FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Gov. Abbott orders arrests of Texas Democrats who fled to Illinois to halt GOP redistricting plan
https://abc7chicago.com/post/texas-democrats-plan-staying-illinois-2-weeks-halt-redistricting-gov-greg-abbott-threatens-loss-seats/17426930/
NBC5
— Illinois officials face pushback over Texas gerrymandering criticisms. Critics say Illinois’ maps are just as gerrymandered as Texas’ would be under a proposed law that has sparked controversy.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/illinois-officials-face-pushback-over-texas-gerrymandering-criticisms/3804336/
— Rep. Darin LaHood won’t run for Illinois governor, he says. LaHood also revealed he would not run for U.S. Senate.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/rep-darin-lahood-wont-run-for-illinois-governor-he-says/3804440/
— Redistricting clash escalates in Texas after Democrats scatter
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/president-trump/trump-administration-trade-tariff-texas-redistricting-august-04-2025-live-updates/3804074/
CBS2
— Pritzker says redrawing Illinois district map “on the table” in response to Texas redistricting push
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/pritzker-illinois-district-map-texas-democrats/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Tesla awards CEO Musk millions of shares valued at about $29 billion
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/04/tesla-elon-musk-share/
— Democrats prevent Texas House from moving forward with Trump-backed congressional map
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/04/texas-house-congressional-map/
— Why dozens of Democrats left Texas and how Republicans want to punish them
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/04/democrats-texas-republicans/
— Texas Democrats who fled to Chicago to deny GOP’s congressional redistricting effort speak out
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/04/watch-live-texas-democrats/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chicago Public Schools needs $1.6 billion more from the state to provide an adequate education
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/08/04/chicago-public-schools-budget-deficit
— Pritzker’s signature on police pension bill adds pressure for state bailout and city property tax hike. The bill will cost the city $60 million more in 2027, and by 2055, city pension payments will be $750 million higher than they are now. It adds one more big pressure point onto Mayor Brandon Johnson, who already has said he won’t raise property taxes.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2025/08/04/jb-pritzker-police-pension-bill-brandon-johnson-pressure-chicago-budget-state-bailout
DAILY HERALD
— Former GOP official Porter won’t run for Durbin’s Senate seat
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250804/us-congress-politics/gop-official-porter-wont-run-for-durbins-senate-seat/
— ‘We will hide them at our own legal peril’: DuPage Democratic leader pledges to protect Texan lawmakers
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250804/nation-and-world-politics/we-will-hide-them-at-our-own-legal-peril-dupage-democratic-leader-pledges-to-protect-texan-lawmak/
— Geneva woman Jessica Breugelmans running for Republican nomination for state Senate
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250804/news/geneva-woman-running-for-republican-nomination-for-state-senate/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push Blacks to be pot pushers.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/how-black-owned-label-can-help-grow-cannabis-brands-oped
WAND TV
— New DPS policies target students and visitors smelling of marijuana, other ‘distracting’ odors
https://www.wandtv.com/news/education/new-dps-policies-target-students-and-visitors-smelling-of-marijuana-other-distracting-odors/article_3450f262-c6fa-41ce-963a-452589331826.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Ahead of the new school year, Decatur Public Schools updated its district policies to emphasize banning marijuana and other “offensive” odors in its facilities. A DPS flyer said that students who come to school smelling like marijuana or other “distracting” odors will be instructed to call home for a change of clothes, or be picked up to change. Visitors who smell of marijuana or other “distracting” odors will be asked to leave the premises. The district justified the changes by saying that marijuana has an odor that causes/triggers allergic reactions, affecting indoor air quality and putting others at risk of getting sick. The district added that marijuana potentially has cancer-causing chemicals that put students, staff and others at risk. That policy went into effect July 1. According to the DPS 61 student code of conduct and parent handbook, those who use marijuana for medical purposes must provide a medical card upon request.)
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Trump.
https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2025-08-04/professors-calling-for-northwestern-leaders-to-stand-up-to-the-trump-administration-first-listen
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/04/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-354/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Top Illinois GOP Donors Sit Out Upcoming Primary
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/08/sources-top-illinois-gop-donors-sit-out-upcoming-primary.html
ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Gov. Pritzker to Fight Gerrymandering with… More Gerrymandering?
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/08/gov-pritzker-to-fight-gerrymandering-with-more-gerrymandering/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Firing the government’s statically incompetent statisticians. Isn’t it about time? Of course, my Democrat superiors in the federal government hinted/implied/argued that they wasted my career, took adverse actions against me, and forced me to retire because I was incompetent. It is called pretext. But they were frustrated a) by my earning a job-related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees, b) by my passing the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, c) by my earning four more job-related professional certifications, and d) by my earning a job-related professional license.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/4/firing-governments-statically-incompetent-statisticians/
— Not sorry for immigration enforcement. Without borders, we have no country.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/4/sorry-sorry-immigration-enforcement/
TOWNHALL
— Texas House Approves Arrest Warrants for Democrats Who Fled to Illinois to Block Redistricting Vote
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/08/04/texas-house-approves-arrest-warrants-for-democrats-who-fled-to-illinois-to-block-redistricting-vote-n2661402
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Pritzker says Texas Democrats who fled state will be protected amid arrest threats
https://thehill.com/homenews/5434627-redistricting-battle-texas-illinois/
— Redistricting fights explode across US
https://thehill.com/newsletters/evening-report/5435411-texas-redistricting-political-war/
CBS NEWS
— State Department may require some travelers to post $15,000 bond for business or tourism visas
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/state-department-visa-bond-pilot-program/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Will Slow, but May Not Stop, the Rise of Electric Vehicles
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/business/trump-electric-vehicles.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump moves to bar nearly all abortions at Veterans Affairs hospitals
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/08/04/veterans-va-abortion-trump/
— Democrats are becoming a) more liberal, b) bigger advocates of mass/illegal immigration, and c) less proud to be American.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/08/04/democratic-party-change-under-trump-polls/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrats are ever-increasingly becoming more anti-car, anti-American nameplate car, and anti-American nameplate muscle car.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/cars/americas-love-affair-with-the-car-has-soured-over-money-4b73670f
— China Is Choking Supply of Critical Minerals to Western Defense Companies
https://www.wsj.com/world/asia/china-western-defense-industry-critical-minerals-3971ec51
BUSINESS INSIDER
— What does our choice of vehicle reveal about our political preferences?
https://www.businessinsider.com/car-models-owned-by-republicans-democrats-american-politics-jeep-2024-10
CAR BUZZ
— 10 Muscle Cars That Prove America Does It Best. Cars I used to own include a 1962 Chevrolet Impala SS, 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint (a poor man’s GTO), 1968 Oldsmobile 442, 1968 Dodge Charger R/T, and 1969 Dodge Charger SE. Cars I currently own include a 1972 and 2005 Chevrolet Corvette, 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX, 2023 Ford Mustang GT Premium, and 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T Plus. Please let me know if you share my interest in any of the aforesaid cars.
https://carbuzz.com/10-muscle-cars-showing-america-does-it-best/
GOOGLE AI
— Republican politicians and car choices
https://www.google.com/search?q=Republican+politicians+and+car+choices
Tag: DuPage
August 4, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Texas Democrats plan on staying in Illinois for 2 weeks to halt redistricting
https://abc7chicago.com/post/texas-democrats-plan-staying-illinois-2-weeks-halt-redistricting-gov-greg-abbott-threatens-loss-seats/17426930/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: As political petition passing begins, Illinois Democrats have flood of candidates; Republicans have a trickle. Democrat and RINO leaders and their mainstream news media ever-increasingly treat the anti-conservative anti-Republican anti-Trump Pat Brady as being the spokesperson for the Illinois Republican Party.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/04/petition-passing-starts-for-2026-election/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: So far, no major GOP candidates have emerged for U.S. Senate or most of the statewide offices. Democrats Gov. JB Pritzker, Attorney General Kwame Raoul, Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias and Treasurer Mike Frerichs are all seeking reelection. DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick is the only announced candidate for governor of any political stature, and he reported July 1 having only $100,000 in cash on hand in his political fund to take on the billionaire Pritzker. Others are said to be weighing a bid, including former state GOP Chair Don Tracy, Palatine Township Highway Commissioner Aaron Del Mar and Ted Dabrowski, president of the conservative advocacy group Wirepoints. On Sunday, Richard Porter, an attorney and former Republican national committeeman from Illinois, used social media to announce he would not seek the GOP nomination for Durbin’s U.S. Senate seat. “After close consultations with my family and friends, I have decided not to pursue this opportunity,” Porter wrote in a Facebook post. “I intend to stay involved in the effort to turn around Illinois.” Republican Day at the Illinois State Fair on Aug. 14 may prove to be an important event for the party, depending upon whether potential candidates use the day to announce a decision to run.)
— Adding $11 billion to Chicago’s liabilities was a decision that lacked courage, Gov. Pritzker. Alas, the Governor just dug Chicago’s fiscal hole far deeper.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/04/editorial-jb-pritzker-police-fire-pensions-chicago/
— How postsecondary opportunities for students are changing for the better. My father often decried that he did not get promotions because he did not have a bachelor’s degree. That motivated me to earn not only a job-related bachelor’s degree, but three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/04/opinion-postsecondary-degree-programs-states/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Americans are losing faith in higher education. Nearly half of adults believe a college degree is less important to get a well-paying job than it was 20 years ago, and only a quarter believe a four-year degree is a very important part of getting a job that pays well. The question of value is front and center for policymakers across the country and in Washington.)
ILLINOIZE
— Top Republicans Critical of Illinois GOP Recruitment. According to reports, Richard Porter has decided to not run for U.S. Senate. My critics/opponents stress that the following have never recruited me to run for any office: past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, pollsters, fundraisers, major donors, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders. According to the aforesaid, I am “too conservative.”
https://www.theillinoize.com/articles/top-republicans-critical-gop-recruitment
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Republican Richard Porter has decided not to run for the U.S. Senate seat held by Sen. Dick Durbin, according to his social media post to friends. “I intend to stay involved in the effort to turn around Illinois.” Here’s his post
https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000198-7386-d0d9-a7be-f396cc9b0000
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Chicago homicides lowest in decade, but so is arrest rate
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-homicides-lowest-in-decade-but-so-is-arrest-rate/
WIREPOINTS
— The whopping lie behind huge, new pension liability imposed by Springfield on Chicago
https://wirepoints.org/the-whopping-lie-behind-huge-new-pension-liability-imposed-by-springfield-on-chicago-wirepoints/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Legal group accuses Rutgers University of discrimination against white students in granting scholarships. My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrating me, and condemned me for my not getting any scholarships, for my getting an ACT score of only 24, for my only just barely getting into the top 20% of my high school class, for my having to work my way through college, for my not getting a degree from an Ivy League university, etc.
https://nypost.com/2025/08/03/us-news/legal-group-accuses-rutgers-u-of-discrimination-against-white-students/
BREITBART
— Boston Democrats Opened Housing to Illegals Who Can’t Pay the Rent. Illegals illegally come to America illegally because Democrat and RINO leaders illegally invite them. Illegals come to America with nothing. That is, they come to America needing/wanting/demanding that America provide them with everything including housing, food, clothing, medical care, education, transportation, jobs, etc. Needless-to-say, Democrat and RINO leaders should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/08/03/boston-democrats-opened-housing-to-migrants-who-cant-pay-the-rent/
EPOCH TIMES
— Texas Democrats Leave the State to Prevent Redistricting Vote. The exodus could expose the Lone Star State lawmakers to fines, and other penalties—including the possibility of arrest.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/texas-democrats-leave-the-state-to-prevent-redistricting-vote-5896083
NEWSMAX
— Texas Dems Arrive in Illinois to Block Trump’s Redistricting Maps
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/texas-democrats-leave-state-congressional-map-vote/2025/08/04/id/1221138/
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Leftist Outrage Erupts At California Plan To Stop Paying Criminal Illegals’ Legal Bills
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/leftist-outrage-erupts-at-california-plan-to-stop-paying-criminal-illegals-legal-bills/ar-AA1JolYY
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump defends firing labor statistics chief. In Diersen v. GAO ( https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf ), the Democrats who ran GAO defended their wasting my career and forcing me to retire by hinting/implying/arguing/shouting that GAO treated me exactly like Congress wanted GAO to treat its employees like me who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, that is, to waste their careers of and to get rid of them to make way for their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran. It is called political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5434438-trump-defends-firing-labor-statistics-chief/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Many Democrats see their political party as being “weak” or “ineffective”
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/they-roll-right-over-many-democrats-think-their-party-is-weak-ap-norc-poll-finds
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/nyregion/new-york-immigrant-arrests-trump.html
— White House has no plan to mandate IVF care, despite campaign pledge. My Democrat GAO superiors viciously used against me my and my wife giving up trying to have children without trying IVF. They stressed that the cost was covered by my wife’s insurance. They ignored/dismissed/belittled the fact that our doctor advised against it because we both had fertility problems. According to my Democrat GAO superiors, if we had children, I would not have been able to a) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, c) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and d) become a licensed CPA in 1981. All my Democrat GAO superiors had children and spouses who had little no income. They all strongly decried the time and money they had to spend to raise their children. They all hinted/implied/argued/shouted that if they had not had children, they would have professional certifications, master’s degrees, and a professional license like me.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/08/03/trump-administration-ivf-care/
— Laura Loomer succeeds in getting Trump to dump Jen Easterly. I should write about my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors who succeeded in getting the Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO to dump me. They all stressed that I was conservative, Republican, draft-avoider, Protestant, German American, my ancestors had been in America since 1844, a Crete resident 1948-1972, and a Wheaton resident since 1978.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/us/politics/west-point-easterly-trump-loomer.html
USA TODAY
— Democrats have devolved into a clown show. Democrats lose elections because they promote more dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/08/04/trump-vance-republicans-democrats-harris-future/85462114007/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Under President Joe Biden, inflation hit a 40-year high, Russia invaded Ukraine, Hamas brutally attacked Israel and Iran built a robust nuclear program. Then Americans learned, while he was running for reelection, that Biden suffered from serious cognitive decline, raising questions about what the Democratic Party knew and when. Americans lost trust that Democrats were transparent and honest.)
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/03/what-would-doj-epstein-files-contain/85306180007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/08/03/trump-epstein-scandal-vance-president/85481602007/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: ICE is recruiting agents with $50,000 signing bonuses. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/08/02/ice-recruiting-signing-bonus-incentives-immigration-officers/85478464007/
FLORIDA PATCH
— I became a licensed CPA when I was 32 years old in 1981. My critics/opponents have always viciously ignored, dismissed, and belittled that. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://patch.com/florida/lakeland/john-stossel-raises-important-topic-tortured-bureaucrats-impact-licensing
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Racial Gerrymanders in the Dock. The Supreme Court will hear what could be a voting rights landmark. Democrat leaders will forever shout that Blacks and Hispanics will forever need preference big time because Republicans will forever discriminate against them.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/racial-gerrymanders-in-the-dock-31f93146
— Four Ways to Prepare for When Your Adult Kids Need Financial Help. Many parents continue to support their children after they graduate from college. It helps to start planning for that, just in case.
