicago.com/local-2/chicago-urban-league-report-reveals-stark-data-on-wealth-of-black-residents/3739448/

CBS2
— Trump calls Chicago’s Obama Presidential Center “a disaster,” blames “woke” construction
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/president-trump-obama-presidential-center-disaster-blames-woke-construction/
— Pritzker’s office slams, mocks Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem ahead of visit
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/pritzker-office-slams-mocks-homeland-security-kristi-noem/

WGN9
— White House requests $46.5 billion for border wall construction
https://wgntv.com/news/national/white-house-requests-46-5-billion-for-border-wall-construction/

WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Trump budget cuts.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/05/06/advocates-say-cuts-head-start-could-be-devastating-illinois-families

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pritzker to testify before Congress on Illinois’ ‘sanctuary’ immigration policies
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/06/gov-jb-pritzker-to-testify-before-congress-on-illinois-sanctuary-immigration-policies/
— Pritzker should stop trying to make Juliana Stratton the inevitable successor to Dick Durbin
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/06/editorial-jb-pritzker-juliana-stratton-senate-democrats/
— Mayor Brandon Johnson defends deal on Columbus statues
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/06/mayor-brandon-johnson-deal-columbus-statues/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ‘State of Black Chicago’ report lays out path to building wealth amid stark racial gaps. The Chicago Urban League report highlights one key statistic: The median net worth for a Black family is $0, compared with $210,000 for a white family.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/work/2025/05/06/state-of-black-chicago-report-lays-out-path-to-wealth-building-amid-stark-racial-gaps

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Trump goes off on ‘woke’ Obama Center construction
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/trump-rants-about-woke-obama-center-construction

RIVER BENDER
— Under Pritzker, Illinois is ever-increasingly hostile to those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/gov-pritzker-invites-canadian-travelers-to-enjoy-illinois-600000-visit-state-each-year-82172.cfm?

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/05/06/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-299/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Calling All Masochists – Tax Bills Are Up
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/06/calling-all-masochists-tax-bills-are-up/
— Opposition to Slaughter House Next to Greenwood Cemetery Surfaces
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/06/opposition-to-slaughter-house-next-to-greenwood-cemetery-surfaces/
— State by State Summary of Trump Approval Ratings
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/05/state-by-state-summary-of-trump-approval-ratings/
— Politico Reads McHenry County Blog
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/05/politico-reads-mchenry-county-blog/
— Brush Fire on 100-Acre McHenry County Conservation District Property Near Island Lake
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/05/brush-fire-on-100-acre-mchenry-county-conservation-district-property-near-island-lake/
— Tom DeVore to Aim Negative Mailing against House Republican Leader Tony McCombie
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/05/tom-devore-to-aim-negative-mailing-against-house-republican-leader-tony-mccombie/
— Grafton Township GOP Schedules Fifth Golf Outing
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/05/grafton-township-gop-schedules-fifth-golf-outing/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Tariff troubles highlight Chicago’s precarious pension situation
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/tariff-troubles-highlight-chicagos-precarious-pension-situation/
— Illinois fixing shortage by changing foreign-trained doctor licensing
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-fixing-shortage-by-changing-foreign-trained-doctor-licensing/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— During President Biden’s tenure, the federal workforce grew by nearly 6%, with nearly every major agency adding hires and new departments. In Mr. Biden’s final two years, only 74% of jobs came from the private sector. One out of every four were created by the federal government.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/6/crying-tears-joy-massive-federal-layoffs/

NEW YORK POST
— Left’s ‘Big Bird defense’ won’t work this time as Trump axes funds for biased PBS, NPR
https://nypost.com/2025/05/06/opinion/big-bird-defense-wont-work-this-time-as-trump-axes-pbs-npr-funding/

EPOCH TIMES
— Supreme Court Lets Military Ban Troops Who Identify as Transgender. The ruling is in place as the case against the ban continues.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/supreme-court-lets-trump-admin-ban-troops-who-identify-as-transgender-5853172

FOX NEWS
—  Rep. Mary Miller, R-Ill., is calling on sheriffs in her state to defy Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the state’s sanctuary laws and instead uphold federal immigration law.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/blue-state-republican-calls-county-sheriffs-defy-sanctuary-law-dem-governor-rumored-2028-run

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Deportee Nightmare – A Very Questionable Rwanda Is Eyeing America’s Illegals
https://www.westernjournal.com/deportee-nightmare-questionable-rwanda-eyeing-americas-illegals/

May 6, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/05/trump-restrict-abortion-medication/
— Trump has threatened a 100% tariff on movies made outside the US.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/05/trump-tariffs-foreign-made-films/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul joins 19 counterparts in trying to stop Trump election order. A Trump administration executive order issued in March demands states not count mail-in ballots received after Election Day and requires proof of citizenship to register to vote. The attorneys general argue that the power to regulate elections rests with Congress, the states.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2025/05/05/illinois-attorney-general-kwame-raoul-opposes-trump-election-order
— Illinois, other states sue Trump administration for blocking wind energy development. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly sue Trump because of his spending cuts. To what extent are the following dependent on federal spending: your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct? To what extent are you, your neighbors, your friends, and your relatives dependent on federal spending?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/environment/2025/05/05/illinois-states-wind-energy-sue-trump-administration-executive-order

DAILY HERALD
— The mainstream news media is an arm of the Democrat Party. It glorified and praised Biden’s executive orders as much as it demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump’s executive orders.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250506/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-imbalance-of-power-policy-is-worthy-of-debate-and-subject-to-change-but-we-c/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Tariff impact on Chicago companies: $1B and counting
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/economy/tariff-impact-chicago-companies-1-billion-and-counting

ABC7
— Pritzker wooing Canadian tourists to visit Illinois. Under Pritzker, Illinois is ever-increasingly more unfriendly to those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/governor-jb-pritzker-wooing-canadian-tourists-visit-illinois/16338163/

NBC5
— Trump’s Hollywood tariffs announcement is met with confusion and fear. Democrats control entertainment in America.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/trump-hollywood-tariffs-confusion-fear/3738587/
— Why 21 empty school buildings are costing Chicagoans millions
https://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/nbc-5-investigates-why-21-empty-school-buildings-are-costing-chicagoans-millions/3738226/

WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlKnlXoMRys

STATELINE
— GOP lawmakers seek to ban Pride flags, stirring tensions with liberal cities. Bills in more than a dozen states would prohibit the flags at city halls, schools and state buildings.
https://stateline.org/2025/05/05/gop-lawmakers-seek-to-ban-pride-flags-stirring-tensions-with-liberal-cities/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-05-05/democrat-led-states-sue-trump-administration-over-dei

WIFR
— The more demographics that people have that vote for Republicans, the more that Pritzker discourages them a) from coming to Illinois and b) from staying in Illinois.
https://www.wifr.com/2025/05/05/illinois-tourism-officials-say-industry-is-trending-down-this-year/

WQAD
— State program helping Illinois students save thousands on grad school. Age discrimination is real, and especially for those who are White, male, and/or non-veteran. It is called up-or-out. I did not earn an MBA until I was 27. By then, it was too late. Why didn’t I earn an MBA sooner? My father died suddenly when I was a senior at NIU in 1969. My mother had never worked outside of the home. My brother was having troubles. I applied for a financial hardship draft deferment to help support them. I needed a job. Potential employers saw me as being draft bait. I accepted the only job offer that I got. It was a job that did not really require a college degree. I started taking graduate evening business courses, but only one at a time. Because of that, I did not earn an MBA from Loyola until I was 27. By then, it was too late. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul until I was 31. By then, again, it was too late. It took me 4 years because again, I took only one graduate evening accounting course at a time. I did not pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination and become a licensed CPA until I was 32. By then, again, it was too late. I did not earn a master’s degree in finance from IIT until I was 48. By then, again, it was too late. It took me 5 years because again, I took only one graduate evening finance course at a time. Why did I take only one graduate evening course at a time? Because that was all that I could afford in terms of time, attention, and money. Age discrimination is real, and especially for those who are White, male, and/or non-veteran. It is called up-or-out. I should write about that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zimLqEXF_XE

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/05/06/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-506/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— Illinois is an island on both gas taxes and school choice
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-is-an-island-on-both-gas-taxes-and-school-choice-wirepoints-on-with-wjols-scott-slocum/

CHICAGO CONTRARIAN
— Illinois’ Great Exodus
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/chicago-great-exodus

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ‘Homeschool Act’ is about limiting school choice
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/homeschool-act-is-about-limiting-school-choice/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

AMAC
— Trump “Skinny Budget” Boosts Border Security, Armed Forces
https://amac.us/newsline/economy/trump-skinny-budget-boosts-border-security-armed-forces/

BREITBART
— Trump’s DOJ Pressuring Sanctuary Cities and States to Stop Blocking Immigration Enforcement
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/05/05/trumps-doj-appears-to-launch-anti-sanctuary-city-campaign/
— Trump on Self-Deportations: ‘Maybe Someday, with Little Work, They Can Come Back In
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/05/05/trump-on-self-deportations-maybe-someday-with-little-work-they-can-come-back-in/
— Trump Promises Illegals ‘Beautiful Flight’ Out of U.S. If They Self-Deport
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/05/05/trump-promises-illegals-beautiful-flight-out-u-s-if-they-self-deport/

CAMPUS REFORM
— Harvard rebrands DEI office as Office of Community and Campus Life
https://www.campusreform.org/article/harvard-rebrands-dei-office-office-community-campus-life/27898

DAILY WIRE
— Trump Makes Move To Super-Charge Deportations Using Local Cops. The agreements could prove to be a valuable force multiplier for the DHS, potentially enabling the agency to boost deportation numbers.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-trump-dhs-partners-with-100s-of-police-departments-to-supercharge-deportation-campaign

MRC TV
— ‘12 Reasons Why NPR And PBS Deserved To Be Defunded’
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/craig-bannister/12-reasons-why-npr-and-pbs-deserved-be-defunded

