FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— 20 Democratic-led states sued the Trump administration on Monday for withholding more than $6 billion in federal funds for several education programs nationwide. Many low-income families will lose access to after-school programs if the money isn’t released soon. What did you do while you were in high school? During my freshman and sophomore years, I did yard work. During all 4 years, I delivered newspapers. During my junior and senior years, I washed dishes.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/boys-girls-club-programs-threatened-trump-grant-freeze-serve-thousands-families/17116784/
— Family raises questions about death of father found unresponsive at Naperville’s Centennial Beach. The family of 27-year-old Streamwood man Manuel Jose Rosales Yajure believes the lifeguards didn’t do enough.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/manuel-jose-rosales-yajure-identified-streamwood-man-died-found-centennial-beach-naperville-police-department/17117110/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GW-mqsxAuUw
NBC5
— These Republicans could challenge Gov. JB Pritzker’s reelection bid. The first day petitions can be submitted for the March primary will arrive early next month.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/these-republicans-could-challenge-gov-jb-pritzkers-reelection-bid/3789070/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/video-republican-field-takes-shape-to-oppose-pritzker-reelection-bid/3789117/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: So far, DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick and businessman Joe Severino have announced they intend to run for the Republican gubernatorial nomination, but they could be joined by several others, including Rep. Darin LaHood, who is weighing options between a bid for the governor’s mansion or the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Dick Durbin. His team told NBC Chicago Political Reporter Mary Ann Ahern that he is still weighing his options ahead of the Aug. 5 start of the petition season. Aaron Del Mar, former lieutenant governor candidate and the chairman of the Cook County Republican Party, is also weighing a potential run, and he says he sees a path forward for any candidate seeking to deny Pritzker a third term in office. “There is a strong donor base, but you just need to talk to them and convince them that this state is worth investing in,” he said. “There are some concerns about running against the richest elected official in the United States. Illinois is worth saving, and worth investing in, and somebody needs to put Illinois first, and our campaign will display that same motto in action.” Ted Dabrowski, president of the media outlet Wirepoints, which focuses on economic and government issues in Illinois, is also considering a run, reaching out to donors as part of that effort, according to Ahern’s reporting.)
— Who has the advantage in the race for Dick Durbin’s Senate seat? Three Democrats are vying for the seat, while the Republican primary remains largely up in the air. One could compare and contrast the Illinois Republican U.S. Senate 2004 primary ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois ) with the 2026 primary. All five announced candidates (John Cox, Chirinjeev Kathuria, Andrew McKenna, Jim Oberweis, and Jack Ryan) walked in Wheaton’s 2003 Independence Day parade and then attended a picnic in the Prairie Path Park in my precinct. My critics/opponents were not only furious that Ryan won the primary instead of their candidate McKenna, they blamed me for McKenna’s defeat. I was not only the GOPUSA Illinois Editor, I was also an officer of the Illinois Center Right Coalition and TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois. Neither organization endorsed McKenna. Ryan withdrew after he won the primary and then the Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee replaced him with Alan Keyes who lost to Obama.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/who-has-the-advantage-in-the-race-for-dick-durbins-senate-seat/3789209/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On the other side of the aisle, several names have been floated on the Republican side to run for Durbin’s Senate seat. Insiders said Richard Porter is considering a bid. Porter’s largely been behind the scenes, working as a suburban attorney and former Republican national committeeman. He also worked for former President George W Bush’s administration as a domestic policy adviser to the president and counselor to former Vice President Dan Quayle. U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood is also eyeing the Senate race, but he would have to give up his congressional seat to do so. He has also been rumored to be eyeing a run for Illinois governor, but will make his decision in coming weeks. The last Illinois Republican to serve in the Senate was Mark Kirk. He lost re-election to Duckworth in 2016.)
— Democrats put aside previous misgivings to hit Trump over Jeffrey Epstein files
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/democrats-trump-administration-jeffrey-epstein-files/3788972/
— Democrat leaders promote Rosie O’Donnell
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/video-rosie-odonnell-reacts-donald-trump-threat-potentially-revoke-citizenship/3789125/
WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://news.wttw.com/2025/07/14/chicago-officials-call-identification-requirements-ice-agents-we-are-asking
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— State Farm defends hefty 27.2% hike in Illinois homeowners insurance rates
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/14/state-farm-defends-illinois-homeowners-rate-increase/
— Supreme Court allows Trump to lay off nearly 1,400 Education Department employees. GAO works for Congress. Gingrich should have reformed GAO instead of gutting it. If he had reformed GAO, I might still be working for GAO. In any event, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to a) force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, b) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, c) delay my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13, d) keep me off audits of IRS except for 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and e) force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/14/trump-lay-off-education-employees/
— A city where every teen can find work — that should be the goal. I took the following jobs when I was a teen, but how many teens would take those jobs today? I did yard work. I delivered newspapers. I wash dishes. I cleaning golf shoes. I chipping slag. I pumping gasoline. I delivering mail. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/15/chicago-teen-summer-jobs/
— Wheaton 7-bedroom mansion with Tudor facade and 7 gables: $2M
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/15/wheaton-seven-gables-home/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: This 1897 Wheaton property built by architect Jarvis Hunt is called the House of Seven Gables and was commissioned as a wedding gift by Chicago steel magnate Jay Morse. Later known as the Loretto Convent, the mansion has a Tudor facade, hand-carved woodwork and seven distinctive gables. In 2017, the entire 10,000-square-foot, 730-ton structure was relocated 500 feet and placed on a new foundation. The house now has modern infrastructure, all-new mechanicals, including zoned central heating and air conditioning, and public utilities. In the Loretto subdivision, the home has seven bedrooms, six full bathrooms, one half-bath and a newly built, attached three-car garage. There is also an unfinished lower level with 10-foot ceilings.)
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker orders state agencies to assess potential effects of more Trump tariffs. Officials told to figure out which industries are most vulnerable to trade disruptions.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/illinois-governor/2025/07/14/trump-tariffs-jb-pritzker-illinois-executive-order
DAILY HERALD
— Citing safety risks for election officials, McHenry County clerk seeking 35% pay hike
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250713/local-politics/citing-safety-risks-for-election-officials-mchenry-county-clerk-seeking-35-pay-hike/
— State Department firings say much about administration’s ‘reforms.’ If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE. The Democrats who ran GAO used Gingrich budget cuts to get rid of the agency’s Republican employees like me.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250715/syndicated-columnists/state-department-firings-say-much-about-administrations-reforms/
— Why the races to succeed Krishnamoorthi, Schakowsky in Congress are packed
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250715/local-politics/why-the-races-to-succeed-krishnamoorthi-schakowsky-in-congress-are-packed/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for problems that disabled people have.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/elevate/chicago-disability-inclusion-accessibility
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/elevate/cook-county-forest-preserves-prioritize-accessible-amenities-opinion
— Pritzker signs executive order to analyze tariff impact on Illinois
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/pritzker-orders-agencies-analyze-tariff-impact-illinois
WGN RADIO
— Is MAGA bigger than Trump?
https://wgnradio.com/wgn-plus/thechicagoway/chicago-way-w-john-kass-is-maga-bigger-than-trump/
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/elections/2025/06/26/jb-pritzker-governor-of-illinois-running-for-third-term-state-visits-tour-june-26-2025-stops/84367606007/
SHAW LOCAL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2025/07/14/good-trouble-lives-on-protests-in-northern-illinois-locations-times-what-you-need-to-know/
RIVER BENDER
— Duckworth Advances IVF Coverage for Military Families. If I ran for an office, my opponents would have Duckworth stress that I avoided the Vietnam War draft and that my wife and I gave up trying to have children without trying IVF.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/duckworth-secures-several-key-priorities-in-committeepassed-ndaa-to-expand-ivf-coverage-strengthen-oversight-of-domestic-military-deployments-boost-84307.cfm
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Pritzker signs executive order responding to impact of tariffs on Illinois
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2025/07/14/pritzker-signs-executive-order-responding-to-impact-of-tariffs-on-illinois/85199351007/
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Supreme Court allows Trump to lay off nearly 1,400 Education Department employees. The Democrats who ran GAO used Gingrich budget cuts to get rid of more than 3,000 GAO employees including me, but they spread it out. Virtually all those who they got rid of were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.
https://www.news-gazette.com/supreme-court-allows-trump-to-lay-off-nearly-1-400-education-department-employees/article_41642fbf-3c9e-5b23-b0a7-4e125be1d826.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— Republicans renew a bid to remove noncitizens from the census tally. Democrats have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-07-15/republicans-renew-a-bid-to-remove-noncitizens-from-the-census-tally-behind-voting-maps
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/15/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-551/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/14/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-344/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Ibendahl: Time to Think about Getting Involved in Politics Diersen: If you might be interested in becoming a Republican Precinct Committeeman in DuPage County, and especially in Milton Township and Wheaton, please contact me. I have been a Republican Precinct Committeeman in Wheaton since 1999.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/07/15/time-to-think-about-getting-involved-in-politics/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— DOJ urges federal agencies to operate ‘exclusively in English’ as much as possible. To be eligible to vote in America, you must be an American citizen. To become a naturalized American citizen, you must be proficient in English.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/14/doj-urges-federal-agencies-operate-exclusively-english-much-possible/
— Biden autopen scandal ignites firestorm over cover-up of president’s mental fitness
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/14/biden-aide-signed-autopen-pardons-thousands/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— IL construction workers highest paid in U.S. as new home building lags. My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid. In today’s dollars, the federal government paid me $19.37/hour when I was 18, $55,850/year when I was 22, $68,315/year when I was 23, $82,655/year when I was 24, $99,069/year when I was 25, $112,280/year when I was 29, $117,807/year when I was 38, and $153.151/year when I was 49. In my defense, a) I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, b) I earned job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) I earned job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and d) I earned a job-related professional license when I was 32.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3470573/illinois-construction-workers-highest-paid-new-home-building-lags/
AMAC
— Trump Cracks Down on Colleges Giving Tuition Breaks to Illegal Aliens
https://amac.us/newsline/society/trump-cracks-down-on-colleges-giving-tuition-breaks-to-illegal-aliens/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Facts to ponder while most of the media peddles Democrat talking points
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/07/facts_to_ponder_while_most_of_the_media_pedals_democrat_talking_points_to_destroy_trump_and_republicans_and_to_elect_democrats.html
— Is it wrong to arrest ‘non-criminal’ illegals? According to Democrat and RINO leaders, no one is illegal.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/07/is_it_wrong_to_arrest_non_criminal_illegals.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— MSNBC talking head says illegals could have ‘lawful’ right to use violence against ICE
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/07/14/msnbc-talking-head-says-illegals-could-have-lawful-right-to-use-violence-against-ice-1567671/
BLAZE
— Sanctuary cities fail — but Karen Bass keeps pushing the lie
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/sanctuary-cities-fail-but-karen-bass-keeps-pushing-the-lie
BREITBART
— Omar Fateh: Rep. Boebert Opposing Free College for Illegal Aliens Is ‘White Supremacy’ — So Is Policing
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/07/14/omar-fateh-boebert-opposing-free-college-illegals-white-supremacy/
DAILY CALLER
— Detained Weed Farm Illegals Dems Rushed To Defend Actually Have Heinous Rap Sheets
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/14/detained-california-weed-farm-illegals-heinous-rap-sheets-democrats/
— Lefty Groups Biden Showered In Taxpayer Cash Coaching Illegals To Evade ICE
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/14/lefty-groups-biden-taxpayer-cash-coaching-illegals-ice/
DAILY WIRE
— Nearly 400 Illegals Arrested In Raid On California Pot Farm. Federal agents also “rescued at least 14 migrant children from what looks like exploitation, forced child labor, and potentially human trafficking…”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/nearly-400-illegals-arrested-in-raid-on-california-pot-farm-dhs-says
— Plane Hijacker, Child Predators, Murderers: ICE Nabs More Than 1,300 Illegals In Houston. Those arrested include a child sex predator who has been removed from the United States four different times.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/plane-hijacker-child-predators-murderers-ice-nabs-more-than-1300-illegals-in-houston
HOT AIR
— Left Wing Failures Breed More Violence Before MidTerms
https://hotair.com/headlines/2025/07/13/left-wing-failures-breed-more-violence-before-midterms-n3804749
MRC TV
— CNN Falsely Claims Illegals in Alligator Alcatraz Have ‘No Criminal Charges’
https://mrctv.org/videos/cnn-falsely-claims-illegals-alligator-alcatraz-have-no-criminal-charges
NEWSMAX
— Most Back Trump on Immigration
https://www.newsmax.com/us/poll-trump-immigration/2025/07/14/id/1218725/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC NEWS
— Trump’s team launches group to unseat GOP Rep. Thomas Massie. Have you been unseated? My critics/opponents had their operatives and their dupes unseat me as a) a member of the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024, b) the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman in 2012, d) an Illinois Center Right Coalition officer in 2007, e) a GAO employee in 1997, and f) a postal employee in 1969. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.aol.com/trumps-team-launches-group-unseat-235301803.html
NEWSWEEK
— Los Angeles To Give Cash Assistance To Immigrants Impacted By Trump Raids
https://www.newsweek.com/los-angeles-cash-assistance-immigation-ice-raids-2098642
— Democrat leaders promote protests against Trump on July 17
https://www.newsweek.com/map-list-cities-anti-trump-protests-july-17-2096597
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/health/south-africa-aids-hiv-trump-funding-cuts.html?searchResultPosition=1
WASHINGTON POST
— Supreme Court allows deep layoffs at Education Department. GAO works for Congress. Gingrich should have reformed GAO instead of gutting it. If he had reformed GAO, I might still be working for GAO. In any event, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to a) force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, b) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, c) delay my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13, d) keep me off audits of IRS except for 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and e) force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/14/supreme-court-education-department-/
— Trump wants to dismantle the Education Department. What would that mean? Instead of reforming GAO, Gingrich gutted GAO. I should write about that.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/07/15/education-department-dismantled-trump-explained/
USA TODAY
— Reasons why you’re not getting promoted. Democrats run the federal government. My Democrat superiors delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13 not only because I refused to become a Democrat, but because I ever-increasingly complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/06/30/5-mistakes-preventing-promotion/84376177007/
— Should I take a buyout. 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.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/06/28/jobs-buyout-layoffs-recession-economy-tips/84383588007/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: You’ve been offered a buyout. Your employer wants to pay you to quit. It’s a big chunk of change. Should you accept? Companies offer buyouts to thin the ranks, spending money in the short term to save money in the long run. Employers often leverage buyouts to avoid layoffs. And that thought, alone, should give you pause. The Trump administration offered buyouts to the entire federal workforce this year, aiming to reduce it by as much as 10%. Roughly 75,000 workers accepted.)
