FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson seeing low (26%) approval rating in new poll. This is significant because the mainstream news media does everything that it can to drive up his approval rating.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-sees-low-approval-ratings-poll-university-mansueto-institute-urban-innovation/17550271/
WTTW
— Unions Rally at Jesse Brown VA Facility, Demand Trump Administration Restores Collective Bargaining Rights. The Democrats who ran GAO forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had unionized earlier, I might still be a GAO employee.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/08/15/unions-rally-jesse-brown-va-facility-demand-trump-administration-restores-collective
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump’s tax law could cause Medicare cuts if Congress doesn’t act. I have been paying into Medicare since I was 35 years old in 1983.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/15/trump-tax-law-could-cause-medicare-cuts-if-congress-doesnt-act-cbo-says/
— FRONT PAGE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly defend their gerrymandering.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/15/texas-democrats-in-illinois/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/15/rental-assistance-program-restarts/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/16/illinois-snap-education-program-eliminated/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/15/ice-nyc-trump-immigration-crackdown/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/15/venezuela-brothers-donated-kidney/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Republican discord over Illinois Education Association support
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/08/15/republican-illinois-education-association-mccombie-curran-devore-rich-miller
DAILY HERALD
— Joining the fray: Candidates for governor, Senate lead GOP surge for state offices.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250816/news/joining-the-fray-candidates-for-governor-senate-lead-gop-surge-for-state-offices/
— DOJ demands Illinois hand over complete voter database, including sensitive redacted information
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250815/illinois/doj-demands-illinois-hand-over-complete-voter-database-including-sensitive-redacted-information/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Pritzker signs bill raising age for senior road tests
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250815/transportation/pritzker-signs-bill-raising-age-for-senior-road-tests/
— Former Kane County coroner Rob Russell announces bid for sheriff
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250815/local-politics/former-kane-county-coroner-rob-russell-announces-bid-for-sheriff/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot. To push pot is to push destruction.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250815/news/its-something-thats-here-now-once-banned-second-pot-shop-takes-root-in-arlington-heights/
PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/15/trump-approval-rating-in-illinois-how-does-trump-approval-compare-to-previous-presidents/85676534007/
STATELINE
— Pritzker signed a new law Friday that guarantees undocumented students in Illinois have access to student financial aid.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/gov-pritzker-signs-illinois-law-granting-financial-aid-access-to-undocumented-students/
SHAW LOCAL
— According to Democrat leaders, ever-increasingly, everything in America is dependent on federal spending and should be.
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2025/08/16/federal-cuts-to-weather-staff-put-illinois-emergency-alerts-at-risk/
WGLT
— Mayor Brady says Bloomington Police should not take part in events that promote illegal immigration
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-08-15/mayor-brady-says-bloomington-police-should-not-take-part-in-immigration-related-events
CITIES 92.9
— ‘Lawsuit inferno’ bill takes effect after Pritzker signed 267 measures Friday. All my critics/opponents have always sided big time with the defendants in the lawsuits that I filed. I should write about those lawsuits, the defendants, judges, justices, lawyers, and retaliation.
https://www.cities929.com/2025/08/15/illinois-quick-hits-lawsuit-inferno-bill-takes-effect-after-pritzker-signed-267-measures-friday/
SUBURBAN CHICAGOLAND
— Quigley slams Trump’s meeting on Ukraine with accused war criminal Putin. Putin invaded Ukraine while Biden was president. What do you say to those who blame Trump, and therefore blame me, for Putin’s invasion of Ukraine?
https://suburbanchicagoland.com/2025/08/15/congressmen-slam-president-trumps-meeting-on-ukraine-with-accused-war-criminal-putin/
ILLINOIS TIMES
— More work to be done’ as hiring reform signed into law. What helped you get hired? For my Post Office job, it included my passing the postal employment examination and earning a high school diploma. For my Firestone Store and IRS jobs, it included my earning a bachelor’s degree in management. For my IRS job, it included my passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination. For my GAO job, it included my having worked for IRS for almost 9 years, my earning an MBA, my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt, and my almost completing the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting.