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ASSOCITED PRESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://apnews.com/article/transgender-hud-fair-housing-trump-lgbtq-turner-915634741f56f3d5ea265e316cd396bb
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for inflation and for everything else that is bad. What do your critics/opponents blame you for? My critics/opponents blame me for all the losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and who have had their operatives and their dupes take the biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://apnews.com/article/cost-coalition-group-bipartisan-trump-harris-inflation-e9c8b000ff751458d49b3089672cb570
— Child care in the Capitol: As more women run for office, some are bringing their kids
https://www.shorelinemedia.net/ludington_daily_news/videos/child-care-in-the-capitol-as-more-women-run-for-office-some-are-bringing-their/video_d45f0797-5a3a-5920-8e21-34133f3759a6.html

MSNBC
— Massive ‘No Kings’ protest expected to rain on Donald Trump’s (military) parade. What if Republican leaders had organized protests against Obama and against Biden?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vwhKYDuOsw

MSN
— Pence criticizes Trump’s tariffs, stance on Russia in CNN interview
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/pence-criticizes-trump-s-tariffs-stance-on-russia-in-cnn-interview/ar-AA1Eey0m
— “Americans are going to see consequences”: Pence breaks with Trump on tariffs, deportations
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/americans-are-going-to-see-consequences-pence-breaks-with-trump-on-tariffs-deportations/ar-AA1EdGea
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly sue Trump because of his spending cuts. To what extent are the following dependent on federal spending: your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct? To what extent are you, your neighbors, your friends, and your relatives dependent on federal spending?
https://www.msn.com/en-my/news/us/unions-cities-nonprofits-sue-to-block-trump-workforce-cuts/ar-AA1DQyVF

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Battles Academia, but Especially the Ivy League. According to my critics/opponents, degrees from non-Ivy League universities are worthless, that is, my degrees from NIU, Loyola, DePaul, and IIT are worthless..
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/us/politics/trump-ivy-league.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly crow about their success in making foreign countries hate America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/business/tariffs-europe-boycott-american-goods.html?searchResultPosition=1
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/world/canada/global-elections-trump.html

USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2025/05/05/connie-britton-the-motherhood-single-moms-hallmark/83324634007/
— Seriously delinquent student loan borrowers hit record high and climbing
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2025/05/05/delinquent-student-loans-credit-scores-collections-resume/83412433007/
— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG PICTURE: Jockeying for a new pope already has started. Democrat leaders want a Pope who will promote the anti-Catholic Democrat Party platform.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/05/02/cardinals-jockey-for-pope-before-conclave/83355920007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: Trump Administration Threatens Schools With Student-Loan Restrictions. Nearly 10 million borrowers could soon be in default, and the Education Department wants to hold schools responsible.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/trump-administration-threatens-schools-with-student-loan-restrictions-864f244f

FED SMITH
— Total Federal Compensation 5% Higher Than Private Sector at All Education Levels But Lags at Higher Levels. Federal employees with a professional degree or doctorate earned 24 percent less, on average, than their private-sector counterparts. To demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as having been grossly overpaid, my critics/opponents have always ignored/dismissed/belittled that I had three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2024/04/29/cbo-report-total-federal-employee-compensation-higher-than-private-sector/
https://www.fedsmith.com/2022/10/28/average-federal-employee-salaries-with-benefits/

THE NATION
— The Case for Meritocracy. How have your critics/opponents used meritocracy against you? My critics/opponents stress a) that my ACT score was only 24, b) that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class, c) that I got no scholarships, d) that it took me 4 years to earn an MBA and my GPA was not that great, e) that while I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, my scores on its four parts were not that great, f) that it took me 4 years to earn a master’s degree in accounting and my GPA was not that great, g) that while I became a licensed CPA, it was not until I was 32, h) that it took me 5 years to earn a master’s degree in finance and my GPA was not that great, i) that none of degrees were from Ivy League universities, j) that notwithstanding my degrees, certifications, and license, my superiors in the federal government took many big adverse actions against me, never promoted me beyond GS-13, and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, and k) my superiors in the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, etc. took many big adverse actions against me.
https://www.nation.com.pk/06-May-2025/the-case-for-meritocracy

May 5, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NBC5
— When does Illinois’ gas tax increase, and what decides how much it goes up?
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/when-does-illinois-gas-tax-increase-and-what-decides-how-much-it-goes-up/3737450/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for everything that is bad.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/trump-takes-credit-for-good-parts-of-economy-blames-bad-parts-on-biden/3737382/

CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/protesters-hold-may-the-4th-resistance-event-in-daley-plaza/
— Trump says he’ll reopen Alcatraz, order 100% tariff on foreign movies
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/president-trump-says-hell-reopen-alcatraz-order-100-tariff-on-foreign-movies/
— 3 dead, 6 hurt in Chicago weekend shootings
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-weekend-shootings-may-2-to-5/

CBS2 & CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE & NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders want due process, but only for past, present, and future Democrat voters. My Democrat GAO superiors denied me due process when they forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. Democrat judges and justices denied me due process in Diersen v. GAO by granting GAO summary judgement, that is, by denying me my 7th Amendment rights.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/president-trump-says-hes-unsure-whether-citizens-non-citizens-in-u-s-deserve-due-process/
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/trump-in-a-new-interview-says-he-doesnt-know-if-he-backs-due-process-rights/article_d49d3224-ce57-59ad-9811-4c578803127c.html
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-05-04/during-tv-interview-president-trump-questions-due-process-rights-of-u-s-residents

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/04/walk-from-aurora-to-elgin-puts-focus-on-experience-of-immigrants/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use “arts” to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/05/editorial-national-endowment-arts-grants-trump/
— Illinois is Uncle Sam’s piggy bank again. But Pritzker must follow the law.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/05/editorial-illinois-is-uncle-sams-piggy-bank-again-but-gov-jb-pritzker-must-follow-the-law/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) promote their foreign students and b) promote more hatred against Jews.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/05/05/trump-pro-palestinian-activists-jailing-deporting-immigrants-chinese-asian-american-rick-baldoz

WAND TV
— Trump says he will reopen Alcatraz prison
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/trump-says-he-will-reopen-alcatraz-prison/article_21657477-4cc7-588f-9e25-d9a7d9e2b4a0.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use their judicial branch against Trump.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/america-s-long-history-of-checks-and-balances-is-being-tested-by-trump-like-rarely/article_2b84824d-f4b4-5579-b0a9-611436295987.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrats run education in America. Under them, college students ever-increasingly take college courses a) that are not job-related and/or b) that depend on government spending. What were your majors? Mine were business (1966-1976), accounting (1976-1980), and finance (1992-1997).  If I could do it over again, I would have majored in accounting first because I was able to pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-05-04/how-the-trump-administration-has-impacted-these-college-seniors-career-plans
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly give more and more and more preference to their foreign students.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-05-04/trump-administration-confirms-targeting-international-students-with-minor-offenses

WIFR
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://www.wifr.com/2025/05/04/rockford-protesters-search-unified-message-against-trump-administration/

LOCAL 4 NEWS
— Pritzker ever-increasingly discourages those who are the following from visiting Illinois: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94rgnLz9B84

EFFINGHAM RADIO
— To what extent are your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct dependent on foreign countries and on their citizens?
https://www.effinghamradio.com/2025/05/05/illinois-celebrates-world-trade-month/

CHICAGO MAROON
— College Republicans Reflect on Trump’s First 100 Days in Office. If I had been active in Republican politics, a) the Post Office would not have hired me in 1966, b) IRS would not have hired me in 1971, and c) GAO would not have hired me in 1980.
https://chicagomaroon.com/47308/news/ucdems-and-college-republicans-reflect-on-trumps-first-100-days-in-office/

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning edition
https://capitolfax.com/2025/05/05/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-505/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— The Real Scandal in Bally’s Chicago Deal: Exploiting Minorities While Pretending to Help
https://wirepoints.org/the-real-scandal-in-ballys-chicago-deal-exploiting-minorities-while-pretending-to-help-wirepoints/
— Illinois increasingly surrounded by school choice states. Gov. Abbott signs universal school choice into Texas law.
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-increasingly-surrounded-by-school-choice-states-gov-abbott-signs-universal-school-choice-into-texas-law-wirepoints/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Libs of TikTok Pick Up Craig Wilcox Brandon Johnson Critique
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/04/libs-of-tiktok-pick-up-craig-wilcox-brandon-johnson-critique/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

AMERICAN THINKER
— The NYT bemoans that Trump has cut over $800 million in spending on LGBTQ+ health issues
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/05/the_nyt_bemoans_that_trump_has_cut_over_800_million_in_spending_on_lgbtq_health_issues.html

BLAZE
— Trump and Musk tag-team to deflate the woke power structure
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/trump-and-musk-tag-team-to-deflate-the-woke-power-structure

CAMPUS REFORM
— These colleges received $300M+ in donations for DEI
https://www.campusreform.org/article/colleges-received-300m-donations-dei-/27888

COLLEGE FIX
— Trump DOE investigates Chicago-area district over ‘privilege walks,’ racist lessons
https://www.thecollegefix.com/trump-doe-investigates-chicago-area-district-over-privilege-walks-racist-lessons/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Asylum Seekers Primarily Responsible for Large Spike in Homelessness
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/05/05/study-asylum-seekers-primarily-responsible-for-large-spike-in-homelessness/

FOX NEWS
— ICE leader scolds sanctuary cities resisting Trump’s deportation laws
https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DUvGOyZNNRrA

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Americans are looking at these campuses, like Harvard, and saying, why are we paying for this?
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/05/americans-are-looking-at-these-campuses-like-harvard-and-saying-why-are-we-paying-for-this/amp/

PJ MEDIA
— Dear Democrats, We the People Have Had Enough of Your Illegal Immigrants’ Violence
https://pjmedia.com/kevindowneyjr/2025/05/05/the-morning-briefing-dear-democrats-we-the-people-have-had-enough-of-your-illegal-immigrants-violence-n4939467

POST MILLENNIAL
— Trump admin slashes NIH research funding for LGBTQ health issues
https://thepostmillennial.com/trump-admin-slashes-nih-research-funding-for-lgbtq-health-issues

TOWNHALL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly get Whites to hate their own ancestors and to revile their accomplishments as being ill-gotten. This self-hatred has been the root of the modern decline of the West, and could very well ultimately lead to the end of Western civilization as we know it.
https://townhall.com/columnists/scottmorefield/2025/05/05/race-and-the-biggest-mass-psyop-in-human-history-n2656525

