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/2025/08/03/dehumanizing-inside-the-broadview-ice-facility-where-immigrants-sleep-on-cold-concrete/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/30/charles-selle-deportations/
— Indiana Gov. Braun greenlights state police, agencies to cooperate with ICE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/01/indiana-gov-braun-greenlights-state-police-agencies-to-cooperate-with-ice/
— Former Kane County Coroner Rob Russell announces bid for sheriff
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/24/former-coroner-rob-russell-joining-sheriff-race/
— The mainstream news media exists to get rid of Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/03/column-donald-trump-jeffrey-epstein-maga-support-page/
— State control of Chicago Public Schools grows likelier as budget crisis intensifies
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/editorial-state-control-chicago-public-100000308.html
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Anticipate/expect that your critics/opponents will use the jobs that you get against you.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/money/2025/08/01/job-hunting-tips-teenagers
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTUTE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250802/news/a-chilling-effect-on-justice-ice-argues-courthouse-immigration-arrests-make-sense-but-local-oppo/
— The mainstream news media exists to destroy Trump.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250802/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-karma-and-epa-policy-local-weather-conditions-add-worrisome-irony-to-proposed/
KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Hundreds of motorcycles ride to raise fentanyl awareness Saturday in Kane and DuPage counties. Grieving families, elected officials and law enforcement agencies unite to spread awareness.
https://www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-chronicle/2025/08/03/hundreds-of-motorcycles-ride-to-raise-fentanyl-awareness-saturday-in-kane-and-dupage-counties/
STARVED ROCK MEDIA
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://www.starvedrock.media/wlpo/protests-against-trump-still-strong-in-ottawa/article_e63a907e-deec-4b98-b796-5ce1b50e7ed2.html
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-appeals-court-keeps-order-blocking-trump-administration-from-indiscriminate-immigration-sweeps/
WJBC
— Illegals Reduce US Workers’ Wages. When I was young, if there had been as many illegals as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got, but if not that, my wages would have been lower.
https://www.wjbc.com/2025/08/01/homan-to-newsmax-illegals-reduce-us-workers-wages/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders oppose work requirements for Medicaid.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-08-02/how-the-new-work-requirements-for-medicaid-could-impact-some-states
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-08-02/from-the-clinics-to-the-capitol-links-anti-abortion-movement-to-far-right-extremism
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Milton Township Under Criminal Investigations
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2025/08/milton-township-under-criminal-investigations/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTOM EXAMINER
— End the ‘mission creep’ of Temporary Protected Status. To get more votes from those who are the following, Democrat and RINO leaders give them protected status: minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, veteran, disabled, non-Protestant, non- German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, have less money than others, citizens of foreign countries, boozers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, etc.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/patriotism-unity/3488896/trump-afghanistan-temporary-protected-status/
NEW YORK POST
— Texas Roadhouse hit with civil rights complaint alleging DEI discrimination in hiring practices. All during the almost 30 years that I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government, they bragged about the preference that gave to their Democrat employees who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. I should write about that.
https://nypost.com/2025/08/03/business/texas-roadhouse-hit-with-discrimination-civil-rights-complaint-for-dei-hiring-practices/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Texas Roadhouse wrote that it is committed to “attracting, retaining, engaging, recognizing, and developing a workforce that mirrors the diversity of our guests” and provided a chart breaking down the percentages of their employees and managers who were either women or people of color in its 2024 10-K annual report. . .According to the Texas Roadhouse 2024 sustainability report, the company takes DEI factors such as gender and race into consideration when determining nominees to its Board of Directors.)
DAILY CALLER
— Senate Confirms Trump’s Pick for U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican, Brian Burch, who resides in Chicago
https://www.aol.com/senate-confirms-trump-vatican-pick-214131318.html
— Universities Use Social Credit To Bypass Affirmative Action Ban. What social credits do you get? I get no social credits because I promote personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, enforcement of immigration laws, discouragement of vices, Second Amendment rights, and equal opportunity. That is, I get no social credits because I oppose the promotion of dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, more gun controls, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/08/02/opinion-universities-use-social-credit-to-bypass-affirmative-action-ban-casey-ryan/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As the situation appears, Dialogue portfolios are nothing more than a system modeled after the Chinese Communist Party’s Social Credit System that essentially blacklists Chinese citizens from society if they hold the wrong opinions. Under China’s system, citizens can gain a bad social credit score by daily activities deemed negative by the government. This can include posting opinions on social media or making too many frivolous purchases. A negative social credit score can lead to bans from traveling, throttled internet speeds, or rejections from universities – which sounds eerily similar to the intent of Dialogue portfolios. The last thing college applicants in America need is a dystopian measure to filter out perceived wrongthink. The Supreme Court’s decision to ban affirmative action for universities was to help ensure everyone has an equal opportunity. These “Dialogues” appear to be a purity test that is even worse than affirmative action. While affirmative action is awful, at least there was a chance for universities to admit students of differing viewpoints. Dialogue portfolios give universities the explicit power to reject students solely because of the opinions they hold.)
DAILY WIRE
— For The First Time In 40 Years, The Federal Government Can Judge Applicants By Merit. The move opens the door to an elite federal workforce — and a major victory for President Donald Trump. For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. I qualified myself for the postal job by passing the postal employment examination and earning a high school diploma. I qualified myself for the IRS job by passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination and earning a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU. I qualified myself for the GAO job by working for IRS for almost 9 years, earning an MBA from Loyola, passing the CPA examination on my first attempt, and almost completing the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/for-the-first-time-in-40-years-the-federal-government-can-judge-applicants-by-merit
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A decades-old court order that blocked the federal government from using tests to measure job applicants’ skills was terminated by a D.C. judge on Friday, setting the stage for an overhaul of the federal workforce that could be one of President Donald Trump’s most lasting achievements. In 1981, Angel Luevano sued the federal government over the Professional and Administrative Career Examination, a test that helped identify the best and brightest out of the tens of thousands who apply for government jobs each year. Luevano argued that the test kept too many blacks and Hispanics out of government, and, in the waning days of President Jimmy Carter’s administration, OPM agreed to pause the test for five years. Forty-four years later, the “Luevano Consent Decree” was somehow still intact. In January, the Trump administration filed a brief challenging the agreement — a feat which required reopening a decades-closed court case in which the original judge had died. The administration argued that it was doubtful the decree was ever appropriate, and that, with Supreme Court case law outlawing affirmative action, it was certainly not now. Angel Luevano is still alive, and agreed to terminate the consent decree, court papers show. Luevano was represented by lawyers from Hispanic and black civil rights groups, two of whom did not return a request for comment. For almost half a century, the federal government has operated like a college that didn’t look at SAT scores when admitting students. Rescinding the Luevano Consent Decree could take the government from safety-school status to Ivy League. “We’re making civil service great again,” Office of Personnel Management Director Scott Kupor told The Daily Wire Friday. The move opens the door to technocratic hiring assessments that allow the government to hire applicants who objectively demonstrate the most aptitude. Kupor told The Daily Wire in an interview that the move means Americans may start getting better service at government agencies, with government being more helpful and responsive. “The lasting opportunity here is: can we change the culture of the workforce in the federal government? Can we make it a high-performance culture? That will definitely be the president’s legacy, if we can make that successful,” he said. After the demise of the Professional and Administrative Career Examination and similar tests, the government began relying on “self-assessments” to sift through job applicants, as it was the only measure that saw a sufficient number of minorities enter government. Applicants simply declared how good they were at a task, with no attempt to verify it or compare them to other applicants. That led to a hiring process that rewarded boasting and fabrications as much as merit. Kupor said the de facto prohibition on government checking people’s competency before hiring them — at which point they become difficult to remove — had become particularly crippling in the modern age, with people using artificial intelligence or simply copy-and-paste to take a job advertisement’s requirements and send an application asserting that they had all those skills. The inability to use objective measures to sort the most qualified applicants from a large pool — as virtually all other large employers do — has profoundly impacted the caliber of government employees. The Luevano Consent Decree was perhaps one of the largest applications ever of the philosophy known as “disparate impact,” which holds that anything that produces racially unbalanced outcomes must inherently be racist. But the fallout went beyond just minorities, leaving little way to differentiate a brilliant white job applicant from an incompetent white applicant. OPM General Counsel Andrew Kloster told The Daily Wire in an interview that the government did not make any concessions to reach the agreement. “It was a very easy process,” he said. “They just flat out agreed. It would not have happened without the original named plaintiff agreeing to it and the judge agreeing to accept it.” “This is really kind of an understanding that disparate impact as a way to measure things is not the law of the land anymore. You have to actually show real discrimination. The explicit argument was that the objective tests themselves were racially biased, and obviously that’s bogus.” It is yet to be decided whether OPM will institute a general aptitude test across agencies. But many specific job categories are likely to have their own tests. If the government is hiring, say, computer programmers, it won’t simply ask them how good they are at a programming language. Instead, it will administer a coding test to rank applicants on a uniform scale. The hiring process used by government agencies for decades resulted in hiring that was, at best, random, and at worst, allowed the sort of cronyism and favoritism that the consent decree was supposed to avoid, Kupor said. “We’re going to be able to attract really, really good people, because they’re going to be fairly tested for their merit,” he said. “It also really does eliminate a lot of potential for a bias in the hiring process if you actually use objective standards.” “This is a win for fairness, as well as a win for getting American people the ability to get people with the appropriate skills into the right jobs.”)
FOX NEWS
— DOJ cracking down on noncitizen voters
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6376491200112
PJ MEDIA
— Democrat and RINO leaders want Trump to grant amnesty, that is, Democrat and RINO leaders want Trump to destroy the Republican Party. Those who come to America illegally and/or stay in America illegally will always vote for Democrats.
https://pjmedia.com/scott-pinsker/2025/08/02/now-that-trump-has-really-truly-secured-our-borders-is-it-time-for-a-gop-pivot-on-immigration-n4942338
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Statisticians blast Trump over BLS firing: ‘Dangerous precedent.’ My Democrat superiors in the federal government followed a strong anti-Republican precedent when they wasted my career and forced me to retire. My RINO superiors in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois followed a strong anti-conservative precedent when they wasted me and got rid of me.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5433583-trump-bls-firing-precedent-controversy/
NEWSWEEK
— Pope Francis Critic Brian Burch Confirmed as Vatican Ambassador
https://www.newsweek.com/pope-francis-critic-brian-burch-confirmed-vatican-ambassador-2108079
MSN
— The most competitive college in your state. In Illinois, it is the University of Chicago. According to my critics/opponents, degrees from non-Ivy League universities are worthless.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/the-most-competitive-college-in-your-state-according-to-data-and-see-the-rest-of-the-hardest-schools-to-get-into/ss-AA1JAp3M#image=14
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois: University of Chicago #7 hardest college to get into nationwide, Acceptance rate: 7%, Net price: $36,584, SAT range: 1500-1570. The University of Chicago boasts a low student-to-teacher ratio—5:1—as well as an affiliation with 97 Nobel laureates, 34 MacArthur “genius grant” fellows, and 23 Pulitzer Prize winners, including Saul Bellow and Thornton Wilder, who won on three occasions. The school is proud of its nationally recognized medical and law programs.)
— Trump administration rescinds Jimmy Carter‑era DEI mandates for federal hiring. For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. I qualified myself for the postal job by passing the postal employment examination and earning a high school diploma. I qualified myself for the IRS job by passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination and earning a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU. I qualified myself for the GAO job by working for IRS for almost 9 years, earning an MBA from Loyola, passing the CPA examination on my first attempt, and almost completing the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-admintration-rescinds-jimmy-carter-era-dei-mandates-for-federal-hiring/ar-AA1JKxut
NBC NEWS
— Chicago Democrats issue warnings about their mayor amid Zohran Mamdani’s rise
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/chicago-democrats-issue-warnings-mayor-090042907.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/opinion/ice-immigration-protest-resistance.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/opinion/epstein-trump-polls.html
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/08/02/supporters-decry-ice-arrests-south-korean-student-peruvian-asylum-seeker-court-hearings/
USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly badmouth the American Flag.
https://www.aol.com/trump-installs-massive-flag-poles-135836687.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals.
https://www.aol.com/americans-views-immigration-massive-positive-190958366.html
WTOP
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly disparage Republicans.
https://wtop.com/national/2025/08/ohio-city-whose-haitian-migrants-were-disparaged-by-trump-braces-to-defend-them-against-deportation/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at young men that Trump causes all their problems.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/we-asked-young-men-who-voted-for-trump-to-grade-him-here-s-what-they-said/ar-AA1JG2Kl
INDEPENDENT
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that Trump causes all their problems.
https://www.aol.com/more-70-black-voters-disapprove-205101322.html
ECONOMIC TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/global-trends/us-news-rage-against-the-regime-protests-over-300-us-cities-hosting-anti-trump-demonstrations-today-on-jd-vances-birthday-50501-group-full-list/articleshow/123060369.cms
INDIA HERALD
— Can an Indian Citizen Have More Than One Caste Certificate in case of Inter-Caste Marriage? What Caste were you born into? I was born into a low Caste because 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. My critic/opponents have always used the aforesaid against me. My critics/opponents have parents who have lots of money.
https://www.indiaherald.com/Breaking/Read/994838885/Can-an-Indian-Citizen-Have-More-Than-One-Caste-Certificate-in-case-of-InterCaste-Marriage
TIMES OF INDIA & MSN
— Google stops funding of 214 groups, over 50 of them related to diversity and equity. I should write about how Google has treated me and my www.gopillinois.com website.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/google-stops-funding-of-214-groups-over-50-of-them-related-to-diversity-and-equity-report/articleshow/123073327.cms
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/google-quietly-removes-dozens-of-dei-focused-groups-from-funding-list-amid-policy-shift/ar-AA1JLWsO
GOOGLE AI
— Too conservative, Republican According to my critics/opponents, I have always been to conservative, that is, I promote too many planks in the Republican Party platform.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22too+conservative%22+republican
Tag: diversity
August 1, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
WGN9
— Chicago’s budget deficit threatened by pension bill that awaits Pritzker’s signature. My GAO superior who focused on getting rid of me was so furious that I got almost 3 years of full-time Civil Service Retirement System credit while I worked only part-time for the Post Office 1966-1969 that he got Congress to change the law so that now only prorated credit is given.
https://wgntv.com/news/politics/chicagos-budget-deficit-threatened-by-pension-bill-that-awaits-pritzkers-signature/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The bill would boost pension benefits for officers and firefighters hired after 2010 by increasing the cap on pensionable salary and the annual cost-of-living adjustment for pensioners.)
WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/08/01/illinois-joins-lawsuit-challenging-trump-administration-s-efforts-restrict-gender
— Duckworth, Durbin Urge Trump Administration to Reinstate EPA Workers Who Signed ‘Declaration of Dissent.’ I did far more than sign a letter of dissent. When I was 40 years old in 1988, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. GAO audits IRS. They had unofficially thrown me off audits of IRS before I was 40 in 1988 because I had complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. They had kept me off audits of IRS 1980-1985. They had forced the GAO manager to retire in 1987 who had hired me in 1980 and who had finally been able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me in 1986. They had delayed my promotions, had never promoted me beyond GS-13, and had forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. Democrats run GAO and IRS. They do not want Republicans to audit IRS.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/08/01/duckworth-durbin-urge-trump-administration-reinstate-epa-workers-who-signed-declaration
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/08/01/mayors-office-completes-internal-review-of-chicago-police-response-to-june-immigration-raid
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/lgbtq/2025/08/01/illinois-sues-the-trump-administration-to-protect-access-to-gender-affirming-care
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— ICE says it has made tentative job offers to more than 1,000 as hiring ramps up. Just kidding, but will Speaker Johnson force GAO to rehire me with backpay. Many of my Democrat GAO superiors who forced me to retire have now retired themselves. My backpay would be $2.4 million ($4.3 salary minus $1.9 Civil Service Retirement System pension.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/01/ice-hiring-tentative-job-offers/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Many of these offers were to ICE officers who retired under President Biden because they were frustrated that they were not allowed to do their jobs,” she said. “Now under President Trump and Secretary Noem, ICE is excited to get back to work to remove rapists, murderers, gang members and pedophiles from our communities.”)
— Casten shouted down at town hall in La Grange, pro-Palestinian protesters removed
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/01/u-s-rep-sean-casten-pro-palestinian-protesters/
— Trump removes official overseeing jobs data after dismal employment report. I should write about the following who have done the most to remove me as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000 because my newsletters have reported Republican defeats: past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, pollsters, fundraisers, major donors, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders. It is called shooting the messenger who brings the bad news.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/01/trump-removes-jobs-data/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/01/judge-pauses-fast-track-deportations/
— Lake County Sheriff Martinez starts to repay county for $157,785 of overpayment of benefits. According to my critics/opponents, my federal salary 1966-1969 and 1971-1997, my $66,780/year Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension in today’s dollars since 1997, and my and my wife’s 72% federal healthcare insurance subsidy is much too high. In my defense, I paid 7% of my federal salary into the CSRS. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/01/lake-co-sheriff-martinez-starts-to-repay-county-for-overpayment-of-benefits/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: All of the extra pay that Martinez received was from the collective bargaining agreement that covers the sheriff’s police officers. The State Board of Accounts contended under state code that Martinez is an officeholder who is not entitled to benefits for police officers negotiated under the collective bargaining agreement.
