July 9, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Trump suggests taking over New York City and Washington DC
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-suggests-taking-new-york-city-washington/17022336/
— Supreme Court clears the way for Trump’s plans to downsize the federal workforce
https://abc7chicago.com/post/supreme-court-clears-trumps-plans-downsize-federal-workforce/17022051/

NBC5
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/illinois-officials-blast-medicaid-snap-cuts-in-trump-led-megabill/3785101/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/what-trumps-tax-law-could-mean-youngest-americans/3785278/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/student-loan-cancellation-program-trump-retribution-tool/3784547/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/video-illinois-democrats-express-concerns-about-cuts-to-snap-benefits/3785248/

FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1670996
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoFEXTwAjZ0

WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government
https://news.wttw.com/2025/07/08/july-8-2025-full-show
https://news.wttw.com/2025/07/08/brandon-johnson-condemns-cuts-imposed-trump-s-tax-spending-bill-unholy

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH THREE PHOTOS: Special prosecutor appointed to investigate DuPage clerk’s bidding practices
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250708/news/special-prosecutor-appointed-to-investigate-dupage-clerks-bidding-practices/
— Supreme Court clears the way for Trump’s plans to downsize the federal workforce
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250708/nation-and-world-politics/supreme-court-clears-the-way-for-trumps-plans-to-downsize-the-federal-workforce/
— Large teen gathering at Glen Ellyn pool leads to misdemeanor arrest
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250708/news/large-teen-gathering-at-glen-ellyn-pool-leads-to-misdemeanor-arrest/

SOUTHERN
— Trump suggests taking over New York City and Washington DC
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/07/08/trump-suggests-taking-over-new-york-city-and-washington/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— How dependent on federal spending is your hospital?
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2025/07/09/cuts-to-medicaid-could-lead-to-9-illinois-hospitals-closing/84497471007/

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Disruption at Sunset Pool in Glen Ellyn may lead to reevaluation of training, safety policies
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/2025/07/08/disruption-at-sunset-pool-in-glen-ellyn-may-lead-to-reevaluation-of-training-policies/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-07-08/what-health-care-cuts-in-trumps-budget-law-will-mean-for-americans
https://www.nprillinois.org/government-politics/2025-07-09/federal-food-assistance-changes-threaten-benefits-for-thousands-of-illinoisans

PUBLIC NEWS SERVICE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2025-07-09/immigration/il-school-districts-serving-immigrants-work-to-stay-low-key/a97580-1

GLEN ELLYN PATCH
— ‘We Share Your Frustration:’ Park District Reacts To Teen Takeover In Glen Ellyn. The Glen Ellyn Park District shared a statement after an incident in which hundreds of teens stormed Sunset Pool. How prepared is your park district for Democrat teen takeovers?
https://patch.com/illinois/glenellyn/we-share-your-frustration-park-district-reacts-teen-takeover-glen-ellyn

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— To boost their popularity, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/august-2025/can-tangling-with-trump-boost-the-mayors-popularity/

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/07/08/360000-illinois-residents-to-lose-food-assistance-due-to-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-pritzker-says/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Richard Porter eyeing Durbin’s seat
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/07/09/richard-porter-eyeing-durbins-seat-00443440
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Richard Porter, a battle-hardened Republican Party loyalist, is considering a bid for the U.S. Senate seat now held by Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin, who’s retiring. Porter sees an opening for himself and the Illinois Republican Party by blending establishment savvy with MAGA fealty. His background: Porter, 65, is a seasoned attorney from Chicago’s northern suburbs and a former Republican National Committeeman who has worn many hats over the years. He was a senior domestic policy adviser to President George W. Bush and counselor to Vice President Dan Quayle. More recently he’s been an unofficial adviser within the Illinois Republican Party. Porter’s resume screams old guard, but he now sings support for President Donald Trump and his policies — a pivot from the early years of Trump’s first administration. Walking a tightrope: “I represent the old and new party,” Porter told your Playbook host, adding he’s still in the “testing the waters phase” of running for Senate. It’s a narrow but not impossible lane, he says. With Durbin out and three prominent Democrats already elbowing one another in a looming primary brawl, Porter sees a crack in the Democratic firewall that has defined Illinois politics for so many years. “This is an open seat,” Porter said. “Democrats will have to compete in a primary so there’s a good chance for division coming out of that.” Porter expects economic renewal under Trump, and he brushed aside Democrats’ concerns that hundreds of thousands of people will lose health care under Trump’s just-signed megabill. “If you look at actual provisions, they aren’t unreasonable — there are work requirements,” Porter said. “Real world impact will be minimal.” Perhaps. But … that won’t stop Democrats from branding it as catastrophic to voters. Porter is confident that any “unintended bad consequence” from the budget reconciliation bill can be corrected before the 2026 midterms. Porter’s view: “There’s a risk if Democrats cry wolf, wolf, wolf for 12 months and there’s no wolf.” He’s also been poring over 2024 election results and sees Trump’s showing in Illinois as a positive sign that Republicans could find success in 2026 in the state where Democrats control all the statewide seats. Add a possible chaotic Democratic primary and a volatile national climate, and anything is possible. The challenge for any statewide Republican candidate, Porter says, is getting old guard and new right Republicans to march in lock step. The other challenge is getting the state’s most prominent Republican donor — businessman Richard Uihlein — on your side. SIDE NOTE: Porter would face a primary. Air Force veteran John Goodman, political commentator Pamela Denise Long and businessman Douglas Bennett and others have filed as Republican candidates, too.)

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/09/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-547/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/08/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-340/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Republicans decry Democrats’ ‘fear mongering’ over ‘big bill.’  Chicago mayor: ‘Big bill’ is ‘unholy.’
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_da1443d2-78b9-4190-9bc6-0143cc62de04.html
— Trump slams wind, solar; Pritzker predicts ‘big bill’ increases energy costs
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_56934533-ae58-4264-ae5b-1aa496c600d0.html