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Trump confirms he offered to send troops into Mexico, but says Sheinbaum ‘so scared of the cartels she can’t walk’
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5282312-trump-tariffs-us-troops-mexico-sheinbaum-cartels/

ABC NEWS
— Trump threatens tariff on all movies produced abroad
https://abcnews.go.com/US/live-updates/trump-admin-live-updates-trump-threatens-100-tariff/?id=121461146

NEWSWEEK
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) fight deportation of their illegals and b) do not want sheriffs to work with ICE.
https://www.newsweek.com/sheriff-trump-admin-intimidating-police-ice-collaboration-2067799
— Which US Cities Canceled Cinco de Mayo Parades Amid Immigration Crackdown
https://www.newsweek.com/cinco-de-mayo-parades-canceled-immigration-chicago-2067809

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— A former bartender emerges as a Trump resistance leader. Are you in politics? If so, what did you do before that? I audited federal agencies for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year. I collected delinquent taxes for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step-1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year. I earned a CPA license. I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance.
https://apnews.com/article/pritzker-trump-ocasio-cortez-democrats-resistance-message-9d4f7868892629e34df7ea1e29dc0b34

MSN
— Lara Trump confronts Elon Musk over allegiance to her father-in-law, Donald. My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to coverup their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/lara-trump-confronts-elon-musk-over-allegiance-to-her-father-in-law-donald/ar-AA1E7wHI

REUTERS
— Those who have benefitted the most from Biden’s giving them the most preference are consider moving to Europe.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/fearful-trump-some-americans-look-make-life-europe-2025-05-04/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Administration Slashes Research Into L.G.B.T.Q. Health
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/health/trump-administration-slashes-research-into-lgbtq-health.html
https://www.nytimes.com/video/science/100000010122048/how-trumps-cuts-are-stifling-lgbtq-health-research.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use “democracy” to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/05/trump-pro-democracy-global-cuts/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/05/transgender-hud-fair-housing-trump-lgbtq-turner/48a02a2e-2971-11f0-a724-3bc879c9f843_story.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/trumps-wants-judges-who-will-skip-trials-before-deportation/2025/05/05/6143206b-cff5-4a71-b9b2-19b443d87464_video.html
— The U.S. welcomed Indian students. Under Trump, they fear for their future. U.S. colleges host more than 300,000 students from India. As the Trump administrations targets foreign students for deportation, many are rethinking their plans.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/05/india-student-visas-revoked-trump/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/05/05/pritzker-president-trump-resistance/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/05/05/american-democracy-under-trump/

USA TODAY
— Trump’s national parks proposal: Cut $1 billion, transfer many sites to states
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/05/04/trump-budget-proposal-cuts-to-parks/83428514007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly discredit Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/05/04/trump-interview-abc-time-mental-decline/83391080007/
— Average Americans struggle with savings. Many continue to live paycheck to paycheck. According to my critics/opponents, I have always been grossly overpaid. In my defense, a) I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees, b) I earned six job-related professional certifications, and c) I earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/05/01/americans-one-crisis-away-from-homelessness/83388068007/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders want the next Pope to be anti-heterosexual, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-non-poor people, anti-non-veteran, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and anti-those who have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2025/05/03/conclave-smoke-signals-chimney-stoves/83429402007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2025/05/05/the-next-pope-odds-rise-parolin-tangle/83415163007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Is Harvard Complying With the Tax Code? Section 501(c)(3) bars campaigning and makes clear propaganda isn’t the same as education.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/is-harvard-complying-with-the-tax-code-exemption-political-educational-speech-b4a24ed4
— Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will cause a recession, and even worse things, to destroy Trump.
https://www.wsj.com/video/trump-says-hes-not-worried-about-a-recession/DB83B00E-5E69-42DE-A0DE-82A2D6898BB5
— The Politics of EVs Have Changed. Thirty-five Democrats joined the GOP to repeal California’s EV mandate. I recently bought a new 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T Plus EV. What is your attitude toward EVs and toward those who buy them?
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-politics-of-evs-has-changed-house-vote-california-waiver-1f951a68
— Democrat leaders want the next Pope to be anti-heterosexual, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-non-poor people, anti-non-veteran, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and anti-those who have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-world-needs-a-second-john-paul-ii-venezuela-cuba-nicaragua-human-rights-9f3c08a4
— Government Should Fund Religious Schools. The Establishment Clause was a barrier, but recent decisions have changed that. My parents had a lot less money because they a) sent a me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod and b) sent my brother to Trinity 1958-1961 and then to Hope 1962-1968. Because of that, I had to work my way through college 1966-1970.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/government-should-fund-religious-schools-f50922dc
— New AI tools give users insight on how skills in one field can transfer to a different one. When I was 31 years old in 1980, I transferred from IRS to GAO. My Democrat and IRS and GAO superiors outrageously, disgustingly, and unethically ignored, dismissed, and belittled the many skills that I had gained working for IRS for almost 9 years that would transfer directly to what I would do for GAO. In addition, they ignored, dismissed, and belittled a) my earning a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, b) my passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) my earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, and d) the fact that GAO audits IRS. They outrageously, disgustingly, and unethically used the aforesaid to force me to take $23,472/year pay cut to transfer.  I should write about the aforesaid.
https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/your-money-matters/not-sure-whats-next-for-your-career-ask-ai/2e83d12c-6538-4272-81c2-ec2362e39d16

BUSINESS INSIDER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do everything that they can to get more votes from their five million student loan deadbeats.
https://www.businessinsider.com/five-years-student-debt-relief-suddenly-over-trump-default-collections-2025-5

BUZZFEED
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Constitution to destroy Republicans.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/michaelabramwell/donald-trumps-comment-about-upholding-the-constitution

THE AGE
— ‘The reckoning is here’: Have the Democrats found a billionaire of their own (Pritzker) to take down Trump?
https://www.theage.com.au/world/north-america/when-you-see-a-danger-you-yell-top-democrat-unleashes-call-to-arms-against-trump-20250429-p5luxp.html

GUARDIAN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Trump’s attacks on the Democrat news media. I should write about those who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican and who have attacked me and attacked my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and who have had their operatives and dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/05/patsy-widakuswara-voice-of-america-lawsuit-trump-administration-press-freedom

May 4, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump. What if Republican leaders had organized protests against Biden?
https://abc7chicago.com/post/may-day-2025-3rd-rallies-downtown-chicago-continue-efforts-unite-president-trumps-administrations-policies/16314144/
— US imposes sanctions on Mexican cartel linked to drug trafficking and fuel-theft network
https://abc7chicago.com/post/us-imposes-sanctions-mexican-cartel-linked-drug-trafficking-fuel-theft-network/16311920/

CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing fight to keep their control of NPR and PBS
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/npr-and-pbs-vow-to-fight-trumps-funding-cuts/

WGN9
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump. What if Republican leaders had organized protests against Biden?
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/chicago-coalition-trump-agenda-march/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptrxIgBqb_s

FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump. What if Republican leaders had organized protests against Biden?
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/may-day-protests-stretch-3-days-chicago-activists-rally-against-trump-policies
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zABfj-b6Qus

WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing fight to keep their control of NPR and PBS
https://www.wbez.org/pressroom/2025/05/03/letter-from-the-ceo-public-media-is-a-public-good-and-its-under-threat

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: With the state’s grocery tax set to end, many municipalities are adopting their own, even as food prices climb. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for rising food prices. Then again, they ever-increasingly blame Trump for everything that is bad.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/04/illinois-grocery-tax-municipalities/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump. What if Republican leaders had organized protests against Biden?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/03/far-left-groups-try-to-grow-chicago-ranks-at-rally-against-donald-trump-at-union-park/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/03/at-evanston-may-day-rally-protesters-decry-trump-administration-cuts/
— Democrat Chicago leaders allege that there has been a crime downturn and take credit for that.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/04/column-chicago-crime-brandon-johnson-donald-trump-page/
— Many, if not most, if not virtually all nonprofits are arms of the Democrat Party.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/04/opinion-nonprofit-funding-federal-cuts/
— Today in History: Haymarket Square demonstration turns deadly. Virtually all my Republican critics/opponents are vehemently anti-union. According to them, union members are grossly overpaid. They stress that while was a union member 1966-1969 and 1971-1980, my salary increased from $19.37/hour to $112,280/year in today’s dollars. They ignore/dismiss/belittle that during that time, a) I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) I earned a job-related master’s degree, and c) I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/04/today-in-history-haymarket-square-demonstration-turns-deadly/
— American women are having fewer children. Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more of the following that your children are, the bleaker that their future is: American, conservative, Republican, White, male, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/04/editorial-should-we-worry-about-american-women-having-fewer-kids/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Sooner or later, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, everyone in America will be on Medicaid.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/05/03/trump-musk-tax-cuts-rich-economy-doge-federal-funding-medicaid-health-insurance-ralph-martire

DAILY HERALD
— New Illinois, an organization that wants to create a state separate from Chicago and urban Cook County, drew about 60 people to a meeting Saturday at the Palatine Township Republican Organization office. Illinois counties that are run by Democrats are completely different from Illinois counties that are run by Republicans. Sooner or later, Illinois counties that are run by Democrats promote dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ (the destruction of traditional marriage and family), abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, prostitution, 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. I should write about the Democrat invasion, infiltration, infestation, conquering, and inevitable destruction of DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Warrenville School District 200, and my precinct.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250503/news/new-illinois-supporters-meet-in-palatine-discuss-urban-rural-divide/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Any separation would have to be passed by the Illinois General Assembly as well as by the United States Congress. The last successful separation measure was the split of West Virginia from Virginia. West Virginia arrived at statehood in 1863 but its final composition wasn’t determined until an 1871 Supreme Court ruling.)
— GOP balks at approving even a fraction of Musk’s DOGE cuts. During the 1980s and 1990s, RINO senators and RINO representatives did not balk at Gingrich’s GAO budget cuts. The Democrats who ran GAO used Gingrich’s budget cuts to get rid of the agency’s remaining Republican employees including me. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250502/nation-and-world-politics/gop-balks-at-approving-even-a-fraction-of-musks-doge-cuts/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing fight efforts to reduce voter fraud.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250503/nation-and-world-politics/doj-civil-rights-division-to-focus-on-voting-conspiracies-and-prioritize-trump-election-order-memo/
— How dependent on Communist China are the following: your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct?
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250503/business/nowhere-to-turn-small-businesses-dependent-on-imports-from-china-are-feeling-more-desperate-2/