DAILY HERALD
— Duckworth ever-increasingly makes it clear that she is anti-those who have demographics that vote for Republicans.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250801/illinois-state-politics/diversity-in-crash-test-dummies-can-save-womens-lives-duckworth-gop-senators-say/
WGN RADIO
— College Visits: What to ask to get the whole picture. In 1966, UIC was the only college that I considered attending. I could afford UIC because my parents could and did provide me with room and board while I attended UIC 1966-1968 and the summers of 1967 and 1968 in between. In 1969, NIU was the only college that I considered transferring to because my parents could and did provide me with room and board weekends during my first semester there and the summer of 1969. I worked part-time for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969.
https://wgnradio.com/jobs/career-vision/college-visits-what-to-ask-to-get-the-whole-picture/
WBEZ
— Chicago teens on the job this summer. What summer jobs did you have? I did yard work during the summers of 1962 and 1963. I delivered newspapers during the summers of 1962-1966. I washed dishes during the summer of 1965. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline during the summer of 1966. I delivered mail during the summers of 1967-1969. My critics/opponents never had to take such jobs because their parents had lots of money, bought them cars, and paid for their college expenses.
https://www.wbez.org/education/2025/08/01/teenagers-summer-jobs-lifeguard-chuck-e-cheese-international-museum-surgical-science
FOX NEWS
— Hamas should be blamed for the starvation in Gaza
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/hamas-should-blamed-starvation-gaza-says-deputy-state-dept-spokesperson-tommy-pigott-middle-east-special-envoy-steve-witkoff-mike-huckabee
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Plaintiff optimistic, DOJ interested in case against Illinois elections board
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_748c769f-a4b8-463a-b8a1-873b7c66c20a.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A legal case is moving forward against the Illinois State Board of Elections over allegations that the state failed to maintain voter registration lists. Former state Rep. Jeanne Ives, R-Wheaton, said the National Voter Registration Act requires the state to perform list maintenance and remove ineligible voters. U.S. District Court Judge Sara L. Ellis dismissed two plaintiffs from the case last week, but Ives’ group, Breakthrough Ideas, was not dismissed and retains standing as a plaintiff along with Illinois Family Action. The groups filed suit with Judicial Watch attorneys in March of 2024. Ives said it’s obvious that voter lists are not well-maintained in Illinois. “This creates extra costs people should not have to incur and it wastes time as well, not to mention it invites fraud when you do not have cleaned-up voter lists,” Ives told The Center Square. Ives said the dead have voted in Illinois. “I’ve pointed out a couple of dead people that I know casted votes, and there was no adequate explanation for why that occurred. Because they were not cleaned off the voter roll, it invited fraud one way or another. In the state of Illinois, this becomes even more problematic when you have permanent vote by mail,” Ives explained. “So you will have ballots being sent to people that are possibly moved or dead, which makes list maintenance even more important in the state of Illinois.” Ives said 23 Illinois counties with a combined registration list of 980,089 voters reported removing only 100 registrations over a two-year period. “That is an absurdly small number. There is no possible way those counties were conducting a general program that makes an effort to clean up the voter rolls, because only a hundred people died in 23 counties? Nobody believes that, so we know that they’re not doing what they should do,” Ives said. On July 8, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a 15-page statement of interest in the case. “When Illinois voters cast their ballots, they should be confident that their vote is given its due weight, undiluted by ineligible voters,” the statement began. “It is critical to remove ineligible voters from the registration rolls so that elections are conducted fairly, accurately, and without fraud,” said Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division in a press release regarding the statement of interest. “Under the NVRA, states have the responsibility to conduct a robust program of list maintenance. The Department of Justice will vigorously enforce those requirements to ensure compliance.” Ives said the case could have ramifications across the country. She said it is possible that the DOJ will file its own lawsuit. As for what’s next, Ives said parties were waiting for a written ruling and it’s possible there could be a hearing later this month. Ives said she suspects there could be a settlement in the case.)
— Youth mental health screenings may have long-term impact, IL legislator warns. Democrat leaders hint/imply/argue/shout that if you are not a Democrat, you have mental problems.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_61d88fa0-db2a-49ed-8f3a-1ec239a0a422.html
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois economy declines 2.2% in early 2025, one of biggest drops in U.S.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-economy-declines-2-2-in-early-2025-one-of-biggest-drops-in-u-s/
— Illinois government pension crisis worst in U.S.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/report-shows-illinois-government-pension-crisis-worst-in-u-s/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— ICE is deporting people at record pace: Nearly 1,300 per day
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/1/ice-deporting-people-record-pace-nearly-1300-per-day/
— Democrats’ civility goes out the window so progressives can pretend to be tough
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/1/editorial-democrats-civility-goes-window-progressives-pretend-tough/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democrats want to unmask the ICE agents they are putting in danger
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3488819/democrats-ice-agents-masks/
NEW YORK POST
— How can socialist Zohran Mamdani revel in his family’s colonial privilege?
https://nypost.com/2025/08/01/opinion/how-can-socialist-zohran-mamdani-revel-in-his-familys-colonial-privilege/
FEDERALIST
— Immigration Crackdown Protects Americans From Murderers And Rapists Biden Released Into The Streets
https://thefederalist.com/2025/08/01/immigration-crackdown-protects-americans-from-murderers-and-rapists-biden-released-into-the-streets/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
KVOR
— Illegals Reduce US Workers’ Wages
https://www.kvor.com/2025/08/01/homan-to-newsmax-illegals-reduce-us-workers-wages/
REASON
— The IRS Is Now 25 Percent Smaller (and, Hopefully, Less Dangerous) I should write about those who have used against me the most my having been an IRS employee for almost 9 years 1971-1980.
https://www.aol.com/news/irs-now-25-percent-smaller-110004637.html
August 1, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Naperville Halal Fest expects to bring about 20,000 attendees to Frontier Park this weekend
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/30/chicagoland-halal-fest-naperville-diversity/
— Democrat leaders promote Biden.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/31/joe-biden-national-bar-association/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders promote Biden.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/07/31/biden-trump-president-chicago-speech-national-bar-association-gala-immigrants
— For Democrat leaders, education exists to create good little Democrats.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/07/31/trump-deal-northwestern-univeristy-dei-antisemitism-funding-frozen
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump and against those who share Trump’s demographics. How successful have Democrat leaders been doing that in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/07/31/zohran-mamdani-young-democrats-progressives-s-e-cupp
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Mexican Independence Day Festival to return to West Chicago after hiatus
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250731/festivals-and-fairs/mexican-independence-day-festival-to-return-to-west-chicago-after-hiatus/
— ‘Building bridges’: Naperville Halal Fest connects businesses with burgeoning market
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250731/business/building-bridges-halal-fest-connects-businesses-with-burgeoning-market/
ABC7
— Chicago Mayor Johnson implementing hiring freeze for city through end of 2025 amid budget crisis. While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years, the agency was almost always under hiring and/or promotion freezes because of Gingrich budget cuts. GAO is just a shell of what it once was.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-implementing-hiring-freeze-city-end-2025-amid-budget-crisis/17379048/
NBC5
— Giannoulias pushes for changes in how Illinois auto insurance rates are calculated. Of course, according to Democrat leaders, those who have demographics that vote for Democrats are paying too much for auto insurance. Those demographics are liberal, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-married, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, citizens of foreign countries, etc.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7f-CXhraao
— Illinois becomes first state to require mental health screenings for students. Democrat leaders hint/imply/argue/shout that if you are not a Democrat, you have mental problems.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-becomes-first-state-to-require-mental-health-screenings-for-students/3802933/
WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/07/31/fiesta-del-sol-kicks-pilsen-organizers-say-they-plan-protect-attendees-ice-activity
WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.wbez.org/reset-with-sasha-ann-simons/2025/07/31/living-and-working-in-america-the-new-reality-for-refugees-and-asylum-seekers
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote foreign students.
https://www.wbez.org/reset-with-sasha-ann-simons/2025/07/30/student-visa-changes-creating-fear-chaos-among-people-hoping-to-study-in-america
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/government/2025/07/31/illinois-senators-call-for-release-of-the-epstein-files/85458840007/
NPR ILLINOIS
— For Democrat leaders, education exists to create good little Democrats.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/illinois/2025-07-31/trumps-big-beautiful-bill-heightens-uncertainty-for-colleges-and-universities
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/protestors-rally-against-lahood/
— Democrat leaders shout at Democrats that Republicans discriminate against Democrats.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-how-americans-views-of-racial-discrimination-have-shifted-since-2021-according-to-ap-norc-polling/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Biden.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/08/01/biden-sounds-the-alarm-in-chicago-00488175
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Illinois ranks in the top 5 worst or bottom 5 best in every metric. It’s time to change that.
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-ranks-in-the-top-5-worst-or-bottom-5-best-in-every-metric-its-time-to-change-that-wirepoints-on-with-wjols-scott-slocum/
JOHN KASS
— The Faustian Bargain of Rock and Roll. Do drugs make musicians more creative?
https://johnkassnews.com/the-faustian-bargain-of-rock-and-roll/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— No more diversity statements: DOJ guidance draws line on ‘unlawful DEI’. Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/31/justice-department-releases-guidance-explaining-unlawful-dei/
AMERICAN THINKER
— The many problems with driver’s licenses for illegal aliens
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/07/the_many_problems_with_driver_s_licenses_for_illegal_aliens.html
BLAZE
— MAGA’s biggest threat isn’t Democrats — it’s internal sabotage
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/blaze-news-tonight/magas-biggest-threat-isnt-democrats-its-internal-sabotage
BREITBART
— Windmill Delusions and Nuclear Solutions: Trump’s Energy Agenda and How to Learn from Europe’s Mistakes
https://web.breitbart.com/videos/windmill-delusions-and-nuclear-solutions-trump-s-energy-agenda-and-how-to-learn-from-europe-s-mistakes
CAMPUS REFORM
— ICE offers $110k incentives to college recruits under Trump expansion
https://www.campusreform.org/article/ice-offers-110k-incentives-college-recruits-trump-expansion/28368
CENTER SQUARE
— Bill would require transparency of foreign influence in K-12 schools. There were no foreign influences on me while I attended grade school and high school.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_f979ebde-3fc9-49b5-a30e-5efbd665c692.html
DAILY SIGNAL
— The Left’s Hitler Derangement Syndrome
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/07/30/stop-dishonoring-my-murdered-relatives-by-comparing-trump-to-hitler/
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— DHS Launches $600 Million Grant Program for State Detention Centers
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2025/07/31/dhs-600-million-dollar-grant-state-detention-centers
FOX NEWS
— Mamdani reveals in resurfaced video how one of his ‘greatest victories’ benefitted illegal immigrants. Zohran Mamdani has pledged to fight for illegal immigrants if he is elected mayor.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mamdani-reveals-resurfaced-video-how-greatest-victories-benefitted-illegal-immigrants
— Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is ‘in over his head’ running the city, Blagojevich lodges
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6376416811112
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Trump Is Right to Point the Finger at Hamas for Gaza Woes
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/07/trump-is-right-to-point-finger-at-hamas-for-gaza-woes/
PJ MEDIA
— Leftist Squeamishness on Admitting the Crimes of Illegals and Jihadis
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/07/31/leftist-squeamishness-on-admitting-illegals-jihadis-crimes-n4942278
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Trump Gets Backlash Over RNC Chair Endorsement: An LGBT ‘Ally’ Who ‘Just Tried to Pass Amnesty’
https://www.westernjournal.com/trump-gets-backlash-rnc-chair-endorsement-lgbt-ally-just-tried-pass-amnesty/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— ICE says it has made tentative job offers to more than 1,000 as hiring ramps up
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/politics/article/ice-says-it-has-made-tentative-job-offers-to-more-20796627.php
MSN
— DEI rollbacks are having an impact on hiring practices. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat who was minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/smallbusiness/dei-rollbacks-are-having-an-impact-on-hiring-practices/ar-AA1JFRks
https://www.bizjournals.com/albany/news/2025/07/31/dei-diversity-equity-inclusion-trump-hiring-jobs.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— How has EEOC impacted you? EEOC ended my career in the automotive industry. Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted when I was 22 years old in 1971 because Oldsmobile agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. My Firestone Stores boss fired me because I had accepted that offer. Because I had to have a job, I accepted a job offer from IRS.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/us/politics/andrea-lucas-equal-employment-opportunity-commission.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump brings back presidential physical fitness test canceled by Obama. By the time I got to eight grade, I could not run because I had a bone disease. My eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20. I had partial red/green colorblindness.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/31/trump-physical-fitness-test-returns/
USA TODAY
— To get more votes, Democrat and RINO candidates promise more government handouts.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/07/31/hawley-rebate-checks-trump-tariffs/85430292007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government and charities.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2025/07/30/trump-cuts-legal-services-rural-america/85340070007/
HEARTFORD COURANT
— Trump plans to revive the Presidential Fitness Test for American schoolchildren. By the time I got to eight grade, I could not run because I had a bone disease. My eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20. I had partial red/green colorblindness.
https://www.courant.com/2025/07/31/trump-presidential-fitness-test/
FAST COMPANY
— Ever-increasingly, the Democrat Party exists to promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91377373/trumps-ftc-spreading-lies-about-trans-people-kosa
HIGHER ED DRIVE
— For Democrat leaders, education exists to create good little Democrats.
https://www.highereddive.com/news/justice-department-threatens-federal-funding-colleges-dei-policies/756510/
BROOKINGS
— Democrat and RINO leaders use AI to get rid of Republicans
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/trumps-executive-orders-politicize-ai/
July 31, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Mayor Johnson offers multiple ideas to scare businesses out of Chicago
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/editorial-mayor-johnson-offers-multiple-100000664.html
— Former Northwestern University staffer sues alleging he was fired for protesting cuts to LGBTQ resources. My Democrat GAO superiors fired me, that is, they forced me to retire, because I protested their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/30/northwestern-university-employee-sues-lgbtq-cuts/
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, sooner or later, everyone will be on Medicaid. Knowing that if I could survive until I retired, the federal government would pay 72% of my and my wife’s healthcare insurance premiums for life helped me endure tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to get rid of me.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/30/medicaid-trump-2/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout a minorities and at females that Republicans cause all the problems that minorities and females have.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/31/opinion-donald-trump-black-women-jobs-at-risk/
CHICAGO SUN_TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/07/29/maga-trump-epstein-kash-patel-bondi-mona-charen
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: To get more votes from those who are the following, Democrat leaders want them to pay lower insurance premiums: liberal, Democrat, minority, female, younger, poor, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are in America illegally.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250730/insurance/giannoulias-launches-campaign-to-ensure-fairness-in-auto-insurance-rates/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Johnson imposes hiring curbs on city departments to cut spending. While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years, the agency was almost always under hiring and/or promotion freezes because of Gingrich budget cuts. GAO is just a shell of what it once was.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/brandon-johnson-imposes-hiring-curbs-city-hall
ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Hamas.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-groups-call-elected-officials-send-more-aid-gaza-end-hunger-crisis-israeli-strikes-continue/17367629
CBS2
— Congressman Darin LaHood on how Trump’s big, beautiful bill will affect Illinoisans. The Illinois representative talks about Medicaid, SNAP, and touches on the petition to release the Epstein files.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/congressman-darin-lahood-on-how-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-will-affect-illinoisans/
WGN9
— Trump, in another break from the norm, interviews 4-star general candidates. While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, ever-increasingly, to get promoted, you had to promote Affirmative Action and DEI.
https://wgntv.com/politics-3/ap-politics/ap-trump-meets-with-candidates-for-four-star-general-in-break-with-tradition-white-house-acknowledges/
WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for all the problems that Blacks have.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/07/30/national-urban-league-ceo-declaring-state-emergency-over-trump-administration/
WGN RADIO
— Ray LaHood: Illinois legislative map is ‘an embarrassment’
https://wgnradio.com/john-williams/ray-lahood-illinois-legislative-map-is-an-embarrassment/
— The mainstream news media did not blame Biden for inflation, but now, the mainstream news media blames Trump for inflation.
https://wgnradio.com/news/how-trumps-tariffs-could-affect-your-grocery-bill/amp/
KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Kane County Auditor Penny Wegman announces bid for treasurer. Incumbent GOP Treasurer Lauzen hasn’t said if he’ll run again.
https://www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-chronicle/2025/07/31/kane-county-auditor-penny-wegman-announces-bid-for-treasurer/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Kane County Auditor Penny Wegman on Wednesday officially announced her candidacy for county treasurer. Wegman, a Democrat, was elected to her second term as auditor last year. She will seek her party’s nomination in the March 17 primary election. If she wins the primary, she will be on the Nov. 5, 2026 general election ballot. In a news release Wednesday, Wegman pledged “to bring her proven record of fiscal responsibility, transparency and innovation to the treasurer’s office.” “As your county auditor, I’ve worked every day to make government more transparent, efficient, and accountable to taxpayers,” Wegman stated in the release. “Now, I’m ready to bring that same commitment to the treasurer’s office – to continue protecting taxpayer dollars and strengthening public trust in our financial institutions.” The current treasurer is Chris Lauzen, a Republican and former state senator and former county board chairman. He has not announced whether he would seek another term. Since taking office as auditor, Wegman said she led on several key initiatives that improved the county’s financial operations and public accountability. These include: Increasing transparency through a more accessible, online county checkbook, giving taxpayers real-time insight into county spending; Creating a successful internship program, providing hands-on government experience to local students and cultivating the next generation of public servants; Identifying and helping close policy gaps, collaborating with the county board to strengthen financial procedures and internal controls; Increasing county revenue by competitively bidding the purchase card vendor, securing better returns for Kane County taxpayers. “These are not just ideas – they are results, ” Wegman said in the release. “As treasurer, I will carry forward this momentum to modernize operations, safeguard county funds, and ensure Kane County residents get the transparency and service they deserve,” Wegman stated in the release. With her background in auditing, financial oversight and public service, Wegman stated in the release that she is “uniquely prepared to transition seamlessly into the treasurer’s role and immediately build upon the office’s core responsibilities: receiving, investing, and safeguarding the county’s funds.” Last year, Wegman received the Innovator Award from the International Association of Government Officials at its annual conference in New Orleans. The award was in recognition of Wegman’s work with the county’s procurement card program, which are known as p-cards and are county credit cards issued to department heads. Her campaign for treasurer will formally launch with a fundraiser on Aug. 28, at The Office, 201 E Main St., St. Charles. The public is invited to attend and learn more about Wegman’s vision for the treasurer’s office. In May, Candida “Connie” Cain announced she left the Kane County GOP to run for treasurer as a Democrat.)
