FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Super Bowl halftime performer detained after unfurling Sudanese-Palestinian flag
https://abc7chicago.com/post/super-bowl-halftime-performer-detained-unfurling-sudanese-palestinian-flag/15888216/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-2/10/2025
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE: Proposal would strip Henry Hyde’s name from courthouse
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/10/daywatch-proposal-would-strip-henry-hydes-name-from-courthouse/
— Landmarks: Potential church closure could put Park Forest history at risk (COMMENT: What are your connections with Park Forest? I delivered mail there 1966-1969. I attended 8th grade at Hope Lutheran Garde School there 1961-1962. I was confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran at Hope Lutheran Church there in 1962. My father delivered eggs there in the 1960s. I bought lots of items from stores in the Park Forest Plaza in the early 1970s.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/09/landmarks-park-forest-church-closure/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The collection was split between storage pods controlled by the library and the society, the museum and even Hope Lutheran Church, where Nicoll would have to “make an appointment to go to the attic to get newspaper articles people wanted.”)
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans. Who takes the lead in promoting hatred against Republicans in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/10/opinion-holocaust-christian-nationalism-donald-trump/
— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG PICTURE: What percent or restaurant workers are illegals?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/10/chicago-restaurant-workers-prepare-as-ice-arrests-cast-fear-uncertainty-over-industry/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders promote Black History Month. My subordinate who my Democrat GAO superiors replaced me with was Black and had always led the office’s Black History Month events. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the one I had.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/02/09/donald-trump-black-history-month-ronald-reagan
— Virtually all federal employees are Democrats. Democrats are hell-bent on making Trump fail
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/02/09/donald-trump-elon-musk-government-gop-congress
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/02/05/trump-attacks-federal-workers-democracy-omar-noureldin-mikael-rojas-center-effective-government
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: DuPage County board resolution would remove Henry Hyde’s name from courthouse
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250209/news/dupage-county-board-resolution-would-henry-hydes-name-from-courthouse/
(FROM THEW ARTICLE: A resolution before the DuPage County Board on Tuesday would remove the name of the late Congressman Henry J. Hyde from the county’s Wheaton courthouse and rescind previous approval for a monument there in his honor. The courthouse became the Henry J. Hyde Judicial Office Facility in 2010, three years after the Republican lawmaker from Wood Dale died at 83 years old. The new measure, if approved, would rename the building the DuPage County Judicial Office Facility. During an interview Sunday, County Board Chair Deb Conroy referenced the Hyde Amendment, legislation introduced by Hyde in 1976 that prohibits the use of federal funds to pay for abortions, with some exceptions. “While Henry Hyde was a very well respected Republican elected official, the Hyde Amendment is very offensive to women, particularly women in Illinois,” said Conroy, a Democrat from Elmhurst. “I think overwhelmingly women in Illinois believe that all women have the right to health care, regardless of their ability to have private insurance.” Conroy said she told a Daily Herald editorial board in 2022 that she would take this action if elected chair. “I consider myself a woman of my word,” she added. “I very much value my bipartisan board, and we work very well together, which is why I put it off for two years.” If the full board approved the resolution, the Hyde family would receive a plaque that would be removed from the building. James Zay, a Republican county board member from Carol Stream, called the effort to remove Hyde’s name “narrow-minded.” “Henry Hyde did so much for DuPage County,” said Zay, who supported the renaming in 2010. “He brought so much funding into DuPage County for stormwater, for roads.” While the conservative Hyde may be best known for the amendment that bears his name, as well as his leading role in the impeachment of President Bill Clinton, Zay noted that he also supported gun control measures like the Brady bill and assault weapons ban. “You can’t rewrite history,” he added. “My question is, who is next? Is it going to be Linda Kurzawa’s name at the health department building? Or Jack Knuepfer? Or Pate Philip?”
But county board member Dawn DeSart, a Democrat from Aurora, said the proposed move reflects a shift away from partisanship. “The fair thing is to make the courthouse nonpartisan,” she said. The board is scheduled to meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the county board room at 421 N. County Farm Road in Wheaton.)
DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— “Repair the damage:” Illinois ADCR Reparations Commission held public hearing at NU (COMMENT: How much damage would your critics/opponents say that your ancestors did? My critics/opponents stress that all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s when slavery was legal in America and that none of them were soldiers in the Union Army. In their defense, I stress that they always lived in northeast Illinois, that all of them were Republicans, that they never were in a position to discriminate against anyone, and that they never did discriminate against anyone.)
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2025/02/09/campus/events-campus/repair-the-damage-illinois-adcr-reparations-commission-held-public-hearing-at-nu/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Fired by Trump, EEOC official fears what the anti-discrimination agency will become (COMMENT: How has EEOC impacted you? I became an IRS Revenue Officer when I was 22 years old in 1971 because my Firestone Store boss had rudely fired me. He did that because I had told him that I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. But Oldsmobile withdrew that job offer saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-02-09/fired-by-trump-eeoc-official-fears-what-the-anti-discrimination-agency-will-become
DEPAULIA
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly more illegal immigration.
https://depauliaonline.com/74854/ladepaulia/a-day-of-love-and-resistance-little-village-residents-protest-chicago-ice-raids/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— HENRY HYDE’S NAME: The DuPage County Board is considering a resolution at that would change the name of the Henry J. Hyde Judicial Office Facility to the Judicial Office Facility, stripping Hyde’s name from the title. Hyde is the late Illinois congressman and abortion-rights opponent who’s known for the Hyde Amendment, which bars the government from helping fund abortions. The reason: “While Congressman Hyde was a well respected Republican elected official, the Hyde Amendment is very offensive to women,” said Board Chair Deb Conway, who’s behind the resolution. “Women who cannot afford private insurance should not have less access to health care.” During her campaign for the board, Conway told the Daily Herald she would remove Hyde’s name from the court building. Conway is a Democrat who previously served in the Illinois House. Her resolution has drawn scrutiny from Jeanne Ives, a Republican who also served in the Illinois House. In her Breakthrough Ideas email, Ives called the resolution “mean-spirited,” noting it follows President Donald Trump’s executive order Enforcing the Hyde Amendment. ( https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/enforcing-the-hyde-amendment/ ) The DuPage County Republican Party posted a message on its Facebook page urging residents to tell board members to reject the measure.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/02/10/new-campaign-targets-extremism-00203340
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/02/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-453/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Underreported Trump order has sweeping implications for DEI at universities and other federal grant recipients
https://wirepoints.org/underreported-trump-order-has-sweeping-implications-for-dei-at-universities-and-other-federal-grant-recipients-wirepoints/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— If/when Trump decides to turn Illinois red again, who will he have lead that effort? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrats declared war against Republicans in 1861 to keep slavery. Republicans defeated Democrats in 1865. Today’s Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) paint today’s Democrats as having been Republicans during the Civil War and b) paint today’s Republicans as having been Democrats during the Civil War. Me, my parents, my grandparents, my great grandparents, and all the rest of my ancestors were Republicans. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What is your position on buyouts and early retirement offers? In 1993, the Democrats who ran GAO “offered” $25,000 buyouts and early retirement to get rid of their employees who were Republican, older, White, male, non-veteran, GS-13, and had 25 years or more of federal service. I was “eligible,” that is, I was “targeted” because I was all of the aforesaid. They succeeded in forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old just before their “offer” expired. If I had not succumbed, I would not have been eligible for regular retirement until 2003. Their forcing me to retire wasted what I had learned a) working for GAO for 18 years and for IRS for 9 years, b) earning three job-related master’s degrees (finance-1997, accounting-1980, and business-1976), c) six job-related professional certifications (forensic accounting-1997, financial services auditing-1996, government financial management-1994, fraud examination-1990, internal auditing-1981, and accounting-1979) and d) earning a job-related professional license (CPA-1981). – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Are you or someone who you know interested in buying our Iron Gate Motor Condo in Naperville for $600,000. The 2023 listing is at: https://www.coldwellbankerhomes.com/il/naperville/2112-ferry-rd-114/pid_53550715/ )? If so, please let me know. My wife and I are considering buying a more expensive unit in Iron Gate. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Have you sold your home on your own? I did. I sold 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton (https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1017-E-Harrison-Ave-Wheaton-IL-60187/4436186_zpid/ ) for $104,000 in 1984. Zillow has an article on selling your home on your own at https://www.zillow.com/learn/costs-to-sell-a-house/ . – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— ‘Finally happening’: House Republicans rally behind Elon Musk’s efficiency rampage
https://www.washingtontimes.com/
— Trump ends the transgender lunacy
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/9/trump-ends-transgender-lunacy/
NEW YORK POST
— Elon Musk says FEMA sent $59M last week to luxury NYC hotels to house illegal migrants: ‘Violated the law’
https://nypost.com/2025/02/10/us-news/fema-sent-59m-last-week-to-luxury-nyc-hotels-to-house-illegal-migrants-elon-musk-says/
— Bernie Sanders unleashes blistering takedown of Dem party after Harris’ loss: ‘Abandoned working-class people’ (COMMENT: I was a member of the working class 1962-1997. I had to work my way through college. My critics/opponents despise hate the working class. I should write about my critics/opponents whose parents had the most money.)
https://www.aol.com/news/bernie-sanders-unleashes-blistering-takedown-004448284.html
DAILY SIGNAL
— How Trump Is Uprooting Radical ’60s Foundations of Poisonous DEI and CRT Programs
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/02/09/how-trump-is-uprooting-radical-60s-foundations-poisonous-dei-crt-programs-civil-rights-movement/
EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Says He’ll Impose 25 Percent Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum on Monday
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-announces-he-will-impose-25-percent-tariffs-on-steel-and-aluminum-tariffs-soon-5807010
FOX NEWS
— Homan delivers bold message to sanctuary cities ‘slowing down’ ICE, warns they’re ‘going to keep coming’ Homan doubled down on his pledge to eradicate Tren de Aragua gang members from the US.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/tom-homan-delivers-bold-message-sanctuary-cities-slowing-down-ice-warns-theyre-going-keep-coming
REAL CLEAR PPLITICS
— Democrat Madness Triggered by Sunlight of Common Sense
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2025/02/09/democrat_madness_triggered_by_sunlight_of_common_sense_640757.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— House Democrat: ‘I don’t contest’ DOGE will likely find ‘awful examples of wasteful spending’ (COMMENT: GAO fights government waste. But the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997 used Affirmative Action, DEI, up-or-out, and Republican-led budget cuts to waste my career and to force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran. They wasted what I had learned a) working for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year, b) working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5/12 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year, c) earning a job-relate professional license (CPA), d) earning six job-related professional certifications (accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting), and e) earning three job-related master’s degrees (business, accounting, and finance).)
https://www.aol.com/house-democrat-don-t-contest-191756661.html
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Trump administration orders consumer protection agency to stop work, closes building (COMMENT: My critics/opponents are overwhelmingly a) pro-business and b) anti-consumer.)
https://apnews.com/article/trump-consumer-protection-cease-1b93c60a773b6b5ee629e769ae6850e9
CNN
— Democrats plot strategy in shutdown fight against Trump: ‘Not a lot of good options’
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/09/politics/democrats-spending-trump/index.html
REUTERS
— Consumer protection agency neutralized by Trump’s new chief (COMMENT: Newt Gingrich did more than neutralize GAO in the 1990s, he constructively destroyed it.)
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trumps-acting-cfpb-chief-halts-all-supervision-companies-2025-02-09/
CBS NEW YORK
— NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ memo on possible ICE raids prompts schools chancellor to reach out to immigrant families
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/ice-raids-new-york-city-public-schools-eric-adams/
ABC LOS ANGELES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://abc7.com/post/dozens-rally-downtown-la-protest-trumps-immigration-policies/15885588/
NBC DFW
— What is the Black national anthem and why is it sung before the Super Bowl? (COMMENT: What other groups in America want national anthems for their groups?)
https://www.nbcdfw.com/super-bowl/black-national-anthem-super-bowl-2/3765765/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Orders Treasury Secretary to Stop Minting Pennies (COMMENT: Between 1964 and 1966, I worked for 125 pennies per hour.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/us/politics/trump-stop-minting-pennies.html
— What is Canada’s attitude toward America? How has Canada treated America?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/world/canada/us-canada-relations-trump-tariffs.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: For Stunned Federal Workers, Sleeplessness, Anger and Tears. One thing lost in the Trump administration’s war on the federal bureaucracy is the collective voice of the employees. But some have begun to speak out. (COMMENT: If I was still working for the federal government, my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates would have killed me by now figuratively if not literally.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/us/politics/federal-workers-trump.html
WASHINGTON POST
— As the Trump upheaval continues, are there restraints that could slow him down? Questions remain on what constitutional or other checks can be put on the president and his wide-ranging actions.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/09/trump-constitution-checks-balances/
— They trained on diversity under Trump. Now he’s punishing them for it. During President Donald Trump’s first term, the Education Department held diversity trainings. Many who participated were put on administrative leave under new rules. (COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government. I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. The Democrats who run the federal government require their employees to take lots of DEI training. I should write about the DEI training I had to take.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/02/10/education-department-dei-devos/
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Trump trashes equity and diversity as he issues proclamation honoring Black History Month (COMMENT: Democrat leaders promote Black History Month. My subordinate who my Democrat GAO superiors replaced me with was Black and had always led the office’s Black History Month events. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the one I had.)
https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/02/09/leonard-greene-trump-trashes-equity-and-diversity-as-he-issues-proclamation-honoring-black-history-month/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting New Yorkers to promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/nyregion/nyc-trans-health-care-youth-protest.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— What country’s flag should protesters wave at immigration rallies? (OMMENT: Under Biden, America’s enemies were emboldened to invade, to infiltrate, to infest, and to conquer America. Americans elected Trump to stop that.)
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/story/2025-02-10/what-countrys-flag-should-protesters-wave-at-immigration-rallies
— The Democrat Party is ever-increasingly anti-Israel
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-02-10/antisemitism-executive-order-donald-trump
BALTIMORE SUN
— Federal workers, Maryland leaders plan Capitol Hill rally to protest Trump’s efforts to slash workforce (COMMENT: When Gingrich slashed GAO’s workforce during the 1990s, virtually no one protested.)
https://www.baltimoresun.com/2025/02/10/federal-workers-elected-officials-plan-capitol-hill-rally-to-protest-trumps-efforts-to-slash-workforce/
USA TODAY
— How advocates are stepping up for Black History month as federal agencies scale back (COMMENT: Democrat leaders promote Black History Month. My subordinate who my Democrat GAO superiors replaced me with was Black and had always led the office’s Black History Month events. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the one I had.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/02/09/black-history-month-celebration-federal-pushback/78210271007/
— Despite tariff disputes, Mexico, Canada have been key to US auto industry for decades (COMMENT: I have ordered a 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T which will be built in Canada.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2025/02/04/canada-mexico-car-manufacturing-tariffs/78209847007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Minority Voters Who Love Trump’s Dismantling of DEI. The president has found support from nonwhite voters who feel the nation has become too woke.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-voters-nonwhite-dei-951008e7
— Why Trump Is Right About Birthright Citizenship. Tourists and illegal aliens aren’t subject to the ‘full and complete jurisdiction’ of the United States.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/why-trump-is-right-about-birthright-citizenship-14th-amendment-citizenship-clause-f63df08a
— Democrat and RINO employers falsely argue that “DEI Didn’t Change the Workforce All That Much.” When I started working for the Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, virtually all my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were White, male, and/or older. By the time that my Democrat GAO superiors forced me into early retirement in 1997, virtually all of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were minority, female, and/or younger.)
https://www.wsj.com/business/dei-impact-us-company-workforce-charts-2e6a6bb7
FORBES
— Trump’s Approval Rating At 53% In New Poll—But Americans Are Less Sure About Elon Musk
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2025/02/09/trumps-approval-rating-at-53-in-new-poll-but-americans-are-less-sure-about-elon-musk/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration
https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2025/02/09/everything-to-know-about-trumps-mass-deportation-plans-dhs-head-noem-suggest-non-violent-immigrants-could-be-sent-to-guantanamo/
KWQC
— Concerns about federal employee buyout program (COMMENT: What is your position on buyouts and early retirement offers? In 1993, the Democrats who ran GAO “offered” $25,000 buyouts and early retirement to get rid of their employees who were Republican, older, White, male, non-veteran, GS-13, and had 25 years or more of federal service. I was “eligible,” that is, I was “targeted” because I was all of the aforesaid. They succeeded in forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old just before their “offer” expired. If I had not succumbed, I would not have been eligible for regular retirement until 2003. Their forcing me to retire wasted what I had learned a) working for GAO for 18 years and for IRS for 9 years, b) earning three job-related master’s degrees (finance-1997, accounting-1980, and business-1976), c) six job-related professional certifications (forensic accounting-1997, financial services auditing-1996, government financial management-1994, fraud examination-1990, internal auditing-1981, and accounting-1979) and d) earning a job-related professional license (CPA-1981).)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHFuie2wgH8
WASHINGTON STAND
— Americans Rush to Enlist in Trump’s Military Recruitment Boom
https://washingtonstand.com/commentary/americans-rush-to-enlist-in-trumps-military-recruitment-boom-
POLITICO
— White South Africans reject idea they need to flee country for US (COMMENT: In America, to get more votes from Blacks, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) give Blacks more preference and b) discriminate more against Whites.)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/09/white-south-africans-us-00203271
NATION
— The Democrat Party is ever-increasingly anti-Israel
https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/uchicago-palestine-protests-free-speech-trump/
FED SMITH
— Evaluating Employee Performance and HR Merit System: First Step in the Trump Changes. Previous efforts to improve performance of the federal merit system have not lasted. The Trump administration is more aggressive. Unions may face a backlash from some. (COMMENT: Democrat superiors and supervisors in the federal government use the subjectivity in their performance appraisal systems to get rid of their Republican employees.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2025/02/07/evaluating-employee-performance-and-hr-merit-system-first-step-in-the-trump-changes/
ENTERTAINMENT
— Taylor Swift booed at Super Bowl 2025
https://ew.com/taylor-swift-booed-super-bowl-2025-8788703
NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Those who hate America use Affirmative Action and DEI to destroy America.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/trumps-attack-on-military-diversity-is-doomed-to-fail.html
GUARDIAN
— Democrat and RINO leaders use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2025/feb/10/how-trump-made-diversity-a-dirty-word-podcast
— Democrats declared war against Republicans in 1861 to keep slavery. Republicans defeated Democrats in 1865. Today’s Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) paint today’s Democrats as having been Republicans during the Civil War and b) paint today’s Republicans as having been Democrats during the Civil War. Me, my parents, my grandparents, my great grandparents, and all the rest of my ancestors were Republicans.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/10/we-are-witnessing-the-rise-of-a-new-republican-southern-strategy
Tag: DuPage
February 8, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Pritzker responds to ‘garbage’ DOJ lawsuit over sanctuary city policies
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-governor-jb-pritzker-responds-garbage-doj-lawsuit-sanctuary-city-policies/15877508/
— Blagojevich may take role as U.S. ambassador to Serbia
https://abc7chicago.com/post/former-illinois-governor-rod-blagojevich-may-take-role-trump-administration-us-ambassador-serbia-politico-report/15879085/
FOX32
— Blagojevich may be considered for Trump Administration role
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/rod-blagojevich-may-be-considered-trump-administration-role-report-says
WTTW
— ‘Get out of the way’: Salvi calls on Pritzker to work with Trump administration
https://www.audacy.com/wbbm780/news/local/illinois-gop-chair-salvi-tells-pritzker-to-work-with-trump
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/08/a-chicagoans-journey-through-incarceration-deportation-and-the-fight-for-a-new-path/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker trolls Trump with faux Illinois annexation of Green Bay, renaming of Lake Michigan. Pritzker took Trump’s stated desire to take over Greenland as a cue to sarcastically announce “Illinois will now be annexing Green Bay to protect itself against enemies, foreign and domestic.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/02/07/pritzker-lake-illinois-green-bay-video-trump
— Trump says he’s firing Kennedy Center board members, naming himself chairman. Trump also indicated he would be dictating programming at one of the nation’s premier cultural institutions, writing on his social media website that the current board members “do not share our Vision for a Golden Age in Arts and Culture.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/donald-trump/2025/02/07/trump-firing-kennedy-center-board-trustees-members-naming-himself-chairman
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/02/05/chicago-immigration-lyons-elgin-trump-ice-raids-border-wall-immigration-know-your-rights
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250207/news/conant-high-students-walk-out-to-protest-deportations/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Pritzker takes aim at Team Trump over immigration — and Lake Illinois
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/pritzker-goes-trump-bondi-over-immigration-lawsuit
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Pritzker pokes fun at Trump, jokes he’s renaming Lake Michigan
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2025/02/07/poking-fun-at-trump-pritzker-moves-to-annex-green-bay/78340045007/
STATELINE
— Illinois bill would remove student performance from teacher reviews (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly attract marginalized students to Illinois.)