https://www.illinoistimes.com/news-opinion/sen-turner-says-still-more-work-to-be-done-as-hiring-reform-signed-into-law-20589519
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/15/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-363/
— Pritzker vetoed an initiative by Treasurer Michael Frerichs today, citing the danger of SB246 being used to “benefit fringe and extremist groups.” My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) and TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois were extremist groups, if not hate groups. I served as the ICRC Treasurer 2003-2007. I served as the TAPROOT Chairman 2005-2012. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/15/frerichs-calls-pritzker-veto-misguided/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
JOHN KASS
— Vallas: Brandon Johnson’s War on the Black Community
https://johnkassnews.com/brandon-johnsons-war-on-the-black-community/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Anderson Goes after Double-Dippers. My critics/opponents are furious that I got both full-time Social Security credit and full-time Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) credit while I worked part-time for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969. In my defense I paid into both Social Security (3.5%) and CSRS (7%). One of my Democrat GAO superiors was so furious that he got Congress to change the law so that my CSRS credit would have been pro-rated.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/08/15/anderson-goes-after-double-dippers/
ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Bad Climate Policy Fuels Skyrocketing Electric Bills
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/08/bad-climate-policy-fuels-skyrocketing-electric-bills/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Government benefit system traps 710,000 Illinoisans. Benefit programs in Illinois punish people for hard work. An estimated 710,000 Illinoisans have intentionally held themselves back financially to avoid losing government benefits. Nearly 1 in 4 people on government assistance nationwide actively avoid career advancement to maintain eligibility for benefits turning down promotions, working fewer hours, declining job offers or avoiding building up savings.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/government-benefit-system-traps-710000-illinoisans/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Why blue-state cities are failing
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/premium/3498963/why-blue-state-cities-are-failing/
— Jamie Dimon profits from trashing Trump’s economy
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/fairness-justice/3500418/jamie-dimon-credit-cards-trump-economy-inflation/
NEW YORK POST
— Fresh proof the federal workforce is still stuck on #Resisting Trump. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they were ever-increasingly anti-Republican. They ever-increasingly punished me because they could not punish Republican elected officials. My Democrat GAO superiors especially punished me because Gingrich cut GAO’s budget dramatically. I should write about that.
https://nypost.com/2025/08/15/opinion/fresh-proof-the-federal-workforce-is-still-stuck-on-resisting-trump/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Studies have found support for Dems over GOPers running as high as 2-1 among the federal workforce, and far higher at certain agencies. Plus, Uncle Sam’s employees gave a whopping 84% of their donations last year to Kamala Harris, Government Executive found; 42% admitted plans to “resist” Trump, including 73% of Democratic managers, per the Napolitan Institute. Such #Resistance clearly hobbled Trump during his first term, weighing him down with probes, impeachments, insider leaks, and all manner of “creative noncompliance” with his policies. It’s outrageous. Federal workers take an oath to “faithfully discharge the duties” of their office — i.e., without bias against a president or policies they dislike. The system can’t function any other way.)
AMERICAN THINKER
— The illegals of D.C.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/08/the_illegals_of_d_c.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Newsom FUMES after ‘Trump’s private army’ arrests illegals outside his presser
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/08/15/newsom-fumes-after-trumps-private-army-arrests-illegals-outside-his-presser-1576408/
BREITBART
— Voluntary Departures Have Increased Since Alligator Alcatraz Opened
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/08/14/ron-desantis-voluntary-departures-increased-since-alligator-alcatraz-opened/
— Trump: 275,000 Illegal Aliens Removed from Social Security System. I collected delinquent Social Security taxes for IRS 1971-1980.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/08/15/trump-275000-illegal-aliens-removed-from-social-security-system/
CAMPUS REFORM
— New Trump memo closes affirmative action’s backdoor access into DEI infrastructure.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/analysis-new-trump-memo-closes-affirmative-actions-backdoor-access-dei-infrastructure-/28444
DAILY CALLER
— Trump Administration Ensuring Colleges Follow Supreme Court Ruling. Anticipate/expect that Democrats and RINOs will continue to use Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/08/16/opinion-trump-administration-ensuring-colleges-follow-supreme-court-ruling-casey-ryan/
DAILY WIRE
— Judge Deals Major Blow To Trump’s Efforts To Purge DEI From Public Schools
https://www.dailywire.com/news/judge-deals-major-blow-to-trumps-efforts-to-purge-dei-from-public-schools
EPOCH TIMES
— Key Takeaways From Trump–Putin Summit on Ukraine
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/key-takeaways-from-trump-putin-summit-on-ukraine-5901960
NEWS BUSTERS
— How Dare Anyone Question Wokeness at the Smithsonian Museums? My critics/opponents are woke, that is, they are anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-those who have more money than they have, anti-draft avoiders, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, anti-those who do not share their national origin, and/or anti-those who have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tim-graham/2025/08/15/column-how-dare-anyone-question-wokeness-smithsonian-museums
NEWSMAX
— Woke War on Young Men. Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.newsmax.com/us/woke-war-young-men/2025/08/15/id/1222625/
POST MILLENNIAL
— Trump to deploy 4,000 Marines around Latin American waters to combat cartels. Democrats and RINOs promote recreational drugs, therefore, they promote cartels.