COURIER & PRESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.courierpress.com/story/opinion/2025/07/31/opinion-shabazz-abortion-restrictions-have-led-to-more-access/85422719007/
NPR ILLINOIS
— The Democrat Party platform promotes homelessness.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-07-30/trump-wants-to-make-it-easier-to-institutionalize-some-homeless-people-how-will-that-play-out-in-la
CITIES 92.9
— To get more votes from those who are the following, Democrat leaders want them to pay lower insurance premiums: liberal, Democrat, minority, female, younger, poor, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are in America illegally.
https://www.cities929.com/2025/07/30/illinois-secretary-of-state-pushes-to-restrict-auto-premium-calculations/
WAND TV
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/ohio-city-whose-haitian-migrants-were-disparaged-by-trump-braces-to-defend-them-against-deportation/article_5e9c485c-d55f-5bc2-8aa4-eb936ef9864c.html
WIFR
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/families-first-rally-in-rockford-calls-for-support-for-working-families/ar-AA1Jmn4e
MEDILL REPORTS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government and on charity.
https://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/listen-rooted-in-community-evanston-grows-works-toward-food-justice/
HOODLINE ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://hoodline.com/2025/07/illinois-commission-on-equity-and-inclusion-to-promote-diversity-at-2025-state-fair-in-springfield/
IPM NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make children sexually active LGBTQers.
https://ipmnewsroom.org/chicago-hospitals-are-scaling-back-trans-care-for-youth-a-rapid-response-team-is-stepping-in/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Growth killer: Chicago’s potential corporate head tax.
https://wirepoints.org/chicago-corporate-head-tax-growth-killer-wirepoints/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— With sanctuary lawsuit dismissed, Illinois Democrats vow to resist ICE. Anticipate/expect that Illinois Democrats will ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_8ef66d3c-2623-48b6-9390-e0a99d483d3c.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Trump’s economy is already proving the doomsayers completely wrong
https://nypost.com/2025/07/30/opinion/trumps-economy-is-already-proving-the-doomsayers-completely-wrong/
AMERICAN THINKER
— The Perils of Linguistic Debasement
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/07/the_perils_of_linguistic_debasement.html
BREITBART
— U.S. Economy Rockets up to Three Percent Growth in Second Quarter Under Trump
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/07/30/u-s-economy-rockets-up-to-three-percent-growth-in-second-quarter-under-trump/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Trump administration has terminated over 4,000 grants. To get more votes from those who are the following, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly give them more government grants: liberal, Democrat, minority, female, younger, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/trump-administration-terminated-4000-grants-report/28363
DAILY CALLER
— Latinos Living Along Southern Border Rave Over Trump’s Crackdown
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/30/border-latinos-happy-with-donald-trump/
— Trump’s Education Dept Ends Free Tuition For Illegals. Where did the money come from to pay for your bachelor’s degree? For me, the money came from what I earned doing yard work, delivering newspapers, washing dishes, cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, pumping gasoline, delivering mail, and working on an automotive assembly line.
https://www.aol.com/exclusive-trump-education-dept-ends-123926748.html
DAILY WIRE
— Trump Crushes Woke Colleges, Ignites Meritocracy’s Epic Comeback. Campus antisemitism and university DEI programs took a gut punch from our president, and the transgender nonsense is in retreat. If Trump had been elected sooner, my Democrat superiors in the federal government would not have been able to waste my career, take adverse actions against me, and force me to retire when I was 49 years old. If Trump had been elected earlier, I might still be a General Motors employee because Oldsmobile would not have withdrawn a job offer that I had accepted because EEOC had forced it to stop hiring Whites to settle a complaint.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-crushes-woke-colleges-ignites-meritocracys-epic-comeback
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Five Universities Under Investigation for Excluding U.S.-Born Citizens from Certain Scholarships. My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me for my not getting any scholarships. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.fairus.org/news/executive/universities-investigated-excluding-us-born-citizens-scholarships
FOX NEWS
— Trump rips ‘luxury hotels’ for migrants while American citizens are ‘living from hand to mouth.’ President says homeless veterans ‘can’t get a room’ while migrants stay in expensive accommodations.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-rips-luxury-hotels-migrants-american-citizens-living-hand-mouth
NUMBERS USA
— 70% say Biden deliberately opened the border. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://www.numbersusa.com/blog/70-say-biden-deliberately-opened-the-border/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/30/politics/video/maga-media-reverses-course-epstein-files-osullivan-ebof-digvid
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use wokeness/wokeism to destroy Republicans.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/30/politics/dei-anti-woke-trump-administration-analysis
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— All the Democrats and all the RINOs above me have always promoted wokeness/wokeism, that is, they have always discriminated against those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/trump-administration-fires-senior-navy-female-officer-at-nato-she-appeared-on-a-woke-list/ar-AA1Cu548
MSN
— Democrat educators ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/project-2025-creators-target-university-over-lgbtq-inclusive-course-materials/ar-AA1Jx6Mw
— ‘Worrying time for Irish in US’ as Trump makes good on illegals promise
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/politics/worrying-time-for-irish-in-us-as-trump-makes-good-on-illegals-promise/ar-AA1JpLKn
MSNBC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IikY_83QZ38
ABC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trumps-comments-epstein-raise-new-questions-fell/story?id=124211483
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/us/politics/democrats-trump-epstein-files.html
— Trump Administration Authorizes Deployment of National Guard at ICE Facilities
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/us/politics/trump-national-guard-ice.html
— Trump Threatens Canada for Backing Palestinian State
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/us/politics/trump-canada-trade-palestine.html
— Judge Bars Trump From Punishing Two Law Professors for International Criminal Court Work. The judges and justices in Diersen v. GAO allowed my Democrat GAO superiors to force me to retire because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/us/politics/trump-icc-lawyers.html
— Illinois Democrats lead the nation in gerrymandering.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/us/politics/texas-republican-redistricting.html
KNEWZ
— What ICE agents earn and what their benefits look like. Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn ICE.
https://knewz.com/ice-agents-earn-their-benefits/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump and Dimon Are Talking Again After Yearslong Rift. What does Dimon and his JPMorgan Chase think of you?
https://www.wsj.com/finance/jpmorgan-chase-jamie-dimon-trump-visits-01a36928
GOVENMENT EXECUTIVE
— APRIL 27, 2007 FLASHBACK: GAO settles pay dispute with 12 of 308 (Band II) senior analysts. Counsel finds data and calculations used to conduct the employees’ performance evaluations were flawed. My Democrat GAO superiors used their flawed performance evaluations to a) delay my promotions, b) never promote me beyond GS-13 (Band II), c) keep me off audits of IRS, d) always rank in bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and e) force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.govexec.com/management/2007/04/gao-settles-pay-dispute-with-12-of-308-senior-analysts/24307/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Government Accountability Office has reached settlements with 12 of 308 employees denied pay increases last year. The 12 employees were offered promotions, back pay and associated benefits as if they had been promoted as of Jan. 8, 2006, several sources confirmed Thursday. The case goes back to June 2005, when GAO issued a plan for splitting one of its pay bands — Band II — into Band IIA and Band IIB. Employees placed in Band IIA were not granted pay increases, while employees placed in Band IIB got raises. Employees were required to earn a “meets expectations” on their performance appraisal to be eligible for Band IIB placement. GAO issued its final placement decisions in December 2005, and gave employees with Band IIA placement 30 days to appeal to the agency’s Office of Opportunities and Inclusiveness or its Personnel Appeals Board, one source said. “Each one of the 12 marched over to the appeals board as an act of personal courage and chose to run the risk of retaliation,” the source said. Several sources said there was little or no justification for the employees’ placement in the lower pay band. The appeals board’s general counsel, which represented the 12 employees, found that the data and calculations used to conduct the employees’ performance evaluations were unreliable and included significant flaws and inconsistencies. Several GAO employees and other sources, who spoke under condition of anonymity, questioned why the watchdog agency – which has insisted the pay determinations were justified – decided to settle with the 12 employees. The 12 employees are prohibited to speak to anyone about the details of the settlement unless asked as part of a congressional inquiry, one source said, adding that Rep. Danny Davis, D-Ill., has already asked the employees about the settlements.)
NPR
— How firing hundreds of employees this year has transformed the Justice Department. I should write about how GAO has become more and more and more partisan since 1980. In 1980, I was one of the last Republicans who GAO hired.
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/30/1256429518/how-firing-hundreds-of-employees-this-year-has-transformed-the-justice-departmen
POLITICO
— Trump drove firing of a FDA official. I should write about the following who drove the adverse actions that have been taken against me: past and present a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders, e) religious leaders, and f) those who I have sued and their attorneys.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/30/white-house-drove-prasad-firing-despite-rfk-jr-makary-concerns-00485972
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.politico.com/interactives/2025/trump-social-media-epstein-tracker/
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Justice Department Declares DEI Unlawful. Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/government/2025/07/30/doj-declares-slew-dei-practices-unlawful-memo
AXIOS
— Democrat and RINO leaders decry that their illegal traffic through the Darién Gap has fallen to near zero.
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/30/migrant-traffic-darien-gap-panama-trump
— To get more votes from those who are the following, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly give them more government grants: liberal, Democrat, minority, female, younger, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/30/trumps-doj-dei-inclusion-rules-grant-programs
GOOGLE AI
— Danny Davis and GAO. I am sure that Davis approved of, if not orchestrated, if not demanded that GAO force me to retire and replace me with my Black CPA subordinate when I was 49 years 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 was not a licensed CPA like I was.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Danny+Davis%
(FROIM THE ARTICLE: He has a history of working with the GAO, particularly on issues related to federal workforce management and oversight. . .One specific area of interest for Davis and the GAO has been the federal workforce, including pay systems and diversity within senior executive ranks. Specific Examples: A 2003 GAO report was developed at his request to explore safeguards for Congress to consider related to pay. In 2008, there were discussions about a measure he planned to introduce to grant retroactive pay to certain GAO employees. He has also been involved in addressing pay disputes within the GAO.)
July 16, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Epstein to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/15/con-las-teoras-de-conspiracin-sobre-epstein-trump-se-enfrenta-a-una-crisis-que-l-mismo-cre/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use public broadcasting to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/16/illinois-public-broadcasting-cuts-vote-looms/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Inspector general’s quarterly report chock-full of wrongdoing by city employees
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2025/07/15/inspector-generals-wrongdoing-city-employees-again
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago/2025/07/15/good-trouble-protests-chicago-john-lewis-trump
DAILY HERALD
— As more and more and more Democrats invade DuPage County, stronger security is needed in public spaces
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250716/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-sunset-pool-incident-shows-urgent-need-for-stronger-security-in-public-spaces/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly shout at women that Republicans cause all the problems that women have.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250716/syndicated-columnists/the-gender-gap-grows-wider-and-wider/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250715/news/what-you-need-to-know-about-good-trouble-lives-on-suburban-protests/
ABC7
— How Secret Service is working to combat rising threat of politically motivated violence. One of my best friends during the 1960s and 1970s was a Secret Service Agent during the 1970s.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/how-secret-service-combats-rising-threat-political-violence-minnesota-lawmakers-shot-donald-trump-assassination-attempt/17122494/
— Some Democrat leaders reluctantly slow down their promotion of LGBTQ
https://abc7chicago.com/post/rush-hospital-pausing-hormonal-health-care-new-patients-age-18/17139085/
CBS2
— ICE says many in immigration detention no longer qualify for bond hearings
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/ice-immigration-detention-bond-hearings/
WGN RADIO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://wgnradio.com/john-williams/newsclick/how-do-you-feel-about-ice-covering-up-their-identities/#/questions
WBEZ
— After years of poor care, preventable deaths, Illinois is changing its prison health care provider. The state is backing out of its 10-year, $4 billion contract with Wexford Health Sources, but the new contractor has its own troubling track record in other states.
https://www.wbez.org/criminal-justice/2025/07/16/after-years-of-poor-care-preventable-deaths-illinois-is-changing-its-prison-health-care-provider
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that police are racists
https://www.wbez.org/data/2025/07/16/report-shows-big-drop-in-chicago-police-traffic-stops-but-sharp-racial-disparities-persist
PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/politics/2025/07/16/good-trouble-lives-on-rallies-target-trump-see-list-of-illinois-locations-times-springfield-peoria/85211067007/
SOUTHERN
— Democrats lean into MAGA infighting over Epstein files
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/07/16/democrats-lean-into-maga-infighting-over-epstein-files/
NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— For many countries, if they cannot exploit America, they hate America
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2025-07-15/trumps-tariffs-are-prompting-many-in-japan-to-rethink-relationship-with-the-u-s
WAND TV
— IDFPR launches 24 additional license types to new licensing system. I became a licensed CPA when I was 32 years old in 1981.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/idfpr-launches-24-additional-license-types-to-new-licensing-system/article_786fda3b-7aae-4fa9-b06c-be395dbe9344.html
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Intoxicating hemp remains unregulated in Illinois following legislative inaction. Regulatory attempts have failed despite Pritzker’s backing, although feds could intervene. Hemp sales cut into pot sales.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/intoxicating-hemp-remains-unregulated-in-illinois-following-legislative-inaction/
CHALKBEAT
— Illinois graduates who earn college degrees make more money, but racial disparities persist. To address “racial disparities,” my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me retire when I was 49 years old. They gave my Black subordinate my job and my preferred corner office. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the one I had. The aforesaid is political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/07/16/illinois-high-school-graduates-with-college-degrees-earn-more/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The report found that students from low-income households were less likely to obtain bachelor’s degrees, master’s degrees, doctoral degrees, or professional licenses than their peers from higher-income households. The report also found that the state’s high school students whose parents were among the highest earners went on to earn about 48% more than those whose parents were in the lowest-earning group. Among those who came from the same socioeconomic background, Black and Latino students earned less than Asian American and white students, the report found. Students in the study’s sample from low-income families were underrepresented in high-paying careers such as computer information sciences and engineering. Most students took jobs in accommodations and food services. Regardless of whether students had the same levels of education, degrees from the same type of program, or worked in the same industry, students from high-income households earned more than their peers who came from low-income households. On average, the gap in earnings between students from high-income households and low-income households was $5,815 even if they had the same degree.)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/16/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-552/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/15/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-345/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
JOHN KASS
— The Blackmailer Jeffery Epstein, the Chicago Hitman, and the Tragedy of MAGA
https://johnkassnews.com/the-blackmailer-jeffery-epstein-the-chicago-hitman-and-the-tragedy-of-maga/
WIREPOINTS
— Pritzker hides behind CNBC business ranking for Illinois
https://wirepoints.org/gov-pritzker-hides-behind-cnbc-business-ranking-for-illinois-wirepoints-quickpoint/
CHICAGO CONTRARIAN
— Vallas: Chicago’s Poor Families Deserve Better School Choices. Because my parents had enough money to send me to Missouri Lutheran Synod grade schools, my critics/opponents have always demonized them and me as being filthy rich. But my father never made more than $50,000 a year in today’s dollars.