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Now Trump Says Forget Jeffrey Epstein. He urges MAGA to give up a conspiracy tale that he and his allies promoted.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/now-trump-says-forget-jeffrey-epstein-9ca7d378
— Is Your Salary Too High for Today’s Job Market? My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid. In today’s dollars, the federal government paid me $19.37/hour when I was 18, $55,850/year when I was 22, $68,315/year when I was 23, $82,655/year when I was 24, $99,069/year when I was 25, $112,280/year when I was 29, $117,807/year when I was 38, and $153.151/year when I was 49. In my defense, a) I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, b) I earned job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) I earned job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and d) I earned a job-related professional license when I was 32.
https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/your-money-matters/is-your-salary-too-high-for-todays-job-market/84ae9a22-052e-43de-98ff-e859592134f8
— Democrat and RINO leaders illegally ever-increasingly illegally encourage citizens of foreign countries to bring their children illegally into America illegally and to illegally keep them in America illegally.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/donald-trump-immigration-reform-gallup-polling-border-ice-deportations-c69218cf
— Family Reunions Become Harder to Keep. My family reunions were big during the 1950s and early 1960s on my father’s side in Crete and on my mother’s side in Grant Park.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/relationships/what-it-takes-to-keep-those-family-reunions-picnics-and-funfetti-cupcakes-going-f083fb7f
WASHINGTON MONTHLY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2025/07/14/america-is-now-a-police-state/
NEWSBREAK
— Trump Store in Huntley Illinois Closes After Eviction Battle
https://www.newsbreak.com/century-homes-america-322339187/4107185611986-trump-store-in-huntley-illinois-closes-after-eviction-battle
NATION
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) paint Democrats as having been the Union Army in the Civil War and b) paint Republicans as having been the Confederate Army in the Civil War. Democrats have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/trump-confederacy-slavery-racism/
TAMMY DUCKWORTH
— Duckworth is a Democrat minority female veteran U.S. Senator. She demands answers regarding State Department layoffs. GAO works for Congress. If Duckworth had been a U.S. Senator during the 1980s and 1990s, would she have demanded answers regarding Gingrich’s gutting of GAO? My Democrat GAO superiors used Gingrich budget cuts to get rid of the agency’s Republican employees like me who were not minority, female, and/or veteran.
https://www.duckworth.senate.gov/news/press-releases/duckworth-booker-sfrc-colleagues-demand-answers-regarding-state-department-layoffs
FED SMITH
— What the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Means for Federal Employees. Federal employees dodged a bullet on proposed benefits cuts in the One Big Beautiful Bill, but there are other important tax changes to be aware of.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2025/07/10/what-the-one-big-beautiful-bill-act-means-for-federal-employees/
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July 13, 2013
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://abc7chicago.com/post/barrio-arts-fest-colombian-independence-day-celebration-draw-crowds-despite-dhs-concerns-agents-seen-puerto-rican-museum/17092681/
NBC5
— Trump posts support for embattled Attorney General Pam Bondi. The attorney general was at the heart of a recent confrontation with the FBI’s second in command over the DOJ’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files. Far too many who are involved in politics have huge uncontrollable sexual appetites.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/president-trump/trump-support-attorney-general-pam-bondi/3788134/
— Rallygoers push for public transit funding as Illinois fiscal cliff looms. My critics/opponents oppose/despise public transportation. I used public transportation big time in 1971 and then 1973-1997.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/top-videos-home/rallygoers-push-for-public-transit-funding-as-illinois-fiscal-cliff-looms/3788160/
CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/988-lgbtq-suicide-lifeline-trump-tower-protest/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Is the Jeffrey Epstein scandal finally behind us? Far too many who are involved in politics have huge uncontrollable sexual appetites.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/13/column-jeffrey-epstein-conspiracy-theories-page/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/07/11/illinois-snap-cuts-supplemental-nutrition-assistance-program-pritzker-house-congress-rich-miller
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/07/12/big-beautiful-bill-chicago-black-community-inequity-economic-struggles-alden-loury
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment-culture/2025/07/12/25th-annual-barrio-arts-humboldt-park-chicago-calma-carmona-hermes-croatto-los-pleneros-del-callejon
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD & WCIA
— Justice Dept. fires more prosecutors, support staff involved in Trump prosecutions. My Democrat GAO superiors fired me, that is, they forced 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.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-justice-dept-fires-more-prosecutors-support-staff-involved-in-trump-prosecutions-ap-sources-say/
https://www.wcia.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-justice-dept-fires-more-prosecutors-support-staff-involved-in-trump-prosecutions-ap-sources-say/
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote dependency on government
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/trumps-big-bill-takes-center-stage-in-illinois-u-s-senate-race/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more a) dependency on government and charity, that is, socialism, if not communism, b) LGBTQ, the is, destruction of traditional marriage and family, c) abortion, that is, disrespect for human life, d) mass/illegal immigration, that is the destruction of America, e) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, that is, the destruction of America, f) diminishment of Second Amendment rights, that is, the end of personal safety, 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. Republican leaders should oppose the aforesaid. Far too few do. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
JOHN KASS
— Left Wing Failures Breed More Violence Before MidTerms
https://johnkassnews.com/left-wing-failures-breed-more-violence/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— As Pritzker claims hospitals will close, Republican points to $50B fund
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_58c262fb-2c84-4cf4-9d5f-6b8b1042cec6.html
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— The IL GOP Belongs to the People — Not to Power-Hungry Insiders
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/07/opinion-the-il-gop-belongs-to-the-people-not-to-power-hungry-insiders.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— We signed the United Nations refugee protocol, but we never signed up for mass migration
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/3469067/us-never-signed-up-mass-migration/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Mayor Karen Bass announces free cash for Los Angeles’s million illegals affected by ICE
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/07/mayor_karen_bass_announces_free_cash_for_los_angeles_s_million_illegals_affected_by_ice_comments.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Ingraham asks TPUSA crowd if they’re ‘satisfied’ with Epstein investigation outcome. Far too many who are involved in politics have huge uncontrollable sexual appetites.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/07/12/ingraham-asks-tpusa-crowd-if-theyre-satisfied-with-epstein-investigation-outcome-1567442/
— Activist judge blocks sweeping ICE raids, declaring Home Depot a de facto sanctuary for illegals
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/07/12/activist-judge-blocks-sweeping-ice-raids-declaring-home-depot-a-de-facto-sanctuary-for-illegals-1567403/
BREITBART
— Biden Judge Halts ICE Arrests in Los Angeles Due to Alleged Racial Profiling. What percent of illegals are minorities?
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/07/12/biden-judge-halts-ice-arrests-in-los-angeles-due-to-alleged-racial-profiling/
DAILY CALLER
— Ocasio-Cortez Faces Backlash Over ‘Defamatory’ Trump-Epstein Post. Far too many who are involved in politics have huge uncontrollable sexual appetites.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/12/ocasio-cortez-faces-backlash-over-defamatory-trump-epstein-post-sue-aoc-bankruptcy/
DAILY WIRE
— Ilhan Omar Claims ICE Sending Illegal Aliens To ‘Dungeons’ Around The World
https://www.dailywire.com/news/ilhan-omar-claims-ice-sending-illegal-aliens-to-dungeons-around-the-world
FOX NEWS
— Border czar Tom Homan’s message to anti-ICE protesters: ‘You want some? Come get some’ Homan vows to run ‘biggest deportation operation this country has ever seen’ during fiery speech at student summit. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was young, the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 would not have hired me.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/border-czar-tom-homans-message-anti-ice-protesters-you-want-some-come-get-some
— Anti-ICE protesters descend on Turning Point USA Student Action Summit. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was young, the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 would not have hired me.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6375594265112
— Protesters clash with conservatives at Turning Point’s Student Action Summit in Tampa Bay. Protesters rejecting Trump’s agenda, chanted, ‘No fear, no hate, no ICE in our state,’ outside Turning Point USA Student Action Summit. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was young, the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 would not have hired me.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/protesters-clash-conservatives-turning-points-student-action-summit-tampa-bay
TPUSA
— Trump Admin Moves to Cut $40 Billion in Federal Benefits for Illegal Immigrants. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was young, the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 would not have hired me.
https://www.tpusa.com/live/trump-admin-moves-to-cut-40-billion-in-federal-benefits-for-illegal-immigrants
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump won with major inroads among minority voters
https://www.aol.com/trump-won-major-inroads-among-211645265.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— What to Know About the Secret Service, a Year After It Failed to Protect Trump. One of my closest friends during the 1970s was a Secret Service Agent.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/13/us/politics/secret-service-trump-shooting.html
— Trump Pleads With Followers to Back Bondi in Dispute Over Epstein Inquiry. Far too many who are involved in politics have huge uncontrollable sexual appetites.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/12/us/politics/trump-bondi-epstein-bongino.html
— I should write about my critics/opponents who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/opinion/trolling-democracy.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote entitlements
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/11/13/entitlements-social-security-traffic-cameras/
— MAGA leaders sound alarm about discontented Trump base: ‘A huge risk’ At Turning Point’s gathering of young Trump supporters, movement leaders warned the White House to pay attention to anger about the Jeffrey Epstein investigation and other issues. Far too many who are involved in politics have huge uncontrollable sexual appetites. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was young, the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 would not have hired me.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/12/turning-point-usa-conference-concerns-trump/
— Bondi fires 20 Justice Dept. employees involved in Trump prosecutions. My Democrat GAO superiors fired me, that is, they forced 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.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/07/12/bondi-trump-justice-fbi-firings/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Superman to destroy America
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/07/12/superman-woke-controversy-immigration-trump/
USA TODAY
— Trump at odds with MAGA movement on multiple fronts. I am a conservative Republican. I am a platform Republican.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/07/11/trump-maga-movement-feud/84516384007/
— MAGA is coming for Trump over lost Epstein files. Bondi may pay the price. Far too many who are involved in politics have huge uncontrollable sexual appetites.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/07/13/trump-maga-republicans-epstein-bondi/84531802007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Ever-since I became a federal employee when I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being overpaid and a recipient of benefits that are far too generous. In my defense I would not have become a postal employee when I was 18 years old in 1966 if my high school friend had not invited me to take the postal employment examination with him earlier that year. I would not have become an IRS employee in 1971 if Oldsmobile had not withdrawn a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. In my defense, while I was a federal employee, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/your-money-matters/is-your-salary-too-high-for-todays-job-market/84ae9a22-052e-43de-98ff-e859592134f8
DESERT NEWS
— At TPUSA Summit, Gen Z rallies behind Trump’s deportation program. Trump’s young base has a red line — and it’s the border. Far too many who are involved in politics have huge uncontrollable sexual appetites. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was young, the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 would not have hired me.
https://www.deseret.com/politics/2025/07/12/charlie-kirk-at-turning-point-says-donald-trump-cant-do-amnesty-for-immigrants/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A rowdy crowd of 5,000 Gen Z Republican organizers rattled the Tampa Convention Center Saturday night with their support for President Donald Trump’s deportation policies. While the president’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation split the event’s lineup of MAGA media stars, the young adults gathered for Turning Point USA’s Student Action Summit were united in their enthusiasm for their favorite Trump Cabinet celebrities. Border czar Tom Homan and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem received what can only be called a hero’s welcome, with fans from across the country pressing to take a selfie, straining to get a MAGA hat signed and screaming as the White House’s top deportation authorities took the stage amid pyrotechnics and pounding music. “We’re on a mission to make this country safe again,” Homan shouted over the applause. “President Trump was elected for this issue.” And this is the issue Trump must continue to deliver on for the political grassroots if he hopes to keep his team of advisers and his most fervent supporters on board, said Turning Point president Charlie Kirk in an interview with the Deseret News.)
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/sanctuary-city-immigration-ice-20764537.php
WFLA
— Student-led protest demonstrations unfold amid Turning Point USA Student Action Summit. I If I had been active in Republican politics when I was young, the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 would not have hired me.
https://www.wfla.com/news/hillsborough-county/student-led-protest-demonstrations-unfold-amid-turning-point-usa-student-action-summit/
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Ever-since I became a federal employee when I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being overpaid and a recipient of benefits that are far too generous. In my defense I would not have become a postal employee when I was 18 years old in 1966 if my high school friend had not invited me to take the postal employment examination with him earlier that year. I would not have become an IRS employee in 1971 if Oldsmobile had not withdrawn a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. In my defense, while I was a federal employee, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2025/06/all-provisions-targeting-federal-worker-benefits-unions-stricken-senate-reconciliation-package/406395/
PBS
— Noem speaks about Trump’s immigration agenda at Turning Point USA event. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was young, the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 would not have hired me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IycqatEFvlI
— Gabbard criticizes ‘deep state’ at TPUSA summit. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats. Gabbard criticizes ‘deep state’ at TPUSA summit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=140s_0tEcjA
SKY NEWS AUSTRALIA
— Majority of Americans back Donald Trump’s ‘enormously popular’ mass deportation agenda
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy38JKDL0e8
INDEPENDENT
— Tucker Carlson claims Jeffrey Epstein worked for Israel to blackmail US officials. Far too many who are involved in politics have huge uncontrollable sexual appetites.
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/tucker-carlson-jeffrey-epstein-israel-b2787893.html
ECONOMIC TIMES
— Tucker Carlson drops Epstein-Israel intel bombshell, reveals shocking details: ‘Cover-up since 2007’. Far too many who are involved in politics have huge uncontrollable sexual appetites.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5DxKn3MqdI
July 12, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump tours Texas flood sites and defends officials amid mounting questions about response. If there had been more warnings, how many of the victims would have ignored those warnings?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/11/trump-texas-floods/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/07/11/judge-orders-trump-administration-to-halt-indiscriminate-immigration-stops-arrests-in-california
NBC5
— Layoffs begin at State Department. I should write GAO losing half its employees between 1980 and 1997 because of Gingrich budget cuts. GAO is less than a shell of what it once was. 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 to a) force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, b) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, c) keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, d) delay my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13, and e) force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/trump-administration-texas-floodstariffs-july-11-2025-live-updates/3787249/
WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration and dependency on government
https://www.wbez.org/education/2025/07/11/head-start-will-be-cut-off-for-immigrants-without-legal-status-trump-administration-says
— Seniors’ growing demand for food deliveries
https://www.wbez.org/wbez-newsletter/2025/07/11/the-rundown-seniors-growing-demand-for-food-deliveries
FOX ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/protesters-clash-with-border-patrol-agents-in-southern-california-marijuana-farm-raid-smoke-canisters-immigrants-criminal-search-warrant-governor-gavin-newsom-department-of-homeland-security-customs-and-border-protection-ventura-county-trump-admin
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What do your critics/opponents want you to do? My critics/opponents want me to stop sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Failing that, they want me to stop me from promoting conservative principles, more specifically, they want to stop me from promoting the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity planks in the Republican Party platform. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders. I would focus on the aforesaid who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly shout at minorities, at females, and at younger people that Republicans discriminate against them, and that because of that, they need Affirmative Action and DEI to survive in America, let alone advance in America. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do your critics/opponents demand? All my critics/opponents demand blind loyalty to them. They destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What is your position on political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination? All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats a) who were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time 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. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What is your position on getting rid of federal employees? I should write GAO losing half its employees between 1980 and 1997 because of Gingrich budget cuts. GAO is less than a shell of what it once was. 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 to a) force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, b) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, c) keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, d) delay my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13, and e) force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO leaders will ever-increasingly push more LGBTQ on everyone in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, in your school district, in your precinct, in your church, and in your family. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What is your approval rating? Based on how the following treat me and how they treat my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, their approval rating of me and of GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters is very low if not extremely low: a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders. The aforesaid blame me and they blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for all the losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. Who/what do you blame for losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— To be woke is to be anti-American, anti-American military, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-married people, anti-non-poor-people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. My critic/opponents are woke. I should write about them. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Trump admin rescinds nomination of Navy admiral after learning of drag shows on USS Ronald Reagan. Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO leaders will ever-increasingly push more LGBTQ on everyone in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, in your school district, in your precinct, in your church, and in your family.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/07/11/trump-admin-rescinds-nomination-of-navy-admiral-after-learning-of-drag-shows-on-uss-ronald-reagan-1567205/
— ‘Anti-DEI’ index fund launches to advance meritocracy in the workplace. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats a) who were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time 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.bizpacreview.com/2025/07/11/first-of-its-kind-anti-dei-index-fund-launches-to-advance-meritocracy-in-the-workplace-1567209/
BLAZE
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly encourage citizens of foreign countries to give birth in America.
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/sara-gonzales-unfiltered/democrats-find-loophole-that-could-continue-birthright-citizenship-for-illegal-aliens
BREITBART
— Chicago Man Rescues Baby Abandoned in Summer Heat After Carjacking
https://www.breitbart.com/crime/2025/07/11/chicago-man-rescues-baby-abandoned-in-summer-heat-after-carjacking/
— ‘No Evidence’ Biden Was Aware of Who Was Using the Autopen
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/07/12/comer-no-evidence-biden-was-aware-of-who-was-using-the-autopen/
— American Economic Optimism Rises to Highest Levels in Years
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2025/07/11/breitbart-business-digest-american-economic-optimism-rises-to-highest-levels-in-years/
— L.A. Mayor Karen Bass Promises Cash for Illegals Amid ICE Enforcement
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/07/11/l-a-mayor-karen-bass-promises-cash-illegals-amid-ice-enforcement/
— Trump Tariffs Deliver Surprise Budget Surplus
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2025/07/11/june-budget-surplus/
FOX NEWS
— ‘That Ends Now,’ Vows Trump WH on Benefits for Illegals
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fox-news-politics-newsletter-that-ends-now-vows-trump-wh-benefits-illegals
— LA Mayor Bass provides cash payments to illegals, issues order to thwart immigration enforcement. White House slams move as ‘pathetic’ stunt while immigration operations continue targeting criminal illegal immigrants.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/la-mayor-bass-provides-cash-payments-illegals-issues-order-thwart-immigration-enforcement
JUDICIAL WATCH
— Epstein Scandal Update. Far too many who are involved in politics have huge uncontrollable sexual appetites.
https://www.judicialwatch.org/epstein-scandal-update/
NEWSMAX
— Trump WH Seeking Countries to Take Deportees
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/tom-homan-deportees-south-sudan/2025/07/11/id/1218497/
— LA Mayor Bass Now Offering Cash Cards to Illegals
https://www.newsmax.com/us/los-angeles-karen-bass-immigration/2025/07/11/id/1218496/
ONE AMERICA NEWS
— Colleges continue battling Trump over DEI
https://www.oann.com/video/oan-contribution/colleges-continue-battling-trump-over-dei/
TOWNHALL
— Trump’s Tariffs Deliver: U.S. Posts $27 Billion Budget Surplus
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/07/11/budget-surplus-n2660257
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
MSNBC
— Epstein flap sets off MAGA earthquake in Trump’s DOJ. Far too many who are involved in politics have huge uncontrollable sexual appetites.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YZIIGxgrdY
MSN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more LGBTQ on children. How successful have Democrat leaders been pushing LGBTQ on children in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/california-stands-up-to-trump-refuses-to-kick-trans-kids-out-of-school-sports/ar-AA1IcK4v
NEW YORK TIMES
–The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down. What is your approval rating? Based on how the following treat me and how they treat my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, their approval rating of me and of GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters is very low if not extremely low: a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders. The aforesaid blame me and they blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for all the losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. Who/what do you blame for losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000?