WIREPOINTS
— More dependency on Medicaid is not the answer. The answer is a booming economy where people can pay their own way.
https://wirepoints.org/more-dependency-on-medicaid-is-not-the-answer-the-answer-is-a-booming-economy-where-people-can-pay-their-own-way-wirepoints-on-wttws-chicago-tonight/
— Pritzker is Johnson is Mamdani
https://wirepoints.org/j-b-pritzker-is-brandon-johnson-is-zoran-mamdani-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that no one can survive in America, let alone succeed in America, without massive Democrat-provided government assistance. It is called socialism, if not communism. I had Republican teachers in grade school and in high school. Because of that, my not getting scholarships or student loans did not stop me from getting a college degree. I worked my way through college. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— How have federal spending cuts impacted you? My Democrat GAO superiors used Gingrich-led budget cuts to waste my career and to get rid of me. They used those cuts a) to force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980, b) to delay my promotions and to never promote me beyond GS-13, c) to always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and d) to force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. They would not have done the aforesaid if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What is your position on bad jobs? From what I see, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, Americans ever-increasingly fail/refuse to take bad jobs. I took bad jobs. I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumped more gasoline 1971-1972, collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and audited federal agencies 1980-1997. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do your critics/opponents paint themselves as being? My Republican critics/opponents ever-increasingly paint themselves as being moderates, centrists, RINOs, anti-conservatives, anti-Republicans, if not Democrat plants. I should write my Republican critics/opponents. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— ‘They threw Christine into the water;’ Chicago ‘flash mob’ takes over Glen Ellyn’s Sunset Pool, assaults manager. Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, Glen Ellyn today, your municipality tomorrow.
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/673828974-they-threw-christine-into-the-waterl-chicago-flash-mob-takes-over-glen-ellyn-s-sunset-pool-assaults-manager
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A “flash mob” of some 200 Chicago residents swarmed Glen Ellyn’s Sunset village pool on Saturday afternoon, forcing their way past the entrance and assaulting the pool manager. A video posted on Instagram shows a crowd pushing manager Christine Giunta-Mayer into the lap pool, which had been surrounded by the mob. Sources tell DuPage Policy Journal that the mob arrived around 4:30 p.m. Glen Ellyn Police arrived soon after and closed the pool. A Sat. afternoon Facebook post by Patrick Sandusky reported the pool as “now closed.” “The Sunset Pool has been overwhelmed by out of town kids,” he wrote. “Fireworks fired into pool. It’s a tik tok meet up / take over according to police I just spoke to.” “Kids pushed (past) the gates. Lot of drinking and weed in the parking lot. 100s and 100s of kids. No joke. Pushed manager into the pool,” Sandusky wrote. The Sunset Pool’s non-resident admission rate is $15 for individuals 18-59. On Sunday, Sunset Pool visitors were required to have a physical pool pass issued by the park district, sources tell DuPage Policy Journal. Weed, Miller Lite, and “on the rocks cosmos” Glen Ellyn teens present described a chaotic scene. The flash mob brought in coolers with alcohol and speakers to play music. “They were drinking and smoking weed and swearing a lot,” a Glen Ellyn teen present at the pool at the time told DuPage Policy Journal. “Someone threw a lit cigar into the pool.” “I saw Miller Lite bottles and girls drinking on-the-rocks cosmos,” the teen said. “They were taking people’s stuff and moving it from their pool chairs.” The flash mob was originally planned for Naperville. “We bringing (sic) 31st Beach to the burbs” read a Facebook advertisement promoting the event, scheduled for Naperville’s Centennial Beach, from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. “31st Beach” is a reference to 31st Street Beach on Chicago’s South Side. Giunta-Mayer is also head coach of the Glenbard West Hilltoppers Boys’ Volleyball team.)

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Mayor Johnson: Chicago ‘Police Dept. Will Not Ever Cooperate with ICE’
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/07/mayor-johnson-chicago-police-dept-will-not-ever-cooperate-with-ice.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump says he’s ‘testing’ the idea of a federal takeover of D.C.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/8/trump-says-hes-testing-idea-federal-takeover-dc/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Brandon Johnson promises Chicago police ‘will not ever cooperate with ICE’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3465665/brandon-johnson-ice-promises-chicago-police-will-not-ever-cooperate/
— US veterans stand by Afghans in immigration court
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/courage-strength-optimism/3465521/us-veterans-stand-by-afghan-refugees-immigration-court/

NEW YORK POST
— Chicago mayor vows city police ‘will not ever cooperate with ICE’
https://nypost.com/2025/07/09/us-news/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-vows-city-wont-cooperate-with-trump-ice/
— Mamdani’s college application debacle is just one more example of privileged kids acting oppressed
https://nypost.com/2025/07/08/us-news/zohran-mamdani-is-just-another-privileged-progressive-hypocrite/

WASHINGTON POST
— To study in the U.S. under Trump, international students scrub their accounts. What percent want to be in America for the wrong reasons?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/07/09/international-students-visas-trump-social-media-online-vetting/

BREITBART
— Newsom Claims Illegal Migrants Needed for Rebuilding
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/07/08/gavin-newsom-attacks-ric-grenell-for-audacity-to-criticize-fire-recovery-claims-illegal-migrants-needed-for-rebuilding/

DAILY CALLER
— ‘Would Crater In Minutes’: Sean Spicer Warns Amnesty ‘Would Destroy MAGA’
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/08/sean-spicer-warns-amnesty-would-destroy-maga/
— Boston Mayor Opens City Hall Doors To Chinese Communist Party Members
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/09/exclusive-michelle-wu-boston-city-hall-ccp/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Supreme Court Allows Trump’s ‘Transformation of the Federal Bureaucracy’ to Proceed
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/07/08/breaking-supreme-court-allows-trumps-transformation-of-the-federal-bureaucracy-to-proceed/

EPOCH TIMES
— Supreme Court Clears Way for Mass Federal Layoffs
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/supreme-court-clears-way-for-federal-layoffs-5883594

FEDERALIST
— Trump Promises ‘No Amnesty’ For Illegal Alien Agricultural Workers
https://thefederalist.com/2025/07/08/trump-promises-no-amnesty-for-illegal-alien-agricultural-workers/

FOX NEWS
— Race-obsessed leadership in Chicago is destroying children’s futures
https://www.aol.com/race-obsessed-leadership-americas-third-140031620.html
— Trump praises Florida after county approves renaming roadway after him: ‘Wonderful honor.’ Will Democrat leaders rename the Ronald Reagan Memorial Tollway, that is, I-88 in DuPage County?
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-praises-florida-county-approves-renaming-roadway-after-him-wonderful-honor
https://www.aol.com/news/trump-praises-florida-county-approves-051813581.html

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Supreme Court Allows Trump Administration to Continue Large-Scale Federal Layoffs
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/supreme-court-allows-trump-administration-to-continue-large-scale-federal-layoffs/

NEWSMAX
— Supreme Court Clears Way for Trump’s Plans to Downsize Federal Workforce
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/supreme-court-trump-mass-firings/2025/07/08/id/1218061/