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/adult-children-financial-help-tips-54a7c601
— It’s a Tough Job Market for New College Grads. Is an Advanced Degree Worth It? The temptation for young adults is great, as they struggle to find jobs. The key is to do the numbers. When I graduated from NIU with a bachelor’s degree in management when I was 21 in 1970. Immediately going on to earn an MBA was not an option for me because I had to have a job to help support my mother and brother. I took the only job offer that I got, to be the Retail Sales Manager in the Chicago Heights Firestone Store. The job did not really require a college degree. I did not earn an MBA until I was 27 in 1976. By then, it was too late.
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/advanced-degree-graduates-job-market-5450de28
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
— Qualifications When I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980, I was qualified to transfer as a GS-13 Step 1, currently $117,807/year. But my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to transfer as a GS-9 Step 10, currently $88,809/year, a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars. They ignored/dismissed/belittled a) that GAO audits IRS, b) that I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which as a GS-12 Step 1-5, currently $99,069-$112,280/year, c) that I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, d) that I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and e) that I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul. They would have transferred me as a GS-13 if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran. My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates viciously used against me my having to take a pay cut to transfer. I made GS-13 in 1986, but only after I had a) completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, b) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and c) became a licensed CPA in 1981.
https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-policies/#url=e4
GOOGLE AI
— Political recruitment If you had run for a government office or a political office, what would have stressed? I would have stressed a) that I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which as a GS-12 Step 1-5, currently $99,069-$112,280/year, b) that I worked 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, c) that I earned an MBA from Loyola, a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul, and a master’s degree in finance from IIT, d) that I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, e) that I earned four more job-related professional certifications, and f) that I became a licensed CPA.
https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=7bb187fa02092698&sxsrf=AE3TifMd3VPsMy2JnrWybKuN-BV9ORgeqQ:1754293415076&q=recruit+candidates+%22qualifications%22
August 3, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/03/dehumanizing-inside-the-broadview-ice-facility-where-immigrants-sleep-on-cold-concrete/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/30/charles-selle-deportations/
— Indiana Gov. Braun greenlights state police, agencies to cooperate with ICE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/01/indiana-gov-braun-greenlights-state-police-agencies-to-cooperate-with-ice/
— Former Kane County Coroner Rob Russell announces bid for sheriff
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/24/former-coroner-rob-russell-joining-sheriff-race/
— The mainstream news media exists to get rid of Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/03/column-donald-trump-jeffrey-epstein-maga-support-page/
— State control of Chicago Public Schools grows likelier as budget crisis intensifies
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/editorial-state-control-chicago-public-100000308.html
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Anticipate/expect that your critics/opponents will use the jobs that you get against you.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/money/2025/08/01/job-hunting-tips-teenagers
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTUTE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250802/news/a-chilling-effect-on-justice-ice-argues-courthouse-immigration-arrests-make-sense-but-local-oppo/
— The mainstream news media exists to destroy Trump.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250802/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-karma-and-epa-policy-local-weather-conditions-add-worrisome-irony-to-proposed/
KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Hundreds of motorcycles ride to raise fentanyl awareness Saturday in Kane and DuPage counties. Grieving families, elected officials and law enforcement agencies unite to spread awareness.
https://www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-chronicle/2025/08/03/hundreds-of-motorcycles-ride-to-raise-fentanyl-awareness-saturday-in-kane-and-dupage-counties/
STARVED ROCK MEDIA
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://www.starvedrock.media/wlpo/protests-against-trump-still-strong-in-ottawa/article_e63a907e-deec-4b98-b796-5ce1b50e7ed2.html
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-appeals-court-keeps-order-blocking-trump-administration-from-indiscriminate-immigration-sweeps/
WJBC
— Illegals Reduce US Workers’ Wages. When I was young, if there had been as many illegals as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got, but if not that, my wages would have been lower.
https://www.wjbc.com/2025/08/01/homan-to-newsmax-illegals-reduce-us-workers-wages/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders oppose work requirements for Medicaid.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-08-02/how-the-new-work-requirements-for-medicaid-could-impact-some-states
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-08-02/from-the-clinics-to-the-capitol-links-anti-abortion-movement-to-far-right-extremism
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Milton Township Under Criminal Investigations
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2025/08/milton-township-under-criminal-investigations/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTOM EXAMINER
— End the ‘mission creep’ of Temporary Protected Status. To get more votes from those who are the following, Democrat and RINO leaders give them protected status: minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, veteran, disabled, non-Protestant, non- German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, have less money than others, citizens of foreign countries, boozers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, etc.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/patriotism-unity/3488896/trump-afghanistan-temporary-protected-status/
NEW YORK POST
— Texas Roadhouse hit with civil rights complaint alleging DEI discrimination in hiring practices. All during the almost 30 years that I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government, they bragged about the preference that gave to their Democrat employees who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. I should write about that.
https://nypost.com/2025/08/03/business/texas-roadhouse-hit-with-discrimination-civil-rights-complaint-for-dei-hiring-practices/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Texas Roadhouse wrote that it is committed to “attracting, retaining, engaging, recognizing, and developing a workforce that mirrors the diversity of our guests” and provided a chart breaking down the percentages of their employees and managers who were either women or people of color in its 2024 10-K annual report. . .According to the Texas Roadhouse 2024 sustainability report, the company takes DEI factors such as gender and race into consideration when determining nominees to its Board of Directors.)
DAILY CALLER
— Senate Confirms Trump’s Pick for U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican, Brian Burch, who resides in Chicago
https://www.aol.com/senate-confirms-trump-vatican-pick-214131318.html
— Universities Use Social Credit To Bypass Affirmative Action Ban. What social credits do you get? I get no social credits because I promote personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, enforcement of immigration laws, discouragement of vices, Second Amendment rights, and equal opportunity. That is, I get no social credits because I oppose the promotion of dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, more gun controls, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/08/02/opinion-universities-use-social-credit-to-bypass-affirmative-action-ban-casey-ryan/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As the situation appears, Dialogue portfolios are nothing more than a system modeled after the Chinese Communist Party’s Social Credit System that essentially blacklists Chinese citizens from society if they hold the wrong opinions. Under China’s system, citizens can gain a bad social credit score by daily activities deemed negative by the government. This can include posting opinions on social media or making too many frivolous purchases. A negative social credit score can lead to bans from traveling, throttled internet speeds, or rejections from universities – which sounds eerily similar to the intent of Dialogue portfolios. The last thing college applicants in America need is a dystopian measure to filter out perceived wrongthink. The Supreme Court’s decision to ban affirmative action for universities was to help ensure everyone has an equal opportunity. These “Dialogues” appear to be a purity test that is even worse than affirmative action. While affirmative action is awful, at least there was a chance for universities to admit students of differing viewpoints. Dialogue portfolios give universities the explicit power to reject students solely because of the opinions they hold.)
DAILY WIRE
— For The First Time In 40 Years, The Federal Government Can Judge Applicants By Merit. The move opens the door to an elite federal workforce — and a major victory for President Donald Trump. For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. I qualified myself for the postal job by passing the postal employment examination and earning a high school diploma. I qualified myself for the IRS job by passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination and earning a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU. I qualified myself for the GAO job by working for IRS for almost 9 years, earning an MBA from Loyola, passing the CPA examination on my first attempt, and almost completing the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/for-the-first-time-in-40-years-the-federal-government-can-judge-applicants-by-merit
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A decades-old court order that blocked the federal government from using tests to measure job applicants’ skills was terminated by a D.C. judge on Friday, setting the stage for an overhaul of the federal workforce that could be one of President Donald Trump’s most lasting achievements. In 1981, Angel Luevano sued the federal government over the Professional and Administrative Career Examination, a test that helped identify the best and brightest out of the tens of thousands who apply for government jobs each year. Luevano argued that the test kept too many blacks and Hispanics out of government, and, in the waning days of President Jimmy Carter’s administration, OPM agreed to pause the test for five years. Forty-four years later, the “Luevano Consent Decree” was somehow still intact. In January, the Trump administration filed a brief challenging the agreement — a feat which required reopening a decades-closed court case in which the original judge had died. The administration argued that it was doubtful the decree was ever appropriate, and that, with Supreme Court case law outlawing affirmative action, it was certainly not now. Angel Luevano is still alive, and agreed to terminate the consent decree, court papers show. Luevano was represented by lawyers from Hispanic and black civil rights groups, two of whom did not return a request for comment. For almost half a century, the federal government has operated like a college that didn’t look at SAT scores when admitting students. Rescinding the Luevano Consent Decree could take the government from safety-school status to Ivy League. “We’re making civil service great again,” Office of Personnel Management Director Scott Kupor told The Daily Wire Friday. The move opens the door to technocratic hiring assessments that allow the government to hire applicants who objectively demonstrate the most aptitude. Kupor told The Daily Wire in an interview that the move means Americans may start getting better service at government agencies, with government being more helpful and responsive. “The lasting opportunity here is: can we change the culture of the workforce in the federal government? Can we make it a high-performance culture? That will definitely be the president’s legacy, if we can make that successful,” he said. After the demise of the Professional and Administrative Career Examination and similar tests, the government began relying on “self-assessments” to sift through job applicants, as it was the only measure that saw a sufficient number of minorities enter government. Applicants simply declared how good they were at a task, with no attempt to verify it or compare them to other applicants. That led to a hiring process that rewarded boasting and fabrications as much as merit. Kupor said the de facto prohibition on government checking people’s competency before hiring them — at which point they become difficult to remove — had become particularly crippling in the modern age, with people using artificial intelligence or simply copy-and-paste to take a job advertisement’s requirements and send an application asserting that they had all those skills. The inability to use objective measures to sort the most qualified applicants from a large pool — as virtually all other large employers do — has profoundly impacted the caliber of government employees. The Luevano Consent Decree was perhaps one of the largest applications ever of the philosophy known as “disparate impact,” which holds that anything that produces racially unbalanced outcomes must inherently be racist. But the fallout went beyond just minorities, leaving little way to differentiate a brilliant white job applicant from an incompetent white applicant. OPM General Counsel Andrew Kloster told The Daily Wire in an interview that the government did not make any concessions to reach the agreement. “It was a very easy process,” he said. “They just flat out agreed. It would not have happened without the original named plaintiff agreeing to it and the judge agreeing to accept it.” “This is really kind of an understanding that disparate impact as a way to measure things is not the law of the land anymore. You have to actually show real discrimination. The explicit argument was that the objective tests themselves were racially biased, and obviously that’s bogus.” It is yet to be decided whether OPM will institute a general aptitude test across agencies. But many specific job categories are likely to have their own tests. If the government is hiring, say, computer programmers, it won’t simply ask them how good they are at a programming language. Instead, it will administer a coding test to rank applicants on a uniform scale. The hiring process used by government agencies for decades resulted in hiring that was, at best, random, and at worst, allowed the sort of cronyism and favoritism that the consent decree was supposed to avoid, Kupor said. “We’re going to be able to attract really, really good people, because they’re going to be fairly tested for their merit,” he said. “It also really does eliminate a lot of potential for a bias in the hiring process if you actually use objective standards.” “This is a win for fairness, as well as a win for getting American people the ability to get people with the appropriate skills into the right jobs.”)
FOX NEWS
— DOJ cracking down on noncitizen voters
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6376491200112
PJ MEDIA
— Democrat and RINO leaders want Trump to grant amnesty, that is, Democrat and RINO leaders want Trump to destroy the Republican Party. Those who come to America illegally and/or stay in America illegally will always vote for Democrats.
https://pjmedia.com/scott-pinsker/2025/08/02/now-that-trump-has-really-truly-secured-our-borders-is-it-time-for-a-gop-pivot-on-immigration-n4942338
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Statisticians blast Trump over BLS firing: ‘Dangerous precedent.’ My Democrat superiors in the federal government followed a strong anti-Republican precedent when they wasted my career and forced me to retire. My RINO superiors in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois followed a strong anti-conservative precedent when they wasted me and got rid of me.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5433583-trump-bls-firing-precedent-controversy/
NEWSWEEK
— Pope Francis Critic Brian Burch Confirmed as Vatican Ambassador
https://www.newsweek.com/pope-francis-critic-brian-burch-confirmed-vatican-ambassador-2108079
MSN
— The most competitive college in your state. In Illinois, it is the University of Chicago. According to my critics/opponents, degrees from non-Ivy League universities are worthless.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/the-most-competitive-college-in-your-state-according-to-data-and-see-the-rest-of-the-hardest-schools-to-get-into/ss-AA1JAp3M#image=14
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois: University of Chicago #7 hardest college to get into nationwide, Acceptance rate: 7%, Net price: $36,584, SAT range: 1500-1570. The University of Chicago boasts a low student-to-teacher ratio—5:1—as well as an affiliation with 97 Nobel laureates, 34 MacArthur “genius grant” fellows, and 23 Pulitzer Prize winners, including Saul Bellow and Thornton Wilder, who won on three occasions. The school is proud of its nationally recognized medical and law programs.)
— Trump administration rescinds Jimmy Carter‑era DEI mandates for federal hiring. For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. I qualified myself for the postal job by passing the postal employment examination and earning a high school diploma. I qualified myself for the IRS job by passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination and earning a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU. I qualified myself for the GAO job by working for IRS for almost 9 years, earning an MBA from Loyola, passing the CPA examination on my first attempt, and almost completing the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-admintration-rescinds-jimmy-carter-era-dei-mandates-for-federal-hiring/ar-AA1JKxut
NBC NEWS
— Chicago Democrats issue warnings about their mayor amid Zohran Mamdani’s rise
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/chicago-democrats-issue-warnings-mayor-090042907.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/opinion/ice-immigration-protest-resistance.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/opinion/epstein-trump-polls.html
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/08/02/supporters-decry-ice-arrests-south-korean-student-peruvian-asylum-seeker-court-hearings/
USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly badmouth the American Flag.
https://www.aol.com/trump-installs-massive-flag-poles-135836687.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals.
https://www.aol.com/americans-views-immigration-massive-positive-190958366.html
WTOP
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly disparage Republicans.
https://wtop.com/national/2025/08/ohio-city-whose-haitian-migrants-were-disparaged-by-trump-braces-to-defend-them-against-deportation/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at young men that Trump causes all their problems.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/we-asked-young-men-who-voted-for-trump-to-grade-him-here-s-what-they-said/ar-AA1JG2Kl
INDEPENDENT
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that Trump causes all their problems.
https://www.aol.com/more-70-black-voters-disapprove-205101322.html
ECONOMIC TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/global-trends/us-news-rage-against-the-regime-protests-over-300-us-cities-hosting-anti-trump-demonstrations-today-on-jd-vances-birthday-50501-group-full-list/articleshow/123060369.cms
INDIA HERALD
— Can an Indian Citizen Have More Than One Caste Certificate in case of Inter-Caste Marriage? What Caste were you born into? I was born into a low Caste because neither of my parents attended college, my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, and my mother never attended high school. My critic/opponents have always used the aforesaid against me. My critics/opponents have parents who have lots of money.
https://www.indiaherald.com/Breaking/Read/994838885/Can-an-Indian-Citizen-Have-More-Than-One-Caste-Certificate-in-case-of-InterCaste-Marriage
TIMES OF INDIA & MSN
— Google stops funding of 214 groups, over 50 of them related to diversity and equity. I should write about how Google has treated me and my www.gopillinois.com website.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/google-stops-funding-of-214-groups-over-50-of-them-related-to-diversity-and-equity-report/articleshow/123073327.cms
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/google-quietly-removes-dozens-of-dei-focused-groups-from-funding-list-amid-policy-shift/ar-AA1JLWsO
GOOGLE AI
— Too conservative, Republican According to my critics/opponents, I have always been to conservative, that is, I promote too many planks in the Republican Party platform.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22too+conservative%22+republican
August 1, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
WGN9
— Chicago’s budget deficit threatened by pension bill that awaits Pritzker’s signature. My GAO superior who focused on getting rid of me was so furious that I got almost 3 years of full-time Civil Service Retirement System credit while I worked only part-time for the Post Office 1966-1969 that he got Congress to change the law so that now only prorated credit is given.
https://wgntv.com/news/politics/chicagos-budget-deficit-threatened-by-pension-bill-that-awaits-pritzkers-signature/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The bill would boost pension benefits for officers and firefighters hired after 2010 by increasing the cap on pensionable salary and the annual cost-of-living adjustment for pensioners.)
WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/08/01/illinois-joins-lawsuit-challenging-trump-administration-s-efforts-restrict-gender
— Duckworth, Durbin Urge Trump Administration to Reinstate EPA Workers Who Signed ‘Declaration of Dissent.’ I did far more than sign a letter of dissent. When I was 40 years old in 1988, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. GAO audits IRS. They had unofficially thrown me off audits of IRS before I was 40 in 1988 because I had complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. They had kept me off audits of IRS 1980-1985. They had forced the GAO manager to retire in 1987 who had hired me in 1980 and who had finally been able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me in 1986. They had delayed my promotions, had never promoted me beyond GS-13, and had forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. Democrats run GAO and IRS. They do not want Republicans to audit IRS.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/08/01/duckworth-durbin-urge-trump-administration-reinstate-epa-workers-who-signed-declaration
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/08/01/mayors-office-completes-internal-review-of-chicago-police-response-to-june-immigration-raid
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/lgbtq/2025/08/01/illinois-sues-the-trump-administration-to-protect-access-to-gender-affirming-care
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— ICE says it has made tentative job offers to more than 1,000 as hiring ramps up. Just kidding, but will Speaker Johnson force GAO to rehire me with backpay. Many of my Democrat GAO superiors who forced me to retire have now retired themselves. My backpay would be $2.4 million ($4.3 salary minus $1.9 Civil Service Retirement System pension.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/01/ice-hiring-tentative-job-offers/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Many of these offers were to ICE officers who retired under President Biden because they were frustrated that they were not allowed to do their jobs,” she said. “Now under President Trump and Secretary Noem, ICE is excited to get back to work to remove rapists, murderers, gang members and pedophiles from our communities.”)
— Casten shouted down at town hall in La Grange, pro-Palestinian protesters removed
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/01/u-s-rep-sean-casten-pro-palestinian-protesters/
— Trump removes official overseeing jobs data after dismal employment report. I should write about the following who have done the most to remove me as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000 because my newsletters have reported Republican defeats: past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, pollsters, fundraisers, major donors, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders. It is called shooting the messenger who brings the bad news.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/01/trump-removes-jobs-data/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/01/judge-pauses-fast-track-deportations/
— Lake County Sheriff Martinez starts to repay county for $157,785 of overpayment of benefits. According to my critics/opponents, my federal salary 1966-1969 and 1971-1997, my $66,780/year Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension in today’s dollars since 1997, and my and my wife’s 72% federal healthcare insurance subsidy is much too high. In my defense, I paid 7% of my federal salary into the CSRS. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/01/lake-co-sheriff-martinez-starts-to-repay-county-for-overpayment-of-benefits/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: All of the extra pay that Martinez received was from the collective bargaining agreement that covers the sheriff’s police officers. The State Board of Accounts contended under state code that Martinez is an officeholder who is not entitled to benefits for police officers negotiated under the collective bargaining agreement.
DAILY HERALD
— Duckworth ever-increasingly makes it clear that she is anti-those who have demographics that vote for Republicans.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250801/illinois-state-politics/diversity-in-crash-test-dummies-can-save-womens-lives-duckworth-gop-senators-say/
WGN RADIO
— College Visits: What to ask to get the whole picture. In 1966, UIC was the only college that I considered attending. I could afford UIC because my parents could and did provide me with room and board while I attended UIC 1966-1968 and the summers of 1967 and 1968 in between. In 1969, NIU was the only college that I considered transferring to because my parents could and did provide me with room and board weekends during my first semester there and the summer of 1969. I worked part-time for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969.
https://wgnradio.com/jobs/career-vision/college-visits-what-to-ask-to-get-the-whole-picture/
WBEZ
— Chicago teens on the job this summer. What summer jobs did you have? I did yard work during the summers of 1962 and 1963. I delivered newspapers during the summers of 1962-1966. I washed dishes during the summer of 1965. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline during the summer of 1966. I delivered mail during the summers of 1967-1969. My critics/opponents never had to take such jobs because their parents had lots of money, bought them cars, and paid for their college expenses.
https://www.wbez.org/education/2025/08/01/teenagers-summer-jobs-lifeguard-chuck-e-cheese-international-museum-surgical-science
FOX NEWS
— Hamas should be blamed for the starvation in Gaza
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/hamas-should-blamed-starvation-gaza-says-deputy-state-dept-spokesperson-tommy-pigott-middle-east-special-envoy-steve-witkoff-mike-huckabee
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Plaintiff optimistic, DOJ interested in case against Illinois elections board
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_748c769f-a4b8-463a-b8a1-873b7c66c20a.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A legal case is moving forward against the Illinois State Board of Elections over allegations that the state failed to maintain voter registration lists. Former state Rep. Jeanne Ives, R-Wheaton, said the National Voter Registration Act requires the state to perform list maintenance and remove ineligible voters. U.S. District Court Judge Sara L. Ellis dismissed two plaintiffs from the case last week, but Ives’ group, Breakthrough Ideas, was not dismissed and retains standing as a plaintiff along with Illinois Family Action. The groups filed suit with Judicial Watch attorneys in March of 2024. Ives said it’s obvious that voter lists are not well-maintained in Illinois. “This creates extra costs people should not have to incur and it wastes time as well, not to mention it invites fraud when you do not have cleaned-up voter lists,” Ives told The Center Square. Ives said the dead have voted in Illinois. “I’ve pointed out a couple of dead people that I know casted votes, and there was no adequate explanation for why that occurred. Because they were not cleaned off the voter roll, it invited fraud one way or another. In the state of Illinois, this becomes even more problematic when you have permanent vote by mail,” Ives explained. “So you will have ballots being sent to people that are possibly moved or dead, which makes list maintenance even more important in the state of Illinois.” Ives said 23 Illinois counties with a combined registration list of 980,089 voters reported removing only 100 registrations over a two-year period. “That is an absurdly small number. There is no possible way those counties were conducting a general program that makes an effort to clean up the voter rolls, because only a hundred people died in 23 counties? Nobody believes that, so we know that they’re not doing what they should do,” Ives said. On July 8, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a 15-page statement of interest in the case. “When Illinois voters cast their ballots, they should be confident that their vote is given its due weight, undiluted by ineligible voters,” the statement began. “It is critical to remove ineligible voters from the registration rolls so that elections are conducted fairly, accurately, and without fraud,” said Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division in a press release regarding the statement of interest. “Under the NVRA, states have the responsibility to conduct a robust program of list maintenance. The Department of Justice will vigorously enforce those requirements to ensure compliance.” Ives said the case could have ramifications across the country. She said it is possible that the DOJ will file its own lawsuit. As for what’s next, Ives said parties were waiting for a written ruling and it’s possible there could be a hearing later this month. Ives said she suspects there could be a settlement in the case.)
— Youth mental health screenings may have long-term impact, IL legislator warns. Democrat leaders hint/imply/argue/shout that if you are not a Democrat, you have mental problems.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_61d88fa0-db2a-49ed-8f3a-1ec239a0a422.html
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois economy declines 2.2% in early 2025, one of biggest drops in U.S.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-economy-declines-2-2-in-early-2025-one-of-biggest-drops-in-u-s/
— Illinois government pension crisis worst in U.S.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/report-shows-illinois-government-pension-crisis-worst-in-u-s/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— ICE is deporting people at record pace: Nearly 1,300 per day
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/1/ice-deporting-people-record-pace-nearly-1300-per-day/
— Democrats’ civility goes out the window so progressives can pretend to be tough
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/1/editorial-democrats-civility-goes-window-progressives-pretend-tough/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democrats want to unmask the ICE agents they are putting in danger
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3488819/democrats-ice-agents-masks/
NEW YORK POST
— How can socialist Zohran Mamdani revel in his family’s colonial privilege?
https://nypost.com/2025/08/01/opinion/how-can-socialist-zohran-mamdani-revel-in-his-familys-colonial-privilege/
FEDERALIST
— Immigration Crackdown Protects Americans From Murderers And Rapists Biden Released Into The Streets
https://thefederalist.com/2025/08/01/immigration-crackdown-protects-americans-from-murderers-and-rapists-biden-released-into-the-streets/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
KVOR
— Illegals Reduce US Workers’ Wages
https://www.kvor.com/2025/08/01/homan-to-newsmax-illegals-reduce-us-workers-wages/
REASON
— The IRS Is Now 25 Percent Smaller (and, Hopefully, Less Dangerous) I should write about those who have used against me the most my having been an IRS employee for almost 9 years 1971-1980.
https://www.aol.com/news/irs-now-25-percent-smaller-110004637.html
July 31, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Mayor Johnson offers multiple ideas to scare businesses out of Chicago
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/editorial-mayor-johnson-offers-multiple-100000664.html
— Former Northwestern University staffer sues alleging he was fired for protesting cuts to LGBTQ resources. My Democrat GAO superiors fired me, that is, they forced me to retire, because I protested their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/30/northwestern-university-employee-sues-lgbtq-cuts/
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, sooner or later, everyone will be on Medicaid. Knowing that if I could survive until I retired, the federal government would pay 72% of my and my wife’s healthcare insurance premiums for life helped me endure tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to get rid of me.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/30/medicaid-trump-2/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout a minorities and at females that Republicans cause all the problems that minorities and females have.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/31/opinion-donald-trump-black-women-jobs-at-risk/
CHICAGO SUN_TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/07/29/maga-trump-epstein-kash-patel-bondi-mona-charen
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: To get more votes from those who are the following, Democrat leaders want them to pay lower insurance premiums: liberal, Democrat, minority, female, younger, poor, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are in America illegally.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250730/insurance/giannoulias-launches-campaign-to-ensure-fairness-in-auto-insurance-rates/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Johnson imposes hiring curbs on city departments to cut spending. While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years, the agency was almost always under hiring and/or promotion freezes because of Gingrich budget cuts. GAO is just a shell of what it once was.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/brandon-johnson-imposes-hiring-curbs-city-hall
ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Hamas.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-groups-call-elected-officials-send-more-aid-gaza-end-hunger-crisis-israeli-strikes-continue/17367629
CBS2
— Congressman Darin LaHood on how Trump’s big, beautiful bill will affect Illinoisans. The Illinois representative talks about Medicaid, SNAP, and touches on the petition to release the Epstein files.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/congressman-darin-lahood-on-how-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-will-affect-illinoisans/
WGN9
— Trump, in another break from the norm, interviews 4-star general candidates. While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, ever-increasingly, to get promoted, you had to promote Affirmative Action and DEI.
https://wgntv.com/politics-3/ap-politics/ap-trump-meets-with-candidates-for-four-star-general-in-break-with-tradition-white-house-acknowledges/
WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for all the problems that Blacks have.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/07/30/national-urban-league-ceo-declaring-state-emergency-over-trump-administration/
WGN RADIO
— Ray LaHood: Illinois legislative map is ‘an embarrassment’
https://wgnradio.com/john-williams/ray-lahood-illinois-legislative-map-is-an-embarrassment/
— The mainstream news media did not blame Biden for inflation, but now, the mainstream news media blames Trump for inflation.
https://wgnradio.com/news/how-trumps-tariffs-could-affect-your-grocery-bill/amp/
KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Kane County Auditor Penny Wegman announces bid for treasurer. Incumbent GOP Treasurer Lauzen hasn’t said if he’ll run again.
https://www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-chronicle/2025/07/31/kane-county-auditor-penny-wegman-announces-bid-for-treasurer/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Kane County Auditor Penny Wegman on Wednesday officially announced her candidacy for county treasurer. Wegman, a Democrat, was elected to her second term as auditor last year. She will seek her party’s nomination in the March 17 primary election. If she wins the primary, she will be on the Nov. 5, 2026 general election ballot. In a news release Wednesday, Wegman pledged “to bring her proven record of fiscal responsibility, transparency and innovation to the treasurer’s office.” “As your county auditor, I’ve worked every day to make government more transparent, efficient, and accountable to taxpayers,” Wegman stated in the release. “Now, I’m ready to bring that same commitment to the treasurer’s office – to continue protecting taxpayer dollars and strengthening public trust in our financial institutions.” The current treasurer is Chris Lauzen, a Republican and former state senator and former county board chairman. He has not announced whether he would seek another term. Since taking office as auditor, Wegman said she led on several key initiatives that improved the county’s financial operations and public accountability. These include: Increasing transparency through a more accessible, online county checkbook, giving taxpayers real-time insight into county spending; Creating a successful internship program, providing hands-on government experience to local students and cultivating the next generation of public servants; Identifying and helping close policy gaps, collaborating with the county board to strengthen financial procedures and internal controls; Increasing county revenue by competitively bidding the purchase card vendor, securing better returns for Kane County taxpayers. “These are not just ideas – they are results, ” Wegman said in the release. “As treasurer, I will carry forward this momentum to modernize operations, safeguard county funds, and ensure Kane County residents get the transparency and service they deserve,” Wegman stated in the release. With her background in auditing, financial oversight and public service, Wegman stated in the release that she is “uniquely prepared to transition seamlessly into the treasurer’s role and immediately build upon the office’s core responsibilities: receiving, investing, and safeguarding the county’s funds.” Last year, Wegman received the Innovator Award from the International Association of Government Officials at its annual conference in New Orleans. The award was in recognition of Wegman’s work with the county’s procurement card program, which are known as p-cards and are county credit cards issued to department heads. Her campaign for treasurer will formally launch with a fundraiser on Aug. 28, at The Office, 201 E Main St., St. Charles. The public is invited to attend and learn more about Wegman’s vision for the treasurer’s office. In May, Candida “Connie” Cain announced she left the Kane County GOP to run for treasurer as a Democrat.)