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/donald-trump-approval-rating-polls.html
— Missouri Governor Signs Bill Rolling Back Voter-Approved $15/hour Minimum Wage. My critics/opponents were furious when I was 18 years old in 1966 and started earning $19.37/hour in today’s dollars working part-time for the Park Forest Post Office. In today’s dollars, my salary was $20.02/hour 1967/1968 and $20.67/hour 1968/1969. The money that I earned enabled me to a) pay my UIC and NIU expenses, b) buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, c) buy a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, and d) graduate debt-free from NIU in August of 1970 owning that Charger.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/us/missouri-minimum-wage-leave.html
— How Health Care Remade the U.S. Economy. For years, the United States labor market has been undergoing a structural transformation. As jobs in manufacturing have receded, slowly but steadily, the health care industry has more than replaced them. The change has been particularly visible over the past year, during which health care has been responsible for about a third of all employment growth, while other categories, like retail and manufacturing, have stayed essentially flat.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/07/03/business/economy/healthcare-jobs.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise illegals and b) promote more hatred against Republicans. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/11/california-immigration-stops-arrests/af630ae4-5ec1-11f0-a293-d4cc0ca28e5a_story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/11/immigration-poll-gallup-trump-deportations/
USA TODAY
— Mamdani’s rise in NYC could open the door for an AOC presidential run
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/07/12/new-york-mayor-race-mamdani-aoc-election/84538314007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for everything that is bad, including bad weather. What do your critics/opponents blame you for? My critics/opponents blame me for losses suffered by Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct. I should write about that.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2025/07/10/trump-heat-wave-temperatures-worker-protections/84450141007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn E-Verify, that is, they ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/e-verify-work-authorization-10582819
— Trump Isn’t Rebuilding the U.S. Military. His 2026 budget, like Biden’s, is an after-inflation cut in defense.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-isnt-rebuilding-the-u-s-military-national-security-defense-spending-266b41e6
REASON
— The Kash Patel Loyalty Test. All my critics/opponents demand blind loyalty to them. They destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on the aforesaid who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://reason.com/2025/07/11/the-kash-patel-loyalty-test/
CREATORS SYNDICATE
— What is your opinion of those on the Epstein list? Far too many who are involved in politics have huge uncontrollable sexual appetites.
https://www.creators.com/read/wayne-allyn-root/07/25/trump-gives-us-the-best-first-6-months-of-any-president-in-history-but-epstein-announcement-threatens-it-all-maga-is-hanging-in-the-balance-here-is-what-must-be-done
INDEPENDENT
— Trump branded a reporter “evil” after he was asked if warnings could have prevented a high death toll in the Texas floods. If there had been more warnings, how many of the victims would have ignored those warnings?
https://www.aol.com/trump-calls-reporter-evil-asking-081523772.html
— Amazon is purging its employees who are citizens of foreign countries who had their legal status revoked under Trump. Instead of me, if they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me. Citizens of foreign countries work for less money and are easier to exploit.
https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/other/jeff-bezos-amazon-is-purging-workers-who-had-status-revoked-under-trump-report/ar-AA1Irrtq
— My critics/opponents are woke. To be woke is to be anti-American, anti-American military, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-married people, anti-non-poor-people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have had their operative and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.the-independent.com/bulletin/news/democrats-poll-trump-midterm-elections-b2787673.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders crow about their success in getting Blacks to hate not only Trump, but to hate all Republicans.
https://www.aol.com/more-70-black-voters-disapprove-205101322.html
July 10, 2025 Evening Edition
WHITE HOUSE
— Taxpayer-Funded Benefits Are for American Citizens — Not Illegals
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/07/taxpayer-funded-benefits-are-for-american-citizens-not-illegals/
— Democrats Inspire Vicious, Escalating Attacks on ICE
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/07/democrats-inspire-vicious-escalating-attacks-on-ice/
— ICE Remains Undeterred in Getting Dangerous Criminal Illegals Off Our Streets
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/07/ice-remains-undeterred-in-getting-dangerous-criminal-illegals-off-our-streets/
— President Donald J. Trump Ensures Accountability and Prioritizes Public Safety in Federal Hiring. 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, or veteran who would take the job. I would not have become a postal employee when I was 18 years old in 1966 if my high school friend had not invited me to take the postal employment examination with him earlier that year. I would not have become an IRS employee in 1971 if Oldsmobile had not withdrawn a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/07/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-ensures-accountability-and-prioritizes-public-safety-in-federal-hiring/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government
https://abc7chicago.com/post/federal-food-assistance-snap-changes-threaten-benefits-thousands-illinois-thanks-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-act/17056084/
NBC5
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/suburban-food-banks-bracing-for-impact-of-federal-snap-funding-cuts/3786886/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/10/wisconsin-illinois-abortions/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Office demand freefall resumes as downtown vacancy reaches a new record high
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/commercial-real-estate/chicago-downtown-office-vacancy-reaches-new-record-high
RIVER BENDER
— If Duckworth wanted to, what would she use against you? Against me, she would use a) my avoiding the Vietnam War draft, b) my and my wife giving up trying to have children without trying IVF, c) my opposing race and gender based preference giving, d) my only making GS-13 (Major in the military), e) my being forced to retire early, f) my supporting Roskam, g) her success in throwing me out of her press conference in 2006, h) the many big adverse actions that Republican leaders have had their operatives and their dupes take against me, i) the lawsuits that I have filed, j) etc.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/duckworth-grills-trumps-singapore-ambassador-nominee-this-is-not-a-glamour-postingyou-need-to-shape-up-and-do-your-homework-84217.cfm
CITIES 92.9
— Illinois public media could lose millions in federal tax funds
https://www.cities929.com/2025/07/10/watch-illinois-public-media-could-lose-millions-in-federal-tax-funds/
CHICAGO READER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://chicagoreader.com/film-tv/movie-feature/shea-coulee-drag-queen-ironheart-marvel/
CAPITOL HILL ILLINOIS
— How dependent on Medicaid is your hospital?
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/illinois-hospitals-fear-massive-cuts-under-trump-domestic-policy-law/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-342/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Chicago pension debt climbs to $36B, up 13% in five years
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_21e2f65b-f2ee-4669-ba36-87d0582394ee.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Judge blocks Trump’s birthright citizenship order, certifies class action
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/10/judge-blocks-trumps-birthright-citizenship-order-certifies-class/
BREITBART
— DNC Chair on Mamdani Not Condemning Intifada Slogan: We’re a Big Tent
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/07/09/dnc-chair-on-mamdani-not-condemning-intifada-slogan-were-a-big-tent/
DAILY CALLER
— Dems Unveil Anti-ICE Face Mask Bill Immediately After Coordinated Attack Against Agents
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/09/dems-push-mask-bills-amid-ice-attacks/
— Trump Admin’s Latest Move Expected To Save Americans Millions Doled Out To Illegals
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/10/hhs-boots-illegals-from-taxpayer-programs/
DAILY WIRE
— Trump’s Dept Of Education Shuts Door On Free Tuition For Illegals
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trumps-dept-of-education-shuts-door-on-free-tuition-for-illegals
EPOCH TIMES
— Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order After Supreme Court Ruling
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/federal-judge-issues-new-nationwide-block-targeting-trumps-birthright-citizenship-order-5885598
NEWSMAX
— Illegals Barred From Head Start, Other Programs
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/immigrants-federal-programs-hhs/2025/07/10/id/1218337/
TOWNHALL
— HHS Bans Illegals From Getting Benefits
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeremyfrankel/2025/07/10/hhs-bans-illegals-from-getting-benefits-n2660194
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
REUTERS
— According to my critics/opponents, I was able to do the following only because I benefitted tremendously from tremendous discrimination against minorities and against females: a) earn three master’s degrees, b) earn six professional certifications, and c) earn a professional license. I should write about my Democrat IRS and GAO minority and female coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me a) who had less work experience than I had, b) who had less education than I had, c) who had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/what-is-dei-practice-trump-is-trying-dismantle-2025-01-30/
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— B-Schools for High-Paying Finance, Accounting Jobs. Alumni of these schools working in the finance and accounting industry often earn six-figure salaries. I should have majored in accounting at UIC 1966-1968 and NIU 1969-1970. I did not start taking graduate accounting courses at DePaul until 1976. I did not take and pass the CPA examination on my first attempt until 1979. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until 1980. I did not take and pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt until 1981. I did not become a licensed CAP until 1981. But by then, the accounting profession saw me as being far too old to have a successful career in accounting. On top of that, the accounting profession was under tremendous pressure to hire, retain, and promote young minorities and young women.
https://www.usnews.com/education/best-graduate-schools/top-business-schools/slideshows/mba-programs-that-lead-to-high-paying-finance-and-accounting-jobs
BOSTON COLLEGE
— For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/10/opinion/trump-harvard-accreditation-risk/
WCBM
— HHS Bans Illegals From Getting Benefits
https://wcbm.com/national-headline/hhs-bans-illegals-from-getting-benefits/
WIBQ
— Duckworth helps introduce bill on ICE identification. Many, most, if not virtually everyone looks down on/despises/hates federal employees. I know that because I was one for almost 30 years and because I have been a retired federal employee for almost 28 years. I should write about that. I would not have become a postal employee when I was 18 years old in 1966 if my high school friend had not invited me to take the postal employment examination with him earlier that year. I would not have become an IRS employee in 1971 if Oldsmobile had not withdrawn a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.
https://wibqam.com/2025/07/10/illinois-senator-helps-introduce-bill-on-ice-identification/
FORBES
— Democrat and RINO leaders oppose meritocracy because it hinders their giving preference to minorities and to females. My Democrat IRS superiors were furious when I earned an MBA in 1976 and when I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 because my Democrat minority and female coworkers who they wanted to promote over me had not done anything like what I did.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/katymcfee/2024/03/21/the-dangerous-myth-of-meritocracy-and-how-it-hurts-women/
MEDIAITE
— If Duckworth wanted to, what would she use against you? Against me, she would use a) my avoiding the Vietnam War draft, b) my and my wife giving up trying to have children without trying IVF, c) my opposing race and gender based preference giving, d) my only making GS-13 (Major in the military), e) my being forced to retire early, f) my supporting Roskam, g) her success in throwing me out of her press conference in 2006, h) the many big adverse actions that Republican leaders have had their operatives and their dupes take against me, i) the lawsuits that I have filed, j) etc.
https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/tammy-duckworth-torches-unqualified-singapore-ambassador-nominee-do-some-homework/
ECONOMIST
— Anti-Americans ever-increasingly fight harder to destroy America
https://www.economist.com/briefing/2025/07/10/the-global-asylum-system-is-falling-apart
July 10, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-puerto-rican-museum-staff-says-homeland-security-surveyed-area-ahead-barrio-arts-fest-humboldt-park/17036923/
NBC5
— Video captures scene that closed suburban pool over Fourth of July weekend. In the footage, a large crowd can be seen surrounding the Glen Ellyn Park District’s Sunset Pool Saturday, with officials estimating between 200 and 300 people entering the facility.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/video-captures-scene-that-closed-suburban-pool-over-fourth-of-july-weekend/3785826/
FOX32
— Chicago sues Trump admin over crackdown on sanctuary cities
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-sues-trump-admin-immigration
— Chicago Teachers Union demands action: ‘Trump-proof’ Illinois schools now!. At a press conference Wednesday, the Chicago Teachers Union urged Pritzker and state lawmakers to protect school funding from federal cuts and invest in equitable, fully staffed public education.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1671740
WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/07/09/planned-parenthood-illinois-braces-medicaid-cuts-closures-are-not-table
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/09/federal-officers-puerto-rican-museum/
— Chicago’s City Council must protect the inspector general from political influence. GAO audits IRS. The Democrats who run GAO and IRS do not want Republicans to audit IRS. I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS for almost 9 years and then for Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years. They succeed in keeping me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO 1980-1997. I had worked for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year. I had earned an MBA in 1976. I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I had earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980. I had passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981. I had become a licensed CPA in 1981. I had earned four more job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. I had earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading in 1997. They forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/10/opinion-deborah-witzburg-chicago-protect-inspector-generals/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, etc.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/09/audit-finds-state-agency-fell-short-on-social-equity-initiatives-outlined-in-gov-jb-pritzkers-landmark-climate-bill/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/dhs-visit-humboldt-park-museum-sparks-fears-ice-raids
WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more preference giving.
https://www.wbez.org/politics/2025/07/09/chicagos-summer-jobs-program-sees-another-year-of-growth-following-pandemic-era-dip
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Who are the highest paid earners for Springfield School District 186? Here’s the list. Who are the highest paid in your school district?
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/education/2025/07/10/here-are-the-highest-salaries-at-springfield-public-schools/84496218007/
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER & JOURNAL COURIER
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government handouts. What percent of those in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precent are dependent on government handouts?
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2025/07/09/cuts-to-medicaid-could-lead-to-9-illinois-hospitals-closing/84497471007/
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/illinois-snap-benefit-cuts-20763139.php
STATELINE
— AS ILLINOIS EVER-INCREASINGLY CRASHES AND BURNS UNDER PRITZKER: Free summer meals available in 13 Illinois counties for kids in need. Anticipate/expect that under Pritzker, the number of kids in need in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct will ever-increasingly increase.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/food-bank-offers-free-meals-summer/
ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
— Democrats run Illinois. They ever-increasing blame Republicans for problems that minorities have and that everyone has.
https://dph.illinois.gov/resource-center/communications/this-is-public-health/s2/e4.html
BULWORK
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-chicago-churches-on-the-frontline-trump-mass-deportation-immigration
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/07/10/its-a-sanctuary-showdown-00446223
— Republican Congresswoman Mary Miller posted her views about people who speak other languages: “In America, we speak ENGLISH — and that goes for truck drivers, construction workers, factory employees, store clerks, delivery drivers, warehouse crews, and everyone in between,” she posted on X.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/07/10/its-a-sanctuary-showdown-00446223
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-548/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/09/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-341/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Between 2022 and 2024, Rivian filed over 2,000 H-1B and 400 green card applications while receiving significant Illinois state incentives. A researcher says this raises concerns about replacing American workers and the use of taxpayer dollars.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_445481b5-6577-4ff8-890a-9a5e99b26c91.html
— IL may boost abortion funding if federal support is cut
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_0aeec326-ce8b-428d-9d85-9e1673dcb9a5.html
https://www.aol.com/news/il-may-boost-abortion-funding-214800814.html
— Homan says ‘good luck’ as Johnson vows Chicago won’t work with ICE
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_393f2eb4-93cc-43ed-bc37-2131766bb370.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— 99% of Biden’s illegal immigrant ‘parolees’ still in U.S.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/9/going-nowhere-case-study-finds-99-bidens-illegal-immigrant-parolees/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Minnesota says government agencies must ‘justify’ hiring white men. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980 when I was 31, IRS in 1971 when I was 22, and the Post Office in 1966 when I was 18 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. Because they have dramatically lowered hiring standards to hire Democrats, minorities, females, and veterans, they not hire me today if I was 31, 22, or 18.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3466825/tim-walz-minnesota-hiring-justification-government-agencies/
AMAC
— Democrats Smear ICE Facility As “Concentration Camp” to Defend Open Borders
https://amac.us/newsline/national-security/democrats-smear-ice-facility-as-concentration-camp-to-defend-open-borders/
BARRETT MEDIA
— AM 560 The Answer Host Dan Proft Addresses Exit of Amy Jacobson: ‘It’s a Business Decision and a Difficult One’
https://barrettmedia.com/2025/07/09/am-560-the-answer-host-dan-proft-addresses-exit-of-amy-jacobson-its-a-bussiness-decision-and-a-difficult-one/
BREITBART
— Sanctuary States Released More than 25K Criminal Illegals Without Alerting ICE
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/07/09/study-sanctuary-states-released-more-than-25k-criminal-illegals-without-alerting-ice/
DAILY WIRE
— Trump Department Of Homeland Security Slams Journos For Defending Illegal Immigrant Pedophiles
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-department-of-homeland-security-slams-journos-for-defending-illegal-immigrant-pedophiles
FOX BUSINESS
— Retirement gold rush: 32,000 Illinoisans rake in $100K+ in state pensions while state runs huge deficit. The revelation comes as Illinois’ government pension debt nears a record $145 billion. My Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension is only $66,780/year. But my critics/opponents continue to viciously condemn it as being far too generous. In my defense, I stress that I paid 7% of my federal salary into the CSRS and while I worked for the federal government and I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/retirement-gold-rush-32000-illinoisans-rake-100k-pensions-while-state-runs-huge-deficit
FOX NEWS
— Mamdani scores key union endorsement
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fox-news-politics-newsletter-mamdani-scores-key-union-endorsement
— Blue city resident vows to keep pro-Trump political displays on home despite second shooting attack. Second politically motivated attack in 2 years fails to intimidate homeowner.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/blue-city-resident-vows-keep-pro-trump-political-displays-home-despite-second-shooting-attack
— Trump’s immigration crackdown prompts California bishop to excuse Catholics from Sunday mass. San Bernardino diocese issues rare dispensation from Sunday mass obligation as administration steps up border security.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/trumps-immigration-crackdown-prompts-california-bishop-excuse-catholics-sunday-mass
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Eight Discriminatory Scholarships. My critics/opponents have always looked down on me for my not having gotten any scholarships.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/07/eight-discriminatory-scholarships-including-daca-undocumented-only-at-western-michigan-u-challenged-by-equal-protection-project/
NEWSMAX
— Charlie Kirk breaks down Trump admin’s dispute with MAGA on Epstein files
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3aEG6be-xw
— High Court Likely Ends Bogus Asylum Claims
https://www.newsmax.com/stevelevy/supreme-court-immigration-asylum/2025/07/09/id/1218196/
PJ MEDIA
— Legal Immigrants Say No Amnesty for Illegals
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/07/09/legal-immigrants-say-no-amnesty-for-illegals-n4941573
— The Loony Left Would Be Protesting Something Even if Kamala Had Won
https://pjmedia.com/stephen-kruiser/2025/07/10/the-morning-briefing-the-loony-left-would-be-protesting-something-even-if-kamala-had-won-n4941600
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrat and RINO leaders exist to promote more hatred against trump.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/opinion-trump-s-treatment-of-immigrants-is-harmful-immoral-un-american/ar-AA1I3QDj
NEWSWEEK
— Trump Slams Democrat-Sponsored Bill To Make ICE Agents Show Faces, IDs. Many, most, if not virtually everyone looks down on/despises/hates federal employees. I know that because I was one for almost 30 years and because I have been a federal retiree for almost 28 years. I should write about that. I would not have become a postal employee when I was 18 years old in 1966 if my high school friend had not invited me to take the postal employment examination with him earlier that year. I would not have become an IRS employee in 1971 if Oldsmobile had not withdrawn a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.