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/illinois-bill-would-remove-how-students-perform-from-teacher-reviews/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump is signing up local law officers to help with immigration enforcement (COMMENT: Hopefully, the leaders of your county and municipal law enforcement agencies have signed up to help with immigration enforcement.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-trump-is-signing-up-local-law-officers-to-help-with-immigration-enforcement/
WAND TV
— Trump is signing up local law officers to help with immigration enforcement. Republican lawmakers in about dozen states are advancing proposals that could aid President Donald Trump’s deportation efforts.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/trump-is-signing-up-local-law-officers-to-help-with-immigration-enforcement/article_a672a2e8-4544-5594-835c-92b4afc3ee43.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump supporters welcome the first steps in his immigration crackdown
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-02-07/trump-supporters-welcome-the-first-steps-in-his-immigration-crackdown
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/02/07/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-245/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Update on discrimination lawsuits against Bally’s Chicago and City of Chicago
https://wirepoints.org/update-on-discrimination-lawsuits-against-ballys-chicago-and-city-of-chicago-wirepoints/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Advocate warns ‘lack of community care’ around Obama library in Chicago
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_50582248-e327-11ef-a170-33f03845bdc0.html
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Answers Sought for Northeastern Illinois Transportation Survey
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/07/answers-sought-for-transportation-survey/
— Campaign Committees with State Board of Elections Fines Preventing Candidates from Running for Office Until Payment Made
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/07/campaign-committees-with-state-board-of-elections-fines-preventing-candidates-from-running-for-office-until-payment-made/
— Two Running Write-In Campaigns for Marengo Township Trustee
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/07/two-running-write-in-campaigns-for-marengo-township-trustee/
— Pritzker Celebrates Pot Sales
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/06/pritzker-celebrates-pot-sales/
— McLaughlin Seeks to Emulate Other State’s Emulation of Trump’s DOGE
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/06/mclaughlin-seeks-to-emulate-other-states-emulation-of-trumps-doge/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— From what I see, to win elections going forward, Democrat leaders have decided to double down on promoting a) hatred against Trump and b) dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— According to the White House, 65,000 federal employees have accepted buyout offers. What is your position on buyouts and early retirement offers? In 1993, when I was 45 years old, the Democrats who ran GAO “offered” $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. Things that I did that helped me survive 1993-1997 include a) earning a master’s degree in financial markets and trading in 1997, b) becoming a Certified Forensic Accountant in 1997, Financial Services Auditor in 1996, Government Financial Manager in 1994, Fraud Examiner in 1990, Internal Auditor and licensed CPA in 1981, and CPA in 1979, and c) earning master’s degrees in accounting from DePaul in 1980 and in business from Loyola in 1976. If I was still working for GAO, that is, if my Democrat GAO superiors had not forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, a) I would not have gotten $1.8 million in Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension payments since 1997 in today’s dollars and b) I would have paid into the CSRS $286,262 (7% of my salary) in today’s dollar.)
— Trump has pledged to remove corrupt FBI agents. To remove me, my Democrat GAO superiors did not hint/imply/argue/shout that I was corrupt. But constructively, they hinted/implied/argued/shouted that because I opposed their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination, I was a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things. They had trouble hinting/implying/arguing/shouting that I was incompetent because I had a) become a licensed CPA, b) passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, c) earned four more job-related professional certifications, and d) earned three job-related master’s degrees. I should write about the aforesaid. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— David Hogg has become the Democratic National Committee’s First Gen Z Vice Chair. If the following would establish a Vice Chair position for Baby Boomers, I would apply for it: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization. I would also apply for Vice Chair positions for conservatives, Whites, males, Protestants, German Americans, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Are you or someone who you know interested in buying our Iron Gate Motor Condo in Naperville? If so, please let me know. My wife and I are considering buying a more expensive unit there. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump calls for ‘balanced budget’ after proposing tax cuts costing at least $5 trillion
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/7/donald-trump-calls-balanced-budget-proposing-tax-c/
— Immigrants took nearly 90% of new jobs since 2020 (COMMENT: If there had been as many immigrants when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/7/immigrants-took-nearly-90-new-jobs-since-2020/
— Breaking free from the addiction to government schools. The state has only its best interests at heart.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/6/breaking-free-addiction-government-schools/
— Trump says he will name himself Kennedy Center board chair and impose programming changes
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/7/trump-says-name-kennedy-center-board-chair-impose-/
— Justice Department takes fight to sanctuary cities
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/7/trump-launches-multi-front-attack-sanctuary-polici/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Radical LGBT activists lash out over Trump protecting women’s sports
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/fairness-justice/3314702/lgbt-activists-lash-out-trump-women-sports/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Top Biden EV Bus Maker Nears Bankruptcy, Leaving School Districts and Tens of Millions of Taxpayer Dollars in Limbo. EPA administrator Lee Zeldin tells the Free Beacon he is ‘committed to delivering’ answers on green spending.
https://freebeacon.com/energy/bidens-favorite-ev-bus-maker-is-nearing-bankruptcy-and-producing-no-buses-leaving-tens-of-millions-of-taxpayer-dollars-in-limbo/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump appoints himself Kennedy Center chair, fires board members and blasts past drag shows ‘targeting’ children
https://nypost.com/2025/02/07/us-news/trump-to-purge-kennedy-center-board-of-trustees-and-make-himself-chairman/
— Here’s what’s really driving Donald Trump’s tariff threats
https://nypost.com/2025/02/07/opinion/heres-whats-really-driving-donald-trumps-tariff-threats/
BREITBART
— Newsom Signs $50 Million to Fight Trump — After Asking for Federal Aid for Fires
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/02/07/newsom-signs-50-million-to-fight-trump-after-asking-for-federal-aid-for-fires/
DAILY WIRE
— ICE Arrests 11,000 Illegal Aliens In First 18 Days Of Trump Administration. The Trump administration is working to expand ICE’s detention capacity.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/ice-arrests-11000-illegal-aliens-in-first-18-days-of-trump-administration
EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Revokes Biden’s Security Clearance, Bars Him From Intelligence Briefings. Biden had previously revoked Trump’s access to intelligence briefings after he took office, following the events of Jan. 6, 2021.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-revokes-joe-bidens-security-clearance-bars-him-from-receiving-intelligence-briefings-5806401
FOX NEWS
— Frustrated Chicagoans back ICE deportations, applaud DOJ lawsuit targeting sanctuary policies. Vashon Tuncle tells ‘Ingraham Angle’ Trump, Homan have growing support from residents to crack down on migrants.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/frustrated-chicagoans-back-ice-deportations-applaud-doj-lawsuit-targeting-sanctuary-policies
— How Trump is uprooting radical ’60s foundations of poisonous DEI and CRT programs. There had been America haters in the past, but the ’60s was the decade when these ideas took root. (COMMENT: Since the 1960s, my critics/opponents have used Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of me.)
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/how-trump-uprooting-radical-60s-foundations-poisonous-dei-crt-programs
— Bondi sends warning to sanctuary cities: ‘Comply or you’re next’
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6368429031112
MRC TV
— Woke Bishop Who Lectured Trump Got Tens of Millions of Taxpayers Dollars to ‘Resettle’ Migrants
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/nick-kangadis/woke-bishop-who-lectured-trump-got-tens-millions-taxpayers-dollars-resettle
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— Trump’s administration is switching positions in a major Supreme Court case on transgender rights, backing away from the Biden administration’s opposition to Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors. (COMMENT: Under Bush, his DOJ backed the Democrats who ran GAO in Diersen v. GAO, that is, Bush backed political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. The Democrats who ran GAO would not have and could not have forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 if I had been a Democrat, minority, and/or female.)
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/07/politics/supreme-court-lgbtq-skrmetti-switch/index.html
REUTERS
— Trump administration for now not naming January 6 FBI agents, president wants some fired (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors fired me, that is, they forced me to retire, when I was 49 years old in 1997. My critics/opponents have always sided with my Democrat GAO superiors.)
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-justice-department-receives-names-january-6-fbi-agents-2025-02-07/
NBC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use courts to block Trump’s agenda
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-sweeping-agenda-hitting-legal-roadblocks-rcna191081
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/democratic-states-sue-trump-administration-order-halt-funding-gender-a-rcna191257
CBS NEWS
— Trolling Trump, Pritzker jokingly renames Lake Michigan, annexes Green Bay
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/jb-pritzker-donald-trump-joke-lake-michigan-lake-illinois-annex-green-bay/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Will Trump Be the President of Vice? (COMMENT: My critics/opponents promote vices big time. They are beyond furious that I stopped video gambling and the sale of pot in Wheaton.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/opinion/donald-trump-vice-voters.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: While never a traditional Republican, Mr. Trump, in a second term, looks likely to go further than in his first in dumping many traditional Republican policies. In particular, Mr. Trump seems willing, even eager, to embrace vice. In his recent campaign, Mr. Trump embraced a strategy of social moderation. Not only did he loudly signal his opposition to hard-line anti-abortion policies, but he also endorsed marijuana legalization in Florida and was aligned with the Biden administration’s move to give pot a less restrictive legal status. And he embraced the crypto craze, starting his own cryptocurrency company. Mr. Trump’s moderation on pot, crypto — which some social conservatives see as closer to gambling than a serious investment — and other vices appears to have been part of a calculated effort to turn out young men, who, surveys suggest, helped propel him to victory. Pushing forward with liberalization in these areas could help establish vice voters as part of the new, post-Trump Republican coalition. But it would also have dangerous social consequences — consequences that could help fuel an already growing backlash against both Mr. Trump and addictive, harmful goods of all kinds. Mr. Trump’s cabinet picks indicate he could give these voters what they want. Take the issue of drugs. Mr. Kennedy, chosen to be the nation’s top health official, has supported federally legalizing marijuana. So has Matt Gaetz, Mr. Trump’s first, failed pick to be attorney general — and even with Mr. Gaetz’s name withdrawn, it signaled something striking, given that the attorney general can, after consulting with the health and human services secretary, reclassify controlled substances.)
— As Ground Shifts, ‘Flailing’ Democrats Struggle to Find Footing in Diversity Fight. President Trump’s aggressive moves against transgender rights and diversity, equity and inclusion programs have left the Democratic Party casting about for a strategy for how to respond.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/us/politics/democrats-dei-trump.html
— Trump’s New Line of Attack Against the Media Gains Momentum. First Amendment experts say Mr. Trump’s lawsuits, based on an unproven legal theory, lack merit. But more could be on the way.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/business/media/trump-media-lawsuits.html
— Beyond overwhelmingly, mainstream journalists and reporters are Democrats who a) promote the Democrat Party platform and help elect Democrat candidates and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn the Republican Party platform and do everything they can to defeat Republican candidates.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/business/media/trump-musk-attack-journalists.html
— Hegseth Uses His First Town Hall to Attack Diversity (COMMENT: To promote diversity is to promote discrimination against, if not hatred against, those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/us/politics/hegseth-pentagon-town-hall.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly reject a) Trump’s election, b) the rule of law, and c) America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/opinion/trump-power-surrender.html
— Musk Wields Scythe on Federal Work Force, With Trump’s Full Blessing. The president defended Elon Musk’s role in seeking to slash budgets and cut payrolls as the young aides burrowing into federal agencies came under scrutiny. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents had no problem with my Democrat superiors wasting my career and forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. In fact, they were and continue be overjoyed about it.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/us/politics/trump-musk-doge-pentagon.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/02/07/trump-transgender-care-lawsuit/
— Democrat and RINO leaders use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/07/trump-dei-federal-government-discrimination/
USA TODAY
— Federal employees on Trump’s buyout offer: ‘The bridge is burned.’ (COMMENT: I succumbed to my Democrat GAO superiors’ threats and took their early retirement “offer” when I was 49 years old in 1997. If I had not done that, I would not have been eligible for regular retirement for 6 years. They made it all too clear to me that if I tried to work for those 6 years, they would make my life a living hell. The least of which would be demotions and adverse transfers,)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/08/why-federal-employees-accept-trumps-buyout/78295456007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Secession From Illinois Is in the Air. Multiple counties want to leave, and Indiana says come on over.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/illinois-counties-secession-vote-indiana-j-b-pritzker-todd-huston-5a93d624
— Politico Draws DOGE’s Ire, Signaling a Shakeout for Media with Major Government Customers. Elon Musk’s cost-cutting project flags more than $8 million in spending on the political publication. (COMMENT: GOPUSA ILLINOIS subscriptions are worth at least $5,000/year. But I send GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters to anyone who wants them free of charge, without any advertising, and with no donation requests.)
https://www.wsj.com/business/media/politico-draws-doges-ire-signaling-a-shakeout-for-media-with-major-government-customers-8b4db480
FORTUNE
— America’s enemies ever-increasingly use Affirmative Action and DEI to destroy America’s military.
https://fortune.com/well/2025/02/08/american-troops-fear-anxiety-trump-transgender-military-ban/
FORBES
— Bondi Targets DEI At Private Companies And Universities On Day One (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2025/02/06/ag-pam-bondi-targets-dei-at-private-companies-and-universities-on-day-one/
— Black History Month 2025: Moving Forward With Purpose And Impact (COMMENT: Democrat leaders promote Black History Month. My subordinate who my Democrat GAO superiors replaced me with was Black and had always led the office’s Black History Month events. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the one I had.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/simonemorris/2025/02/07/black-history-month-2025-moving-forward-with-purpose-and-impact/
CLUB ALFA
— Dodge Charger Daytona wins 2025 MotorWeek Drivers’ Choice Award (COMMENT: I have ordered a 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T EV.)
https://www.clubalfa.it/en/dodge-charger-daytona-and-ram-1500-win-the-2025-motorweek-drivers-choice-awards-16296
(FROM THE ARTICLE: John Davis, creator and host of MotorWeek, emphasized the uniqueness of the Charger Daytona: “This is the first time an all-electric model has won the Best Sport Coupe award. Dodge has kept its promise: buyers don’t have to compromise just because the classic HEMI V-8 has been replaced by electric propulsion.” Davis then added: “From the external design to the interior layout, to the virtual sounds that perfectly accompany its extraordinary acceleration, it almost feels like you can still hear the pushrod rhythm under the long, flat ’60s-style hood. The Charger Daytona is first and foremost an all-wheel-drive muscle car, and then an EV.”)
STELLANTIS
— All-new Dodge Charger Daytona Claims 2025 MotorWeek Drivers’ Choice Award
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/all-new-dodge-charger-daytona-ram-1500-claim-2025-motorweek-drivers-choice-awards-302369687.html
(FROM THE PRESS RELEASE: The all-new Dodge Charger Daytona, the next generation of Dodge muscle, is available now at dealerships and represents the start of a multi-energy Dodge Charger lineup. . .”The Dodge Charger Daytona is our choice as Best Sport Coupe of the year, the first time an all-electric model has risen to that honor,” said John Davis, creator and host, MotorWeek. “From the outset, Dodge promised that buyers would not have to accept any compromises just because their hallmark muscle car traded in its classic HEMI® V-8 for electric propulsion. Indeed, from its exterior styling and interior layout, to its amazingly fitting virtual sounds audibly underscoring its rocket-like acceleration, you would be hard pressed not to think there was a chorus of pushrods still pulsating under the Charger’s long, wide, flat, ’60s era hood. When all is said and done, the Dodge Charger Daytona is an all-wheel-drive muscle car first and an EV second.)
RESTAURANT BUSINESS
— How restaurants are pushing back on Trump deportation sweeps (COMMENT: What percent of restaurant employees are illegals?)
https://www.restaurantbusinessonline.com/workforce/how-restaurants-are-pushing-back-trump-deportation-sweeps
WBZA
— Millions of retirees celebrated after former President Joe Biden signed the Social Security Fairness Act into law. This new legislation aims to increase Social Security benefits for over 3.2 million retirees and spouses by eliminating two controversial provisions. However, retirees expecting an immediate financial boost just learned there’s an unexpected delay in receiving their benefits. (COMMENT: My Social Security is dramatically less because I get a Civil Service Retirement System pension.)
https://wbza.co.in/new-social-security-law-increases-benefits-for-3-2-million-retirees/#google_vignette
CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CACUS
— Congressional Equality Caucus, Democratic Women’s Caucus, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, Congressional Hispanic Caucus, and Congressional Black Caucus charge Trump with undermining civil rights protections and enforcement for workers (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors would not have and could not have forced me to retire when I was 49 year old in 1997 if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, veteran, and/or union member.)
https://cbc.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2774
HUFFINGTON POST
— David Hogg Becomes Democratic National Committee’s First Gen Z Vice Chair (COMMENT: If the following would establish a Vice Chair position for Baby Boomers, I would apply for it: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization. I would also apply for Vice Chair positions for conservatives, Whites, males, Protestants, German Americans, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.aol.com/david-hogg-becomes-democratic-national-223229994.html
PBS
— Trump says he’ll fire some FBI agents ‘very surgically’ (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors fired me, that is, they forced me to retire, when I was 49 years old in 1997. My critics/opponents have always sided with my Democrat GAO superiors.)