COURIER & PRESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.courierpress.com/story/opinion/2025/07/31/opinion-shabazz-abortion-restrictions-have-led-to-more-access/85422719007/
NPR ILLINOIS
— The Democrat Party platform promotes homelessness.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-07-30/trump-wants-to-make-it-easier-to-institutionalize-some-homeless-people-how-will-that-play-out-in-la
CITIES 92.9
— To get more votes from those who are the following, Democrat leaders want them to pay lower insurance premiums: liberal, Democrat, minority, female, younger, poor, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are in America illegally.
https://www.cities929.com/2025/07/30/illinois-secretary-of-state-pushes-to-restrict-auto-premium-calculations/
WAND TV
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/ohio-city-whose-haitian-migrants-were-disparaged-by-trump-braces-to-defend-them-against-deportation/article_5e9c485c-d55f-5bc2-8aa4-eb936ef9864c.html
WIFR
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/families-first-rally-in-rockford-calls-for-support-for-working-families/ar-AA1Jmn4e
MEDILL REPORTS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government and on charity.
https://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/listen-rooted-in-community-evanston-grows-works-toward-food-justice/
HOODLINE ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://hoodline.com/2025/07/illinois-commission-on-equity-and-inclusion-to-promote-diversity-at-2025-state-fair-in-springfield/
IPM NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make children sexually active LGBTQers.
https://ipmnewsroom.org/chicago-hospitals-are-scaling-back-trans-care-for-youth-a-rapid-response-team-is-stepping-in/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Growth killer: Chicago’s potential corporate head tax.
https://wirepoints.org/chicago-corporate-head-tax-growth-killer-wirepoints/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— With sanctuary lawsuit dismissed, Illinois Democrats vow to resist ICE. Anticipate/expect that Illinois Democrats will ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_8ef66d3c-2623-48b6-9390-e0a99d483d3c.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Trump’s economy is already proving the doomsayers completely wrong
https://nypost.com/2025/07/30/opinion/trumps-economy-is-already-proving-the-doomsayers-completely-wrong/
AMERICAN THINKER
— The Perils of Linguistic Debasement
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/07/the_perils_of_linguistic_debasement.html
BREITBART
— U.S. Economy Rockets up to Three Percent Growth in Second Quarter Under Trump
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/07/30/u-s-economy-rockets-up-to-three-percent-growth-in-second-quarter-under-trump/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Trump administration has terminated over 4,000 grants. To get more votes from those who are the following, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly give them more government grants: liberal, Democrat, minority, female, younger, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/trump-administration-terminated-4000-grants-report/28363
DAILY CALLER
— Latinos Living Along Southern Border Rave Over Trump’s Crackdown
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/30/border-latinos-happy-with-donald-trump/
— Trump’s Education Dept Ends Free Tuition For Illegals. Where did the money come from to pay for your bachelor’s degree? For me, the money came from what I earned doing yard work, delivering newspapers, washing dishes, cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, pumping gasoline, delivering mail, and working on an automotive assembly line.
https://www.aol.com/exclusive-trump-education-dept-ends-123926748.html
DAILY WIRE
— Trump Crushes Woke Colleges, Ignites Meritocracy’s Epic Comeback. Campus antisemitism and university DEI programs took a gut punch from our president, and the transgender nonsense is in retreat. If Trump had been elected sooner, my Democrat superiors in the federal government would not have been able to waste my career, take adverse actions against me, and force me to retire when I was 49 years old. If Trump had been elected earlier, I might still be a General Motors employee because Oldsmobile would not have withdrawn a job offer that I had accepted because EEOC had forced it to stop hiring Whites to settle a complaint.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-crushes-woke-colleges-ignites-meritocracys-epic-comeback
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Five Universities Under Investigation for Excluding U.S.-Born Citizens from Certain Scholarships. My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me for my not getting any scholarships. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.fairus.org/news/executive/universities-investigated-excluding-us-born-citizens-scholarships
FOX NEWS
— Trump rips ‘luxury hotels’ for migrants while American citizens are ‘living from hand to mouth.’ President says homeless veterans ‘can’t get a room’ while migrants stay in expensive accommodations.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-rips-luxury-hotels-migrants-american-citizens-living-hand-mouth
NUMBERS USA
— 70% say Biden deliberately opened the border. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://www.numbersusa.com/blog/70-say-biden-deliberately-opened-the-border/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/30/politics/video/maga-media-reverses-course-epstein-files-osullivan-ebof-digvid
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use wokeness/wokeism to destroy Republicans.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/30/politics/dei-anti-woke-trump-administration-analysis
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— All the Democrats and all the RINOs above me have always promoted wokeness/wokeism, that is, they have always discriminated against those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/trump-administration-fires-senior-navy-female-officer-at-nato-she-appeared-on-a-woke-list/ar-AA1Cu548
MSN
— Democrat educators ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/project-2025-creators-target-university-over-lgbtq-inclusive-course-materials/ar-AA1Jx6Mw
— ‘Worrying time for Irish in US’ as Trump makes good on illegals promise
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/politics/worrying-time-for-irish-in-us-as-trump-makes-good-on-illegals-promise/ar-AA1JpLKn
MSNBC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IikY_83QZ38
ABC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trumps-comments-epstein-raise-new-questions-fell/story?id=124211483
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/us/politics/democrats-trump-epstein-files.html
— Trump Administration Authorizes Deployment of National Guard at ICE Facilities
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/us/politics/trump-national-guard-ice.html
— Trump Threatens Canada for Backing Palestinian State
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/us/politics/trump-canada-trade-palestine.html
— Judge Bars Trump From Punishing Two Law Professors for International Criminal Court Work. The judges and justices in Diersen v. GAO allowed my Democrat GAO superiors to force me to retire because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/us/politics/trump-icc-lawyers.html
— Illinois Democrats lead the nation in gerrymandering.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/us/politics/texas-republican-redistricting.html
KNEWZ
— What ICE agents earn and what their benefits look like. Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn ICE.
https://knewz.com/ice-agents-earn-their-benefits/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump and Dimon Are Talking Again After Yearslong Rift. What does Dimon and his JPMorgan Chase think of you?
https://www.wsj.com/finance/jpmorgan-chase-jamie-dimon-trump-visits-01a36928
GOVENMENT EXECUTIVE
— APRIL 27, 2007 FLASHBACK: GAO settles pay dispute with 12 of 308 (Band II) senior analysts. Counsel finds data and calculations used to conduct the employees’ performance evaluations were flawed. My Democrat GAO superiors used their flawed performance evaluations to a) delay my promotions, b) never promote me beyond GS-13 (Band II), c) keep me off audits of IRS, d) always rank in bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and e) force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.govexec.com/management/2007/04/gao-settles-pay-dispute-with-12-of-308-senior-analysts/24307/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Government Accountability Office has reached settlements with 12 of 308 employees denied pay increases last year. The 12 employees were offered promotions, back pay and associated benefits as if they had been promoted as of Jan. 8, 2006, several sources confirmed Thursday. The case goes back to June 2005, when GAO issued a plan for splitting one of its pay bands — Band II — into Band IIA and Band IIB. Employees placed in Band IIA were not granted pay increases, while employees placed in Band IIB got raises. Employees were required to earn a “meets expectations” on their performance appraisal to be eligible for Band IIB placement. GAO issued its final placement decisions in December 2005, and gave employees with Band IIA placement 30 days to appeal to the agency’s Office of Opportunities and Inclusiveness or its Personnel Appeals Board, one source said. “Each one of the 12 marched over to the appeals board as an act of personal courage and chose to run the risk of retaliation,” the source said. Several sources said there was little or no justification for the employees’ placement in the lower pay band. The appeals board’s general counsel, which represented the 12 employees, found that the data and calculations used to conduct the employees’ performance evaluations were unreliable and included significant flaws and inconsistencies. Several GAO employees and other sources, who spoke under condition of anonymity, questioned why the watchdog agency – which has insisted the pay determinations were justified – decided to settle with the 12 employees. The 12 employees are prohibited to speak to anyone about the details of the settlement unless asked as part of a congressional inquiry, one source said, adding that Rep. Danny Davis, D-Ill., has already asked the employees about the settlements.)
NPR
— How firing hundreds of employees this year has transformed the Justice Department. I should write about how GAO has become more and more and more partisan since 1980. In 1980, I was one of the last Republicans who GAO hired.
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/30/1256429518/how-firing-hundreds-of-employees-this-year-has-transformed-the-justice-departmen
POLITICO
— Trump drove firing of a FDA official. I should write about the following who drove the adverse actions that have been taken against me: past and present a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders, e) religious leaders, and f) those who I have sued and their attorneys.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/30/white-house-drove-prasad-firing-despite-rfk-jr-makary-concerns-00485972
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.politico.com/interactives/2025/trump-social-media-epstein-tracker/
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Justice Department Declares DEI Unlawful. Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/government/2025/07/30/doj-declares-slew-dei-practices-unlawful-memo
AXIOS
— Democrat and RINO leaders decry that their illegal traffic through the Darién Gap has fallen to near zero.
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/30/migrant-traffic-darien-gap-panama-trump
— To get more votes from those who are the following, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly give them more government grants: liberal, Democrat, minority, female, younger, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/30/trumps-doj-dei-inclusion-rules-grant-programs
GOOGLE AI
— Danny Davis and GAO. I am sure that Davis approved of, if not orchestrated, if not demanded that GAO force me to retire and replace me with my Black CPA subordinate when I was 49 years old in 1997. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He was not a licensed CPA like I was.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Danny+Davis%
(FROIM THE ARTICLE: He has a history of working with the GAO, particularly on issues related to federal workforce management and oversight. . .One specific area of interest for Davis and the GAO has been the federal workforce, including pay systems and diversity within senior executive ranks. Specific Examples: A 2003 GAO report was developed at his request to explore safeguards for Congress to consider related to pay. In 2008, there were discussions about a measure he planned to introduce to grant retroactive pay to certain GAO employees. He has also been involved in addressing pay disputes within the GAO.)
July 27, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in promoting protests against Trump.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/protests-illinois-chicago-join-national-day-action-federal-healthcare-cuts-trump-administration/17310871/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGBkMA2Mcq0
CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/no-paychecks-south-suburban-career-program-state-funding/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/trump-faces-more-questions-regarding-epstein-files/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Black Panthers.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago/2025/07/26/former-illinois-black-panther-party-headquarters-plaque-chicago
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout at religious leaders that to survive, religious leaders must import as many citizens of foreign countries that they can.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/07/25/catholic-priests-illinois-campaign-contributions-donald-trump-kamala-harris-democrats-republicans
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Getting retroactive Social Security benefit payments. Because of the repeal of GPO and WEP, my Social Security increased from about $3,000/year to about $6,000/year. Also, I got about $3,200 in backpay. Further, because the repeal, I am now eligible to claim 50% of my wife’s Social Security, but I will only get 43% because I took Social Security when I was 62.
https://tribunecontentagency.com/article/the-savings-game-getting-retroactive-social-security-benefit-payments/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Q. I receive a significant pension from work I have done outside of Social Security. I have not worked enough hours under Social Security to receive a benefit based on my work record. My spouse is retired and receives a generous Social Security benefit. A few years ago, I contacted Social Security and asked if I was eligible for a spousal benefit. I was informed that because two-thirds of my pension exceeded the spousal benefit I would otherwise be entitled to, that I shouldn’t even apply for a spousal benefit because of the regulations related to the Government Pension Offset (GPO). So I did not apply. When the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and GPO were repealed at the end of 2024, I filed for a spousal benefit because I was told that the two-thirds reduction was no longer in effect. After I applied, I was told that because I never applied for a spousal benefit prior to the repeal of GPO, I was not eligible for retroactive payments. I am now receiving a spousal benefit, but why am I not entitled to retroactive payments? A: More than one reader has written to complain about this situation. There is no logical reason why you should not be entitled to retroactive benefit payments. Many individuals who are now receiving a spousal benefit for the first time because of the repeal of GPO also receive six months of retroactive benefit payments.)
— Why home maintenance matters. Annual maintenance of heating and air conditioning systems is extremely important.
https://tribunecontentagency.com/article/ask-the-builder-why-maintenance-matters/
— What Every Buyer Should Know About Home Inspections. A thorough home inspection can be the difference between a great deal and a terrible one. Here are the questions any home buyer should ask. Annual maintenance of heating and air conditioning systems is extremely important.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/realestate/home-inspection-guide.html
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Krishnamoorthi.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250726/us-congress-politics/a-solid-foundation-of-support-krishnamoorthi-among-top-fundraisers-in-nations-senate-races/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Illinois adding more electric vehicles than ever before, but not enough to meet goal of 1 million by 2030. I own one of the 21,961 registered EVs in DuPage County. I bought a new 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T Plus earlier this year. Because the MSRP was more than $55,000, it did not qualify for the $7,500 federal tax credit. But I did get the $4,000 State of Illinois rebate.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250726/news/illinois-adding-more-electric-vehicles-than-ever-before-but-not-enough-to-meet-goal-of-1-million-by/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: However, according to figures recently released by Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias, there are still less than 150,000 EVs registered statewide, well below the state’s targeted goal of 1 million by 2030. Infrastructure issues also make that goal difficult to reach though, many experts contend. . .However, according to figures recently released by Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias, there are still less than 150,000 EVs registered statewide, well below the state’s targeted goal of 1 million by 2030. Infrastructure issues also make that goal difficult to reach though, many experts contend. . .As part of President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” a $7,500 tax credit for the purchase of a new electric vehicle ends Sept. 30. The $4,000 tax credit for purchasing a used electric vehicle is going away as well. . .Walton said the goal of rebates was to help lower prices for electric vehicles, which has occurred. New entry-level EVs run about $30,000, he said. The average price for any new car in the U.S. is about $50,000. Illinois charges electric vehicle owners an additional $100 per vehicle as part of the annual registration fees. The fee is intended to cover the loss of motor fuel tax revenues that go to pay for road construction and repairs statewide.)
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders decry loss of federal funding for Glen Ellyn-based WDCB 90.9-FM.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250726/news/loss-of-federal-funding-will-hit-dupage-public-radio-station-but-experts-say-its-in-a-better-posi/
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Pritzker’s vow to put Illinois Republicans on hit list rings hollow
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-pritzkers-vow-to-put-illinois-republicans-on-hit-list-rings-hollow/article_f7e91c5f-9f5b-43f8-97e9-ed56bcb71edf.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: When it comes to government, there are few things more unattractive than nakedly partisan power politics, as reflected by a ruthless process called gerrymandering. Too many people don’t understand the concept, but it’s as simple as it is basic. Gerrymandering is the drawing of legislative district boundary lines — both state and federal — to give one political party an advantage over the other on Election Day. The typical tactics used are called “packing” — diluting the minority party’s strength by placing most of its voters into a few select districts — and “cracking” — splitting up a geographically compact group across multiple districts in order to reduce their electoral influence. Presto, chango, legislative elections are won and lost before a single vote has been cast. In Illinois, Democrats have gerrymandered state and federal districts to give themselves a super-majority in the state House and Senate and 14 of 17 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.)
BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://pantagraph.com/news/local/article_426aa399-8793-4b54-aded-58070244a9ad.html
STARVED ROCK MEDIA
— Republican Mendrick visits to campaign for Governor
https://www.starvedrock.media/wlpo/republican-mendrick-visits-to-campaign-for-governor/article_265bc97d-db6c-4069-95a2-ba899b2b9cbc.html
NPR ILLINOIS & NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO & WSIU & WIFR & CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-07-26/trump-is-greeted-by-protesters-as-he-visits-scotland
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2025-07-26/scotland-is-already-great-protesters-troll-trump-on-his-golfing-trip
https://www.wsiu.org/2025-07-26/trump-is-greeted-by-protesters-as-he-visits-scotland
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbfRVCvr8B0
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-trump-plays-golf-in-scotland-while-protesters-take-to-the-streets-and-decry-his-visit/
CHICAGO CRUSADER
— Feds weigh in on lawsuit challenging how Illinois maintains voter registration rolls. How much deadwood is there in the voter rolls in Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, and your precinct? How many voter registrations were obtained using false documentation?
https://chicagocrusader.com/feds-weigh-in-lawsuit-challenging-illinois-voter-registration/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Chicago mayor now open to video gambling after lawmakers express frustration. I led the successful efforts to stop video gambling in Wheaton in 2009 and the sale of pot in 2019.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_11c14006-b2f2-4c06-9d33-8cb4c2babd5a.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democrats not faring well among American voters. To vote for Democrat candidates is to promote more a) dependency on government and charity, b) LGBTQ, c) abortion, d) mass/illegal immigration, e) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, f) diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and g) Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/26/democrats-faring-well-among-american-voters/
AMERICAN THINKER
— We learned gerrymandering from Democrats
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/07/we_learned_gerrymandering_from_democrats.html
BREITBART
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in flooding America with their illegals.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/07/26/adams-illegal-immigrants-should-get-benefits-because-theyre-innocent/
— Broad Majority Support Trump Deporting Criminals in the Country Illegally
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/07/26/poll-broad-majority-support-trump-deporting-criminals-in-the-country-illegally/
— What percent of farm workers are illegals? Because more and more and more citizens of America fail/refuse to take bad jobs like I did, should more work permits be issued? My critics/opponents a) not only never did take bad jobs and never would take bad jobs because their parents had lots of money and b) they look down on those like me who take bad jobs, if not despise those like me who take bad jobs.
https://www.breitbart.com/news/trump-immigration-raids-threaten-us-food-security-farmers-warn/
— Calif., Illinois may fight new Texas congressional maps with their own. How badly have Democrat leaders gerrymandered political jurisdictions where you live?
https://www.breitbart.com/news/calif-illinois-may-fight-new-texas-congressional-maps-with-their-own/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As the Texas Legislature plans to redraw congressional maps in an effort to increase Republican members in the U.S. House, the governors of California and Illinois may devise their own new borders. . .As the most populous state in the nation, California has 43 Democratic members of the house and nine Republican members, while Illinois is represented by 14 Democrats and three Republicans. “Everything is on the table,” Pritzker said. The Illinois governor said he doesn’t want to redraw the maps but “if they’re going to take this drastic action, then we might also take drastic action to respond.” “We want the country to understand [that] what’s going on in Texas is a national battle,” State Rep. Richard Pena Raymond, a Democrat from Laredo, said. Raymond told Pritzker that redistricting is “clearly aimed at affecting the entire country.” Responsibility for determining Congressional district maps differs from state to state. In California, an independent commission approved by voters in 2010 works on the maps. Illinois maps, on the other hand, are put together by the state lawmakers have been drawn strongly to favor the Democrat Party in the state.)
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.breitbart.com/news/house-democrats-demand-birthday-book-from-epstein-estate/
— The mainstream news media exists to destroy Trump.
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2025/07/26/fired-abc-reporter-terry-moran-claims-trump-plans-to-end-press-freedom-and-must-be-stopped/
— Democrat leaders to turn 10th Anniversary of ‘Hamilton’ Play into an Illegal Immigration Fundraiser
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2025/07/26/lin-manuel-miranda-to-turn-10th-anniversary-of-hamilton-play-into-an-illegal-immigration-fundraiser/
DAILY CALLER
— Leftist Outrage Erupts At California Plan To Stop Paying Criminal Illegals’ Legal Bills.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/26/california-illegal-immigrants-felony-legal-aid-leftist-outrage/
DAILY WIRE
— America’s Blue Collar Boom & Manufacturing Renaissance
https://www.dailywire.com/episode/mrn-250727
FOX NEWS
— Higher ed’s cultural and moral rot requires a powerful response.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6376184159112
NUMBERS USA
— HUGE THREAT TO U.S. WORKERS!! The so-called “Dignity Act” would add 17 million foreign workers to unfairly compete with Americans. Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals. Illegals take bad jobs. Employers want cheap labor. All my employers would have hired illegals instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they did not have to take bad jobs because their parents had lots of money. Because my parents lacked money, I had to take bad jobs. I did yard work for 2 summers. I delivered newspapers for 4 years. I washed dishes for 18 months. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline during 1 summer. I delivered mail for almost 3 years. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents had the most money. They look down on people like me, if not despise people like me.
https://giving.classy.org/campaign/710456/donate
TOWNHALL
— Dems Hit 35-Year Favorability Low as Americans Reject Woke Agenda, Open Borders, Anti-American Policies
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/07/26/democrats-get-lowest-rating-from-voters-in-35-years-n2660989
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump doubles down on claims Harris paid for endorsements, says she should be ‘prosecuted’
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5422201-trump-doubles-down-on-claims-harris-paid-for-endorsements-says-she-should-be-prosecuted/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/5422070-sunday-shows-preview-trump-remains-embroiled-in-epstein-drama-as-tariff-deadline-looms/
CNN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.cnn.com/politics/gender-identity-care-restrictions-anti-lgbtq-laws-vis
REUTERS
— Democrat and RINO leaders have destroyed many citizens of foreign countries.
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/this-family-self-deported-mexico-lost-everything-2025-07-26/
ABC LOS ANGELES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://abc7.com/post/protesters-gather-families-first-rally-downtown-la-trump-administrations-immigration-policies/17313068/
ABC NEWS & CBS NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://abcnews.go.com/world-news-tonight-with-david-muirT/video/trump-turn-page-epstein-saga-124106140
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/house-democrats-seek-access-to-jeffrey-epstein-birthday-book-trump/
CBS NEWS
— U.S. Postal Service to celebrate 250th anniversary. What to know about its past, possible future. I worked for the Park Forest Post Office part-time while I was a full-time student at UIC 1966-1968 and then NIU in 1969. My salary enabled me a) to buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, b) to buy a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, and c) to graduate debt-free from NIU in 1970 owning that Charger. In today’s dollars, my salary was $19.37/hour 1966-1967, $20,02/hour 1967-1968, and $20.67/hour 1968-1969. I earned Social Security credits and full-time Civil Service Retirement System credits 1966-1969. My critics/opponents have always been furious about the aforesaid.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/postal-service-250th-anniversary-smithsonian-trump/
NEW YORK TIMES
— The Democrat Party platform ever-increasingly destroys men.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/opinion/young-men.html
— Ever-increasingly, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time destroy those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/opinion/jd-vance-claremont-american-citizen.html
— My critics/opponent have always been furious that my wife and I a) could and did afford my taking a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO when I was 31 in 1980 and b) could and did afford my taking a $86,371/year (56%) cut in income in today’s dollars to retire when I was 49 in 1997. They have always been furious a) that my wife has always had good jobs, b) that we could and did always spent like we had only one income, and c) that we gave up trying to have children. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/business/retirement-saving-mistakes-401k.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders call Hegseth partisan. All my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government were partisan, and virtually all of them were extremely so. They talked and acted like the federal government existed to hire, to retain, and to promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/us/politics/hegseth-pentagon-leadership.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: What percent of those who have bad jobs are illegals? Because more and more and more citizens of America fail/refuse to take bad jobs like I did, should more work permits be issued? My critics/opponents a) not only never did take bad jobs and never would take bad jobs because their parents had lots of money and b) they look down on those like me who take bad jobs, if not despise those like me who take bad jobs.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/us/ice-glenn-valley-foods.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump bill adds $250 fee for some foreign travelers. What percent of foreign travelers stay in America illegally?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2025/07/26/visa-integrity-fee-travel/
USA TODAY
— Department of Justice wants to inspect swing state voter rolls. How much deadwood is there in the voter rolls in Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, and your precinct? How many voter registrations were obtained using false documentation?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/07/26/justice-department-doj-trump-voter-registration-cancellation/85272804007/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more mass/illegal immigration; Democrat leaders, because immigrants vote for Democrats, RINO leaders, because immigrants take bad jobs and work for less money. If there were as many immigrants when I was young as there are now, I would not have been able to get the bad jobs that I got, and if not that, my wages would have been lower. Those bad jobs enabled me to a) buy a 6-year-old car when I was 16, b) buy a new cars when I 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc., c) buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, and 35, d) earn a bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and master’s degrees when I was 27 and 31, e) earn professional certifications when I was 30 and 32, and f) earn a professional license when I was 32.
https://www.aol.com/americans-views-immigration-massive-positive-190958366.html
PRESCOTT NEWS
— Is Decapitation a Job Americans Won’t Do?
https://prescottenews.com/2025/07/27/opinion-is-decapitation-a-job-americans-wont-do-ann-coulter/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Oh look, another American’s been beheaded by a Mexican. This week’s beheader is Jose Luis Mendoza-Gonzalez, an illegal alien who, according to the Department of Homeland Security, decapitated 37-year-old Megan Bos, then stashed her body in a bleach storage container. Arrested for the crime in April, Mendoza-Gonzalez was promptly released from custody by Illinois judge Randie Bruno, who is the same physical type — chubby, short-haired, white woman — as the Milwaukee judge charged with helping an illegal sneak out of her courtroom to avoid ICE agents. Illinois: sanctuary state for Mexican decapitators. Because they’re not busy enough rounding up the 20 million pillars of society Joe Biden allowed to sneak into America, Immigration and Customs Enforcement had to devote time and resources this week to recapturing Mendoza-Gonzalez. Otherwise, you never would have heard about it, and liberals could keep pretending not to know that Mexican drug cartels decapitate people.)
NPR
— How is Trump Changing DOJ? I should write about DOJ while it was under Bush 2001-2009. While it was under Bush, it sided with the Democrats who ran GAO big time. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf That is, it promoted Affirmative Action and DEI big time. That is, it promoted the following big time: race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/27/1256332273/how-is-trump-changing-the-justice-department
HUFFINGTON POST
— I should write about my critics/opponents who have hinted/implied/argued/shouted the most that TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition were hate groups. I would focus on past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican elected officials in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.aol.com/emil-bove-consulted-far-legal-191800961.html
LGBTQ NATION
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/07/why-the-epstein-files-might-finally-provide-the-consequences-cant-dodge/
July 26, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Illinois Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Illinois Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Illinois Democrat Army.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/united-states-department-justice-lawsuit-illinois-cook-county-chicago-sanctuary-city-policies-dismissed-judge/17295816/
CBS2
— Illinois Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Illinois Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Illinois Democrat Army.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/judge-dismisses-trump-administration-lawsuit-illinois-sanctuary-laws/
WTTW
— Illinois Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Illinois Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Illinois Democrat Army.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/07/25/federal-judge-upholds-chicago-cook-county-and-illinois-protections-undocumented
WTTW & RIVER BENDER
— Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Emmett Till to promote more hatred against Illinois Republicans
https://news.wttw.com/2025/07/25/local-leaders-commemorate-emmett-till-s-birthday-preservation-church-building-where
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/on-emmett-tills-84th-birthday-duckworth-honors-till-family-legacy-at-historic-bronzeville-church-84693.cfm
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Illinois Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Illinois Democrat Army.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/25/federal-judge-dismisses-trump-administration-lawsuit-challenging-illinois-chicago-sanctuary-policies/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals. Illegals take bad jobs. Employers want cheap labor. All my employers would have hired illegals instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they did not have to take bad jobs because their parents had lots of money. Because my parents lacked money, I had to take bad jobs. I did yard work for 2 summers. I delivered newspapers for 4 years. I washed dishes for 18 months. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline during 1 summer. I delivered mail for almost 3 years. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents had the most money. They look down on people like me if not despise people like me.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/25/trump-immigration-chicago-factories/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Chicago communities recovering from string of hateful defacements. Democrats run Chicago communities.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/26/chicago-communities-recovering-from-string-of-hateful-defacements/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: The Democrat Party platform ever-increasingly promotes more homelessness. The Democrat Party platform promotes LGBTQ. That destroys traditional marriage and family. That promotes homelessness.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/07/26/trump-order-targets-homelessness-visibility-not-solutions-advocates-say
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Bigger SALT deduction will benefit Illinois taxpayers. A bigger SALT deduction would have helped my wife and I in the past, but not now.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/bigger-salt-deduction-will-benefit-illinois-taxpayers
ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/republicans-and-independents-have-warmed-on-the-20785712.php
— Illinois Democrats comply only with those laws that benefit them personally
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/why-do-maga-faithful-support-trump-if-his-big-20783955.php
FORD COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Petition circulation to begin Aug. 5 for March 2026 election
https://www.fordcountychronicle.com/articles/featured/petition-circulation-to-begin-aug-5-for-march-2026-election/
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Illinois Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Illinois Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Illinois Democrat Army.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/07/25/aclu-city-using-lawsuits-to-fight-back-against-trumps-immigration-crackdown/
CWB CHICAGO
— Hyde Park targeted in growing string of anti-Semitic vandalism incidents. Democrats run Hyde Park.
https://cwbchicago.com/2025/07/hyde-park-targeted-in-growing-string-of-anti-semitic-vandalism-incidents-cpd-says.html
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/25/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-353/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— To get more votes from those who are liberal, minority, female, younger, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against those who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. How successful have Democrat leaders been doing the aforesaid in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? I should write about their success in DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Warrenville School District 200, and my precinct. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— U.S. Rep. Mary Miller targets China as security threat to U.S. real estate, schools, farmland
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_2f5f4f53-7321-434d-9d6e-01d9a42a52d6.html
— Illinois lawmakers among highest paid in country, double national average. My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid. My GAO salary was $153,151/year in today’s dollars when I was 49 years old in 1997. In my defense, a) I had a earned a job-related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees, b) I had earned six job-related professional certifications, and c) I had earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_b15cec65-48ca-4af5-926d-38fc43224451.html
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Should Christians Send Their Children to Public School? My parents sending me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools put me on track a) to earn a bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees, b) to earn six professional certifications, and c) to earn a professional license.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yb3hJFTSja0
ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Why Are Dead People Still on Illinois Voter Rolls?