https://www.newsweek.com/us-immigration-ice-green-card-visas-trump-live-updates-2096582
CBS NEWS
— Supreme Court clears way for Trump to move forward with mass layoffs of federal workers
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/supreme-court-mass-layoffs-federal-workers/
— Secret Service suspended 6 personnel without pay or benefits after Trump assassination attempt. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. But they stress that they have a) forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me a pension since then, currently $66,780/year and b) forced the federal government to pay 72% of my and my wife’s health insurance since then.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-assassination-attempt-butler-secret-service-suspension/
NBC NEWS
— Sen. Josh Hawley says he’ll make sure Medicaid cuts in Trump bill he voted for ‘never take effect’ What has kept you off Medicaid? For me, it has been my taking bad jobs, most importantly, my taking federal jobs.
https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/sen-josh-hawley-says-he-ll-make-sure-medicaid-cuts-in-trump-bill-he-voted-for-never-take-effect-242959941575
NEW YORK TIMES
— Ever-increasingly, I have trouble understanding those who answer toll-free calls.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/us/politics/trump-liberia-president-english.html
— The more that Trump promotes meritocracy, that is, the more that Trump kills Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI, the more prosperous and safe that America will be. My Democrat superiors in the federal government used AA and DEI to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/us/politics/trump-tariffs-taxes-economy.html
WASHINGTON POST
— California awaits disaster relief as GOP offers full support of Texas. California has always viciously demonized, denigrated, and condemned Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/09/texas-flooding-trump-politics-disaster-relief/
— Trump ends interest subsidy for Biden’s student loan repayment plan. Nearly 7.7 million people enrolled in the Saving on a Valuable Education plan, which has been tied up in the courts, will see interest start to accrue on their loans Aug. 1. Did you get a student loan? I did not. If I had, my GPA would have been much higher because instead of studying, I spend far too many hours washing dishes and delivering mail to pay for my college expenses. My critic/opponents would stress that I could have worked less hours and drove junkers to/from school and work instead of a 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint 1966-1967, a 1968 Oldsmobile 442 1967-1968, and a 1969 Dodge Charger SE 1968-1971.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/07/09/trump-ends-interest-subsidy-bidens-student-loan-repayment-plan/
— Federal workers fear Trump will fire them after court ruling: ‘We are toast.’ Next steps aren’t clear, but the White House says it plans to resume mass government layoffs. While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, because of Gingrich budget cuts, I was ever-increasingly toast. The following helped me survive: a) I had earned an MBA in 1976, b) I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) I earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, d) I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, e) I became a licensed CPA in 1981, f) I earned four more professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and g) I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading in 1997.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/07/09/trump-mass-firings-federal-workers-supreme-court/
— The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down. Previously, it existed to drive Biden’s approval rating up.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/07/09/trump-approval-polls/84526896007/
USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: With new power, Trump will move immediately to lay off federal workers. Arguably, Gingrich’s greatest achievement was gutting GAO. If he had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, I might still be a GAO employee. For sure, my Democrat GAO superiors could/would not have been able to a) force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, b) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, c) keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, d) delay my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13, and e) force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/07/09/trump-wins-broad-authority-to-lay-off-federal-workers-without-congress/84520149007/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Donald Trump has seized the authority to lay off federal workers and reorganize the federal government in a way that critics say no president has been able to do in more than 100 years. The power, which the Supreme Court gave temporarily in a July 8 order, puts at risk thousands of federal jobs across the country at agencies that collect taxes, provide health care to veterans, and help administer retirement benefits. Labor unions say the cuts fly in the face of established law and decades of tradition, but a senior White House official told USA the layoffs are legal, and the administration intends to immediately reduce the size of government. While the court did not rule on the underlying question of Trump’s ability to enact widespread job cuts, the justices said they were likely to affirm that power.)
PHILADELPHIA TRIBUNE
— Number of national Black conventions not inviting Trump grows
https://www.phillytrib.com/news/across_america/number-of-national-black-conventions-not-inviting-trump-grows/article_150bbd12-7e84-46f0-a842-db635ad530ea.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/donald-trump-mass-deportations-workforce-immigrants-economic-growth-brooke-rollins-f1e1999d?mod=opinion_lead_pos1
— We’ll All Pay for New York’s Mamdani Folly. The state will lose wealthy taxpayers, and the federal government will have to cough up more aid.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/well-all-pay-for-new-yorks-mamdani-folly-16eeebde?mod=opinion_lead_pos5
POLITICO
— Supreme Court disabuses federal workers who thought their jobs were safe. Civil servants told POLITICO they’re anxious and exhausted, but holding out hope their lawyers can still save their jobs. When I was 49 years old In 1997, I thought that my GAO job was safe, but I WAS WRONG. I erroneously thought that my job was safe because of Civil Service protections and because I had earned three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. But I caved in and took my Democrat GAO superiors’ forced early retirement “offer.” After I did that, I erroneously hoped that Bush, Hastert, Fitzgerald, and Hyde would come to my defense, but they did not.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/09/federal-workers-supreme-court-doge-musk-layoffs-00445234
FEDERAL NEWS NEWORK
— Updated ‘PLUM’ book offers deeper look at Trump administration officials working governmentwide. The latest PLUM book contains 9,151 entries with space for each official’s name, agency, title and pay rate, although some data is still missing or outdated. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, virtually all of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Democrats. Many, most, and at times, virtually all of them were minorities, females, and/or veterans.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/management/2025/07/updated-plum-book-offers-deeper-look-at-trump-administration-officials-working-governmentwide/
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN
— All those who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats a) who were minority, female, and/or younger than me 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://now.org/media-center/press-release/observing-black-womens-equal-pay-day/
ED SOURCE
— California Bill to provide descendants of slavery preference in college admissions moves forward. What about meritocracy? What about those whose are descendants of slavery but whose parents are wealthy? What about those whose ancestors died fighting slavery?
https://edsource.org/2025/bill-to-provide-descendants-of-slavery-preference-in-college-admissions-moves-forward/736146
MEDIUM
— People aren’t leaving bad jobs because the risk of no job is worse. Because of negative federal employee stereotypes, the longer that you are a federal employee, the more difficult/impossible that it is to get a job in the private sector. I became a federal employee when I was 18 years old in 1966. Private sector employers look down on federal employees. Private sectors employers were not interested in me a) when I earned a bachelor’s degree in management in 1970, b) when I earned an MBA in 1976, c) when I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, d) when I earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, e) when I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, f) when I became a licensed CPA in 1981, g) when I earned four more job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and h) when I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading in 1997. Because of Affirmative Action and DEI, my not being a minority, female, younger, or veteran made things even worse. I should write about that.
https://medium.com/@404jmnf/is-the-job-market-really-this-bad-yes-d970904b5df5
GUARDIAN
— Trump to cut 2,145 NASA employees. Cuts further the push to slash federal government through early retirement, buyouts and deferred resignations. Gingrich cut 3,000 GAO jobs, half of the agency’s employees. My Democrat GAO superiors punished me viciously for that. They a) forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO, b) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, c) kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, d) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and e) forced me to retire when I was 49 years old.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/09/nasa-workforce-cuts
INDEPENDENT
— Trump bill gives ICE $45 billion for detaining immigrants – more than it received in the last 15 years combined.
https://www.aol.com/trump-bill-gives-ice-45-172334060.html
— To get more votes from Blacks, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promise to use more Affirmative Action and DEI to give them more preference over Whites.
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-black-voter-approval-rating-b2785963.html
July 8, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
WGN9
— Police respond to rowdy ‘teen takeover’ at Glen Ellyn pool that prompted early closure. Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, Glen Ellyn today, your municipality tomorrow.
https://wgntv.com/news/dupage-county/police-respond-to-rowdy-teen-takeover-at-glen-ellyn-pool-that-prompted-early-closure/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Police are investigating a large disturbance in Glen Ellyn after hundreds of teens swarmed Sunset Pool on Saturday, prompting the park district to shut the facility down early. According to the Glen Ellyn Police Department, officers were called to the pool, located in the 400 block of Fairview Avenue, just before 5 p.m. after reports of a crowd of teens, estimated to be between 200 and 300, began to gather. Police say many teens entered without paying, while some were reportedly smoking cannabis, drinking alcohol, and setting off fireworks. Parents who were at the pool with children told WGN-TV some teens were playing inappropriate music over loud portable speakers. Witnesses told WGN-TV the lines of young people waiting to get in were massive. Some individuals jumped a fence and opened a gate for others. The overwhelming crowd and unruly behavior caused staff to close the pool early. It took several police departments to help evacuate the park, police say. Video provided by bystanders shows the moment a pool manager was pushed into the lap pool. A young man can be seen helping her out of the water while others are seen laughing. John Horist, who had visited the pool earlier in the day, said the situation was out of character for the quiet west suburban community. “Glen Ellyn’s a really quiet town. I’ve been talking to the parents today and some of the kids too and they’re definitely kind of freaked out,” Horist said. A social media post encouraged followers to “bring 31st Beach to the burbs,” telling teens to gather at Centennial Beach in Naperville. Naperville police say officers were at the beach just in case, but no disturbance occurred. It’s unclear whether the incident at Sunset Pool was related to the teen takeover planned in Naperville.)
NBC5
— Unruly behavior, large crowd force early closure of suburban pool over July 4th weekend. People in attendance were seen entering the pool area without paying, smoking cannabis and consuming alcohol in violation of park district ordinances, police said. Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, Glen Ellyn today, your municipality tomorrow.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/unruly-behavior-large-crowd-force-early-closure-of-suburban-pool-over-july-4th-weekend/3783975/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A suburban community pool closed early over the Fourth of July weekend after unruly behavior erupted when a large crowd swarmed the area, police said. At approximately 5 p.m. on Saturday, Glen Ellyn police were informed of a growing crowd of teenagers and young people, estimated at between 200 and 300 people, at the Glen Ellyn Park District’s Sunset Pool along Fairview Avenue near Main Street. Some of those in attendance were seen entering without paying, smoking cannabis and consuming alcohol in violation of park district ordinances, police said. One person was charged for the illegal use of fireworks. The park district decided to close the pool early that day, because of the illegal behavior of several people in attendance, according to authorities. The incident remained under investigation as of Monday afternoon.)
— When will U.S. workers see ‘no tax on overtime policies in place? While I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969, my critics/opponents were furious that I could and did work many overtime hours. That money helped me buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967 and a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/when-will-u-s-workers-see-no-tax-on-overtime-tips-policies-in-place/3783895/
DAILY HERALD
— Glen Ellyn police: Teen crowd forces Sunset Pool to close early. Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, Glen Ellyn today, your municipality tomorrow.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250707/news/glen-ellyn-police-teen-crowd-forces-sunset-pool-to-close-early/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: One person has been charged with the illegal use of fireworks stemming from a large group of young people converging on a Glen Ellyn pool the day after the Fourth of July, authorities said Monday. Police were alerted shortly before 5 p.m. to a growing crowd of teenagers and young adults meeting at the Sunset Pool on Fairview Avenue. Officers estimated there were 200 to 300 people at the property, police said in a news release. Some of the attendees were seen entering without paying, smoking marijuana, consuming alcoholic beverages in violation of the park district’s ordinances, and igniting illegal fireworks. Due to the disruptive and unsafe behavior of several individuals at Sunset Pool — including violations of park district ordinances — the agency made the decision to close the facility early, park district Executive Director Dave Thommes said in a statement. “We worked closely with the Glen Ellyn Police Department and surrounding agencies to ensure the facility was safely cleared. We are grateful to our quick-thinking and professional Sunset Pool staff for how they handled the situation,” Thommes said in the statement. “The safety of our patrons and staff remains our top priority. We’re currently reviewing the incident internally and assessing any operational adjustments as needed,” he added. Officers from several neighboring jurisdictions helped to evacuate the park. The incident remains under investigation, and no other information was immediately available.)
— Dems decry benching of EPA employees as political payback by GOP. I did far more than sign a letter of dissent. When I was 40 years old in 1988, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. GAO audits IRS. They had unofficially thrown me off audits of IRS before I was 40 in 1988 because I had complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. They had kept me off audits of IRS 1980-1985. They had forced the GAO manager to retire in 1987 who had hired me in 1980 and who had finally been able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me in 1986. They had delayed my promotions, never promoted me beyond GS-13, and forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. Democrats do not want Republicans to audit IRS.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250707/local-politics/deeply-offensive-dems-decry-benching-of-epa-employees-as-political-payback-by-gop/
— Glen Ellyn League of Women Voters march in the July 4 parade
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250707/submitted-content/glen-ellyn-league-of-women-voters-march-in-the-july-4-parade/
GLEN ELLYN PATCH
— Fireworks, Alcohol, Cannabis: Up To 300 Teens Stormed Sunset Pool. One teen was arrested after police say they threw a firework out of a moving car that landed near pedestrians. Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, Glen Ellyn today, your municipality tomorrow.
https://patch.com/illinois/glenellyn/fireworks-alcohol-cannabis-300-teens-storm-sunset-pool
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Somewhere between 200 and 300 teens stormed Sunset Pool Saturday evening as part of what residents are calling a “teen takeover.” The incident took place around 5 p.m. Deputy Chief Kurt Vavra told Patch many of the teens went through the admission gate without buying entry and were drinking alcohol, lighting off fireworks and consuming cannabis. One teen was arrested for throwing a firework out of a car “in close proximity to pedestrians” and charged with disorderly conduct. The park closed early as a result of the incidents, Vavra said.)
ELMHURST PATCH
— Elmhurst Politico Seeks DuPage County Treasurer Office. She aims to continue DuPage’s trend toward electing Democrats.
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/elmhurst-politico-seeks-county-office
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A DuPage County Board member from Elmhurst announced Monday that she was running for county treasurer next year. In a news release, Yeena Yoo, a Democrat, said she held a recent campaign kickoff event co-hosted by Democrat Deb Conroy, chairwoman of the County Board, and DuPage County Building Trades. Since 2006, Republican Gwen Henry has held the treasurer’s position. She won with 51 percent in 2022 and ran unopposed in 2018. In recent years, the once reliably Republican county has seen more of its offices move to the Democratic column. This reflects a suburban trend across the country. Yoo was elected to the County Board in 2022. A year earlier, Yoo finished second of four candidates in the Elmhurst City Council’s Ward 6 race, with Emily Bastedo winning. Yoo, a legal aid attorney, said she has advocated for low-income clients, veterans, senior citizens and working families. “DuPage families deserve a Treasurer who will put people over politics,” Yoo said in the news release. “My vision for the office includes innovation and community-centered leadership.” The Democratic and Republican primaries are March 17.)