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/chicago-poor-families-better-school-choices
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What could you have done, but did not do, to avoid the rath of those above you? I refused to a) let myself be manipulated or dominated by them, b) glorify or paise them, c) pander to them, d) serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) cover up their wrong doing, and f) give them money. Consequently, they had their operatives and their dupes take many big adverse actions against me. I should write about that. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— The latest heroes of the left: War criminals, gang members and human rights abusers
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/15/latest-heroes-left-war-criminals-gang-members-human-rights-abusers/
— Where’s the U.S. border? Trump asks Supreme Court to decide
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/15/wheres-us-border-trump-asks-supreme-court-decide/
NEW YORK POST
— How ‘charities,’ funded by your tax dollars, helped break immigration law
https://nypost.com/2025/07/15/opinion/how-charities-funded-by-your-tax-dollars-helped-break-immigration-law/
AMERICAN THINKER
— How do we explain the left’s hatred of America and their undying affection for criminal illegals?
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/07/how_do_we_explain_the_left_s_hatred_of_america_and_their_undying_affection_for_criminal_illegals.html
— Poor Black Children Face a Dismal Future. My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who do not share my demographics. They were overjoyed when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate..
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/07/poor_black_children_face_a_dismal_future.html
— Crushing the leftists’ woke riot
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/07/crushing_the_leftists_woke_riot.html
BLAZE
— Nonprofits aided the invasion — now they obstruct deportation
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/nonprofits-aided-the-invasion-now-they-obstruct-deportation
BREITBART
— Tom Cotton Introduces Bill to End Birthright Citizenship for Children of Illegal Aliens, Terrorists
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/07/15/exclusive-tom-cotton-introduces-bill-to-end-birthright-citizenship-for-children-of-illegal-aliens-terrorists/
DAILY CALLER
— ICE Declares Illegal Migrants Ineligible For Bond Hearings
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/15/ice-declares-illegals-ineligible-for-bond/
DAILY WIRE
— Trump Admin Charges Business Owner For Hiring Illegal Alien Workers. The employer stands accused of paying to smuggle illegal aliens into the United States before hiring them for his restaurant. All my employers would have hired illegals instead of me if they could have. Illegals are much easier to exploit.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-charges-business-owner-for-hiring-illegal-alien-workers
FEDERALIST
— Minneapolis Mayoral Candidate Says Somalia Is His ‘Home’ More and more and more come to America to turn America into their motherland. They promote “diversity.”
https://thefederalist.com/2025/07/15/minneapolis-mayoral-candidate-says-somalia-is-his-home/
— Democrat States Want American Taxpayers To Fund English Classes For Illegals
https://thefederalist.com/2025/07/15/dem-states-want-american-taxpayers-to-fund-english-classes-for-illegals/
FOX NEWS
— How has EEOC impacted you? When I was 22 years old in 1971, to settle an EEOC complaint, Oldsmobile agreed to stop hiring Whites. Because of that, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted. Because I had accepted that offer, my Firestone Store boss rudely fired me. Because I had to have a job, I accepted a job offer from IRS.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-administration-refines-eeoc-approach-transgender-workplace-discrimination-claims
— AOC welcomes socialist Mamdani to nation’s capital as Dem leaders withhold endorsements. President Trump says former Gov. Andrew Cuomo ‘has a shot’ against Zohran Mamdani, while key Democratic leaders hesitate to choose socialist. What percent of the Democrats in Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct would vote for Mamdani?
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/aoc-welcomes-socialist-mamdani-nations-capital-dem-leaders-withhold-endorsements
HOT AIR
— ‘Queer’ Is Not About Gender; It Is an Assault on Reality Itself
https://hotair.com/david-strom/2025/07/15/trump-is-done-with-putin-n3804778
NEWS BUSTERS
— CNN Falsely Claims Illegals in Alligator Alcatraz Have ‘No Criminal Charges’
https://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/shannon-sauders/2025/07/15/cnn-falsely-claims-illegals-alligator-alcatraz-have-no-criminal
NEWSMAX
— US Military Bases Libraries Have Material That Promote Gender Ideology
https://www.newsmax.com/us/military-gender-ideology-dei/2025/07/15/id/1218885/
PJ MEDIA
— Woke California Bishop Tells Illegals Not to Come to Church in Case of ICE
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/07/15/woke-ca-bishop-tells-illegals-theyre-exempted-from-sunday-obligation-n4941755
TOWNHALL
— Here’s the House Republican Who Wants Amnesty for Illegals. My critics/opponents reject the immigration plank in the Republican Party platform.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/07/16/heres-the-house-republican-who-wants-amnesty-for-illegals-n2660448
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5403189-trumps-disapproval-rating-hits-record-for-second-term/
ABC NEWS
— Supreme Court allows Trump to continue effort to gut Education Department. GAO works for Congress. Gingrich should have reformed GAO instead of gutting it. If he had reformed GAO, I might still be working for GAO. In any event, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to a) force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, b) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, c) delay my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13, d) keep me off audits of IRS except for 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and e) force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/supreme-court-allows-trump-continue-effort-gut-education/story?id=123747924
CBS NEWS
— Some American businesses look to expand production as Trump threatens more tariffs. What percent of what you by is made by cheap foreign labor?
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/some-american-businesses-expand-production-trump-tariff-war/
NEWSWEEK
— Trump Attacks His Own Supporters Over Jeffrey Epstein Interest
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-attacks-maga-supporters-jeffrey-epstein-interest-2099526
— My critics/opponents reject the immigration plank in the Republican Party platform.
https://www.newsweek.com/migrants-immigration-maria-salazar-republicans-house-2099411
NEW YORK TIMES
— Will the Conspiracists Cultivated by Trump Turn on Him Over Epstein? The fallout of the Epstein case is testing the power the president holds over his most loyal followers, many of whom have broken into open revolt against him.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/us/politics/trump-epstein-conspiracy-theories.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/us/politics/jeffrey-epstein-files-trump.html
— Federal Workers’ ‘Emotional Roller Coaster’ My Democrat GAO superiors’ success in forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 continues to harm me tremendously.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/us/politics/fired-federal-workers-trump.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Speaker Mike Johnson and other Republicans break with Trump on Epstein
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/15/mike-johnson-epstein-files-democrats-house-vote/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/07/15/trump-third-countries-migrants-deportation/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2025/honduras-trans-woman-asylum-trump/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Will the ‘1619 Project’ Spoil America’s Party? As the anniversary of 1776 draws near, get ready for a resurgence of the New York Times’s false history. 1619 promoters hate America and hate Americans. The longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that they hate you.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/will-the-1619-project-spoil-americas-party-slavery-history-f1cfd9f2
CAPITOL CITY NEW
— Economic mobility top priority of Krishnamoorthi’s Senate campaign. Sadly, my father, my grandfather, and my great grandfather are examples of downward mobility. In 1902, my great grandfather had 1285 Main Street built in Crete (4,030 sq. ft. https://www.redfin.com/IL/Crete/1285-Main-St-60417/home/23199035 ). In 1926, my grandfather had 1286 Wood Street built in Crete (1793 sq. ft. https://www.redfin.com/IL/Crete/1286-Wood-St-60417/home/23199039 ). My father never had a home built. I had to work my way through college.)
https://capitolcitynow.com/news/248842-economic-mobility-top-priority-of-krishnamoorthis-senate-campaign/
WBUR
— When does a conservative lawmaker become moderate? After they disagree with Trump.
https://www.wbur.org/npr/nx-s1-5461102/tillis-rino-trump-moderate-gop
FLORIDA POLITICS
— Jim Oberweis adds another $105K for his run in CD 19
https://floridapolitics.com/archives/747373-jim-oberweis-adds-another-105k-for-his-run-in-cd-19/
MY FEDERAL RETIREMENT
— 2026 Federal Retiree COLA Watch – FERS / CSRS / Social Security My critics/opponents have always been furious that I got COLAs a) while I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997 and b) that I have gotten COLAs since I retired in 1997.
https://www.myfederalretirement.com/fers-csrs-cola-watch/
— 5 Benefits of Working Past Age 65 Federal Employees Should Consider. My Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension is dramatically less because my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors wasted my career and took many big adverse actions against me, including forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. My Social Security was dramatically reduced because I get a CSRS pension.
https://www.myfederalretirement.com/social-security-65/
CATO
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.cato.org/testimony/case-case-returning-parole-its-proper-purpose-0
POLITICO
— How Elon Musk’s X is fueling the MAGA-Trump split. Musk invited the conspiracists back on purpose. Now they’re dividing the GOP.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/15/elon-musk-x-maga-00455128
IUNSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly prioritize citizens of foreign countries over Americans
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/students/retention/2025/07/16/funding-paused-migrant-education-trump-plans-cuts
DUCKWORTH
— Duckworth Secures Key Provisions to Protect Rock Island Arsenal. During the first 6 months of 1989, I worked for GAO at the Rock Island Arsenal on an audit of DOD’s 1990 ammunition budget request. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/assets/150/148194.pdf
https://www.duckworth.senate.gov/news/press-releases/duckworth-secures-key-provisions-to-protect-rock-island-arsenal-support-illinois-quantum-technology-research-and-safeguard-care-for-veterans
FED SMITH
— Secrets Behind the Growing Number of Thrift Savings Plan Millionaires. TSP millionaires grew 500% in 5+ years.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2025/07/11/secrets-behind-the-growing-number-of-tsp-millionaires/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) provides a path to a secure retirement for federal employees. While the defined annuity under FERS is a very valuable benefit often not available to most Americans, the Thrift Savings Plan may provide the difference between a minimal retirement or one that provides many more options to enjoy your later years in life. While the argument is often made that salaries in the private sector are higher, the federal workforce has at its fingertips a way to accumulate wealth that provides a substantial retirement income—at least for those with the knowledge and discipline to take maximum advantage of this program. Here are some TSP statistics that every federal employee should keep in mind—especially those who are still relatively new to the federal workforce. In March 2020, there were 27,212 TSP millionaires, which grew to 171,023 by June 2025. This is a growth of over 500% in the number of millionaires in just over five years. The largest quarterly increase in TSP millionaires occurred between March 2020 and June 2020, with the number rising from 27,212 to 45,219 — an increase of 66%. Another significant increase was between December 2020 and March 2021, where the number of millionaires grew from 75,420 to 84,808. The number of TSP millionaires is now at its highest point, with 171,023 participant millionaires as of the end of June 2025. The average years of contributions for TSP millionaires have remained stable over the last five years, hovering around 28 years. This indicates a strong correlation between long-term contributions and achieving millionaire status in the TSP.)
PSYCHOLOGY TODAY
— The Temptation of Blind Loyalty. 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 cover up their wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/insight-therapy/202504/eyes-wide-shut-the-temptation-of-blind-loyalty
GOOGLE AI
— Personal spending priorities. What are your personal spending priorities? Mine include expenses needed to put together and to send out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. They include Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Daily Herald, Naperville Sun, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Crain’s Chicago Business home delivery and website access.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22personal+spending+priorities
GOOGLE AI
— Career wasted. Did your superiors waste your career? My Democrat superiors did. But by critics/opponents disagree. They stress that my ACT score was only 24, that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class, that I got no scholarships, and that I got no student loans. They stress that my college GPAs were not that great. They stress that while I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, my scores were not that great. In my defense, I had to work my way through college. Instead of studying, I spent far too many hours washing dishes, delivering mail, pumping gasoline, collecting delinquent taxes, and auditing federal agencies.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22career+wasted
July 14, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— At least 21 shot, 3 fatally, in weekend gun violence across city
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-shootings-weekend-least-6-shot-1-fatally-gun-violence-city-police-say/17086053/
CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/record-festival-turnout-after-federal-agents-are-spotted-in-chicago/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/14/chicago-ice-lawsuit/
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Illinois Democrat leaders blame Trump for vaccine-preventable-illnesses
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2025/07/14/illinois-official-calls-out-trump-administration-for-dangerous-misinformation/84540517007/
— Democrat leaders decry Trump’s firing the Librarian of Congress. No one decried my Democrat GAO superiors firing me, that is, forcing me to retire in 1997. No one decried my Democrat Post Office superiors firing me in 1969, that is, forcing me to resign. Of course, my critics/opponents stress that. GAO works for Congress. They especially stress that neither Hyde, Fitzgerald, Hastert, nor Bush decried my GAO superiors forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old. Constructively, since 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors have forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $1.86 million in today’s dollars to stop me from coming to work.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/local/2025/07/14/former-librarian-of-congress-joins-mellon-foundation/84693514007/
ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— How dependent on Medicaid funding are the nursing homes in your area? To avoid having to go on Medicaid, my outstanding aunt, who never attended college, worked as a key-punch operator, lived frugally, and saved more than $600,000 for her retirement.
https://www.rrstar.com/story/news/state/2025/07/14/study-579-us-nursing-homes-at-risk-of-closing-over-medicaid-cuts/84538477007/
QUAD CITY TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://qctimes.com/article_e3741520-d1a7-433d-81a6-36bca8cc0036.html
WHEATON PATCH
— What did you focus on when you were young? I focused on earning job-related college degrees, job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license to qualify myself for better paying jobs.
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/calendar/event/20250715/cf201694-f4b4-4237-bdb3-c8e122796c4b/dupagepads-young-professionals-council-kick-off
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Republicans lining up against Pritzker
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/07/14/republicans-lining-up-against-pritzker-00450761
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A few Republicans are looking to get in the ring. Ted Dabrowski and Aaron Del Mar are testing the waters, speaking with GOP insiders and potential donors about mounting campaigns. They would face DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick, who’s already jumped in, and Joseph Severino who’s posted in social media that he’s running, too. Darren Bailey, who challenged Pritzker in 2024, hasn’t made any decisions yet about 2026. Jeanne Ives, who ran in 2018, says she’s not running. And though state Rep. Dan Ugaste and Posen Park District Supervisor Phil Perez toyed with the idea, neither will run for governor in 2026. Mendrick, a law-and-order candidate, has raised just $127,000 since he announced in February, according to filings with the state. Dabrowski and Del Mar, who are better known around the state for their work in policy and politics, would likely have an easier time raising funds. Del Mar is recognized in party circles across the state as he’s a former co-chair of the Illinois GOP and current Cook County Republican chair who ran as lieutenant governor alongside Gary Rabine in 2022. Dabrowski is president of Wirepoints Corp., the conservative-leaning media company. While he lacks campaign experience, he’s a former banking executive and policy wonk whose fiscal message could resonate at a time of economic uncertainty. Severino has made two unsuccessful bids for Congress, first as a Republican and then as an Independent. Along with the money challenge, messaging will be an issue for GOP candidates as Pritzker and his Democratic Party will blame Republicans and President Donald Trump for the megabill that’s giving tax breaks to the wealthy and cutting Medicaid and food assistance programs. . .Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders held a fundraiser in Barrington the other day at the home of Rick and Alisa Heidner. Among the attendees were Illinois Congressman Darin LaHood, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird, state Sen. Andrew Chesney, political strategist Brett Corrigan, businessman and 2022 GOP gubernatorial candidate Gary Rabine, possible 2026 gubernatorial candidate Aaron Del Mar, Illinois National Republican Committee member Dean White, former Chicago GOP Chair Eloise Gerson and McHenry County Clerk Joe Tirio.)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— The Troubling Case of Jeffrey Epstein
https://illinoisfamily.org/federal/the-troubling-case-of-jeffrey-epstein/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— State Farm faces backlash over $523 million insurance rate hike in Illinois
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3469774/state-farm-faces-backlash-over-insurance-rate-hike-in-illinois/
NEW YORK POST
— NY scraps race-based STEM program after Asians claim discrimination
https://nypost.com/2025/07/14/us-news/ny-scraps-race-based-stem-program-after-asians-claim-discrimination/
AMRICAN THINKER
— Pot farm raided for illegals has a big history of violating labor law, donating to Democrats
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/07/pot_farm_raided_for_illegals_has_a_big_history_of_violating_labor_law_donating_to_democrats.html
FOX BUSINESS
— Trump says Powell should resign immediately from Federal Reserve leadership position over economic missteps. My Democrat superiors in the federal government wanted me to resign because I refused to become a Democrat. Because I refused to become a Democrat, they ever-increasingly took more and bigger adverse actions against me. My RINO leaders in the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party want me to become a RINO. Because I refuse to become a RINO, they ever-increasingly take more and bigger adverse actions against me.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/trump-says-powell-should-resign-immediately-from-federal-reserve-leadership-position-over-economic-missteps
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— What websites serve those who share your demographics?
https://www.aol.com/websites-serving-harvard-undergrad-women-134724551.html
YAHOO
— To promote Affirmative Action and DEI is to promote discrimination
https://www.aol.com/finance/more-200-p-500-companies-143039217.html
CBS NEWS
— Scathing report on Trump assassination attempt released. One of my best friends during the 1960s and 1970s was a Secret Service Agent during the 1970s.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/scathing-report-on-trump-assassination-attempt-released-trump-says-hes-satisfied-with-it/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat and RINO leaders crow about their success in flooding the University of Illinois with foreign students. UIC accepted me when I was 17, NIU when I was 20, Loyola when I was 23, DePaul when I was 27, and IIT when I was 43. But they all would have accepted foreign students instead of me if they could have.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/dining/chinese-food-urbana-champaign-student-visa.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/opinion/medicaid-pregnancy-danger.html
— FRONT PAGE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/13/us/politics/democrats-transgender-rights.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Senate report details failures ahead of Trump assassination attempt. One of my best friends during the 1960s and 1970s was a Secret Service Agent during the 1970s.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/13/trump-assassination-attempt-senate-investigation/
USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/07/13/homan-border-czar-ice-raid-death-california/85081107007/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight bringing manufacturing jobs back to America
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/06/29/tariffs-boost-us-manufacturing-revival/84284972007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Cleared to Lay Off Workers, Some Federal Agencies Find Many Already Left. Thousands of workers in government jobs have taken buyouts or retired early. Many say morale is low. Ever-increasingly, after I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 year old in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors made I ever-increasingly clear that they wanted to get rid of me because I refused to become a Democrat. Nevertheless, to thwart their ever-increasing efforts to get rid of me, a) I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, b) I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, c) I became a licensed CPA in 1981, d) I earned four more job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and e) I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997. However, that was not enough. They succeeded in forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. I should write about the aforesaid.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/federal-layoff-plans-buyout-offers-9d115dcd
— The Federal Government Is Retreating From Student Lending. Did you get a student loan? I did not even try. Did you get any scholarships? I did not even apply. I was not viewed as being college material. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class. Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother had never attended high school. I could not run because I had a bone disease. My eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20. I had partial red/green color blindness. I spent my junior and senior years and the summer in between washing dishes. My critics/opponents have always stressed the aforesaid.