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/07/08/trump_were_going_to_give_the_farmers_the_people_they_need_but_were_not_talking_amnesty.html

TOWNHALL
— Homan Offers Blistering Warning to Muslim Socialist NYC Mayoral Candidate: ‘Get Out of the Way’
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/07/07/tom-homan-offers-blistering-warning-to-muslim-socialist-nyc-mayoral-candidate-n2660003

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Supreme Court allows Trump to proceed with plans to downsize the federal workforce
https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-7-8-2025

UPI
— Supreme Court allows Trump to proceed with federal job cuts
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2025/07/08/Supreme-Court-federal-job-cuts/8801752013130/

REUTERS
— Supreme Court clears way for Trump to pursue mass federal layoffs
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/us-supreme-court-lifts-order-that-blocked-trumps-mass-federal-layoffs-2025-07-08/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Supreme Court Clears Way for Mass Firings at Federal Agencies
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/us/politics/supreme-court-federal-workers-layoffs.html
— Trump Got the Green Light to Fire Federal Workers. Now, They Wait. My Democrat GAO superiors used Gingrich-led budget cuts to waste my career and to get rid of me. They used those cuts a) to force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980, b) to delay my promotions and to never promote me beyond GS-13, c) to always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and d) to force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. They would not have done the aforesaid if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/us/politics/trump-federal-workers-firings.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Supreme Court allows Trump to launch mass layoff and restructuring plans
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/08/supreme-court-trump-mass-layoffs-federal-workers/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Supreme Court Says the President Can Fire People. If you read the filings in Diersen v. GAO ( https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf ), you will conclude that the courts ruled that employees can be fired for opposing Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, for opposing race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and/or national origin discrimination.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/supreme-court-trump-v-afge-executive-order-layoffs-ketanji-brown-jackson-bda51ed8

REASON
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://reason.com/2025/07/08/trump-reiterates-his-promise-to-protect-farm-and-hospitality-workers-from-pretty-vicious-deportation/

FED SMITH
— Supreme Court Greenlights Trump Administration’s Federal Workforce Cuts
https://www.fedsmith.com/2025/07/08/supreme-court-greenlights-trump-administrations-federal-workforce-cuts/

FED SCOOP
— Supreme Court allows federal workforce reductions to move forward
https://fedscoop.com/supreme-court-allows-federal-workforce-reductions-proceed/

FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Federal workforce likely to shrink further under extended hiring freeze
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/hiring-retention/2025/07/federal-workforce-likely-to-shrink-further-under-extended-hiring-freeze/

July 8, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

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

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

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

July 7, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— At least 55 people shot, 6 fatally, in 4th of July weekend gun violence
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-shootings-weekend-least-19-people-shot-2-fatally-july-4th-gun-violence-police-department-says/16952731/

NBC5
— Trump says Musk has gone ‘off the rails’ after Tesla CEO announces new political party
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/trump-says-musk-has-gone-off-the-rails-after-tesla-ceo-announces-new-political-party/3783514/

FOX32
— Musk political party: What to know about the ‘America Party’
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/elon-musk-political-party-america-trump-big-beautiful-bill

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump and GOP target ballots arriving after Election Day that delay counts and feed conspiracy fears
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/06/trump-gop-target-ballots-election-day/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Trump budget cuts
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/06/trump-lead-pipes-pfas-epa-cuts/

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250706/news/schaumburg-town-square-businesses-seeking-harmony-with-political-protests/

WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.wbez.org/lgbtq/2025/07/06/pride-month-drag-queens-gigs-corporations-trump-administration-lgbtq

NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY TELEVISION
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more poverty and crime in DuPage County.
https://www.nctv17.org/news/loaves-fishes-plans-new-facility-to-address-growing-demand-in-community/

CHICAGO DEFENDER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://chicagodefender.com/planned-parenthood-of-illinois-vows-to-stay-open-after-trump-defunding-bill/

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— Why do we pay nearly $100K in salary for each Illinois lawmaker?
https://wirepoints.org/why-do-we-pay-nearly-100k-for-each-illinois-lawmaker-wirepoints/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois moves over $300M out of road fund as infrastructure crumbles
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-moves-over-300m-out-of-road-fund-as-infrastructure-crumbles/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Supreme Court decision allowing third-country deportations will help mitigate bogus asylum claims
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/6/supreme-court-decision-allowing-third-country-deportations-help/
— Musk lays out America Party’s look
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/5/elon-musk-lays-proposed-america-partys-look/
— The tide has turned on transgender insanity
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/6/tide-turned-transgender-insanity/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democrats should learn from Mamdani’s focus on ‘affordability.’ What did you do to get better paying jobs? I earned 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.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/3463851/khanna-democrats-learn-from-mamdani-focus-on-affordability/

NEW YORK POST
— Why the future of NY under a ‘Mayor Mamdani’ has already arrived
https://nypost.com/2025/07/05/opinion/why-the-future-of-ny-under-a-mayor-mamdani-has-already-arrived/

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— A Big, Beautiful Financial Weapon Against Illegal Immigration. The U.S. is finally poised to take advantage of remittances.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/a-big-beautiful-financial-weapon-against-illegal-immigration/

AMERICAN THINKER
— The Census Was Never Intended Just To Be A Body Count, But It Can Be Fixed. How many citizens of foreign countries have Democrat and RINO leaders illegally dumped into America, Illinois, your congressional district, your state senate and house districts, your county, your county district, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct?
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/07/the_census_was_never_intended_just_to_be_a_body_count_but_it_can_be_fixed.html

BREITBART
— Puerto Rican Pop Megastar Bad Bunny Conflates Illegal Aliens and Legal Immigration In Music Video Featuring AI-Generated Trump Voice. https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2025/07/06/puerto-rican-pop-megastar-bad-bunny-conflates-illegal-aliens-and-legal-immigration-in-music-video-featuring-ai-generated-trump-voice/
— Musk’s AI Chatbot Grok Blames Donald Trump for Texas Flood Deaths
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2025/07/06/elon-musks-ai-chatbot-grok-blames-donald-trump-for-texas-flood-deaths/

FEDERALIST
— Trump Admin Should Purge IRS Of Officials Who Targeted Conservatives
https://thefederalist.com/2025/07/07/trump-admin-should-purge-irs-of-officials-who-targeted-conservatives/
— Ditch The DNA Test And Learn More About Your American Ancestors
https://thefederalist.com/2025/07/04/this-independence-day-ditch-the-dna-test-and-learn-more-about-your-american-ancestors/