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/07/selle-marijuana-sales-wisconsin/
— Residents push back on truck routes between Interstate 57, Illinois 394 south of Crete. I remember when this route was proposed in the 1960s.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/07/residents-truck-routes-interstate-57-illinois-394/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/08/opinion-medicaid-donald-trump-bill-abortion-health-care/
— Illinois Senate President Don Harmon appeals potential $9.8 million fine for improperly accepting campaign cash
https://www.yahoo.com/news/illinois-senate-president-don-harmon-235200527.html
ABC7
— EPA workers rally after put on leave after criticizing Trump in ‘Declaration of Dissent.’ I did far more than sign a letter of dissent. When I was 40 years old in 1988, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. GAO audits IRS. They had unofficially thrown me off audits of IRS before I was 40 in 1988 because I had complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. They had kept me off audits of IRS 1980-1985. They had forced the GAO manager to retire in 1987 who had hired me in 1980 and who had finally been able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me in 1986. They had delayed my promotions, never promoted me beyond GS-13, and forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. Democrats do not want Republicans to audit IRS.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/07/07/what-s-next-birthright-citizenship-after-supreme-court-s-ruling
FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-bill-illinois-impact
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlwxLEJgd-w
WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/07/07/planned-parenthood-sues-trump-administration-over-medicaid-funding-ban
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly encourage citizens of foreign countries to give birth in America.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/07/07/what-s-next-birthright-citizenship-after-supreme-court-s-ruling
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, sooner or later, everyone will be on Medicaid and SNAP.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/07/07/illinois-democratic-congress-members-sound-alarm-medicaid-snap-cuts
WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://www.wbez.org/reset-with-sasha-ann-simons/2025/07/07/how-cuts-to-food-assistance-could-increase-hunger-in-chicago
KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Suburban NAACP chapter to host 67th annual gala, ‘The Fierce Urgency of Now’ Will my former Black subordinate speak at the event? My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 and gave him my job and my preferred corner office. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had one professional certification (accounting)) while I had six (accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting). He was not a licensed CPA like I was.
https://www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-chronicle/2025/07/08/suburban-naacp-chapter-to-host-67th-annual-gala-the-fierce-urgency-of-now/
JOURNAL COURIER
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, sooner or later, everyone will be on Medicaid.
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/illinois-medicaid-cuts-congress-20421881.php
SOUTHERN
— White House pushes back on criticism of weather service around Texas flooding.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/07/07/white-house-pushes-back-on-criticism-of-weather-service-around-texas-flooding/
NPR ILLINOIS
— If you are a Republican, the more of the following that you are, the more that Democrat and RINO leaders visit the sins of your forefathers on you: conservative, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America a long time.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-07-07/how-the-second-trump-administration-is-trying-to-revise-american-history
CITIES 92.9
— Democrat leaders want hemp regulations because hemp sales cut into pot sales.
https://www.cities929.com/2025/07/07/il-state-rep-pushes-for-rapid-changes-in-hemp-cannabis-regulations/
WQAD
— IRS states pastors who endorse political candidates shouldn’t lose tax-exempt status
https://www.wqad.com/article/news/national/pastors-who-endorse-political-candidates-shouldnt-lose-tax-exempt-status-irs-says/507-7f05e93c-8633-451c-9701-71e893fd899f
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Can Local Officials Stop ICE Agents From Hiding Behind Masks? They’re Trying. Seven Illinois representatives co-sponsored a bill that would ban immigration agents from wearing masks. In Chicago, police district council members want the city to enforce “identification standards” for law enforcement.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/07/07/no-secret-police-act-aims-to-stop-ice-agents-from-hiding-behind-masks-and-illinois-officials-are-on-board/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Paula Deacon Garcia, a DuPage County Board member, announced her campaign for DuPage County clerk Monday. Deacon Garcia will challenge incumbent Jean Kaczmarek in the Democratic primary for the office in March.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/07/08/crime-cools-politics-heats-up-00441980
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/07/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-339/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— EPA employees demand jobs back. I did far more than sign a letter of dissent. When I was 40 years old in 1988, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. GAO audits IRS. They had unofficially thrown me off audits of IRS before I was 40 in 1988 because I had complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. They had kept me off audits of IRS 1980-1985. They had forced the GAO manager to retire in 1987 who had hired me in 1980 and who had finally been able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me in 1986. They had delayed my promotions, never promoted me beyond GS-13, and forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. Democrats do not want Republicans to audit IRS.
https://www.aol.com/illinois-quick-hits-epa-employees-145100906.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: More than 30 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency employees from Chicago are demanding they be reinstated to active duty. The 31 employees say they were put on administrative leave after signing a letter of dissent against what they said were the Trump administration’s efforts to politicize the agency.)
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Congress Just Told Planned Parenthood: “Go Fund Yourselves” — And It’s About Time
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/07/opinion-congress-just-told-planned-parenthood-go-fund-yourselves-and-its-about-time.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Musk’s exaggerated political aspirations
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/fairness-justice/3464419/elon-musk-exaggerated-political-aspirations/AMAC
NEW YORK POST
— Texas officials scrapped ‘Flash Flood Alley’ warning system before 27 killed at Camp Mystic — because it was too expensive
https://nypost.com/2025/07/07/us-news/texas-officials-scrapped-flash-flood-alley-warning-system-before-27-kids-killed-at-camp-mystic-because-it-was-too-expensive/
AMAC
— Chicago Residents Fed Up With Mayor Brandon Johnson
https://amac.us/newsline/society/you-are-a-weak-man-chicago-residents-fed-up-with-mayor-brandon-johnson/
AMERICAN THINKER
— A strange peacefulness over Los Angeles in the wake of ICE raids on illegals
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/07/a_strange_peacefulness_over_los_angeles_in_the_wake_of_ice_raids_on_illegals_comments.html
BREITBART
— ‘Worst of the Worst’ Criminal Illegal Immigrants Being Sent to Alligator Alcatraz in Florida
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/07/07/worst-of-the-worst-criminal-illegal-immigrants-being-sent-to-alligator-alcatraz-in-florida/
— DHS Showcases Violent Illegal Aliens Arrested in Florida ICE Raids: Homicides, Sexual Assault of a Child
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/07/07/dhs-showcases-violent-illegal-aliens-arrested-in-florida-ice-raids-homicides-sexual-assault-of-a-child/
DAILY CALLER
— Here’s How Schools Are Catering To Illegal Immigrants While Avoiding Federal Scrutiny
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/07/heres-how-schools-are-catering-to-illegal-immigrants-while-avoiding-federal-scrutiny/
DAILY WIRE
— Los Angeles Mayor, Protestors Swarm ICE Officers Raiding MS-13-Controlled Park. ‘We will go anywhere, anytime we want, in Los Angeles.’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/los-angeles-mayor-protestors-swarm-ice-officers-raiding-ms-13-controlled-park
— Libs Blame Trump For Texas Flood
https://www.dailywire.com/episode/mks-ep-1765
PJ MEDIA
— Charlie Kirk Suggests Influence Campaign to Push Trump Toward Amnesty
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/07/07/kirk-exposes-influence-campaign-to-push-trump-to-amnesty-n4941508
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Deadly Texas floods leave officials pointing fingers after warnings missed
https://thehill.com/policy/equilibrium-sustainability/5388538-texas-floods-flash-flooding-camp-mystic-dhs-nws-warnings/
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: An Apartheid-Era Torture Method Endures Among South African Police. A government led by freedom fighters who helped to liberate the country more than 30 years ago is now overseeing a police force accused of staggering abuses.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/world/africa/south-africa-torture-police-tubing.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Netanyahu says he nominated Trump for Nobel Peace Prize
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/netanyahu-says-he-nominated-trump-for-nobel-peace-prize/2025/07/08/e6bdffc6-964f-439e-9d32-a6deef02f4d3_video.html
HOUSTON CHRONICLE
— Kerr County asked Texas to help pay for a flood warning system for 8 years. Can it happen now?
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/investigations/article/kerr-county-texas-warning-system-upgrade-costs-20603296.php
USA TODAY
— Texas county where campers died was denied money to boost warning systems
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/07/07/texas-flooding-kerr-county-flood-warning-money-denial/84499153007/
CNN
— Local officials facing questions over their actions in the years and hours before deadly Texas floods
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/07/us/texas-floods-warning-system-invs
NEWSWEEK
— Protesters Confront ICE, Military in Los Angeles Park Raid
https://www.newsweek.com/ice-raids-la-protests-military-immigration-deportations-2095641
— Trump Issues Warning to Mamdani If He Becomes Mayor
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-issues-warning-zohran-mamdani-if-he-becomes-mayor-2095813
— Social Security Hits Major Milestone for Millions. Of course, because I benefit from this, my critics/opponents are furious about it.
https://www.newsweek.com/social-security-major-milestone-millions-2095851
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Social Security Administration (SSA) has confirmed it has completed sending payments to those who were impacted by the Social Security Fairness Act, five months ahead of schedule. Why It Matters Under the Biden administration, the federal agency, which pays benefits to tens of millions every month, said the process of issuing new and backdated payments could take considerably longer. At the time, the SSA told Newsweek it was “determining the timelines for implementing this new law.” What To Know In January, lawmakers passed a bipartisan bill that repealed two provisions—the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO)—that limited retirement benefits for certain workers, including teachers, firefighters, and police officers, some federal employees, and their spouses. The agency first started issuing these payments in February. The new payments included updated benefits amount and backdated payments to January 2024. Despite previous longer timelines being for implementation, the SSA has now confirmed it has sent out 3.1 million payments to those impacted by the repeal of the WEP and GPO. To date, over $17 billion in payments has been distributed. The WEP reduced Social Security benefits for individuals who received pensions from public-sector jobs—such as state or federal positions—that did not require paying Social Security payroll taxes. This reduction applied even if they also worked in jobs where they paid into Social Security and qualified for benefits. The GPO lowered spousal or survivor benefits for retired federal, state, or local government workers who had not contributed to Social Security through payroll taxes.)
ABC NEWS
— ‘We are very flood prone’: Local Texas officials spent years discussing potential warning system
https://abcnews.go.com/US/flood-prone-local-texas-officials-spent-years-discussing/story?id=123550294
NBC NEWS
— In deadly Texas floods, one town had what some didn’t: A wailing warning siren
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/deadly-texas-floods-one-town-warning-siren-rcna217202
CBS NEWS
— When nearby counties installed flood sirens, Kerr County did not
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/when-nearby-counties-installed-flood-sirens-kerr-county-did-not/
USA TODAY
— Trump extends federal hiring freeze. While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, because of Republican-led budget cuts, the agency was almost always under hiring and/or promotion freezes. Of course, they were furious about that. They took their anger/hatred against Republicans out on me. They forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. They gave me bad job assignments and unfair performance expectations and appraisals. They delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13. They kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for them. They always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. They forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. I should write about the aforesaid.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/07/07/trump-extends-federal-hiring-freeze/84498858007/#
WGOW
— Homan: Anyone in US Illegally Eligible for Arrest
https://www.wgowam.com/2025/07/07/tom-homan-anyone-in-us-illegally-eligible-for-arrest/
WALL STATE JOURNAL
— Young people usually become less radical with time. Are we seeing an exception? I have always been conservative. My critics/opponents have always used that against me.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-useful-idiot-generation-z-young-people-politics-cd42f1ee
— Best Private Student Loans 2025: Top Lender Picks. Did you work your way through college? I did. If you were in high school today in the same situation/circumstances that you were when you were in high school, a) would you want/need a student loan, and if so, b) could you get a student loan today? When I was in high school, I did not apply for a student loan. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class. My working my way through college harmed my GPA. Instead of studying, I spent far too many hours washing dishes and delivering mail. But I earned 6 years of Social Security credits.
https://www.wsj.com/buyside/personal-finance/student-loans/best-student-loan-lenders
— Think Work-Life Balance Is Overrated? You’re Hired! Employers are getting brutally honest with applicants, warning them of long hours and few boundaries; ‘Companies are in control again.’ According to my critics/opponents a) my federal pay and benefits were far too generous and b) my federal retirement pension and health insurance subsidy are far too generous.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/job-listings-labor-market-373b4331
FORBES
— How The CPA License Stacks Up Globally. I became a licensed CPA when I was 32 years old in 1981. I had a) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year, c) earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, d) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and e) worked for GAO for more than a year.
https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbesbusinessdevelopmentcouncil/2025/07/07/how-the-cpa-license-stacks-up-globally-is-the-us-behind/
BLOOMBERG LAW
— HHS Seeks Whistleblowers for DEI Examples in Grants, Workforce. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, I ever-increasingly blew the whistle on their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and-business/hhs-seeks-whistleblowers-for-dei-examples-in-grants-workforce
CPA PRACTICE ADVISOR
— FROM THE ARTICLE: 46% of students decided to major in accounting after taking an accounting-related course, while 39% chose it before entering college. I should have majored in accounting. I did not start taking graduate accounting courses until I was 27. I did not take and pass the CPA examination until I was 30. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31. I did not take and pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination until I was 32. I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32. Long before then, the accounting profession saw me as being far too old to have a successful career in accounting. That would not have been the case if I had been a minority, female, and/or veteran.
https://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/2025/07/07/aicpa-news-july-2025/164426/
WEEK
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Christians.
https://theweek.com/politics/christian-extremism-holy-war-literally-democratic-officials-abortion
FRONT PAGE MAGAZINE
— Chicago Teachers Union President: “Ain’t No Damn America”
https://www.frontpagemag.com/chicago-teachers-union-president-aint-no-damn-america/
NEWSBREAK
— Citizens of foreign countries want/expect/demand America to take their unwanted citizens, that is, their citizens who need/want/demand massive government assistance.
https://www.newsbreak.com/raw-story-2096750/4093943432739-don-t-feel-welcome-new-estimate-shows-drastic-tourism-effect-of-trump-2-0
LA LIST
— Federal workforce. Trump wants cuts, here’s six things about them. Who do you know who is/was a federal employee? I was a federal employee for almost 30 years in three federal agencies – Post Office 3 years, IRS 9 years, and GAO 18 years. I have been a federal retiree for almost 28 years. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats. They despise/hate Republicans like me.
https://laist.com/brief/news/politics/trump-federal-workforce-cuts
TPM
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/congress-throws-more-money-at-removing-immigrants-than-most-countries-spend-on-their-armies
POLITICO
— Musk and Yang have connected on the billionaire’s third party threat. The former Trump advisor and former presidential candidate recently spoke about the two-party system.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/07/musk-and-yang-have-connected-on-the-billionaires-third-party-threat-00441702
MEDIAITE
— Charlie Kirk Angrily Claims ‘Ruling Class’ Pushing Trump to Grant Amnesty to Farm Workers: Will ‘Break’ MAGA. What does the ruling class think of you? The ruling class in Wheaton, Wheaton Warrenville School District 200, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois despises/hates me. I should write about that. I would focus on why they despise/hate me.
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/charlie-kirk-angrily-claims-ruling-class-pushing-trump-to-grant-amnesty-to-farm-workers-will-break-maga/
DAILY KOS
— Trump administration slaps high cost on federal workers’ free speech. I did far more than sign a letter of dissent. When I was 40 years old in 1988, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. GAO audits IRS. They had unofficially thrown me off audits of IRS before I was 40 in 1988 because I had complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. They had kept me off audits of IRS 1980-1985. They had forced the GAO manager to retire in 1987 who had hired me in 1980 and who had finally been able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me in 1986. They had delayed my promotions, never promoted me beyond GS-13, and forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. Democrats do not want Republicans to audit IRS.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/7/7/2331549/-Trump-administration-slaps-high-cost-on-federal-workers-free-speech
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin might be very skilled at Making Coal Great Again, but he’s not so solid on the whole First Amendment thing. The EPA just put 144 people on administrative leave for signing a letter of dissent about the agency’s policies. It follows a March open letter where current and former EPA employees called both President Donald Trump and Zeldin out for their illegal dismantling of the core functions of the agency. However, the March letter was anonymous, and while some of the signatories of the more recent letter chose to remain anonymous, the 144 employees the EPA is now targeting signed the letter with their names and job titles. In placing the workers on leave, the EPA didn’t hide the ball as to why they were being suspended. An agency spokesperson plainly said they were suspended as retaliation for their speech. “The Environmental Protection Agency has a zero-tolerance policy for career bureaucrats unlawfully undermining, sabotaging, and undercutting the administration’s agenda as voted for by the great people of this country last November,” said a spokesperson for the agency. Here’s the thing. Government employees enjoy the protections of the First Amendment, even if the Trump administration doesn’t believe they should. Public employees are protected when speaking out about matters of public concern, which Zeldin’s hijacking of the EPA to, in his words, “drive a dagger through the heart of climate change religion” definitely is. There are a couple of caveats. If public employees are speaking in their official capacity about something that is normally part of their official job duties, then First Amendment protections don’t apply.)