CHICAGO DEFENDER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for bad weather
https://chicagodefender.com/when-the-heat-and-storms-come-lies-will-not-save-us/

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker.
https://pantagraph.com/opinion/columnists/article_c1806378-b12c-48bc-a8d0-1907b655fe6d.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/watch-now-illinois-u-s-rep-marie-newman-and-republican-marjorie-taylor-greene-feud-over/article_4e95cb54-d6ea-5e81-bd42-fd929ba23925.html

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE & ILLINOIS VALLEY & DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE & HERALD NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump. What if Republican leaders had organized protests against Biden?
https://www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-chronicle/2025/05/03/st-charles-hands-off-rally-targets-trump-policies-musks-actions/
https://www.shawlocal.com/illinois-valley/2025/05/04/mostly-people-are-fearful-of-losing-our-democracy-protest-takes-place-in-princeton/
https://www.shawlocal.com/daily-chronicle/2025/05/03/laborers-in-dekalb-protest-trump-era-attacks-on-unions-higher-education/
https://www.shawlocal.com/the-herald-news/2025/05/03/were-going-to-come-back-anti-trump-protesters-return-to-joliet-streets-for-may-day-rally/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Musk slams critics for Nazi comparisons: ‘Character assassination’
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/musk-slams-critics-for-nazi-comparisons-character-assassination/?nxsparam=4
— Democrat leaders use indigenous-activists against Trump
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-indigenous-activists-see-trumps-columbus-day-rhetoric-as-cause-for-continued-advocacy/
— Trump brands his opponents as communists. Today’s Democrats have no problem with communism. They promote socialism. Socialism is a step on the road to communism.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trump-brands-his-opponents-as-communists-a-label-loaded-with-the-baggage-of-american-history/

NPR ILLINOIS
— After paying people to leave, one federal agency is scrambling to fill positions
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-05-03/after-paying-people-to-leave-one-federal-agency-is-scrambling-to-fill-positions
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-05-03/economic-uncertainty-remains-amid-trumps-tariffs
— Sweeping cuts hit NEA after Trump administration calls to eliminate the agency
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-05-03/sweeping-cuts-hit-nea-after-trump-administration-calls-to-eliminate-the-agency

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2025-05-03/trumps-trade-war-contracts-the-economy-but-job-market-holds-up
— Mexico’s president says she rejected Trump’s plan to send US troops across the border. Constructively, Mexico had declared war on America. FROM GOOGLE AI: The US military maintains a significant global presence with thousands of troops and hundreds of bases across nearly every continent. While the exact number of bases is difficult to determine due to varying classifications and ongoing changes, estimates range from 750 to over 900. The US has the largest number of overseas military bases compared to any other country, accounting for roughly 75-85% of the total. Key Locations and Troop Distribution: Japan, Germany, and South Korea: These countries host the largest number of US military bases and troops. Japan alone has over 50,000 US troops. Middle East: The US maintains a considerable military presence in the Middle East, with forces in numerous countries and on ships in the region’s waters, particularly in response to threats from Iran and its affiliated groups. Europe: The US has a significant military presence in Europe, particularly in countries like Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom, with many bases being NATO interoperable.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2025-05-04/mexicos-president-says-she-rejected-trumps-plan-to-send-us-troops-across-the-border

WREX
— Democrat leaders always fight for more government spending.
https://www.wrex.com/news/illinois-news/plan-to-overhaul-higher-education-funding-meets-u-of-i-opposition/article_212dc72f-eef5-4af9-b9de-eb9f244f5471.html

25 NEWS NOW
— Trump jokes that he’d “like to be Pope,” but then said, “I don’t know. I have no preference.”
https://www.25newsnow.com/video/2025/05/03/trump-jokes-that-hed-like-be-president/

IPM NEWSROOM
— Democrat leaders fight government spending cuts, but they did not fight Gingrich’s cutting GAO’s budgets 1980-1997.
https://ipmnewsroom.org/npr-stations-targeted-for-cuts-by-trump-have-provided-lifelines-to-listeners-during-disasters/

CWB CHICAGO
— Mag Mile mail thief had 52 credit cards, was on pretrial release for the same thing
https://cwbchicago.com/2025/05/mag-mile-mail-thief-had-52-credit-cards-was-on-pretrial-release-for-the-same-thing-chicago-police.html

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

JOHN BIVER
— What a Volunteer Organization Like the GOP is Unable to Do
https://johnbiver.com/what-a-volunteer-organization-like-the-gop-is-unable-to-do/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Which Republican candidates are going to walk in Wheaton’s 2025 Independence Day parade? There will be a U.S Senate office, five Illinois statewide offices, and five DuPage countywide offices on the November 3, 2026 ballot. At the 2000 Illinois Republican Party State Convention in Springfield, I urged Governor George Ryan to invite Bush to walk in Wheaton’s 2000 Independence Day parade. While Bush did not walk in that parade, he and Cheney did walk in Naperville’s 2000 Labor Day parade. I was there at the rally before the parade started when the “open mike” incident occurred because the Bush team refused to let Ryan introduce Bush. Dole walked with Edgar in Wheaton’s 1996 Independence Day parade. Obama and his wife walked in Wheaton’s 2004 Independence Day parade. I served as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks from 2005 until Democrat and RINO DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton leaders succeeded in having their operatives and dupes end that in 2021. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What are the biggest losses that you have suffered? Mine include the success that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had wasting my career and forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. They flushed down their toilets my almost 27 years of work experience, my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license. But worse than that, since 1997, far too many Republican leaders have sided with my Democrat superiors and have used the aforesaid to hint/imply/argue/shout that I disserved the aforesaid because I am a very bad person and even worse things. I should write about those Republican leaders who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— The Line-Up to Replace Schakowsky
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/01/the-line-up-to-replace-schakowsky/
— Johnsburg Pro-Life Ministry Exec Reacts to Federal Court Decision’s Significant Victory, Partial Set-Back
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/01/johnsburg-pro-life-ministry-exec-reacts-to-federal-court-decisions-significant-victory-partial-set-back/
— Democrats Ahead in Filling Empty Precincts with Workers on the Ground
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/01/democrats-ahead-in-filling-empty-precincts-with-workers-on-the-ground/
— Democrats Get Another Candidate to Replace Schakowsky–Justin Ford
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/01/democrats-get-another-candidate-to-replace-schakowsky/
— Defenders Make Another Pitch for RTA Tax Hike
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/01/defenders-make-another-pitch-for-rta-tax-hike/
— Trump Administration Risks Being Labeled in Favor of Prison Rape with Elimination of Funding for the National Prison Rape Resource Center, Problem Seems to Still Exist in Cook County
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/02/trump-administration-risks-being-labeled-in-favor-of-prison-rape-with-elimination-of-funding-for-the-national-prison-rape-resource-center/
— Potty-Mouthed Democrats Stimulate Editorial Cartoon
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/02/potty-mouthed-democrats-stimulate-editorial-cartoon/
— Underwood Not Throwing in Towel to Pritzker’s Choice
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/02/underwood-not-throwing-in-towel-to-pritzkers-choice/
— UPDATE: Duckworth Endorses Stratton for U.S. Senate, Israeli May Be Stimulus for Pritzker Displeasure with Underwood
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/02/duckworth-endorses-stratton-for-u-s-senate/
— Did Underwood Hurl Indirect Attack at Pritzker?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/03/did-underwood-hurl-indirect-attack-at-pritzker/
— Looking at Kane County GOP Election Loses and Replacement Possibilities for Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi Should He Run for Durbin’s Seat
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/03/looking-at-kane-county-gop-election-loses-and-replacement-possibilities-for-congressman-raja-krishnamoorthi-should-he-run-for-durbins-seat/
— City/Village Fathers and Mothers Forced to Take Responsibility for Taxing Groceries, “Free Money” Days Partially Gone
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/04/city-village-fathers-and-mothers-forced-to-take-responsibility-for-taxing-groceries-free-money-days-partially-gone/
— “Red State” Picks Up on My Question about Why 314 Action Fund, a PAC, Considers Lauren Underwood, a Nurse, a Scientist
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/04/red-state-picks-up-on-my-question-about-why-314-action-fund-a-pac-considers-lauren-underwood-a-nurse-a-scientist/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Microsoft hires anti-Trump law firm
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/investigations/3398418/microsoft-support-europe-hires-anti-trump-law-firm/

NEW YORK POST
— Trump suggests Vance, Rubio could succeed him — as he gives final answer on a third term
https://nypost.com/2025/05/04/us-news/president-trump-suggests-jd-vance-marco-rubio-could-succeed-him-as-he-gives-final-answer-on-a-third-term/

BLAZE
— Who are the Leftist Judges Trying to Sabotage Trump’s Agenda?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3zQ9FOHdcU

BREITBART
— Showdown Looms as Homan Explores Case Against AOC for Obstructing Immigration Enforcement
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/05/03/showdown-looms-as-tom-homan-explores-case-against-aoc-for-bstructing-immigration-enforcement/
— Radical LGBTQ+ Stonewall Group’s Charity Status Questioned in Row over Supreme Court Trans Ruling
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2025/05/03/lgbtq-stonewall-groups-charity-status-questioned-in-row-over-supreme-court-trans-ruling/
— Costco, Levi’s, and Other Companies Stubbornly Cling to DEI Policies
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2025/05/03/costco-levis-other-companies-stubbornly-cling-dei-policies/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Trump’s Push for Equal Rights and Against Quotas
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/05/03/trumps-push-for-equal-rights-and-against-quotas/

EPOCH TIMES
— US Tariff on Auto Parts Goes Into Effect. If the United States had been as dependent on foreign countries as it is now, it would never have won WWI or WWII.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trumps-25-percent-auto-part-tariff-goes-into-effect-5851640
— Mexican President Said She Rejected Trump Offer to Deploy US Troops to Mexico. Constructively, Mexico had declared war on America. FROM GOOGLE AI: The US military maintains a significant global presence with thousands of troops and hundreds of bases across nearly every continent. While the exact number of bases is difficult to determine due to varying classifications and ongoing changes, estimates range from 750 to over 900. The US has the largest number of overseas military bases compared to any other country, accounting for roughly 75-85% of the total. Key Locations and Troop Distribution: Japan, Germany, and South Korea: These countries host the largest number of US military bases and troops. Japan alone has over 50,000 US troops. Middle East: The US maintains a considerable military presence in the Middle East, with forces in numerous countries and on ships in the region’s waters, particularly in response to threats from Iran and its affiliated groups. Europe: The US has a significant military presence in Europe, particularly in countries like Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom, with many bases being NATO interoperable.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/mexican-president-said-she-rejected-trump-offer-to-deploy-us-troops-to-mexico-5851892