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/07/why-are-dead-people-still-on-illinois-voter-rolls-2025/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— No. 2 no more: Illinois property taxes rank highest in U.S.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/no-2-no-more-illinois-property-taxes-rank-highest-in-u-s/
— Chicago pension sweetener would add $11.1 billion in liabilities. My critics/opponents who are not getting a pension and/or are not in line to get a pension oppose pensions and oppose those like me who get one. In my defense, I paid 7% of my federal salary into the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) for almost 30 years. In today’s dollars, my CSRS pension is only 44% of what my salary was when I was 49 years old and less than what my salary was when I was 23 years old.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-pension-sweetener-would-add-11-1-billion-in-liabilities/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Illinois Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Illinois Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Illinois Democrat Army.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/25/trump-loses-lawsuit-challenging-illinois-sanctuary-law/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Illinois Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Illinois Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Illinois Democrat Army.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3483050/judge-throws-out-trump-administration-lawsuit-sanctuary-city-chicago/
NEW YORK POST
— Illinois Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Illinois Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Illinois Democrat Army.
https://nypost.com/2025/07/26/us-news/trump-administrations-lawsuit-over-chicagos-sanctuary-city-policies-tossed-by-federal-judge/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Washington Post abandons last shred of self-awareness and publishes a how-to list about becoming a journalist. Rampell clearly isn’t living in reality. Here are a few tips on what it actually takes to be a columnist at the Washington Post. The mainstream news media exists to elect Democrats. According to my critics/opponents, you are not a journalist unless you promote the Democrat Party platform. Therefore, according to them, I am not a journalist.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/07/wapo_abandons_last_shred_of_self_awareness_and_publishes_a_how_to_list_about_becoming_a_journalist.html
BLAZE
— Trump administration says Obama’s ‘Dreamers’ have no legal status, can be arrested and deported
https://www.theblaze.com/news/daca-dhs-deport-arrest-statement
BREITBART
— Trump Lands in Britain and Immediately Torches Europe For Killing Itself With Immigration
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2025/07/26/trump-lands-immediately-torches-europe-for-suicide-by-open-borders/
— Tesla shares end week in decline amid third straight quarterly loss. Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters punish Tesla to punish Musk to punish Trump.
https://www.breitbart.com/news/tesla-shares-end-week-in-decline-amid-third-straight-quarterly-loss/
— My critics/opponents do everything that they can to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Failing that, they do everything that they can to stop everyone from reading my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Failing that, they threaten to have their operatives and their dupes take even more and even bigger adverse actions against me. Last year, they had their operatives and their dupes end my membership on the Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee Platform and Resolutions Committee. In 2021, they had their operatives and their dupes end my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/07/25/fcc-commissioner-gomez-trump-engaged-in-campaign-of-censorship-and-control-of-media/
DAILY CALLER
— Trump Admin Returns Education Grants It Accused Of Funding Illegal Immigrants
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/25/trump-admin-returns-grants-meant-for-funding-migrant-education/
— Wheaton Alumni Threaten To Pull Support After College Caves To Anti-Trump Protesters
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/wheaton-alumni-threaten-to-pull-support-after-college-caves-to-anti-trump-protesters/ar-AA1zeEMD
DAILY SIGNAL
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use DEI to destroy Republicans who are conservative, white, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/07/25/ayanna-pressley-proposes-codifying-dei-federal-government/
FOX NEWS
— Trump admin offers $608M for states to build migrant camps modeled after ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’ Five states are reportedly already in talks with DHS about replicating Florida’s eight-day construction model, according to Noem.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-admin-offers-608m-states-build-migrant-camps-modeled-after-alligator-alcatraz
— DOJ, FBI used the ‘same tools’ to destroy Trump as a ‘citizen, candidate and president. My critics/opponents have their operatives and their dupes destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those a) who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and b) who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6376151110112
— The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-needs-stopped-before-he-seizes-news-outlets-sells-them-cronies-fired-abc-journalist-says
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use DEI to destroy Republicans who are conservative, white, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/civil-rights-organization-declares-state-national-emergency-citing-attacks-dei
LEGAL INSURREXTION
— DEI Training Creates a Hostile Work Environment. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors ever-increasingly used DEI training to ever-increasingly make their work environment more and more and more hostile for their employees who were conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. I should write about that.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/07/equal-protection-project-amicus-brief-dei-training-can-constitute-hostile-work-environment/
PJ MEDIA
— Crisis at Media Matters As It Cuts Staff and Struggles to Pay Legal Bills
https://pjmedia.com/paula-bolyard/2025/07/25/reports-of-the-death-of-media-matters-have-not-been-greatly-exaggerated-n4942101
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Illinois Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Illinois Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Illinois Democrat Army.
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5421494-trump-sanctuary-laws-illinois/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket. Will Democrats change the name of their party to the “Epstein Party?”
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5419834-james-carville-donald-trump-maga-base-epstein-files/
— Trump places officials on leave. 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. By doing that, they forced the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) to pay me to not come to work. So far, the CSRS has paid me $1.8 million in today’s dollars to not come to work.
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5421304-noaa-officials-trump-sharpiegate/
MSNBC
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket. Will Democrats change the name of their party to the “Epstein Party?”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1L17z2M_UOg
— The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.msnbc.com/katy-tur/watch/trump-s-approval-rating-hits-second-term-low-at-37-gallup-poll-243856453670
ABC NEWS
— Illinois Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Illinois Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Illinois Democrat Army.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/judge-dismisses-trump-administration-lawsuit-chicago-sanctuary-laws-124086411
NBC NEWS
— Illinois Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Illinois Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Illinois Democrat Army.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/federal-judge-dismisses-trump-administrations-lawsuit-chicago-sanctuar-rcna221197
CBS NEWS
— About 3,870 NASA employees have applied to depart the agency over two rounds through the Trump administration’s deferred resignation program. My Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors always and increasingly wanted me to depart because I failed/refused to become a Democrat, because I was not a minority, female, or veteran, and because I increasingly complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. They ever-increasingly did everything that they could to get rid of me. My Democrat Post Office superiors denied my sick leave requests and forced me to resign. My Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my travel vouchers and education deductions and never promoted me beyond GS-12. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO, delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nasa-workforce-employees-leave-agency/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Illinois Democrat leaders have had great success gerrymandering Illinois
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/25/us/politics/texas-democrats-redistricting.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Illinois Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Illinois Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Illinois Democrat Army.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/25/judge-dismisses-doj-illinois-chicago-immigration-lawsuit/
— 11 tips for becoming a journalist. The mainstream news media exists to elect Democrats. According to my critics/opponents, you are not a journalist unless you promote the Democrat Party platform. Therefore, according to them, I am not a journalist
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/07/23/column-writing-tips-media-rampell/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Hamas
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/07/25/gaza-hunger-trump-hamas-ceasefire/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly encourage citizens of foreign countries to give birth in America. They see those babies as being future Democrats.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/2025/07/25/immigration-birthright-citizenship-trump/bde2551e-6995-11f0-ac4f-195fdb8ee9a8_story.html
— Trump’s pick to protect federal workers shares a disdain for them. My critics/opponents despise/hate past, present, and future federal employees and federal retirees. I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. I have been a federal retiree for almost 28 years. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-s-pick-to-protect-federal-workers-shares-a-disdain-for-them/ar-AA1JcoKM
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO leaders will ever-increasingly use the Pope to promote more mass/illegal immigration. Mass/illegal immigration will destroy Catholicism.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/07/26/pope-leo-migrants-refugees/
USA TODAY
— Illinois Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Illinois Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Illinois Democrat Army.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/07/25/judge-dismisses-doj-sanctuary-lawsuit-against-illinois-chicago/85381781007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— This Trump Poll Reveals a Number That Should ‘Scare’ Democrats
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTVMsfWO0uY
— Illinois Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Illinois Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Illinois Democrat Army.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/judge-dismisses-doj-lawsuit-over-chicagos-sanctuary-protections-for-immigrants-09142b09
BLOOMBERG LAW
— My employers always paid their similarly qualified employees more who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran than their similarly qualified employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. My employers used Affirmative Action and DEI to justify that.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/employers-balance-state-pay-equity-laws-with-trump-anti-dei-push
CANNABIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.cannabissciencetech.com/view/building-knowledge-and-community-engagement-inside-the-university-of-illinois-groundbreaking-cannabis-research-program
COEUR D’ALENE PRESS
— Don’t let party elitists cross you off. I should write about past and present Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization leaders who destroy Republican Precinct Committeemen like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://cdapress.com/news/2025/jun/26/my-turn-dont-let-party-elitists-cross-you-off/
TIME
— Democrats ever-increasingly a) make it clear that they are anti-American and b) side with foreign countries.
https://www.aol.com/rosie-odonnell-responds-trump-threatens-142512243.html
July 25, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
BURR RIDGE PATCH
— Burr Ridge Mayor Gary Grasso, an attorney, has announced he would run as a Republican for chairman of the DuPage County Board. Republican candidates increasingly lose elections in DuPage County because Democrats increasingly move into DuPage County to take advantage of the prosperity and safety that Republicans created there.
https://patch.com/illinois/burrridge/burr-ridge-mayor-seeks-higher-office
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The current chairman is Democrat Deb Conroy, who is in her first term. He served on the county board from 2012 to 2018. He has been mayor twice – 2005 to 2012 and since 2019. Historically, Republicans have controlled DuPage’s government. However, that has changed in recent years as Democrats have become more popular in suburbs across the country. In his statement, Grasso described himself as “socially moderate.” But Grasso may have trouble attracting the party’s MAGA wing. In 2022, Grasso lost the Republican race for Congress to MAGA enthusiast Keith Pekau, then Orland Park’s mayor, who went on to lose to Democratic incumbent Sean Casten. In his announcement, Grasso said Burr Ridge was the first to receive busloads of migrants from Chicago without notice or information about them. He said Burr Ridge welcomed the migrants while assuring the community that all were respecting the law. He said he would protect law-abiding, taxpaying immigrants who want to become citizens. But he said he would never offer sanctuary to undocumented immigrants who commit violent or serious crimes. Grasso also promoted his handling of the pandemic. He said he worked with the Village Board to provide stipends to small businesses to pay rents and salaries. He also said he found money to erect tents for restaurants rather than follow an “ill-advised” order to close them. Grasso said he was proud that Burr Ridge did not close or lose one business to COVID. “This is one of several reasons why the Village of Burr Ridge is debt-free today,” the mayor said. In his statement, Grasso noted he was chairman of the county’s 911 board. In that post, he said he led the consolidation of the county’s 21 call centers to two. He announced his Republican candidacy on his Facebook page titled, “Gary Grasso – Mayor of Burr Ridge” and labeled “Public & Government Service.” The Democratic and Republican primaries are March 17.)
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/24/donald-trump-onetime-friendship-jeffrey-epstein/
— For Democrat leaders, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/25/opinion-harvard-university-donald-trump-free-speech/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chicago Tribune lays off 8 from newsroom, including 5 union members. The cuts amount to about 10% of the newsroom. Meanwhile, the owner of the Tribune submitted a bid to buy the Dallas Morning News.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/07/24/chicago-tribune-newsroom-layoffs-alden-global-capital
— Last remnant of Columbus statue being removed from Grant Park as city looks to add ‘rotating art.’ The statue’s pedestal removal Thursday angered the president of the Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans, who called it a betrayal of a deal the committee had with Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago/2025/07/24/columbus-statue-pedestal-removal-grant-park-rotating-art
— Just like their flock, Catholic priests are deeply divided politically, based on their campaign contributions. The Chicago Sun-Times found that more than 70 Catholic clerics in Illinois collectively gave over $50,000 to political campaigns since 2021. The money was almost evenly split between Democrats and Republicans, with President Donald Trump and his 2024 rival Kamala Harris both recipients. The Democrat Party platform is extremely anti-religious.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/07/25/catholic-priests-illinois-campaign-contributions-donald-trump-kamala-harris-democrats-republicans
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Former Glendale Heights village president accused of forgery, perjury
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250724/crime/former-glendale-heights-village-president-accused-of-forgery-perjury/
— Feds weigh in on lawsuit challenging how Illinois maintains voter registration rolls
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250724/illinois/feds-weigh-in-on-lawsuit-challenging-how-illinois-maintains-voter-registration-rolls/
ABC7
— How Hulk Hogan came to endorse Trump in 2024
https://abc7chicago.com/post/how-hulk-hogan-came-endorse-trump-2024/17277974/
CBS2
— Trump signs executive order aimed at making it easier to remove homeless people from the streets
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/trump-executive-order-homeless-people/
WGN9
— Trump and Hulk Hogan forged a decadeslong bond based on wrestling, reality stardom and politics
https://wgntv.com/politics-3/ap-politics/ap-trump-and-hulk-hogan-forged-a-decadeslong-bond-based-on-wrestling-reality-stardom-and-politics/
FOX32
— CTU calls on governor to ‘Trump-proof’ Illinois and fund education
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1679977
CRAIN’S CHICAG BUSINESS
— Chicago Tribune begins newsroom layoffs in wake of failed buyouts. My Democrat GAO superiors always wanted to get rid of me and my coworkers who shared my demographics. In 1993, when I was 45 years old, they “offered” those like me who had 25 or more years of federal service a $25,000 buyout if we retired early. They succeeded in forcing me to retire 4 years later just before their “offer” expired. I would not have been eligible for regular retirement for another 6 years. Beyond the tremendous negative financial impact of being forced to retire early, it gives your critics/opponents something very big to use against you. They will hint/imply/argue/shout that the real reason why you were forced to retire early is that you are a bad person. Further, the more qualifications that you have, the more that they will hint/imply/argue/shout that the real reason why you were forced to retire early is that you are a bad person. When my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire, I had three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/marketing-media/chicago-tribune-begins-newsroom-layoffs-after-buyouts-fail
WGN RADIO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://wgnradio.com/john-williams/rep-raja-krishnamoorthi-we-need-full-disclosure-of-the-epstein-files/
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Sooner or later, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, everyone in America will be on SNAP.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2025/07/23/illinoisans-will-see-reduced-snap-benefits-under-big-beautiful-bill/85311267007/
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Trump offers support to Musk’s car company in a surprising post as Tesla stock plunges. President Donald Trump took a break from his bitter public feud with Elon Musk by offering support to Tesla in an early morning post on Truth Social.
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/trump-offers-support-to-musks-car-company-in-a-surprising-post-as-tesla-stock-plunges/article_329095a2-843a-550d-a554-cc2fcbd32dd0.html
FOX ILLINOIS
— Obama to headline Martha’s Vineyard fundraiser amid Trump administration treason claim
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/obama-to-headline-marthas-vineyard-fundraiser-amid-trump-administration-treason-claim
NPR ILLINOIS
— For Democrat leaders, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-07-24/the-trump-administration-is-drastically-changing-education-in-america-whats-it-mean-for-you
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/most-americans-support-legal-access-to-abortions-in-most-cases-survey/amp/
— Trump signs bill to cancel $9 billion in foreign aid, public broadcasting funding
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trump-signs-bill-to-cancel-9-billion-in-foreign-aid-public-broadcasting-funding/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-trumps-onetime-friendship-with-jeffrey-epstein-is-well-known-and-also-documented-in-records/
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/illinois-capitol-news/majority-disapprove-of-trumps-handling-of-epstein-files-emerson-college-polling-survey/amp/
WCIA & WAND TV
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.wcia.com/news/national/most-americans-support-legal-access-to-abortions-in-most-cases-survey/
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/how-us-adults-feel-about-legal-abortion-3-years-after-roe-was-overturned-according-to/article_e79f9e55-bdde-507d-a47a-90564b54413f.html
ILLINOIS TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.illinoistimes.com/news-opinion/illinois-keeps-988-services-for-lgbt-youth-20483503
CHICAGO CRUSADER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly encourage citizens of foreign countries to give birth in America. They see them as being future Democrats.
https://chicagocrusader.com/raoul-praises-court-for-upholding-birthright-citizenship/
CHICAGO READER
— The great divide between Chicago and the rest of Illinois. A report on the state of our uncomfortable union. The Democrats who run Chicago despise/hate a) the rest of Illinois and b) Republicans. Democrats ever-increasingly invade, infiltrate, infest, and destroy a) the rest of Cook County and b) the collar counties.
https://chicagoreader.com/columns-opinion/opinion/divide-chicago-illinois-chris-ware/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois basically has two regions: Chicago and “downstate.” Dense Chicago is reliably Democratic, whereas downstate skews conservative, but rarely enough to flip the electoral switch. The last time Illinois voted in the federal elections for a Republican president was in 1988.)