https://thepostmillennial.com/new-trump-to-deploy-4000-marines-around-latin-american-waters-to-combat-cartels-report
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Pritzker: Our Values Are Exactly Where They Ought To Be, It’s Time To Stop Apologizing When We Are Not Wrong. Democrats exist to promote more dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/pritzker-our-values-are-exactly-where-they-ought-to-be-it-s-time-to-stop-apologizing-when-we-are-not-wrong/ar-AA1KATCZ
TOWNHALL
— Democrats Nuancing Their Way to Irrelevancy
https://townhall.com/columnists/scotthogenson/2025/08/16/democrats-nuancing-their-way-to-irrelevancy-n2661900
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
REUTERS
— Trump says Putin agrees with him US should not have mail-in voting
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-putin-agrees-with-him-us-should-not-have-mail-in-voting-2025-08-16/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Trump administration agrees to keep DC police chief in place, but with immigration enforcement order
https://apnews.com/article/washington-dc-trump-federal-police-takeover-lawsuit-eacd387053520c9e3640c2f91924deeb
MSN
— America needs electricians, plumbers, not LGBTQ graduates
https://www.msn.com/en-in/autos/photos/need-electricians-plumbers-not-lgbtq-graduates-white-house-s-fresh-attack-at-harvard/ar-AA1FDqYg
— Naval Academy midshipmen going ‘underground’ to avoid Trump and Hegseth scrutiny. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, I never hid the fact that I was conservative, Republican, draft avoider, Protestant, German American, and that my ancestors had been in America since 1844. Democrats despise/hate the aforesaid demographics. Democrats blame Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/naval-academy-midshipmen-going-underground-to-avoid-trump-and-hegseth-scrutiny/ar-AA1FpIKe
— Biden Admin Went On Trillion-Dollar Spending Spree Embedding DEI Across Gov’t. My critics/opponents have always promoted DEI, that is, they have always promoted discrimination if not hatred against those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-admin-went-on-trillion-dollar-spending-spree-embedding-dei-across-gov-t-study-says/ar-AA1ACrEq
— My ZIP Code 60189 in south Wheaton makes list of ‘hottest’ ZIP codes in US for real estate.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/realestate/chicago-suburb-makes-list-of-hottest-zip-codes-in-us-for-real-estate/ar-AA1KsQwZ
NEWSWEEK
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly encourage citizens of foreign countries to come to America illegally and to stay in America illegally. Democrat leaders because illegals vote for Democrats and RINO leaders because RINO leaders want cheap labor.
https://www.newsweek.com/immigrant-benefits-health-care-changes-one-big-beautiful-bill-2113749
— Putin Takes Swipe At Biden, Says ‘No War’ if Trump Had Been President. What do you say to those who blame Trump, and therefore blame me, for Putin’s invasion of Ukraine?