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/trump-student-loans-tax-spending-bill-9dfc96eb
MOTLEY FOOL
— The 4 Banks That Rule Illinois
https://www.aol.com/news/2013-10-11-the-4-banks-that-rule-illinois.html
AUTOGUIDE
— The 10 Most Iconic American Cars. I am big on American cars. I own a 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T EV, 2023 Ford Mustang GT Premium, 2013 Charger R/T Max, 2005 and 1972 Corvette, and 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX. I used to own a 1958 and 1962 Chevrolet Bel Air, 1962 Chevrolet Impala SS, 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, 1968 Oldsmobile 442, 1968 Charger R/T, 1969 Charger SE, 1990 Thunderbird LX, 1994 Thunderbird, and 2016 Mustang.
https://www.autoguide.com/auto/top-10/s-fourth-of-july-the-10-most-iconic-american-cars-44622346
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 1. Ford Mustang . . . 2. Chevrolet Corvette . . . 4. Dodge Charger . . . 5. Chevrolet Bel Air. . . 8. Pontiac GTO)
WNEM
— Tough questions to ask your boss. My Democrat superiors in the federal government made it clear that to keep your job, you not only had to be a Democrat, you had to a) defend and advance the Democrat Party platform, most importantly, its race and gender based preference giving plank and b) help them get rid of their Republican employees. In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, I am amazed that I survived for almost 3 years at the Post Office, for almost 9 years at IRS, and for almost 18 years at GAO. I would not have survived if I had not earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.wnem.com/2025/07/11/ask-advance-tough-questions-ask-your-boss/
TIMES OF INDIA
— Amid US federal pressure, Harvard replaces DEI offices with ‘community and culture’
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/amid-us-federal-pressure-harvard-replaces-dei-offices-with-community-and-culture/articleshow/122418960.cms
— To promote Affirmative Action and DEI is to oppose meritocracy
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/harvard-quietly-dismantles-student-diversity-offices-without-notice-is-this-the-end-of-inclusion-on-campus/ar-AA1Il8kv
WORLD SOCIALIST WEBSITE
— How much money did your parents have? My critics/opponents have always painted my parents, and therefore me, as having been filthy rich a) because my father made enough money that my mother could stay home and raise me and my brother and b) because they sent me and my brother to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools K-8. But my father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/07/13/lomy-j13.html
INDEPENDENT
— Voters label Democrats ‘out of touch’ and ‘weak’ in latest troubling poll ahead of 2026 midterms
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/voters-label-democrats-out-of-touch-and-weak-in-latest-troubling-poll-ahead-of-2026-midterms/ar-AA1IrkEa
July 6, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker’s running mate Christian Mitchell is ‘The Chosen One’ once again. Mitchell has a lot of work to do as Pritzker’s running mate. But he seems committed to pulling this off.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/07/04/pritzker-running-mate-christian-mitchell-chosen-one-rich-miller
— Democrat leaders are extremely divisive. They ever-increasingly divide those who have demographics that vote for Democrats against those who have demographics that vote for Republicans. Democrats are predominately liberal, minority, female, younger, unmarried, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Republicans are predominately conservative, White, male, older, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/letters-to-the-editor/2025/07/05/america-fourth-july-illinois-toxins-donald-trump-iran-elon-musk-catholics-gaza-darin-lahood-fluoride
https://chicago.suntimes.com/nascar/2025/07/05/nascar-chicago-street-race-fans-organizers-praise-diversity-efforts-theres-always-more-work-to-do
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace those in America who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/06/supreme-court-birthright-citizenship-chicago/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/06/opinion-donald-trump-immigrants-deportations-alligator-alcatraz/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote mor dependency on government.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/06/welfare-queen-republicans-rich-medicaid/
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: ‘We have a great history’: Gary Sinise & The Lt. Dan Band returns to perform fundraising concert at Cantigny– Paprocki: Pritzker wants 3rd term, but he’s already made Illinois much more expensive
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250705/business/pritzker-wants-3rd-term-but-hes-already-made-illinois-much-more-expensive/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Trump spending cuts.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250705/news/illinois-school-districts-are-facing-uncertainty-after-the-trump-administration-abruptly-froze-more/
— Pritzker ever-increasingly a) attracts people to Illinois who have demographics that vote for Democrats and b) drives out of Illinois people who have demographics that vote for Republicans. Democrats are predominately liberal, minority, female, younger, unmarried, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Republicans are predominately conservative, White, male, older, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250705/news/national-speculation-helps-get-more-for-the-people-of-illinois-pritzker-says/
NBC5
— Rep. Mark Green resigns from Congress, leaving Speaker Johnson with an even narrower Republican majority in the House
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/rep-mark-green-resigns-from-congress-leaving-speaker-johnson-with-an-even-narrower-republican-majority-in-the-house/3783132/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/78-say-trumps-tariffs-will-make-it-harder-to-deal-with-debt-survey-finds-here-are-3-ways-to-cope/3782959/
CBS2
— Musk announces formation of America Party amid Trump feud.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/musk-announces-formation-of-america-party-amid-trump-feud/
WGN9
— I should write a book about those who done the most to harm/destroy Wheaton Independence Day parades since 1978.
https://wgntv.com/evanston/evanston-fourth-july-parade-thrives/
ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump’s bill
https://www.thetelegraph.com/business/article/trump-branded-browbeat-and-prevailed-but-his-20549751.php
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders are extremely divisive. They ever-increasingly divide those who have demographics that vote for Democrats against those who have demographics that vote for Republicans. Democrats are predominately liberal, minority, female, younger, unmarried, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Republicans are predominately conservative, White, male, older, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrat elected officials ever-increasingly pass laws to get rid of Republicans. As Democrats ever-increasingly move into your state, county, and municipality, they will ever-increasingly elect officials who will ever-increasingly pass laws to get rid of Republicans. Because Republicans are predominately conservative, White, male, older, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time, Democrat laws will harm them the most. That is why Republicans who are the following are ever-increasingly leaving Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton. The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do you think of pensioners? My critics/opponent despise/hate pensioners. In my defense, my Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension is only $66,780/year. It would be much more if my Democrat superiors in the federal government had not wasted my career, took many big adverse actions against me, and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. In today’s dollars, my pension is only 44% of what my salary was in 1997 and less than what my salary was when I was 23 years old in 1972. To get that pension, I had to pay CSRS 7% for my salary and I had to survive and overcome many big adverse actions. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— If you ran for an office, what would your critics/opponents rip you for? My critics/opponents would rip me for my avoiding the Vietnam War draft, for my giving up trying to have children, for my being a federal employee for almost 30 years, for my being a federal retiree for almost 28 years, for my being too conservative, etc. They would stress the many big adverse actions that they had their operatives and their dupes take against me. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on past and present leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What have been your biggest challenges in life? Mine include my surviving for almost 30 years the ever-increasing efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to waste my career and to get of me. That motivated me to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and a job-related professional license in 1981. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do you think of party switchers? Sooner or later, all my critics/opponents who claim to be Republican will switch parties. They all will constructively, if not literally, officially announce that they have always been anti-religious, anti-conservative, and/or anti-Republican. They will constructively, if not literally, take credit for having their operatives and their dupes take big adverse actions against me. My critics/opponents reject the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity planks in the Republican Party platform. In addition to being anti-religious, anti-conservative, and/or anti-Republican, they are anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors. 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 cover up their wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on the aforesaid who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Nearly 32,000 Illinois government pensioners paid $100k-plus. My Civil Service Retirement System pension is only $66,780/year. It would be much more if my Democrat superiors in the federal government had not wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. In today’s dollars, my pension is only 44% of what my salary was in 1997 and less than what my salary was when I was 23 years old in 1972.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/nearly-32000-illinois-government-pensioners-paid-100k-plus/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump’s big, beautiful bill boots millionaires off unemployment benefits
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/6/trumps-big-beautiful-bill-boots-millionaires-unemployment-benefits/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Adams and Cuomo rip Mamdani for identifying as African American on college application. If you ran for an office, what would your critics/opponents rip you for? My critics/opponents would rip me for my avoiding the Vietnam War draft, for my giving up trying to have children, for my being a federal employee for almost 30 years, for my being a federal retiree for almost 28 years, for my being too conservative, etc.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/3463491/adams-cuomo-rip-mamdani-identifying-african-american-college-application/
— Musk signals formation of ‘America Party’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/3463597/musk-signals-formation-of-america-party-following-x-poll/
NEW YORK POST
— How Trump became Washington’s unlikeliest centrist
https://nypost.com/2025/07/05/opinion/how-donald-trump-became-washingtons-unlikeliest-centrist/
— Trump will fix ‘ancient’ weather warning system which warned of Texas flood risk too late
https://nypost.com/2025/07/05/us-news/trump-will-fix-ancient-weather-warning-system-noem-says/
— Musk says he’s creating new ‘America Party’ to counter Trump
https://nypost.com/2025/07/05/us-news/elon-musk-says-hes-creating-new-america-party/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Mamdani is a big, fat liar
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/07/a_big_fat_liar.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Alaska imitates Florida, floats idea of ‘Bear Alcatraz’ for illegal aliens
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/07/05/alaska-imitates-florida-floats-idea-of-bear-alcatraz-for-illegal-aliens-1565725/
DAILY CALLER
— ‘In A Matter Of Seconds’: Chicago Sees 18 People Shot, 4 Killed In Single Drive-By Shooting
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/05/chicago-shooting-river-north-snelling-artis-restaurant/
FOX NEWS
— Lara Trump trains at Ft. McNair with Secretary Hegseth
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6375286457112
— America continues to grow from every challenge. What have been your biggest challenges in life? Mine include my surviving for almost 30 years the ever-increasing efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to waste my career and to get of me. That motivated me to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1FDhP-uNls
— Deadly Texas flood exposes ‘neglected’ weather alert system Trump aims to modernize
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/deadly-texas-flood-exposes-neglected-weather-alert-system-trump-aims-modernize
— Trump’s remittance tax aims to slow illegal immigration by targeting the money flow
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/trumps-remittance-tax-aims-to-slow-illegal-immigration-by-targeting-the-money-flow/ar-AA1HRltN
— Criminal illegal aliens deported to South Sudan after delays from ‘activist judges’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dhs-several-criminal-illegal-aliens-deported-south-sudan-after-delays-from-activist-judges
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— If Illegals Aren’t Receiving Federal Medicaid Benefits, Why Are Blue States Suing to Protect Their Data?
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/07/if-illegals-arent-receiving-federal-medicaid-benefits-why-are-blue-states-suing-to-protect-their-data/
— Politifact Rushes to Zohran Mamdani’s Rescue After Trump Calls Him a Communist
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/07/politifact-rushes-to-zohran-mamdanis-rescue-after-trump-calls-him-a-communist/amp/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/5385488-trumps-disastrous-immigration-enforcement-policies-are-un-american/
CNN
— Musk says he is forming new political party after fallout with Trump
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/05/politics/elon-musk-political-party
MSN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Mamdani, that is, they ever-increasingly promote socialism and communism.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-ramps-up-his-attacks-against-nyc-s-zohran-mamdani-as-gop-seizes-on-new-foe/ar-AA1HR7KZ
— Trump Says Elon Musk Would Go Broke Without U.S. Subsidies
https://www.msn.com/en-xl/africa/top-stories/trump-says-elon-musk-would-go-broke-without-us-subsidies/ar-AA1HQAnT
MSNBC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more mass/illegal immigration. From what I see, more and more and more come to America to turn America into their motherland. They ever-increasingly promote their national origin and their religion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beYpymVx_kU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAzBG27Ai4I
NEWSWEEK
— Democrat leaders and their mainstream news media exist to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.newsweek.com/trumps-approval-rating-hits-lowest-level-weeks-republican-pollster-2095014
NEW YORK TIMES
— Elon Musk Says He Will Start a New Political Party
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/us/politics/elon-musk-third-party.html
— Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/opinion/zaakir-tameez-charles-sumner-slavery.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/opinion/donald-trump-fourth-of-july.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/opinion/trump-america-.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/opinion/birthright-citizenship.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/opinion/transgender-military-ban-resignation.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— How Trump’s Anti-DEI Push Is Unraveling College Scholarships. Since I was 17 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have used my not getting any scholarships against me.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/anti-dei-minority-scholarships-a721ba1b
FORBES
— Democrat and RINO leaders use Affirmative Action and DEI to destroy Republicans.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEP8pQaHf4E
MOTHER JONES
— Democrat elected officials ever-increasingly pass laws to get rid of Republicans. As Democrats ever-increasingly move into your state, county, and municipality, they will ever-increasingly elect officials who will ever-increasingly pass laws to get rid of Republicans. Because Republicans are predominately conservative, White, male, older, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time, Democrat laws will harm them the most. That is why Republicans who are the following are ever-increasingly leaving Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton. The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/07/trump-claims-the-power-to-nullify-the-law/
SALON
— Sooner or later, all my critics/opponents who claim to be Republican will switch parties. They all will constructively, if not literally, officially announce that they have always been anti-religious, anti-conservative, and/or anti-Republican. They will constructively, if not literally, take credit for having their operatives and their dupes take big adverse actions against me. My critics/opponents reject the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity planks in the Republican Party platform. In addition to being anti-religious, anti-conservative, and/or anti-Republican, they are anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors. 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 cover up their wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. 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.salon.com/2019/01/29/another-one-switches-sides-new-jersey-republican-legislator-goes-blue/
July 4, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— After House votes to pass Trump bill, Pritzker warns 330K Illinoisans could lose Medicaid
https://abc7chicago.com/post/whats-big-beautiful-bill-gov-jb-pritzker-warns-330k-illinoisans-could-experience-medicaid-cuts-trump-budget/16939475/
NBC5
— What is Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ and what does it do? What it could change
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/what-is-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-and-what-does-it-do-what-it-could-change/3782228/
— First (ILLEGALS) arrive at Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention center
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/video-shows-homeland-security-bus-entering-alligator-alcatraz-everglades-detention-center/3782338/
WGN9
— River North mass shooting: What we know about the victims
https://wgntv.com/news/chicagocrime/chicago-river-north-mass-shooting-victims/
WTTW
— What’s in Trump’s Big Bill That Passed Congress and Will Soon Become Law
https://news.wttw.com/2025/07/03/what-s-trump-s-big-bill-passed-congress-and-will-soon-become-law
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/07/03/planned-parenthood-pledges-keep-providing-care-despite-potential-funding-cuts-illinois
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— ‘This wasn’t some random shooting’: Police dig in after drive-by attack at River North album release party kills 4, wounds 14 others.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/03/near-north-side-mass-shooting/
— Supreme Court clears way for deportation to South Sudan of immigrants with no ties there
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/03/supreme-court-south-sudan-deportations/
— Democrat leaders promote more opposition to Trump tax bill.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/03/hakeem-jeffries-trump-tax-bill/
— FRONT PAGE: According to Democrat leaders, Republicans are against all immigration. But Republicans are only against illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/04/this-independence-day-immigrants-face-how-to-celebrate-a-nation-deeply-divided-over-trumps-deportation-efforts/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump’s Medicaid, SNAP cuts leave Chicago food pantries, community hospitals bracing for hardship
https://chicago.suntimes.com/health/2025/07/03/trump-bill-chicago-medicaid-snap-community-hospitals-funding-challenges
— Trump tax bill could close nine Illinois hospitals, health care advocates warn. Chicago safety net hospitals — those that have 70% Medicaid utilization — also will be hit hard, according to SEIU Healthcare, which represents more than 91,000 health care workers in Illinois, Indiana and Missouri.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/07/03/illinois-hospitals-at-risk-of-closure-landmark-trump-tax-bill
— Congress passed Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill.’ Here’s what it means for you. The Republican-led Congress advanced the sweeping tax measure. Illinois Democrats warn of dire consequences.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/07/03/congress-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-what-it-means
DAILY HERALD
— Kane County Clerk John Cunningham hosts Madison officials, shares best election practices
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250702/submitted-content/kane-county-clerk-hosts-madison-officials-shares-best-election-practices/
— Winfield man acquitted of charges he threatened school board candidate
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250703/crime/winfield-man-acquitted-of-charges-he-threatened-school-board-candidate/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Political payback? Deputy’s lawsuit alleges he was demoted for backing a Republican candidate. Politics is nasty/vicious. I should write about Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who have had their operatives and their dupes punish me the most for supporting their Republican opponents in primaries and in nonpartisan elections. They defeated me when I ran for Milton Township Republican Organization Treasurer in 2004. They almost got Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) to censure me in 2006. They defeated me when I ran for ICRC Steering Committee in 2007. They defeated me when I ran for TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois Chairman in 2012. They gerrymandered my precinct in 2015. They ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021. The threw me off the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250704/crime/political-payback-deputys-lawsuit-alleges-he-was-demoted-for-backing-candidate/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A decorated Lake County sheriff’s deputy is suing his boss and the county’s top lawyer in federal court, alleging he was demoted for backing a candidate they opposed in last year’s election. Deputy Ari Briskman, a former sergeant, wants a return to his previous rank, as well as back pay and punitive damages from the lawsuit against Sheriff John Idleburg and State’s Attorney Eric Rinehart. Filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Chicago, the suit alleges Briskman was demoted the day after the Nov. 5 election, because he supported Republican Mary Cole for state’s attorney. Cole was hoping to unseat Rinehart, a fellow Democrat and political ally of the sheriff. Briskman also lost his special assignments, including as head of the sheriff’s Marine Unit that patrols area waterways, the suit states. His attorney, Keith L. Hunt, noted that the demotion meant not only a loss of rank, but a loss of substantial income. “To punish a man’s family simply because he didn’t support your buddy’s candidacy is wrong on every level,” Hunt told us. “It’s petty, it’s vindictive and it’s unconstitutional.” Idleburg and Rinehart gave us statements in response to the lawsuit. “The plaintiff, a current employee, has exercised his right to file a lawsuit,” Idleburg said. “We are confident in our actions and will respond through the proper legal channels.” “While we are unable to comment on this pending litigation, we look forward to fully prevailing in court,” said Rinehart.)