CAPITOL CITY NOW
— Sooner or later, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, everyone in America will be on Medicaid. How dependent is your hospital on Medicaid?
https://capitolcitynow.com/news/248842-state-financial-officers-including-illinois-frerichs-claim-medicaid-cuts-will-put-healthcare-into-disarray/
STATE OF ILLINOIS
— Illinois Reinforces Commitment to Pay Transparency and Equity. My Democrat superiors in the federal government were always proud to report that they paid their Democrat employees more than they paid their Republican employees including me. They especially paid my Democrat coworkers more who were minority, female, veteran, and/or younger. They were especially proud to report that they forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1997. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, veteran, and/or younger, they would transferred me in as a GS-13, currently $117.807/year. Because I am a Republican, they did not assign me to audits of IRS and promote me to GS-13 until I was 38 years old in 1986. It is called political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. GAO audits IRS. I had worked IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul. All my coworkers who my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors promoted over me were Democrats a) who were minority, female, veteran, and/or younger and/or b) had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/illinois/iisnewsattachments/31501-072425-idol-eprc-reporting-requirement-change.pdf.pdf
DURBIN
— The Only Qualification That President Trump Looks For In His Nominees Is Loyalty To Him And His MAGA Agenda. Durbin took to the Senate floor to denounce President Trump’s extreme and unqualified judicial nominees. The only employee qualifications that my Democrat superiors in the federal government looked for was being Democrat, minority, female, and/or younger. They replaced me with my Democrat Black subordinate when I was 49 years old in 1997. He had less job-related work experience than I had. He had less job-related education than I had. He had one job-related professional certification while I had six. He had no job-related professional license like the one I had.
https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/durbin-on-trumps-extreme-judicial-nominees-the-only-qualification-that-president-trump-looks-for-in-his-nominees-is-loyalty-to-him-and-his-maga-agenda
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/25/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-559/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/24/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-352/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— McHenry County’s Biggest Pollical Action Committee: McHenry County GOPAC
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/07/25/mchenry-countys-biggest-polical-action-committee-mchenry-county-gopac/
WIREPOINTS
— Illinois is just treading water, at best
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-is-just-treading-water-at-best-wirepoints-joins-tom-miller-of-wjpf-carbondale/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump creates new classification of non-career federal government worker. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, their top priority always was hiring, retaining, and promoting Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat who was minority, female, younger and/or veteran who would take the jobs. Because I failed/refused to become a Democrat, they wasted my career and they got rid of me. My critic/opponents have no problem with the aforesaid.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3475158/trump-new-classification-non-career-federal-government-worker/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In line with Trump’s approach to federal government hiring during his second administration, an emphasis will be placed on loyalty, with the classification providing another opportunity for the president to recruit people who align with his political and policy agenda.)
NEW YORK POST
— Trump admin appeals to Supreme Court to allow $783M research-funding cuts over DEI. Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use DEI to destroy Republicans.
https://nypost.com/2025/07/24/us-news/trump-admin-appeals-to-supreme-court-to-allow-783m-research-funding-cuts-over-dei/
COLLEGE FIX
— University of Chicago may be next to cut humanities, language majors. What you majored in says more about you than anything that you can say about yourself. I majored in management, then business, then accounting, and then finance. In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight,, I should have majored in accounting first because I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt and I became a licensed CPA.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/u-chicago-may-be-next-to-cut-humanities-language-majors/
DAILY SIGNAL
— ICE Ramps up Recruiting, Offers $50K Signing Bonuses. My critics/opponents despise/hate past, present, and future federal employees and federal retirees. I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. I have been a federal retiree for almost 28 years. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/07/24/ice-ramps-up-recruiting-offers-50k-signing-bonuses/
DAILY WIRE
— Trump Admin Locates 13,000 Unaccompanied Minors, Arrests Hundreds Of Sponsors
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-locates-13000-unaccompanied-minors-arrests-hundreds-of-sponsors-report
FOX NEWS
— Student suspended for saying ‘illegal aliens’ in class gets cash, apology from school. Student’s counsel said school board sought to smear the teen’s mother when she attempted to stand up for her son. How strongly do the Democrats who run your school district punish students who say “illegal aliens?”
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/student-suspended-saying-illegal-aliens-class-gets-cash-apology-from-school
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Medical School Accreditors Scale Back DEI Requirements After Trump Executive Order
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/medical-school-accreditors-scale-back-dei-requirements-after-trump-executive-order/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5419304-newsom-on-trump-epstein-controversy/
AOL
— Senate Republicans Want To Charge Federal Workers Thousands Of Dollars For Job Security. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign when I was 20 years old in 1969.
https://www.aol.com/senate-republicans-want-charge-federal-163110256.html
MSNBC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPpbHEtu9IE
ABC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more LGBTQ in the military.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kbDeVS5sOY
https://abcnews.go.com/US/transgender-air-force-cadets-dream-joining-military-put/story?id=124048051
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.nytimes.com/article/jeffrey-epstein-files-trump.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/25/arts/television/late-night-jeffrey-epstein-donald-trump.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/us/politics/epstein-trump-birthday-book.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/us/politics/epstein-files-trump-bondi-justice-department-fbi.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/opinion/migration-deportation-sudan-trump.html
— Ever-increasingly, Mamdani represents the Democrat Party.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/nyregion/mamdani-democratic-party.html
— Anticipate/expect that Democrats and RINOs will ever-increasingly use AI to destroy Republicans
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/technology/trump-ai-chatbots-bias.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump order pushes forcible hospitalization of homeless people
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/07/24/trump-homeless-forced-hospitalization-executive-order/
— Trump administration sues New York City for impeding immigration crackdown efforts
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/24/trump-presidency-news/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/24/trump-jeffrey-epstein-relationship-controversy-timeline/
— Democrat and RINO leaders use AI to destroy Republicans. Then again, Democrat and RINO leaders use everything to destroy Republicans.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/07/24/trump-ai-woke-executive-order/
— IRS considers eliminating non-English language tax services. To comply with an order making English the official language, Treasury officials say, the IRS may need to get rid of free interpreters and translation services.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/07/24/irs-non-english-tax-services-trump-administration/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Like Trump, Obama Has Immunity
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/donald-trump-barack-obama-presidential-immunity-2847d7a1
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/jeffrey-epstein-files-pam-bondi-kash-patel-house-gop-donald-trump-todd-blanche-0aa6fa49
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/jeffrey-epstein-birthday-album-included-letters-from-bill-clinton-leon-black-a7cd8cb1
— The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-approval-rating-poll-july-2025-745b0f5f
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Republicans Must Stop Being Democrat-Lite. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. RINO, Democrat-Lite, and Democrat-plant leaders of the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) are anti-conservative and have always a) shouted that conservative candidates cannot win in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton and b) done everything that they could to defeat conservative candidates and to drive conservatives out of the IRP, DCRCC, and MTRO. I should write about the aforesaid.
https://www.usnews.com/debate-club/is-the-gops-problem-in-its-strategies-or-its-policies/republicans-must-stop-being-democrat-lite
WASHINGTON POST
— Hulk Hogan was a well-known Trump supporter. Their ties go back 40 years.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/24/hulk-hogan-death-trump-maga-wrestlemania/
PBS
— Trump pushes cities to remove homeless people from streets
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/news-wrap-trump-pushes-cities-to-remove-homeless-people-from-streets
MS. MAGAZINE
— Democrats crow about their success in destroying men to get votes from women. How soon will Democrats outlaw muscle cars?
https://msmagazine.com/2025/07/24/ms-magazine-men-masculinity-jackson-katz-special-feature/
July 24, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: The Democrat Party platform ever-increasingly promotes more LGBTQ, that is, it ever-increasingly destroys traditional marriage and family, that is, it ever-increasingly promotes homelessness.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/23/mayor-brandon-johnson-announces-40-million-to-upgrade-chicagos-homeless-shelters/
— Democrat leaders crow about their success in promoting birthright citizenship. Anticipate/expect that pregnant citizens of foreign countries will ever-increasingly come to America to give birth. Citizens of America who are minority and/or female get tremendous preference.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/23/trump-end-birthright-citizenship/
— Democrats ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/23/epstein-grand-jury-records/
— Stunning rise in antisemitism in Chicago. Democrats run Chicago.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/24/opinion-antisemitism-hate-crime-report-chicago-brandon-johnson/
DAILY HERALD
— Ex-Cook deputy running for DuPage sheriff
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250723/news/ex-cook-deputy-running-for-dupage-sheriff/
— Democrats ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250723/syndicated-columnists/empire-falls-trump-revs-up-the-reign-of-terror-and-its-working/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Chicago dead last among major U.S. metros on building new homes. Under the Democrats, Chicago’s future is bleaker and bleaker, and bleaker.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-real-estate/chicago-last-among-major-us-metros-new-home-construction
— NASCAR wants to revive the Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/sports/nascar-wants-racing-back-joliets-chicagoland-speedway
ABC7
— Democrat leaders crow about their success in promoting birthright citizenship. Anticipate/expect that pregnant citizens of foreign countries will ever-increasingly come to America to give birth. Citizens of America who are minority and/or female get tremendous preference.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/donald-trump-updates-appeals-court-finds-presidents-effort-end-birthright-citizenship-unconstitutional-upholds-block/17265355/
— DuPage County Fair opens Thursday in Wheaton
https://abc7chicago.com/post/dupage-county-fair-opens-thursday-wheaton/17271594/
NBC5
— Democrat leaders crow about their success in promoting birthright citizenship. Anticipate/expect that pregnant citizens of foreign countries will ever-increasingly come to America to give birth. Citizens of America who are minority and/or female get tremendous preference.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/appeals-court-finds-trump-effort-end-birthright-citizenship-unconstitutional/3796644/
FOX32
— Democrat leaders crow about their success in promoting birthright citizenship. Anticipate/expect that pregnant citizens of foreign countries will ever-increasingly come to America to give birth. Citizens of America who are minority and/or female get tremendous preference.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-birthright-citizenship-ruling
WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) promote more LGBTQ and b) blame Republicans for problems that LGBTQers have.
https://www.wbez.org/theater-stages/2025/07/22/billie-jean-king-play-chicago-shakespeare-theater-tennis
JOURNAL AND COURIER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/alert-most-us-adults-still-support-legal-20783858.php
WJBC
— N.Y. Gave $600M to Groups Opposing Trump Immigration Plans
https://www.wjbc.com/2025/07/22/n-y-gave-600m-to-groups-opposing-trump-immigration-plans/
WREX
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) promote more LGBTQ and b) blame Republicans for problems that LGBTQers have.
https://www.wrex.com/news/illinois-lawmakers-on-impact-of-988-suicide-hotline-cuts-on-lgbtq-services/article_aa1185fa-d520-44b4-8524-a0d18b6577d2.html
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Federal housing credit expansion could increase affordable rental units in Illinois. What helped you avoid having to pay rent? For me, it was my earning a bachelor’s degree when I was 21, earning an MBA when I was 27, passing the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, earning a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, and passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and becoming a licensed CPA when I was 32. That enabled me to buy a new town home when I was 24, buy condos when I was 25 and 27, get married and buy a home when I was 29, and have a home built when I was 35.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/federal-housing-credit-expansion-could-increase-affordable-rental-units-in-illinois-report/
CHICAGO READER
— Cook County state’s attorney stops maintaining lists of discredited cops. Democrats run the federal government. Republicans are always on their lists of discredited employees. Far too many RINOs run Republican organizations in Illinois. Conservatives are always on their lists of discredited members.
https://chicagoreader.com/news/reader-investigative-reports/brady-list-eileen-oneill-burke-cook-county/
POLITICO ILLINOIS & SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Democrat leaders gerrymander.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/07/24/pritzkers-gerrymander-jab-draws-fire-00473441
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/state/2025/07/24/pritzker-calls-texas-gops-remap-effort-cheating/85350587007/
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/24/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-558/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/23/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-351/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— More Liberal Demonstrations Planned Saturday in Crystal Lake and McHenry
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/07/24/more-liberal-demonstrations-planned-saturday-in-crystal-lake-and-mchenry/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Illinois Democrats’ Power and Cash Leave Republicans Struggling to Compete in 2026
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/07/illinois-democrats-power-and-cash-leave-republicans-struggling-to-compete-in-2026.html
WIREPOINTS
— Broken Chicago public safety pension math: Just $6 B in assets for $68 B in payouts
https://wirepoints.org/broken-chicago-public-safety-pension-math-just-6-b-in-assets-for-68-b-in-payouts-wirepoints/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Have public schools declared war on parental authority?
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/23/parents-wage-war-schools-secret-gender-policies-lets-pray-win/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— ‘Temporary’ in name only: How TPS allows foreigners to stay in the US for years
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3477164/temporary-in-name-only-tps-program-allows-foreigners-stay-in-us-years/
— The White House is losing GOP support for the nomination of Paul Ingrassia to a key watchdog post, with at least one Senate Republican vowing to oppose him due to his sympathy for Jan. 6 Capitol rioters.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/3480427/paul-ingrassia-special-counsel-shaky-ground-jan-6-comments/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump admin sent 6,000 ICE detainers to NYC — and nearly all of them have been ignored
https://nypost.com/2025/07/23/us-news/trump-admin-sent-6000-ice-detainers-to-nyc-nearly-all-of-them-have-been-ignored/
— Appeals court blocks Trump’s effort to end birthright citizenship, upholding lower court order. Anticipate/expect that pregnant citizens of foreign countries will ever-increasingly come to America to give birth. Citizens of America who are minority and/or female get tremendous preference.