FOX NEWS
— Trump spending cuts, his approach to climate change attacked as catalyst of catastrophic Texas flooding. White House said it was ‘shameful and disgusting’ to see people politicizing the tragedy in Texas.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-spending-cuts-his-approach-climate-change-attacked-catalyst-catastrophic-texas-flooding
— Red states consider ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ spinoffs as WH urges them to follow DeSantis’ lead: ‘Lots of bears’  White House official Stephen Miller called on all GOP governors to pitch their own versions of ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/red-states-consider-alligator-alcatraz-spinoffs-wh-urges-them-follow-desantis-lead-lots-bears

GOPUSA
— The End of Patriotism?
https://www.gopusa.com/the-end-of-patriotism/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Equal Protection Project Calls On HHS To Conduct “Comprehensive Review” Of Hundreds Of Potentially Discriminatory Grants
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/07/equal-protection-project-calls-on-hhs-to-conduct-comprehensive-review-of-hundreds-of-potentially-discriminatory-grants/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

MSN
— How deportations help American workers. If my employers could have, they all would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/victor-joecks-how-deportations-help-american-workers/ar-AA1HeNzJ
— Federal agencies are scrambling to rehire employees laid off by DOGE. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE and I might still be a GAO employee. I should write a book about that. My Democrat GAO superiors used Gingrich’s budget cuts to get rid of the agency’s employees like me who were Republican and conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. They flushed down their toilets what I had learned a) working for GAO for almost 18 years, b) working for IRS for almost 9 years, c) earning master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, d) earning professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting, and e) earning a CPA license. They succeeded in forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/federal-agencies-are-scrambling-to-rehire-employees-laid-off-by-doge/ar-AA1HlBWG

CNBC
— While the impact from the DOGE layoffs has been fairly muted so far in relation to total job growth, recent trends show that’s about to change. Applications from workers at federal agencies have soared by 150%, a trend that has been particularly acute at knowledge-work jobs such as data analytics, marketing and software development. My Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. They not only knew that would make it impossible for me to find a job appropriate for my work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional license, they intended that. I should write about that.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/with-june-jobs-report-looming-doge-government-layoffs-could-start-becoming-a-factor/ar-AA1HR140

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/06/us/politics/democrats-immigration-trump.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/us/trump-immigration-rights-ice.html
— According to Democrat leaders, governments exist “to keep their citizens insured and fed.” What did you do to keep yourself insured and fed? I earned 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.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/us/politics/states-trump-bill.html
— How Will Trump’s Big Bill Affect Your Wallet?
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/business/trump-tax-bill-personal-finances.html
— As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas. Some experts say staff shortages might have complicated forecasters’ ability to coordinate responses with local emergency management officials.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/us/politics/texas-floods-warnings-vacancies.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Staff members in those positions are meant to work with local emergency managers to plan for floods, including when and how to warn local residents and help them evacuate. That office’s warning coordination meteorologist left on April 30, after taking the early retirement package the Trump administration used to reduce the number of federal employees, according to a person with knowledge of his departure.)

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly side with Hamas.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/07/07/israel-trump-netanyahu-peace-meeting-gaza/
— Beijing wants America to depend on China.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/07/06/america-china-beijing-trump-xi-industrial-policy/

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government. What did you do to assure that you would always have affordable health insurance? I earned 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. I fought for almost 30 years ever-increasing efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to get rid of me.
https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/07/06/the-bill-will-come-due-gop-buckles-to-trump-and-passes-disastrous-one-big-beautiful-bill/

USA TODAY
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use DEI to destroy Republicans.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/06/30/trump-dei-rollback-slowdown/84421308007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for everything that is bad.
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-dow-sp-500-nasdaq-07-07-2025
— Late-Career Job Losses Are Blurring What Retirement Looks Like in America. I should write a book about the tremendous negative impacts of being forced to retire early. Beyond the tremendous negative financial impacts, I would focus on how your critics/opponents use against you your having been forced to retire early. The more qualifications that you had when you were forced to retire, the more that they hint/imply/argue/shout that the real reason why you were forced to retire was that you were an extremely bad person. My critics/opponents use my having the following qualifications when I was forced to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 to hint/imply/argue/shout that I was forced to retire because I am an extremely bad person: a) I had worked for GAO for almost 18 years, b) I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, c) I had earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, d) I had earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting, and e) I had earned a CPA license.
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/retirement/early-retirement-layoff-america-77c94667
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A bumpy transition often awaits people who get laid off or take buyouts late in their careers. For many, the line between working years and retirement starts to blur. It is a growing concern for people with jobs in the federal government or at private companies cutting jobs. Economic uncertainty has persisted in recent months, though employers continued to add jobs in June. For older people who want to stay in the workforce, a layoff can be followed by a longer spell of unemployment. It takes nearly 26 weeks, on average, for people ages 55 to 64 to find a job, compared with 19 weeks for people ages 25 to 34, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. People laid off at higher ages are less likely to move into a new field than those who quit, said Kevin Cahill, an economist at FTI Consulting. Ageism and higher compensation expectations can be obstacles to re-employment, he said. Older career workers who find new jobs take an 11% pay cut, on average, according to a forthcoming study Cahill co-wrote. Those who retire might need to break into their savings early. They might miss out on making 401(k) or IRA contributions, never mind the catch-up contributions allowed for those 50 and older.)
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government. What did you do to assure that you would always have affordable health insurance? I earned 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. I fought for almost 30 years ever-increasing efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to get rid of me.
https://www.wsj.com/health/healthcare/medicaid-cuts-healthcare-trump-bill-7236d5e6

CAPITOL CIITY NOW
— Housing funding cut in Illinois budget as homelessness increases. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://capitolcitynow.com/news/248842-housing-funding-cut-in-illinois-budget-as-homelessness-increases/

CLEARANCE JOBS
— What Got Cut from the White House Spending Bill That Benefits Federal Employees. Since I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have ever-increasingly promoted more and more and more hatred against me for my benefitting from federal employment. They have ever-increasingly demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being overpaid and has being a recipient of benefits that are too generous. They ever-increasingly ignore, dismiss, belittle my having I earned 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://news.clearancejobs.com/2025/07/06/what-got-cut-from-the-white-house-spending-bill-that-benefits-federal-employees/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Notably, the bill does not include any revival of Schedule F, the controversial 2020 executive order aimed at reclassifying civil servants. It also doesn’t authorize reductions-in-force (RIFs) or introduce across-the-board benefit cuts. While civil service reform continues to be debated in policy and political circles, those broader changes remain tied to executive orders—not this legislation.)