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-says-hell-fire-some-fbi-agents-very-surgically
NEW YORKER
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/immigration-enforcement-and-the-fears-of-the-undocumented-in-chicago
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-new-yorker-radio-hour/trumps-boogeyman-dei
NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Trump Joins a Global War on ‘Gender Ideology’
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/magazine/gender-ideology-trump-orban.html
WORLD SOCIALIST WEB SITE
— White House claims 65,000 federal workers have accepted buyout offers. (COMMENT: What is your position on buyouts and early retirement offers? In 1993, when I was 45 years old, the Democrats who ran GAO “offered” $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. Things that I did that helped me survive 1993-1997 include a) earning a master’s degree in financial markets and trading in 1997, b) becoming a Certified Forensic Accountant in 1997, Financial Services Auditor in 1996, Government Financial Manager in 1994, Fraud Examiner in 1990, Internal Auditor and licensed CPA in 1981, and CPA in 1979, and c) earning master’s degrees in accounting from DePaul in 1980 and in business from Loyola in 1976. If I was still working for GAO, that is, if my Democrat GAO superiors had not forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, a) I would not have gotten $1.8 million in Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension payments since 1997 in today’s dollars and b) I would have paid into the CSRS $286,262 (7% of my salary) in today’s dollar.)
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/02/08/hutq-f08.html
INDEPENDENT
— ‘We love Japan:’ Watch Trump welcome Japanese prime minister to White House
https://www.aol.com/love-japan-watch-trump-welcome-175225618.html
DAILY MAIL
— Trump pledges to ‘surgically’ remove ‘corrupt’ FBI agents including those on January 6 investigations (COMMENT: To remove me, my Democrat GAO superiors did not hint/imply/argue/shout that I was corrupt. But constructively, they hinted/implied/argued/shouted that because I opposed their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination, I was a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things. They had trouble hinting/implying/arguing/shouting that I was incompetent because I had a) become a licensed CPA, b) passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, c) earned four more job-related professional certifications, and d) earned three job-related master’s degrees. I should write about the aforesaid.)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14374021/donald-trump-fbi-agents-january-6.html
February 7, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Kankakee County sheriff Mike Downey says Illinois laws hinder enforcement, supports DOJ lawsuit on sanctuary status (COMMENT: Hopefully, your county sheriff agrees with Downey.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/kankakee-sheriff-says-illinois-trust-act-hinders-enforcement-supports-doj-lawsuit-sanctuary-status/15874853/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Kankakee sheriff said he hopes a lawsuit by the Department of Justice over Illinois’ sanctuary laws can resolve ongoing frustration in the law enforcement community. “Why are we so concerned about these individuals who are not here legally, who have some have committed violent, heinous crimes, and we’re worried about whether or not a local police department is calling ICE to say, hey, this guy’s in our community,” said Kankakee County Sheriff Mike Downey.)
FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in pushing pot.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-cannabis-market-new-sales-record-2024
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Federal employees are demonized, denigrated, and condemned, except those federal employees who Trump wants to get rid of. I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. I have been a federal retiree for more than 27 years.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/06/trump-musk-move-to-oust-epa-staff-in-the-great-lakes-region-including-dozens-responsible-for-protecting-drinking-water-for-30-million-in-u-s-and-canada/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump-proposed tariffs to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/07/illinois-braces-for-impact-of-tariffs/
— Chicago Auto Show goes electric with 2 EV tracks, dozens of models and first appearance by Rivian (COMMENT: I am especially interested in how the 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T EV will be displayed.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/06/chicago-auto-show-ev-rivian/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Lawsuit alleges UI Health stopped gender-affirming care for teen after Trump executive order. Part of the nationwide suit against the order alleges that a 17–year-old Illinois boy had been given a date for chest surgery at UI Health, only for it to be canceled one day after Trump’s order.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/lgbtq/2025/02/06/lawsuit-alleges-ui-health-stopped-gender-affirming-care-for-teen-after-trump-executive-order
DAILY HERALD
— Illinois, Trump administration in legal battle over immigration policy
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250206/illinois-state-politics/illinois-trump-administration-in-legal-battle-over-immigration-policy/
— Cannabis is never safe for developing brains (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250207/health-and-fitness/cannabis-is-never-safe-for-developing-brains/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: EVs, hybrids give spark to Chicago Auto Show (COMMENT: I am especially interested in how the 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T EV will be displayed.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250206/transportation/evs-hybrids-give-spark-to-chicago-auto-show/
WBEZ
— Chicago alderpeople want to ban participants in the Jan. 6 attack from working for the city
https://www.wbez.org/politics/2025/02/06/chicago-alderpeople-want-to-ban-participants-in-the-january-6th-attack-from-working-for-the-city
WCIA
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in pushing pot.
https://www.wcia.com/news/illinois-news/cannabis-sales-higher-than-ever-in-illinois-exceeded-2b-in-2024/
WAND TV
— IL House Dems approve resolution condemning Trump for Jan. 6 pardons, GOP walk out
https://www.wandtv.com/news/il-house-dems-approve-resolution-condemning-trump-for-jan-6-pardons-gop-walk-out/article_c6f54a60-e4db-11ef-9fd5-1f36abe51611.html
— Thousands of cars sold in Illinois have fake odometer readings (COMMENT: I bought a 1968 Dodge Charger R/T collector car from the Chicago Car Exchange (CCE) in 1994. I had owned a 1969 Charger SE 1968-1971. I should not have assumed that CCE would not have engaged in odometer fraud. SEE: https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-7th-circuit/1385001.html CCE did not set the car’s odometer back, but it knew that its previous owners had done that. CCE offered to buy the car back from me, but only for what I had paid them for it. I had spent thousands on the car making it “show ready.”)
https://www.wandtv.com/news/thousands-of-cars-sold-in-illinois-have-fake-odometer-readings/article_05d9763e-e3dd-11ef-a40b-6b906b5beb3d.html
TRI STATE PUBLIC RADIO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://www.tspr.org/illinois-public-radio/2025-02-06/illinois-attorney-general-vows-to-protect-gender-affirming-care-after-trump-order-threatens-to-cut-funding
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Pritzker to DOJ: See you in court
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/02/07/pritzker-to-doj-see-you-in-court-00203066
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/02/07/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-452/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
SOUTHLAND JOURNAL
— Cook County Commissioner Sean Morrison’s Statement on the U.S. Department of Justice’s Lawsuit against the State of Illinois, Cook County, and the City of Chicago
https://thechicagolandjournal.com/cook-county-commissioner-sean-morrisons-statement-on-the-u-s-department-of-justices-lawsuit-against-the-state-of-illinois-cook-county-and-the-city-of-chicago/
WIREPOINTS
— The next absurd bill from Illinois’ legislature: Removing student test scores from teacher evaluations
https://wirepoints.org/the-next-absurd-bill-from-illinois-legislature-getting-rid-of-test-scores-from-teacher-evaluations-wirepoints/
— The covid-era money spigot is turned off. We should get back to normal, but Gov. Pritzker wants to spend even more
https://wirepoints.org/the-covid-era-money-spigot-is-turned-off-we-should-get-back-to-normal-but-gov-pritzker-wants-to-spend-even-more-wirepoints-on-with-wjols-scott-slocum/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Trump’s federal employee buyout deadline has been extended until February 10. Have you faced such deadlines? My Democrat GAO superiors’ deadline to take their early retirement “offer” was September 30, 1997. If I had not taken it, I would not have been eligible to retire for 6 years. In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, I should not have taken it. I should not succumbed to their threats. Yes, if I had not taken it, they would have taken even bigger adverse actions against me than they had before. But I would have sought help from my U.S. Congressman Henry Hyde. I would have sued my GAO superiors. I would have stressed that I had earned job-relate professional certifications in 1997 (forensic accounting), 1996 (financial services auditing), 1994 (government financial management), 1990 (fraud examination), 1981 (internal auditing), and 1979 (accounting). I would have stressed that I earned a job-related professional license in 1981 (CPA). I would have stressed that I earned job-related master’s degrees in 1997 (financial markets and trading), 1980 (accounting), and 1976 (business). I would have stressed that GAO audits IRS, that I had worked for GAO on audits of IRS for 3 years (1986-1988), and that I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years (1971-1980), the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— If you are considering buying an Iron Gate Motor Condo in Naperville, consider this one at https://leeernst.exprealty.com/holp/listing/103/12283041 If my wife and I had not bought our unit in 2023, we would be making an offer on this one. Features that it has that our unit does not have include a balcony, windows, forever unobstructed view to the west, wider garage door, and more useable square feet on the second floor. The seller wants $100,000 for his unit than what my wife and I paid for our unit. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Feds spent millions to create ‘transgender’ lab testing animals
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/6/feds-spent-millions-create-transgender-lab-testing/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Musk Vows to Eliminate ‘Wasteful’ Politico Subscriptions for Federal Employees. Government payments to Politico quadrupled to $26 million during the Biden administration. (COMMENT: GOPUSA ILLINOIS subscriptions are worth at least $5,000/year. But I send out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters out to anyone who wants them free of charge, without any advertising, and with no donation requests.)
https://freebeacon.com/trump-administration/musk-vows-to-eliminate-wasteful-politico-subscriptions-for-federal-employees/
— ‘No Immigrant Should Be Detained,’ Says Left-Wing Nonprofit With $769 Million Federal Immigration Contract. The D.C.-based Acacia Center for Justice is squarely at odds with the Trump administration.
https://freebeacon.com/politics/no-immigrant-should-be-detained-says-left-wing-nonprofit-with-769-million-federal-immigration-contract/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Federal Judge Delays Trump’s Worker ‘Buyout’ Deadline
https://amgreatness.com/2025/02/07/morning-greatness-federal-judge-delays-trumps-worker-buyout-deadline/
COLLEGE FIX
— Trump hauls out the government waste (COMMENT: GAO fights government waste. I worked for GAO for almost 18 years.)
https://www.thecollegefix.com/trump-hauls-out-the-government-waste/
DAILY CALLER
— Pam Bondi Sends ‘Clear’ Message To Sanctuary Cities Choosing ‘Illegal Aliens’ Over Americans
https://dailycaller.com/2025/02/06/pam-bondi-sanctuary-cities-illegal-aliens-americans-legal-repercussions/
— GOP Lawmakers React to Trump Suing Their State Over Laws That ‘Obstruct’ ICE Arrests
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/02/06/gop-lawmakers-react-to-trump-suing-their-state-over-laws-that-obstruct-ice-arrests/
FOX NEWS
— Chicago resident pushes back against Dem leaders acting like Trump ‘isn’t welcome’ Chicago resident Vashon Tuncle joins ‘The Ingraham Angle’ with insight on the Trump administration’s embattled immigration policies. (COMMENT: How welcome is Trump in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct. I should write about how welcome Trump is in DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Warrenville School District 200, and my precinct.)
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6368403046112
— Trump’s ICE crackdown could get boost in Florida with DeSantis’ plan to deputize state patrol
https://www.foxnews.com/us/trump-ice-crackdown-could-see-boost-florida-desantis-plan-deputize-state-patrol
— Over a dozen Venezuelan criminal illegal migrants sent to Guantanamo Bay: ‘Highly dangerous’ people. The US plans to house ‘the worst of the worst’ at the detention facility until they can be flown back to their home countries.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/over-dozen-venezuelan-criminal-illegal-migrants-sent-guantanamo-bay-dangerous-people
PJ MEDIA
— Former USAID Official Liz Cheney Rips Elon Musk for Being a… Foreigner
https://pjmedia.com/robert-spencer/2025/02/06/former-usaid-official-liz-cheney-rips-elon-musk-for-being-a-foreigner-n4936761
(FROM THE ARTICLE: And now you’re throwing shade at Elon Musk for not being born in the United States? . . . Cheney’s sneering at Musk for not being an American just didn’t make any sense, at least apart from the fact that the political establishment claims to be the embodiment of compassion, but actually has nothing but contempt for the American people. The recent revelations about USAID confirm that in spades by showing that taxpayer money that was supposed to go to the poor and needy of the world was actually lining the pockets of “journalists” at AP, Politico, the New York Times, and elsewhere, so as to ensure that the American people were thoroughly saturated with the establishment line. And that was, of course, by no means all that USAID has been up to.)
MRC TV
— Rep. Dan Goldman Advises Illegals How to Evade Authorities…in Three Languages
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/nick-kangadis/legal-rep-dan-goldman-advises-illegals-how-evade-authoritiesin-three-languages
NEWSMAX
— Trump WH Sues Chicago in Latest Crackdown on ‘Sanctuary’ Cities
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/trump-immigration-chicago-arrests-sanctuary-immigrants-enforcement/2025/02/06/id/1198131/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— Black Hawk helicopter in D.C. plane crash had a safety system off
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/black-hawk-helicopter-dc-plane-crash-safety-system-off-senator-says/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Opposition lawmakers protest alleged mistreatment of Indian deportees by US
https://apnews.com/article/indian-illegal-immigration-protest-parliament-deportation-trump-90ae7999040196e3ce25dd3fa8e29137
NBC NEWS
— Trump signs executive order banning men from women’s sports
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/trump-executive-order-ban-trans-women-sports-rcna190767
CNN
— White House pressures ICE to pick up pace of migrant arrests
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/07/politics/ice-arrests-pressure/index.html
NEWSWEEK
— Unemployment in D.C. Nearly Doubles as Trump Aims to Shrink US Government (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, Republicans shrank the agency from more than 6,000 employees to less than 3,000. My Democrat GAO superiors punished me big time for that.)
https://www.newsweek.com/unemployment-washington-dc-doubles-trump-guts-federal-government-2027547
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— What Would a Drastically Reduced Government Workforce Mean for Americans? (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, Republicans shrank the agency from more than 6,000 employees to less than 3,000. My Democrat GAO superiors punished me big time for that.)
https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2025-02-06/what-trumps-federal-workforce-cuts-mean-for-everyday-americans
CBS NEWS
— Democrat leaders crow about their success in promoting vices. Because I do not spend money on vices, I have more money. My critics/opponents promote vices.
https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/video/more-than-80-of-u-s-adults-spend-money-on-common-vice-report-shows/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 4 in 5 Americans spend money on one of six common vices. That includes alcohol, lottery tickets, casino games, tobacco, marijuana and sports betting.
NEW YORK TIMES
— This Isn’t Reform. It’s Sabotage.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/opinion/trump-musk-government.html?searchResultPosition=3
WASHINGTON POST
— Federal workers ‘defiant’ on Musk’s buyout (COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats. If I was still working for the federal government, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates would have killed me by now, figuratively if not literally.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/can-he-do-that/federal-workers-defiant-on-musks-buyout/
— Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/07/trump-dei-federal-government-discrimination/
— Tulsa mayor backs reparations plan for ‘Black Wall Street’ massacre victims (COMMENT: What about reparations for all the Republicans who Democrats killed during the Civil War?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/02/06/tulsa-reparations-race-massacre/
— Elon Musk’s DOGE is feeding sensitive federal data into AI to target cuts (COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats. If I was still working for the federal government, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates would have killed me by now, figuratively if not literally.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/02/06/elon-musk-doge-ai-department-education/
HOUSTON CHRONICLE
— Democrat leaders have always used Black History Months to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/columnists/tomlinson/article/trump-hegseth-black-history-cancelled-20149267.php
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump’s Use of Guantanamo Bay Signals Hard Line Against Migrants
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trumps-use-of-guantanamo-bay-signals-hard-line-against-migrants-32880dac
— Test Scores Fall, Unions Want More (COMMENT: The more illegals that there are in schools, the more that test scores will fall.)
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/california-teachers-association-schools-money-covid-david-goldberg-teachers-union-5b21847f
— FRONT PAGE: How Trump’s Sweeping Expulsions Have Thrown the FBI Into Chaos (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, they used Republican-led budget cuts to get rid of the agency’s Republican employees starting with those who were White, male, older. non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. Because I am all of the aforesaid. I am amazed that I survived for almost 18 years,
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-fbi-firings-immigration-crime-ad7d6b44
KIPLINGER
— Is Your Vice Putting Your Retirement at Risk? From alcohol to gambling, adults spend a lot of money pursuing their vices. Is the cost of a little fun jeopardizing their retirement nest eggs? (COMMENT: Democrat leaders crow about their success in promoting vices. Because I do not spend money on vices, I have more money. My critics/opponents promote vices.)
https://www.kiplinger.com/retirement/is-your-vice-putting-your-retirement-at-risk
HAGERTY
— American Muscle Car Index (COMMENT: Please let me know if you share my interest in American muscle cars. I am especially interested in Chargers, Corvettes, Mustangs, and Thunderbirds. I have ordered a 2025 Charger Daytona R/T. I own a 2013 Charger R/T Max, 2005 and 1972 Corvette, 2023 Mustang GT Premium, and 1996 Thunderbird LX. I previously owned a 1968 Charger R/T, 1969 Charger SE, 1962 Impala SS, 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, 1968 Oldsmobile 442, 1990 Thunderbird LX, 1994 Thunderbird, and 2003 Cavalier LS.)
https://www.hagerty.com/media/market-trends/hagerty-indexes-idle-into-2025/
UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE
— Scholarships You Should Apply for in February 2025 (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always used my not getting any scholarships against me. They hint/imply/argue/shout that my not getting any scholarships proves that I am academically deficient and that my parents were filthy rich. I should write about my critics/opponents and the scholarships that they got.)
https://www.universitymagazine.ca/scholarships-you-should-apply-for-in-february/
GLUESENKAMP PEREZ
— Gluesenkamp Perez Introduces Bill to Bring Greater Transparency to College Tuition Costs (COMMENT: Back in the good old days when college costs were much lower, I was able to work my way through college and graduate debt-free and owning a 20-month-old car. But the many hours that I worked to do that instead of studying dragged my GPA down.)
https://gluesenkampperez.house.gov/posts/gluesenkamp-perez-introduces-bill-to-bring-greater-transparency-to-college-tuition-costs
HR DIGEST
— Federal Worker Buyout Deadline Extended Until February 10 (COMMENT: Have you faced such deadlines? My Democrat GAO superiors’ deadline to take their early retirement “offer” was September 30, 1997. If I had not taken it, I would not have been eligible to retire for 6 years. In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, I should not have taken it. I should not succumbed to their threats. Yes, if I had not taken it, they would have taken even bigger adverse actions against me than they had before. But I would have sought help from U.S. Congressman Henry Hyde. I would have sued my GAO superiors. I would have stressed that I had earned job-relate professional certifications in 1997 (forensic accounting), 1996 (financial services auditing), 1994 (government financial management), 1990 (fraud examination), 1981 (internal auditing), and 1979 (accounting). I would have stressed that I earned a job-related professional license in 1981 (CPA). I would have stressed that I earned job-related master’s degrees in 1997 (financial markets and trading), 1980 (accounting), and 1976 (business). I would have stressed that GAO audits IRS, that I had worked for GAO on audits of IRS for 3 years (1986-1988), and that I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years (1971-1980), the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year.)
https://www.thehrdigest.com/federal-worker-buyout-deadline-extended-until-feb-10/
AMERICA MAGAZINE
— Democrat leaders crow about their success in getting Catholics to promote illegal immigration.
https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2025/02/06/catholic-church-vulnerable-migrants-trump-249835
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Black Federal Employees Targeted in Public Blacklist as Trump and Musk Continue Assault on Diversity (COMMENT: I should write about the tremendous preference that my Democrat Black superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates got while I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years. I would focus on my Democrat Black GAO subordinate who my Democrat GAO superiors replaced me with. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the one I had.)