https://nypost.com/2025/07/23/us-news/appeals-court-blocks-trumps-effort-to-end-birthright-citizenship-upholding-lower-court-order/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Illegals are needed for redistricting purposes
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/07/23/house-dem-says-quiet-part-out-loud-illegals-are-needed-for-redistricting-purposes-1570167/
BLAZE
— 5 things Trump must do to fulfill his mass deportation mandate
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/5-things-trump-must-do-to-fulfill-his-mass-deportation-mandate
BREITBART
— Democrats ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.breitbart.com/news/bondi-facing-democratic-calls-to-testify-following-report-she-told-trump-she-was-in-epstein-files/
— World’s top court paves way for climate reparations
https://www.breitbart.com/news/icj-begins-handing-down-watershed-climate-opinion/
https://www.breitbart.com/news/the-uns-highest-court-will-decide-wednesday-on-the-climate-obligations-of-countries/
DAILY CALLER
— Trump Admin Probes Universities Suspected Of Handing Scholarships To Illegals. My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me for my not getting any scholarships.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/23/trump-admin-investigating-univerities-giving-illegals-scholarships/
— Appeals Court Upholds Block On Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order. Anticipate/expect that pregnant citizens of foreign countries will ever-increasingly come to America to give birth. Citizens of America who are minority and/or female get tremendous preference.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/23/appeals-court-upholds-block-donald-trump-birthright-citizenship-order/
DAILY SIGNAL
— NY Congresswoman Introduces Bill to Stop Rewarding Children of ‘Lawbreakers’ With US Citizenship
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/07/23/exclusive-congresswoman-introduces-bill-stop-rewarding-children-lawbreakers-us-citizenship/
FOX NEWS
— Federal appeals court rules against Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order. The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a ruling made by a district court in Seattle that described Trump’s executive order as ‘unconstitutional.’ Anticipate/expect that pregnant citizens of foreign countries will ever-increasingly come to America to give birth. Citizens of America who are minority and/or female get tremendous preference.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/federal-appeals-court-rules-against-trumps-birthright-citizenship-executive-order
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Dept. Education Investigates Discrimination Against American-Born Students After Equal Protection Project Complaints. UIC admitted me in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, and IIT in 1992. But they would have admitted foreign-born students instead of me if they could have.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/07/dept-education-investigates-discrimination-against-american-born-students-after-equal-protection-project-complaints/
NEWSMAX
— 77 Percent Oppose Amnesty; 56 Percent: Deport Every Illegal
https://www.newsmax.com/us/mclaughlin-poll-amnesty-illegals/2025/07/23/id/1219741/
PJ MEDIA
— Colleges in Red States Rebrand DEI and Hide Illegals from ICE
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/07/23/collegerebrand-dei-and-hide-illegals-from-trump-n4942021
TOWNHALL
— You Won’t Believe This Pro-Abortion Legislation Championed by Democrats
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/madelineleesman/2025/07/23/you-wont-believe-this-pro-abortion-legislation-championed-by-democrats-n2660843
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Unfathomable Failure of Biden’s $7.5 Billion EV Charger Plan Revealed in GAO Report
https://www.westernjournal.com/unfathomable-failure-bidens-7-5-billion-ev-charger-plan-revealed-government-accountability-office-report/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— Democrats ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/24/politics/trumps-epstein-nightmare-worsens-amid-new-revelations-and-a-gop-revolt
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/24/politics/house-republicans-epstein-trump
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Supreme Court allows Trump to remove 3 Democrats on the Consumer Product Safety Commission. The U.S. Appellate Court for the 7th Circuit allowed my Democrat GAO superiors to remove its Republican employees, including me. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-trump-consumer-product-safety-f0ed5ff2409287440f5067d64031429d
MSNBC
— Democrats ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us7V5cbBQFI
MSN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) promote more LGBTQ and b) blame Republicans for problems that LGBTQers have.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/new-york-holds-the-line-after-cuts-to-988-suicide-prevention-services-for-lgbtq-youth/ar-AA1JaqGw
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/advocates-call-for-increased-specialized-training-as-988-optional-lgbtq-line-ends/ar-AA1IXXNW
REUTERS
— Democrats ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/trump-was-told-he-is-epstein-files-wall-street-journal-reports-2025-07-23/
NEWSWEEK
— The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-approval-rating-update-polls-g
— Democrats ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.newsweek.com/video-jeffrey-epstein-talking-about-donald-trump-resurfaces-2103285
ABC NEWS
— Democrats ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/trump-told-bondi-appeared-multiple-times-epstein-files/story?id=124014441
NBC NEWS
— Democrats ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/white-house-tightens-grip-jeffrey-epstein-messaging-rcna220615
https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/wsj-trump-was-told-he-s-named-in-epstein-files-243736645677
CBS NEWS
— Anticipate/expect that pregnant citizens of foreign countries will ever-increasingly come to America to give birth. Citizens of America who are minority and/or female get tremendous preference.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trumps-birthright-citizenship-order-unconstitutional-appeals-court/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/us/politics/epstein-democrats-republicans.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/us/politics/trump-epstein-files-named.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/us/politics/epstein-trump-republicans.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/us/politics/trump-epstein-distraction-timeline.html
— The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/donald-trump-approval-rating-polls.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/us/trump-transgender-healthcare-california-hospitals.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Supreme Court allows Trump to remove consumer product safety regulators. The U.S. Appellate Court for the 7th Circuit allowed my Democrat GAO superiors to remove its Republican employees, including me. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/23/supreme-court-consumer-product-safety-regulators-trump/
— Democrats ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/07/23/trump-doj-epstein-files-political-fallout/
— Trump’s pick to protect federal workers shares a disdain for them. Paul Ingrassia’s nomination to head the Office of Special Counsel is at risk because of his history of scorched-earth rhetoric and extremist associations. I should write about my critics/opponents who distain/despise/hate federal employees and federal retires the most. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Warrenville School District 200, and my precinct who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately. I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for almost 28 years.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/24/special-counsel-trump-paul-ingrassia/
WOAI
— Dems Said Illegals Never Received Medicaid, Now Screaming Over Losing It. What percent of the illegals in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct are Medicaid?
https://woai.iheart.com/content/2025-07-22-dems-said-illegals-never-received-medicaid-now-screaming-over-losing-it/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrats ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/justice-department-told-trump-name-in-epstein-files-727a8038
— Trump to Tour Federal Reserve, Ramping Up Pressure Campaign on Powell. In rare visit, president will stop by central bank, which is undergoing an extensive $2.5 billion renovation he has criticized. In 1990, my critics/opponents were furious when I got a preferred office in the new 200 West Adams building in the Loop.
https://www.wsj.com/economy/central-banking/trump-to-tour-federal-reserve-ramping-up-pressure-campaign-on-powell-58df9734
— One Way to Predict Early Career Success. A complex project at a new job can play a pivotal role in how soon you are promoted. My Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, and coworkers were beyond furious when I got a high-profile developmental assignment when I was 25 years old in 1973. According to them, the assignment should have been given to one of my Democrat coworkers who was minority, female, and/or veteran. My taking graduate evening business courses helped me get the assignment. They were even more furious went I got promoted to GS-12 , currently $99,069/year, because of my performance on the assignment. To punish me, they a) disallowed my travel vouchers and education deductions, b) never promoted me to GS-13, and c) ignored/dismissed/belittled my earning an MBA in 1976 and my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. To punish the manager who had gotten me the assignment and who had promoted me, they forced him to transfer to Texas.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/promotion-new-jobs-secret-18655fa1
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters punish Tesla to punish Musk to punish Trump.
https://www.wsj.com/business/earnings/tesla-earnings-q2-tsla-stock-f94405d3
GOOGLE AI
— Age discrimination and reverse discrimination in the accounting profession. I did not start taking graduate evening accounting courses until I was 27. I did not take and pass the CPA examination on my first attempt until I was 30. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31. I did not take and pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination and become a licensed CPA until I was 32. Because of that, even though I had almost 9 years’ experience working for IRS and more than a year working for GAO when I was 32, the CPA profession, including IRS and GAO, considered me to be far too old to have a successful career in accounting. The accounting profession would not have done that if I had been a minority or a female.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22late+start%22+career
HAMILTON SPECTATOR
— According to Democrat and RINO leaders, when Whites and men do better than minorities and females, it is because Whites and men discriminate against minorities and females. Of course, that encourages minorities and females to despise/hate Whites and males. Since the 1960s, those above me have given tremendous preference to minorities and to females.
https://www.thespec.com/opinion/contributors/pursuing-meritocracy-could-lead-to-a-very-dark-place/article_2678a575-cf97-5396-927e-f8bbc3f385b2.html
July 23, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-protest-calls-cook-county-illinois-shut-down-broadview-ice-facility-alleging-inhumane-conditions/17250357/
— Secret Service one of few federal agencies currently hiring; Chicago field office talks recruitment. One of my best friends during the 1960s and 1970s was a Secret Service Agent during the 1970s.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/secret-service-few-federal-agencies-hiring-look-changes-president-donald-trump-assassination-attempt/17251198/
NBC5
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/video/top-videos-home/gov-pritzker-discusses-trump-administration-immigration-policies/3795459/
FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1678881
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Ever-increasingly, everyone in health care in America is more and more and more of the following: citizens for foreign countries, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/23/federal-student-loans-limits-medical-students/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN NAPERVILLE SUN: To advance those who have demographics that vote for Democrats, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace objective criteria with subjective criteria.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/15/district-204-piloting-weighted-grading/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/07/22/a-family-came-to-chicago-seeking-asylum-he-was-deported-now-she-wants-to-leave
https://chicago.suntimes.com/la-voz/chicago-immigration-resource-guide
SHAW LOCAL
— Feds weigh in on lawsuit challenging how Illinois maintains voter registration rolls. Suit alleges Illinois fails to properly maintain registration lists.
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2025/07/23/feds-weigh-in-on-lawsuit-challenging-how-illinois-maintains-voter-registration-rolls/
JOURNAL COURIER
— Democrat leaders use NPR to destroy Republicans.
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/npr-illinois-weighs-future-amid-federal-funding-20775396.php
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders crow about their success in promoting hatred against Trump. I should write the following who have done the most to promote hatred against me: past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders, e) religious leaders, f) those who I have sued and their attorneys, and g) my Democrat superiors in the federal government.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trumps-favorability-has-fallen-among-aapi-adults-since-last-year-aapi-data-ap-norc-poll-finds/
CHALKBEAT CHICAGO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/07/22/illinois-head-start-providers-confused-after-trump-administration-guidance/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/07/23/epsteins-shadow-reaches-illinois-00469094
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/23/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-557/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/22/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-350/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Gov.-run grocery stores are a political arrogance that robs taxpayers
https://wirepoints.org/gov-run-grocery-stores-are-a-political-arrogance-that-robs-taxpayers-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/
— A wake-up call for NYC from the Windy City
https://wirepoints.org/a-wake-up-call-for-nyc-from-the-windy-city-wirepoints-on-the-chicago-way-with-john-kass/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— If you are White and/or male, the less education and/or less money that your parents have and/or had, the more that Affirmative Action and DEI harm you. 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. My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. He died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. I had to work my way through college. That harmed my GPA. All my potential employers and all my employers were always under tremendous pressure to hire, to retain, and to promote young minorities and young females. Virtually my coworkers who they promoted over me were minorities and/or females who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump slashes 25% of IRS workforce with buyouts, firings of nearly 26,000 agency staff
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/22/trump-slashed-25-irs-workforce/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Fake deportation stories replace fake hate crimes for Democrats
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3478664/fake-deportation-stories-ice-raids-replace-fake-hate-crimes-for-democrats/
NEW YORK POST
— GOP Sen. Jim Banks introduces bill banning wokeness, ‘divisive narratives’ at Smithsonian museums: ‘Stop letting activists rewrite our past’
https://nypost.com/2025/07/22/us-news/new-bill-would-ban-wokeness-at-smithsonian-museums/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Polls, Propaganda, and the Truth About Trump’s Deportation Agenda
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/07/polls_propaganda_and_the_truth_about_trump_s_deportation_agenda.html
BLAZE
— 5 things Trump must do to fulfill his mass deportation mandate
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/5-things-trump-must-do-to-fulfill-his-mass-deportation-mandate
BREITBART
— Americans Firmly Oppose Amnesty for Illegal Aliens, Back Trump’s Deportation Agenda
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/07/22/exclusive-poll-americans-firmly-oppose-amnesty-for-illegals-back-deportations/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Here’s How Much Taxpayer Cash the Groups Now Suing Trump Received Under Biden
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/07/22/ngos-suing-block-trump-reforms-received-1-7b-taxpayer-cash-under-biden/
— Lawsuit Over California School’s Race-Based Scholarships Could Deal Massive Blow to DEI. From what I see, virtually all those who get scholarships are minority and/or female.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/07/22/lawsuit-over-california-schools-race-based-scholarships-could-deal-massive-blow-dei/
DAILY WIRE
— Soros-Tied Groups Back Republican Bill To Give Amnesty To Millions Of Illegal Aliens. Groups with ties to the Democrat billionaire are cheering on Rep. Salazar’s legislation as they bash the Trump admin’s policies.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/soros-tied-groups-back-republican-bill-to-give-amnesty-to-millions-of-illegal-aliens
FEDERALIST
— The Federal Government Must Prosecute Activists Who Harbor Illegal Immigrants In Cities Like L.A.
https://thefederalist.com/2025/07/22/the-federal-government-must-prosecute-activists-who-harbor-illegal-immigrants-in-cities-like-l-a/
FOX NEWS
— Trump’s immigration enforcement push results in skyrocketing arrests of criminal illegal aliens
https://www.foxnews.com/us/trumps-immigration-enforcement-push-results-skyrocketing-arrests-criminal-illegal-aliens
— Red state universities admit to rebranding DEI efforts to skirt Trump orders
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6375988851112
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— ‘Who Will Pick Our Cotton?’: Cory Booker Slammed for Video Promising to Protect Illegal Aliens
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/07/who-will-pick-our-cotton-cory-booker-slammed-for-video-promising-to-protect-illegal-aliens/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Hunter Biden Lashes Out at Democratic Party Elite for Turning on His Father
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/hunter-biden-lashes-out-at-democratic-party-elite-for-turning-on-his-father/
NEW AMERICAN
— Illegals Staging “Kidnapping,” Deportation Hoaxes to Get Sympathy, Money
https://thenewamerican.com/us/immigration/illegals-staging-kidnapping-deportation-hoaxes-to-get-sympathy-money/
NEWSMAX
— Flag Displays That ‘Disparage’ Americans
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/donald-trump-nps-history/2025/07/22/id/1219683/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Such content includes signs about how climate change contributes to rising sea levels at Cape Hatteras National Seashore in North Carolina, exhibits on slavery at Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia, and language on the imprisonment of Native Americans at Castillo de San Marcos National Monument in St. Augustine, Florida.)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HIIL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5414628-democrats-hardball-epstein-files/
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5414632-trump-epstein-controversy/
CNN
— Democrat and RINO leaders decry that markets are booming under Trump
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/23/investing/us-stock-market
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/23/politics/trump-epstein-maxwell-justice-department-analysis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_8p7ffNRDA
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-s-latest-bid-to-end-epstein-storm-weaponizing-the-federal-government/ar-AA1J6IAd
MSNBC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-epstein-files-conspiracy-controversy-defense-arguments-maga-rcna220009
NBC NEWS
— What percent become citizens of America for bad reasons?
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/calls-strip-zohran-mamdanis-citizenship-trump-denaturalization-power-rcna216653
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Republicans seek to undermine GAO. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE and I might still be a GAO employee. In any event, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able a) to force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, b) to always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, c) to delay my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13, d) to keep me off audits of IRS except for 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and e) to force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. Because I was one of GAO’s few remaining Republican employees, my Democrat GAO superiors used Gingrich GAO budget cuts to waste my career and to force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. I should write about that.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/us/politics/trump-spending-government-accountability-office.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/opinion/migration-deportation-sudan-trump.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/arts/television/late-night-trump-epstein.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump administration pauses student loan forgiveness. I did not get a student loan. If you also did not get a student loan, what if you had gotten one? If I had gotten a student loan, I would have gotten better paying jobs because my GPA would have been higher. I spent far too many hours washing dishes and delivering mail instead of studying. Nevertheless, a) I graduated debt-free from NIU when I was 21 years old in 1970 owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE and b) I earned enough money to buy a new 1972 Corvette in 1971, pay for graduate evening business courses 1972-1976, buy a new town home University Park in 1972, buy condos in downtown Chicago in 1974 and 1976, pay for graduate evening accounting courses 1976-1980, get married and buy a home in Wheaton with my wife in 1978, etc.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/07/22/trump-administration-student-loan-forgiveness-pause-ibr-plan/
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/07/23/where-are-the-docs-trump-attempts-to-wriggle-out-of-epstein-disclosures/
USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2025/07/21/trump-epstein-files-release-maga/85248117007/
BLOOMBERG
— If you are White and/or male, the less education and/or less money that your parents have and/or had, the more that Affirmative Action and DEI harm you. 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. My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. He died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. I had to work my way through college. That harmed my GPA. All my potential employers and all my employers were always under tremendous pressure to hire, to retain, and to promote young minorities and young females. Virtually my coworkers who they promoted over me were minorities and/or females who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-07-23/andreessen-is-wrong-about-dei-and-the-working-class
NEW REPUBLIC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://newrepublic.com/article/198247/trump-epstein-fiasco-ron-wyden
POLITICO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/07/23/house-democrats-jeffrey-epstein-trump-politics-00469042
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/22/democrats-epstein-attack-plans-00468534
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/22/trump-epstein-urges-doj-obama-00467514
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/07/22/congress/house-gop-huddles-on-epstein-drama-00466738
PBS
— Hunter Biden lashes out at George Clooney, other Democratic ‘elites,’ over Joe Biden’s 2024 campaign
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/hunter-biden-lashes-out-at-george-clooney-other-democratic-elites-over-joe-bidens-2024-campaign
NPR
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/23/nx-s1-5476530/president-trump-deflects-questions-about-epstein-probe-with-accusations-about-obama
WORLD SOCIALIST WEBSITE
— Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/07/23/atug-j23.html