NASDAQ
— 5 Compromises People Make To Afford a Home. Back in the good old days, I was able to buy a new town home when I was 24 years old in 1972. My IRS salary in today’s dollars had just increased from $55,850/year to $68,315/year. My down payment came from a) my IRS salary for the previous 15 months, b) my part-time Firestone Store salary for the previous 18 months, and c) my full-time Firestone Store salary for 7 months before that. That income had also enabled me to buy a new Corvette in 1971 and to pay for graduate evening business courses at Loyola in 1972. I did not take any vacations in 1972.
https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/5-compromises-people-make-afford-home-are-they-worth-it
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Forgoing All Discretionary Spending  Yes, you can tighten your belt and skip the lattes and lunches out at work. But that doesn’t mean you should make yourself so house-poor that you can’t travel at all or enjoy the occasional small luxury. Melanie Musson, finance expert at Clearsurance.com, sees this all the time among first-time homebuyers. “They often can’t afford to go on vacation or meet up with friends. They may have to give up their weekends and take on a side job,” she said.)

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 5, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— At least 42 people shot, 4 fatally, in 4th of July weekend gun violence
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-shootings-weekend-least-19-people-shot-2-fatally-july-4th-gun-violence-police-department-says/16952731/
— Candidates vying for US Senate seat show up for 4th of July parades in Chicago, suburbs
https://abc7chicago.com/post/2026-senate-election-candidates-juliana-stratton-raja-krishnamoorthi-robin-kelly-show-4th-july-parade-festivities/16956827/
— EPA union alleges political retaliation, Chicago workers put on leave after criticizing Trump. I did far more than criticize my Democrat GAO superiors. When I was 40 years old in 1988, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. GAO audits IRS. They had unofficially thrown me off audits of IRS in 1988 because I had complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. They had kept me off audits of IRS 1980-1985. They had forced the GAO manager to retire in 1987 who had hired me in 1980 and who had finally been able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me in 1986. They had delayed my promotions, never promoted me beyond GS-13, and forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. 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, and ranked me at the bottom of my coworkers for pay for performance. They forced me to take their early retirement “offer” when I was 49 in 1997. I should write about the aforesaid.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/environmental-protection-agency-union-alleges-political-retaliation-chicago-epa-workers-put-leave-criticizing-trump/16958213/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZ4jM3-KMZU

FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1669451
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1669380
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1669372

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— To get more votes from those who have demographics that vote for Democrats, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against those who have demographics that vote for Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/04/editorial-unity-america-bicentennial-birthday-250/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly defend/promote America’s enemies.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/04/editorial-on-july-4-of-all-days-a-naturalized-citizen-is-not-less-than-a-u-s-citizen/
— FRONT PAGE TO OF FOLD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/05/ag-scotus-ruling/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/07/04/july-4-great-america-ben-jealous-slaves-peter-gleick-frederick-douglass
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/health/2025/07/03/trump-bill-chicago-medicaid-snap-community-hospitals-funding-challenges

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at those who are the following that they are members of protected groups and that they are disadvantaged, marginalized, discriminated against, and oppressed by Republicans: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/trump-said-he-didnt-know-an-offensive-term-he-used-in-a-speech-is-considered/article_72017762-a3d7-543b-a78f-b70a1a0fe63a.html

OUR QUAD CITIES
— Over $7 million awarded to early childhood education programs in Western Illinois. How much money did your parents have when you were young? My critics/opponents have always painted my parents as having been filthy rich because my mother stayed home and raised me and because they sent me kindergarten through eighth grade to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools. But neither of them attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. He never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. He died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. My mother never attended high school. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/local-news/over-7-million-awarded-to-early-childhood-education-programs-in-western-illinois/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/local-news/how-cutbacks-could-affect-illinois-farmers-and-soil-resources/

WGLT
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-07-04/protestors-rail-against-trumps-megabill-at-bloomington-4th-of-july-rally

WSIL TV
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/health/planned-parenthood-of-illinois-vows-to-continue-care-despite-federal-defunding-bill/article_03de738c-10ea-4607-b0bc-430f35f1f558.html

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Because Democrat leaders promote LGBTQ, they promote the destruction of traditional marriage, and therefore, they promote homelessness.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/housing-funding-cut-in-illinois-budget-as-homelessness-increases/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— Big win for taxpayers and common sense: ‘No Gotion’ restrictions on federal tax credits will become law.
https://wirepoints.org/big-win-for-taxpayers-and-common-sense-no-gotion-restrictions-on-federal-tax-credits-will-become-law-wirepoints/

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Don’t Let Rural America Become The Next New York City
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/07/dont-let-rural-america-become-the-next-new-york-city/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Newsom, Buttigieg, Harris, AOC vie in Democrats’ early 2028 lineup
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/3/gavin-newsom-pete-buttigieg-kamala-harris-alexandria-ocasio-cortez/
— Anticipating America’s 250th. Upcoming national birthday bash must rival all past celebrations.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/4/editorial-anticipating-americas-250th/
— Mamdani rises on scapegoating. When his lofty promises fail to materialize, it will be the Jews’ fault.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/3/mamdani-rises-scapegoating/

NEW YORK POST
— Black New Yorkers rage over Zohran Mamdani’s ‘African American’ claim: ‘He’s a fraud’
https://nypost.com/2025/07/04/us-news/black-new-yorkers-rage-over-mamdanis-african-american-claim/

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_comments.html

BREITBART
— More than 100 Thousand Patients Identified as Illegal Migrants in Texas Hospital Visits
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/07/04/more-than-100-thousand-patients-identified-as-illegal-migrants-texas-hospital-visits/

CHRISTIAN POST
— Most Christians say they would never vote for a Democrat
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/most-christians-say-they-would-never-vote-for-a-democrat-poll-finds/ar-AA1HsgZM

DAILY CALLER
— Dems’ ‘Project 2029’ May Not Actually Bode Well For Party’s Future. The Democrat Party exists to promote more dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, prostitution, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, more race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/04/dems-project-2029-may-not-actually-bode-well-for-partys-future/

DAILY WIRE
— Trump Tears Into ‘Marxist Lunatic’ Mamdani, Honors American Heroes In Bold Rebuke. “Generations of Americans before us did not shed their blood only so that we could surrender our country to Marxist lunatics.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-tears-into-marxist-lunatic-mamdani-honors-american-heroes-in-bold-rebuke