https://www.washingtoninformer.com/trump-allies-identify-federal-employees/
TIMES OF INDIA
— Condoms for Taliban to drag shows in Ecuador: Craziest USAID spends revealed
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/condoms-for-taliban-to-drag-shows-in-ecuador-craziest-usaid-spends-revealed/articleshow/118003488.cms
February 6, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— DOJ sues Chicago, Illinois and Cook County over sanctuary city policies
https://abc7chicago.com/post/doj-sues-chicago-illinois-cook-county-sanctuary-city-immigration-policies/15872840/
— LGBTQ+ group rallies at UI Health after Trump administration sued over transgender care order. Lawsuit claims UI Health Chicago doctors canceled 17-year-old transgender boy’s surgery last week after Trump’s executive order.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/lgbtq-group-rallies-ui-health-chicago-pflag-sues-trump-administration-executive-order-transgender-care-minors/15873976/
— Service members sue Trump administration over transgender military service ban
https://abc7chicago.com/post/transgender-military-service-ban-members-sue-trump-administration/15873833/
NBC5
— Justice Department sues Chicago and Illinois over immigration policies. In their complaint, the department cites specifically Illinois’ Trust Act, The Way Forward Act and Chicago’s Welcoming City ordinance.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/justice-department-sues-chicago-and-illinois-over-immigration-policies/3667316/
CBS2
— Thornton Township, Illinois fires Tiffany Henyard’s boyfriend, another employee
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/thornton-township-illinois-fires-tiffany-henyards-boyfriend/
WGN9
— Trump announces task force to ‘eradicate anti-Christian bias’
https://wgntv.com/news/trump-announces-task-force-to-eradicate-anti-christian-bias/
— 117th Chicago Auto Show begins 10-day run Saturday, kicks off with charity event Friday night, at McCormick Place
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/117th-chicago-auto-show-show-begins-10-day-run-saturday-kicks-off-with-charity-event-friday-night-at-mccormick-place/
WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://news.wttw.com/2025/02/06/supporters-gender-affirming-care-rally-university-illinois-hospital-following-trump-s
WGN RADIO
— Should Illinois counties that voted to secede join Indiana?
https://wgnradio.com/john-williams/should-illinois-counties-that-voted-to-secede-join-indiana/
— How much money are Americans spending on their vices?
https://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/how-much-money-are-americans-spending-on-their-vices/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump administration sues Illinois, Cook County and Chicago over sanctuary immigration laws
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/06/trump-immigration-sanctuary-lawsuit/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/05/illinois-gender-affirming-care-trump-order/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Justice Department sues Illinois, Chicago and Cook County over sanctuary status. The federal lawsuit, filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Chicago, claims sanctuary policies in Illinois that keep local authorities from cooperating with the deportation effort are “exacerbating” a crisis at the U.S. Southern border.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/donald-trump/2025/02/06/donald-trump-justice-department-lawsuit-jb-pritzker-mayor-brandon-johnson-sanctuary-status
— Under Trump administration, some Chicago students think twice about applying for financial aid. If they submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, students risk outing their undocumented parents. But if they don’t, they could lose out on the chance at college.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/02/06/under-trump-administration-some-chicago-students-think-twice-about-fafsa
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Trump DOJ accuses Pritzker, Johnson and other local Dems of defying immigration crackdown
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/trump-justice-department-sues-chicago-over-sanctuary-laws
— Illinois officials eye N.Y. law keeping doctors’ names off abortion pill prescriptions
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/illinois-considers-law-obscuring-abortion-pill-prescriptions
SOUTHERN
— House Republicans meet with Trump to ‘move the ball forward’ on his agenda
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/02/06/house-republicans-meet-with-trump-to-move-the-ball-forward-on-his-agenda/
MUDDY RIVER NEWS
— House GOP caucus walks out during Dems’ pushback of Trump agenda
https://muddyrivernews.com/top-stories/house-gop-caucus-walks-out-during-dems-pushback-of-trump-agenda/20250206074725/
SUBURBAN LIFE
— Democrat leaders promote anti-Trump rally in Wheaton
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/news/dupage-county/2025/02/06/dupage-county-rally-to-support-medicaid-in-the-face-of-proposed-cuts/
WIFR
— Illinois State Representative John Cabello, R-90th District, slams Illinois democrats, claiming they used a Feb. 5 legislative session to push back on President Donald Trump’s agenda instead of focusing on the state budget.
https://www.wifr.com/2025/02/07/absolutely-positively-stupid-stateline-lawmaker-shares-reasons-behind-republican-walkout-during-legislative-session/
WSIL TV
— Attention federal employees: It may be hard to get a private sector job right now (COMMENT: Private sector employers a) look down on, if not despise, if not hate federal employees and b) ascribe negative stereotypes to federal employees.)
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/consumer/attention-federal-employees-it-may-be-hard-to-get-a-private-sector-job-right-now/article_a5178a86-1fcc-54ff-86bd-261d286dda77.html
WAND TV
— Thousands of cars sold in Illinois have fake odometer readings
https://www.wandtv.com/news/thousands-of-cars-sold-in-illinois-have-fake-odometer-readings/article_05d9763e-e3dd-11ef-a40b-6b906b5beb3d.html
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Opposition lawmakers protest alleged mistreatment of Indian deportees by US
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/world/ap-opposition-lawmakers-protest-alleged-mistreatment-of-indian-deportees-by-us/
STATE OF ILLINOIS
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot. How successful have Democrats been pushing pot in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://www.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/illinois/iisnewsattachments/30910-020625-24.02.05-pritzker-administration-announces-cannabis-sales-exceed-2-billion-annually2.pdf.pdf
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/02/06/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-244/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois near the bottom for social mobility (COMMENT: Sadly, my father, my grandfather, and my great grandfather are examples of downward mobility. In 1902, my great grandfather had 1285 Main Street built in Crete (4,030 sq. ft. https://www.redfin.com/IL/Crete/1285-Main-St-60417/home/23199035 ). In 1926, my grandfather had 1286 Wood Street built in Crete (1793 sq. ft. https://www.redfin.com/IL/Crete/1286-Wood-St-60417/home/23199039 ). My father never had a home built.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_3c4d4faa-e4c9-11ef-8357-db47fe4d3cdf.html
ILLINOIS LEAKS
— State of Illinois Paid CAPFAX / POLITICO $102,673 (COMMENT: I advocate full disclosure. He who pays the piper calls the tunes. 100% of the money and time needed to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and to send them out comes from me.)
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2025/02/state-of-illinois-paid-capfax-politico-102673/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Once again, we do not fault any news agency or blogger, or anyone else for making a living, but we do fault state and local governments for spending tax money on these types of subscriptions as there does not appear to be any statute providing our state government to spend money in this fashion.)
— U.S. Justice Dept. Sues Illinois, JB Pritzker, Chicago PD, Cook County Over Sanctuary Policies
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2025/02/u-s-justice-dept-sues-illinois-jb-pritzker-chicago-pd-cook-county-over-sanctuary-policies/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Laura Trump, Speaker at McHenry County GOPAC Event, Selected by FOX to Host Saturday Night Show
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/06/laura-trump-speaker-at-mchenry-county-gopac-event-selected-by-fox-to-host/
— Cary Grade School District Sends Immigrant Protection Letter in Searchable Format Showing It’s Never Too Late for A School Superintendent to Learn Something New
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/06/cary-grade-school-district-sends-immigrant-protection-letter-in-searchable-format-showing-its-never-too-late-for-a-school-superintendent-to-learn-something-new/
— Nunda Township GOP Candidate Forum Cancelled after Incumbent Declines to Attend
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/06/nunda-township-gop-candidate-forum-cancelled-after-incumbent-declines-to-attend/
— Huntley Amazon Warehouse Hires Employees Who Don’t Speak English
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/06/huntley-amazon-warehouse-hires-employees-who-dont-speak-english/
— Lakemoor, Former Mayor Ryan Todd Weihofen & State Police Sued for Over $40 Million for Botched Hemp Seizure
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/06/lakemoor-former-mayor-ryan-todd-weihofen-state-police-sued-for-over-40-million-for-botched-hemp-seizure/
— A Duty Most County Boards Probably Do Not Perform
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/06/a-duty-the-county-board-probably-does-not-perform/
— The Highest Compensated McHenry County Employees – $150,000 Up
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/06/the-highest-compensated-mchenry-county-employees/
— LaHood Comments on Trump’s Suing Chicago, Cook County and the State of Illinois over Illegal Alien Deportation Interference
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/06/lahood-comments-on-trumps-suing-chicago-cook-county-and-the-state-of-illinois-over-illegal-alien-deportation-interference/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Federal judge pauses Trump’s federal worker buyout plan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/6/federal-judge-pauses-trump-federal-worker-buyout-p/
— Trump elevates birthright citizenship fight with appeal of judge’s block
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/6/trump-elevates-birthright-citizenship-fight-appeal/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump DOJ sues Chicago in first major sanctuary city case
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/3312737/trump-doj-sues-chicago-first-major-sanctuary-city-case/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump administration sues Chicago, state of Illinois over sanctuary laws — and vows more lawsuits to come
https://nypost.com/2025/02/06/us-news/trump-administration-sues-chicago-state-of-illinois-over-sanctuary-laws-and-vows-more-lawsuits-to-come/
AMERICAN THINKER
— The Church, Illegals, and the Law
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/02/the_church_illegals_and_the_law.html
DAILY WIRE
— Trump Admin Sues Chicago, State Of Illinois Over Illegal Alien Sanctuary Laws. “The Department of Justice will no longer stand by as state and local leaders obstruct federal law enforcement efforts.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-sues-chicago-state-of-illinois-over-illegal-alien-sanctuary-laws
— U.S. Military Drops Off First Flight Of ‘High Priority’ Illegal Immigrants At GITMO. Those dropped off for detention were members of Tren de Aragua.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-u-s-military-drops-off-first-flight-of-high-priority-illegal-immigrants-at-gitmo
— Why Guantanamo Bay Is ‘The Perfect Place’ For Violent Illegals. Eventually, 30,000 undesirables with no business moving within our borders will be off our streets and tossed into prison.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/why-guantanamo-bay-is-the-perfect-place-for-violent-illegals
EPOCH TIMES
— Judge Pushes Back Deadline for Trump Admin Buyout Offer to Federal Workers. More than 40,000 federal workers have already opted into the plan.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/judge-pushes-back-deadline-for-trump-buyout-offer-to-federal-workers-5805560
FEDERATION FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Misnamed Open-Borders Protest is the Usual Bust
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2025/02/05/misnamed-open-borders-protest-usual-bust
FOX NEWS
— Trump DOJ slaps Illinois, Chicago with lawsuit over sanctuary laws
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-doj-files-lawsuit-against-illinois-chicago-lawsuit-sanctuary-laws
— ‘Tough decisions’ in store for ‘sanctuary’ cities after Bondi turns off federal funding spigot. ‘I would expect there to be consequences, and I support that,’ PA House GOP Leader Jesse Topper said.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/state-officials-react-bondis-order-withholding-sanctuary-city-funding-tough-decisions-make
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Diversity Staffers at Eastern Illinois U. Raise Black Lives Matter Flag for Black History Month
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/02/diversity-staffers-at-eastern-illinois-u-raise-black-lives-matter-flag-for-black-history-month/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— DOJ Sues Illinois, Chicago over Sanctuary Laws as Mass Deportations Continue
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/doj-sues-illinois-chicago-over-sanctuary-laws-as-mass-deportations-continue/
PJ MOBILITY
— Militant Group Teaching ‘Self Defense’ Against ICE Raids
https://pjmedia.com/lincolnbrown/2025/02/06/militant-group-teaching-self-defense-against-ice-raids-n4936751
WESTERN JOURNAL
— US Taxpayer Money Found Flowing to Drag Queen Shows in Ecuador
https://www.westernjournal.com/us-taxpayer-money-found-flowing-drag-queen-shows-ecuador/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— A short honeymoon for Catholics in D.C. as Vice President Vance clashes with bishops on migration
https://www.yahoo.com/news/short-honeymoon-catholics-d-c-130201365.html
CNN
— Judge pauses ‘buyout’ offer for federal workers
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-gaza-news-02-06-25
CBS NEWS
— Trump makes misleading claims about government payments to Politico.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-politico-payments-fact-check/
NEW YORK TIMES
— The Trump administration plans to retain only about 290 of the more than 10,000 employees worldwide at the U.S. Agency for International Development.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02/06/us/president-trump-news?campaign_id=60
MIAMI HERALD
— Democrats use DEI to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.aol.com/florida-showed-trump-demonize-dei-225956004.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— White House Preparing Order to Cut Thousands of Federal Health Workers. The executive order could come as soon as next week, if the Trump administration goes ahead with plans
https://www.wsj.com/health/healthcare/white-house-preparing-order-to-cut-thousands-of-federal-health-workers-bd1e0b7f
RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— 54% Agree Media Are the ‘Enemy of the People’ (COMMENT: The mainstream news media exists a) to advance the Democrat Party platform and to elect and reelect Democrats and b) to demonize, denigrate, and condemn the Republican Party platform and to defeat Republican candidates.)
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration_second_term/54_still_agree_media_are_the_enemy_of_the_people
February 6, 2025
Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly organize, promote, and report on more demonstrations against Trump. How successful have Democrat leaders been organizing, promoting, and reporting on protests against Trump in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Chicago-area experts question US right to make Gaza Strip ‘Riviera of the Middle East’
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-gaza-news-heading-springfield-advocate-palestinians-pres-says-he-wants-turn-strip-riviera/15869210/
NBC5
— Rallies against Trump administration held in Chicago, numerous other cities
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EE5dLjYfZA
— Google scraps diversity ‘aspirations,’ citing role as federal contractor (COMMENT: Google has always steered everyone to websites a) that promote the Democrat Party platform and b) that demonize, denigrate, and condemn the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/google-scraps-diversity-aspirations-citing-role-as-federal-contractor/3666768/
CBS2
— Palestinian Americans in Chicago area decry Trump’s plan for U.S. to “take over the Gaza Strip”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/palestinian-americans-in-chicago-area-decry-trump-s-plan-for-u-s-to-take-over-the-gaza-strip/ar-AA1yucJ8
— Palestinian Americans in Chicago not pleased with President Trump’s Gaza takeover plan
https://www.yahoo.com/news/palestinian-americans-chicago-not-pleased-013600282.html
WGN9
— Hundreds rally against Trump administration’s Middle East, immigration policies
https://www.aol.com/hundreds-rally-against-trump-administration-225347771.html
FOX32
— Trump tariffs could hit Illinois hard, state treasurer warns
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-tariffs-illinois
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Hundreds of patients skip appointments at Chicago health clinic amid deportation fears. At CommunityHealth, which serves a large immigrant population, prescriptions for diabetes, high blood pressure and other chronic conditions have been left on shelves since President Donald Trump took office.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2025/02/05/chicago-health-clinic-patient-deportation-fear
DAILY HERALD
— Salvi: JB Pritzker’s ego could cost Illinois
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250206/columns/jb-pritzkers-ego-could-cost-illinois/
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Photos of Illinois protestors against actions of President Trump, Elon Musk
https://www.sj-r.com/picture-gallery/news/2025/02/05/hundreds-of-protestors-rally-at-illinois-capitol-against-trump-musk-see-photos/78260501007/
BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Protestors demonstrate against Trump policies outside Illinois Capitol
https://pantagraph.com/news/local/protestors-demonstrate-against-trump-policies-outside-illinois-capitol/video_241eda7c-9746-51d7-be96-80a0d75c5146.html
— Fear, anger, hope shown at ICE protest by students on ISU campus
https://pantagraph.com/news/local/government-politics/protest-isu-immigration-ice-students-bloomington-normal/article_a5c3fb6a-e3fb-11ef-919b-6b706dd71e8a.html
STATELINE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use their illegals to promote more hatred against Republicans. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/illinois-schools-communities-on-edge-with-rumors-of-ice-raids/
WAND TV
— State Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid (D-Berwyn) said President Donald Trump is enacting an ethnic cleansing after Trump called all Palestinians to leave Gaza. “Let’s call that what it is, ethnic cleansing,” Rashid said.
https://www.wandtv.com/community/donald-trump-is-calling-for-ethnic-cleansing-says-illinois-house-democrat/article_7629d996-e406-11ef-bf60-3f2a156d1588.html
WCIA
— Protesters converge on Illinois Capitol as tensions over Trump actions rise in the chamber
https://www.wcia.com/news/protesters-converge-on-illinois-capitol-as-tensions-over-trump-actions-rise-in-the-chamber/
WGLT
— Advocates ask Illinois lawmakers to increase funding for the unhoused in new budget (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, homelessness will ever-increasingly increase.)
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-02-04/advocates-ask-illinois-lawmakers-to-increase-funding-for-the-unhoused-in-new-budget
NPR ILLINOIS
— New attorney general moves to align DOJ with Trump’s priorities. (COMMENT: In Diersen v. GAO, Bush’s DOJ was aligned with GAO’s priorities of using Affirmative Action, DEI, up-or-out, and budget cuts to waste the careers of and to get rid of its Republican employees like me who were White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-02-05/new-attorney-general-moves-to-align-justice-department-with-trumps-priorities
— While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they always glorified and praised those inside and outside of the federal government who promoted the Democrat Party platform.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-02-05/nsa-museum-covered-plaques-honoring-women-and-people-of-color-provoking-an-uproar
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Rand Paul knocks Trump Gaza takeover plan
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/rand-paul-knocks-trump-gaza-takeover-plan-i-thought-we-voted-for-america-first/
CWB CHICAGO
— Bystanders slam gate on cops, cheerlead suspects during cross-town chase
https://cwbchicago.com/2025/02/bystanders-slam-gate-cops-cheerlead-suspects-during-cross-town-chase-video.html
CHALKBEAT CHICAGO
— Illinois lawmakers advance measure to untangle student test scores from teacher evaluations (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors assigned me to supervise all their most problematic employees.)
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/02/05/illinois-lawmakers-propose-change-to-teacher-evaluation-requirements/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Battle lines in Springfield over Trump
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/02/06/battle-lines-in-springfield-over-trump-00202827
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/02/06/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-451/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Chicago violent crime numbers up, arrests down across city
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_a5a16d6c-e3d7-11ef-aa02-4b09cee8328e.html
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— If Trump had been elected earlier with his new priorities, how might that have impacted you? If Trump had been elected earlier with his new priorities, my critics/opponents in the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party (IRP) might not have been able to a) remove me from the IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024, b) end my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, and c) take other adverse actions against me. If Trump had been elected earlier with his new priorities, my Democrat GAO superiors might not have been able to a) force me to take their early retirement “offer” when I was 49 years old in 1997, b) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay for performance purposes, c) not promote me beyond GS-13 and delay my promotions, d) keep me off audits of IRS, and e) force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. If Trump had been elected earlier with his new priorities, my Democrat IRS superiors might not have been able to a) not promote me beyond GS-12, b) disallow my education deductions in 1978, and c) disallow my travel vouchers in 1974. If Trump had been elected earlier with his new priorities, my Democrat Post Office superiors might not have been able to a) force me to resign in 1969 and b) disallow my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Non-Parental Relatives Caring for Children to Receive Same State Benefits as Foster Parents
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/05/non-parental-relatives-caring-for-children-to-receive-same-state-benefits-as-foster-parents/
— County Offers Paperless Permit Application
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/05/county-offers-paperless-permit-application/
— McHenry County Republicans Announce Darin Bailey as Lincoln Day Speaker on April 5th
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/05/mchenry-county-republicans-announce-darin-bailey-as-lincoln-day-speaker-on-april-5th/
ILLINOIS POLCY INSTITUTE
— Illinois 10th worst state for getting ahead. (COMMENT: Back in the good old days, I was able 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, and my mother never attended high school.)