FOX NEWS
— Texas Gov. Abbott signs $1 billion voucher program into law, capping off win for school choice advocates. ‘Gone are the days that families are limited to only the schools assigned by government,’ Gov. Abbott said.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/texas-gov-abbott-signs-1-billion-voucher-program-law-capping-off-win-school-choice-advocates
— Dem gov’s new campaign message man once said ‘religious right’ united by ‘white supremacy’  The Arizona governor’s recent hire is just the latest in a series of tumultuous staffing issues Hobbs has faced.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dem-govs-new-campaign-message-man-once-said-religious-right-united-white-supremacy
— AOC taunts Homan after DOJ referral threat over deportations. Homan suggested AOC’s previous advice for migrants may have crossed a line.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/come-me-aoc-taunts-tom-homan-after-doj-referral-threat-over-deportations
— Trump questions judges who block deportations of ‘criminals, including murderers’  federal judge ruled that the Trump administration’s use of the Alien Enemies Act was ‘unlawful’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-questions-judges-who-block-deportations-criminals-including-murderers

NEWSMAX
— Trump Media Quits Delaware for ‘Pro-business’ Florida
https://www.newsmax.com/finance/streettalk/trump-media-delaware-florida/2025/05/03/id/1209437/

PJ MEDIA
— Is the Era of Sanctuary Cities and States Going to Come to an End? For a city or a state to declare itself a sanctuary is to declare war on America.
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/05/03/is-the-era-of-sanctuary-cities-and-states-going-to-come-to-an-end-n4939453

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Pritzker’s Trump posture ramps up 2028 chatter
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5280477-illinois-gov-jb-pritzker-trump-critics/

NBC NEWS
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters a) drove the stock market down to punish Trump and b) decry the stock market’s comeback.
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/markets/stocks-unleash-remarkable-comeback-after-volatile-month-trump-tariffs-rcna204213

NEWSWEEK
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump. What if Republican leaders had organized protests against Biden?
https://www.newsweek.com/may-day-50501-protests-list-weekend-2067558

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/video/science/100000010122048/how-trumps-cuts-are-stifling-lgbtq-health-research.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/health/trump-administration-slashes-research-into-lgbtq-health.html
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/opinion/trump-polls-popularity-dei.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Trump brands his opponents as communists. Today’s Democrats have no problem with communism. They promote socialism. Socialism is a step on the road to communism.
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2025-05-04/trump-brands-his-opponents-as-communists-a-label-loaded-with-the-baggage-of-american-history

DALLAS MORNING NEWS
— Rogers: Who’s a RINO — Cornyn or Paxton? Texas oligarchy uses the wrong criteria for choosing leaders. RINOs are Republicans who reject planks in the Republican Party platform and who get rid of Republicans who support those planks. Most commonly, they reject the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. I should write about the biggest past and present RINO leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, etc. I would focus on the aforesaid who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2025/05/03/rogers-whos-a-rino-cornyn-or-paxton/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Hate filled Trump-hating Trump-haters decry that Trump’s tariffs are lifting some U.S. manufacturers
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/trump-s-tariffs-are-lifting-some-u-s-manufacturers/ar-AA1E8iki

MONEY INC.
— 20 Worst Jobs in America. I did not have any of these jobs, but I did do yard work (1962-1964), deliver newspapers (1962-1966), wash dishes (1964-1966), clean golf shoes, chip slag, and pump gasoline (1966), deliver mail (1966-1969), work on an automotive assembly line (1970), sell tires, automotive services, and major appliances (1970-1971), pump more gasoline (1971-1972), collect delinquent taxes (1971-1980), and audit federal agencies (1980-1997).
https://moneyinc.com/20-worst-jobs-in-america/

May 3, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Illinois officials react to death of embattled former Gov. George Ryan
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-officials-gov-jb-pritzker-democrats-republicans-react-death-embattled-former-governor-george-ryan/16305092/
— Kankakee pays tribute to native George Ryan after death of former Illinois governor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4foWxiVu7oE

NBC5
— Here’s what your monthly student loan bill could be under a new Republican plan
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/heres-what-your-monthly-student-loan-bill-could-be-under-a-new-republican-plan/3735367/

WGN9
— Family, friends remember Former Illinois Governor George Ryan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uydDXos3x1s

FOX32
— Trump admin ramping up investigations into Chicago-area public schools
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1634987
— Democrat leaders say “Trump pushes deep spending cuts as tariffs poised to hit everyday purchases.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkcopjljTuU
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sB_GJlLI78

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump’s Justice Department sues Illinois over E-Verify worker privacy provisions feds say interfere with immigration enforcement
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/02/trumps-justice-department-sues-illinois-over-worker-privacy-provisions-feds-say-interfere-with-immigration-enforcement/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “The United States has preeminent authority to regulate the administrative processes governing Form I-9 (federal employment eligibility verification forms) documentation and inspection, and E-Verify,” the Justice Department wrote. “Illinois therefore has no authority to enforce laws that obstruct or otherwise conflict with federal immigration enforcement efforts by imposing additional regulations, requirements, and possible sanctions on employers that seek to participate in the federal ‘E-Verify’ program.”)
— Pritzker mocks his weight, tells TV host Jimmy Kimmel he’s undecided on third term.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/02/gov-jb-pritzker-mocks-his-weight-tells-tv-host-jimmy-kimmel-hes-undecided-on-third-term/
— Former Chicago Blackhawks player Patrick Kane sells Trump Tower condo for $2.11M. Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in destroying Trump. In 1978, I made a $10,000 profit when I sold my Outer Drive East condo. That is about $50,000 in today’s dollars.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/02/blackhawks-patrick-kane-trump-tower-condo/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Kane has taken a nearly $1 million loss on the 69th-floor condo. He first listed it for $3 million in May 2024, and he cut his asking price to $2.7 million in November and then to $2.5 million in February. He struck a deal to sell the unit on March 12.)

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Here’s how Trump’s order to cut federal funding to NPR and PBS could impact Illinois. His order seeking to cut off funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting affects about 1,500 stations, including Chicago’s WBEZ and WTTW. But it’s likely headed for the courts or for drama in Congress.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/05/02/trump-executive-order-cut-federal-funding-npr-pbs-illinois
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/art/2025/05/02/the-first-homosexuals-exhibit-wrightwood-695-chicago-museum

DAILY HERALD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Stratton
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250503/news/strattons-top-priority-in-senate-campaign-fighting-back-against-trump/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Leaders recall Ryan’s successes, flaws
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250502/illinois-state-politics/im-sure-he-felt-that-all-his-life-leaders-recall-ryans-successes-flaws/
— Krishnamoorthi leads panel at Harper College on value of public service careers under attack from DOGE. Democrats run the federal government. My critics/opponents disapprove of, if not despise, if not hate my getting the federal jobs and promotions that I did. I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, IRS 1971-1980, and Post Office 1966-1969. They were furious when IRS promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 and when GAO promoted me in 1986. According to my critics/opponents, Democrats should have gotten those jobs and promotions, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250502/news/krishnamoorthi-leads-panel-at-harper-college-on-value-of-public-service-careers-under-attack-from-do/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Trump.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/education/uchicago-faculty-push-proactive-defense-amid-trump-blitz
— George Ryan governed — and lived — with empathy. What do George Ryan and Jim Ryan supporters think of you? They despise, if not hate me. They blame their problems on what I have done as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000 and what I did as a leader of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2000-2012, Illinois Center Right Coalition 2003-2007, and Pat O’Malley’s Milton Township gubernatorial primary campaign 2001-2002. I should write about them. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/george-ryan-remembered-hedy-ratner
— Patrick Kane loses nearly $1 million in Trump Tower condo sale. Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in destroying Trump. In 1978, I made a $10,000 profit when I sold my Outer Drive East condo. That is about $50,000 in today’s dollars.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-real-estate/patrick-kane-loses-nearly-1m-trump-tower-condo-sale
— Democrat leaders say “Amid Trump attacks on higher ed, UChicago faculty want to see more from leadership.”
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/education/uchicago-faculty-push-proactive-defense-amid-trump-blitz

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight all Trump’s cuts.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-05-02/trump-cuts-demolish-agency-focused-on-toxic-chemicals-and-workplace-hazards

CITIES 92.9
— Illinois lawmakers mark 50th anniversary of Vietnam War’s end
https://www.cities929.com/2025/05/02/illinois-lawmakers-mark-50th-anniversary-of-vietnam-wars-end/

WREX
— Vietnam Veterans to be honored in event marking 50th anniversary of the end of war
https://www.wrex.com/news/vietnam-veterans-to-be-honored-in-event-marking-50th-anniversary-of-the-end-of-war/article_7009c2b0-c01e-4e1f-b7b3-03525f5e33ca.html

WJBC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize protests against Trump. What if Republican leaders had organized protests against Biden.
https://www.wjbc.com/2025/05/02/on-may-day-thousands-march-for-immigrant-labor-women-and-lgbtq-rights/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Tim Cook says Trump tariffs could cost Apple more than $900M in June quarter
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/tim-cook-says-trump-tariffs-could-cost-apple-more-than-900m-in-june-quarter/
— Trump says he’ll strip Harvard of tax-exempt status. Most, if not virtually all, tax-exempt organizations exist to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/trump-says-hell-strip-harvard-of-tax-exempt-status/

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use May Day to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/on-may-day-thousands-march-for-immigrant-labor-women-and-lgbtq-rights/