WGN RADIO
— Dolton has purchased Pope Leo’s childhood home
https://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/burt-odelson-dolton-has-purchased-pope-leos-childhood-home/
EFFINGHAM DAILY NEWS
— Pritzker warns 330,000 Illinoisans could lose Medicaid under Trump’s budget plan. What helped you avoid having to go on Medicaid? For me, it included my working for the federal government for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents decry that. According to them, the federal jobs I got should have been given to Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.
https://www.effinghamdailynews.com/news/local_news/pritzker-warns-330-000-illinoisans-could-lose-medicaid-under-trump-s-budget-plan/article_ef4b6f31-da42-4409-ab1b-742ba1992383.html
WAND TV
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/bill-requiring-contraception-medication-abortion-at-public-college-health-centers-awaits-pritzkers-signature/article_86b83d4b-04c9-4e1c-b39f-686fba5b7660.html
FOX ILLINOIS
— June jobs report shows crack in private sector as immigration slows.
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/june-jobs-report-shows-crack-in-private-sector-as-immigration-slows-labor-department-government-federal-tariffs-president-donald-trump-bankrate-labor-force-karoline-leavitt
NEWS CHANNEL 20
— New Illinois budget lists $500,000 to closed Lincoln College
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/new-illinois-budget-lists-500000-to-closed-lincoln-college
WSIU
— Freedom Caucus: Illinois Can’t Afford Four More Years Of Pritzker
https://www.wsiu.org/politics-elections/2025-07-03/freedom-caucus-illinois-cant-afford-four-more-years-of-pritzker
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
JOHN KASS
— Who Counts? Trump Poised To Try To Remove Noncitizens From Census
https://johnkassnews.com/who-counts-trump-poised-to-try-to-remove-noncitizens-from-census/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What does it mean to be a Democrat? It means that you promote dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, prostitution, and other vices, further 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. It means that you do everything that you can to get rid of Trump and to get rid of those share his demographics, that is, those who are conservative, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I should write about the aforesaid. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— House passes ‘big, beautiful bill,’ sending sweeping tax and spending cuts to Trump for signature
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/3/house-passes-big-beautiful-bill-sending-sweeping-tax-spending-cuts/
— One nation, under God, 249 years strong
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/3/one-nation-god-249-years-strong/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democrats cry wolf over Medicaid cuts
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/3461544/democrats-cry-wolf-over-medicaid-cuts/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump admin stops handing over illegal migrant criminals to California for prosecution — it will just deport them instead.
https://nypost.com/2025/07/03/us-news/trump-admin-stops-handing-over-illegal-migrant-criminals-to-california-for-prosecution/
— EPA puts 139 employees on leave over ‘declaration of dissent’ letter. I did far more than sign a dissent letter. GAO audits IRS. When I was 40 years old in 1988, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. They had unofficially thrown me off audits of IRS because I had complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. They had kept me off audits 1980-1985. They had forced the GAO manager to retire in 1987 who had hired me in 1980 and who had finally been able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me in 1986. They had delayed my promotions and forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. To punish me, they officially threw me off audits of IRS in late 1988, gave me a very bad job assignment, gave me very unfair performance expectations, gave me a very unfair performance appraisal, ranked me at the bottom of my coworkers for pay for performance, and even worse things. I should write about the aforesaid.
https://nypost.com/2025/07/03/us-news/epa-puts-139-employees-on-leave-over-declaration-of-dissent-letter/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Illegals to pay for their own phony asylum filings
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/07/bbb_passes_in_house_illegals_to_pay_for_their_own_phony_asylum_filings.html
BREITBART
— Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill Clears Final House Hurdle En Route to White House
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/07/03/legacy-unlocked-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-clears-final-house-hurdle-en-route-white-house/
— NBC Reporter Worries Illegal Aliens Might Get Injured if They Try to Escape Alligator Alcatraz
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/07/03/nbc-reporter-worries-illegal-aliens-might-get-injured-if-they-try-to-escape-alligator-alcatraz/
— ICE Director Thanks Trump for ‘Unprecedented Funding’ for Deportations in Big Beautiful Bill
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/07/03/ice-director-thanks-trump-for-unprecedented-funding-for-deportations-in-big-beautiful-bill/
— Democrats Panic: Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill Will Deport More Illegal Aliens
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/07/03/democrats-panic-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-will-deport-more-illegal-aliens/
— Judge Blocking Trump’s HHS Reorganization Is Biden Diversity Hire Fixated on Race
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/07/03/udge-blocking-trumps-hhs-reorganization-is-biden-diversity-hire-fixated-on-race/
EPOCH TIMES
— House Passes GOP Megabill, Sending Measure to Trump’s Desk
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/house-passes-gop-megabill-sending-measure-to-trumps-desk-5882140
FOX BUSINESS
— Democrats have ‘gone back to the Soviet playbook of 1917’
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6375206801112
FOX NEWS
— Noncitizens get ‘only limited’ due process rights
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/noncitizens-get-only-limited-due-process-rights-conservative-legal-expert
— Democrats launch ‘Project 2029’ as party attempts to garner support
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6375208043112
NEWSMAX
— Sanctuary Cities Offer No Refuge for Law Abiding Citizens
https://www.newsmax.com/nicholaschamberas/cities-sanctuary/2025/07/03/id/1217475/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC NEWS
— Los Angeles cancels some July Fourth events amid deportation fears. But groups opposed to federal immigration enforcement policies plan to proceed with demonstrations, including a “freedom” car cruise outside City Hall. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/los-angeles-cancels-july-fourth-events-deportation-fears-rcna216174
NEWSWEEK
— Trump Could Let Millions of Illegal Immigrants Stay in US
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-could-let-millions-illegal-migrants-stay-us-farmers-hospitality-2094586
MSN
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly replace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/other/in-reversal-trump-uses-term-tied-to-ethnic-cleansing-amid-renewed-mass-deportation-demand/ar-AA1GFaaz
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats Rally to Mamdani After Trump Makes Threats
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/nyregion/mamdani-trump.html
— Zohran Mamdani Identified as Asian and African American on College Application. Mamdani, the Democrat running for mayor of New York City, was born in Uganda. He doesn’t consider himself Black but said the application didn’t allow for the complexity of his background.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/nyregion/mamdani-columbia-black-application.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/us/immigration-raids-fourth-of-july.html
WASHINGTON POST
— US military expands enforcement zone to 1/3 of southern border
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/04/militarized-border-immigration-trump-mexico/b80558d6-588c-11f0-b45b-dc9aeb848c03_story.html
— 139 EPA staffers who signed ‘dissent’ letter are put on leave. I did far more than sign a dissent letter. GAO audits IRS. When I was 40 years old in 1988, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. They had unofficially thrown me off audits of IRS because I had complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. They had kept me off audits 1980-1985. They had forced the GAO manager to retire in 1987 who had hired me in 1980 and who had finally been able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me in 1986. They had delayed my promotions and forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. To punish me, they officially threw me off audits of IRS in late 1988, gave me a very bad job assignment, gave me very unfair performance expectations, gave me a very unfair performance appraisal, ranked me at the bottom of my coworkers for pay for performance, and even worse things. I should write about the aforesaid.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/07/03/epa-dissent-letter-employees-leave/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly decry opposition to their discrimination against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/07/03/republican-shift-against-pluralism/
USA TODAY
— What will student loans look like after Trump’s spending bill is signed? Did you have to work your way through college? I did. My critics/opponents have always used that against me. They have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I had to work my way through college because my GPA was not high enough to get student loans let alone scholarships. I had only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class. My ACT score was only 24. In my defense, my GPA was lower because of instead of studying, I had worked far too many hours during my junior and seniors washing dishes to earn money for UIC expenses and to buy a new car to get to/from UIC classes and my parents’ home in Crete.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2025/07/03/trump-spending-bill-student-loans/84466499007/
MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTENIEL
— Oconomowoc Rotary reverses course after planning nonpolitical July 4 parade. My critics/opponents have always vehemently opposed Republican participation in Wheaton’s Independence Day parades. I should write about them. They have always had lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.jsonline.com/story/communities/west/2025/06/11/oconomowoc-rotary-reverses-course-nonpolitical-july-4-parade/84148448007/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: After intending to make this year’s Fourth of July parade a nonpolitical event, the Rotary Club of Oconomowoc reversed course after a local Republican state representative expressed outrage. The Rotary initially planned to have a parade without partisan messaging, with an opportunity for politicians to meet with constituents after the parade. In a June 11 statement, the Board of Directors clarified that all political parties and representatives may fully participate in the July 4 parade, “as has been our longstanding tradition.” In the original plan, politicians were encouraged to participate in three ways, the board said: Walking with the city’s official float, joining a community organization they’re involved in or creating a nonpolitical float with friends and family. The club also said politicians were welcome to gather at the Village Green after the parade for a “special moment of unity” featuring the University of Wisconsin Marching Band, which is still scheduled to occur. “Unfortunately, our intentions were widely misunderstood, and the proposed approach caused considerable frustration and concern within the community. We deeply regret that our message was not clear and led to any confusion or disappointment,” the statement read. The debate began June 9 when the club announced it planned to host a nonpolitical event, in part because the city is marking its 150th anniversary. A signup page for participants notes the parade isn’t hosting political acts this year, “but we look forward to inviting them for the 2026 parade.” “Our aim remains to create a universally enjoyable atmosphere where Oconomowoc’s legacy and community unity can shine brightly, unimpeded by partisan elements,” the club wrote on Facebook. The policy elicited split responses on Facebook, and the club limited comments after more than 350 responses. Some residents and conservative talk radio hosts decried exclusion of anyone from the parade, while others appreciated the Rotary’s decision and said political divisiveness would detract from the festivities. State Rep. Barbara Dittrich, a Republican who represents Oconomowoc in the state Assembly, called the Rotary’s decision “bewildering” in a June 10 statement and said it deliberately excluded state and federal elected officials. Dittrich argued her family “is a dedicated, ingrained part of Oconomowoc’s rich history, dating back to the 1950’s, a third or more of the 150 years being celebrated within this parade.” “Walking in the Oconomowoc parade is not political; It continues my personal ethos of service, greeting all of the wonderful people I serve, no matter who they are or what their personal beliefs,” Dittrich wrote in part, urging the Rotary to reverse its decision. “We have listened intently to your feedback, and we fully recognize the importance of traditional parade participation to many of our local politicians and constituents alike,” the Rotary said in the new statement. In a June 11 message to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, club president Bonnie Lewis-Tschannen said “what’s been unfolding is beyond reason.” “Perhaps the most absurd claim is that we were somehow targeting or banning only Republicans. That is simply not true, and it’s incredibly disheartening to see the narrative twisted this way,” Lewis-Tschannen wrote. Other communities have moved to limit political participation in parades, including Middleton in 2022 after Republican candidates lodged complaints that only incumbents, who were all Democrats in the area, could participate. And rules against campaigning at Waukesha’s July 4 parade drew conservative scrutiny after former Republican U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde was told he couldn’t participate, while a Democratic congressional candidate could. Oconomowoc’s Independence Day Parade begins at 5 p.m. July 4, starting at West Wisconsin Avenue and Concord Road and ending at the Oconomowoc Police Station.)
SKY HI NEWS
— Grand County GOP ready for July 4
https://www.skyhinews.com/news/grand-county-gop-ready-for-july-4/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Grand County Republicans are getting ready for Independence Day. The day begins with a parade down Granby’s Main Street at 11 a.m. After the parade, the Republicans will have a table at the Party in the Park at Polhamus Park for community members to stop by. On July 7, the party will hold its monthly meeting in Kremmling. The meeting is at 404 Park Ave from 6:30-8 p.m. Dinner is sponsored by Rebecca Guthrie. There is no virtual option at the meeting, and party members are encouraged to attend in person and get to know each other. This event will be less formal, with a 20-minute discussion inside (please bring a chair), then time outside to mingle. For September, the Republicans are looking ahead to Constitution Week in Grand Lake. The patriotic celebration takes place from Sept. 15-21. Volunteers are planning to participate in the parade and have a table at the event. A schedule of events will be announced.)
FORBES
— ‘Rejected By The People’: Johnson Tees Off On ‘Woke’ Dems For Pushing ‘Full Speed To The Far Left’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnoq98vkF70
BLOOMBERG LAW
— Federal Hiring Office Walks Back Essay Questions for New Hires. For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat who was minority, female, younger, and/or veteran who would take the job. They gambled and lost that I would become a Democrat. Because of that, they wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/federal-hiring-office-walks-back-essay-questions-for-new-hires
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Civil service provisions removed from Senate reconciliation bill. If you are a federal employee, the more of the following that you are, the less that Civil Service provisions protect you: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or if you have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Because I am all of the aforesaid and because I complained about their discrimination, my Democrat superiors in the federal government were able to take many adverse actions against me. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/congress/2025/06/civil-service-federal-union-provisions-removed-from-senate-reconciliation-bill/
July 1, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Anti-Trumpers ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump and against his Big Bill.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/polls-show-americans-largely-oppose-trumps-big-beautiful-bill/16892044/
NBC5
— To what extend does your hospital depend on Medicaid?