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/ranking-illinois-10th-worst-state-for-getting-ahead/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Tom Cotton credits bump in Army recruits to ‘Trump effect’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/3311440/tom-cotton-credits-bump-army-recruits-trump-effect/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Colombia’s President Petro calls cocaine no different from whiskey, claims only gringo prejudice gives it a bad rap
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/02/colombia_s_president_petro_calls_cocaine_no_different_from_whiskey_claims_only_gringo_prejudice_gives_it_a_bad_rap.html
FOX NEWS
— Detaining illegal immigrants at Guantanamo could result in legal challenges, slow deportations, experts say. The Trump administration this week began flying illegal immigrants to a military installation on the island.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/detaining-illegal-immigrants-guantanamo-result-legal-challenges-slow-deportations-experts-say
TOWNHALL
— Mexico Begins Sending Troops to Southern Border After Trump Threatens Tariffs
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeff-charles/2025/02/05/mexico-begins-sending-troops-to-southern-border-n2651711
— DEI Woke Uniparty Deep State Collusion
https://townhall.com/columnists/alanjosephbauer/2025/02/06/dei-woke-uniparty-deep-state-collusion-n2651705#google_vignette
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— ICE releases some migrant detainees as its detention facilities reach 109% capacity
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-releases-some-migrant-detainees-detention-facilities-reach-109-percent-capacity/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Opposition lawmakers protest alleged mistreatment of Indian deportees by US
https://apnews.com/article/indian-illegal-immigration-protest-parliament-deportation-trump-90ae7999040196e3ce25dd3fa8e29137
NEWSWEEK
— 50501 Movement Fuels Anti-Trump Rallies Across the US
https://www.newsweek.com/anti-donald-trump-protests-50501-project-2025-live-updates-2026503
CNBC
— Have taken a pay cut? GAO audits IRS. In 1980, when I was 31 years old, my GAO superiors forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO, that is, I had to take a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-9 Step 10. They used that to shout at everyone that GAO considered the following to be worthless my having: a) 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, b) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul, and d) earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976.
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/14/one-third-of-job-switchers-took-a-pay-cut-for-better-work-life-balance.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/us/politics/trump-trans-athletes-executive-order.html
— Right-Wing Group Publishes ‘D.E.I. Watch List’ Targeting Federal Workers. The American Accountability Foundation list included names and photos of more than 50 people, many in programs aimed at improving the health of people of color. (COMMENT: Because of my bad demographics and because I complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, my Democrat superiors in the federal government always had me on their purge lists.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/us/politics/dei-watchlist-federal-health-workers-cdc-nih.html
— As Trump Attacks D.E.I., Some on the Left Approve
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/business/economy/trump-dei-democrats-left-unions.html
— The Trump Crisis Deepens
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/opinion/trump-power-constitution.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/02/05/transgender-students-trump-executive-order/
USA TODAY
— ‘People are feeling galvanized’: Anti-Trump protesters rally in cities across US
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/02/05/anti-trump-protests-50-states-updates/78239472007/
— Fear and uncertainty in federal workforce as Trump deadline arrives
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/06/trump-federal-workforce-fork-buyout-deadline-musk/78057990007/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Disabled federal workers fear for their jobs after Trump remarks (COMMENT: Their employees who my Democrat GAO superiors assigned me to supervise were Democrats and were many, most, if not virtually all of the following: minority, female, veteran, disabled, and/or had performance problems.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/02/05/disabled-federal-employees-dei-trump/77976332007/
THE SUN
— What were you doing 50 years ago? I was working for IRS in the Loop, taking graduate evening business courses at Loyola, living in my studio condo in downtown Chicago weekdays, living in my town home in University Park weekends, and owning a 1972 Corvette and a 1962 Chevy Bel Air.
https://news.thesunontheweb.com/articles/50-years-ago-220/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DEI and Disparate Impact. The next step in restoring meritocracy is to reject the theory that proportionate outcomes equal fairness.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/dei-and-disparate-impact-next-step-toward-meritocracy-is-rejecting-this-theory-b65485ed
— Trump Considers Labeling Migrants a Measles, Tuberculosis Risk. Advisers have searched for disease threats that would merit emergency health law invoked during Trump’s first term for Covid-19 risk.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-asylum-seekers-measles-tuberculosis-risk-0e71a539
KIPLINGER
— Social Security Fairness Act Checklist: Six Things to Know. This Social Security Fairness Act checklist explains what public sector retirees can expect from SSFA, including how much more money they might receive. (COMMENT: The Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) has dramatically reduced my Social Security since 2010.)
https://www.kiplinger.com/retirement/social-security/social-security-fairness-act-checklist
PLAN ADVISER
— Potential Implementation Delays Face Social Security Fairness Act. Under the SSA’s current budget, the agency expects it could take more than one year to adjust benefits and pay all retroactive benefits. (COMMENT: The Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) has dramatically reduced my Social Security since 2010.)
https://www.planadviser.com/potential-implementation-delays-face-social-security-fairness-act/
NATIONAL LAW REVIEW
— Democrat and RINO employers use Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://natlawreview.com/article/employment-law-week-how-will-trumps-federal-changes-impact-employers-podcast-video
LEXOLOGY
— Requirements of the New Illinois Pay Transparency Amendment (COMMENT: Federal salaries have always been extremely transparent. GAO audits IRS. In 1980, when I was 31 years old, my IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates shouted at everyone that GAO had forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO, that is, that I had to take a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-9 Step 10. They used that to shout at everyone that GAO considered the following to be worthless: a) my having 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, b) my having passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) my having almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul, and d) my having earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976.)
https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=2cd9088a-1c7c-45d4-adec-57a619e1b71b
NPR
— Democrat leaders charge ICE with arresting “scores of migrants in the U.S. who have no criminal records.”
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/04/nx-s1-5282379/trumps-mass-deportation-arrests-of-non-criminal-immigrants-no-criminal-record
POLITICO
— Musk aims to hobble federal workers ahead of ‘buyout’ deadline. Countless staffers in the government are now grappling with what to do. (COMMENT: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years.)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/06/federal-workers-musk-buyout-fears-00202768
AXIOS
— Thousands across the U.S. protest Trump and Musk’s policies
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/05/photos-protest-trump-admin-50501
CANADIAN PRESS
— Protests against Trump and Project 2025 are planned in cities across the US
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/protesters-in-cities-across-the-us-rally-against-trump-s-policies-project-2025-and-elon-musk/ar-AA1yr7tC
DAILY MAIL
— Anti-Donald Trump and Elon Musk protests pop up across the country
https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/other/anti-donald-trump-and-elon-musk-protests-pop-up-across-the-country/vi-AA1yu5Nv
GUARDIAN
— US military aircraft transports 104 deported people to India. Plane departed Texas and landed in Amritsar as Washington prepares to welcome Indian PM Narendra Modi.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/05/military-flight-india-immigration
— JANUARY 30, 2019 FLASKBACK: ‘How do they expect to run without us?’ Tesla accused of axing key staff to cut costs. Electric car firm slashed 7% of workforce this month and ex-employees say more experienced staff were targeted. (COMMEMT: When the Democrats who ran GAO in 1997 forced me to retire, they flushed down their toilets the experience that I had gained a) working for GAO since 1980, b) working for IRS 1971-1980, c) earning master’s degrees in 1997 (finance), 1980 (accounting), and 1976 (business), d) earning job-related professional certifications in 1997 (forensic accounting), 1996 (financial services auditing), 1994 (government financial management), 1990 (fraud examination), 1981 (internal auditing), and 1979 (accounting), and e) earning a job-related professional license in 1981 (CPA).)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jan/30/tesla-factory-elon-musk-layoffs-company
ECONOMIC TIMES
— ‘Deport Elon, DOGE is not legit’: Protests erupt across US against Trump, Tesla CEO and Project 2025
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/global-trends/us-news-protests-against-trump-elon-musk-deport-elon-doge-is-not-legit-protests-erupt-across-us-against-trump-tesla-ceo-and-project-2025-usaid/articleshow/117978132.cms
BUSINESS STANDARD
— ‘Stop attack on democracy’: Protesters rally against Trump, Musk across US
https://www.business-standard.com/world-news/us-protests-against-trump-immigration-rights-transgender-gaza-2025-125020600688_1.html
TIMES OF INDIA
— Why the rich risk being illegals in America
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/toi-edit-page/why-the-rich-risk-being-illegals-in-america/
February 5, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Trump planning to attend Super Bowl in New Orleans
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-planning-attend-super-bowl-new-orleans-sources/15864809/
— USPS temporarily suspends package service from China, Hong Kong as Trump’s tariffs kick in
https://abc7chicago.com/post/usps-china-suspends-service-packages-hong-kong-donald-trumps-tariffs-kick/15866614/
— Democrat leaders promote Black History Month. My subordinate who my Democrat GAO superiors replaced me with was Black and always led the office’s Black History Month events. He had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had one professional certification while I had six, and had no professional license like the one I had.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/what-is-black-history-month/15865426/
NBC5
— Trump says U.S. will ‘take over’ Gaza to develop it, and Palestinians should leave
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/trump-says-u-s-will-own-and-develop-gaza-strip/3665651/
WGN9
— Mayor Johnson slams Trump’s education policy as ‘reckless,’ pledges to protect Chicago’s future
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh6R6enuBy8
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump says he’s exploring option to send jailed US criminals to other countries
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/04/marco-rubio-el-salvador/
— Trump won’t rule out deploying US troops to support rebuilding Gaza, sees ‘long-term’ US ownership
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/04/trump-netanyahu-gaza/
— Pritzker stresses importance of federal education funding amid latest threats from Trump
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/04/gov-jb-pritzker-stresses-importance-of-federal-education-funding-amid-latest-threats-from-trump/
— Virtually all federal employees are Democrats. They give preference to those who are Democrat, that is, they discriminate against those who are Republican.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/05/opinion-defend-civil-service-federal-worker-cuts-donald-trump/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump wants US to own, develop Gaza after Palestinians resettled elsewhere. Trump added the U.S. would level destroyed buildings and “create an economic development that will supply unlimited numbers of jobs and housing for the people of the area.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/nation-world/2025/02/04/trump-gaza-united-states-own-develop-palestinians-displaced-netanyahu
— Federal transit dollars for Chicago, Illinois could be jeopardized via Trump administration directive. The order, issued in a U.S. Department of Transportation memo late last week, calls on the department to “give preference to communities with marriage and birth rates higher than the national average.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/transportation/2025/02/04/donald-trump-federal-funding-mass-transit-cta-rta-executive-order
DAILY EGYPTIAN
— Carbondale promotes DEI, that is, Carbondale promotes discrimination against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://dailyegyptian.com/120234/news/national-dei-changes-lead-carbondale-to-monitor-inclusion-goals/
WAND TV
— Moms could receive paid break time to breastfeed their children in set of Illinois Democrat bills (COMMENT: During the 1990s, GAO’s Chicago office gutted its smoking room and turned it into a lactation room.)
https://www.wandtv.com/community/moms-could-receive-paid-break-time-to-breastfeed-their-children-in-set-of-illinois-democrat/article_9c811f84-e33c-11ef-84cd-1352da872df0.html
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Fearing that DeSantis will run for U.S. President in 2028, Democrat leaders do everything that they can to destroy him. Fearing that I would run for DuPage County Auditor, DuPage County RINOs did everything that they could to destroy me notwithstanding the fact that I never said or did anything that indicated that I might run for DuPage County Auditor. In fact, I did everything that I could to help elect a) Jim Rasins in 2000 and 2004 and b) Bob Grogan in 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, and 2024. To destroy me, they have ignored, dismissed, belittled, and badmouthed my qualifications. I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117-807-$153,151/year: I worked for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year. I became a licensed CPA in 1981. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor Examination on my first attempt in 1981. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I became a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, Government Financial Manager in 1994, Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and Forensic Accountant in 1997. I earned master’s degrees in business in 1976, accounting in 1980, and finance in 1997. I should write about DuPage County RINOs. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-desantis-goes-to-battle-with-florida-republicans-in-trying-to-get-closer-to-trump/
— Trump says he’s given advisers instructions for Iran to be ‘obliterated’ if it assassinates him
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trump-says-hes-given-advisers-instructions-for-iran-to-be-obliterated-if-it-assassinates-him/
WIFR
— Democrat leaders get Rockford students to promote illegal immigration
https://www.wifr.com/2025/02/05/east-students-walk-out-protest-trumps-immigration-policies/
WGLT
— U.S. cannabis shoppers face a market flush with illegal weed
https://www.wglt.org/2025-02-05/u-s-cannabis-shoppers-face-a-market-flush-with-illegal-weed
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Mayor Johnson has lost his credibility and the ability to govern Chicago. The only question is, who will replace him?
https://wirepoints.org/mayor-johnson-has-lost-his-credibility-and-the-ability-to-govern-chicago-the-only-question-is-who-will-replace-him-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Have you been offered a buyout? In 1993, when I was 45 years old, the Democrats who ran GAO “offered” $25,000 buyouts and early retirement to get rid of its 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. Things that I did that helped me survive 1993-1997 include a) earning a master’s degree in financial markets and trading in 1997, b) becoming a Certified Forensic Accountant in 1997, Financial Services Auditor in 1996, Government Financial Manager in 1994, Fraud Examiner in 1990, Internal Auditor and licensed CPA in 1981, and CPA in 1979, and c) earning master’s degrees in accounting from DePaul in 1980 and in business from Loyola in 1976. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Venezuelan gang members become first migrants shipped to Guantanamo Bay
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/4/tren-de-aragua-gang-members-shipped-guantanamo-bay/
— USAID spent funds on DEI, transgender initiatives, terrorist groups
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/4/usaid-spent-funds-dei-transgender-initiatives-terr/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump executive order ends travel stipends for female troops getting abortions
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3309749/travel-stipends-abortions/
BREITBART
— Wokism Became a ‘Bastardized’ Religion Praying to the ‘Great God of Equality’
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/02/04/comedian-bryan-callen-wokism-became-a-bastardized-religion-praying-to-the-great-god-of-equality/
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— A Proposal for a Better H-1B Guest Worker Program. ‘H1B Refreshed’ would train an American for each visa issued (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. If the employers that hired me could have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me, they would have. What did you do to get hired and/or to stay employed? I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970. I earned job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997. I earned job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. I earned a job-related professional license in 1981.)
https://cis.org/Lundgren/Proposal-Better-H1B-Guest-Worker-Program
FOX NEWS
— Unions sue Trump administration over ‘arbitrary and capricious’ federal employee buyout offers. American Federation of Government Employees warns workers to not be ‘misled by slick talk from unelected billionaires’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/unions-sue-trump-administration-arbitrary-capricious-employee-buyout-offers
— Sen. Kaine claims Trump will ‘stiff’ federal employees who take buyout offer: ‘Do not be fooled’
https://www.aol.com/news/sen-kaine-claims-trump-stiff-182414416.html
— Sanctuary cities that refuse ICE removal requests could be punished under state, federal legislation. Opponents of sanctuary cities say their policies harbor criminals, including violent gang members.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/sanctuary-cities-refuse-ice-removal-requests-could-punished-under-state-federal-legislation
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Homan Suggests Prosecuting New Jersey Governor for Sheltering Illegal Immigrant
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/border-czar-tom-homan-suggests-prosecuting-new-jersey-governor-for-sheltering-illegal-immigrant/
NEWSMAX
— Harboring Illegals Against the Law
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/nancy-mace-illegal-immigrants/2025/02/04/id/1197847/
ONE AMERICA NEWS
— DHS, Border Patrol, Marines Battle To Deport 100k Illegal Aliens From San Diego
https://www.oann.com/video/pearsonsharpreports/dhs-border-patrol-marines-battle-to-deport-100k-illegal-aliens-from-san-diego/
PJ MEDIA
— Trump ‘Welcomes’ New ‘Members’ to Club GITMO
https://pjmedia.com/victoria-taft/2025/02/04/club-gitmo-welcomes-new-guests-n4936672#google_vignette
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrats call for GAO investigation into Musk access of Treasury payment systems (COMMENT: I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5126204-democrats-call-for-investigation-into-musk-access-of-treasury-payment-systems/
— Union sues over Trump buyout offer
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5126770-federal-workers-union-sues-trump-buyouts/
ROLL CALL
— White House opens funding spigot for DOGE expenses. Budget-slashing group is given nearly $7 million in a week as Musk gets access to sensitive government data
https://rollcall.com/2025/02/04/white-house-opens-funding-spigot-for-doge-expenses/
NEWSWEEK
— Democrat leaders promote their 50 State Anti-Trump Protest
https://www.newsweek.com/50-states-anti-trump-protest-nationwide-50501-explainer-2026115
— Democratic Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett slammed “mediocre white boys” complaining about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives, telling them: “If you are competent, you are not concerned.” (COMMENT: My critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that I must be incompetent and even worse things because IRS never promoted me beyond GS-12 and GAO never promoted me beyond GS-13 even though I a) earned job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) earned job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) earned a job-related professional certification when I was 32.)
https://www.newsweek.com/jasmine-crockett-dei-donald-trump-politics-2025745
MSN
— Trump Targets ‘Woke’ Biden Appointees With Termination (COMMENT: All my critics/opponents are woke and the all promote wokeness/wokeism.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-targets-woke-biden-appointees-with-termination/ss-AA1ylGs3?ocid=iehp
NEW YORK TIMES
— U.S. Begins Flying Migrants to Guantánamo. The decision to send migrants from the United States to Guantánamo Bay is a change in how the country handles people it deports.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/us/politics/migrants-guantanamo-trump.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders say that Musk flouts accountability in his drive to slash budgets and oust workers. What about the Government Accountability Office that I worked for almost 18 years?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/us/politics/musk-federal-government.html
— To promote DEI is to promote discrimination against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/us/politics/trump-diversity-racism.html
— Many Americans Say the Democratic Party Does Not Share Their Priorities. A poll from The New York Times and Ipsos found that Americans believe abortion, L.G.B.T.Q. issues and climate change concern Democrats more than the cost of living.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/us/democrats-ipsos-poll-abortion-lgbt.html
WASHINGTON POST
— USPS suspends package service from China as Trump’s tariffs kick in. The U.S. Postal Service’s decision may block or delay parcels from retailers including Amazon, Shein and Temu from entering the country.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/02/04/usps-suspends-china-packages-shein-temu/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly encourage citizens of foreign countries to claim asylum in America.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/02/04/amnesty-migrants-border-trump-europe/
— At Guantánamo Bay detention camp, tents go up and troops await detainees. As immigration officials run out of detention space for migrants who might be deported, the Trump administration plans to send thousands to the U.S. naval base in Cuba.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/02/04/guantanamo-bay-immigrants-deportation-flights/
— Key functions of the Education Department, which Trump is moving to dismantle. Trump is preparing an executive order aimed at shrinking the department as he looks to fulfill his campaign promise to shut it down. (COMMENT: I should write about how Republicans shrank GAO from more than 6,000 employees in 1980 to less than 3,000 in 1997.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/02/04/department-of-education-explained-trump/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Lawsuit accuses UC of illegally giving admissions preference to Black and Latino students
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-02-05/lawsuit-accuses-uc-racial-preference-in-admissions
MIAMIA HERALD
— To promote DEI is to promote discrimination against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.aol.com/florida-showed-trump-demonize-dei-225956004.html
USA TODAY
— Trump’s right to slim federal workforce (COMMENT: Virtually all federal employees are Democrats. Democrats run the federal government. When they have to get rid of employees, they first get rid of those very few who are Republican and then those who they have not promoted to GS-15 ($!63,749-$195,200/year) and are White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/02/03/trump-federal-employee-cuts-buyout-deficit/78026673007/
— ‘We would call it a coup’: Watchdogs and Dems attack Elon Musk Treasury Department takeover
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/03/dems-elon-musk-doge-takeover-treasury/78187978007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The CIA Is About to Get a Trump Makeover. Spy agency’s workforce receives buyout-style offer.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/the-cia-is-about-to-get-a-trump-makeover-16fc0cbf
— Why Trump’s Tariff Idol, McKinley, Abandoned His Own Tariff Policy. President Donald Trump often cites the 25th President, William McKinley, as an inspiration. The ‘McKinley Tariffs’ were some of the largest hikes in U.S. history, but in his second term, McKinley changed his mind, and argued for more free trade. (COMMENT: How much have you benefitted from free trade, that is, how much have you benefitted from cheap foreign labor? Ever-increasingly, virtually everything that America needs is made in foreign countries. Ever-increasingly, America is dependent on countries that want to conquer America if not destroy America.)
https://www.wsj.com/video/series/news-explainers/why-trumps-tariff-idol-mckinley-abandoned-his-own-tariff-policy/38A9364C-142B-4656-AFE3-B6F7F4F504E2
FORBES
— How Many Federal Workers Accepted Trump’s Buyout Offer To Resign So Far?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/terinaallen/2025/02/05/how-many-federal-workers-accepted-trumps-buyout-offer-to-resign-so-far/
POLITICO
— 37 ways Project 2025 has shown up in Trump’s executive orders
https://www.politico.com/interactives/2025/trump-executive-orders-project-2025/
— Why some centrist Dems fear David Hogg could ‘do more harm than good.’ The activist’s election as vice chair of the Democratic National Committee was pilloried in conservative media. (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, I am “too conservative.”)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/04/david-hogg-dnc-election-00202496
NPR
— Venezuelans illegally accepted Biden’s illegal invitation to illegally come illegally to America illegally. Now those Venezuelans hate Trump for ending that.