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Illinois Keeps Hemorrhaging Young People. “A dwindling youth population means shrinking potential — not just economically, but in civic energy, creativity and community life. That’s bad news for a state that depends on young people to power its workforce and its future.” In Illinois, under the Democrats and under the RINOs. if you are young, the bleaker that your future is if you are conservative, Republican, White, male, Protestant, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/07/illinois-keeps-hemorrhaging-young-people/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— A Real Affordability Agenda. What has helped you afford things? For me it was the money that I earned doing yard work, delivering newspapers, washing dishes, cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, pumping gasoline, delivering mail, working on an automotive assemble line, selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances, pumping more gasoline, collecting delinquent federal taxes, and auditing federal agencies. Since 1997, it has been my Civil Service Retirement System pension, and since 2010, Social Security. More recently, I have inherited some money.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/06/a-real-affordability-agenda/
— San Francisco’s ‘Equity’ Grading Would End Education. According to my critics/opponents, I did better academically than those who share their demographics because I benefited big time from discrimination against who share their demographics. My critics/opponent are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. In my defense, neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. He never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. He died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. My mother never attended high school. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/san-francisco-s-equity-grading-would-end-education/ar-AA1FHCsq

TOWNHALL
— Barack Obama and the Corruption of Independence Day
https://townhall.com/columnists/scotthogenson/2025/07/04/barack-obama-and-the-corruption-of-independence-day-n2659855

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Musk’s primary threats pose danger for Republicans
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5384620-elon-musk-threatens-republicans/

CBS NEWS
— Sooner or later, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, everyone in America will be on Medicaid. What did you do to avoid going on Medicaid?  I earned a bachelor’s degree, three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license. I took and kept jobs that my critics/opponents would never stoop to take or hold.
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/video/as-trump-signs-domestic-policy-bill-some-families-worry-about-medicaid-cuts/

REUTERS
— According to Democrat and RINO leaders, the more of the following that you are, the more that Republicans disadvantage you, marginalize you, discriminate against you, and oppress you: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/us-supreme-court-liberals-increasingly-marginalized-conservatives-flex-muscles-2025-07-04/

MSN
— The places in Illinois where the highest earners live. As more and more and more non-limousine liberal Democrats and RINOs move into DuPage County, DuPage County will crash and burn.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/realestate/the-places-in-illinois-where-the-highest-earners-live/ss-AA1HD2sv
(FROM THE ARTICLE: #2. DuPage County, Median household income: $94,930, 38.7% above state average, 46.1% above national average, Households earning over $100k: 47.6%, #67 highest among all counties nationwide, Households earning less than $15k: 5.0%, #66 highest among all counties nationwide)

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more and more and more dependency on government. As Democrats move into your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct, anticipate/expect that more and more and more of them will depend on government spending, that is, more and more and more of them will depend on welfare.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/us/politics/states-trump-bill.html
— The Democrat Party and its mainstream news media exist to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/donald-trump-approval-rating-polls.html
https://www.recordonline.com/story/news/2025/07/03/donald-trump-current-presidential-approval-rating-june-2025-trumps-latest-poll-numbers-now-today-rcp/84464425007/
— Mamdani Once Claimed to Be Asian and African American. Should It Matter? To stress that you are the following is to claim that you have been discriminated against by Republicans and that you want/need/demand Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, preference, if not reparations: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or that your ancestors have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/nyregion/mamdani-college-black-reaction.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/07/04/trump-travel-ban-venezuela-maduro/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/07/04/trump-administration-preparing-deport-detainees-south-sudan/
— Anti-Americans hate the American flag.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/04/trump-flag-patriotism-independence-day/
— 200 Marines sent to Florida to support ICE, U.S. Northern Command says
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/07/04/marines-deploy-florida-ice-operations/
— ICE prepares detention blitz with historic $45 billion in funding
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/07/04/trump-bill-ice-immigrant-detention/
— Mexico braced for Trump’s mass deportations. They haven’t happened.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/07/02/trump-deportations-mexico-biden/

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTUTE: 6 towns where it ‘always’ feels like the Fourth of July. I should write about the big negative impact on Wheaton Independence Day parades that Democrat and RINO leaders have caused since 1978.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/07/04/fourth-of-july-patriotic-small-towns/84233861007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against America, and especially against Americans who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/07/03/patriotism-trump-america-freedom/84357009007/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Trump’s not being a veteran against him.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2025/07/04/trump-budget-bill-veteran-healthcare-va/84446523007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-big-beautiful-bill-immigrants-a991470e
— Far too many Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders in Illinois are anti-conservative, if not anti-Republican.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/trump-republican-party-critics-47bf5e67
— UPS Offers Buyouts to Drivers, a First in Its 117-Year History. What is your position on buyouts and early retirement offers? In 1993, when I was 45 years old, the Democrats who ran GAO used Gingrich budget cuts to “offer” $25,000 buyouts and early retirement to get rid of their older White male non-veteran employees who they had not promoted to GS-15, currently $163,749-$180,974/year. I was eligible because I had 25 years of federal service – 13 with GAO, 9 with IRS, and 3 with the Post Office. They succeeded in forcing me to retire in 1997 just before their “offer” expired. If I had not succumbed, I would not have been eligible for regular retirement until 2003.
https://www.wsj.com/business/logistics/ups-driver-buyout-first-117-years-f3be772c
— No One is ‘Gutting’ the Safety Net. The GOP will have to rebut the Democratic and media distortions about their reforms or lose the 2026 election.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/no-one-is-gutting-the-safety-net-e3029eb4

BLOOMBERG
— Progressives’ Disdain of Genius Is a Problem for the West. My critics/opponents were furious when I earned a bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees, earned six professional certifications, and earned a professional license. They were especially furious when I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 in 1979, when I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and when I became a licensed CPA in 1981.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-07-04/progressives-disdain-of-genius-is-a-problem-for-the-west?embedded-checkout=true

FORBES
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRr8xdyYDFY

REASON
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more mass/illegal immigration.
https://reason.com/volokh/2025/07/04/trump-vs-the-declaration-of-independence/

TIME
— Limousine liberals despise/hate me because my following conservative principles enabled me to earn a bachelor’s degree, three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license even though neither of my parents attended college, my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, my mother never attended high school, and I had to work my way through college.
https://time.com/4322883/limousine-liberal-history-excerpt/