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/medicaid-cuts-could-devastate-hospitals-throughout-illinois-officials-warn/3779676/
WGN9
— New laws aim to make higher education easier for Illinois students. Without benefit of these laws, I nevertheless was able to get UIC to accept me in 1966. I took college preparatory courses at Crete-Monee High School. I got an ACT score of 24. I graduated in the upper 20% of my class. Further, with my parents providing me with room and board during my first 3 years, I was able to pay for my college expenses by working for the Park Forest Post Office part-time during the school years and full-time during the summers.
https://wgntv.com/politics-3/new-laws-aim-to-make-higher-education-easier-for-illinois-students/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/01/opinion-chicago-protecting-reproductive-health/
DAILY HERALD
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more mass/illegal immigration.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250701/letters-to-the-editor/children-seeking-asylum-trapped-in-legal-limbo/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Trump’s spending cuts.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/health-news/ap-states-brace-for-impact-as-trumps-big-bill-nears-completion-in-congress/
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-bush-obama-and-a-tearful-bono-fault-trumps-gutting-of-usaid-on-agencys-last-day/
WQAD
— Pritzker ever-increasingly does everything that he can to a) attract voters to Illinois who have demographics that vote for Democrats and b) drive out of Illinois voters who have demographics that vote for Republicans. Demographics that vote for Democrats include liberal, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, lack education and/or job skills, have financial, health, and/or other problems, want/need/demand massive government assistance, boozers, gamblers, stoners, prostitutes, criminals, and citizens of foreign countries. Demographics that vote for Republicans include conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, have ancestors who have been in America for a long time, non-poor, etc.
https://www.wqad.com/article/news/politics/illinois-politics/pritzker-presidential-run-rumors-future-third-term-reelection-campaign/526-380c0b14-b392-4e55-9f24-f29db6705baa
— Local lawmakers call US Army secretary’s visit to the Rock Island Arsenal a success. A merger proposed by the U.S. Department of Defense could cut up to 400 jobs from the base. During the first 6 months of 1989, I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO in Rock Island on an audit of the Department of Defense 1990 ammunition budget request. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/assets/150/148194.pdf My Democrat GAO superiors assigned me to this audit to throw me off audits of IRS and to punish me for becoming an active member in a class action lawsuit in September of 1988 that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://www.wqad.com/article/news/local/us-army-secretary-rock-island-arsenal-potential-merger-job-cuts/526-fda097bf-7b24-467c-857d-d92bf1c3df60
LEGAL NEWSLINE
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more mass/illegal immigration.
https://www.legalnewsline.com/cook-county-record/il-law-threatening-employers-who-use-e-verify-doesn-t-break-fed-law/article_cef1e75d-c680-4ed7-9e14-aba9358132b3.html
CAPITOL FAX
— Pritzker announces Christian Mitchell as LG pick
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/01/pritzker-announces-christian-mitchell-as-lg-pick/
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/01/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-543/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CHICAGO CONTTRARIAN
— Jim Crow Strikes Again in Chicago
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/jim-crow-strikes-again-chicago
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— IL taxpayers begin funding record-high budget with tax hikes July 1
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_d59871a8-4829-457a-a6af-22507151d1b9.html
— Chicago officials blame Trump for rising expenditures as city budget talks begin. To what extent are the following dependent on federal deficit spending: America, Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, your precinct, and you?
https://www.aol.com/news/chicago-officials-blame-trump-rising-155300255.html
WIREPOINTS
— Durbin throws Illinois students under the bus, including kids from his own East St. Louis
https://wirepoints.org/sen-durbin-throws-illinois-students-under-the-bus-including-kids-from-his-own-east-st-louis-wirepoints/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— I should write a book about Wheaton Independence Day parades since 1978. I would focus on Republican participation in those parades. I would focus on those who are working the hardest to diminish/end Republican participation in this year’s Wheaton and Glen Ellyn parades. They argue that the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) cannot afford the $1,500+ cost of entry fees and candy for the parades. In 2007, I succeeded in raising $2,000 on short notice so that an elephant could walk behind U.S. Congressman Peter Roskam in Wheaton’s 2007 parade. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/uncategorized/july-4-evening-edition-2/ I served as the Republican fundraiser for the Wheaton Independence Day parades 2005-2021. In my book, I would focus on those who had their operatives and their dupes end what I did. I have urged MTRO to encourage Republican candidates for U.S. Senate, U.S. Congressional District 3, Illinois statewide offices, Illinois senate, Illinois house, DuPage countywide offices, DuPage County District 4, etc. to participate in this year’s Wheaton and Glen Ellyn parades. Please join me in urging MTRO to maximize its participation in those parades. Please join me in urging Republican candidates to participate in those parades. I certainly hope that LaHood walks in both parades. His father walked in Wheaton’s 2005 parade. I spoke with him before the parade kicked off. Bob Dole walked in Wheaton’s 1996 parade, Jim Ryan in its 2002 parade, and Obama and his wife in its 2004 parade. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. If I had smoked pot, I would not have been able to a) get hired in 1964, 1966, 1970, 1971, and 1980, b) earn a bachelor’s degree in 1970 and master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, c) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, d) earn more professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, e) earn a professional license in 1981, f) buy new cars in 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1974, 1978, etc., g) buy real estate in 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, and 1984, f) get married in 1978, g) etc.
https://nypost.com/2025/06/30/us-news/mike-tyson-urges-trump-to-deliver-on-cannabis-reform/
— Trump threatens to unleash DOGE on Musk to save money tied to his numerous gov’t subsidies: ‘Elon may get more subsidy than any human being in history.’ My critics/opponents hint/imply/argue shout that I have no standing to criticize the federal government a) because the federal government employed me for almost 30 years, b) because I get a $66,780/year Civil Service Retirement System pension, and c) because the federal government continues to pay 72% of my and my wife’s health insurance. In my defense, the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. Further, I would not have become a postal employee in 1966 if my high school friend had not asked me to join him in taking the postal employment test and I would not have become an IRS employee in 1971 if I had not taken and passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970 as a backup if I could not get a job in the private sector and if Oldsmobile had not withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. My efforts to get a good job in the private sector were frustrated by being viewed as being draft bait. Potential employers did not believe that my financial hardship draft deferment application would be approved.
https://nypost.com/2025/07/01/us-news/trump-threatens-to-unleash-doge-on-elon-musk-to-save-money-tied-to-his-numerous-govt-subsidies/
BREITBART
— Gallup Poll Shows Sharp Decline in Democrat Pride in America. Will Democrats and RINOs boycott Independence Day parades and fireworks? Republican pride in America has increased from 85% to 92%.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/06/30/gallup-poll-shows-sharp-decline-american-pride-democrats/
— Senate Rejects Big, Beautiful Bill Measure to Remove Illegal Aliens from Medicaid. Getting free Medicaid is one of the biggest reasons why citizens of foreign countries a) come to America illegally and/or b) stay in America illegally.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/06/30/senate-rejects-big-beautiful-bill-measure-to-remove-illegal-aliens-from-medicaid/
DAILY CALLER
— Democrats Created A Monster That’s Rapidly Destroying Their Party. Will Democrats and RINOs boycott Independence Day parades and fireworks? Republican pride in America has increased from 85% to 92%.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/06/30/zohran-mamdani-upper-middle-class-college-kids-new-york-city-socialism/
— Shockingly Small Portion Of Democrats Are Proud To Be American. Will Democrats and RINOs boycott Independence Day parades and fireworks? Republican pride in America has increased from 85% to 92%.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/06/30/shockingly-small-portion-democrats-proud-american-poll/
DAILY WIRE
— Panicking Dems Turn To Familiar Sounding Playbook. Project 2029 aims to create a list of policies for the next Democrat presidential nominee.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/panicking-dems-turn-to-familiar-sounding-playbook
— Why It Might Be Impossible For Illegals To Escape Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/it-will-be-nearly-impossible-for-illegal-aliens-to-escape-alligator-alcatraz
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Kari MacRae as fired over some anti-CRT social media “memes” she posted before she was even hired. I was fired, that is, I was forced to retire, because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my Democrat GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/06/supreme-court-refuses-to-take-school-teacher-free-speech-case-justice-thomas-files-statement-agreeing-with-epps-amicus-brief/amp/
MINDING THE CAMPUS
— Woke Orthodoxy Creeps In Through the Backdoor—These Laws Change the Locks
https://www.mindingthecampus.org/2025/06/30/woke-orthodoxy-creeps-in-through-the-backdoor-these-laws-change-the-locks/
NATIONAL REVIEW & MANHATTEN INSTITUTE
— Watering Down the SAT Weakens Meritocracy. As Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly lower standards to advance their young minorities and to advance their young females, my having done the following ever-increasingly means more: a) my getting an ACT score of 24, b) my graduating in the upper 20% of my high school class, c) my earning a bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees, d) my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt, e) my passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, f) my becoming a licensed CPA, and g) my earning four more professional certifications.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/06/watering-down-the-sat-weakens-meritocracy/
https://manhattan.institute/article/watering-down-the-sat-weakens-meritocracy
NEWS BUSTERS
— New York Times Touts ‘Defiance and Joy’ of Gay Pride Parade vs. Trump ‘Anti-Diversity Fervor.’ Will Democrats and RINOs boycott Independence Day parades and fireworks? Republican pride in America has increased from 85% to 92%.
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tim-graham/2025/06/30/new-york-times-touts-defiance-and-joy-gay-pride-parade-vs-trump-anti
REAL CLEAR POLICY
— Trump Poised to Try to Remove Noncitizens from Census. To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally demonstrates gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://www.realclearpolicy.com/2025/06/30/trump_poised_to_try_to_remove_noncitizens_from_census_1119880.html
TOWNHALL
— Stop Bailing Out the Big Woke States
https://townhall.com/columnists/terrypaulson/2025/07/01/stop-bailing-out-the-big-woke-states-n2659717
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Trump will visit a remote immigration detention site in the Florida Everglades
https://apnews.com/article/trump-everglades-immigrant-detention-facility-visit-5dc5568ec15534947c29c9149b773d1d
CNN
— Democrat and RINOs say that Trump’s visit to a migrant camp called ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ will stir dark echoes
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/01/politics/alligator-alcatraz-trump-florida
YAHOO
— Democrat pride in America is declining. Will Democrats and RINOs boycott Independence Day parades and fireworks? Republican pride in America has increased from 85% to 92%.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/americans-pride-country-declining-gallup-210041107.html
MSN
— Democrat pride in America hits historic low, new poll finds just days before July 4 holiday. Will Democrats and RINOs boycott Independence Day parades and fireworks? Republican pride in America has increased from 85% to 92%.
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/pride-in-america-hits-historic-low-new-poll-finds-just-days-before-july-4-holiday/ar-AA1HImw7
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals. To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally demonstrates gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/should-illegal-migrants-get-legal-status-views-shifted-in-past-year-poll-finds/ar-AA1HyBGz?ocid=a2hs%252Ca2hs
NEWSMAX
— Gen Z Drives Sharp Decline in American Pride. Will Democrats and RINOs boycott Independence Day parades and fireworks? Republican pride in America has increased from 85% to 92%.
https://www.newsweek.com/gen-z-drives-decline-american-pride-poll-2092705
CBS NEWS
— Hundreds of National Guard forces deployed to L.A. by Trump could be sent to wildfire duty
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/some-national-guard-trump-los-angeles-wildfire-duty/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Musk Promises a New Political Party if Republicans Pass Trump’s Policy Bill
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/us/politics/elon-musk-trump-bill-republicans.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more mass/illegal immigration.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/us/trump-supreme-court-birthright-citizenship-class-action-lawsuits.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/opinion/pornography-restrictions-free-speech-obscenity.html
WASHINGTON POST
— In 24-hour span, two in GOP who split with Trump say they won’t seek reelection. The decisions by Rep. Don Bacon and Sen. Thom Tillis illustrate how dissenting voices have little room in the GOP and complicate the party’s path to holding its majorities in the midterms. My critics/opponents in the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party are ever-increasingly furious a) that I continue to run for Republican Precinct Committeeman and b) that I continue to send out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/30/bacon-tillis-trump-republicans-retire/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-06-30/california-republicans-tell-trump-ice-raids-should-focus-on-criminals-not-ordinary-workers
USA TODAY
— Trump’s tariffs have businesses moving production to US soil. My brother lost manufacturing jobs in Chicago Heights because his employers moved to Mexico.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/06/29/businesses-reshore-production-trumps-tariffs/84284982007/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/06/30/trump-dei-rollback-slowdown/84421308007/
— My critics/opponents have always stressed that I did not get any internships. In my defense, I had to work my way through college. I could and I did work full-time for the Park Forest Post Office during the summers of 1967, 1968, and 1969. In today’s dollars, my salary was $19.37/hour in 1967, $20.02/hour in 1968, and $20.67/hour in 1969.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/2025/06/24/students-engaged-benefit-internships-hr/84321756007/
NILEPOST NEWS
— Trump Says Musk Would Go Broke Without U.S. Subsidies. My critic/opponents stress that I get a Civil Service Retirement System pension and that my wife and I get a 72% federal health insurance subsidy. In my defense, I had to work my way through college. Further, I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years to get the aforesaid. I should write my critics/opponents. Their parents had lots of money. They bought them cars. They paid for their college expenses. They got them good jobs.
https://nilepost.co.ug/news/268933/trump-says-elon-musk-would-go-broke-without-u-s-subsidies
JD SUPRA
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more mass/illegal immigration.
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/e-verify-trends-evolving-employer-3947188/
AXIOS
— Musk blasts Trump’s bill and calls for new political party
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/30/musk-trump-big-beautiful-bill-new-political-party
FINANCIAL TIMES
— Trump suggests US government review subsidies to Elon Musk’s companies
https://www.ft.com/content/2591f830-d707-499e-a1ae-36eaf6ebc6ca
INDEPENDENT
— Democrat Pride in America is declining. Will Democrats and RINOs boycott Independence Day parades and fireworks? Republican pride in America has increased from 85% to 92%.
https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/america-pride-decline-gallup-poll-b2779980.html
— Trump threatened tough punishment for employers who hired migrant workers. So far only a handful have faced the wrath. All my employers would have hired illegals if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that. Their parents had lots of money, bought them cars, paid for their college expenses, got them good jobs, etc.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/trump-threatened-tough-punishment-for-employers-who-hired-migrant-workers-so-far-only-a-handful-have-faced-the-wrath/ar-AA1HInFV
SKY NEWS
— Democrats ‘brainwashed’ into hating US through critical race theory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-VlJxkdU0k
June 28, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UL9r-n8QehQ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/federal-plaza-chicago-protest-today-demonstrators-ice-raids-demand-charges-alejandro-orellana-dropped/16861806/
— Trump is looking to speed up his ability to fine those in the United States illegally — up to $1,000 per day.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-administration-eliminating-warning-period-fining-us-illegally-exclusive/16860955/
NBC5
— Democrat and RINO leaders decry that “Supreme Court ruling limits judges’ power to challenge presidential executive orders.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/supreme-court-ruling-limits-judges-power-to-challenge-presidential-executive-orders/3778128/
— Democrat ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/how-to-watch-the-2025-chicago-pride-parade-live-as-it-happens/3777710/
— What does the Supreme Court ruling on birthright citizenship actually mean? Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly encourage citizens of foreign countries to give birth in America.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/what-does-the-supreme-court-ruling-on-birthright-citizenship-actually-mean/3777935/
— Pritzker issues statement after Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship ruling. Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly encourage citizens of foreign countries to give birth in America.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/gov-pritzker-issues-statement-after-supreme-courts-birthright-citizenship-ruling/3777973/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/the-home-depot-parking-lot-labor-economy-at-heart-of-trumps-ice-immigration-battle/3777749/
FOX32
— Illinois leaders slam Supreme Court ruling backing Trump immigration move. Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly encourage citizens of foreign countries to give birth in America.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-leaders-slam-supreme-court-ruling-backing-trump-immigration-move
— Krishnamoorthi touts bill to curb Trump’s presidential power over military deployment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDDYrwSlW3E
WTTW
— What’s Next for Birthright Citizenship After the Supreme Court’s Ruling. Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly encourage citizens of foreign countries to give birth in America.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/06/27/what-s-next-birthright-citizenship-after-supreme-court-s-ruling
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ and abortion.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/27/evanston-to-protect-privacy-of-abortion-gender-care-patients-by-limiting-license-plate-reader-tech/
— Centrism in the Democrat Party is dead.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/27/editorial-is-centrism-in-the-democratic-party-dead-lets-hope-not/
— Democrat and RINO leaders decry that “High court ruling on injunctions could imperil many court orders blocking the Trump administration.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/27/high-court-ruling-injunctions-trump/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump doesn’t want to be another George W. Bush. Trump wants to be the president who uses the military sparingly.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/06/27/donald-trump-president-military-bush
— Advocates in Chicago say the Supreme Court’s decision to limit birthright citizenship injunctions is ‘cruel’ Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly encourage citizens of foreign countries to give birth in America.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/06/27/supreme-court-limits-nationwide-injunctions-but-fate-of-trump-birthright-citizenship-order-unclear
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/06/27/responding-to-the-moment-pilsen-mural-depicts-superman-fighting-an-ice-agent
— Trump administration unfreezes $1.2M in anti-terrorism funding to Chicago.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump/2025/06/27/counter-terrorism-funding-chicago-donald-trump-homeland-security
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ and illegal immigration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/06/26/trans-migrant-chicago-deportation-trump
WAND TV
— Safe gun storage bill arrives on governor’s desk despite Republican concerns.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/safe-gun-storage-bill-arrives-on-governors-desk-despite-republican-concerns/article_88e0af0a-dcf3-43de-a11b-5d3af17515db.html
WGLT
— Have you ever been encouraged to run for office? The leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party have not. They stress that my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. They stress that Bush, Hastert, Fitzgerald, and Hyde did not come to my defense. They stress that my Democrat GAO superiors a) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, b) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, and forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. They stress that my Democrat IRS superiors a) never promoted me beyond GS-12, b) disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and c) disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974. They stress that my Democrat Post Office superiors a) disallowed my sick leave requests in 1968 and 1969 and b) forced me to resign in 1969. They ignore/dismiss/belittle that I a) earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, b) passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, c) became a licensed CPA, and d) earned four more job related professional certifications.