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/04/nx-s1-5285470/venezuelans-florida-tps-immigration-trump
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly encourage illegals to hide out in schools, churches, hospitals, etc.
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/nx-s1-5277170
WASHINGTON MONTHLY
— To promote DEI is to promote discrimination against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2025/02/05/trumps-blunderbuss-war-on-diversity-equity-and-inclusion/
INSIDE HIGHER ED
— Hegseth Moves to End Race-Based Admissions at Military Academies
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2025/02/05/hegseth-orders-military-academies-end-affirmative-action
AUTO EVOLUTION
— Owner of a Dodge Charger EV Just Had His Car Delivered, This Is What He Likes and Dislikes (COMMENT: I have ordered a red 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T. If you share my interest in the car, please let me know.)
https://www.autoevolution.com/news/owner-of-a-dodge-charger-ev-just-had-his-car-delivered-this-is-what-he-likes-and-dislikes-246564.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Now that we have that out of the way, we can go right back to Paul Mangelsdorf’s brand-new non-muscle-car Dodge Charger Daytona R/T. Paul mostly uses the Auto driving mode. He has three more available: Eco, Sport, and Wet/Snow. There are also three regenerative braking levels. Right now, Paul uses the second of the three. He finds the third too aggressive, and the first one not quite enough. The R/T starts at $61,590. Paul’s car is painted in a gorgeous After Dark paint, which is a $795 option. The car rides on the 20-inch Blacknoise aluminum wheels. Paul likes the steering wheel, the seating position, and the fact that he has everything at hand. It is, he says, a step up from the Challenger. In terms of engagement, though… “It’s not lifeless, it’s got some character and feel to it,” he says. He enjoys the way the suspension handles the road imperfections. It is stable at high speeds and handles corners with much agility while remaining composed. Paul will, however, change the stock tires for grippier ones to get some extra traction. His car is equipped with the Fratzonic Chambered Exhaust, which he finds to be a lot of fun around the city, but he prefers to turn it off on the highway because he doesn’t need the drama and the heads turning. The fake V8 sound mimics the growls and roars of a real engine, but it can’t fool a petrolhead. Dodge confirmed that the R/T and the Scat Pack have the same motors and battery but are tuned differently. So, the output gap between them might only be software-based. Now, Paul is considering tuning up the power in his R/T if that’s possible.)
LEE ERNST REALTY
— FOR SALE: Iron Gate Motor Condo at 2216 Ferry Road # 109, Naperville – $675,000
https://leeernst.exprealty.com/holp/listing/103/12283041
BUSINESS TODAY
— From ‘Illegals’ To Tariffs, A Look At The Thorny US-India Bilateral Issues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Tsd86LPuwc
INDEPENDENT
— Bernie Sanders accuses Musk of seeking cheaper, not brainier, immigrant labor with H-1B visas
https://www.aol.com/news/bernie-sanders-accuses-musk-seeking-013103992.html
DAILY MAIL
— CIA offers buyouts to entire staff in effort to slash spending and ensure agency aligns with MAGA agenda
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14361785/CIA-offers-buyouts-entire-staff-trump-federal-purge.html
— ICE reveals 6,000 illegal migrants deported in Trump’s first two weeks including rapists, murderers
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14360521/ice-illegal-migrants-deported-donald-trump-rapists-murderers.html
February 4, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Businesses across Chicago area close, some CPS students stay home for ‘a day without immigrants’ The national movement encouraged participants to skip work, school and refrain from shopping for one day. The initiative spread across social media in response to President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly reject Trump’s election, that is, they ever-increasingly reject the rule of law.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/02/03/businesses-across-chicago-area-close-some-cps-students-stay-home-for-a-day-without-immigrants
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Hoping to ‘Trump proof’ students’ rights, Illinois lawmakers aim to end police ticketing at school (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasing destroy education.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/04/illinois-school-ticketing-bill/
— The more hatred that you promote against Trump, the more that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hates promote you.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/04/opinion-congress-powers-donald-trump/
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, homelessness will ever-increasingly increase.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/03/lake-county-volunteers-search-deep-into-the-night-for-the-homeless-they-left-their-warm-homes-to-seek-out-our-unhoused-neighbors/
— Democrats promote illegal immigration in Lake County
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/03/hundreds-rally-in-waukegan-for-immigrants-rights-we-will-not-let-trumps-war-on-immigrants-go-uncontested/
ABC7
— Chicago Teachers Union holding ‘walk-ins’ amid concerns over Trump policies
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-teachers-union-holding-walk-ins-amid-concerns-president-donald-trumps-policies/15863535/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47uvgPvocjo
— Rubio says El Salvador offers to accept deportees from US of any nationality, including Americans
https://abc7chicago.com/post/marco-rubio-says-el-salvador-offers-accept-deportees-us-any-nationality-including-americans/15862619/
— Northwestern University among 5 colleges in Trump probe by Education Dept. over alleged antisemitism
https://abc7chicago.com/post/department-education-investigate-antisemitism-5-colleges-including-northwestern-university-trump-order/15862361/
CBS2
— Trump administration investigates Northwestern University claiming antisemitism
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/trump-administration-investigates-northwestern-university-claiming-antisemitism/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/chicago-woman-worries-about-trump-administration-ending-temporary-immigration-program/
WGN9
— What is your connections with slavery? Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) blame Republicans for all the problems that Blacks have, b) remind Blacks about past discrimination against them, c) urge Blacks to forever demand Affirmative Action (AA), DEI, and reparations, and d) promise to give Blacks the aforesaid. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that the longer that your ancestors have been in America and the more of the following that you are, the more that you have benefitted from slavery and from past discrimination against Blacks: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, and/or German American. Because I am all of the aforesaid, Democrats have always made me pay the price of AA and DEI big time. My critics/opponents have always stressed my bad demographics and that all my ancestors immigrated to Illinois during the 1840s and 1850s. They have also stressed that in 1853, Illinois passed a so called “Black Law” also known as a “Black Code.” At the time, it was the harshest restriction of Black people in the country and that it was not repealed until 1865. They have also stressed that none of my ancestors served in the Union Army. During the Civil War, on my father’s side, they raised and sold horses in Crete. Before that, they homesteaded a farm in southeast Crete Township. Before that, they worked in a brick factory in Chicago. On my mother’s side, they sharecropped a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border. My Democrat GAO superiors hinted/implied that I discriminated against my Black subordinates. I should sue my Democrat GAO superiors.
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/historic-meeting-in-illinois-paved-the-way-for-black-citizens-rights/
FOX32
— New poll shows Chicagoans losing confidence in Johnson, CTU: ‘Politically toxic’
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/new-poll-chicago-mayor-ctu
ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— 2 Illinois legislators support ban on abortion
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/rockford-register-star/20250204/281500756946373
INDIANAPOLIS STAR
— Indiana shouldn’t want Illinois’ poor counties (COMMENT: Since the 1850s, on my father’s side, my ancestors lived in northeast Will County. On my mother’s side, they lived in northeast Kankakee County. From what I see, if they had lived in DuPage County, they would have done much better financially. 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.)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/indiana-shouldnt-want-illinois-welfare-103038149.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The “secessionist” counties in Illinois are in the southern part of the state, with many bordering Indiana. This one-third of counties comprise only 6.6% of the Illinois population, and only 4% of the state’s economy. Per capita income in the secessionist counties is $54,381. If it were a separate state, it would be the second-poorest state in the union, sliding right in between Mississippi and West Virginia. The remaining counties in Illinois have a per capita income of $73,228. Adding the secessionist counties to Indiana would cut our per capita income enough for us to move from 14th to 11th place from the bottom. Only 18.6% of adults in these counties have completed college, while the Illinois total is 36.7%. This new post-secession Indiana would instantly be the least well-educated state, and would be right about where the U.S. as a whole was in the late 1980s. Economic growth in the secessionist counties has been at about half the rate of the rest of Illinois so far this century. And, while the rest of Illinois has experienced very modest population growth of about 1.4%, these secessionist counties have lost a whopping 5.2% of their population. If the secessionist parts of Illinois were their own state, they’d have the worst 25 years of population loss of any state in U.S. history. So, it’s pretty easy to see why these counties might be unhappy about their economic conditions. They are truly dismal. But how much of this is the fault of Illinois state government? After all, the other Illinois counties are doing much better. That includes Chicago, where the economy continues to be robust, even as population growth has stalled. Is it possible that these counties are somehow being robbed of economic opportunity by Illinois? Nope. As it turns out, these counties are essentially welfare queens of the state of Illinois. . .As it turns out, residents in these secessionist counties pay about $2,986 per person each year in state taxes. That would make them the fourth lowest-taxed residents in the nation. But here’s the rub: They receive $5,430 per person each year in support from residents of the other 69 Illinois counties. In contrast, the rest of the state collects $4,485 in state taxes each year and gets back $4,217 per person in state spending. So, each resident of the secessionist counties gets $2,444 more state dollars spent in their county each year than they pay in taxes. On top of that, they pay only 66.6 cents for every dollar of taxes residents in the other 69 Illinois counties pay. Federal taxes and spending tell a similar story. A recent study of mine calculated the share of taxes and transfer payments made at the county level to the federal government. You guessed it, the secessionist counties pay a lower federal tax rate, but receive more in Social Security payments and in other types of transfers (TANF, SNAP, etc.) than the counties that did not vote to secede from Illinois. Rural voters are failing themselves There are some useful lessons here. First, the secessionist counties of Illinois pay low state taxes but are beneficiaries of enormous transfers from the rest of Illinois. It is hard to pinpoint just what these Illinois secessionist counties are angry about. Most likely it is bad vibes borne of ignorance. There’s compelling evidence of that. If they do come to Indiana, Hoosier taxpayers will need to pony up almost $2 billion more per year to match the fiscal largesse those secessionist counties receive from the rest of Illinois. It is worth noting that those taxes are going to come primarily from urban areas, like Fishers, Carmel and Indianapolis. So, no, we don’t really want them — though it is easy to see why Illinois might not want them either. Second, neither the red state and blue state models of rural development have worked. The secessionist counties of Illinois look just like 40 or 50 declining rural counties in Indiana. Both Illinois and Indiana policymakers are failing their rural counties, though most of the blame for economic decline belongs squarely with the voters of those rural counties. Finally, the real political divisions in America are geographic. So far this century, a whopping half of all the population growth this century has occurred in just 75 out of 3,143 U.S. counties, or 2.3%. Fully 45% of U.S. counties have lost population this century. This deep economic divergence has gripped the U.S. for four decades. It is not between red or blue states, or places with high taxes or woke policies. It is primarily between urban and non-urban counties, and reflects the desire of most Americans to live in places with strong local public services — great schools, low crime and businesses that offer a mix of goods and services. Places that offer these do well; those that do not will look more and more like rural Illinois.)
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Groups demand release of after-school program funding. Programs close, staff laid off while $50M in funding remains unspent. (COMMENT. While I was a high school student, I did yard work, delivered newspapers, and washed dishes. That enabled me to buy a 1958 Chevy Bel Air at the start on my junior year in 1964 and to buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint at the end of my senior year in 1966. I used that car to get to/from my parents’ home in Crete and a) summer jobs cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966, b) UIC classes in 1966 and 1967, and c) my Park Forest Post Office job 1966-1967. I sold the car to one of my coworkers in late 1967 and bought a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442.)
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/groups-demand-release-of-after-school-program-funding/
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/02/04/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-449/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Bally’s and the city of Chicago are engaging in illegal discrimination, plain and simple.
https://wirepoints.org/ballys-and-the-city-of-chicago-are-engaging-in-illegal-discrimination-plain-and-simple-wirepoints-on-wls-ramblin-ray-show/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— To get more votes from voters who have problems, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly a) shout at voters who have problems that Republicans cause all the problems that voters have and b) focus on voters who have bigger problems and are minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. How successful have Democrat and RINO leaders been doing that blaming in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? If voters in the aforesaid who have big problems were surveyed, on who/what would they blame their problems on? What big problems did you have? Mine included having to work my way through college. I did not blame my parents for not having more money. I blamed myself. I could not get any scholarships because I only just barely made it into the top 20% of my high school class and my ACT score was only 24. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— The liberal Democrats who run Google continue to refuse to treat www.gopillinois.com as being a legitimate news website. They continue to refuse to treat me as being a legitimate political and government news and commentary aggregator, journalist, and reporter. They continue to hint/imply/argue/shout that I cannot be legitimate because I state that and I am conservative and Republican. I should write about the websites that Google treats as being legitimate news websites. I would focus on those a) that promote the Democrat Party platform and/or b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn the Republican Party platform. I would focus on those that promote the most hatred a) against Trump and b) against those who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Challenger Richard Tado Takes on Algonquin Township Supervisor Randy Funk on YouTube
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/03/challenger-richard-tado-takes-on-algonquin-township-supervisor-randy-funk-on-youtube/
— Taking Down Pritzker’s Bragging about School Success
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/03/3521/
— Reick Reprises Animal Farm
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/03/reick-reprises-animal-farm/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Enforcing the law breaks the law: Chicago’s ICE lawsuit. The legal equivalent of a toddler throwing a temper tantrum.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/3/enforcing-law-breaks-law-chicago-ice-lawsuit/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A coalition of anti-border organizations in Chicago has just filed what may be the dumbest lawsuit in the history of jurisprudence. In essence, it claims that enforcement of the Immigration and Nationality Act — the statute that dictates how and when foreign nationals may lawfully enter the United States — interferes with the First Amendment rights of sanctuary city advocates. Frankly, it’s hard to overstate just how moronic Organized Communities Against Deportation, Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, Brighton Park Neighborhood Council and Raise the Floor Alliance v. Trump are.)
— China angrily retaliates against Trump’s new 10% tariff
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/4/china-angrily-retaliates-donald-trump-new-10-tarif/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump can help prevent aviation disasters
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3309085/trump-can-help-prevent-aviation-disasters/
BREITBART
— Democratic Party Unfavorable Rating Hits 16-Year High
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/02/03/nolte-democratic-party-unfavorable-rating-hits-16-year-high/
— California Democrats Pass $50 Million to Fight Trump, Defend Illegal Alien Criminals; Seek Billions in Fire Aid
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/02/04/california-democrats-pass-50-million-to-fight-trump-defend-illegal-alien-criminals-seek-billions-in-fire-aid/
— Martha’s Vineyard Residents Defend Illegal Aliens After Previously Shipping Them Off Island
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/02/03/marthas-vineyard-residents-defend-illegal-aliens-previously-shipping-off-island/
FEDERALIST
— Why It’s Absolutely Christian To Swiftly Deport All Illegal Migrants
https://thefederalist.com/2025/02/04/why-its-absolutely-christian-to-swiftly-deport-all-illegal-migrants/
FOX NEWS
— Chicago alderman accuses Mayor Johnson of only listening to ‘hyper-liberal White progressives’ on immigration. ‘He’s not concerned with African-Americans nor Latinos,’ Alderman Ray Lopez told Fox News Digital
https://www.foxnews.com/media/chicago-alderman-accuses-mayor-johnson-only-listening-hyper-white-liberal-progressives-immigration
— Guantanamo Bay for illegals doesn’t tug at heartstrings (COMMENT: 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 ever-increasingly paint illegals as being fugitive slaves. But unlike illegals, slaves were brought into America against their will.)