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/05/02/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-297/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What do George Ryan and Jim Ryan supporters think of you? They despise, if not hate me. They blame their problems on what I have done as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000 and what I did as a leader of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2000-2012, Illinois Center Right Coalition 2003-2007, and Pat O’Malley’s Milton Township gubernatorial primary campaign 2001-2002. I should write about them. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Sadly, there are far too many reasons to not help elect candidates. Far too often, the more that you do to help elect a candidate, if that candidate is defeated, you will be blamed for their defeat. I have done much to help elect Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000. I should write about those that have suffered defeats and that I have been blamed the most for their defeats. They blame what I have done as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000 and what I did as a leader of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2000-2012, Illinois Center Right Coalition 2003-2007, and Pat O’Malley’s Milton Township gubernatorial primary campaign 2001-2002. They following lead the blaming, that is, the following lead the scapegoating: major donors, fundraisers, political consultants, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

WIREPOINTS
— Illinoisans avoid nation’s 7th-highest gas prices whenever they can. My brother used to drive from Crete to Indiana to fill up.
https://wirepoints.org/illinoisans-avoid-the-states-7th-highest-gas-prices-whenever-they-can-wirepoints-on-with-jeff-daly-of-wzus-decatur-radio/

COOK COUNTY RECORD
— Feds seek to strike down IL law that threatens employers for using E-Verify
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/671128992-feds-seek-to-strike-down-il-law-that-threatens-employers-for-using-e-verify

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump proposes cuts of $163 billion in new budget, seeks sharp increase in defense
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/2/donald-trump-proposes-cuts-163-billion-new-budget-seeks-sharp/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Wait until you see what’s coming’: Homan delivers ominous message for those harboring illegals.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/05/02/wait-until-you-see-whats-coming-homan-delivers-ominous-message-for-those-harboring-illegals-1540674/

BLAZE
— Trump’s DOJ files lawsuit against Illinois for restricting E-Verify, a program meant to bar illegal alien workers
https://www.theblaze.com/news/trump-lawsuit-illinois-everify-law

CHRISTIAN POST
— Over a dozen Christian leaders urge Trump to protect Afghan Christians from deportation
https://www.christianpost.com/news/christian-leaders-tell-trump-not-to-deport-afghan-christians.html

DAILY SIGNAL
— Trump Rightly Defunded PBS and NPR’s Long History of Anti-Conservative, Pro-Leftist Content
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/05/02/trump-rightly-defunded-pbs-nprs-long-history-anti-conservative-leftist-content/

DAILY WIRE
— Here’s What Trump’s Team Wants To Accomplish In the Next 100 Days
https://www.dailywire.com/news/heres-what-trumps-team-wants-to-accomplish-in-the-next-100-days

FEDERALIST
— Here Are 12 Reasons Why NPR And PBS Deserved To Be Defunded
https://thefederalist.com/2025/05/02/here-are-12-reasons-why-npr-and-pbs-deserved-to-be-defunded/

FOX BUSINESS
— Trump is defunding Biden’s ‘woke and weaponized’ bureaucracy
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6372231045112

FOX NEWS
— Musk: It was essential for Trump to win to ensure the US remained great
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6372228946112

MRC TV
— Trump’s Deporting Illegals, and Pro-Crime Leftists Can’t Stand It
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/brittany-m-hughes/trumps-deporting-illegals-and-pro-crime-leftists-cant-stand-it
— The First 100 Days Of Media Rage!
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/eric-scheiner/first-100-days-media-rage-wacky-mole

NEWSMAX
— Somber White House Video Highlights Angel Parents
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/immigration-angel-parents-white-house/2025/05/02/id/1209338/

TOWNHALL
— Trump Eliminates Another Vestige of Racial Discrimination— the Fraud of Disparate Impact. Of all the many tests that I have taken, fewer Blacks, Hispanics, and/or females a) took those tests than I did and b) fewer passed those tests than I did. According to my critics/opponents, that was because I benefitted from discrimination against Blacks, Hispanics, and/or females. In my defense, neither of my parents attended college, my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, my mother never attended high school, and I had to work my way through college. The many tests that I took and pasted enabled me a) to earn a bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) to pass the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 and the Certified Internal Auditor examination when I was 32, c) to get hired by the Post Office when I was 18, by IRS when I was 22, and by GAO when I was 31, and d) to get promoted by IRS when I was 23, 24, and 25 and by GAO when I was 38..
https://townhall.com/columnists/print/2656399

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Trump proposes steep cuts in first budget request of second term
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5279446-trump-proposes-steep-cuts-in-first-budget-request-of-second-term/

NEWSWEEK
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly crow about their success in driving Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-approval-rating-polls-2067414

MSN
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasing promote more hatred against Trump and against those who share Trump’s demographics.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/cannot-unify-with-evil-here-s-what-really-drives-evangelicals-support-for-trump/ar-AA1DMnIt
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly crow about their success in driving Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/democrats-waited-for-trump-to-crumble-now-they-re-starting-to-fight-back/ar-AA1E5zVp
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/new-poll-shocker-majority-of-americans-now-view-donald-trump-as-a-dangerous-dictator-amid-mounting-public-concern/ar-AA1E3Pje
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/trump-s-100-day-approval-rating-hits-historic-low-new-poll-reveals/ar-AA1DSXat
https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/other/no-floor-for-trump-s-approval-rating-cnn-analysts-detail-data-that-s-scaring-the-white-house/ar-AA1E3ZLP

REUTERS
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly crow about their success in driving Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-deflects-blame-economy-contraction-says-be-patient-2025-04-30/

ABC NEWS
— Steelmaker Cleveland Cliffs to idle 3 steel plants in Pennsylvania and Illinois
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/steelmaker-cleveland-cliffs-idle-3-steel-plants-pennsylvania-121415395

NBC NEWS
— White House brings conspiracy theorists, former Trump officials and a family friend to its ‘influencer briefings’  A review of attendees to the first three influencer briefings shows an overwhelming right-leaning guest list.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/white-house-influencer-briefings-conspiracy-theorists-rcna204437

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Communist China.
https://www.nytimes.com/article/trump-tariffs-canada-mexico-china.html
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly crow about their success in driving Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/donald-trump-approval-rating-polls.html
— Could Apple Exist Without Its Ties to China? Probably Not.  The world’s most valuable company has become so reliant on Chinese suppliers and sales that it would be worth half as much or less without them.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/technology/apple-china-tariffs.html

USA TODAY
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly do everything that they can to keep Republicans out of parades. I should write about those Democrat and RINO leaders in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton who have had the most success in keeping Republicans out of Wheaton Independence Day parades. I would focus on those who succeed in ending my role as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades in 2021, a role that I had since 2005.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/05/01/birthday-bash-president-donald-trump-and-army-plan-june-14-parade/83401058007/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly crow about their success in driving Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/05/03/trump-lowest-approval-rating-president-unpopular/83345826007/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/05/01/is-trump-winning-dei-fight/83368731007/

COMMERCIAL NEWS
— Duckworth and Durbin ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.commercial-news.com/news/state_news/duckworth-durbin-reintroduction-equality-act-to-ban-discrimination-against-lgbtq-americans/article_ba7e2a82-6eca-4738-9588-fc87e3aaf857.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Tragedy of Affirmative Action. Blacks were making rapid progress before the 1960s. Racial preferences didn’t help, and if anything they slowed the improvement.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-tragedy-of-affirmative-action-black-mobility-racial-preferences-merit-b1ca70e3
— The End of the Free College Lunch. The GOP begins to rein in student loans and forgiveness plans.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/house-republicans-higher-education-reform-reconciliation-bill-student-loans-colleges-7bfcd3c8
— Most, if not virtually all, tax-exempt organizations promote the Democrat Party platform.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-officials-explore-ways-of-challenging-tax-exempt-status-of-nonprofits-94ff0c6e

POLITICO
— Trump’s budget asks Congress for unprecedented federal funding cuts. The request for obliterating many domestic programs sets up a clash with Congress ahead of the Sept. 30 shutdown deadline.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/02/trumps-budget-asks-congress-00323256
— More than 15,000 USDA employees take Trump’s offer to resign. Their departures will affect how the department administers food safety and nutrition programs, conducts research and offers services to farmers.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/03/more-than-15000-employees-resign-agriculture-department-trump-00324834

May 2, 2025

WHITE HOUSE
— ENDING TAXPAYER SUBSIDIZATION OF BIASED MEDIA
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/05/president-trump-finally-ends-the-madness-of-npr-pbs/
— TRUMP EFFECT: Mercedes to Shift More Vehicle Production to U.S.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/05/trump-effect-mercedes-to-shift-more-vehicle-production-to-u-s/
— JOBS BOOM: More Americans Working for Higher Pay
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/05/jobs-boom-more-americans-working-for-higher-pay/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/02/chicago-shelter-systems/
— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/02/cps-deportation-fears-impact/
— Democrat leaders crow about their success promoting May Day anti-Trump protests.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/01/may-day-rally-underway-in-union-park-with-march-planned-to-grant-park-later-in-the-day/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/01/photos-thousands-march-through-downtown-chicago-for-may-day/
— Advocates press for continued funding to college test prep support program. Were you viewed as being college material? I was not. Nevertheless, I took college preparatory courses and got an ACT score of 24.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/01/advocates-press-for-continued-funding-to-college-test-prep-support-program/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/02/opinion-donald-trump-garden-of-american-heroes/
— McDonald’s store traffic falls unexpectedly. Have Democrat leaders unofficially/officially called for McDonald’s to be boycotted because of Trump?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/01/mcdonalds-store-traffic-falls/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Columbus statue removed from Arrigo Park going to Italian American group. The statue will be indefinitely “loaned” to the Joint Civic Committee for Italian Americans for display at a building on Taylor Street.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2025/05/01/columbus-statue-removal-arrigo-park-potential-agreement
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote the hate-filled Trump-hating Pritzker.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2025/05/02/gov-jb-pritzker-creates-nicknames-for-trump-to-call-him-including-jbeefy-in-jimmy-kimmel-appearance
— Democrat leaders crow about their success promoting May Day anti-Trump protests.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/05/01/meet-the-chicagoans-who-came-out-to-protest-trump-on-may-day
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/05/02/trump-immigration-policy-undocumented-villified-crime-misinformation-tom-homan-mona-charen
— Hate-fille Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/05/01/world-press-day-elon-musk-donald-trump-media

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders crow about their success promoting May Day anti-Trump protests.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250501/news/we-need-to-voice-our-concerns-suburbs-join-in-on-global-may-day-rallies/
— The mainstream news media in America is nothing more than a mouthpiece for Democrat leaders.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250502/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-world-press-freedom-day-a-threat-to-press-freedom-is-a-threat-to-democracy/