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2024-08-12/david-gill-makes-another-quixotic-run-for-office
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— USNS Harvey Milk is renamed after a WWII sailor in the latest Pentagon diversity purge.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-usns-harvey-milk-is-renamed-after-a-wwii-sailor-in-the-latest-pentagon-diversity-purge/
— Trump administration ends legal protections for half-million Haitians who now face deportations
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-trump-administration-ends-legal-protections-for-half-million-haitians-who-now-face-deportations/
CHICAGO READER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicagoreader.com/news/lgbtq-health-care-trump-hiv/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/06/27/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-335/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— GOP challenger James Mendrick: ‘Definition of insanity electing’ Pritzker again
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_f2f7b691-6b08-48ae-8767-48964487488d.html
— IL officials have opposing views on ruling affirming parents’ rights in schools
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_a1f2599f-bfe5-4783-bab5-ae4ec9590d96.html
WIREPOINTS
— Why Gov. Pritzker Should Veto Chicago Tier 2 Pension Sweeteners
https://wirepoints.org/why-governor-pritzker-should-veto-chicago-tier-2-pension-sweeteners-wirepoints/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Vallas: J.B. Pritzker’s $55.2B budget fuels Illinois’ financial death spiral
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/vallas-j-b-pritzkers-55-2b-budget-fuels-illinois-financial-death-spiral/
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Illinois’ Dangerous Dance with WHO’s Global Abortion Agenda
https://illinoisfamily.org/politics/illinois-dangerous-dance-with-whos-global-abortion-agenda/
ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Support Stephanie Trussell’s Run for State Rep.
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/06/support-stephanie-trussells-run-for-state-rep/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What do you say to those who use Affirmative Action and DEI to discriminate against others to avoid being discriminated against themselves? I should write about that. I would focus on those who are the following and/or who claim to be the following and who discriminate against those who are the following to avoid being discriminated against themselves: religious, conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I would focus on the aforesaid who have had their operatives and their dupes take the biggest adverse actions against me lately. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Have you ever been encouraged to run for office? The leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party have not. They stress that my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. They stress that Bush, Hastert, Fitzgerald, and Hyde did not come to my defense. They stress that my Democrat GAO superiors a) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, b) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, and forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. They stress that my Democrat IRS superiors a) never promoted me beyond GS-12, b) disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and c) disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974. They stress that my Democrat Post Office superiors a) disallowed my sick leave requests in 1968 and 1969 and b) forced me to resign in 1969. They ignore/dismiss/belittle that I a) earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, b) passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, c) became a licensed CPA, and d) earned four more job related professional certifications. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Constructively, if not literally, the mandatory retirement age is 55 and 30 years of service for federal employees in the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) who are Republican, White, male, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I had 25 years of CSRS service when I was 45 in 1993. That made me eligible for early retirement then. My Democrat GAO superiors wanted me to retire big time, but I survived for 4 years. I became a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and Forensic Accountant in 1997. I completed the requirements for a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997. But, my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” on September 30, 1997, the last day that it was available. If I had not taken it, I would not have been eligible to retire until I was 55 in 2003. They had made it extremely clear that that those 6 years would have been a living hell for me. They would demote me, give me adverse transfers, unfair performance expectations, unfair performance appraisals. etc. GAO was not unionized. I should write about the aforesaid. – Dave Diersen
http://gopillinois.com
— I have been a conservative Republican journalist since 2000. I should write about the following who have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me the most because of that: a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders. 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 cover up their wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money. I would focus on the aforesaid who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Pritzker dismisses Census data showing youth flight from Illinois
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3456499/pritzker-dismiss-census-youth-flight-from-illinois/
AMAC
— At least seven U.S. professions have mandatory retirement ages, some as young as 57. To that end, should members of Congress have a mandatory retirement age? Constructively, if not literally, the mandatory retirement age is 55 and 30 years of service for federal employees in the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) who are Republican, White, male, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I had 25 years of CSRS service when I was 45 in 1993. That made me eligible for early retirement then. My Democrat GAO superiors wanted me to retire big time, but I survived for 4 years. I became a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and Forensic Accountant in 1997. I completed the requirements for a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997. But, my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” on September 30, 1997, the last day that it was available. If I had not taken it, I would not have been eligible to retire until I was 55 in 2003. They had made it extremely clear that that those 6 years would have been a living hell for me. They would demote me, give me adverse transfers, unfair performance expectations, unfair performance appraisals. etc. GAO was not unionized. I should write about the aforesaid.
https://amac.us/poll/congressional-retirement-age/
BREITBART
— Foreign Countries Asked by U.S. to Take Illegal Alien Deportees. What percent come to America a) to get the free stuff that Democrat and RINO leaders give them, b) to take advantage of Democrat and RINO race and gender based preference giving, c) to turn America into their motherland, and/or d) to destroy those who do not share their religion and/or national origin?
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/06/27/rreport-foreign-countries-asked-by-u-s-to-take-illegal-alien-deportees/
CENTER SQUARE
— U.S. Supreme Court rules for parents on LGBTQ storybooks
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_a6cbdd1a-d213-40aa-9c79-d920016daa9c.html
DAILY CALLER
— Alan Dershowitz Explains Why Trump Can Now Ignore Rogue Injunctions From Liberal Judges
https://dailycaller.com/2025/06/27/alan-dershowitz-rogue-judges-trump/
DAILY WIRE
— Birthright Citizenship, LGBT Books, Porn Law: Ben Shapiro Reacts To Trump’s Trifecta Of Wins At SCOTUS. “The three biggest decisions all came down in favor of President Trump.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/birthright-citizenship-lgbt-books-porn-law-ben-shapiro-reacts-to-trumps-trifecta-of-wins-at-scotus
EPOCH TIMES
— 5 Takeaways From Major Supreme Court Ruling on Nationwide Injunctions. By limiting the ability of judges to issue universal blocks, the court’s ruling is expected to affect other cases contesting Trump administration policies.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/5-takeaways-from-major-supreme-court-ruling-on-nationwide-injunctions-5879484
FOX NEWS
— ACLU sues Trump over birthright order as Supreme Court clears path for it to take effect. Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly encourage citizens of foreign countries to give birth in America.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/aclu-sues-trump-over-birthright-order-supreme-court-clears-path-take-effect
NEWSMAX
— Supreme Court: Maryland Parents Can Pull Their Kids From Public School Lessons Using LGBTQ Books. To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.newsmax.com/us/supreme-court-lgbtq-books/2025/06/27/id/1216727/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC NEWS
— Congress set to hand Trump billions to recruit more ICE agents. The House-passed version of the Trump budget bill includes $8 billion to hire an additional 10,000 ICE employees over five years, with millions more for signing and retention bonuses.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/congress-set-hand-trump-billions-recruit-ice-agents-rcna214990
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly encourage citizens of foreign countries to give birth in America.
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-trump-birthright-citizenship-immigration-9da9e11d83f2fd3cbf95e6a733651daf
— DOJ abruptly fires 3 prosecutors involved in Jan. 6 criminal cases. My Democrat GAO superiors abruptly fired me, that is, they abruptly forced me to retire, when I was 49 years old in 1997. The Republican DOJ defended my Democrat GAO superiors in Diersen v. GAO. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf
https://apnews.com/article/jan-6-prosecutions-capitol-riot-trump-bondi-1107441a68cef171dfff4e680e438452
MSN
— Trump administration wants to fine those illegally in the US $1,000 per day until they leave. What percent come to America a) to get the free stuff that Democrat and RINO leaders give them, b) to take advantage of Democrat and RINO race and gender based preference giving, c) to turn America into their motherland, and/or d) to destroy those who do not share their religion and/or national origin?
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/travel/news/trump-administration-wants-to-fine-those-illegally-in-the-us-1-000-per-day-until-they-leave/ar-AA1HyZJJ
MSNBC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly threaten riots
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzcBnWLzYyQ
YAHOO NEWS
— Fox News’ Bret Baier Says He’s Asked Trump Personally to Stop Calling Journalists ‘Enemy of the People’ I have been a conservative Republican journalist since 2000. I should write about the following who have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me the most because of that: a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders. 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 cover up their wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money. I would focus on the aforesaid who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fox-news-bret-baier-says-225032300.html
NEW YORK TIMES & REUTERS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly encourage citizens of foreign countries to give birth in America.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06/27/us/birthright-citizenship-supreme-court
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/immigrants-scramble-clarity-after-supreme-court-birthright-ruling-2025-06-28/
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump officials plan to resettle 1,000 Afrikaners while blocking other refugees
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/06/27/trump-afrikaners-refugees-travel-ban/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— How I Lost My Career and Started Delivering Mail. No one expects to have to start over from the bottom rung at age 50. But when the pandemic struck, marketing professional Stephen Starring Grant rose to the challenge. (COMMENT: I worked for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969, part-time while I took classes at UIC 1966-1968 and at NIU in 1969 and full-time during the summers of 1967, 1968, and 1969. My Democrat superiors forced me to resign in September of 1969 falsely arguing that I would not be available to work enough part-time hours. I was available every Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, holiday, and every day that NIU was not in session. They would not have forced me to resign if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.)
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/how-i-lost-my-career-and-started-delivering-mail-c238d934
(FROM THE ARTICLE: I was being laid off. My skill set was not particularly practical; I wasn’t a cardiologist or a plumber. My work in the two decades before the pandemic had a bunch of names—Brand Strategist, Marketing Consultant, Consumer Psychologist—but getting a new marketing job was going to be a near impossibility for the foreseeable future. It was certainly never going to happen before my health insurance ran out in a couple of weeks. Which was a problem, because a couple of months earlier I had been diagnosed with prostate cancer. My cancer was as benign as cancer gets, but what had seemed manageable, treatable, now loomed as an existential issue. Not to mention that I was a husband and a father of two teenage girls, who counted on me to keep them in the upper middle class. To get unemployment, I had to be actively searching for a new job. I would go on the Virginia Employment Commission website, find anything I was even remotely qualified for and apply. I lived in Blacksburg, the small town in far western Virginia where I’d grown up, but the jobs I’d find myself applying to were almost all in Northern Virginia. Locally, there was nothing. Except for a job as a part-time letter carrier with the U.S. Postal Service. It paid $18.50 an hour, and it came with healthcare on day one. The pay cut was eye-watering: I hadn’t worked a job at that wage level since my early 20s. But I would definitely enjoy working outdoors for a change—and independently. Some people give up after things happen to them. Others get back up, over and over again. We think of this as a strength, as grit, determination, willpower. This kind of toughness has always struck me as essential to the Appalachian character. If you get laid off or shot, or people yell at you and call you an idiot or tell you that you’ll never amount to a goddamned thing, don’t think about it. Just get back up and try again. After two weeks of training, I was assigned to fill in for the regular mailman on Rural Route 3, a monster 60 miles in length, with 724 deliveries. The whole middle section of the route, a long slide downhill to the river, was so remote that it received no cellphone service. I might as well have been delivering the mail in 1920 and not 2020. . .Did I believe I was a mailman? I was lousy at my job, still very stuck on how slow I was. I saw myself as a faker being chased by the clock. But I got better over the months to come. There were days when the mail was light and the weather good and delivering the mail was the best of all possible jobs, the work a joy, the solitude a gift. I knew I was never going to be great at it, in the way that I will never be an NFL quarterback or play electric guitar like Eddie Van Halen. I delivered the mail for a year before I found a new job in marketing, and the best grade I ever deserved was a solid B-/C+. Even with that I think my greatest accomplishment was not quitting. And yet, somewhere in those early months, change did come. Letter by letter I was learning. I got tougher. I became capable of delivering everything that I loaded into my truck in the morning. The economics of delivering the mail were unsentimental—paying for my mortgage and groceries cost more than I was bringing in. But out there on Route 3 the job became more than just a financial delaying tactic. I was inhabiting something real, feeling what it was like to be there for people. I had become a mailman.)
BLOOMBERG
— Trump Tax Bill: GOP Reaches Tentative SALT Deal at $40,000 Cap, Five-Year Limit. Taxpayers who take the standard deduction, that is, who do not itemize, want SALT. My critics opponents were furious a) that I paid less federal income tax 1972-1977 because I itemized and b) that my wife and I paid less federal income tax 1978-2017 because we itemized. I should write about that.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-27/gop-reaches-tentative-salt-deal-at-40-000-cap-five-year-limit
— As Nations Curb Immigration, the Golden Age for Employers Is Ending. All my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me if they could have. Employers want cheap labor. They want employees who they can exploit.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-06-27/as-nations-curb-immigration-the-golden-age-for-employers-is-ending?embedded-checkout=true
BLOOMBERG LAW & NATIONAL LAW REVIEW & NEW YORK TIMES
— Since the 1960s, my critics/opponents have used Affirmative Action and DEI against me. I should write about that. I would focus on my Democrat superiors in the federal government and the leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/dol-wants-to-hear-how-federal-contractors-cut-affirmative-action
https://natlawreview.com/article/ofccp-invites-voluntary-disclosures-federal-contractors-regarding-executive-order
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/us/politics/justice-dept-opens-inquiry-into-university-of-california-hiring-practices.html
INSTITUTE OF INTERNAL AUDITORS
— Active CPA or CA holders can earn the CIA through the CIA Challenge Exam. This expedited process allows you to obtain the CIA designation after successfully passing a one-part examination. The accounting CIA Challenge Exam only includes content not covered on your CPA or CA exam, saving you time and money. I passed the CIA examination on my first attempt when I was 32 in 1981. I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979.
https://www.theiia.org/en/certifications/cia/challenge-exam/accounting/
HOODLINE
— Subcommittee Debates Potential Erosion of Meritocracy by DEI Initiatives. My critics/opponents promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, they promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://hoodline.com/2025/06/subcommittee-debates-potential-erosion-of-meritocracy-by-dei-initiatives/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Recent discussions at a Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services hearing have sparked controversy over the impact and intention of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. The critical focus of the hearing, titled “Sacrificing Excellence for Ideology: The Real Cost of DEI,” examined the assertion that these progressive policies potentially erode the foundation of meritocracy and individualism within several sectors, including education, government, and the workforce. According to a release by the subcommittee, members discussed possibilities of following former President Trump’s lead to foster what they view as genuine equality, based on individual effort and merit.)
U.S. CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS
— Political leaders must fix wealth gap. According to Democrat and RINO leaders, people have less money than others because Republicans discriminate against them, marginalize them, oppress them, victimize them, and even worse things. Why do you have less money than others?
https://www.usccb.org/news/2025/political-leaders-must-fix-wealth-gap-promote-religious-freedom-pope-says
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Trump’s probationary period reforms cemented in OPM final rule. With OPM’s final rule, agencies can decide fire feds in their probationary period based broadly on agency needs, interests and “organizational goals.” After I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors were furious that could not use probationary rules to get rid of me. I should write about that.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/06/trumps-probationary-period-reforms-cemented-in-opm-final-rule/
PBS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/venezuelan-immigrants-in-chicago-live-in-fear-after-loss-of-temporary-legal-status
GUARDIAN
— Liberal Afrikaners are privileged. Liberals and moderates ever-increasingly destroy conservatives.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/28/south-africa-liberal-afrikaners-reject-trump-white-genocide-claims