COMMUNIST PARTY USA
— Communist leaders, socialist leaders,, Democrat leaders, and RINO leaders ever-increasing fight Trump.
https://cpusa.org/article/trumps-bill-passed-the-resistence-continues/

NEW INDIAN EXPRESS
— How Zohran Mamdani’s win in New York City mayoral primary could ripple across the US
https://www.newindianexpress.com/world/2025/Jun/29/how-zohran-mamdanis-win-in-new-york-city-mayoral-primary-could-ripple-across-the-us

GUARDIAN
— The Democrat Party and its mainstream news media exist to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/jul/05/trump-attack-us-media

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 2, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

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

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

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

FROM INATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FROM INATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

July 1, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

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

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

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

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

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

June 29, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/29/pride-month-protest-history-chicago/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting faith leaders to promote the anti-religious Democrat Party platform.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/29/opinion-immigration-raids-donald-trump-civil-rights/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/06/28/jb-pritzker-president-trump-thick-references-rich-miller-re-election-address
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/lgbtq/2025/06/28/berwyn-pride-walk-celebrates-neighborhood-diversity

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/equity/dei-will-remain-relevant-demographics-change-opinion

ABC7
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly encourage citizens of foreign countries to give birth in America.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/birthright-citizenship-supreme-court-ruling-whats-14th-amendment-guarantee-scotus-limits-nationwide-injunctions/16865677/

NBC5
— Elon Musk rips into ‘utterly insane’ Trump-backed megabill. Musk’s earlier comments led to the deterioration of his relationship with the president.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/elon-musk-rips-into-utterly-insane-trump-backed-megabill/3778480/
— GE Appliances moves washing machine production from China to Kentucky with $490 million investment. What percent of what you own was made in China or other foreign countries?
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/ge-appliances-washing-machine-production-china-kentucky/3778408/

CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-pride-parade-2025-route-map-time/

FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/justice-journey-bus-tour-launches-from-chicago-defend-immigrant-rights

SATELINE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/stop-billionaire-bus-tour-illinois/

QUAD CITY TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker.
https://qctimes.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/article_2ffc57ee-6dc4-50bc-8218-31ddcf0b8e12.html

SOUTHERN
— Republicans aim to tie Democrats to Zohran Mamdani after primary upset
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/06/28/republicans-aim-to-tie-democrats-to-zohran-mamdani-after-primary-upset/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/06/28/252223/

WJBC
— Trump Admin Streamlines Process to Fine Illegal Aliens
https://www.wjbc.com/2025/06/28/trump-admin-streamlines-process-to-fine-illegal-aliens/

FOX59
— New law sets up commission to review Indiana-Illinois boundary
https://fox59.com/indiana-news/new-law-sets-up-commission-to-review-indiana-illinois-boundary/

ADVANTAGE NEWS
— DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick announced his campaign for the Republican gubernatorial nomination in February. Mendrick told The Center Square that Pritzker’s policies have gone too far.
https://www.advantagenews.com/news/local/gop-challenger-speaks-as-il-governor-maintains-focus-on-washington/article_b98eec7d-144a-4fd7-ba0d-e6219053d7fa.html

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

JOHN KASS
— Democrat Anguish Will Only Get Worse
https://johnkassnews.com/democrat-anguish-will-only-get-worse/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats. That is, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace those who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time with those who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. I should write about the success that Democrat leaders have had doing that in DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Warrenville School District 200, and my precinct. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Did you have to work your way through college? I did. That harmed my GPA. I should write about my critics/opponents who have used my having to work my way through college against me the most. They stress a) that my ACT score was only 24, b) that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class, c) that I got no scholarships, and d) that no Ivy League University would have accepted me. I would focus on my critics/opponents whose parents had lots of money, who bought them cars, who paid for their college expenses, and who got them jobs. Instead of studying, I worked far too many hours a) washing dishes during my junior and senior years in high school and b) delivering mail while to took classes at UIC 1966-1968 and at NIU in 1969. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
—  While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, I ever-increasingly complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. I ever-increasingly complained about their use of Affirmative Action, DEI, up-or-out, the veterans preference, and budget cuts to get rid of their Republican employees. When I was 40 years old in 1988, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. My critics/opponents have always ignored/dismissed/belittled/badmouthed the aforesaid. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on my critics/opponents who have used the aforesaid against me the most. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— There are very few Black CPAs. To keep my Black CPA subordinate from leaving GAO, my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire and gave him my job and my preferred corner office 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. I should write about the aforesaid. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Vallas: Illinois returning to soft bigotry of low expectations. Illinois students are not learning, but instead of boosting the quality of education state leaders are trying to lower standards so scores don’t look as bad. Blame it on the Chicago Teachers Union and other teachers unions pushing for less accountability.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/vallas-illinois-returning-to-soft-bigotry-of-low-expectations/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Illegal immigrants have no right to choose which country they are deported to. To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally, is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/3452694/illegal-immigrant-deportation-no-right-choose-country/

NEW YORK POST
— Why it’s time to make America think again — as international students outperform Americans. Do parents of foreign students do more to help their children succeed?
https://nypost.com/2025/06/28/opinion/why-its-time-to-make-america-think-again/
— JD Vance has blistering response for Catholic bishops who criticized ICE raids in churches: ‘Worried about their bottom line’
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/jd-vance-has-blistering-response-for-catholic-bishops-who-criticized-ice-raids-in-churches-worried-about-their-bottom-line/ar-AA1xTyl5

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— 160 Dems oppose House bill to deport illegal aliens convicted of DUI
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/06/28/160-dems-oppose-house-bill-to-deport-illegal-aliens-convicted-of-dui-1554846/

COLLEGE FIX
— New ‘Queer Studies’ certificate at Illinois State University aims to ‘reconfigure’ social norms. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/new-queer-studies-certificate-at-illinois-state-u-aims-to-reconfigure-social-norms/

FOX NEWS
— Chicago braces for deadly July 4 weekend.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicago-braces-deadly-july-4-weekend-fox-news-analyst-takes-action-brothers-unsolved-murder
— Trump threatens to support a primary challenger against GOP senator. In 2000, my critics/opponents succeeded in getting a registered Republican voter in my precinct to run against me for Republican Precinct Committeeman, but not since.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-threatens-support-primary-challenger-against-gop-senator-opposing-big-beautiful-bill
— Group launches tip line for DOD employees to report DEI, ‘woke’ overreach. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, I ever-increasingly complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. I ever-increasingly complained about their use of Affirmative Action, DEI, up-or-out, the veterans preference, and budget cuts to get rid of their Republican employees. When I was 40 years old in 1988, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. My critics/opponents have always ignored/dismissed/belittled/badmouthed the aforesaid. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on my critics/opponents who have used the aforesaid against me the most. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf
https://www.aol.com/news/exclusive-group-launches-tip-line-115153511.html