ABC7
— Democrat leaders crow about their success promoting May Day anti-Trump protests.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/may-day-2025-thousands-expected-protest-march-rally-downtown-chicago-union-park-grant/16292225/
— Dept. of Education investigating Evanston-Skokie school district for alleged racial discrimination
https://abc7chicago.com/post/us-department-education-investigating-evanston-skokie-school-district-65-allegations-racial-discrimination/16298331/

NBC5
— Democrat leaders crow about their success promoting May Day anti-Trump protests.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/may-day-rallies-marches-trump-polices-chicago-evanston/
— Pritzker team calls congresswoman ‘damaged goods’ to stop Senate run. Multiple sources confirmed the governor’s team is trying to dissuade U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood from running for U.S. Senate, with Pritzker denying any interference.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/sources-pritzker-calls-congresswoman-damaged-goods-senate/3735712/

CBS2
— Chicago Park District to loan Columbus statue to Italian American group for museum, end lawsuit
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-park-district-columbus-statue-italian-american-group/

FOX32
— Christopher Columbus statue finds new home as Chicago Park District plans fresh start for Arrigo Park
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/christopher-columbus-statue-chicago-arrigo-park
— Democrat leaders crow about their success promoting May Day anti-Trump protests.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1634485

WTTW
— Columbus Statue Will Not Return to Grant Park
https://news.wttw.com/2025/05/01/columbus-statue-will-not-return-grant-park-officials-announce

WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.wbez.org/arts/2025/05/01/the-first-homosexuals-exhibit-wrightwood-695-chicago-museum

CHAMPAIHN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE & WGLT & FOX2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/may-day-demonstrations-in-us-and-around-the-globe-protest-trump-agenda/article_394c8641-a109-5c43-a76a-5437b80fc227.html
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-05-01/hundreds-in-bloomington-join-another-nationwide-anti-trump-protest
https://fox2now.com/news/illinois/illinois-protesters-call-for-government-accountability/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Illinois GOP lawmakers want to ban transgender athletes from women sports through legislation
https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2025-05-01/republican-lawmakers-in-illinois-seek-to-ban-transgender-athletes-from-women-sports-through-legislation-and-the-trump-administration

WAND TV
— Illinois House GOP strongly oppose potential tax hikes in FY26 budget
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/illinois-house-gop-strongly-oppose-potential-tax-hikes-in-fy26-budget/article_f2a04c50-4d77-47e8-8660-36312d4a00b1.html

LEGACY
— Carol Smith Donovan, a former vice chair of the Republican State Central Committee in the 7th District, has died.
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/carol-donovan-obituary?id=58278688

CHICAGO DEFENDER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump. How successful have Democrat leaders been promoting hatred against Trump in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? I should write about their success in DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Warrenville School District 200, and my precinct.
https://chicagocrusader.com/not-in-our-state-illinois-urgently-calls-on-residents-to-help-stop-hate/

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/05/01/may-day-protesters-in-chicago-rebuke-trumps-agenda-we-will-never-bow/

AXIOS CHICAGO
— Chicago’s WGN Radio adds Ted Cruz to lineup
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2025/04/30/chicago-wgn-radio-ted-cruz-lineup-verdict

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/05/02/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-504/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/05/01/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-296/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— If you try to make the rich pay for tax hikes, it hurts jobs and job creation. It chases wealthy people away from the state… meaning less investment in Illinois.
https://wirepoints.org/if-you-try-to-make-the-rich-pay-for-tax-hikes-it-hurts-jobs-and-job-creation-it-chases-wealthy-people-away-from-the-state-meaning-less-investment-in-illinois-wirepoints-on-wttw/
— $27,000 per student, yet not one is proficient in math?
https://wirepoints.org/27000-per-student-yet-not-one-is-proficient-in-math-wirepoints-on-wls-ramblin-ray-show/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Justice Department files second anti-sanctuary lawsuit against Illinois
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/1/justice-department-files-second-anti-sanctuary-lawsuit-illinois/
— The best DEI policy is no DEI policy. Hire the best people, and don’t worry about a person’s skin color or gender.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/1/best-dei-policy-no-dei-policy/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Liberal city councils continue transgender activism amid Trump executive orders
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3397795/liberal-city-councils-transgender-sanctuary-cities/

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Why Trump Wants Truckers to Speak English
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/why-trump-wants-truckers-to-speak-english/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— We Need a Government That Obeys the Law. If it takes an executive order to enforce laws that already bar illegal immigrants from Social Security, the problem isn’t policy—it’s a government that’s given up on enforcement.
https://amgreatness.com/2025/05/02/we-dont-need-an-executive-order-to-bar-illegals-from-social-security-we-need-a-government-that-obeys-the-law/

AMERICAN WIRE NEWS
— Blue City prints red cards for illegals, informing them of their ‘rights’
https://americanwirenews.com/blue-city-prints-red-cards-for-illegals-informing-them-of-their-rights/
— DeSantis asks DHS for permission to fly 10,000 illegals to El Salvador
https://americanwirenews.com/desantis-asks-dhs-for-permission-to-fly-10000-illegals-to-el-salvador-i-can-set-up-at-a-moments-notice/
— Homan delivers ominous message for those harboring illegals. How many illegals are Democrat and RINO leaders harboring in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://americanwirenews.com/wait-until-you-see-whats-coming-homan-delivers-ominous-message-for-those-harboring-illegals/

DAILY CALLER
— ‘Cost A Lot Of People Their Jobs’: JD Vance Slams Biden Admin For Deciding Products Would No Longer Be Made In America. My brother lost manufacturing jobs in Chicago Heights because his employers moved to Mexico to take advantage of cheap labor and lax regulations.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/05/01/jd-vance-biden-american-manufacturing-nucor-steel/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Trump administration is all over Chicago schools Black-only ‘Success Plan’ Were you viewed as being college material? I was not. There was no success plan for me. But nevertheless, I took college preparatory classes, earned an ACT score of 24, graduated in the upper 20% of my class, and got accepted by UIC.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/05/01/trump-administration-is-all-over-chicago-schools-black-only-success-plan-1540519/
— FBI reportedly reassigns agents who took a knee for George Floyd. My Democrat superiors in the federal government took the knee for Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, they took the knee for race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/05/01/fbi-reportedly-reassigns-agents-who-took-a-knee-for-george-floyd-1540420/

BREITBART
— Trump Justice Department Budget Request Depoliticizes FBI and ATF, Supports Law Enforcement, and Focuses on Fighting Crime
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/05/01/exclusive-trump-justice-department-budget-request-depoliticizes-fbi-and-atf-supports-law-enforcement-and-focuses-on-fighting-crime/
— First Look Inside Trump’s Historic Deportation Operation Targeting Gang Members, Criminals
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/05/01/exclusive-footage-first-look-inside-trumps-historic-deportation-operation-targeting-gang-members-criminals/

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
— The Department of Justice Files Complaint Against Illinois for Encroaching on Federal Immigration Authority
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/department-justice-files-complaint-against-illinois-encroaching-federal-immigration

EPOCH TIMES
— Tesla Says Report Its Board Is Looking to Replace CEO Elon Musk Is False
https://www.theepochtimes.com/business/tesla-says-report-its-board-is-looking-to-replace-ceo-elon-musk-is-false-5850622
— US Ends Trade Exemption That Enabled Flood of Cheap Chinese Goods. What percent of everything that you own was made in China?
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/us-ends-trade-exemption-that-enabled-flood-of-cheap-chinese-goods-5845670

FOX NEWS
— Acting ICE director says agency will ‘ramp up’ raids if sanctuary jurisdictions don’t cooperate. ‘How can anyone argue with you when you’re deporting violent gang members, sex offenders and fentanyl traffickers?’ Lyons said.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/acting-ice-director-says-agency-ramp-up-raids-sanctuary-jurisdictions-dont-cooperate
— DOJ sues four blue states over ‘unconstitutional’ climate laws threatening US energy security. In a push to defend US energy production, the DOJ challenges aggressive state climate laws.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/doj-sues-four-blue-states-over-unconstitutional-climate-laws-threatening-us-energy-security
— Trump declares May 8 as ‘Victory Day’ for World War II: ‘Going to start celebrating our victories again!’  President Donald Trump also declared Nov. 11 as World War I Victory Day. My uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII. My father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F. My grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-declares-may-8-victory-day-world-war-ii-going-start-celebrating-our-victories-again
— Trump tells University of Alabama graduates not to be a victim. Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly shout at those who are the following that they are victims of Republicans: non-Republican, citizen of America, liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestor who have not been in America for a long time, citizen of a foreign country, boozer, gambler, stoner, prostitute, criminal, etc.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-tells-university-alabama-graduates-not-victim-urges-them-beat-odds
— Trump claps back at courts for ‘interfering’ with job, asks ‘how you can give due process’ to illegal migrants. ‘How can you give due process to people who came into our country illegally?’ Trump asked.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-claps-back-courts-interfering-job-asks-how-you-can-give-due-process-illegal-aliens
— Southern Illinois University administrators caught on tape pledging to ignore Trump’s executive orders on DEI and other areas
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/unearthed-footage-exposes-medical-school-administrators-pledging-resist-trump-executive-orders
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/blue-state-university-administrators-caught-on-tape-pledging-to-ignore-trump-s-executive-orders-on-dei-and-other-areas/vi-AA1E0Jsx
— Trump DHS slams more ‘sob story’ reporting after Tren de Aragua gang members send SOS signal. Tren de Aragua – also known as ‘TdA’ – is a brutal international criminal group linked to Venezuelan socialist dictator Nicolas Maduro.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-dhs-slams-more-sob-story-reporting-after-tren-de-aragua-gang-members-send-sos-signal

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Illinois Targeting Glock Handguns in Its Latest Gun Grab. Illinois Democrats will stop at nothing until the state government bans all guns.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/05/illinois-targeting-glock-handguns-in-its-latest-gun-grab/

LIBERTY JUSTICE CENTER
— Major Win for Equal Opportunity: Bally’s Overhauls Casino IPO, Drops Race and Sex Requirements
https://libertyjusticecenter.org/pressrelease/major-win-for-equal-opportunity-ballys-overhauls-casino-ipo-drops-race-and-sex-requirements/