PHYS
— For Democrats, governments exist to take money away from Republicans and to give that money to Democrats.
https://phys.org/news/2025-07-civil-servants-reactions-democratic-decline.html
July 7, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— At least 55 people shot, 6 fatally, in 4th of July weekend gun violence
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-shootings-weekend-least-19-people-shot-2-fatally-july-4th-gun-violence-police-department-says/16952731/
NBC5
— Trump says Musk has gone ‘off the rails’ after Tesla CEO announces new political party
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/trump-says-musk-has-gone-off-the-rails-after-tesla-ceo-announces-new-political-party/3783514/
FOX32
— Musk political party: What to know about the ‘America Party’
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/elon-musk-political-party-america-trump-big-beautiful-bill
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump and GOP target ballots arriving after Election Day that delay counts and feed conspiracy fears
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/06/trump-gop-target-ballots-election-day/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Trump budget cuts
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/06/trump-lead-pipes-pfas-epa-cuts/
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250706/news/schaumburg-town-square-businesses-seeking-harmony-with-political-protests/
WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.wbez.org/lgbtq/2025/07/06/pride-month-drag-queens-gigs-corporations-trump-administration-lgbtq
NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY TELEVISION
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more poverty and crime in DuPage County.
https://www.nctv17.org/news/loaves-fishes-plans-new-facility-to-address-growing-demand-in-community/
CHICAGO DEFENDER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://chicagodefender.com/planned-parenthood-of-illinois-vows-to-stay-open-after-trump-defunding-bill/
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Why do we pay nearly $100K in salary for each Illinois lawmaker?
https://wirepoints.org/why-do-we-pay-nearly-100k-for-each-illinois-lawmaker-wirepoints/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois moves over $300M out of road fund as infrastructure crumbles
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-moves-over-300m-out-of-road-fund-as-infrastructure-crumbles/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Supreme Court decision allowing third-country deportations will help mitigate bogus asylum claims
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/6/supreme-court-decision-allowing-third-country-deportations-help/
— Musk lays out America Party’s look
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/5/elon-musk-lays-proposed-america-partys-look/
— The tide has turned on transgender insanity
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/6/tide-turned-transgender-insanity/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democrats should learn from Mamdani’s focus on ‘affordability.’ What did you do to get better paying jobs? I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/3463851/khanna-democrats-learn-from-mamdani-focus-on-affordability/
NEW YORK POST
— Why the future of NY under a ‘Mayor Mamdani’ has already arrived
https://nypost.com/2025/07/05/opinion/why-the-future-of-ny-under-a-mayor-mamdani-has-already-arrived/
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— A Big, Beautiful Financial Weapon Against Illegal Immigration. The U.S. is finally poised to take advantage of remittances.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/a-big-beautiful-financial-weapon-against-illegal-immigration/
AMERICAN THINKER
— The Census Was Never Intended Just To Be A Body Count, But It Can Be Fixed. How many citizens of foreign countries have Democrat and RINO leaders illegally dumped into America, Illinois, your congressional district, your state senate and house districts, your county, your county district, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct?
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/07/the_census_was_never_intended_just_to_be_a_body_count_but_it_can_be_fixed.html
BREITBART
— Puerto Rican Pop Megastar Bad Bunny Conflates Illegal Aliens and Legal Immigration In Music Video Featuring AI-Generated Trump Voice. https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2025/07/06/puerto-rican-pop-megastar-bad-bunny-conflates-illegal-aliens-and-legal-immigration-in-music-video-featuring-ai-generated-trump-voice/
— Musk’s AI Chatbot Grok Blames Donald Trump for Texas Flood Deaths
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2025/07/06/elon-musks-ai-chatbot-grok-blames-donald-trump-for-texas-flood-deaths/
FEDERALIST
— Trump Admin Should Purge IRS Of Officials Who Targeted Conservatives
https://thefederalist.com/2025/07/07/trump-admin-should-purge-irs-of-officials-who-targeted-conservatives/
— Ditch The DNA Test And Learn More About Your American Ancestors
https://thefederalist.com/2025/07/04/this-independence-day-ditch-the-dna-test-and-learn-more-about-your-american-ancestors/
FOX NEWS
— Trump spending cuts, his approach to climate change attacked as catalyst of catastrophic Texas flooding. White House said it was ‘shameful and disgusting’ to see people politicizing the tragedy in Texas.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-spending-cuts-his-approach-climate-change-attacked-catalyst-catastrophic-texas-flooding
— Red states consider ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ spinoffs as WH urges them to follow DeSantis’ lead: ‘Lots of bears’ White House official Stephen Miller called on all GOP governors to pitch their own versions of ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/red-states-consider-alligator-alcatraz-spinoffs-wh-urges-them-follow-desantis-lead-lots-bears
GOPUSA
— The End of Patriotism?
https://www.gopusa.com/the-end-of-patriotism/
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Equal Protection Project Calls On HHS To Conduct “Comprehensive Review” Of Hundreds Of Potentially Discriminatory Grants
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/07/equal-protection-project-calls-on-hhs-to-conduct-comprehensive-review-of-hundreds-of-potentially-discriminatory-grants/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
MSN
— How deportations help American workers. If my employers could have, they all would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/victor-joecks-how-deportations-help-american-workers/ar-AA1HeNzJ
— Federal agencies are scrambling to rehire employees laid off by DOGE. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE and I might still be a GAO employee. I should write a book about that. My Democrat GAO superiors used Gingrich’s budget cuts to get rid of the agency’s employees like me who were Republican and conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. They flushed down their toilets what I had learned a) working for GAO for almost 18 years, b) working for IRS for almost 9 years, c) earning master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, d) earning professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting, and e) earning a CPA license. They succeeded in forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/federal-agencies-are-scrambling-to-rehire-employees-laid-off-by-doge/ar-AA1HlBWG
CNBC
— While the impact from the DOGE layoffs has been fairly muted so far in relation to total job growth, recent trends show that’s about to change. Applications from workers at federal agencies have soared by 150%, a trend that has been particularly acute at knowledge-work jobs such as data analytics, marketing and software development. My Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. They not only knew that would make it impossible for me to find a job appropriate for my work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional license, they intended that. I should write about that.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/with-june-jobs-report-looming-doge-government-layoffs-could-start-becoming-a-factor/ar-AA1HR140
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/06/us/politics/democrats-immigration-trump.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/us/trump-immigration-rights-ice.html
— According to Democrat leaders, governments exist “to keep their citizens insured and fed.” What did you do to keep yourself insured and fed? I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/us/politics/states-trump-bill.html
— How Will Trump’s Big Bill Affect Your Wallet?
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/business/trump-tax-bill-personal-finances.html
— As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas. Some experts say staff shortages might have complicated forecasters’ ability to coordinate responses with local emergency management officials.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/us/politics/texas-floods-warnings-vacancies.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Staff members in those positions are meant to work with local emergency managers to plan for floods, including when and how to warn local residents and help them evacuate. That office’s warning coordination meteorologist left on April 30, after taking the early retirement package the Trump administration used to reduce the number of federal employees, according to a person with knowledge of his departure.)
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly side with Hamas.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/07/07/israel-trump-netanyahu-peace-meeting-gaza/
— Beijing wants America to depend on China.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/07/06/america-china-beijing-trump-xi-industrial-policy/
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government. What did you do to assure that you would always have affordable health insurance? I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and a job-related professional license in 1981. I fought for almost 30 years ever-increasing efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to get rid of me.
https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/07/06/the-bill-will-come-due-gop-buckles-to-trump-and-passes-disastrous-one-big-beautiful-bill/
USA TODAY
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use DEI to destroy Republicans.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/06/30/trump-dei-rollback-slowdown/84421308007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for everything that is bad.
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-dow-sp-500-nasdaq-07-07-2025
— Late-Career Job Losses Are Blurring What Retirement Looks Like in America. I should write a book about the tremendous negative impacts of being forced to retire early. Beyond the tremendous negative financial impacts, I would focus on how your critics/opponents use against you your having been forced to retire early. The more qualifications that you had when you were forced to retire, the more that they hint/imply/argue/shout that the real reason why you were forced to retire was that you were an extremely bad person. My critics/opponents use my having the following qualifications when I was forced to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 to hint/imply/argue/shout that I was forced to retire because I am an extremely bad person: a) I had worked for GAO for almost 18 years, b) I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, c) I had earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, d) I had earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting, and e) I had earned a CPA license.
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/retirement/early-retirement-layoff-america-77c94667
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A bumpy transition often awaits people who get laid off or take buyouts late in their careers. For many, the line between working years and retirement starts to blur. It is a growing concern for people with jobs in the federal government or at private companies cutting jobs. Economic uncertainty has persisted in recent months, though employers continued to add jobs in June. For older people who want to stay in the workforce, a layoff can be followed by a longer spell of unemployment. It takes nearly 26 weeks, on average, for people ages 55 to 64 to find a job, compared with 19 weeks for people ages 25 to 34, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. People laid off at higher ages are less likely to move into a new field than those who quit, said Kevin Cahill, an economist at FTI Consulting. Ageism and higher compensation expectations can be obstacles to re-employment, he said. Older career workers who find new jobs take an 11% pay cut, on average, according to a forthcoming study Cahill co-wrote. Those who retire might need to break into their savings early. They might miss out on making 401(k) or IRA contributions, never mind the catch-up contributions allowed for those 50 and older.)
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government. What did you do to assure that you would always have affordable health insurance? I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and a job-related professional license in 1981. I fought for almost 30 years ever-increasing efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to get rid of me.
https://www.wsj.com/health/healthcare/medicaid-cuts-healthcare-trump-bill-7236d5e6
CAPITOL CIITY NOW
— Housing funding cut in Illinois budget as homelessness increases. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://capitolcitynow.com/news/248842-housing-funding-cut-in-illinois-budget-as-homelessness-increases/
CLEARANCE JOBS
— What Got Cut from the White House Spending Bill That Benefits Federal Employees. Since I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have ever-increasingly promoted more and more and more hatred against me for my benefitting from federal employment. They have ever-increasingly demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being overpaid and has being a recipient of benefits that are too generous. They ever-increasingly ignore, dismiss, belittle my having I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://news.clearancejobs.com/2025/07/06/what-got-cut-from-the-white-house-spending-bill-that-benefits-federal-employees/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Notably, the bill does not include any revival of Schedule F, the controversial 2020 executive order aimed at reclassifying civil servants. It also doesn’t authorize reductions-in-force (RIFs) or introduce across-the-board benefit cuts. While civil service reform continues to be debated in policy and political circles, those broader changes remain tied to executive orders—not this legislation.)
NASDAQ
— 5 Compromises People Make To Afford a Home. Back in the good old days, I was able to buy a new town home when I was 24 years old in 1972. My IRS salary in today’s dollars had just increased from $55,850/year to $68,315/year. My down payment came from a) my IRS salary for the previous 15 months, b) my part-time Firestone Store salary for the previous 18 months, and c) my full-time Firestone Store salary for 7 months before that. That income had also enabled me to buy a new Corvette in 1971 and to pay for graduate evening business courses at Loyola in 1972. I did not take any vacations in 1972.
https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/5-compromises-people-make-afford-home-are-they-worth-it
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Forgoing All Discretionary Spending Yes, you can tighten your belt and skip the lattes and lunches out at work. But that doesn’t mean you should make yourself so house-poor that you can’t travel at all or enjoy the occasional small luxury. Melanie Musson, finance expert at Clearsurance.com, sees this all the time among first-time homebuyers. “They often can’t afford to go on vacation or meet up with friends. They may have to give up their weekends and take on a side job,” she said.)
July 6, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker’s running mate Christian Mitchell is ‘The Chosen One’ once again. Mitchell has a lot of work to do as Pritzker’s running mate. But he seems committed to pulling this off.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/07/04/pritzker-running-mate-christian-mitchell-chosen-one-rich-miller
— Democrat leaders are extremely divisive. They ever-increasingly divide those who have demographics that vote for Democrats against those who have demographics that vote for Republicans. Democrats are predominately liberal, minority, female, younger, unmarried, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Republicans are predominately conservative, White, male, older, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/letters-to-the-editor/2025/07/05/america-fourth-july-illinois-toxins-donald-trump-iran-elon-musk-catholics-gaza-darin-lahood-fluoride
https://chicago.suntimes.com/nascar/2025/07/05/nascar-chicago-street-race-fans-organizers-praise-diversity-efforts-theres-always-more-work-to-do
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace those in America who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/06/supreme-court-birthright-citizenship-chicago/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/06/opinion-donald-trump-immigrants-deportations-alligator-alcatraz/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote mor dependency on government.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/06/welfare-queen-republicans-rich-medicaid/
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: ‘We have a great history’: Gary Sinise & The Lt. Dan Band returns to perform fundraising concert at Cantigny– Paprocki: Pritzker wants 3rd term, but he’s already made Illinois much more expensive
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250705/business/pritzker-wants-3rd-term-but-hes-already-made-illinois-much-more-expensive/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Trump spending cuts.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250705/news/illinois-school-districts-are-facing-uncertainty-after-the-trump-administration-abruptly-froze-more/
— Pritzker ever-increasingly a) attracts people to Illinois who have demographics that vote for Democrats and b) drives out of Illinois people who have demographics that vote for Republicans. Democrats are predominately liberal, minority, female, younger, unmarried, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Republicans are predominately conservative, White, male, older, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250705/news/national-speculation-helps-get-more-for-the-people-of-illinois-pritzker-says/
NBC5
— Rep. Mark Green resigns from Congress, leaving Speaker Johnson with an even narrower Republican majority in the House
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/rep-mark-green-resigns-from-congress-leaving-speaker-johnson-with-an-even-narrower-republican-majority-in-the-house/3783132/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/78-say-trumps-tariffs-will-make-it-harder-to-deal-with-debt-survey-finds-here-are-3-ways-to-cope/3782959/
CBS2
— Musk announces formation of America Party amid Trump feud.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/musk-announces-formation-of-america-party-amid-trump-feud/
WGN9
— I should write a book about those who done the most to harm/destroy Wheaton Independence Day parades since 1978.
https://wgntv.com/evanston/evanston-fourth-july-parade-thrives/
ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump’s bill
https://www.thetelegraph.com/business/article/trump-branded-browbeat-and-prevailed-but-his-20549751.php
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders are extremely divisive. They ever-increasingly divide those who have demographics that vote for Democrats against those who have demographics that vote for Republicans. Democrats are predominately liberal, minority, female, younger, unmarried, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Republicans are predominately conservative, White, male, older, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrat elected officials ever-increasingly pass laws to get rid of Republicans. As Democrats ever-increasingly move into your state, county, and municipality, they will ever-increasingly elect officials who will ever-increasingly pass laws to get rid of Republicans. Because Republicans are predominately conservative, White, male, older, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time, Democrat laws will harm them the most. That is why Republicans who are the following are ever-increasingly leaving Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton. The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do you think of pensioners? My critics/opponent despise/hate pensioners. In my defense, my Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension is only $66,780/year. It would be much more if my Democrat superiors in the federal government had not wasted my career, took many big adverse actions against me, and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. In today’s dollars, my pension is only 44% of what my salary was in 1997 and less than what my salary was when I was 23 years old in 1972. To get that pension, I had to pay CSRS 7% for my salary and I had to survive and overcome many big adverse actions. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— If you ran for an office, what would your critics/opponents rip you for? My critics/opponents would rip me for my avoiding the Vietnam War draft, for my giving up trying to have children, for my being a federal employee for almost 30 years, for my being a federal retiree for almost 28 years, for my being too conservative, etc. They would stress the many big adverse actions that they had their operatives and their dupes take against me. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on past and present leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What have been your biggest challenges in life? Mine include my surviving for almost 30 years the ever-increasing efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to waste my career and to get of me. That motivated me to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and a job-related professional license in 1981. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do you think of party switchers? Sooner or later, all my critics/opponents who claim to be Republican will switch parties. They all will constructively, if not literally, officially announce that they have always been anti-religious, anti-conservative, and/or anti-Republican. They will constructively, if not literally, take credit for having their operatives and their dupes take big adverse actions against me. My critics/opponents reject the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity planks in the Republican Party platform. In addition to being anti-religious, anti-conservative, and/or anti-Republican, they are anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors. They destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on the aforesaid who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Nearly 32,000 Illinois government pensioners paid $100k-plus. My Civil Service Retirement System pension is only $66,780/year. It would be much more if my Democrat superiors in the federal government had not wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. In today’s dollars, my pension is only 44% of what my salary was in 1997 and less than what my salary was when I was 23 years old in 1972.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/nearly-32000-illinois-government-pensioners-paid-100k-plus/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump’s big, beautiful bill boots millionaires off unemployment benefits
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/6/trumps-big-beautiful-bill-boots-millionaires-unemployment-benefits/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Adams and Cuomo rip Mamdani for identifying as African American on college application. If you ran for an office, what would your critics/opponents rip you for? My critics/opponents would rip me for my avoiding the Vietnam War draft, for my giving up trying to have children, for my being a federal employee for almost 30 years, for my being a federal retiree for almost 28 years, for my being too conservative, etc.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/3463491/adams-cuomo-rip-mamdani-identifying-african-american-college-application/
— Musk signals formation of ‘America Party’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/3463597/musk-signals-formation-of-america-party-following-x-poll/
NEW YORK POST
— How Trump became Washington’s unlikeliest centrist
https://nypost.com/2025/07/05/opinion/how-donald-trump-became-washingtons-unlikeliest-centrist/
— Trump will fix ‘ancient’ weather warning system which warned of Texas flood risk too late
https://nypost.com/2025/07/05/us-news/trump-will-fix-ancient-weather-warning-system-noem-says/
— Musk says he’s creating new ‘America Party’ to counter Trump
https://nypost.com/2025/07/05/us-news/elon-musk-says-hes-creating-new-america-party/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Mamdani is a big, fat liar
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/07/a_big_fat_liar.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Alaska imitates Florida, floats idea of ‘Bear Alcatraz’ for illegal aliens
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/07/05/alaska-imitates-florida-floats-idea-of-bear-alcatraz-for-illegal-aliens-1565725/
DAILY CALLER
— ‘In A Matter Of Seconds’: Chicago Sees 18 People Shot, 4 Killed In Single Drive-By Shooting
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/05/chicago-shooting-river-north-snelling-artis-restaurant/
FOX NEWS
— Lara Trump trains at Ft. McNair with Secretary Hegseth
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6375286457112
— America continues to grow from every challenge. What have been your biggest challenges in life? Mine include my surviving for almost 30 years the ever-increasing efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to waste my career and to get of me. That motivated me to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1FDhP-uNls
— Deadly Texas flood exposes ‘neglected’ weather alert system Trump aims to modernize
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/deadly-texas-flood-exposes-neglected-weather-alert-system-trump-aims-modernize
— Trump’s remittance tax aims to slow illegal immigration by targeting the money flow
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/trumps-remittance-tax-aims-to-slow-illegal-immigration-by-targeting-the-money-flow/ar-AA1HRltN
— Criminal illegal aliens deported to South Sudan after delays from ‘activist judges’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dhs-several-criminal-illegal-aliens-deported-south-sudan-after-delays-from-activist-judges
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— If Illegals Aren’t Receiving Federal Medicaid Benefits, Why Are Blue States Suing to Protect Their Data?