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— The LA Riots and the Left’s Treason. Anticipate/expect that sooner or later, Democrats will riot in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/06/the-la-riots-and-the-lefts-treason/amp/

WESTERN JOURNAL
— DHS and DOJ Team Up, Make Overhaul That Illegal Aliens Will Absolutely Hate. If there were as many citizens of foreign countries in America when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs and college admissions that I got. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they did not have to work their way through college. Their parents bought them cars, paid for their college expenses, and got them jobs.
https://www.westernjournal.com/dhs-doj-team-make-overhaul-illegal-aliens-will-absolutely-hate/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

MSN
— National Association Of Black Accountants Convention Struggled With Sponsors Amid DEI Pushback. There are very few Black CPAs. To keep my Black CPA subordinate from leaving GAO, my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire and gave him my job and my preferred corner office 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.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/national-association-of-black-accountants-convention-struggled-with-sponsors-amid-dei-pushback/ar-AA1Hqyf4

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/nyregion/trump-cuts-lgbtq-funding.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/nyregion/nyc-pride-parade-march.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/opinion/gay-lesbian-trans-rights.html
— What Every Buyer Should Know About Home Inspections. A thorough home inspection can be the difference between a great deal and a terrible one. Here are the questions any home buyer should ask. Do not buy real estate unless the seller agrees to pay for any needed heating and cooling equipment repairs for at least a year.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/realestate/home-inspection-guide.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/opinion/los-angeles-protests-raids-ice.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/opinion/trump-iran-protests-mamdani.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/2025/06/29/iran-immigration-arrests-us-trump-deportations/f3a7c9c0-549d-11f0-baaa-ba1025f321a8_story.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in replacing those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/06/26/baby-boom-aging-population-immigration/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2025/05/05/francis-conclave-cardinals-catholic-demographics-global/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/29/lgbtq-pride-nyc-san-francisco-parade-protest/a8807b36-549d-11f0-baaa-ba1025f321a8_story.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in replacing those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-04-14/immigration-demographic-change-california-asian-latino

LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly unite Hispanics and Asians against Republicans
https://www.dailynews.com/2025/06/28/an-attack-on-us-asian-american-leaders-condemn-ice-raids-and-urge-solidarity-with-latinos/

USA TODAY
–Ever-increasingly, antisemites demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
https://www.aol.com/protests-erupt-calling-trump-u-194721923.html
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/06/28/iran-nuke-airstrikes-trump-obliterate/84389392007/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/06/27/undocumented-immigrants-massive-fines-trump-rule/84390565007/

SAN FRENCISCO CHRONICLE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ and illegal immigration.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/drag-performer-detained-ice-20399122.php

BALTIMORE SUN
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that manufacturing jobs are bad jobs that Americans refuse to take.
https://www.baltimoresun.com/2025/06/28/how-demographics-major-spending-cuts-threaten-trumps-hope-of-manufacturing-revival/

FORBES
— DeSantis Unveils New Higher Ed Accrediting Agency As Alternative To ‘Woke Accreditation Cartels’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxfRXtXsG_o

BUSINESS STANDARD
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly encourage citizens of foreign countries to give birth in America.
https://www.tbsnews.net/world/immigrants-scramble-clarity-after-us-supreme-court-birthright-ruling-1176016

NPR
— America is Changing Lanes on EVs. Outstandingly, Illinois approved my application for a $4,000 rebate for my 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona Plus EV.
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/29/1254999546/america-is-changing-lanes-on-evs

GOOGLE AI
— Working Your Way Through College. I should write about my critics/opponents who have used my having to work my way through college against me the most. They stress a) that my ACT score was only 24, b) that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class, c) that I got no scholarships, and d) that no Ivy League University would have accepted me. I would focus on my critics/opponents whose parents had lots of money, who bought them cars, who paid for their college expenses, and who got them jobs.
https://www.google.com/search?q=working+your+way+through+college

BEST COLLEGES
— Changing Demographics Will Impact Higher Education for Years. Under the Democrats, a) fewer and fewer and fewer young people who have demographics that vote for Republicans will seek college degrees and b) more and more and more young people who have demographics that vote for Democrats will seek college degrees. Under the Democrats, more and more and more college students will be liberal/moderate, minority, female, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.bestcolleges.com/news/changing-demographics-will-impact-higher-education-for-years/

STATELINE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in replacing those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://stateline.org/2024/09/27/changing-demographics-and-the-political-calculus-of-anti-immigrant-rhetoric-in-swing-states/

PEW RESEARCH
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in replacing those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/03/03/the-changing-face-of-congress-in-7-charts/
https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2024/04/09/the-changing-demographic-composition-of-voters-and-party-coalitions/

PSY POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in replacing those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://www.psypost.org/white-americans-do-not-feel-threatened-by-demographic-change-new-study-finds/

AMERICAN IMMIGRATION COUNCIL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in replacing those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/press-release/new-research-reveals-changing-demographics-foreign-born-voters-and-younger-voters-swing-2/

MCKINSEY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in replacing those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://www.mckinsey.com/mgi/our-research/dependency-and-depopulation-confronting-the-consequences-of-a-new-demographic-reality

TELEGRAPH
— Liberal leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in replacing those who have demographics that vote for conservatives with those who have demographics that vote for liberals.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/05/15/demographics-politics-transformation-stats/

INDEPENDENT
— Trump Tower is throwing a Pride month party for LGBTQ+ Republicans despite White House dodging events
https://www.aol.com/trump-tower-throwing-pride-month-014441655.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/news/pride-funding-trump-dei-sponsorship-b2779029.html

HR MAGAZINE
— Changing demographics will shape work/life integration. As I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, fewer and fewer and fewer of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates shared my demographics, that is, fewer and fewer and fewer of them were conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been America for a long time. Similarly, since I have served as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, fewer and fewer and fewer of those involved in Republican politics around me share my demographics.
https://www.hrmagazine.co.uk/content/comment/changing-demographics-will-shape-worklife-integration/

SOCIALIST ALTERNATIVE
— Ever-increasingly, unions promote socialism and the rest of the Democrat Party platform.
https://www.socialistalternative.org/2025/06/28/union-members-against-ice-meeting/

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