NEWSMAX
— Homan Hints at More Arrests for Harboring Illegals
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/homan-sanctuary-states-illegals/2025/05/01/id/1209194/

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— White House: “Children Will Be Taught To Love America,” Not “Cancerous, Communist Woke Culture”
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/05/01/white_house_children_will_be_taught_to_love_america_not_cancerous_communist_woke_culture.html
— Trump’s Push for Equal Rights and Against Quotas. Virtually all employers are Democrats or RINOs. They do not want to hire, retain, or promote Republicans. They especially do not want to hire, retain, or promote Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/05/02/trumps_push_for_equal_rights_and_against_quotas_152739.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Democrat leaders say that Trump is weakened, but they are still divided over how to battle him.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5275979-democrats-divided-trump-resistance/
— Trump threatens sanctions on countries that buy oil from Iran
https://thehill.com/policy/international/5278691-trump-threatens-sanctions-on-countries-that-buy-oil-from-iran/
— I should write about my critics/opponents who claim to be Republican, who are White, male, and/or older, who reject the equal opportunity plank in the Republican Party platform, that is, who promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, who promote discrimination against Republicans who are White, male, and/or older. They are really Democrats who want to curry favor with minorities, females, and those who are younger by getting rid of Republicans who are White, male, and/or older. They have had great success in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton. According to them, Republicans who are White, male, and/or older cause all the problems that minorities, females, and younger people have.
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5277823-bill-oreilly-diversity-inclusion-newsnation-town-hall/
— Pritzker campaign launches video series on Illinois residents impacted by Trump
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5273424-pritzker-campaign-trump-impact/

UPI
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.upi.com/News_Photos/view/upi/9f33a0ce410e2adf6d97dbb4355ed594/May-Day-protests-in-Chicago-Illinois/

CNN
— Trump repeats that the government will revoke Harvard’s tax-exempt status. Far too many tax-exempt organizations are fronts for the Democrat Party.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/us/white-house-harvard-tax-status
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters have joined with foreign countries to destroy America. They want America to be totally dependent on foreign countries for everything.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/economy/europe-lower-inflation-us-tariffs-analysis-intl
— What the House GOP is proposing in its first draft of Trump’s sweeping tax and spending cuts package
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/politics/what-is-in-trump-tax-spending-cuts-package
— What percent of everything that you own made in China? China wants to conquer America and has made great progress doing that.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/economy/de-minimis-packages-tariff

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Army plans for a potential parade on Trump’s birthday call for 6,600 soldiers
https://apnews.com/article/army-parade-trump-birthday-96bb9c8e9af1ef285c56fdc3d1ba4b35
— Trump tells University of Alabama graduates that “You’re the first graduating class of the golden age of America.”  I graduated from NIU in 1970. Because of Affirmative Action and because of DEI, that is, because of Democrat and RINO political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination, opportunities for who were the following ever-increasingly diminished: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-alabama-commencement-address-protests-6bcea5b4058c819c26a8135b41d73dd1

REUTERS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/may-day-protesters-across-us-rally-against-trump-policies-urge-rule-law-2025-05-01/

MSNBC
— Democrat leaders say “Donny 2 Dolls Trump’s cruelty ignores little girl who asked him to make Barbies cheaper.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP_BJisSuBc

MSN
— US manufacturing activity shrinks by most since November. What percent of everything that you own was manufactured in foreign countries?
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/us-manufacturing-activity-shrinks-by-most-since-november/ar-AA1E1Qwz

CBS NEWS
— Migrant crossings at U.S.-Mexico border stay at historically low levels 3 months into Trump crackdown
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/migrant-crossings-u-s-mexico-border-historically-low-levels/
— McDonald’s says tariffs are hurting sales after reporting largest decline since pandemic
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mcdonalds-tariffs-hurting-sales/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/may-day-protests-trump-photos/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/millions-of-asylum-seekers-left-waiting-in-immigration-court-backlog/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/us/politics/may-day-trump-protests.html
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/05/01/us/trump-news#may-day-protests-trump
— Appeals Court Allows Trump to Block Money for Federally Funded Newsrooms, for Now. He who pays the piper calls the tunes. No one calls my tunes because I have enough motivation, time, money, ability, experience, and good health to put together and send out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Everyone in the news media should fully disclose where their money comes from. The money I need to put the newsletter together and to send them out comes from my Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension and Social Security (SS). Previously, my money came from what I earned working for GAO (1980-1997), IRS (1971-1980), Firestone Stores (1970-1972), Chrysler (1970), Post Office (1966-1969), John’s Sinclair, Thrall Car, and Flossmoor Country Club (1966), and S.S. Kresge (1964-1966). Of course, my critics/opponents want Trump to cut CSRS and SS.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/us/politics/trump-blocks-federal-news-funding.html
— Democrat and RINO justices and judges ever-increasingly destroy Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/us/politics/supreme-court-justice-jackson.html
— House Votes to Block California’s Plan to Ban New Gasoline-Powered Cars. I have owned gasoline-powered cars since I was 16 in 1964.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/climate/california-gas-cars-waiver-house-vote.html

WASHINGTON POST
— JD Vance: What President Trump achieved in his first 100 days. The president and I campaigned on reversing Joe Biden’s failures. And we’re delivering.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/05/02/jd-vance-trump-hundred-days/
— Stephen Miller touts Trump’s war against ‘cancerous, woke culture’ in fiery remarks
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/01/trump-stephen-miller-immigration-transgender-diversity/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Israel.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/02/gaza-israel-trump-crisis-100-days/
— As Trump attacks higher education, some students avoid U.S. colleges. Virtually all employers are Democrats or RINOs. They do not want to hire, retain, or promote Republicans. They especially do not want to hire, retain, or promote Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/05/02/colleges-international-students-trump-visas-deportations/

USA TODAY
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/05/01/trump-us-economy-republicans-congress/83290133007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/05/01/trump-approval-rating-polls-down-economy/83349237007/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters have joined with foreign countries to destroy America. They want America to be totally dependent on foreign countries for everything.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/04/30/will-tariffs-cause-shortages-high-prices/83371447007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/05/02/trump-tariffs-auto-industry-economy/83364760007/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “They love a parade: President Trump and US Army to celebrate their June 14 birthdays.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/05/01/birthday-bash-president-donald-trump-and-army-plan-june-14-parade/83401058007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make it clear that they will get rid of you if you do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2025/04/30/trump-shut-down-suicide-hotline-lgbtq-kids/83334766007/
— ‘Victory of faith’, Vietnamese celebrate 50 years since end of Vietnam War. I should write about those who have used my avoiding the Vietnam War draft against me the most.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2025/04/30/vietnamese-celebrate-50-years-since-end-of-vietnam-war/83362123007/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Despite lashing, DEI still has grip. Groups ‘fly below the radar’ to stay focused. For college graduates, the more of the following that you are, the harder it still is to get a good job: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time. It is called race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/05/01/is-trump-winning-dei-fight/83368731007/

IAFF
— Financial tips to help you plan post-WEP/GPO repeal. Needless-to-say, my critics/opponents will be beyond furious if my application for spousal benefits is approved. Prior to the WEP/GPO repeal, my Social Security (SS) was only $3,000/year. My post-WEP/GPO SS might increase from $6,000/year to $20,000/year. Since 1978, my critics/opponents have been beyond envious of my wife’s salaries. In my defense, I paid into SS 1964-1973 while I washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, delivered mail, worked on an automotive assembly line, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances, and pumped more gasoline.
https://www.iaff.org/news/financial-planning-tips-after-the-wep-gpo-repeal/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Married People May Be Eligible for Spousal Benefits. If your Social Security benefit is small, you may also be entitled to spousal benefits. However, you must be at least 62 years old, and your spouse must be drawing benefits before you can apply. Calculate your spousal benefits here.)

DURBIN & DUCKWORTH
— Durbin, Duckworth Colleagues Reintroduce Assault Weapons Ban
https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/press/dem/releases/durbin-duckworth-colleagues-reintroduce-assault-weapons-ban

POLITICO
— Trump’s use of Alien Enemies Act for swift deportations is illegal, Trump-appointed judge rules. The Alien Enemies Act applies only when the country is facing an armed, organized attack, the judge ruled.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/01/trump-deportations-court-ruling-00321455

NPR
— Trump orders end to federal funding for NPR and PBS. He who pays the piper calls the tunes. No one calls my tunes because I have enough motivation, time, money, ability, experience, and good health to put together and send out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Everyone in the news media should fully disclose where their money comes from. The money I need to put the newsletters together and to send them out comes from my Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension and Social Security (SS). Previously, my money came from what I earned working for GAO (1980-1997), IRS (1971-1980), Firestone Stores (1970-1972), Chrysler (1970), Post Office (1966-1969), John’s Sinclair, Thrall Car, and Flossmoor Country Club (1966), and S.S. Kresge (1964-1966). Of course, my critics/opponents want Trump to cut CSRS and SS.
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/02/nx-s1-5384790/trump-orders-end-to-federal-funding-for-npr-and-pbs

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/pritzkers-total-war-message-is-a-hit-among-angry-democrats.html

ADVOCATE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make it clear that they will get rid of you if you do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.advocate.com/voices/trump-voters-blood-on-hands

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— GOP Is The Man’s Party
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration_second_term/gop_is_the_man_s_party

INKL
— Trump administration investigating Illinois school district for discrimination over ‘privilege walks’ and diversity training
https://www.inkl.com/news/trump-administration-investigating-illinois-school-district-for-discrimination-over-privilege-walks-and-diversity-training

COUNTER CURRENTS
— What is the Purpose and Potential Impact of Caste Census in India? What Caste were you born into? My critics/opponents have always painted me as being lower Caste. They stress a) that neither of my parents attended college, b) that my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, c) that he never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars, d) that my mother never attended high school, e) that I had to work my way through college, f) that none of my degrees are from Ivy League universities, g) that I was a federal employee for almost 30 years, h) that I have been a federal retiree for almost 28 years, i) that I never earned more than $153,151/year in today’s dollars, and j) that I am Protestant and German American.
https://countercurrents.org/2025/05/what-is-the-purpose-and-potential-impact-of-caste-census-in-india/