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6368228766112
NEWSMAX
— Bill Would Allow Lawsuits Against Sanctuary Cities
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/thom-tillis-senate-bill/2025/02/03/id/1197687/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Trump Wages a Needless War. The trade fight with our neighbors is mostly costs and very little in the way of benefits.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/02/trump-wages-a-needless-war/
TOWNHALL
— Securing the Border: Trump Actions Prove It Doesn’t Require New Laws
https://townhall.com/columnists/jennybethmartin/2025/02/04/securing-the-border-trump-actions-prove-it-doesnt-require-new-laws-n2651575#google_vignette
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
REUTERS
— Trump administration to take steps to defund Education Department
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-advisers-weigh-plan-dismantle-department-education-wsj-reports-2025-02-03/
ABC NEWS
— To get more votes from non-Whites, Democrats ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise non-Whites and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn Whites.
https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/video/american-monuments-perpetuate-white-supremacy-myths-118423608
NEW YORK TIMES
— China Swiftly Counters Trump’s Tariffs With a Flurry of Trade Curbs. After a 10 percent tariff on Chinese products took effect on Tuesday, China announced retaliatory measures, including tariffs and an investigation of Google.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/business/economy/trump-tariffs-china.html
— House Democratic Super PAC Creates $50 Million Fund Targeting Working Class (COMMENT: My critics/opponents despise/hate a) the working class, that is, wage earners and b) unions and union members. I was a wage earned for 33 years and I was a union member for 12 of those years. According to my critics/opponents, a) all the jobs that I had were bad jobs that they would never stoop to take and b) I was grossly overpaid and my benefits were far too generous. In my defense, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/us/politics/democrats-house-super-pac.html
— IRS Expands Its Free Tax Filing Option (COMMENT: I use TurboTax. One could compare and contrast your balance due/refund between TurboTax and IRS’s Direct File.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/your-money/irs-tax-filing-free-online.html
— Anticipate/expect that the more demographics that you share with Trump, the more that hate-filled, Trump-hating Trump-haters will call you a racist and even worse things.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/us/politics/trump-diversity-racism.html
— Thousands of U.S. Government Web Pages Have Been Taken Down Since Friday. Federal agencies moved to satisfy Trump’s orders to remove topics like diversity initiatives and “gender ideology.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/upshot/trump-government-websites-missing-pages.html
— E.V. Owners Don’t Pay Gas Taxes. So, Many States Are Charging Them Fees. States are using higher registration fees for electric cars to make up for declining fuel taxes, but some are punitive, environmentalists say. A federal tax could be coming. (COMMENT: What about extremely low mileage EVs like mine is going to be? How about a per-miles driven tax?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/business/ev-fees-gas-tax.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Can Ban Transgender Birth Certificates. Most states allow natives to alter their recorded sex, an affront against science and a danger to women.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-can-ban-transgender-birth-certificates-policy-protect-womens-spaces-d726a9fe
— Tips to Cutting Back on Your Drinking (COMMENT: Most of my superiors in the federal government who were Democrat, older, White, and male were big drinkers. They did not approve of my not being a drinker.)
https://www.wsj.com/health/wellness/part-time-sober-how-you-can-join-the-ranks-f973250b
— Trump Advisers Weigh Plan to Dismantle Education Department. Administration officials are discussing executive order that could shut down key functions of the agency. (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, Republicans cut the agency’s budget. When I started, GAO had more than 6,000 employees. By the time my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire, it had less than 3,000 employees.)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/education-department-trump-executive-order-eeaf1cb6
— ‘We’re Taking It Back’: Trump Renews Threat to Seize Panama Canal
https://www.wsj.com/video/were-taking-it-back-trump-renews-threat-to-seize-panama-canal/54B3FD62-0EDD-43A9-8F06-5E59EE7167D2
NPR
— Even where weed is legal, product safety isn’t guaranteed
https://www.wvik.org/2025-02-04/even-where-weed-is-legal-product-safety-isnt-guaranteed
WION
— Donald Trump Begins Deporting Indian Migrants, 205 Illegals ‘Kicked Out’
https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DFFSRZNDk6YM
WIRED
— A 25-Year-Old With Elon Musk Ties Has Direct Access to the Federal Payment System. The Bureau of the Fiscal Service is a sleepy part of the Treasury Department. It’s also where, sources say, a 25-year-old engineer tied to Elon Musk has admin privileges over the code that controls Social Security payments, tax returns, and more.
https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-associate-bfs-federal-payment-system/
VOA NEWS
— Trump administration moves to end deportation protections for 348,000 Venezuelans
https://www.voanews.com/a/trump-administration-moves-to-end-deportation-protections-for-348-000-venezuelans-/7961630.html
VOX
— Why some immigrants want fewer immigrants (COMMENT: Immigrants drive wages down for low-wage workers.
https://www.vox.com/immigration/397835/immigrants-less-immigration-trump-democrats-laken-riley-cesar-chavez
ABS-CBN
— Illegals unite near Trump Tower in Chicago and a) glorify and praise illegals and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn Americans.
https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/2/4/immigrants-built-america-protesters-unite-near-trump-tower-in-chicago-1123
BUSINESS TODAY
— Trump administration begins deporting illegal migrants to India. India is the furthest destination for US military flights deporting illegals, with over 5,000 migrants being sent from El Paso, Texas, and San Diego, California.
https://www.businesstoday.in/world/us/story/trump-administration-begins-deporting-illegal-migrants-to-india-after-guatemala-report-463278-2025-02-04
BUSINESS STANDARD
— 18,000 Indians identified as illegal immigrants in US; 205 deported so far
https://www.business-standard.com/finance/personal-finance/18-000-indians-identified-as-illegal-immigrants-in-us-205-deported-so-far-125020400247_1.html
February 3, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Trump agrees to pause tariffs on Mexico, Canada for a month
https://abc7chicago.com/post/us-tariffs-mexico-paused-month-mexican-president-says/15860417/
— ‘A Day Without Immigrants’ protests and business closures in Chicago in opposition to Trump policies (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration. I washed dishes for 18 months while I was in high school. If there had been as many illegals back then as there are now, they would have gotten that job.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/day-immigrants-chicago-business-owners-city-close-monday-protest-president-trumps-immigration-policies/15859639/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump threatens to fire more than 100 Chicago EPA workers. An email tells new employees that the agency can “immediately terminate you.” (COMMENT: I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980. Because I had served my federal probationary period by working for IRS for almost 9 years, my Democrat GAO superiors were furious that they could not just fire me. However, they did force the GAO manager to retire who had arranged my transfer.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/environment/2025/02/03/trump-threatens-to-fire-100-chicago-epa-workers-environmental-protection-agency
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The warnings came in an email sent last week to most-recently hired workers who have not yet put in enough time to enjoy more job-protection benefits. “As a probationary/trial period employee, the agency has the right to immediately terminate you,” the email said. “The process for probationary removal is that you receive a notice of termination, and your employment is ended immediately.”)
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Musk tightens grip on federal government as Democrats raise alarms
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/03/elon-musk-federal-government/
— Some Chicago businesses close their doors to protest immigration crackdown (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration. I washed dishes for 18 months while I was in high school. If there had been as many illegals back then as there are now, they would have gotten that job.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/03/chicago-has-always-been-a-city-of-immigrant-workers-some-chicago-businesses-close-their-doors-to-protest-immigration-crackdown/
— South suburban business advocates warn targeting of DEI will hurt small businesses and the economy (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans like me and b) to get rid of their Republican employees like I was.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/03/south-suburban-business-advocates-dei-economy/
DAILY HERALD
— ‘We’re all humans’: Immigrant advocates rally in West Chicago to protest mass deportations (COMMENT: 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.dailyherald.com/20250203/nation-and-world-politics/were-all-humans-immigrant-advocates-rally-in-west-chicago-to-protest-mass-deportations/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Carrying signs with slogans including “FIGHT IGNORANCE NOT IMMIGRATION,” a crowd of more than 150 people gathered in West Chicago to protest mass deportations Monday, saying the policy unfairly targets Latino residents. “We’re all humans at the end of the day. No one is illegal,” West Chicagoan Jessica Garnica said. “This is a new civil rights movement,” Casa DuPage Workers Center Executive Organizer Cristobal Cavazos said. He helped organize the Day Without Immigrants March and Rally, intended to demonstrate the importance of the Chicago area’s Latino community. Multiple Latinos are “not going to work, not going to school, not buying anything. The majority of people (at the rally) are essential workers in the factories, in the warehouses, in the restaurants,” Cavazos said. Drivers in passing cars and semitrucks honked as participants gathered at Route 59 near Route 38 before marching to the West Chicago City Hall. Mexican immigrants “bring a lot of diversity and culture to the U.S.” but are often treated with disrespect, university student Ajimelec Garcia of West Chicago said. As well as in Chicago, ICE actions have been reported in Deer Park, Elgin, Palatine, Round Lake, Waukegan and West Chicago as part of President Donald Trump’s deportation ramp-up. Federal authorities said their priority is arresting criminals but protesters feared longtime residents with jobs and families will be swept up. “A lot of people are worried,” Garcia said. “I feel they don’t really honestly care if you have papers, in a way. As long as you’re Mexican they don’t want you here.” On Fox News Sunday, Trump’s Border Czar Tom Homan cited a 93% decrease in illegal border crossings. “We can’t have strong national security if we don’t have border security. We need to know who’s coming in, what’s coming in, where it’s coming in and why it’s coming in.” About 5,000 arrests were made in the first week, with the majority being criminals, Homan said. He added “noncriminals are (being) arrested in sanctuary cities because you force us into the community rather than arresting the bad guy in jail. And, when we find that criminal, he’s most likely with others, and they’re going to go, too. “If you want to be a sanctuary city, you’re going to get exactly what you don’t want — more agents in the city and more noncriminals arrested,” Homan said. Marcher Alejandra Jacobo of West Chicago said she’s concerned about loved ones. “They’ve worked so hard, most of the time for minimum wage,” Jacobo said. “I know they’re (ICE) doing their jobs, but do not take our good people. Just take the bad ones. These are the ones you should be chasing after.” Handmade signs sported slogans including “MEXICANS MAKE AMERICA GR8,” MY PARENTS ARE NOT CRIMINALS FOR WANTING A BETTER LIFE,” AND “AMERICA WE ARE YOUR PEOPLE.” Marchers included seniors, teens and kids in strollers. “We’re staying strong as a community,” Garnica said. “When you believe in God, he’s the one who’s going to guide us through.” The rally was organized by the Casa DuPage Workers Center and DuPage Immigrant Solidarity.)
— Canada Follows Mexico in Reaching Deal to Delay Trump Tariffs. The leaders of Mexico and Canada each said they had struck agreements to pause tariffs for 30 days, but levies on products from China were still set to take effect just after midnight. (COMMENT: I have ordered a 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T that will be built in Canada.)
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02/03/us/trump-tariffs
— DuPage County keeps federal lobbyist
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250203/news/dupage-county-keeps-federal-lobbyist/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— How are Chicago schools responding to increased immigration enforcement? Here are five examples. (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/education/how-chicago-schools-are-responding-immigration-enforcement
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL EWGISTER
— Pritzker calls Trump ‘incompetent’, says Illinois families will feel impact of new tariffs
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2025/02/03/gov-pritzker-is-vocal-about-pres-trump-calls-him-incompetent/78181424007/
FOX ILLINOIS
— Restaurants shutter nationwide for ‘Day Without Immigrants’ protests (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration. I washed dishes for 18 months while I was in high school. If there had been as many illegals back then as there are now, they would have gotten that job.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/restaurants-shutter-nationwide-for-day-without-immigrants-protests-trump-mass-deporations-immigration-policies-washington-dc-utah-florida-california
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/02/03/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-241/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— From what I see, Democrats have decided to not only reject Trump’s presidency, but to end it. Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Party Army. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— McCombie urges cohesion amid party in fighting
http://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/illinois-quick-hits-mccombie-urges-cohesion-amid-party-in-fighting-conservation-group-raises-bird-flu-concerns/ar-AA1yl60B
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The head of Illinois House Republicans is responding to calls for her to step down from her leadership role. The Illinois Freedom Caucus, made up of six state representatives and one senator, is accusing House Minority Leader Tony McCombie of playing “silly games” after she denied several services at the Capitol for not voting for her as leader. McCombie said the suspension of certain caucus-specific services does not affect any legislator’s ability to serve constituents, and the focus should be on “fighting Democrat policies that are failing Illinois families, not each other.”)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Mexico’s president blames U.S. for arming cartels (COMMENT: From what I see, Mexico will side with America’s enemies in WWIII.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/3/mexico-president-claudia-sheinbaum-blames-u-arming/
NEW YORK POST
— NJ Gov. Phil Murphy reveals he’s housing a migrant at his residence — and tells feds ‘good luck’ trying to get her. (COMMENT: Murphy wants to be a modern day George Wallace.)
https://nypost.com/2025/02/03/us-news/nj-gov-phil-murphy-reveals-hes-housing-a-migrant-at-his-residence-and-tells-feds-good-luck-trying-to-get-her/
FEDERALIST
— Former Mexican Consulate Lawyer Coaches Illegals To Lie To ICE (COMMENT: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War against America. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrats’ invading army.)
https://thefederalist.com/2025/02/03/report-former-mexican-consulate-lawyer-coaches-illegals-to-lie-to-ice/
CAMPUS REFORM
— University of Minnesota charges up to $1,575 for online DEI certificate (COMMENT: I should add up all the money that I paid for tuition and books to earn a) a bachelor’s degree (NIU-management-1970), b) three master’s degrees (Loyola- business-1976, DePaul-accounting 1980, and IIT-finance-1997), and two professional certifications CPA-1979 and Certified Internal Auditor-1981) and adjust that money to today’s dollars.)
https://www.campusreform.org/article/university-minnesota-charges-1575-online-dei-certificate/27386
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Celebrities Put on a Parade of Wokeness at Grammys, Proving They Didn’t Learn Their Lesson in 2024 (COMMENT: From what I see, Democrats have decided to not only reject Trump’s presidency, but to end it. Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Party Army.)
https://www.westernjournal.com/celebrities-put-parade-wokeness-grammys-proving-didnt-learn-lesson-2024/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— Education Dept. to probe antisemitism at 5 universities, including Columbia, Northwestern, Berkeley
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/education-dept-antisemitism-universities-columbia-northwestern-berkeley/
NEWSWEEK
— National ’50 States’ Anti-Trump Protest Planned for Feb 5: What to Know (COMMENT: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War against America. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrats’ invading army.)
https://www.newsweek.com/50-states-anti-trump-protest-nationwide-february-5-details-2025300
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— ACLU Sues Over Trump Ban on Asylum at U.S.-Mexico Border (COMMENT: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War against America. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrats’ invading army.)
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-02-03/aclu-sues-over-trump-ban-on-asylum-at-u-s-mexico-border
WASHINGTON POST
— Immigrant advocates file lawsuit challenging Trump asylum shutdown. The Trump administration has claimed there is an “invasion” on the U.S.-Mexico border to justify summarily expelling migrants without giving them a chance to apply for asylum. (COMMENT: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War against America. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrats’ invading army.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/02/03/aclu-lawsuit-asylum-border/
— Here’s who’s been ousted from FBI, Justice Dept. so far. Will it stand? (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors ousted me, that is, they forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. My critics/opponents have no problem with that. Actually, they are furious that I have gotten a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension since then. Currently it is $66,680/year. So far, in today’s dollars, CSRS has paid me $1.8 million.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/02/03/fbi-justice-firings-removals-due-process/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Another Thing Musk Hates About Germany: Absentee Workers at His Tesla Plant (COMMENT: While I was a student at NIU in 1970, Chrysler hired me to work in its Belvidere plant on Mondays because that was when absenteeism was highest.)
https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/elon-musk-german-tesla-factory-workers-0317574f
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Elon Musk was taken aback last fall by reports of high absenteeism at Tesla’s TSLA -5.17%decrease; red down pointing triangle factory near Berlin. “This sounds crazy. Looking into it,” the company’s workaholic chief executive wrote last September on X, the social-media platform he owns, responding to a tweet citing a sickness rate above 15%. The number of workers calling in sick has long been a flashpoint at the facility, where managers are battling to preserve the freewheeling spirit of an American tech company amid union pressure to hew closer to more worker-friendly European practices. The culture clash offers corporate context for Musk’s increasingly frequent interjections on European politics, including his recent endorsement of the far-right Alternative for Germany party.)
ACLU
— Immigrants’ Rights Advocates Sue Trump Administration Over Efforts to Completely Shut Down Asylum at the Border (COMMENT: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War against America. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrats’ invading army.)
https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/immigrants-rights-advocates-sue-trump-administration-over-efforts-to-completely-shut-down-asylum-at-the-border
ACCOUNTNG TODAY
— Illinois lawmakers propose alternative paths to CPA license (COMMENT: Because my becoming a licensed CPA when I was 32 years old in 1981 was my biggest professional accomplishment, my critics/opponents have ignored/dismissed/belittled that the most. None of my GAO Chicago office superiors, supervisors, coworkers, or subordinates were licensed CPAs.)
https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/illinois-lawmakers-propose-alternative-paths-to-cpa-license
RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— 77% of Likely U.S. Voters believe that requiring photo ID to vote is a reasonable measure to protect the integrity of elections – up from 74% in 2021. Just 17% disagree.
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration_second_term/election_integrity_77_favor_voter_id
February 2, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Conflicting preliminary data raises questions about aircrafts’ altitude at time of DC midair crash. Flight data shows American Airlines jet was at 325 feet, tower data shows Army helicopter was at 200 feet at time of collision.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/dc-plane-crash-updates-conflicting-preliminary-data-raises-questions-american-airlines-flight-army-helicopter-altitudes/15855126/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PIOCTURE: Chicago becomes an epicenter of resistance amid Trump’s immigration crackdown (COMMENT: Arguably, Pritzker is the biggest hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater in America. Anticipate/expect that Pritzker will ever-increasingly get rid of the 2.4 million in Illinois who voted for Trump.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/02/chicago-ice-trump-immigration-deportation/
— What will Mayor Brandon Johnson’s playbook be against ‘raggedy’ Trump White House? (COMMENT: Arguably, Brando is the biggest hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater in Chicago. Anticipate/expect that Brandon will ever-increasingly get rid of the 22% in Chicago who voted for Trump.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/02/mayor-brandon-johnsons-playbook-trump-white-house/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/22/heidi-stevens-balancing-act-bishop-budde-trump/
— Evanston ever-increasing promotes more illegal immigration
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/27/evanston-church-offers-sanctuary-to-immigrants/
— When disaster strikes, Donald Trump’s instinct is to blame DEI first (COMMENT: The adverse impacts of Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI on occupations vary and can be difficult to measure. To implement AA and DEI is to lower standards. To meet their AA and DEI quotas, goals, and targets, my Democrat superiors in the federal government ever-increasingly lowered standards. That rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and professional license. They flushed the aforesaid down their toilets when they forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/02/column-donald-trump-plane-crash-washington-dei-page/
WGN RADIO
— Are you in the top 1% of earners in Illinois, Indiana or Wisconsin? (COMMENT: What is the most that you earned? Because I never earned more than $153,151/year in today’s dollars, my critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being a career failure. Further, they have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the federal government grossly overpaid me. When they are not ignoring/dismissing/belittling/badmouthing my having earned three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related profession certifications, and a job-related professional license, they hint/imply/argue/shout that my having all the aforesaid qualifications and my still earning only $153,151/year in today’s dollars proves that I am a career failure.)
https://wgnradio.com/news/list-are-you-in-the-top-1-of-earners-in-illinois-indiana-or-wisconsin/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Reviewing data from the Social Security Administration, GOBankingRates recently determined that to be among the top 1% of earners in the U.S., you need to make at least $794,129 annually. That works out to about $66,180 a week — for comparison, the most recent data from the U.S. Census Bureau found the average annual household income in 2023 was $80,610. . .In Illinois, you need to make $811,004 to be in the top 1%. In Indiana, the threshold is $572,403, and in Wisconsin it’s $631,993.)
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Two Illinois legislators support labeling unborn American children as ‘persons’ in bill
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2025/01/31/illinois-legislators-are-cosponsors-of-federal-abortion-ban/78059289007/
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Trapped in irrelevance, GOP attacks Dems’ legislative maps
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-trapped-in-irrelevance-gop-attacks-dems-legislative-maps/article_45b46aca-df46-11ef-ad88-2704e5b9a6b0.html
MUDDY RIVER NEWS
— The more hatred that you promote against Trump, the more that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote you. Arguably, Pritzker is the biggest Trump-hater in America. Anticipate/expect that Pritzker will ever-increasingly get rid of the 2.4 million in Illinois who voted for Trump.
https://muddyrivernews.com/politics/pritzker-vs-trump/20250201075633/
CHICAGO DEFENDER
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://chicagodefender.com/ben-jealous-trumps-america-last-agenda-is-a-knife-in-the-back-of-working-people/
WKDQ
— Popular Illinois Concert Venue To Sell Cannabis During Shows (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.)
https://wkdq.com/ixp/722/p/cannabis-concert-venue-illinois/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Ken Martin, Who Called for Trump To Be Charged With Treason (COMMENT: Who has taken adverse actions against you? I should write about those who have taken most/biggest adverse actions against me and the pretexts that they used.)