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/07/if-illegals-arent-receiving-federal-medicaid-benefits-why-are-blue-states-suing-to-protect-their-data/
— Politifact Rushes to Zohran Mamdani’s Rescue After Trump Calls Him a Communist
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/07/politifact-rushes-to-zohran-mamdanis-rescue-after-trump-calls-him-a-communist/amp/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/5385488-trumps-disastrous-immigration-enforcement-policies-are-un-american/
CNN
— Musk says he is forming new political party after fallout with Trump
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/05/politics/elon-musk-political-party
MSN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Mamdani, that is, they ever-increasingly promote socialism and communism.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-ramps-up-his-attacks-against-nyc-s-zohran-mamdani-as-gop-seizes-on-new-foe/ar-AA1HR7KZ
— Trump Says Elon Musk Would Go Broke Without U.S. Subsidies
https://www.msn.com/en-xl/africa/top-stories/trump-says-elon-musk-would-go-broke-without-us-subsidies/ar-AA1HQAnT
MSNBC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more mass/illegal immigration. From what I see, more and more and more come to America to turn America into their motherland. They ever-increasingly promote their national origin and their religion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beYpymVx_kU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAzBG27Ai4I
NEWSWEEK
— Democrat leaders and their mainstream news media exist to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.newsweek.com/trumps-approval-rating-hits-lowest-level-weeks-republican-pollster-2095014
NEW YORK TIMES
— Elon Musk Says He Will Start a New Political Party
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/us/politics/elon-musk-third-party.html
— Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/opinion/zaakir-tameez-charles-sumner-slavery.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/opinion/donald-trump-fourth-of-july.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/opinion/trump-america-.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/opinion/birthright-citizenship.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/opinion/transgender-military-ban-resignation.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— How Trump’s Anti-DEI Push Is Unraveling College Scholarships. Since I was 17 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have used my not getting any scholarships against me.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/anti-dei-minority-scholarships-a721ba1b
FORBES
— Democrat and RINO leaders use Affirmative Action and DEI to destroy Republicans.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEP8pQaHf4E
MOTHER JONES
— Democrat elected officials ever-increasingly pass laws to get rid of Republicans. As Democrats ever-increasingly move into your state, county, and municipality, they will ever-increasingly elect officials who will ever-increasingly pass laws to get rid of Republicans. Because Republicans are predominately conservative, White, male, older, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time, Democrat laws will harm them the most. That is why Republicans who are the following are ever-increasingly leaving Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton. The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/07/trump-claims-the-power-to-nullify-the-law/
SALON
— Sooner or later, all my critics/opponents who claim to be Republican will switch parties. They all will constructively, if not literally, officially announce that they have always been anti-religious, anti-conservative, and/or anti-Republican. They will constructively, if not literally, take credit for having their operatives and their dupes take big adverse actions against me. My critics/opponents reject the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity planks in the Republican Party platform. In addition to being anti-religious, anti-conservative, and/or anti-Republican, they are anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors. They destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on the aforesaid who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.salon.com/2019/01/29/another-one-switches-sides-new-jersey-republican-legislator-goes-blue/
July 4, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— After House votes to pass Trump bill, Pritzker warns 330K Illinoisans could lose Medicaid
https://abc7chicago.com/post/whats-big-beautiful-bill-gov-jb-pritzker-warns-330k-illinoisans-could-experience-medicaid-cuts-trump-budget/16939475/
NBC5
— What is Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ and what does it do? What it could change
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/what-is-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-and-what-does-it-do-what-it-could-change/3782228/
— First (ILLEGALS) arrive at Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention center
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/video-shows-homeland-security-bus-entering-alligator-alcatraz-everglades-detention-center/3782338/
WGN9
— River North mass shooting: What we know about the victims
https://wgntv.com/news/chicagocrime/chicago-river-north-mass-shooting-victims/
WTTW
— What’s in Trump’s Big Bill That Passed Congress and Will Soon Become Law
https://news.wttw.com/2025/07/03/what-s-trump-s-big-bill-passed-congress-and-will-soon-become-law
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/07/03/planned-parenthood-pledges-keep-providing-care-despite-potential-funding-cuts-illinois
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— ‘This wasn’t some random shooting’: Police dig in after drive-by attack at River North album release party kills 4, wounds 14 others.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/03/near-north-side-mass-shooting/
— Supreme Court clears way for deportation to South Sudan of immigrants with no ties there
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/03/supreme-court-south-sudan-deportations/
— Democrat leaders promote more opposition to Trump tax bill.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/03/hakeem-jeffries-trump-tax-bill/
— FRONT PAGE: According to Democrat leaders, Republicans are against all immigration. But Republicans are only against illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/04/this-independence-day-immigrants-face-how-to-celebrate-a-nation-deeply-divided-over-trumps-deportation-efforts/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump’s Medicaid, SNAP cuts leave Chicago food pantries, community hospitals bracing for hardship
https://chicago.suntimes.com/health/2025/07/03/trump-bill-chicago-medicaid-snap-community-hospitals-funding-challenges
— Trump tax bill could close nine Illinois hospitals, health care advocates warn. Chicago safety net hospitals — those that have 70% Medicaid utilization — also will be hit hard, according to SEIU Healthcare, which represents more than 91,000 health care workers in Illinois, Indiana and Missouri.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/07/03/illinois-hospitals-at-risk-of-closure-landmark-trump-tax-bill
— Congress passed Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill.’ Here’s what it means for you. The Republican-led Congress advanced the sweeping tax measure. Illinois Democrats warn of dire consequences.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/07/03/congress-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-what-it-means
DAILY HERALD
— Kane County Clerk John Cunningham hosts Madison officials, shares best election practices
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250702/submitted-content/kane-county-clerk-hosts-madison-officials-shares-best-election-practices/
— Winfield man acquitted of charges he threatened school board candidate
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250703/crime/winfield-man-acquitted-of-charges-he-threatened-school-board-candidate/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Political payback? Deputy’s lawsuit alleges he was demoted for backing a Republican candidate. Politics is nasty/vicious. I should write about Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who have had their operatives and their dupes punish me the most for supporting their Republican opponents in primaries and in nonpartisan elections. They defeated me when I ran for Milton Township Republican Organization Treasurer in 2004. They almost got Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) to censure me in 2006. They defeated me when I ran for ICRC Steering Committee in 2007. They defeated me when I ran for TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois Chairman in 2012. They gerrymandered my precinct in 2015. They ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021. The threw me off the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250704/crime/political-payback-deputys-lawsuit-alleges-he-was-demoted-for-backing-candidate/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A decorated Lake County sheriff’s deputy is suing his boss and the county’s top lawyer in federal court, alleging he was demoted for backing a candidate they opposed in last year’s election. Deputy Ari Briskman, a former sergeant, wants a return to his previous rank, as well as back pay and punitive damages from the lawsuit against Sheriff John Idleburg and State’s Attorney Eric Rinehart. Filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Chicago, the suit alleges Briskman was demoted the day after the Nov. 5 election, because he supported Republican Mary Cole for state’s attorney. Cole was hoping to unseat Rinehart, a fellow Democrat and political ally of the sheriff. Briskman also lost his special assignments, including as head of the sheriff’s Marine Unit that patrols area waterways, the suit states. His attorney, Keith L. Hunt, noted that the demotion meant not only a loss of rank, but a loss of substantial income. “To punish a man’s family simply because he didn’t support your buddy’s candidacy is wrong on every level,” Hunt told us. “It’s petty, it’s vindictive and it’s unconstitutional.” Idleburg and Rinehart gave us statements in response to the lawsuit. “The plaintiff, a current employee, has exercised his right to file a lawsuit,” Idleburg said. “We are confident in our actions and will respond through the proper legal channels.” “While we are unable to comment on this pending litigation, we look forward to fully prevailing in court,” said Rinehart.)
WGN RADIO
— Dolton has purchased Pope Leo’s childhood home
https://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/burt-odelson-dolton-has-purchased-pope-leos-childhood-home/
EFFINGHAM DAILY NEWS
— Pritzker warns 330,000 Illinoisans could lose Medicaid under Trump’s budget plan. What helped you avoid having to go on Medicaid? For me, it included my working for the federal government for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents decry that. According to them, the federal jobs I got should have been given to Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.
https://www.effinghamdailynews.com/news/local_news/pritzker-warns-330-000-illinoisans-could-lose-medicaid-under-trump-s-budget-plan/article_ef4b6f31-da42-4409-ab1b-742ba1992383.html
WAND TV
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/bill-requiring-contraception-medication-abortion-at-public-college-health-centers-awaits-pritzkers-signature/article_86b83d4b-04c9-4e1c-b39f-686fba5b7660.html
FOX ILLINOIS
— June jobs report shows crack in private sector as immigration slows.
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/june-jobs-report-shows-crack-in-private-sector-as-immigration-slows-labor-department-government-federal-tariffs-president-donald-trump-bankrate-labor-force-karoline-leavitt
NEWS CHANNEL 20
— New Illinois budget lists $500,000 to closed Lincoln College
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/new-illinois-budget-lists-500000-to-closed-lincoln-college
WSIU
— Freedom Caucus: Illinois Can’t Afford Four More Years Of Pritzker
https://www.wsiu.org/politics-elections/2025-07-03/freedom-caucus-illinois-cant-afford-four-more-years-of-pritzker
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
JOHN KASS
— Who Counts? Trump Poised To Try To Remove Noncitizens From Census
https://johnkassnews.com/who-counts-trump-poised-to-try-to-remove-noncitizens-from-census/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What does it mean to be a Democrat? It means that you promote dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, prostitution, and other vices, further diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. It means that you do everything that you can to get rid of Trump and to get rid of those share his demographics, that is, those who are conservative, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I should write about the aforesaid. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— House passes ‘big, beautiful bill,’ sending sweeping tax and spending cuts to Trump for signature
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/3/house-passes-big-beautiful-bill-sending-sweeping-tax-spending-cuts/
— One nation, under God, 249 years strong
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/3/one-nation-god-249-years-strong/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democrats cry wolf over Medicaid cuts
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/3461544/democrats-cry-wolf-over-medicaid-cuts/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump admin stops handing over illegal migrant criminals to California for prosecution — it will just deport them instead.
https://nypost.com/2025/07/03/us-news/trump-admin-stops-handing-over-illegal-migrant-criminals-to-california-for-prosecution/
— EPA puts 139 employees on leave over ‘declaration of dissent’ letter. I did far more than sign a dissent letter. GAO audits IRS. When I was 40 years old in 1988, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. They had unofficially thrown me off audits of IRS because I had complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. They had kept me off audits 1980-1985. They had forced the GAO manager to retire in 1987 who had hired me in 1980 and who had finally been able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me in 1986. They had delayed my promotions and forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. To punish me, they officially threw me off audits of IRS in late 1988, gave me a very bad job assignment, gave me very unfair performance expectations, gave me a very unfair performance appraisal, ranked me at the bottom of my coworkers for pay for performance, and even worse things. I should write about the aforesaid.
https://nypost.com/2025/07/03/us-news/epa-puts-139-employees-on-leave-over-declaration-of-dissent-letter/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Illegals to pay for their own phony asylum filings
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/07/bbb_passes_in_house_illegals_to_pay_for_their_own_phony_asylum_filings.html
BREITBART
— Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill Clears Final House Hurdle En Route to White House
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/07/03/legacy-unlocked-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-clears-final-house-hurdle-en-route-white-house/
— NBC Reporter Worries Illegal Aliens Might Get Injured if They Try to Escape Alligator Alcatraz
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/07/03/nbc-reporter-worries-illegal-aliens-might-get-injured-if-they-try-to-escape-alligator-alcatraz/
— ICE Director Thanks Trump for ‘Unprecedented Funding’ for Deportations in Big Beautiful Bill
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/07/03/ice-director-thanks-trump-for-unprecedented-funding-for-deportations-in-big-beautiful-bill/
— Democrats Panic: Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill Will Deport More Illegal Aliens
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/07/03/democrats-panic-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-will-deport-more-illegal-aliens/
— Judge Blocking Trump’s HHS Reorganization Is Biden Diversity Hire Fixated on Race
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/07/03/udge-blocking-trumps-hhs-reorganization-is-biden-diversity-hire-fixated-on-race/
EPOCH TIMES
— House Passes GOP Megabill, Sending Measure to Trump’s Desk
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/house-passes-gop-megabill-sending-measure-to-trumps-desk-5882140
FOX BUSINESS
— Democrats have ‘gone back to the Soviet playbook of 1917’
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6375206801112
FOX NEWS
— Noncitizens get ‘only limited’ due process rights
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/noncitizens-get-only-limited-due-process-rights-conservative-legal-expert
— Democrats launch ‘Project 2029’ as party attempts to garner support
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6375208043112
NEWSMAX
— Sanctuary Cities Offer No Refuge for Law Abiding Citizens
https://www.newsmax.com/nicholaschamberas/cities-sanctuary/2025/07/03/id/1217475/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC NEWS
— Los Angeles cancels some July Fourth events amid deportation fears. But groups opposed to federal immigration enforcement policies plan to proceed with demonstrations, including a “freedom” car cruise outside City Hall. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/los-angeles-cancels-july-fourth-events-deportation-fears-rcna216174
NEWSWEEK
— Trump Could Let Millions of Illegal Immigrants Stay in US
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-could-let-millions-illegal-migrants-stay-us-farmers-hospitality-2094586
MSN
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly replace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/other/in-reversal-trump-uses-term-tied-to-ethnic-cleansing-amid-renewed-mass-deportation-demand/ar-AA1GFaaz
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats Rally to Mamdani After Trump Makes Threats
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/nyregion/mamdani-trump.html
— Zohran Mamdani Identified as Asian and African American on College Application. Mamdani, the Democrat running for mayor of New York City, was born in Uganda. He doesn’t consider himself Black but said the application didn’t allow for the complexity of his background.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/nyregion/mamdani-columbia-black-application.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/us/immigration-raids-fourth-of-july.html
WASHINGTON POST
— US military expands enforcement zone to 1/3 of southern border
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/04/militarized-border-immigration-trump-mexico/b80558d6-588c-11f0-b45b-dc9aeb848c03_story.html
— 139 EPA staffers who signed ‘dissent’ letter are put on leave. I did far more than sign a dissent letter. GAO audits IRS. When I was 40 years old in 1988, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. They had unofficially thrown me off audits of IRS because I had complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. They had kept me off audits 1980-1985. They had forced the GAO manager to retire in 1987 who had hired me in 1980 and who had finally been able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me in 1986. They had delayed my promotions and forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. To punish me, they officially threw me off audits of IRS in late 1988, gave me a very bad job assignment, gave me very unfair performance expectations, gave me a very unfair performance appraisal, ranked me at the bottom of my coworkers for pay for performance, and even worse things. I should write about the aforesaid.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/07/03/epa-dissent-letter-employees-leave/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly decry opposition to their discrimination against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/07/03/republican-shift-against-pluralism/
USA TODAY
— What will student loans look like after Trump’s spending bill is signed? Did you have to work your way through college? I did. My critics/opponents have always used that against me. They have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I had to work my way through college because my GPA was not high enough to get student loans let alone scholarships. I had only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class. My ACT score was only 24. In my defense, my GPA was lower because of instead of studying, I had worked far too many hours during my junior and seniors washing dishes to earn money for UIC expenses and to buy a new car to get to/from UIC classes and my parents’ home in Crete.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2025/07/03/trump-spending-bill-student-loans/84466499007/
MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTENIEL
— Oconomowoc Rotary reverses course after planning nonpolitical July 4 parade. My critics/opponents have always vehemently opposed Republican participation in Wheaton’s Independence Day parades. I should write about them. They have always had lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.jsonline.com/story/communities/west/2025/06/11/oconomowoc-rotary-reverses-course-nonpolitical-july-4-parade/84148448007/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: After intending to make this year’s Fourth of July parade a nonpolitical event, the Rotary Club of Oconomowoc reversed course after a local Republican state representative expressed outrage. The Rotary initially planned to have a parade without partisan messaging, with an opportunity for politicians to meet with constituents after the parade. In a June 11 statement, the Board of Directors clarified that all political parties and representatives may fully participate in the July 4 parade, “as has been our longstanding tradition.” In the original plan, politicians were encouraged to participate in three ways, the board said: Walking with the city’s official float, joining a community organization they’re involved in or creating a nonpolitical float with friends and family. The club also said politicians were welcome to gather at the Village Green after the parade for a “special moment of unity” featuring the University of Wisconsin Marching Band, which is still scheduled to occur. “Unfortunately, our intentions were widely misunderstood, and the proposed approach caused considerable frustration and concern within the community. We deeply regret that our message was not clear and led to any confusion or disappointment,” the statement read. The debate began June 9 when the club announced it planned to host a nonpolitical event, in part because the city is marking its 150th anniversary. A signup page for participants notes the parade isn’t hosting political acts this year, “but we look forward to inviting them for the 2026 parade.” “Our aim remains to create a universally enjoyable atmosphere where Oconomowoc’s legacy and community unity can shine brightly, unimpeded by partisan elements,” the club wrote on Facebook. The policy elicited split responses on Facebook, and the club limited comments after more than 350 responses. Some residents and conservative talk radio hosts decried exclusion of anyone from the parade, while others appreciated the Rotary’s decision and said political divisiveness would detract from the festivities. State Rep. Barbara Dittrich, a Republican who represents Oconomowoc in the state Assembly, called the Rotary’s decision “bewildering” in a June 10 statement and said it deliberately excluded state and federal elected officials. Dittrich argued her family “is a dedicated, ingrained part of Oconomowoc’s rich history, dating back to the 1950’s, a third or more of the 150 years being celebrated within this parade.” “Walking in the Oconomowoc parade is not political; It continues my personal ethos of service, greeting all of the wonderful people I serve, no matter who they are or what their personal beliefs,” Dittrich wrote in part, urging the Rotary to reverse its decision. “We have listened intently to your feedback, and we fully recognize the importance of traditional parade participation to many of our local politicians and constituents alike,” the Rotary said in the new statement. In a June 11 message to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, club president Bonnie Lewis-Tschannen said “what’s been unfolding is beyond reason.” “Perhaps the most absurd claim is that we were somehow targeting or banning only Republicans. That is simply not true, and it’s incredibly disheartening to see the narrative twisted this way,” Lewis-Tschannen wrote. Other communities have moved to limit political participation in parades, including Middleton in 2022 after Republican candidates lodged complaints that only incumbents, who were all Democrats in the area, could participate. And rules against campaigning at Waukesha’s July 4 parade drew conservative scrutiny after former Republican U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde was told he couldn’t participate, while a Democratic congressional candidate could. Oconomowoc’s Independence Day Parade begins at 5 p.m. July 4, starting at West Wisconsin Avenue and Concord Road and ending at the Oconomowoc Police Station.)