https://www.newsweek.com/putin-takes-swipe-biden-2114362
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump’s Cabinet Picks Panned in Washington. My Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious when my IRS manager (Dave) picked me for a high-profile developmental assignment when I was 25 years old in 1973. They stressed a) that I had worked for IRS for only 2 1/2 years, b) that I had completed only eight graduate business courses at Loyola, c) that I was not a Democrat, d) that I was not a veteran, and e) that I did not fill any Affirmative Action quotas, that is, I was a White male. They were even more furious when Dave promoted me to GS-12 in 1974 because of my performance on that assignment. My Democrat IRS superiors a) disallowed my travel vouchers, b) got rid of Dave, and c) made it clear that they would never promote me to GS-13. I should write about the aforesaid.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/16/us/trump-cabinet-picks-voter-reactions.html
WASHINGTON POST
— New Air Force policy denies transgender troops hearings before they’re discharged. My Democrat GAO superiors gave me no hearing before they forced me take early retirement when I was 49 years old in 1997. If they had, I would have stressed a) my almost 18 years of experience working for GAO, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year, b) my almost 9 years of experience working for IRS, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year, c) my performance appraisals, d) my three job-related master’s degrees, e) my six job-related professional certifications, f) my job-related professional license, g) my being 6 years away from being eligible for regular retirement, and h) the tremendous reduction in my Civil Service Retirement benefits.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/15/transgender-air-force-airmen-trump-discharge-dysphoria/23a94060-7a30-11f0-a013-3892e10b2f53_story.html
— The Washington Post exists to destroy Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/16/trump-washington-dc-police-takeover-crime/da862daa-7a55-11f0-a013-3892e10b2f53_story.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/08/15/rainbow-crosswalks-traffic-safety-florida/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Real House Democratic Nightmare. Democrats could lose 10 seats in 2030 as voters flee blue states.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-real-house-democratic-nightmare-3002f098
— Will the Democrats Go Centrist in the 2028 Election? Rahm Emanuel resists far-left ideas and says Democrats should run on ‘build, baby, build.’ From what I see, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly move their party further and further and further to the left.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/will-the-democrats-go-centrist-in-2028-politics-policy-elections-voters-a498edaa
— Why ‘The Gilded Age’ Resonates in 2025. My ancestors, especially on my father’s side, advanced the most during the gilded age.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/why-the-gilded-age-resonates-in-2025-c5c6aa20
— FRONT PAGE: America’s Mobility Is Stalling. How mobile were you? I moved from Crete to University Park in 1972, to downtown Chicago in 1976, and to Wheaton in 1978. I moved from IRS to GAO in 1980.
https://www.wsj.com/economy/american-job-housing-economic-dynamism-d56ef8fc
BLOOMBERG
— Bloomberg exists to destroy Trump.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-08-15/what-trump-means-when-he-say-s-he-ll-clean-up-dc-citylab-daily
NPR
— D.C. AG accuses federal government of attempting a hostile takeover of city police
https://www.npr.org/2025/08/15/nx-s1-5503427/d-c-ag-accuses-federal-government-of-attempting-a-hostile-takeover-of-city-police
HARVARD CRIMSON
— More than 14,000 students, faculty, alumni, and members of the public signed a letter urging Harvard to reject any deal with the Trump administration that would sacrifice the University’s autonomy. What college(s) did you graduate from? What do the students, faculty, and alumni think of Trump? I graduated from NIU, Loyola, DePaul, and IIT. From what I see, they overwhelmingly disapprove of/hate Trump, and therefore, they overwhelmingly disapprove of/hate me.
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/8/16/alumni-letter-trump-demands/
GOOGLE AI
— Electric vehicles. I bought a new 2025 Dodge Charger R/T Plus not because it is an EV, but a) because it is an American nameplate muscle car, b) because I am a big Charger fan; I own a 2013 Charger R/T Max and I previously owned a 1969 Charger SE and a 1968 Charger R/T, and c) because of its styling and performance. It being my first EV, it has focused my attention on EV pros and cons. If you share my interest in Chargers, please let me know.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22electric+vehicles%22+pros+cons
OTHER SOURCES
IRON GATE MOTOR CONDOS
— CARTOBERFEST!! Car/Condo Show Saturday, September 20, 2025. Today, Saturday, August 16, 2025, there is a friends and family event at Iron Gate. If you might be interested in attending, please let me know. I have owned a unit there since 2020.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1337892657162486/