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/ken-martin-who-called-for-trump-to-be-charged-with-treason-elected-dnc-chair/
NEW YORK POST
— Democrats waging ‘holy war’ as Trump ends 50 years of affirmative-action tyranny (COMMENT: Democrats use Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://nypost.com/2025/02/02/opinion/democrats-will-wage-holy-war-as-trump-ends-dei-tyranny/
AMERICAN THINKER
— How low can you go? As we debate the future of the Department of Education, we get news that U.S. children are not being educated. Something is wrong, because this department has a budget of $90 billion. How are we spending those billions? Not well as we see in this report. (COMMENT: My teachers at Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961, Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962, and Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966 put me on track to earn a bachelor’s degree, three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/01/how_low_can_you_go.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Millions on the line for Episcopal Church as ‘woke’ bishop lectured Trump on migrants (COMMENT: How much money does your church take from Democrat and RINO leaders to promote more illegal immigration?)
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/02/01/millions-on-the-line-for-episcopal-church-as-woke-bishop-lectured-trump-on-migrants-1520136/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Episcopal Migration Ministries announced it will lay off employees and end its federally funded work as the Episcopal News Service reported that as one of “10 agencies with federal contracts to resettle refugees on behalf of the State Department” the EMM’s work “ground to a halt last week when President Donald Trump suspended the refugee program as one of his first acts after taking office Jan. 20.”)
FOX NEWS
— FAA Academy in Oklahoma struggled to fill classrooms due to DEI quotas (COMMENT: The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/faa-academy-oklahoma-struggled-fill-classrooms-due-dei-quotas-sen-mullin-says
— Parents ‘overjoyed’ with Trump’s DEI crackdown, education group says (COMMENT: My teachers at Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961, Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962, and Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966 put me on track to earn a bachelor’s degree, three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license.)
China denounces Trump tariff: ‘Fentanyl is America’s problem’
— House GOP elections chair reveals which voter blocs Republicans are targeting ahead of 2026 (COMMENT: According to Democrat plant and RINO political consultants in Illinois, DuPage County, and Milton Township, Republican candidates should target those who have demographics that vote for Democrats by dumping those who have demographics that vote for Republicans. I have all demographics that vote for Republicans. I should write about those Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders who have not only dumped me, but have taken many big adverse actions against me.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-gop-elections-chair-reveals-which-voter-blocs-republicans-targeting-ahead-2026
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— The more demographics that you have that vote for Democrats, the faster the pathways that Democrats give you to citizenship.
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/5119825-trump-immigration-crackdown-southern-border-asylum-cbp-one-refugees/
MSNBC
— Pentagon agency bans Black History Month in compliance with Trump’s anti-DEI push (COMMENT: My subordinate who my Democrat GAO superiors replaced me with was Black and always led the office’s Black History Month events. He had less work experience than I had, less education than I had, one professional certification while I had six, and had no professional license like the one I had.)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/pentagon-agency-bans-black-history-111555895.html
MSN
— Black History Month faces uncertainty under President Trump’s diversity rollback (COMMENT: My subordinate who my Democrat GAO superiors replaced me with was Black and always led the office’s Black History Month events. He had less work experience than I had, less education than I had, one professional certification while I had six, and had no professional license like the one I had.)
https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/politics/black-history-month-faces-uncertainty-under-president-trump-s-diversity-rollback/ar-AA1yenKi
REUTERS
— China denounces Trump tariff: ‘Fentanyl is America’s problem’ (COMMENT: To push fentanyl in America is to destroy America. How much success have hate-filled America-hating America-haters had pushing fentanyl in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district?)
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-denounces-trump-tariff-fentanyl-is-americas-problem-2025-02-02/
— Democrats elect Ken Martin as chair to rebuild demoralized party (COMMENT: Serving as the chairman of a political organization is a thankless job. I served as the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2005-2012. Also, I served on the Steering Committee of the Illinois Center Right Coalition 2003-2007. Also, I headed Pat O’Malley’s Republican gubernatorial primary campaign in Milton Township in 2002. Also, I have served as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000. Because of the aforesaid, my critics/opponents have blamed me for all the losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on a) past and present leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party and b) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct who have suffered losses and their major donors, political consultants, fundraisers, pollsters, and campaign managers. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.reuters.com/video/watch/idRW806401022025RP1/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters blame Trump for the plane crash. They hint/imply/argue/shout that if Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI at FAA did in fact cause the crash, Trump should have gotten rid of AA and DEI at FAA when he was President 2017-2021. If previous presidents had gotten rid of AA and DEI in the federal government sooner, the federal government would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/us/politics/trump-plane-crash-dei-faa-diversity.html
— Amid Trump’s Anti-Diversity Effort, Black History Month Takes On New Meaning. Feb. 1 marks the first day of Black History Month, and suddenly the study of the Black experience may feel like an act of defiance. (COMMENT: My subordinate who my Democrat GAO superiors replaced me with was Black and always led the office’s Black History Month events. He had less work experience than I had, less education than I had, one professional certification while I had six, and had no professional license like the one I had.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/us/trump-black-history-month.html
— Education Officials Placed on Leave in Trump’s Sprawling Effort to Curb D.E.I. (COMMENT: When I was 49 years old in 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors did far more than place me on leave, they forced me to retire. Because of that, in today’s dollars, my Civil Service Retirement system is only 44% of what my GAO salary was in 1997 and less than what my IRS salary was in 1972.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/us/politics/trump-dei-education-department.html
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/opinion/trump-dei-diversity-meritocracy.html
— Official Email Urges Federal Workers to Find ‘Higher Productivity’ Jobs
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/us/politics/federal-workers-opm.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Pritzker bans Jan. 6 rioters pardoned by Trump from state jobs. The order would apply to more than 50 people from Illinois who were given pardons or commutations by President Donald Trump. (COMMENT: After my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, they did everything that they could to ban me from getting employment appropriate for my work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional license.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/01/illinois-pritzker-trump-pardons/
USA TODAY
— As crash victims’ families start calling lawyers, Trump’s words may be evidence in suits. (COMMENT: The adverse impacts of Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI on occupations vary and can be difficult to measure. To implement AA and DEI is to lower standards. To meet their AA and DEI quotas, goals, and targets, my Democrat superiors in the federal government ever-increasingly lowered standards. That rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and professional license. They flushed the aforesaid down their toilets when they forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/02/01/aviation-lawsuit-experts-say-trump-duffy-comments-will-impact-claims/78091407007/
— ‘Earned her place’: Friends grieve Rebecca Lobach, US Army pilot killed in DC crash
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/01/capt-rebecca-lobach-army-pilot-killed-crash/78130730007/
— Illinois lawmakers file bill to repeal ‘Trust Act,’ require police to work with ICE
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/state/2025/01/28/illinois-lawmakers-want-law-enforcement-to-work-with-ice/78000550007/
FORBES
— Union Popularity Hits 70%, But Trump’s NLRB Move Threatens Labor (COMMENT: My critics/opponents despise/hate a) the working class, that is, wage earners and b) unions and union members. I was a wage earned for 33 years and I was a union member for 12 of those years. According to my critics/opponents, a) all the jobs that I had were bad jobs that they would never stoop to take and b) I was grossly overpaid and my benefits were far too generous. In my defense, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/teresaghilarducci/2025/01/28/union-popularity-hits-70-but-trumps-nlrb-move-threatens-labor/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: And, not surprisingly support for unions is especially high among workers…with bad jobs.)
INDEED
— 15 Tips for Comparing Job Offers (COMMENT: In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, because I have always been a Republican and because I would never become a Democrat, I should not have become a federal employee. Democrats run the federal government. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats. The federal government wastes the careers of and gets rid of its Republican employees, and especially those like me who are conservative, White, male, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/finding-a-job/job-offer-comparison
NEW YORKER
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly a) use wokeness/wokeism to destroy Republicans and b) call Republicans White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all. Because of the aforesaid, Republicans should be ever-increasingly doing more for their self-defense.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/02/10/donald-trumps-anti-woke-wrecking-ball
HERALD SUN
— Canada joins Mexico in retaliation as Trump trade war heats up
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/subscribe/news/1/
February 1, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Trump imposes tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China, raising prospect of higher costs for US consumers
https://abc7chicago.com/post/president-donald-trump-imposes-tariffs-canada-mexico-china-white-house-prospect-higher-costs-us-consumers-raises/15854652/
— 2 migrant men allegedly beat Chicago businessman to death, left him bound, gagged, prosecutors say. Jefferson Ubilla-Delgado, Geiderwuin Bello Morales appear in court Saturday for charges in murder of 63-year-old George Levin
https://abc7chicago.com/post/jefferson-ubilla-delgado-geiderwuin-bello-morales-allegedly-left-george-levin-dead-norwood-park-basement-prosecutors/15854435/
— Events held across Chicago area to celebrate 1st day of Black History Month (COMMENT: What are your demographics? During what months are they celebrated?)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/black-history-month-events-held-chicago-area-including-aurora-breakfast-south-side-girl-scouts-event-west-book-fair/15854425/
— Venezuela frees 6 Americans after meeting between President Maduro and Trump’s envoy
https://abc7chicago.com/post/6-americans-detained-venezuela-freed-meeting-between-nicols-maduro-donald-trumps-envoy-richard-grenell/15853514/
NBC5
— White House takes aim at Selena Gomez for video of her crying amid ICE raids. The White House produced a video featuring three mothers whose children were killed by convicted undocumented migrants.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/white-house-takes-aim-selena-gomez-video-crying-ice-raids/3662687/
FOX32
— Pritzker slams Trump’s tariffs, warns ‘working families will pay the price’
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/pritzker-slams-trumps-tariffs-warns-working-families-will-pay-the-price
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrats elect Ken Martin, the party leader in Minnesota, as chair of the Democratic National Committee (COMMENT: Serving as the chairman of a political organization is a thankless job. I served as the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2005-2012. Also, I served on the Steering Committee of the Illinois Center Right Coalition 2003-2007. Also, I headed Pat O’Malley’s Republican gubernatorial primary campaign in Milton Township in 2002. Also, I have served as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000. Because of the aforesaid, my critics/opponents have blamed me for all the losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on a) past and present leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party and b) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct who have suffered losses and their major donors, political consultants, fundraisers, pollsters, and campaign managers.. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/31/democratic-national-committee-chair-elected/
— AUGUST 21, 2021 FLASKBACK: FAA’s shift in hiring raises concerns (COMMENT: Air traffic control staffing was involved in an audit of FAA that I worked on for GAO in the early 1980s.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2014/05/27/faas-shift-in-hiring-raises-concerns/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren, a Republican from Winfield, said the FAA has failed to give lawmakers answers that justify the hiring change or show how it will improve safety. “There is a lot of secrecy about where this new program originated,” said Hultgren, who has met with air traffic controllers and aviation graduates who live in his DuPage County district. “I have not gotten adequate responses from the FAA or from the (Obama) administration.”)
DAILY HERALD
— How Illinois compares to others on taxes, spending, other metrics
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250201/news/how-our-state-stacks-up-new-report-shows-how-illinois-compares-to-others-on-taxes-spending-other/
— Democrats push pot. Democrats oppose testing for pot impairment.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250201/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-the-importance-of-integrity-drug-testing-questions-put-officials-labs-and/
— What will happen to McConchie’s campaign cash after he leaves office?
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250201/illinois-state-politics/what-will-happen-to-mcconchies-campaign-cash-after-he-leaves-office/
BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Leaders in Illinois, among the nation’s largest exporters, fear cost of Trump’s tariff plan
https://pantagraph.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/leaders-in-illinois-among-the-nations-largest-exporters-fear-cost-of-trumps-tariff-plan/article_39392c60-e02a-11ef-ac0b-ffa19327c4f7.html#tncms-source=login
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Colleges around the US cautiously navigate Trump’s DEI crackdown (COMMENT: UIC accepted me in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, and IIT in 1992. But I doubt that they would have accepted me in later years a) because of ever-increasing DEI pressure and b) because of my bad demographics.)
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/colleges-around-the-us-cautiously-navigate-trumps-dei-crackdown/article_0b611e91-d8cc-552d-a263-ddc7428b6106.html
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Data Centers Coming Online Leading to Comeback of Fossil Fuels
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/01/data-centers-coming-online-leading-to-comeback-of-fossil-fuels/
— The Gift Book’s Origin
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/01/the-gift-books-origination/
— Democrat Calls for Passage of Property Tax Circuit Breaker, Abolition of Which Governor Pat Quinn Signed after Dems Sent Him Repeal
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/01/democrat-calls-for-passage-of-property-tax-circuit-breaker-abolition-of-which-governor-pat-quinn-signed-after-dems-sent-him-repeal/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump follows through with trade war threats, slaps tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/1/trump-follows-trade-war-threats-slaps-tariffs-cana/
— Democrats elect Ken Martin to chair Democratic National Committee (COMMENT: Serving as the chairman of a political organization is a thankless job. I served as the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2005-2012. Also, I served on the Steering Committee of the Illinois Center Right Coalition 2003-2007. Also, I headed Pat O’Malley’s Republican gubernatorial primary campaign in Milton Township in 2002. Also, I have served as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000. Because of the aforesaid, my critics/opponents have blamed me for all the losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on a) past and present leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party and b) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct who have suffered losses and their major donors, political consultants, fundraisers, pollsters, and campaign managers. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/1/democrats-elect-ken-martin-chair-democratic-nation/
— No more ‘identity months’: Pentagon scraps official events for Black, Women’s History months (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, ever-increasingly, every month was an identity month except for Whites, men, and older people.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/1/identity-months-pentagon-scraps-official-events-bl/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— If you really support immigration, stop excusing border chaos
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3305430/if-you-really-support-immigration-stop-excusing-border-chaos/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Celebrity Selena Gomez recently posted, and then quickly deleted, a video of herself sobbing uncontrollably over the treatment of illegal immigrants being expelled by the Trump administration. Gomez was, of course, mercilessly mocked by conservatives across social media. There’s nothing really wrong with sympathizing with those trying to escape the deprivation and tyranny of the Third World. Most of us, I assume, would do the same for our families. The frustration, though, is misplaced.)
— The DEI regime is trying to make a comeback
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3307158/dei-regime-is-trying-to-make-a-comeback/
NEW YORK POST
— Chicago ICE raids expose left-wing ecosystem protecting criminal illegal migrants from deportations
https://nypost.com/2025/01/31/us-news/chicago-raids-expose-how-leftist-groups-help-crooks-evade-ice/
— Democratic govs line up to fight Trump even as they dance around criminal illegal migrants
https://nypost.com/2025/02/01/opinion/democratic-govs-line-up-to-fight-trump-even-as-they-dance-around-criminal-illegal-immigrants/
— Over 7.2K illegal migrants arrested in 9 days during ICE crackdown
https://nypost.com/2025/02/01/us-news/ice-crackdown-sees-7400-illegal-migrants-arrested-in-9-days/
— Another flight was forced into last second redirect at DCA just 24 hours before deadly crash
https://nypost.com/2025/02/01/us-news/another-american-airlines-flight-was-forced-into-last-second-redirect-at-dca-24-hours-before-tragic-crash/
— Trump admin slams Selena Gomez for her infamously tearful video over ICE raids
https://nypost.com/2025/02/01/us-news/trump-admin-slams-selena-gomez-for-her-infamously-tearful-video-over-ice-raids/
— How DEI is being rebranded — not disbanded
https://nypost.com/2025/02/01/opinion/no-death-for-diversity-how-dei-is-being-rebranded-not-disbanded/
— Kristi Noem stops taxpayer money from funding illegal migrant flood
https://nypost.com/2025/02/01/opinion/how-us-taxpayers-funded-the-largest-illegal-migration-in-history/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Two illegal immigrants arrested in brutal murder of 63-year-old Chicago man
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/02/01/two-illegal-immigrants-arrested-in-brutal-murder-of-63-year-old-chicago-man-1520103/
FOX NEWS
— ICE crackdown sees 7,400 illegal migrants arrested in 9 days
https://www.foxnews.com/us/ice-crackdown-sees-7400-illegal-migrants-arrested-9-days
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Pritzker: Dem Governors Working Hard With One Another To Think About How Do We Fight Back? How Do We Push Back?
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/02/01/gov_pritzker_dem_governors_working_hard_with_one_another_to_think_about_how_do_we_fight_back_how_do_we_push_back.html
WESTERN JOURNAL
— NY Hotels Using Illegals to Bilk Taxpayers Hit With Whopping Monetary Judgment
https://www.westernjournal.com/ny-hotels-using-illegals-bilk-taxpayers-hit-whopping-monetary-judgment/
— Trump Is Right: Obama FAA Policy Penalized ‘High Aptitude’ Applicants, Even Chicago Tribune Was Worried in 2021
https://www.westernjournal.com/trump-right-obama-faa-policy-penalized-high-aptitude-applicants-even-chicago-tribune-worried-2021/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote birthright citizenship
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/pregnant-women-fear-trumps-birthright-citizenship-order-rcna188757
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump’s Canada and Mexico Tariffs Could Hurt Carmakers. General Motors and a few other companies make as much as 40 percent of their North American cars and trucks in Canada and Mexico, leaving them vulnerable to tariffs.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/business/economy/tariffs-trump-automakers-canada-mexico.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Stellantis, which owns Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram, produces all of its Chrysler Pacifica minivans at a plant in Windsor, Ontario. It also makes the Dodge Charger muscle car, including a new electric version, there. About two-thirds of its highly profitable Ram pickups are made in the United States, but the other third comes from a factory in Saltillo, Mexico. Stellantis did not respond to a request for comment.)
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump’s DEI purge targets federal workers who did not work in DEI (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, constructively, all its employees were always in DEI roles. All federal employees had to give preference to federal employees who were Democrat, and especially to those who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. That is, federal employees had to discriminate against federal employees who were Republican, and especially against those who were White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. I should write about the aforesaid.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/02/01/trump-dei-energy-education-departments/
— Democrat leaders use Venezuela’s Maduro and his “repressive state” to promote more illegal immigration. Under the Biden, America repressed Republicans.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/01/trump-venezuela-deportation-maduro-migrants/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Mexico’s president orders retaliatory tariffs on the U.S.
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-02-01/trump-tariffs-mexico-canada-china
USA TODAY
— Gender, hiring, foreign aid: 3 ways Project 2025 is turning up in Trump’s actions
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/01/31/project-2025-trump-executive-orders/77977234007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— How Migrant Groups Are Thwarting ICE. As agents arrive in Chicago and other cities, elaborate operations are springing into action—aiming to hinder authorities.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/trump-migrant-arrests-activist-campaign-20939aa5
FORBES
— Trump Acknowledges Black History Month—After Weeks Of Attacking Diversity
https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2025/02/01/trump-acknowledges-black-history-month-after-weeks-of-attacking-diversity/