SKY HI NEWS
— Grand County GOP ready for July 4
https://www.skyhinews.com/news/grand-county-gop-ready-for-july-4/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Grand County Republicans are getting ready for Independence Day. The day begins with a parade down Granby’s Main Street at 11 a.m. After the parade, the Republicans will have a table at the Party in the Park at Polhamus Park for community members to stop by. On July 7, the party will hold its monthly meeting in Kremmling. The meeting is at 404 Park Ave from 6:30-8 p.m. Dinner is sponsored by Rebecca Guthrie. There is no virtual option at the meeting, and party members are encouraged to attend in person and get to know each other. This event will be less formal, with a 20-minute discussion inside (please bring a chair), then time outside to mingle. For September, the Republicans are looking ahead to Constitution Week in Grand Lake. The patriotic celebration takes place from Sept. 15-21. Volunteers are planning to participate in the parade and have a table at the event. A schedule of events will be announced.)
FORBES
— ‘Rejected By The People’: Johnson Tees Off On ‘Woke’ Dems For Pushing ‘Full Speed To The Far Left’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnoq98vkF70
BLOOMBERG LAW
— Federal Hiring Office Walks Back Essay Questions for New Hires. For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat who was minority, female, younger, and/or veteran who would take the job. They gambled and lost that I would become a Democrat. Because of that, they wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/federal-hiring-office-walks-back-essay-questions-for-new-hires
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Civil service provisions removed from Senate reconciliation bill. If you are a federal employee, the more of the following that you are, the less that Civil Service provisions protect you: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or if you have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Because I am all of the aforesaid and because I complained about their discrimination, my Democrat superiors in the federal government were able to take many adverse actions against me. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/congress/2025/06/civil-service-federal-union-provisions-removed-from-senate-reconciliation-bill/
July 3, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— 4 dead, 14 wounded in River North mass shooting
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/03/near-north-side-mass-shooting/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/02/wisconsin-supreme-court-abortion-ban/
— Tesla sales plunge again
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/02/tesla-sales-musk/
— Trump administration withholds over $6 billion for after-school, summer programs and more. What did you do after school and summers? I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, and worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/02/trump-school-program/
— Dolton buying Pope Leo XIV’s childhood home in village, price uncertain
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/02/dolton-buying-pope-childhood-home/
— Protecting/improving my credit score was always a top priority for me. That enabled me to get loans to buy a) a new 1972 Corvette when I was in 23 in 1971 and b) a new town home in University Park a year later.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/03/opinion-student-loan-repayment-credit-scores-donald-trump/
— Illinois is aging faster than the rest of the country a) because Democrat policies drive young people out of Illinois and b) because Pritzker has not yet taxed retirement income.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/03/illinois-aging-population-loss-retirees/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Student group banned by DePaul continues to run covert birth control delivery service. University officials recently suspended the group from campus because of its affiliation with Planned Parenthood. Student leaders accuse DePaul of kowtowing to President Donald Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/07/03/depaul-student-group-covertly-delivers-birth-control-after-being-banned-from-campus
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/lgbtq/2025/06/29/pride-month-drag-queens-gigs-corporations-trump-administration-lgbtq
ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/politicians-pastors-protest-downtown-chicago-house-gears-vote-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-citing-medicaid-cut-fears/16923156/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqOX3kyz-SA
NBC5
— Pritzker ever-increasingly promotes more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/pritzker-spending-bill-leaves-trump-gop-with-blood-on-their-hands/3781336/
WGN9
— Illinois State Police recruiting women to join their workforce. Recruiting, retaining, and promoting those who are minority, female, and/or younger has always been a top priority for all those above me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyRdUj11ClU
FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1668285
WBEZ
— Since I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have been furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my health insurance. Since I was 29 years old in 1978, my critics/opponents have been furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my wife’s health insurance. In my defense, I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for almost 28 years. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on my critics/opponents who would never stoop to take a federal job. I would especially focus on my critics/opponents who look down on if not despise a) wage earners like I was for 33 years and b) pensioners like I have been for almost 28 years.
https://www.wbez.org/reset-with-sasha-ann-simons/2025/07/02/trump-policy-bill-threatens-medicaid-coverage-for-americans-with-disabilities
KWQC
— ICE arrests skyrocket in Illinois in Iowa since Trump took office
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i56Q9cySikI
25 NEWS NOW
— Illinois to rely less on testing to judge teachers’ performance. To recruit, retain, and advance more young minorities and more young females, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly a) replace objective criteria with subjective criteria and b) lower standards. The aforesaid ever-increasingly rendered worthless my bachelor’s degree, three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and professional license.
https://www.25newsnow.com/2025/07/02/illinois-rely-less-testing-judge-teachers-performance/
CHICAGO PATCH
— A new wave of protests against Trump is set to boycott the traditional parades and fireworks that celebrate America’s Independence this week. How many hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will boycott Wheaton’s and Glen Ellyn’s fireworks and parades this year?
https://patch.com/illinois/chicago/no-flags-or-fireworks-what-nationwide-july-4-protests-mean-il
CHALKBEAT CHICAGO
— For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats. My Republican parents’ sending me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod put me on track to earn a bachelor’s degree, three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license.
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/07/02/illinois-superintendent-tony-sanders-responds-to-trump-withholding-education-funds/
AXIOS
— “Chicago’s Morning Answer” cuts Amy Jacobson
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2025/07/02/chicago-morning-answer-cuts-amy-jacobson-dan-proft-wind
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/02/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-338/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS GOP
— Democrats in Disarray: Rep. Harry Benton on Christian Mitchell
https://illinois.gop/democrats-in-disarray-rep-harry-benton-on-christian-mitchell/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
AMERICAN THINKER
— Trump 1.0 vs. Trump 2.0
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/07/trump_1_0_vs_trump_2_0.html
— The statistics of systemic racism.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/07/the_statistics_of_systemic_racism.html
BREITBART
— Drag Queen Pattie Gonia Ends Pride Month with Anti-Trump Tirade
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2025/07/02/celebrity-drag-queen-pattie-gonia-closes-pride-month-with-a-message-for-trump-better-to-be-a-fot-than-a-fascist/
DAILY CALLER
— Blue States Try To Keep Illegals’ Medicaid Data Hidden From Trump Admin
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/02/blue-states-sue-to-hide-medicaid-info/
FEDERALIST
— Poll: Only 36% Of Democrats Are Proud To Be American. According to Democrat leaders, what does it mean to be American? From what I see, it is getting rid of Republicans, and especially Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://thefederalist.com/2025/07/02/poll-only-36-of-democrats-are-proud-to-be-american/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Alligator Alcatraz — an Idea Whose Time Has Come
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/alligator-alcatraz-an-idea-whose-time-has-come/
POST MILLENNIAL
— Bill de Blasio vows to organize ‘human shield’ if Trump seeks to arrest Zohran Mamdani over promised anti-ICE actions should he become mayor. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make it clear that they hate America and that they hate Americans.
https://thepostmillennial.com/bill-de-blasio-vows-to-organize-human-shield-if-trump-seeks-to-arrest-zohran-mamdani-over-promised-anti-ice-actions-should-he-become-mayor
REAL CLEAR MARKETS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more mass/illegal immigration.
https://www.realclearmarkets.com/2025/07/02/how_trumps_immigration_policy_will_slow_economic_growth_1120155.html
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Laura Ingraham: The Left Is Only Happy With America When They Get Their Way, But Otherwise We Have Sins To Atone For. According to Democrat leaders, what does it mean to be American? From what I see, it is getting rid of Republicans, and especially Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/07/02/laura_ingraham_the_left_is_only_happy_with_america_when_they_get_their_way_but_otherwise_we_have_sins_to_atone_for.html
TOWNHALL
— Another Day, Another Rogue Judge
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeff-charles/2025/07/02/federal-judge-blocks-trump-order-barring-migrants-who-cross-the-border-from-applying-for-asylum-n2659848
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Trump will kick off a yearlong celebration of America’s 250th anniversary with event in Iowa. How long have your ancestors been in America? My ancestors have been in America since 1844. The longer that your ancestors have been in America and the more of the following that you are, the more that Democrat leaders do to get rid of you: conservative, White, male, older, married, non-poor, Protestant, and/or German American.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-will-kick-off-a-yearlong-celebration-of-america-s-250th-anniversary-with-event-in-iowa/ar-AA1HRVXh
CNN
— What would you stress about yourself if you sought a political or government office? I would stress a) 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 and that I worked for IRS for almost 9 years before that, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year, b) that I have master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, c) that I became a certified public accountant, internal auditor, fraud examiner, government financial manager, financial services auditor, and forensic accountant, and d) that I became a licensed CPA.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/02/politics/kfile-paul-ingrassia-office-of-special-counsel-nomination
YAHOO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/buffalo-neighbors-leaders-speak-against-020613676.html
NEWSWEEK
— Trump’s Approval Rating Spikes With Millennials
https://www.newsweek.com/trumps-approval-rating-spikes-millennialspolls-2093288
NEW YORK TIMES
— Since I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have been furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my health insurance. Since I was 29 years old in 1978, my critics/opponents have been furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my wife’s health insurance. In my defense, I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for almost 28 years. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on my critics/opponents who would never stoop to take a federal job. I would especially focus on my critics/opponents who look down on if not despise a) wage earners like I was for 33 years and b) pensioners like I have been for almost 28 years.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/business/poor-americans-senate-legislation.html
— Everyone in politics and in journalism should fully disclose where the money came from. My money came from what I earned doing yard work, delivering newspapers, washing dishes, cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, pumping gasoline, delivering mail, working on an automotive assemble line, selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances, pumping more gasoline, collecting delinquent federal taxes, and auditing federal agencies. Since 1997, my money has come from my Civil Service Retirement System pension, and since 2010, Social Security. More recently, I have inherited some money.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/us/trump-finances-crypto.html
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly vote for candidates who do not share Trump’s demographics: Trump is conservative, White, male, older, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time. That is, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly vote for candidates who are liberal, minority, female, younger, unmarried, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. How many voters in the following are hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters: your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/nyregion/zohran-mamdani-voters-strategy.html
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly crow about their success in destroying Tesla to destroy Musk to destroy Trump to destroy the Republican Party to destroy America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/business/tesla-sales-elon-musk.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/opinion/trump-deportation-immigration-control.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: The Summer Job, a Rite of Passage for Teens, May Be Fading Away. I got summer jobs doing the following because my peers would not stoop to take them: doing yard work, delivering newspapers, washing dishes, cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, pumping gasoline, and delivering mail. Because I took the aforesaid bad jobs, I was viewed as being a loser.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/business/summer-jobs-teens.html
WASHINGTON POST
— How Trump’s media war brought Paramount to its knees. Tuesday night’s $16 million settlement with Trump followed months of tension between CBS’s journalistic mission and its corporate interest.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/02/trump-paramount-cbs-settlement-media/
— Trump administration withholds $7 billion from schools; advocates to sue. For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/07/02/schools-education-trump-administration-funding-hold/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/07/02/mahmoud-skrmetti-supreme-court-lgbt/
USA TODAY
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters hate his successes.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/07/01/trump-stock-market-jobs-border-security/84415919007/
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/06/30/trump-dei-rollback-slowdown/84421308007/
KTUL
— My critics/opponents look down on manufacturing jobs and would never take them. I chipped slag in 1966 and I worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970.
https://ktul.com/news/nation-world/demographic-collapse-could-pose-a-major-threat-to-trumps-hope-of-a-manufacturing-revival-china-economy-spending-cuts-immigration-crackdown-import-taxes-tariffs
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly crow about their success in destroying Tesla to destroy Musk to destroy Trump to destroy the Republican Party to destroy America.
https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/tesla-sales-q2-2025-e2087c11
— Mamdani Brings Third World Prejudices to New York. The mayoral candidate champions policies that make countries poor and spews anti-Israel rhetoric.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/zohran-mamdani-brings-third-world-prejudices-to-new-york-4b87c111
— The mainstream news media exists to destroy Republicans, and especially to destroy Republicans who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/donald-trump-lawfare-media-kristi-noem-cnn-iceblock-cbs-paramount-2ce75c5e
— The Problematic Politics of Trump’s Bill: More Lower-Income Americans Are Voting GOP. The class inversion of the two parties is making it harder for Republicans to cut the social safety net. What percent of the voters in the following are on Medicaid: your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.wsj.com/politics/the-problematic-politics-of-trumps-bill-more-lower-income-americans-are-voting-gop-0b6288d0
POLITICO
— According to my critics/opponents, I have always been too conservative, that is, I have always promoted too many planks in the Republican Party platform. Most commonly, my critics/opponents reject the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have had their operative and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/20/bill-spadea-new-jersey-governor-republican-00298483
TIME
— For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://time.com/7299514/bill-will-devastate-public-schools/
PBS
— To get more votes from those who are the following, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use government to give them more preference: liberal, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/how-trumps-big-bill-could-affect-women-children-and-lgbtq-americans
PEW RESEARCH
— Behind Trump’s 2024 Victory, a More Racially and Ethnically Diverse Voter Coalition
https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2025/06/26/behind-trumps-2024-victory-a-more-racially-and-ethnically-diverse-voter-coalition/
INDEPENDENT
— NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani holds rally with union leaders. My critics/opponents despise/hate unions and union members. I was a union member for almost 12 years.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFwho5alDBs